Marcus Impudite Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 During a raid on the villain-of-the-week's Secret Hideoutâ„¢ the big bad panics and detonates the self-destruct device. You and your pals all barely make it out before the big boom, except for one team member: the female teammate from the WWYCD: You Shall Be Mine, My Love thread. You and the others frantically sift through the massive amount of rubble, but find no trace of her. Then you spot none other than her stalker, carrying her unconscious and badly injured body out of wreckage. Before you get the chance to confront him, he activates a personal teleportation gadget and obsconds with her. Tracing his teleportation signature leads you to his lair, where he has (on such amazingly short notice) gathered a cadre of the best underworld doctors in a makeshift surgical theatre to perform to a series of delicate procedures to repair life threating internal injuries she sustained during the blast. Mister Obsessive Attraction is there observing the operation, as usual believing if he saves her life she will finally be his. As is often in situations like this, things appear to be touch and go, so much so that starting a fight with him and his flunkies in here could greatly increase the probability of her going code black. WWYCD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 Re: WWYCD: This Is A Very Delicate Operation... All Characters: Thank him for the assist. Back off and let the medics do their jobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 Re: WWYCD: This Is A Very Delicate Operation... Badger will keep watch himself. He would try to avoid all conflict until surgery is done (and she stabilizes somewhat). Then, explain to him, she doesnt like him. "I'm sure you are a good catch and all, but, she doesnt like you. Women dont make much sense" Frosty Bob- umm, with that many bad guys in there, well, a second teammate is needed to escort him back to HQ before he starts shooting up the place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Re: WWYCD: This Is A Very Delicate Operation... Pretty much what McCoy said, yeah ... unless the character I'm playing has healing powers, which doesn't happen very often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incrdbil Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Re: WWYCD: This Is A Very Delicate Operation... Most all characters: Thank the unsuccessful suitor, and tell them that this may not change her feelings, but it was an act of compassion. Some of the more optimistic types might try to use this as an angle to 'see, you could do a lot to help people, and ultimately its a lot better for you". Hornet would scrub in. Ranger would want to watch carefully, to make sure nothing extra is added. (Hey..underground medical talent..) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Mhoram Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Re: WWYCD: This Is A Very Delicate Operation... Blackcat would thank him, and explain she has some abilities in the healing arts, and if he would consent to let her help. Assuming yes, she would go and use her ch'i healing (8d6 - that's gotta help). Ballistic would act similarly - he is a mage (among other talents) and has a healing spell in the 76d range. He might be able to do a ranged healing with a "decreased time before healing" and run it for a while. Angelfire - the same. She has a 75 pt angelic powers pool. Meeb, Terminal Velocity, and Sift would politily sit by and watch; much as McCoy described. Musing... man I have a lot of characters with healing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristopher Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Re: WWYCD: This Is A Very Delicate Operation... What if said stalker set the whole thing up to give himself a chance to "save" the object of his obsession? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Tough Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Re: WWYCD: This Is A Very Delicate Operation... Doc sez... Doc would likely scrub up too as he's a formidible surgeon. He'd watch to make sue nothing underhanded occured by the hands of the other attending doctors. All other PCs would watch and guard her to make sure nothing funny happens. Doc Tough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkwleisemann Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Re: WWYCD: This Is A Very Delicate Operation... Hmm. Well, the first part is a no-brainer, really - unless Mr. Stalker triggered some manner of psych lim or something else for some reason, they'd sit back and make sure nothing funny happened and that she made it out okay (rather like 99% of the other posts you'll get here, probably). Offer to help if they could. Then, if he wasn't going to be nice and accepting of it when/if she says no, proceed to mop the floor with him if necessary to make sure she gets back for some bed rest and post-op recovery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenAge Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Re: WWYCD: This Is A Very Delicate Operation... All Characters: Thank him for the assist. Back off and let the medics do their jobs. Ditto... Then ask him if he'd like to finance our group (Epic Alliance)... We're kinda short on cash since our benefactor was kidnapped and mentally wiped by the New Reich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Anomaly Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Re: WWYCD: This Is A Very Delicate Operation... Dr. Anomaly -- Seeing as how the person in question is his new bride, and that Dr. Anomaly is not himself a surgeon, there's no way in **** he'd interfere with the saving of her life! Afterwards he's not going to let her stay in that guy's clutches, of course, but that's another matter entirely. ------ Side note: I've got to wonder, MI, what kind of answers were you expecting? Just how many heroic characters do you think there are that would have Psych Lims (or something else) that would lead to their busting up an operation to save a team mate's life, even if it is at the hands of her stalker and his minions? I mean...really! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexus Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Re: WWYCD: This Is A Very Delicate Operation... I have to chime on the back off and let the docs to their Job, except for Ivy who has medical skills and healing powers to offer to assist. Even it was a set up, the injuries are apparently real and now isn't the time to start a ruckus. There will be time for investigation later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weldun Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Re: WWYCD: This Is A Very Delicate Operation... Hmmm. Leatherback would be be torn. The only female in the party is someone he would like to know in the bilblical sense, and is ruled by an enlarged medula oblongata. Yet, he has a strong sense of honour, and knows that any aggression would likely result in her death, The Specter, same group, characters have been swapped over, with Leatherback studying to be a priest (It didn't work out, can you tell?), would be lecturing the Stalker on how there are better ways to court a lady, but this is better than most of the stalker's earlier attempts (Specter is a semi-pulp figure was born in 1844). Whisper would just possess said maiden, and then unleash the dark harvest upon the room, but then, he's messed up in that returned-from-a-fiery-torment-in-hell kind of way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Re: WWYCD: This Is A Very Delicate Operation... Mindflair is a Therapist. She would let the Medics do their jobs and do an intervention/counseling session on the Rescuer. Must prevent "If I can't have you, no one will !" Syndrome.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Impudite Posted April 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Re: WWYCD: This Is A Very Delicate Operation... Dr. AnomalySide note: I've got to wonder' date=' MI, what kind of answers were you expecting? Just how many heroic characters do you think there are that would have Psych Lims (or something else) that would lead to their busting up an operation to save a team mate's life, even if it is at the hands of her stalker and his minions? I mean...really![/quote'] Granted, allowing the doctors to do their jobs is a no-brainer (though I imagine there might be some teams out there with members who have sever "impulse control issues"), but that was never really intended to be the tricky part of this. The real delemma is how to resolve matters after the doctors have done their jobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Anomaly Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Re: WWYCD: This Is A Very Delicate Operation... The real delemma is how to resolve matters after the doctors have done their jobs. Mmmm. Well, that didn't come across so clearly, I'm sorry to say, perhaps because of this: As is often in situations like this' date=' things appear to be touch and go, so much so that starting a fight with him and his flunkies in here could greatly increase the probability of her going code black. WWYCD?[/quote'] To me at least, this implied the question was "what do you do while the operation is in progress?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Re: WWYCD: This Is A Very Delicate Operation... Patriot- He is a world class doctor. Including all his appropriate skill levels (overall, int , ect.) I think he pulls a 24/less roll or his surgeon skill He has 40 some knowlegdeskills relating to medicine...He would scrub and assist, correcting the others along the way Black Banshee-Classic vigalante /gadgeteer....not much to do but watch Cheif Rising Storm- Powerful indian shaman, would pull spirit of the raven spell to raise the docs Int and give them 3d6 of luck, would cast aid to assist himself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Re: WWYCD: This Is A Very Delicate Operation... Granted' date=' allowing the doctors to do their jobs is a no-brainer (though I imagine there might be some teams out there with members who have sever "impulse control issues"), but that was never really intended to be the tricky part of this. The real delemma is how to resolve matters [i']after the doctors have done their jobs.[/i] Depends on what he does after the doctors have done their jobs. Is he willing to accept heartfelt thanks and tell his would be SO, "See, I'm not so bad, maybe you can like me if you learn more about me," or is he going the whole "I saved you life, it's MINE now!" Or any one of a wide variation of options in between. ALL characters: Stay as calm as possible under the circumstances, engage him in conversation, encourage any tendency toward rational. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
input.jack Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 Re: WWYCD: This Is A Very Delicate Operation... Meanwhile Revenant makes sure that she is stable, quietly summons the Skullplane, and silently spirits her away, back to our headquarters, while McCoy's character is keeping the Big Bad talking rationally (Batman characters are fun that way) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metaphysician Posted October 7, 2006 Report Share Posted October 7, 2006 Re: WWYCD: This Is A Very Delicate Operation... Microman II: Would remain shrunk to watch and wait, until the surgery was done and Cyrande ( most likely, as Starguard has regen with resurrection adder ) was fixed up. After that, depends on how creepy the unwanted romance is exactly, and what he does. Diomedes: Would shut up, stand back, and let them work on Nox. Though, he'd be very suspicious ( especially since for various reasons, the creepy stalker is probably a DEMON member ). Jack Frost: Rather unlikely, as Scathach is the toughest person on the team. Still, he'd once again not start a fight right away, unless the fae prince does something really squicky. Hermes: Again, bit low likelihood, as Artemis is the toughest member of the team, with major regeneration. If its Telemachus, then, well, no complaints at all, but he's not really a stalker. Anyone else, really depends on who. Normally, its no doubt, don't start a fight with someone saving a friend's life. . . but there are some people for whom it goes beyond that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted October 7, 2006 Report Share Posted October 7, 2006 Re: WWYCD: This Is A Very Delicate Operation... Terminus would be grateful to the villain. But that wouldn't stop him smashing Mr. Creepy into paste if he continued to bother her during her convalescence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 Re: WWYCD: This Is A Very Delicate Operation... Anthem (and the rest of the Freedom Patrol) would call a temporary truce and let the doctors do their work. They're more 50's super-spooks than super-heroes and they've cooperated with villians when necessary in the past. They would *probably*, if he isn't a dangerous psycho/terrorist/nemesis whose escape would be beyond the pale, give him the chance to bow out honorably and quietly when she was stabalized. That mostly depends on how much of a nuisance he had been, and - cynically enough - whether doing so might give them an angle on another investigation (bugs, tracking devices, tails, surveillance, and the like all come to mind). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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