East Coast Guardians (IC) Issue #3

[kpenguin]

"Good mo- afternoon, sir!"

[UglyPanda]

In the park

"It's more like he is entirely crazy with self esteem issues who can kill you by blinking. He isn't a sociopath though. From what I hear, he was quite a nice guy before he got his powers."
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At HQ

Vulcan doesn't look up from his work. He is moving much faster than a normal human, but he looks a bit overwhelmed. "I'm off duty now. Now, I've been told that I lack the necessary leadership skills, so you can stop calling me Sir. I'm more along the lines of an Administrator now."

[smuchmuch]

"Riiight. And we're supposed to do what with that ? "

"I don't know if you have noticed but after that episode with the child, it become glaringly obvious that no one on this team is a psychologist."
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"If I'm gonna get killed i might as well know how. What kind of powers does he have, anyway ?"

[UglyPanda]

At the park

"Telepathy, mind control, and a bunch of stuff I can't remember. Mostly because he wouldn't let me and I didn't run away fast enough."

[kpenguin]

"You? A poor leader? I never would have guessed. I suppose our benefactors have someone in mind?"

[UglyPanda]

At HQ

"Seeing as the Big Three are all busy, I have no ****ing idea. My best bet is the new Major Victory, Prez Palmer's grandson."

The big three are Million-Dollar Bill, General Victory, and Achilles. Bill is off-planet and has been for years, Achilles is with the main team, and General Victory is retired after decades of crime fighting and politics.

[kpenguin]

Unstoppable pulls up a seat.

"Well then, I suppose that unless there are any outstanding emergencies, I'll just be waiting here."

[Obscurejones]

At the park

"Telepathy, mind control, and a bunch of stuff I can't remember. Mostly because he wouldn't let me and I didn't run away fast enough."

"See! Speed is important."

[smuchmuch]

"See! Speed is important."

"Okay okay I admit. Imagine that i'm very busy putting a foot in my mouth right now. While we still have a mind to imagine things that is."

[Obscurejones]

"Just think, if the psychic gets a chuckle out of it he might actually make you put your foot in your mouth." Alex pauses for a moment and looks around himself worriedly.
"That sounded weird didn't it?"

[UglyPanda]

"So that's what it was. I thought it was cheese."

[smuchmuch]

"Why do I get the nagging impression that at somme point of this conversation we just fell in a Lewis Carrol booK ?"

[Obscurejones]

Breaking into a grin Alex continues the riff.
"Nah, couldn't be. I'm never late."

[UglyPanda]

In The Park

"I don't want to talk about this any further."

Cross is now averting your gazes.
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At HQ

"You could talk to the new recruits. They should be with that Cross girl in Middle Park right now. Get Janice to take you."

[kpenguin]

"And tell them what? 'Hi! You're all second picks who are only here because we screwed up so hard foiling a simple bank robbery!"

[UglyPanda]

At HQ

"I think Frank already told them that. And really, get to know the new guys. Teams fall apart if everyone hates everyone else. And we're halfway there already."

[kpenguin]

"Very well then."

Unstoppable walks over to Janice.

"I need to get to the park. Portal?"

[UglyPanda]

A gate opens in the board room; It leads out to a tree in Middle Park, of which cross is within 100 ft of.

[Obscurejones]

Notice Check to see the portal. (1d20+5)[20]

[smuchmuch]

OOC:
same (1d20+14)[25]

Yes i'm a copycat.

[kpenguin]

"Thank you kindly."

CAPTAIN UNSTOPPABLE jumps through the portal.

[The_Reaper]

"Yeah, we could have done better with the girl, but I can't believe you actually suggested we walk away and ignore a little kid like that." He's talking to GH, and Mr Suit who's name he couldn't remember, equally. "Yeah, lost children aren't typically a superhuman's problem, but it's still a human's problem. I don't care what's going on, or what we're doing. If I see a kid, alone and crying, I'm going to at least try to help."

[JeminiZero]

Doc Atom

*Meanwhile, somewhere else*

A man stands atop a sky scraper overlooking the city. He is wearing a green and black costume, with cape, cowl, and a bright yellow atom emblazoned across his chest. He carefully stretches his body, and his bones give a quiet *crick*, indicating they had fully recovered from his latest ordeal. Once he is sure he is ready, he makes a call on his cellphone to HQ.

"Hello, Vulcan? Its me, Doc Atom."

"Well, some guy in a black mask decided to shatter my ribcage."

"Yes, yes, anyway, what happens now?"

"Middle Park eh? Who do I look for?"

"Captain Unstoppable? Never heard of him. Whats he like?"

"Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Hahahahaha."

"No, don't worry, I won't tell him you said that."

"Yes, yes, goodbye."

As Vulcan hangs up, Doc Atom heaves a sigh. Man, what a rough week. I get ambushed, nearly killed, and miss my first meeting with the big league. Well, hopefully my luck will change for the better. The cowled man thinks, as a passing pigeon defecates on his right shoulder. *sigh* Or maybe it won't. Brushing the pigeon dropping off, Doc Atom takes to the sky, and flies to Middle Park in a streak of green radiation.

OOC: I hope this is ok for an introduction. Internet is very spotty now, so I'll try and post more tomorrow

[Archpaladin Zousha]

"Yeah, we could have done better with the girl, but I can't believe you actually suggested we walk away and ignore a little kid like that." He's talking to GH, and Mr Suit who's name he couldn't remember, equally. "Yeah, lost children aren't typically a superhuman's problem, but it's still a human's problem. I don't care what's going on, or what we're doing. If I see a kid, alone and crying, I'm going to at least try to help."

Gravatar nods.

"You got that right, Impact. I thought the whole point of bein' a super was making a difference or something like that."

[Obscurejones]

Alex looks at Gravatar & Impact as if they're crazy.
"A kid's playing hooky with her dad! Last I checked it's not our job to enforce good parenting. I came, I saw, kid trundled off to pops. She's safe, he's a schmuck and you two are nuts." He begins to turn and resume what he was doing but he just can't let it rest.
"Or is defeating the evil that is single dads a part of Gravitatas and The Plain Clothes Avenger's mission statement?"

[The_Reaper]

"You were ready to leave her before we knew her father was nearby."

[Obscurejones]

Are you confusing me with someone else? Maybe a friend from your psyche ward?

[smuchmuch]

"I was ready to leave when I realised she obviously wasn't in any kind of danger and that there was no actual problem to solve."

Turns to Gravatar
"I understand your enthousiasm to help, believe me. But you've gotta understand that this a Huge citiy. There are lost children and desesperate men at pretty much every corner. If you try to help them all ...
Well you simply can't. Even if you had the power of ubiquity. So sometime you just gotta FOCUS on the matter at hand.
Speaking of wich, we still haven't decided weither we wanted to go to the hospital or get lobotomized by a crazy telepath ?"

[Archpaladin Zousha]

Alex looks at Gravatar & Impact as if they're crazy.
"A kid's playing hooky with her dad! Last I checked it's not our job to enforce good parenting. I came, I saw, kid trundled off to pops. She's safe, he's a schmuck and you two are nuts." He begins to turn and resume what he was doing but he just can't let it rest.
"Or is defeating the evil that is single dads a part of Gravitatas and The Plain Clothes Avenger's mission statement?"

Gravatar rolls her eyes at Alex's comment.

"Just because I wanna help people doesn't make me nuts. If I were REALLY nuts I'd have bounced the father around like he was a superball just for the hell of it. And why mention my chest? Jealous your girlfriend doesn't have tatas like mine?"

Then she listens to GH's statement and nods.

"Can't argue with that. Still, you'd think people'd behave themselves a bit more knowing there were people like us everywhere. You think a bunch of rookies like us can pose a challenge to a psychic like that?"

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Gravitatas? Is he poking fun at her or something? I don't get it.

[The_Reaper]

"I know we can't help everyone, but that doesn't mean we should ignore it when it falls in our laps. If that market over there is robbed in the next five seconds, should we do nothing because we can't stop all robberies, everywhere, forever?"

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Gravitatas!