Stanley Service(the standard), Jack Klim (the conduit) and Candice Cole(anthem) find themselves over over the bed of Tyler Thompson (breakneck).
Stanly Service and Candice Cole are working together on the Tyler Thompson's case. Tyler was recently injured and knocked out at a local fighting rink. Foul play has been thought to be involved by a potential rising crime lord known as "Big Al".
You find yourself using your powers of persuasion and imitation to gain entrance of the hospital. You have been hired by an anonymous source to track Tyler Thompson (breakneck). You have been following him for sometime now. You were there at the fight and something seemed abnormal as the fighter who rarely gets hurt (known as thug #3 often) got really bad hurt and seemed to be even targeted as the fight progressed
As i said above you are here researching a potential rising crime lord. "Big Al" has been suspected of planning robberies, grand theft auto, larceny. He has also been suspected of buying up property in Rayborn through the recently growing corporation known simply as "Cell Corp.". Not much is known about Cell Corp. other than they have a lot of money, they are popping up everywhere and according to their advertisement: "It what Rayborn wants" *A white black haired man smile and a shimmer shines on his abnormally white teeth*. You two are here to question Tyler Thompson and try and figure out as much as you can from him about "Big Al" and anything else you can figure out including Cell Corp.
The fight started out like any other. You and a few other guys put on your ski masks and get into a ring with some big strong guy and get "beat up" by him for show, as this segment of the show goes. But something was off.... As the show began you couldn't recognize the new "big guy" but the boss said "just go with it, hes new". So you went along with it, however as the show started out, the other two rushed in (as you weren't about to run in and take on some new guy) the guys seemed to be getting actually beat up and hurt... He grabbed them both by the head and through them out of the ring. As that happened he immediately targeted you. He ran at you and you realized this wasn't the "everyday" "big guy", he was about 8ft tall and about 6 feet wide. He was HUGE and fat.... But you have "fought" fat guys before so you didn't care as much. He ran up to you and punched you as hard as he could.... You then realized this wasn't the "fake" part of the show your used to... You started jumping around and gave him more of a fight than he expected. But alas.... He didn't do much good. He grapped you up with his big hands and hit you hard over his knee and then followed by repeatedly hammering you on the ground... When he thought you were finished he stopped (not knowing of your regeneration abilities). All you remember after that was blinking a few times and seeing his bulbous self taunting the crowd as his red mask he wore covered his face... You know not of who he was. These memories start coming back to you as you start slowly wakening up in a hospital as everyone thought for sure you were dead...
You find yourself here either as an actual medicine practitioner or as a college student wanting to learn or further his education, as you may either are trying to get a medical degree or you are here just for extra credit. . You either heard that there was an "interesting" patient that is drawing a lot of attention or you were stuck with him either as a doctor/nurse etc. or you were made to as soon as he came in by whoever was responsible for you at his time.
Tyler starts to gain consciousness and starts to move and blinks his eyes.
You won't know he is awake until they start talking, you are outside of the doorway pretending be someone doing something i.e. nurse filling out papers, doctor looking over his chart (not suggested), or a visitor perhaps lost or just wondering around the doorway listening, take your pick
As he gains consciousness, his doctor walks in and grabs his chart:
Doctor:"AAAHHH... I see your making a nice recovery, we thought you were dead" *he says with a smile*
"Mr. Thompson, I know you have just woken up and may not be feeling up to any interaction, but as soon as you are able, my partner and I have some questions for you regarding your injuries."
The man who spoke was lanky and tall with close-cropped blond hair. He wore a t-shirt with the star emblem of a US Marshal. He looked to be in his mid-to-late twenties and had a concerned, serious expression on his face.
There were some days when Leccia wondered why she bothered with this charade. Sure, she sometimes enjoyed pulling a fast one over mortals. There were even times she found the boring monotony of the legal system and law enforcement to be an interesting and even challenging handicaps to the way she normally liked to work. Then there were days when she just wished she could burn something to the ground without having to deal with consequences later. This job was beginning to shift from challenging to inferno inducing. She was already slightly ticked off over the fact that her mark had been badly beaten last night. She often took it as a personal slight against her if someone messed with her mark even if they had no clue about it. She probably would have jumped in right then and there if it didn't mean giving the entire crowd a demonic transformation show live on camera. Still, she did her best to do this right. The private detective held her anger in check and made her way to the hospital Tyler Thompson was rushed to.
She had already spoken with the receptionist at the front desk lobby. To the untrained eye, "Alissa" had appeared like a brown short-haired Caucasian woman about five foot ten. She had a medium build and wore a simple brown trench coat over black T-shirt and dark jeans set. She introduced herself as an investigator for the assault and managed to coax a room location out of the staff member. Alissa thanked the receptionist and made her way upstairs. However, she did not head to Tyler's room immediately. She ducked into the women's bathroom and entered a stall.
With as much privacy as she was likely to get, her form shifted once more. The brown hair grew out and changed to a lighter shade of brownish red. Her eye color changed from blue to black and her skin tone darkened just a little bit. Gone were the trench coat and street clothes. They were replaced with the nurse uniform she saw on the receptionist and several of the passing staff while she traversed the hall. She made sure that she had a unique appearance rather than steal someone else's face. As her nurse guise completed itself, the chestnut haired nurse left the bathroom and continued down the hall to Tyler Thompson's room. She stood just outside the room, listening in at first. She thought she heard a voice on the other side and that gave her pause. I have to at least look busy... She noticed a rolling cart with some paperwork for the next room and decided to pull the cart over to her and peruse the work. For the time being, she chose to remain outside and eavesdropped.
"What -What happened, I was on set and things got out of hand. Did they arrest that animal?" A very cross Tee looks up at his interrogator.
"Well no, not yet. We've gotten a lot of strange testimony. We wanted to get some details straight from you before we moved forward. I'm Agent Service. I'm a US Marshal on a task force that investigates crimes that may have been committed with or by extranormal individuals. There is suspicion that your attacker may have been more than just a normal person."
"Wasn't suppose to be like that, not serious, just look good. But he was really into it, beyond the line. Very, very big, guy, I'm not kidding, about 8' tall and almost as wide as I'm tall, seems quite fat, like a Sumo wrestler gone to seed. Way strong and seemed to not care about my punches. Was about to exit the arena but he caught me and seemed to enjoy crushing me to death. A psychotic I guess, don't know why the producer even had him there." Tee starts to look around the room more carefully, as he tries to find a comfortable postion.
This sounds to you like "Big Al"
"Not many people fit that description..."
Stan continued the investigation, asking questions and getting as much information as possible, but he already knew everything he really needed to. This guy had a run in with Big Al, and not only did he live, he seemed not to have a scratch on him.
After a while, he closed his notebook and looked to his partner. "I think we have everything we need."
A group of reporters rush into the room asking questions:
Reporter #1: "Is it true Mr. that your involved in a rising crime group!?"
Reporter #2: "Mr. Thompson, what are you thinking about the current allegations against you!?"
Reporter #3:"Mr. Thompson..."
He is cut off by the doctor.
Doctor:"People! People! PLEASE!!?"
a group of nurses rush in and escort everyone out except for Tyler Thompson.
You are in the crowd of journalists. You could have already been there and gotten mixed up in the group or part of the group, your call.
You two recognize one of the people being escorted out of the room with you two to be Robert Dawson, one of the few known reporters that has been riding you and watching you closely ever since the Big Al news leaked
As everyone is escorted out the majority is pushed way out into a different area, while a few manage to slip through the cracks (i.e. you guys).
The door still being open a nurse walks into Thompson's room.
The nurse comes over to your table and looks at down at but... something is off with her... her eyes...
Everyone outside the room (and inside) see the nurse changed shape and "her" now becomes an odd looking well built, male with a slick silver suit and a buzz cut. He raises his hand turns and it turns into a large hammer....
Tee stares for an instant as the nurse transforms and attacks him. With Excellent reflexes he grabs the siderail of his bed and dodges by rolling out of it. He tries to land on his feet.
Rolling dice for Excellent Dodge: If he gets out of the bed and takes no damage he'll be on his feet. Knowing the reporters are nearby he'll not call attention here right now, his life is too complicated already.
You get out of bed just fine and dodge his attack as its smashes throught the bed.
For some reason or another, Big Al wants you dead (your choice why). You don't know what big al looks like other than he is a bad crime lord. The fight and this is obviously orchestrated by him.
"This is a Federal Investigation! I need you all to wait ou- What the!?" the US Marshal said, hearing the crash over the din of reporters he had just finished shoving out the door.
Turning and bolting back to the hospital room, Stan skidded around the corner just in time to see the man with the hammer hand going after the victim of Big Al's attack again.
"Oh, hell. Hey! Come quietly and I won't beat you right into one of these hospital beds. But not that one. Because you wrecked it. Jerk."
Note to self. Work on tough guy lines.
Tee makes a stumbling dodge out of the bed barely managing to stand on his feet only because of the clumsyness of the attack. Seeing that the guy's using a blunt form, Tee trys to buy time by grappling his attacker.
FEAT to do an Amazing Grapple: Breakneck lunges foward locking his arms around the hammer arm and if possible will convert to full hold.
@standard: you made me lol :P
@breakneck: to your surprises, when you try to grapple him you almost get cut as both his arms transform into two long blades
You messed up on your dice rolls there bub
"Get clear Mr. Thompson!" the marshal said, reaching under his jacket behind his back and coming out with a short baton which he promptly swung at Mr. Hands' ear.
"Get clear Mr. Thompson!" the marshal said, reaching under his jacket behind his back and coming out with a short baton which he promptly swung at Mr. Hands' ear.
[dice=Fighting]1d100
Damn, that a way. And i will assumes the your flagpole staff is retractable (like daredevils weapon). So i assume you could EASILY have it on you. HOWEVER pulling it out, out of costume could be compromising to your secret identity so be careful, all of you
"Yikes, get this guy!" With Excellent reflexes Tyler stops his attack before making contact. He looks around for an escape route. Anyway out of here?
Got to be a way out, need to get out of sight!
Will Do an Excellent Evade if the guy attacks him(Note going over the rules I notice that dodge is only for Ranged Attacks)
FEAT to Excellent Evade if exit not available:
@the standard: assuming you come up and hit him (as you rolled for fighting). As soon as you swing your baton his skin puffs up making him seem larger. His skin now bares a hide like color, making him about 6'3ft tall. As your baton hits his skin, he merely looks down and you, grabs your arm (with his newly formed hands) and slings you into the hospital room closet. Lab coats and medical devices fallout as you slam into the back wall and the doors slam shut.
@breakneck: there is indeed a window and a closet which the standard is now in. Not to mention the actual door. (your on the first floor of the ER sector)
Hospital employees are running rampant screaming through the hallways, a few reporters rush in to try and snap a few shots. You here police sirens off in the distances, papers are flying everywhere as everyone is panicking.
You should be able to join in the fight. You could have changed in the time they were fighting :P
You are on the first floor.
The fight is taking place in the middle top door
Most excellent, exactly what i was wanting.
You get him out side no problem. He seems to not me hurt at all.
He just glares at you as he gets back up and attempt to walk back in the window.
Some guy comes flying in knocking the menace out the window Tyler was going to go through. Tyler siezes the moment to get closer to his clothes. Tyler moves to the closest and switches places with The Standard.
Don't see a roll for this. If you do roll it for the time savings. "Hi, Agent, mind if I hide in the closet and you fight the human Porcupine?"
You will soon realize he is immune to a lot of things... DONT GIVE UP. I assure you there is a simple way of handling this :)
At the hospital to investigate Tyler for his professor jack left before he woke to get a drink. he was on his way back from the vending machine when he heard the fight starting. hearing somethings amiss he finds a empty room and quickly changes to the conduit sapping some electricity from a nearby source as he runs to the room.
In a robotic voice:
"I am Baltrex-91827, and you have been deemed a target"
He hands form large swords as he comes at you with them.
Hearing the interview play out didn't really register anything with her, but she tried to remember the details just in case. That was when the sea of reporters suddenly brushed past her and into his room with their incessant prattle. She sometimes wondered if the first mortal reporters learned how to be annoying for demonic imps.
In order to play the role of helpful staff, Leccia aided the doctor and the other normal nurses in shooing away the crowd of reporters. However, she wasn't serious enough to get out of listening distance from Tyler's room itself. She silently muttered something about noisy meddlers under her breath as she continued to 'work' on her papers. It was this distraction that allowed the disguised nurse to sneak by Leccia unnoticed. It wasn't until she heard the smashing sound from Tyler's room that she realized her mark was being attacked again.
The demoness fumed in her place as she once again was forced to inaction. Too many witnesses around, even if they were panicked ones. She tried to think on her options as the massive bulk of man trashed the room barely missing Tyler. On some level, she was impressed. Most mortals she knew wouldn't have been able to move, much less deftly dodge an attack like that after being sent to the hospital. It showed Tyler's stamina and if anything else, made her want to see his potential some day. Thankfully, she didn't have to intervene just yet. The investigator ran into the room with wielding a batan and stunned the shapechanging giant just long enough for a caped crusader to come flying into the room and launch him outside the window. Leccia wasn't sure whether to feel grateful for the unexpected aid or annoyed that all these outsiders were interfering with her mission.
With all the chaos, she wasn't even bothering to mess with the papers at this point. She was just pressed against the wall hiding. One could easily suspect that it was because she was too terrified to move. They would be completely wrong, but it was a good guess. That was when she saw a young man also in disguise run into the room and pull lightning from a nearby socket. Seeing the power in action brought back painful memories and elicited a loud scream from the demoness letting everyone in the area know she was there. She fled down the hall as slowly but surely her 'hands' began morphing back to claws. Despite the overwhelming terror threatening to take over, she had barely enough conscious mind to realize that she had to hide. Both from the lightning and from the fact that her shapechanging was fading fast...
The marshal just nodded as Mr. Thompson opened the closet door and stepped in.
He picked himself up in time to hear the crash of their attacker being knocked through the window.
He stuck his head out to see what had happened, shook his head in exasperation, and launched himself back toward the melee.
"I am definitely done playing with you, pal. Put your hands over your head and turn 'em back into hands."
With a snap of his baton it extended out to a full eight feet and an American flag unfurled and flapped in the breeze.
This marshal was that guy who'd been all over the Internet!
Hopefully someone brought Tyler's clothes and the pack that contains his costume. If so Tyler disappears and Breakneck takes his place. Tyler will fold-up the hospital gown and stuff it into a large inner pocket of his jacket. (Hospital gowns fold really small, there's basically nothing to them.) Prepped for battle, Breakneck, peeks out the closet door to see if anyone is watching and if the coast is clear, makes a break for the outside.
@Breakneck: Yes your clothing would have been beside your bed.
Baltrex: "Scanning.... Waiting for new orders...."
He says in a robotic voice as his hands shift back to normal hands and drop by his side. He stands there awaiting something.
The green dots are bushes. The red dots are fire hydrants. The stick looking things with yellow dots are street lamps. The red and blue squares are coke machines there is a sign next to them labeled "Smoking Area". The sign would be too small to fit on the map :)
The parking lot is thinning out due to the people rushing out and they already have news reports going up. SO there is no one else going in but a lot going out :P
The conduit runs into the room and out the window, electricity sparking in his hands. He watches Baltrex and the others trying to figure out what exactly is going on.
@Conduit: There is street lights for you to grab energy from, just thought i would bring that to your attention :)
Tyler finds his bag with the outerware of his costume but finds that someone decided that clothes belong next to a bed rather than a perfectly good closet. Still in his gown he peeks out to see if anyone is looking his way. If not he'll grab his clothes and go back to the closet.
You should have been able to change easily. I already accepted your change (you grabbed it as you went in). So you can post an action now :)
Leccia darted into a hospital room several doors down from Tyler's just as her transformed state gave out completely. She didn't even bother scouting out the room to see if any patients were lying in the bed. As far as she was concerned, this was an emergency. Ignore any witnesses, they'll likely be unable to get up and be called crazy anyway! If anyone shrieked demon, she blocked it out.
The chestnut hair grew longer and dulled to a black hue. Her skin went from human tone to red as her violet armor and reformed around her. The only saving grace Leccia had was the fact that her Alissa disguise wasn't the one broken. She tried her best to calm herself down now that she had fled from the lightning man, This...this is a nightmare...first the muscle freak...then the capes...now THIS?! Alissa is demanding HAZARD PAY when this is over! If I don't just snap and break bones as Leccia first!
After catching her breath and calming herself, she thought about her options, That...awful sparky man ought to be out with the big jerk fighting right about now...I heard something about a closet before fleeing...so...my best plan should be to just snatch Tyler and beat it... Once more, she tried to shapechange into the nurse disguise and carefully made her way back to Tyler's room. He was her mark and she wouldn't let the meddler interfere a second time.
When you get all you see in the room is a broken bed and the room torn apart a shattered window. A costume you hero has just walked out of the closet (brekneck) though you wont know he came from the closet, so he will most likely be in the middle of the room most likely, maybe heading outside he hasn't told me what he was doing yet. You see the standard outside (the marshall with a flagpole weapon) and two other costumed heroes, one is wearin Basic Red spandex, with blue boots, gloves and cape and a Mask '1/2 cowl' (similar to Captain Marv-ell), the other wearing a red unzipped short sleve jacket with a black line going down the sleeves, sleeves pulled up halfway on the fore arm, he wears black gloves with red on the knuckles with his fingers exposed and a black shirt and pants. He wears a hood and a red mask.
And of course the enemy wearing a skin tight silver suit, buzz cut, square jawed, with puffed out leathery skin standing there