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Post by Manah on Nov 7, 2015 15:22:33 GMT -5
A few days went by, the Mother Base's crew getting more and more used to their new tasks and environment. Things were going smoothly, and her forces took care of several problems here and there, saving lives in a world, stopping a war in another. Not everyone in the Multiverse cheered on Guardian Force, however...
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Flash of light.
Tracy found herself waking up, having apparently fallen asleep at her desk while surfing on the internet, back at home. It was late at night, and what remained of her dinner had been left, cold, in a nearby plate, half-eaten. She was tired, her memories a bit fuzzy. A bit too much alcohol the night before, maybe?
She was wearing an old t-shirt with some band name and logo on it, and a pair of black jeans. Her hair was a bit of a mess, and her apartment was not doing much better. It was a rather ordinary day off after a difficult week at work. But... something felt... off. It was hard to tell what, but... maybe it had to do with this weird dream she'd had, of having all those crazy superpowers and traveling through worlds and stuff. As if... no way the world she knew could be this exciting. Looking at the time, she realized it was already past noon. Not that she was in any srt of emergency... but she was supposed to meet up with her friends Joyce and Tom to have lunch or something. It was probably not too late; both of them were known to sleep for too long and eat later, as well.
(OOC: Don't worry, this won't last, lol. As far as Tracy knows at this point, she is a normal young adult girl in a rather boring world, think like ours but grayer, and worse weather and little imagination. For the moment she is human-level in skills and power, think 1-3 range in Abilities, and a few AN 2-4 actions. She doesn't have anything extraordinary or special equipment except a basic smartphone and maybe a +1 pocket knife just in case, considering the less safe neighborhood. She also thinks she's just a normal store clerk trying to get by, find a nice boy/girlfriend - your call - and have a better life in time. Either Joyce or Tom, her friends, is her current love interest, so the prospect of meeting up with them interests her, but you're free to act as you please, of course. Just know that anything else Tracy is supposed to know/remember, right now, feels like a distant, unrealistic dream... for some yet unknown reason.)
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Nov 7, 2015 15:28:06 GMT -5
Tracy quickly gathered her things and left to have lunch as planned.
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Post by Manah on Nov 7, 2015 20:51:39 GMT -5
Upon arrival at the usual restaurant, she met with Tom, sitting outside at a table, waiting. Apparently, Joyce hadn't made it yet.
"Hey... glad you could make it. Slept well?" he asked with a playful smile.
Tom was a tall, brown-haired young man with glasses, a stubbly chin, a kind and relaxed expression always on. He was smart and wiser than his years let on, and a bit too good to others for his own good. He wasa hard worker who rarely got what he deserved despite how much he helped others, but despite it, he didn't mind. He was in fairly good physical shape, being quite active, but he also enjoyed a good book.
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Nov 7, 2015 20:58:14 GMT -5
"Not really... I feel weird. Like... I don't know... Something is wrong."
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Post by Manah on Nov 7, 2015 22:36:37 GMT -5
"Oh?..." he began, concerned, as he pulled a chair for her. "...Define 'something'?"
The truth was, she didn't really know. But... it felt as though some things hardly felt more real than her dreams. Even though she had made her way to this restaurant hundreds of time, the buildings and streets leading her there seemed unfamiliar, odd. Her neighbors, she barely knew... her family she never really spoke to.
After a moment, the pretty green-eyed, auburn-haired Joyce showed up as well, sitting down before Tom had any chance to pull a chair for her. She was wearing a blue sleeveless shirt, beige vest and shorts, with a pair of white tennis shoes. She worked as a delivery girl in a local pizzeria and was sort of a tomboy, but in a very cute sort of way.
"Hiya! Sorry I'm late. Had to help the old lady upstairs catch her crazy cat."
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Nov 7, 2015 22:58:37 GMT -5
"I don't know... Just like everything feels no different than a dream now." She said smiling as her friend arrived.
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Post by Manah on Nov 8, 2015 1:17:40 GMT -5
"I know the feeling. I've had that some times... waking up and all of a sudden, nothing feels real. It goes away when hanging out with friends, you know", Tom said with his trademark winning smile.
"What the heck are you two talking about?" Joyce asked, curious.
"...Feeling like in a dream."
"Oh... I couldn't say, I don't dream that much, and when I do, they feel real as heck", she said, shrugging.
As they spoke, Tracy saw something strange in the corner of her eye. It was like the brick wall of the nearby building had suddenly turned black and green with multiple cables going through it, but immediately turned back to normal. It only lasted for the time of a blink, though. She wasn't sure if she hadn't imagined that.
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Nov 8, 2015 1:19:55 GMT -5
Deciding to best ignore that for now. She turned her attention back to her friends.
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Post by Manah on Nov 8, 2015 9:55:09 GMT -5
The waitress eventually showed up as the three were making small talk, took their orders and left. The two resumed chatting with up, enjoying their time together, and then something weird began happening again... the ground began shaking. And fairly violently, fairly fast, at that.
"...Woo... an earthquake?" Joyce asked.
"It's... it's a big one!" Tom let out.
Indeed, it felt difficult to stand up, and several glass objects in the area, including the windows of the restaurant, broke to pieces. Strangely enough, they seemed to break slowly, and fall in a slowed down manner as well, before breaking in a million pieces. Neither Tom, Joyce or any bystander seemed to notice that.
All of a sudden, Tracy saw an incoming accident before it would happen: a scared child began running from the other side of the road towards her mother, waiting for her on their own side, as a car - whose driver was apparently freaking out because of the earthquake - was about to hit her. She had just enough time to react, if she did something now.
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Nov 8, 2015 10:40:58 GMT -5
Not even thinking Tracy ran to grab and save the child.
3 into Speed to reach the child.
3 into str to pick up and carry them to safety.
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Post by Manah on Nov 8, 2015 21:57:57 GMT -5
Tracy easily managed to save the girl, who had barely the time to understand what was going on that she was back in her mother's arms.
The woman thanked her gratefully, before, running away with her daughter... as Tom and Joyce both looked at her, puzzled. "H-How... How did you move so fast?"
Now that she thought about it, Tracy had brought the child back to safety seemingly seconds before the car passed them... yet, from what she had seen, the girl was just about to be hit. Had the car slowed down, or...?
The earthquake seemed to intensify, only to stop entirely all of a sudden.
"....Damn... that was cool. You saved that girl's life", Tom said, amazed. "In the middle of a crazy earthquake, to top it all off."
Once again, a nearby wall seemed to shift strangely to something else, before turning back to normal in half a second. Whatever it was... she barely had the time to investigate it, when two men in black suits, ties and sunglasses showed up.
"...Miss, you're going to have to come with us. For... a report about that near hit-and-run."
"Don't worry, it won't take very long", the other added.
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Nov 8, 2015 22:00:34 GMT -5
Of course... No problem... I have to go guys, I'll catch up later." She said.
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Post by Manah on Nov 8, 2015 22:08:41 GMT -5
"Wha-?" Joyce began. "...But..."
"Wait!" Tom said, standing up. More than a request... that sounded more like an order, directed at the two men in black. "Who the heck are you?"
"...NYPD", the first man said. "We were investigating on another matter when we witnessed this."
"Bullsh*t. I was there too, and neither of you were anywhere in sight. My uncle's a cop, I know how this works. She saved that girl and isn't hurt. You only need her testimony, which you could take right here, and normally you'd take ours as well. Why are you taking her with you?"
"Tom, calm down!" Joyce let out, worried. "He's going to arrest you."
"Yeah? I'd like to see him try. Got any I.D, man?" the young man asked, frowning. "A badge? Something?"
"Of course. Right he-" The second man in black nodded, reaching in his jacket. Tracy, however, saw the metallic flash of a gun!
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Nov 8, 2015 22:22:17 GMT -5
"No wait!" She cried out grabbing his arm lightly but firmly and placing herself between him, and Tom. "It's not worth it, Tom just calm down, and let me handle this, please sir, my friend isn't worth it." She tried to reason.
3 in agl to get between the agent and Tom
4 in social skills to defuse the situation.
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Post by Manah on Nov 9, 2015 9:40:39 GMT -5
They didn't care to listen for her words, but...
Despite how lightly the girl was holding his arm, no matter how hard he tried to free his arm, he simply couldn't, as Tom backed off a bit.
Reaching for his own gun, the other agent aimed it at Tracy herself as he spoke through his earpiece. "The anomaly is becoming worse. Proceeding to eliminate it."
As Joyce screamed, the other agent punched Tracy in the face. Hard... or was it? Tracy felt nothing. In fact, it was like a child had tried punching concrete. "...Impossible", he said with a monotonous tone.
"Kill her", the other 'man' said, opening fire at her... but the bullets literally flattening against her to no effect.
As this happened, something 'clicked' inside of her. Suddenly, she felt much lighter... much stronger. Her body knew how to react to enemies. How to fight these guys.
(OOC: Your Abilities are back at half AN rounded up, your Combat skills (not powers yet) are back in full, and your Toughness and Ref.Dodge are back at half AN rounded up.)
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