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  1. [18:22:37] <Skylark> You arrive at the building where Vanguard is apparently hosting interviews
  2. [18:23:22] <Skylark> It's a fairly bland office building, presumably rented to be used for this purpose
  3. [18:23:35] <Lucian_Scott> I keep an eye on the place and slowly gaze at anyone who passes by.
  4. [18:23:57] <Michael_Carpenter> I stand outside, in a pair of pants and a t-shirt, and wonder briefly if I should've dressed up more for my interview.
  5. [18:24:23] <Lucian_Scott> I also have on jeans and a sinestro corps t-shirt,
  6. [18:24:34] <Michael_Carpenter> I shrug and figure it's too late now.
  7. [18:24:44] <Michael_Carpenter> I walk into the building.
  8. [18:25:07] <Lucian_Scott> I see someone walk into the building and keep as good an eye on him as possible
  9. [18:25:15] <Lucian_Scott> I can now see what he does.
  10. [18:26:42] <Skylark> Inside, a man wearing a sky-blue wingsuit steps out from a side door. This is, of course, the leader of Vanguard, a Mover/Blaster named Skylark.
  11. [18:26:54] <Skylark> "I assume you're here for..."
  12. [18:27:20] — Lucian_Scott sees the man in the blue suit and moves to the side of the doors
  13. [18:32:20] <Michael_Carpenter> After realizing he isn't going to finish speaking I hurriedly fill in the blank, "the interview. I saw an advertisement saying you had an opening?"
  14. [18:32:34] <Skylark> "We do indeed."
  15. [18:32:58] <Skylark> "Shall we get down to business?"
  16. [18:33:02] — Lucian_Scott hears and breathes deeply
  17. [18:33:08] — Lucian_Scott enters the doors as well
  18. [18:33:20] — Lucian_Scott uses his power on their eyes to make them look at thim
  19. [18:33:20] <Michael_Carpenter> "Yeah, that sounds good."
  20. [18:33:41] <Skylark> "And you are...?"
  21. [18:34:16] <Lucian_Scott> "Im also here for the opening"
  22. [18:34:42] — Witch adjusts microphone from other room, behind the one way mirror
  23. [18:35:04] <Skylark> "Excellent. If you'll both follow me please."
  24. [18:35:11] <Lucian_Scott> "yeah yeah ok"
  25. [18:35:20] — Lucian_Scott swallows and follows hurriedly
  26. [18:35:20] — Skylark opens a door and gestures them through
  27. [18:35:44] — Michael_Carpenter follows, looking at Lucian with confusion at his hurriedness.
  28. [18:36:17] <Witch> "Testing Testing, if you can hear this message Skylark, please tap your foot twice when first seated"
  29. [18:36:59] <Skylark> As it would appear, this door leads to what looks to have been a lunchroom before being repurposed
  30. [18:37:30] — Lucian_Scott looks around anxiously and runs his fingers through his hair
  31. [18:37:46] <Skylark> Most tables have been pushed to the sides, though several chairs are still free lining the room's perimeter
  32. [18:38:01] <Skylark> "Take a seat, gentlemen."
  33. [18:38:14] — Lucian_Scott immediately sits in the closest seat
  34. [18:38:15] — Michael_Carpenter takes a seat on one of the chairs
  35. [18:38:25] — Skylark picks a chair to sprawl in, then taps his foot twice
  36. [18:38:45] <Skylark> "As should be obvious, my name is Skylark."
  37. [18:39:19] <Skylark> "I run Vanguard."
  38. [18:39:49] <Lucian_Scott> "wow-wow-," I tap my feet "honor to meet you"
  39. [18:39:49] <Skylark> "A group that may well count you among us by the end of the day."
  40. [18:40:31] <Witch> "Excellent. Please tap your foot again if you want me to focus on reading a particular reaction or response. You may begin the questions"
  41. [18:40:39] <Skylark> "Now then. Names, please?"
  42. [18:41:04] <Michael_Carpenter> "Michael Carpenter, although you can just call me Mike."
  43. [18:41:56] <Lucian_Scott> "Lucian Archer Scott, but noone uses my middle name, lucian works best"
  44. [18:42:36] — Skylark chuckles slightly
  45. [18:42:44] <Skylark> "I meant cape names."
  46. [18:43:05] <Michael_Carpenter> "Heh, whoops, sorry about that."
  47. [18:43:07] <Witch> "Their Civilian names check out though"
  48. [18:43:14] <Lucian_Scott> "oh oh sorry"
  49. [18:43:17] <Michael_Carpenter> "I'm Raguel."
  50. [18:43:21] <Lucian_Scott> "I was thinking just Gaze"
  51. [18:43:21] <Witch> "Just if you were wondering"
  52. [18:43:23] <Lucian_Scott> "Or or the eye"
  53. [18:43:35] <Lucian_Scott> "Or vision"
  54. [18:43:44] <Lucian_Scott> "or The Vision after the character in marvel"
  55. [18:43:56] <Lucian_Scott> "although im not part cosmic entity"
  56. [18:43:58] <Lucian_Scott> "i think"
  57. [18:44:10] <Skylark> "I... see. Well, what can you do?"
  58. [18:44:19] <Lucian_Scott> "I make people look at stuff"
  59. [18:44:23] <Witch> "Lucian appears to be clearly nervous, as you can tell"
  60. [18:44:27] <Lucian_Scott> "and see through pepole's eyes'
  61. [18:44:44] <Michael_Carpenter> "I turn into an Angel."
  62. [18:44:46] <Lucian_Scott> ((he has a perscription for strong anxiety medication, say that))
  63. [18:44:50] <Witch> "That's just social pressure though"
  64. [18:45:06] <Michael_Carpenter> "Which, sounds kind of silly now that I say it out loud, but it's what happens."
  65. [18:45:21] <Skylark> "Interesting. A Breaker form?"
  66. [18:45:53] <Michael_Carpenter> "I'm not really sure, I don't follow capes that much."
  67. [18:46:19] <Lucian_Scott> "and angel like evangelion or like religion"
  68. [18:46:43] <Michael_Carpenter> "I don't know what evangelion is, but yeah it's like religion."
  69. [18:46:55] <Michael_Carpenter> "Or something close to religion?"
  70. [18:47:15] <Skylark> "Interesting. May we... ?"
  71. [18:47:29] <Michael_Carpenter> "Oh, you want me to transform?"
  72. [18:47:59] <Skylark> "If it wouldn't make too much of a mess."
  73. [18:48:17] <Skylark> "We're only renting the building."
  74. [18:48:21] <Michael_Carpenter> "It shouldn't, or at least I don't think it will."
  75. [18:48:34] <Michael_Carpenter> "Raguel's usually pretty docile when nothing's going on."
  76. [18:48:51] <Michael_Carpenter> I stand up and make sure I'm in an open area.
  77. [18:49:08] — Lucian_Scott scoots back far away from Mike
  78. [18:49:14] <Lucian_Scott> "hey what are you doing
  79. [18:49:18] <Witch> "The name Raguel appears to be referring to somebody other than himself"
  80. [18:49:22] <Lucian_Scott> "what exactly is going to happen"
  81. [18:49:38] <Witch> "May be interviewing more than one person"
  82. [18:50:34] <Lucian_Scott> "am i in danger of holy smiting?"
  83. [18:50:43] <Lucian_Scott> "ive done some weird stuff but i dont deserve hell"
  84. [18:51:52] <Skylark> "Raguel?"
  85. [18:52:35] <Michael_Carpenter> "Sorry, I was just wondering if Raguel would smite someone for being a nerd."
  86. [18:53:12] <Witch> "Funny."
  87. [18:53:16] <Michael_Carpenter> "Anyways, you should be fine Lucy, just don't commit any obvious crimes while he's out."
  88. [18:53:23] <Lucian_Scott> "wait would he"
  89. [18:53:30] <Lucian_Scott> "ok
  90. [18:53:32] <Michael_Carpenter> I use my power, exploding out in white light.
  91. [18:53:33] <Lucian_Scott> "ok"
  92. [18:53:35] <Lucian_Scott> "OK"
  93. [18:54:13] <Michael_Carpenter> When it fades, a white light surrounds my body looking like a cross between an exoskeleton and armor.
  94. [18:54:36] * Michael_Carpenter is now known as Raguel
  95. [18:54:39] — Skylark beams
  96. [18:54:52] <Skylark> "Fascinating."
  97. [18:54:52] <Raguel> "I AM RAGUEL, ANGEL OF JUSTICE!"
  98. [18:55:02] — Lucian_Scott looks shocked
  99. [18:55:03] <Raguel> "WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE OF ME MORTALS?"
  100. [18:55:06] <Skylark> "Not Michael any more?"
  101. [18:55:19] — Lucian_Scott plasters himself against the back wall
  102. [18:56:04] <Witch> "Ask it if it knows why it is here"
  103. [18:56:18] <Raguel> "I AM RAGUEL, MICHAEL IS MY BEARER, THROUGH HIM I AM CONVEYED TO WHERE I MAY METE OUT JUSTICE!"
  104. [18:56:36] <Skylark> "Do you know why you're here, Raguel?"
  105. [18:57:19] <Raguel> "MICHAEL IS ATTEMPTING TO PROVIDE AN 'OUTLET' FOR MY JUSTICE!"
  106. [18:57:43] <Raguel> "HE HOPES BY JOINING YOUR TEAM HE WILL LEARN TO CONTROL ME!"
  107. [18:57:52] <Witch> "Will he?"
  108. [18:58:06] <Skylark> "By using Vanguard to aim you."
  109. [18:58:33] <Skylark> "Interesting. And you agree with this idea of his?"
  110. [18:59:36] <Raguel> "BEFORE I WAS ONLY ABLE TO PROTECT BY WRESTING CONTROL AWAY FROM HIM, WHICH I WAS ONLY ABLE TO DO ON RARE OCCASIONS, I AGREE TO ANYTHING THAT ALLOWS ME MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO PROTECT!"
  111. [19:00:31] <Skylark> "Excellent. Welcome to Vanguard, Raguel."
  112. [19:00:55] <Skylark> "Feel free to return Michael to us at any time now."
  113. [19:01:00] <Raguel> "THANK YOU, I HOPE TO SERVE JUSTICE WELL ALONGSIDE YOU AND YOUR COMRADES!"
  114. [19:01:20] <Raguel> The light fades away and Michael is left standing in the open area, looking a little disoriented.
  115. [19:01:26] * Raguel is now known as Michael_Carpenter
  116. [19:01:35] <Witch> "A bit preemptive to say he can be all on board already"
  117. [19:01:38] <Lucian_Scott> "holy shit"
  118. [19:02:24] <Skylark> "Indeed."
  119. [19:02:36] <Lucian_Scott> "with emphasis on holy"
  120. [19:02:52] <Michael_Carpenter> "Uh, I'm gonna go sit down before my legs give out, if you guys don't mind." I say, stumbling over to my seat.
  121. [19:03:11] <Skylark> "By all means."
  122. [19:03:17] <Witch> "Ask him if he knows what just happened to Raguel"
  123. [19:03:41] <Skylark> "Now, ah, are you... aware of what happened?"
  124. [19:04:27] <Michael_Carpenter> "Yeah, it's a little tinged with white light and sunspots, but I got pretty much all of it."
  125. [19:04:59] <Skylark> "I see."
  126. [19:05:35] <Skylark> "Does Raguel have any particular capabilities?"
  127. [19:06:51] <Michael_Carpenter> "Well, he's really strong and fast, and I've seen him grow wings before."
  128. [19:07:08] <Michael_Carpenter> "Also there was one time where he grew claws."
  129. [19:07:32] <Michael_Carpenter> "I think that's about all I've seen him do."
  130. [19:07:33] <Skylark> "Interesting."
  131. [19:08:03] <Skylark> "Hopefully we'll be able to learn more in time."
  132. [19:08:40] <Michael_Carpenter> "Yeah, I hope so too."
  133. [19:08:48] — Skylark turns to Lucian
  134. [19:08:53] <Lucian_Scott> "yes"
  135. [19:09:16] <Skylark> "Would you like a turn?"
  136. [19:09:36] <Lucian_Scott> "i would thank you"
  137. [19:09:44] <Lucian_Scott> "so i just demonstrate"
  138. [19:09:59] <Skylark> "Please."
  139. [19:11:05] — LucianScott looks down and prepares himself
  140. [19:11:43] <LucianScott> "Please don't look at my hand"
  141. [19:11:52] — LucianScott raises it in the air dramatically
  142. [19:11:59] — Michael_Carpenter looks away from his hand.
  143. [19:12:02] — Skylark stares at the floor
  144. [19:12:20] <LucianScott> "Aaand"
  145. [19:12:28] — LucianScott uses his power to make them look
  146. [19:12:51] — Michael_Carpenter is now looking at the hand.
  147. [19:13:10] — Skylark stares at the hand
  148. [19:13:17] <Witch> "This power seems pretty useless to be honest"
  149. [19:13:27] — Skylark laughs
  150. [19:13:28] <LucianScott> "Basically I turn heads"
  151. [19:13:40] <Skylark> "Fascinating!"
  152. [19:13:56] <Skylark> "Is there a limit to the range?"
  153. [19:14:13] <LucianScott> "My vision"
  154. [19:14:29] <LucianScott> "Also for my next trick"
  155. [19:14:39] <Witch> "Not going to be doing much in combat, at least that first bit"
  156. [19:14:42] <LucianScott> "Please pick a number and hold it behind your back"
  157. [19:14:56] <Skylark> "Erm..."
  158. [19:15:11] <LucianScott> "Fingers. Hold up fingers"
  159. [19:15:21] <Skylark> "Ah, I see."
  160. [19:15:24] — Skylark does so
  161. [19:15:48] — LucianScott looks through Mike's eyes to look at the numbers
  162. [19:16:01] <LucianScott> "5"
  163. [19:16:23] — Skylark's grin widens
  164. [19:16:34] <Witch> "Good for party tricks"
  165. [19:17:10] <LucianScott> "Ok for my last test pick a number but don't hold it up"
  166. [19:17:21] <Skylark> "Alright..."
  167. [19:17:29] — Skylark does so
  168. [19:17:36] <LucianScott> "I'm going to turn around, break line of sight, and as soon as I do, hold it up"
  169. [19:18:10] <Skylark> "Very well."
  170. [19:18:18] <LucianScott> "Ok ready... Now"
  171. [19:18:24] — LucianScott turns around
  172. [19:18:35] — Skylark holds up some fingers
  173. [19:18:43] <LucianScott> "3"
  174. [19:18:51] <LucianScott> "And now 8"
  175. [19:19:03] — LucianScott turns back around
  176. [19:19:15] <Skylark> "That's impressive. So how...?"
  177. [19:19:22] <LucianScott> "It's sticky"
  178. [19:19:47] <LucianScott> "I have around 5 seconds if I've been look at someone for a while"
  179. [19:19:59] <LucianScott> "While I still see out of their eyes"
  180. [19:20:16] <LucianScott> "If I only glimpse someone, it's about a second"
  181. [19:20:23] <LucianScott> "Cool right?"
  182. [19:21:02] <Skylark> "Extremely."
  183. [19:21:20] <Witch> "Worth picking up?"
  184. [19:21:27] <Skylark> "So, last question."
  185. [19:21:27] <Witch> "I mean"
  186. [19:21:29] <LucianScott> "I also have better vision and notice people easier"
  187. [19:21:33] <LucianScott> "Go"
  188. [19:21:38] <Witch> "He'd have to go behind the scenes like Koan"
  189. [19:21:46] <Skylark> "You gave... QUITE the list of names back there."
  190. [19:22:01] <Skylark> "Did you have a favourite?"
  191. [19:22:20] <LucianScott> "The first one, Gaze"
  192. [19:22:34] <LucianScott> "It sounds Spoop-spooky"
  193. [19:22:35] <Skylark> "Gaze it is, then."
  194. [19:22:52] <Skylark> "Gaze and Raguel. Welcome to Vanguard."
  195. [19:22:56] — Skylark stands
  196. [19:22:58] <LucianScott> "Woah nice"
  197. [19:23:10] <Michael_Carpenter> I stand up too, "awesome."
  198. [19:23:16] <Witch> Witch makes a pouty face behind the mirror
  199. [19:23:44] <Witch> "Since when did we start taking in any parahuman with a name and urge to fight?"
  200. [19:23:57] <Witch> "Are we a foster home now?"
  201. [19:24:12] <Michael_Carpenter> "Looks like we're teammates Lucy." I say punching Lucian in the arm.
  202. [19:24:51] <Skylark> "I can't say you'll both stay with us, because the hero life isn't for everyone. But I would be honoured if your first foray was by our side."
  203. [19:24:51] <LucianScott> "Haha that's not a good name and that hurt"
  204. [19:25:04] — LucianScott exhales
  205. [19:25:11] <LucianScott> "Whew nice awesome
  206. [19:25:44] <Michael_Carpenter> "So, when do we start?"
  207. [19:25:45] <Witch> "Am I good to come in the room now?"
  208. [19:26:17] <Skylark> "For now, let's start with a few introductions. Witch, whenever you're ready."
  209. [19:27:09] — Witch strides into the room
  210. [19:27:27] <Witch> "Name's Witch"
  211. [19:27:38] <Witch> "I acted as your lie detector for today"
  212. [19:27:42] <Witch> "You both passed"
  213. [19:28:30] <Michael_Carpenter> I look at the new arrival, "good to know. I guess you already know us then?"
  214. [19:29:10] <Witch> "Uh huh"
  215. [19:29:22] <Witch> "Question:"
  216. [19:29:42] <Witch> "What would you give up for the ability to feel no pain or fear ever again?"
  217. [19:29:59] <Witch> "As in, keep the benefits, be aware of it, but not negatively impacted by it"
  218. [19:30:12] <Skylark> "Witch, please."
  219. [19:30:16] <Michael_Carpenter> I raise an eyebrow at her, "Oh, you're one of those girls?"
  220. [19:30:28] <Witch> "What do you mean by that?"
  221. [19:30:41] <Witch> "Skylark, it's an interview, I want to ask questions"
  222. [19:30:52] <Michael_Carpenter> "You know, one of the uber goths who try their hardest to be 'sooooo spooooky'."
  223. [19:31:10] <Michael_Carpenter> I wave my hands around to emphasize the spookiness.
  224. [19:31:22] <Witch> "Not at all"
  225. [19:31:33] <Witch> "My power is that of equivalent exchange"
  226. [19:31:52] <Witch> "Well"
  227. [19:32:07] <Witch> "Specifically when it comes to effecting people"
  228. [19:32:19] <Michael_Carpenter> I shrug, "whatever you say."
  229. [19:33:17] <Witch> "Kid,"
  230. [19:33:32] <Witch> "I have 3 masters degrees from prolific colleges"
  231. [19:33:48] <Witch> "I know what I'm talking about"
  232. [19:33:57] <Skylark> "Let's not fight right out the gate, please."
  233. [19:34:00] <Michael_Carpenter> "Soooooooo, you're a nerd and a goth?"
  234. [19:34:23] <Witch> "Is this really the impression you want to make?"
  235. [19:34:24] <LucianScott> "Looks like we got a badass over here, right mikie?"
  236. [19:34:53] <Michael_Carpenter> "I don't know? Is this the impression you were aiming for on your new team mates?"
  237. [19:34:57] <Witch> "Alright, Skylark"
  238. [19:35:19] <Witch> "Michael can get confrontational at times, and is easily egged on"
  239. [19:35:35] <Witch> "And Lucian is just a crowd pleaser, wants to fit into the group"
  240. [19:35:42] <Witch> "He's very nervous"
  241. [19:35:52] <Witch> "Do you have Anxiety Lucian?"
  242. [19:36:02] <LucianScott> "Oh yes"
  243. [19:36:21] <LucianScott> "And I actually just took one of my pills to help now that I'm technically in the team"
  244. [19:36:35] <LucianScott> "Wanted my head to be clear for the interview"
  245. [19:36:45] <Witch> "Is that a good enough basic psyche profile for you Skylark?"
  246. [19:37:27] <Skylark> "More than enough, yes. Thank you."
  247. [19:38:18] — Witch smiles at Michael
  248. [19:38:25] <Skylark> "Is there anything else anyone would like to bring up?"
  249. [19:38:35] <Michael_Carpenter> I look at her, more than slightly irritated.
  250. [19:38:41] <LucianScott> "Oh I do
  251. [19:39:34] <Skylark> "Let's hear it, Gaze."
  252. [19:39:39] <LucianScott> "Ok ok"
  253. [19:39:50] — LucianScott takes off his backpack and digs around
  254. [19:40:28] — LucianScott pulls out a white suit, mask, two katanas, and a sticker of a minimalist eye
  255. [19:40:33] <LucianScott> "It's my costume"
  256. [19:40:49] <Witch> "..."
  257. [19:40:52] <LucianScott> "I went for a minimalist theme"
  258. [19:40:54] <Witch> "Cosplay?"
  259. [19:40:58] <LucianScott> "I already had t-"
  260. [19:41:06] <LucianScott> "Yeah."
  261. [19:41:22] — Skylark laughs
  262. [19:41:29] <Skylark> "I like it!"
  263. [19:41:42] <LucianScott> "I mean what did you expect with my shirt"
  264. [19:42:24] <LucianScott> "Anyway the mask is inspired by Madara/Obito Uchiha from naruto
  265. [19:42:35] <LucianScott> "It is visible and breathable"
  266. [19:42:51] <Skylark> "I... do not know what that means! But it sounds good!"
  267. [19:43:08] <LucianScott> "It actually is the main bad guy! But yeah!@
  268. [19:43:29] <LucianScott> "I like you Skylark"
  269. [19:43:58] <LucianScott> "Anyway the katanas are in memory of my dead friend who I triggered by"
  270. [19:44:09] <Witch> "That question I asked earlier"
  271. [19:44:12] <Witch> "About fear"
  272. [19:44:12] — Skylark 's smile disappears
  273. [19:44:21] <Skylark> "I'm sorry."
  274. [19:45:13] <LucianScott> "It's alright I'm somewhat high on anxiety mets tight now I was feeling an attack coming on from angel guy and all the performance"
  275. [19:45:35] <Michael_Carpenter> "Oh, sorry about that." I say apologetically.
  276. [19:45:42] <Witch> "I can cure your anxiety"
  277. [19:45:52] <Witch> "At a cost"
  278. [19:46:02] <LucianScott> "What does that mean"
  279. [19:46:05] <Michael_Carpenter> I roll my eyes.
  280. [19:46:25] <Witch> "My power works based on Exchange"
  281. [19:46:45] <Witch> "If you want to suffer some other slight disorder"
  282. [19:46:57] <LucianScott> "I'm good"
  283. [19:47:01] <Witch> "Like say, being unable to taste certain things"
  284. [19:47:12] <LucianScott> "I got some Zoloft and some Valium and Xanax so I can deal"
  285. [19:47:22] <Witch> "I know how much of a bitch anxiety can be"
  286. [19:47:48] <Witch> "I can cure this for you if you don't want to life the rest of your life on meds"
  287. [19:47:59] <LucianScott> "You seem plenty chill to me"
  288. [19:48:02] <Witch> "That's a standing offer. Think about it"
  289. [19:48:20] <LucianScott> "And honestly te meds aren't bad"
  290. [19:48:31] <Witch> "They are when you don't have them"
  291. [19:48:37] <LucianScott> "If I'm feelin good and need some cash I sell them"
  292. [19:48:41] <LucianScott> "True"
  293. [19:49:36] <Skylark> "I find it interesting how quickly the topic changed to drug dealing."
  294. [19:49:46] — Skylark chuckles
  295. [19:49:51] — Witch shrugs
  296. [19:50:02] → Lucian_Scott joined ([email protected])
  297. [19:50:02] <Witch> "Welcome to my civilian life Sky"
  298. [19:50:15] <Michael_Carpenter> "Oh yeah, uh, you guys probably shouldn't let me and Raguel know about any 'illicit' activities you're participating in."
  299. [19:50:26] <Lucian_Scott> "ok only when im really broke"
  300. [19:50:32] <Lucian_Scott> "I swear angry angel guy"
  301. [19:50:34] <Witch> "Michael"
  302. [19:50:44] <Michael_Carpenter> "Should've mentioned that earlier, sorry."
  303. [19:50:45] <Witch> "Stay away from any interrogations we have"
  304. [19:50:53] <Skylark> "Lucian. You realize this is a paid position, right?"
  305. [19:51:07] <Lucian_Scott> "I do"
  306. [19:51:11] <Lucian_Scott> "Which is why im here"
  307. [19:51:17] <Lucian_Scott> "Is anyone familiar with spiderman?
  308. [19:51:18] <Lucian_Scott> "
  309. [19:51:27] <Witch> "Yep"
  310. [19:51:29] <Michael_Carpenter> "I've seen a movie about him."
  311. [19:51:50] <Skylark> "Afraid not."
  312. [19:51:56] <Lucian_Scott> "i have what i like to call an uncle ben problem"
  313. [19:52:07] <Witch> "Parents died?"
  314. [19:52:09] <Lucian_Scott> "im totally broke and in huge debt, but have a super power"
  315. [19:52:25] <Witch> "That's far less interesting than the movie"
  316. [19:52:32] <Lucian_Scott> "and I need to keep paying huge amounts of money in order to keep something precious to me alive"
  317. [19:52:43] <Michael_Carpenter> I look at Witch like she's insane.
  318. [19:53:01] <Lucian_Scott> "but in this movie, Uncle Ben is a failing comic book store of the friend who died infront of me"
  319. [19:53:14] <Michael_Carpenter> I look at Lucian like he's insane.
  320. [19:53:14] <Witch> "Ahhh"
  321. [19:53:51] <Witch> "I can earn some money to allow you to run that shop for the next 20 years or so"
  322. [19:54:01] <Lucian_Scott> "yeah its another thing with my anxiety, i developed a huge guilt complex about the store"
  323. [19:54:10] <Witch> "I'm a brain surgeon, I could get that to you in a couple weeks maybe
  324. [19:54:11] <Lucian_Scott> "and no no exchange ass bullshit power crap witch"
  325. [19:54:13] <Lucian_Scott> "jeez"
  326. [19:54:29] <Witch> "Nah. Just me giving you cash"
  327. [19:54:40] — Lucian_Scott looks suspicious
  328. [19:54:46] <Witch> "But I want you to strongly consider my offer if I do this for you"
  329. [19:54:59] <Lucian_Scott> "what with the anxiety thing?"
  330. [19:55:01] <Witch> "And I mean really think it over"
  331. [19:55:09] <Witch> "Yeah, the anxiety thing"
  332. [19:55:55] <Lucian_Scott> "why would you care"
  333. [19:56:07] <Lucian_Scott> "you seem like kind of a jerk"
  334. [19:56:13] <Michael_Carpenter> "I'd like to know too."
  335. [19:56:13] <Lucian_Scott> "no offence"
  336. [19:56:22] <Witch> "Sociopathy"
  337. [19:56:25] <Skylark> "Be nice."
  338. [19:56:47] <Witch> "Can't help it, hard to judge the exact impact of my words"
  339. [19:56:50] <Witch> "I mean"
  340. [19:57:01] <Witch> "I'm a psychologist"
  341. [19:57:12] <Witch> "So if I cared and focused I could actually be nice"
  342. [19:57:20] <Witch> "But it's a lot of work for me"
  343. [19:57:45] <Michael_Carpenter> "Well then, it's good to know one of my future teammates is a sociopath."
  344. [19:58:08] <Witch> "At least I'm honest about my baggage"
  345. [19:58:32] <Witch> "I'll tell you my trigger event and put everything about my life in the open"
  346. [19:58:53] <Witch> "Cause I believe in team more than personal relationships"
  347. [19:59:00] <Skylark> "There's no need for that right now."
  348. [19:59:12] <Skylark> "Let's stick to lighter topics?"
  349. [19:59:19] <Witch> "Why?"
  350. [19:59:22] <Witch> "I mean"
  351. [19:59:37] <Witch> "We should know what baggage they have if they're joining the team"
  352. [19:59:44] <Michael_Carpenter> "Because, ms. psychologist, people you just met don't really want to hear all your deep dark secrets."
  353. [19:59:48] <Witch> "More efficient to ask now then find out later"
  354. [20:00:31] <Skylark> "We don't need to know if they don't want to share."
  355. [20:00:54] <Skylark> "... Witch, what was my trigger?"
  356. [20:00:57] — Witch grumbles a bit
  357. [20:01:04] <Witch> "You want me to guess it?"
  358. [20:01:15] <Witch> "Shouldn't take too long"
  359. [20:01:34] <Michael_Carpenter> I look at Skylark in confusion, wondering if he's hopped on the looney express with the other two.
  360. [20:01:49] <Skylark> "You don't know. Because it's not an appropriate topic."
  361. [20:01:52] <Witch> "Something wrong Michael?"
  362. [20:02:10] <Witch> "I trust you'd share it with me if it threatened the team"
  363. [20:02:26] <Skylark> "Then trust them to do the same."
  364. [20:02:29] <Witch> "Not sure if I can say the same for these strangers. No offense intended"
  365. [20:02:43] <Lucian_Scott> "if you want i can tell mine"
  366. [20:02:48] <Michael_Carpenter> "Offense taken."
  367. [20:02:55] <Lucian_Scott> "but only if i manage to tell it before i sober up"
  368. [20:03:00] <Skylark> "You don't need to, Gaze."
  369. [20:03:55] <Witch> "Am I supposed to immediately trust you Michael? You could be an undercover agent for all we know"
  370. [20:03:58] <Witch> "Trust takes time"
  371. [20:04:13] <Skylark> "Morrigan would know, and so would you."
  372. [20:04:30] <Lucian_Scott> "yeah if youre a fuckin like mind reader right?"
  373. [20:04:35] — Witch rolls her eyes a bit at the mention or Morrigan
  374. [20:04:45] <Michael_Carpenter> "I'd expect you to at least give me a little credit."
  375. [20:04:54] <Skylark> "Please, can everyone settle down?"
  376. [20:05:07] <Witch> "I'm calm"
  377. [20:05:11] <Witch> "Like I said"
  378. [20:05:24] <Michael_Carpenter> I take a deep breath and bite back the retort rising to my lips.
  379. [20:05:27] <Witch> "I can barely empathize with what you're saying"
  380. [20:05:55] <Michael_Carpenter> I completely ignore witch, "sorry skylark."
  381. [20:05:59] <Witch> "I mean, Michael, really, I don't mean anything when I say these things"
  382. [20:06:21] <Witch> "I just have this tendency to profile people"
  383. [20:06:36] <Witch> "It's a bit of a... Obsession if you will"
  384. [20:07:20] <Witch> "To be fair, if you were an undercover villain, which you aren't I can see, you would say the exact same things you're saying now"
  385. [20:07:29] <Michael_Carpenter> "For god's sake, I'm trying to let it go, would you mind just not continuing with your weird stream of issues you feel the need to unload on me?"
  386. [20:07:47] — Witch blinks
  387. [20:07:50] <Lucian_Scott> "ok dont worry i got this"
  388. [20:07:56] <Witch> "I'm your team mate"
  389. [20:08:04] <Michael_Carpenter> "I get it, apparently you and Lucian like to hang your dirty laundry in people's face, but I'd rather not deal with it."
  390. [20:08:05] <Witch> "You should be knowing this stuff"
  391. [20:08:08] — Lucian_Scott moves everyone's eyes in circles really fast, even skylark and himself
  392. [20:08:13] <Lucian_Scott> "dizzyness whooo"
  393. [20:08:22] — Skylark bursts into laughter
  394. [20:08:27] <Witch> "Augh why"
  395. [20:08:33] <Michael_Carpenter> "What the heck?"
  396. [20:08:40] <Lucian_Scott> "lets not fight, ok?
  397. [20:08:50] <Skylark> "Now I'm beginning to see the combat application, haha!"
  398. [20:08:52] — Lucian_Scott puts on his white facemask
  399. [20:08:52] <Witch> "Fighting?"
  400. [20:09:00] <Lucian_Scott> "yeap"
  401. [20:09:03] <Witch> "Was that close to happening?"
  402. [20:09:13] <Michael_Carpenter> "It wasn't."
  403. [20:09:36] <Witch> "Alright"
  404. [20:10:49] <Skylark> "Excellent. Now then."
  405. [20:10:54] — Skylark smiles
  406. [20:11:47] <Skylark> "Anyone up for ice cream
  407. [20:11:50] <Skylark> ?"
  408. [20:12:10] <Lucian_Scott> "Yes"
  409. [20:12:12] <Michael_Carpenter> I'm taken aback by this sudden shift in tone.
  410. [20:12:19] <Michael_Carpenter> "Uh, sure I guess."
  411. [20:12:45] — Lucian_Scott stuff the stuff back into his backpack
  412. [20:12:55] <Lucian_Scott> "So long as the mercenary heroes pay"
  413. [20:13:01] — Witch nods
  414. [20:13:19] <Skylark> "Technically, that includes you now."
  415. [20:13:25] <Lucian_Scott> "Oh right"
  416. [20:13:29] <Skylark> "I'm paying."
  417. [20:13:29] <Lucian_Scott> "but i aint paying"
  418. [20:13:39] <Skylark> "Of course."
  419. [20:13:52] — Lucian_Scott nods his head like Haddaway in what is love
  420. [20:13:53] <Witch> "What shoppe shall we attend?"
  421. [20:13:54] <Lucian_Scott> "niiice"
  422. [20:15:24] <Skylark> "A few minutes for Witch and myself to get changed into civilian clothes, and then let's see where the day takes us."
  423. [20:15:52] <Michael_Carpenter> "No prob, where should we wait for you?"
  424. [20:17:18] <Skylark> "Here's fine. Won't be more than a minute."
  425. [20:17:25] — Skylark absconds
  426. [20:18:21] — Witch takes off her current pentagram-laden t-shirt to reveal a less conspicuous one
  427. [20:18:27] <Witch> "Done"
  428. [20:18:48] <Lucian_Scott> "wow i thought you were just stripping i admit"
  429. [20:18:59] — Lucian_Scott shakes his head
  430. [20:19:06] <Lucian_Scott> "remind me not to do drugs this is getting weird"
  431. [20:19:11] <Witch> "Yeah"
  432. [20:19:22] <Witch> "Who goes to an interview high anyways?"
  433. [20:19:44] <Lucian_Scott> "no i didnt"
  434. [20:20:06] <Lucian_Scott> "but when the hot girl walked out and the angel went ragemode, i was about to have an anxiety attack"
  435. [20:20:29] — Witch rolls her eyes
  436. [20:20:33] <Witch> "Hey"
  437. [20:20:34] <Lucian_Scott> "ok not exactly what happened, but i needed some relief"
  438. [20:20:43] <Lucian_Scott> "hey"
  439. [20:20:47] <Witch> "Next time you start feeling anxious, talk to me"
  440. [20:21:01] <Witch> "I should be able to do something temporary"
  441. [20:21:08] <Lucian_Scott> "really"
  442. [20:21:13] <Witch> "Mhmm"
  443. [20:21:20] <Lucian_Scott> "am i going to start bleeding out my ears?"
  444. [20:21:24] <Witch> "Nope"
  445. [20:21:28] <Michael_Carpenter> "Yeah, you'll only lose your hearing for an hour instead of permanently."
  446. [20:21:48] <Witch> "I was more thinking I could take your anxiety for you"
  447. [20:21:55] <Witch> "Test to see if that could work"
  448. [20:22:00] <Lucian_Scott> "arent you emotionless or something"
  449. [20:22:23] <Witch> "Not emotionless"
  450. [20:22:43] <Witch> "Don't care about other's emotions, at least, not very much"
  451. [20:22:59] <Witch> "It's for the sake of learning about my power"
  452. [20:23:07] <Witch> "And to earn your trust"
  453. [20:23:23] <Lucian_Scott> "well ok"
  454. [20:23:27] <Lucian_Scott> "this stuff doesnt last long"
  455. [20:23:32] <Witch> "HEY SKYLARK!"
  456. [20:23:38] <Witch> "HURRY UP!"
  457. [20:24:01] <Witch> "Great. Easier for me then"
  458. [20:24:15] <Skylark> "SORRY!"
  459. [20:24:21] <Lucian_Scott> ((i lied))
  460. [20:24:27] <Lucian_Scott> ((it lasts for a while))
  461. [20:24:44] <Skylark> "I HAVE NO IDEA HOW FIREWALL MANAGES TO DO THIS IN LESS THAN AN HOUR!"
  462. [20:24:44] <Witch> < Witch responds the same anyways >
  463. [20:25:02] <Witch> "DO I NEED TO COME IN AND HELP YOU STRIP?"
  464. [20:25:17] — Lucian_Scott 's eyebrows raise
  465. [20:25:24] <Michael_Carpenter> I raise an eyebrow at that, and laugh a little.
  466. [20:25:34] <Skylark> "THAT'S NOT FUNNY, WITCH!"
  467. [20:26:01] <Witch> "IT WASN'T A JOKE. IT WAS A SERIOUS QUESTION"
  468. [20:26:12] <Skylark> "THEN NO!"
  469. [20:26:21] <Michael_Carpenter> I start laughing out loud.
  470. [20:26:22] <Witch> "Some people..."
  471. [20:26:35] <Witch> "I just don't want to be waiting here for ages"
  472. [20:27:11] <Witch> "Michael"
  473. [20:27:25] <Michael_Carpenter> "Yeah?"
  474. [20:27:27] <Witch> "I want you to seriously humor me and answer a question here"
  475. [20:27:41] <Michael_Carpenter> "Alright, I guess."
  476. [20:28:00] <Witch> "What do you think would be a fair exchange for the ability to ignore all the negative effects of fear and pain?"
  477. [20:28:10] <Michael_Carpenter> "This thing again?"
  478. [20:28:18] <Witch> "Yes"
  479. [20:28:30] <Witch> "It's a question I ask to all my team mates"
  480. [20:28:55] <Michael_Carpenter> "I guess I can answer this, for 'team-building' or whatever."
  481. [20:29:28] <Michael_Carpenter> "Hmmmm, no negative effects of fear and pain... that's a tough one."
  482. [20:30:13] <Michael_Carpenter> "I don't know."
  483. [20:30:31] <Skylark> "MORRIGAN! I THINK I'M STUCK!"
  484. [20:30:56] — Lucian_Scott chuckles
  485. [20:30:59] <Skylark> "CAN YOU GET KOAN HERE? HE'S GOOD AT INTRODUCTIONS!"
  486. [20:31:08] <Witch> "ALRIGHT! COVER YOUR MAN-BITS! I'M COMING IN TO UNZIP YOUR DRESS"
  487. [20:31:20] <Michael_Carpenter> I start laughing again.
  488. [20:31:20] <Witch> "Think about it Michael"
  489. [20:31:29] — Witch leaves to help Skylark
  490. [20:31:38] <Michael_Carpenter> "I will."
  491. [20:31:41] — Skylark has locked the door
  492. [20:31:55] <Witch> "SKY"
  493. [20:32:08] <Witch> "LET ME IN SO WE CAN BLIDDY LEAVE"
  494. [20:32:10] <Skylark> "NO"
  495. [20:32:22] <Skylark> "GET KOAN OR RAPTURE TO DO IT"
  496. [20:32:24] <Lucian_Scott> "i can if you want a dude"
  497. [20:32:39] <Witch> "YOU'RE WASTING OUR TIME AND EMBARRASSING US IN FRONT OF THE NEWBIES"
  498. [20:32:57] <Michael_Carpenter> I'm doubled over laughing at this point.
  499. [20:33:14] <Skylark> "JUST GIMME LIKE TEN MINUTES OR SO!"
  500. [20:33:23] <Witch> "SO HELP ME IF YOU DON'T LET ME IN I WILL CURSE YOU SO HARD WITH MINOR BACK PAIN"
  501. [20:33:38] <Witch> "JUST BARELY NOTICIBLE"
  502. [20:33:37] <Skylark> "KOAN HURRY!"
  503. [20:33:45] <Witch> "DAMMIT SKY"
  504. [20:33:55] — Witch walks back
  505. [20:34:02] <Witch> "Michael"
  506. [20:34:10] — Lucian_Scott lays on a table
  507. [20:34:12] <Witch> "Rip the door off its hinges please"
  508. [20:34:15] <Lucian_Scott> "who is koan"
  509. [20:34:28] <Lucian_Scott> "wait wait no angel guy"
  510. [20:34:30] <Witch> "He works behind the scenes"
  511. [20:34:34] <Lucian_Scott> "he knows what ive done"
  512. [20:34:38] <Lucian_Scott> "i swear im not a bad guy"
  513. [20:34:45] <Witch> "Shh"
  514. [20:34:50] <Michael_Carpenter> "Sorry," I say in between bouts of laughter, "Raguel doesn't really work that way."
  515. [20:34:52] <Witch> "We know you aren't"
  516. [20:35:07] <Witch> "What if I tell him the door is unholy?"
  517. [20:35:31] <Koan> "So hey, what's up?"
  518. [20:35:37] <Michael_Carpenter> I'm laughing even harder, "I don't think that'd work."
  519. [20:35:39] <Koan> "Wait shoot no."
  520. [20:35:42] — Witch gestures towards the door
  521. [20:35:48] <Witch> "Guys"
  522. [20:35:51] <Koan> "That wasn't a question I swear."
  523. [20:35:52] <Witch> "Plug your ears"
  524. [20:36:04] <Lucian_Scott> "do waht"
  525. [20:36:07] <Witch> "Don't listen to what he says"
  526. [20:36:14] <Witch> "His power can make things a hassle"
  527. [20:36:21] <Witch> "Koan"
  528. [20:36:35] <Michael_Carpenter> "Ok." I clap my hands over my ears while still laughing.
  529. [20:36:37] <Koan> "Yeah? Doesn't count!"
  530. [20:36:42] <Witch> "We need you to go in and help Sky unzip his costume"
  531. [20:36:56] <Lucian_Scott> "what is his power"
  532. [20:37:03] <Witch> "He won't let me in because he's afraid of scarring me or something"
  533. [20:37:09] — Lucian_Scott covers his ears weakly
  534. [20:37:12] <Witch> "Lucian, he asks difficult questions"
  535. [20:37:27] <Skylark> "JUST GIVE ME LIKE TEN MINUTES!"
  536. [20:38:15] <Koan> "Stranger power. If I ask a question, things get kinda weird."
  537. [20:39:35] <Witch> "Koan, please hurry"
  538. [20:39:36] <Lucian_Scott> "what do you mean weird"
  539. [20:39:47] <Witch> "This can't be good for our image"
  540. [20:39:58] <Witch> "Probably a bad influence on the new guys"
  541. [20:40:05] <Witch> "Lucian"
  542. [20:40:18] <Koan> "We lost our image when everyone got beat up by just two dudes."
  543. [20:40:20] <Witch> "His questions are very hard to answer you'll find"
  544. [20:40:28] — Witch rolls her eyes
  545. [20:40:29] <Koan> "Yeah, pretty much."
  546. [20:40:35] <Witch> "You know what I mean"
  547. [20:40:48] <Michael_Carpenter> I take my hands off my ears having finished laughing, "can I stop now?"
  548. [20:41:04] <Witch> "Sure"
  549. [20:41:12] <Witch> "Koan was just leaving to help Sky"
  550. [20:41:53] <Lucian_Scott> "so what exaclty does Koan do?
  551. [20:41:53] * Skylark bursts out the door, standing triumphant in a shirt and pants.
  552. [20:42:05] <Skylark> "Nailed it."
  553. [20:42:11] <Witch> "..."
  554. [20:42:15] <Michael_Carpenter> I applaud sky.
  555. [20:42:34] <Lucian_Scott> "well done!"
  556. [20:42:37] <Koan> "It's a passive Stranger power. I sort of confuse people when I ask them things."
  557. [20:42:47] <Witch> "Next time I will remove your inability to feel shame at nudity while I'm around"
  558. [20:43:01] <Skylark> "Thank you, thank you, I know. Truly I am a master."
  559. [20:43:18] <Witch> "You mean Blaster"
  560. [20:43:24] <Skylark> "They should have labelled me a Changer just for how good I am at it."
  561. [20:43:42] <Lucian_Scott> "Hey what am I?"
  562. [20:43:57] <Koan> "What do you do?"
  563. [20:43:59] <Witch> "Stranger"
  564. [20:44:04] <Koan> "Wait no!"
  565. [20:44:14] <Koan> "That doesn't count, it was rhetorical!"
  566. [20:44:19] <Lucian_Scott> "what"
  567. [20:44:22] <Koan> "Sort of!"
  568. [20:44:23] <Witch> "It was genuine"
  569. [20:47:03] <Michael_Carpenter> "Was something supposed to happen just now?"
  570. [20:47:23] <Lucian_Scott> "yeah what the heck is supposed to happen?
  571. [20:47:26] <Koan> "Sorry."
  572. [20:47:43] <Koan> "You basically won't know the answer."
  573. [20:48:11] <Koan> "Doesn't matter how basic, or how much you drill it into your head beforehand."
  574. [20:48:31] <Koan> "My questions are mysteries."
  575. [20:49:04] <Michael_Carpenter> "Sounds frustrating."
  576. [20:49:17] <Lucian_Scott> "what about like math that you can easily figure out"
  577. [20:49:24] <Skylark> "Comes with a fun little compulsion to answer him unless he says not to."
  578. [20:49:55] <Koan> "If I'm the source of the math, then it may as well be hieroglyphics."
  579. [20:50:03] <Lucian_Scott> "anyway question guy, i make people look at stuff and look through stuff"
  580. [20:51:06] <Koan> "Huh. Cool."
  581. [20:51:54] <Koan> "I bet other guy has a power too."
  582. [20:52:16] <Lucian_Scott> "he turns into an angel"
  583. [20:52:29] <Michael_Carpenter> "Yep, you can call me Angel Guy."
  584. [20:52:38] <Michael_Carpenter> "Or just Mike."
  585. [20:52:46] <Witch> "Can I call you Raguel?"
  586. [20:53:07] <Michael_Carpenter> "I'm not Raguel. Raguel's Raguel, I'm Michael."
  587. [20:53:38] <Witch> "Damn"
  588. [20:53:47] <Witch> "Memorizing names is a hassle"
  589. [20:53:51] <Witch> "No offense"
  590. [20:54:05] <Michael_Carpenter> "None taken that time."
  591. [20:54:26] <Michael_Carpenter> "In costume, I guess I'd be Raguel too."
  592. [20:54:46] <Witch> "Sweet, so I *can* call you Raguel in costume?"
  593. [20:55:04] <Michael_Carpenter> "Yes."
  594. [20:55:38] <Witch> "And this here is Lucian, or Gaze, Koan"
  595. [20:56:07] <Koan> "S- hi."
  596. [20:56:15] <Witch> "Now"
  597. [20:56:29] <Witch> "I believe Ice Cream was mentioned?"
  598. [20:56:46] <Lucian_Scott> "heyo"
  599. [20:57:19] <Skylark> "This is of course the most important part of being a hero."
  600. [20:57:44] <Michael_Carpenter> "Names or ice cream?"
  601. [20:58:11] <Skylark> "Yes."
  602. [20:58:33] <Michael_Carpenter> I grin, "works for me."
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