LC: Super Scrubs Issue #1

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Mar 8, 2025 2:24 pm
"I will need a moment." The voice that replied was less hollow and raspy, more ... human, if that made any sense. " I can attend to my own needs. I will rejoin your shortly for your debrief." The voice behind the curtained area was firm in their dismissal of Lung's query.

The Arachknight

bowlofspinach

Mar 8, 2025 6:21 pm
The Arachknight
"You never gave us a chance to practice as a team before the exercise," the Arachknight points out. "I'm sure the Sentinel Squadron coordinated before a mission, or at least had the time to practice together and learn each other's abilities." Realizing that she was complaining to a superior officer, she quickly adds, "Respectfully, ma'am."

John Lung (Aide / Handler)

Harrigan

Mar 9, 2025 1:30 am
John Lung (Aide / Handler)
"Okay, sir," Lung responds, shifting to try and get at least half a look behind the curtain. "I'll let them know you're -- you're on your way. Just let me know if you need anything..."

After a moment, the man, who hasn't left the tent, adds, "You were pretty impressive out there, sir."

Jane Baker (Tactical)

Harrigan

Mar 9, 2025 1:35 am
Jane Baker (Tactical)
Jane shrugs, brushing Kai's comment off like it's completely meaningless.

"They practiced together, they fought together, they worked together -- for years. The point is that if you're going to head to the front lines, you're not going to get much of an opportunity to do that. Not much at all. So the powers that be wanted to see how you'd do under stress, without knowing what you facing."
OOC:
Let's open the Discussion in the Discord regarding where we go from here.
Mar 9, 2025 11:18 am
These were supers, even if they were wannabe supers, with their secret identities and whatnot. JANUS hadn't fully inducted everyone into their database yet, with full information of their documented powersets, weaknesses and liabilities, and all the way up to their personal histories. Perhaps that would come later. If they did, John Lung would've known a critical fact about Atrophy.

But as it were, standing there, the JANUS aide could catch a glimpse of what seemed like the presence of two separate persons behind the curtain. Being a handler for superpowered beings, this wouldn't have cogntively surprised him much, but still, the initial reaction was startling.

"Thank you." The hollow voice resumed, and then the skull-like facade of Atrophy poked back out, as if nothing had happened. "I wasn't expecting the compliment." He relaxed a little, reminding himself not to react too defensively now that he was on the right side of the law. "Nowhere near as impressive as Lady Justice," Atrophy mused by way of making conversation in response to the estimation that John had shown him. "Once I tried to make a getaway from Starpoint Labs, you know, out by the Observatory. She flew across half the city before I even made it past two blocks, and knocked me out with a single strike." Atrophy blabbed a little by way of overcompensation, "Big shoes to fill ..." His last words petered off as he accompanied John Lung back outside for the debrief.
OOC:
Don't mind me just stretching my writing legs after all that combat.

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