>>27988579
http://pastebin.com/zFvxDsKi
Remeber anons this list will be subject to change once we get more powers.
Which was hinted at being in 2-3 powers so choose wisely to either bank or get closer to skipping ahead of the chapter.
It is also should be known that we are gonna have to do more to get x-points becuase of leveling and all that jazz.

>>27988579
>[ ] Follow him out.

>>27988579
>Stick around a bit, see if anything comes up.
Maybe ghost-dude will make a second appearance. This time look with heat-vision.

>[ ] Stick around a bit, see if anything comes up.
The cold handprints are still unexplained.

>>27988579
>[x] Follow him out.

>>27988579
>>[ ] Stick around a bit, see if anything comes up.
The doctor doesn't know shit, but this makes me wish we had a cheepo phone to use.

>[ ] Follow him out.
Follow the doctor.

>>27988604
>>27988579
I like this, I doubt a hallucination would give off a heat signature.

>>27988579
>>27988579
>[x] Follow him out.
He might be hiding something plus we are sneaking in later.
>>27988621
Yeah having a small 20-30$ phone would help us a bit here.

>Follow him out.
If the doctor just leaves the place without doing anything, get back to Laura and start tracking down the two kids.

>>27988579
>>[x] Stick around a bit, see if anything comes up.
Yeah, the guy seems pretty clueless.

>>27988579
>[X] Follow him out.

>>27988579
>>[ ] Follow him out.

>>27988657
2013

>writing

>>27988692
Well then we should make it a priority to get a cheepo phone than.(its pretty common among the homeless to have minute phones)

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>>27988714
Pretty sure you can get an old Nokia 3210 for like 10-15$
These things are the Mosin Nagant of mobile phones.

>>27988778
somehow, in this world where there are wizards and knights and shit battling fiercely, a dude with a mosin nagant is standing in the middle of the fray shooting and bayonetting people while shouting racist obcenities.

>[ ] Stick around a bit, see if anything comes up.
>[ ] Follow him out.
>[ ] Write in.

The step aside as the doctor makes his way out, wearing the grey, sloped face of someone whose time has just been wasted. The teacher or owner or whoever follows sullenly in his footsteps, and you trace over hers.

There’s little more this guy can tell you, it seems – if the place really is just pumped full of radical gases then that’s that. If not, it’s likely something that exceeds his experience.

He’s let out and you slip around behind him, bracing yourself against the winter chill.

The doctor is already striding off toward his car when the door slams shut behind you.

>[ ] Regroup with Laura and Layla
>[ ] Follow the doctor a while
>[ ] Write in

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>>27988714
The best thing is that we don't need an energy socket, we just use the charger with our fingertips.

>>27988798
>>[ ] Follow the doctor a while

>>27988778
Agreed we should.
>>27988798
>[ ] Regroup with Laura and Layla

>>27988808
Yeah plus it can be extremely useful for us and the others.

>>27988798
>[X] Regroup with Laura and Layla

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>>27988798
>[ ] Regroup with Laura and Layla
We need to track down the missing kids.
Also, there can't be any gas since our noses would have picked that up.

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>>27988798
>[ ] Follow the doctor a while
Follow him to his car, if he leaves, regroup with Laura.

>>27988798
if we can handle the strain then let's go, if we can't then no

>[X] Regroup with Laura and Layla

You part ways with the grumpy old creature, materializing out of the air once you’re over the road and sure there’s no curious eyes waiting around to snapshot you.

You sidle around the building chosen as your impromptu little lookout and get those sticky palms flexing again. You’re still taking it slow, but getting yourself to stick and unstick is already becoming reflexive, and you drag your way up the wall even quicker than last time.

Pulling yourself over the eaves, you’re met immediately by Layla’s irritable stare. Laura sits a few diplomatic paces from her, watching the building. She fixes her eyes on you as you heave yourself onto the roof, staring expectantly.

>[ ] “According to the doctor guy – he was a doctor, by the way – the building just has a gas problem.”
>[ ] “Yeah, he didn’t know shit. I’m going back later.”
>[ ] Write in.

>>27988972
We have level 3 stealth, we can handle the strain plenty well.

>>27989072
>>[ ] “Yeah, he didn’t know shit. I’m going back later.”
>>[ ] Write in.
Kevin and Noriko have taken their time, lets go check them out.

>>27989072
>>[ ] “According to the doctor guy – he was a doctor, by the way – the building just has a gas problem.”
But I'd take that with a grain of salt.


Also, ask Laura if she can sniff out Kevin and Noriko

>>27989072
>[X] “According to the doctor guy – he was a doctor, by the way – the building just has a gas problem.”
>[X] “Yeah, he didn’t know shit. I’m going back later.”
"The place has already checked for that sort of thing and it doesn't explain the spooky crap I saw. Unless I hallucinated seeing in temperatures."
We should try that again just to be sure.

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>>27989072
>>[ ] “According to the doctor guy – he was a doctor, by the way – the building just has a gas problem.”
>[ ] Write in.
"Which definately is bullshit, me or Laura would have smelled something."
"Regardless, I think we should track Noriko and Kevin down, they're a bit overdue."

>>27989116
>>27989109
>>27989106
plus ask her what she thinks with all the added info given.

>>27989109

Seconded.

>>27989131
yeah

>>27989131
>plus ask her what she thinks with all the added info given.

Also a good idea.

>[X] “According to the doctor guy – he was a doctor, by the way – the building just has a gas problem.”
>[X] Write in.

“According to the doctor guy – he was a doctor, by the way – the building just has a gas problem.” That said, though… “But I’d take that with a grain of salt. You’d have smelled something, right, Laura? And me too?”

Laura cocks her head to the side, her stare remaining in place. You can’t help but notice that she tends to look at people’s mouths, rather than their eyes, when conversing. It’s kinda weird.

“There are twelve odourless gases that, when combined with the right catalyst, can act as hallucinogens. Two with the potential to be lethal.”

Okay. You did not know that.

“You’re just a fount of depressing knowledge, aren’t you?” Mocks Layla, eying her peripherally.

“Well, er, whatever the case…” Did things get tense up here or what? “…I’m heading back in there later…”

>[ ] Ask Laura if she can catch their scents.
>[ ] Ask Layla what her problem with Laura is.
>[ ] Write in.

>>27989347
>[ ] Ask Laura if she can catch their scents.

Should be

>[ ] Ask Laura if she can catch Noriko & Kevin's scents.

>>27989347
>>[ ] Ask Laura if she can catch their scents.

>[ ] Ask Layla what her problem with Laura is.

>>27989363
>>27989347
Both works for me while she is tracking the druggies we can distract the kid.

>>27989347

> [x] Ask Layla what her problem with Laura is.

Also

> [x] Ask Layla how she's so calm about throwing in with a group of homeless super humans (do not say mutant out loud right now). She has been disconcertingly nonchalant about us.

>>27989347
>[ ] Write in.
ask Layla what she thinks with all the added info given.

>[ ] Ask Laura if she can catch their scents.

>>27988877
Most gasses aren't scented. Modern gas lines have additional chemicals in them to make them smell.
Trying to pick up a heat signature on the ghost is probably our best bet.

>>27989347
>[x] Ask Laura if she can catch Noriko & Kevin's scents.
And then
>[x] Ask Layla what her problem with Laura is.

>>27989347
>[ ] Ask Laura if she can catch their scents.
While Laura does that;
>[ ] Ask Layla what her problem with Laura is.
Preferably by something along the lines of "Do you have something against Laura?" It's like she's trying to prove Laura's not the only one with claws.

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>>27989547
This would have been us with out healing.

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>>27989582

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>>27989609

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I hope you goys know what to do with your next X-point.

>[X] Ask Laura if she can catch their scents.
>[X] Ask Layla what her problem with Laura is.

You decide to keep quiet about the palpable corona of tension that buzzes around the two girls, just for the moment, and instead focus on the other set of problem children that you’ve been forced by life to deal with. In hindsight, it may not have been the best idea to send the recovering drug addicts off foraging for food. And give them money, too! If you weren’t a little bit afraid of getting your hand stuck to your face, you’d be slapping yourself silly right now.

“So… looks like the others aren’t back…”

That was sort of meant to start a conversation, but nobody follows the trails you’ve laid, and they flitter off awkwardly into nothingness. You clear your throat loudly.

“Uh, Laura, can you catch their scent? They might’ve gotten into some kind of trouble…”

She nods and rises to her feet, making her way over to the fire escape. You shift your weight to follow but stop when she puts her hand up, indicating a wordless but clear intent to go alone.

“You should stay here with Layla.”

Uh…

“Okay…”

Without a second glance, she steps down off the roof and out of sight, leaving you and Layla alone. Right, then.

You sit in silence for a moment, before turning toward her.

“Hey, what’s your problem with Laura, anyhow?”

Were it possible for her eyes to spit at you, they’d have done so. It may have been mildly acidic, too, or perhaps flammable at room temperature.

“I don’t have a particular problem with her.”

>[ ] “Bullshit. What’s the deal?”
>[ ] “Whatever. I guess you expect me to believe that you’re actually twelve, too, despite no twelve-year-old in history having ever uttered the words ‘fount of depressing knowledge’?”
>[ ] “Okay. I guess I can ask why you’re so eager to throw in with a bunch of hobos instead.”
>[ ] Leave it be.
>[ ] Write in.

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>>27989641
Yup, like it was said earlier in this thread and in last thread X-points are gonna be harder to get and getting more powers will advance the story too much all we can afford is maybe 1 more power and that is pushing it.

Rolled 3

>>27989728
>>[ ] “Whatever. I guess you expect me to believe that you’re actually twelve, too, despite no twelve-year-old in history having ever uttered the words ‘fount of depressing knowledge’?”

>>27989728
Bullshit

>>27989728
"Well, the way you've been acting kind of says that you do."
>[ ] “Whatever. I guess you expect me to believe that you’re actually twelve, too, despite no twelve-year-old in history having ever uttered the words ‘fount of depressing knowledge’?”

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>>27989728
>>[ ] “Whatever. I guess you expect me to believe that you’re actually twelve, too, despite no twelve-year-old in history having ever uttered the words ‘fount of depressing knowledge’?”
>>[ ] “Okay. I guess I can ask why you’re so eager to throw in with a bunch of hobos instead.

>>27989640
>let's play the "Which of these kids have been on a Random Event chart" while I wait for replies
>oh look it's all of them
>fancy that

I miss NXM so much.

>>27989761
>>[ ] “Okay. I guess I can ask why you’re so eager to throw in with a bunch of hobos instead.”

These

>>27989779

We all do, Crusty. Hell, I also miss Generation X.

If they'd just told us out of the gate that that short lived new warriors book was really all former Gen X members, I would have spent money on it.

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>>27989779
New Mutants got a new book eventually. Maybe NXM will too.

you just have to hold out hope...for like 25 years

I feel like the looming power-cutoff when our x-gene finally settles is going to be a big problem. A few more x-points isn't going to allow us to keep up in terms of power with someone like Laura. We'd have no chance fighting Laura's handlers, or Spider-man, or even someone like Wilson Fisk if it came to it.
Our number of x-points is more than good enough, but we bought so many different powers that we're still a low-brow hero. Admittedly, we're just a hobo. We're not expected to be heroic. But If Laura can't protect herself from the people chasing her, I can guarantee that we'll fail her when the time comes, because we're not nearly as strong as she is.

>>27989947
Which is why people are voting on banking to at least prolong the inevitable.

>>27989947
Which is why i think we need to use our powers alot more now.

>[X] “Whatever. I guess you expect me to believe that you’re actually twelve, too, despite no twelve-year-old in history having ever uttered the words ‘fount of depressing knowledge’?”

“Whatever.” Well, you guess that’s fair. You’re not buying it in the least but you’ve no right to press further. Even after feeding her, and giving her a place to stay, and taking some time out of your busy schedule to – “I guess you expect me to believe that you’re actually twelve, too, despite no twelve-year-old in history having ever uttered the words ‘fount of depressing knowledge’?”

The fixes you with another toxic stare. Unfortunately for her she is a tiny person and not really all that intimidating at all. You shrug off her attempt to knife you with her eyes for a few moments before she finally gives up and heaves out a long, exasperated sigh.

“Fine.” She leans forward, tucking her legs in and rubbing her arms intermittently. “I’m thirteen. But thirteen is technically a teen so it’s not as great for sympathy.”

Hah. How adorably Machiavellian (yes, you know who Machiavelli was, surprise surprise).

>[ ] “I don’t think you were fooling anyone. Aside from Noriko, maybe.”
>[ ] “So, why’re you so eager to throw in with a bunch of hobos? If ghosts are the problem, I’m pretty sure there’s an Avengers hotline. Captain America is probably much better at this than I am.”
>[ ] “Right. And the problem with Laura is…?”
>[ ] Write in.

>>27989984
>>[ ] “I don’t think you were fooling anyone. Aside from Noriko, maybe.”
>>[ ] “So, why’re you so eager to throw in with a bunch of hobos? If ghosts are the problem, I’m pretty sure there’s an Avengers hotline. Captain America is probably much better at this than I am.”

Hey, Crusty, since I'm not going to be here for the Xpoint stuff, can I cast my vote beforehand?

>>27989984
>>[ ] “I don’t think you were fooling anyone. Aside from Noriko, maybe.”
>>[ ] “Right. And the problem with Laura is…?”

Rolled 3

>>27989984
>>[ ] “Right". And the problem with Laura is…?”

>>27989984
>>[ ] “So, why’re you so eager to throw in with a bunch of hobos? If ghosts are the problem, I’m pretty sure there’s an Avengers hotline. Captain America is probably much better at this than I am.”

>>27989984
>[x] “So, why’re you so eager to throw in with a bunch of hobos? If ghosts are the problem, I’m pretty sure there’s an Avengers hotline. Captain America is probably much better at this than I am.”
>[x] “Right. And the problem with Laura is…
>[x] So. your tactic isn't going to hold out much longer, betting you have two, maybe four years before it stops being useful.

>>27989969
>>27989981
We're not nearly as strong as JJ's sister, either. Not in terms of physical strength, or in terms of combat ability.
I'm not sure what we're going to do from here. Between Creeper's connection to Fisk and Hydra, which he seems determined to push on us, and Laura's connection to the X-project, our involvement with Jack smuggling, our involvement with Spider-man and the fact that we've almost definitely made a very powerful enemy of Mr. Negative, we're in waaaay over our heads.

>>27990000
We all know its banking.

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>>27990000
So long as you cast your vote for bankers.

>>27990031

our only survival option is to stand with the avengers next time NY gets invaded.

>>27990031
So it is agreed to banking then, that atleast lessens our earlier mistake of just buying powers when they were needed.

>>27990052
Speaking of which.
>>27989984
Crusty you said you might change claws for the better.
Is this pre-powers lock or after the powers lock in.

>>27990043
Or to use gratuitous mental stress on the same level as JJ's sister's death to unsettle our x-gene again. Could work. Might count as a re-spec if we've been exposed to certain powers and are desperate enough.

>>27989984
>[ ] “So, why’re you so eager to throw in with a bunch of hobos? If ghosts are the problem, I’m pretty sure there’s an Avengers hotline. Captain America is probably much better at this than I am.”
>[ ] “Right. And the problem with Laura is…?”

>>27990064
After. The claws are changing into a whole different powerset.

>>27990000
I... will allow it.

>writing

>>27990068
This could destroy relationships levels and is basically a start over, but in a different area.

>>27990080
Sweet. Banking it is. catch you guys some other time

So here's a question.
Once we've banked, what should we concentrate in?
Ability to bail our friends out with invisibility rank 4 or something more offensive?

I personally think we should either go with invisibility 4, strenght 2 or electrostatic touch 2.

So is anyone up for buying a cheepo phone for us and Laura.

>>27990085
I hope mentioning Captain America didn't win because in a earlier thread she blamed him for all her troubles and bringing him up will cause her to fly of the handle. I am certain it is a trap option.

>>27990090
>Once we've banked, what should we concentrate in?

I say we should bank it and save up for either Invisibility, Enhanced Agility or Senses.

>>27990101
I don't mind, we probably should pick ones up tomorrow after work though with the moneys we earned.

>>27990085
Maybe there's some sort of shock-reset from the death of someone you have a high enough relationship level with?
Well, this is all speculation. And it's not like we could let anything that bad happen just to re-spec our relatively shitty powers.
I think we need to focus on learning exactly what our powers are if we're going to get strong enough to defend our allies.

>>27990106
shit, you're right.

Withdrawing my meniton of Cap'n here >>27990022

>>27990187
how about Iron Man instead?

>>27990090
>Vampiric Touch
It is basically a quicker healing factor that can be used for offense, and perfect for grappling.
>Light Armour
Armour that can take small arms fire and it doesn't hurt agility.(high levels increase effectiveness) Great for when stealth is compromised
So here is my top pick if we choose on buying instead of banking.

This is for banking.
Level two options
>HEALING FACTOR
Quicker healing(all around good)
>ELECTROSTATIC TOUCH
Stronger touch.(basically a stronger taser which isn't bad.)
>ENHANCED AGILITY
We can actually walk on a rope with out rolling now.
>ENHANCED STRENGTH
Extra strength is always good.
Level 3 options
>INVISIBILITY
You can now make people invisible
>ENHANCED SENSES
Better senses around and now we can "find" the creeper.
Messed up in the last post paralytic touch and pheromone manipulation are good, but lets consider them at a later date.

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>>27990085
>Weapon X decides to deploy "Kill trigger scent"
"Eyes, mouths, tentacles, it produced whatever it needed."

>>27990208

I don't think considering another touch is a good idea.

>>27990208
leaning towards Senses, then agility, then healing

>>27990232
Vampiric touch is an amazing ability once you think about it.
Plus its a list i posted several times and changed a bit each thread.
Right now since we are banking i'm hoping we get either agility or invisibility, though being able to tell where the creeper is a good powers as well. hell all the powers we can upgrade right now are pretty good except claws which should get better after our x gene settles.

My personal priority
Invisibility 4 > Strenght 2 > Electrostatic 2 or vampiric touch 1 > Agility 2

Reason why strenght goes before Electrostatic/Vampiric touch is because Strenght 2 allows us to lift up to 10 tons.

>>27990232
I agree. I'm also not sure why everyone is against phasing so much. Its not top tier level 1, but has higher potential after the lock.

>(1/2)

>[X] “So, why’re you so eager to throw in with a bunch of hobos? If ghosts are the problem, I’m pretty sure there’s an Avengers hotline. Captain America is probably much better at this than I am.”
>[X] “Right. And the problem with Laura is…?”

“Why are you doing this, though?” You’re raising one eyebrow so high, it’s liable to fly off your head. Why extra sympathy? With hobos of all people. “I mean, why’re you so eager to throw in with a bunch of hobos? If ghosts are the problem, I’m pretty sure there’s an Avengers hotline. Captain America is probably much better at this than I am.”

She frowns at you, alternating her grip on her arms somewhat. Is that something she does when she’s nervous, or is she just cold? She seems like she’s always rubbing them.

“Firstly, I know there’s an Avengers hotline. I’ve been ringing it since I was eight. It’s just a machine on the other end. I’m pretty sure the world has to be ending for them to actually answer.”

Fair point. You’re pretty sure you used to do that when you were young(er), too.

“Secondly, the Avengers are total losers. Except for Wonder Man.”

Really? Wonder Man? Everyone knows he’s only there because Thor got pissed at–

“Thirdly, I’m not ‘throwing in’ with you guys. We’re neighbours. I live next door.”

>>27990208
>>27990232
Word. We can't be stacking touches, and especially offensive touches at that. Doesn't make any sense and is throwing good X-Points after bad.

I'm for getting our core powers to 5. I think we should grab Phasing 1 before it's routelocked as well.

>>27990275
My desired path is
Invisibility,agility,senses, and then strength.
After that we can focus on the other powers.

>(2/2)

You shift uncomfortably. You’d note that she’s stayed pretty much at your place so far, and that the apartment she’s claimed as her own has been a crater for some time, but, somehow, you don’t imagine that would go down particularly well.

“Alright.” You can let all that fly. “What’s the trouble with Laura, then?”

She screws up her face at you.

“She’s a giant buttface.” That’s… kinda harsh. And she’s definitely not a giant anything, she’s totally tiny. “She’s what, two years older than me, but she treats me like a child, and she doesn’t believe anything I say, and she thinks you should’ve just taken me back to that shithole. She says I’m causing you to needlessly expose yourselves, whatever that means.”

>[ ] “In all fairness, you did say you were a year younger than you are so that we’d see you as a child…”
>[ ] “Laura’s just looking out for me. Probably you as well. Ghost aren’t easy to swallow.”
>[ ] “She’s kind of right, there are lots of, um, people, looking for me…”
>[ ] “Language.”
>[ ] Write in.

>>27990308
Vamperic touch is a great ability and will help with our stamina problems.

>>27990306
>>27990329
>liking wonder man

Get out!

>You're still totally a child, though.
>Lara's just looking out for me ....I think
>She's not wrong
>Language, you're thirteen!
>Wonder man sucks Iron Man could beat him up any day

>>27990340
>>27990340

>stamina problems

What do you mean?
Power stamina or like running? Running stamina is the easiest thing to improve.

>>27990329
>[x] “Language.”
>[x] “In all fairness, you did say you were a year younger than you are so that we’d see you as a child…”

>>27990329
>[ ] “In all fairness, you did say you were a year younger than you are so that we’d see you as a child…”
>>[ ] “Laura’s just looking out for me. Probably you as well. Ghost aren’t easy to swallow.”
>>[ ] “She’s kind of right, there are lots of, um, people, looking for me…”
Also tell her that there are worst things then ghost out there.

>>27990340
I want our choice to be between "touch him to deal with him" and "Melt through the floor"
Not "touch him to deal with him" and "touch him to deal with him less effectively but with a stamina boost"

>>27990340
There's no stamina problem, there's "the powers are making me go crazy," problem.

Two totally different problems.

>>27990329
We need to explain to her that Laura is a clone of someone much older, and that 'needless exposure' means that the US government is going to hunt her down like a dog and kill all of her friends.

>>27990368
We seem to run out of energy a lot, plus this power helps us weaken an enemy and feed to our own power reserves.

>>27990304
If it changes so that we can phase while invisible (which it probably will) it'll be a must have power.

>>27990393
Which hasn't yet been confirmed and i have seen what assuming something in a quest can get you.

>>27990378
Noted.
>>27990375
Taser hands?

>>27990382
Weapon X is a private military organization, it doesn't have goverment backing outside from what it's lobbyists acquire it I'd presume.

>>27990329
>[x] “In all fairness, you did say you were a year younger than you are so that we’d see you as a child…”

>>27990329
>[x] “Laura’s just looking out for me. Probably you as well. Ghost aren’t easy to swallow.”
>[x] “She’s kind of right, there are lots of, um, people, looking for me…”

>>27990393
It never will, actually.

Being both phased and invisible at the same time is just way too OP. Ghost can't do that, and he still manages to give major players like Iron Man problems. The only character who CAN do both, IIRC, is an X-Man, and she's never brought up for the same reason Elixir is condemned to between-panels limbo - she breaks storylines.

>>27990329
>>[ ] “In all fairness, you did say you were a year younger than you are so that we’d see you as a child…”
>>[ ] “Laura’s just looking out for me. Probably you as well. Ghost aren’t easy to swallow.”
>>[ ] “She’s kind of right, there are lots of, um, people, looking for me…”
Mention to her that ghost are the least of your worries.

>>27990452
Well this is good to know, and would hopefully stop some of the more desperate phrase voters by stopping them from assuming this.

>>27990304
Well, there were three reasons for this.
1st reason being that people wanted to stick to the theme once it was established.
2nd reason being that many of the 1st lvl powers offered a significant advantage immediately and we didn't think we were in any rush to acquire the phasing.
3rd reason is that with the cost of getting phasing to good and working order, we could acquire one of the most broken abilities, the spidersense.

That's at least why I think people were reluctant to get phasing.

>>27990423
yes taser hands make vampire hands redundant. I vote for improving an existing power but if I had to pick a new one, none of the touch powers would make the list.

>>27990329
She wants you to go back because you're less likely to die horribly there. Her minds on survival, for all of us.

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>>27990452

>>27990488
Your forgot reason 4,5 and 6
4.It seemed redundant to many people.
5.some of the phase voters got desperate and tried to shoe horn it in a lot of places.
6.Some people liked seeing the phase voters lose.

>>27990505
True, taser hands are good, plus it was a suggestion.
So whats your desired upgrade path?

>>27990329
>“She’s a giant buttface.” That’s… kinda harsh. And she’s definitely not a giant anything, she’s totally tiny. “She’s what, two years older than me, but she treats me like a child, and she doesn’t believe anything I say, and she thinks you should’ve just taken me back to that shithole. She says I’m causing you to needlessly expose yourselves, whatever that means.”
1. You are *acting* like a child.
2. The things you say are unbelievable. Ghosts are not real.
3. You *are* causing us to needlessly expose ourselves as, in case you did not know, the US government is in the process of rounding up people like us and throwing us in camps.

>>27990568
children don't react well to scolding or the race (species?) card

>>27990543
light armor is the only power available that I want and we don't already have. From here we just keep getting stronger and faster until we can fist fight spider man.

>>27990630
You can't fist fight Spider-Man because spider-sense.

Feel free to lose to Spider-Man in a fist fight, though.

>>27990630
>can fist fight spider man
Yeah no our strength will never equal his unless he got his ass beat before then.
>>27990648
Also because of how broken spider sense is.

>>27990630
>until we can fist fight spider man.

Why would we want to, though?

>[X] “In all fairness…”
>[X] “Laura’s just looking out for me...”
>[X] “She’s kind of right…”
>[X] Write in.

“In all fairness, you did say you were a year younger than you are so that we’d see you as a child…”

You can’t help but grin a little, even as she ups the acidity of her gaze to dangerous levels. It takes a great deal of self-cajoling to tone it back.

“…And Laura’s just looking out for me. Probably you too.” You pause, Laura’s inscrutable stare materializing before your mind’s eye, and add: “I think. Look, ghosts are… kind of tough to swallow. The problems Laura and I deal with are always, always people.”

The fire crackles in the air. You sail over the lake into oblivion. The M is fresh and hot on your shoulder, smoke coiling from seared flesh.

“Believe me, people can be way worse than ghosts. People are the worst things in the world when they put their minds to it. And there are a few particularly nasty ones that don’t like us, alright?”

She stops rubbing her arms for a moment, scrunching up like an armadillo, her chin resting on her knees. A flat, disgruntled expression hangs across her face, as if she’s mad at not being entirely mad. She starts squeezing her arms again soon enough, though, her brow furrowing inward.

“I knew you’d take her side.” Whaaat. “Did you guys rob a bank together or something? Are you dicking her yet?”

You spit out your non-existent drink.

>[ ] Holy shit, language.
>[ ] “Would we be here if we’d robbed a bank?”
>[ ] “The police aren’t after us, if that’s what you’re asking.”
>[ ] “We’re not together, get your mind out of the gutter.”
>[ ] Write in.

>>27990698

Why aren't we?

>>27990630
We'll need two more levels in senses, two more levels in strength, and two more levels in agility,before we can go a round or two with spider man.

does light armor protect against falls?

>>27990698
>[x] Holy shit, language.
>[x] “Would we be here if we’d robbed a bank?”

>>27990698
>>[ ] Holy shit, language.
>>[ ] “Would we be here if we’d robbed a bank?”
>>[ ] “The police aren’t after us, if that’s what you’re asking.”
>>[ ] “We’re not together, get your mind out of the gutter.”

EVERYTHING

>>27990698
>[ ] Holy shit, language.
>[ ] “We’re not together, get your mind out of the gutter.”

>[ ] Write in: "And other than the general anti-mutie sentiment, we've got no cops looking for us, don't worry."

>>27990718
>does light armor protect against falls?

Only minimally.

>>27990698
>>[ ] Holy shit, language.
>>[ ] “Would we be here if we’d robbed a bank?”
>>[ ] “The police aren’t after us, if that’s what you’re asking.”
>>[ ] “We’re not together, get your mind out of the gutter.”
>>[ ] Write in.
All joking aside, people want me dead just for being a mutant.

>>27990698
>[X] Holy shit, language, kid.
>[X] "The police aren't after us, if that's what you're asking."
>[X] "And get your mind out of the gutter."

Why is /tg/ so noncommittal?

>>27990698
>[ ] “We’re not together, get your mind out of the gutter.”
>>27990648
two more levels and we have our own spider sense

>>27990698
>>[ ] Holy shit, language.
>>[ ] “The police aren’t after us, if that’s what you’re asking.”
>>[ ] “We’re not together, get your mind out of the gutter.”
>>[ ] Write in.
If you pay attention to any news, right now my kind are getting rounded up in special camps just like they did in Germany.

>>27990698
>[ ] Holy shit, language.
>[ ] “We’re not together, get your mind out of the gutter.”
Should we bring how we'd be screwed for caught being a mutant by anybody?

>>27990773
Because Laura's like fifteen and we're 17 or 18 or 19.

Nah brah. Just nah.

>>27990698
the girl who knows everything is asking if we're dicking her *yet*
>"No and No, also, throwing that 'yet' in there totally loads the question".
>"I'm just way, way out of my depth with this whole Scooby Doo shit. I'm not exactly JJ Green - Paranormal investigator."

>>27990775
Seeing a punch you can't doge doesn't mean you can doge it the only way we can doge shit like his is high levels of agility and spider sense, but then it becomes a war of stamina and skill.

>>27990795
I meant more in terms of "Pick ALL THE OPTIONS" but okay.

>>27990802
>I meant more in terms of "Pick ALL THE OPTIONS" but okay.

They all sound good at the moment.

>>27990698
>[x] Holy shit, language.
>[x] “Would we be here if we’d robbed a bank?”
>[x] “The police aren't after us, if that’s what you’re asking.”
>[x] Write in.

"kinda bad time to be a mutie. Don't you see the all the signs or the giant robots of death?"

She is now my least favorite character. I hope we can ditch her as soon as possible.
>[ ] She's saves my life on more than one occasion.
>[ ] She's a genetically engineered killing machine with one of the most powerful groups in the world trying to make her assassinate political targets for cash. I'm a mutated piece of social flotsam that's hated by almost the entire world. But neither of us are as jaded as you are.

>>27990795
18 if my memory is.
>>27990798
*Dodge

>>27990795
[spoilers] This is NYC, "15 gets you 20" n' all that shit[/spoilers]

>>27990718
a few more levels is tazer hands and we can zap him through he own webbing

>>27990818
...Yeah this seems better than pick everything.

>>27990797
Crusty
what are you doing Crusty
Crusty why are you doing this
Seems like a safe bet though.

>>27990833
>15 gets you 20
Sounds to me like it's decidedly >worth it

>>27990698
Drug lords and other people.

Laura's are probably the most dangerous. They'd probably kill anyone who so much as knew her name.

>>27990818
>>[ ] She's a genetically engineered killing machine with one of the most powerful groups in the world trying to make her assassinate political targets for cash. I'm a mutated piece of social flotsam that's hated by almost the entire world. But neither of us are as jaded as you are.
Yeah no, this is hard to believe and is something that shouldn't be said to a child with a big mouth.

>>27990727

Would help stop piercing damage though right?

So broken bones or ruptured organs but if we fell onto something sharpish, we wouldn't get punctured?

>>27990858
Do we even know that, IC?

>>27990798
see >>27990718
and maybe >>27990842

>>27990879
Its pretty well known that kids can't keep secrets that well and especially from the fuckers after Laura and us.

>>27990879
Not in that resolution. I think JJ knows "clone," "bad people," "slap happy," "shit's fucked up," "holy fuck kimura scares the piss outta me"

>>27990879
Laura's told us a bit about weapon X. She compared its influence to the US Gov't, iirc. She told us that she was made as a killing machine, though she's not necessarily designed for political assassination. She might have been a mutant-killer in this universe.

>>27990698
The term is "fucking," and no.

The evidence available to me is that Laura is a good, reliable, friend, and you are an obnoxious little troublemaker who is extremely unappreciative of people who are helping her /for no fucking reward whatsoever/ because they aren't all doing it with an ecstatic smile. Obviously I will take her side.

>>27990879
not all of it.
We know she's a cloned weapon hunted by the PMC that created her. Not that she's specifically an assassin (she hinted as much, but also threw in more banal things like "bodyguard"). We know dick about the organization, let alone that they're super powerful or politically... active.

>>27990906
Thats a big maybe, it would be an even fight with maxed out agility though since spidermans strengths are his agility,strength, and his spider sense.

>>27990698
>>>[X] Holy shit, language.
>>>[X] “Would we be here if we’d robbed a bank?”
>>>[X] “The police aren’t after us, if that’s what you’re asking.”
>>>[X] “We’re not together, get your mind out of the gutter.”

Has this quest met rockslide or anole yet?

>>27990994
sadly no

>>27990994
No, but meeting another lizardy guy could be funny

>>27990698
You know, instead of the avengers we could try Dr. Strange.

Guys a fuckin wizard.

>Did you rob a bank or something
Well, I guess we now know what Creeper's next job for us is going to be.

>>27991021
Do folks here know about him?

>>27991044
>>27991021
Crusty mentioned in earlier threads that the public doesn't know about the doctor.

>>27991021
our character doesn't know who Dr. Strange is

>>27991044
Who even knows.

I thought he was a public figure, but maybe not.

Never read his stuff.

>>27991056
Balls. Never mind then.

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>>27991021
That rhymes with Lizard, I call that a plan.

>[X] Almost all.

Okay, that was totally out-of-bounds. It wasn’t even in the right country, let alone the right state or the right pitch or the right PART of the pitch. God damn. You strain to retain a civil face. She’s just a kid. She’s just a kid.

“Language, kid.”

She huffs out a big ole’ lungful of teenage disregard. Urgh.

“We’re not together. And would we really be here if we’d robbed a bank?”

“You could be hiding out.” She speculates, grinning faintly. “You could've buried the money somewhere to wait till the heat dies down. Then it’s off to Mexico!”

This time you’re the one furrowing your brow.

“You have a pretty overactive imagination.” You sigh heavily. “Getting out of the state would require dodging the Sentinels, anyhow. If they catch us it’s off to the camps. You get that that’s part of why we’ve gotta keep a low profile, right?”

Sort of, anyhow. The camps are mostly for ‘insurgents’, but the authorities have managed to stretch the definition pretty damn far. Shit, you’re not even registered, and you can’t pay the associated fine, so…

“Yeah, I get it…”

For a moment she just sits there in silence, rubbing her arms.

“I wish I was a mutant…”

>[ ] “You really don’t.”
>[ ] “Why the hell would you wish that?”
>[ ] “Wait, I thought your superpower was enhanced annoyance?”
>[ ] Write in.

>>27991080
>“Why the hell would you wish that?”

>>27991080

>[X] “Wait, I thought your superpower was enhanced annoyance?”

>>27990698
>>[x] “Would we be here if we’d robbed a bank?”
>>[x] “The police aren’t after us, if that’s what you’re asking.”

>>27991080
>[ ] “Why the hell would you wish that?”

"Racism, discrimination, not being able to eat in a restaurant, can't move across states, can't hold a reliable job... It sucks, Layla. Why would you want that?"

>>27991080
>>[ ] “You really don’t.”
>[ ] Write in.
I did once and look at where it got me.

>>27991080
>>[ ] “Wait, I thought your superpower was enhanced annoyance?”
>>[ ] “You really don’t.”

>>27991080
"Be careful what you wish for, it might just come true."

>>27991080
>"I did too. Be careful what you wish for."

>>27991080
My sister was also a mutant.

She took a rocket to the face.

Or just show her the brand. "Be careful what you wish for."

>>27991125
>>27991122
These two work for me.

>>27991080
>>27991125
That's some shit. Full thousand yard stare.

>>27991080
>>[ ] “You really don’t.”
With JJ's past, he'd probably be a bit more sober about this.

>>27991080
>Write in
Smack him
>Why the hell

>>27991080
>[x] “Why the hell would you wish that?”
>[x] Write in.

"Well....maybe you're a late bloomer power wise. Just hope like hell you will be normal looking and can control it."

>>27991080

>You really don't
>Hated. Bared from basic rights and dignity. Get shipped off to a camp for a peaceful sit in, you know how many cosmetic or low power mutants got camped after Zucotti park? I can't change what I am...but I don't wish this kind of life on anyone.

>>27991080
>[X] "Why the hell would you wish that?"

So is magneto and professor X still alive?

>>27991080
[x] Wish to be thrown in jail because you can change hair color?

>>27991240
I think that was confirmed.

>>27991080
>[] Other

"So did I when I was a kid. You know how some people say its a curse to get what you wish for? They're on to something."

>>27991240
yes and yes

both more militant though

>>27991271
I wonder if magneto was born at later date then.though that would change his views about mutants a bit.

>>27991240
Yep. Both probably developed immunity to aging when they hit 50.

>>27991294
like Morgan Freeman

>>27991341
Most black men in general.

>(1/2)

>[X] “You really don’t.”
>[X] Write in.

You can’t help but treat her to a look of total disdain. Just for a second, before you realize what you’re doing. You’re sure she caught, it though.

“You really don’t.”

“Whatever.” She looks up from her arms. “You can’t tell me”–

“I did too, once. Look where I am now. Look at”– You tug on frayed hem of your second-hand hoodie –“this shit. I can’t look anyone in the eye. I live in piss and crap and junk. Every other person in the country wants to kill me or ship me off to an island or is afraid that I’ll drop a fucking meteor city on them.”

Yeah, thanks for that, Magneto. What a great idea that was.

She tightens her grip on her arms, rubbing up and down in silence for a moment. Her eyes stare off the roof, through the sky, lackadaisically empty.

“I know it’s stupid.” She says, finally. “I know about the camps. But… after everything burned… it was all I could think about, for days. I wanted to be a mutant so badly. I didn’t talk to anyone or pay attention in those stupid classes or listen to their dumb psychiatrist guy… I just thought about one day discovering that I could, like, bring people back. From death.”

>(2/2)

Her knuckles whiten around her arms. She stares as if into a fixed point in time and space.

“That’s what I’d want my mutant power to be. I used to dream about it, for nights on end. There are mutants that can throw asteroids around, right? There are mutants that can bend time? So why can’t there be one that can bring back the dead?”

There’s a strange sense of certainty in her voice, like her shaky-at-best logic is actually ironclad. Like this could come true a minute from now, a day from now, a month from now.

“In my dreams that mutant was me, and I’d… I’d bring everyone back.”

Okay. Right.

>[ ] “I’ve never heard of a mutant that can raise the dead…”
>[ ] “Chances are you’d get a third eye that shoots butterflies, or something.”
>[ ] “…Look, I know what it’s like to lose family, but you can’t just bring people back…”
>[ ] Let her just be crazy and weird in silence.
>[ ] Write in.

>>27991240
Sliding timeline nigga.

Seriously though, Xavier was born later and Magneto buffed himself up with Super Soldier Serum.

>>27991559
>Chances are

>>27991559
>Write In
>"And then what?"

>>27991559
>[ ] “Chances are you’d get a third eye that shoots butterflies, or something.”

>>27991559
>[ ] “…Look, I know what it’s like to lose family, but you can’t just bring people back…”
>[ ] “I’ve never heard of a mutant that can raise the dead…”

>>27991583
>Magneto buffed himself with super soldier serum

I really, really like the Crusty Cannon Marvel Universe!

>>27991559
"Ain't a single person in the whole world that doesn't wish that, Layla."

Next post'll be just a little late.

Popping over the road to grab some bread.

>>27991671
Make sure to refill your tea sacs while you're there!

>>27991623
Zis

>>27991559
>[ ] “…Look, I know what it’s like to lose family, but you can’t just bring people back…”

>>27991559
>write in, sort of

"...Look, I know what it's like to lose family. I know how empty and angry and mixed up it leaves you, but you can't just...aw hell, who knows, maybe it could happen. But until it does you can't just use that hope to keep yourself from dealing with what happened."

>>"Ain't a single person in the whole world that doesn't wish that, Layla."

On a completely unrelated note, anyone have a problem with suggesting Noriko might want to dye her hair something less memorable in case the group ever does need to drop everything and run to a new hidey hole? Bright blue hair is a pretty easy identifier to work with...

>>27991559
>Isn't anyone alive who doesn't want that...who hasn't lost someone...

>>27991784
if we leave Manhattan. As far as it goes, in pseudo-2013, an asian teenager with blue hair in Manhattan isn't really a thing.

>>27991784
Asian with blue hair isn't exactly very descriptive in a big city.

>>27991583

DAMNIT FRANKLIN RICHARDS

Okay, back now, and

>writing

>>27991807
>>27991809

Was thinking hobo with either naturally blue hair or a very expensive dye job (hahaha? Wait, do hobos get expensive hair treatments in big cities? I suppose I could be working with a horribly flawed assumption...) rather than her being Asian. You guys do have a point about at though.

>>27991879
That was fast, do you live at the market or something?

>>27991787
Seconding this.

>>27991879

Okay.

>[X] “Chances are you’d get a third eye that shoots butterflies, or something.”
>[X] “…Look, I know what it’s like to lose family, but you can’t just bring people back…”
>[X] Write in.

“There isn’t a single person in the whole world that doesn’t wish that, Layla.”

You remember that when you were a kid, you wanted to fly. That was the coolest mutant power, obviously. Flying could take you anywhere. All the coolest superheroes fly. Thor, Captain Marvel, Human Torch (Jim Hammond, not the Storm guy)… even the fake ones in comics, like Superman. As far as unrealistically optimistic power-fantasies go, however, you’d say that Layla outdoes you by several leagues.

Which is kinda understandable. When you first realized you could turn invisible, you rather distinctly remember wishing that it was something different, something that would let you take out all your anger and bile on anyone who so much as looked at you funny. Back then you wanted someone – anyone – to pay so badly. Now… now you’re just tired.

“I know what it’s like to lose family, Layla, but you can’t just sit there and hope that one day they just pop back. That’s not how these things work.” At least, not for mere mortals like yourselves. How many times has Cap ‘died’ now? And Iron Man? Shit, you’re pretty sure there was a whole big thing about The Human Torch (the Storm guy, not Jim Hammond) being dead for a while. “If you go full mutant tomorrow, you’d probably just sprout a third eye that, like, shoots butterflies or something.”

“I know.” She answers, quietly, rubbing her arms again. “I know. But I still wish it would happen. I just wish things were different. I don’t even care about the hate. I’d give anything for things to just be different.”

>[ ] “Me too.”
>[ ] Silence.
>[ ] Write in.

>>27991888
There's a food&wine right next to my house.

When I say I'm just popping over the road, I really do mean I am crossing the road and I'm there.

>>27992163
>“Me too.”

>>27992163
>[ ] “Me too.”
Then into
>[ ] Silence.

>>27992163
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence or something like that.

>>27992163
>>27992163

>[ ] “Me too.”
>[ ] Silence.

>>27992163
"A week ago I'd have said the same. Hell, I'd probably still take the deal if it ever got offered, but all the same I'm kind of glad I ended up meeting you all. Still, wish things didn't have to be what they are for that to have happened."

>>27992313

I like this one.

Any objections? (Cause while I think it's good, it might not be)

>>27992163
>"me too"

>>27992313
Seconded

>>27992163
>"Me too."
Offer her a hand to hold or something.

>>27992313
>>27992329
JJ would trade everything he has to be back with Joyce. Eight fucking days a week.

There's no comparison between being a fucking homeless mutant and having a family and not being homeless.

>>27992163
Initiate hug

>>27992313
Sounds like a good lie to tell ourselves.

But no.

Holy Shit! I can't believe lab meeting ended this early.

>>27992475
Yeah, you're back before the voting even started!

>>27992163
“Me too.”

>>27992163
>>[ ] Write in.
"Old saying: Be careful what you wish for."

>>27992313
thirded

>>27992415
How is it a lie?
We're admitting that we'd probably take the deal regardless.

>[X] Me too.

“Me too.”

Different would be good, yeah. Different could be worse, but much worse, really? You’ve got your shitty job and these guys and stuff now, but sometimes you think you’re kidding yourself with all of it. How long can this really go on? How long can you hand out papers on a sidewalk for $60? How long can you keep Creeper at bay? How long can you dodge Laura’s pursuers? How long can you keep saying “no” to a shot of Jack? Keep one step ahead of winter? Keep fed? Keep well? Keep alive?

Do you keep this up till you’re twenty? Till you’re thirty? Till you’re sixty and bearded and can barely stand the cold, and the boys from Mutant Control take you off the streets?

You wish pretty fuckin’ bad that things were different.

You stretch out your hand in offering of a truce. Layla stares at it for a moment, before grudgingly knotting her fingers between yours.

Time passes. The sky deepens, orange turning to red, grey to darkest blue. The clouds overhead all but disappear and snow becomes a pale, silvery corona, embalming the city in a light like stars and milk. It makes you think of a patient, still and thoroughly stupefied, lying prone upon an operating table.

Eventually, you hear the fire escape rattle, and Laura – followed by Noriko and then by Kevin – pulls herself onto the roof.

They look terrible. Kevin is sporting a huge, swollen bulge in the place of his eye and appears to have been cut across his cheek. Noriko’s knees and elbows are scraped pretty bad and she’s holding her arm tight to her chest.

>[ ] “Holy fuck, what happened?”
>[ ] “I’m going to assume this was [insert]’s fault.”
>[ ] “Please tell me you didn’t try to buy drugs. Everyone in this stretch works for Creeper.”
>[ ] Write in.

>>27992785
>>[ ] “Please tell me you didn’t try to buy drugs. Everyone in this stretch works for Creeper.”

>>27992785
>Cover layla's ears
>“Holy fuck, what happened?”

>>27992785
>>[ ] “Holy fuck, what happened?”

>>27992785
>[ ] “Holy fuck, what happened?”
>[ ] "Please tell me you didn't try to buy drugs. I thought I could trust you guys."

I'd hate to use the drugs bit, since it sounds like we don't trust them.

>>27992785
>[ ] “Holy fuck, what happened?”
>>27992813
>>27992825
Best not to sound accusing, if they didn't then we're a giant asshole.

>>27992785
>[ ] “Holy fuck, what happened?”

>>27992785
>[] "Holy Fuck! What happened?"

>>27992785
>>Cover layla's ears
>>“Holy fuck, what happened?”

>>27992813
>>27992825
As a man trained in counseling, holy fuck don't fucking say that.

>>27992785
>[ ] “Holy fuck, what happened?”
Concern's top priority, we showed trust in them by sending them off with money. If they were dishonoraber hoboes, we will be disappointed, but let's find out what happened before accusing.

>>27992825
Well, they just came out from getting their asses handed to them, if they were on jack, they would have won.

>>27992879
>As a man trained in counseling, holy fuck don't fucking say that.

Okay then.

PLEASE IGNORE my suggestion of: >>27992825

>>27992870
>>27992817

Layla's 13, lived in an orphanage in NYC and used the term "dicking" in conversation not five posts ago (not checked for accuracy). I think she is fully accustom to the use of foul language, so why the fuck are we covering her ears?

>>27992933
Because propriety, entertainment, we're in a comic-book world, and we're not a sociopath.

>>27992933
Because it is cute I'm guessing?

>[ ] “Holy fuck, what happened?”
When a kid comes back home with bloodied and bruised you don't start flinging accusations.

>>27992948
Your point? Have you ever read the wild ride that is Mark Millar's ultimate avengers?

>>27992785
>[x] “Holy fuck, what happened?”

>>27992958
>When a kid comes back home with bloodied and bruised you don't start flinging accusations.

Agreed.

>>27992970
That Anon's point is the entire sentence. Hence the use of "Because."

>>27993011
agreed, we just need to be surprised and ask them what happened.

I just got back from dinner, and I like where this random event roll is heading. Looks like we're about to get involved in a super-fight.

>>27993275
There was a random roll?

>(1/2)

>[X] “Holy fuck, what happened?”

“Holy fuck, what happened!?”

Christ, you hope it wasn’t drugs. You really hope it wasn’t drugs. You’d like to think you trust these guys, but god damn, if it was a drugs thing you might explode or something.

“They were involved in an altercation.” States Laura, setting down a small plastic bag – groceries, you guess? – and standing aside. For good reason, it seems. Noriko’s hair is flashing with tiny arcs of static electricity, and her flesh occasionally glows from within, streaks of neon blue flashing under her skin.

Layla gets up and moves toward her, but is stopped in her tracks by a warning hand.

“No, not…” She flinches when she speaks. “Not a good time to be touching me.”

Kevin sits down, pressing a clump of snow to his eye.

“Noriko blew out some guy’s electrics.” She stares at him pointedly. “Uh, by mistake, of course. We were just leaving this 7-Eleven and then, I dunno, what happened?”

“I just got startled.” She says. “But I guess I’d been absorbing too much, ‘cause it arced out and cut all the lights. Then the owner started screaming at us and these guys outside came into check up on all the fuss…”

“He screamed that she was a mutant and one of them went total fucking ape on Noriko. Knocked her down. When I got in the way he tried to punch me in the face, and… well… I didn’t have time to hold it back…”

Oh. Oh no…

>>27993275
Pretty sure it was just a mundane fight. Well, mundane beat down that Nori and Kev ran into.

>(2/2)

“He’s probably never gonna be playing violin or whatever, you know? After that everything’s a bit… weird for me. I guess because some guy hit me with a pipe or something.”

“It was a bike pump, I think.” Interjects Noriko.

“Oh, okay. I couldn’t really see it so good, due to, y’know…” He indicates toward his horribly bruised eye. “I guess they did some kicking and stuff and then Noriko was picking me up…”

“Yeah, I kind of set some clothes on fire so they’d back up. It worked pretty good till a bunch of ‘em chased us down." She flinches her way through about half of a smile, easing herself down a fair distance from the rest of the group. "I think they winged me with a padlock or something, something metal, and I scraped up my arms on the pavement.”

“I think they’d have killed us if Laura hadn’t gotten there.” Notes Kevin, grimly.

“Yeah. Or I’d have exploded or something.”

>[ ] “Shit, how bad are you hurt?”
>[ ] “Uh, how did Laura get rid of them?”
>[ ] “…You’re not in danger of exploding now, are you?”
>[ ] Write in.

aww sheeit
kevin just melted some niggas

>>27993372
>>[ ] “Shit, how bad are you hurt?”
>>[ ] “Uh, how did Laura get rid of them?”
>"Please tell me we're not homicidal hobos now."

>>27993372
>>[ ] “Shit, how bad are you hurt?”
>>[ ] “Uh, how did Laura get rid of them?”

>>27993372
>“Shit, how bad are you hurt?”
Damn shame we don't know about/if the Morlocks.
They had (Crusty: Have?) a guy for that.

>>27993372
>shit, how bad are you hurt
>how'd you get rid of them, Laura?

>>27993390

Seconded.

>>27993372
>>27993390
>>27993397
Pretty clear she didn't kill them in broad daylight, it fine.
>"Shit, how bad are you hurt?"

>>27993372
>[ ] “Shit, how bad are you hurt?”
>[ ] “…You’re not in danger of exploding now, are you?”

>>27993434
Also, we should get gone. Lay low and such.

>>27993372
"Shit, how bad are you hurt?"

We can ask Laura what she did to save their asses later. I really don't think now's the time to focus on that. And if she did maim or kill anyone, I'd rather it not come up until we're back home and not exposed as hell.

>>27993465
We're still in the Scar. We should be allright.

>>27993372
>[ ] “Shit, how bad are you hurt?”
>[ ] Write in.
"I should probably get us a first aid kit or something."

>>27993372
>[x] “Shit, how bad are you hurt?”

We'll probably have to lay low for awhile. I hope security camera footage isn't a factor.