>>27450268

>[ ] Write in.
"You never know. Sometimes, your blessings can become curses when you least expect it."

Captcha: blessings toryouro

>>27450268
>>[ ] “I’d rather not be a homeless pariah, actually.”
We have our Homeless X-Men team, after all.

>>27450268
>[x] Write in.
"We don't need powers to be invisible for them, honestly. They never did care much for us hobos, anyway."

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"Can't a man wish just wish for a place to feel safe relax in?"
>[X] “I’d rather not be a homeless pariah.”

>>27450472
I really should read before I post.
>"Can't a man just wish for a place to feel safe to relax in?"

>[X] I'd rather not.
>[X] Write in.

“You never know.” You respond, a hint of bitterness edging into your tone. “Sometimes, your blesses can become curses when you least expect it.”

He doesn’t shift. He doesn’t even make any indication that he’s listening – not that you’d even know what he was thinking, anyhow, what with his face being visually off-limits. There’s just a sense of silent, unwanted scrutiny that Creeper carries around with him wherever he goes. But you’re not gonna just go agreeing with this loathsome scumbag for the sake of it.

“And, to be honest, I’d rather not be a homeless pariah.”

He titters way too loud, like dice clacking over a board. “If you’d stuck with me, we might’ve done a thing or two about that.”

Liar. Probably. You wish you could see his face.

“Why did you want to see me, Johnny?”

>[ ] “I miss your dulcet tones and classy deportment.”
>[ ] Tell him you’ve found some of the stolen Jack.
>[ ] Tell him you’ve found the thieves.
>[ ] Write in.

>>27450544
>>[ ] “I miss your dulcet tones and classy deportment.” (Sarcasm, HO!)
>>[ ] Tell him you’ve found some of the stolen Jack.

>>27450544
>[ ] Tell him you’ve found some of the stolen Jack.

>>27450472
Wow JJ found a nice hat and some classy new threads. Lookin kinda detective too. This must be his later years as JJ Green of X-Factor.

Rolled 10, 9 = 19

>>27450544
>[ ] “I miss your dulcet tones and classy deportment.”
>[ ] Tell him you’ve found some of the stolen Jack.

Woo Hobo Quest!
>>27450544
>[ ] “I miss your dulcet tones and classy deportment.”
>[ ] Tell him you’ve found some of the stolen Jack.
might be best to avoid mentioning the thieves for now.

>>27450564
>>27450635
>>27450660
Tell him he's got a golden radio voice too.

>>27450544
>[x] “I miss your dulcet tones and classy deportment.”
>[x] Write in.
"But, seriously, we got business to discuss"
Never show your cards.

>>27450544
>>[X] “I miss your dulcet tones and classy deportment.”
>[X] Tell him you've found some of the stolen Jack
"I believe this belongs to you. The rest of it should have been found near the Church your men chased the perpetrator."

>[X] Sarcasm.
>[X] Jack out of the box.

“I miss your dulcet tones and classy deportment.”

Why are you being so mouthy, you wonder? This guy is terrifying. But, you guess, you’re pretty much insignificant to him. He’s part of the exceptionally extended Fisk family now, standing in the considerable (both figuratively and physically) shadow of the Kingpin. You’re a dirty homeless clown to him and it doesn’t matter what you think or say.

Either way, he just chortles a bit. And snakes his arm over your shoulder, which honestly wasn’t the response you were hoping for at all. Time to get down to business. Last time Creeper got touchy it resulted in the three or four most uncomfortable minutes of your life so far.

You reach into your coat and withdraw the two little bags of pills, setting them down on the wood between you.

“I believe this is yours.”

There is silence for a moment, and then he shifts ever closer, and pats your shoulder in manner that is far too familiar for your liking.

“Oh, Johnny. Johnny boyo, you sure are golden.” Yeah, okay. That’s nice, you guess. “Where’d you find it, Johnny?”

>[ ] Tell him about Noriko and Kevin.
>[ ] Tell him you encountered one of them but they got away.
>[ ] Tell him you found it hidden somewhere (write in).
>[ ] Write in.

>>27450774
>>[ ] Tell him you found it hidden somewhere (write in).
Didn't Noriko have a stash somewhere? We just mention some place near there.

>>27450774
Tell him we found it near where Noriko went electro-nuke, leave out the part about her being there and us helping her.

>>27450803
this

>>27450803
Also don't mention her name, just the fact you where close to some electric exploding, seemed likely a mutant on Jack was involved.

>>27450774
If we try to tell a not truth, will we need to roll for a bluff check? If so, I'd consider:
>[ ] Tell him about Noriko and Kevin.
but make sure to mention what happened to the rest and that we are willing to find some way to pay him back. (we are willing to pay it back, right?)

Wasn't the point of this to strike up a deal to make them stop chasing surge and Kevin.

Stop being so chicken shit /tg/.

>>27450800
>>27450803
>>27450817
Roll me some bluff.

>DC17
>-1 modifier for it not being what you've planned

Rolled 15 + 1

>>27450823
then show him the static fingers trick,

and ask if an od on jack has vaporized any one before and transferred powers

remember the bigger the more crazyer the lie the more believable it is also freaking out from gaining a new power is good enough excuse for the lie responses, we will be giving off if he has the super senses to detect them.

>>27450881
what did we plan?

Rolled 13 - 1

>>27450881

>>27450774
>[X] write in
"Your men probably have found the rest of it near the church I presume?"

Do not give a straight answer immediately.
"The way I acquired this is exactly why I needed to talk to you directly."
"You see, the two whom stole these from you shat their pants after hearing whom it actually belongs to."
"You can probably guess that afterwards they wanted out of the hole they've dug themselves into."
"Which is why I'm here."

Rolled 5 - 1

>>27450881

Rolled 3 + 1

>>27450881

>>27450887
well, we're doomed

Isn't our objective here to manage to get the two kids on the clear?

>>27450881
plan I didn't know we had a plan we should probley stick to that.

Guys what the fuck are you even doing?

We were supposed to be working out a deal, not becoming buttbuddies with creeper.

KARMA POINT!

>>27450986
Yea, why are we purposefully trying to bullshit him?
I mean that would be some fucking drastic change in character if we sold them out now.

Can we get a retcon on the bluff thing unless we can get an explanation on why we're doing it?

>>27450986
Chickening out, apparently. Which, to be fair, is perfectly in character.

>>27450986
well come up with some dialog what do we say?

>>27450905
Just do this.
Gets the point across.

>>27451008
Yea, but we punched this guy earlier didn't we?
We were showing more defiance with our sarcastic comments as well.

Why did we suddenly shit our pants?

>>27450887
>>27450895
>>27450907
>FAIL

You lie. Goddammit, you practiced this shit in your head and this is not how it was supposed to go, but Creeper wasn't there when you made the decision to strike a deal. And now he is.

“Well, uh, there was this explosion not too far from there, you know? A blue light and shit? I was in the area, so I took a closer loo”–

You find an interrupting finger suddenly on your lips. You freeze – your whole body locks up for a second, like it’d give anything to turn to stone right now, and suddenly there’s adrenaline pumping, pumping, pumping, running wild through your veins and your brain and everywhere. Shit, shit. Shit.

His hand trails its way down your coat, and your eyes follow it. Eventually it comes to rest on your thigh, and you notice that while you were watching he must’ve picked up the Jack, ‘cause it’s gone.

“Johnny, I really do like you.” He’s closer now. He’s breath is pooling under your hood. “So I’m going to tell you right now that if you’re about to lie to me, and I figure that shit out, two very large men are going to drag you into a van. They’ll take you to somebody’s basement and strap a bunch of electrodes up in some very unpleasant places and that will be that. Do you understand me?”

You nod. Yessir.

>[ ] Keep going with the lie.
>[ ] Tell the truth.
>[ ] Try to work the truth into what you’ve already spilled.
>[ ] Write in.

>>27451091
>[X] Tell the truth

Let's do this, but with less confidence now that we're scared.
>>27450905

>>27451091
>>[ ] Try to work the truth into what you’ve already spilled.

>>27451091
.
>[ ] Try to work the truth into what you’ve already spilled.


"that was one of them blowing up " *zap zap with our fingers* found the other one living in a whole, hears your drugs and now here we are...so...

>>27451110
The time to show more confidence is now, don't Fucking give us negatives justbecause.

Man the fuck up JJ and do what we came to do.

>>27451091
>>27450905
Fucking this.

Take a deep breath and man up for fucks sake.

>>27451091
What >>27451110 said. Don't ride us in deeper.

>>27451232
That's the reveal why were here response, exactly what we want to do.

>>27451091
Goddammit.

[X] Tell the truth. We found the kids, they gave up what jack they had and are willing to pay Creeper back and we came to work something out!

>>27450831
>[]Tell the truth
include
>make sure to mention what happened to the rest and that we are willing to find some way to pay him back. (we are willing to pay it back, right?)
captcha: into maderos

>>27451091
Aw, fuckit. Hit him with the truth. The kids needed the Jack to keep from killing folks with their powers, after all.

>[X] Truth
>[X] Write in

“Look, I’m trying to tell you that I found your thieves.”

He knows. He knows you tried to bullshit him. You can just fucking feel it. But he’s not doing anything yet, just hanging over you like a crow over a shiny bauble.

“A-anyway, I told them exactly who they’ve crossed, and as you might expect, they pretty much shat their pants.”

“And? Where are they now?”

“Yeah…” You draw in a gulp of cold air. “That’s not why I’m here. I’m not here to hand them over to you. I’m here because they want to make it up to you.”

His posture changes. You’re not sure, but you think he might actually be surprised. Little Johnny Green, standing up for someone else. You don’t blame him.

“Oh? And what are you, then? Their lawyer? You’re here to argue their case?” He practically hisses into your hood, leaning in closer, closer. “This isn’t a courtroom, boyo. They’ve stolen what’s mine and I want it back. And if what you’ve given me is all that’s left, then I want something more from them.”

>[ ] “I’ll get you money. With interest.”
>[ ] “I’ll do a job for you. One last job.”
>[ ] Write in.

>>27451396
>>[ ] “I’ll get you money. With interest.”

>>27451396
>[ ] “I’ll do a job for you. One last job.”
Why we didn't just skip town I'll never know...

>>27451421
wouldn't do that. Might be something really scummy.

>>27451396
Money, with interest. Trying to go legit, after all.
If that doesn't work:
One last job. Try to get out, and get pulled back in.

>>27451421
We can't skip town 'cause we're mutie scum. We legally can't.

A job.

Come on, you know well meet spidey or punisher.

>>27451483
That could end badly for us

>>27451505
Maybe not as much with Spidey. He might recognize us.

Two votes for Money.

Two votes for Job.

Tiebreaker, please.

>>27451483
Or have to beat some poor fucker to death and burn his house down

Now theres still the problem that we have no idea how to get all that money legally so we would at least know what to do.

>>27451396
ask about a job, but if it's... disagreeable, go for money

>>27451546
money them junkey kids need jobs too now

>>27451577
>writing

>>27451546
Offer money first, if he doesn't go for it, do a job.

>>27451590
We don't have ways of acquiring that much currency unless we steal.

Although we totally could do that easily.

>>27451629
Really we're going to be stealing either way.

>>27451693
True or he'll send us to grab some rival dealers so he can take them to his van.

>>27451546
>[X] write in
No creeper, here's the deal. You walk away. You let it drop. You tell people you've killed the people who stole from you and you present bodies to support that. you should have them on hand. Because if you don't......If you don't I'll probably do something monumentally stupid that will get me killed, but I promise it will be flashy, attention grabbing, and most of all embarrassing to you. People will see you're not able to keep control of things. People like Mr. Fisk. And what happens for you then?

>>27451734
And then he shoots us.

>>27451745
We don't have the tank powerset, we can't do it.
Besides, as soon as we walk away, he's gonna send much, MUCH more people after us than he already has.

Before it was business, after stunt like that it would get personal.

>>27451734
He can probably disappear us before we get to that point.

>>27451773
No, I mean he shoots us as soon as the "You let is drop." hits his ears.

>[X] “I’ll do a job for you. One last job.”
>PART 1

You know what he wants. He wants blood or he wants money, and you can’t afford to spare much of either. What else do you have other than that? You have a crummy second-hand stove and some lumps of chicken. You have an alright coat. You used to have some hi-tech dart gun thingy but you lost that shit on account of some very rash (hindsight, 20/20) decisions.

“I’ll do a job for you. One last job.”

He’s stiller than usual for a moment, but his breath sharpens. Was he waiting for this? Hoping for it? Or did it just take him off guard?

“You’d do that for me, Johnny? You’d do that for little ole Creeper?” His hand moves from your shoulder to your collarbone. “I’m touched.”

Them. You’d do it for THEM. But you don’t give the thought voice, and instead keep business going smooth.

“You have anything in mind?”

“Oh, of course.” Creeper chuckles greasily. “I’ve always got something lying around for a boy with your kind of talent. Firstly, though, I’m thinking two.”

“Two?”

“Two jobs, not one.”

“Wait, what, no”–

“Two souls on the line, boyo. Understand, I own those kids.” Urgh, seriously? You forgot just how ridiculously loathsome this guy could get. “When they stole from me they became mine. And you are buying them from me. Two human souls.”

>PART 2

You stew in a pit of ineffectual rage for a moment, but you have to give him a response eventually, and you might as well investigate the idea. Not like you have many other options.

“What would you want me to do?”

“Well,” for the first time in minutes, Creeper lays off a little, lounging back over the bench, drinking in a swig of cold NY atmosphere. “I can’t say I have two jobs lined up for you right this moment, but I do have one issue your talents could provide some real help with. It’s just a teeny little bit of larceny. There’s an item I want – well, technically, an item Fisk wants. I’ve known its whereabouts for a while but I haven’t had the means to get my hands on it.”

>[ ] “What is it?”
>[ ] “Who would I be stealing from.”
>[ ] “Actually, I can pay you. Paying sounds better.”
>[ ] Write in.

>>27451824
>What is it
>Who would I be stealing from

>>27451803
Mephisto isn't gonna like this. The bartering of human souls is his domain. I expect demons to start popping up like flies.

>>27451824
>>[ ] “What is it?”

>>27451824
>What and Who.

Offering to pay would just get a chuckle and "Too late to back out, boyo."

>>27451824
"two jobs? ans something Fisk can't just take, fuck that's gotta be a big deal...

>>27451869
Not important enough for him to handle personally, it seems, since Creeper's making it seem like he's been assigned to get it.

>>27451903
try and get a gun/cash out of creaper to help us get the job done.

>>27451824
>[x] write in
"You're going to have to give a bit more specifics."
"Is this breaking and enterering or am I to snatch an item carried by someone's person?"
"Is there a plan ready, or will I be left to my own devices?"

>>27451824
>[ ] Write in.
Also, do half and half.
One job plus getting some money

>>27451824
>[X] "Who do you want me to steal from?"

>>27451903
Alternatively, he's not stupid enough to go after it himself (remember that Creeper still shows up on surveilance cameras)

>>27451824
what and who

>>27451946
Creeper's basically a manager working under Fisk. He didn't have a good worker under him for the job and it's to risky for him personally. So he's going to get us to do it.

>>27451824
>[X] Write in
"Something FISK himself wants, but hasn't gotten?"
"That's... quite disturbing actually."
"Something so disturbing that it feels like that if I succeed in this, the second mission is going to be bigger than I can chew."

>[X] What?
>[X] Who?
>[X] Write in.

“You want me to steal something that Wilson Fisk can’t get?” Your tone is probably far too derogatory for his liking, but you don’t care. You think you might have been struck dumb by the sheer absurdity of this shit. “You want a hobo to steal something that the motherfucking Kingpin of Crime cannot get his huge-ass hands on?”

“I didn’t say that, did I?” answers Creeper, with the condescending tone of a schoolteacher. “There are very few things in the world that Mr. Fisk cannot acquire. This isn’t one of them. But I don’t want him to acquire it. I want ME to acquire it and I want to be the one to present it to him.”

So Fisk doesn’t know? Fisk and his exhaustive net of ninjas and mobsters and everything in-between? You guess Creeper does kind of have the perfect power for overhearing crap that anyone else would never get close enough to.

“What is it?”

“Psht, just some – just some Egyptian thing. It’s a tablet. You didn’t hear it from me, but Mr. Fisk is a surprisingly suspicious guy. He loves this hokey crap.”

“Okay.” Not what you were expecting. “And who has it?”

“Guy called Mister Negative. Triad affiliate, one of the few guys in the city that doesn’t pay up to Mr. Fisk. He keeps it in one of his properties, under heavy lock & key. I’d go in myself, but my powers only account for the human element, y’know?”

>[ ] “Mr. Negative sounds like a supervillain name. Are you sending me after a supervillain?”
>[ ] “When do you want it?”
>[ ] “Where’s this place?”
>[ ] Write in.

>>27452063
>[X] “Mr. Negative sounds like a supervillain name. Are you sending me after a supervillain?”
>[X] “Where’s this place?”


Dammit, we are a complete fucking chump.

>>27452063
>[ ] “Mr. Negative sounds like a supervillain name. Are you sending me after a supervillain?”
>[ ] “Where’s this place?”

>>27452063
>>[ ] “Mr. Negative sounds like a supervillain name. Are you sending me after a supervillain?”

>>27452063
>[ ] “Mr. Negative sounds like a supervillain name. Are you sending me after a supervillain?”
>[ ] “Where’s this place?”
ask if he has any useful intel about the place (guards, cameras, etc).
and if seems doable:
>[ ] “When do you want it?”

>>27452063
>>[ ] “Mr. Negative sounds like a supervillain name. Are you sending me after a supervillain?”


>[ ] “Where’s this place?”

and what can you get me to help out with?

>>27452085
That we are. It's not like we're going to convince him to drop this, so we're like a bad Robin Hood. Stealing from the supervillains to give to the. . . other supervillain.

>>27452063
>[ ] “Mr. Negative sounds like a supervillain name. Are you sending me after a supervillain?”
>[ ] “When do you want it?”
>[ ] “Where’s this place?”

>>27452124
At least it's for a good cause? Not that the cops'd see it that way. We're mutant scum, after all.

>>27452063

>[ ] “Mr. Negative sounds like a supervillain name. Are you sending me after a supervillain?”


>[ ] “Where’s this place?”

anything else worth grabbing when I am there?

>>27452185
Yes, because THAT is a good idea.

>>27452063
Just thought of THE most important thing.
>How big is this tablet?
Because we don't want it to be spotted floating in midair.

Rolled 11, 1 = 12

>>27452063
Also ask about the second job, and since you don't feel good about this

>>27452215
If we can stick it under our coat, we can turn it invisible with us, if it's something we need to carry, he's gonna need to get a team to move it.

Also, we need to ask him if we're doing this alone.

>>27452223
He said he didn't have a second job ready yet.
Still, if we pull this off, we can guarantee it's gonna be hard.

>>27452192
What? We need the money and we are stealing from a supervillain from what it sounds like. If we can get away with one thing another isn't *that* hard

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>>27452215
Perfect gif for this.

>>27452233
Yeah, we probably need a get-away ride.

>>27452257
Hey man, just let me show you my face for the entirety of this video, I swear I'm not stealing anything.

>>27452244
>Stealing from a supervillain.
>Thinking stealing more is easier.
>More chances to trigger alarms, taking longer than necessary, what to do with it afterwards, etc.

>[X] “Mr. Negative sounds like a supervillain name. Are you sending me after a supervillain?”
>[X] “Where?”
>[X] “When?”

“Mr. Negative sounds like a supervillain name. Are you sending me after a supervillain?”

You really don’t like the odds there.

“Psht.” Creeper chortles. “I’m a supervillain. You were a supervillain, technically, back in the day. Supervillains are overrated. It’s not like he’s Doctor Doom, he’s just some shmuck that fell over backwards into superpowers and thinks that makes him a big man. Shit, you haven’t even heard of him, have you?”

That’s not very comforting, but it is true. Uncomfortably true in some places.

“Where is this place?”

“Upstate. Don’t worry, the boys’ll drive you up there. They'll get you in and out.”

“And… when do you want it?”

“Whenever you’re ready.” He half-laughs. “Though, bear in mind, if you’re not ready by tomorrow night I’ll be very disappointed a liable to replace your eyes with your balls.”

>[ ] “I can do it tonight.”
>[ ] “I can do it tomorrow night.”
>[ ] Write in.

>>27452269
Probably better for him if he could go invisible like us.

>>27452294
Tomorrow, get time to prepare (and time to get a get-away ride set up by him, or at least a drop-off and safe house).

>>27452294
>>[ ] “I can do it tomorrow night.”

>>27452294
>I can do it right now.

>>27452294
>>[ ] “I can do it tomorrow night.”

>>27452294
"You know, 'by tomorrow night' would have been an easier way to say that."

We're signed up to distribute papers both tomorrow and the day after. Perhaps we should do it tomorrow night so we can sleep the day before and make sure we're awake enough to do both?

(Steady cashflow is good, yo, and it's bad juju to screw that up after that dude did us a solid)

>>27452294
>>[x] “I can do it tomorrow night.”
time to prep and maybe ask Laura for help

>>[x] Write in.
"What kinda gimmick does Negative Nancy have?"

>>27452294
>>[ ] Write in.
so whats his power set?

>>27452294
>[X] Write in
"How long would I have before the job have if we do it today?"
"I need to stack up on some carbs before we get this thing underway."

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>>27452348
Oh god, we're scheduling a heist on a supervillain AROUND our paper route. We have to tell this to Creeper, just for the reaction.

>>27452353
I don't think we should drag Laura into this, it just seems wrong. We're handling this like we said we would.

>>27452348
>>27452294
almost forgot about that. good point.
>[ ] “I can do it tomorrow night.”
>>27452353
>>[x] Write in.
"What kinda gimmick does Negative Nancy have?"
We didn't bring Laura to this meeting so she wouldn't get caught up with Creeper and crew.

>>27452294
tonight. right now in fact. no point in risking leading creeper back to the kids before we get this done with.

>>27452353
I think we ought to go with this.

>>27452406
>>27452401
Just mulling it over. It'd be nice to have her with us in case we botch the job deep in Negative's hideout.

and naturally we don't force her.

>>27452430
It'll be easier for us to sneak in than her, plus we need her to guard the others (since she can smell Creeper). Plus her bartending job might conflict with the schedule.

>>27452294
Tomorrow, don't want Laura trying to track us down ans catching kingpins attention.

>[X] “I can do it tomorrow night.”
>[X] Write in.

“Tomorrow night, then.”

You need time to prepare yourself for this. You’re potentially facing off with a supervillain – a lame supervillain called Mister Negative (the fuck man, really?), but a supervillain nonetheless. God, you hope this isn’t going to be the next trend in your life. Supervillains.

“Seven ‘o’clock sharp, boyo. And I should come pick you up from…?”

“Here.” Yeah, no, he’s not getting your address. “What, uh, powers does this Negative Nancy guy have?”

He shrugs.

“Eh, stuff, y’know. I think he’s strong. Really, though, he shouldn’t even be there. He’s got better things to do than sit around watching his stash, boyo. Men like him and I have responsibilities. Boxes to tick. Obligations.”

Yes, of course, how silly of you. They have responsibilities. Like threatening to torture hobos to death. Gotta tick dem boxes.

>[ ] “Well, I’ve got stuff to do, so, y’know…” Fade out and leave.
>[ ] Ask him why Fisk wants the tablet so much.
>[ ] Ask him how he heard about it.
>[ ] Write in.

>>27452572
>>[ ] Ask him how he heard about it.
>>[ ] Write in.
also make the offer to do this one job and find a way to pay back half of the lost sum

>>27452572
>[ ] Ask him how he heard about it.
>[ ] “Well, I’ve got stuff to do, so, y’know…” Fade out and leave.

>>27452572
>[X] “Well, I’ve got stuff to do, so, y’know…” Fade out and leave.

Rolled 9, 1 = 10

>>27452592
This

>>27452572
>[ ] “Well, I’ve got stuff to do, so, y’know…” Fade out and leave.

>>27452572
>[x] “Well, I’ve got stuff to do, so, y’know…” Fade out and leave.

we'll meet here, at the park.

>[X] Leave.

“Well, I’ve got stuff to do, so, y’know…” You stand up, shaking off Creeper’s invasive hand and wrapping your coat in tight.

“Are you going to vanish now, Johnny?”

“Yep.”

So you do. You slip away into the nether of invisibility, that cold, clear sense of separation slipping over you and clothing you in comforting nothingness. You look back, and Creeper is nowhere to be seen. Figures.

You hit the path as soon as possible, the intent on leaving a distinct lack of discernible footprints, and make your way out of the park, into the concrete netting of NY. You loop and dawdle a bit, knitting a haphazard, unpredictable path through the streets and alleys and even a few roofs, before coming upon a main road and stopping to consider where life is taking you.

>Hunger Level: 3

>[X] Go home.
>[X] Root around the scar for a bit. You said you’d try and find some shit for Kevin to work with.
>[X] You’ve been considering a circuit breaker for you and Noriko. You could buy one or try a junkyard.
>[X] Maybe you should get some info on this Mr. Negative guy. But where would you even start? (write in)
>[X] Write in.

>>27452822
>[X] Root around the scar for a bit. You said you’d try and find some shit for Kevin to work with.
>[X] You’ve been considering a circuit breaker for you and Noriko. You could buy one or try a junkyard.

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>>27452822
>>[X] You’ve been considering a circuit breaker for you and Noriko. You could buy one or try a junkyard.

>[X] Write in.
Did that fucker try to slip something on us? check clothes for missing objects or something added. Senses for anything he might have smeared on us.

Rolled 13

>>27452822
>>[X] Go home.

>>27452822
>>[X] Root around the scar for a bit. You said you’d try and find some shit for Kevin to work with.
>>[X] You’ve been considering a circuit breaker for you and Noriko. You could buy one or try a junkyard.

>>27452861
Do a paranoia check, too.

Casual lurker here. We are leaveing Laura out of it when we go, right?

Rolled 3, 19 = 22

>>27452868
This

>>27452868
Let's roll with zis.

>>27452900
That depends if Noriko manages to get over her withdrawal before that.
If she doesn't, we gotta have somebody watching her.

>[X] Stuff for Kevin.
>[X] You’ve been considering a circuit breaker for you and Noriko.

You check yourself quickly, a sudden image of Creeper chortling smugly while his unnoticeable self stows some kind of bug on you. You don’t find anything, but you’re glad you tried. The thought might have given you a very brief heart attack had it occurred to you back at the scar.

The day is yet to die. Might as well do something to cheer you up after that loathsome encounter with Creeper. And does anything cheer you up more than rooting through trash for little gems of capriciously discarded utility? Yes. Yes, many things cheer you up more than that, but seeing as you promised Kevin you’d find some crap for him to work with and Noriko really needs something to practice on, it’s the option with the best cheer-to-pragmatism ratio.

Jeez, you feel like a single parent. You hope you and your sister were never this much of a handful.

You know the general area, and it doesn’t take you long to find Ericson’s (that’s Ericson the cranky junkyard general, not Ericson the phone mogul. You don’t know that second guy). It’s the largest junkyard you know to exist in this part of the city, and a fenced-off nightmare of protruding metal spires and ruined electronics. The sun is dipping and the cold is starting to set in, but you can get in and out quick enough.

>[ ] Climb the fence.
>[ ] Look for a way under the fence.
>[ ] Invisible it up and go through the front gate.
>[ ] Write in.

>>27453063
>Stride in with all the invisible confidence of a mutie that just walked away from Creeper.
>Invis, front gate.

Rolled 20

>>27453063
>[ ] Write in.
Ask if you can go in and look around the junkyard?

>>27453063
>[ ] Look for a way under the fence.
and turn invisible, too

>>27453063
We've got decent agility right?
Might as well put invisibility on and climb over.

>>27453025
I would rather she not have to get all murderous on our account. Us using her like kimura seems a bit immoral to me, even if we have the best intentions.

Plus I would rather have her watching the others in case creeper tries to screw us while we're gone.

>>27453092
Probably getting to or past closing time. And we're mutie scum.

>>27453063
Invisible and over the fence. With a cool backflip

>>27453112
Probably too loud that way. Invisible mutie scrabbling over the fence might attract attention.

>>27453123
Same here.

>>27453123
Hmm... yea, I think we shouldn't bring Laura into this after all.
It's not good for someone who has little common sense to get caught up with what we're about to do.

>>27453063
>[ ] Write in.
>Invisible it up and Climb the fence
we haven't used our powers much at all today. We're going to need the practice for Mr. Negitive also no power use, no upgrade points

>>27453171
>>27453153
>>27453112
Roll me some Agility.

>DC12
>+1 agility bonus

Rolled 5 + 1

>>27453181

Rolled 7 + 1

>>27453181
1d20, right?

Rolled 19 + 1

>>27453181

Rolled 11 + 1

>>27453181

By the way, once we get the next X-point, we totally should put it into getting the ability that allows us to walk on walls.

1st lvl of Adhesive touch

Rolled 10 + 1

>>27453181
Kung fu action

>>27453213
whew

>>27453213
Bollocks.

You have no idea how much I was looking forward to you and your boosted agility failing to climb a fucking fence.

>>27453216
A man can dream,
a man can dream

>>27453231
Hahaha
Do we backflip over it or something?

>>27453213
Oh thank god.

>>27453216
Yeah, this. But there's obviously going to be the phase cult making their push again.

>>27453215
Even if the 19+1 wasn't there, we'd have gotten a bare minimum success.

>>27453231
Not just a fence. Our low roll would have awoken Darmoth-ine! The unclimbable! Thus ushering in a new age of darkness

>>27453243
Damn right. Tonight's the night.

>>27453243
Hey, if we get 2 points, I'm all for getting both.
It's just that wallclimbing just works so well with our invisibility that it's a must have.

>>27453243
While I'm a member of the phase cult as well, I still think that phasing needs adhesive touch before it can be utilized to it's full potential.

>[X] Fence.
>[X] Invisible.

You know what? You spent all morning playing super tag over the rooftops with some kind of mutant secret agent girl. You think you can handle a fence.

Fading out just to be on the careful side of things, you slip from visibility and make a short run up, digging your boots into the wire rungs of the fence and pushing off. You scale it ridiculously easily, practically flying over the top and coming down light on the other side. God, you are one slick motherfucker sometimes. Mister Negative isn’t going to know what didn’t hit him and actually went right past him and took all his stuff (hopefully because he’s not even in the city and you’re not going to be within a hundred yards of the guy).

You barely made any noise, but you freeze up for a second anyway, letting a few seconds tick by before you’re certain that nobody’s coming to check for looters and/or annoying troublemaking kids. They pass uneventfully and you straighten up, strolling on into the mesh of piled-up wreckage.

>[ ] Look for the circuit breaker first.
>[ ] Look for anything with biodegradable crap on it first.
>[ ] Tick this box if you wanna stay invisible.

Still against getting phasing. Too OP

>>27453381
>[x] Tick this box if you wanna stay invisible.


>[ ] Look for the circuit breaker first.

Rolled 12

>>27453243
But we don't know any mutint with phasing ablities? I thought we we're going with a theme?

>>27453381
>[X] Look for the circuit breaker first.
>[X] Tick this box if you wanna stay invisible.
Biodegradable crap is easy to find.

Rolled 8

>>27453381
>[ ] Tick this box if you wanna stay invisible.
>[ ] Look for the circuit breaker first.

We can always look for stuff he can break down at any time, Noriko is more specialized.

>>27453394
It matters not for the phase cult. They've been pushing it from the start. We made a theme connection after realizing our power choices coincided with characters we've met. Happy coincidence and all.

Rolled 5 + 1

>>27453381
>[ ] Look for the circuit breaker first.
drop invisibility, but keep an ear out. It'd suck if we wondered around invisible 'till we had to stop, then someone found us.

>>27453434
We're on a paranoia binge, plus our invisibility needs a workout on duration. It's good practice this way.

>>27453381
>[X] Look for the circuit breaker first.
>[X] Tick this box if you wanna stay invisible.

Once we find it, we toss the circuit board over the fence and pick it up later.
Then we get some biodegradable crap, do the same and then return the way we came.

Throw me a Salvage roll, guys.

>DC12

>>27453479

Rolled 2

>>27453479

Rolled 14

>>27453479

Rolled 14

>>27453479
rollin

Rolled 11

>>27453479

>>27453498
That could have gone better.

>>27453501
>>27453506
And so it did!

Rolled 2

>>27453479
Can we get a bonus from hobo life?
Also, D12 not D20 right?

>>27453571
Pretty sure it's d20 unless stated otherwise. But good point about hobo-searching skills.

>>27453601
Just that it said
>DC12
not sure if that means requirement for success or the actual dice.

>>27453571
D20.

DC is how high you need to get to score a success.

>writing

>>27453632
Ah ok, thanks for clearing that up then.

>[X] Look for the circuit breaker first.
>[X] Invisible.

You decide to stay off visual radar for now.

There’s no real rhyme or reason to the piles of scrap sloping over the landscape, so you just dig in, making your way up one of the nearby loads and turning over whatever you can. The snow and the cold don’t make it a simple endeavour, but you’ve never let them beat you before, and you’re not gonna let them beat you now.

You’re trudging your way between an assortment of totalled cars and what appears to be a radiator heap when something between all the folds of faded metal catches your eye. You jog up to the assorted auto-wrecks and peer inside one of the windows. Sure enough, someone’s carelessly dumped a load of electronics in there, including – you think – a circuit board.

Perfect.

You’re getting a slight pressure at the back of your head, like you used to do when you spent to long faded out, but it’s not too bad yet.

>[ ] Look for biodegradable stuff
>[ ] Leave.
>[ ] Tick for invisibility.

Perception check, guys.
>DC15
>+3 modifier

Rolled 5 + 3

>>27453779

Rolled 13 + 3

>>27453779
>[ ] Leave.

Rolled 15 + 3

>>27453779

>>27453790
>>27453814
Do you guys have actions you wanna tick?

>>27453779
>>[ ] Look for biodegradable stuff
>[x] Tick for invisibility.

Rolled 12

>>27453779
>>[ ] Leave.

>>27453779
>[X] Leave.
>[X] Tick for invisibility.
Totally forgot about the snow, we're probably leaving a clear trail all over.

Rolled 9 + 3

>>27453779
>[ ] Tick for invisibility.
>[ ] Look for biodegradable stuff

Rolled 6 + 3

>>27453790
>>27453830
>>27453830

leave

>[x] Tick for invisibility.

>>27453836
>>27453832
We should pick up biodeg. stuff in a place where it's not as risky, plus it's easier to carry it back if we find it closer to home. And really, any sticks, wood, paper, cotton, etc. will work.

>>27453814
>Success

>[X] Leave.

Your jolly elf ears twitch, and you pick out the steady patter-patter of footsteps not far behind you. You perk up, focusing your senses, and you catch a whiff of warm, fresh saliva – and fur, and raw meat. That’d be the pair of bloodhounds Ericson keeps close. He must be checking out a suspicious noise or something.

Snatching up the circuit board, you scurry off, making your way around the offending noises and finding your way to the front gate. As expected, Ericson’s not there, nor can you see him through the windows of his trailer. You make a speedy escape and disappear into the city.

>[ ] Home.
>[ ]Search the scar for Kevinstuff.
>[ ] Research on Mister Negative. (write in how)
>[ ] Write in.
>[ ] Tick to stay invisible.

>>27453992
>>[ ] Home.
>>[ ]Search the scar for Kevinstuff.

Rolled 18 + 3

>>27453992
>[ ]Search the scar for Kevinstuff.
I think we'll be okay now.

>>27453992
>>[ ]Search the scar for Kevinstuff.
>[x Tick to stay invisible.

>>27453992
>[X] Home.
>[X]Search the scar for Kevinstuff.
>[X] Stay invisible just a little longer, then drop it when we have a chance to do so unnoticed. Push our limits!

>>27454086
This
btw, do we have food back home or do we need to grab some?

>food
Good idea but don't we have hobo rations and more chicken livers to cook at home?

>>27454161
I'm pretty sure we picked up groceries before meeting Creeper.

>>27453992
>[ ]Search the scar for Kevinstuff.

>[X] Home
>[X] Search
>[X] Invisible

You head home.

Maybe you’re letting paranoia get the better of you, but you’re not so sure that heading back in plain sight is such a great idea. You still can’t get Creeper’s little attempt to coax out your current location (if that is what it was) from your mind. You hold your cloak tight and try to stay invisible as long as possible.

By the time you reach the outlying ruins, its 19:45, and your head is pounding. That steady little prod at the back of your brain has grown into a battering ram. You try to keep it up a little longer but you just can’t, and you pop back into visibility as you enter the scar. Through the buzzing in your head you vaguely recall that you were meant to look for something for Kevin and veer off in… some direction, whatever, there’s gotta be stuff all over the place.

>Hunger Level: 5

Roll a D20 for Salvage again.
>DC15
>-3 modifier for pushing your powers too far

Rolled 13 - 3

>>27454316
Uh oh, I think we might have overdone it guys...

Rolled 20 - 3

>>27454316

Rolled 10

>>27454316
hmm, we'll need to eat in a while

>>27454353
Hot damn.

Rolled 3

>>27454353
apparently we didn't

>>27454353
MAD SKILLS.

>>27454342
But yeah, we should probably rest after getting Kevin's stuff. Don't want an aneurysm from trying to invisible too hard.

>>27454353
Hail to the conqueror whom returns from the killing fields with his bounty.

>>27454410
Amen to dat.
Take it easy until the mission, load up on carbs.

>>27454439
maybe we should find a all you can eat chinese food place
surprised we no one has though of going to an all you can eat earlier

>>27454495
Can we find a cheap one for hobos? And can we sneak food out?
>>27454439
Probably a good thing we have a healing rank.

>>27454495
That's a good idea at this stage.

>>27454528
Yea, that healing is definately a good thing to have.
Otherwise we could be too exhausted to actually perform tomorrow.

>>27454353
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZz3y6r-5H8

>>27454353
>Too Much Success

It dawns on you soon enough that you’ve no idea where you’re going, but it doesn’t really matter. You feel like the cold is slipping in under your hood and setting down roots in your brain. Things blur back and forth in the edges of your vision, slipping softly on by, vague, contextless.

You find yourself in front of the busted-up furniture castle you met Kevin in. Perfect. Chair legs and shit. You wipe a fleck of something that smells like copper from under your eye but that’s not important ‘cause you gotta find this stuff chair legs and stuff you gotta get up in the morning there’s work and more work later. Your head buzzes. Buzz, buzz, goddamn, that’s fucking annoying.

It’s not hard to find something made of wood in a furniture store. Pretty soon you’ve got more crap than you can carry. In fact, you’ve got so much that you keep dropping it. And having to go back. And dropping it again. And going back…

Your head spits and crackles, like fire, like lightning. Fire, burning, roasting, spreading. Why’d you have to hold the up banana automobile lilac so long?

You sit down. You’ve got the stuff for Kevin, mommy. You did great. Your life is great.

Your head buzzes. She tucks you in.

You sleep.

Buzzzzzzz.

---------------------------------------------------------

>THREAD 09: END

>Congratulations! You’ve gained an X-point! X-points can be used to purchase new mutations or upgrade existing ones! I’ll post the full list of available mutations shortly!
>Congratulations! You’ve pushed your powers so far that you can no longer see straight!
>Congratulations! You’ve made a deal with the devil!

>>27454649
store the X Point

I'll second this.

There are three types of powers you can purchase in Homeless Mutant Quest! CORE POWERS, which are the bread and butter of your powerset, SECONDARY POWERS, which are additional abilities or powers from other sets that are also appropriate to yours, and TERTIARY POWERS, which are powers only tangentially related to yours. All can be purchased and levelled, but Tertiary Powers can never be maxed out. Powers have five levels… except when they don’t.

The powers currently available to you are:

CORE POWERS:
>Invisibility Lvl4
>Enhanced Senses Lvl3

SECONDARY POWERS:
>Enhanced Agility Lvl1
>Claws & Fangs Lvl1
>Adhesive Touch Lvl1
>Pheromone Manipulation Lvl1
>Envenomed Touch Lvl1
>Paralytic Touch Lvl1
>Vampiric Touch Lvl1
>Electrostatic Touch Lvl2
>Light Armour (scales) Lvl1
>Phasing Lvl1

TERTIARY POWERS:
>Enhanced Strength Lvl1
>Healing Factor Lvl2
>Medium Armour (carapace) Lvl1

You have one point to spend. First level powers cost one point, second level powers cost two, and so on. The exceptions are your Core Powers, which cost one less than usual.

>>27454649
bollocks

the others will worry now.

also store the point

>>27454649
Adhesive touch for gods sake

>>27454667
As much as I want to do so for next Senses level, Adhesive Touch or (god forbid) phasing might actually be useful for next mission.

>>27454678
Or I would have seconded >>27454667 if the link we're broken...

Rolled 6

>>27454683
>Adhesive Touch Lvl1

>>27454683
>Enhanced Agility Lvl1
we are going to be breaking and entering shortly, also this would be helpful when we try to flee from danger while invisible.

>>27454683
For the last fucking time
>Phasing Lvl1

>>27454683
dang, I was hoping the invisibility marathon would get us another X Point. Ah well.

Rolled 8

>>27454683
Oh god, I hope that was Noriko or Laura that tucked us in.

Also we are soooo going to be late for work tommorow

>>27454649
Shit, Laura better get us up for work in the morning...

Also, I can't believe you guys tried to lie to the low grade Tele-Freaking-Path Mobster! Seriously, how did you not see that ending poorly?

>>27454683
>>Enhanced Agility Lvl1
please

Next thread will either be Monday or Thursday.

Pig disgusting twitter will help keep you new guys updated. https://twitter.com/CrustyJay

If you got any questions, I'll be round for a while.

>>27454722
nah worst case is that we get a hangover
well be fine

>>27454683
>Adhesive Touch Lvl1

Must keep the theme going

>>27454722
I hope we actually got back to the apartment before we stopped being coherent. And conscious.

>>27454738
why do you hate twitter so much?

>>27454741
But Peter isn't a dirty mutant like us? Should it really work that way? Do we seriously acquire new powers through the one true power - the power of friendship?

Yes we do!

>>27454708
>same fagging myself
we also seem to do a lot of semi-agile running away, or things that i would think are affected by agility (fence climbing, toll booth jumping, dodgeing bullets)

>>27454683

>Enhanced Agility Lvl1
I got the fealing we going to need to run soon.

>>27454738
Think we're ready for a vote counter time?
Adhesive Touch vote, also.

>>27454763
I think the theme being referred to is "lizard elf".

Guys
We're breaking an entering to steal a slab. Don't you think Phasing might come in handy?

>>27454774
Agility's for parkour-flippy-mobility, Speed's the run stat.

>>27454784
Eh, that works too. Though shouldn't we end up developing a detachable tail as a secondary mutation in that case?

>>27454683
FOR FUCK'S SAKE WE'RE BUYING PHASING DEAR CHRIST ALMIGHTY GOD DAMN WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO CONVINCE YOU ASSHOLES.

>>27454784
>>27454741
don't you think agility would work better?

>>27454763
He was mutated by a radioactive spider, ergo he technically is a mutant by the definition of the word, just not one born with the X-gene.

>>27454758
I don't even know anymore.

Something to do with social media being the devil?

>>27454806
Kitty Pride making a guest appearance?

>>27454796
we are already invisible, i just don't want to fall on our face while trying to escape

>>27454806
its a shit tear power, that we cant use with our sneaky ness why do you want it so bad?

>>27454824
this could make me understanding getting it

>>27454683
Aw, missed the thread. Whelp, as I promised last time here's my obligatory vote for Phasing.

Okay guys.

Post 1 to store.
Post 2 for Adhesive Touch.
Post 3 for Enhanced Agility.
Post 4 for Phasing.

>>27454857
1

Rolled 9

>>27454796
Since Spider-man have increased aglity will it fit the theme?

>>27454857
2

>>27454857
4

>>27454849
I'm sorry, are you five years old or is that satire?

>>27454804
Not necessarily. I'd rather have eyes that can look in different directions.

>>27454829
Shouldn't be too much of a problem, depending on how we heal.

>>27454824
Wasn't one of the phaser's only reason for wanting phasing was that she's his waifu?

>>27454857
2

>>27454857
3

Uh just so people know instakill potential for phasing has been bumped to level 4.

>>27454857
3
or 4 if 3 dose not get enough

>>27454864
Of course it will, hell Laura probably has increased agility as well, just not very high.

>>27454857
4

>>27454857
4

>>27454864
I'd assume so. Pretty sure Laura also has slightly enhanced agility, so I don't think it even depends on Parker if you want to go for it.

>>27454879
As in, your potential to instantly kill someone, not its potential to instantly kill you. It can never do that.

>>27454857
>3

>>27454862
might as well vote for something useful. Looks like no one plans on saving up

3

Rolled 2

>>27454857
3

I'll go with three then

>>27454907
So you know, the vote isn't counted if you aren't using the format.

>>27454857
2

The phasecult is on the rise.

>>27454857
1

Voting closed.

Tallying.

>>27454944
Yeah, kind of silly since level 1 powers are pretty draining to use. Not exactly ideal for this mission if we want to use our stealth much.

>>27454944
Sorry pal, looks like the Agile Alliance is winning.

>>27454979
I will pay you money if you say Phasing wins.

>>27454857
4

Rolled 6

>>27454986
I wanted to stick with the power influencing theme and considering Parker and Laura have some form of enhanced speed it makes sense

Looks like we're going to be getting enhanced agility then?
Well, I have no problem with regardless of what we get.

All these powers are needed eventually.

Welp, Enhanced Agility takes it.

I guess it took longer for Parker's traits to appear due to... reasons.

>>27455014
i'd say that parker is rather agile actually

Rolled 18

>>27455014
Well we haven't seen him in awhile, so maybe that's why.

and only had minimal contact compared to the rest