Alter Egos: OOC Chat - ARCHIVED

That's why I thought it should be up to you to decide the extent of the drugs. From the perspective of the story it just makes more sense to have him conscious and groggy. He's been out long enough That guy needs to stretch his legs!

Good post Sin, I like how Morgan is becoming stronger and less of a victim. She is steping into her Hero shoes. I also liked the use of the hawks, using the animals as allies while keeping them out of danger is a good ploy, in my humble opinion. I am still working on how to approach this but I have a couple of ideas ( rubs hands together sinisterly) Muwaha ha ha ha

Here is a plan I am thinking about for heroes.

1. Tim pulls the Hummer up behind the Armoured vehicle as it is stopped, screaches to a halt, flashes his lights and honks his horn. When the armoured vehicle either doesn't move or pulls away slowly, he speeds around them, he and Morgan yell at them and flip them off, with Morgan half way out the window of the hummer, siting on the sill holding onto the rack on top of the hummer, as they pull around them and speeds off.
2. Tim does the old time warp thing and leap frogs ahead of them on the road. Once they are say ten miles down the road, with no other roads between where the armoured vehicle is and them, on a curve they stage an accident. With the Hummer blocking the road. Maybe have Morgan lay along side the road like she fell out of the Hummer or something.
3. When the amoured vehicle stops and one of the RAID Officers gets out to give assistance, of course there would be an argument as to whether or not they should help or call in for help. It is then that they would discover all there communication equiptment was jamed, thanks to Zoe. The Shadow slips into the vehicle and subdues the driver while Tim subdues his pardner.
4. They tie them up and Morgan gets some of her animal friends , say a family of skunk to surround them.
5. After Morgan and Sean take the armoured vehicle and they and Tim speed down the highway, they two raid officers loose their bonds and the skunks spray them as they try and leave.

Thoughts?

Sure... That all sounds pretty good. From my perspective I am just going to make the RAID Officers react logically. They'll do what they can, follow procedure and such.

This is a RAID transport designed to contain and if necessary repel meta-humans. I'll keep it real though, they're not going to have rocket launchers and laser beam guns pop out of the tail exhaust or anything like that.

The difficult thing is getting into the VAN. It is armoured and secure.

Stan and Pete are just going to do their duty and try and prevent their prisoner from escaping without getting themselves killed in the process.

I think that is an AWESOME plan

Thank you, as far as geting into the vehicle. there are ventelation ducts that The Shadow should be able to navigate, I would think. It is what happens after we escape I am not sure of. Although I do have an idea or two that should add some excitment and possabilities for everyone.

Yes. I forgot about Shadow. I don't think he even needs ducts. I figure that as long as light can enter into an area, he can to. He should be able to pass right through the glass if he is truly a shadow and not a 'black substance'.

Let's get Morgan's and Sean's, aka The Shadow, persective then we can get the show on the road.
Thoughts?

Hey. I'm all for the plan but just don't move too fast with it so I can have a chance to jump in and post.

It's great to have battle plan so that we are all on the same page but we should remember that our characters are not 'telepathically connected' and aware of each others every move.

The character's will know and react to what can be relayed to them in dialogue and then after that, they are on their own. If everything is too planned then you miss out on those fun mishaps that can turn routine rescues around for the worst.

In situations like these we should always observe the typical 'rules of engagement'. You write your actions for the moment and then those around you react accordingly leaving grey areas for other writers to finish up, and so on. Posts have to be reduced to smaller time frames during the action so every one can participate.

The one big exception to this rule, is Tim. When he does a time stop he has oodles of time in comparison to the other writers who should be writing their pieces to encompass seconds of time in the action.

Ok folks here we go. Thank you all for your input.

I'll just let the last RAID post stand. It encompasses the enforcers taking note of the hummer and then trying to get around it to make their turn. If Tim does not clear away in about two minutes, realistically the two enforcers would start to suspect that something might be going on.

So this leaves a two to three minute window for the plan to be initiated. More than enough time for Shadow I would imagine.

After the two or three minutes, the guards will start to evasive actions, but I expect something should happen before then.

I am just following the typical protocol that armoured car drivers have to follow. They would call for an ambulance before getting out but Zoe has knocked out communications, so Stan has to make a decision.

No problem

Only one minor point the Hummer and the accident scene is ten miles up the road.

Sorry I missed that Lac. I first assumed that Morgan fell off and then Tim went 10 miles up the road... that really didn't seem to make much sense though.

I have rewritten the RAID post as believably as I could imagine. I put myself in the position of the drivers who day in and day out transported dangerous meta-humans whose only really danger would be someone trying to help them escape. They have to follow their protocol and so they are exhausting those options before anything else.

Right now the heroes could only make assumptions why they are staying in the van and whether Morgan and Shadow realize that Zoe is blocking their communication is up to you guys.

No problem it will all work out. I thought maybe you had missed the fact they had moved 10 miles up the road.

Cool. So I guess you guys will just have to 'role-play' it from here. Like I said, the heroes can't know for sure why the enforcers aren't coming out of the van but they are also just sitting there keeping their head lights on Morgan.

Oh, I'm also assuming that Tim's hummer is no where in sight. If the RAID enforcers would have seen the vehicle they probably just would have headed back to Lake Pleasant and tried to find a land line phone that they can use to call for help. Since she's alone they feel obligated to at least watch over her in case any other cars come driving down the road.

No, the Hummer is sitting sideways, blocking the road with the flashers on, Tim is no where in sight. They would not know if he was still in the vehicle and injured. Furthermore I would assume, if they are following protacal, they would not be able to exit the vehicle to make a call on a land line.

No they wouldn't. But with there communications down, it would be the safest thing they could do.

I didn't realize that the Hummer was in sight I'll make another modification in my post to accommodate that so the stage is set properly.

Ok