Heroes of Bastion IC

[Quellian-dyrae]

Vehicles using gas for fuel did not particularly strike Kelly as sufficiently implausible to warrant concern.

With confirmation that the vehicles were, in fact, fully electrically-powered, that changed the equation.

She didn't know if Bacchan could in theory target oil with necromancy, but for practical purposes it was a moot point. An outside associate could plausibly detonate the fuel, which if it produced a large enough explosion could both ruin the magic-suppression on the van and kill a bunch of people in the crowd (which he could then zombify, although at that point that would really be a secondary concern at best). It certainly wasn't guaranteed that that was the plan, there could well be an innocent explanation for it, but it definitely warranted action.

If the vehicles were designed to be fully electrically powered, that presumably meant they didn't even have gas tanks, so the fuel was likely either stored in tanks inside of them, or located somewhere in their vicinity. Kelly went zipping around, looking in windows, checking under the vehicles, and even zipping off to the nearest manhole to go zipping through the sewers beneath their location and the designated route to check for anything anomalous down there.

(When she returned one might notice that her hair was damp. She ran home and got a quick shower after checking the sewers, because speedsters are just shenanigans.)

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She'll use the flashlight of her smartphone for searching the sewers. Powers set to Super Speed, Hasted Action, Hyperspeed, Rainbow Trail, Rainbow Weaponry, and Rainbow Binding (Speed and Quickness 15, Fast Whisking Platform Flight, Elongation 4 whips, Strength 10 for purposes of her whips and platforms in case she needs to move heavy stuff.)

Routine Investigation for 20 to Search, checking the vehicles for like fuel tanks or whatever, but also looking under them to check for explosives, looking for traps on the doors, etc. Not actually trying to open the vehicles or anything though, just visual inspection.

Perception to detect anything anomalous along her route: (1d20)[19]. I am wasting all my good rolls on Kelly's worst skill. X-D