They extend only about 10 Feet exactly around her - Newton is virtually encaged his friends just outside of that ring protecting him.

But... you do have the feeling that the streams get more and more instable the longer you watch them. So with time... maybe you could reach them...

Then Tom will stop just outside where they get nervous.

Got ya!

I'm planning to make an update tomorrow but I'm unsure if I should wait for you guys?

If not I'll be describing the scene as best as I can, assuming you are waiting for an opening to attack?

Give me some feedback please

you've got my stuff, hopefully the rest will post up tonight!

I take it we don't recognize any of the other novas...and except for the flaming one there's no obvious sign of what their abilities might be?

Hmm. I guess I can't 'tunnel' my way through the rock under their feet in time...or without a ridiculous amount of quantum pool expenditure...

Well, this is about the worst possible situation for Gray...in the open, no one to mimic, and at least one energy-based nova to deal with. I expect she'll be playing conservatively for the nonce.

You don't recognise the other Novas, but they all seem to be very young - barely adults. Next to the Fire Girl stands a Girl that could be taken directly out of a Fantasy movie - she looks very much like a Dryad of ancient mythology.

On the other side stand two men. One of them looks like a Superman clone with blonde hair. He wears an Eufiber suit without a cape and it looks painted on which makes his bulging muscles appear unreal (he looks the least aberrated, only bulging muscles and unearthly beauty)

The other man looks like he watched the Matrix once too often. He is dressed in black leather with a long flowing coat. You can't see his eyes but there is an intense glow behind the sunglasses he is wearing. You can sense from him the most immediate danger in regards of animosity and his stance looks much like he is ready to jump into combat (the others just stand there and try to protect Newton).

Who or what are we waiting for before you update Joani? I have said my piece for the moment...

ditto for me

I was initially waiting to see if Void makes a reappearance or not. I'm going to make an update between today and tomorrow and hopefully get things rolling more fluent. I'm sorry for this but I got to learn how to handle a board game step by step. Never done this kind of Storytelling before.

I hope my update will compensate you for the long wait/delay.

Having fun with it Joani?

Persoanally I enjoy the forums almost more than tabletop...being able to think and choose ones words and describe ones actions thoroughly seems to work better than when one is trying to get into character while staring across a table full of dice, books, and pizza...

Ditto, especially for things like mega-mentals & mega-socials. Or even wits 5. If a PC has wits 5 then I feel like I can (or have to) make thought balloons for him.

ok, I updated and Chapter 1 has actually been your Prelude. I had to do it this way - I initally had planned individual Preludes but changed my mind on the way. Hope you like the update.

Any XP for the last chapter?

I'm working on that

Very nicely done on the prelude ending.

Thank you, Fox!

ok - got it worked out - it's going to be a flat 10XP for everyone.


One additional info - I haven't heard from Void since she/he last posted. I don't know whats going on and I hope she/he is doing fine. I decided to let Hyoseph in with his PC since one slot is open/missing.

Hi guys :p

Does the xp apply to our 30 or 40 point template?

to the 40 point template which is your up to date sheet. You can all discard the 30 NP template.

If we bank the exp will it roll up to the 50 NP template eventually? If we use exp to buy something are we allowed to update out 50 NP template accordingly?

You can bank the XP - you can update the 50 NP template accordingly as long as you don't change the whole theme.

+8 Temp Taint. :Ouch:. What are the rules on getting rid of that? I'm pretty sure Cherub isn't going to succeed on a willpower roll with a +7 diff.

I had planned to do something like this *much* farther down the road with xp, but I had 1 NP left over and spontaneously decided to throw down for dorm 5 all of a sudden. Hope y'all liked the surprise...

@Fool: I like it a lot, Sky.

@Courier: I'm not sure right now, but you can bleed off temp. Taint. I just don't know the mechanics and need to look that up.

If our gear made it, then Tom could do his flying scout thing... and I think we badly need it at this point. This assumes that our communication links are still working.

And I don't have time to post right now, I'll do that later.

Your gear still works - You can't uplink to OCs Network, though.

Sorry about doing the scout thing first. When we got to the 40 point template, Nos gained flight. I had already planned on doing it. Nos also has mega-perc.

so Joani, just to be clear, did I understand your post right and my watch shows only 3 days having passed?

That's correct - and your assumptions are correct, too. OC would've a) picked you up by now, b) killed you right away, c) made at least contact with you and adjust your mission parameters.

None of that has happened and you get no uplink to OC.

That either leads me to believe either OC was based out of NYC, or we're in an AU.

The problem is, you don't know where OC was based - so that's speculation.

It could be an AU - but that's speculation, too. Maybe you have to find out the old fashioned way ;p

I'll be waiting till tomorrow before I update and tell you what Nosferatu's and probably Cherubs recon will reveal.

The Fool having been to the OC and able to teleport on his own could actually teleport there without it counting as blind. He could that is, if he wasn't dormed down for the first time since his eruption.

And just to be clear or what will be clear I am sure shortly is that the dormancy removed his disfigurement and physical aberrations, as well as his "delusions" about the nature of the universe...

If Tom gets 7 experience he'll upgrade his MC to 2 and double his speed.

What do you mean Courier? We just got 10 xp. Or are you meaning for the next chapter or boost?

Also, is anyone going to help out Jack? He's pretty messed up right about now.

PS....Im pretty sure Cherubs Creepy Feeling went off with this Hyoseph character (He's becoming ubiquitous! )....

Yeah, the whole "Creepy Feeling" would definitely go off with an invisible creature watching .

That's just my call on the whole thing. Whether Cherub can actually SEE him or not, whole different thing.

Somehow I missed the last few posts from the previous page.

Tom does pay 7 experience to he'll upgrade his MC to 2. And I'd have said that before too.