Speaking of which, we decided to... Spoiler: Winning Votes [X] Build a Better Pack? SINK OR SWIM FLY OR DIE! Use Robotics Check, ?
[X] Swing! SWING CAUSE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT! Arms? We don't NEED NO STINKING ARMS!
Huh. Neat. Let's hope that works out.
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THIS CHAPTER WILL MAKE YOU CRY! Or Will it?
You had to do something stupid, insane, and completely impossible to the normal man if you didn't want to become the next piece of mulch for this forest.
God, what did that say about you that the thought tore a savage grin to your face?
Skill Check DC 60: Roll 3(d12) + Robotics R.22 (2d20) + Metal Affinity (1d4) + Familiarity (1d6) - Hazardous Situation (1d6)= 65. PASS!
And by god did your grin only grow. Like the madman you were, you sheered through metal and sent bolts flying as you spot welded new panels and rewired guidance systems in blistering patterns. It didn't matter that you were 'falling', no.
You were lifting yourself higher than ever before.
? Roll (1d100)= 100!
And oh my did you SOAR. Spoiler: You Flew upon the Sky on Wings of Steel
Gone were the blades your first set used and expanded. Gone were the heavy turbines that kept you aloft and zooming in straight directions. You have embraced the legend of Icarus and blown them out of the fucking water. With the pack along your back now being a wonder of gears and a power source you can feel run through the turbines in their 'shoulder' blades, you felt the fall reverse, as you crescendo at the blazing magical ball of sun like a massive bird of prey. Each feather was a blade, catching, molding and turning wind in time with your back and hip muscles, flapping in micropatterns to small for any organic lifeforms to hope and compete with.
You gripped the Eagle Scope in your hand, and saw The Red Girl only just getting to the base of the Carousel, but you barely cared. Even the Wu felt like a secondary prize at the moment.
You. Were FREE.
SHOWDOWN: FINISHED!
Winner: JACK SPICER!
You felt the world pop like a soap bubble, and found yourself still high in the sky. With a playful grin down towards your ground bound former opponent, filled with more confidence than you had ever felt before, your wings 'flapped' and you were suddenly on the other side of the park. Another and you were gone. Away and safe.
END OF CHAPTER!
GAINS:
Eagle Scope: A Long Range Shen Gong Wu that operates as an incredibly high powered mobile scope. It can be used regularly to magnify the sight of the User up to 20 times their average view, can be used to see through the eyes of 'nearby' birds, and can even be used to see certain energy fields and wards if the User has high enough Affinity. Costs 15 Chi to Activate, plus 1 for every additional minute after.
Wing Road: The Ultimate form of Aerial flight that you can conceive at the current time, it consists of a clock-work gear theme that 'turns' to open up thousands of blade wings that funnel wind while moving into the turbines located at their 'shoulders', making a recursive cycle the faster you move for long periods of time. Each blade 'hums' at fast enough speeds individually to allow you to hover with ease while not cutting you with compressed air. Can be used as a Weapon if in Melee Range. The Greatest Thing you've Currently Built.
NEW PERK: Scientific Reason: When Facing Extreme or life-threatening situations, gain a +1d12 to the roll of making something to counter, contain, or otherwise render the problem silent.
The Confusion of Two Parisian Superheroes(?)
END OF GAINS
What will we be doing now?
[] Head Home: Blow this Pop-stand and enjoy life for a Bit, maybe look into some Stuff
[] Look around the Airport you landed at before all this started. Is that a Panda?
[] CALL Kobayashi, YOU'RE SO EXCITED
[] Get Something to Eat, Magical Contests and Freefalls are EXHAUSTING
[] Tour De France?
-Where to Visit?
[] Circle Back Around?
-Taunt? Apologize? Try and Get a Date? (A Man can Dream...)
[] Write-In
CHOOSE 1 OF THE ABOVE
ASK AND YE SHALL RECEIVE! Also, HOLY SHIT those rolls. I fully expected us to land on our face at Ladybugs feet! And we nearly did except for that d6 at the end! Ah, but shit man that pack. That was supposed to be near mid-game gear, but, well, here we go. Surely we'll screw it up at some point. And with the Showdown Done, let me just say that Ladybug did HORRIBLY on her rolls to appear. That's right. She could have appeared ANY time we were doing stuff, but the 2, 7, and 1 on my d20 mostly just had her trying and failing to get Chat Noir out as he screamed at the ghost he was trapped with. Yeah...
Now let's decided what we do while I wait and kill more big things in Virtual Land. Ta Ta!