#: 1354465 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    02-Feb-96  21:15:44
Sb: #1354360-CHC: Kim & Barney
Fm: Zebekia 100020,1170
To: Amad n/Ass't SysOp 73312,3242 (X)

Kim:

"OK. I'll catch you later."

** I can't take you with me ** she sends to the Nag, ** I can't teleport with
you. The choice seems to be between leaving you in my bag here, and hoping
that Barney dismisses you as an ordinary laptop, or finding somewhere else to
hide you, and hoping that no-one steals you. I need to know if Barney could
recognise you for what you really are, and whether or not you have any way of
dealing with a thief. **

[OOC: Depending on the Nag's suggestions, she either leaves her bag or takes
it with her]

She hops out, and has a quick look round to find out just what is going on.

Kim would like to find some cover, both within the cordon and outside it, so
that she can use her teleport - also, if she still has her bag, she wants a
safe place to hide it (a trash can or litter bin might be safe if ignominious
<g>). At least all eyes in the area are probably on the police and what's
happening within the cordon.

She has a go at reaching Allison: ** I'm here, Allison - I'm coming **

If she can find cover, she'll quickly strip down to her skimpy costume, put on
her mask and greasepaint, and then teleport to a concealed location near the
house, repeating the jump until she gets close.

[OOC: Advance warning for CHC/HDR/HGW/EEK - I'm off on a longish trip to the
States from the 10th. If all goes well, I'll still be able to login, but if
Kim/Geoffrey/Rick/Kirsty suddenly fall silent for 3 weeks you'll know it all
went pear-shaped]


#: 1356718 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    04-Feb-96  22:51:19
Sb: #1354465-CHC: Kim & Barney
Fm: Amad n/Ass't SysOp 73312,3242
To: Zebekia 100020,1170 (X)

[Where in the U.S. are you going to be?]


**The Sebth would not know what I am merely by visual inspection....I am
designed to appear to be a primitive Terran machine externally. And unless he
has a Sebth machine of sophistication approaching my own, he would not be able
to determine my true nature without inspecting my components, and I would
self-destruct before I would allow him to do that.**

Exiting the van, you don your "costume", and are relieved that it stays with
you through both jumps. You emerge between two houses, one of which was once
Connie's. It's now on fire, and looks like a demolitions crew has been at work
on it. You feel a strong prickling of your "Shabaali" senses, and see smoke
curling around an invisible bubble of some sort, and then Connie emerges with
Curt and her three children, looking pale and confused. All three children are
wailing in fear. Neighbors are already grabbing hoses and trying to douse the
fire, as sirens scream just a block away.

[See the "Leapards & Lawyers" thread.]


#: 1356372 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    04-Feb-96  17:41:58
Sb: #1354361-#CHC: Leopards & Lawyers
Fm: Lake Roca 75123,303
To: Amad n/Ass't SysOp 73312,3242 (X)

Connie retrieves her children from the chest, holding Russell the smallest
close and Margarett by the hand.  "Curt I think we should get out of the
house.  Allison, follow Curt.  We should get out of the house.  Hopeing those
men are no longer around she brings her family to the nearest gaping hole
keeping the force bubble up untill she is sure the men are gone.

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#: 1356719 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    04-Feb-96  22:51:51
Sb: #1356372-CHC: Leopards & Lawyers
Fm: Amad n/Ass't SysOp 73312,3242
To: Lake Roca 75123,303

Smoke and flames part before you, as your force bubble precedes you out onto
the lawn, where your neighbors are already dragging hoses. Allison stops
crying long enough to whimper "Mommy! Kim's here!"

Curt's ears prick up and he looks around, and then yowls in surprise.


#: 1358803 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    06-Feb-96  16:55:06
Sb: CHC: Leopards & Lawyers
Fm: Lake Roca 75123,303
To: Amad n/Ass't SysOp 73312,3242 (X)

Connie:
<I assume there are no comandos visable since you did not mention it and the
neighbors are out.>

Connie looks around for Kim and a place to make the children comfortable.  If
she sees that there are no threats she will try and release the force bubble.
Seeing the neighbor who helps with the children at times, she waves and sets
up "daycare" under one of the trees. < Connie lives in a more rural
neighborhood that most SF suburbs. Pacific Grove.  It is probably a bit
chilly and the fog is probably just burning off.>  


#: 1359320 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    07-Feb-96  00:12:11
Sb: #1358803-CHC: Leopards & Lawyers
Fm: Zebekia 100020,1170
To: Lake Roca 75123,303

Kim:

Kim is standing between Connie's burning house and the one next door. At
least, Connie assume's it's Kim by a process of elimination - she doesn't
know anyone else that skinny. Kim is wearing a crudely-cut domino mask, the
ragged remains of a swimsuit that's has bits cut out of it, and some
greasepaint. She looks vaguely ridiculous... better make that very ridiculous
<g>. OTOH, the strange outfit *does* make her look different.

She doesn't speak, or move beyond scanning warily for anything hostile. The
last time her hairs prickled like this, Nancy got shot.

**Are you all right?** she sends to Connie, **Who did this? Where are they?**


#: 1356717 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    04-Feb-96  22:51:03
Sb: CHC: The Big Apple
Fm: Amad n/Ass't SysOp 73312,3242
To: Myth 71055,2573 (X)

Bobby begins emitting a low thrum that quickly builds to subsonic roar that
reverberates in his chest and causes the ship itself to vibrate. The thugs
wince, and a couple drop their weapons...the rest cringe and fire wildly in
Bobby's direction.

A glance down at his chest reveals a gaping hole.

That almost causes him to plummet to the ground in shock. But he notices
there's no blood, and doesn't seem to be any pain, either.

As he watches, the smooth, bloodless hole in his chest begins to fill, like
one of those gel-filled rubber squeeze-toys that you can press your fingers
into, and watch it slowly regain its shape.

[In the ship]

Electric lights illuminate the bowels of the ship, dimly. You hear sounds of a
struggle ahead. "!#$%@! You're pretty tough, aren't you?" snarls the
Shadowman. In reply, you hear a loud

        >>>THWANG!!!<<<

as of something heavy and metallic slamming into the side of the ship hard
enough to possibly leave a dent.

Emerging into one of the holds, you see a piece of machinery literally
imbedded in a bulkhead. The Shadowman is spreading out in a black spiderweb
pattern, tendrils lashing out at the super-strong metahuman, who is picking up
a crate the size of a small car and preparing to heft it at the semi-tangible
villain.

"Yo dude, do you know this bozo?" calls out the brick, as he heaves the crate
directly at the Shadowman....ineffectually, as it passes through him
harmlessly. The crate whizzes over your head and explodes against the bulkhead
behind you with an impact great enough to make the deck shiver beneath your
feet. Actually, the shivering continues even after the fragments of the crate
and whatever it held stop raining down on you....the entire ship seems to be
vibrating.


#: 1358248 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    06-Feb-96  03:37:41
Sb: #1356717-CHC: The Big Apple
Fm: Myth 71055,2573
To: Amad n/Ass't SysOp 73312,3242 (X)

[Bobby BEATen!]


One look is enough.  Ick.  *Major* Ick.

Those guys are *still* shooting.  What does it take to show them they're
outclassed?  He *really* doesn't want to start killing them.  It just doesn't
seem fair, somehow.

He concentrates on his force field.  (Does he *have* a force field?  He
concentrates anyway.)  He visualizes a bubble around him, misty white with
power, blocking bullets and thugs alike, without destroying the thugs.  If he
can do this, then he'll be ably to fly around and knock them off hte ship,
kind of like a bowling ball.

If that doesn't work, he'll try... he'll... Heck, he'll think of something.
The good guys always did.



#: 1358378 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    06-Feb-96  05:19:59
Sb: #1356717-CHC: The Big Apple
Fm: Mark S. Hyacinth 71174,3117
To: Amad n/Ass't SysOp 73312,3242 (X)

Gideon:

  "You could say so, he tried to kill me a short while back." Gideon
instinctively covers up as the debris rains down. He stops suddenly when he
realizes the ship is vibrating around him.

  "Oh no. I don't think we should stay down here much longer. It sounds like
this ship is getting ready to shake itself apart. We need to find that bomb
before we leave. Can you hold him while I take a quick look?"


#: 1356720 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    04-Feb-96  22:52:16
Sb: #1354947-#CHC: Meta-Assembly, IL
Fm: Amad n/Ass't SysOp 73312,3242
To: Nicki Jett 76326,2340 (X)

Agent Mahon says "You got a think about smoking in hospitals, don't you,
Sterritt?" He looks at Finn. "If you can heal Ms. Tallin, I'm sure it would be
helpful. In the meantime, maybe you'd like to meet the other metahumans.
Shindell, I thought you might like to be reunited with Jamie Coris. And
Colvin, if you've got any advice on how to restrain a sociopathic
mind-controlling fourth-grader, it has to be better than using another
fourth-grader to babysit him."

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#: 1357002 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    05-Feb-96  02:14:31
Sb: #1356720-CHC: Meta-Assembly, IL
Fm: Russell Weeks 76050,2216
To: Amad n/Ass't SysOp 73312,3242 (X)

Lisa:

  " Restrain a sociopathic mind-controlling fourth-grader. " She whispers
appalled. " I wonder if Finn could muzzle him telepathically. " Just making
the suggestion dismays the sensitive aerobics instructor but she continues: "
I'm not suggesting she enslave him the way Tyler and Chris were but maybe just
lock up his powers until he learns to behave. It's just a thought. Anyone have
a better idea ? " Lisa asks sadly, looking around at the others, hoping
someone does have a better idea.



    


#: 1358961 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    06-Feb-96  19:42:56
Sb: #1356720-CHC: Meta-Assembly, IL
Fm: B'aeyr  73363,1624
To: Amad n/Ass't SysOp 73312,3242 (X)

"Dang, that's right!  Jamie's here, ain't she!"

Shindell actually seems cheered at the prospect of seeing the little girl
again under more favorable circumstances than their last meeting.

"Um, where 'bouts would that be, anyhow?"  he directs to agent Mahon.


B'aeyr


#: 1358117 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    06-Feb-96  01:29:46
Sb: #CHC: Meta-Assembly, IL
Fm: Dazzler 102354,2302
To: The Ghoul 76226,2723 (X)

% Finn %

The folk singer laughed.

"How?  Damned if I know.  I can ... see inside people's minds, and their
bodies, and see what's wrong.  Somehow, I make it right.  I healed Gordon
when he was just about dead, and Walt and the rest from radiation poisoning."
Pausing, Finn mused a moment.

"It's like I almost couldn't control it.  When I healed Gordon, I passed out.
And that was a *good* thing.  If I hadn't, if I had kept on going past my
body's limits, I would have killed myself.  I could *feel* it.  I couldn't
stop myself from healing him.  But my body knew, and it said enough was
enough."

She approached Christine's bedside.

"Would you be willing to let me try?"

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#: 1358318 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    06-Feb-96  04:23:28
Sb: #1358117-CHC: Meta-Assembly, IL
Fm: The Ghoul 76226,2723
To: Dazzler 102354,2302

-<Christine Tallin>-

"You've already been in my head to look for what Puppet Master left...  So I
guess I've already decided to trust you, haven't I?  But...  does it hurt to
heal like this?  Believe me, the last thing I want to do is share my
collection of contusions.  They feel bad enough after I change back to me to
more than make up for not feeling anything as Crystal."

She frowns a bit, then raises a hand toward Finn.

"If you'll try, I guess I'm in for the whole tour."

#: 1360831 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    08-Feb-96  02:54:58
Sb: #1358318-CHC: Meta-Assembly, IL
Fm: Dazzler 102354,2302
To: The Ghoul 76226,2723 (X)

% Finn %

She reached for Christine, and then time stopped.

Her arm froze in mid-grasp, hovering there, but not even wavering.

As if time was suspended.

Perhaps it was.


[To all I promised tapes of songs to, rest assured they will still be coming.
I was holding out for another song or two, but now it seems like that will be
a *bit* too long, so I'll work on finishing them up over the next few weeks.
If anyone else would like a tape (I have KK and Rogue Chip down for copies)
of the songs I have used for Finn, drop me a private note with your address.
-- Dazz]


#: 1358721 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    06-Feb-96  14:33:58
Sb: #1358117-CHC: Meta-Assembly, IL
Fm: Nicki Jett 76326,2340
To: Dazzler 102354,2302

"Give me your pain!"

"No, it's my pain, and I'm going to keep it."

...Finn Sybok and Christine Kirk

#: 1359271 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    06-Feb-96  23:48:57
Sb: #1358117-CHC: Meta-Assembly, IL
Fm: Gordon W. Fancher 74204,273
To: Dazzler 102354,2302

[>> I healed Gordon when he was just about dead <<

And he is *mightily* greatful, even if he *is* still laid up in a hospital...

- The lurker with the hole in his chest ]


#: 1356911 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    05-Feb-96  01:03:42
Sb: #CHC: Quantum Cats
Fm: Amad n/Ass't SysOp 73312,3242
To: Killjoy 74150,1372 (X)

[Sorry to keep you guys on hold for so long. I have not forgotten about you.
However, I'm planning to join you to another thread, so I'm trying to resolve
that one to a point where I can bring you in. Thanks for your patience.]

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#: 1356942 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    05-Feb-96  01:23:24
Sb: #1356911-#CHC: Quantum Cats
Fm: k2 73073,2242
To: Amad n/Ass't SysOp 73312,3242 (X)

['s ok.  figured as much.] 

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#: 1357008 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    05-Feb-96  02:22:52
Sb: #1356942-CHC: Quantum Cats
Fm: Killjoy 74150,1372
To: k2 73073,2242 (X)

[Okey dokey]



#: 1359218 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    06-Feb-96  23:23:23
Sb: CHC+/TMU+  The End
Fm: Amad n/Ass't SysOp 73312,3242
To: All CHC & TMU Players

[I'm posting this in the relevant sections for each of my games, so if you
play in more than one, you're seeing this more than once. Sorry.]


This has been a very difficult decision to come to.

Since I've been running hot-and-cold about continuing CHC & TMU for months,
some of you no doubt saw this coming; to others, this may be a great
disappointment. I'm sorry, but the time's come to pack it in. CHC, TMU, EEK!,
and HGW are hereby discontinued.

(I would like to finish the story arcs in CHC someday, and I still like the
concept for HGW; it is possible that I will resume one or both when the
current semester ends and I complete my M.A. program, but I am not going to
make any promises at this point.)

There are a whole host of reasons, some beyond my control, and some that are
no one's fault but my own (like putting myself in a situation where I am
running FIVE games at once- THAT was stupid!), but I've had to make some
decisions about how I spend my time, and one decision is that I am spending
way too much of it here in the Forum.

I could go on at more length about the whys and wherefores and angst that led
to this decision, but, I'm not going to. I'm generally rather proud of my
GMing and my reliability, and I'm sorry to blemish my record like this, but
that's the way it goes. I hope you all enjoyed playing, and that if I resume
any of my games in the future, or start new ones someday, you will consider
playing in them. If not, there are many other excellent GMs in the Forum.

It's been fun. Seeya.

-Amad n


#: 1359443 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    07-Feb-96  01:25:14
Sb: #1359218-#CHC+/TMU+  The End
Fm: Rogue Chip 72570,2264
To: Amad n/Ass't SysOp 73312,3242 (X)

  Alas, all good things must come to an end.  I just want you to know that it
has been GREAT, and I've enjoyed it a lot.

            R.C.

[P.S.  please hang onto your notes.  Sometime I'll probably ask you for
details on a few of the characters.]

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#: 1359551 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    07-Feb-96  03:05:31
Sb: #1359443-#CHC+/TMU+  The End
Fm: Amad n/Ass't SysOp 73312,3242
To: Rogue Chip 72570,2264

I have EVERYTHING on disk, and most of it printed out (currently filling
almost a dozen three-ring binders, in double-sided small-font printouts.) So
when/if I am able to restart, I won't be working from scratch.

I want you to know, of all my games I just ended, CHC was the hardest one to
cut, and I agonized for a long time over trying to continue it at least to
the finale I promised some months ago. I really do hope to fulfill that
promise someday, maybe later this year. But life being what it is, I just
don't want to make a commitment and have to disappoint everybody yet again.
This was a great game, and you've been a great bunch of players.

-Amad n

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#: 1359870 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    07-Feb-96  06:52:04
Sb: #1359551-CHC+/TMU+  The End
Fm: k2 73073,2242
To: Amad n/Ass't SysOp 73312,3242 (X)

<sigh>  Bummer.  But, what musts be, musts be.  And in the final analysis
your school and other r/l is a damn sight more important.  

#: 1360057 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    07-Feb-96  12:17:21
Sb: #1359551-CHC+/TMU+  The End
Fm: Killjoy 74150,1372
To: Amad n/Ass't SysOp 73312,3242 (X)

Amadan -

        I can relate easy, this year has gotten real weird for me, though
it's been fun to vent with Jackie's attitude. <g>  I'm glad my first few
games here lasted so long, involved some top quality storytelling, as well as
well thought out players and NPCs.  If you restart someday, I'll be happy to
jump aboard the bandwagon.

Killjoy

#: 1360611 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    08-Feb-96  00:07:09
Sb: #1359551-CHC+/TMU+  The End
Fm: Jý 72643,661
To: Amad n/Ass't SysOp 73312,3242 (X)

Chuck shall resurface in another game...
...Be warned.
--Jý

#: 1359694 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    07-Feb-96  04:37:10
Sb: #1359218-CHC+/TMU+  The End
Fm: L'Ange/Ass't SysOp 100025,444
To: Amad n/Ass't SysOp 73312,3242 (X)

I'll be sorry to see those games end Amadan. As sorry as I am that over the
past year I just haven't had the time to participate in those where I had a
character (both HDR and TMU). I hope that if you do restart them at a later
date it will be at a point where I can be active again, and give them the
attention that they deserve.

L'Ange

#: 1360289 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    07-Feb-96  18:32:59
Sb: #1359218-CHC+/TMU+  The End
Fm: Hurricane 70274,132
To: Amad n/Ass't SysOp 73312,3242 (X)

Doh!! Quitting in mid-grapple with the villain? That's, that's....monstrous!

OTOH,

quitting before my character gets snuffed *does* have a certain appeal <g>.

But it's the fact that there's only one character dead in EEK that you'll
have to work to live down <g>.

       -- Hurricane


#: 1360760 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    08-Feb-96  01:57:31
Sb: #1359218-#CHC+/TMU+  The End
Fm: The Ghoul 76226,2723
To: Amad n/Ass't SysOp 73312,3242 (X)

So I guess it's too late to mention I finally got Dave to promise that he'd
finish and deliver the drawing of Crystal he'd done for me (the one you saw
briefly at GenCon)?

This is a game I'll miss a lot...  It's my big chance to be self-pitying and
miserable a lot and that's just so much fun to write!

You'd better get this game back... Crystal and Chuck really do have to meet
sometime (as if the world is ready for that)!

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#: 1360926 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    08-Feb-96  04:06:40
Sb: #1360760-CHC+/TMU+  The End
Fm: Amad n/Ass't SysOp 73312,3242
To: The Ghoul 76226,2723 (X)

Well, when/if Dave finishes it, I'd still like to see the picture if you can
e-mail it to me.

-Amad n

#: 1360832 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    08-Feb-96  02:55:07
Sb: #1359218-#CHC+/TMU+  The End
Fm: Dazzler 102354,2302
To: Amad n/Ass't SysOp 73312,3242 (X)

I coulda told you ... in fact, I *did*, tell you how much time SysOping was
gonna take! <big grin>

Well, you know how reliable I've been over the past 5 months, so I guess I
can understand stopping now, especially with other commitments.  I *am*
willing to give Finn another chance (and I will send you a copy of the tape
in a few weeks, if you want it, provided you send me your address) when you
are able.

It was a blast, David.  A great game while it ran.

Dazz/Julia

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#: 1360924 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    08-Feb-96  04:06:36
Sb: #1360832-CHC+/TMU+  The End
Fm: Amad n/Ass't SysOp 73312,3242
To: Dazzler 102354,2302 (X)

Actually, sysoping really does not take that much of my time, and was a very
small part of my decision to quit most of my games. If it was just a choice
between sysoping or a game, I'd have resigned as sysop, but there are really
a great many factors that affected my decision.

-Amad n

#: 1361496 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    08-Feb-96  17:39:51
Sb: #1359218-CHC+/TMU+  The End
Fm: Alias Sylk 102125,2467
To: Amad n/Ass't SysOp 73312,3242 (X)

Amad n,

   Nuts...<g>.

   No, the end wasn't completely unexpected.

> ...sorry to blemish my record...<

   I'ld hardly call you irresponsible for either your reasons & or the
manner.  I've enjoyed starting my day w/ TMU.

   A round of applause for you & your cast.

Alias


#: 1362241 S6/Heroes RPGs  [RPGAMES]
    09-Feb-96  05:38:15
Sb: #1359218-CHC+/TMU+  The End
Fm: GRIMJACK 72002,1753
To: Amad n/Ass't SysOp 73312,3242 (X)

  Gosh Deng it!

  Just as Deng was finally seeing some combat (which would have probably been
short lived anyway <g>).

  Seriously, thanks for being up front with us about the situation.  Best of
luck with your real life commitments... and keep a certain ghostly looking
chinese man in mind if you ever start up TMU again.

GRIMJACK