Day of the Octopus (Mission 3)

[Neros]

"Well, lets go and see if we can find any traces of this truck..."

[andyman]

All
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The heroes find no traces of a Rent-A-Truck around the Elliot Building.

It's now 9:30 PM on a Monday evening in June, 1983 and even this city that never sleeps is winding down. It's been quite a day.

First, a purse-snatcher robbed May Parker in Rathbone Park. Then some punk kids tried to shake down a pretzel vendor for protection money. Soon after, Turk and Grotto tried to steal a suit of Mandroid battle armor from the Krupp building. Moments later, at the same location, the Beetle, Fixer, Scorpion and Radioactive Man ambush the heroes and make off with a cardboard tube and a selectro-pak. The Krupp building caught on fire and Doctor Octopus threatened to destroy the city. All this happened before lunch.

It's now past dinner time and most of the heroes have places to be tomorrow morning.

Peter Parker has to attend a Daily Bugle party for Ned Leeds at 9:30 AM.

Monica Rambeau has an appointment in New Orleans at 10 AM to look at a hydrofoil boat.

Ben Grimm should probably go back to the Baxter Building tomorrow morning and clean up the mess left after the explosion caused by the Fantastic Four's re-entry from the negative zone and Annihillus's machinations.

Steve Rogers has a girlfriend named Bernie who says she's not going to sleep until he gets home.

So will NYC be safe from Doc Ock and his nefarious plans if the heros catch some shut-eye and continue their search tomorrow?

Maybe... maybe not.

[pogmothoin]

* Ben sighs with a heavy chest*

So what shall we do? I know I have some things that need to be cleaned up tomorrow. I bet so do you all?

* Ben figures he could get the mess cleaned up at the Baxter building and then stop in to see Alicia and maybe even see how Frankie is doing. *

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Health: 6/6

Energy: 18/18

[talismanhex]

"Well I for one think there must be some clues here," Captain Marvel takes a quick sweep of the front for any clues.
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Health 2/3
Energy 4/9
Action 1: 3 Stones into Harbor Patrol to do some police investigating.
Health 2/3
Energy 1/9

[Neros]

"I dont think i would be able to get any sleep with that maniac moving around." If he went home now, then there might not be a home tomorrow...
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Health: 2/4
Start Energy: 4/12
End Energy: 2/12

Action 1:

Action 2:

Agility:
Defense: 5 (Toughness: +1, Reflexive Dodge: +3, Armor: +1)
Mental Defense: +4, Targeting: +2 (shield only), 2x Natural Healing

[trheel]

"Agreed maybe we could do a quick search just to see if anything out of the ordinary is happening here. I 'll take up!"
Without waiting the web head jumps on the building and starts wall crawling up keeping an I out for anything.

Action 2 wall crawl trying not to draw to much attention
Action 3 to int. looking for clues

[andyman]

All
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The Thing is out voted. The heroes decide to stay and continue searching for clues around and above the front of the Elliot Building. (Recently made more popular by the release of the blockbuster hit movie E.T..)

Captain America resists the urge to phone home while Captain Marvel and Spider-Man check the area.

Thanks to Spider-man's wall's-eye view, the group now has a slightly better idea of the surounding area. [See map.]

Unknown to the other heroes, Captain Marvel had a successful career in law enforcement prior to becoming a super-powered Avenger. She therefore has experience searching for clues and other things out of the ordinary. She's also able to emit soft beams of light when looking around a dark city at 10 at night, which is very helpful when looking for stuff.

Monica finds part of a page from a discarded newspaper on the ground. Normally, this type of litter in Manhattan is not out of the ordinary. However, it is a little strange when the date on the one legible article reads 1979. [Remember, it's the early 80s man.]

Captain America's Health: 2/4
Captain America's Energy: 6/6

Captain Marvel's Health: 2/3
Captain Marvel's Energy: 3/6

Spider-Man's Health: 4/4
Spider-Man's Energy: 12/12

Thing's Health: 6/6
Thing's Energy: 18/18

[talismanhex]

" Hey Cap!" Captain Marvel walks over to her superior," What do you make of this?" Capatian Marvel shows him the paper she found.

[Neros]

"What i make of it? I dont know..." Steve takes a look at the news paper, trying to if theres something out of the ordinary... However, its just a very old piece of paper.
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Health: 2/4
Start Energy: 6/12
End Energy: 4/12

Action 1: Intelligence
- used to scan the news paper for anything special

Action 2:

Agility:
Defense: 5 (Toughness: +1, Reflexive Dodge: +3, Armor: +1)
Mental Defense: +4, Targeting: +2 (shield only), 2x Natural Healing

[andyman]

Spider-Man
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Spider-Man continues his climb to the top of the 12 story Elliot Building, allowing him a better view of the neighborhood.

Spider-Man's Health: 4/4
Spider-Man's Energy: 12/12


Captain America, Captain Marvel & Thing
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Down on the ground Captain America, Captain Marvel and the Thing are gathered under a streetlamp in front of the Elliot building.

After handing Captain America the piece of newspaper, Monica finds that her white gloves are now stained with the black ink from the newsprint.

Captain America discerns that the article Captain Marvel found is from a 1979 copy of the Globe newspaper.

Captain America's Health: 2/4
Captain America's Energy: 6/6

Captain Marvel's Health: 2/3
Captain Marvel's Energy: 5/6

Thing's Health: 6/6
Thing's Energy: 18/18

[talismanhex]

Captain Marvel, perplexed at what she's found turns again to her superior. " Hey Cap," Captain Marvel makes a peace sign showing him the ink," Why would a newspaper printed in 1979 still have newsprint that stains?"

[Neros]

[OOC: aaw, dammit... I meant to spend 2r on intelligence... Oh well...]

"its not... As far as i can see, its a copy of a Globe newspaper. And it is odd, why would anybody want a copy of a year old article... Its actually quit ironic, i was talking to a cap driver earlier about The Globe... Captain Marvel, could you find out who would have access to old news papers? I would guess the library, but you seem to be more skilled than me in investigation..."
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Health: 2/4
Start Energy: 6/12
End Energy: 6/12

Action 1:

Action 2:

Agility:
Defense: 5 (Toughness: +1, Reflexive Dodge: +3, Armor: +1)
Mental Defense: +4, Targeting: +2 (shield only), 2x Natural Healing

[andyman]

FYI: It's 1983, so Cap would say, "Why would anybody want a copy of a four year old article?".

[talismanhex]

Captain Marvel does a quick scan of the area and tries to get an answer for Cap.
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Health 2/3
Energy 5/9
Action 1: 5 Stones into Harbor Patrol to get the information for Captain America.
Health 2/3
Energy 0/9

[andyman]

Mini Post for Captain Marvel Only
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Captain Marvel isn't from New York and doesn't live in New York, however not even Captain America knows of her true New Orleans identity. Since she's new to this area, the only way for her to tell what's nearby is to scan the area. However, if the villains went through all the trouble of arranging for McGreed to drop the truck off here, this probably isn't the exact location of their hide-out. That's textbook Criminal Psychology 101: Self Preservation. Maybe someone was waiting for McGreed, reading this old newspaper perhaps?

In any case, it can't hurt to look around. There are mostly offices on this block, a utilities building and a few places to eat, including a soul food restaurant called Josie's. There is also one clothing store where maybe Monica could get a nice pair of shoes but not an old newspaper.

Wait a minute! Back up!

Monica thinks about the words 'soul' and 'shoes'. She then realizes that she's seen the black ink on her gloves before. This substance was on the soles of the Beetle's boots!

[Captain Marvel remains Health 2/3 and Energy 0/9 until the Thing and Spider-Man post.]