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Team name ideas:
The New Defenders
The Fearless Four
Defenders United
The City Watch (or The Watch)
Maximum City Sentinels

I'm actually kind of partial to The Watch cause it's short and simple.

Well, glad to see the transmitters work. Ellie, should we go catch up with the others?

Wonder if I can triangulate their signal to get a fix on their location...

Expertise Computers: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

I stay with Ellie. If Joe and Emit have things covered, I can get some research of my own done.
No use staying in costume at the moment.
First things first, I want to take a look at Emit's work in the other room and see if I can't borrow some tools from Robocorp to help him out.

Technology: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14

After that, I want to do some poking around online and see what I can find about what's made Anvil Corp stock jump, see if I can't hack into their system and find something interesting.

Expertise Computers: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

While poking around online I notice that the MegaMillionz lottery is up to 264 Million by this point.

Finally, after doing that research, I'll head over to the Twilight Revenance church and wander in to see what they're preaching about. I'm always skeptical about that kind of nonsense.

Baker sends a mass text out:
I'll have fancy new toys for you all next time we meet.

Baker smiles to himself.
Well then it looks like I'm just darn lucky, because I personally did go toe to toe with Death Mask and I'll tell you, with that unnerving grin and all of that poison the man packs a wallop and is a lot to take on... I'll take what you've said about vigilantism to heart, and I appreciate you looking into everything. If I find anything else out, I would like to not have to go through the same red tape I had to this time. Is there a way that I could contact you personally should I find anything that would help your search? I realize that Death Mask is a big-name thug and I really don't want to tango with him again unless I have some serious backup...

--I've been looking to talk to someone with more experience in the hero department than I've got, and your secretary was kind enough to transfer me to you. I wanted to ask if the GoE knew of the incidents at the Sphinxonium these past few days. Two different Supers, Death Mask and Doctor Oz, as well as the Knights of Revelation all converged there at around the same time on the same day. It struck me as a bit odd that our local super group wasn't there given the attention that these groups were giving the museum. I and a couple of other of my fellow B-list supers managed to handle it with some difficulty, but I just wondered if the GoE was aware of the situation.

Also, given that I have my re-test for the GoE in two weeks, I was wondering if you have any pointers on what I could do to do as best as possible. I scored a 120% last time, but they said that was a software fluke; so I'm not sure if I've got what it takes or not and I thought you could give me a tip or two, being a near lifetime member of the GoE.

Persuasion: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25
Holy persuasion skills, Batman! Apparently this is my gig.

Baker looks the clock on his PDS.
Crap. Still another few hours before I get off work...

His thoughts are cut short by the voice on the other end of the phone. Making sure he won't be overheard,
Hello there, this is Risen Fate speaking. Your receptionist transferred me through so I could talk to someone about the events at the Sphinxonium the other day. I'm glad I got you, Kid Kinetic--

Gonna wait to see what I know about this guy before finishing my sentence.
Expertise Superhero on Kinetic: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26

Let me know if there's anything I may be able to help acquire.

Persuasion for Marissa: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25

To the GoE lady:
Could I please get the members of the GoE patrol team so that I know who I am directing my information to when I contact the police? I want to make sure it goes to the correct place, after you've been so helpful.
Persuasion: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20

I'll accept Tex's invite after writing a short script to play the online cattle market for me.
Expertise Computers: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12
Meh, don't particularly care how well the script works, we'll see if it'll even buy me a cow or something, haha.

Making a set of stylish communicators shouldn't be too difficult. I call in a favor from a friend in R&D who is able to run my designs through their prototype fabricator relatively quickly in exchange for a digital copy of the most recent season of the popular TV show "Survivor, Las Vegas."

They fit snugly over one ear and will transmit and receive up to a mile away at a simple mental nudge.

At lunch, I call the number I have to contact the Guardians of Earth, making sure to take necessary precautions to restrict my phone access, To see who I can talk to. I give them my confirmation number to schedule a re-test and let them know that I have the number of a very good IT specialist who would have no problem taking a look at their software to fix any bugs in the system if they need it. After that, I ask to be transferred to someone I can talk to about the museum incident.

(While waiting on hold I accept Tex's invite on Splatbook and send a PM to Marissa:

Hey Marissa, sorry to hear about you not being able to go to your concert... that really bites. Looks like we've all been kind of unlucky lately. Maybe you and I could see if there was something else playing on a different day to go to?

I will certainly let you know when they are done. That, and when the base is done might be a good time to meet again.

Also, if we're going to be a team, we'll need a better means of communication. I think I have something that will work. I'll keep you all posted about that.
I'll cover the cost of the comms with my limited EP

Ok, i'll see what I can dig up in the next few days. Professor Nile, any idea how long it will take you to have this base idea up and running? Besides, I've got a regular job an all that'll keep me busy for a few days.

Ok, now that we've got that all settled, we have some things to consider.

Baker looks to the group and pulls out his PDS and activates the mini-holo; a useful tool for showing overly complex tech procedures to a non-tech savvy clientele. Baker pulls up a notepad file on the holo and starts ticking off items to the group.

I've been writing down some questions I've had about this whole occurrence that I think we really need to look at. First off, Why take the Eye? I agree with Emit that it is highly coincidental that three different supers would all make an attempt on the museum at the same night at the same time. What's so special about the eye? We need to know more than what we've been told so far; maybe Archy at the museum or Mrs. Madelyn knows more. Furthermore, what do we know about the man who took it and what did Death Mask want with it? Was he just a hired gun, or did he have a personal stake in it? That and i'm sure we haven't seen the last of him, he got away last time...

Baker frowns at the memory.

Another thing I would really like to know too is why did none of the major supers show up? Maximum Silver and the others. Was this just a small-time job, or did they not know or even care? I'll do some digging on that one, I have someone I can talk to who may know more.

Baker looks around.
Those are my major thoughts and concerns. Anyone have an leads, answers, ideas, or things they would like to share that I can add to the list?

No reason to sit around costumed up for longer than necessary. I push my luck on a regular basis as it is.

Baker looks back at Joe.

Is that enough to convince you, Mr. Fankenburg? And you may not go seeking trouble, but I find, as I'm sure you do, people of our disposition tend to have that sort of trouble find them. I asked you all here because I believe that working together will help us both in the hassle of our normal lives and also to put four minds on the questions of the museum and the trouble caused there, rather than work separately.

Baker smiles at Joe.
I see you are a very skeptical man, Mr. Fankenburg. Very well. If visual proof is what you need, allow me to show you.

Baker takes a moment to turn into Risen Fate.

You got your facts straight, Mr. Nile, Risen Fate is my other half. I can tell you that story some other time though. For now, suffice it to say that I am most certainly in.

Mr. Nile, to ease your concern, Ron there in back is an old friend of mine. A good one. He'll keep to himself and he's shut down the shop a bit early so we can have a bit of a private meeting. Seeing as it is my choice of location, I hope you don't mind me taking a bit of a lead on our conversation. As for why I've asked you all here, I've noticed you all have some innate...let's say interesting talents; me included, that I would like to discuss. But first---

Baker heads over to shut the late-day sun shades.

---I've brought you here because I hope I can trust you.

Baker looks at Emit.
Mr. Nile, while I know realize there is no love lost between us, however, I've seen what you can do, I understand why you do it, and I respect you for it.

Looking to Joe.
Mr. Fankenburg, all I know about you is that you would put yourself in harms way to protect others and that you seem to be a devout man of God. I have trusted you with my life once before and you trusted me with your secret. Mr. Fankenburg, I will do so again.

Looking to Ellie.
You're different than these two. I know nothing about you other than what I saw you do before handing you my card and would like to know a little bit more about your personal character before I proceed. If it helps, I'll tell you a bit about myself first.

He pulls up a chair to face the group and sits down backwards on it.
I'm from a ways up state and came down to Maximum city because I'd heard that being an IT specialist down here would pay well especially if I could land a job at Anvil Industries or Robocorp. Luckily my grades were good enough and I had a knack for getting the job done right first try. Anvil wanted to hire me, but Robocorp offered better incentives. I moved in, started work and have been working the IT gig for a few years now. Works good, but it's hard making a difference in the world when you're always behind the scenes. I want to change things, you know? Stand for something. Make my parents more proud than by just being a code monkey for the rest of my life. I was hoping that Robocorp could help me there, but things have kind of stagnated in that regard. I want to be someone, to not being boring old Baker. I want to be noticed, to make a name for myself, to prove that he I am just as good or better than those around me... but it's been a hard climb.

Baker sits back.
I want to hear about you, Ellie, before I share more.

He looks at the others.
And I expect to hear some from you both as well. I want to see if what I know is or isn't the whole story.

Hey, have a doughnut or an espresso. I've asked Ron to make some kosher stuff for you Mr. Joe, and we're just waiting on one more.

I'm going to see if there's any left over bits and spare parts that the techs may have broken or discarded. A lot of the time they get rid of something simply because one of the pieces of it doesn't work quite how they want it, but it's cheaper to just scrap it and design a new part. I'll check around RD-101 and RD-105 since I don't have a whole lot of time during lunch, and see if I can't piece together more of what they were working with in 105.

Technology: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22
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Fast Forward. (i suppose I'll be playing this in two parts for now until the RD section is done, then I can concentrate solely on our meeting at Ron's Donuts

Baker walks into the doughnut shop ten minutes early to make sure everything is set for their meeting.

Hey Ron! Glad the espresso machine is still chirping away happily, you do make one mean cup, and I'd hate for you to give up the title of "Best Cup of Espresso" to those guys down the block.

He sips on the cup gingerly, enjoying the delicious chocolate, vanilla and coffee flavors.

No, I haven't asked her out yet. Girls are tricky, you know? One minute you think you have them figured out, and the next they're going for the guy with the shiny-er holo-projector. I don't know what to do with her, it's like I'm invisible! I can't catch any kind of lucky break with her!

Baker walks with Ron to the corner booth.

Thanks again for letting us use your shop as a meeting place. You've got the best gossip in town. Anything new I should know about? I've got a few minutes before anyone gets---
Baker is cut off by Emit walking through the door.

Uh... guess my watch is slow. I'll catch up with you after our meeting Ron. Could we get a round of donuts and caps? And please make sure one of them is kosher please. I've got a friend coming who follows that stuff.

Hey Emit, booth is this way.
Baker points him over and waits for the rest to arrive, while continuing to chat with Ron.

I can agree to that change, it makes skill points put into things like my profession more beneficial. And on that note, I think I will reroll.
reroll with luck: 1d20 ⇒ 18 + 7 = 25
Much better. So that's a +4EP and an additional +1EP for covering for Lorenzo?

Baker reads his inbox news feed.
Koala-man? Well, I guess that's no worse than the Man-bat of a few years ago... Supers are taking some strange new ideas now a days...
Glad none of us got busted for that Sphinxosium stuff, that could have been bad! Oh, and it looks like the PowerMillions Jackpot is up to $60million, guess no one won it last night.

Baker smiles to himself with the thought of what he could do with all that money.

I think i'll take my lunch break to head down to R&D and see what those guys have been cooking up lately.

Baker grabs his lunch and heads for the elevators.

John, I'll handle building the comms devices, you spend your points on something fun :)

Expertise Computers: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
Balls.

Glad you also thought about the ear-phones, I had the idea but didn't post soon enough XD

After sleeping like the dead, Baker wakes up and takes some pain meds to fight off the hangover like symptoms of getting his butt handed to him, and heads to his regularly scheduled shift.

At lunch he sends out a mass text to Emit, Joe and Elli's phones:
This is Baker Scott. Meet me at Ron's Donuts at 4pm, we've got some things to discuss. Ask Ron for the private room, he'll be expecting you.

and then calls Ron to borrow the back room of the doughnut shop for an after work "business meeting." Seeing as this isn't the first time Baker has used it, and he always pays well for his doughnuts, Ron agrees.

Man, if we're even considering being a team, we need some sort of communicators... cell phones don't cut it and can be traced... wonder if I can borrow the R&D department on a late night to work on something... I'll bring it up at the meeting.

Yup, reports...right.
Just one more thing I need before heading home...sigh

Let's get going and get that taken care of, eh?
Baker leads the way to the car so he and Marissa can drive back to the office.

You drive, I can barely stand after fighting my way out of that madhouse...

After seeing that Marissa is coming to and doesn't seem to have anything noticeably wrong, Baker quickly makes his way over to Elli.

In a whisper: Hey, some crazy stuff has been happening today and by the look of what you were doing with your hand, it seems you've been drawn into it.

Baker pulls out two copies of his card and a pen,
Here, take this-- and hands one of the cards to Elli to keep.
--and write your number on this one. He hands her the second card and the pen.
I'll be in touch, I have some things I'd like to talk to you about and I have some other people who might be interested as well.

Baker heads over to Marissa before any more attention can be drawn to his encounter with Elli.

Interesting... looks like there's another super in the mix...
What happened there? Marissa, are you alright? How about the rest of you?

Maybe we should call it a day, it has been a long one... and I think I need my day off...

Read it wrong, I thought the holo-core WAS the gem. Also, will we be getting a chance to rest up soon? This many bruises plus exhaustion is taxing...
Perception: 1d20 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 - 2 = 16
I see nothing except the trippy LSD light show.

Sanity: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (12) + 12 = 24

Don't like the sound of scary, spooky consequences...

Now why would Death Mask be wanting to steal the holo-core...?

After changing, Baker walks up to where Madelyn and the others have gathered to talk.

Mrs. Fourmer, have you seen Marissa? I've been looking everywhere for her! She hasn't been answering my calls and there have been supers running around all over the place! What's going on?

Joe and Emit, in case you missed it, I got ahold of Joe on cell phone while you were getting to the final room. Each of you block off a door leading back into the museum, Doors to rooms 8 and 10, that way the only door left is the one leading outside. When you flush the villians out, i'll have sent Risen Fate there to cold-clock our friend D.Mask.

Perception via camera feed: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
Yea, I'm too busy with other things to notice anything going on in the tour group.

A quick call to Emit,
god, we need some sort of bluetooth communicators if we end up being a team...
Hey, if you can block off any of the doors to the museum and force D.Mask out the side entrance to the room you're in, I can have a friend waiting out there for him.

Baker changes into Risen Fate, opens the loading dock door and flies out to the "Fire Exit?" door on the side of the last room in the exhibit, waiting to take down any of the goons (specifically D.Mask) that come out the door.

Having access to the cameras, and knowing which guard D.Mask was masquerading as, can I see if I have a good picture of his face? Further more, does the museum keep contact information on each (or most) of its guests (especially for an event such as this), so that I could feasibly find that database and access all of their phone numbers and assume they have the capability to receive picture messages? And finally, can my PDS access the general alarm to the building and/or the fire alarm?

In general, hit me with the skill checks!

Once Emit and Joe teleport out, i'm going to head back to the basement stairs to get out of the nerve-gassed basement so I can figure out what to do.

If nerve gas is going to continue to be a thing, I think we might benefit from "borrowing" a set of gas masks from the WWII exhibit...

Refresher on what Bruises do again? I couldn't find it in M&M...

COUGH
COUGH
Yea,
cough cough
Sure thing.

Fortitude Save: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16
Fortitude Save: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Balls.
Using a luck reroll on that second roll...again. Everyone can reroll that one again.
1d20 ⇒ 8 => 18 + 1 = 19
I succeed.

Once clear of the gas, Baker taps into his PDS again.
Through the stiff, macabre grin that is creeping into his facial muscles, Baker attempts to turn off any potential alarms in the system.
Expertise Computers: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25

What the heck, was that some sort of nerve gas?!

Fortitude: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 14
Fortitude: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Gonna use a luck point on that second roll there, and anyone else who wants to reroll 1 of their rolls counting the roll as an 11 - 20 can do so.
reroll with LP spent: 1d20 ⇒ 15 + 1 = 16

Let me know when I get my hero point for that, please :)

I'll be fine here. Before you go, I'm going to assume you have cell phones? Put my number in there so you can contact me if needed. Baker gives his number.

Get going, i'll stay in the area here at least.
When they port out I want to see if I can pull up a schematic of the building basement. I want to know what exits there are to the basement (vents included). If I can't I'll make a quick tour of the basement to locate and then seal off all but the entrance we came in by.

I really hope I can trust these guys. They seem like they're good, but i still should keep an eye on them, just in case. And once we seal this place off, we shouldn't let them have all the fun, should we Ithran? Baker mentally smirks.

I'm going to use my PDS to get a visual from the cameras on where Timeline and Joe are porting to, so I can keep track of what's going on up there, and hopefully keep an eye on their movements throughout the museum.
Expertise Computers: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

That doesn't sound good.
I go to check that out. Carefully.

Yea, I must be a bit shaken up after that whole dino ordeal still...
Nice rolls!
Baker stands back to try and settle his mind.

Let's see what Hammer Industries has for security measures on this furnace.
Baker plugs his PDS into the terminal.
Expertise Computers: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8
Expertise Computers: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8
Expertise Computers: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
Expertise Computers: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16
Expertise Computers: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

Hmm, lots of low rolls there... three above 12 though... I'll keep these I think, we'll see what happens.

I can give it a shot. Do you see any control panel around here?
Baker wriggles back out of the shaft, brushing dust off his suit.
Man, I should have taken the jacket off first... and the main question right now is: who is this guy? Also, I suppose what is this D. Mask up to, was he working with Dr.O, and where is Arty? GAH! Too many questions! Too few answers!
perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

From inside the air duct,
Yea, I think that's the name of the security guard I bumped into at the desk and told to go help Madelyn... And careful dude, this thing is tight!

Baker gives the rope a tentative tug.
I think I can get it loose.

Haha, "D.Mask" Oh the puns! The puns, they burn! Haha

From inside the air duct:
What's the name that you peeled off of that name tag?

Hey guys, I've got something to show you on my PDS. I've set the specific event on a loop and you should take a look at it while I try and reach into that duct.

As for this guy--

Baker nudges the man with his foot.

--he doesn't look recently incapacitated...but that's all I really know about the subject, I'm really not sure what to look for other than what I've seen on some of those Discovery Channel specials... Either way--

Baker prods the body aside with his foot to better access the vent shaft.
--let's give this a shot.
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

Hey one of you two, give me a hand if you would, this is a really tight fit and it looks like I need to get back into mobility training...

Still looking at the tapes, hopefully whoever put him in there will show up on here soon. Does he need medical attention?

Still checking video feed, i'll help with other things if needed, but that's where my concentration will be otherwise. I will at least head over to that area so I'm still in the area though.