Dawn OOC Posted February 21, 2009 Author Share Posted February 21, 2009 "No!" the girl cried, struggling to get up. The effort only tired her out further, and she slumped to the pavement. After a second, she said, "If I talk to you, would you let me go?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vixen Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Vixen frowned. If she's talking about us letting her go then she's done something wrong. We shouldn't let her go - I'm sure that the real police can get something out of her. She looked to her teammates, as if to say, 'any thoughts?' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalmonMax Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Tesseract looked at the girl, then at Vixen. A faint crease appeared between her eyebrows as she tried to grasp what the problem was here."I can move us all back to the police with no delay. At that time this girl would be safe, we would have served the law, and we will be in a position to learn what wish to know from her. But you have not asked me to do this. Why?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primax Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Hovering over the city, Primax exulted at his successes. He had done it! He had saved the City! Okay, he had saved a small fraction of the city, but this was his first day.Gracefully, he arched back down toward the earth, the city, and his comrades and enemies. He was the city's hero even if this was only for a moment. Flying rapidly to the metropolis beneath him, he winged into the warehouse through the opening he had left when he flew away."Omega, Brightstar, um Brightstar, let's join the others and see that they are okay on their end. Let's move it."The young man blossomed with exuberance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brightstar Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Kallen nodded. "Yeah, we'll be along."Once he was gone she turned to Omega. "Omega, Status report. What the hell happened?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
314_Omega Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Omega's head swiveled round to face Brightstar, his hand hovered over where the computer had been for a moment longer before it fell to his side. "There was an incoming signal, a verification check of sorts. With the system taken off line I needed to report back the proper status phrase lest the computer and this facility self destruct. Knowing I had little time to sift through gigabytes of information I raised the alarm for you as best I could while maintaining maximum search efficiency. Clearly it worked." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brightstar Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 "Indeed, Primax was able to safely remove the bomb to a point where it would detonate harmlessly. I just find it hard to believe there was a computer you could not control."She left off the unsaid, that this world was so primitive, it should have been a non-issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
314_Omega Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Omega's stare really said all that was needed but he was not used to feeling. Was it embarrassment? No he did not feel that he had done anything wrong. Irritation then, Brightstar had all but implied that he was not up to spec. "Was I given the full allotment of time I feel confident that I could have given the proper reply or shut down the self destruct. Just because this technology is comparatively primitive does not mean that my control over it is absolute." Was that a touch of huffiness in his reply? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brightstar Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 The actual emotion in his voice suprised her. "No, you weren't. My own failings have me agitated Omega. I guess neither of us is as ready for this as we thought we were." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vixen Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Originally Posted By: SalmonMaxBut you have not asked me to do this. Why?" "Because I wanted to hear what other people here had to say," Vixen replies, a bit testily. She looks to Dwarfstar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorx Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 "I think that would depend upon what you have to tell us. What made you choose to raid that particular storage bay, and do you know who it is registered to? What were you hoping to get from it, and who were you intending to sell it to?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn OOC Posted February 25, 2009 Author Share Posted February 25, 2009 "Nuh-huh, not a word until you let me go," she said, her tough-girl image damaged only by her soft sniffles and dried tears. "Then I tell you." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorx Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 "Wrong answer."Dwarfstar turns to Vixen."She's all yours, do what you want with her." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vixen Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Vixen nods. "Come along, then. We'll take you back." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primax Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Primax comes hovering in overhead. He has a majestic gleam to his demeanor, like he's too cock-sure of himself."The signal led back to a warehouse. Omega went wonky, but Brightstar is staying with him. Ditto is ..." he looks around, "somewhere.""The big machine went critical so I shoved it into the Bay. What's going on here?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
314_Omega Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Originally Posted By: BrightstarThe actual emotion in his voice suprised her. "No, you weren't. My own failings have me agitated Omega. I guess neither of us is as ready for this as we thought we were." Omega simply nods and stares off toward the scene of the earlier fight. "Should we rejoin our compatriots or stay here and await an investigative team?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brightstar Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Kallen lifts into the air. "Come on, let's go join them, The Police should be here soon enough." She rocketed off towards where the other teammates were, covering the distance quickly. She stops next to Primax. "What I miss?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primax Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 He smiles over at Brightstar, still giddy with power."The others have captured a girl, though I'm not sure why? She seems caught up in the beasts we defeated earlier. They are debating interrogating her, or handing her over to the authorities."He looks down at the assembly."Should we go down and help?"He shrugs,"I guess so."and descends.Looking at the girl,"Hey there," his smile shines, "what's the problem here?"Click to reveal.. Diplomacy Check (13:27:23) ChatBot: (Adrian) rolls 1d20 and gets 13 + 16 (if she finds him attractive, +8 otherwise) = 29. BE MY FRIEND! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn OOC Posted March 3, 2009 Author Share Posted March 3, 2009 "Oh, please help, they're gonna take me to da cops, and I offered ta talk to them but they're just gonna do it anyway!" she said, her large brown eyes shining with tears. The shine on her nose was less appealing, but her emotion was genuine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primax Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Primax extends a hand to her, his eyes kind and his demeanor heroic,"Tell my friends what they need to know and I'll fly you home myself. I promise."Primax is already trying to pick up the girl (he's still flying a bit) and pulling her aloft in his comforting grip. Holding her against his chest, they remain only about an extra foot of the ground. Primax hopes this will inspire her to greater trust, not frighten her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn OOC Posted March 4, 2009 Author Share Posted March 4, 2009 The girl took a deep breath, her vest glittering as she did so. "My tribe-mates and me, we heard about this stash of stuff, and we broke in to get it. It was some of Dr. Dread's old stuff - he's got hiding holes all over the city. And then something killed them," she said. After a moment, she was crying, this time, over her killed tribe members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorx Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Dwarfstar mutters to himself, "Darwin in action", before addressing the crying woman, "Do you know of any more stashs? They could hold more dangerous items and we need to clear them out." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vixen Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Ahhhhh, thanks for consulting with us first, Primax, not like we need a united front or anythi - "Doctor Dread? Ut oh." Vixen wasn't that up to date on the comics and goings of super-villains, but she knew the name and the cachet attached to it. If Dread was involved it was bad news. Vixen bit down on her protest to Primax and listened instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn OOC Posted March 5, 2009 Author Share Posted March 5, 2009 The girl sniffled and shook her head. "We only heard of this one, and so we went for it. I wouldn't have if I'd only known..." She started crying again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalmonMax Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 "Tell us where the 'stash' is," Tesseract suggests stoically. After a moment of watching the girl cry and sniffle though, Tesseract finds herself frowning slightly in puzzlement. She understood the principle of sympathy easily enough, but the current situation didn't seem to fit. She had no ties to the young criminal, no stake in her future, no common acquaintances, barely even any -interest- in. Yet seeing her in such grief was creating an echo of sorrow in her as well.Peculiar...but also irritating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn OOC Posted March 6, 2009 Author Share Posted March 6, 2009 "It's in a storage building, thataway," she said, pointing with a nod of her head. She quickly told Primax where to find the place."Can you take me home now? I done said it all." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vixen Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 "Your call, Primax, if you want to take her home. Everyone else, I think we ought to check this stash out ourselves. In fact... I think the others are there already." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primax Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 He looks at the girl and smiles. She's already had a hell of a day. She's suffered a loss. She doesn't need jail tacked on to this."Home it is Chicka. Give me directions and I'll put you at your front door."He lifted up off the higher into the sky, gently moved her body around until he was carrying her in both arms as if she weighed nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalmonMax Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Tesseract frowned."If that's what we're doing, in defiance of local law, then I can send her home without causing one of us to be absent for a period of time."She paused, then added, "I would like to say as well that I think this course is in error." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primax Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Calling down to the confused Super Heroine,"Sometimes doing the right things means you bend the law, Tess. She's suffered enough. Her friends are dead. Come on now."Still, he didn't fly away. Primax held his position. He may not be all that bright, but he was pretty sure he knew what was right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalmonMax Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 "That is contrary to the agreements we signed when accepting positions with Harmony City," Tesseract points out. "It also negates the existence of a criminal justice system if those entrusted to enforce the law make judicial decisions in the field."Her gaze on Primax was steady, unblinking, and devoid of approval or disapproval. She was reciting facts."Is this the custom? To have one set of rules written, but obey an entirely different set of rules in practice?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primax Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 What she said made perfect sense.But, there was a girl in his arm.Then came the sentance about the custom and something clicked."You try to do what the law says, but you have to do what's right when there is a conflict between the two. It isn't about doing what you want, but what you would like done for you - if you were in their shoes. Understand what I'm saying?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vixen Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Vixen whispers something in Tesseract's ear.Click to reveal.. "How about this: you take the two of them back to where she lives, note the address, and we'll tell the cops where she lives so that they can heck on it later. I don't think we have the time to argue and he's probably not gonna budge. We can hash it out later when there's fewer killer robots running around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brightstar Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Kallen looked to Omega and shrugged. She couldn't say all that much in this instance as she should have destroyed him after the crash but hadn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalmonMax Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Tesseract looks askance at Vixen and says, "This is acceptable?"She then walks over to the girl and says, "It has been proposed that I take you back to your home. You will need to tell me where it is relative to our present location. A direction and approximate distance will be sufficient." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vixen Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Vixen nods. "Best solution." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn OOC Posted March 27, 2009 Author Share Posted March 27, 2009 The girl stared at Tesseract. "Um... it's thataway," she said, pointing northwest, "but I don't know how far. A couple of miles, maybe more." She grabbed a bit tighter to Primax's neck. "Weren't you going to fly me home?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primax Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 "I thought I was too," said the dark-haired Adonis. "If we are done here, we'll be off. I'll be back as soon as I can."Unless something was said, Primax took off in the direction his female companion indicated."That-a-way?," he joked with her, "Well, I hope you know the streets, because I'm lousy with them - still. I hope to get better with all this superhero practice."He held her close and didn't fly to fast (that was chilly) as he made her way to her home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalmonMax Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Tessaract watches them go, eyebrows drawn slightly inward in a frown."If she was so impatient to get home, teleporting would be instant, while flying will take time. She seems mentally unbalanced."Abruptly she was all business then."What is the next course of action? We need to transport the machines and bodies somewhere to be researched?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vixen Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 "And re-establish contact with the others, yes." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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