Zion High

Game Master EltonJ

Here are the plans to the Warehouse that you are scouting.
Warehouse plans.

You are at the opposite end of the loading area. Loading the trucks are four Zoanoids. One of them happen to be an enzyme. An enzyme III, he's on the lookout for anyone to come and ruin their operation.

"Aren't we supposed to just observe?," Chance whispers, though he will allow himself to be phased if the whole group is going in.

"Aren't we supposed to just observe?," Chance whispers, though he will allow himself to be phased if the whole group is going in.

Jaime appears next to Chance, having caught up to everyone. He doesn't bother to whisper, "No, that was not a supposition, that was our direction. We were directed to just observe. That is what was requested of us, and probably the intention most of us arrived with."

Mach3 seems to shimmer, and is suddenly standing next to Uthor.

"The prince though, is a prince. In spite of or maybe even because of that, but definately in spite of Batman being Batman and our instructions as a League support team having come from Batman, the prince arrived at his own course of action and will be moving forward with that, to be honest, in spite of all of us."

"Kind of a d&&k move, but I'm doubting His Worship is all that concerned about that either."

Parker looks at Chance and whispers, "Yes, and we will not be able to see what they are up to inside very well if we stay outside. We will sneak down and observe what they are up to. They are probably going to be on the alert for lookie-loos outside, not from inside their own building." Parker reaches out one of his hands for Chance to grab, "Your turn to come inside."

<"Is there someone near us making them forget the plan we made before we took the boomtube here?"> Parker wonders.

Parker, his arms still extended through the door, with his hands corporeal, waiting for Chance to grab one of his hands so he can phase him through, brings his head back inside and whispers to Catrina, "The new guys forgot the plans we made for this mission. That was an hour ago." Catrina can see a look of worry starting to appear on Parker's face.

"The decision for the rest of the team now is how to pick up the pieces. Do we stand in solidarity with the The Heir to Poseidon? Do we take up defensive positions to try to mitigate the disaster he wants to cause? Do we radio for backup, since we stand a solid chance of attracting te attention of not one, but two of Batman's archenemies?"

"I am open to all of the above, including letting The Once and Future King here know that this is seriously uncool."

@Elton Did the door open? Did it set off an alarm? Where is the roof access relative to the map? Above and office, I imagine.

Uthor looks toward the newly formed audience and sighs, "so phase or whatever."

"How can I be waiting for someone calling himself Mach 3?" He stands away from the door and crosses his arms.

And for the record, none of your characters know that Uthor is a prince.

Parker phases his head back through the door to see Jaime arrive and speak, "Thank the gods. I thought some foe was messing with their minds," and reaches his other hand towards Jaime, "Grab my hand, Jaime."

Where is Jessie?

my apologies, she's still outside waiting for confirmation on where she needs to be. Depending on breaching. Also. Did anyone care to tell her there's a Enzyme in the building?

my apologies, she's still outside waiting for confirmation on where she needs to be. Depending on breaching. Also. Did anyone care to tell her there's a Enzyme in the building?

I know it's been a few weeks real time since we made the plan: Uthor was going to use his fog to give us cover so we could get to the roof of the building, where Parker was going to phase the group through. I take it Jessie would have flown to the roof of the building using the cover of the fog to stay hidden from the villains and henchmen. The bad guys we have seen so far are outside the building, loading (or unloading) stuff into the trucks.

@Elton Did the door open? Did it set off an alarm? Where is the roof access relative to the map? Above and office, I imagine.

It's above the office. The door did open, and there is a laser that tracks whomever goes in. Tripping the laser will sound an alarm.

Uthor. wrote:

@Elton Did the door open? Did it set off an alarm? Where is the roof access relative to the map? Above and office, I imagine.

It's above the office. The door did open, and there is a laser that tracks whomever goes in. Tripping the laser will sound an alarm.

Elton, Parker already phased Catrina through the door...working with Parker seeing the laser would make sure her (and his own) feet go above the laser, even while phased, before setting her down on the other side of the laser and releasing her (so she is no longer incorporeal). Does any of that sequence of actions require a perception check on Parker's/Catrina's part? I will wait to add more to what Parker would have said (if he was aware of the laser before speaking to Uthor when he was about to open the door).

EltonJ wrote:

Uthor. wrote:

@Elton Did the door open? Did it set off an alarm? Where is the roof access relative to the map? Above and office, I imagine.

It's above the office. The door did open, and there is a laser that tracks whomever goes in. Tripping the laser will sound an alarm.

Elton, Parker already phased Catrina through the door...working with Parker seeing the laser would make sure her (and his own) feet go above the laser, even while phased, before setting her down on the other side of the laser and releasing her (so she is no longer incorporeal). Does any of that sequence of actions require a perception check on Parker's/Catrina's part? I will wait to add more to what Parker would have said (if he was aware of the laser before speaking to Uthor when he was about to open the door).

Ah, you're right. The alarm does sound. It's like a bell, going off.

Uthor looks toward the newly formed audience and sighs, "so much for phasing."

He pushes his Fog Cloud down through the door to engulf the warehouse.
Concealment (Normal vision); (Extras: Attack & Affects Others, Ranged, Area Cloud 8 (1,800 ft radius), Precise)

You hear Captain Cold. "Someone has tripped the alarm, go check it out!"

I take it it was multiple lasers and not a singular 'trip wire' laser beam detector, which Parker and Catrina could have got by without triggering.

As the bell alarm starts going off. "They will be looking for lookie-loos inside now." Parker phases totally through the door back onto the roof and near Chance's headset says, "Jessie, time for the distraction you said you could give us if needed."

As there were only 4 earpieces...Parker would have volunteered not to take one as he was carrying Catrina (who would have one of them). As Uthor asked the question and Chance requested one of them, I was working with the non-speedster remaining (Jessie) having the fourth one. Does that sound good to everyone?

With the rooftop door now opened (due to Uthor opening it), Catrina can clearly hear the conversation.

"If the rest of you can keep them busy, I can fly down and phase into the truck to take a look at the cargo. Catrina, you with me or roofside?"

"I'll stay with you. We should stay together anyway; you need an earpiece."

Catrina's voice trembles, but she remains steady.

Jaime shakes his head ... "K. Well. Having suggested that Uthor might be making too much noise, I guess others felt setting off the alarm was a stronger approach. No one actually heard Uthor, this alarm can be heard blocks away. So. Let's get too it. Hopefully Uthor will still help us solve the problem he totally didn't cause."

Elton, to make what happened so far match up with the alarm not going off right away, does it make sense that when Parker phased his head through the door, before phasing Catrina through the door, that there was no laser on (as in a laser detection that fluctuates on/off (or is triggered to activate to go on when the rooftop door is opened), so there was no laser evident when Parker phased Catrina through, then while Parker's head and arms were phased through the door talking with the others on the rooftop, when Uthor opened the door, it triggered the laser to go on, and quickly scanned the presence of someone (as Catrina is inside on the other side of the door, and is corporeal.)

edited: the door being opened could have initiated the laser detection, that none of our characters noticed (but the 'viewers at home' see), started to scan (starting near the doorway, then moving away from the door...eventually getting to where Catrina is standing...which would give enough time for the verbal exchange on the rooftop before the alarm starts going off).

"Here I thought teenage angst and that sort was something only did for fun to be comedic" she chuckles "But in seriousness. We are a team. Yes, only starting out, but let's face this with the same gusto as anything else. We power through, get it done, and sort it out as potential heros for young eyes and minds, shall we?" she says over their private comm channel

Elton, to make what happened so far match up with the alarm not going off right away, does it make sense that when Parker phased his head through the door, before phasing Catrina through the door, that there was no laser on (as in a laser detection that fluctuates on/off (or is triggered to activate to go on when the rooftop door is opened), so there was no laser evident when Parker phased Catrina through, then while Parker's head and arms were phased through the door talking with the others on the rooftop, when Uthor opened the door, it triggered the laser to go on, and quickly scanned the presence of someone (as Catrina is inside on the other side of the door, and is corporeal.)

edited: the door being opened could have initiated the laser detection, that none of our characters noticed (but the 'viewers at home' see), started to scan (starting near the doorway, then moving away from the door...eventually getting to where Catrina is standing...which would give enough time for the verbal exchange on the rooftop before the alarm starts going off).

That is a great idea. The laser does not turn on until the door opened.

Parker's face drops at Jaime's words, "Phasing through the door did not trigger the alarm, else it would have went off when Cat and I phased through it!"

Parker whips his head around and spots a laser on the other side of Catrina. "Crap, looks like opening the door must have triggered a roaming laser trespasser detector."

Parker flies directly at Catrina, his hands corporeal to grab her by the shoulders, then making them both completely incorporeal, and flies her out of the building before the laser reverses it direction and detects her presence again, shifts her around so they are face to face as he flies them away from the building (so the bad guys cannot see them in the air), then flies around a nearby building then flies up to that building's roof, hovering just out of sight of where the bad guys are at the loading docks on the ground at the building they just flew from.

He then speaks so everyone with an earpiece can hear him, "Jessie, distract the baddies that stay outside while the others get away while Uthor's fog is making it difficult for the criminals to see inside the building. When none of the baddies are by the trucks, Cat and I will fly down, phase into the trucks, and see what their cargo is."

Parker privately hopes both Mr.Freeze and Captain Cold go into the building so that only their cronies might possibly spot whatever Jessie does for a distraction to lure them away from the trucks.

"Do not engage the enemies directly if possible," Parker says before the decibels of his voice lower, "This is still supposed to be a recon mission. Goal is still not to let the baddies I.D. us."

Only Catrina can see Parker's face get a look of fear on his face when he mentioned the possibility of being I.D.'d.

He then whispers so (potentially) only Catrina can hear him, "I need a suit that conceals my appearance before our next mission. I have been thinking of using the same materials they use for firefighter gear."

"I can't go invisible. But I guess I can try to distract them like you do a cat." as she taps the orb on her forehead "Lasers"

Catrina lets herself get snatched up by Parker with a small gasp, yet visibly relaxes in his arms. I could get used to this, she thinks. A thought about her great-grandmother enters a moment later and she thinks, but perhaps I shouldn't...

"Do not engage the enemies directly if possible," Parker says before the decibels of his voice lower, "This is still supposed to be a recon mission. Goal is still not to let the baddies I.D. us."

Only Catrina can see Parker's face get a look of fear on his face when he mentioned the possibility of being I.D.'d.

He then whispers so (potentially) only Catrina can hear him, "I need a suit that conceals my appearance before our next mission. I have been thinking of using the same materials they use for firefighter gear."

The look of fear spreads from Parker to Catrina as they realize their error. "I'm not used to being on camera," she whispers to Parker. "But I'll do this for now."

Catrina holds onto Parker tightly. Red satin cascades downwards from within the fog cloud. Parker can feel her almost tighten beneath his hands, as if she became perhaps a bit more slender, a bit more bony. Her hair knits up into a chiffon, held in place by roses and marigolds. Her face changes, recolors, eye shadow blackening, face blanching, until it is painted like an elegant skull.

She looks nervously at Parker. "It's still me. You've seen this before. Nothing should be a surprise."

I've never done this before this close to someone.

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Uthor crosses his arms and floats above the doorway to keep an eye on anyone who comes out, such that he remains in their blindspot up and behind them.

He surveys what he can see from the height seeing as if the fog was not there.

Parker's eyes do the green iris flames trick as he smiles at Catrina, "Your beauty is always <asombrosa*>."

* spoken with a Spanish accent, translates to breathtaking.

While Parker is making someone incorporeal they do not need to breathe (and are immune to suffocation effects) in addition to being immune to fire damage.

"Let me know what makes the most sense: I can vibrate through the ground floor to come in behind anyone you engage, take them at least a little bit by surprise."