Welcome to Gaia! ::

I'm going to post this now, even though it's early in the day. You can start responding at 8 (or even earlier, if there are enough people on) and I'll try to be on by around then to mediate. If you guys are taking any trips to the outside world, you'll need to put things on hold until I arrive. I should definitely be on by 8-8:30ish.

Now, the results of everyone's tasks during this day. Cheshire, you do a lot of research, finding the specs for the communicators in the HQ's computer banks, as well as information on similar devices on the internet, giving you the ability to understand those specs. You soon discover that it operates on a similar principle as wireless security, only on a much higher level. Rather than changing "frequencies," it's more a matter of changing the encryption key. You soon discover how to do so, and modify all the communicators to send and recieve using this new key. Even if someone out there had a similar device which was previously setup to pick up on your signals, they will no longer be able to.

Focusing on Prima, Matty is able to find out a lot about them. Infierno, it seems, is very dangerous. He has mastered his control of fire a great deal, and is even more of a threat then when he was attacking Femer Labs. He can create flame of any shape or size. Though his flames are not solid or substantial, they are very deadly. He can also fly.

Molly, who seems almost always at his side, has very little power of her own. She mostly suppots Infierno in battle, and he protects her. She has been known in a couple of instances to use her power directly, heating up the air around someone, but it does little more than cause fatigue. If not protected by Infierno, however, she is mostly defenseless.

Battalion is a powerhouse. Though nothing is known about the man inside the suit, the man outside can do quite a lot. His primary power seems to be that of teleportation. He can teleport himself without any noticable limits. The shimmer that surrounds him when he teleports also surrounds his arm when he changes weapons, leading some to suspect that he teleports these weapons from some hidden location, rather than storing them all inside his suit.

Finally, Plague seems to have been around for quite a while. Records of sightings of someone matching his description have been circulating since the time when the old Protectors watched over the city. His power seems to be out of his control, triggered by physical contact. It seems to suck the very life out of a person, sometimes sending people into comas or even killing them. He is quite hideous to behold, according to the few who have seen his face. His skin appears a greyish tone.

Last but certainly not least, Bolt speaks to his former teacher, who is able to cast a scrying spell. Because Nebula has spent so much time away from her body, he says, the spell will likely detect her body and her consciousness as two separate entities. It does, but both are in the same place. It is in the city, and the location seems very familiar...

Upon asking for the book, Bolt gets a bit of an odd look and a speech about how magic is not something to be toyed with, and can be dangerous in the wrong hands. That said, being the only remaining Protector, he probably needs all the help he can get. He is given a book. (Because it's supposed to be for Bolt, it is just an introductory book, and has very little in it that Cheshire hasn't already discovered. There are a few things, as well, as some good reading on some of the different ways magic exerts it's presence in this world. It does not give any in-game benefit, but simply gives a plot reason for the continued development of the character).

When Bolt brings home the map and goes to help Cheshire (who has already finished modifying the communicators by then) she helps him remember that the location on there is the building they found Wraith and Rev living in. It could be a coincidence, but it seems unlikely.

As I said, do all the talking and decision-making you want, once a few people show up, but wait to leave the HQ until I log on, assuming you do so tonight.

((Johan is in his room doing some Meditation feel free to poke your head in.))

*walks over to the nearest intercom and makes a general announcement over the PA system*

Anyone interested in kicking some kidnapping a**, meet in the strategy room in 15 minutes.

*ends the brief announcement*

"All right."

*Makes a few final notes, closes the notebook, logs off, then drops the book off in his room on his way to the strategy room.*

"So what is the news?"

"Good, good."

*Takes a copy.*

"So who is the lucky 'punching bag'?"

*Being pulled out of Meditation from the intercom*

*snatches up a map*

"So when do we hit the gym?"

"If we could fight them each seperate that would be best I think. The problem there is getting one alone and fighting with out the other knowing."