Masks: A New Generation of Heroes

Game Master Cwethan

Vick will consider the area around them as he runs over to the nearest fire hydrant. Grinning, he has an idea. Out of his jacket pocket comes a sharpie, and he scribbles on the hose-cap that points right at the warehouse before turning and checking his fire.
His grin turns into a cocky smile.
"Hey kitties!" he shouts. "Heard you don't like water!"
Were you watching closely?: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (3, 1) + 3 = 7
thats at least a hit. I'd like to create a vulnerability
He then kicks the cap, making it look like he blows it off, but in reality he teleported it somewhere.
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At the closest police station (since vick's got their locations memorized) the cap will violently CRACK into existence on the dispatch officers desk, annihilating a cup of coffee and blowing chunks of bagel across the room. On the cap's surface is written Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy, but my gang's wrecking (street address here), so stop us, maybe?

-Posted with Wayfinder

SNORT!

I don't have anything to post either. I'll wait to see Eldritch's Unleash result.

I wouldn't have a lot of money either.

Wingblade tries to not look crestfallen as the hotel staffer fails to take what she felt was an obvious hook for him to mention this village's super powered problems.

She reaches into her tight pockets of her skinny jeans and manages to produce $27.36 in wrinkled bills and loose change. She looks at the sorry pile of cash forlornly and then up at him. Not really eager to part with her only money for a room she wasn't planning on staying in anyway, she starts to gather it up when something the staffer said strikes her.

"Wait. You said to stay clear of the police? Why? Aren't they there to protect and serve?"

Welp, that's it. Go home everybody. No topping that. Hashtag's won it.

With Vick having kicked off the cap of the nearest fire hydrant, Ghost Dragon runs to another the hydrants and, after checking his aim, attempts to kick the cap off to spray the water at the autoshop fire.

Unleash Your Powers: 2d6 - 1 ⇒ (5, 4) - 1 = 8

I'll kick the cap off with Martial Arts, and let the GM tell me how it's unstable or temporary.

Tycho, meanwhile, will attempt to draw everyone's attention by whooping, hollering, and continuing to 'attack'.

Since I feel like I should roll something, I'll roll

Provoke Someone: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (6, 1) + 1 = 8 On the guy who I am targeting.

===========Tectonic and Wingblade============

Don't be afraid to post, even its just exposition of Tectonic being pissed. Describe what she's feeling, or her thoughts. Go for it!

The staffer looks and nods as Wingblade produces the money.

"Twenty dollars for a room will be fine."

At Wingblade's question, he looks confused.

"It is...how you say...complicated."

Just then, a group of panicked yelling can be heard, coming from the market area. There's the crash of wood and people can be seen moving away from the area in fear, and moving toward it in curiousity.

===========Deputy Atoms and Eldritch=============

Eldritch reaches out and tries to feel what senses are not designed too. Perhaps that is why his emotions start to flare up and take the forefront of his mind.

What Eldritch sees is a gap, unnoticeable to almost anyone else, but the definite markings of a teleporter. However, its strange. The teleportation powers don't match any of the kid's auras as if there was a fourth who helped them. The roster only had three kids, so who was this fourth person.

Regardless, you have a bead on the teleporting end point. The Boardwalk fairground at the Pier, a mini-theme park with stalls, carnival games, and rides.

===========Ghost Dragon, Hashtag, and North Star==========

I guffawed in class Hashtag you jerk.

North Star, Provoking is more for when you want them to do something specific.

Hashtag sets off one hydrant and watches as the surrounding heat and flames start to ebb away. He doesn't know how his little stunt went over down at the precinct, but if it does catch attention, he's sure he'll find out soon enough.

Ghost Dragon follows suit and slams his foot into another fire hydrant. The cap goes flying off with a loud crack of breaking metal, but perhaps Ghost Dragon put too much power into the kick, as the two port ends also begin to leak water. For now, his hydrant is helping to quench the flames, but the slowly opening sides will leak the water horizontally, and directly onto the street, back into the drain.

North Star continues to beat down on the largest guy there, if nothing but to try and attract attention. The guy stumbles back as North Star gets more and more in his face. He tries to kick him, but ends up slipping and falling on his back. The globs of cement in his hands are already starting to solidify.

Some NK members are helping the injured and burn get away, taking arms of over shoulders, or even dragging them. One NK member seems to be in charge, and is an intense three on one fight, as three members of the Hellcats are blasting what appears to be some kind of heated plasma at him. The NK member is fending them off freezing lumps of plasma solid, but he's looking tired. and has missed several which have hit him already.

[Current Fight with the teritiary fires taken care of 50/50 ]

The flames burn back slowly now, receding back within the young man as he takes a deep breath for a moment and picks himself up off of the floor. Brushing himself off, he looks back towards Atoms with a nod.

"Well, the little s%&%s have a friend or something. They teleported but it wasn't one of them that did it. Somebody else, someone new. The trail goes to the Boardwalk, down at the Pier. Lets go and have a conversation."

Condition(s): None

Atoms floats to his feet. He doesn't make any comments initially, instead merely observing the letters on the floor, and occasionally nodding at Eldritch. His mind takes in all details.

"You go on ahead of me, and I'll catch up. There's somewhere I want to go first."

The former deputy flies through an open window, and rockets up towards the sky. His destination is the moon, where he remembers Imagine saying her people had a base.

It's time for a new Theta Suit.

Ghost Dragon grimaces at the additional damage done to the fire hydrant before looking about. Seeing one of the other NK's under siege three on one, he runs in that direction, circling around behind the three Hellcats before darting forward to punch one hard in the back.

Directly Engage a Threat: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 3) = 4
That's a miss. Marking potential.

Eldritch would watch as Atoms would fly straight upwards into the sky, the brilliantly glowing man shimmering in the noon light for a moment. Kenneth would just stare for a moment, his eyes narrowed, until the words came to him.

"Well...f#+~ me then." It seemed it was going to be him against the Goonies. He would make his way to the amusement park, on the hunt for these little a$%&+$@s.

Wingblade holds on to her sorry fistful of cash as she tilts her head in curiosity. "Complicated how--?"

Her question is cut short by the commotion outside. "Hold that thought," she tells him as she turns all her attention to the crashing and the yelling.

"Sis, you wanna go check that out?" she says, tugging at the manacle.

Tectonic grunts in agreement. "Let's go," she says simply, before turning and sprinting towards the noise.

Wingblade jams her money in her back pocket while Tectonic drags her outside. She lets the bigger girl pull her along, her feet hitting the ground at random intervals and only to keep her upright and not being dragged across the ground.

On each outside, she again stretches her senses out, trying to get a sense of her surroundings.

Unleash (extend senses) Freak: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (5, 1) + 1 = 7

I'll let Default tell me how it's temporary or unstable.

===========Tectonic and Wingblade============

"Thank you for visiting-" you hear the staffer call out before you race to the market. The rest is cut off by the sounds of people rushin gin all directions around you.

Wingblade focuses on her senses, enhancing her vision until she can barely make out what seems to be the local police being thrown abou in the air, hitting walls of buildings and the ground hard. You know the exact direction of the spectacle. Then...

BAM!

A spice street vendor's cart is knocked over by fleeing pedestrians, sending a cavalcade of curry spice, tumic, and other. The cavalcade of irritants washes over Wingblade like a dustbath and she sputters and coughs, having a hard time keeping her eyes and nose open.

Arriving onto the scene, You watch as a muscular indian man wearing mask laughs and smiles as police officers rush him. Effortlessly, he picks a man up with two fingers and tosses him away. The crowd seems to applaud and cheer for him and he takes a grandoise bow.

===========Deputy Atoms=============

Deputy Atoms, you arrive on the moon as a sudden shooting star coming to a halt. Its barren and grey as far as you can tell, but of course a secret alien base would be hidden if its here.

===========Eldritch=============

Eldritch, you arrive at the boardwalk, alone, as your partner decided something else was a more concerning matter. The festivities are in full swing, and people of all ages are enjoying their day off.The remnents of your tracking sight show that they have not left this area, but where to begin searching.
"Mister?"

You feel a tug on your shirt, and look down to see a small child looking up at you. She starts to hug your leg.

"Mister?"

You feel another presence behind you and another child has approached you and jumped on your back. Slowly, dozens of young children aged 5-12 are emerging form the crowd and approaching you, grabbing onto if they can reach. On each of their left hands, you can see a letter "B" glowing like a soft flame.

===========Ghost Dragon, Hashtag, and North Star==========

Ghost Dragon moves up and attempts to intervene with the unfair numbers. However, his strikes are off slightly, and they come lightly as to not deal lethal damage. The Hellcats take advantage of this weakness and lash out, one hitting you with a wave of lethargic heat and another slamming you with iron bar.

Ghost Dragon, take a heavy blow

[Current fight 60/40 NK losing]

Condition(s): None

Atoms is surprisingly emotionless about this whole experience. Being in space. Being on the moon. He looks up at Earth, suspended in the nothingness 'above' him, and feels a vague sense of awe and wonder, but even these are limited.

Turning back to the mission at hand, the former deputy briefly surveys the barren rock and quickly comes to the conclusion that Imagine and her people likely have hid their base. After all, down on Earth, there are people who make their living off of watching the sky for any changes. And the government was always quick to interfere with Outsider business.

He looks at his hands, concentrating, shifting his particles and forth, and the energy contained within. Light begins to gather in Atoms' palms. With a gesture, he sends it out in three ring-shaped pulses. Hopefully, Imagine's people would detect it and come to investigate.

Unleash (+ Freak): 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (2, 1) + 3 = 6
Unfortunately, that's a big fat miss.

Tectonic stares at the scene, growls, the starts yelling at the sky. "HEY! MATRIX! ASSHAT! I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR ME! COULD YOU HAVE AT LEAST GIVEN US A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION GOING IN?!" She then turns to Wingblade and sighs. "Fuuuuck. Give me a reason for why I shouldn't jump in and help the guy in about five seconds. Feels like we've got a Robin Hood-y sitch here."

Take a Heavy Blow: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 5) = 8
I'll give my opposition an opportunity. How does that get resolved? Do they get a bonus on their next check against me, or do they get to take an action before I do?

Though his paneled armor shields him from the worst of the blow of the iron bar, he still feels the wind get knocked out of him as it buries itself in his gut, and the lethargic heat seems to seep into him and slow his reactions.

Okay, time to stop messing around. My goal will be to knock him out, not kill him.

Tycho will stop flailing and attempt to actually hit his target.

Directly Engage a Threat: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (3, 3) + 1 = 7

I will choose frighten the opposition.

"Aack! Pthhhhh!" Wingblade coughs and spits as the spices of the overturned food cart overwhelm her senses. She rubs frantically at her face while Tectonic drags her along.

Finally seeing the cause of the commotion, she immediately regrets not finding out what "complicated" meant. The crowd seemed to love the guy who was tossing around cops like they were balloon animals.

Tectonic voices her frustration that mirrors her own, so Wingblade quiets and starts to think about what to do next. When the bigger girl asks her for a reason to not intervene, the Protégé shakes her head. "How about three: we're tied together, we don't know what he can do, and he doesn't look like he needs the help. Let's watch and see what he does, and only get involved if it looks like someone's going to get hurt."

Be Mindful of Her Surroundings (Superior): 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (5, 4) + 2 = 11
What here is the biggest threat? What here is in the biggest danger? (If we have to intervene) how could we best end this quickly?

"Kid, I can't help right now, I got t-" He looks down as another one jumps upon his back, the branded burns upon their hands making his eyes widen for a moment before that anger begins to boil harder and harder. "M*!$@**!+*&+."

His energies seem to surge and twist inside of him for a moment as more children begin to emerge from the crowd towards him, each one bearing Brand's mark upon their hand. How dare this little a+#!+@+ bring others into it like this? When he got his hands on him, the things he'd do.

He looked around carefully, looking for high vantage points and hidden alcoves. He had no idea how their powers worked exactly but maybe Brand needed line of sight and the teleporter that they had with them could have gotten them anywhere. He needed to find them and he needed to find them quickly

Assess The Situation: 2d6 + 0 ⇒ (3, 1) + 0 = 4
Well, that is a big fat nope. Marking potential.

Not being able to see anything, he instead realizes he needs to get these damn kids out of here. The glyphs would twist upon his form as he muttered to him, his hand reaching out towards one of the alarms upon the buildings nearby.

Unleash Your Powers: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (2, 1) + 2 = 5
More potential!

"✌︎♓︎☼︎ ✋︎︎ ⧫︎♒︎♏︎ ❄︎❒︎✌︎■︎︎︎✋︎⬧︎︎✋︎⚐︎■︎" He whispers as an arc of electricity was supposed to shoot out of his hand and strike the alarm, setting the whole system alive and beginning the evacuation of the park. Yet something felt wrong as the energy channeled through his hand, twisting through him.

I'm done rolling today, the Algorithm God has decided bad things will happen today. So be it.

Tectonic sputters, then looks at the handcuffs and grumbles. "Fine. Seriously, what's the deal with the 'cuffs? Like they ripped this idea from one of those b&*%+~~& movies."

Wingblade shrugs while keeping her attention on the super and the cops. "I wouldn't know. I didn't get to watch movies when I was in the lab. What happened in the b+%++&$ movie that was like this? Maybe there's a clue to getting it off us."

"Me neither. Dragon dragged me to the tower to force me to catch up on culture. None of it really made sense, but this s&!+ always came up, for whatever reason. If Matrix had a sense of humor, though, I doubt that it would extend to forcing us to work together."

"I had no idea. Whippoorwill seems to think movies and TV are a waste of time. 'They're not real,' she says. But I guess an android can probably watch them all in seconds. So if this is really something that happens all the time, Matrix probably is expecting it to work out like it does in those shows. So what usually happens?"

===========Tectonic and Wingblade============

Wingblade looks around and realizes the biggest threat is probably the super, as he is shrugging off cops like drops of water. The folks in the biggest danger are probably the crowd if they aren't careful. The best way to end this quickly is to make one side leave/retreat.

Wingblade and Tectonic's conversation gets cut short as there's a scream coming from the crowd and more flurried movement as people scramble to get farther away. It seems three police have drawn their guns and have begun to fire. The unknown hero smiles and is having a good time dodging bullets with fast dodges and even takes a few directly with no effect. But some bullets miss and start plunging into the crowd. You can hear screaming, crying, and feel the panic setting in.

The unknown hero bounds over to the cops, seemingly intent on stopping them. Still with a smile on his face.

===========Deputy Atoms=============

Deputy tries to combine a couple of abilities to emulate a new one. However, he can't seem to control the flow correctly, and ends up blasting a distinct energy bolt at the moon's surface, marring it largely.

===========Eldritch=============

Eldritch tries to assess the situation, but the twenty or so kids clinging to him knocks him off balance and holds him in place. If they weren't being relatively creepy, it might almost be endearing.

Eldritch decides to get the distractions out of the way, and shoots off an electrical surge that hits the alarm system. However, the concentration of power may have been too much and just as the alarms begin to rev up, the sound dies down. Eldritch realizes that he just fried the entire alarm system for the boardwalk...

The kids are still clinging to him, but oddly enough, one by one the kids start to let go of him and walk away, no longer bearing the mark of Brand. Upon closer inspection, it seems that each kid only hugged Eldritch for the length of two minutes before releasing him.

===========Ghost Dragon, Hashtag, and North Star==========

"Over here!"

Ghost Dragon looks up just in time to see the largest Hellcat member hit one of his hands and one legwith large clods of cement that almost instantly harden as they reconnect with the ground, effectively pinning him in place.

Tycho wails on the large guy hard enough to make him back off, but not before the Hellcat member lobs a cement glob at Tycho which pins one of his legs into place as well. But he is moving away. He does not want to deal with the crazy kid.

You all hear sirens in the distance, far, but they are on their way.
[Current fight 65/35 NK losing]

Condition(s): None

"I could blow up the moon if I wanted to."

A powerful thought echoes through Atoms' mind as he observes the scar he has created. This devastation was just from messing up a signaling attempt. What would happen if he poured everything he had into a blast? It was scary to think about, and it was enough to stop the former deputy from trying anymore signaling rings.

Or, well, hey, maybe just one more.

Unleash Your Powers (+ Freak): 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (1, 2) + 3 = 6
Hahaha xD

"Awww, NO! Idiots!" Wingblade shouts when the guns are drawn and the bullets start flying. She jumps forward as best she can given her restricted movement and tries to interpose herself between the bullets and the crowd. She fans her wings out in their broadest spread to deflect as many as she can, fully willing to take a few hits herself knowing that she'll heal.

Defend (Savior): 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (3, 6) + 1 = 10
I'll add a Team to the Pool

"PUT. THE. GUNS. AWAY!!" she shrieks at the cops, not really caring that they may not understand English. "And you!!" she shouts at the super, "Wipe that stupid grin off your face! What is your problem??"

Tectonic is pulled into the fray alongside Wingblade, her earthen shield automatically forming. As Wingblade deflects the bullets with her wings, the young woman grits her teeth and automatically adopts an unfamiliar stance, and wrenches a stone wall out of the ground to cover the areas Wingblade can't protect.

Defend: 2d6 - 1 ⇒ (5, 4) - 1 = 8

Clearing Guilty and escalating the situation.

The creation of the wall, however, creates a small quake, knocking the officers back and even causing some of them to fall.

Well, no doubt about it, this is going to $#!7 in a hurry, Ghost Dragon thinks, as his arm and leg are trapped under concrete. Gritting his teeth, he's forced to make a choice - stay trapped in the cement until someone can save him or he gets beaten unconscious, or make like a ghost and walk through walls. Here's hoping no one's closely paying attention.

Unleash Your Powers: 2d6 - 1 ⇒ (5, 2) - 1 = 6

Unfortunately, his concentration wasn't quite there, so he was unable to phase himself out of the cement.

Miss, and marking potential

Tycho found himself pinned by the concrete around one of his legs. He waits for a moment when no one is paying particular attention to him then uses his superstrength to break the concrete.

unleash your powers (+freak): 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (6, 5) + 3 = 14

Trying to keep a low profile, he will draw his knife once he has loosened the concrete with his superstrength and then go to town on it, hacking and screaming while he does.

Hashtag watches the situation changing, and frowns, scratching his head with one hand while spinning and flipping his butterfly knife around with the other.

After a pregnant pause in where he watches his two other undercover buddies get disadvantaged, he rolls his eyes and sighs.

Guess I'll cover their butts, too. he thinks, concentrating. Let's see if they can get the drop on the hellcats if they look like they're still stuck on the floor...

defend: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 5) = 6
That's a fail. great.
What are you doing? Idiot! you can't help them like that! They'll be onto you! Hashtag's own thought intercedes, disrupting his illusions before they could even form. You can't blow your cover!

===========Tectonic and Wingblade============

Tectonic summons protective walls of earth to block the bullets still being fired and her earth moving does knock some officers on their butts. They spot her, and start speaking into their radios in rapid Hindi

They are now aiming the guns at you and making gestures as if for you to lay down on the ground, shouting authoritatively in Hindi.

The cops don't seem to pay attention to Wingblade's command, and the mysterious super merely gives her a glance, a slight twitch of frown on his face, before slamming a super strong fist into one of the cops cars and putting it on its side. creating an automobile wall. He does to two more police vehicles and pins several cops between the three in some makeshift pen.

===========Deputy Atoms=============

The Deputy, thinking two times is always the charm, decided to give it another go. He concentrate the energy and focuses on creating a pulse rather than a blast.

Building power....building power....now to alter....wait...wait...not again!

Deputy Atoms releases a large energy pulse, nothing bad happening to the moons surface other than dust scattering, but the rovers and moon research machines that several governments have here have mysteriously fritzed out and are currently hunks of non-moving metal.

===========Eldritch=============

===========Ghost Dragon, Hashtag, and North Star==========

We'll say your failures go off as you want them to.

Ghost Dragon suddenly gets attacked by a Hellcat member, who is then tackled by a NK member. Suffice it to say, not a good time to phase out while undercover.

Tycho does manage to break himself out of the concrete fairly quickly, and luckily, no one was watching.

Hashtag tries to manifest some cover for his friends, but he thinks about the ramifications and dispells it before it even takes form.

"Cops!" a voice shouts, whether NK or Hellcat, it can't be determined.

The gang members scatter, but there are roughly four NK members still held down by cement, almsot certainly to be taken into custody by the cops. One is unconscious, one is Ghost Dragon, and two are frantically pulling at their rock soild bonds.

Tycho will take a quick glance around to see if anyone is paying any attention to him.

Assess the Situation: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (6, 4) + 1 = 11

That gives me two questions. I will take:
What here can I use to free Ghost Dragon without being seen, and What here is the greatest danger (to me being noticed having powers)

”Well…s#!#.” He murmured to himself as the electricity faded out. The kids kept coming and he was going to try and find a way to get rid of them when, after a little while, they would finally pull back and go back into the crowd. The brands upon their hands were now gone and well, who didn’t like being hugged by kids for at least a little bit?

Once the last child had moved away, he would step off to the side and pull out his cellphone. Calling the theme park’s security, he’d even do a terrible fake voice as he spoke.

”Yes? Hello there! I’ve got a complaint, I saw some electricity or something come off of one of your security do-hickeys here. Yeah. Yeah. The one by the Hot & Tasty food shack. Mmhmm. Smells bad here, like burned plastic. Yeah. Thank you.”

He’d clear his throat, hating to do that voice, before he began to walk around the boardwalk now. There wasn’t any obvious signs of where they were and he didn’t dare try to tap too deeply into his magic with so many others around. Instead he would look for signs of them at the most obvious of places; fun houses.

Ghost Dragon groans as someone shouts that the cops are coming, still being trapped under the cement. Augh, really? Could this day get any worse?

Looking around, Ghost Dragon tries to figure out if anyone is paying attention to him so he can phase out - not having the cover of a fight anymore, there was a greater chance of someone noticing him.

Assess the Situation: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 2) = 3

Oh my gosh, really!?

Wingblade sighs a little in relief as the cops turn their guns on her. She glowers at them, then spares a glance at the guy penning the cops with their own vehicles.

"Nice one with the wall," she says to Tec, not looking in her direction. "Follow my lead." She folds her wings in a less threatening configuration and starts to lower herself down as if she were complying with their instructions, but with a snap and a flash her wings sweep forward over her head.

Directly engage a threat (Danger): 2d6 ⇒ (3, 4) = 7
Taking something from them -- their guns.

She looks back up and smirks as the guns in the cops' hands fall apart in two clean pieces. She watches a moment more for any fountains of blood from severed fingers, then lets out a breath of relief. I'd never hear the end of it if I'd missed, she thinks.

She looks around for more cops who aren't disarmed, hemmed in, or sprawled on the ground. If there aren't, she turns to face the super, ready and wary.

With barely a second's warning, Tectonic is awkwardly yanked forward with Wingblade's sudden movement, and Shayera's wings cut deep into Nora's armor, although they don't quite pierce the skin. "Watch what you're doing with that!" she snaps at her, before offhandedly wrenching chunks of concrete out of the ground, then sending them rocketing towards the remaining cops' hands, attempting to encase them in rock.

Directly Engage a Threat: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (3, 6) + 3 = 12

I'm going to resist or avoid their blows (since on a hit, we trade blows regardless) and take away their ability to use their hands at all.

Wingblade frowns at Tec as she spares her a glance. "Watch what I'm doing? I said, 'follow my lead.' You should have gone lower. It's not my fault your backside is so big."

Condition(s): None

This isn't working. In-fact, things had gone kind of hilariously bad. And it wasn't just the frequent failures that were funny. It was also kind of funny that, in the past, Atoms would've been livid about anyone creating this kind of damage, but now...?

Now he just didn't care.

Atoms might've laughed, if he could, but instead he touches down on the surface of the moon and starts to think. Failure or not, his efforts still produced something that should've provoked Imagine's people to investigate by now. Yet even after two attempts and all this time, there was nothing to show for it. It was upsetting.

The former deputy enhances his calm.

He looks back up (down?) at Earth, and remembers something important. One side of the moon, the 'near side', perpetually faces the Earth because the moon's orbital period matches its rate of rotation. If Atoms could see the Earth, then he was on the near side, but if an alien race was trying to hide their presence, wouldn't they build their base on the other side, the 'far side'? It was worth checking out.

Atoms flies to the other side of the moon, releasing small pulses all the while.

Unleash Power (+ Freak): 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (2, 5) + 3 = 10

===========Tectonic and Wingblade============
For Wingblade exchanging blows, I'll say that your "handcuff" situation is digging painfully on your end and is drastically limiting your movement.

Through the combined efforts of Tectonic and Wingblade, the remaining police are rendered unable to use their guns, and/or immobilize entirely.

The crowd is cheering, clapping, and in general, celebrating. Then there's that super, eating up the glorly, posing in ways that show off his rippling muscles. His smile is dazzling, and there is genuine happiness on his face.

===========Deputy Atoms=============
In the future, I think I'll push the narrative rather than just having you keep trying over and over again.
A few minutes go by before you see beings that resemble Imagine's form approach you cautiously. They seem armed with strange alien equipment, and start relaying a telepathic message.

Are you the being referred to Deputy Atoms? Your energy signature was relayed to us by our princess, but your current signature has been altered.

===========Eldritch=============
"S$%~, you found us."

Its odd to hear a voice you can't actually see the speaker for, especially when it sounds like someone is whispering in your ear. From the tone and cadence, you don't recognize it but you have a suspicion it's the girl who is referred to as Sonar.

"Well, we're in here somewhere. Find us if you can."

The ticket attendant asks you for a ticket before you enter.

===========Ghost Dragon, Hashtag, and North Star==========

Tycho, the quickest way to get Ghost Dragon out is to subtly smash the concrete yourself and trying to make it seem like you have no powers, you'll need to succeed at an unleash powers check for that level of control.

"This is the Police!" You hear someone shout from a block away. You estimate you might have a "round" left before police are active and on the scene.

The two NK members stuck in cement (NPC) are hacking at their bonds with what appears to be something similar to a chainsaw in the form of a hunting knife. Unconscious guy is still unconscious, but is being dragged slowly off scene by another NK member.

Unleash your Powers: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (5, 1) + 3 = 9

Condition(s): None

"Finally! I've been looking for you for a long time," exclaims Atoms. Only, instead of actually saying anything, he merely flaps his lips because there is no air on the moon for which the sound to travel through.

Ah. Right. Should've thought about that.

"GREETINGS. YES, I AM DEPUTY ATOMS," thought-screams former deputy Atoms, this being his first time attempting to respond to a telepath. "I NEED TO SEE PRINCESS IMAGINE." Thinking for a moment, he quickly adds. "AND BY PRINCESS IMAGINE I MEAN KARA SOMETHING-SOMETHING. I DON'T REMEMBER HER FULL NAME."

With the danger seemingly passed for the moment, outside of the super standing in front of them playing for the crowd, Wingblade rubs her sore arm and tries to assess the situation. She studies the man closely, trying to figure out what he's about.

"English. Do you speak English?" she says, trying to get his attention.

Pierce the Mask (Mundane): 2d6 - 1 ⇒ (5, 4) - 1 = 8

I get one. How could I get him to tell his story/reveal his origin?

Ghost Dragon is unable to find any covert way to slip out of his bonds, and then Tycho starts hammering away at the concrete, he whispers, "Once you weaken it enough, I'll phase through. Hurry up!"

===========Tectonic and Wingblade============
Wingblade tries to assess what she could do to learn from this super, and discerns that it might be best to get him somewhere in private, where he isn't smiling and posing for an applauding audience.

The man in question is of bronze skin, signaling Indian descent, and the mask he wears is something of a simple cloth mask of bright purple.

He picks Tectonic and Wingblade and hefts them in the air, where you both are cheered on by the crowd as well. He places you on his shoulders to display his impressive poses with a couple of lovely ladies.

If you don't intervene, he then leaps with mighty strength far away, both of you still on his shoulders. He lands on a large building's flat rooftop and sets you both down.

===========Deputy Atoms=============
The guard aliens look at each other.

The Princess has entered the chrysalis phase of her life. She is within the heart of a large gemstone and will emerge an adult in a decade's time. I suggest you return to Earth.

===========Ghost Dragon, Hashtag, and North Star==========
Tycho, you manage to break the rocks carefully enough that no one notices your obvious use of powers. However, you are hit with a deep fear the permeates through you, thinking how close you're cutting it and what might happen if the cops push you too far. Mark Afraid as a condition.

Ghost Dragon can free himself easily now, but the police are also on the scene. There are two members of NK left in the open, but the cops have pulled out their guns/tasers/etc and are leveling aim as they see multiple teens on scene equipped with strange knives and weapons.

"Nobody move!" one cop shouts. There are four police officers on scene currently. They are slightly winded from running, but all have weapons out.

"Time to go." says Tycho to Ghost Dragon, who can't quite keep the rising terror out of his voice.

Tectonic dusts herself off and gives a dubious look at the super. "Gee. You really like showing off, don't you?" she says, although her smirk indicates that she is at least somewhat impressed. "Alright, assuming you speak English: I'm Tectonic, she's Wingblade. We were sent here to bring in a dangerous super disrupting the area..." she looks him up and down, "...but it looks like Matrix didn't give us the full rundown. So, if you please: what the f#*% is happening here?"

Hashtag, glad that his friends are at least capable of getting away, Hashtag took his leave before the police were physically on the scene. Sprawled in a nearby alley, his illusions made him out to be but a street hobo, seen but incredibly easy to overlook. From there, he kept an eye on the situation and waited to see if his friends needed rescuing.

Wingblade goes along for the ride; she's not concerned with heights and figures that even if the guy lets them go she'll be able to get them to ground safely so long as Tec doesn't brick up.

When they land on the rooftop, she lets Tectonic do the talking. She's interested in what this guy has to say, so she listens closely.