This is the song that makes him glad.

http://www.dd-design.org/storm/project/eihindex.htm
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows

They are inducing. Task force Darkling is a go!

Wish us luck!

Shayne and Cindy

(And no, we aren't calling him Thibor...)

OK, so it's been a hell of a long time since I've done any kind of writing that resembles a story. There's been some flavor text writing for RPGs
here and there, but nothing more than a paragraph. So any opinions people can give me are greatly appreciated. This is something that popped into my head
yesterday when I decided to try a new character for the House (A BS/EA Scrapper). sort of a prelude to her. This is a small snippet I was able to put
together today between calls.

Also, I apologize for any spelling/grammer errors. The Word 2007 at work doesn't have a functioning spell checker for some reason.

Anyone besides me having troubles with the market today around 3pm US Eastern? Specifically, I was trying to collect my influance from a Black Market sale
redside and it just.... hung. Completely and totally. Eventually had to three finger salute it...
Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-
NO QUARTER!!!
-- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children

So, with Echo crawling her way towards 35, and the newly proven worth of -res powers in high level TFing, I took a hammer to her build path and came up with
what I assume to be a medium level, but not extensively expensive build.

....and yes, it includes purples, but you haven't seen how cheap Fortunata Hypnosis runs.

Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.601

http://www.cohplanner.com/


Click this DataLink to open the build!

Echo Sabre 2.0: Level 50 Technology Defender

Primary Power Set: Sonic Resonance

Secondary Power Set: Sonic Attack

Power Pool: Flight

Power Pool: Fitness

Power Pool: Leadership

Ancillary Pool: Electricity Mastery

Hero Profile:

Level 1: Sonic Siphon

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO
  
• (17) Recharge Reduction IO
  
• (17) Accuracy IO
  

• (A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage
  
• (3) Devastation - Damage/Endurance
  
• (3) Devastation - Damage/Recharge
  
• (5) Devastation - Chance of Hold
  

• (A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage
  
• (5) Devastation - Damage/Endurance
  
• (7) Devastation - Damage/Recharge
  
• (7) Devastation - Chance of Hold
  

• (A) Resist Damage IO
  
• (9) Resist Damage IO
  
• (9) Recharge Reduction IO
  

• (A) Resist Damage IO
  
• (11) Resist Damage IO
  
• (11) Recharge Reduction IO
  

• (A) Endurance Reduction IO
  
• (13) Endurance Reduction IO
  

• (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
  
• (13) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
  
• (15) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
  
• (15) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  

• (A) Defense Buff IO
  

• (A) Flight Speed IO
  

• (A) Flight Speed IO
  

• (A) Miracle - Heal
  
• (19) Miracle - Heal/Endurance
  
• (19) Miracle - +Recovery
  

• (A) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Recharge
  
• (21) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod
  
• (21) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End
  
• (36) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy
  

• (A) Impervium Armor - Resistance
  
• (23) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance
  
• (23) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Recharge
  
• (25) Impervium Armor - Psionic Resistance
  

• (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
  
• (25) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
  
• (27) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
  
• (27) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  
• (43) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  
• (46) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  

• (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
  
• (29) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
  
• (29) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
  
• (31) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range
  
• (46) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  
• (46) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy)
  

• (A) Fortunata Hypnosis - Sleep
  
• (31) Fortunata Hypnosis - Sleep/Recharge
  
• (31) Fortunata Hypnosis - Accuracy/Sleep/Recharge
  
• (33) Fortunata Hypnosis - Accuracy/Recharge
  
• (33) Fortunata Hypnosis - Sleep/Endurance
  
• (33) Call of the Sandman - Chance of Heal Self
  

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO
  
• (34) Recharge Reduction IO
  

• (A) Lockdown - Accuracy/Hold
  
• (34) Lockdown - Recharge/Hold
  
• (34) Lockdown - Chance for +2 Mag Hold
  
• (36) Defense Debuff IO
  
• (36) Recharge Reduction IO
  
• (43) Hold Duration IO
  

• (A) Absolute Amazement - Stun
  
• (37) Absolute Amazement - Stun/Recharge
  
• (37) Absolute Amazement - Accuracy/Stun/Recharge
  
• (37) Absolute Amazement - Accuracy/Recharge
  
• (40) Absolute Amazement - Endurance/Stun
  
• (43) Absolute Amazement - Chance for ToHit Debuff
  

• (A) Obliteration - Damage
  
• (39) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
  
• (39) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
  
• (39) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  
• (40) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  
• (40) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
  

• (A) Gravitational Anchor - Immobilize
  
• (42) Gravitational Anchor - Immobilize/Recharge
  
• (42) Gravitational Anchor - Accuracy/Immobilize/Recharge
  
• (42) Gravitational Anchor - Chance for Hold
  

• (A) Impervium Armor - Resistance
  
• (45) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance
  
• (45) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
  
• (45) Impervium Armor - Endurance/Recharge
  

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
  
• (48) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
  
• (48) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
  
• (48) Luck of the Gambler - Endurance/Recharge
  

• (A) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Endurance/Recharge
  
• (50) Adjusted Targeting - Endurance/Recharge
  
• (50) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Endurance
  
• (50) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff
  

• (A) Empty
  

• (A) Empty
  

• (A) Empty
  

Otherworld (The Black Mages)

Go now, if you want it

An otherworld awaits you

Don't you give up on it

You bite the hand that feeds you

All alone, cold fields you wander

Memories of it, cloud your sight

Fills your dreams, disturbs your slumber

Lost your way, a fallen knight

Hold now, aim is steady

An otherworld awaits you

One thousand years, you ready?

The otherworld, it takes you

Go into the sand, and the dust, and the sky

Go now, there's no better plan, than to do or to die

Free me, pray to the fayth in the face of the light

Feed me, fill me with sin, and get ready to fight

Hope dies, and you wander

The otherworld, it makes you

Dreams, they rip asunder

The otherworld, it hates you

All alone, cold fields you wander

Memories of it, cloud your sight

Fills your dreams, disturbs your slumber

Lost your way, a fallen knight

Free now, ride up on it

Up to the heights, it takes you

Go now, if you want it

An otherworld awaits you

I can't really think of anything this could be, other than a gate song. Here is a youtube link: Otherworld
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Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea.
"Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber."  --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.

The end result of our LGTF wherein Nene and Sachie realized they could pull whatever the hell they wanted and people would buy it hook line and sinker.
The funnier thing is that at no point are they lying. They just aren't giving details.

Quote:10-05-2009 18:35:13 [Team] Purrfect Detective: Hello again, Miss Net.
10-05-2009 18:38:28 [Team] Net Sabre: Oh, hello, Detective. *half-paying atention*
10-05-2009 18:39:03 [Team] Terrence Knight: Ohgod.. Your here too *just notices Net* Its been a while since i've seen you about
10-05-2009 18:39:59 [Team] Net Sabre: Well, if it took you this long to notice someone in bright hot rod red, it's possible that I've been here allllll along, Terr, and you haven't seen me.
10-05-2009 18:40:14 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: *smirks* Blind man.
10-05-2009 18:40:21 [Team] Terrence Knight: Shhhh, Iy'know some of these Rikti are pretty red too
10-05-2009 18:40:34 [Team] Terrence Knight: Maybe my mind was trying to block you out *grin*
10-05-2009 18:40:41 [Team] Net Sabre: But none of them have my sparkling personality!
10-05-2009 18:41:03 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: *to Net* Oh, got your card. Thanks. 'll be there.
10-05-2009 18:41:18 [Team] Terrence Knight: I don't know if sparkling..is the proper word
10-05-2009 18:41:19 [Team] Net Sabre: Good to hear. It means a lot.
10-05-2009 18:41:30 [Team] Terrence Knight: *grin*
10-05-2009 18:41:37 [Team] Gamma Emission: very few others have your personality Net
10-05-2009 18:41:39 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: *grin* No charge.
10-05-2009 18:42:07 [Team] Net Sabre: Witty? Ebullient? A few other words with more than three syllables that I won't use in honor of present company? *giggle*
10-05-2009 18:42:27 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: Ebu-nani?
10-05-2009 18:42:50 [Team] Terrence Knight: *twitches* Well..I will admit your presense is...err.. Memorable *chuckles*
10-05-2009 18:42:51 [Team] Net Sabre: Means bubbly and energetic. I know I butchered the spelling. :lol))
10-05-2009 18:43:00 [Team] Terrence Knight: Despite how much you torment me
10-05-2009 18:43:10 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: [Player knows, but character is ESL. ^_^]
10-05-2009 18:43:27 [Team] Terrence Knight: But its always reassureing to know that You spread the Love *cough*misery*cough*
10-05-2009 18:43:44 [Team] Net Sabre: Just to those that invite it, Terr. *grin*
10-05-2009 18:43:45 [Team] Gamma Emission: gather for green glowie goodness (AM in 5 seconds)
10-05-2009 18:44:07 [Team] Terrence Knight: *Sulks* and what do I do to deserve it
10-05-2009 18:44:23 [Team] Net Sabre: If you have to ask, you'll never know. *nod*
10-05-2009 18:44:26 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: You're too easy.
10-05-2009 18:44:32 [Team] Net Sabre: ...and that.
10-05-2009 18:45:08 [Team] Terrence Knight: Funny..Reaaaaly Funny
10-05-2009 18:45:34 [Team] Rainier Ice: I dunno. The ladies do have a point there.
10-05-2009 18:45:35 [Team] Net Sabre: Think about it this way, Terr. You, unlike others I tease, have a sense of humor!
10-05-2009 18:45:38 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: *kawaii-mode* Thank you! */km*
10-05-2009 18:45:56 [Team] Terrence Knight: WEll..I guess thats one way to look at it *grin*
10-05-2009 18:46:27 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: [Cutesy!Sachie... honestly, the imagination fails.]
10-05-2009 18:46:42 [Team] Terrence Knight: Really, Its a natural reaction given..theres no point getting annoyed over it *chuckles*
10-05-2009 18:46:59 [Team] Net Sabre: You'd be amazed how many people fail that basic jump of logic
10-05-2009 18:47:28 [Team] Terrence Knight: Also helps I have relitivly thick skin
10-05-2009 18:47:38 [Team] Purrfect Detective: I think your eclectic sense of humor....is an aquired taste.
10-05-2009 18:47:48 [Team] Net Sabre: It fits the theme, Terr. *grin*
10-05-2009 18:47:57 [Team] Gamma Emission: relativly? compared to what? battle plate?
10-05-2009 18:48:13 [Team] Terrence Knight: *coughs but doesn't answer*
10-05-2009 18:48:34 [Team] Purrfect Detective: With most of the people i've seen around here, Batte Plate is like tissue paper anyway.
10-05-2009 18:49:10 [Team] Gamma Emission: gather for green glowie goodness (AM in 5 seconds)
10-05-2009 18:49:38 [Team] Terrence Knight: Rikti Rikti as far as the eye can see
10-05-2009 18:49:59 [Team] Terrence Knight: Don't even know where to start asskicking first
10-05-2009 18:50:38 [Team] Net Sabre: I'd try hacking their network, but A: I left my Rikti-to-English programming in my other armor and B: I might get ticketed for improper procedure.
10-05-2009 18:51:01 [Team] Purrfect Detective: I'm not on duty....
10-05-2009 18:51:04 [Team] Terrence Knight: Their rikti..
10-05-2009 18:51:28 [Team] Terrence Knight: Their trying to wipe us out y'know..so I don't think Improper procedure is a concern
10-05-2009 18:52:19 [Team] Gamma Emission: well some of them aren't, and it's wouldn't be a good thing to anger them
10-05-2009 18:52:28 [Team] Terrence Knight: Point
10-05-2009 18:52:33 [Team] Net Sabre: You could say the same for Crey, but apparently my understanding of what's 'in bounds' was out of date. *intentionally vague*
10-05-2009 18:52:52 [Team] Terrence Knight: I'm afraid to ask...So I think I won't this time
10-05-2009 18:53:15 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: *bops the carameldanse back and forth for a couple of steps*
10-05-2009 18:53:29 [Team] Net Sabre: *high fives*
10-05-2009 18:53:38 [Team] Purrfect Detective: Hey....that was an offifical job. All I said was that I said no and if I was called on the carpet for it, I'd tell them who did it. I had just bought a condo, and couldn't afford to be SWoPed.
10-05-2009 18:53:40 [Team] Net Sabre: *has to stretch a bit to do so*
10-05-2009 18:53:55 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: *cooperates, grinning*
10-05-2009 18:54:05 [Team] Terrence Knight: Admittedly.. I have to say I do Miss your humor from time to time
10-05-2009 18:54:36 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: [Laaaag.]
10-05-2009 18:54:40 [Team] Net Sabre: Well, you know how it is. Raising a family, working six jobs, putting food on the table, that sort of thing.
10-05-2009 18:55:17 [Team] Purrfect Detective: Wouldn't know much about family, yet.
10-05-2009 18:55:19 [Team] Net Sabre: Sure, six of those jobs are all under the same roof, that being, mine, but it's the principle, dammit! *grin*
10-05-2009 18:55:21 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: I know some guys. Better pay-for-time.
10-05-2009 18:55:23 [Team] Terrence Knight: *grin*
10-05-2009 18:55:30 [Team] Terrence Knight: uh huh Net
10-05-2009 18:56:08 [Team] Terrence Knight: Anyways it -is- good to see you out and about
10-05-2009 18:56:32 [Team] Net Sabre: Yes, but do they have the ability to pay me in something other than unmarked bills and swiss bank accounts, Sacchan? *giggle*
10-05-2009 18:56:44 [Team] Terrence Knight: Probably not
10-05-2009 18:56:53 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: Those spend fine.
10-05-2009 18:57:09 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: Taxable, even.
10-05-2009 18:57:53 [Team] Purrfect Detective: Oh.....this guy again....
10-05-2009 18:58:07 [Team] Gamma Emission: gather for green glowie goodness (AM in 5 seconds)
10-05-2009 18:58:08 [Team] Purrfect Detective: They REALLY need to fix the revolving door on the Zig.
10-05-2009 18:58:10 [Team] Rainier Ice: oy, I ticked someone off
10-05-2009 18:58:46 [Team] Net Sabre: Well, if you can suggest your best idea for containing a godlike telekinetic telepath who makes his own army from whatever raw scrap metal is lying around, I'm sure they'd listen.
10-05-2009 18:58:52 [Team] Terrence Knight: Sometimes I absently wonder when we use teleporter tags..if the criminals are just ported back home *mutter*
10-05-2009 18:59:07 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: Potassium cyanide?
10-05-2009 18:59:41 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: [Questions -not- to ask a ninja...]
10-05-2009 18:59:49 [Team] Purrfect Detective: No...they get processed....then Recluse sends flier in and they're all out again.
10-05-2009 18:59:51 [Team] Net Sabre: Yeah, it's that whole quality of life thing, Sacchan. Unfortunately, as the case may occasionally be. *offhand*
10-05-2009 19:00:31 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: *pauses, smirks*
10-05-2009 19:00:38 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: Paperweight.
10-05-2009 19:00:52 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: *jerks a thumb at Penny Yin* For her.
10-05-2009 19:01:38 [Team] Net Sabre: I tried suggesting that one, but apparently it's something to do with child custody laws. She has to be over the age of consent first......don't ask me why, I don't think I want to know the answer.
10-05-2009 19:01:56 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: Ehh?
10-05-2009 19:02:02 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: ...Oh. America.
10-05-2009 19:02:22 [Team] Net Sabre: *giggle*
10-05-2009 19:02:34 [Team] Purrfect Detective: Hey, she does have a father.
10-05-2009 19:02:36 [Team] Gamma Emission: AM once everyone is here
10-05-2009 19:02:44 [Team] Thanatos Arachni: brain candy too
10-05-2009 19:03:04 [Team] Terrence Knight: So eh. just tell me when to go..y'know throw myself into that Psionic hell
10-05-2009 19:04:52 [Team] Purrfect Detective: And back to the Zig he goes....for another week or so.
10-05-2009 19:05:17 [Team] Terrence Knight: Well at least clockwork are easy to clean up after a fight
10-05-2009 19:05:42 [Team] Purrfect Detective: LOOVE to watch them bounce.
10-05-2009 19:05:43 [Team] Net Sabre: Your positive attitude is overbearing. Please, no, stop. I can't take the happy. *deadpan*
10-05-2009 19:06:14 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: ...-I'm- having fun... *mock-hurt*
10-05-2009 19:06:40 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: ...Oh, seconds!
10-05-2009 19:06:48 [Team] Purrfect Detective: Only thing that would make them more fun is hif they squeaked when the bounced and were full of catnip.
10-05-2009 19:06:53 [Team] Rainier Ice: Hey Gamma, can you give me a port once you get to lady grey? I need to see the trainer.
10-05-2009 19:06:53 [Team] Gamma Emission: a big magnet makes things easy, but it's the property distruction that realy adds up
10-05-2009 19:07:06 [Team] Net Sabre: Well, yes. Some people need to learn to stop to smell the axel grease, y'know?
10-05-2009 19:07:12 [Team] Gamma Emission: I don't have ports, sorry
10-05-2009 19:07:20 [Team] Rainier Ice: Oh... okay then. nevermind.
10-05-2009 19:07:31 [Team] Terrence Knight: Yeah Its true..But it also leaves the amuseing mental image of sweeping up clockwork parts under a rug
10-05-2009 19:07:38 [Team] Gamma Emission: [your thinking of the other lisa ]
10-05-2009 19:07:49 [Team] Rainier Ice: ((they're so hard to keep separated ))
10-05-2009 19:08:09 [Team] Net Sabre: You missed the other night. "No, not Lisa, or the Other Lisa. The Other Other Lisa."))
10-05-2009 19:08:23 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: *pouts as she's dragged away, with a half-crushed Clock head held in either hand*
10-05-2009 19:08:39 [Team] Terrence Knight: *is blasted by Pylong* Ow quiddit
10-05-2009 19:08:42 [Team] Gamma Emission: I did? who was being referred to?}
10-05-2009 19:08:43 [Team] Terrence Knight: *pylon*
10-05-2009 19:08:58 [Team] Net Sabre: Gamma, Decay, and Echo. (Lisa Vanette)))
10-05-2009 19:09:11 [Team] Gamma Emission: [ahh, ok]
10-05-2009 19:10:18 [Team] Purrfect Detective: Bah....sewers....now I'll need to shower before my date tonight.
10-05-2009 19:10:34 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: *giggles*
10-05-2009 19:10:54 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: Wouldn't want to be dirty before meeting him, no. ^_^
10-05-2009 19:10:57 [Team] Gamma Emission: and you wouldn't need one if you spent all day fighting in office buildings?
10-05-2009 19:11:31 [Team] Net Sabre: Well, -before-, certainly not. *grin*
10-05-2009 19:11:33 [Team] Purrfect Detective: .....hello.....Cheetah-girl.....I don't sweat.
10-05-2009 19:11:46 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: [For reference, there's apparently a bit of Japanese cultural wierdness that says one bathes before sex. Always.]
10-05-2009 19:12:14 [Team] Gamma Emission: ahh, forgot about that, sorry
10-05-2009 19:12:26 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: [So, for instance, if a boyfriend invites a girlfriend to feel free to borrow his shower...]
10-05-2009 19:12:43 [Team] Gamma Emission: [he's about to get slapped?]
10-05-2009 19:12:46 [Team] Net Sabre: No power for you!
10-05-2009 19:12:59 [Team] Terrence Knight: I love watching these riders suddenly run outta juice
10-05-2009 19:13:30 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: [Well, the girlfriend (telling) the anecdote was an American who figured it out months later.]
10-05-2009 19:13:59 [Team] Net Sabre: Suddenly, so many double entredes in anime make sense.))
10-05-2009 19:14:05 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: [And said something like, "Oh, I didn't get that. I'd've totally taken you up on it if I had... and this is one of those things we're not supposed to talk about openly, isn't it?]
10-05-2009 19:14:21 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: [And boyfriend is mortified and just nods.]
10-05-2009 19:16:10 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: [Of course, Sachie knows that an American wouldn't've -meant- something like that, but she still thinks it's hilarious.]
10-05-2009 19:16:41 [Team] Gamma Emission: gather for green glowie goodness (AM in 5 seconds)
10-05-2009 19:17:17 [Team] Net Sabre: Sorry, buddy, the draining's my job.
10-05-2009 19:17:43 [Team] Rainier Ice: ((when you can put 3 defenders together that can drian endurance... even EBs and AVs have a right to be scared. O.o))
10-05-2009 19:17:44 [Team] Net Sabre: Shoulda named him Faint Hunger Pains.
10-05-2009 19:18:03 [Team] Net Sabre: Or Chinese Food.
10-05-2009 19:18:03 [Team] Terrence Knight: *laughs*
10-05-2009 19:18:06 [Team] Gamma Emission: feeling a bit peckish?
10-05-2009 19:18:18 [Team] Net Sabre: Yeah, but ten minutes later, I'm gonna want more.
10-05-2009 19:18:39 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: Clearly, they were men.
10-05-2009 19:18:47 [Team] Terrence Knight: ..
10-05-2009 19:19:02 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: *bats her eyes at him*
10-05-2009 19:19:13 [Team] Net Sabre: That IS a side benefit to the other side of the fence, isn't it?
10-05-2009 19:19:24 [Team] Gamma Emission: hey, not all men have that problem
10-05-2009 19:19:37 [Team] Net Sabre: The grass grows a lot faster, even if you have to mow it regularly.
10-05-2009 19:19:41 [Team] Gamma Emission: espcialy not if they have... help
10-05-2009 19:19:50 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: *raised eyebrow* Oh?
10-05-2009 19:19:56 [Team] Terrence Knight: *flushes*
10-05-2009 19:20:13 [Team] Net Sabre: Well, let's just say I'm the one with less energy in the relationship. *grin*
10-05-2009 19:21:14 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: [Brane, the hell?]
10-05-2009 19:21:20 [Team] Net Sabre: Lighting the fire's not the problem. Snuffing it out afterwards is.  *laugh*
10-05-2009 19:21:21 [Team] Gamma Emission: oh? do the gauntleys get used in the bedroom?
10-05-2009 19:21:45 [Team] Gamma Emission: *gauntlets
10-05-2009 19:21:55 [Team] Net Sabre: *laugh* Nope, but let's just say the honeymoon destination is....not important. *grin*
10-05-2009 19:21:57 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: [...Laaaaag.]
10-05-2009 19:21:59 [Team] Gamma Emission: gather for green glowie goodness (AM in 5 seconds)
10-05-2009 19:22:14 [Team] Net Sabre: So, I'll take the big ugly one
10-05-2009 19:22:19 [Team] Terrence Knight: Uhm
10-05-2009 19:22:23 [Team] Terrence Knight: y'know
10-05-2009 19:22:24 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: You can tell?
10-05-2009 19:22:29 [Team] Terrence Knight: They all look ugly
10-05-2009 19:22:40 [Team] Net Sabre: So I'll take the big ugly one stepping on my turf.
10-05-2009 19:22:46 [Team] Terrence Knight: Ok
10-05-2009 19:22:48 [Team] Terrence Knight: now that makes sense
10-05-2009 19:23:26 [Team] Gamma Emission: no lieing down on the job
10-05-2009 19:23:53 [Team] Net Sabre: Well, apparently they learn fast that the mobile wall is less of a threat than the cute little red girl.
10-05-2009 19:24:27 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: Also, harder target.
10-05-2009 19:24:27 [Team] Terrence Knight: Yeah..you kinda got their attention first.
10-05-2009 19:24:37 [Team] Gamma Emission: everyone ok?
10-05-2009 19:24:48 [Team] Terrence Knight: Sorry bout that anyways. SHould have been more on the ball
10-05-2009 19:24:51 [Team] Net Sabre: No major bruises, fractures, or the like.
10-05-2009 19:25:20 [Team] Net Sabre: Got worse than this on the last night I had out on the town with Sacchan there. *grin*
10-05-2009 19:25:22 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: [Anyway, as I was saying before I started rubberbanding, my brain has just gone, 'duh, of -course- the Hanagawa have tricks for improving male 'performance''
10-05-2009 19:25:43 [Team] Terrence Knight: (Lol..that doesn't surprise me)
10-05-2009 19:25:44 [Team] Purrfect Detective: And apparently, they all ignore the cheetah-girl. Alien supervillians or no, no one wants to risk the wrath of the WWF, the SPCA, and PERA.
10-05-2009 19:25:47 [Team] Purrfect Detective: *PETA
10-05-2009 19:25:49 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: *grumbles something in japanese*
10-05-2009 19:26:26 [Team] Net Sabre: Hey, going to that place was your idea. Not my fault that you kept bumping your head. *giggle*
10-05-2009 19:27:05 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: Food was worth it.
10-05-2009 19:27:12 [Team] Gamma Emission: gather for green glowie goodness (AM in 5 seconds)
10-05-2009 19:27:27 [Team] Terrence Knight: Fancy Resteraunt or something?
10-05-2009 19:29:21 [Team] Net Sabre: Well, Sachan knows a few locations, er, places. *innocent*
10-05-2009 19:29:39 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: *inscrutable ninja face*
10-05-2009 19:30:13 [Team] Terrence Knight: Ninja's know how to have fun *chuckles*
10-05-2009 19:30:41 [Team] Net Sabre: Oh, definitely. The next time we do something like that, I'm thinking of bringing along friends.
10-05-2009 19:30:50 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: *cyndi lauper* Shinobi wa ta-no-shi da-a...*/cl*
10-05-2009 19:31:12 [Team] Gamma Emission: you had unwanted company?
10-05-2009 19:31:24 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: [to the tunes of 'girls just wanna have fun', of course.]
10-05-2009 19:31:29 [Team] Gamma Emission: gather for green glowie goodness (AM in 5 seconds)
10-05-2009 19:31:31 [Team] Terrence Knight: (hehe)
10-05-2009 19:31:45 [Team] Terrence Knight: Hit famine then Death yeah?
10-05-2009 19:32:30 [Team] Net Sabre: Well, you know how it goes. Sometimes you just need an extra pair of hands or two.
10-05-2009 19:32:33 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: Resistance is fun.
10-05-2009 19:33:03 [Team] Net Sabre: Batteries.....not included.
10-05-2009 19:33:03 [Team] Terrence Knight: ..Now you have me really curious.. *mumble*
10-05-2009 19:33:12 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: Instant mail-order.
10-05-2009 19:33:18 [Team] Terrence Knight: *facepalm*
10-05-2009 19:33:30 [Team] Gamma Emission: an extra pair of hands can always add to the fun
10-05-2009 19:33:46 [Team] Net Sabre: Why, whatever do you mean, Terrence? *innocence*
10-05-2009 19:33:52 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: ...Just hands?
10-05-2009 19:33:57 [Team] Terrence Knight: ...
10-05-2009 19:34:22 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: *blinks at him like, 'what?'*
10-05-2009 19:34:23 [Team] Gamma Emission: well I don't want to make assumptions
10-05-2009 19:34:48 [Team] Terrence Knight: I really don't know what to say other than this is likely another time where not knowing is better for me
10-05-2009 19:35:24 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: You're missing out, though...
10-05-2009 19:35:37 [Team] Purrfect Detective: Let's not bring anything up that'll put me off my seafood platter tonight, okay?
10-05-2009 19:35:44 [Team] Net Sabre: Yeah. I learned a variety of interesting Japanese vocabulary after that night.
10-05-2009 19:35:52 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: Oysters?
10-05-2009 19:35:59 [Team] Terrence Knight: *whimper* Ok..What am I missing out out..I can't hold off on my curiosity
10-05-2009 19:36:25 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: [Sachie is -absolutely- fucking with Terr, but I don't know whether she's making shit up or pulling from actual experience to do so.]
10-05-2009 19:36:29 [Team] Net Sabre: Sorry. Sworn to ninja secrecy.
10-05-2009 19:36:41 [Team] Terrence Knight: ..Your soo not a ninja Net
10-05-2009 19:36:46 [Team] Net Sabre: Hanegaway secret techniques and such.
10-05-2009 19:36:52 [Team] Gamma Emission: well I don't think he's missing out all that much, then again I don't know what kinky hijinks you have gotten into
10-05-2009 19:37:23 [Team] Net Sabre: I'll have you know, nothing illegal
10-05-2009 19:37:45 [Team] Gamma Emission: that certainly leaves alot on the table
10-05-2009 19:37:51 [Team] Rainier Ice: ((I'm gonna go afk for a few to cook dinner.
10-05-2009 19:37:56 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: Jutsu, not animals.
10-05-2009 19:37:56 [Team] Thanatos Arachni: So, is it cold up there in the north yet?  just throwing in 2 cents, cause i cant join in the conversation lol
10-05-2009 19:38:13 [Team] Terrence Knight: (I don't know If i want to laugh or cry that sachie is haveing such fun messing with terr lol)
10-05-2009 19:39:05 [Team] Net Sabre: And, well, Sacchan did agree to the terms of the bet beforehand. *giggle*
10-05-2009 19:39:39 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: *snorts* Ringer.
10-05-2009 19:40:07 [Team] Net Sabre: You underestimated my prowess. That's not -my- fault. *grin*
10-05-2009 19:40:24 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: Also, your backdoors.
10-05-2009 19:41:14 [Team] Gamma Emission: hey, no need to get into specifics
10-05-2009 19:41:29 [Team] Thanatos Arachni: ..............
10-05-2009 19:41:34 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: Why not? They're excellent.
10-05-2009 19:41:56 [Team] Net Sabre: It was a creative solution to dealing with a superior competitor.
10-05-2009 19:42:22 [Team] Gamma Emission: I'm certain you enjoy penetraiting them, but that is more detail than I require
10-05-2009 19:43:04 [Team] Terrence Knight: I'm startin to think that now their just messing with us..or have been since the start
10-05-2009 19:43:07 [Team] Net Sabre: *is giggling helplessly now*
10-05-2009 19:43:10 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: A brilliant maximization of natural and artificial advantages.
10-05-2009 19:43:38 [Team] Net Sabre: No, I swear, *giggle* every word was true. Scout's honor. *giggle*
10-05-2009 19:43:51 [Team] Net Sabre: But you said you didn't want specifics. *giggle*
10-05-2009 19:43:53 [Team] Terrence Knight: No NO. I'm not going to take anything more seriously
10-05-2009 19:44:20 [Team] Terrence Knight: I'll just have to ignore you two for my own mental well being *Grin*
10-05-2009 19:44:21 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: *sneaks up behind Terr and leans over his shoulder to kiss him on the cheek* Tell yourself that.
10-05-2009 19:44:37 [Team] Net Sabre: We can bring you along next time and show you, Terr. After all, I have a Bachelorette party coming up....
10-05-2009 19:45:00 [Team] Terrence Knight: *Flushes* ..dammit Sachie!..Makeing it reaaaaly hard to ignore you and Net..
10-05-2009 19:45:51 [Team] Purrfect Detective: [YEE HAA![Numina's Convalescence: End/Heal (Recipe).50] ]
10-05-2009 19:46:05 [Team] Net Sabre: Well, yes, but that advantage isn't universal. After all, Sachie learned there's benefits to being petite. *grin*
10-05-2009 19:46:06 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: [Congratulations!]
10-05-2009 19:46:20 [Team] Thanatos Arachni: Spinner!!!
10-05-2009 19:46:25 [Team] Thanatos Arachni: wow cant believe i went there
10-05-2009 19:46:29 [Team] Thanatos Arachni: .....
10-05-2009 19:46:29 [Team] Gamma Emission: [yay[
10-05-2009 19:46:50 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: -Still- can't believe you fit there.
10-05-2009 19:47:04 [Team] Net Sabre: Neither could my chiropracter. Ow.
10-05-2009 19:47:36 [Team] Terrence Knight: *Mutters searching his pockets for earplugs*
10-05-2009 19:47:41 [Team] Thanatos Arachni: lmao
10-05-2009 19:47:43 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: Shoulda said. I'm good at that.
10-05-2009 19:47:56 [Team] Net Sabre: Mmm, I imagine you supply competitive rates.
10-05-2009 19:47:58 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: Professional skill.
10-05-2009 19:48:06 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: And teaching.
10-05-2009 19:48:24 [Team] Net Sabre: Well, I'm fairly sure you could teach me a few things.
10-05-2009 19:48:49 [Team] Sachie Hanagawa: *grin* Any time.
10-05-2009 19:48:50 [Team] Gamma Emission: *keeps telling herself that she is glad Rhea isn't on this team*
10-05-2009 19:49:00 [Team] Terrence Knight: (LOL)
10-05-2009 19:49:08 [Team] Gamma Emission: *casue she would be asking for details and taking notes*
10-05-2009 19:49:10 [Team] Net Sabre: These two play off each other far too well.))
10-05-2009 19:49:12 [Team] Terrence Knight: (Rhea would be begging to go along next time or somethin lol)
10-05-2009 19:49:23 [Team] Net Sabre: I'm sure Rhea'd be very good at it too.))
10-05-2009 19:49:32 [Team] Net Sabre: *rimshot*))
10-05-2009 19:49:35 [Team] Terrence Knight: (Likely trying to drag Terr and lisa along too >.

Like the thread title says, I'm trying to see what an extravagant expenditure of infamy will get me.

Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.601

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Nogi: Level 50 Magic Mastermind

Primary Power Set: Ninjas

Secondary Power Set: Dark Miasma

Power Pool: Leaping

Power Pool: Fitness

Ancillary Pool: Soul Mastery

Villain Profile:

Level 1: Call Genin

• (A) Edict of the Master - Accuracy/Damage
  
• (3) Edict of the Master - Damage/Endurance
  
• (7) Edict of the Master - Accuracy/Endurance
  
• (15) Edict of the Master - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  
• (17) Edict of the Master - Damage
  
• (33) Edict of the Master - Defense Bonus
  

• (A) Touch of the Nictus - Chance for Negative Energy Damage
  
• (3) Touch of the Nictus - Heal/HitPoints/Regeneration/Recharge
  
• (7) Touch of the Nictus - Accuracy/Healing
  
• (25) Touch of the Nictus - Accuracy/Endurance/Heal/HitPoints/Regeneration
  
• (36) Cloud Senses - Chance for Negative Energy Damage
  
• (40) Touch of the Nictus - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
  

• (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  
• (5) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
  
• (17) Devastation - Chance of Hold
  

• (A) Impeded Swiftness - Chance of Damage(Smashing)
  
• (5) Tempered Readiness - Range/Slow
  
• (34) Tempered Readiness - Endurance/Recharge/Slow
  
• (36) Tempered Readiness - Accuracy/Slow
  

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO
  

• (A) Cloud Senses - Chance for Negative Energy Damage
  
• (9) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff
  
• (9) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Recharge/Endurance
  
• (34) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Endurance
  
• (46) Dark Watcher's Despair - Recharge/Endurance
  

• (A) Absolute Amazement - Stun/Recharge
  
• (11) Absolute Amazement - Accuracy/Stun/Recharge
  
• (11) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy)
  
• (23) Stupefy - Chance of Knockback
  
• (43) Stupefy - Accuracy/Recharge
  

• (A) Sovereign Right - Accuracy/Damage
  
• (13) Sovereign Right - Damage/Endurance
  
• (13) Sovereign Right - Accuracy/Endurance
  
• (15) Sovereign Right - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  
• (23) Sovereign Right - Accuracy
  
• (33) Sovereign Right - Resistance Bonus
  

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
  

• (A) Jumping IO
  

• (A) Gift of the Ancients - Run Speed +7.5%
  
• (19) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance
  
• (19) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance
  
• (40) Impervium Armor - Psionic Resistance
  

• (A) Glimpse of the Abyss - Chance of Damage(Psionic)
  
• (21) Glimpse of the Abyss - Endurance/Fear
  
• (21) Cloud Senses - Chance for Negative Energy Damage
  
• (37) Cloud Senses - Accuracy/Recharge
  
• (37) Glimpse of the Abyss - Accuracy/Recharge
  

• (A) Jumping IO
  

• (A) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
  
• (25) Numina's Convalescence - Heal
  

• (A) Soulbound Allegiance - Damage
  
• (27) Soulbound Allegiance - Damage/Recharge
  
• (27) Soulbound Allegiance - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  
• (31) Soulbound Allegiance - Accuracy/Recharge
  
• (33) Soulbound Allegiance - Chance for Build Up
  
• (34) Soulbound Allegiance - Damage/Endurance
  

• (A) Unbreakable Constraint - Hold
  
• (29) Unbreakable Constraint - Hold/Recharge
  
• (29) Unbreakable Constraint - Accuracy/Hold/Recharge
  
• (31) Unbreakable Constraint - Accuracy/Recharge
  
• (36) Unbreakable Constraint - Endurance/Hold
  
• (37) Unbreakable Constraint - Chance for Smashing Damage
  

• (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod
  
• (31) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End
  

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO
  

• (A) Knockback Distance IO
  

• (A) Gravitational Anchor - Chance for Hold
  
• (39) Gravitational Anchor - Immobilize/Endurance
  
• (39) Gravitational Anchor - Accuracy/Recharge
  
• (39) Gravitational Anchor - Accuracy/Immobilize/Recharge
  
• (40) Gravitational Anchor - Immobilize/Recharge
  

• (A) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Recharge
  
• (42) Ragnarok - Chance for Knockdown
  
• (42) Ragnarok - Damage/Endurance
  
• (42) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  
• (43) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge
  
• (43) Ragnarok - Damage
  

• (A) Trap of the Hunter - Chance of Damage(Lethal)
  
• (45) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy)
  
• (45) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  
• (45) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
  
• (46) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
  
• (46) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
  

• (A) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative)
  
• (48) Apocalypse - Damage/Endurance
  
• (48) Apocalypse - Damage
  
• (48) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge
  
• (50) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  
• (50) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Recharge
  

• (A) Gladiator's Armor - Resistance
  
• (50) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All)
  

• (A) Hecatomb - Chance of Damage(Negative)
  

• (A) Unbounded Leap - +Stealth
  

• (A) Healing IO
  

• 8% DamageBuff(Smashing)
  
• 8% DamageBuff(Lethal)
  
• 8% DamageBuff(Fire)
  
• 8% DamageBuff(Cold)
  
• 8% DamageBuff(Energy)
  
• 8% DamageBuff(Negative)
  
• 8% DamageBuff(Toxic)
  
• 8% DamageBuff(Psionic)
  
• 5% Defense
  
• 4.56% Defense(Smashing)
  
• 4.56% Defense(Lethal)
  
• 3% Defense(Fire)
  
• 3% Defense(Cold)
  
• 3% Defense(Energy)
  
• 3% Defense(Negative)
  
• 13% Defense(Psionic)
  
• 6.13% Defense(Melee)
  
• 3% Defense(Ranged)
  
• 3% Defense(AoE)
  
• 2.25% Max End
  
• 2.75% Enhancement(Terrorized)
  
• 5% Enhancement(Heal)
  
• 1.5% Enhancement(FlySpeed)
  
• 63% Enhancement(Accuracy)
  
• 1.5% Enhancement(JumpHeight)
  
• 1.5% Enhancement(RunSpeed)
  
• 1.5% Enhancement(JumpSpeed)
  
• 58.8% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
  
• 5% FlySpeed
  
• 102.4 HP (12.8%) HitPoints
  
• 9% JumpHeight
  
• 9% JumpSpeed
  
• MezResist(Confused) 5.25%
  
• MezResist(Held) 11.9%
  
• MezResist(Immobilize) 2.5%
  
• MezResist(Sleep) 5.25%
  
• MezResist(Stun) 5.25%
  
• MezResist(Terrorized) 2.5%
  
• 36.5% (0.61 End/sec) Recovery
  
• 44% (1.48 HP/sec) Regeneration
  
• 10% Resistance(Smashing)
  
• 12.5% Resistance(Lethal)
  
• 19.1% Resistance(Fire)
  
• 19.1% Resistance(Cold)
  
• 10% Resistance(Energy)
  
• 10% Resistance(Negative)
  
• 21.3% Resistance(Toxic)
  
• 14.3% Resistance(Psionic)
  
• 12.5% RunSpeed
  

• 4% JumpSpeed, 4% JumpHeight
  
• 12 HP (1.5%) HitPoints
  
• 2.5% Resistance(Lethal)
  
• MezResist(Held) 2.2%
  
• 1.26% Resistance(Toxic,Psionic)
  
• 5% Defense
  

• 15.1 HP (1.88%) HitPoints
  
• 9% Enhancement(Accuracy)
  
• 5% Enhancement(Heal)
  
• 2.25% Max End
  

• 2% (0.03 End/sec) Recovery
  

• 1.5% (0.03 End/sec) Recovery
  
• 1.5% Enhancement(Slow)
  

• 12 HP (1.5%) HitPoints
  
• 2.5% (0.04 End/sec) Recovery
  
• 5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
  

• 4% (0.07 End/sec) Recovery
  

• 2.5% (0.04 End/sec) Recovery
  

• MezResist(Sleep) 2.75%
  
• MezResist(Confused) 2.75%
  
• MezResist(Stun) 2.75%
  
• MezResist(Held) 2.75%
  
• 3.13% Defense(Melee), 1.56% Defense(Lethal), 1.56% Defense(Smashing)
  
• 10% Resistance(All)
  

• 7.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
  

• 2% (0.03 End/sec) Recovery
  
• 7.5% RunSpeed
  

• 2.5% (0.04 End/sec) Recovery
  
• 3% Resistance(Psionic)
  

• 2.75% Enhancement(Terrorized)
  
• 15.1 HP (1.88%) HitPoints
  

• Status Resistance 2.5%
  

• 12% (0.4 HP/sec) Regeneration
  

• 16% (0.54 HP/sec) Regeneration
  
• 24.1 HP (3%) HitPoints
  
• 4% DamageBuff(All)
  
• MezResist(Held) 4.4%
  
• 5% Defense(Psionic)
  

• 4% (0.07 End/sec) Recovery
  
• 2.52% Resistance(Fire,Cold)
  
• 15% Enhancement(Accuracy)
  
• 10% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
  
• 5% Resistance(Toxic)
  

• 5% JumpSpeed, 5% JumpHeight, 5% FlySpeed, 5% RunSpeed
  

• 4% (0.07 End/sec) Recovery
  
• 2.52% Resistance(Fire,Cold)
  
• 15% Enhancement(Accuracy)
  
• 10% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
  

• 4% (0.07 End/sec) Recovery
  
• 2.52% Resistance(Fire,Cold)
  
• 15% Enhancement(Accuracy)
  
• 10% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
  
• 5% Resistance(Toxic)
  

• 2.5% (0.04 End/sec) Recovery
  
• 1.58% Resistance(Fire,Cold)
  
• 9% Enhancement(Accuracy)
  
• 6.25% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
  

• 16% (0.54 HP/sec) Regeneration
  
• 24.1 HP (3%) HitPoints
  
• 4% DamageBuff(All)
  
• 10% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
  
• 5% Defense(Psionic)
  

• 2.5% (0.04 End/sec) Recovery, 2.5% (0.04 End/sec) Recovery (in PvP)
  
• 3% Defense(All)
  

Darkness falls across the land...

The midnight hour is close at hand.

Creatures crawl in search of blood...

To terrorize your neighborhood.



"Dad? Dad?" Winter called, stepping into her father's study, finding the elder Schaedel looking over some scrolls on the center table. At her
approach, he looked up, setting them aside.

"What is it, Winter?" he asked, adjusting his glasses. "Is someone here?"

"No, that's not it....there's something weird going on outside," Winter said, frowning. "I'm not sure what."

Alistair considered that for a moment before following her. Though they did not practice the eugenics that had created the near invincible magical ability that
the original Mu civilization had laid claim to, Alistair and more than a few mages connected with both the Midnighter's Club and the Eleventh Hour were
aware of the diluted version of the bloodline that provided a large source of the world's innately powerful mages. While neither he nor his wife were
exceptionally close to the original stream, Winter had inherited both of their connections and was inherently more sensitive than them both. If she was sensing
something...

As they stepped out onto the balcony of the Founder's Falls townhouse that Alistair had chosen as their new home, Alistair noticed the instant they stepped
outside the house's protective wards and barriers. Like his daughter, his gaze was drawn almost immediately to the west, where a roiling black set of
clouds were present, not yet visible to the naked eye. But to a mage's sight, the unnatural storm was as clear as a beacon. No weather pattern had produced
the creeping darkness that was heading this way.

"So," Alistair nodded. "They're almost here."

"They?" Winter asked, confused. "Who's 'they' this time?"

"Forces of the supernatural from all over. Not just those we fight already, but others. I'd read of this, but never seen it before."

Alistair settled forward onto the balcony's railing, watching the cloud intently. "A spell of that magnitude requires an immense level of power to
maintain....they can only manage it when the veil is thin....Paragon is a focus of eldritch energies in part due to Oranbega being beneath our feet, but even
then, there are no ley lines or massive cauldrons of power that could maintain that indefinitely....but All Hallows Eve is different. The veil will become
increasingly weak as the various terrors gain their strength and reach out. The Thorns and their demons. The Pantheon's blind followers and rotting Mot
bound beneath Astoria. Others. They all feel the veil weakening and strive to take advantage. It is not an inherently evil thing, and you might notice your own
powers are mildly stronger, but between the nexus and the various groups grabbing for the upwelling of power, the walls will begin to crack....and things will
slip through. Already, you've seen one such plague that has yet to be fully exterminated that was caused by this," he said.

Winter nodded. "The ghoul hordes," she said, eyeing the moon, barely visible as the sun began to set.

"Yes. The "zombies" will begin to appear in greater frequency the closer we get to the date, and they are merely one symptom...but something
else is coming. Something old....something cruel," Alistair said, looking at the cloud. "The spell will be anchored by those that fear the sun. The
Unseelie and their gibbering festivities. The Covens and the Courts of witches and vampires. The beastmen and others. And this time, there is a purpose to it
all. Something that wants to anchor that blackness here permanently. It is reaching out to them...seducing them with lies of rewards and power in return for
their services....and when darkness falls, it will unleash them in an attempt to birth itself into our world."

"What is it?" Winter asked, frowning. Her father could make the driest spell lessons interesting through rhetoric and storytelling, but this felt
like more than a lesson being embellished to fight her boredom.

"That is the problem," Alistair said, frowning. "I don't know. Whatever this thing is, it is powerful and unnamed. It is unfettered by an
identity by which it can be constrained...which allows it to be anything it wishes to be to oppose us. The eternal night sweeping in on Paragon is going to do
more than give the supernatural forces here a bolstering to their power like it has before. It's being used this time...and if it's not stopped, it may
never end." He grimaced, before pulling his coat from a rack as they stepped into the town house again. "Call your mother, tell her to contact
Mercedes and let the Midnighters know, if they don't already. I'll contact the Hour and their associates. We're going to need as many people to
stand against this thing that is coming. Before it consumes us all," he said, as Winter shivered despite her usual indifference to the cold.

***

Just a little period piece, given the upcoming Deadly Apocalypse Halloween event that's coming in a week or so.
---
"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."

P.S.I. HQ

Jasmine Briar, also known as Purrfect Mess, fidgeted in her seat, ever now and again casting a quick glance at the clock. Oh man, gonna be late.
She thought, HE-AT had called her and a few other cops into a last minute meeting, something to do with the new girl, London something. All Jasmine could think
of was the fact that she had somewhere to be in a little over a hour.

"Statement: that's is all. Query: any questions?" HE-AT intoned. "Observation: No, then you are free to go."

Jasmine bolted to out the door and headed to the exit, nearly bowling over several detective out. "Sorry!" she quickly shouted over her shoulder
as she reached the teleported.

***

A few minutes later she was looking her self critically in the mirror. Bitting her lip slightly, she pulled her hair up into a lose ponytail and gave
herself a once over. She was dressing in a pair of jeans and PPD shirt, both baggy in case she had to shift sizes, not that's she plan to, but it was
better to be safe than sorry.

Pulling on a jacket and headed to the lounge and sat on the couch while she waited. Her gut was twisting with nerves, she hadn't been on a date in ages.
God I hope I don't act like an idiot. After a while there was a knock as the door, nervously, Jasmine got up and opened it, standing in the door
way with a slight grin was her date, Reeve, standing there in a nice white polo shirt and slacks, she couldn't help but notice how different he looked out
of his Captain Erstraz costume. A little voice in the back of her head also pointed out how buff he was.

"Hey kitty cat, ready to go?" he asked as he flashed a slightly cheesy smile.

"Um, s-s-sure." she stammered out. "Where are we going?"

"I was thinking dinner and then maybe you and me can go bowling. Sound good?"

"Sure… um, never been bowling before though."

Reeve smiled. "Don't worry, I can teach ya. Come on."

She was silent as the headed out to Reeve's car, unsure of what to say, till she saw the car. "Holy…. Is... Is that a Dodge charger?" she
exclaimed.

"Yep." Reeve answered. "69 dodge charger B body, took a bit of looking to find one, but it was worth it." Reeve rested his arms on the
roof. "You like it?" he asked, taping the roof.

Walking around the car, she ran a finger over the hood. "Yeah, my granddad had one of these." A smile spread across her face. "Heck, I learnt to
drive in it."

"Looks like you have his sense of good taste then."

She blushed. "T-thanks."

Reeve climbed in and then lent over to get the passenger side door. "Shall we?"

Grinning again. Jasmine hoped in and smiled as she looked around. "Hey, you even have a cassette player in here." She squealed in delight.

"Sure, never could get the hang of a CD player and didn't want to deface a classic." He grinned back and pressed play on the player, 80's
rock started blaring form the speakers as he started the car and pulled out. "Now I know this place where you can get a great burger and fries."

***

Up-n-away burgers

Reeve watched in mild amazement as Jasmine woofed down her burger, trying to figure out where she put it all. She looked up and noticed his gaze. "um…
sorry, kind of skipped lunch today, nerves." She sheepishly explained.

"Nerves? What's a pretty young thing like you got to be nervous about?" he asked as he took a sip of his shake.

Jasmine blushed. "Well… it's been a while since I've been on a date." she trailed off, looking a little embarrassed.

"I find it hard to believe that. Why, I'm surprised you aren't beating of guys with a stick."

Jasmines blush deepened. "Well, it's more a case of no one wanting to date "The Freak"."

Reeve raised an eye brow questioningly. "The Freak?"

"Yeah… nearly a year ago I was in an accident involving DE mutagens. Took the doctors over a month to fix me… and even then it wasn't a hundred
percent.' She looked down at her plate "… can... can we talk about something else?"

"Sorry, didn't mean to kill the mood." Reeve stood up and offered his hand. "How bout we go straight to bowling?"

Jasmine smiled and took his hand. "Kay, but I'll probably suck at it."

"Nah, you got me as a teacher, you'll be bowling like pro in no time."

***

Half an hour later

Super bowl.

Jasmine frowned at the ball rolled into the gutter again. "What am I doing wrong?"

Reeve stood up and walked over. "Well, lobbing it as hard as you can down the lane isn't a good start." He replied as he picked up her ball.
"Here, I'll show you how to do it."

Handing Jasmine the ball, he stood behind her and reached around and placed his hands on hers. "First of all, you need to relax your posture a bit,
you're not trying to throw it like a shot-put."

Jasmine listened to his advice, trying to block out the little voice in the back of her head that's was telling her how close he was. Biting down hard
on that little voice, she paid attention to what Reeve's was saying.

"You got it?"

"ummm… yeah I think so."

Reeve stepped back. "Okay, show em what ya got."

Eyeing off the pins, Jasmine sung back and let the ball go, it shoot down the lane and struck the pins dead on, a strike. "I did it!" jasmine
squealed.

"See, told you I'd have you bowling like a pro in no time kitty."

Jasmine stoped her celebrating when she noticed smoke coming from the lanes. "er…. Did I break something?" she asked, slowly backing up.

"Nah, it's Rock and bowl night." Reeve explained.

"What's that mean?'

Reeve pointed to the lanes, after a moment, laser lights started coming on, marking out the gutters while others started flashing patterns around the room.
Jasmine watched them flicker, mildly enthralled while music started to blare from the speakers.

(Billy Idol - Rebel Yell)

"That's what it means kitten." Picking up his ball, he walked up to the lane and let it fly. "Ads more fun and a bit of a challenge to
the game, don't ya think?"

Jasmine nodded, this was turning out to be one hell of a night.

***

3 hours (and several games) latter.

The Dodge charger pulled up outside jasmine's apartment block, still palying 80's rock. Jasmine smiled. "That was great, I can't remember
when I last had so much fun." She exclaimed breathlessly.

"So, dose that mean I get a second date?" Reeve's asked, a slightly cheese grin on his face.

"Um… if you want to." She mumbled.

"Great, so, same time next week?"

Jasmine paused for a moment, Fridays were normally her and partner Fil's night out, but then Fil also wanted her to get a social life. "Okay."
she replied, then acting on a impulse, she lent over and gave Reeve a quick kiss. "Um… hee hee, see you then."

Reeve grinned again. "Sure thing kitten. Hopefully a bit sooner"

Blushing, Jasmine opened the door and climbed out, heading to the apartment building, she stoped to wave to Reeve as he drove off. She hummed happily to her
self as she made her way upstairs and unlocked her apartment door.

Stepping in the door, Jasmine heard the sound of purring drifting down from Felis's upstairs sleeping area. She was a little disappointed that her
roommate had already gone to bed, as she felt like talking about her date. However, she didn't want to wake her up. Fil was very unhappy if she was woken
out of her sleep for anything less than a homicide. She tiptoed through the living room, through the kitchen, and into her greenhouse. To her surprise, the sun
lights were on. More surprising, Fil was sitting in her living room, in her human form, dressed in a powder blue bathrobe with a pink towel around her head,
reading a copy of "Sluthing Monthly" and sipping coffee from her mug.

As Jasmine entered, Fil looked up from her magazine. "I hope you were quiet," she said. "Snugglekitty is a light sleeper. That's why I
came in here. So....how did it go with 'Cheesy on the Outside'?"

Jasmine flipped from the sun lamps to the normal lights and dropped herself onto the couch. "It was great! He asked me on another one!" she
exclaimed excitedly.

Fil smiled. "Good. I see you didn't bring him home...never do that on the first date, unless you're sure he's the one." She chuckled
as Jazz started to blush, then leaned into Jazz's face. "Soooo...tell me all the details!"

"Well, we had burgers and went bowling... I was kinda bad at it but then he showed me how to do it... and there were laser lights!"

Fil raised an eyebrow. "Laser lights?" she paused, then shrugged. "Oooookay....."

Jasmine continued. "...and smoke machines and 80's rock music!"

Fil nodded, smiling to her self. Less than a month ago, Jasmine had had no life outside of her job. Now here she was practically bouncing with excitement
over her successful date. Fil allowed herself a moment of pride, a combination of sisterly and motherly feeling, as Jazz finished her story. "That's
nice...we'll talk more in the morning. Snugglekitty will get a bit confused if he wakes up and I'm not there. Get some sleep now... see you in the
morning, Jazz." With that, Felis stood, shucked her robe and towel, and shifted to her were form in one fluid motion. She nodded to Jazz and padded off
quietly towards the loft.

After Fil left, Jasmine changed for bed, her mind still on a slight buzz. She had been on a date, and had been asked out on a second one… maybe Fil was
right. maybe she wasn't as plain as she thought?

She smiled slightly as she drifted off. Maybe he doesn't mind that I'm a bit odd.

***

just a litte something to keep my hand in, thanks to fox and ran for leting me use their toons and giveing me some help along the way

as always, enjoy