>>27863346
>>[ ] You need to figure out what’s up with those kids. Try to sneak into the room in front of you.

>>27863346
>[ ] You need to figure out what’s up with those kids. Try to sneak into the room in front of you.
Telekenetic mutants in coma are a hell of a spook

>>27863386
>>27863391
Gimme a Stealth roll.

>DC14
>unsurprisingly, you have a +3 modifier here

Rolled 7

>>27863451

Rolled 4 + 4

>>27863346
Touch up with Kevin

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Rolled 15

>>27863451
Nothing to see here

>>27863469
Didnt mean to roll, sorry. Left dice in there from last time. On phone

Yay to predatorvision!
Question is, can we now see why kids love Cinnamon toast crunch?

Rolled 3 + 3

>>27863451
Dice

>>27863487
Because you're a crackbaby, Johnny.

I think we should have Kevin go back with the rest of the gang to tell them that you saw a ghost and there's two suspicious kids that you need to find out on.

Did we just manage to copy the ghost seeing ability?

Oh happy day!

>>27863470
>18
>excellent success

You can’t believe you’re doing this, but you honestly see no other way of getting into that room. If only your eyes hadn’t spazzed the fuck out – you’d have been able to just slide in beforehand.

You nudge the door inwards again, trying to simulate a loose hinge or a stray gust of wind or something. It creaks open and you hear an infuriated huff from within. The blonde woman rears up once again, her brow thoroughly vexed, and you swing yourself aside JUST fast enough to avoid a collision as she charges out the door.

“Jesus God Daniel, if that’s you…” You tune her out as she tromps angrily over the landing and slip inside.

Aside from the medical machines standing watch over the two children the room is mostly bare. There’s a chair sitting in one corner, likely for whoever has to watch them, and a set of curtains that you would presume hide a window. There’s certainly nobody else in here.

>[ ] Check the kids’ symptoms. Not that you’re any kind of medical guru.
>[ ] Look around for anything out of place.
>[ ] Check the window. You guess someone could get in that way.
>[ ] Write in.

>>27863587
>[ ] Look around for anything out of place.
HYPER PERCEPTION ACTIVATE!

>>27863587
>>[ ] Check the kids’ symptoms. Not that you’re any kind of medical guru.

>>27863587
>>[ ] Check the kids’ symptoms. Not that you’re any kind of medical guru.

>>27863587
>>[ ] Check the kids’ symptoms. Not that you’re any kind of medical guru.
Just if they're cold, if their heart rate looks like it's supposed to according to those TV Dramas. Et cetera.

Rolled 12 + 3

>>27863587
>[ ] Look around for anything out of place.
>>[ ] Check the kids’ symptoms. Not that you’re any kind of medical guru.

>>27863587
>>[ ] Look around for anything out of place.
Lets see if we can find the kid's patient charts.

Damn it, Crusty, if I wreck the work car because I'm busy questing, I'm totally blaming you.

>>27863749
Remember kids: DON'T Quest and Drive!

>[X] Check the kids’ symptoms. Not that you’re any kind of medical guru.
>[X] Look around for anything out of place.

You afford the room a cursory glance. There’s not much to look at, really. Four walls, a window, wallpaper, a buncha beds. You do notice, however, that there’s a spot near the corner on one wall where the wallpaper seems to have rotted away… or something.

You furrow your brow and reach out to touch it. What is that? A burn? Some kinda stain seeping through the wood? It could be either, really, but it doesn’t feel wet or really all too crispy. As you run your fingers across the mark, you come a tiny indent, like something used to be set into the wall there. Hmm.

You turn away and quickly check up on the kids. A dormant sense of unease creeps through you as you stand over them – you’re not exactly used to being the powerful figure towering over the helpless. Your experience is generally angled the opposite way.

You check their pulse, finding that it’s mostly even, but their flesh is exceptionally cool to the touch – much, much lower than it should be.

>Perception check
>DC13
>+1 modifier

Rolled 8

>>27863786

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Rolled 6 + 1

>>27863786

Rolled 14

>>27863786

Rolled 19

>>27863786

Rolled 19 + 1

>>27863786
just got done sacrificing my virgins

>>27863813
That third roll keeps pulling our asses out of the fire.

>>27863813
>15
>adequate I guess

As you draw your hand away, something on a boy’s arm catches your eye. Carefully, you reach down and pull the sleeve of his pyjama top back.

What… what is that, exactly?

There are six little marks spread across his forearm, the skin clearly raised in irritation. Bruises? They look like bruises, all dark and plump and vaguely sore. It’s almost like something got tipped on him and splattered outward – there’s one big, dark blotch and five parallel lines streaking over the width of his arm.

You frown and check the other kid. She doesn’t have it on her arms, but the mark is clear and present on her shoulder, arranged in the same little collection of bruises. The hell?

A set of heavy footfalls crumple your train of thought. Sounds like their carer coming back.

>[ ] Go find Kevin, tell him you found some shit.
>[ ] Check out the corridor.
>[ ] Stay there.
>[ ] Write in.

>>27863930
>>[ ] Go find Kevin, tell him you found some shit.
>[ ] Check out the corridor.

>>27863930

>[ ] Go find Kevin, tell him you found some shit.
>[ ] Check out the corridor.

>>27863930
>>[ ] Go find Kevin, tell him you found some shit.

>>27863940
Seconded.

>>27863940
This as well

So we've confirmed two thing.
Ghosts and kids with bruises.

>>27864007
Spider bruises.

>>27863346
pastebin.com/zFvxDsKi

>[X] Go find Kevin, tell him you found some shit.
>[X] Check out the corridor.

You make yourself scarce, passing the woman on your way back across the landing. As you approach the room Kevin is supposed to be turning upside down, you catch a glimpse of a small body of children being lead across the downstairs corridor, supposedly into one of the other rooms. You guess lunch is over.

You wait till they’ve very definitely passed by before opening the door and treading in.

Kevin is sitting on the bed, surrounded by pamphlets and papers, reading a book set into his lap. He looks up at the door with an almost comically guilty expression, his skinny frame tautening up to bolt. He sits there in silence before hissing out:

“…John? Is that you?”

“Yeah.” You reply.

“Cool, cool.” He sighs in relief. “This woman is crazy religious. She has a Bible on her pillow and like twenty books ABOUT the Bible under her bed. That’s pretty much the only interesting stuff in the room, though. No ghosts.”

He grins and tosses the book aside.

“Yeah…” You begin. “I think I may have found something.”

“Oh? Like, a…” He pauses, the sheer inanity of what he’s about to say probably clotting his words somewhat. “…a ghost?”

“I don’t know.” You admit. “There’s something going on, though.”

“Great.”

Leaving the room, you two head further into the building. You’re not really comfortable with poking around downstairs while all the kids are milling about down there. Maybe later, when everyone’s asleep, but not now.

The corridor is lined by a set of long, Spartan rooms filled with bunk beds. It would seem that each kid gets a bunk, and a dresser, and not much in the way of privacy.

>[ ] Look around in normalvision.
>[ ] Look around in heatvision.
>[ ] Write in.

>>27864197
>look around in heat vision
>then normal vision

>>27864218
Use both shift through them

>>27864197
>>[ ] Look around in normalvision.
>>[ ] Look around in heatvision.
>>[ ] Write in.
Do a quick look then heat, and then use our enhanced sense of smell and hearing for anything else we missed.

>>27864245
>>27864218
These two work for me.

>>27864197
>>[ ] Look around in normalvision.
>>[ ] Look around in heatvision.

>>27864197>>27864197
>>[ ] Look around in heatvision.
>>[ ] Write in.
Have kevin looked at the same time and aslo use our sense of hearing and smell.

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>>27864197

>[X] Look around in normalvision.
>[X] Look around in heatvision.

Man, this place is bleak.

You strain your eyes, trying to shift back into the heat-orientated vision you slipped into earlier. It doesn’t come easy, but after a moment of vague, exploratory effort you find your sight shifting into the infrared.

You pad down the hall, glancing across each room in turn. Most of the place is varying shades of blue and green, any warmer shades clinging to the radiators lodged into the corners. As you pass by one of the rooms, a mass of colder, brighter blues catches your attention and for a moment your jaw falls slack.

You tiptoe in. One of the beds is covered – absolutely fucking covered – in the mark on the kids. It’s everywhere. The sheets, the frame, the pillow… it’s even etched across the wall beside it, not in marker or crayon or any kind of stain, but in selectively cold spots.

You shake your head, banishing your thermal vision. To the naked eye, the place looks totally normal.

You resolve to take a look around with your mundane senses.

>Roll Investigation
>DC16
>+4 modifier

Rolled 6

>>27864493

Rolled 10 + 4

>>27864493

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Rolled 8

>>27864493
Amateur detective skills go

>>27864493

Rolled 4 + 4

>>27864493
Split up gang and search for clues!

Rolled 10

>>27864493

Rolled 4 + 4

So what do you guys want to do with any future x-points?
for level 1 our choices are
>Phasing( you guys have been fighting for this for 16 quest)
Can be used for escaping but it won't last long and you cant be invisible.
Somewhat bad for a level 1 power(later levels are good though)
>Adhesive Touch
Extra stealth and an all purpose ability.
>Pheromone Manipulation
It is pretty useless at level 1(since JJ can't control his emotions), but it has potential around level 3 and on.(this and phasing are argued to be the worse of the level 1 powers)
>Envenomed Touch
Its bascially poison and synergises well with our stealth build, and at later levels can be used to be immune to poison.
>Paralytic Touch
Its like a concentrated electric touch, but it doesn't harm and it is more for disabling people at longer times.(perfect for stealth)
>Vampiric Touch
It is bascially a quicker healing factor that can be used for offense, and perfect for grapling.
>Light Armour
Armour that can take small arms fire and it doesn't hurt agility.(high levels increase effectiveness) Great for when stealth is compromised
>Medium Armour
It hinders agility but has better protection(high levels increase effectiveness) great for when stealth is compromised and you don't mind the agility hit.

Rolled 3

>>27864602
Adhesive touch or Vampiric touch I say.

>>27864602
I'd say adhesive touch then save up for upgrades on other powers.

>>27864602
>Adhesive Touch
>Light Armour

would vote for either of these

Rolled 18 + 4

>>27864602
Level two options(if we bank)
>HEALING FACTOR
Quicker healing(all around good)
>ELECTROSTATIC TOUCH
Stronger touch.(basically a stronger taser which isn't bad.)
>ENHANCED AGILITY
We can actually walk on a rope with out rolling now.
>CLAWS & FANGS
Considered the most useless level 2 ability.
>ENHANCED STRENGTH
Extra strength is always good.
Level 3 options( like hell we will ever get this far.)
>INVISIBILITY
You can now make people invisible
>ENHANCED SENSES
Better senses around and now we can "find" the creeper.
>Phasing 1 &2
The only real option for phasing to ever get picked in a timely manner.

>>27864514
>not good enough boy
>you get sensory information but not investigative info

You root around, searching for any physical indicator of what the shit is going on, passing from room to room to room, but you discover nothing with your normal senses.

On a whim, you occasionally shift into the infrared, confirming that there is a second bed in the same state as the other. It doesn’t take any particular feats of gymnastics to conjure up a vague idea of whom they would generally house.

Interestingly, you also find the mark in one, isolated incidence upon the wall behind a third bed. Which doesn’t exactly fill you with much hope for the future.

Returning to Kevin, you abstain from relating what you’ve found immediately, instead informing him that you’ve checked the rooms pretty thoroughly.

>[ ] Tell him what you found.
>[ ] Head downstairs.
>[ ] Split up, you search [insert] while Kevin searches [insert].
>[ ] Write in.

Next post'll be a little late.

>>27864668
>>[ ] Tell him what you found.

>>27864668
>[X] Tell him what you found.

>>27864668
>particular feats of gymnastics

Mental gymnastics. God dammit.

>>27864602
Adhesive touch would probably be the most useful level one ability but I wouldn't wast the points on upgrading it.

>>27864668
>>[ ] Tell him what you found.
>>[ ] Write in.
Before telling him use our ears to get the general idea of who is near us.

>>27864668
>[ ] Tell him what you found.
>[ ] Head downstairs.

>>27864691
I can see it being awkward to use at level 1( this is mostly circumvented by strength though), but by level 2 and maybe 3 we can hang any where without a care.

>>27864668
>[X] Tell him what you found.
>"Hey Kev, you think Laura might find more than us?"

>>27864750
I wish that higher levels would make it go from simple sticking to walls to minor gravity manipulation. Sort of like our invisibility went from chameleon changing colors to actually bending light.

>>27864835
Yeah honestly i can't see it being put past level 3 and that is a stretch since level 2 covers the basic needs of the power, and also already having strength hurts the chances of even needing level 2 adhesive touch.

>>27864733
Seconded

>>27864835
Like making a surface walkable as if it were regular ground to anybody on lvl 5?

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>>27864668
Crusty does the hulk and tony stark exist in this world?

>>27864602
Phasing level 1 isn't that bad. It is more useful than the Touch powers at the very least:

Paralytic Touch only gets useful at Level 3

Envenomed Touch hurts people instead of knocking them out, and is thus horrible for stealth

Vampiric Touch is slow as hell at level 1 and only gives back "Stamina" instead of health until Level 3.

Basically, at Level 1-2 Electrostatic Touch can stand in easily for every other Touch power.

Phasing can at the very least get you through walls (a few seconds of phasing is enough for that), it can't kill you through telefragging and it makes you able to escape restraints.

And hey, if you are a real badass with good reflexes you might even be able to use it to defend from gunfire! Granted, Armor is better at this, but if we manage to get Phasing to three it is flat out better than any armor we can get at defense.

>>27865042
Read the earlier threads. Answers are there.

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>>27865075
Okay cool, did he say anything about the Xavier Protocols?

>[X] Tell him what you found.

“Hey, Kevin…?”

“Yeah?” He responds, no longer making an attempt at approximating eye contact with you.

You’re not sure how much of this makes sense. Maybe it’ll come together when you pass it along to someone else. Maybe it’s something totally mundane that you’ve overlooked, like… a really bad flu, or something. That leaves freaky cold sweat marks everywhere. Yeah.

“What would you say if I told you there are all these, um…” How best to describe it?” “…kinda cold areas sorta just dotted around the place?”

He glares at thin air.

“You mean cold spots? You’ve found cold spots all over the place?”

“Yeah…”

“Well. I guess that’s not creepy at all.”

You watch him glance from door to door. Yeah, if you put a dog next to him, he’d be a spitting Shaggy.

>[ ] Go downstairs.
>[ ] Split the search.
>[ ] Write in.
>(your conversation will continue)

>>27865095
I don't think so.

I could be wrong, however.

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>>27864835
lvl 1
>Hands and feet stick to thinks (only carry your own weight)
lvl 2
>Can move more freely but still crawling (can carry as much as you can lift)
lvl 3
>can walk/run on walls like walking on the ground
lvl 4
can stand on things that couldn't possibly hold your weight. like water
lvl 5
whatever your holding/people your touch will be pulled to whatever your standing on like it's the ground. you can drink a glass of water while standing on the ceiling.

>>27865120
>>[ ] Go downstairs.

>(your conversation will continue)

>>27865120
>>[X] Go downstairs.

>>27865120
>>[ ] Go downstairs.
>>[ ] Write in.
>>(your conversation will continue)
Use our hearing to get the general idea of where every one is before moving.
>>27865120
>>27865095
So do the protocols exisy

Rolled 8

>>27865053
Unless there's something behind us we need to protect.

>>27865095
They exist.

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>>27865095
Wrong image.

>>27865120
>[ ] Go downstairs.
"I think it's high time we left, we've confirmed that something strange is going on in here."

>>27865229
Well that sounds like a fun thing to make sure never gets stolen.

>>27865127
The problem with that is that it's no longer adhesive touch at that point.

While adhesive touch grants diminishing returns, I don't really mind it as some mutant powers just happen to be like that.

>[X] Go downstairs.
>[X] Write in.

You head to the stairs, reaching out with your senses. There’s nobody else on the top floor now, just you and Kevin – and, you guess, the two sleeping kids, though they barely make any kind of impression on your radar. You hear occasionally-spoiled silence downstairs – the occasional yelp, the occasional raised voice. Probably classes of some kind.

“So, uh… are you, like, religious?” Says Kevin, in hushed town. You frown invisibly. “I mean, do you believe in…”

“G-g-g-ghosts?” You Scoobify your voice as much as possible, chuckling a little. Apparently Kevin is just about aware enough of your position to nudge you playfully.

“Dude. But yeah, I guess so.”

You think back. God has been sort of a non-issue for the last few years.

“I dunno.” You conclude on, rather lamely. “My family was mostly Catholic, but we were pretty casual about it. I guess I’m supposed to believe in Purgatory or something, maybe. What about you?”

He shrugs.

“Never really given it much thought. My dad was Christian, but he never really… I’ve never read the Bible or anything.”

You progress down the stairs in silence. There’s no longer any noise emanating from the doorway to the right, which tells you that lunch is indeed through with. The large oak doors parallel to it is shut tight.

You could probably leave via the front from here.

>[ ] Leave.
>[ ] Check out the door on the right.
>[ ] Check out the lunch hall.
>[ ] “Hey, I don’t mean to be rude or anything, but… I kinda keep hearing you refer to your dad in past tense. I was just wondering…”
>[ ] Write in.

>>27865510
>>[ ] Check out the door on the right.
>[ ] “Hey, I don’t mean to be rude or anything, but… I kinda keep hearing you refer to your dad in past tense. I was just wondering…”

>>27865344
Its sure is a hole lot better than claws& fangs are.
Level 1: Small claws/fangs.
Can be used as a weapon, but has shitty reach and can be replaced with a nice or gun.
Level 2: Large claws/fangs.
Useless and unnecessary.
Level 3: Sharper claws/fangs.
Again a knife would have been better here.
Level 4: Harder claws that you can shoot.
So now they beging to be useful, but you have to spend 10 x-points.
Level 5: Claws that can be shot more often and can 'conduit' for other abilities.
Can be useful if we ever decide to use other power, but is still a huge waste.

>>27865510
>[X] Leave.

We can come back later when the inhabitants are sleeping upstairs. For now lets discuss our findings with the others. And don't ask Kevin about his father just now. Its really bloody obvious what happened.

>>27865510
>>[ ] Check out the door on the right.
>>[ ] Check out the lunch hall.
>>[ ] Write in.
Tell kevin to check the lunch room out while we check the door on the right.

>>27865524
Seconded.

I can't really think of anything better, though I think we should ask about his father nicely when we get out of here.

>>27865582
This works, and yeah its stupid to talk about that stuff now, maybe later.

>>27865578
>And don't ask Kevin about his father just now. Its really bloody obvious what happened.

Yeah, plus we shouldn't bring up bad memories in a guy who can corrode organic material with just a touch in an orphanage full of children.

>>27865510
>leave
>referring to your dad in past tense
>write in: I know what it's like to lose someone, if you need to talk about it.

>>27865637
This. I like this.
Except we're positive our spirit animal (big sis) isn't dead, we just don't know where she is.

>>27865637
>write in: I know what it's like to lose someone, if you need to talk about it.

I really like this.

>>27865672

I believe Anon is referring to our mother.

>>27865679
True. Also our dad did die early on, right?

>>27865510
>[ ] Leave.
Lunch is over, this room's gonna be filled with kids soon.

>>27865696
>Also our dad did die early on, right?

I know our dad is gone, but I don't know if he died or left us or something.

>>27865578
Seconding the fuck out of this, especially the part about NOT asking Kevin what happened to his dad. Given our sister/family issues I'm pretty sure JJ can figure out that is going to be a touchy subject to say the least.

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>>27865544
Fixed?

Level 1
>Small claws/fangs.
Level 2
>Larger Sharper claws/fangs.
Level 3 (human porcupine)
>Can make spikes come out of other places
Level 4
>Harder claws that you can shoot.
Level 5
>Claws that can be shot more often and can 'conduit' for other abilities.

>>27865834
Not the Anon you're responding to, but I do actually like the human porcupine scheme over shooting claws. I tend to think reloading the latter option ought to be a function of our healing factor rather than native to the Claws&Fangs power set.

>>27865672
Are we positive she isn't dead? I though we were just refusing to believe otherwise, which is very different from actually knowing that Joyce is still alive.

>>27865834
This would actually make claws better in my opinion with the only bad upgrades being level 2 and 5(if we don't have that many powers).

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>>27865834
>Can make spikes come out of other places

>>27865544
Yea, the claws are relatively crappy ability.
1st level is pretty much all you need from it as the two primary purposes we'd have to them are fulfilled.
1. Intimidation tool.
2. Capability to cut ourselves out of ropes or spiderweb or whatever even if we're disarmed.

As an emergency close combat tool, they're very poor in comparison to paralyzing touch, lightning touch and vampiric touch. ESPECIALLY vampiric touch.

That's why I think that the ability to shoot your claws ought to be moved down a bit to lvl 2, meaning that we essentially get a weak ranged weapon at that point as our claws are rather small and don't do that much damage until they're upgraded.

I just think that in the sense of progression it would be better to be somewhere along these lines.

Level 1. Small claws/fangs
Level 2. Claws can be fired, but due to their small size, they aren't exactly lethal unless you hit an artery or something.
Level 3. Claws are now larger and sharper, thus making them lethal against unarmored opponents.
Level 4. Getting hit by a claw is roughly equivalent to being hit by a crossbow, goes through standard bulletproof vests.
Level 5. Claws work as conduits to abilities.

>>27865931
It was strongly implied that she was our other character build, the only question is who was gonna be our 3rd build.

>>27865958
Nobody likes the guy with the barbed penis.

>>27865931
I was using "we" for JJ. But I think Crusty said she's still around somewhere as the STRONG homeless mutant. No idea who's the speedy build though.

>>27865972
What do you think of this idea.
>>27865834
Both your suggestions are really good.
And if implemented would make the power alot more desirable.

>>27866005
Crusty has been allocating their powers so my guess is that we are bound to meet.also with their creeper type friend.

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>>27866005
I'm guessing it has something to do with the vanishing food.

>[X] Leave.
>[X] Write in.

You haven’t exactly scoped the whole place out, but you know something’s up. You can return later tonight, when everyone’s all tucked into bed.

“So, uh, this whole conversation kind of got me thinking…” You begin, glancing at Kevin.

“Yeah?”

“Yeah.” You sigh. It’s not like he was being particularly subtle about it. Afterlife this, spiritual that, ghosts religion etc. “Look, I know what it’s like to lose someone, if you need to talk about it.”

A moment of awkward silence passes while he looks not-quite-at-you. Eventually, he smiles.

“Talking to you about this kind of stuff while you’re invisible is… really, really weird.”

“…Sorry.”

Edging open the front door, you leave in silence, Kevin casting a quick glance backward to make sure that nobody sees you go. From the outside, you just look like a pair of scrawny, dirty grunge teens, so you drop your invisibility. Which is a relief, honestly, because you’ve been holding it for quite some time and aren’t particularly up for a repeat of the last time you tried to really push it to the limit.

You glance around, and almost immediately spot the gang hanging around a little down the street, being all inconspicuous and stuff.

>[ ] Tell everyone what’s up.
>[ ] Go get food first.
>[ ] Go home first.
>[ ] Write in.

>>27866073
>>[ ] Tell everyone what’s up.

>>27866073
>>[ ] Tell everyone what’s up.
>>[ ] Go get food first.
These two work for me.

>>27866073
>>[ ] Tell everyone what’s up.

>>27865834
>Spyke
>disgusting.jpg

>>27865972
I could be convinced to change shit up in this direction.

>>27866051
Speedy hobo is stealing out food! We need to set a trap or catch the scent and track that bum down!
>>27866073
>[X] Tell everyone what’s up.
Probably don't leave for a snack break, because that immediate flip from 2spooky to "alright gang, let's hit Taco Bell!"

>>27866073
>[x] Tell everyone what’s up.
>[x] Write in.
ask Layla what she knows about the coma kids
>[x] Go get food.

>>27866102
I'm good with it and it actually makes a use out of larger claws.

>>27866102
Sounds good, but why do you think spike is disgusting?

>>27866073
>[ ] Tell everyone what’s up.
"Errr... Well, there's definately some weird shit going in there."

>>27866073
>Tell everyone what's up

And since we have an inside man At this joint
>Ask Layla if she knows about the two coma cases and who has the bed with all the cold marks.

Also, since we don't really want to keep standing around the orphanage where someone could spot Layla and cause us trouble:
>Head Home, grabbing more food supplies on the way. Also snag some more cooking fuel if we're getting low (doubtful).

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>>27866122
Speedy hobo eh?

>>27866102
Marrow wasn't much better

>>27866102
I'll change the pasebin the second you say so.

>>27865972
>crossbow
>goes through standard bulletproof vests

we do need a ranged weapon but the effectivness should be more like
Level 2. shuriken
Level 3. crossbow
Level 4. gun
Level 5. bigger gun
Level 5. full auto gun
Level 5. Claws work as conduits to abilities.

not sure about lvl 5

>>27866073
>[ ] Tell everyone what’s up.
>[ ] "Yeah, something is definetly fishy in there. In other news Laura, i am still gaining new powers as the plot demands. Its getting spooky."

Seriously, are evolving heat vision exactly when its about to become useful? What the hell?

>>27866274
>Gun
>They're our finger nails
I don't think so Tim.

>>27866298
In our defense, we had no idea that heat vision was going to do anything beyond tip us off when someone was about to stumble onto Kevin.

>>27865672
I am talking about our dead mom, anon

>>27866073
Oh, I've been meaning to ask. Is Dr. Strange and all the marvel universe magic weirdness still hidden away in the closet or are people just in heavy denial about to possibility of ghosts wandering around, messing with things?

>>27866298

Plus tell them about the bruises.

>>27866372
That's a good question...also, is the rampant existence of extra terrestrial life known in public.

How many masquerades have been broken?

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>>27866102
is this better? just because you don't like the character doesn't mean the power is bad.

>[X] Tell everyone what’s up.

You approach the group and join them in their being of the inconspicuous. Which seems to mostly involve standing in a sort of semi-circle and not saying much. Laura says something to Noriko as you get close, and she glances around before fixing her eyes on you. Caught your scent, you guess.

“So…?” Asks Noriko, smiling broadly. You notice that the SUV parked beside them has a slight radio problem, in that its radio has totally melted all over the place.

You and Kevin glance at each other.

“Err… there is definitely some weird shit going on in there.”

“I told you so.” Injects Layla, her tone pretty much as grating and pointed as you’d expected.

Noriko widens her eyes.

“What, really? Like… ghost stuff?”

“I… I don’t really know.” You admit.

Between you and Kevin, a good enough sequence of events is painted out for them, prompting a few ‘ooh’s and ‘aaah’s, primarily from Noriko. Once it’s all sunk in, Laura speaks up, staring at you from the back of the group.

“If you don’t know what is happening, what do you think is happening?”

>[ ] INSERT THEORY.
>what does JJ think of this shit?

>>27866148
He was just a super annoying character.

>>27866311
>>27866274
>>27865972

maybe make this a combo of claws&Fangs + Healing Factor?

>>27866372
Mystic Marvel is very much in the closest.

>>27866410
People know about Skrulls, due them trying to invade like twice.

>>27866410
I think aliens were mentioned in conjunction with The Scar (the ruin zone we live in), but I don't remember any real magic references. Just Mutants, Aliens and SCIENCE! type stuff.

>>27866420
a Mutant or something is doing something to kids. Do you know anything about those two kids in comas Layla?"

>>27866420
>>[ ] INSERT THEORY.
I think someone is pulling telepathic dickery

>>27866415
Oh, sure.

I will say that you've kind of unlocked something that allows stuff a little like this already, via the choices you've made.

>>27866420
"Maybe it's some asshole mutant trying to scare little kids? Maybe it's some kind of psychic manifestation of the two kids apparently in comas? Maybe it's a ghost? I'm really not sure."

>>27866420
>"There's a bunch of cold spots in the shape of the bruises on these kids."
>"Also I can see temperatures now, so that's a thing."
My plan is to crowd-source a theory because I don't want to say it's the work of ectoplasmic Americans (ghosts).

>>27866500

Seconded.

>>27866473
>psychic manifestation of the two kids apparently in comas
That ain't a bad theory. Maybe those bruises are their mutant symbol things. Like their version of our eyes.

>>27866420
>A mutant, alien or...something like a vampire I guess...is in there. Look, I know this is going to sound really weird, but did you ever read Dracula? Me neither, caught a kids tv version though and if you drop the blood sucking for just pulling life force out of kids through touch, it looks disturbingly similar.

>>27866500
thirded

>>27866420
Evil government experiment. It's the Marvel universe. When in doubt, assume evil government experiment. Hell, we've got an evil government experiment in our party. We're kind of an evil government experiment. The orphanage is run by the government, right? QED.

>>27866420
Theories:
Psychic mutant kids in a coma messing with the minds of everyone in the building.
Superhuman/Supernatural person/entity stuck outside of normal space and time trying to suck energy out of kids, enough to stabile in the physical world.
Old man Henderson in a rubber mask trying to spook everyone out of the house so he can claim a prohibition era stack of old bills and rare booze boarded up in the basement, and he would have gotten away with it, too if not for us meddling kids. Laura, it's a joke about an old cartoon about kids who solved fake ghost mysteries.
Also it might actually be a ghost, we need to do reasearch on the building. This means the library and public records...which are places we need to keep you guys (Kev and Nori) away from the computers and the organic paper.

>>27866420

> Whatever it is, it has to do with those two kids in a coma covered by cold spots, and the one bed that was also covered in them. I am guessing the kid in the bed might have some power that sucks out energy from what it touches. Doesn't explain the guy i saw, but its the best theory i have.

>Layla, do you know the two kids in a coma? Or who the bed covered in cold spots belonged to?

>>27866420
"Could be one of those comatose kids got telepathy or astral projection or something."
"Anyhow, I bet there's some form of mutant dickery about."
"There's also supposed to be some 'experts' coming, so I think we should take a look at what kind of folk they are."

>>27866553
This. Given their general state of being, maybe something is taking their life force? somekinda vampire? KARL LYCOS! ITS MOTHERFUCKING KARL LYCOS! maybe. idontreallyknow.

>>27866420
Before we give a theory, ask Layla about that bed covered in cold marks. We need to see if it belongs to a recent victim (one of the coma kids) or a potential perpetrator.

>>27866656
Good catch.

>>27866420
Crusty, did each set of those weird marks correspond to a palm, four fingers and a thumb?

Is JJ a highschool drop out or did he never go?

>>27866739
He was on the run by then.

>>27866739
Never went.

You scratch the back of your head.

“I dunno… I was thinking it was a telepath at first, but those cold spots were very real.”

“Telepathy is often accompanied by telekinesis.” Notes Laura. “A skilled telekinetic could be capable of altering temperature.”

“Okay. Maybe it’s the kids, then? Maybe they… double up or something?” You turn to Layla. “Those two I saw back there, are they related?”

She shakes her head.

“When I was there, it was just one. He’s called Alex. I don’t think he has a sister or nothing.” She squirms a little and rubs her arms, glancing back over her shoulder at the building. “He was in the same room as me. The face in the dark used to look straight at him at night. Then one day he just didn’t wake up.”

Well, that’s… exceptionally fucking eerie. Still, whatever this thing is seems to have started with this kid, and spread out from there.

“Maybe…” Noriko speaks up, looking at the floor and kind of flinching slightly, as if she’s saying something vaguely obscene. “Maybe he’s just awakened as a mutant, and he can, like, walk out of his body or something? Maybe he was looking at himself? He could be stuck out there, trying to get people to notice him.”

>[ ] “Well, they’ve got some ‘experts’ coming in later, so I’d like to stick around for that.”
>[ ] “That doesn’t account for the second kid.”
>[ ] Write in.

>>27866847
>>[ ] “That doesn’t account for the second kid.”

>>27866847
>[x] “That doesn’t account for the second kid.”

>[x] “Well, they’ve got some ‘experts’ coming in later, so I’d like to stick around for that.”

>>27866847
>[ ] “Well, they’ve got some ‘experts’ coming in later, so I’d like to stick around for that.”
>[ ] “That doesn’t account for the second kid.”
>"It would also be nice if we held the pow wow somewhere with slightly more heat."

>>27866847
>[ ] “That doesn’t account for the second kid.”

>>27866470
Wait we're an invisible electric hobo porcupine elf lizard. Since when? I'm pretty sure I would have noticed something like this.

>>27866847
>>[ ] “Well, they’ve got some ‘experts’ coming in later, so I’d like to stick around for that.”
>>[ ] “That doesn’t account for the second kid.”
>[ ] Write in.
Ask Laura if the experts could be her friends.

>>27866847
>"Good idea Noriko." Give her some props on speaking up, since she doesn't seem really confident while saying it.
>[X] “But that doesn’t account for the second kid.”
>[X] “Well, they’ve got some ‘experts’ coming in later, so I’d like to stick around for that.”

>>27866847
So are claws&fangs getting changed?

Maybe we could go get Peter and bring him in on this?

Kid might like a story about this.

>>27866847
> that doesn't account for the second kid
Also, did we just find Havok?

As much as I'd like to get to the bottom of this, I'm fine with us just not sending Layla home and noping out for now. Catching the food thief is another priority too...

>>27866847
>second kid...
>experts

>>27866959
A little meta gamey don't you think? He's just an intern and we don't know in character that's he Batman

>>27866847
If Nori's already melting car radios, it's time to get her home.

>>27866847
>[ ] “That doesn’t account for the second kid.”
There's also the fact that there was a mark by a third bed. Which is probably Layla's.

>>27866983
But we may need a dispensable meat-shield.

>>27866983

Remind me what Peter does at the Bugle, since my plan might have some holes in it.

>>27866847
"By the way, do you happen to know a dude called David?"
"When I opened the door when invisible, she thought that there was a dude called David in there."
"Also, did the face look like *give description of the dude who you saw at the end of last thread*

>>27867004
Unpaid intern. Mainly we support and assorted bitchwork I think.

>>27867004
He takes pictures of insect men.
Although he said that he is more like a glorified intern.

>>27867025
>>27867043

Then ignore my plan, since I was gonna suggest he do an article or some shit.

Stupid idea.

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>>27867071
The days of boy reporters are long gone

>>27867071
Yea, no he doesn't actually write anything.
I mean I'm not particularily well versed with comics, but I'm pretty sure Parker was strictly a photographer.

I tried to get into comics at one point, but the fact that they swapped continuities so often started confusing me.

>>27867016
Yes. This too. We need more info about that dude, too many guys can disappear around here. That was our first shtick.

>>27867103
Technically, Billy is Anchoring there, not reporting.

>>27867016

Seconded.

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>>27867128
You're right! What a scoop!

>[X] “Well, they’ve got some ‘experts’ coming in later, so I’d like to stick around for that.”
>[X] “That doesn’t account for the second kid.”

“Good idea, Noriko.”

Seriously. You don’t think you’d have thought of that. You’re pretty sure there’s a name for whatever she’s talking about, too, but… it doesn’t quite spring to mind. Eldritch emanation? Arcane projection? Something projection.

There is one problem, however.

“It doesn’t account for the second kid, though.”

“Well, then…” She’s raised her voice a little now. “Maybe he dragged her out? You said those marks were like, four lines”–

“Five lines.” You correct.

“Okay, five lines, and then a big blotch? Kinda like this?” She traces a vague image into the air. It’s actually… surprisingly accurate, kinda. Like, she’s sorta getting the right shape.

“Yeah. You’re… really close, actually. How’d you guess?”

“John…” She smiles a little nervously. “I just drew out a handprint.”

You feel your eyes widen in surprise. Beside you, Layla fidgets uncomfortably.

How? How the hell did you miss that?

“…Well, they’ve apparently go some kind of experts turning up later. And I think I want to be here when that happens.”

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>THREAD 17: END

>Congratulations! You’ve earned an X-Point! X-points can be used to buy new mutations or upgrade existing ones!
>Congratulations! You snuck around an orphanage, you creepy hobo you!
>Congratulations! Your Relationship with KEVIN FORD has increased! It hasn’t quite levelled up though!

Homeless Mutant Quest could possibly return tomorrow. If not, it’ll be on Wednesday or Thursday. Keep updated via twitter: https://twitter.com/CrustyJay

>>27867142
Thirded.
This >>27867122 is seconding without outright saying that. It was me

>>27866928
As I said in the last thread, the power chart won't remain the same forever. It'll change based on what you've already picked.

>>27866951
Maybe.

>>27867189
>phasing. now.
>it is overdue.

Adhesive touch

>>27867189
Bank

>>27867189
Based Crusty! All glory to the hypno-mutie!

We should bank so we just so we can jump to phasing 2 faster

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>>27867219
WE MUST NOT BREAK THE CODE!

>>27867189
Good to know I wasn't spam responding "it's a handprint, right?" for nothing...(mope)

>>27867198
Missed these. All good questions. I'll take all of them into account in the next thread.

Rolled 96

>>27867189
phasing
please
please
its been so long

>>27867219
The second everyone went behind the chameleon theory was the second you guys lost.

>>27867189
Adhesive touch so long as it sticks with the theme.

>>27867235
How would that make it any faster?
You'd still have to get 1st level before getting the 2nd.

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 Lvl4

SECONDARY POWERS:
>Enhanced Agility Lvl2
>Claws & Fangs Lvl2
>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 Lvl2
>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.

How about we do get Parker in on this?

He's a mutant (we think), and he's friendly to us.

Might need the help.

>>27867219
>>27867244
Why the fuck not? I'll vote for it.

>>27867224
Also advocating Adhesion (and alliterating).
That or bank it.

Rolled 97

>>27867259
phasing please phasing please we must have it
we have encountered ghost. Phasing is yes?

>>27867253
Phasing 1 is so out classed by other powers that the only real way to get it is to rush it to level 2.

>>27867259
bank

>>27867259
Adhesive touch

>>27867238

phasebro's unite!

>>27867259

Bank it.

Rolled 42

>>27867275
Voting this.
I want to keep the theme

>>27867259
Phasing, cause why not just give the phasebros this one.

>>27867276
"It was the groundskeeper all along"

>>27867276
>>27867271
>>27867244
>>27867219
>>27867292
>>27867296
see many vote for glorious phasing.

>>27867259
[X]phasing
Guys, phasing makes us incorporeal. Ghosts are incorporeal. If we get phasingwe can grab tthe ghost

>>27867259
phasing pls

>>27867259
Banking

>>27867296
We mustn't break the code
Armor, Adhesive touch or Vampiric Touch

Voting for spiderlizard.

>>27867259
Voting for phasing
Pls crusty let the phasefriends win

>>27867266
We have no idea what he's capable of and I don't think we can in good conscious put him in a situation where he might get outed since that will ruin his life. Smart kid suddenly can't go to school, college, get a really job, take the subway...we are not turning Parker into a Hobo. That would be really petty on our part.

>>27867325
We met a ghost, we phasebros now.

>>27867312
Also makes for a good excuse to not get shot later. Which we will eventually get shot.
>>27867325
Oh, shut up. The power chameleon idea was gay before, it's still gay now.

>>27867259
Banking.

>>27867312
No we can't because 1st level phasing is so brief.

>>27867335

I think we should at least ask.

>>27867276
Huh. We did find ghosts. Chameleon Code is still valid.
I vote phasing. Also awesome roll.

>>27867259
phasebros. Watch
We are winning
We may have a chance

>>27867333
You guys have been losing for 16 threads.
>>27867259
Banking.
Level two options(if we bank)
>HEALING FACTOR
Quicker healing(all around good)
>ELECTROSTATIC TOUCH
Stronger touch.(basically a stronger taser which isn't bad.)
>ENHANCED AGILITY
We can actually walk on a rope with out rolling now.
>CLAWS & FANGS
Considered the most useless level 2 ability.
>ENHANCED STRENGTH
Extra strength is always good.
Level 3 options( like hell we will ever get this far.)
>INVISIBILITY
You can now make people invisible
>ENHANCED SENSES
Better senses around and now we can "find" the creeper.
>Phasing 1 &2
The only real option for phasing to ever get picked in a timely manner.

>>27867338
Gay is just another word for fabulous.

>>27867325
The eldritch whatever may very well qualify us for phasing, either directly or via Law of Contaigion with the comatose kids and/or Layla. Just throwing that out there.

>>27867341
Then we punch the ghost. Long enough for that, right?

>>27867361
well today is our day
PHASEBROS, UNITE

>>27867259
Bank it

>>27867338
Phasing 1 will likely not keep us from getting shot since its duration is so damn brief. Unless, I admit, the person shooting us is using flintlock weaponry.

>>27867259
Banking, i want to make other people invisible

Numbered voting time. Post,

>1 to Bank
>2 for Adhesive Touch
>3 for Phasing

Now, remember, post only the number. Greentext means vote disregarded. Rolls means vote disregarded. Anything other than the number means vote disregarded.

>>27867259
Bank

>>27867389
1

>>27867389
3

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>>27867362

2

>>27867389
1

>>27867389
3

>>27867389
1

>>27867386
Getting shot is much more bief than fucking phasing, ah shit a guns being pointed at me better phase for 100x the amount of time it takes for the bullet to hit me.

2

>>27867389
3

2

>>27867389
3

>>27867389
2

1

>>27867389
1

>>27867389
3

>>27867389
todays the day phasebro's I can feel it.

>>27867374
Not really. We'd have to match phase with said ghosts, which probably would take a bit linger than a handful of seconds. In all likelihood we'd just phase through the ghosts anyway, since they are completely non physical whereas we'd still be physical, just out of phase with most other matter.

3

>>27867449
maybe
just maybe

>>27867389
2

>>27867389
2

>>27867389
1

3

>>27867458
Might want to actually link to the post.
>>27867389

>>27867452
If the ghost was completely non-physical, it wouldn't be able to pull a poltergeist.

>>27867458
you need to link bro.
Just to make sure

>>27867480
He says only to post the number.

>>27867449
There's only 1 guy on the phasebro side that actually made a valid vote.

You have to put the number and nothing else.

>>27867480
You as well
>>27867479
>>27867389

>>27867389
2

>>27867389
1

>>27867496
If that was true then every vote cept yours is wrong.

>>27867498
No, don't let them catch on!

>>27867487
It could if it has telekinesis.

>>27867389
3

1

>>27867517
In some previous thread he got annoyed that peeps voted by linking the post, so I guess I win.

Voting closed.

Tallyan.

2

2

1

3

2

>>27867545
pls
pls
pls be phasing

>>27867568
Well, only 2 legitimate votes on phasing side.
There's more legitimate votes on the adhesive side.

>>27867545
phasebro's it's been an honor regardless of the outcome

Huh. I think we have a draw between Banking and Phasing.

Rolled 1

>>27867583
1 for Phasing

2 for Banking

>>27867583
Looks like its your choice then

>>27867594
Can this count?