The Society of Justice: A Super Hero Roleplay

[CounterAttack]

Katie could feel the icy sensation spreading through her body. It wasn't unpleasant, but it wasn't good either. If she had to describe it, it would be similar to taking a bath in water that had just been melted from a glacier. She shivered, and let go of Jason to try to stand. After a couple of attempts, both of which failed, she sat back down, knowing Camille's cure wouldn't be instant. While Leland was gone, Richard and Camille started a conversation, and Katie listened in.

"Strange," she commented quietly to Jason. "You'd think they weren't enemies, the way those two are talking. I mean, Camille's in the Union and all, and Richard's just so... casual." She was a little unnerved by his demeanour, but tried not to show it.

 

[Pm0n3y]

Jason looked at Katie and worried about her condition, before turning away from her to cough.

"Well, Camille did say that it was gonna take us a while to fully heal..." He thought to himself before facing Katie.

"Well Rich is a business man. All that business experience must've formed him into a stolid wall of calm & collectiveness. Even when he's raging at Aaron, he still seems to be as calm as ever. And as for Camille...well, I guess she has no real reason to be angry at us. We haven't actually done anything to her, at least...I don't think so..." Jason replied just as quietly, looking back at the two without making it seem too obvious.

 

[Quad08]

Snapping out of his temporary trance, Simon slowly sat up and looked around. Feeling a bit lighter then usual he started patting himself down

"Where are we? And where are my knives?"

He asked as he finished patting himself down, a tremor evident in his voice his he began to look around franticly

 

[tsatoma]

Leland opened up the door to his room, slamming it behind him as he went to his closest. He opened the sliding doors with a wave of his hand, and looked at the clothing he had. He grabbed some of the normal looking clothes, shortening them up a bit so that others could wear it. He carried them downstairs, putting them on the couch. He muttered something about making a smoothie before bed, kissing his mother good night before walking down a hallway.

"It's fine. Just expect questions later on. Well maybe not that later on, it's already pretty late," Camille said as she looked over at a grandfather clock that was next to the stairs. "Your rooms are upstairs, to the left. Past the double doors on the left and the ones on the right, those are Leland's rooms. Once you get past those you can choose whichever ones you want, and Leland's brought your clothes. If you need anything, ask him. Night son," Camille said to him. She bid everyone a good night before heading upstairs.

 

[blaze96]

"We're at the Claidt lodge Simon. We're relatively safe here, so just focus on healing. I'll be staying up until the last of you decides to go to bed, so if anyone should try to attack you, I'll be up and ready." Richard said as he tried to calm Simon.

 

[CounterAttack]

"I don't think so either," Katie answered Jason. "Though I think she might resent Garrus's decision to bring us here. She's got that look of command around her, like she expects to be obeyed at all times." When Leland returned with clothes, she added, "Ah, excellent. Might I suggest you find a pair of pants before you lose the last of your armour?" She blushed as she spoke, amused and embarrassed at the same time.

 

[Quad08]

"Show them to me Richard!"

Simon's breathing was obviously labored now as he took deep breaths to try and calm himself down. After he had calmed down, he asked again in a much more civil tone

"Can you please show them to me or tell me they are safe?"

 

[blaze96]

Richard grabbed his helmet and use it to get in touch with the CDC. He spoke to Simon after finishing the call.

"They're on their way back to the promenade in a biohazard bag right now. You dropped them when you collapsed, but the CDC followed standard procedure and cleaned everything down with bleach to kill the virus on surfaces. They were obviously not lab equipment, so they separated them. When I described them, they took the bag and are now taking it to the Promenade. Are you okay now?" He said calmly.

 

[Quad08]

"Yeah I'm good. Thanks"

Nodding, Simon settled back down, flexing his fingers, arms and feet in order to make sure he was in working order.

"I guess we're staying here for the time being then?"

He asked, eager to move on from his erratic outburst

 

[Pm0n3y]

Jason looked down to see that the armor had dissipated past his shoulders and chest as well as most of his legs, and was pretty much only covering his mid-section.

"Yeah...that seems like a good idea." He said getting up before stopping. He turned back to Katie.

"That is...unless you want to see my perfectly shaped, Adonis-like figure in it's entirety." He suggested playfully, trying his best to show off his slightly below adverage build.

 

[CounterAttack]

Katie giggled quietly, and her blush deepened. "Um, that's a no, sweetie," she said. "Do try and remember there are others in the room besides myself." She gestured to the pile of clothes before letting out a couple of small coughs. They were definitely getting weaker; she could tell that from the first one. She could feel the frigid sensation moving up her spine and the back of her neck; it was spreading further with every second.

 

[Pm0n3y]

Jason chuckled, letting out a few more coughs himself.

"Okay, but you're missing out..." He said with a smile before going over to the clothes Leland set out, eyes lazily glazing over the colorfully flamboyant fabics before him.

"Well, they are Leland's clothes..." Jason said to himself, searching through the clothes before coming a ordinary looking striped wool hoodie. He put it on, and continued to look through the pile until he came across a pair of grungy looking jeans with a hole in one knee. Content with his selection, he made his way back to Katie.

"So, should we look for a room-er, I mean, our rooms?" He asked, correcting himself.

 

[CounterAttack]

"Sounds good," Katie replied before trying to stand up again. Her legs felt a bit stronger now, and she managed to stand, holding Jason's shoulder for support. She let out a large yawn, and said, "Right now, I don't really care if we share a room or not, as long as I can get a good long sleep." She didn't know about the others, but the virus had drained a fair bit of her energy, and she needed to properly rest up sometime soon.

 

[blaze96]

"Yes Simon, fortunately or unfortunately depending on your outlook." He replied.

Richard decided he may as well look through the pile of brightly colored clothes and pick what he was going to wear. He didn't really like his options but he would have to make do, he just prayed nobody would get a picture of it. Ultimately he got as close to a suit as he could, though he still disliked it. He found a blue suit coat with coattails, a white collard shirt with a red vest, and red pinstripe pants and white dress shoes. He was just glad he could actually find a dark gray tie. He would keep his suit on until everyone had gone to bed before he put the clothes he had slung over one arm on.

 

[Pm0n3y]

Jason nodded, gently putting her arm over his shoulder to help her walk. He could've easily picked her up and carried her, but he knew that both him and her would have to regain their strength after what the virus did to them.

"Alright Rich, everybody, we're gonna call it a night." Jason said as they made their way up the stairs.

 

[tsatoma]

Early the next morning...

Leland was the first person in the house to awake, staying in bed for a couple of minutes before getting dressed (this time in a purple/white/black paisley shirt and black pants) and heading downstairs into the kitchen. He made note that there was not much food in either the fridge of the pantry, 'Might have to go out and get something since they'll be staying here.'

He made his fruit smoothie for the morning, taking it upstairs with him as he went into his music room. It was the size of a dining hall, filled with a wide assortment of musical instruments, equipment, and cds/records. He took a seat at his piano and started to play.

 

[blaze96]

Richard awoke a little while later to the sounds of the piano in the room next to him. He had place his room between where he knew Leland was staying and the rest of the group's rooms. Looking out through the window he could see the mountain and its forest with a lake closer to the house. Thinking that he would do something he hadn't in a while after he went down the stairs in the outfit he had picked ad made a cup of tea (which he was lucky enough to find in the nearly barren kitchen). With cup in hand he made his way up to the door that the music was coming from and knocked quietly, not wanting to wake anyone else.

 

[tsatoma]

Leland heard the knock and opened the door with a wave of his hand, greeting Richard with a cheery good morning.

"Ah, I see you found something in the kitchen. Sorry that we don't have much. Mom and Ethan don't eat, and I can only have non-solid food for the next month," Leland explained as he took a sip of his smoothie then going back to playing music.

"Not that surprised that you're the first up, you seem like the type."

 

[blaze96]

"Hello. I'm a light sleeper and it has paid off in the past to wake up early. You aren't the first person to try and rob my home, you are just the first to successfully do so, for example. Say, you wouldn't happen to have painting materials would you? It has been a while, and now I finally have the time to do so." Richard asked after the light banter