RAFO Mafia 19: Superlative Crisis! ISSUE ONE: ASK NOT FOR WHOM THE SKRULL TOLLS!
beetnemesis Send a noteboard - 18/10/2010 04:53:46 AM
The Baxter Building! One of the prides of New York's skyline, the building boasts a beautiful view of the UN building, a lovely gift shop, and... JUSTICE!
Headquarters of the Fantastic Four, America's foremost crimefighting family, its doors have been opened to all costumed crusaders in celebration over the recent defeat of the evil Skrull army!
Yes, the SKRULL! A race of malevolent shape-shifters, these dastardly dopplegangers have recently set their sights on EARTH! Only through a supreme effort from the world's heroes (coordinated by the international peacekeeping group S.H.I.E.L.D. and its commander, NICK FURY) was Earth once again saved!
Now, to celebrate, those who hunger for JUSTICE are being fed... DINNER!
___
The dining room is a cornucopia of costumes, masks, and Spandex. Everyone is enjoying themselves, breaking open lobsters with super-strength, gossiping about which super-heroines have had obvious "work" done, and debating who has the lamest superpowers.
While everyone is making fun of the Wonder Twins, suddenly a loud explosion rocks the room, and the lights go out!
"Nobody panic!" Mr. Fantastic cries into the darkness. "Just a fuse problem I'm sure, the dimensional regulator sometimes surg-"
"I don't need light! I may be blind, but my other senses have been intensified a thousandfold, so-"
"Shut up, Daredevil."
KA-ZAP!
___
Gadzooks! A baker's dozen of HEROES, unconscious!?
And what's this? Where is the food, the ballroom? Where are the tabloid reporters!? Left in their place are nothing but bare, utilitarian walls, a half-stocked vending machine, and a fully-functional bay of teleporters!
As our aggregation of aces begin to awaken, a previously featureless wall flickers on, displaying the sheepish-looking face of Reed Richards, Mr. Fantastic!
"Urm... hello? Everyone up there okay? Can you hear me? Good. ...Right, so, we're having a bit of difficulty down here, looks like the Skrull weren't fully defeated, yadda yadda. You know how it is. They had this new viral weapon, and it was a whole thing."
"Ahem."
"Anyway, you're on the moon. When the Skrull attacked, they overloaded the safeguards on my dimensional regulator. This caused a surge, which, while filtered through the Baxter building's electrical network and the navcomputer I was working on for NASA, combined with... anyway, long story short, you're in my backup moonbase."
"And... we can't bring you back, yet."
"I want to!" Richards says quickly, as he sees people start to crack their knuckles, or shimmer with energy. "But... we can't. They won't let me. You see, we have good reason to believe that some of you are, in actuality, Skrull. And if we let you back on Earth, then the Skrull will escape to cause more mayhem, and eventually cause the downfall of civilization."
Mr. Fantastic rubs his hands together optimistically! "So... figure it out! It shouldn't be tough, there should be a prototype of my Skrull Pinpoint Location Gun right over there! It's got a bit of a charge time, but I'm sure we'll have you all back within the week."
You all glance over, to see an empty display case. A voice pipes up, "Hey, Stretch, th' SPLOG's not there!"
Richards' face looks pained. "It's... it's not the SPLOG, it's the Skrull Pinpoint Location Gun. And I'm sure it's around, just keep your eyes open."
A loud explosion is heard from the speakers, and Richards looks away from the screen.
"I... have to go. Any Skrull you find, just plop them into that bay over there," the teleporter switches on, "and we'll send them right into the Negative Zone where they belong!"
The screen switches off, and our formerly fearless vigilantes look at each other uneasily, knowing that any- or all!- of the others could be a murderous SKRULL!
_____
? / Napoleon62
Amys
Bergioyn
Darth Katie
Fanatic-Templar
Fistofpainx
Fox and Ravens
Hobo
Issac
Kronin al'Sulc
Ranagrande
White Flame of Tar Valon
Yunalesca
Get to it, True Believers! To start things off, how about a good old fashioned ROLL CALL! (not a role call)
Excelsior!
Headquarters of the Fantastic Four, America's foremost crimefighting family, its doors have been opened to all costumed crusaders in celebration over the recent defeat of the evil Skrull army!
Yes, the SKRULL! A race of malevolent shape-shifters, these dastardly dopplegangers have recently set their sights on EARTH! Only through a supreme effort from the world's heroes (coordinated by the international peacekeeping group S.H.I.E.L.D. and its commander, NICK FURY) was Earth once again saved!
Now, to celebrate, those who hunger for JUSTICE are being fed... DINNER!
___
The dining room is a cornucopia of costumes, masks, and Spandex. Everyone is enjoying themselves, breaking open lobsters with super-strength, gossiping about which super-heroines have had obvious "work" done, and debating who has the lamest superpowers.
While everyone is making fun of the Wonder Twins, suddenly a loud explosion rocks the room, and the lights go out!
"Nobody panic!" Mr. Fantastic cries into the darkness. "Just a fuse problem I'm sure, the dimensional regulator sometimes surg-"
"I don't need light! I may be blind, but my other senses have been intensified a thousandfold, so-"
"Shut up, Daredevil."
KA-ZAP!
___
Gadzooks! A baker's dozen of HEROES, unconscious!?
And what's this? Where is the food, the ballroom? Where are the tabloid reporters!? Left in their place are nothing but bare, utilitarian walls, a half-stocked vending machine, and a fully-functional bay of teleporters!
As our aggregation of aces begin to awaken, a previously featureless wall flickers on, displaying the sheepish-looking face of Reed Richards, Mr. Fantastic!
"Urm... hello? Everyone up there okay? Can you hear me? Good. ...Right, so, we're having a bit of difficulty down here, looks like the Skrull weren't fully defeated, yadda yadda. You know how it is. They had this new viral weapon, and it was a whole thing."
"Ahem."
"Anyway, you're on the moon. When the Skrull attacked, they overloaded the safeguards on my dimensional regulator. This caused a surge, which, while filtered through the Baxter building's electrical network and the navcomputer I was working on for NASA, combined with... anyway, long story short, you're in my backup moonbase."
"And... we can't bring you back, yet."
"I want to!" Richards says quickly, as he sees people start to crack their knuckles, or shimmer with energy. "But... we can't. They won't let me. You see, we have good reason to believe that some of you are, in actuality, Skrull. And if we let you back on Earth, then the Skrull will escape to cause more mayhem, and eventually cause the downfall of civilization."
Mr. Fantastic rubs his hands together optimistically! "So... figure it out! It shouldn't be tough, there should be a prototype of my Skrull Pinpoint Location Gun right over there! It's got a bit of a charge time, but I'm sure we'll have you all back within the week."
You all glance over, to see an empty display case. A voice pipes up, "Hey, Stretch, th' SPLOG's not there!"
Richards' face looks pained. "It's... it's not the SPLOG, it's the Skrull Pinpoint Location Gun. And I'm sure it's around, just keep your eyes open."
A loud explosion is heard from the speakers, and Richards looks away from the screen.
"I... have to go. Any Skrull you find, just plop them into that bay over there," the teleporter switches on, "and we'll send them right into the Negative Zone where they belong!"
The screen switches off, and our formerly fearless vigilantes look at each other uneasily, knowing that any- or all!- of the others could be a murderous SKRULL!
_____
? / Napoleon62
Amys
Bergioyn
Darth Katie
Fanatic-Templar
Fistofpainx
Fox and Ravens
Hobo
Issac
Kronin al'Sulc
Ranagrande
White Flame of Tar Valon
Yunalesca
Get to it, True Believers! To start things off, how about a good old fashioned ROLL CALL! (not a role call)
Excelsior!
I amuse myself.
This message last edited by beetnemesis on 30/10/2010 at 07:11:22 AM
RAFO Mafia 19: Superlative Crisis! ISSUE ONE: ASK NOT FOR WHOM THE SKRULL TOLLS!
18/10/2010 04:53:46 AM
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There is only one things I can think to say in a moment like this:
18/10/2010 05:11:19 AM
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Wow. . .
18/10/2010 05:24:34 AM
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One initial route suggests itself
18/10/2010 05:40:43 AM
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It's one of your usual suggestions and I guess we can go with it again.
18/10/2010 06:03:51 AM
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I think 5 is too many. How about 4? *NM*
18/10/2010 06:42:44 PM
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4's a good compromise
18/10/2010 07:47:55 PM
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is this for today
18/10/2010 09:50:39 PM
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We may as well do it today
18/10/2010 10:17:22 PM
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If we're going to do it, it needs to be today
18/10/2010 10:35:12 PM
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Any order is going to have to be randomly established, imo.
18/10/2010 10:45:40 PM
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I don't know that its a major concern, people can just submit them
19/10/2010 12:49:14 AM
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Present.
18/10/2010 07:40:21 AM
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Amazing! Incredible! Uncanny!
18/10/2010 08:20:09 AM
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I meant for that to be a reply to the original message, but oh well *NM*
18/10/2010 08:21:06 AM
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Character Claims (Table) - Complete
19/10/2010 01:04:38 AM
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Sorry! I'm here. *NM*
20/10/2010 09:28:57 PM
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Why did it say Napoleon62? I'm ? *NM*
20/10/2010 09:29:44 PM
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Secret identity revealed! DUN DUN DUN! *NM*
20/10/2010 09:31:48 PM
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Busteeddddddddddddddddddd *NM*
20/10/2010 09:35:02 PM
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This is an interesting development... *NM*
20/10/2010 10:10:19 PM
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What? *NM*
20/10/2010 10:24:23 PM
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How is it now? *NM*
20/10/2010 10:25:26 PM
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And probably slightly unethical. *NM*
20/10/2010 11:06:40 PM
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Slightly?
21/10/2010 12:57:34 AM
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are we actualy going to do anything today?
21/10/2010 01:31:15 AM
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Re: Ok let me sit this one out...I don't know what's going on at all but...yeah *NM*
21/10/2010 01:54:54 AM
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And that's me ? getting modkilled if possible....Sorry everyone *NM*
21/10/2010 01:55:26 AM
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I'd rather have you stay in...
21/10/2010 02:07:00 AM
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I've done that quite a few times...
21/10/2010 02:11:48 AM
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On the whole Napoleon/? issue
21/10/2010 03:42:04 AM
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Yeah, no need for ? to quit. *NM*
21/10/2010 07:25:43 AM
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Yay!! *NM*
21/10/2010 11:40:56 AM
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Testing one two three *NM*
21/10/2010 11:41:51 AM
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Ok...back to normal...that never happened...Where are we in the game? *NM*
21/10/2010 11:42:21 AM
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What? Again? *NM*
21/10/2010 11:42:47 AM
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Ok, here's what we can do.
21/10/2010 01:33:53 PM
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Sounds like a plan.
21/10/2010 02:34:46 PM
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Umm..
21/10/2010 09:41:13 PM
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So that's everyone, I think.
22/10/2010 04:13:06 AM
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Re: So that's everyone, I think.
22/10/2010 08:00:43 AM
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This is awesome
21/10/2010 09:06:24 PM
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I'm surprised it never happened to us. We just rock. *NM*
21/10/2010 11:52:00 PM
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Woah, you guys are related??
22/10/2010 04:16:59 AM
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Yes we are. He's my older brother. *NM*
22/10/2010 04:47:31 AM
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Adds an extra layer of humor to your fratricidal actions back in game 9
22/10/2010 08:02:42 AM
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I still bug him about that one. We finally end up a in a mason group together,
22/10/2010 02:29:58 PM
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Sorry, I thought everyone knew that.
22/10/2010 07:50:10 PM
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Its not really a big surprise but I don't think you've ever really mentioned it
24/10/2010 04:59:02 AM
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Really? I thought we had. Yeah, it didn't come up to often, but I thought we had mentioned it. *NM*
24/10/2010 05:32:07 AM
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If you use different computers, or even different accounts on the same computer, it wouldn't
22/10/2010 10:34:50 AM
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So... What are we going to do? There doesn't seem to be much to discuss. *NM*
23/10/2010 11:27:10 AM
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I think everyone is waiting for the ? and Napoleon62 situation to resolve *NM*
23/10/2010 07:30:39 PM
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No, there's nothing to resolve there
23/10/2010 08:43:17 PM
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Ok. What are peoples opinions on how long should we give him? *NM*
23/10/2010 10:18:46 PM
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I think we should give him a reasonable amount of time.
23/10/2010 11:00:57 PM
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depends what you define as reasonable
24/10/2010 12:54:34 AM
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I did put my hero people
24/10/2010 01:06:29 AM
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Not sure how to proceed at the moment
24/10/2010 05:09:20 AM
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how about we all give our thoughts on who the SK might be? *NM*
24/10/2010 06:57:57 AM
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Re: Not sure how to proceed at the moment
24/10/2010 03:16:29 PM
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I'm not going to be voting for White Flame anyway.
24/10/2010 07:15:31 PM
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Something about this bugs me
25/10/2010 05:28:48 AM
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Re: Something about this bugs me
25/10/2010 06:45:19 AM
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Edit by way of post:
25/10/2010 06:53:47 AM
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Re: Something about this bugs me
25/10/2010 08:44:49 AM
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"Does Role Match Character?" Survey (Table)
25/10/2010 05:26:21 AM
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Re: "Does Role Match Character?" Survey (Table)
25/10/2010 03:54:19 PM
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Re: "Does Role Match Character?" Survey (Table)
25/10/2010 05:34:28 PM
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Well, the accusation is tied to the character of Deadpool being a homicidal maniac
25/10/2010 06:24:04 PM
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Re: Well, the accusation is tied to the character of Deadpool being a homicidal maniac
25/10/2010 06:38:16 PM
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This is what I meant by stretching for a match
26/10/2010 12:40:50 AM
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I'd also like to point out.
26/10/2010 01:11:05 AM
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That's true
26/10/2010 02:02:10 AM
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That does make sense
26/10/2010 02:12:33 AM
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It does make sense.
26/10/2010 02:19:55 AM
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Watcher isn't an especially powerful role, I doubt the mafia would single him out.
26/10/2010 02:56:03 AM
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Even in if they do single him out,
26/10/2010 08:52:18 PM
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Yes as far as I can see. I'm not too experienced with Marvel *NM*
26/10/2010 09:49:22 PM
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So what's the temperature right now on this?
27/10/2010 04:10:18 AM
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Okay, Vote: White Flame of Tar Valon
28/10/2010 02:24:09 AM
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Re: Okay, Vote: White Flame of Tar Valon
28/10/2010 02:28:25 AM
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Okay, mega-absurd posting slump
29/10/2010 03:01:38 PM
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But really. . .
29/10/2010 06:19:17 PM
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This puts him at L-1.
29/10/2010 06:45:05 PM
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Re: This puts him at L-1.
29/10/2010 07:28:18 PM
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Oh come on!
29/10/2010 07:41:54 PM
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It would be great if, in his pettiness, WF forgot he was a bomb.
29/10/2010 08:00:26 PM
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Apparently everybody likes option E after all *NM*
29/10/2010 07:17:21 PM
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White Flame has been lynched
30/10/2010 07:10:15 AM
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When do you think Day 2 will start? *NM*
31/10/2010 05:44:28 PM
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Sorry for the delay, Day 2 should begin within the next 24 hours
03/11/2010 01:00:13 AM
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