[OOC] MASKS- A New Generation

[Tengri]

Was Dragoon's death covered up? Being dragged along the street, with your head crushed is a gruesome way to go, and everyone was so focused on getting Alex medical attention, so who was behind the cover up? Does the city 'know' that Dragoon is dead? Do they know HOW she died?

@Joshie

"I'll go ahead and claim that, even if there was an information leak, it had to be from someone on our side. If Lodestar or any other hero decided to go public and announce the death of Dragoon, then the city must know. However, both me and Nucleus would sort through the internet and personally block any disclosed information and delay official resources as long as no one makes their move."

[Joshie]

IMO, even if the Guardians and the HCPD tried to cover up Dragoon's death, I think the truth would have gotten out. IIRC, Liliya mentioned a bit about a newspaper having caught a picture of Alex over the defeated Dragoon, so there's definitely the media that knows.

Also, kind of tinkering with the idea of having saved a sentient AI designed by the company Dragoon attacked as opposed to a regular person. I think my thought process was something like "Oh there has to be a good reason why Dragoon is trying to rob the place" and then to robots and then to yeah. Thoughts?

@Grey

I forgot about that picture. You're right.

As for the 'Sentient AI', that is indeed workable. @Liliya mentioned that there are certain secrets that a certain someone is after. Perhaps Dragoon was sent to 'kidnap' that AI to unlock those secrets?

[Joshie]

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"I'll go ahead and claim that, even if there was an information leak, it had to be from someone on our side. If Lodestar or any other hero decided to go public and announce the death of Dragoon, then the city must know. However, both me and Nucleus would sort through the internet and personally block any disclosed information and delay official resources as long as no one makes their move."

@Tengri

Hmmm... so other than the picture, all other traces of Dragoon's death may have been confiscated or blocked by Nucleus and Network? Interesting. *Strokes chin*

[Raijinslayer]

@GreyInteresting, but does she have it on, like a flashdrive, her phone, a laptop? Where does one keep an A.I. Also, what is the function of said A.I.? Is it military, or just an advanced version of SIRI?

[Tengri]

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Hmmm... so other than the picture, all other traces of Dragoon's death may have been confiscated or blocked by Nucleus and Network? Interesting. *Strokes chin*

@Joshie

"Indeed. I'm sure no one wants a public fallout like this. Hence, we decided to show some initiative ourselves. After consulting with other heroes first."

[Liliya]

They wished me the best in my recovery, of course, all the while capitalizing on my injuries, vulnerability, and nudity, simultaneously hoping that I had died from my injuries so that they could cover the death of Lodestar’s daughter for some extra publicity, f#$%ing assholes. Of course they speculated whether or not Dragoon would survive her injuries which gave me some intense feelings up and down the spectrum. I mean, I hadn’t thought about her or what had become of her up until that point. Last time I saw her she looked pretty f#$%ing dead, and it was at my hands. Guess I’d just forgotten, what with the whole nuttiness of the ensuing eighteen hours. On the other hand, I didn’t know if I was glad she was alive, but I certainly didn’t want to have been responsible for killing another person, either. Squeezed Andrea’s hand hard enough to hurt her while looking at the picture and reading the article, hadn’t realized until she subconsciously squeaked out a protest. Guess she was just looking out for me and didn’t want to say anything, Andrea’s good to me like that, but I loosened my grip and muttered out an apology anyway. Down at the bottom, with like a hundred thousand likes, was a comment from Felitrix’s official account, the one used for correspondence between her and the Guardians and the newspaper. She had basically said that she was incredibly proud of this burgeoning new team, and that had we not acted the Guardians wouldn’t have been there in time to have prevented Dragoon from causing massive damage to life and property in her, likely successful, attempt to escape.

Beacon: We found signs that this incident was just the start of something bigger. What were the signs?

Besides the obvious (Dragoon will want revenge someday), there is also Doctor Zandervan to consider... as it turns out that Dragoon was 'meant' to raise a ruckus. She diverted attention while Zandervan stole something across town.

Dragoon didn't mean to lose and get apprehened, obviously, but something foul is afoot.

@Joshie

Is Dragoon dead? Because if so, as far as I'm concerned, none of us know it. Anne Scarborough, Felitrix, would have covered it up, if Dragoon is dead, and we did cover it up. My suggestion would be that, though Zondervan's figured it out, according to us and the public at large Dragoon is alive and well, in jail away from the public eye.

[Raijinslayer]

@Liliya@JoshieYeah, the last thing the adults would do in this situation is, hey kids, you just killed somebody. Isn't that great! After all aftermath, that would be something to keep hidden, especially from Alex since she's the one who actually did the deed.

[Liliya]

@Liliya@JoshieYeah, the last thing the adults would do in this situation is, hey kids, you just killed somebody. Isn't that great! After all aftermath, that would be something to keep hidden, especially from Alex since she's the one who actually did the deed.

@Raijinslayer

I completely agree. The EMTs showed up, coded Dragoon, Anne Scarborough and the Guardians swooped in and cleaned it all up, and according to the news, the city, and the Guardians, Dragoon survived her injuries and is alive and well, just in jail out of the public eye (I seriously doubt Super Villains are allowed visitors).

[Joshie]

@Raijinslayer@Liliya

Hmm... more weapons in my arsenal then.

This is why I love this game (and PBtA games in particular). The lore and story that gets developed is astonishing. And haven't even gotten to the dice rolling yet (which is coming soon, I promise).

[Raijinslayer]

@JoshieOh yeah, I kinda forgot about the actual dice mechanics that come with this game.

[Liliya]

@JoshieOh yeah, I kinda forgot about the actual dice mechanics that come with this game.

@Raijinslayer

We're playing a game? I thought this was us bouncing ideas for characters off each other. ^^

[Joshie]

@Liliya

That's the beauty of it... we actually ARE playing the game right now. These events, the npc's that populate these events, the thoughts and feeling of these characters you all are creating will come back during actual play. I've been taking notes all this time (though the notes are a bit spotty since some of my note taking has been during work hours. :p)

If this was an actual in person game, we would be doing just as you said: Bouncing things off each other. Someone has an idea, someone else may have input, questions are asked, dice rolled to determine what happens, and story gets written because of it.

[Tengri]

@Joshie
And now I'm scared

[Liliya]

@Liliya

That's the beauty of it... we actually ARE playing the game right now. These events, the npc's that populate these events, the thoughts and feeling of these characters you all are creating will come back during actual play. I've been taking notes all this time (though the notes are a bit spotty since some of my note taking has been during work hours. :p)

If this was an actual in person game, we would be doing just as you said: Bouncing things off each other. Someone has an idea, someone else may have input, questions are asked, dice rolled to determine what happens, and story gets written because of it.

@Joshie

I know, I was just kidding. ^^ I think we've all bounced a lot off of each other, actually. I know I've talked to everyone in the party at least once about something or another to do with our characters and their relationship with one another. So far as the NPCs go, we have a modest stable (at least, what, five? Six? Miss Blackwood, Lodestar, Gravitron, Felitrix, Nucleus, and Shannon, at the very least).

[Grey]

@GreyInteresting, but does she have it on, like a flashdrive, her phone, a laptop? Where does one keep an A.I. Also, what is the function of said A.I.? Is it military, or just an advanced version of SIRI?

@Raijinslayer

I'm glad you asked!

So basically in my head, the Sentient AI (I'll call it Sai for convenience) would have been designed by a cape with some kind of intelligence-based power (let's call him "Smartypants", because I can't think of anything better right now) affiliated with The Guardians, and who is - or was, since he died - working for the company Dragoon attacked (AFAIK the company is also protected and supported by Scarborough Enterprises, which is run by Alex's family).

On paper, the intent behind the project was to create an administrative assistant that would support both The Guardians and general law enforcement. Sai's primary function would be to access all the information The Guardians have on capes, and use the data from there to posit theories and predictions, run combat style simulations to determine a path to victory, contact capes, and so on so forth. Off-the-books, Sai would be Smartypants' personal experiment in simulating human consciousness - a test run that would have led up to something bigger.

Of course, there were more functions planned to be appended (like some Ultron-esque robot suit program, probably) if this first iteration succeeded and was determined to have beneficial intentions, but that drawing board was set on fire in the ensuing battle.

Locationwise, I think Sai would be on Smartypants' super-special-awesome-laptop and pending transfer to The Guardians' servers, since Smartypants would probably confess to hijacking the project for his own experiment on his deathbed.

Or at least that's what I imagined.

[Raijinslayer]

@GreyCool. Now, would Swarm try to keep it a secret for herself, or be good and hand it over to the Guardians.

[Tengri]

@Joshie

I have a question. Will we start as an already established team or from the very first meeting altogether?

[Tengri]

Okay, people, listen up. It's important and I want to know what you think first. What is better: a plane or a car? I mean, one of my bonuses is a vehicle from my mentor, and I'm not so sure what to choose.

[Grey]

@Tengri Unless she changed it, I believe Riley has a flying spacecraft. So I'll vote car. Plus you can find parking for a car more easy than you can a plane.

[Tengri]

@Grey Keep your bugs out of my car, though. It has leather seats. And a drink bar installed. Maybe.