"OK, kids, here you go!" Sam's mom says as she hands out ice-cream cones to each of you.

"Thank you, Mrs. Binh!" the teenagers reply in unison, and as the six carefree tourists stroll down the Florida boardwalk crowded with vendors, surfers, bikini models, Midwesterners and muscle-builders, eating their ice-cream cones, amazed and enraptured with the spectacle around them, a double-wide splash page highlights each of them!

Aino Virta, aka Tachyon. Mutant time-slower. Spent her first day of summer vacation in the year 2099, and a few other whens.

Clarissa Smith, aka Remote. Mutant technopath. Currently crushing on...

Atlas, aka Charles. Mutant slave from the year 2099. That baseball cap hides a head full of electronics.

Megan Van Hollen, aka Tesla. Mutant bio-electric emitter. This is her first vacation since her powers kicked in.

Samantha Binh, aka Dragonfly. Mutant flyer. Aino's best friend.

Mrs. Binh, aka Mom. She's bankrolling this entire trip.


(cont. on next page)

"We should start our own superhero business," Clarissa says while Sam's mom is distracted with a rack of dolphin-themed T-shirts.

"Pff, yeah right, you know how much cash that would take? The Avengers have a *mansion*," Sam scoffs.

"We *do* have a mansion," Clarissa shoots back.

"No, the Professor has a mansion. *We* have the privilege of living there as long as we keep our grades up," Megan interjects.

"Sam's mom could pay for our stuff," Clarissa smirks, poking her. "Just tell her we're gonna save the world and stuff!"

"Yeah, right!" Sam laughs, almost losing her scoop of ice cream. "I mean, she knows I'm a mutant who can fly, but I mean, come on, do you think I told her that we stole a plane and flew to Manhattan and Aino got shot by that Mentallo guy?"

"Pipe down, big-mouth," Clarissa says as Sam's mom returns, clutching a plastic shopping bag.

"Let's see... we have three hours before we need to be at the airport. Do you kids want to go to the arcade like you said earlier, or those go-karts we saw on the way over here?"


First decision of the day!

rolled 35 = 35

>>15209640
Go-Carts. Definitely.

dice1d100

>>15209663

Can we prank call the Avengers while Go-Karting?

ARACDE!

grin at Remote and Atlas. "No cheating."

>>15209677

Sorry about that, I'm not used to rolling dice. Could somebody tell me the correct way please?

>>15209683
Put noko+dice+1d100 in the email field.

>>15209678
It's 1995. I TOTALLY want to see them play Mortal Kombat against each other without touching the machine.

rolled 46 = 46

>>15209697
rolling

>>15209640
email field: noko+dice+1d100
noko's not necessary. No need to roll before Prof says so.
>>15209683
Arcade!

rolled 79 = 79

>>15209687

Thanks. Here's the roll for the prank call.

>>15209697
That sounds awesome, but will inevitably lead to SHENANIGANS.

Not that shenanigans are necessarily a bad thing, but I don't want to ruin Aino's vacation with Anti-Mutant riots just yet.

Arcade seems totally fun(specially if we can get some X.Men WELCOME...TO DIE!!) but Go-Karts Is...GO!

>>15209677
No! Bad! No pranking!

there is a god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! mutie quest is baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!!!!!!1

>>15209697
Yeah, this if we can sneak in late at night.

>>15209663
>>15209677
>>15209678
>>15209683
>>15209687
>>15209697
>>15209701
>>15209702
>>15209703
>>15209710

Looks like we've got our first vote of the day on our hands! Time to roll and vote what Aino and Co. do next, arcade fun or go-kart excitement! And while you're at it, what's that about a phone call?

Roll a d100 by putting noko dice 1d100 in the email field and make your choice - the highest of three rolls decides!

rolled 67 = 67

Arcade, No Phone

rolled 80 = 80

>>15209733
GO CART VICTORY

rolled 100 = 100

>Commander-AgentsAre...GO!.jpeg
GO GO GO GO-KARTS!

rolled 73 = 73

Arcade, use pay phone there to prank call.

rolled 91 = 91

>>15209754
No Phone

>>15209751
>>15209751
>>15209751
Awesome.

rolled 84 = 84

>>15209824
Doctor Tachyon, Race Car Driver!

Huh, did Marvel ever do a Buckiroo Banzi comic?

>>15209743
>>15209747
>>15209751

"So what exactly is the object of this game?" Atlas asks you dubiusly as he watches the other teenagers shriek and scramble for their own go-karts. "You just go around in a circle? No laserbeams or spikes on the track?"

"The object is to kick everyone else's butts!" Sam shouts from two cars up as the employee checking her straps winces at the sound.

"How am I supposed to kick someone sitting in this thing-" Atlas says, extending a leg outward.

"Handsandfeetinsidethecartatalltimes," the worker blurts out as he hustles past the two of you to get clear of the track.

"What did he say-?" Atlas starts to ask before the barricade in front of the lead carts drops into the ground and the others speed forward!


Any tricks you want to play on your friends, or are you playing it straight?

Either way, roll a d100 to see who comes out in the lead!

rolled 68 = 68

>>15209873
Aw, come on we rolled a 100 for it. Oh well, no tricks.

>>15209873
let's not cheat unless they start

rolled 17 = 17

>>15209873
Play fair, we can win even without our powers or other gimmicks.

rolled 49 = 49

>>15209873
FULL THROTTLE

WIN THIS OR DIE TRYING

NO POWERS, NO TRICKS, ONLY SKILL

>>15209845
i think they did a tie in back in 84 or 85. there is a modern one out now.

Final Destination

rolled 71 = 71

Blue shell on Clarissa when she's on top!

Blue sparkle EVERY CORNER!

Seriously, hope noone's wearing a dress; they often get tangled. Watch out for Atlas ramming people and tell him we didn't mean the kick ass art literally, maybe Dodgems later?

I'm so fucking sick of seeing these threads.

>>15209970
So block 'em out, and get on with your life.

Meantime, the rest of us are having fun.

>>15209970
thanks for the bump, by the way

>>15209910
Fuck that, go for broke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxVB5wIqms4

rolled 3 = 3

I say we follow the speed limit and drive carefully.

rolled 99 = 99

Actually, seeing a Quest thread without any sagers or so-called "trolls" was kinda freaky. Just saiyan.

>>15210010
Stop wasting our good rolls!

>>15210010
Let's....not roll, unless we need it.

rolled 6 = 6

>>15210032

NEVER!

inb4jinxedit

>>15209887
>>15209892
>>15209910

"This is so unsaaaaafe!" Atlas yells in fearful exhilaration as he tears around the track, bumping and weaving around the other cars, as you and everyone else tries their hardest to achieve victory!

"Hey, I wanted to go to the arcade!" Clarissa shouts as she takes a turn too wide and is passed by you and Sam! "No fair, mine's broken!" she pouts as she struggles to catch up with the rest of you!

"Sorry, chief, winner takes all!" you hear Sam say as she streams past you, accelerating as she creeps up on Megan-

"Yeaaaaah!" Sam cries in triumph as she overtakes Megan in the final lap, zooming into the pit ahead of everyone else, with Megan close behind! As you pull in behind her, Atlas' cart thumps against your rear bumper!

"Sorry!" he calls up. "This is fun! Do lots of people around here drive these things?"

As you unstrap the seatbelts and climb out onto the raised concrete above the pit, you hear someone shouting from the boardwalk nearby!

"Look out! It's grabbing another-"

*CRASH*

The other teenagers jump at the sound, and as the kids and Mrs. Binh step out of the shade into the bright sunny street, you see a towering figure made up of-

"Are those... palm trees?" Clarissa asks, watching the twenty-foot high figure smash a sunglass dealer's hut and uproot a palm tree out of the ground, somehow taking it into itself and growing even larger! As the panicked crowd flees in all directions, the creature throws the sunglasses hut out into the street, and you hear more cries and shouts!


What now???

rolled 98 = 98

>>15210071

Call the Avengers like responsible, upstanding citizens.

>>15210071
"My god, is that a Giant Sized Man-Thing?" Point, gesture, and when we realise what we said, do not look embarrased.

rolled 71 = 71

Is this our first OC Arch-Rival? LAAAAAAAAAAME. Maybe we could call up Lobster man and have us a good old fashioned brawl?

Screw that, vacation time, it's someone's else problem. Call the Avengers.

inb4withgrætpowercomesgrætresponsability

>>15210081
>>15210093
>>15210096

"The... what?" Sam asks you distractedly, staring in awe at the gargantuan humanoid mass of wood and palm fronds turns and seems to look down at you and your friends.

"Oh, right, the Avengers!" she shouts as you grab her hand and pull her down the street with Mrs. Binh and the others, fleeing its destruction! "What was the number? 1-800-"

"I don't have any change!" Megan cries, turning her pockets inside out next to the phone booth.

"I do! I do!" Mrs. Binh says, pulling open her purse and frantically digging through it. "Ah-hah!" she says, holding a shiny quarter up to the light!

"Guys, it's an 800 number," Clarissa says calmly, picking up the phone dialing as she hands the receiver to you. "Here you go, leader lady."

"This is the Avengers, what is the nature of your call?" the pleasantly neutral voice on the other end asks, as the palm-tree creature bellows out a choked roar accompanied by the sound of glass and metal smashing as it pounds a car into scrap!

What are you gonna tell them?

rolled 58 = 58

GIANT-SIZED MAN-THING TERRORIZING YOUNG GIRLS!
inb4chrishansen

>>15210157
"There's some sort of huge monster made out of... palm trees, and it's smashing cars and businesses down here on the boardwalk."

>>15210157
"There's a giant plant moster...Where are we? No, not all at once, geeze, ok, we're at [Location] and there's a giant palm tree monster thing, please send help!"

Also, is there anyone on the Avengers we wanna meet?

rolled 73 = 73

THERE'S A SCARY MONSTER AT THE GO KART PLACE!

>>15210157
"Giant organic plant monster rampaging in Disneyland, Absorbing more trees to increase in size. Origin unknown, powers unknown. Mutant students on site but keeping low profile. Please hurry before we're forced to blow our cover."

rolled 79 = 79

>>15210189
Hank Pym for further SCIENCE! shenanigans. But given our internship with Mr.Fantastic(ugh, did I really write that?) we`re anyways going to meet him.

Tell them to send in the Hulk, I wanna see if our powers can stop him! FASCINATING, FOR SCIENCE!

>>15210189

We have a technopath and a guy with a robot hat. They'll probably want Tony Stark's autograph.

>>15210199
Let's not mention the mutant thing. The entire point of us calling is so that we can lay low for the rest of the vacation.

>>15210214
Right! SCIENCE!

And do they still have Thor? As a Finnish person, that'd be all fun.

>>15210199
Seconding this; nice, calm, and in control.

>>15210221
Well, do the Avengers dislike mutants?

ANyway, we -will have to save lives. Aino is a goody two shoes, remember?

rolled 24 = 24

>>15210199
Actually, DisneyWorld, but best cool-headed suggestion so far.

>>15210157
Besides telling the location and description of the tree absorber (and mentioning that civilians are in danger) we should Freeze the creature without anybody seeing us.

Wanna bet that Avengers are busy and we have to deal with this. Or we're going to have a guest star.

>>15210227
THERE IS A GIANT MAN-THING TERRORIZING US!

rolled 7 = 7

>>15210242
Depends; before or after House of M?

>>15210221
I wanted them to know that there are friendly 'capes', if you will, in the area to prevent any spontaneous meet-for-the-first-time-fights, in case we have to step in or see the civilians to safety. And since the Avengers have usually been on good terms with the x-teams, this should give them a head's up to divert attention away from us and mutations in general.

rolled 31 = 31

>>15210253

Whoops, meant to reply to this one:

>>15210236

rolled 68 = 68

Once the call's over, we rush in, telling the others to stay back. Aino's not the sort to stand by and watch as others get hurt, and after recent events, she's probably none too keen on having her friends killed again.

I'd like to think that the entire party is grabbing the phone from eachother and saying these different things.

>>15210264
Meet for the first time and fight is Marvel standed, Mister.

>>15210253
1994-ish, so before M.

>>15210172
>>15210188
>>15210189
>>15210199
>>15210213
>>15210214
>>15210221
>>15210192

"Thank you for informing us," the voice says as you try to to make yourself heard over the shouts of the others, the screams of terrified tourists, and the palm-thing's roaring! "Please find a safe place as soon as possible and wait for local authorities to arrive," it continues. "Do you need more assistance?"

"Tell Iron Man he should sue you for copyright infringement!" Sam blurts out when you repeat the question, looking nervously back at the angry creature, but just as she's about to say something else the sound of sirens being wailing in the distance!

"Hey everybody, cops are here," Clarissa says, "And they're bringing backup," she adds, tapping her head. "If we're not gonna-" she gestures at the palm-tree creature as it overturns another parked car-

"Maybe we should-"

"Yeah, let's, uh-"

"Come on, Mrs. Binh, let's get out of here before someone gets hurt!" Megan says, leading Sam's mom

"You wanna stick around and see if the Avengers really show up?" Sam asks you as you flee the chaos with the others.


Good question! Care to wait around in the area and see what happens, or are you going to make yourselves scarce?

>>15210273
Yes, this.

>>15210287
"Only if you're mom's ok, Sam! But...yeah! And Don't tell Iron Man to sue me!" Punch her shoulder, nervous worried panic laughter.

And, you know what, see if you can see any weird Tachyon's coming off the plant monster.

>>15210287
Look for any stragglers and help them to safety. Keep usage of powers to an absolute minimum.

rolled 82 = 82

>>15210287

Can we hide behind say a stall or building while waiting for the Avengers? Rolling for Stealth I guess, not really sure how this thing works yet.

rolled 55 = 55

>>15210287
We leave, and make sure the others follow. Before the last few issues, definitely stay. Now? Aino doesn't want to see her friends hurt, or anyone else for that matter.

>>15210287
From a safe distance, yes.

>>15210287
We stay. Protecting the civilians takes the first priority. We'll be a silent guardian, a watchful protector, a dark kni-- oh, sorry. I mean we'll (as in the team) avoid attention. You know, not let anyone see our faces, or preferably not even know we're doing something.

rolled 84 = 84

No dice, CHARGE FOR GLORRY AND VICTORY!

rescue Civilians Operation is Go!

>>15210370

Can we kill anyone who knows we have powers?

>>15210407
Since when has that ever been our modus oprendi?

>>15210407
NO!

We should find some cover but stay as close as is reasonable just in case we need to intervene, but the rest of the gang should head to safer ground. Clarissa and Atlas's powers aren't going to be massively useful in a plant fight, and having Sam and Megan engage plant-thing would blow our cover.

...Not to mention that Sam's mom is both a unpowered civilian and RIGHT HERE, and she's probably wouldn't be too happy seeing her daughter charge off into battle. We can use our powers to slow down planty at the very least, and we can probably do so without being spotted. Someone else should stick with us to watch our back though. Pairs tend to be a lot safer than solo acts.

rolled 15 = 15

>>15210407
We can, We have the technology!

Or will have, at least.

>>15210407
CCA might have something against that. Not that we would if we could.

>>15210447
No, Bad. We do not kill anyone.

>>15210407
>>15210415
>>15210419
>>15210447
Read the damn back issues. Aino is not evil. Aino is not even remotely evil. Aino is essentially of a good Alignment, and took Int while making Wis her dump stat. Heroine, not anti-hero.

>>15210447
Not with us and that hasn't been our MO, ever. We're a Hero of Science, not a misanthrope.

>>15210310
>>15210313
>>15210315
>>15210332
>>15210336

"Yeah, Mom's safe - the others guys will watch out for her. We can just say we got separated. Come on, let's go," Sam says as the two of you begin to wade against the crowd of the last to flee the site.

"Hey, come on, kid, move your feet!" Sam says, pulling a small boy laying on the sidewalk back upright. "Where's your mom?" she asks the crying youngster, and as he sniffles and points at a woman looking in all directions frantically she rushes forward with him and hands him back to his grateful mother!

"*I* just totally saved that kid. He could have gotten crushed by that plant monster," she says as the two of you slip into the narrow space between a lime-green swimsuit shack and an empty pizza store, coming out on the far side of the block on an empty street. The two of you can just barely see the top of the creature's palm-covered head on the other side of the low buildings, but as you peek through an alley it seems like most of the people are out of the area - the thing's rampage seems to be concentrated largely on property!

"You think you can slow it down from here, or is that too far away?" she ask, as you hear the first gunshots of police crack in the air! The thing bellows in rage, and a moment later you hear the shouts of police as it smashes a patrol car!

What now?

>>15210468

Obviously we kill people when Aine isn't looking. Or kill her.

[spoiler]I'm just joking of course... or am I?

rolled 92 = 92

>>15210501
Aino: inhumanly clever mass-murderer?

>>15210488
Time-stop. We know the drill.

>>15210488

Lime green swimsuit shack? I believe I found our team costume! I say we go in and change.

>>15210488
Is Sam's mom, Charlies, Clarissa and Megan ok?

But nervously look to Sam and...Hug and try to slow that Man-Thing down.

>>15210501
Not evil. Stop it.

>>15210488
Freeze it! But time it so that the police will think their guns did it.

Did Aino get hit on the head or something? Because the other explanation is that Wheately decided to start playing for Mutant Quest.

Read the back issues, folks!

Yes! Mutant Quest!

Also, Try to stop time

>>15210556

>>15210488
We've done our part, and considering the distance and that we don't have our power suit's tachyon field amplifiers, I think now would be a good time to book it out of here and let the professionals handle this.

>>15210488
We can't stop it. Well, we could, but that would look suspicious. No, I say we slow it down by 25%. That should cushion any of its blows against the police and property, and give anyone else time to get away from it, without anyone being too aware that it's not moving as fast as it could be. We're helping, slowing it until the Avengers arrive, and protecting police officers, but not blowing our cover. If we stopped it completely, someone would know something is up and look for us. This might be a decoy to flush out mutants in hiding.

Does Sam have a camera on her? We should take pictures and make this a postcard.

rolled 5 = 5

>>15210481
>>15210468
>>15210467
Aino is not evil(yet), but not for lack of trying...

I still see her as a SCIENCE! Neutral Cool Antihero who may do heroic stuff but it's primarily concerned with her well-being and that or her friends. She's headstrong, wants to test her limits and May God Help You should you get in her way. Ruthless, cool-headed, with a MAD LOVE FOR PENGUINS!

>>15210488

I don`t think we can stop him from this distance, ge will have to get a bit closer. Actually I don't remember us being able to dislocate tachyon fields from our location without serious enhancers(Tony-Fuji-sama's outfit, our mature and well-endowed body) Might be well worth a try though.

>>15210581
But people might get hurt, and Aino has a history of gleefully disregarding secrecy for Doing Good. Bank robbers, restaurant, towers?

rolled 78 = 78

Try to move in closer, but don't get detected

>>15210582
No, we are good, plain as that. Stop trying to make her something she's not.

rolled 99 = 99

>>15210582
>mfw I realize I want a SUGARHIGH FEMALE DOCTOR DOOM!

rolled 16 = 16

>>15210582
Not really ruthless, unless you count Master Mold, and that more or less pushed every berserk button she had. Cool-headed? Yeah, but try stubborn. PENGUINS is spot on, though. I'd say Neutral Good, with her stubbornness and the fact that she doesn't know as much as she thinks she does being the cause of the more unfortunate incidents.

Rolling for TIMESTOP.

rolled 54 = 54

Zap the monster with bio-electric stuff.

>>15210623
Not this Aino. Not unless some remarkably unpleasant things happen first. There's potential for that, but not in this version and not yet.

Also, after the third roll doesn't count.

rolled 11 = 11

>>15210581
Good idea, and since they expect giant things to move slowly that could give us a good cover! capitalize on their cultural expectations!

>>15210647
This is Aino, not Megan.

>>15210661
Heck, even when something unpleasent happened - Days of Mutant Past - we were still Good.

rolled 59 = 59

>>15210647
Doubt it.

>Tesla used Thunderbolt!
>But it doesn`t affect Giant-Sized Palm-Thing...

>>15210521
>>15210530
>>15210532

One of the officers yells "Fire!" and the creature begins to roar just as the bullets impact against its tough wooden hide, when suddenly it pauses motionless and completely silent!

"You did it!" Sam says as you throw an arm around her and concentrate, holding a narrow band of realtime around the two of you while the twenty-foot tall car-smashing palm tree remains locked in the clutch of your tachyon field! "Wow, I think your range is getting better," she remarks.

"So how long are you gonna hold it like this?" Sam asks as the police shout orders at each other in confusion over their sudden victory.

"Hey, *there* you are," a voice behind you says, and as you and Sam look backward you see Clarissa standing behind you! "I told your mom I had to go to the bathroom. Somehow I knew you guys were going to do this."

"And if you keep this up for another two minutes the Avengers will be here," she says. "You know their plane is called a Quinjet?"

Two minutes later...

A whispering roar is heard coming from the horizon, and a small blue craft streaks into view and slows, hovering motionless above the frozen tree-monster. As it lands, the girls on the far side of the alley can see three figures emerge - one in a red, white, and blue uniform with a round shield, someone in head-to-toe red and yellow armor, and a brown-haired woman in red!

As the girls watch, the three costumed figures circle around the frozen creature, examining it, and begin speaking with the police!

"I never realized they color-coordinated their suits," Sam smirks as you keep the huge creature locked in stasis.

What now?

rolled 61 = 61

>>15210713
Try and let it go slowly. We've done what we can. let the avengers clean it up, then ARCADE!

>>15210713
"I don't want to sound disrespectful but you may want to hurry up there Avengers."

rolled 47 = 47

>>15210713

I guess we keep holding it until the Avengers kill it. Also I tell a random team mate to go to the lime green swim suit shop and get some costumes.

>>15210713
So, Iron Man Autograph? Or continue vacation. We should make friends if we want to have a job after high school, and Iron Man is the CEO of one of the most important companies.

That, and maybe we can fix this timeline so no Stark-Evil-peopole-that-kidnap-Atlas-for-time-line-control-experiments-co.

But check for Mr. Mobius to see if it's ok.

>>15210713
Have Clarissa see if any of the Avengers has a communicator. Have her then, through the communicator, warn them that the creature is about to start moving again and that they should get ready.
Then slowly release control on the tachyon field, so it looks like the creature is coming out of some kind of stupor.

>>15210753
Oh -god- no. Lime green? Groady. X-Suits are cooler, anyway.

By the way, as I'm finally reading this thread (Bloody picnics...) I have to say that IMO Aino is Neutral Good friend of JUSTICE and SCIENCE!

>>15210713
Have Clarissa use a police radio to issue a warning "it's moving again!". (Masking her voice of course) Then slowly release the creature, 10% per second or so will do fine.

rolled 43 = 43

>>15210713
Slowly release it. Slowly. As in, have it visibly move, but slow enough for it to still be helpless.

rolled 68 = 68

>>15210689
Nah, there's still room for more Evilish-neutral stuff there. We didn't go on this rescue mission to do an inexorable good act(freed the prisoners) but to rescue a personal friend of ours. We let out the prisoners knowing full well that, without their powers, they were likely to be captured and maybe some killed to set out an example.

I'm not saying we're Doctor Doom's Evil(yet, working on it!) but saying, it's a possible future development for this character. If anything we are closer to Hannibal Lecter or Doc Ock, fundamentally a goodish two-shoes with a love for SCIENCE!

>>15210774
>>15210757
These posts get my seal of approval.

>>15210799
I disagree that it was an evil act (better a chance of freedom than slave camps, at least in their eyes), and it was a grimdark possible future in any event.

rolled 63 = 63

>>15210799

What if her friends get killed. Will that fill her with enough angst and fury to do evil to get revenge?

>>15210782
Second Doctor is best Doctor. And Aino is Netural Nice and Good for SCIENCE and Cute Flightless Birds

>>15210819
Revenge on people responsible for their deaths? Hell yes.
Revenge on the whole world? Hell no.

>>15210819
Quite probably. At the very least, things will get messy for the person in question. (More so if she doesn't lose her head. The other thing worse than a ticked off Aino is a ticked off Aino who uses her head.)

Remember the Master Mold time travel affair?

rolled 5 = 5

Seems we are pretty agreed on SLOWLY releasing the creature, having Princess Remote warn the Avengers/the police about it and letting them scoop it out. Possible autograph from Stark.

Aino is Goodish, Stubborn and Quirky. Any other traits? Basically the idealization of TG's perfect woman/girl? if so, that could explain why I saw some Etna's 4tehlulz Evil in her. Are we projecting though her? Or am I, again, just over-analyzing this thread in the hopes of selling the idea of FEMALE DOCTOR DOOM ON SUGAR RUSH! ?

>>15210868
Hate to say it, but you're seeing things that aren't there. Also, FEMALE DOOM ON SUGAR RUSH is an amusing idea, but it's not Aino. Not unless the Prof runs that What If from a few weeks back, anyway.

Ad pages

rolled 42 = 42

>>15210883
heh maybe. A trend I've seen in quests here in /tg/ is the self-projection of fa/tg/uys in the quest's protagonists. Zerg, Dark Overlord and Maid quest come to mind in this regard, as well as various oneshot ones(superhero from April?2011)

Of course Hume warned us against the dangers of Induction...heh carry on mutie questers!

>>15210868
Yes.

I am still saying that Aino is NG in my opinion but here is a funny Dr.Doom page I found. I hope you guys can read the text.

>>15210743
>>15210748
>>15210753
>>15210774
>>15210790

Just as Captain America is taking a statement from one of the officers, nodding as the man gestures wildly from side to side, Iron Man raises his hand and says something that makes all three of them spring to readiness!

As the palm-creature begins to move they hurl energy blasts and a metal shield at it, and while the ground underneath improbably collapses and momentarily traps the creature, it frees itself and grabs Captain America in one claw!

As the creature raises him up to its splintery mouth, someone suddenly springs up from nothingness on the sidewalk next to it, quickly growing to man-sized, then to the same size as the creature itself!

"And what a surprise, he's wearing red," Sam says dryly as the twenty-foot tall man punches the palm-tree creature, catching it off-guard. "Man, we should have popcorn or something for this."

The now-giant man grabs the palm-creature in a trunk-lock from behind, and shakes off a thunderous blow thanks to the strange helmet he wears! As he clutches it to keep it from escaping, the creature roars again... and begins to fall apart in chunks!

"Sorry, big fella, this is the best way to deal with you right now," the giant says in a booming voice, gradually shrinking in size as the tree-creature collapses on itself. As he does so, Captain America looks around and calls out "Thank you!" in your direction.

"Ohmygosh, do you think he knows where we are?" Clarissa asks.

"Maybe we should go say hi, right?" Sam responds. "What do you think, chief?"

"We should get back to the others, like pronto," Clarissa says worriedly.

What do?

>>15210868
You are seeing things that are not there, and are continuing to try to sell an idea that the majority of us do not wish to buy, nor have any interest for concerning Aino.

Ant Farms--Fun for everyone, except maybe your mother!

>>15210782
This. Aino's been an iconic hero so far, and there's no need to change this. Dr. Good > Dr. Doom

>>15210911
Believe it or not, not all Quests have the characters as mindless collective self-inserts whose actions come off as schizophrenic. RP is alive and well. Also, how the hell do you consider Hannibal Lecter GOOD, let alone compare him to Aino? I don't see it.

>>15210926
Best not to get our faces plastered all over the news, which is what would happen if we went over there.
Let's get out of here so we can enjoy the rest of our vacation.

>>15210926
Ah, what the hell. Let's go say hi.

rolled 85 = 85

>>15210926
"He knows. Let's go."

Aino is many things, but stupid is not one of them.

>>15210926
I guess there isn't much harm done if we act like fan girls for at least once. Come on, Stark is the third SCIENCE genius in the trinity of Reed and McCoy!

>>15210926
No, come on, your countries greatest superhero just waved at us! Lets go say hi to the Cap!

And network with Iron Man, because we need to be on the look out for our future! Hey, Clarissa, he might have a good job for you!

rolled 2 = 2

>>15210939
Primary goodish, but "twisted" by some terrible events. Hence why he cares, even if in Sub-Dom fashion.

>>15210926
I don't think we are in any rush to meet the Avengers, we'll be able to do so when we go with Richards. Play it safe? My vote goes there.

rolled 91 = 91

>>15210926

Get back to the others. I can't imagine we want to be on the news.

rolled 59 = 59

>>15210964
Twisted or not, he's not really good anymore, if he ever was. Reread Silence of the Lambs.

>>15210964
>>15210963
>>15210962
>>15210958
>>15210952
>>15210951

Looks like it's time for a roll and vote! Roll a d100 to decide whether you go say hi or take a hike! Highest of three rolls decides!

rolled 86 = 86

>>15210958
Actually this is something I had not considered. Maybe not FAWN ALL OVER HIM *SQUEE ♥ ♥*! But we should at least present ourselves. Otherwise we risk having a first meet fight with them later on, and all the covert work is wasted.

>>15210926
Let's get the others and go see the Avengers. "What? Us? We just reported the incident to the proper authorities."

Is Iron Man's identity public knowledge? I always thought he was Stark's bodyguard. *wink wink*

rolled 15 = 15

rollan for low profile

let's not attract too much attention

rolled 63 = 63

>>15210980
Greatest hero in the country said thanks. Least we can do is go say Hi.

rolled 71 = 71

>>15210994
>>15210980
Rolling.

rolled 32 = 32

>>15210980
Watch our hero of SCIENCE in awe, but don't get involved.

rolled 41 = 41

>>15210980
Get out of here and meet back up with the others.

>>15210977
I don't want to further derail this thread anymore(stupid troll remorse!) and I'll admit I haven't read Harris's novels yet (just going here with the cinema adaptations, so I'll defer to your superior knowledge in this field) but I don't think it would be a fair comparison in Silence of the Lams since he was pretty much a one-shot character, one scene wonder as TCtropes puts it. Sage for non counting towards the bump limit(does this actually work or is it just another urban legend?)

>>15210994
Oh? Really? Well, then we ask his -bodyguard- if there are any positions open for entery level computer sciences or general sciences.

rolled 71 = 71

>>15210980
If it is public that Stark = Iron Man then go and blurt out all that bottled up SCIENCE fandom on him. Maybe he could give some insight to some problems that trouble us. For example about the mining suit.
Cap is a cool friend of JUSTICE in the end instead of a mad patriot so may as well say hi to him too.

rolled 35 = 35

I really don't think we should get involved here. Let's go back to the others

>>15210984
>>15210994
>>15211000
>>15211001

"Oh, my, how do you do?" Mrs. Binh says as she shakes Captain America's gloved hand. "Yes, this is my lovely angel Samantha. She was the one who remembered your phone number!"

While Sam's mom gushes over how glamorous the Scarlet Witch looks, Captain America, Iron Man and Ant-Man-

"I'm sorry, is it Ant-Man or Giant-Man?" Sam interjects, before being silenced with a kick to the shin by Megan.

"It depends on how tall I am," he responds dryly. "Thanks for calling this in, kids."

"Yes, thank you for being so prompt about it," Captain America says, seeming to peg you as the leader of the bunch. "And for... anything else that you may have done to help out," he says, smiling as he scans your faces.

"I'd like to know which one of them cracked my private frequency," Iron Man's voice says from the speaker grille in his faceplate.

"That's in the past now," Captain America says, shaking your hand. "If there's anything else we can do for you, let us know."

"Well, you see, we've fought this thing before. Or something like it," Ant-Man says to Megan as the others shake hands with Captain America. "It started as an extraterrestrial creature named Groot. We fought it several miles from here a few years ago. From what it sounds like, a kid dug up a sprout on the beach... must have washed up near here. Normally they're a little smarter than this - might have been a malformed offspring of some kind. We'll know after some more tests."

"Anyway, we defeated it with termites last time, so it was a simple matter to recalibrate my helmet and call a swarm of th-"

"Hey, brainiacs!" Clarissa shouts, making Megan and Ant-Man look over to where she holds her camera up.

"Get over here and say cheese!"

(cont. on next page)

Hey what are Luke and Mary Ann up to now?

>>15211046
No,nononono. He'd want to take the suit from us. He doesn't like ANYONE having toys like his, especially based on his designs. He went to war with the US government over that. The suit is ours. If he wants to help us get the repuslors online (I have an idea to pulse/lens them with time bubbles), that's fine, but he's not taking it away from us.

And we're trying to NOT out ourselves as mutants. The press will be here soon. Have Clarissa use Iron man's suit's speaker to quietly tell Cap 'you're welcome. We're trying to stay out of the spotlight right now, but come see us at Professor Xavier's school, or at my internship at Four Freedoms Plaza. We'd love to stay and meet you properly, but we have to go. Thank you!"

>>15211167
A little late on the trigger, there.

>>15211179
my fault for not refreshing often enough. oh, well.

>>15211167
To be fair, we should probably destroy it. Should being the relevant part.

We'd never destroy technology while there's SCIENCE to be done, because unless the world's going to blow, we'll get our fun. And though we wouldn't build a gun, we can make the suit run, for the mutants that are still alive. And believe me, they will stay alive. Stay alive.

Anyway, musical feature aside, we keep the suit. Idolization aside, we won't mention it in public. Doesn't Professor X have it now, anyway?

>>15211232
I think it's more like he is just holding onto it for us.

>>15211232
It makes a good trump card in case of emergencies. I still say we go without it unless an apocalyptic event is immanent.

>>15211259
Especially given the potential innovations if we give it to Doctor Richards or someone else we trust for research. That, and we shouldn't overuse our powers in new ways. (Potential reality destruction, again? Not happening.)

"It was nice to meet you all!" Sam's mom says, as the Avengers wave and you all leave, and you turn the corner just as the first of the news vans speeds by you on the street, headed for the site of all the commotion.

"Wow, I hope that picture turns out OK," Megan says, looking backward over her shoulder where more news vans join the first. "Did you know Dr. McCoy used to be a member?"

"That- that was Captain America," Atlas says, speaking for the first time since he was in the Avengers' presence. "*The*. Shockin'. Captain. America."

"Yeah," Sam says, grabbing the brim of his baseball cap and tugging it down over his eyes. "Happens every day here in the Heroic Age."

"So, uh-" Clarissa asks you slyly. "We still have a little time to kill. Wanna hit up that arcade?"

"If you want to get your butt kicked," Atlas smirks.

Well? Still up for that face-off between Remote and Atlas, or time to pack up and head home?

rolled 96 = 96

>>15211284

ARCADE! FACE OFF! and so on.

rolled 100 = 100

>>15211284
"That. Was. Awesome."

Face-off time. Poor guy more than deserves it.

>>15211296
DO IT! THE DICE COMMAND YOU!

inb4 the stupidly high rolls result in space-time warping in the arcade

>>15211296
>>15211304
>mfw

>>15211284
To the arcade!
We could slow down time when we get MULTIBALL in some pinball game.

>>15211284
FACEOFF!

rolled 58 = 58

>>15211296
>>15211304
"You overdo it and the arcade turns into a split-personality sentient AI and starts calling itself 'Janus'"

>>15211323
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AKbUm8GrbM

>>15211368
Not again! Bye guys, see you in a few universes...I'll bring back souvenirs!

>>15211296
>>15211304
>>15211314
>>15211320

"Holy cow!"

"Do you see that!"

"Look, neither one of them is touching the controls!"

"They're probably mutants!"

"Who cares, this is awesome!"

The crowd surrounding you and your circle of friends cheers louder as Clarissa and Atlas glare at the screen, locked in mental combat as the two fighters on the screen pound into each other, neither one giving any quarter! The crowd roars louder as Clarissa's minion finally harpoons Atlas', and though he grew up with technology more advanced than almost anyone in the room has witnessed, he is utterly powerless as the other fighter yells "Get over here!" and drags him across the screen to a vicious uppercut!

"Finish him!" the crowd shouts as a single voice, and Clarissa does, thrusting her hands up as the screen explodes with pixelated gore!

"Aw, don't feel bad, Charles," Clarissa teases him, giving him a gentle punch in the shoulder. as the cheering crowd deafens you. "I sucked at this game my first time, too. Come on, I'll win you some tickets on the skee-ball machine!"

Ninety minutes and a half-dozen stuffed animals later, five teenagers and one frazzled middle-aged woman finally settle into their seats as the pilot announces, "Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, this is your pilot Mike speaking. We're looking at clear skies ahead of us all the way back to New York. Hope you've enjoyed yourself here in Florida, so sit back and enjoy the trip."

rolled 46 = 46

>>15211508

>"They're probably mutants!"
>"Who cares, this is awesome!"

Nice. I guess we watch the In-flight movie and grab some sleep on the way back to the mansion

>>15211508
Time to sleep...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJSey8HRUhU

"Say, Aino," Atlas asks you once you're in the air, leaning across the aisle as Sam waves down the flight attendant to beg for some more peanuts. "I never really got a chance to say this before, but...I'm really glad you ended up in 2099. I don't have to tell you how much my life - sucked? Is that the right word?" he asks, taking a bag of peanuts and pulling it open.

As he leans back in his seat and pops one into his mouth, he chews it and says, "This is paradise."

"Nice show today, chief," Sam says, settling in on the other side of you. "You keep saying you're not trying out for the Avengers, but then you go and do stuff like this," she laughs, grinning.

As Mrs. Binh snores in her seat two rows up, you turn and cast one last look out the window at the bright sunny beach dwindling below you, before the clouds materialize around the plane and blot out everything else.

What you currently hold in your sweaty hands is this, the last pages of our electronically-eager eighteenth issue! So many guest stars! So many chances for the artists to practice drawing bikinis and briefs!

We hope you've been enjoying this little vacation, things are about to get serious as we approach issue #20!

But that, as Reed Richards might say, is in the future! For now, let's open up the Mutie Mailbag and see what the readers have to say!

rolled 51 = 51

>>15211644

And then the clouds ate everyone. The end.

Smashing edition Prof. X, despite the trolls such as myself. I do have one question which has been scratching the back of my head a since a while back then; what would happen if, in the brainstorming behind the first issue it was decide that...

Aino...

had...

the power of...

TRANSMUTE FLESH TO BEES!

>>15211726
>Smashing edition Prof. X, despite the trolls such as myself. I do have one question which has been scratching the back of my head a since a while back then; what would happen if, in the brainstorming behind the first issue it was decide that...

>Aino...

>had...

>the power of...

>TRANSMUTE FLESH TO BEES!

Well, Hip, all we can say is that we'd bee delighted to serve up so many puns and zingers (stingers?)

In fact, the entire office is abuzz with your flowery idea!

Also, I'm having a hard time picturing Sam as Asiatic woman, somehow(the surname, really) I was under the impression she was of middle-eastern descent? inb4Samanthadid9/11

>>15211846
She's finnish dude.

>>15211846
>Also, I'm having a hard time picturing Sam as Asiatic woman, somehow(the surname, really) I was under the impression she was of middle-eastern descent?

Really? She's been Asian (Korean, actually) since her first appearance in Mutant Quest #1!

>>15211846
She's Finnish.

>>15211918
Wait, wat?

>>15211904
WAIT, SAMANTHA'S FINISH TOO!?
ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG!

Seriously, great aborted arc about Sam's mom separation, 10/10. hopefully we'll get around to revisit it later? Pwetty please♥.♥?

>>15211942

Trufax.

>>15211904
>>15211937
>Reading comprehension.

>>15211942
Problem of the medium really, ah how to show her cultural heritage and not slobbery go waist deep in dull and limiting stereotypes?

A mark of a great DM is to create realistic characters such that, despite being painted in oh-so-folkloric colors, have that sense of reality and weight of coherency many, many of my fapfics lack. Is Prof. X a DM of such caliber? Only time will tell.

>>15211955
>Seriously, great aborted arc about Sam's mom separation, 10/10. hopefully we'll get around to revisit it later? Pwetty please

Why do you think she sprung for five plane tickets and five passes to Disney World? Seriously though, it did almost come up this issue, but the writers vetoed it at the last minute. We can promise that you'll hear more about the Binh family in the near future!

>>15211693
Yo, Prof. My brother and I have been following your adventures for a while now, and I just gotta know...as an adult, Aino's powers were increased to the point of being able to see alternate timelines, right? Would that make her an Omega-level mutie in the future?

-Jane and Freddy, Seattle

>>15211918
>>15211937
Wait, she was finnish...PROF?!!!

>>15212101
>Yo, Prof. My brother and I have been following your adventures for a while now, and I just gotta know...as an adult, Aino's powers were increased to the point of being able to see alternate timelines, right? Would that make her an Omega-level mutie in the future?

>-Jane and Freddy, Seattle

It's been speculated by Dr. McCoy that Aino might turn out to be an Omega-level mutant in the future, and from what we've glimpsed, he might be right!

Then again, her first night at the Mansion, she had a bit of an experience (see issue #1). Whether or not that might occur again, who can say?

>>15212010
Compensating twist, I must say; well done! Obligatory-when-iz-the-next-thread-prof lolcat post.

>>15212139
Sam is Korean.

Aino is Finnish.

I'm not sure where the confusion got started, but there you go.

>>15212238
>>15212101
*cough*Time Grid*cough*
>>15212242
You stole my line...

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Every issue of Mutant Quest is available, free of charge, to anyone with a connection to the Internet! Why, there's even the hard-to-find Issue #0!

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>>15212306
Wait, wait, is ther another issue tomorrow?