>>45625087
Power list:
Sound Manipulation: Tom can control ambient sound around him. To what extent, he does not know.
Enhanced Agility: Along with being more athletic, Tom is faster than he was before the explosion.

>>45625087
Knife: $12
Mess Kit: $10
Spatula: $4
Assorted Preserved Snacks: $20 x4
Total: $106

>>45625087
Knife x 16
Spatula
$4 spare

>>45625239
What do you need 16 knives for?

>>45625146
Sound waves? As in frequencies and such? Or just like making existing sounds near by get loud/silent.
>>45625207
this looks good.

>>45625275
As far as Tom has experienced, he can mute the world around him.

Reasonable list wins. Writing!

>>45625207
You decide to forgo the stove and gas. Too reliant on civilization. Its a good thing you did Boy Scouts when you were young. City life would have left you completely unprepared for living in the woods for any longer than half a day. You are confident in your ability to make fire, hunt and kill your own food. If not, well this month's worth of preserved snacks should be able to keep you going in the mean time. You have $94 left as a very bored looking attendant bids you a half-hearted farewell. The mess kit and spatula fit neatly into your backpack and you look one last time at your car before turning into the woods for at least a month of time.

It takes you about 3 hours to trek into the park far enough that you feel you'll be safe from at least the normal public's eye. Whatever the Capes have to throw at you, you just have to prepare to hold them off and escape again. Camp is set up relatively easily. You had a spare tent in your car from a summer trip with your family so you don't have to worry about building shelter for the moment.

>Work on your sound powers D100
>Improve your body. (Work out) d100
>Search for real food. d100
>Write In.

Rolled 11 (1d100)

>>45625495
>>Work on your sound powers D100

Rolled 67 (1d100)

>>45625495
>>Improve your body. (Work out) d100

Rolled 20 (1d100)

>>45625495
>>Work on your sound powers D100

>>45625609
Let's set ourselves a harsh training regime of 100 situps, 100 push-ups, 100 squats and a 10km run every day.

>>45625672
Get out of here Saitama.

>>45625562
>>45625609
>>45625622
Not off to a terribly good start.

>>45625562
>>45625622
The important thing is you tried. Writing!

>>45625672
Even though it's a meme, this might be good for one day, get a measure on what our enchanted agility lets us do.

>>45625622
You decide to check if it really was you that made the world go silent except you yesterday. You stand at the center of camp and stay silent for a moment. You hear the sound of birds and the distant noise of water rushing down a river nearby. You concentrate on turning it all off. No noise. No noise. NO NOISE. You sweat and your head starts to hurt but you can still hear the birds. You aren't sure if its just the headache or not, but they sound softer. The sound of the river is gone or at least so quiet now that it is beyond your hearing. You let out a sigh and relax as the sound return to its normal, slightly louder state. On the bright side, now you know for a fact that you can control the sound around you. So hey, there's that!

>Continue practicing sound powers. d100
>Lets see if I can run up this tree! (Agility Training) d100
>Time to get our outdoorsman hat on. (Go Hunting) d100

Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>45625987
>Continue practicing sound powers. d100

Rolled 85 (1d100)

>>45625987
>>Lets see if I can run up this tree! (Agility Training) d100

Rolled 51 (1d100)

>>45625987
>>Continue practicing sound powers. d100

Rolled 90 (1d100)

>>45625987
>>45623311
The only Time it's bad is when they try to make a scrambled egg sauce substitute

>>45626036
Fuck. How did that get there.
Rolling for agility testing.

>>45626036
>>45626017
clearly we were meant for manlier things than sound powers.

Tie so far, without a tie breaker vote I'll choose the vote with the highest roll.

Rolled 36 (1d100)

>>45625987
>>Lets see if I can do a backflip! (Agility Training) d100

>>45626055
You decide to take a break from the slightly disappointing exercises of your sound powers and focus on your enhanced agility. After a short walk away from your camp, you find a tall tree with a large number of branches reaching all the way to the top. Without really thinking about it, you run at the trunk of the tree and after three steps up the trunk push off, grabbing a nearby branch and swinging your way up to the next one. You leap from that branch to the next and the next with more and more flourish to your movements. If it wasn't for the superhero manhunt they have going on for you, you could completely dominate the parkour world! Hot damn! You sit up on a branch at the top of the tree and look out over the park. You can see the river you were hearing at the camp not much more than a mile away and, if you squint, you can just barely make out your campfire in the clearing you set up in. Off in the distance you see the sun setting and, in the other direction, lights from the Crimson Beach metropolitan area. Its almost... peaceful here. You'd feel a lot better about this if it wasn't for the ever present concern of powerful Capes trying to track you down.

All that's left to do is to get down from this tree.
>Roll d100

Rolled 4 (1d100)

>>45626358
>we fall out of the tree and break our leg

Rolled 75 (1d100)

>>45626358

Rolled 80 (1d100)

>>45626358

Rolled 39 (1d100)

>>45626358

Hurrah for good rolls! Writing!

>>45626412
Its not nearly as fancy as when you went up, but you're pretty sure that if someone had been watching you, they would have been impressed anyway. A hop, skip and a jump later, you are back at camp. The smouldering campfire crackles and you sit down by it. You could probably work more on your powers, but its starting to get late. Too late to actually go out and try to hunt something. At least that's what you think.

>Try again with the sound powers. d100
>Do some flips! (Agility training) d100
>Screw you, evening is a good time to hunt! d100
>Write In.

Rolled 1 (1d100)

>>45626651
>>Try again with the sound powers. d100

Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>45626651
>>Screw you, evening is a good time to hunt! d100

I bet our sound powers can help us find things to hunt in the dark.

Rolled 76 (1d100)

>>45626651
>>45626661
Clearly a sign that we should just lose the sound powers.

>Do some flips! (Agility training) d100

Rolled 53 (1d100)

>>45626651
>>Try again with the sound powers. d100

>>45626661
Sound is definitely not our #1 talent. D:

Rolled 34 (1d100)

>>45626651
>>Try again with the sound powers. d100

Rolled 16 (1d100)

>>45626686
>>45626651
flips!

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>>45626661
Oh jesus! well it had to happen sooner or later. Writing.

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>>45626661
You decide to try again with your sound powers. You know you can turn down the volume, but can you turn it up? Think about loud things. Being next to the amps at metal concerts. Jackhammers. The explosion... oh god the explosion was so loud. You look around as you think. You see birds in the trees as well as some squirrels, and that's when things go wrong.

We really, they go right, but far too fast for you to reign in. It first starts out as a low hum, but grows into a growl, then a screech that overwhelms your senses. It is immensely painful, and seems to drag on for an eternity. Its as if someone put a stadium PA system up to a wind tunnel and turned the gain up to max! As soon as you lose focus, though, it disappears. You take a second to inspect yourself. You make a nonsense syllable.

"BAH"

You can still hear fine. Not even any lasting tinnitus. You put a finger up to your ear. No bleeding. What ever happened, it seems that you can't hurt yourself too badly with your powers. At least you're irony-proof.

Looking around, you can't seem to say that much for the local wildlife. On the ground around the outskirts of camp, you can see convulsing bodies of the smaller creatures that were observing you. They are either dead or in the process of dying. Its... a little disturbing to look at. You aren't sure if you want to try out your powers again today. From a dark part of your mind you tell yourself that at least you could harvest the animals for meat since you have that knife.

Mass Death counter: 1

>Listen to the voice. Start with the dying. (Karma -1)
>Listen to the voice. Start with the dead.
>Don't listen. Go to bed.
>Don't listen and maybe clear your head at the river.
>Write In.

>>45627080
>help the animals who may recover, then harvest the dead.

>>45627080
I count that as a win. We learned that we can control the actual vibrations, and not just the perception of sound.
>Listen to the voice. Start with the dead.
Waste not want not.

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Rolled 3 (1d100)

>>45627080
>Keep practicing sound powers.

>>45627080
>>Listen to the voice. Start with the dead.

>>45627175
>>45627311
Option 2 wins. Writing

>>45627311
>>45627175
You guess that's one way to look at things, but you're no monster. You start with the animals that you are certain are no longer alive. You pick up squirrel corpses and the larger dead birds that you think you could probably get some meat off of. Hopefully those that can recover from what you did will be able to get up and get away from you. It turns out to be quite the bounty of small creatures, but most of them don't look like they could offer much in the way of meat. You see a few creatures stagger to their feet and stumble off into the woods. At least you didn't kill everything around you.

You tap into that part of your brain that stored the parts of your Boy Scouts days that didn't involve poker games or making lanyards and take out your knife. You take a deep breath start skinning and gutting your bounty.

>Roll d100

Rolled 86 (1d100)

>>45627539

Rolled 26 (1d100)

>>45627539
REV UP THOSE 1S!

Rolled 46 (1d100)

>>45627539

>>45627568
You aren't as rusty at this as you thought you'd be, nor are you as squeamish about it as you thought. You cut around the neck and let the blood drain out of the carcasses before skinning them and gutting them. It takes a good amount of time, but by the time it truly becomes dark, you have a decent pile of fresh squirrel furs and piles of meat and guts. You scoop up the guts and carry them to the river for the bears and other scavengers to eat while you return to stoke your fire and start cooking.

You stomach grumbles as you take in the aroma of cooking meat. Its only now that you realize how long you've gone without a hot meal. You take a handful of trail mix to stem the hunger while you wait for the meat to roast.

You mind wanders while you wait. What do you think about?

>The Capes
>School
>Family
>Write In

>>45627832
>>The Capes
Fuck those guys. And fuck Kawolski, or however his fucking name is spelled.

>>45627832
>Family

BACK STORY TIME

>>45627859
Kowalski. Polish names are tricky.

>>45627832
>Family

>>45627832
>Family

>>45627866
>>45627921
>>45627938
Your mind wanders towards your family. This whole mess... how are they dealing with it. Is Mom crying? Is Dad trying to fend of the Capes coming to question them about him? You sister, Kaitlyn, how is she handling school with everyone thinking you caused that explosion. Is it just Capes that would harass them? You loathe to think about the reporters and paparazzi that might surround your family as they are forced to meet with the Union while they question them about you. You almost lose your appetite with the worry.

The meat is almost done and you return to reality to retrieve your cooking.

"Something smells good."

You stiffen at the sound of another person coming from behind you.

>Slowly turn around to look at them.
>Flip over your fire and try to hit them with your sound powers d100
>Just run!
>Be cool and just keep looking at your fire.

>>45628190
>Be cool and just keep looking at your fire.
"Just the day's hunt. Squirrel and robin."

>>45628190
>>Slowly turn around to look at them.
Let's just keep it cool for now.
Almost want to use powers to see if we can hear anyone else around us, but we'd probably flub the roll.

>>45628190
>Be cool and just keep looking at your fire.

Rolled 87 (1d100)

>>45628190
>>Flip over your fire and try to hit them with your sound powers d100

>>45628242
>>45628253
>>45628287
"Just the day's hunt. Squirrel and robin." You try to sound nonchalant. You hope this is just some hiker of camper on their way back to their cars and only got here by chance. Your heart beats in your chest so loud you think this person might hear it.

"Really now? You don't hear of people hunting squirrels for food, let alone robins." The voice is male. Definitely male.

You swallow hard, but it doesn't seem audible as you don't hear the man react. You stay silent.

"Name's Richie. What's your's?"

>Answer Truthfully. But only your first name.
>Lie your ass off. Write in fake name.
>Full Disclosure. Get it off your chest.
>Attack! d100
>Write In.

>>45628600
>>Lie your ass off. Write in fake name.
Bob Ross
>"Really now? You don't hear of people hunting squirrels for food, let alone robins."
Take what you can get, never said we were good hunters.

>>45628600
>Answer Truthfully. But only your first name.

>>45628641

Seconding, also if he exists in this world be sure to say no relation like we've heard it a lot before

>>45628798
I just assumed he didn't since it's not exactly our world, and I'm terrible with names.
Always have to 'borrow' names from shows/stories/other games whenever I need a new name for something.
Thinking up names is always the worst part of character creation for me.

>>45628333
Only good roll for sound powers in hours.

Doesn't get picked by majority.


RIP in pieces our sanic powers.

>>45628641
this

>>45628866

Nah it actually works really well if you're making up a name in real life, not only is it easier to remember than some random name you threw together but that little things like a tired sound to your voice then people are more inclined to believe you. Not like there aren't plenty of people in the world named after famous people, hell I know someone named bilbo baggins and he has a brother named frodo

>>45628641
"I'm Bob." You lie, thinking of a PBS painter. "And I never said I was any good at hunting. You get what you can take."

The man chuckles and walks towards you and your fire. "Well then, Bob. Mind if I ask you some questions? It won't be more than a moment of your time."

This guys just doesn't take a hint. You sigh. Those sounded like police words anyway. This guy is probably looking for you. Its dark, so he might not realize who you are.

"I'm looking for a young man named Thomas Gainer. About six feet tall. Average build. Dyed red hair." Now you're really glad its dark. "The Super Union just want to talk to him about the Crimson Beach Event." Event? You didn't realize you warranted an Event.

>Haven't seen him
>I'm not answering any questions from people I don't know.
>I'm him.

Rolled 31 (1d100)

>>45629095
>>Haven't seen him
Surely this 100 will help convince him.

>>45629095
>Haven't seen him

Rolled 66 (1d100)

>>45629095
>Haven't seen him

What happened at Crimson beach? should I be worried about this guy running around in the woods looking for people to murder?

>>45629095

Just chuckle a bit then "It's a bIG fOrestes man, I haven't seen him, whats this Event you're talking about?"

>>45629176

Sorry for the typos, on my phone

>>45629163
"Haven't seen him." You lie again. Its a thin one, but it seems to hold. "What happened at Crimson Beach? Should I be worried about this guy?" The authenticity of your curiosity about the first question carries over for the second.

"Well the Capes aren't sure what's going down. They got in the only report about this Gainer kid's powers and are sure he isn't responsible for the explosion at the college." That's a relief. "But it seems he wasn't the only one to suddenly have powers following the blast. There have been a boat load of new Supers emerging in the last 24 hours alone. Its crazy out there. I heard some of them even turned Monstrous."

You've heard that term before. Monstrous Supers are rare. When Supers emerge with powers with physical traits, most of them can either conceal or control them. Monstrous Supers are stuck. Worse still, you've never heard of a good Monstrous Super. Some people speculate that its part of the Monstrous trait.

"The Union sent me up here to track the poor kid down before he hurts someone while trying to learn his power." So he his with the Union. "You let me know if you run into him. If you do, tell him the Union apologizes for its rash decision making. We only want to help."

And with that, the man starts to move again, his footsteps growing fainter.

[END OF THREAD]
Sorry folks, I need to get up early tomorrow so I'm calling it here. As for any kind of advancement, There is hope!

Powers:
Sound Manipulation: +10 to decreasing volume checks
Enhanced Agility: Permanent +10 to related checks.

I'll stick around for another half hour, but after that its off to bed with me!

>>45629497
This guy totally knows it's us.

>>45629546
yup and he's not being a dick about it.

>>45629703

Will that's nice of him and all but still, I don't trust any government agency with Supers on their books. There needs to be a balance there and any government can be corrupted same as any Super, someone needs to watch them

>>45630667
>>45629703
>>45629546
He's obviously waiting till we sleep so he can nab us without a fight.

>>45630710

There we go, that's how someone Shadowruns well need to relocate

bumping to read.