V
HP: 2
Status: Normal
At the time off the storm, V had been working a case involving shutting down yet another source of Zoom in the city. Isaac was known enough that infiltration would have been difficult, but as Max... V had adapted a female human form and has spent months building up an identity and a reputation as a tough woman who was quietly competent in a pinch. And today, it had looked to be bearing fruit, as Max was to meet up with one of the suppliers. V stood by a pool table in the bar, contemplating their shot, covertly rummaging through the mind of the man who was playing against her. V was well aware that the man felt that he was suckering her into a loss that would lead to him demanding a forfeit of her. As she lined up a shot that would sink one of her balls, and set her up for the next shot, someone burst through the door.
"Dude! It's snowing!" he said. Someone off to the back grumbled about the Mad Maple and handed a set of bills to his partner. V attempted to resume the game, but the moment was lost.
V never did meet up with the supplier. As the winter weather got worse, the residents of the bar hunkered down. Much to V's surprise, several people that they knew to be hardened criminals, killers even, start participating in rescue efforts, bringing people from bogged down cars into the relative safety of the bar. When Madame Zero's broadcast came on on the bar's TV, there was more muttered grumbling among residents of the bar about that particular supervillain. V quickly learned that she'd been around for some time, and had a reputation for hiring thugs who could handle a bit of cold, providing sufficient clothing to protect them, but that she also had a reputation for abandoning her henchmen to make her escape, something that some of the residents of the bar seem to take in stride.
When the power goes off, the residents of the bar seem unpanicked, as an emergency generator kicks in.
"Doc Otaku owed us a favor," a man who looks like a biker says to Max, "Not gonna be powering up the entire block with it, but we won't get cold so easy."
It was at that time that a man pushed his way through the door, stumbling to his knees.
"Help... I think those men are after me," he says, panting with effort. Behind him a figure in grey winter gear, and holding a futuristic looking rifle shouldered through the door. Half-raising his weapon, he says in faintly Slavic-sounding English.
"I am sorry to bother you. I do not want any trouble, but this man has an appointment with my boss. I promise we will take good care of him."
ooc wrote:Batgirl III didn't expand on it, but your Alternate Identity Benefit allows you to have an established identity complete with background details that will withstand some investigation and you have three ranks in it. I won't take up one of your slots with Max, but consider who else V might be masquerading as. And it's something that you can bring up in the future to give a +5 to Deception checks by picking a persona that makes sense with the person V is deceiving. Of course, your Morph ability allows you to appear as any humanoid you wish, although note that it can be resisted with a Will check, or an appropriate check against the Deception roll.
Incidentally, Zoom is a drug in the Freedom City universe, rumored to be created from adrenaline extracted from speedsters, that gives the target Superspeed for a time, but also leads to exhaustion and heart failure in many subjects as the drug wears off.
You have a +2 bonus you can employ on a future Expertise or Investigation check related to criminal efforts based on your eavesdropping. If you want to start combat, you can roll initiative. Note that maintaining your appearance of Max is taking up 12 points of your Evoke Thoughtform Memory Array.