>>28474002
>>[ ] Talk to Laura.

>[x] Talk to Laura.
Which we could have been doing already if somebody didn't barge in with her enormous ASS.

>>28474039
Seconded, maybe also tell Layla what happened in the orphanage

>>28474002
>>[ ] Talk to Layla.
Sorry for the one guys

>>28474191
Don't worry about it. Nothing serious.

>[ ] Talk to Layla.
Let's tell her the story of what happened in the orphanage.

>>28474221
>>28474066
Also ask Laura if she knows anything about the Roxxon corporation.

>>28474002
>[X] Talk to Laura.
Sooo... You had an idea what to do about those guys that are after you? Because after what happened with Kevin and Noriko we may need to deal with that soon.

>>28474322
Maybe ask Layla too. She might know some things or heard rumors, plus it's good to show we value the opinions of our friends.

>>28474002
>Talk to Laura
Just see what her read on the area is. Does she think the scavengers are still here (we need more security for our stuff) or the Skar is really as desolate as it looks.

>Talk to Layla
We know what it's like to see your home utterly destroyed. Not really sure if we can console her on this one yet, what she mostly needs is time, but we can put a hand on her shoulder and let her know she isn't alone and that she has a new home with us and the gang.

>we need to book it to the park SOON. When we're we meeting Pete again?

>>28474002
>>[ ] Talk to Layla.

tell her how we know what its like to have our world turned upside down

the firebombing of our house
being on the run
maybe even tell her about Joyce....

>>28474002
Talk to Laura

Ask her what's been bothering her.

>>28474409
word of Crusty says we got two hours.

we'll be fine

>[X] Talk to Laura.
>[X] Talk to Layla
>Layla stuff will be lead into through the following posts

You focus on Laura as she plods up through the rubble. Her eyes roll impassively across the cold, grey silhouettes of the scar, her hands in her pockets – again, you feel that sense of immensity between the two of you, like she isn’t really there, or she’s divorced somehow from the empty decrepitude of this world, separate and strange.

“Hey.”

She glances up at you, seeming momentarily confused.

“Hello?”

Hah. You stretch your arms a little, and you feel as though you’re shaking off a miasma of heavy, grey chill, teeming down upon you from somewhere up above. “You alright? Why’d you trail back yesterday? On the way home?”

Her stare holds position, as behind it the mystery turns.

“I thought you wished to be alone.” She states, haltingly. “You wanted to talk about your father, correct? I’m not part of that.” Her eyes leave you, and turn towards the vast, open stomach of the sky. “Don’t you want to leave this? Go home?”

>[ ] “I don’t have much of a choice.”
>[ ] “Oh? Is that it?”
>[ ] “I guess so?”
>[ ] “Nah.”
>[ ] Write in.

Homeless Mutant Quest is up, and I just pulled some incredible stuff from a Holiday Gift box. Life is good

>>28474696
"Home is where the heart is."

>>28474696
>[x] “I don’t have much of a choice.”
"Always. But all I can do is play the hand given to me, even if it's a shitty deal"

>>28474696
I don't have much of a choice, besides, it's not all that bad now

>>28474696
>I’m not part of that.

We're all in this together. You are a part of it.

>>28474696
>"Not alone. I'd miss you, I'd miss all you guys, too much."

If that's laying it on too thick for you guys then just go with "Not alone."

>>28474696
>[ ] “I don’t have much of a choice.”
>[ ] “Nah.”
>[ ] Write in.

"I always miss Michigan and my family but these last few weeks have been better than the last few years for me to be honest. "

how long have we been with these guys?

>>28474696
>"It's not so bad. Gotta stick together and all that."
>"Besides, both of us are looking for missing family."
Since we do know Laura was looking for Logan (but I think under the James name).

>>28474745
seconded

>>28474696
>[X] Smirk. "I thought I told you not to long ago that if you disappeared, I'd find you no matter what it took. Yeah I want to know more about dad and what he was apparently up to, but I want us, all of us, to get out of this place together. You guys aren't getting rid of me that easy Luara."

>>28474876
this

>>28474934
I like this one too.

>>28474696
"Home is where the heart is and my heart is with you."

>>28474696
[X] "This is home."

>>28475061
>Waifu sense tingling

>>28475061
D'aww! Probably too much, but still soo cute!

>>28475061

Maybe, maybe. Only if we show that we're teasing about the heart thing then point out we do like it here with our friends.

Otherwise no.

>>28475061
its sounds like a declaration of love

I still think she isn't ready to have woo pitched at her just yet

>>28475061
Clearly we have to give her Kimura's heart for Valentine's Day,

>>28475211
You are an incurable romantic.

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>>28475211
How lewd

>>28475230
This is true.

I managed to repress my urge to look up recipes to go with that suggestions.

>>28475211
I doubt JJ has the killing instinct, let alone the stomach to dismember someone.

Maybe in another universe, with hairy chested lumberjack JJ.

Exiles when, Crusty?

>[ ] Write in.

“Not alone.” You state, simply.

Of course you want to go home, even if ‘home’ is probably a whole lot of very flat ground now. Of course you want to know what’s up with dad – you know he’s gone, but you feel like his shadow is still being cast across the Earth, and if you can follow it to its terminus point… there’ll be something there, some truth. Maybe what’s left of your father can help you stitch the ruins of your life together. But the last few days have had their charms, too.

“I’m always gonna miss Michigan, but these last few days have been better than…” You count. You think of fields, and the backs of trucks, and Creeper. “…than anything has been in a long, long time. I'm not gonna drop you guys. And I don't want to.”

The wind rules in the silence. You shiver and breathe up into the crevices under your gloves.

“I see.” Replies Laura, at length. “I’ll keep that in mind.”

“Puh-lease.” Interjects Layla’s sing-song voice. She’s leaned back against the rubble, all but rolling her eyes. “Is this the first part of our Christmas special? Are we airing it early?”

You glance out over the desolation.

>[ ] “You have a problem with Christmas specials?”
>[ ] “What happened here, Layla?”
>[ ] “It wouldn’t hurt to show some optimism occasionally, you know.”
>[ ] Write in.

>>28475295
>>[ ] “It wouldn’t hurt to show some optimism occasionally, you know.”

>>28475295
>[ ] “You have a problem with Christmas specials?”
>[ ] “What happened here, Layla?”

>>28475295
>>[ ] “You have a problem with Christmas specials?”
>>[ ] “What happened here, Layla?”

>>28475295
>>[ ] “You have a problem with Christmas specials?”
>>[ ] “It wouldn’t hurt to show some optimism occasionally, you know.”
>>[ ] “What happened here, Layla?”

>>28475295
>[ ] “You have a problem with Christmas specials?”
JJ loves that shit. Diss Rudolph 'round him, git yo shit kicked in.

>>28475295
>[x] “You have a problem with Christmas specials?”

"Someone's got humbug up their bum!"

>>28475362

We can be the Camp of Misfit Mutants!

>>28475295
>You get coal

>>28475295
>[X] "You have a problem with Christmas Specials?"

Gotta find hope, solace, laughter and joy where you can in this life. Otherwise it's just to cold and desolate.

Also, why is Layla so awesome at poking the fourth wall? We seriously have to make sure she doesn't get killed off or taken away, too much comedy and fun there.

>>28475400
Seconded

>>28475400
>You get coal

Ha! Yes!

>>28475400
This we must quip!

>>28475400
I like it. Hope Crusty sees it.

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>>28475400
Burn

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>>28475508
>Hope Crusty sees it.

CRUSTY SEES EVERYTHING

>[X] “You have a problem with Christmas specials?”
>[X] “What happened here, Layla?”
>[X] Write in.

“You have a problem with Christmas specials?”

“Yes.” She replies, flatly.

“Huh.” You sigh. “I guess you’re getting the coal, then.”

It goes on and on. The ruins are so sparse and thin here, like twigs frozen to the forest floor, cold and brittle and lifeless. How much of this was Queens before it was this giant, grey nothing? How much of it was bits of elsewhere? You remember the way your house burned – the terrifying whispers of the red and the yellow, the spitting of the wood, the fire laughing hoarsely, licking away long, roiling strips of night. This must have been an inferno.

“…What happened here, Layla?”

She doesn’t answer for some time. Eventually, she brushes back a stray length of her hair, and stares down into the ground.

“Krang, or Kang, or something. They didn’t tell us much.” Her face contorts onto a short-lived sneer. “It wasn’t a public matter, apparently. I only saw little bits while we were being moved to the shelters. This guy had loads of robots, and then Magneto showed up to fight him… and, apparently, the Avengers did too. I never saw them, though. They got here… later.”

You envision the gaping crevice that opens out where her apartment once stood, and imagine it glutted with fire.

“I’m sorry, Layla.”

She says nothing. Not for a while, anyway. When she does speak, she’s changed the subject.

“Did you really get rid of the night-face?”

>[ ] “Along with half the orphanage.”
>[ ] “Yeah. It wasn’t a ghost, but it’s gone.”
>[ ] “I don’t know if it’s gone for good, but it’s gone for now.”
>[ ] Write in.

>>28475861
>[ ] “Yeah. It wasn’t a ghost, but it’s gone.”
>[ ] “I don’t know if it’s gone for good, but it’s gone for now.”

>>28475861
>>[ ] “Along with half the orphanage.”
one of the caretakers died, too.

>>28475861
"It was a demon."

>>28475861
>>[ ] “Yeah. It wasn’t a ghost, but it’s gone. Along with half the orphanage”
>>[ ] “I don’t know if it’s gone for good, but it’s gone for now.”

>>28475861
>>[ ] “Along with half the orphanage.”
>>[ ] “Yeah. It wasn’t a ghost, but it’s gone.”
>>[ ] “I don’t know if it’s gone for good, but it’s gone for now.”

>>28475861
>>[ ] “Along with half the orphanage.”
>>[ ] “Yeah. It wasn’t a ghost, but it’s gone.”
>>[ ] “I don’t know if it’s gone for good, but it’s gone for now.”

>>28475861
>>[ ] “I don’t know if it’s gone for good, but it’s gone for now.”

Never assume, it will bite us in the ass later not to mention its like satan or something.

>>[ ] “Yeah. It wasn’t a ghost, but it’s gone. Along with half the orphanage”
>>[ ] “I don’t know if it’s gone for good, but it’s gone for now

>>28475941
seems to be the consensus

>>28475861
>C-C-C-Combo!
"Yeah, it wasn't a ghost and I don't know if it's gone for good, but it's gone for now."

The other anon that wants us to mention that the caretaker didn't make it is probably right. I have no idea how to gently work that into the dialogue though. Maybe something alone the lines of "I managed to get the kids out when it manifested and set the place on fire, it already got to the sister before I could get to her..." dunno. Hopefully one of you guys has a better idea.

>>28476115

Though mention that it might come back, 'cause it's a fucking demon and we're a hobo.

>>28475861
"Yep. Didn't you see the newspapers? It wasn't a ghost, but it wasn't a mutant."

>>28476126
Maybe we should mention that it was weak against old and powerful memories of hatred and pain and that other similar beings might also have similar kinds of weaknesses.

>[X] “Along with half the orphanage.”
>[X] “Yeah. It wasn’t a ghost, but it’s gone.”
>[X] “I don’t know if it’s gone for good, but it’s gone for now.”

“Yeah.” You assure her. Oh, it’s gone alright. You turned your hands into scorched playdough making sure of it. “It wasn’t a ghost, but it’s gone. Along with half the orphanage.”

You think you see her smile a little, just on the edge of her mouth. “Was Sarah okay? The nurse girl?”

“Oh, uh, yeah.” You best not mention that the other one, Mother Superior or whatever, is now a thinly-spread red ooze. Less than that, actually, judging by what that final blaze of hellfire did to the place.

“Cool. It’s gone forever?”

“I dunno.” You look out into the skeletal fields. That mournful hate calls out to you from somewhere far away and deep inside, fresh in your memory, immortal among the blurry strangeness of that night. “It’s gone for now, though.”

She folds up again as the wind picks up, staring over her knees into nothing space. She looks tired, but relieved.

You pull yourself up.

>[ ] Head home.
>[ ] Head to the park.
>[ ] Write in.

>>28476184
>>[ ] Head to the park.

>>28476184
>[ ] Head to the park.

Ask if they want to come. Mention that they don't have to but if they want they can.

But make sure Layla is with us or with Laura. Don't want a kid running off on their own.

>>28476214
Aww shit my spidey sense is tingling!
Do it, it feels natural.

>>28476184
>[ ] Head to the park.
"You two head home, I've got an appointment with a guy from work."

>>28476184
>[ ] Head to the park.
Gotta meet Pete, so let's beat feet.

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>>28476184
>[ ] Head to the park.

ask if they want to come

we can try scavenging again tomorrow.


we can't roll shit forever guys

>>28476245
Oh, we can and will.

>>28476184
If we have time, give Layla a piggy back ride home while talking with her and Laura, then go meet Peter. If we don't have time, head to the park directly.

But given all the crap that's happening in this city I'd rather be there to escort Laura and Layla home. Just in case.

>>28476266
That sounds nice.

>>28476266

I like it!

>>28476346
Layla probably won't but, lets do it anyway.

>>28476266
I shall second the good sir.

>>28476427
>>28476296
>>28476266
You guys do know she is 13 and we are only 5 years older.

maybe Laura wants a piggy back?

>>28476578
We're STRONK. We could give all of them piggyback rides at once.

>>28476578
well, we can try and get rebuffed by Laylas acid tongue burning our good intentions out of us.

>[X] Head to the park.
>[X] Head home.

You head home. The snowy desolation of the scar rolls away under your feet while you talk on little, inconsequential stuff – what you guys should spend Kevin’s job money on, for example.

Laura, in utilitarian fashion, suggests that a certain percentage of your funding should be partitioned aside for the eventuality of an emergency scenario – she posits an exhaustive number of increasingly bizarre such happenings, from increased MCA presence in the city to the oft-overlooked possibility of time-divergent invaders seeking to quell the notable superhuman population of New York in preparation for an invasion. While logical, Layla notes that her ideas are ‘the boringest’, and you can’t help but very diplomatically agree.

It is Layla’s opinion that you should see the new Thor film, which is apparently a thing. Her reasoning behind this course of action is that Chris Hemsworth is the tautest man on Earth, which you’re not sure about honestly (dude, you have, like, no idea who this guy is), though you nod along impassively. Laura’s thoughts on the matter are that they will expose you unnecessarily and place the group in a noisy situation where possible threats are difficult to ascertain. She has no opinion on the subject of Chris Hemsworth’s tautness.

You make it back to the apartments just before four-thirty, opting to drop the others off and make your way toward the park rather than pop inside and face the abject shame of returning home empty-handed. Laura and Layla can have all of that to themselves, thankyouverymuch.

Laura pauses by the entrance, glancing back at you.

“Do you require some company?”

>[ ] Yes.
>[ ] No.
>[ ] Maybe.
>[ ] I don’t know.
>[ ] Can you repeat the question?

>>28476578
You also realize that she's the only flatscan (her powers haven't manifested, remember) in the group right? Plus she automatically mischievous little sister'd herself to the group when she showed up.

>>28476605
>>[ ] Yes.

>>28476605
Yeah! You remembered.

>[ ] Maybe

"You can come if you want."

>>28476605

> I hope not, but it probably can't hurt. You wanna come?

>>28476605
>[x] Maybe.

You can come if you want.

>>28476605
No

>>28476605
>Maybe

"I think a friend from work might be trying to come out to me as a closet mutant. So I'm not sure if bringing someone else along would be perceived as supportive or threatening... But I do think you can offer a unique and useful perspective on the dangers we face, so yeah, if you think it's a good idea I'd love to have you along. If not how about dinner later?"

>>28476605
Sure.

>>28476613
Still pretty creepy in america unless we want some jailbait ass.

>>28476605
>Sure
Totally not putting Laura into a position to recognize a scent, no-siree.

hey Crusty, if Layla gets her necromancy powers, are you gonna leave out the "the people she rezzes don't have souls" part?

I'm cool with her just being precog also (I know time shenanigans in X-factor but this ain't 616)

>>28476605
>>[ ] Maybe.
"As long as you don't scare our closet mutant."

>>28476714
Well, mutants don't have souls so that shouldn't be a problem.

>>28476735
stryker pls

>>28476605
"Yes. No. Maybe. I don’t know."
seems like something I would say. But having her there could be nice.

>>28476605
YOUR NOT THE BOSS OF ME NOW AND YOUR NOT SO BIG!

>>28476714
It is a different universe so her powers could be a little different. I say we keep the "the people she rezzes don't have souls." But, when she raises someone their soul come back separately and they have to find their body before it does something they'll regret.

>>28476880
"People she rezzes don't have souls" is a really stupid idea.

>>28476699
You have a dirty, dirty mind. There is nothing sexual about giving a kid a piggyback ride.

>>28476903
People rezzing is stupid idea. For a mutant ability at any rate.

>>28476925
True, but somehow "people she rezzes don't have souls" is even stupider.

>>28476903
It's not my idea its what her power is. The part about their soul being able to find it's body again was my idea.

>>28476925
Yea, that's why Jesus only did it once.

>>28476914
She is a teenager and in new York which has one if the highest teen birth rates in the states.
Right now she wold be in highschool.

>[X] Maybe.

Um…

“Yeah, I guess?” You shrug. “Do you want to come?”

She seems to consider this for a moment, before stepping away from the door. That’s a yes, then.

Walking briskly to keep ahead of the cold, you make your way out of the scar, into the ebbing throng of New York. Laura’s quiet, but you manage to poke a few notes of conversation out of her – when you confide that you have no idea who that movie star Layla was on about is, she confirms that this is unimportant, and she too has little knowledge of figures prominent in popular culture (with nearly those exact words).

Eventually you make it under the rickety old gate into the park, the sun hanging precariously over its arch, its light dimming. You check your watch - nearly half an hour to spare.

As you tread over the snowy path, it hits you that Parker probably isn’t expecting additional company, and you hurriedly explain what you think the situation is.

“Understood.” She states, her eyes remaining fixed on the path ahead. “I will remain nearby.”

>[ ] “Nah, come with.”
>[ ] “That might be for the best.”

>>28476605
>Yes
bet she recognizes spidey by scent

>>28477047
>>[ ] “Nah, come with.”
Yes. Yeeeesssss. Must sniff out the spider.

>>28477047
>[x] “Nah, come with.”

>>28476714
Seeing as she hasn't manifested yet, I may randomly select a power for her.

>>28477047
>[ ] “That might be for the best.”

"Though keep somewhere I can see you. Don't want you getting picked up by those Facility fuckers."

>>28477047
>"Maybe hang back until I introduce you two?"

>>28477047
>[x] “Nah, come with.”
The more the merrier.

>>28477047
>[ ] “Nah, come with.”

>>28477091
seconded

>>28477047
>>[ ] “That might be for the best.”

>>28477075

Yeah, I say roll for it.

Though include the original 616 powers in the roll pool.

>>28477047
>"That might be for the best."

>>28477075
But she's dreaming about using her power to bring back the dead. That's obviously precognition.

>>28477134
Or maybe she's looking into an alternate universe.

>>28477218
I like this idea, actually. She can have Tattletale's powers. Seems like a good fit for her.

>>28476973
That's nice. There's still nothing sexual about piggy-back rides. Or shall we make romantic accusations about anyone who says hello or smiles at her as well?

>>28477075
I am completely fine with this.

She clearly needs the power to shoot butterflies out of her eyes at people.
I hope that makes the list.

Actually, why are we still letting her hang around? She's basically dead-weight, and we're putting her in unnecessary risk as we don't know she is a mutant.

>>28477269
>Actually, why are we still letting her hang around?

Can't let a kid live in the streets, yo.

>>28477269
Probably because we've been slightly busy the past couple of days and haven't taken the time to find somewhere to drop her off. In character, at least.

>>28477269
Because we broke her orphanage.

>>28477269
we Mr.nice guy

>>28477241
Tattletale from Worm?

That might work pretty well actually.

>>28477253
do you know she is trying to act like an adult right and being treated like a kid is an insult.
It still doesn't stop the implications of doing that to a teenage girl we hardly know.

>>28477269
Because she knows where our hide out is (has leverage on us), made fast friends with Noriko (has an in with the gang), has been helping Kevin with his training (useful) and provides a fair amount of comedy (both intentional and otherwise) which the group desperately needs. Basically, there's nowhere we can safely drop her off with a guarantee that we won't get outed and she's fun to have around.

Though we probably should get her some multivitamin tablets so the hobo diet doesn't stunt her growth.

>>28477322
Whatever, we treat her as an older brother type figure that is oblivious to her developing sexuality. That's basically how we see ourself in relation to her anyway.

>>28477320
Yeah. I think Layla would just love that power.

"Yeah, I checked, turns out your girlfriend is an ex-prostitute in about eighty percent of all alternate universes where she isn't a government assassin. Weird, huh?"

>>28477322
Switch the sentences around for it to make sense.

>[X] “Nah, come with.”

“Nah, come with.” You grin a little. “It’s not like he’s gonna just vanish when he sees you.”

You two make your way deeper into the park, the sun fracturing between hundreds of tiny, overhanging branches. The late hour has tucked most types away – those few souls that pass you by are there one moment and gone the next, the bitter touch of winter driving them towards home, towards shelter and warmth and security. It’s almost like you’re displaced very slightly from time, moving through darker, stronger currents, while the world rushes on at either side, inobservant of the tiny, bleak instants in which your lives travel. You remember that Creeper had a word for this kind of thing.

Wading along in your frozen little world, you detach from the path, heading out over the snow-strung grass. Dead leaves crackle under your feet and, rising up beside the noxious blur of New York proper, the smell of moisture rising through undergrowth fills your nose. You like that.

You sit down at a bench overlooking a pond. It’s no Lake Michigan, small and murky and its banks clotted with over spilling weeds, but you like being near water. It calms you. The water isn’t ice yet, but you bet it will be soon. One day, two, three. Doesn’t matter in the end.

Laura eases down beside you. You breathe quietly for a short while.

“John?”

“Mhmm?”

“How do you intend to continue this?” You glance quizzically at her. She stares into your eyes as though no more explanation should be necessary, but soon relents. “There are six of us now. Together, you and Kevin can make”–

“Oh.” You interject. “Yeah, it’s going to get harder”–

“It’s going to become impossible.”

>[ ] “Look, I haven’t thought about it yet. It’ll work out.”
>[ ] “I’ll just have to find some other way of bringing money in.”
>[ ] “I can steal food, if it comes down to it.”
>[ ] Write in.

>>28477533
>[ ] “I’ll just have to find some other way of bringing money in.”

"And we can discuss the logistics of all this with the others, see if they have any ideas for what we can do."

>>28477533
>>[ ] “I’ll just have to find some other way of bringing money in.”

>>28477533
I've lived through worse, so have you.
>[ ] “I’ll just have to find some other way of bringing money in.”
It'll be fine

>>28477533
>Just a little while more, if nothing else.
>Can't let them without a roof on xmas

>>28477533
>>[x] Write in.

I was hoping Kevin and Noriko would get a handle on their powers and get work at the bugle or a job like your's. It eases up a bit after winter.

>[ ] “I’ll just have to find some other way of bringing money in.”
>[ ] “I'll steal food, if it comes down to it.”

>>28477533
>all

>>28477533
"I'm thinking of ways to make more money, and I need to convince Layla to go back to an orphanage, or find her a place where she can become part of a good family."

>>28477533
>[] Write in.
"Maybe, but I don't think so. I've survived on substantially less than I've been bringing in this year. Yes, even with Kevin helping things are going to be very tight, but I think we can still make things work until spring. I mean, a lot of food's going into the local soup kitchen/shelter scene over the holidays, so we can maybe pick up some of our short fall there." (sigh) "You're right though, I don't know where we're going to make up the rest. But we will. Just promise me that you'll run any schemes by me before implementing them, ok?"

"Actually, while we have a moment alone I wanted to get you're take on taking on the people after you. I think I'd probably be more useful now than when I first promised to help, but I'd kind of like some help learning how to fight before we do any commando stuff. If there's a rush though let me know, I'm still in."

>>28477533
>[ ] “I’ll just have to find some other way of bringing money in.”
"I could try to use my powers to acquire photoes and sell them to newspapers, invisibility and wallcrawling have legal applications as well."
"To do this, we'd need a laptop and a camera though."

>>28477533

>Noriko needs to work on her powers/find a cost effective way to discharge
>We need to find a place to drop off Layla


this is what's got to happen folks.

>>28477703

I like this, and also I would like to ask for combat tips.

>>28477533
>[ ] “I’ll just have to find some other way of bringing money in.”
Being a father to your hobo clan is hard.

>>28477742
>We need to find a place to drop off Layla

Peter's place. We'd ask, of course, but that's my suggestion.

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>>28477720

>in the age of cell phones
>selling photos

>>28477778
>that file name.

Fuckin' saved.

>>28477778
Throw in a sap story about the hobolife and sell them to a tax-deductable charity.

>>28477720
the library has computers

>[X] “I’ll just have to find some other way of bringing money in.”

That’s annoyingly negative. You’ve given it some thought, and it’s… daunting, but it’s not impossible. Right?

“I’ll…” You swing for ideas, grasping at anything that rushes by. The hooks of your mind come in empty. You clear your throat. “I’ll just have to find some other way of bringing money in.”

You were considering that stuff with the photos. And then, maybe, you can find somewhere else to hold down a shift at after your work at the Bugle’s done (though, you can’t say, with any great abundance of honesty, that your current hours are quite predictable). And maybe–

“Have you considered accepting the Creeper’s offer of work?” You feel your jaw fall slack. What. “Something insignificant and small...”

“Laura…”

“…With your abilities and my training, it’s probable that you could”–

>[ ] “No. It’s not happening.”
>[ ] “I… have thought about it.”
>[ ] “Do you want us all to end in Creeper’s pocket? Because that’s what will happen.”
>[ ] Write in.

>>28477850
>[x] “Do you want us all to end in Creeper’s pocket? Because that’s what will happen.”

>>28477850
>[s] “I… have thought about it.”

last resort. I'd rather not anymore kerfluffes with Spider-man and the like.

>>28477850

>[ ] “No. It’s not happening.”

The last thing we need is to end up in Creeper's pocket. And I don't want to go back to peddling poison on the streets again.

>>28477850
>[ ] “No. It’s not happening.”
>[ ] “Do you want us all to end in Creeper’s pocket? Because that’s what will happen.”

"We really don't need to side with that cunt. Plus I really don't want us to get arrested or beaten up by Spider-Man."

>>28477850
>[x] “I… have thought about it.”

>>28477850
>>[ ] “Do you want us all to end in Creeper’s pocket? Because that’s what will happen.”

I imagine creeper is still a sore subject.

>>28477850
"I helped creeper establish the (K?) market here, Laura."
"I've never regretted anything more in my entire life, and I'm pretty sure I never will."

>>28477850

>[x] “I… have thought about it.”
'I hate the kind of stuff I had to do back then. I think the kids deserve something better."

>>28477931
Jack. the narcotic is called Jack.

think Kick from Morrison's run

>>28477850
>[ ] “I… have thought about it.”
"Trust me, I have thought about it more than enough to know that's a bad idea."
"If I was to go down criminal path, I certainly wouldn't need creeper's help to bring in dough, especially considering my newfound abilities."
"I'd rather not do that unless it's absolutely necessary."

>>28477850
>[ ] “Do you want us all to end in Creeper’s pocket? Because that’s what will happen.”
>"We're legit. Nothing more illegal than we have to."

>>28477850
>[ ] Write In

"I'm already in debt to Creeper for saving Noriko and Kevin. Anything is better than working for that bastard. I have my pride. Somewhat."

>>28477850
"I think we have more than enough to worry about without adding Spiderman, the police, and those noobs the Hellions to our list of enemies."

>>28477850
>[ ] “I… have thought about it.”

>>28477998
Seconded!

>>28477850
>[] "It's a last resort. And in this case I'm not sure that the devil that I know would be the preferable choice."

We need to have a group meeting about this later guys. This shits depressing but it needs to be aired.

>>28477931
Better yet, give her the whole story.

We were a drug smuggler and are indirectly responsible for dozens? of deaths.

>>28477850
>[x] “Do you want us all to end in Creeper’s pocket? Because that’s what will happen.”

"I've been there, before. It was really hard to get out of that, and I was just one person. I wouldn't ever want to take anyone else down that path."

>>28478075
I really like this line.

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I think it's time to roll.

>Composure Check
>DC13
>+3 Relationship modifier

Rolled 14

>>28478107

Rolled 13

>>28478107

Rolled 4 + 3

>>28478107

Rolled 12

>>28478107
rollin'

>>28478118
>>28478124
>17 and 16

Fuck yeah.

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>>28478142
I'm just happy there were no critfails

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>>28478163

I'M HAPPIER THAN YOU

>>28478118
So we successfully pushed Laura into prostitution to support the group.

Sarcastic "Huzzah"

>>28478244
nah, she joins up with the hellions and hooks up with Hellion

>>28478244
No, I think it was rather a chance for us to critfail and confess our plans of stealing the Hope diamond before batman enters the scene/

>>28478271
>nah, she joins up with the hellions and hooks up with Hellion

She could do WAY better.

>>28478244
>spiralingdepressionJJ.jpg

>>28478271
Hope not, that kids a Grade A douche.

>>28478331
That JJ kid's much better.

>>28478391

Even Kevin and his murderboner is better than that Fonzie look-a-like faggot.

She's gone against our wishes if she deems them stupid before ( I don't blame her)

we should at least entertain the idea. If only to prevent her from making the move by herself.

>>28478416
Yep, Kevin needs a girl either immune to his powers or can heal faster than it. Or he gets a full-body condom.

>>28478426
agreed. Also we might not have any other choice.

>>28478467
So, Mercury?

>>28478426
This is a good call!

>>28478496
Metallic redhead with shape shifting? Who wouldn't?

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>>28478537
no one

>(1/2)

>17
>ruin my fun why don't you

>[X] Lots of stuff.

“Do you want us all to end in Creeper’s pocket?” You interrupt her, unable to keep a minor note of anger from invading your voice. It’s not her, it’s Creeper. He just gets to you. “Because that’s what will happen.”

“I want you to survive.” She counters immediately. You grunt out a plume of exasperated, hot air.

“Well, there’s… there’s no guarantees of that with this guy.” There’s no guarantees in anything. You know that – and you survived with him for a while, you guess. Maybe you would be better off working for him again. Maybe your chances would be better. But… no. “Listen… I’ve, I’ve thought about it…”

You look away. There’s a certainty in her eyes you don’t want to fight. You knead your fingers across your temple.

>(2/2)

“…I have thought about it, and that’s bad enough. I helped Creeper put Jack on the streets, Laura. I mean, in a small, stupid way, but I was still there.”

Does she understand that? Does she realize what that means? Jack might not even be in the papers today if it weren’t for you. It probably would – every shred of logic tells you that the Creeper machine would have just trundled and churned and crept on – but this isn’t a ‘probably’ thing. This is a ‘maybe’. That’s where half your life is. ‘Maybe’. Maybe things would have been better if you hadn’t done this. Maybe they’d be better if you hadn’t done that. Maybe Noriko and Kevin wouldn’t even have problems with Creeper if you hadn’t, in some tiny, tiny way, helped prop him up.

“Part of it was still me. I don’t think I’ve ever regretted doing anything more in my life.” Anything that you could control, anyway. “And…” You desperately grasp for logic. For something that isn’t just pride or conscience. “…and there’s the Hellions, and”–

You feel Laura’s fingers wind their way around yours.

“Alright.” She says, quietly.

You sigh in relief. You feel her warmth mingling with yours, the cold suspending its touch, just ever so briefly.

“Thanks.”

She sniffs the air, and her brow furrows in confusion. You follow her gaze as she twists about.

A few yards back the way you came, Peter is rustling his way over the leaves toward you.

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>THREAD 28: END

>Congratulations! Your Relationship with LAYLA MILLER has increased!
>Congratulations! Your Relationship with LAURA KINNEY has increased!
>Congratulations! Peter!

Homeless Mutant Quest should return tomorrow. Follow on twitter: https://twitter.com/CrustyJay

>>28478771
what is level 4 called Crusty?

Oh, and yeah, as usual I'll be around a little while for questions an' stuff.

>>28478771
>Congratulations! Peter!
Yay! We can wrap that up now!

>>28478824
And Laura can notice that he is Spider-Man!

>>28478810
You're not actually at Level 4 yet. You've got Laura on the edge of it, Layla now on 3, and Noriko/Kevin teetering over 3.

>>28478771
Well, that went much better than expected.

>>28478821
So, this hole relationship metric is on a ten point scale, right?

>>28478771
>You feel Laura’s fingers wind their way around yours.
Everyone who thinks this means anything may now proceed to freak out as they have been doing.

>>28478849
That too. Hilarious misunderstandings ahoy!

>>28478821

Was Peter listening in and following us?

>>28478862
DATE RAPE DATE RAPE!

>>28478862
Nobody is actually serious about that, Anon.

It's a joke.

>>28478862
Well obviously she wants our hands right out in public, dirty girl.

>>28478881
You don't know! He seems a bit far a way to have heard much, though.

>>28478911

So he has heard shit.

>>28478911
Was he changing out of his batman costume in the bushes?

Children play here, Peter.

>>28478911
Yeah, his mutant power is Regeneration. It's not like he has enhanced senses or something.

>>28478852
I know that we aren't there yet.

I just wanted to know what it is called.

>>28478881
doubtful

he doesn't have super hearing (would have heard Laura sneaking up on him back Creeper job the first)

>>28478968
He could have a power set.

>>28479023
He could have run taught we lines in the trees and listened to vibrations? Probably not, just prodding the shadowruns.

>>28478862
I for one am glad the Laura clearly sees us as a friend who she wants to support in a time of emotional need. Which is also kind of adorable.

>>28478965
You mean his Darkwing costume?

>>28478933
Well... Enhanced Senses are not actually among Batman's powerset. Just Bat-Sense.

>>28478969
Oh. Steadfast.

>>28479095
Crusty, has Bishop traveled back in time from the sucky near future in search of a time traveling mutant what steals life force?

>>28479095
>Darkwing Duck reference.

You sir, win.

>>28479130
Bishop is the random encounter wheel. Though probably not in the form you'd expect.

>>28479152
>Bishop is the random encounter wheel

Whoops. Bishop is ON the random encounter wheel.

Though I guess a giant wheel is also a form you might not expect him to appear in.

>>28479152
He's grocery shopping? Picking up tropical fish at a pet store? Leading a tourist group through a museum?

Thread archived.

>>28479186
Ok, quick question that I'm pretty sure will never come up. If we hit lv5 claws (or lv4, can't remember the chart) they get roughly adamantium dense/hard, right? Could Laura use her familiarity with our claws to update her idealized self image to significantly upgrade her skeletal durability?

>>28479347
Which Doctor Is John's favorite?

what did you think of the 50th special?

>>28479376
I think we already rolled 2 for that.

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>>28479456
>it stuck

Fantastic!

>>28479365
Probably not. Self-image isn't a conscious thing. Laura also has some pretty definite ideas of what she is.

>>28479376
Fourth.

I actually missed the 50th.

>>28479456
...You did?

Huh.

Has there been a DCU Marvel Universe crossover yet?

>>28479508
I missed the last 2 seasons since they aren't up on netflix and i don't feel like paying for cable just for one show.

>>28479549
I can't believe I haven't thought about this. Haha.

Maybe.

>>28479588
...[Spoiler]ABC crossover maybe?[/spoiler]

>>28479541
Not me, but the thread with the hobby discussion had it.

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>>28479541
http://archive.foolz.us/tg/thread/28361257/#28361896

I was the anon that rolled it. you pick, you're the QM

I thought the 50th was Okay Pretty sure War Doctor only exists because Eccleston said no.

Capaldi and another doctor got a small cameo


>>28479549
like in the 90s

>>28479588
Maybe a Vertigo crossover for Fables/Jack/Literals?

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>>28479866
Got a light mate?

>>28479620
This is a thing that could happen.

>>28479656
Well, if the dice say two, 'tis two.

>>28479866
I guess I've technically moved Lucifer into this universe already. On account of Marvel infernals being mostly LAAAAAAAAME.

>>28479866
Sandman? Lucifer? Constantine?

Though honestly I'd be more interested in seeing The Authority show up to kick some ass in this world. The modern take on squadron supreme would be a bit terrifying on the other hand. Also more likely...

>>28479941
I'm almost afraid to ask, but is this universe's Death of the Endless?

>>28479992
You know how to find out.

>>28479922
And then JJ is in hell or possibly somewhere worse. He probably gets raped too.

>>28480033
just tell me it isn't the fuck pig.

We'd need regen 3 for that monster

>>28480033
>you know how to find out

Find James and ask him? Kidding, was really hoping to find out before the quest end, but fairs fair and that's fair enough.

Still think JJ in the savage land would be pretty sweet.

Leaden a pack of velociraptors.

>>28480033
How many relationship levels are there, what are they called, and what do they mean/represent?

>>28480110
Unfortunately whenever someone mentions the a savage lands in this quest my mind just goes to the image of Laura running through the jungle in, essentially, a fur bikini. Just can't move off that image for some reason.

>>28480110
It would be awesome. There would be Dino hobos. Unless Magneto builds his next mutant city/citadel in the savage land

>>28480725
>Wearing cloths in the savage land
Ain't nuthin but you and the dinos, whats to hide?

I could imagine packing away the junk so little dinos don't try to latch on down there though.

>>28480780
>>28480725
Also, would there even be any little mammals to make a fur bikini out of?

>>28480798
Sabertooth tigers, bro.

>>28480798
Eh, dino feathers were more or less the equivalent of modern down, so it's easier for me to write the imagery as fur. You are technically right about it not being hair though.

>>28480864
Ice age =/= crataceous, bro.

>>28480999
>>28480864
Unless Marvel gives no fucks and has already shown Sabertooth Tigers there.

>>28481027

Yes, they have in 616

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>>28480059
>just tell me it isn't the fuck pig.

The what?

>>28481163
Hellblazer demon.

>>28481163
Hellblazer: Son of Man

"Its got a 3 foot cock"