Before tonight the senior staff at the Mansion couched their extra-curricular duties in evasive language, but following an attack by the mutant terrorist Magneto and his Brotherhood of Mutants during an anti-mutant demonstration in which prominent senator Robert Kelly was kidnapped, the teachers revealed that they serve as a vigilante group to combat exactly this kind of trouble! You and the other students were forbidden from coming with, and since all the senior staff were called away to deal with the trouble in New York City you've been left in the care of Jamie Madrox, a man whose mutant power is the ability to create duplicates of himself!

Now, you and the other students watch as the game room's TV shows scenes of destruction, as Mr. Summers and the other senior staff fight for their lives and the lives of hundreds of civilians against Magneto's rampaging crew on live television!

The reporter on the screen narrates the carnage, as you see a blue blur leap at someone only to be hurled away, smashing into a brownstone apartment! It can only be Dr. McCoy, the lovable blue monster! He impacts against the wall and falls to the debris below, where he lies unmoving under the shaky lens of the television camera!

"Fires have erupted all across downtown, many seemingly caused by the spectacle of these mutants fighting, while others may have been caused by rioters or accidents! The situation looks bleak, and police are nearly helpless to stop these mutants who are tearing the city apart!" With that, the reporter screams as something impacts against the camera, plunging the TV into static before the TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES sign appears on the screen!

As you look around, you notice Clarissa and Megan are not in the game room anymore...

What will you do, Aino?

>>14811668
Check out what Clarissa and Megan are doing.

Quick run-down of the other students:

* Sam: Telekinetic flier
* Ricardo: Momentum translator
* Clarissa: Technopath
* Luke and Mary Ann: Psychic gestalt
* Caleb: Power yet unknown to you!
* Noah: Physiological mimic
* Megan: Bio-electric emitter

Pic unrelated to this quest.

>>14811705
Second. Without transportation into the city, we can't be of much help.

Though it might be prudent to make sure that the medical facilities are readied for the staff when they return.

watch the news to see whats happening with mutant situation

>>14811705
Yeah, this. We should bring some hot cocoa or something to make them feel a bit better too.

>>14811705
Agreed. If we plan on joining the others, we'll need a technopath to sweet-talk our transport into running.

>As you look around, you notice Clarissa and Megan are not in the game room anymore...
>What will you do, Aino?

Hug Sam.

>you were simply Aino Virta, a fifteen year old girl

Are we hot?
Do we have confused feelings about our sexuality that need to be explored?

>>14811832
he said we're fifteen, what more do you need to know

>>14811733
>>14811752
>>14811742
>>14811705

Looking around between the other students and one of Madrox's dupes (or possibly the original, you aren't sure) engrossed in the events unfolding as they switch from channel to channel, you rise and walk out of the room - though Mr. Madrox notices you go. Just as you leave you stop, staring in horror as Mr. Logan's body rises into the air and is hurled away by some unseen force! Behind him, Mr. Summers is struck in the head by a huge cinderblock and falls out of view of the camera!

After another grisly moment you shake your head and stride determinedly to find the other girls. In the main hall you see another Madrox loitering, and as you poke around the Mansion's wing you see two more Madroxes* conversing with each other at the foot of the boy's dorm staircase.

Just when you're about to knock on Clarissa's door she sticks her head out of Megan's room and whispers "Psst! Aino! Are any of those clones around here?"

When she gets the all-clear, she waves you to the door - propped open only enough for her to look out through - and says "Go tell the others to meet us in my room in twenty minutes. And try to keep those guys busy somewhere else too, OK?"

What now?

[*Madroxes? Madri? Who knows? -Ed.]

We might ask Madrox to give input on this situation.

>"Go tell the others to meet us in my room in twenty minutes. And try to keep those guys busy somewhere else too, OK?"
I go tell the others to meet up in Clarissa's room in 15 minutes.
Must always have 5 minutes spare for general bullshitting, and deciding on tactics that shall be thrown out at the first sign of combat.
To deal with the Madroxen, I do absolutely nothing - because actively attempting anything will only make them suspicious.
Perhaps I shall inform him that we are playing video games in Clarissa's room.

>>14811842
Should we include Ricardo? I don't want to deal with the ass, but we might need him.

Ask them what they are planning

>>14811889
Probably not. I expect he still has a case of the buttfrustrated after being defeated at Frisbee.

thought, we could potentially narrow the field of our time manipulation inorder to give it greater range and finess, somthing to look into.

as far as action goes, if the kids are planning to go anywhere there gona need us to get there in time. and personaly im not averse to that,
so i guess we can sneek around outside the present to contact the others, and figure out what to do with madrox(es)

>>14811880
>>14811889
>>14811892

Clarissa looks back inside, then pushes her face out the crack in the door again. "Just get everybody up here, OK? It's a secret. You can say whatever you want to that clone guy, just as long as he doesn't want to come in."

"Ricardo too," Clarissa agrees, rolling her eyes in mutual annoyance. "He's pretty cool when he's not the hugest jerk ever."

What's the plan? Gonna go find a Madrox to talk to, or do you have another idea?

rolled 38 = 38

We have to do something! We can't just sit back and watch as people get hurt! (Given we've been established to be a stubborn idiot at times...)

>>14811842
Do as she says.

i dont think madrox will be too much trouble, considering if we get everyone in the same spot we can get them out no problem. no need to take special care to either avoid or engage him.
that said i dont want to atleast talk with him to see what he knows

>>14811946
Seriously,

what are they planning?

Don't tell me they intent to intervene?

>>14811928
Wonder if we can Lens an object's motion with it, much like light and sound can be focused by stuff that slows down their passage.

What use would lensing motion be?
Well, regular air outputs a force of 1 kilogram per cm squared. This can't be used for anything because pressure is equalised, but ...
If we could Lens the very air around us, with our 100 foot bubble, we could get a 1 meter x 1 meter wall of air to focus all of its force on one spot.
That would 10 TONNES of force. Also known as, Splat.

>>14812009

should read >do want to

>>14811946
Find the others first and tell them to meet up in Clarissa's room secretly if we can. Use a consistent story, too.
I'm going to go with video games. Either that, or something girly like trying out different makeup. Something that would not only disinterest Madox and Ricardo, but actively disgust them.

>>14812025
Of course they intend to intervene. We're all stupid and brash, and don't even stop to think if what we're doing will only make the entire situation worse.
It'll go on like this until someone gets seriously hurt or killed.

>>14812064
We're the plucky young heroine, with a side order of insane stubbornness. Of course we're going to do something stupid.

>>14812043
Wait, derp. The best effect you'd hope for would be subjecting people to Mach 1 wind.
Still quite useful, though.

>>14812009
>>14811952
>>14811928

You return to the game room and flop back onto the couch against Sam, who lets out an unsuspecting laugh at being used as a landing cushion. "What's up?" she mutters when you begin to tell her what you've heard.

"OK," she whispers, nodding. "I know how to get the word out." She stops and looks over at the Madrox sitting in the recliner against the side wall, but as you follow her gaze you see his attention still seems to be on the television and the reporter's voice of escalating destruction.

She reaches across the gulf between the edge of the couch and the rug on the floor where Mary Ann and Luke lie sprawled next to each other, a bowl of uneaten popcorn between them. Just before Sam's fingers touch Luke's foot the two of them look back at her, then at you, then at Sam again. Suddenly, their voices begin to speak softly in your head!

<<We understand. Hey, everybody, it's us. Clarissa wants us all upstairs in twenty minutes, but Aino wants us there in fifteen. Don't act like you heard this, it's a secret.>>

Their eyes look at you again, and you hear something that you somehow sense only you can perceive:

<<You should have just asked us first!>>

<<So what about them?>> they ask, and your mind is drawn to Mr. Madrox as he flips the remote from station to station.

>>14812064
>>14812025
What, would you two rather we stick around the mansion playing with ourselves for a few more months? Shit's going down, and it's time to help out.

>>14812095
mite b cool. a focused blast of air aimed RIGHT AT THE ankles. knock them off their feet and several yards in the air.

>>14812114
Go with the 'video game' plan. If he offers up the TV, say you don't want to kick him off.

>>14812043
>Wonder if we can Lens an object's motion with it, much like light and sound can be focused by stuff that slows down their passage.

You have already demonstrated the ability to accelerate a thrown object to hypersonic speeds by using your power creatively (and rolling really well).

we are going to need to be prepared for both when the big team comes home, and if trouble follows them. if trouble follows them the A-list are going to be hurting in a bad way, and are going to need some serious firepower and or healing to get back up.

>>14812043

i like the way you think,

additionaly, there have been calls occasionaly to 'meditate' during quiet times, but consider that it'd be a great way to train for the creation, of a persistent aura of minute chronological deviation, affording us an early warning to anything that crosses into it.

>>14812142
>With your last bit of willpower you fling the silver weapon skyward - and as soon as it leaves the tachyon field that surrounds you it disappears in a stream of light, a projectile far faster than anything to have ever breached the surly bonds of Earth!

You did it a couple of times in the Danger Room as well.

>>14812114
oh hey guys, i made a thread in /co/, advertising this one.

>>>/co/25638992

is that okay?

>>14812114

"dont worry about him, if we can get everyone together, he will already be too late."

>>14812239
agreed, let's get moving

If they are planning to go and "help out" and going to go ahead and say not to do it.

>>14812228
i had a thread the other night non tripfaged about this quest. 8/10th liked it 1/10th didnt care, and the rest trolled hard. but still liked it.

>>14812266
help me bump mine?

<:3c

>>14812228
They'll need to catch up though

>>14812239
Yeah, his whole power is making copies of himself, so unless he plans to make 3-4 copies to hold each of us down, he can't stop us.

>>14812122
I'd rather be here to help fend off any pursuing mutants when the X-Men return, rather than going to NYC, getting our face plastered all over the news, potentially getting ourselves or one of our friends hurt, and then getting grounded by the Professor for doing something completely useless and stupid.

But hey, Aino's a teenage girl; she's gotta get a few of her bones broken before she learns to not be an impulsive idiot.

still there professor? waiting for more suggestions?

>>14812239
>>14812250
>>14812122
>>14812140
>>14812165
>>14812168

You repeat the mantra that Ms. Braddock taught you during your (admittedly brief) meditation sessions with her a few times before breaking the television's spell by asking the others if they want to go upstairs and play some video games.

Just enough shakiness is put into your voice that when Mr. Madrox says he can just turn the TV off if you don't want to watch it you're able to wisely suggest that he keep watching it to see what happens. The other students, acting their best parts as well, rise, stretch, and agree, and in ones and twos you file out over the course of a minute, though as you trot up the stairs toward the female students' hallway you notice one of the Madroxes watch you from an alcove on the first floor.

When you knock on Clarissa's door she lets you in, where Megan is standing in her black and yellow UMF suit, holding a handful of yellow cloth like a bouquet!

"I know I haven't been here as long as some of you," she says, "But this is my home, it's the best home I've ever had, even if I did spend most of it living in a glass box." At this, Sam lets out a quick burst of laughter, then throws a hand over her mouth to silence herself.

"And I love our teachers, and what's happening out there is something that we can stop! If they get hurt, or killed... that's not something I can live with. I'm going out there, and I'm doing it off the record."

"Until this is over," she says, pulling on a yellow mask that obscures the top half of her face, as she poses in a full-page panel:

"Call me TESLA!"

"Now," she says, holding out a handful of identical UMF masks. "Who's with me?"

>>14812361
You have my help!

>>14812361
you have my time!
and my and my flight
AND MYYY AAAASSS

>srsly, dem tights man, dem tights

>>14812292
madrox can make shitloads of copies. dude is overpowered even for a marvel hero.

>>14812337
I agree with you too.

>>14812361
We are going to get someone killed

>>14812361
oh shit dawg, its sum darkwing duck LETS GET DANGEROUS time.

Oooh, what's our condename? Time-something? Chrono-something? I'm kanda bad at supernames, especially the marvel kind.

>You have already demonstrated the ability to accelerate a thrown object to hypersonic speeds by using your power creatively (and rolling really well).
Not the same as lensing air, which could be used to direct Mach-1 wind blasts. Wind has different uses to a fast flying metal pole - and it's good to have both.

rolled 47 = 47

>>14812361
I am. From here on, the name's Slipstream. (rolling for name)

>madrox can make shitloads of copies. dude is overpowered even for a marvel hero.

So wait.
Instead of ball of arms man
He's Ball of Men Man?
That's like 100% more Arm, and other stuff!

>>14812441
back in the early 90`s he could make 90 copies before he had going crazy headaches.

>>14812411
>>14812438

The name "Tachyon" was suggested during the earlier threads. Just saying.

Obviously our codename is Cuddles.
Cuddles the Destroyer of Time.

rolled 80 = 80

>>14812441
Ah, but none of them have 360 degrees of punch.

>>14812457
Tachyon sounds good to me.

>>14812389
>>14812404
>>14812438
>>14812368
>>14812373

"If you get a cool name, then we all get one!" Sam says, grabbing a mask from Megan's hands and pulling it on. "I call Dragonfly!"

"I'm in, obviously." Clarissa says. "It was Megan's idea, but I was the only one who could sweet-talk the Mansion into making us these masks with the UMF fabricator." As she takes a mask from the pile she points at the television and the video game springs to life, playing itself!

"Call me Remote."

Luke and Mary Ann grab a mask at the same time, and say as one, "Omni."

Ricardo brushes Megan's hand away when she holds out a mask to him, proclaiming "I'm not wearing a stupid mask! I'll kick those guys' butts just like this!"

Caleb and his brother Noah both look at each other, then the rest of the students, not convinced. Sam adjusts her mask and looks at you. "Well?"

>>14812473
Tachyon!

Yeah, I'm changing my earlier vote. I'm still in, but Tachyon is a much better name.

>"Call me TESLA!"
Ha ha!
Your codename is named after a man!
Hey everyone, Megan's pretending to be a man!
PointGiggle.
Okay, I guess my codename will be Marty!
Because we're all naming ourselves after Men!

>>14812473
>>14812473
>>14812473
>>14812473
motherfucking INSIST ricardo wear his mask. our identites and the identites of our friends and familes are AT STAKE here.

"Ok, so, we all agree we want to do something about this, but, here's a question: how will we get there?"

>>14812473
And my axe! I mean time. "Call me Tachyon."

>>14812441
More like "Ball of Men Man", but that's a bit too japan for serious consideration. Even if it is kinda funny as a mental image.

Tachyon sounds good. It also seems to have an overwhelming majority at this point.

Split-Second?

>>14811928

definitly useful when the situation calls for it, but remember that a perfect sphere is the most safe..

there are, dangers, in angles, for those outside the proper time...

>>14812519
That came up a few issues back as a joke...

>>14812517
Seconding this.

>>14812464
this is too funny to be used.

tachyon
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/Tachyon.html

We have to help (not like the original 5 weren't doing this when they were 16? OH WAIT!) But we need to do it smartly. Get our techno path and our psionic duo to work together to give us all an info patch of who we are going up against while we travel. In the interim, to get out of here...either trip an alarm at the opposite side of the compound or we try to get our babysitter to let us go.

Also, I think her name should be "Relativity", "Quicktime", "Time Sphere", or "Punch Clock"

>>14812473
Tachyon it is.

Ricardo, the mask isn't about looking cool, it's about keeping our identities secret. Do you really want the world knowing what Xavier's school does? How about that nutjob anti-mutant bigot down the street from your parents house knowing about you and your family? What will that prick do to mom and dad? Wear the damn mask.

>>14812540
Seconding this.

Shit, how did I forget Tachyon...that is the best name.

Seriously though, there is probably an auxilary vehicle on grounds, barring that we need to know who we're going up against and need to reach a consensus on evading Madrox, if not getting his consent.

>>14812519
Pretty sure CCA approved doesn't allow cosmic horror.
>>14812517
That sounds cool.

>>too many posts to quote

Megan frowns and blushes when you tease her about her name, a shadow of her earlier shyness, before she retorts "I don't care what you think, Aino," and sticks her tongue out at you.

"Yeah, what IS the plan?" Sam asks. "I could fly everybody out the window one at a time, maybe?"

"I could just jump out the window and be fine," Ricardo says, playing with the mask you pressed on him but not yet wearing it. "So could Caleb-" he starts to say before Caleb interrupts him.

"Shut up, Rick," Caleb says from his place leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. "This whole idea is lame. You guys aren't the Avengers. You're not even the Great Lakes Avengers."

"Whatever," Ricardo says, waving him off. "How about we go out the window, and then I drive us there?"

"Can you even drive?" Noah asks.

"Yeah, I can drive!" Ricardo shouts back. "I mean, not legally, but I can!"

"Hey, you guys," Clarissa says with a small smile.

"You know they have two Blackbirds, right?"

What have you to say, o mutie protagonist?

>>14812597
"Let's not..drive. There's not time. WE HAVE TO HURRY!"

>>14812597

Blackbird!

>"You know they have two Blackbirds, right?"
>What have you to say, o mutie protagonist?

I say that if we live through this, we are going to be grounded like, for five years

Does anybody know how to FLY the Blackbird? Including land it? In the middle of a city/warzone? We drive.

>>14812612

..Go with it, despite our guts telling us we are SO going to regret this.

>>14812623
pretty sure our resident technopath could figure it out.

>>14812597
>You guys aren't the Avengers. You're not even the Great Lakes Avengers."

but squirrel girl is on the Great Lakes Avengers, and both DOOM and Deadpool AND the watcher consider her THE END-ALL HEAVY-HITTER. her and tippytoes kicked the ever loving dogshit out of Thanatos.

also here is a picture of true cosmic horror.

>>14812597
>"You know they have two Blackbirds, right?"
Do you know what Magneto's power is, and what it does to fighter jets?
We're sticking to driving.

>>14812623
>Does anybody know how to FLY the Blackbird?

In theory, Clarissa/ Remote could fly it, or rather, command it to fly itself.

Omni, try and pinpoint all Maddrox activity in the Mansion and lower levels, and key us in on movements, remote, we need a false alarm of a major breach in a deeper part of the sub basement system...maybe the danger room going out of control, but not really, to keep our baby sitter occupied. We load up, we ship out. Before we make our landing and join the fray, the Professor and Ms. Grey are probably keeping the team in communication with each other telepathically, we let them know we're coming in as the calvery whether they like it or not. Think think, also, the tech to psionic to us mental upload of who we will be fighting against before we get into it.

We aren't the Avengers. We're mutants. We're kids...and we have to do something. We have to fight, we have to protect the people we care about. Doing that...doing that makes us X-Men!

>>14812597
Even the Great Lakes Avengers had to start somewhere! ...Probably with Lake Eire or Lake Ontario since they're a bit smaller.

>There are two blackbirds
There are so many things that can go wrong with this plan.

I love it. Can Ricardo not legally fly planes too?

>>14812597
Laugh and hug Megan. "It's ok, 'Tesla'. You're so a man in mask, though. I'll be Dr. Tachyon! So I'm an alien man."

Also, FULL PAGE POSE! "TO BLACKBIRD TWO! TELL IT IT IS NOW EMPEROR PENGUIN!" Away!

All right, it's time to settle dissension the way we always do: with a roll to vote!

Drive or fly, roll a d100 and choose one! To roll, put noko dice 1d100 in the email field. Highest of three votes decides!

rolled 31 = 31

>>14812675
I've already noted that flying is a terrible idea. That said, the X-Men's reactions will be funnier. We fly.

rolled 89 = 89

>>14812675
We fly!

Also, Ricardo wears the damn mask because of previously stated reasons.

rolled 35 = 35

>>14812664
do this, nothing can be as awesome as renaming the blackbird "EMPEROR PENGUIN"

We take to the sky, heh, get Tesla to ionize the hull as we get close so we can cut magnetic interference with a shifting current.

rolled 42 = 42

Common sense tells me that flying is a bad idea. And fly we shall!

rolled 22 = 22

TO THE EMPEROR PENGUIN! DR. TACHYON IS HERE TO SAVE THE DAY!

rolled 43 = 43

guys, driving the car is both alot safer, and we can use time fucker to get us there super quick anyway

seriously, theres no need to take the jet and it definitly wont score us brownie points

oh, and seconding reassuring megan.

>>14812717
True, but like the first responder said, flying's funnier.

rolled 96 = 96

>>14812675
We should take the second Blackbird, but have it land out of the way of the main fighting if possible.

>>14812675
>>14812688
>>14812690
>>14812701
>>14812704
>>14812712
>>14812714
... You guys.

All right, Dr. Tachyon, Mr. Tesla, and their bitches are arriving in style. Off we go then.

You guys aren't really considering political and social fallout of this, are you?

Imagine, if you will, the scene of battle, full of television cameras and reporters. Explosions and laser beams going of everywhere, buildings collapsing, cars flying across the streets.

And suddenly we appear, in our official UMF uniforms, silly masks and even more silly nicknames and start meddling in this affair. Bunch of children who barely have control over their powers using its destructive force against our enemies.
Above that, we will appear in this high-tech stealth bomber/jet-fighter Blackbird.

I can already see the headlines:
"Mutant children being trained as death-squads!"
"Professor X and his personal army?"
"Indoctrination in so-called "University"!"
"Professor Xavier ... or Fuhrer Xavier?"

etc
etc

And that if the things go GOOD.
I can't imagine if we fuck up greatly, putting civilians in danger, destroying houses, getting some of the kids dead, etc


...
At least tell Clarissa to turn off all the Cameras and recording equipment BEFORE we arrive.

>>14812717
>we can use time fucker to get us there super quick anyway
No we can't, that's not the way our power works.
Unless you're saying we should launch the car at hypersonic speeds using a static tachyon field, which then brings up the problems of surviving such g-forces, steering, and not being turned into bloody jello at the sudden stop at the end of the ride.

>>14812725

ok ill relent.

maby we can team up with megan to lens bolts of ionised gas everywhere.

>>14812688
>>14812690
>>14812701

"OK, assuming that we go with you-" Noah starts to say before Caleb interrupts him. "Not me."

"OK, assuming *I* go with you, and you can actually fly the Blackbird, and we can do something besides crash into a building," he pauses. "What are we gonna do about our babysitter?"

Meanwhile, Ricardo seems to have gotten into the spirit of things, pulling on his mask and proclaiming "Call me... Bullet! Or... Burst." At that Clarissa laughs and he quickly says "Or Rapid!"

"Pronto?"

Continued after two pages of ads while the readers debate what will happen next!

>>14812759
We are. Unfortunately, this fits perfectly with our protagonist's established personality and previous actions. Here's hoping someone stops us.

>>14812759
Of course some of us understand the social implications and what can go wrong.
See >>14812540 and >>14812337
But since the character is a headstrong teenager, people want to go along with that character trait.

I personally want to see her hurt and suffer for her presumption and blind foolishness.

>>14812759
Dude, COMICS LOGIC. Don't fight it, it'll be easier that way. Besides, pretty sure people don't know the school is the X-Mansion. If they knew it housed mutant students, somebody would have torched it by now. Agreed on turning off the cameras, though.

>>14812651
THIS!!!!!

>>14812780
OKAY PROF

we're going to need Remote at her a-game. she flies the jet with her powers and then disables ANY AND ALL recording equipment upon arrival. she should avoid the actual fighting if at all possible and do the equally important task of keeping our identities safe

anyone agree with me?

>>14812789
Hey, don't lump >>14812540 in with you. We're superheroes in a comic setting, doing something stupid like this is the whole job. I just don't want us to be idiots about doing something stupid, hence the mask.

Yep, down to the EMPEROR PENGUIN, and lets go save Bo~bby and Doctor Mc~Coy

Just when you think you're done with the ads...

...more ads!

Still need a plan for how to get from the Mansion to the Blackbird (the tunnel that leads to the hangar might be watched).

>>14812830

>>14812760

>Unless you're saying we should launch the car at hypersonic speeds using a static tachyon field, which then brings up the problems of surviving such g-forces, steering, and not being turned into bloody jello at the sudden stop at the end of the ride.

no pain no gain!

>>14812829
I had a case of the Slowpoke. Change that to:

If you are currently NOT NAMED BULLET:
Watch each-other's backs, and cover each-others' weaknesses. Don't be afraid to risk yourself to help someone else, and don't be too proud to ask for that help. If you trust your fellow superheroes to make up for where you're weak, you can focus your efforts on where you are strong, and we'll be stronger as a group because of it.
If you are currently NAMED BULLET:
Show us how well you kick everyone's asses solo.

rolled 20 = 20

Puppy-dog eyes to Caleb and hopeful. Ask why he won't help his friends?

Can Omni create a glamour, tricking the Maddoxes' senses?

>Aino Virta
Is his father a cop named Lasse Virta by any chance?

Also, why have a Finnish girl when everyone else is American?

>>14812830
>>14812856
ALSO

she should wait in the jet and keep it ready.

she needs to be our getaway driver, AND she might need to provide air support with the jet's defensive systems if things get too hairy.

>>14812866
>Can Omni create a glamour, tricking the Maddoxes' senses?

Perhaps, given a high enough roll! That applies for any of the other mutants as well!

>>14812866

or just give him a sudden immediate psionic connection to all of himself, overwhelming his joined senses? Like a feedback loop?

Somebody tell me why can't we just time freeze our babysitter?

>>14812885
Multiple bodies with shared perceptions. A body outside the field will notice something's wrong with a body inside the field.

>>14812878
>Also, why have a Finnish girl when everyone else is American?

Someone voted Finland when I asked where she was from, and rolled high enough to win. You've lived on this continent since you were 10, however.

And Mary Ann is from Mozambique.

>>14812885

He is in too many places at once.

>>14812885
because he can make 90 of himself

rolled 2 = 2

>>14812853
Dr. Tachyon uses his powers to slow down anyone around the party.
Omni uses their powers to distract the Madroxen.
Remote uses her powers to set off alarms sporadically in other parts of the mansion, and ALSO to disable any cameras watching the party (temporarily). Also helps in door bypass.
Tesla uses his powers to power anything in our way that's powered down - or just to act as a Flashlight since most of the way is probably dark.
Bullet - able to speed up anyone else? Speed up whoever's slowest if possible.
Dragonfly looks cute and does nothing for now. Team Mascot!

rolled 91, 11 = 102

Well, Rolling for Glamor. And then getting Multi-Man on our side if that fails.

>>14812878
At the time, we wanted to have some sort of blood relation to Simo Häyhä, Finland's top sniper at the time of WWII. Pretty sure that's why. Anyway, we moved to the Americas by the time we were 5.

Anyway. Suggest we time bubble to get to the hangar.

>>14812864
Because he has something to hide, most likely his power. Also, while he's not as much of a douche as Ricardo, he's still not exactly nice.
>>14812651
This as an action plan.

rolled 67 = 67

>>14812881
So let's try Omni creating a glamour to fool Maddox, Remote making sure that all cameras watching the tunnel to the second Black Bird/Emperor Penguin conveniently forget about us, and..well...Caleb should probably get the medical facilities ready for our return.

>>14812944
We should still ask him why - even if 20 isn't enough to give him a change of heart.

rolled 76 = 76

>>14812927
Wait, if Dragonfly's a kinetic flier, can she use her kinetic powers to give us all a push, or lighten the weight on our feet so we can move faster?

>>14812969
Doesn't work that way. So far as we can tell, she just levitates.

>>14812928
>>14812830
>>14812862
>>14812864

"I got it. Good plan," Remote agrees, nodding when you explain your idea for her. "See, I told you you were a good leader!"

"How many clones are there, anyway?" Sam asks Luke and Mary Ann. Their eyelids flutter for a moment, then they state "Six. Now five, but one of them is walking toward this hall," they finish, gesturing at the door. "I think he might be getting suspicious," they speak in unison. "You want us to do something about that, right?"

"OK," Noah says emphatically, causing everyone to look at him. "I'm in, but only because I don't want you guys getting hurt."

"Thanks, baby," Ricardo says, puckering his lips before grinning. "You in yet, cranky?" he asks Caleb, who shifts his stance and looks at the self-propelled entertainment system as it continues to rack up points with a barrage of bloops and bleeps.

"Hey, guys," Omni says in two voices. "He's not thinking about us, but we can't hold this up forever! If you want to do this we have to do it right now!"

Whoops, forgot to refresh before posting!

Just one minute while I take all these great ideas and mash them together...

>>14813076
Grab a suit and mask, grab Caleb, and haul ass to the Emperor Penguin! Remote blanks the cameras, too.

>>14813098
Those editors, man, always pushing the publishing before the writer and artist is ready.

>>14813076
Remote, trip those alarms so the Madroxes move away from us. Omni, YOU lead the way for all of us so we don't run into one of those Madroxes.
I'll keep my time field up, and can probably freeze 1 Madrox - but if there are 2 in the same location, they'll notice something's wrong.
Everyone else, MAXIMUM GOGO.

>>14813123
PARKER! I NEED PICTURES! PICTURES OF TACHYON! NO I DON'T WANT EM GOOD, I WANT EM YESTERDAY!

>>14812946
>>14812944
>>14812928
>>14812927
>>14813126

"Ugh, this is really... really hard," Omni says as Bullet helps them walk speedily across the Mansion. "We're blanking them all to us, but it's hard, there are so many of them... and they're all a little different..."

"Keep going, you're doing great," Dragonfly says, floating next to them and helping prop Luke up as Remote forces her way through the Mansion's computer system. "I wish Caleb had come with."

"Someone's gotta be here who knows what's going on," Megan reminds her, "And he knows how to at least get the medical bay's systems started."

"OK, here we go," Remote says, biting her lip. "Hold onto your butts."

From another wing of the Mansion an alarm begins ringing out, along with the computer's pleasant voice at maximum volume! You hear the Madroxes scrambling and shouting at each other, and in the confusion Remote turns and makes a fist at the palmscanner mounted to the wall.

*BLEEPT* goes the large steel door as it unlocks and slides open, and beyond it you see dim lights begin to brighten, revealing the monorail that will take you to the Blackbird!

"OK, Tachyon's in charge," she says as you all step onto the monorail and feel it whisk you to the Blackbird. "What's the plan, when we get there, anyway? Land in a field and take a taxi in?"

As you board the Blackbird and its systems come online, Remote settles into the pilot's seat, straps in and grips the armrests. "OK, um, hi Emp. Time to fly, OK?"

...Roll a d100 to see this crazy plan in action, True Believers! Highest of 3 makes or breaks it!

rolled 92 = 92

>>14813238
Okay, lets see how badly we can screw this up. What will our critical failure be, I wonder?

rolled 88 = 88

>>14813238
Commence rolling protocol

Well, first Gotta be happy about the plane being Emp - which I'm hoping means 'Emperor Penguin' - and we gotta do it properly. So, overhead, and zip-line down to save Booobby~ and ~MmmcCoy. In compliance with the CCA.

Or at least look extra impressive to Megan, Sam or Clarissa. In compliance with the CCA.

>>14813271
>mfw

>>14813271
Nice roll.

rolled 32 = 32

>>14813284
Rolling.

rolled 25 = 25

>>14813238
Good rolls above me this one doesn't matter lol

rolled 75 = 75

Ok, rollan'

Ask if the blackbird has any weapons system we can use if things go BAAAAD, otherwise we'll need recon. try to establish contact with Xavier. They'll find out eventually. Ask him what needs to be done.

AND WE'RE OFF!

weredoomedweredoomedweredoomed

FINALLY!
I have waited for so long!

So, what's going on? I could get here any faster due to musical rehersials that took six hours...
What the hell are those clones that I see mentioned in some posts?

WOOSH!

>>14813359

The mansion is infested by some being from other dimension, it was brought here Mary Ann and Luke by overusing their powers.
This being has spread out and can make completely identical clones of people, even their clothes and powers.

Suffice to say, there is a crisis.

>>14813271
>>14813283
>>14813284
>>14813292

"You know, if we had just taken a car I could have made it go like three hundred miles an hour," Bullet says, leaning over the copilot seat as the dark farmland blurs by underneath the Blackbird.

"You know, if you don't shut up I'm gonna tell Emp to eject that seat into your face?" Remote asks, gritting her teeth. "And you would have just crashed it into something, anyway."

"Hey, little consideration for the fact that she's the only thing making us not crash and die, please?" Noah says, putting on his own mask and adjusting his UMF suit. "And, uh, I was thinking about a code-name. I mean, I think it's kind of silly, but-"

"Just spit it out!" Tesla says.

"OK, how about Copycat?"

"I like it," Dragonfly says, smiling at him. "I think it's a cool name."

"Hey kids, we're coming up on the city," Remote calls from the front cabin. "Someone get up here and help me find a place to land!"

"There are a lot of scared people over there-" Omni says, pointing off to the south.

What's the plan of action now?

>>14813316
When he asks us what are we doing here endangering ourselves when he told us to stay put etc. Tell him "we saw the brotherhood [b]trashing[/b] you guys [b]badly[/b] on tv. We... we were scared of losing you, so we came to help"

>>14813359

Hey, Time! Just in time!

>What the hell are those clones that I see mentioned in some posts?

When the senior staff ran off to deal with the Brotherhood, they left you in the care of Jamie Madrox, the Multiple Man!

>>14813386
Why are we flying away from them/it though?
The last edition of MQ I saw was when Aino and pals were in NY by the way.

rolled 81 = 81

Oh god, can we jump out and help people, please? Because that'd be cool!

Other then that, everyone! Keep your eyes open for the Brotherhood or a landing zone!

>>14813408
Oh. But then that means that >>14813386...
Youuuuuuuu....

Damage control. We can't handle tackling the worst goons The Brotherhood has to offer, but we can help save some lives caught in the cross-fire.

>>14813438
And we would have succeeded if it weren't for that damn meddling prof!
Rollan for initiative vs the scared crowd.

>>14813316
>Didn't see this post!

"All we've got are 'Electronic Counter-Measures', which I guess means like radar jammers and stuff?" Remote says. "There could have been missiles, but I didn't know they weren't attacked when we took off. Sorry."

>>14813438
>>14813417

Haha, you fell for it

How about Omni does the same trick as Emma Frost did?
They/he/she/it could make us invisible to normal people. Sure, there will be some footage of us in news cams but they could easly be blown off as fakes.

Find a safe LZ, contact Xavier, follow his orders.

>safe landing zone
Maybe a park or something?

>>14813190

Pictures? that would be difficult, considering outside observers could only, at best, see where she was, not where she is currently.

fuck, i can only imagine what it would be like to see that. especialy when matter and space starts warping.

hmm, that may a good way to disguise our landing in case of brotherhood dickery

>>14813498
Well okay. She did the mindwipe thing. Not pseudo invisibility but you get the idea.

rolled 35 = 35

>>14813498
They ain't good enough level yet bro. That trick with Madrox and his five duplicates? Barely pulled it off. Land over the crowd; their combined mass should reduce the momentum we have and their slushy friction would ensure no harm comes to the Necrolich Emperor Penguin the 2nd.

>>14813506
>>14813520
>>14813467
>>14813456
>>14813435

"What, right here?" Remote asks as you tell her to swing around, toward where Omni guides her.

"There, right down there," they say in unison.

"OK, this sounds crazy, but I love it!" Remote says excitedly, as a row of lockers pops open revealing rappelling gear!

As the hatch opens and the ground sways fifty feet below you, Remote calls back. "Are you sure you don't want me to just land and go from there?"

What will it be, Marveloids? Jumping into the action to help out strangers, or picking up the phone and calling the Professor?

Roll a d100 to vote! Highest of three calls it!

rolled 88 = 88

>>14813556
HONOR AND JUSTICE!!!
Off to save innocent civilians from peril!

rolled 73 = 73

no reason we cant do both!

rolled 84 = 84

>>14813556
Get in touch with the prof, and have Bullet guy transfer the momentum from the Necrolich Emperor Penguin the 2nd to the civilians so as to whisk them away to a safe place. What could possibly go wrong?

Nah, seriously, we should help the nameless xpchunks so we get cookie points for when we see the prof.

rolled 81 = 81

>>14813556
Into action!

rolled 26 = 26

>>14813574
YES! ACTION TEAM SPHENISCIDAE AWAY!

rolled 91 = 91

>>14813556
Can't we do both?
Use Emp as a mobile command center with Omni and Remote, rest of the team joining the fray. Omni contacts Prof.

Do we have radios? Or those cool Star Trek communicators?

>>14813614
Use his full name. Emperor Penguin.

rolled 1 = 1

When we get in touch with the Professor, it has to be with some variant on "Sup, boss, how's it going?" Something ridiculously casual and laid-back for the circumstances.

"All right, good lu-" Remote says before your stomach drops out from under you as you slide down the taut cable toward the ground, thankful that Mr. Logan showed you all how to use the harnesses!

Dragonfly swoops down, needing no harness to float nimbly down to street level, helping you out of your harness as the others shed theirs. A block down the street you can see the reason for the panic - a car has crashed into a power line pole, knocking it against a building, and with the fire department busy elsewhere, it has started a blaze that threatens to quickly destroy the building! Outside of the apartment a crowd of fearful people have gathered, pointing and gasping!

The crowd screams as a window blows out on the fourth floor, sending out a spray of glass that is quickly followed by a gout of flame!

"Hey, it's the Air Force!" someone shouts, noticing the plane hovering at a near distance! "Get a look at those crazy uniforms!" someone else says!

"What's the plan, boss?" Dragonfly asks you while her feet remain on the ground.


What will you do?

>>14813627
Tell Princess Remote to ask the ship it's Truename Powerword

>>14813659
Approach the crowd and make a question:
"IS THERE ANYONE INSIDE?!"

rolled 88 = 88

>>14813648
I think we have more sense than that. Try and avoid the issue, and hope for forgiveness after the fact.

Have Omni put some feelers out, check for lifesigns inside the building. Have Copycat lead the people outside someplace safe. Keep the others with us for now, we might need them if the Brotherhood shows up.

rolled 2, 21, 68, 39 = 130

>>14813659
We'll need a Superteam codename. I vote for "Aurora Equiitas" or polar hrse in my poglatin. Stop time, have Dragonfly levitate the car, Bullet punch it to the stratosphere and Omni to herd them to a safe place. THEN contact the prof using the radios. Rollan' for the mutie powers.

>>14813659
>"What's the plan, boss?" Dragonfly asks you while her feet remain on the ground.

"Remember the Danger room test with the burning apartment and a baby?"

Anyway, we have to get the people who are near the building away from it.
Also we need to determine if there are any people inside the building, if there are then we, Bullet and Dragonfly will need to save them using our powers as needed.

Unfortunately, we don't have anyone who can put out the fires... unless Bullet can run so fast as to create localized vacuum

rolled 77 = 77

OK! omni! sense locations of people traped in the building!
tesla! see if you can cut power to that downed pole!
bulllet! enter the building and get the folks in danger outside!
copycat! help bullet and watch his back in there!
dragonfly! carry me to the roof and i will try to stop the blaze, after that, rescue people traped in rooms bullet cant get to!

GO TEAM VENTU- er wait, whats our team name?

>>14813715
>>14813690
>>14813614

<<OK, everybody, we can stay in contact like this,>> Omni says telepathically.

<<We're trying to find the Professor, but he's too faint. Something's interfering with the astral plane - we can't sense anything in northern Manhattan!>>

"What? Who the heck are you?" A middle-aged man at the edge of the crowd asks as you grab his arm. "I don't know, I thought everyone already got out-"

His words are cut short by a woman screaming "My husband! He's still inside!"

Just then the fire flares up again, gusting out the windows and sending a thick plume of black smoke up as something inside collapses!

<<There's someone in the building, but he's not good!>> Omni's voice echoes in your head again! <<I can't tell where in the building he is!>>

"OK, everyone, please step away from the building," Copycat says in his most authoritative voice. His words, however, are disregarded by most of the people, including one man who points out "You're just some kid in a costume, get oudda here!"

While he tries to wrangle with the crowd, Dragonfly, Bullet, Tesla and you move forward - and notice that just like in the Danger Room simulation this place has a fire escape up the side, as well as a side door underneath it!

What's the plan, Stan (Lee)?

>>14813750
>>14813744

Consensus?

>>14813750
>>14813716
Is "New Mutants" taken yet? I can't remember when that started. Oh well, that name sucks anyway.

We have done this in the Danger Room already, Dragonfly. Let's remember our training and we'll be fine!

Ask Dragonfly to hoover up along the building and look through windows/listen for people calling for help. We need a better grasp of the situation.

rolled 26 = 26

>>14813659
Omni - ping to see where survivors are.
Dragonfly - secure the top floors.
Bullet - if someone jumps, Can you slow them down enough that their fall isn't fatal? If Y, do so. If N, help any people in the building move faster to assist their escape.
Tesla - are you able to STOP electricity? There's probably electrical risk to anyone in there. If not, secure the lower floors.
Tachyon - THE FIRE. SLOW IT DOWN. Get Dragonfly to give me a lift to where the fire is!
Copycat - can you think of a way your copying powers can help? If not, help Tesla sweep the lower floors.

rolled 26 = 26

Slow the spread of the fire with your powers. Send Dragonfly to get the guy out quick, and Ricardo if there's lifting needed.

>>14813716
whoa, whoa,

slow down there buddy.
Why would we need to punch away the car, potentially putting people in danger?
Removing the car will do nothing to help the situation.

If you want to stop the power-flow through the pole, Tesla is best for this task. I bet she can divert or consume energy or blow up the transmitter or something.

>>14813750
>>14813763
>>14813778
Seems reasonable. Make sure Remote keeps disabling cameras and shit.

Can't reach anyone in northern Manhattan? Hm. How far away is that from here?

>>14813755
Danger Room Techniques are go!

Some suggestions for our team name:
>http://www.seventhsanctum.com/generate.php?Genname=sentainame
Blood Squadron Typhoon Five
Daemon Enigma Mu
Dare Force Speed Man
Electric Live Mu
Explosive Glare Lambda
Explosive Neuro Force Molecular Man
Five Star Compu I
Five Star Plastic Force Engine Five
Fractal Task Force Exo Five
Goggle Force Radioactive Five
Grand Chrono Task Force Live Ranger
Grand Ward Task Force Mind Ranger
Great Dread Force Rebel Five
Great Force Arctic Ranger
Great Force War Ranger
Great Task Force Aurora Five
Holy Task Force Fractal Man
Mighty Ethereal Team Engine Ranger
Neon Squadron Aquatic Five
Radium Task Force Galactic Ranger
Strange Planetary Gamma
Super Bird Y
Supreme Flash Team Demonic Ranger
Total Task Force Armored Ranger
Ultimate Plasma Squadron Mechanical Ranger
>http://www.seventhsanctum.com/generate.php?Genname=superorganization
Air Guard Of Antartica
Air Killers Of Russia
American Adventurers
Authority Of Stratomagi
Corps Of Assasins
Cult Of Salvation
Cursed Gold Infantry
Earth Sorcerors Of Earth
Eta Conglomerate
Explorers Of The World
Flock Of Sorcerors
Heroes Of Asia
League Of Turbovillains
Linear Infrascavengers
Marvel Questers
Myriad Of Atomidefenders
Poison Mob Of Olympus
Psionic Macromagi
Psychocriminals Of Hate
Quasiassasins Of Gold
Ressurected Explorers
Silver Cabal Of Lemuria
Steel Army Of North America
Syndicate Of Unholy Commandos
Taurus Avengers

>>14813778
Copycat, Copy DR. TACHYON! Twin Time Slow Teamwork!

>>14813755
We make Sam a part of a seperate time bubble of "realtime".
Just like back at that time we took down those robbers before cinema.

Bullet could create a vacuum to blow out the fires.
Tesla cuts down power on EVERYTHING inside the apartement building. Let's hope that husband doesn't have a pacemaker...
Omni, Ricardo and Noah can keep civilians/mobs in check.

rolled 79 = 79

>>14813763
Seems like it. This is like the Danger Room exercise. As long as we keep our cool and don't panic, remember our training and work together, then we should get out of this alive.

>>14813818
Team names do not seem to have Penguin references. They are unsuitable.

>>14813806
Manhattan? Doctor Strange, is that you?

>>14813769
>>14813778
>>14813750
>>14813744

"Right!" Dragonfly shouts as she surges upward, carrying you over the heads of the crowd who gasp "She's a mutant!" Their concern over her genetic heritage takes a momentary backseat to the tension as the flames gout outward once again, and as she ducks back and maneuvers closer you hear Omni's voice in your mind again!

<<I'm using you to get a closer feel, Dragonfly - there's someone alive on the third floor, but they're trapped!>>

"Going up!" she says with some strain in her voice, as she pulls you up to the roof above the fifth floor, where flames have already begun to eat away at the ceiling of the apartments underneath!

From down on the street you hear someone shout "Those kids are crazy!" followed by a collective gasp, before the street lights around you suddenly go out!

Roll a d100 and turn the page to find out what happens next!

>>14813841
Quantum Emperor Defenders? or QED

rolled 56 = 56

>>14813854
Rolling+pageturning

rolled 79 = 79

>>14813854
LET'S DO THIS!... Whatever it is!

rolled 35 = 35

>>14813854
Man, I just wanna shout "Well I don't see any of you trying to help your fellow man!"

rolled 94 = 94

>>14813854
>20 or below

rolled 17 = 17

You now, just rollan'

Bullet would be great for quickly going in and retrieving the person.

Nice rolls there yo.
Better than usually in this threads....

>>14813888
"My powers have doubled since the last time we met"

>League Of Turbovillains
I guess we have our team name for when we hit our 'dark and brooding anti-heroes' period in a few years.

>Copycat, Copy DR. TACHYON! Twin Time Slow Teamwork!
This... has possibilities? He probably doesn't have as much training to do all that much fancy stuff, but if we're just slowing down the progression of entropy for the fire this might be more of a time-muscle job than a time-finesse job.

Also, when did we get a doctorate? Are those things just flaking off Mr. Fantastic or something?

>>14813942
If anything, Bullet would be the best person to copy owing to the many, MANY uses for momentum. You can only stop time once.

>>14813942
Don't forget our prowess in matters of SCIENCE!

>>14813865
>>14813867
>>14813868
>>14813869

With Omni's power you see through the eyes of Bullet and Tesla as she draws the electrical current away from the building and loops it back on itself, blowing out the power line and sending half a dozen blocks into darkness! Once inside the building Bullet darts through the almost motionless flames, as Omni's far-ranging senses hone in on the trapped victim!

<<"Hey, we found him!">> Bullet says through Omni's telepathic relay, <<"But part of the ceiling caved in and he's trapped! We need some help here!">>

Dragonfly floats above your head and looks over the side of the building to where Copycat has managed to make himself look older, if not more distinguished, and has moved at least half of the onlookers away from the base of the building!

What will you do, Tachyon?

>>14813942
We're a Doctor because we made -amazing- rolls at Math, Science and the arts. Also, Wild Cards is an awesome super-hero based setting, and if Tesla gets to crossdress, we get to be an alien prince.

rolled 22 = 22

>>14813974
><<"But part of the ceiling caved in and he's trapped! We need some help here!">>
What do -I- do? Keep slowing down the fire. Everyone else lifts shit off the dude.

>>14813974
I have an idea. A crazy idea, but possibly a working one as well.
We break the floor under the victim. When he drops down, Bullet or Aino grabs him midair before he is crushed under the debris... Again.

What say you?

>>14813974
Trapped as in 'there's rubble blocking the way' or trapped as in 'there's rubble all over this guy'?

>>14814001
>>14814012
>>14814022

Through Omni's power you see a man pinned behind collapsed beams and bricks, and although he seems unharmed the open space is mere inches across, and aflame as well!

Roll a d100, whatever you do!

>>14814012
Breaking floor is harder than lifting trash. I disagree.

rolled 5 = 5

>>14814012
This is most comic book like.

rolled 52 = 52

>>14814039

time warp -> digging shit out

we got all the time in the world!

rolled 60 = 60

So, rollan' for DYNAMIC ENTRY!

rolled 86 = 86

>>14814039
Stop flame with TIME STOP.
Everyone else clear rubbles.

>>14814046
It's more about brute force rather than finesse. If we would want to get the rubble of him, we would need to use amount of strength beyond a bunch of kids. Powers solve this problem, but they mainly just wreck shit.
We have brute force but not finesse. Breaking stuff under the victim needs less finesse than using powers to get rubble off directly.

>>14814096

finess isint realy an issue for us considering we can correct nearly any mistake in real time in relative time relative to real time.

rolled 74 = 74

>>14814039
I think we could all do with a time-out. Especially the poor man.

>>14814065
>>14814081
>>14814089

<<"Let me get this straight, you want me to cut a hole in the floor like Bugs Bunny?">> Tesla asks telepathically. <<"OK, you're the boss!">>

Through Omni's link you can feel Bullet getting ready to lessen the kinetic impact of the roof as he holds one arm above Tesla's shoulders. Her hands are suddenly a mass of white light as twin arcs sizzle from her to slice at the ceiling...

...but just as she begins to cut an opening a stray beam inside the bubble of realtime comes loose, knocking into her and sending her arcs flailing out of control across the room!

"Aino, I can get you down there-" Dragonfly says, terror in her face as she witnesses the same psychic image as you!

This is for real, Tachyon! Roll a d100 for whatever you do!

>>14814039

ITS TIME TIME

So, time dude, how goes your irc mutie quest?

rolled 94 = 94

>>14814153
Lol
Wat

Can we try cutting through the Rubble and lifting out the Rubble, perhaps implanting kinetic energy upon the Rubble so it's easier to move? I.e. not cutting through the floor?

rolled 52 = 52

>>14814153

"cant touch this"

rolled 13 = 13

>>14814153
I.e. everyone get in the same room as the man and go through the rubble. Everyone except perhaps Noah. Nobody on the floor below, nobody outside the building.

Even the smartest girl sometimes has brain glitches, after all. Must be the tachyons.

>>14814186

vote using this roll for time stop

>>14814153
"THEN DO IT! WE NEED TO HELP HER!"
>>14814175
Dropped. I tried it but A) I didn't knew the rules for shit. B) I didn't knew we would have this many rehersials this week. C) Players had tons of shit in real life so scheduling was hellish, not mention participants were strewn across three different timezones. And least but not least, E) I feel like shit.

>>14814205
Get your own roll, I'm cutting through rubble.

>>14814229

dude, our friend is in trouble, situational awareness at all times.

rolled 91 = 91

>>14814229
ooooh, burned!
>>14814202
>>14814189
>>14814186
Y SO SAGEUS?

So, rollan for time stop

>>14814238
Trapped man first.

>>14813974

Sounds like we should have used leverage.

Science!

It can't help you if you don't use it.

>>14814189
>>14814186

<<"I'm fine!">> Tesla says as Bullet pulls the beam off of her and helps her up. The UMF suit is completely undamaged - and from the looks of it saved her from getting burned! <<"OK, we're heading upstairs. We'll meet on the third floor!">>

You narrow your eyes into slits and concentrate, feeling the pulse of the tachyon field surge out around you, slowing the already-dreamlike fire to immobility and plunging the entire building into stillness! In the back of your mind you feel Dragonfly lift you up and carry you through a blown-out window, past licks of fire that stands unreal and ineffectual to where the others wait.

"Glad you could make it," Bullet says to you. "Late for the party again, huh?" he asks, but this time there's no mocking in his voice.

"I could cut away there-" Tesla says, gesturing at the middle point of the wide beam that traps the man, "and then Bullet could knock it away. Sound good?"

You concentrate and drag the tachyon field back, inch by inch, just enough to expose the rubble to realtime, and then Tesla and Bullet to their work, slicing the fallen roof into two manageable sections that he can knock away as if they were weightless!

Beyond the now-freed mess the man lies with his eyes closed, and Omni's voice rings out again! <<"He's not dead, but he's close! Hurry up, you guys, the police are here!">>

What will you do, Tachyon?

>>14814280
"Get him outta here Sa- Dragonfly!"

>>14814280

party of me wants to blow out of the wall with a hyperspeed punch, but in this case ill settle for taking the fire exit.


grab the man and lets get out of here.

Can we do a time stop extraction with Emperor Penguin?

>>14814280

Epic exit like in Return of the Jedi.

Burst out of there like we just blew up the Death Star core!

rolled 75 = 75

>>14814280
Tachyon: STOP THAT MAN. HIS VITALS CANNOT LOWER WHEN TIME IS STOPPED.
Dragonfly: CARRY THAT MAN.
Bullet: HELP DRAGONFLY CARRY THAT MAN.
Tesla: For the love of god don't pretend to be a defibrillator. That will make things worse.
Omni: Locate nearby medical persons. Possibly contact Remote and see how Remote's doing.

>>14814334
Wait, pretend to be a defibrillator?

MY GOD THAT'S BRILLIANT!

>>14814329
>>14814334
>>14814314
>>14814295

Bullet keeps one hand on Dragonfly and the other raised to the ceiling, ready to alter the momentum of any collapsing material. Once they drag him to the window she floats out, dropping quickly out of sight with his unconscious weight and a quick "Oof!" as she drops below the windowsill.

"Are we just gonna walk out the front door?" Bullet asks, turning back to you.

"What about that fire escape?" Tesla asks, grinning. "I think I have a plan..."

Ten seconds later, the Blackbird's hatch ramp rattles against the fire escape as Remote swings it down and holds it steady until everyone is aboard - including Dragonfly as she shoots back up from the nearby sidestreet where she left the man!

"OhmygoshIcannotbelievethatworked!" Remote spits out in a blur of excitement! "

Omni smiles at you and says simply, "You guys reek like smoke."

"OK, I called 911 and told them there was a guy here," Remote continues, "but the cops are shouting at us to land! What should I do?"

>>14814388
"Omni, can you say 'These are not the mutants you are looking for'?"

>>14814388
Fly far away. Cops ain't got shit on our jet.

>>14814388
Let's land, we are heroes. We haven't done any criminal violations.

>>14814388
Let's try and find where the big mess is happening now. We need to at least see what the situation is.

we dont have time to land, we need to get over to the professor and see whats going on.

but we can still talk to the police on radio, im assuming remote can handle that.

>>14814388

Have someone with a good fake cry blabber "I don't know how to land it!" then fly off elsewhere.

Check to see if it has any crazy stealth abilities or a way to contact the other craft? Perhaps a beacon that the other ship would respond to?

>>14814334
>Missed that part about Omni

"OK, there's a nurse and a med student in the crowd, I think at least one of them knows where that guy is now," Omni says, before Luke rubs his temple.

"Ow. This long-time stuff is hard," he says, as Mary Ann mouths the words.

>>14814433

Land, lets see if we can work with the police, rather than acting like dangerous vigilantes.

>>14814433

Actually, flying an aircraft this low, likely without consulting the air traffic controllers at the nearby airports, over a heavily populated area such as NYC... yeah, that IS some fairly deep shit, even back in the 90's.

To boot, we're mutants.

>the cops are shouting at us to land!

This probably wouldn't be a very good thing to do right now. There have been a number of very bad mutant types running around causing trouble, and right now the cops are more likely to cuff everyone and let god sort things out. Aside from all the other problems it would cause, getting arrested would limit or ability to further heroically help people. And I wouldn't want our next heroic adventure to be busting our jet out of impound.

>>14814431
>>14814436
>>14814437
>>14814441

Once everyone is safely aboard, the hatch closes up and the Blackbird turns toward the north.

"OK, good news is, the ECM is keeping us off of TV," Remote says from her perch on the pilot's seat. "And we know where the other plane is. Bad news is, um, actually there is no bad news. This is going pretty good so far!"

"The other BB is in a park about five miles from here. Omni can't tell where anyone is, though. There's some kind of psychic interference."

"So let's go!" Bullet says, leaping into the copilot's chair and landing with feather-lightness.

"What do you think, Aino?" Sam asks. "Park it and look around, or what? You said Magneto could crash a jet, right?"

"The other BB's not crashed, it seems to be working fine," Clarissa adds.

Things are about to get serious, folks! What will our mutie protagonist and her misfit crew do?

rolled 13 = 13

This would be a case of saying:
>Implying there are police here
Wiping all cameras of the blackbird, freezing the nearby spectators for as long as possible, and then thundering off to find the professor.

Apparently there's some shit goin' down in North Manhattan, so that's where to get to first.

>>14814492
>>14814465
If they are hostile, we bounce off the scene. We have powers made for slowing things down.

>>14814501

if there is room, land near the other blackbird.

wait, who lived in NYC again? Sam's mother?
She didn't live in the warzone, did she?

rolled 20 = 20

>"What do you think, Aino?" Sam asks. "Park it and look around, or what? You said Magneto could crash a jet, right?"
Fly in so damn fast that he won't have time to crash it, and if he DOES crash it, be ready to eject and have a rough, but Dragonfly and Bullet-assisted, landing.
Bullet, add an extra dose of Goes Fast to the jet.
Tesla, Magneto's power works on magnetics. Can you make Eddy currents in the blackbird's frame, to counteract that?
Omni, keep lookin' for signs of obvious fighting with your powers.
Dragonfly, keep lookin' for sings of obvious fighting with your eyes. Be ready to catch me if ejection is necessary - I can slow down everyone but myself.
Remote, piloting's all you.

Self? Prepare to stop time on any falling people IF NEED BE, prepare to stop time on any attackers to the blackbird if there are any. Otherwise, sit back and relax for a while.

i say we jet over there (with bullet speeding us up if nessisary) while we disasociate the plane from real time, magneto cant crash us if he dosent even know we are here before its too late.

>>14814563
Our powers do not work that way.
Stop trying to use our powers in manners which are impossible.

>>14814554

I like everything but the suggestions for Bullet and Tesla.

This being our first time in the blackbird, giving it super speed sounds like one hell of a bad idea.

Running electricity through an aircraft that can't ground itself and is carrying an unknown type of fuel ALSO IS A BAD IDEA.

Come on guys, at least act like we're a SCIENCE! nerd.

>>14814580
Actually, if we extend the core Realtime bubble out to about a quarter-inch from the edge of the slowtime bubble, and slow time in that one little sliver by a fraction of a second, that should be enough to shield us from being easily sensed, tracked, or aimed at. A quarter-inch shell of 'little-bit-off' is better than nothing.

>>14814580

of course they work that way, as noted in >>14813521 an observer outside a localized time dilation field will always be viewing events in the past, the same principle applies to things falling into a black hole.

>>14814501
Ask Remote to try to pinpoint where most of the TV cameras are in the area. Odds are a lot of them will be close to the trouble spot.

>>14814617
>>14814607
>>14814511
>>14814514
>>14814544
>>14814554

"I can try-" Megan says, grabbing onto a piece of exposed metal fuselage, "But I don't know how badly it will mess up the Blackbird-"

"Well, only do it if we need it," Clarissa says, aiming the Blackbird and sending it streaking toward the Upper West Side.

"Hey, lemme give us a little push," Ricardo says, leaning forward to make contact with the dash panel in front of him before Clarissa and you both shout "No!"

"You want to crash us into the Atlantic?" she shouts.
"Leave this part to me, OK?"

Even without Ricardo's light touch, the jet takes only seconds to arrive, but as you come in sight of the other Blackbird Omni grabs their heads and moans!

"Uuuh- wow, that's a headache... Guys, there's some kind of psychic shield around this place..."

As the jet lands on the grass in the darkened park next to the other Blackbird and hisses out a burst of air you and the other mutants stand and ready yourself for whatever lies outside, posing together in a full-page panel...

"OK, let's go."

>>14814689
Excellent issue as always, Prof. Sorry I missed the bulk of it.

Things are really heating up for Aino and her friends in the Big Apple! Whatever the future holds, it's sure to be explosive!

Tune in next time for another installment of Mutant Quest - but for now, on with the Mutie Mailbag!

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>>14814736
I don't know what the fuck is going on but I know that is awesome.

Lurking /co/mrade here, are choose-your-own-adventure threads like this common here? Is this going to be continued tomorrow or something? If so, I am so up for that.

>>14814834
fairly frequent, although not so comic based... just look for threads with 'quest' in their names

We are so deep in shit that we're probably on an artic seabird colony.

When's the next issue, Doc?

dear x.

will wednesdays be the typical time i can expect installments of mutant quest?

signed, inquisitive

Regrettably, I've just come into the thread, but not staying in the mansion seems like a terrible idea.

Dear X,

Will we ever see cross-over event with Spider-Man?

Signed,
Spidey-Fan

has this been archived yet?

>>14814880
>We are so deep in crap that we're probably on an artic seabird colony.

>When's the next issue, Doc?

Can't argue with that, Faithful Reader! If we can swing it, the next issue should be out tomorrow - if not, it won't be any earlier than Monday, and after next week we might have to switch to a new printing schedule!

>lerentr September
A back-to-school special already?

Dear X,

Will this young squad with everything to prove become a rival team to the team at the Mass. Academy?

>>14814897
>dear x.

>will wednesdays be the typical time i can expect installments of mutant quest?

>signed, inquisitive

Well, Inky (can we call you Inky?), Mutant Quest is published on a fairly erratic schedule, though we try to get it out by 1:30 pm Eastern time weekdays. Which weekdays it appears on is a matter of debate, since even the writers don't know what to expect!

>>14815018
>Dear X,

>Will we ever see cross-over event with Spider-Man?

>Signed,
>Spidey-Fan

Here's hoping we can win you over to the meticulously-masterworked mess that is Mutant Quest, S-F! Even if we can never replace that warm webby feeling in your heart, our favorite neighborhood wall-crawler might show up in the future - after all, it's a small, small world!

>>14815211
>Dear X,

>Will this young squad with everything to prove become a rival team to the team at the Mass. Academy?

Eager for more of Ms. Frost, eh? Well, there's certainly SOMETHING happening in Massachusetts! Keep reading!

Dear X,

as much as I love Aino's current adventures, I'd like to know if there's a possibility of a time skip in the foreseeable future. I'd love to see our heroine as a young adult, say in the early 2000's.

>>14814834

As we approach the end of the Mutant Mailbag, we'll take a moment to remind you that back issues of Mutant Quest are available free of charge here:

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=mutant%20quest

>>14815331
>Dear X,

>as much as I love Aino's current adventures, I'd like to know if there's a possibility of a time skip in the foreseeable future. I'd love to see our heroine as a young adult, say in the early 2000's.

Oh, we'd say there's a strong possibility of time skips, considering what our mutie protagonist is likely to get up to! And why stop in the twenty-first century? If this gig doesn't work out Aino could always shoot for a gig with the Guardians of the Galaxy!

This concludes our test of the Emergency Mutant System! Tune in next time for another thrilling installment of Aino's adventures across the teenage wasteland!

Thanks for reading, True Believers, and special thanks to the Communist-correlated /co/mic fans who dropped in to join in the Mighty Marvel Merriment!

Until next time!

>>14815395
Is the Time Agency hiring?

>>14815724
>Is the Time Agency hiring?

Heh... you never know what will happen when I get an idea in my head!

>>14815893

If Memory Serves, The Doctor is technically canon in the Marvel U thanks to Marvel UK back in the day.