I think we are going to jump to the "meet the boy from England at the airport" story.

We can do the whole Penance thing later. I am pretty sure Penance will remain an NPC because I cannot imagine that anyone would actually want to play a deaf and mute character anyway. It would be extremely tricky to do in a non-visual RPG style.

I am just seeing if we can get one more person aboard before we do that.
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:35, Sat 17 Dec 2022.

Sure that sounds all good

Sounds Good Sentient Computer Boss.

Hi Jubilation

Hi Monet

Hi Jubil, got a spare stick? If so what flavour?

lol

Nice start to the scenario. Looking forwards to it

In reply to Serendipity (msg # 27):

I'm edgier now it's Spicy cinnamon... I regret everything

In reply to Jubilation Lee (msg # 29):

Yay a Cinnamon Stick: with rhythm...

Just FYI: I am trying to play Monet as per comics. Her internal thoughts aren't mine.

I think I am with Jubilation on this: expect Sentinal/Phalanx/...<insert other enemy>... action'

I think there has been a miscommunication. I am clearly not good at writing posts that are easy for people to follow the action of.

They left the car-- they are in front of the Terminal building. Sean is saying he'll wait in front of the building.

He is sending the rest of you into the arrivals lounge. Within the arrivals lounge there would no doubt be an array of coffee shops, restaurants, convenience stores, etc. for both people waiting for those who are on flights arriving (particularly in cases where those flights may have been delayed) and for those who have arrived only to find no one is there to pick them up yet.

There would be no need to buy any sort of ticket-- even if you did, the departures terminals are a entirely different building from the arrivals terminal. You'd have to walk to buildings A, B or C for a flight departure. Departures and Arrivals sections are completely separated with no overlap-- it doesn't work like a bus or train station.

In fact, because no one is waiting to board in arrivals terminals the only thing past any gates would be baggage claims. And then after getting your luggage, everyone would exit through the same gates.

All shops and restaurants would be outside said gates. So if he has already arrived, you'd no doubt find him wandering about in one of those. So the idea is meant to be that Sean will wait outside the main doors of the terminal while the rest of you check the restaurants and shops.

It was meant to be a chance for you to express which kinds of shops and such you decide to go to and how diligently you try to search for him.

As for Jubilee getting into a "supply closest"-- let's just say that the necessary materials were in the trunk of the SUV instead.

I'm for that wasnt sure we had a long stick or I would have searched the car instead also if the sign says "New Student" Or The Student's name depends on if we know it or not. In the future though when starting a scene it might help to include the getting out of the car in the first post. I didnt fully read they had to get to the terminal so i messed up by saying she was leaning on the wall but between the car and the terminal itself we could have been just inside so i'm only taking 90 percent of the blame lol.

It's really hard to do that! We all struggle with it

I just assumed we were waiting at the Arrivals Gate. I mean where else would you be waiting? I am so very glad you weren't doing the 'please break the law'! I like Banshee OOC (I bet it was Emma that put the zombie/trace phones on everyone)

What you say about the terminals is different to any airport I have been in (and I spend my life going through airports). But I only really go to European airports. In those all of them (that I have been to anyway) have the arrivals / departures in the same zone. And quite a bit of the layout is different to that which you describe (So Monet would have done that anyway, because she's probably not really been to many USA airports) I'll probably go buy the ticket anyway... Because Jubilation can do the waiting and there is zero point us having two people waiting.


I will delete my post and remake it. Might take a while (it's late here in the UK)

I've edited instead of deleting. Jubilation do you want to give me that thing you were going to give Banshee?

I suppose, given the background, you could try to go into an Arrivals terminal looking to buy a ticket-- but you would quickly find that there is no counter to do that there. You'd be entirely in the wrong building to do that and then, once inside the building, you'd better get your bearings?

If in-character she made some really exaggeratedly negative assumptions about the intentions of those around her before figuring out that she really went overboard assuming the worst...

My intention was more like you could all take a chance to visit other shops or choose whether to stick together or split up, get something to eat and, if so, what. Maybe start chatting among yourselves once away from an adult.

You know-- various ways to express your characters.

Monet's action
Ah I've already edited and I'm just going to lurk at the arrivals gate (unless Jubilation says something to change that)

RP options/Expressing our character
And ... I thought you had closed off those RP options deliberately (in the car you said we were not talking to each other and you teleported us to the airport, and you said 'no' to the idea of just having breakfast together for that purpose). I am more than happy to do those things, but I was trying to go with the flavour you were setting. In the post I have now mostly deleted I was trying to express my character within the constraints that were active at the time.

But fortunately it looks like Jubilation is chatting to me. It's very late here, so it will be tomorrow when I respond, but with any luck we'll get a nice chat going before the Sentinals ambush us

Just a few more European/USA differences when it comes to airports/traveling/phones

Every UK/European phone contract you can get (even cheap pay as you go) comes with Roaming nowadays (certainly the last five years). I have a pay as you go for the UK to keep my number t has $10 on it, and it comes with international roaming and data. (I've moved out of UK  but with a dual sim card I get to keep the UK number as well as have a local one). In Europe every airport wifi is free. And usually works OK.

We do pay for wifi sometimes. Usually only on the airplanes themselves. It's about $5 to get wifi on an airplane for a three hour flight. Worth it because you can download whatever movies you want.

It's interesting reading about the differences and expectation differences.

Should I advance the plot or would you like more time to chat and bond?

Plot Sean needs to remember he is a teacher with teenage mutant girls waiting for a teenage mutant boy in a public "muggle" environment. Unless the boy's mutant ability is talking to frogs TSA stressing him might cause a scene... If a third party doesn't attack first lol

I'm sure no third party would attack us...

If this is chamber and half his face is missing + flames coming out... He's not getting past TSA. Just... No....

Maybe he should have asked for a lift.

In response to the question: I'm cool either way
This message was last edited by the player at 21:35, Fri 23 Dec 2022.

Now if this was New Jersey maybe he would half faced burny guys are a tuesday for them.

Well-- this is the Marvel universe and while mutants generally aren't liked, they are legally allowed to exist and have access to most facilities.

There was no doubt an uncomfortable private inspection on both ends of the flight where he had to reveal the extent of his mutant power to the security agents. I am not entirely sure if he would use his telepathy to talk to them or if he would just simply present himself as mute with paperwork explaining his particular condition.

And maybe that's why he is running behind the other passengers on the flight.

Yes, there is certainly some discomfort around the fact that he is a living bomb-- but that was no less true in 1994 when the original comic that I am taking this storyline comes from.

As for Sean staying behind saying he is just going to wait outside the terminal in case you all miss him and he walks out into the parking lot expecting someone to meet him there-- it is, yes, to transparently remove him from the scene.

But his in-world motivation can lie somewhere between him being a nearly 50-year old man whose gotten a bit lazy and that he would rather the boy's first impression of the school being greeted and picked up by a pretty girl.

And, yes, you are perfectly right to expect that an attack will happen. You should even be able to predict precisely who from.

Mojo! Wait no Deadpool! Cable! Carnage being bored in New York!

If we ever do a multiverse arc or an original spin on the infinity war a fun idea might be we each come up with an original character but the twist is we dont play them the GM does as villains

I tend to be 'one character in one game'. Usually I play original characters, but I have a particular fondness for Monet. I'm good with the rest of you playing different characters though, and certainly original characters tend to come with more flair and role playing I find so I'm all for that