>>37062899
>[ ] What does she mean?

>>37062899
>[ ] What does she mean?

>>37062899
>[ ] What does she mean?

>>37062899
>[ ] What does she mean?

>>37062899
"How can I not? ever since I started helping people everything been better, I have grown stronger, faster, and best of all I found you"

now kiss her!!!!!!!!!!!

>>37062971
nope.jpg

>>37062971
No. The right time will show itself sooner or later.

Plus that sounds really forced and rushed.

>>37062971
Well, I agree with the sentiment if not the action

>>37062899
>>[ ] What does she mean?

>>37062899
>>[ ] What does she mean?

>>37062899
>[ ] What does she mean? Do you mean like a crazy person? Do you mean how do I live like a crazy person? Well you see, it all started at a Burger King...

>>37063047
No. That kind of sounds like we're blaming her.

Ashes to ashes, butts to butts

>It feels natural

>>37063015
It does seam to be the whole them of this quest the more we help the harder we try the stronger we get the more love we give out the more we get back.

>>37062899
>>[x] What does she mean?

Today is a good day for JJ's spaghetti to come out.

>>37063057
I am blaming her, sort of. Our streak of altruism all started with Laura, and now it's become like a game of Pokemon where we help and collect as many muties as we can

>>37062899
>"It'd be wrong not to."

>>37063092
>Next time we meet Peter
"Spi! Spider, derman der. Spiderman!"

something tells me thread 100 is when it will finally happen.

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>>37063103

>>37063092
Laura got Mew as her starter Pokemon

>>37062899
>[X] What does she mean?

>>37062899
>>[ ] What does she mean?
Talk to Laura, we can always chase batman later

>>37063115
What will happen? You mean when we do a crack bitch to end all crack bitches, and end up reversing the polarity turning our shit luck into good luck?

>>37063133
We can confront him about it later.

>>37063140
The singularity of the black hole meets the core of the neutron star.

>>37063115
Too soon anon. Far too soon.

Nothing's happening until Kimura's dead and we've verified her soul can't come back as some sort of quasi demon ghost thing.

>>37063140
yes and JJ finds a home and he will kiss Laura.

>>37063158
And consumes the neutron star core. Not really a surprising outcome there.

>>37063161
Reptilian space program? Geovision OFB to sun

>>37063170
To cheek

>>37063133
I really don't get why you want to chase after him at all. You don't spy on your friends. We could just ask what he is up to - hell he might even answer

>[X] What does she mean?

The silence is deafening. You feel yourself edge, just minutely, toward the exit, your hackles rising as if in response to an encroaching predator. In the absence of anything spoken, your breath seems to shimmer in the air, its patterns digging into your ears, loud and obnoxious, each inhalation seeming to taunt you. You’re wasting time. You’re not sure what to say. You feel the moment lengthen, dragging torturously, crawling onward and onward and onward...

“I…” You swallow. “I’m not sure…”

You roll your shoulders, and find it in yourself to pull off a little shrug.

“What do you mean?”

She studies in silence for a moment. Her brow falls minutely – it’s barely noticeable, but you catch it.

At long last, she opens her mouth, and:

“I have a high tolerance for pain.” Raw feet on snow. Torn flesh. Arm bent backwards and split like the trunk of a tree. These are the images that swim back to you. “Still, I try to avoid it when possible. I find it extremely frightening.”

‘Frightening’. That’s not a word you’ve heard Laura use before.

“Do you not feel the same way?” She steps forward slightly. “You seem to actively seek out injury. Do you enjoy being hurt? If not, how can you live like this?”

>[ ] Write in.

>>37063184
Actually I was thinking drop her in a vat of molten ademantium, but as long as galactus, the kree, the shiari, skrulls, stark tech assets, nova corp etc. aren't operating in whatever direction we launch her I guess space would be a viable drop off point. Good luck throwing her into the sun without someone rescuing her though.

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Hey guys, hey guys

time for druidz

>>37063226
>[ ] Write in.

"With great power comes great responsibility, and a lot of ass kicking. Sometimes to yourself rather than a bad guy."

>>37063226
"I would not want to feel pain, and I'm not cruel enough to want others to feel pain. I have the opportunity to keep others from feeling pain, no matter if it causes myself some discomfort. It'd be wrong not to help others."

>>37063226
"The most precious person to me got hurt because I couldn't do anything. Better that I get hurt than other people, they matter. I don't."

This is the only plausible explanation I can think of for JJ doing this stuff

>>37063226
So others would not get hurt. I can take the pain. I was built for it.

>>37063226
"I don't do it because I want to. I do it because I have to."

>>37063226
"and I find being alone is truly terrifying."

>>37063226
"No but ...I spent the last five years of my life running away and it did nothing to help, if not make things worse. I'm sick of running away."

>>37063271
Seconded

>>37063226
>It feels wrong to not prevent suffering when you know you could.

>>37063271
Seconded this sounds like JJ

>>37063226
>>[ ] Write in.
I'm not. It's just... somehow situations always end up way worse than I thought they could.

>>37063057
I to blame her for how great our life is becoming

think about it sure its a bit more stressful, but its so much better than it ever has been.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwFS69nA-1w

>>37063226

>>37063288
this is real good
add in a bit about ho every thing has gotten better since we started.

>>37063226
>[ ] "I-I don't enjoy being hurt or putting myself in harms way, no, who does? I just... listen, I stood by a lot and let bad things happen all around me because I was scared, and that worked out okay... but shit, it wasn't living.

And now? I don't know, I have a lot of power available to me now, a lot of power to make a difference. It's stupid, but I keep thinking maybe if I help people with it they'll see past the mutant part of me."

>>37063271
I can get behind this.

>>37063271
Doesn't JJ at least have some sense of self-worth by now? I'd think
>They matter more than I do.
would be better than
>They matter, I don't.

>>37063226
>[ ] Write in.
>It feels right, not the pain, but doing the right thing for a change.

>>37063271
Ahh yes JJs terminal self depreciation, what else would we say this is definitely us

>>37063271
>>37063320
Some combination of those please.

>>37063271
Oof, that's rough, but pretty JJ though

>>37063336
Seconded.

"They matter much more than I do."

>>37063328
Seconded, this is good stuff

>>37063271
Pretty sure telling Laura we're a self hating masochist would get a bad reaction from her.

>>37063226

I like these
>>37063271
>>37063328

>>37063426
I don't know actually, I think she might relate a bit.

>>37063226

Some combination of these
>>37063271
>>37063328

>>37063426
But it is pretty true

>>37063426
I think she is upset with JJ no matter what he says.

>>37063226
"At least it's not fire. Usually."

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>>37063426

She feels the same

>>37063426
JJ's gonna be JJ

What the hells going on

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>>37063529

Read the thread.

>>37063529
We are giving our superhero speech, that speech you give people to try and explain why you go out in tights and fight other homeless people in spandex

>>37063491
I've seen that image before but google image search is giving me nothing. Any idea on the source?

>>37063567
Hitman

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>>37063562

Finally this picture is relevant.

>>37063271
>precious person

I've read so much shonen I've developed an aversion to this phrase

>>37063599
Haha, my exposure to shonen has done the opposite; I have become addicted to the phrase

>>37063595
JJ's catholic though I think

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>>37063619
It just rings so hollow and phony to me...

>>37063640

Yeah, I think he might have went to church at some point, but after all the shit he's seen and been through, he might doubt the existence of God.

>(1/2)

Well. What do you say to that?

“I…” You want to run away. It’d be easy, too. Flip the switch, fade away, be gone. Forever. You tug nervously at the hem of your coat. Why does she want to know, anyway? You’re fine. You’re alive. You’ve survived everything the world has thrown at you. You can survive everything again, if you have to. “…I lost the most precious person to me because I couldn’t do anything…”

The words tumble out, like nettles upon your tongue, like something poisonous, and deep down, you feel the question rising. Can you survive everything again? Could you do the last four years again? Or are you too tired for that?

How much strength do you have left in you? Sometimes – when you’re happy, when you’re angry, when you’re with your friends – you feel like you have all the strength in the world. But sometimes you only feel cold, and tired, and like there’s no end to anything in sight.

“It’s better that I get hurt than other people. They matter.”

That’s what it comes down to, isn’t it? You don’t matter. There isn’t even much of you left.

It’s quiet for a little while after. You feel like you’re digesting what you just said nearly as much as Laura is. Eventually, she steps a little closer, and glides the tips of her fingers over yours, her eyes fixating upon the point of contact. You flinch – you feel her pulse firing, even through your gloves, even through her gloves.

>>37063653
He might, but I think he prayed to him in one thread, and after the encounter with the veritable demon I could see JJ wonder

>(2/2)

Her eyes turn up towards you, bright and green and bewildering.

“Why?” What? What does she… “Why do other people matter more than you do?”

“I…” You fumble nervously at the back of your neck. “…I don’t really know.”

She stares. Her eyes bore into you, almost accusingly.

“So far, you have relied upon your ability to adapt to survive.” You blink, wondering where she’s going with this. “What will happen when you can no longer change fast enough?”

You don’t answer. You think you both know.

>[ ] Head home.
>[ ] Try to follow Peter.
>[ ] Go get food.
>[ ] Rest a while in Peter's basement.
>[ ] Write in.

>>37063678
>[ ] Rest a while in Peter's basement.
>[ ] Brush our teeth, jesus christ, must smell like a monkey's asshole by now.

>>37063678
>>[ ] Try to follow Peter.

>>37063678
>>[ ] Try to follow Peter.

>>37063678
>[ ] Go get food.

all that healing made JJ hungry

the HL is at 6 for goodness sake

>>37063678
>"I am terrified by that question"
>Rest awhile in Peter's basement

>>37063678
>[ ] Try to follow Peter.
WELP AFTER THAT AWKWARD CONVERSATION, TIME TO SNOOP

>>37063678
>>[ ] Try to follow Peter.
"Then I'll just have to stand firm like a rock in a stream."

>>37063678
>[ ] Rest a while in Peter's basement
Rest and get cleaned up before we move on

>>37063678

>[ ] Rest a while in Peter's basement.

>>37063678
>>[ ] Try to follow Peter

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>>37063678
>[X] Rest a while in Peter's basement.

>>37063678
>[ ] Write in.
"Ask for help I guess."

>>37063678
>[ ] Rest a while in Peter's basement

>>37063678
>[ ] Rest awhile in Pete's basement.

Gotta process this new psychological landline Laura just set off. Also, we need to fine someone who can teach us how to fight without probably killing us, maybe Pete will have an idea when he gets back?

>>37063678
>[ ] Go get food.
>[ ] Rest a while in Peter's basement.

>>37063678
>>[ ] Try to follow Peter

>>37063764
Pete relies on his powers more than we do.

>>37063678
>>[ ] Head home.

>>37063678
>>[X] Rest a while in Peter's basement.

>>37063783
We don't know that. All we know is that he can dodge like a trained motherfucker, so maybe he's had some training (I'm betting he knows a guy).

>>37063678
>[x] Try to follow Peter.
>[x] try not to lose it

>>37063678
>>[ ] Try to follow Peter.
Come on, isn't this what we voted on doing to begin with? let's just see it through.

>>37063678
>>[ ] Go get food.
>>[ ] Rest a while in Peter's basement.

>>37063692
>Brush teeth

We have Healing lv.3. We don't get cavities, plaque, gingivitis or halitosis anymore.

>>37063678
>[ ] Rest a while in Peter's basement.

take it easy, we just got back up from nurse bit

>>37063783
But we don't know that. Really we don't know that he can fight at all.

So if we are looking for a teacher with less radical methods we should probably try elsewhere first.
Maybe ask Remy. Among the people we met he's the one who seems to have the most connections while not caring about the legal part too much.

>>37063678
>[ ] Try to follow Peter.

>>37063823
Situation's changed dude. Pete's already suited up and long gone OR reassured his Aunt that the bleeding Hobo has gone "home" and isn't hiding out in the basement. You wanna scare the shit out of Aunt May (if I thought we'd give her a lethal heart attack I'd be onboard) or prove Petey a liar I guess we could still do that though.

>>37063815
>[x] lose it

You forgot a bit at the end there.

>>37063836

Didn't Peter tell us our breath stank last thread?

>>37063938

He told us that there's toothpaste and a toothbrush we can use.

>>37063678
>>[ ] Rest a while in Peter's basement.

>>37063938
We were still healing up. Should be good now or at least as soon as we void the poison from our system.

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>>37063947
>not wanting temporary minty fresh breath +1 bonus to diplomacy checks

>>37064009
Ok, seconding the minty freshness. But we're convincing her to brush her teeth too.

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>>37064009

Minty Fresh Mutant Quest

>>37063678
>[ ] Rest a while in Peter's basement
>[ ] Go get food.

>[X] Rest a while.

Though it feels like it could go on forever, the moment eventually passes, and you spend the next hour or so just stewing in Peter’s basement, feeling a little awkward and very out of place. As you knead at the sore, freshly-knitted flesh near the base of your neck, you realize, to no small surprise, that there’s a long streak of rough, almost scale-like skin tracing its way down your shoulder blade, parallel to your spine.

You reach back, your stomach churning a little. More surprises? You’ve had enough, thanks. More than enough.

“Peter and I have also noticed that.” Laura’s voice interrupts the silence, and you glance up at her, feeling almost like you’ve been caught in some secretive, unhygienic act. She’s watching you from the other side of the room, leaning back against Peter’s work desk. “There is another patch on the opposite side of your back.”

So there is.

Huh.

“That’s… that’s weird.”

Yes, that is very weird.

Mutation. Change. How fast can you keep changing like this?

It sort of… you sort of remember your dad saying something about this, once. Something…

“Heat and pressure are the prime catalysts of change.” You mouth the words in silence, long-tattered strips of memory flowing back to you. “This applies to chemistry, biology, and to life in general.”

You remember the smell of the Bunsen burner. The goggles he made you wear – he had to adjust the straps for you, to fit your head. The deep, tantalizing flourish of indigo fire. You remember something flashing and sparking, momentary flowers of red and green and blue. A smell like acid.

Huh.

>+1 Phobia Trial Points

You shake yourself out of your reverie, checking the time.

>11:23 AM

>[ ] Guess you should go home.
>[ ] Or you should pick up something to eat.
>[ ] And pick up a paper.
>[ ] And maybe you should get started on investigating [Roxxon/The Facility/The Crime Families/Those Guys Nearby You]
>[ ] Write in.

>>37064107
>[ ] Or you should pick up something to eat.

>>37064107
>>[ ] Or you should pick up something to eat.
>>[ ] And pick up a paper.
>>[ ] And maybe you should get started on investigating [Roxxon/The Facility/The Crime Families/Those Guys Nearby You]

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>>37064107
>[ ] Guess you should go home.
>[ ] Or you should pick up something to eat.
>[ ] And pick up a paper.
>[ ] And maybe you should get started on investigating [Roxxon/The Facility/The Crime Families/Those Guys Nearby You]
>[ ] Write in.
brush teeth. minty fresh

>>37064107
>[ ] Guess you should go home.
>[ ] Or you should pick up something to eat.
>[ ] And pick up a paper.
>[ ] And maybe you should get started on investigating [Those Guys Nearby You]

>>37064107
>[ ] Or you should pick up something to eat.

>>37064107
>>[ ] Or you should pick up something to eat

>>37064107
>>[ ] Or you should pick up something to eat.

>>37064107
>>[ ] Or you should pick up something to eat.
>>[ ] And pick up a paper.

>>37064107
>Brush teeth
>Sponge bathe us somewhat less smelly
>Get something to eat and pick up a paper

>>37064107
>>[ ] Or you should pick up something to eat.

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pick up a big ass pizza or two and a 2 liter of something.

Supreme pizza for the supreme race

>>37064107
>[ ] Or you should pick up something to eat.
>[ ] And pick up a paper.
>[ ] And maybe you should get started on investigating [Those Guys Nearby You]

>>37064132
Backing this.


What are folks opinions about playing invisible mad bomber on the facility?
Could potentially fuck everything up or seriously lower the pressure of dangerous people in the area.
Although if we look to move soon it'll become moot.

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>>37064107
>Brush your fucking teeth you damn mutie
>[x] Or you [and Laura] should pick up something to eat.
>[x] And pick up a paper.
>get to a nice spot, pretend you're one of those rich assholes on holiday in Paris checking the Times while having a croissant with a dozen of condiments you can barely even pronounce
>Ask Laura if we got a date for the Scar Council
>Get home, our bitches be probably worried too
>>37064009
If we had taken Pheromone Manipulation we could have had a permanent bonus to diplomacy, which seem to be our preferred route despite the Fangs and the Laser eyes and the superstrenght and the Invisibility.
But I'm not really butthurt about that.
Muh Vampiric Touch, on the other hand...

After we eat we should head home to figure out who got caught and mugged during their shopping.

So guys, middle term, how about buying some batteries for Noriko, having her charge them and then sell them to the other mutant groups/offer to recharge them when they run dry? A nice way to keep her busy, some cash on the side plus we provide a valuable service for all those stolen tvs and radios.

>>37064258
>so many battery acid explosions

the BP job is enough (I hope we don't lose it) and we can just beg for Tabby cat job back maybe

>>37064132
>>37064146
>>[X] And maybe you should get started on investigating [Roxxon/The Facility/The Crime Families/Those Guys Nearby You]

Specify.

>>37064258
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrw7YN6c9Pg

>>37064314
lets go by proximity
>Those Guys Nearby You

>>37064314
Starting out with the (hopefully) quick an easy thing
>[X] And maybe you should get started on investigating [Those Guys Nearby You]

>>37064314
>The Facility

>>37062899
Catching up on this shit right now, 4 and two thirds threads left.
Let's see if I can get back into the old groove tonight.

>>37064314
Mutants near us

>>37064314
>Those Guys Nearby You

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I don't think JJ and the Tunnel Snakes have had BBQ yet....

maybe get some Ribs to go?

>>37064496
fire bad ! lets just heat some water on a hot plate for noodles

>>37064370
Good luck.

So, do we want to hash it out some more with Laura as we walk to deal with the muties? Talk a little about our sister with her? Tell Laura she's just as much as family to him now?

>>37064549
>Talk a little about our sister with her? Tell Laura she's just as much as family to him now?

Both are good, though I'm not sure how we'd segue into the part about our sister.

>>37064549
I like this.

>>37064560
We'd already mentioned most important person, its a subject we're still on

>>37064549
Haven't we already told her about Joyce?

In like thread 6 or something.

>[X] Lots of stuff.

With a minty mouthful of Peter’s toothpaste on your breath (he may want to dispose of that toothbrush…), you head out, using your invisibility to slip away without giving Peter’s aunt a heart attack.

Queens is kinda quiet. The constant murmur of the city seems somewhat lower than usual, like it’s coming to you in long, drawn-out breaths.

You wait until you hit somewhere less… residential… before stopping for a bite to eat. Thinking about your dad sorta brought back the breakfasts of old – it was always light stuff, croissants and such. You don’t find croissants (this is Queens, not Paris), but you do find somewhere that sells these baguettes stuffed with all sorts of cheese and rabbit food an’ stuff. Usually you’d balk at the lack of meat, but… eh. Nostalgia.

Following a familiar route home, you pick up a paper, leafing through it.

There’s nothing about the return of the Green Goblin – that must be old news by now. There is, however, something about Spider-Man. Apparently he was fighting some kinda weird, viscous black creature in the streets of Manhattan yesterday. Your exploits get a mention on the fourth page, topped off with a bunch of insipid quotes by some guy called ‘Flash’. Apparently Harry wasn’t available for comment.

What dominates the front page, however, is a statement by police that the granddaughter of known crime-lord Silvio Manfredi has been confirmed as missing, possibly kidnapped.

Damn, that’s messed up. Your thoughts immediately turn the assortment of assholes gathered at the White Rose Gala. Which one, you wonder, was most likely to get excessively personal this way?

>Hunger Level: 4
>Current Funds: $1,000

>[ ] Check out those guys living nearby you.
>[ ] Actually, maybe you should check out this instead?
>[ ] Talk to Laura about [insert] on the way.
>[ ] Write in.

Since your choices bring up more info I decided to break this up a bit.

>>37064549
Sounds great dude, tell her she's like a sister to us!

>>37064643
You have indeed.

>>37064644
>[ ] Check out those guys living nearby you.

>>37064644
>>[ ] Talk to Laura about [insert] on the way.
about the kidnapping

>>37064644
>[ ] Check out those guys living nearby you.
>[ ] Talk to Laura about [insert] on the way.

Our sister and what we should do in case shit hits the fan with S.H.I.E.L.D. or something soon.

>[ ] Write in.

Call Felicia and ask if she wants help investigating Silvio's missing granddaughter.

We'll help for some cash.

>>37064644
>[X] Actually, maybe you should check out this instead?

>>37064644
>Talk with laura. Drop off food.

>>37064644
>[ ] Check out those guys living nearby you

>>37064644
>Talk to Laura about [the fact we like her] on the way.
>Check out those guys living nearby you.

>>37064681
>Our sister
We've done this before, lets not rehash old conversations.

>>37064644
>Talk to Laura about [the fact we like her] on the way.

>>37064718
Like if she's alive and stuff like that.

Just because we've talked about it before doesn't mean we can't talk about it again.

>>37064712
>>37064735
Lets leave a trail of spaghetti as we go, no harm in that

>>37064745
Of course she's alive. She's the greatest person on earth. She'd never turn into some sort of murderous vigilante and forget about JJ!

>[x] Talk to Laura about [insert] on the way.
The Scar meeting, what she expects, what's Jono's rep and if she wishes we go about this in some way.
>[x] Check out those guys living nearby you.
Start asking around. a group that large with such...advertising HAS to have been seen. I don't think we should act against them yet, not until the meeting.


wait a second you cheeky britbong,
>Current Funds: $1,000
We should have the 700 odd something plus our last paycheck which also amounts to 700$.

Not that money has ever been really a problem in this quest tho.

>>37064644
>[ ] Talk to Laura about [Sister] on the way.

>>37064644
>[ ] Check out those guys living nearby you.

>>[ ] Talk to Laura about [us] on the way.

>>37064760
>Of course she's alive

JJ doesn't know that.

>>37064780
>Implying JJ would believe anything else.

>>37064644
> Check out the guys near us
> Talk to Laura about [snkt wub] on the way

>>37064780
He's being Optimistic JJ.

>>37064792
>implying JJ won't be cynical

>>37064766
Didn't we give like Noriko and Layla like $200ish to go shopping for food?

>Has no self worth
>Thinks he's good enough for Larua

>>37064370
Jesus fuck, finished the Joyce thread, she a hardcore muthafuckin gangsta alright.
I don't know if they've met already, though I doubt it, but I really want them both to totally break down into crying, overpowered messes with JJ letting them wings and claws loose and shit.
It would have been delicious for Joyce to see a recording of that one incident with JJ being saved by Creeper on the TV, if that is an actual event that happened.
Alright, back to catching up.

>>37064814
>Implying Joyce isn't the last thing he holds onto with unwavering childlike belief.

Don't worry when she shows up all murderess that'll be crushed.

>>37064766
>We should have the 700 odd something plus our last paycheck which also amounts to 700$.

Ah, typo.

It should be $1,100.

Writan.

>>37064860
>It would have been delicious for Joyce to see a recording of that one incident with JJ being saved by Creeper on the TV, if that is an actual event that happened.

I'm not sure she'd take well to seeing young JJ lined up and covered in gasoline and lined up against a fence.

>>37064860
>I don't know if they've met already

They haven't.

>the spoiler

I have no idea what you're referring to.

>>37064863

It'd be adorable if they both are really happy and decide to go get drunk together.

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>>37064831
>implying Laura doesn't hate herself more than JJ hates himself

"JJ, I am a shit."
"No babygurl, Imma shit."
*in unison* "we a shit"

and then they fucked.

>>37064888
When JJ came to the city creeper saved his ass from being burned alive by a crowed of anti-mutie protesters. forgot what thread it's in though.

>>37064888
the flashback to how JJ met creeper, JJ had said flashback during spoopy orphanage investigation

>>37064893
Please.
Then Joyce abandoned him again because she's shit. That's her reasoning behind it as well. I'm too hardcore motherfucking gangsta JJ I'd bring all the heat down on ya' good luck being alone again!

>>37064900
>>37064905

I don't think it's a crowd. I think it was just him being beaten by a small group of anti-mutie fucks.

>>37064912
This emotionally wounds the JJ.

>>37064900
street gang of thugs, not a bunch of protesters.

Reading some of this stuff makes me doubt peoples ability in reading comprehension.

>>37064912
please stop with your shit

>>37064930

People don't go back and read when their memory of previous events is admittedly faulty.

>>37064933
I can't we're playing JJ. We're all shit here.

>>37064860
It wasn't televised, otherwise the creeper's face would be in the public record.

Maybe there's security footage of Joyce Mugga Punishering it up leaked on the internet

>>37064942
Revenge of the Snapple continues this holiday break...

>>37064987
Oh my God! That's Joyce! She's Alive! I Knew it! Wait.. oh god.. Joyce stop.. they're bad people but.. they're still peo-oh god.. Joyce why.. no don'-


If.. Joyce attacked them... they must have been bad. She wouldn't do anything wrong.

>>37064987

Oh shit, that'd be cool.

How would JJ find out?

>>37064987
Pretty sure SHIELD and the the various gov'ts get that stuff taken down immediately.

>>37064965
That reminds me, although I realize I have no right to make accurate comments since I'm not caught up yet (just got paid them fat dollas), but couldn't we see Creeper if we used a digital camera?
Or is that also covered by his power?

>>37065027
I dunno, maybe Pete while snooping around for info Papa Green. sees old family photo on the net, recognizes Joyce from said photo in video.

or it gets posted on Crustyverse /b/

I dunno, I'm just an anon

>>37065115
>I dunno, maybe Pete while snooping around for info Papa Green. sees old family photo on the net, recognizes Joyce from said photo in video.

That'd be cool.

Or JJ hands him a picture along with a physical description and asks if he could do research online or anything.

>>37065085
His powers are telepathy based. So he takes care not to get caught on camera.

>>37065085
No one (we know of) ever tried that.
Assuming his powers are some form of telepathy it should work, though probably not with a handheld camera.

>>37065184
>not with a handheld camera
Why not?
As far as I remember, his power is causing people not to notice/acknowledge him, but he can't do shit about being recorded.
I don't remember if he avoids cameras because they're recorded, or because the security would see him, but I think if the latter wasn't a concern then he could just wear a bodysuit with tons of masks and waltz into anywhere.
A security camera is just a handheld one, except the screen is farther away.

>>37065225
>but he can't do shit about being recorded.

Ask Crusty before you start making plans.

It helps everyone to have it recorded and answered.

http://ask.fm/CrusyJones

>>37065225
Technology-wise: Yes.
But I'd assume that his ability to make you not see or look at him also includes not aiming a camera his way.
Plus I'm pretty sure, he'd rip the head of whoever tried that

>[X] Stuff.

Furling the paper away under your jacket (you love having all those folds… it’s like being a bear. A giant bear with pockets sort of dug into its blubber), you make your way back to the Scar. You’ve been meaning to check out those guys camped out near your den, make sure they’re not a bunch of Jack-dropping freakheads or whatever.

The snow falls lightly through the air, fading almost as soon as it hits the pavement. You watch the Laura’s braid as it dances back and forth, a drop of bright, unrestrained colour in the endless, static grey. Her steps are like those of a spirit visiting the Earth, barely disturbing the thin sheet of snow that the Scar has yet to fully give up. You feel a pulsing, sanguine sort of heat grow in your chest and your cheeks, the blood tunneling fast and hard through your veins, like fire in the moment of catching.

“Is something wrong?”

She’s turned back to you, her eyes wide and questioning.

“N-no.” You cough a bit, mostly to hide your embarrassment. “It’s nothing.”

You want to say something, you realize. You want to whisper something in her ear. You want to move your hands through her hair, and along her neck, and definitely down that bit where her back trails off, whatever that’s called.

You don’t, though, and instead you just sauna yourself in that bigass coat of yours for the rest of the walk.

As you approach the cracked, battered slope of felled apartment buildings where you spotted the fire earlier, you notice a figure emerging from the tear in its side. They glance your way, just a shadow against the snow at this distance, and hurry off in the opposite direction. Huh.

Well, time to meet these people.

>[ ] Approach stealthily, observe.
>[ ] Roll in.
>[ ] Write in.

>>37065294
>>[ ] Approach stealthily, observe.

>>37065270
Well yeah, we wouldn't know where to aim if he didn't want us to, but if he reveals himself or we just catch him accidentally, or go into his liar with a camera on at all times?
But alright, I'll take it to his ask later, once I catch up.
I've also been thinking, just because we can't notice HIM, does that mean we can't notice his footprints and the vibrations in the air around a person, since those are not directly linked to him, just anomalies?
Back to catching up for me, 3 threads left.

>>37065294
>[ ] Write in

Walk up slowly but openly.

Sneaking in might bring the wrong impression.

>>37065294
>[ ] Roll in.
Be all nice. Offer rabbit food. They turn it down and start shit we have casus belli.

>>37065294
>Roll in.

>>37065308
+1 to that

>>37065115
>or it gets posted on Crustyverse /b/

Hah. This legit could have happened.

It might be posted on /sup/erheroes, though, by some needlessly edgy teenyearold. Or on /mut/ies.

>>37065294
>[ ] Roll in.
We come in peace, better do so openly lest we accidentally provoke something again

>>37065340

Harry Osborn could be her biggest fan, secretly loves her even though he likes to shitpost on /b/ and /mut/.

I hope you've got Harry being a weaboo like Cosgrove has him, one thing about PPQ that I really like.

>>37065294
>[ ] Approach stealthily, observe.

>>37065294
>[ ] Roll in.

front door

like a respectable visitor

>>37065294
>[ ] Roll in.

Remember to knock like a good boy.

>>37065340
Does Crustyverse /pol/ hate Mutants or like them? Do they want the Mutants to use their powers to gas the kikes? Or do they stand with the jews for a real race war?

I hope no one takes us as thugs coming to extort the squatters.

>>37065406
>Does Crustyverse /pol/ hate Mutants or like them?

>"The white ones aren't as bad."

>>37065413
"Hey Mugga, who's that at the front door?"
"A 13 year girl and some twink in a hoodie."
"OH SHIT MUGGA RUN! WE GONNA DIE!"

>>37065426
>implying Mutants are white
>Magneto helmet is one of the icons

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>>37065449
>and some twink in a hoodie."

Oh god, that's funny.

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>>37063666
Just catching up

>“It’s better that I get hurt than other people. They matter.”

Holy shit Satan, we are a little bit like Shirou aren't we. That's never good.

>>37065676
Next we'll say something shit like 'People die when they are killed.'

>>37065676
Except we aren't nearly as dense.

>>37065294
>>[x] Approach stealthily, observe.

>>37065308

Seconded

>>37065709
That does sound like something JJ'd say when he's tripping over his own tongue

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I hope the Queen didn't sneak up on Crusty and skin him...

>>37065294
Oh sweet mother of muties, we're waiting on Laura to make a move...

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>>37065900
so its never happening....

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>>37065891
pic related

>>37065900

I think JJ just took in Laura's beauty for a moment.

>(1/2)

>[X] Roll in.

Guess you should head in through the front door?

Not that there’s a door. Or a ‘front’, really.

As you head in, you can’t help but be reminded of one of a thousand scenes from too many action flicks to count – you look up, and the way the entire complex is cut cleanly in half has you right there at the end of The Last Crusade. It’s like a tiny ravine cut into the side of a mountain, except here the mountain is all toppled plaster and rebar and tons of precarious, blackened apartment building. You sort of wonder why nobody’s living in the rooms further up, but the answer becomes obvious very quickly.

You look back down, but you can still feel them – a host of splayed, scorch-black ghosts, printed upon the walls and ceilings and remaining furniture in thin layers of ash. There must have been hundreds of them.

Laura sticks close as you progress in. You can feel her fists bunching, tendons tightening in readiness.

“It’ll be fine.” You whisper, your reward for which is an odd, over-the shoulder glance. You place a hand on her shoulder, feeling her stiffen up momentarily under your touch, before slowly, steadily, the tension begins to drain away, as if passing from her to you.

>>37065912
>>37065900
Don't worry, if we consider that Laura will realize her feelings at about half the rate JJ did, due to her upbringing, it should only take another 90ish threads. Which is pretty standard for comic books I hear.

>(2/3)

“Who’s there?” It’s a voice like wind tearing over broken glass.

You blink. A quick heat-sweep reveals that there’s five humans and one… something… nearby. There’s a clearing where the ravine cuts off into a veritable wall of collapsed brick and mortar, and you think you can see the lingering warmth of a recently-quashed fire emanating from its center. The place’s inhabitants, however, have scattered throughout the building, taking up positions behind a number of skewed walls.

Slowly, you raise your hands. Non-threatening-like.

“Nobody who wants to hurt anybody.” You say. “I just saw your campfire and wondered who was here. I’m not here to be an ass, don’t worry.”

“John!?” Oh, hey, that’s a familiar voice.

Without hesitation, a face you haven’t seen in some time emerges into the clearing. It’s… that guy. That guy with the psychotic sister. Saul? Sssssssss–

“Sam?” You chance, grimacing a little.

Before you know it, he’s shaking your hand.

“Hey, haven’t seen you in a while.” Yeah… you could say the same. “How you been?”

You’ve been alright.

>>37065925
>>37065900
>>37065912

Considering that JJ is about as subtle as a brick in social situations, Larua will realize what his feelings are on her own in short order, after which probably end up thinking on them herself.

>(3/3)

With Sam out in the open, a few others filter in.

There’s three kids, two of ‘em probably Layla’s age, another looking a bit younger. One of them is sort of weird and see-through, like a ghost, and the other two are clearly twins, their eyes touched by the same red glow and their hair alternating between black and white. Then there’s some twitchy guy with dark hair and some sort of scruffy, emo-punk thing going on around his arms and legs, lots of belts and stuff. He stays some way away, twitching occasionally, spots of fractal light strobing over the crown of his head.

The last one is… a woman, you think? Or the outline of one, at least. She’s vibrating so fast you can’t make out even the slightest detail regarding her expression, though you’d guess from her build that she’s a little younger than you. The air constantly buzzes around her.

>What do you wanna talk to these guys about?

>>37065972
"so...what brings you around these parts? You guys okay?"

>>37065972
About the camp, what this big gathering is about etc etc and could we meet who's in charge IF there is someone in charge.

>>37065972
>What do you wanna talk to these guys about?

Just introduce ourselves, get to know one another.

Be nice neighbors, see if they need food, etc.

>>37065972
well, first ask how he's been doing and how his sister's been doing.

>>37065406
Every single person on /pol/ is William Stryker, lost in a spiral of aggressive samefagging.

>>37066005
>>37065989

Both seconded.

>>37065972
>You guys doing alright?

>>37065972
"So, you are the Corsairs? I didn't realize you were this well-organized. Looks less like a commune and more like a military camp. Don't get me wrong, it's a GOOD thing you are this informed, considering the shit that's going to come."
Segue into the meeting stuff.
>>37065954
She's been handholding since at least thread 10 I think. Either she is a slut, or she's been wanting our barbed lizard d for a long time

>>37065709
>implying JJ would die even if he is killed
Typhon spaghetti clones when

>>37066021
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Guess when they rolled out the unique IP counter he had a minor stroke.

>>37066047

They're not the Corsairs. The Corsairs live out east in the Scar, if I remember correctly.

>>37065972
"Good to see you've found some people. The scar... probably isn't always the safest place to be alone."

>>37066021
That makes a little too much sense.

>>37065972
Offer rabbit food.

>>37065972
Good. How about you?

>>37065989
>>37066005
>>37066014
Those

>>37064644
>Your exploits get a mention on the fourth page, topped off with a bunch of insipid quotes by some guy called ‘Flash’
What does it say? That we broke into a school got high and tried to kill a nurse?

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>>37066241

Yeah, I wanna know too.

I'd love to see what Flash said about us.

>>37066241
I'd like to know more too.

>>37066241
Flash is a superhero otaku (with a massive Spidey-boner).

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"The last time I had neighbors I was 13!"

>>37066252
>>37066287
>Crusty makes off handed joke comment about flash.
>Is now expected to actually make all that shit up.
>Goddammit anons.

>>37066351

He should be wary about what he posts, lest we get interested.

>>37066351
Where do you think you are?

>(1/2)

You say the first thing that comes to mind, pretty much.

“How’s your sister?” Acting like less of a fool, you hope.

He smiles, though it’s a little strained.

“She’s fine. You just missed her, actually.” Oh? So that’s who that was. “She helped us get ahold of these.” He holds up one of those little hand-warmer things. It looks like one of the good ones, too, the ones you can charge in the sun. The horrible little gangster in you can’t help but remark on how bad that is for business – if the Corsairs wanted to make real money, they’d sell cheap ones with battery-lives. “Discount price. I don’t like what the Corsairs are doing, but my momma taught me better than to miss out on a sale.”

Huh. She’s still doing that, then.

>>37066367
Indeed. It's fucking weird what your players will get hung up on when you DM.

>(2/2)

Sam invites you to sit down, and you find that they’re not all too badly stocked up here. They’ve got tents, they’ve got little boxes to sit on, they’ve even got a stove almost exactly like the one you dished out for. Sam explains that they get most of it from the Corsairs, though his blurry friend has zoomed out (you don’t think that’s just an expression) for a thing or two, when she’s feeling up for it.

Much like you, these guys don’t have a name or anything like that. They’re not ‘Corsairs’ or ‘Hellions’ or anything. Mostly they’re just a bunch of kids who either can’t or won’t go home.

The youngest kid is called Clarissa. The twins speak small English, apparently, but Laura speaks with them for a while, in whatever whatever language. According to her their names are Karasu and Sojobu, respectively, and they’re very much honored to make your acquaintance. The guy with the excessive belt fetish is another John, and you pretty much glean that he keeps to himself. Sam mentions something about his brain oscillating through different universes, and stuff, but you mostly let that just wash over you. You’re not ready for the implications of different universe. Ms. Outline is the origin of the voice from earlier, and she introduces herself as Agatha Thrawne. Her ‘thing’, according to her, is superspeed. Apparently she can’t quite switch it off.

>[ ] Ask them about the Corsairs.
>[ ] Ask them about the Young X-Men.
>[ ] Ask them about the Hellions.
>[ ] Ask them about Jack.
>[ ] Write in.

>>37066392
Indeed.

>>37066422
>[ ] Ask them about the Corsairs.
>[ ] Ask them about Jack
>[ ] Write in

Warn them about Jack being muggas.

>>37066422
>Ask them if they're anyone you outta watch out for here in the scar? Good or Bad?

>>37066422
>[ ] Ask them about the Corsairs.
>[ ] Ask them about the Young X-Men.
>[ ] Ask them about the Hellions.
>[ ] Ask them about Jack.

>>37066241
It just says that a nurse at Midtown High was attacked in her office while tending to a student. She's currently in hospital, and has yet to make a statement regarding the attacker, though the level of damage to her office raises suspicions of superhuman involvement. This would be par for the course at Midtown, which has been attacked by the Green Goblin on no less than two occasions, as well as once by the mysterious 'Lizard'.

Flash says some shit about how that mutie what attacked his school was lucky he wasn't there to sock it one.

>>37066422
>>[ ] Ask them about the Corsairs.
>>[ ] Ask them about the Young X-Men.
>>[ ] Ask them about the Hellions.
>>[ ] Ask them about Jack.
>>[ ] Write in.
Ask them if they've heard anything about the Green stuff Harry was taking or about the crime boss' grandaughter's kidnapping.

>>37066464

Oh shit, this is good.

Seconded.

>>37066422
>>[x] Ask them about everything

>>37066422
>Her ‘thing’, according to her, is superspeed. Apparently she can’t quite switch it off.
Ouch. That's gotta be hell on the food bill. And the clothes. And the everything. Poor kid

>>[ ] Ask them about the Corsairs.
>>[ ] Ask them about Jack.
>>[ ] Write in.
"Anyone new in the scar we should watch out for?"

>>37066497
I figure it's general enough to encompass all of em' and whatever sticks out will be brought up.

>>37066422
>you are pretty well organized for 'just a bunch of kids'
with a smile, half compliment half question
Then
>[x] Ask them about the Corsairs.
>[x] Ask them about the Young X-Men.
>[x] Ask them about the Hellions.
>I'm guessing there are other groups like yours, who don't want to be pirates or new Xmen or whatever.

>>37066422
Everything.

Augh, this is boring. Can we just vet a brief summary and skip talking to these muggas? I'd rather be doing superhero shit, instead of reading about what JJ had for breakfast or that he brushed his teef (y'know, details essential to the plot)

>>37066664
No. Suffer.

>>37066664

This is a lot more interesting, in my opinion.

>>37066664
Get a load of this guy

>>37066485
So less information got out then expected. Good thing we didn't fall asleep in a vent. We should never have climbed into a vent.

>>37066744
Can't say shit without knowing how bad things would have been if we had failed that roll in the open.

>>37066694
Do you find watching nature documentaries and paint drying interesting too?

>>37066765
As someone with a BA in biology, yes.

>>37066744
>Laura shows up. No one notices she's a normal kid has probably done this sort of thing before. Sneaks JJ out. Everything would have been fine in the vent.

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>>37066765
You don't?

>>37066765
Action without characterization is allot like paint drying yes.

>>37066790
Good man.

>>37066790
Forgot to mention, I'm not that guy, im just saying.

>>37066765
Nature documentaries are interesting dick. Don't worry I'm sure you can vote to huff paint soon.

>>37066765
Yes and Maybe. The later depend on some variables.

>>37066805
No, then you asses might spend the rest of the quest letting JJ become a mentally crippled invalid while you masturbate at the lavish detail

>>37066761
I can see how it probably would have gone down.
>Fall asleep
>Police come
>"Why does it smell like hobo elf lizard? Why is the vent dripping?
>They call the Mutie Pest Control
Or maybe Laura or Batman would have come in time. Who knows.

>>37066765
I get the feeling you don't come here often.

>>37066835
How are those two things even connected?

>>37066790
>>37066795
>>37066805
>sodium chloride levels rising

>(1/2)

>[X] Write in.

You chat a little while longer. Eventually, the conversation turns to Sam’s bother.

“Jay?” He shrugs. “He’s hanging out with those Young X-Men guys. I think he’s got the hots for one of ‘em. Good on him, I guess…”

Jay. In your mind, he’s tied up with that whole awful mess you ran into with the Corsairs. Still, that does remind you:

“Anyone been giving you trouble since then?” You don’t know why you bother asking, really. If people were placing bets, you’d be all in on ‘Yes, Hells yes, trouble is everywhere’. Those exact words. “I heard there’s a bunch of twerps selling Jack around here.”

Did Agatha just flinch a little? It’s hard to tell, what with her being set to vibrate by default.

“Yeah…” Sam’s voice darkens. “…Those guys. We’ve run into a bunch of ‘em, not too long back actually. First it was this big, smiley guy with snake eyes and his twitchy girlfriend. Then…” He smiles very slightly “…Bear in mind, I can’t believe I’m saying this. These guys in scarecrow masks rolled up to our last place, ‘bout a day ago. I don’t think they were mutants, either. They bugged out pretty quick when I told them to get lost. It was definitely Jack they were selling, though. I’d recognize that poisonous crap anywhere.”

>>37066856
Huffing paint causes brain damage, in some cases immediately and in other cases it can take some time

>(2/2)

Huh.

“That’s it?” You ask.

He shrugs.

“What were you expecting? Nobody’s all too”–

Clarissa tugs his arm, apparently wanting to say something.

In total silence, she turns toward the twins, and holds a pair of fingers up next to her head, like horns. The twins nod in extremely creepy unison.

“Ah.” Says Karasu, the girl. “Yes.” Says Sojobu, the guy.

They look at you, and then Laura, and say one word:

“Oni.”

What? You glance up at Laura.

“Oni.” She repeats. “It means ‘demon’.”

Sam breaks the ensuing silence with a long, drawn-out laugh.

“That’s just story.” He ruffles Clarissa’s weird, translucent hair. Apparently she’s not as intangible as she looks. “Nothin’ to it.”

>[ ] You’d like to hear about more tangible threats.
>[ ] You’d like to hear more about ‘oni’.

>>37066859
You're the one whining man.

>>37066893
>[ ] You’d like to hear more about ‘oni’.

"I've dealt with demons before. Maybe I can help out."

>>37066893
>>[ ] You’d like to hear more about ‘oni’.

>>37066848
I've been here often, and yes character interactions are great, but no reading about how JJ had breakfast like when he was a keed is not interesting

>>37066893
>>[ ] You’d like to hear more about ‘oni’.

>>37066893
>Warn them Jack Is Muggas
>[ ] You’d like to hear more about ‘oni’.

>>37066893
>[ ] You’d like to hear more about ‘oni’.
Don't think Laura will like us taking up another sidequest tho.

>>37066893
>[ ] You’d like to hear more about ‘oni’.

We've seen enough and are plain dumb to believe almost anything.

and it might be about spoopy dream man

>>37066898
I ain't that anon

>>37066893
>You’d like to hear about more tangible threats.

Looks like we need to invest in beans. Lets just take the scarecrow pushovers on. Oni ain't dun nothin.

>>37066914
What did you think about the flashbacks?

>>37066893
>>[ ] You’d like to hear more about ‘oni’.

>>37066893
>Warn them Jack is Muggas

>>37066919
>Warn them Jack is Muggas
Not sure about this.

>>37066893
>translucent
Right, what about that shadow from last thread? That sort of not possessed us or whatever the hell happened. Did we just forget about that?

>>37066898
They think their super trolling hard etc etc.

>>37066893
>[ ] You’d like to hear more about ‘oni’.
Weird spiritual stuff recently happened to us so. Best to check it out for now.

>>37066914
Your opinion and way to enjoy is no more important that anyone else way.

>>37066893
>>[ ] You’d like to hear more about ‘oni’.
And give them the soylent green speech

>>37066893
>[x] You’d like to hear more about ‘oni'
>you know, I fought a demon once, or something claiming to be one al least.

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>>37066960

That was just a dream, Anon.

Don't worry about it!

Crusty said he dropped a hint about who it was before in a previous thread. Definitely after the time skip, and it was a response to an Anon's question

We don't have solid proof of jack is muggas. they wouldn't believe us.

and that shit already has (and deservedly so) a bad rep anyways.

>>37066958
It is.. and that might be enough to warn our speedy friend away from it

>>37066893
Get super serious and ask about the demon.

Also tell them jack is mutants.

>>37066937
I liked the ones with Joseph and the stuff leading to the fire, that stuff had an undertone of tension to it that was pretty palpable, but this feels like filler I guess. Not enough meat to it, but your mileage may vary.

>>37067006
I'll go hunting then.

>>37067022
We have tumor boys text messages.

>>37067027
No i know it is, just not sure if spreading that information any further is a good idea. Could lead to spreading panic and mob-like behaviour, blood on the street, etc. Don't want our hot-blooded mutant friends scaring all those criminals into the underground if we really want to catch them.