Storm raised an eyebrow at Tony.
"...what, you want a medal for not being an idiot?" she asked him dryly, before smiling slightly and shaking her head.
"...nice to see you too," she muttered, almost too quietly for anyone to hear.
Avatar from http://x0whitelily0x.livejournal.com/7486.htmlTony grinned at Storm, sort of saluting at her, then looked back to Jaime, taking the device and turning it over in his hands, looking it all over. "We can take this downstairs to the lab and get started, then. If we need this thing boosted, by God, we'll figure out how to boost it. So far as recharging it..." Tony tapped the glowing circle in his chest. "I can make a power source for it, no problem."
Easing back into life one step at a timeJaime gave him a big grin.
"Awesome. You know, it sure is nice to work with someone else that has a small, super powerful object in their torso and likes to fly around in fancy armor."
Tv Tropes Powers. Activate!!!!!"power source... Mr. Stark, I might have another request... I have a web of signal repeaters all over the city for these things" He pulls his comm device "right now they work off the city power supply and have a really short emergency battery... do you think once we stop the incoming chaos you could help me with them?"
The graceless warrior, wielder of the edgeless blade, prophet of the old religions, writer of fluent nonsense, saviour of soul and song."My power makes me great at infiltratin' also," Rogue added to Storm's comment about their skills, but then noticed Megan there, looking confused and nervous.
"Hey there," Rogue walked over to Megan, trying to comfort the mutant. "I'm Anna Marie and I'm a mutant, too."
"I can borrow the abilities and memories of a person with just a touch of my bare hand," Rogue explained to Megan. "I can know how it feels for Storm to control the weather, know how Magma feels when she melts a door, and know how you feel when you flap your wings and fly."
"I never use it unless I have to, though." Rogue kept quiet about the rush of power she feels whenever she steals a power. "Ya wanna be friends?"
Rogue looked at Ms. Grey, frowning. "Bein' here won't ruin my chances at the Institute, will it?"
edited 16th Sep '12 8:06:49 PM by GameGuruGG
Wizard Needs Food Badly"You wouldn't think that'd be something that happens twice in a world, but what the heck, everyone's got something in common. The workshop's down on the first sub-level, I've got all the most up-to-date fabrication and analysis down there, and I'm constantly upgrading. Plus, the panic room's there too, so if this thing sprouts legs and tries to kill us, we can run."
Tony looked to the other man, studying the device in his room, nodding again. "Sure thing. All I need are the materials, I can build full-size reactors to run this equipment."
edited 16th Sep '12 8:08:31 PM by MystyGlyttyr
Easing back into life one step at a time"And done," Rocket said, receiving the code necessary to access the Stark safehouses. "Promise to only use this in emergencies," he said to Tony.
The raccoon then looked upon each of the New Mutants, analyzing in his head the various powers Storm described. "One of the plans we have is actually speaking with each side of the war personally and telling them they're all being duped by Joker into going into each other's next," he explained. "I doubt the Anti-Mutant side would be willing to listen for more than two seconds, but I think the Pro-Mutant can be negotiated with at least. The best choices for that part is Magma and Ms. Grey. Grey would already have leverage since she's a teacher at a world renown school for mutants and Magma's powers sound like their the most devastating, and once again considering the possible level of danger a nice deterrent is perfect for when things get too hairy. The rest of you can go with whomever you want, minus preventing Joker from dumping his snake oil into the water supply. We have no idea what is could do to mutants and I really don't want kids getting killed off in something so high risk."
edited 16th Sep '12 8:25:41 PM by UdtheImp
DAMMIT MARK, STOP HITTING HELPY!!The conversation going on around Megan seemed to be going mostly above her head. She was a bit surprised when the girl called Rogue walked over to her and introduced herself. "Oh! Sorry, my names Megan Gwynn." She said. She chuckled a bit when she realized how bewildered she must have looked. "Sorry, I just wasn't expecting a guy in power armor, a guy with no face, and a talking raccoon when I decided to agree to help." She said.
Megan was surprised again at the sudden request for friendship from Rogue. "Sure, why not? I'm....starting to wonder if I'll even be of any help here." She admitted. There was always the one spell that she knew, but it was kind of situational and there was probably little chance of anyone believing she knew magic.
"Nice to meet you" Question said and went out the door "remember to distribute the comm devices if we are going to make a move" He said to everybody as he went out of the room to the front door and onto the front gate.
edited 16th Sep '12 8:29:37 PM by Sanojutsu
The graceless warrior, wielder of the edgeless blade, prophet of the old religions, writer of fluent nonsense, saviour of soul and song."I'm sure you'll prove invaluable, but even if you don't I appreciate you coming to help anyway.
The Blue Beetle formed a replica of the communicator the Question made on his waist.
"If anybody needs me just call or walk downstairs, I'll be there in a flash."
Jaime turned to walk inside before turning back.
"If the police and the hospitals don't have Killjoy, we might want to give some to them. The more of that there is and the more people who have it the better."
Tv Tropes Powers. Activate!!!!!"Alright then, let's go signal a bat!" Rocket said to Ryder and Question strapping on his jet pack. "If anyone else comes, brief them on what's happening, and once Pyko's down with the maps I'll have him send them straight to Stark and Blue Beetle. We'll contact you as soon as we get the signal flared up. Cheers!"
With that the raccoon took to the air, waiting for the two reporters to start up the Prowler and get moving.
DAMMIT MARK, STOP HITTING HELPY!!"Umm, Ms. Grey, should Storm, Megan, and me come along with y'all as well?" Rogue asked the teacher and Magma. "Or should we do somethin' else?"
With how the groups were dividing, that would leave the Sandman and his assistant to do... whatever. She hadn't seen Sandman's sidekick do anything, though. He was probably mooching off the pizza and coffee. However, with Tony, Blue Beetle, and Rocket Raccoon leaving for their own things, she felt it was better to defer to Ms. Grey.
edited 16th Sep '12 10:29:15 PM by GameGuruGG
Wizard Needs Food Badly"Come on, this is an easy one!"
"We don't know Mr Nigma."
"A dead baby! The answer was a dead baby! Honestly, you just can't get the staff nowadays."
One of the mooks almost dropped his canister of nerve riddle gas but saved it at the last moment.
The Riddler sighed. "Sometimes I wonder why I bother."
Jean Grey and Magma greeted the others pleasantly as they came in, and listened closely to all that was being discussed.
When Rogue asked if this could ruin her chances at the institute, Jean replied, "If anything, your part in this will endear you to the Professor."
Magma cringed. "This is...so much to take in..."
"Rocket Raccoon is right. We need to maintain peace between mutants and anti-mutants alike. Rogue, Storm, Ms Gwynn, if you feel ill-equipped to play a part anywhere else, you can come with me. But keep in mind there may be some hostilities."
Just then, there was a loud slamming sound outside the door. Quentin jumped in alarm. "What was that?!"
"It's alright," said Jean, "It's just some late arrivals."
The door opened, and Cannonball came in, with Sunspot and Karma looped around his shoulders. "Hooo. Sunspot, buddy, you could stand t' lose a coupl'a pounds."
"Cannonball, Sunspot, Karma. Let me get you up to speed." Jean then said nothing.
"...Wow, this city's in a lot of trouble." said Sunspot with a half-laugh. "Who's the 'Big' guy you just mentioned?"
"Ah'll help out with that, eh, 'Man-Bat' uprisin'. Ah'm guessin' he c'n fly, an' I'm not so bad in the air mahself."
"My powers are the least combat related," said Karma, "So I'll help to keep the peace."
edited 17th Sep '12 1:20:16 AM by LizardOfAus
And a Strange Figure Emerges.The Sandman looked at the people still here. Mostly mutants from Xavier's academy. Most of them already knew what they were doing, but a couple (for instance Rogue) looked like they weren't entirely sure.
"I shall shortly be making my way to The Big Man's hideaway." she said to the group at large. "Some assistance would be welcome, as my main means of getting there is currently seeing another use."
"Eh! You're from the South, too!" Rogue noted Cannonball's Kentucky accent, but frowned a bit. "I'll go with ya to confront the Man-Bats."
"Before y'all say anything," Rogue looked at the others, about to explain. "I think I can talk Man-Bat down from his, umm, uprising without a fight."
"We had been friends, and I think I can still reach him," Rogue noted to the New Mutants. "That and I took down the leader with a single touch of my hand."
"Saved the lives of all but two at that mall that day of his capture, because I was the only one there who could," Rogue explained to Cannonball, looking down. "But somethin' went wrong and I scrambled his circuits bad, so it might be my fault he has gone completely off the deep end."
"Just avoid touchin' my skin when carryin' me," Rogue looked at Cannonball. "Not unless you want me bein' the one carryin' ya."
edited 17th Sep '12 2:17:05 AM by GameGuruGG
Wizard Needs Food Badly"Mississippi, near the bayou" Rogue grabbed around Cannonball's body, allowing him to direct her in the proper hold to use to ride him. "And ya?"
Wizard Needs Food Badly"Cumberland, Kentucky, born 'n' bred. Guess there's a fair bit o' difference between the bayou and the coal mines, huh?" Cannonball helped Rogue get into a piggyback that wouldn't brush against any exposed skin.
"I can turn into a super-strength mode, depending on how long I've been in the sun," said Sunspot, "Should be enough to take a few goons down a peg."
edited 17th Sep '12 3:21:18 AM by LizardOfAus
And a Strange Figure Emerges.

"We are concerned that the Joker is gonna poison the New York City Water Supply, so Rocket gave us this."
Jaime waved the device in his hand.
"It can scan water for up to five miles and it has to be recharged periodically. It is up to me and you, or me and Reed Richards, or either of you by yourself if you don't need me, to extend its range and its power so we can know the instant the Joker does something to the water. We also need to figure out a way to shut off the water supply in case it is poisoned."
He shrugged.
"It's up to you how we do this. If you want to scout, I can ask Reed Richards to help me with this."
edited 16th Sep '12 7:35:21 PM by luckybreak91
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