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Whoever the attacker was, she was one againt three, and would be probaly easily dealt with. So Eiko didn't see any point in attacking and reveal herself for now. Instead she simply hug a wall, profiting of the onfusion of the crowd to stay unoticed and ties to assess the situation.
/ Disturbance. Potential threat ? Fight situation//Agressor non recognized.//
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Tactical analysis...
-There was only one confimed attacker for now but somme probable reinforcement waiting around.
Eiko decide to check on the security system for any suspicious movement out of the hall.
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Definitively metapowered.
Mention of appatenance to "X men."
//Name unrecognized ?//team?squad?//serching database:organisations.
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[roll0] knowlege superhero info check on the Xmen if that's necessary.
It's not a search, I just want to know, assuming they are known in the Ryaniverse, if she could have heard about them and how much she'd know.
-Her teamamtes had immediatly reacted (somewhat understandable in colin's case) wich was the Moraly right and tacticaly stupid thing to do, as they had just ,blown their cover and negated any possible avantage of surprise against an unknown assaillant. If this was a trap of somme sort, then it worked prety well.
-This in itself wouldn't be such a problem if it wasn't for the fact that the attack didn't match neither the M.O -the kidnappers operated when no one was here to see them, and the security system hadn't gone off yet- or the descritption of the expected kidnapers.
So it seemed these X men were a third party. Goals unknown but they seemed to be after sentinel sensei.
In short, the undercover part of the mission had magnificiently botched and the situation just got more complicated.
Eiko opens her comink to Richardson, assuming he hasn't arrived into the ballroom yet. "Richardson sensei, may I sugest you do not intervenne yet until we are sur of the nature of the theat ?"
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She notices no one suspicious entering or leaving, at least none that stand out.
She knows the X-Men are a team comprised solely of Mutants who some consider to be a terrorist group while others see them as oppressed superheroes trying to help those who are like themselves. Those who believe them to be superheroes and superterrorists site their involvement with the Freedom league on various occasions.
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Waiting on whether or not you choose not to intervene. Assume you simply haven't reached the room yet if you choose to intervene.
Collin struggles in his nanite form as the magnetic forces keep him in check.
Lorna barely dodges Hikaru's attack using their closeness to push Hikaru's arm away at the last second "YOU'RE A SUPERHERO?! Working for the CABAL?!"
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*Pop*
Suddenly two figures appear in the room. One, a living marble statue of a tall armored man, holding a giant sword. The other, a teen. Silver spiky hair, gray eyes scanning the scene quickly, he wears a dark body suit and a cape.
"This isn't my kitchen!" he exclaims.
"No Met-" the marble man starts.
"What did we discuss?"
"You are not Jake."
"Good boy" the teen says as he looks around "Now, where is Richardson? And who is with Next Gen and X-Men?" he looks quite sorry for messing up what could be a sweet entrance.
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Lorna looks at Hikaru and then the new arrival and then back with even wider eyes than before "YOU'RE NEXT-GEN!?!"
She seemed confused now, as if something didn't make sense.
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Sentinel will still intervene, though I will probably have to edit my post just ever so slightly now with this new development.
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Do me a favor and delete the old post and post the edited post after this one so that it reads easier, i.e. in chronological order:smallsmile:
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Richardson watched the sudden attack on Collin with horror from the control room. Dammit! I hadn't expected them to strike so soon. Without words or even a glance, Richardson was gone from the control room, leaving his AEGIS and FCPD allies with no explanation.
As he made his way down the hall towards the ball room, Richardson's Sentinel suit appeared around him in an orange glow. It was not his real suit. It was a reasonable looking fake created by the ring. Sentinel had decided to abandon his suit because it created an energy feedback loop that made it hard to focus on controlling the ring....and himself. Without the feedback loop, Sentinel could more easily tap into the powers granted to him by the ring, including the ability to frighten his foes. The power he had exhibited during the battle with the Skrulls had been the stuff of legend, it was rare for Sentinel to find a student that didn't at least bristle when he walked by.
Sentinel burst into the room, glowing and pulsing orange. He made his aura seem fiery as and intimidation tactic. "If you are looking for trouble, I promise you you found it. Let the boy go before I make you let him go." Sentinel pointed one finger at the girl, charging up an energy beam to fire at her to prove he wasn't joking.
Sentinel ignores the new comers unless specifically approached.
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Ok, Fearsome Aura time! Will save vs. 20
Also, like this?
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Will save DC 20 for Sentinel.
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Does the ring give me any bonuses?
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Hikaru is a bit taken aback. The Cabal? Where had he heard that name before...
Oh, right. BrainIaC.
This smelt like a set-up.
"If we could all just settle down.... clearly there has been a misunderstanding.
Lorna, yes, I'm a superhero and, yes, I'm Next-Gen. But I don't work for the Cabal. In fact, they had their pet AI try to turn me into a vegetable... assuming we're talking about the same Cabal."
Hikaru flashes a weak smile at Lorna and then at Sentinel.
"Come on... let's talk."
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Lorna keeps Collin in place just in case.
"We're here to destroy a new form of sentinel, a human form nanite sentinel. We were tipped off that it was going to be here, after one of the attendees we assumed. You? What does Next-Gen have to do with Mutant hunting Sentinels?"
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"...what? Collin is not a... sentinel. He doesn't hunt mutants. He's a Next-Gen, just like me. The only "sentinel" here is...
Hikaru waves obliquely towards Richardson.
...and that's just his codename. He's just our teacher who wears a power suit or uses a ring, depending on how greedy he's decided to be today.
The last bit is a bit pointed.
Looking around nervously, Hikaru lowers his voice so that only Lorna can hear.
"We're here because we heard one of the attendees was going to be kidnapped. We were undercover, but I guess that's blown for us now..."
Hikaru gives a lopsided smile.
"Unless you're a kidnapper, I think we've been set up."
Good thing Eiko hasn't blown her cover... not that I can see at least. If there really are kidnappers here, they're probably going to use this as a distraction.
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The newcomer scratches his head "Uhh... Yeah, Athena asked me to tell you that we are going to be working on the same territory with X-Men, but... I guess it's too late now."
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"Hikaru, are you having a nice conversation with your new girlfriend? Since you two seem to be on such good terms now, could you please tell her to put me the **** down? You know, if it's not too much trouble."
He continued to struggle against the magnetic forces holding him, then addressed the newcomer. "That information would have been nice to have about two minutes ago. You have impeccable timing. Really."
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Hikaru gives Collin a calm smile.
"An excellent idea, Collin"
He turns back to Lorna.
"Could you please put my friend down? Please?"
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"I forgot my invitation" Warp says. "Not that I had any..."
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Hikaru looks at Warp, really looking at him for the first time.
"I'm sorry, who are you?"
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"I.. Umm... Athena contacted me a while ago, saying that due to recent losses I'm... Part of Next-Gen now, I guess. Well, she thinks I need to get some training with my powers too, I guess, since got them recently, but I'm good. My spirit guide already walked me through the whole thing, so I'm pretty updated about anything that happened until after the battle last month."
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Hikaru thins his eyes and then smiles again.
"Okay. Welcome to the team then..."
Hikaru pauses to let the newcomer say his name.
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"Umm... Warp, yeah, lets go with that. I'm pretty new at this, got my powers only after the war last month, so this whole super-deal is kinda new." he says awkwardly "By the way... I'm not a Jake. Just want to make it clear, since some just can't deal with that." he says, much colder. At his words, the marble knight shifts slightly, avoiding an eye contact with Warp.
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"A Jake, a Meta. Like the one from Navigation, who can't even control his own powers?"
The statue turns to look at Warp "Now that does-"
"Be quiet. If he could, you wouldn't be here, now would you?"
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"Oh... him"
Hikaru shivers a little.
"I'm glad. That guy gives me the creeps..."
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Since the situation seems to have calmed down, Eiko, still watching and listeningfrom the sidelines, has pulled a book and has started reading it while the situation blows over.
Occasionaly she diverts her atention to the security system to catch on the situation in the main room or to check for anything suspicious int he rest of the buiding and any trace of the kidnappers. She does give a little shake at disaproval as she notice a broken window on the fifth floor. while it's not supicious enough by itself to warrant alarm i she finds sad that somme people really lack civilized manners.
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Seeing the situation diffuse nicely, Richardson landed softly but did not remove his "armor". Instead, he simply removed the helmet and left it there, floating in space. "Warp. You and I need to talk. His tone was that of someone who was very annoyed. In truth, Sentinel did not like having a new team member tossed on him in the middle of a mission. Especially not one so closely connected to "that" incident.
Miss Lorna, is it? Please, I am asking you nicely, set my student down. I assure you, his nanite form is no threat to you or anyone else. Sentinel did his best to put on a polite, friendly face.
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Warp nodded, ready to follow Richardson with his guard.
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Collin hit the ground with a thud.
"We need to talk first Sentinel, we can go to the roof. . ."
Lorna is cut off as she receives a message over her commlink "Yes. . . they were Next-Gen. . . it's okay now. . . What? NO?! That's impossible?!"
Eiko notices virtually everyone else has left the room, only a eastern european looking dark heaired boy, Jean Grey and the blonde had remained save for the few hangers on still forcing their way through the doors.
Lorna turns to Hikaru "Our team leader just sent me a message, something is going down at Buckner Ridge, he thinks we were meant to distract each other for something!"
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Warp speaks up "I can't do it at one go, but I can open a series of portals to let us all get there..."
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Hikaru flinches as Collin hits the ground. Couldn't she let him down softly?
His face remains passive as the threat at Buckner Ridge is announced, then nods at Warp's suggestion.
"That's a plan. Let me contact Principal Dire first."
Hikaru presses on his commlink.
"Principal Dire... the event was a distraction. For us and apparently the X-Men. Apparently there's something happening at Buckner Ridge. May we go there to help?
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"I'm not getting any reports. . . but that could be Daniel trying to make sure I don't investigate myself. Okay, go ahead, send me a situation report when you're sure what is going on there, over."
She replies quickly.