lemming Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 Re: What happens in Vegas... Calico: Would break down the door and scream "WHAT THE *&^%#@" ARE YOU DOING WITH MY HUSBAND!" Then depending on results... A) If woman then runs screaming down the hallway tell Captain Zapper, "Hey. Next time, tell us you'll be offline. Then we don't have to come looking to make sure you're ok." or He's been seduced by a Super Villain and a fight breaks out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber Nytstar Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 Re: What happens in Vegas... Flying Kittens: Wouldn't barge in, but also wouldn't be as careful about using his heroic name as they normally would be. Until, that is, someone realizes that Kittens were the trio of kids that leaped off of a roller coaster at around the same time the robbery occurred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 Re: What happens in Vegas... Besides, let's all be honest ... this is a rip off of Zapp Brannigan from Futurama. The character is THERE to be derided and insulted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 Re: What happens in Vegas... Calico: Would break down the door and scream "WHAT THE *&^%#@" ARE YOU DOING WITH MY HUSBAND!" Then depending on results... A) If woman then runs screaming down the hallway tell Captain Zapper, "Hey. Next time, tell us you'll be offline. Then we don't have to come looking to make sure you're ok." or He's been seduced by a Super Villain and a fight breaks out. That is brilliant. Absolutely, completely brilliant. Repped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychonaut_raz Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Re: What happens in Vegas... If he was actually meant to be there and decided a shag was more important....Hippolyte would break the door down, give him a right proper smack around the head and shoulders region for being a typical pig of a man, and at the same time give the woman a lengthy lecture about self-respect and keeping her dignity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drhoz Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Re: What happens in Vegas... My wife hs just reminded me that Vitus's specialty is summoning giant arachnids. Thus, Captain Zapper catches a nasty case of 5-foot wide pubic mites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Beyond Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Re: What happens in Vegas... Depends - was he suppose to be there to help out? Or was this a "Hey - the place is being robbed! We better go stop them!" If it's just a "lets stop crime as we're passing by" moment - no big deal. Not everyone can be on the clock 24 hours a day. The situation was handled, and everything is fine. Zap wasnt needed, so we're good. If it were a pre-arranged thing, a "Ok, the robbery is going down tonight at 7. I'll be in the vault, you be at the blackjack tables ready to roll" thing - and Zap didnt show up? Then holy hell will decend from the skies. Scarlet Arrow will make sure his irresponsable actions will get front page time on her blog (with appropriate documentation and evidence to support her claims, of course). Considering the traffic that she tends to get, The Zapper will be at the center of a bad PR storm in short order. Great Beyond would bust down the door then and there and get all Gunnery Sergeant Hartman on him, right in front of god and everyone. There'd be no doubt in anyone's mind what she thought of him when she was done. Natasha might respond similar to GB, but would get more physical too. She wouldnt whup the crap out of him, but she'd probably give him a black eye or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenn Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 Re: What happens in Vegas... Jack of Diamonds - already lives in Vegas... and would probably be "Captain Zapper" except he's a PC. Riptide - he technically is an NPC (I GM more than I play) - he would be "Captain Zapper". Ham Mulligan - would shrug his shoulders. He'd be P.O.ed but that's about it. Sentinel - would go into Army seargant mode and give Captain Zapper hell. Guardian - her sidekick Shrike... might qualify for the "leggy blonde" but wouldn't get busy that way anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrestlinggeek Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Re: What happens in Vegas... Voltage: Wouldn't worry about it. After all, this was an unexpected occurance, a crime we just happened to hear about while it was in progress. He would, however, talk to Cap Zap later (like probably the next morning), and tell him if he wants to keep working with the group, he needs to make sure they can get hold of him in a real emergency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
input.jack Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Re: What happens in Vegas... Revenant: Would do a quick check to see if the blonde was a villainess, or had mind control powers. If not, Revenant would then demonstrate his mild displeasure by dragging Captain Zapper out of the room, and after some rough words hanging him off the roof by his ankles, wrapped in the dirty sheets and his mask, and otherwise unencumbered by attire. Then he would alert the local news media anonymously that "someone" was hanging off the roof. He would then spread the word through the supers community that Cap Zap is NOT to be trusted, nor relied upon. If Zapper later made an appropriately sincere apology, Revenant MIGHT consider working with him again. Once. Otherwise, hed consider the jerk a liability and tank his reputation in the cowl community. Feline Fury: Would kick the door open and royally chew Captain Zapper out for being a useless, irresponsible d**k. And if things escalated to violence between them, so much the better. "Besides, you could have done MUCH better. Before I knew what you were really like, of course" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkwleisemann Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Re: What happens in Vegas... Your character and company are in Los Vegas, Nevada (insert character appropriate reason here). Your visit has been uneventful right up until you receive word that a gang of violent thugs with submachine guns and a couple of low-powered villains are holding up a nearby cassino! You and your party make quick work of the hoodlums, but one thing vexes you: an NPC superhero who was supposed to be working with you and your party was a no-show at the cassino robbery despite several attempts to contact him via communicator/cellphone/whatever. The "hero", we'll call him Captain Zapper, is notorious as a world-class gloryhound and lecher. True to form, when you go back to the hotel looking for the jackass, you're told he was last seen chatting up some leggy blonde at the bar and the two of them went upstairs together. Sure enough, you find the familiar Do Not Disturb sign on the door to the Captain Z's room, and judging by what you can hear on the otherside of door, the two of them are in there and still *ahem* "going at it." WWYCD? Void: Roll his eyes and get back to work on whatever he's there for. His team doesn't need this clod anyways; if he's along because he's trying to join the Protectors, he can forget about it. After a few minutes, probably think to have Darkchilde see if she can detect any sign of psychic/magical influence involved, just in case, but this is perfectly in-character for Zapp-boy, so he's not too worried about it. Field Test: Hey - at least somebody's enjoying themselves here. As long as he didn't get blown up by something that replaced Captain Zapp in the fight, why begrudge him? After all... he's a known womanizer in *Vegas*. And he wasn't here to help with casino robberies, he was here to help with other things. Sparky: Gets a noseful down the hall before he even reaches the door, turns around, gets back on the elevator, and takes it on down.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamLeisemann Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Re: What happens in Vegas... Lab Rat would let an adult who better knows how to handle these things talk to Captain Zapper. Sonic Eagle would let the event of the foiled robbery go to the newspaper he works for, completely blowing off Captain Zapper's indiscretion. The lack of glory for Captain Zapper should get to him. Reinard the Fox would slip in, forcing himself under the door if neccesary, and then give Captain Zapper a reaming about responsibilities and how business, especially the business of stopping criminals, must come before pleasure. And then end it with, "By the way, we managed that ourselves without you, but you really need to get your priorities straight if you're going to be providing a service to your society." And while he is a person, he doesn't exactly get the concept of free time anyways. A job is a job and you have to do it. Of course, my original version of Reinard wouldn't pay it any mind. He wouldn't even be in Vegas unless there was a lead there and he wouldn't make any contact at all. Kitsune would enter spirit form, enter the room, and then possess the woman CZ was making out with. Then, as the leggy blonde, she would give CZ a reaming about shirking his duty to his allies, and the shame that comes with it. In her native society, Duty and shame were as good as a matters of life and death. Anubis would let it slide. The thugs got dealt with and the Casino was saved. As for the reasoning to be in Vegas: Lab Rat Would be there as part of a job the Milwaukee Masks have to deal with, and CZ would probably have offered the aid (thus setting up a responsibility). (This would probably be at a later time when the field goes past Milwaukee, WI.) Sonic Eagle would be in Las Vegas to get a story for the paper anyways. Win/win, as he sees it. Reinard the Fox Would probably be along with the rest of the team, fulfulling his team duties. Kitsune would also be fulfilling her duty to her team. And when the team calls on you to help, then it is your duty to help. Anubis would either be assigned to Los Vegas or the team he is with might be there. It depends on how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Certified Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Re: What happens in Vegas... Reinard the Fox would slip in, forcing himself under the door if neccesary, and then give Captain Zapper a reaming about responsibilities and how business, especially the business of stopping criminals, must come before pleasure. And then end it with, "By the way, we managed that ourselves without you, but you really need to get your priorities straight if you're going to be providing a service to your society." Can't ... resist... Must ... Comment ... Uh, I think he's got his priorities fairly strait at the moment and I'm just going to leave the providing a service thing alone.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamLeisemann Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Re: What happens in Vegas... Can't ... resist... Must ... Comment ... Uh, I think he's got his priorities fairly strait at the moment and I'm just going to leave the providing a service thing alone.... And it's perfectly in character for him to miss his own multi-entendres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Re: What happens in Vegas... Reinard the Fox would slip in' date=' forcing himself under...and then give Captain Zapper a reaming....[/quote']Ah, making it a threesome I see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamLeisemann Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Re: What happens in Vegas... Ah' date=' making it a threesome I see. [/quote'] Not how I intended that... I mean forcing himself under the door, and a "reaming" is basically a fierce lecture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Re: What happens in Vegas... Not how I intended that... I mean forcing himself under the door' date=' and a "reaming" is basically a fierce lecture.[/quote'] I'm quite aware of that. I was referring to its slang meaning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Certified Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Re: What happens in Vegas... Ah' date=' making it a threesome I see. [/quote'] Bla Bla Bla you must spread some rep around... very nice.... Can someone help this line out with some rep for me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Re: What happens in Vegas... Your character and company are in Los Vegas, Nevada (insert character appropriate reason here). Your visit has been uneventful right up until you receive word that a gang of violent thugs with submachine guns and a couple of low-powered villains are holding up a nearby cassino! You and your party make quick work of the hoodlums, but one thing vexes you: an NPC superhero who was supposed to be working with you and your party was a no-show at the cassino robbery despite several attempts to contact him via communicator/cellphone/whatever. The "hero", we'll call him Captain Zapper, is notorious as a world-class gloryhound and lecher. True to form, when you go back to the hotel looking for the jackass, you're told he was last seen chatting up some leggy blonde at the bar and the two of them went upstairs together. Sure enough, you find the familiar Do Not Disturb sign on the door to the Captain Z's room, and judging by what you can hear on the otherside of door, the two of them are in there and still *ahem* "going at it." Captain Zapper - having been requested by a super hero group to assist in urgent business, Captain Zapper follows said heroes to Vegas. Unfortunately, the week-long stay in Vegas proves useless for their entire stay as their leads are all dead ends. Finally having some time off at the end of their stay, Captain Zapper decides to actually rest and relax while the others went out to gamble. His wife, a shapeshifter who loves roleplaying in the bedroom, appears as a hot, long-legged blonde and "seduces" the Captain. (His wife's love of variety and roleplaying have given the Captain a false, 14- Reputation of being a Lecher and Glory Hound, but this prevents anyone from realizing that in his Secret ID he's actually happily married.) Having missed the physical and emotional comfort of his wife (she's often away on business trip), Captain Zapper makes the night last as long as possible. Unfortunately, the evening is interrupted by people whom the Captain thought were honest, noble, heroes. Instead, the week ahead shows that the people whom the Captain put his trust in to keep the most sacred things private have exposed who he is and caused a defamation of his character. Struck with grief at the 180 degree betrayal and entering the downwards spiral of depression seeing his life get turned into utter ruins, Captain Zapper commits suicide. Mrs. Zapper - She sees the truth about the facade of heroes and their selfish double standards. She had believed her husband when he said humans were inherently good, not a easy task to convince her, but she had loved him. No more. She use her powers and skills and talents to become an assassin and she kills off the family of the supers who exposed her husband's passion before killing them as well. Once the super "heroes" are dead, dismantled and/or destroyed, she becomes known to the underworld as Masquerade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Re: What happens in Vegas... Bla Bla Bla you must spread some rep around... very nice.... Can someone help this line out with some rep for me? Done. Unless any of my characters were romantically involved with Captain Zapper, they would do nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
input.jack Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Re: What happens in Vegas... My response for Revenant was based on the assumption that Captain Zapper had been a part of the team working on the case, and that he had been expected to show up at the scene along with everyone else. If he was just a local hero who didnt show up, but wasnt expected to, and with no prior committment, Revenant would not care one way or another. But then again, if that was the case, why would this be a WWYCD scenario? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Re: What happens in Vegas... The first paragraph of the scenario strongly implies that the reason for being in Vegas and the casino robbery are totally unrelated. As for why was it a WWYCD scenario, there are no requirements in making them. Perhaps it was a test to see what people's character truly was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexus Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Re: What happens in Vegas... Before I answer this, I'd like to clear something up with OP. Was Zapper expected to be with the team when the robbery went down and just why? Was it "He patrols with/advises us because he knows the area" or "We came to stop this crime specifically and he didn't show, but luckily it wasn't as major as we thought" or "We're in town for something, needed Zapper's help and the robbery happened like a random encounter? It would effect many of the answers. From the OP, I thought it it was the first or last personally which made allot of the responses seem oddly vindictive and over the top unless the PCs are short tempered, morally opposed to casual sex or something along those lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexus Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Re: What happens in Vegas... Ah' date=' making it a threesome I see. [/quote'] "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas." Not just a saying, a sacred oath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Re: What happens in Vegas... I don't want ANY of you guys on my superteam. Especially if you know where my bedroom is. Seriously, given the information provided in the OP, most of my characters would have either blown it off or talked to (or shouted at) the guy the following morning. Did any of you consider the trauma to the (presumably) innocent other party in that bedroom? What about the trauma the Zapp-groupie experiences when Zapp's superteam-mate busts down the door and (at the very least) ruins the moment? The Cat Without a Name: Meh! He does that sort of thing all the time (at least, with other cats), but he's a cat so people expect that sort of thing. Bob Tiger: Talks to the guy the next morning, but only if Zapp was expected to be there and was a no-show. Argus: "That's in his hulahoop, not mine!" Thunder Rabbit: "Like I should talk?!?" (Of course, he is a 7-foot-tall rabbit!") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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