>>38196571
>[ ] Head to the Blonde Phantom Agency. They might be of help.

>>38196571
>Call Pete. He knows people, maybe he can ask around after a silver-haired mutant girl.

>>38196571
>>[ ] Call to the Blonde Phantom Agency. They might be of help.

We have phone, guys. Might as well use it and save some time.

>>38196571
>>[ ] Head to the Blonde Phantom Agency. They might be of help.

>>38196571
>> call or text Moon knight. See if he's heard anything on the kidnapping. at least getting info on her whereabouts would be in his wheelhouse.

>>38196571
>[ ] Head to Manhattan. Check out Chinatown.
>[ ] Write in.
Call Laura to meet up

>>38196715
Seconded

>>38196571
>[ ] Head to the Blonde Phantom Agency. They might be of help.

>>38196571
>[ ] It’s late, head home. You can do this tomorrow.
Give the comb to Laura and Rahne (Wolf girl that lives with the X-kids) They both have super smell and we can cover more ground if we split up.

>>38196571
You forgot horns again

>>38196571
>Head to Manhattan. Check out Chinatown.

>>38196780
Do the X-kids have phones? If they do one would assume we've exchanged numbers already.

If they don't have a phone we should buy an extra burner phone and give it to the X-kids. Us being able to contact them anytime we want is worth the money.

>>38196833
Seconded as well

Crusty you should go through the extrapolative mutation page and delete the extrapolatives we can never buy. Like the ones that have draconic breath or sonic scream as prerequisites.

>>38196571
>[ ] Head to Manhattan. Check out Chinatown.
>[ ] Call to the Blonde Phantom Agency. They might be of help.

>>38196950
If he decided to run another quest in crustyverse again, he might as well keep it

Note: the longer we wait, the worse the scent trail will get, this is not a target that is refreshing its scent by moving around in the open like when we tried to find rogue. Waiting is a bad idea.

>>38196950
Just because JJ can't buy it, doesn't mean that others can't.

>>38196833
and one of those sunlight chargers.

>[X] Head to the Blonde Phantom Agency. They might be of help.

After a little while spent umming and ahhing over the time, you decide to check in with the Blonde Phantom and her merry gang of sleuths and pornstars. They’re real detectives (one of them is, anyhow), they should have a thing or two to say about your little escapade. Maybe they’ve even done some digging of their own.

Tightening your jacket around your waist, you head North. The last embers of day grow cold and die before you’re even half way, the bite of the wind sinking deeper as night descends in its entirety. It’s 19:43 by the time you get there, and you spend a good few minutes jogging on the spot while you wait for someone to answer the door.

Nico lets you in, looking a great deal less tired than she did when you last saw her, though the lopsided frenzy of her hair speaks to you of a night spent crashing on the couch. You can smell it on her, actually.

“The Phantom said you’d be here sometime this afternoon.” She says, as you ascend the stairs to the main office.

“…She did?”

“Yeah.” She shoots you a bemused glance, her makeup turning her eyes into long, dark tunnels. “What, you didn’t call?”

You shake your head. You’re pretty sure you didn’t.

Nico shrugs. “Well, whatever. You want a coffee?”

Yeah, you definitely do.

As you head out into the cluttered office that serves as the agency’s muddled central cortex, you hear a long, expectant hum, and the Phantom looks up from her desk.

“It was Moon Knight, huh?” She’s smiling, but her eyes are softer than usual, less… picky. You think she may be a little relieved. “You seem mostly intact, which is odd.”

Ha ha ha.

>[ ] Tell her about your deal with Silvermane.
>[ ] Tell her you’ve taken an interest in the Alicia Manfredi case.
>[ ] Ask her if she wants you to do anything in particular about Moon Knight.
>[ ] Write in.

>>38197073
>[ ] Tell her you’ve taken an interest in the Alicia Manfredi case.
>[ ] Ask her if she wants you to do anything in particular about Moon Knight.

>>38196781
They haven't come out yet.

>>38197073
>[ ] Tell her about your deal with Silvermane.
>[ ] Tell her you’ve taken an interest in the Alicia Manfredi case.

>>38197073
>[ ] Tell her you’ve taken an interest in the Alicia Manfredi case.
>[ ] Ask her if she wants you to do anything in particular about Moon Knight.

>>38197073
>[ ] Tell her about your deal with Silvermane.
>[ ] Tell her you’ve taken an interest in the Alicia Manfredi case.
>[ ] Ask her if she wants you to do anything in particular about Moon Knight.

>>38197073
>[ ] Tell her you’ve taken an interest in the Alicia Manfredi case.

>>38197073
>Tell her you've taken an interest in the Alicia Manfredi case.
>Ask her if she wants you to do anything in particular about Moon Knight

>>38197073
>[ ] Tell her you’ve taken an interest in the Alicia Manfredi case.
>[ ] Ask her if she wants you to do anything in particular about Moon Knight

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>>38197073
>>[ ] Tell her you’ve taken an interest in the Alicia Manfredi case.
>>[ ] Ask her if she wants you to do anything in particular about Moon Knight.


Also why are we still walking everywhere? Does everyone keep forgetting that we have wings. AND WE CAN BE INVISIBLE WHILE FLYING. It's not like there's any reason not to fly.

We'll need to be on the ground when tracking someone by smell. But, if we're just going home, or to the agency?

>>38197073
>[ ] Tell her you’ve taken an interest in the Alicia Manfredi case.
>[ ] Ask her if she wants you to do anything in particular about Moon Knight.

Do not mention the deal.

>>38197237
I think Crusty just has us default to walking if we don't specify. Its also better for him concerning encounters.

>>38197294
Also we can easily get busted walking

>>38197453
Walking doesn't tire JJ out as much as flying while invisible would

>>38197237
You bring up a good point, anon. It will make us hungrier, but might net us X-points for exertion over time, as well.

Should we get Laura in on this? I think she is pretty damn good at tracking people and if things hit the fan we could use her back up in a fight.

>[X] Tell her you’ve taken an interest in the Alicia Manfredi case.
>[X] Ask her if she wants you to do anything in particular about Moon Knight.

“Yeah… about that…” You’re not sure what to do about that. Moon freaking Knight. “Do we have, like, a policy, or something? In regards to crazy moon men? Is there something you want me to do about him?”

“Hmmm…” The Phantom leans back in her seat, thinking the question over. “…Be careful? This agency doesn’t meddle in its employees’ private lives. I would, however, advise you to not for one instant trust the Moon Knight. He has a list of offences longer than most of the criminals he beats into tar. Also, I’m obligated by law to share any information regarding these offences, so…”

She smiles broadly.

“…keep quiet, if you intend on exploring his interest in you.”

Right. You thought it might be something along those lines.

Unzipping your jacket, you take a moment to slough off the cold before stepping into the Phantom’s half of the combined room. She shuffles away a small pile of papers as you approach.

“Now, is there something else?”

The tone in her voice tells you she already knows, she’s just being polite. Kind of unnerving.

“Yeah…” You swallow, going through the events of the day in your head, blacking out the parts you’d rather keep to yourself. “…I’ve been looking into the Alicia Manfredi case. You know, the kidnapping?”

She nods, an eyebrow rising behind her domino mask. “Silvermane’s granddaughter. I know.”

“I guess I was just wondering if you guys had looked into it at all.”

Setting down her cup, she shakes her head.

“We work on contract, and Silvermane hasn’t contacted us.” She shrugs. “I would imagine he has his own people looking into it. Why the interest?”

>Yeah, why?

>>38197641
>Yeah, why?

"Having a guy like Silvermane being grateful to us might be good. Plus, deep fucking pockets."

>>38197641
>goodness of my heart, I'm familiar with the pain of someone taking your family away.
>leverage to get the Maggia to back off from getting into the Jack business like their rep at the meeting I spied on expressed interest before things went pear shaped.

>>38197641
The truth i guess. We made a deal, if we find his granddaughter, that crime family will stay out of jack production/distribution.
This is important to JJ since jack causes mutants to go boom and authority's to hunt em down.

>>38197641
leverage so he can remove jack from the streets

>One hand scratches the other
>It's Jack. Silvermane has promised to keep the Maggia out of it in return for her granddaughter. Manfredi is a Gentleman, first and foremost, so I trust his word.
Lady's been straight to us, so I feel inclined to do the same

>>38197641
I know people that work for him, and having him owe me one would be nice. Less pushy drug pushers around where I live and stuff.

Also I don't like people who kidnap little girls, or kidnap people in general.

Its not really leverage, its not blackmail. Its a deal. A promise. We are not holding it over his head since we came in from the outside offering to solve a problem. Its unlikely the kidnappers would have not asked for a ransom eventually of their own violation.

>>38197724
Seconded

>>38197641
"It's an opportunity to pull the Maggia's fingers out of a few pies."

>>38197702
JJ made a deal. if HE finds her grandaughter

>>38197641
mutant business flat scan, but seriously its probably not a great idea to let anyone know of the council of muties in the scar

>>38197764
Yes, hence: If we (referring to us as players and JJ).

>>38197641
Silvermane agreed to step out of the Jack business in return.

The truth, then. Or at least some of it.

>writan

By the way, I've been thinking about the jack process, and I've noticed a few interesting things, first of all, it is greatly inefficient, relying on clearly harvesting a whole slew of components from mutants overtime and wrecking them in the process. I sincerely doubt every single part of the harvest they are getting from those mutants is actually what gives jack its active effect, which means they likely don't know what the true active ingredient in jack is, just that its one of a general bit of possible things. In addition, they haven't figured out how to factory grow it. In the good ole days, pigs were harvested for insulin in great quantity, before they realized they could just use tiny, highly ethical non intelligent bacteria to produce it in greater more pure quantities. The fact they haven't done this means they either lack start up funding, the will to do so, or the actual knowledge of what they need to mass produce in the first place.

This also means jack is inherently flawed in its current state, and might be safer in a more refined state. It also means I am an insane fuck for wanting jack to actually be a thing in any state whatsoever.

>>38197925
Wait for Typhon to look back at his old waste product...

Or for Sinister to take an interest.

>>38197925
Eh, if you found out the compound and a method to synthesize it out of living things, or in cell cultures (allot of modern drugs use cell vats to produce drugs and compounds these days).

And if the "You blow up after losing control" is a side effect of impure sub-strait, it could turn into a wonder cure for lots of mutants. Having said that, it could also be force fed into people to suppress their powers and enslave them. SO swings and round-a-bouts i guess.

Note: The druid route implys a safe version of Jack through eating JJ's fruits, which means it is likely that a close variant of or pure jack is actually safe.

>>38197925
So you are saying, the guys we found were on Jack for so long they started producing it naturally? I don't know why TumorBro would need Jack for(beyond feelgood reasons), though.

Also, I noticed that Jack was described as giving the user a sense of comfort, like a tight family hug, not unlike the effects of Typhonbro's own brand of Telepathy. Coincidence!?!?!?

>>38198029
No, I'm saying that the people we found in there were being inefficiently harvested for some bulk bodily fluid and/or component that was THEN being used to make jack, the fact that they are taking raw mutant whatever and putting it into jack with pretty minimal amounts of refining suggests they know a mutant based component is needed in jack but don't know what that component actually is, they just know it comes from x part of a mutant and they need it to not become literally cancer.

>>38198058
Maybe it's a stabilizer that stops a mutant from mutating /'quiets' mutations, but the sudden lack of it can fuck you up.

>>38198008
we have to corner the market before Typhon does...more than he has already

>>38198124
You don't know what it does, do you?

>>38198058
Jack is probably a modified regulatory protein found (encoded for) on the X gene of all mutants (and therefore only mutants). Essentially acting as an on-off switch or part of the regulation of expression (e.g. lots or very little). Post processing (aka turning it into jack) locks it in the off-switch position.

If i had to hazard a guess, this same process also locks other regulatory proteins into certain positions, which results in the cancerous tumors seen in the harvesters. (Cancer is essentially cell regulation gone wrong). As such, pure jack is probably benign.
Certain naturally produced opiates could also be affected, which when included with the street jack version would explain the europha/comfort feeling.

>>38198150
This is quite possible, and if it were to be the case that would mean it would be quite a trivial manner to cell culture jack, simply requiring figuring out which specific gene sequence is needed to be spliced. This is good. It means that creeper doesn't have actual scientists working for him. Which means he won't have any especially nasty anti mutant tech or surprises for us.

>>38198145
Just a thought that crossed my mind based on what I've heard of it. It makes mutant powers more stable and powerful, right?

>(1/2)

You sigh inwardly. You guess you should tell her the truth.

Or some of the truth, anyway.

“I kind of made a deal with him.”

To her credit, the Blonde Phantom barely bats an eye at the statement. You notice her posture shift subtly, however, one leg crossing upon the other, her arms folding across her midsection. It reminds you of the way a teacher sits, or a counselor, or anyone in a position of power and station over another individual.

“A deal?” She cocks her head to one side, and you think you see a squint forming behind her mask. “You made a deal with Silvio Manfredi?”

“Y-yeah.” You say, feeling thoroughly scrutinized. “I’m finding his daughter, and he’s staying away from Jack.”

You leave out the decisions made in the Scar. You don’t think you want anyone, no matter how magnanimous they might appear, knowing that there’s a secret mutie council playing secret mutie civ in their back yard. You’re not sure you want to know that – part of you feels like you should just be making like a tree and getting yourself as far from the Scar and all its nonsense as possible.

>(2/2)

“I see…” She says it slowly, as though parsing through your words, stripping them down and sewing them back together in her head. “…There’s no harm in that, I suppose. Someone should find that girl before anything happens to her…” You feel a ‘but’ coming. “…That said, you should know that Silvermane is not a man of any particular honour. Don’t expect him to be straight with you.”

“I don’t.” You say.

You know his kind.

Puffing her cheeks slightly, she drags out a long, relieved sigh. You feel the tension in the air recede.

“Well, that was all very serious.” Reaching for her coffee, she takes a long, overly-indulgent sip. When she puts the mug down she seems almost visibly recharged. “I could ask someone if they want to help. Ricochet is technically a superhero.”

>[ ] Yeah that’d be great.
>[ ] Nah, it’s cool.
>[ ] What about [insert].
>[ ] Write in.

>>38198220
>[ ] Nah, it’s cool.

>>38198220
>[ ] Yeah that’d be great.
Who doesn't like getting more Social Links?

>>38198220
>[ ] Nah, it’s cool.

>>38198220
>[ ] Yeah that’d be great.

>>38198220
>[ ] Nah, it’s cool.

>>38198220
>[ ] Nah, it’s cool.

"Laura will help. Thanks for the offer, though."

>>38198220
>[ ] Yeah that’d be great..

>>38198220
>[ ] Yeah that’d be great.
ask if gambit is available, weve worked with him before, we know he has subtlety and i refuse to believe that he doesnt have any connection to x-men or the brotherhood which is very useful info to have

>>38198220
>[ ] Nah, it’s cool.
I think JJ would be better alone or with Laura for this.

>>38198220
>[ ] Nah, it’s cool.
"All i really need is info at the moment, i don't plan on fighting"

>>38198287
Seconded

>>38198220
>>[ ] Yeah that’d be great.
Some backup would be nice in case we run in to our rogues gallery. Ricochet might also have some cool moves we could taskmaster for ourselves.

>>38198150
>>38198184
Its also a good explanation for why it eventually stops working and has such a nasty withdrawl, their systems adapt to the increased regulatory protein load until vast quantities are required for the same high. Eventually the person can't meet it and they go into meltdown. The rapid stimulation of their powers constantly on is what causes energetic type power users to explode.

>>38198287
this

>[X] Nah, it’s cool.

Anything you guys want to do/say/ask in regards to the BPDA before leaving?

>>38198433
I've got nothing.

>>38198433
Ask for info on Alicia and/or the Triads

>>38198433
If they happen to stumble across any leads theu ought to shoot us a text. Also a panic phrase if we end up on Mr. Moons wild ride again, or anyone elses.

>>38198433
"Remember, Jack is mutants and that's no good. "

>>38198433
WHERES KIMURA!? WHERES BANE!?

But seriously I've got nothing.

>>38198433
Ask about what groups are most likely to have her, or if she knows the group that does. Ask if silvermane has been doing any movements that they know of
(just because we are helping him, does not mean his lieutenants will stand aside when they want the brownie points themselves).
Should be the most we can hope for really.

>>38198476
Seconded.

>>38198433
Ask her if she's got a portable gas mask thingy among her spy gadgets, because honestly, that's sort of the kind of attacks what people have been going for lately.

>>38198433
Ask her if she knows anything about Joyce Green

>>38198433
What >>38198516 said.

Props if its a bane style mask, people might actually buy our bluff when we get captured then.

>>38198516
This. We need to get/buy gass mask.

>>38198433
Touch ourself right in the office

>>38198433
Masturbate

>>38198536
>>38198433
This

>>38198516
>no extrap for a natural air filtering process
Why live

>>38198615
Oh yeah definitely jack off real quick.

>>38198433

This >>38198536
Also, ask how she got to know Remy

>>38198633
>>38198633
What are you, some sort of Filter Feeder?

>>38198433

>>38198588
>>38198615
These

>>38198642
Heehee, okay that got me.

>>38198633
Photo 4: spend a charge in photo to enable you cells to produce and use their own oxygen. Hold your breath for hours on end.
Source: Ask page.

>>38198433
Can I just sorta use my vote for explicitly NOT masturbating in the office?

>>38198536
Deffo support this.

>>38198738
No, it's mastubato--I mean mandatory

At lest ask for mutual masturbation, before masturbating, if we end up doing that, please.

>>38198771
That's only fair, equal opportunity and all that

>>38198615
You know that joke/sarcastic write-ins get taken literally more often than not by quest runners, right?

JJ needs to buy a J.O crystal

>>38198738
this

>>38198826
>he thinks CJ is that retarded

>>38198536

Seconded.

>>38198826
Then they kind of deserve whatever comes by following that impulse

“Nah, it’s okay. I can deal with this myself.”

Well. Possibly.

“Though…” You pause, a little dumbstruck at the weirdness about to spill out of your mouth. The Phantom cants her head in curiosity, a low, indolent hum lingering on her lips. “…Do you have rebreather, or something? People keep trying to gas me.”

She guffaws loudly – it’s a single short, sharp note of laughter that carries through the whole building. For a moment you think she might have superpowers after all.

“Well, I can’t say I keep one handy.” She says, a big, half-moon smile lingering below her mask. “I could purchase something, if you’d like. It would come out of your next job.”

“…That would be okay.”

You’re very, very worried about gas.

Nico blindsides you a little with your coffee, and you spend the next few minutes sort of just hanging around, waiting for it to cool down. The Phantom tells you about the case she’s working – something commission by this Stephen Strange (you think you recall that name from somewhere? Some book your mom had or something? You think it was a self-help thing, which makes sense, since the guy is apparently a doctor) guy. Apparently she has to head out to some sleepy little town all the way in Oregon, so Remy will be holding stuff down here for a bit.

Before you leave, something comes to you.

“Hey, uh… something else…”

You ask her if she could do any digging on a Joyce Rachel Green, and she says she’ll try to find the time. Feeling a little nervous and somewhat exposed, you thank her and say goodbye, heading out into the cold.

The night above is chocked with thick, pregnant clouds. Everything howls.

Nasty night, tonight.

>Hunger Level: 4
>Present Time: 20:25 PM

>[ ] Head home.
>[ ] Check out Chinatown.
>[ ] Write in.

>>38198827
Thanks for reminding me I have to go charge mine, if anyone wants to join.

>>38198840
ONE OF US ONE OF US

>>38198870
>>[ ] Check out Chinatown.

>>38198870
>[ ] Check out Chinatown.
Grab some food on the way there.

>>38198328
>>38198150
Shit you guys have pretty much figured out Jack.

>>38198870
>[ ] Check out Chinatown.
>[ ] Write in.

Call Laura for help, maybe ask for some help from the Young X-Men or the Corsairs.

>>38198870
>[ ] Check out Chinatown

>>38198870
>Check out Chinatown

Buy some of that strange exotic fruit while you're there. Or some of that dried seafood that smells like shit.

>>38198866
They do, the rest of us though?

>>38198870
>Head home
Get some rest, enlist Laura, start looking tomorrow.

>>38198870
>[ ] Check out Chinatown.

>>38198870
>[ ] Check out Chinatown
>[ ] Call Laura for backup

>>38198870
>[ ] Check out Chinatown.
Ask Laura to meet up there.

>>38198870

>>38198953
>>38198961
these guys have the right idea

>[ ] Check out Chinatown
>[ ] Call Laura for backup

>>38198910
Mfw i figured out jack in two posts.

Biochemistry degrees, useful for something.

>[X] Check out Chinatown.

Okay so that's unanimous.

Some people want to call some allies, so:

>[ ] Call the Laura.
>[ ] Call Lucas.
>[ ] Call Noriko.
>[ ] Call Julian.
>[ ] Call Peter.

Obviously, if you select more than one Tunnel Snake, that'll be the same call.

>>38199028
>[ ] Call the Laura.

>>38199028
>[ ] Call the Laura.

>>38199028
>Call the Laura.

>>38199028
>[ ] Call the Laura.
If she does not want to come with, its sensible to tell her where we are going to be or what we are going to be doing.

>>38199028
Laura

>>38199028
>>[ ] Call the Laura.

>>38198870
>[ ] Check out Chinatown

I think you might be calling Laura.

>writing

>>38199028
>[ ] Call the Lorax

>>38199028
> [ ] Call Laura, Noriko and Peter

>>38199125
Dude, you don't call the Lorax, he calls you. And then empty's your fridge.

>>38199125
Seconding this.

>>38199028
> [ ]Call Laura and Peter.
She needs to find out where we got our butt from.

>>38199123
I was hoping we would have to explain why we smell like cheap Chinese hookers, you know they gonna be getting all up on JJ. You can't walk through Chinatown without it happening

>>38199125
if we had druid, we too could speak for the trees

>>38199225
>Lorax JJ
>Kind of the forests
>Grows an awesome mustache

>>38199225

Let's be the Snorax.

>Lap dances, champagne dances, shower dances. Oh, the things you can buy with a handful of bills. It makes me excited. It gives me the chills. There'll be filch-arounds, breeders, hambones and tweeners. Zobows and debows and blobs that go "eener." For a one-dollar bill, you can pull down their zippers. I am the Snorax. I speak for the strippers!

>>38199028
>Call Laura
Obvious reasons
>Call Peter.
He knows this city better than the rest of us and might know a few hidey holes.
>Call Noriko
Shes sort've chinese and should fit in with the locals, all these asian types are the same to me anyway.

>>38199286
You wrote that in 3 minutes? I'm impressed.

>>38199167
>>38199307
Good to see reading comprehension is up to the thread's usual standards.

>>38199286
>not creating stripper/tree hybrids

go beyond tree hugging

>>38199330

It's from an episode of American Dad! entitled 'G-String Circus'.

>>38199344
Theres reading comprehension, and then there is general racism, this was the latter.

>>38199352
Dryad strippers? I love the way you think anon

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>>38199307
Noriko is Japanese. But theres a good chance she can read the characters, then again, we don't really need to, we just follow the scent.

>>38199404
Enhanced Contortion time.

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>>38199307
>Shes sort've chinese and should fit in with the locals, all these asian types are the same to me anyway.
>Japanese
>fitting in with other Asians
Anon, pls.

Do you reckon we'll run into Iron Fister?

>>38199411
Japanese is sort've chinese isn't it?

>>38199449
that is a bit like calling germans russian, and russians germans. No, no it is not.

>>38199449
Japanese writing is heavily based on Chinese, but the two languages are distinct enough nowadays that an average Japanese person probably won't be capable reading Chinese properly.

>>38199449
That's lacist

>>38199432
Contortion means we can do all those poses the feminists complain about right?

>just pop out of invisiblity
>in that Manera Spider-woman pose

>>38199581
It means that if JJ ever got a comic made about him, his ass would be in every frame.

>(1/2)

Right then. It’s cold and windy and miserable outside, but you want to get this over and done with. No time like the present an’ all that.

Heading towards Manhattan, you fish out your Moon Phone, giving Laura a call. She picks up almost immediately, and the first thing your hear is the squawking of multiple Laylas badgering her to hand over the phone. It goes on for a little while before Laura apparently decides to ignore it.

“John?”

“Hey!” You feel yourself straight up a little at the sound of your voice. Is that kinda sad? “I’m heading over to Chinatown right now, running down this thing with Silvermane, so I’ll be probably be kinda late. You wanna meet me out here?”

Somewhere in the background, a Layla makes the extremely distinctive sound of someone with their arm locked behind their back.

“…Yes.” She says, eventually.

“Great. How about we meet up at Canal Street? That sound good?”

“That won’t be a problem. I will… I’ll see you then.”

Stowing your phone back away, you shrug off your coat and head for a nearby alley. The cold seeps in under your skin, driving daggers along your veins, but you bear with it. You won’t have to mind it for too long, and you feel… warmer, these days, in general, like you’ve got a little reservoir of daytime hiding somewhere under your skin. You drag your hoodie off, and your shirt, tying them around your waist, and you let your arms transform, spreading out into wings.

God this is the coolest.

>>38199581
I meant that JJ might be able to contort and fuck his own ass, but yeah, sure.

>(2/2)

With a single, great heave, you propel yourself into the air, the ground receding below. The wind is cruel, but the adrenaline keeps you warm, and you strike out towards Manhattan.

You make it to Canal Street in record time, landing on one of the adjacent buildings and sorting out your clothes. You cloak yourself from sight while you Spider-Man your way down the building, and make sure to return into visibility a little ways away from the subway – you spotted a bunch of guys with MCA armbands milling around the mouth of the station.

You wait for a little under an hour, the night deepening around you, before the familiar, iridescent scent of Laura Kinney catches you by the chin, turning your head toward her as she emerges from the station. Your blood thrashes a little in your veins as one of the MCA guys stops her for a moment, but the exchange is brief, and soon she’s making her way through the crowded street towards you.

“Hey.” You nod towards the officers. “What was that about?”

“They’re checking everyone.” She says, flatly. “There has been an incident nearby.”

Drat. You hope that doesn’t get in the way.

>[ ] Stick together while you search.
>[ ] Split up and meet back there.
>[ ] Write in.

>>38199632
>[ ] Stick together while you search.

>>38199632
>[ ] Split up and meet back there.

>>38199632
>[ ] Stick together while you search.

>>38199632
>[ ] Stick together while you search.
one watches for the girl
the other watches their backs

>>38199632
>>[ ] Stick together while you search.
Learn them moves as we move

>>38199607
>Moon Phone
Heh

>>38199632
>[ ] Stick together while you search.
Laura is going to know more about how to go about this to begin with than us.

>>38199632
>[ ] Split up and meet back there.
Two noses better than one

>>38199632
>Stick together while you search.

I still think Noriko and her Korean knowledge would be good for helping us out in chinatown.

>>38199632
>[ ] Stick together while you search.
Laura has training for stuff like this. She should stay with us.

>>38199632
>>[ ] Stick together while you search.
and watch her closely so that we can...learn, yes thats why we'll be observing the highly attractive lady

>>38199632
>>[ ] Stick together while you search.
Might take a bit longer, but less chance that someone jumps us.

>>38199719
>>38199737

Seconded.

Stealth along and learn from the master.

>>38199632
>[ ] Stick together while you search.
Hold hands please.

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>>38199632
>[ ] Stick together while you search.

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>>38199758
This. Just because we're in a case doesn't meant we can't go on a mini-date as well.

>>38199815
Not cute enough. Laura and JJ would be much cuter.

>>38199815
And probably a hell of allot less pointlessly sweaty.

>>38199833
I think it'd make us look less suspicious to the MCA guys too.

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>>38199785
>>38199815

>>38199758
>>38199868

Kiss too.

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liD8xcnpiyM

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>>38199785
>>38199815

I got here as fast as I could

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>>38199815
Yes public displays of affection causes others to avert thine eyes lest they be dubbed perverts

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>>38199920

Not today, motherfucker.

>>38199895
If it comes down to a situation like that, it's what I was thinking.

>>38199933
if they smooch while invisible then they're DOUBLE not seen

passers by just have this weird sense of something lewd is going on but they don't know where

>>38199939
This shouldn't be as inspirational as it i.

>>38199908
>wedding
>JJ ever happy
It's been confirmed JJs suffer pleases God himself, if a wedding happens we're gonna get nuked, or Laura was really brainwashed and never loved us, or that she was actually tumorbro, or any number of horrible things.

>>38199972
JJ will always love his dead gay son

>>38199968
I completely forgot about the lewd applications of invisibility.

>[X] Stick together while you search.
>[X] Hold hands.
>[X] Kissu kissu.
>[X] You're a serious detective, you swear.

>Sensory Check
>DC17
>+5 mod
>+1 mod for Laura's experience

Sorry about the wait on this guys, got delayed.

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>38200033

Rolled 13 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>38200033
Rolling

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>>38200033

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>38200033
hail satan

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>>38200033
Satan guide my dice!

>>38200033
were you delayed by consensual handholding?

>>38200048
Just. JUST.
JJ was distract.
But Laura was on the ball.

>>38200048
Thank you glorious anon.

>>38200033
>+6
Damn

>>38200020
Like turning invisible when Layla walks in on JJ and Laura's private time.

>>38200033
>You're a serious detective, you swear.
Well we did finish that one case of the missing kid in like ten minutes.

>>38200095
>JJ's orgasm breaks his focus and the invisibility drops
I'd read that shit.

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>>38200088

>>38200123
we got shot too! You don't see amateur detectives getting shot

>>38200075
>JJ was distract.

I wonder why.

>writing

>>38200229
he saw his own butt?

>>38200201
That's only something the pros do.

>>38200237
or did the butt see JJ?

>>38200271
>self aware spider-man level booty

the world is not ready

>>38200271
If he was more Satyr than Lizard-Elf, I'd ask what did the goatsee?

dose anyone else think we should up sub-dermal armor so JJ isn't bullet resistant but proof.

hell level 5 make it so anti-personal guns dont penetrate skin

>>38200433
>anti-personal guns
fuck this i need sleep goodnight every one

>>38200433
Protection against firearms isn't a high priority. We escaped from a horde of gunmen firing at us before we even had Echolocation.

>>38200433
We can evade a room full of gunmen, I'd rather boost our tasers or eye beams.

>>38200474
>>38200495

As someone else: Its still damn useful and needed, since its not just firearms it would work vs.
Not to mention, can't dodge all the time. Shotgun+almost buried alive episode taught us.

>>38200433
It's an extremely big investment for it. While it is probably a good idea, there are tons of great defensive options, like Shadow Field, or Photo helping us to have less hunger.

Can we go for photo 4? Next tier gives +1 boost to all stuff (active, one at the time).
Should give us an edge for the rarely used skills.

>>38200605
Only works with enough sunlight and we are in NYC in the winter. I'd rather go for eye blasts 3 or wings 3.

>>38200605
I'd back that option. It is a nice boost, plus the boon of less hunger.

>>38200520
Max subdermal wouldn't make you able to tank a shotgun blast from that close and shake it off like nothing. Level 5 is only around the level of kevlar. JJ would be stunned by the first blast, then seeing as he isn't immediately dead - he'd just get shot again.

Not to mention if the shotgun is aimed at the head rather than center of mass, JJ would die no matter what level of subdermal he has. Hence why JJ should do what he can to not get into that situation in the first place.

>>38200646
Sunlight stopped mattering at tier 2. Unless we are underground or something, we are somewhat charging.

>>38200605
I'm for Kinesics before it might get locked. Then for maxing Photo so we barely need sustenance.

>>38200689
Ups, tier 3
PHOTOSYNTHETIC BIOLOGY
JJ mutates a number of plantlike attributes, first and foremost among them the ability to derive sustenance from sunlight.
Level 1: JJ may now derive a measure of sustenance from direct sunlight. As long as he spends a few hours per day standing under the sun, he can mitigate the effects of hunger.
Level 2: JJ may now mitigate hunger via shorter time exposed to sunlight.
Level 3: JJ may now metabolize indirect sunlight, though this takes longer. He can choose to ‘store’ energy gained this way for a rainy day rather than consuming it immediately.
Level 4: JJ shakes off fatigue and illness more easily when under the sun. He can choose to temporarily boost one of his attributes to heightened levels by burning through stored solar energy.
Level 5: JJ is nearly impossible to tire out under the sun and can sustain himself almost indefinitely with only sunlight and sparse amounts of water for nourishment.

>>38200662
Considering he would be dodging, we are presuming he is getting the edge of shotgun spray, so its sub dermal in cohesion with agility, allowing him to take some damage and keep moving.

The alternative is attempting to move, guaranteed fucked from the edge spray and getting shot again, while dermal gives a chance to keep moving.

>>38200702
>Kinesics
Agreed. I'd also really like to get to Neuroelectrovision, because combine that and Kinesics and we're basically a discount telepath.

>>38200646
You know speaking of. Eye blasts and wings guys should probably come to a consensus if we get to 3 xpoints. I'd rather not be split when it comes time to vote.

>>38200748
>Considering he would be dodging, we are presuming
>Not to mention, can't dodge all the time. Shotgun+almost buried alive episode taught us.

>(1/2)

>>38200048
>19
>success

You dawdle awkwardly for a moment, unsure of what to do, before you take Laura’s hand in yours, sharing a brief kiss before you head out on the hunt.

The sounds and scents of Chinatown whirl around you, a kitschy overload of red and gold, but Laura’s taste hangs on your lips like a stain, seeping through you, weaving its way into the fabric of your senses and refusing to budge. The crowds are thick and loud, and you stick close together, your shoulders brushing as you press your way through the late-night torrent of shoppers and diners and tourists and all-sorts. You must have grazed against thirty or forty people by the time you’ve been wandering just a few minutes, but when Laura presses back against you, it’s different, like a tiny electrostatic shock, a strange, vulnerable sort of feeling left where she touches you, like that segment of your flesh has been tenderized somehow.

You quickly find yourself not thinking all too much about Alicia Manfredi, and just enjoying being with Laura. For a moment, you contemplate just asking if she wants to sit down and get a bite to eat, and simply being with her for a while, forgetting about all this mob crap.

You’re a little surprised, then, when she stops in her tracks, almost bumbling into her. She sniffs loudly at the air, and you just blink for a moment, not getting it.

“That’s it.” She says.

>>38200776
Cant dodge all the time = can not always avoid being hit at all
in this instance anyway, i agree its worded a bit funny but the point still stands.

>>38200753
>Neuroelectrovision
That would be great too. I'm always interested in more sensory abilities anyway.

>(2/2)

It takes you a moment to catch up, to disentangle your focus from her, but you smell it too.

Aromatic candles. A certain shade of sweat. Playing cards. Silks and cottons. Burnished bronze. Alicia Manfredi.

You follow the scene along a fairly linear path, the echoes of her presence sounding along the sidewalk for a while, before they veer off abruptly into an adjacent alley. The smells here are tainted with fear and struggle – her scent tumbles and crashes and mingles with those of four – no, five – men, continuing down the alley until it turns out into the adjoining street, making its way round the corner before culminating in a weird, confused bundle outside a restaurant.

The golden lettering above spell out UNCLE WU’s.

“She was in here for some time.” Laura states.

You feel the world pulling you back to ground level.

>[ ] Go inside, take a table. One of you can look around.
>[ ] Go inside, ask the staff if they saw something recently.
>[ ] Go inside, follow the scent, fuck alla anyone getting in yo way.
>[ ] Write in.

>>38200732
We should build a giant ass light redirector, that totally isn't also a giant death ray for burning people

>>38200819
>[ ] Go inside, follow the scent, fuck alla anyone getting in yo way.

invis up first yo

>>38200819
>>[ ] Go inside, take a table. One of you can look around.
JJ invis scout

>>38200819
>>[ ] Go inside, take a table. One of you can look around.

>>38200819
>[ ] Go inside, take a table. One of you can look around.

>>38200819
>[ ] Go inside, follow the scent, fuck alla anyone getting in yo way.

>>38200819
>[ ] Go inside, follow the scent, fuck alla anyone getting in yo way.

>>38200819
>Go inside, stealth, follow the scent.

>>38200819
>[ ] Write in.
This is why we have invisibility.

>>38200825
>tfw no more db to give us an extrap for gaining energy from Fire
>we could have lounged around in a giant bonfire building up charge

>>38200819
>[ ] Go inside, follow the scent, fuck alla anyone getting in yo way.
Not while visible though.

>>38200819
>[ ] Go inside, take a table. One of you can look around.
Echolocate + literally every sense we have, if the trail leaves we can leave. Plus no one's gonna question a couple getting a table. Maybe we can smell if they got a tail?

>>38200819
>Go inside, stealth, follow the scent.


As for armor, I still think we should just put a big ass metal plate(manhole cower? maybe layer 2 of them on each side or something?) over our vital organs, and be done with it.

>>38200819
>>[ ] Go inside, follow the scent, fuck alla anyone getting in yo way.
Invis that shit. Sooner we get this done sooner we get to cuddle up to Laura.

>>38200819
>Go inside, take a table
>If necessary, use "bitching about food/service" as excuse to wander into staff areas while tracking the scent.

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>[x] Go inside, take a table. One of you can look around.

>>38200819
>[ ] Go inside, take a table. One of you can look around.
Use those inhuman senses of yours.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>38200915
Satan, will Laura get the D soon?

>>38200901
High subdermal + wings + agility + danger sense = Regenerating bullet shields that always get in the way of projectiles and lessen shots enough for us to get moving.

>>38200819
>[ ] Go inside, take a table. One of you can look around.
Food plus looking around. Classic spy games stuff.

>>38200943
Even Satan does not know.

>>38200819
> Scout the scent inside while invisible.

>write in
Crazed hobo ruse
"Spare some change?"

>>38200819
>[ ] Go inside, follow the scent, fuck alla anyone getting in yo way.

>>38200819
>[ ] Go inside, take a table. One of you can look around.

Why do people keep forgetting that we are so close to getting PRACTICAL wings. We could fly AND hold stuff.

>>38200819
>[ ] Go inside, take a table. One of you can look around.

>>38200946
Dense metal plate + strength (we already have)- manually regenatable shield, no point investment. You pick up anything bulletproof and put it between you and bullets.

We just need to carry a shield/armor. Shield is probably better, as we can shield bash, and drop it for convenience more easily.

>>38201055

MUH DR. DOOLITTLE FANTASIES

>>38201055
Not so much forgetting as prioritizing other things, at least in my case.

>>38201077
Those require keeping hold of bullet proof items all the time.
Our wings grow from our back at will.
Not to say your idea is not valid, just that it is impracticable and highly unlikely to be doable in the situations we find ourselves in.

>>38201055
Aye, I'll vote for you when we get to three.

>>38201055
>forgetting
>We could fly AND hold stuff.
Wow, that's so amazing it must really bring that power to the top of my priorities.

>>38201055
We can Adhesive Touch with our feet.

>>38201110
just for that, I'm gonna vote AA instead of OFB or Wings

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>>38201077
Or you could just do a repeat of the previous incident with gunmen run like hell while avoiding the paths bullets will take. Not getting into a fight against many armed, trained individuals would be a much better idea, of course.

>>38201182
This, just because we can survive being shot does not mean it is especially pleasant, and being shot in the head can still cause significant memory loss and trauma. Hell, in theory we can be killed if they just repeatedly shot us in the head at point blank until someone with explosives came to finish the job.

>>38201239
Pretty sure being hit to head will kill us.

>>38201166
>cinema snob
>worst taste confirmed
enjoy your shitty soda tasting vids you faggot

>>38201118
I don't mind getting the bulletproof wings, but that will take a while (idk how much points we need, but is probably like 7+). Its a large investment.

We can do the shield right now, if we want to. Go down the street, pick up manhole cower(bend metal garbage can, or whatever) or 2 and we are ready.

>>38201182
Yea, we can do that, but this is plan for not getting shotgun to the face for no good reason. With senses 5 we should be able to see if from miles away, but for some reason we don't.

I am just arguing that armor investment is bit on the large side, for something we can achieve differently.

>>38201239
We should be able to smell explosives from mile away.

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>>38201258
You are getting so butthurt and spiteful over the smallest things, it's fucking funny.

>>38201260
Can't smell explosives if you are comatose mate.

>>38201239
>>38201256
If it mashes the brain, we are probably going to die.
Single bullet might be survivable with minimal loss of memory.

>>38201260
Yeah its a long game thing, but i do not think we will employ your idea unless we are in specific situations e.g. needing to protect someone.

Right now JJ and Laura are both re-genners, a gunshot wound is not serious if its not heart or head. And when we have the granddaughter we are leaving full invis, so that should not be a problem.

Even if its a bit of X point expense, its a damn good investment no matter how you slice it.

>>38200819
>>[ ] Go inside, follow the scent, fuck alla anyone getting in yo way.
Invisible.

>>38201239
>Level 5 - The bioweave under JJ’s skin is now roughly as strong as Kevlar
Kevlar isn't bullet proof anyway.

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Wings 3 is tempting, but I'm not voting for anything but Kinesics or Bank until we get it.

>>38201285
Butthurt? About cinema snob? Sure, he's a shitty pandwring internet celeb, but dats it. I'm not the original anon you quoted either

>>38201239
>point blank
Someone putting a gun against JJ would pierce the subdermal, regardless of where he's hit.

>>38201322
I am saying we should put some armor on our head and heart then.

Its not like we are gonna do it anyway, I been pushing for this ever since we got strength. No one wants to be prepared for being shot.

>>38201344
Kinesics a shit anon.

>>38201344
I forgot kinsenics basically gave us battle prescience

>>38201365
Unless it's a derringer

>>38201376
We should get one of those anti government head armor pieces, you know, the ones made out of tin and aluminum?

>>38201365
Not if it's a cap gun faggot.

>[X] Go inside, take a table. One of you can look around.

Heading inside, you ask for a table for two. The scrawny dude who sees you to your seats gives you a bit of an odd look, but being with a cute girl appears to give you a pass.

Laura is adamant about getting a table near the back of the place, and she sits down opposite you, plucking up her menu and parsing through it. You’re not entirely sure if she’s actually looking for something to eat, or if she’s just keeping up appearances, but either way, you’re probably gonna order something before you go poking around the place.

It’s a small restaurant, seating maybe forty people at most. Still, everything gleams, kept in tip-top condition by a highly synchronized workforce of teenagers that are probably all related in some way to the owner.

You breathe in, and the smell of steamed pork assaults your nasal cavity, thick and greasy and almost aggressive. You push past it, focusing on Alicia’s scent. It leads you out of the dining room, back toward the kitchens, almost getting lost amidst the steam and the sweat and the pervading aroma of Chinese food.

You guess you can check that out later.

You watch Laura as she scans the menu. Her eyes move up and down in slow, focused swoops, absorbing everything. You can’t help but notice that she’s wearing the sweater you picked for her under her jacket, the fabric fitting around her in a… pretty enjoyable way. After a minute or two, she realizes that you’re staring, and her cheeks redden slightly.

You order the cheapest stuff you can find – which is not cheap, and sounds like a whole lot of noodles – before pulling your seat out and heading to the restroom, using it to vanish from sight without causing a commotion.

You sniff at the air.

>Being A Detective Check
>DC14
>+4 mod

>>38201386
No it isnt, crusty confirmed it lets you predict opponents movements on the ask

>>38201386

Kinesics is right up there with Muscle Memory in terms of usefulness. Perhaps more so in some respects.

>>38201390

It's got plenty of applications outside of fighting, but that's also true.

Rolled 15 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>38201415
Rolling

>>38201365
JJ is pretty quick, plus JJ sense & echolocation, so doing so would be kinda impressive.

>>38201327
The main point of sub dermal is how it strengthens all the soft tissues, even though it won't stop a bullet entering, it will be vastly diminished in what it can achieve damage wise and greatly strengthen resistance vs most brute force e.g. getting punched.
Top teir may stop the smaller rounds from getting past the skin, larger rounds will lodge and not be able to fracture shatter before being pushed out.
>>38201376
Maybe, but we don't really have access to practical materials, and a man hole cover is not practical. We would only get access to such if we commissioned it, robbed someone or joined up with someone.

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>38201415
go jesus go

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>38201415

>>38201322
>gunshot wound is not serious if its not heart or head
Confirmed for not having a clue what you're talking about. JJ's regen isn't fast enough to make a bullet hitting an artery or puncturing a lung "not serious".

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>38201415

Rolled 10 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>38201415
Pointless roll away!

>>38201433
Thanks for the success

Rolled 12 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>38201415

>>38201457
Dat modded twenty, we the best detective

>>38201386
Fuck off, faggot. I'll kick your used ass.

>>38201461
Not serious as in not going to kill him in this case. Highly detrimental sure, but JJ aint gonna bleed to death unless its something like a shotgun, and then hes all kinds of fucked.

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>>38201415
>the fabric fitting around her in a… pretty enjoyable way. After a minute or two, she realizes that you’re staring, and her cheeks redden slightly.

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>>38201415

I knew that sweater was the right call.

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>>38201454
Jesus laughs at your plight.

>>38201450
For fucks sake there is tons of scrap metal everywhere. Just gotta layer it, and put it together by bending metal, or tying together with rebar. We don't even need tools with strength we have.

Also the strength makes it so we can carry really heavy armor with no downsides, so we can just double up any shitty material, instead of getting good stuff.

>>38201446
Maybe you should read what I was replying to and get some context.

>>38201494
>Not serious as in not going to kill him
Oh. Nevermind then. Although I wouldn't say for sure on it being not life threatening before JJ experiences it himself.

If kinesics is at Cassandra Cain level, then yeah I could vote for that.

>>38201569
Point.
Not one i am eager to test however.

>>38201570

I think it can be, if we use it enough.

>>38201544
Nah, I followed that chain of hypothetical situation conversation just fine. Just injected some realism in there.

>>38201570
Probably, it is a superpower

>>38201570

Not at base, but with practice we could probably get it to that level (much like how Muscle Memory isn't quite at Taskmaster levels, but has the capacity to get there). The description for it says that it stops just short of actually reading a target's mind.

>>38201542
cant exactly carry that around with you in the city

We should just buy Kevlar.

>>38201691

Where?

>>38201651
It’s an extrapolative. We don't have to level shit.

>>38201712
Pretty sure BP could hook us up like the gasmask

>>38201714
experience counts for all powers

>>38201714

I don't mean literal levels, I mean actual experience using it.