Session 5

Session 5 took place on the 9th June 2023.

Notes were taken by Polychrome

## Recap

Julie asks if they need to have bank accounts. Donna has identification probably, but Waller handles that. Julie is legally dead. They go to Old Town, looking to head to the Fight Club to talk to Whisper. Walking down the street, Julie chooses the last name Harding.

The ground starts shaking. Like impacts. Suddenly, they notice their hair starts floating. Gravity is being manipulated. They catch a glance of what appears to be Andromeda between buildings in the direction of New Town. The team is still trying to reconcile how to move as a group with their varying mobility (walking like a normal person versus flying).

Vee had been hanging out with Evelyn normally, there are abandoned shopping bags somewhere. Saw a convoy of Sentinel Tactical Solutions armored vehicles. Owned by a man called Mathias Jacinto, who was a Green Beret. Basically a private security company, paramilitary vibes. A group of 12 attacked with guns and ice-based weaponry. Led by Victor Fries (Mr. Freeze). Evelyn: “Are you ready?” “Yup” “You know the drill.” Vee gets Evelyn’s phone.

The drill is: Call the local police, call the coast guard, start evacuating. FEMA? Special division: Damage Control, construction company.

Andromeda is fighting Mr. Freeze at full power, which is rare.

Donna arrives first to the scene, a car is thrown, she engages the people approaching a car.

Everyone else shows up. Scream. Andromeda, hit with a freeze ray, her light is going out.

Whole group pops up in an alley, Vee yells at them to get out of here (specifically Furtim). Sees Julie, who looks just like a demon in street clothes. She runs for Andromeda, Vee takes her legs out from under her. Julie recognizes Vee as Polychrome, is obviously happy and a little starstruck to see her. Vee pauses, then asks if she’s here to help. Julie says yes, and Vee helps her out, then turns to run to Andromeda who is looking broken and bloody where she landed.

Respawn yells for Furtim that the gun needs to get away from Mr. Freeze. Furtim went “??? You gonna get it?” Respawn says YOU’RE gonna get it. Furtim starts walking like a normal person even though she can teleport. Respawn: “Wonder Girl, remember Quacky. Distraction.”

Donna gets half-frozen when she fails to distract Mr. Freeze. Furtim still manages to get the gun and blink away, but Freeze sees her and gives her a scary face. She is now scared.

Meanwhile, Julie and Vee are going to try to get Andromeda to safety. Goons with guns descend upon Julie and she is shot a bit in the shoulder. Vee throws up a shield in front of Julie as she runs by to try to get to Andromeda.

Pan back to Respawn, Agent X appears beside him. Vee gets the wrong kind of attention from Agent X, who looks like he doesn’t approve of her. Respawn decides to directly engage a threat and take Mr. Freeze’s focus. Impedes him, but the swords don’t mess with his armor. Still successfully distracting him, they fight. Mr. Freeze appears to be holding back and trying to assess him. Agent X shoots a goon with a very high caliber sniper rifle, their head explodes. Julie screams in horror.

Of the three goons attacking Vee and Julie, one’s gun jammed, one goon shoots at the light shield with an automatic weapon and it took it down, the third one starts trading blows with Vee.

Donna: “Not a warrior… Hera’s Strength!” Breaks out of the ice, breaking her arm. Marked Damaged.

Agent X gives Furtim earplugs before merc’ing a goon. Furtim thought it was a fist bump. Tbh it was adorable. Furtim assessed the situation, and decided the best course of action would probably be to disarm people, but she ends up in between a gun battle with Freeze’s goons and the people trying to defend whatever’s within the cars.

Julie freezes up.

Vee marks the Hopeless condition. Shit is going bad, this girl she’s letting help has frozen up when she’s supposed to be getting people out of there, Andromeda needs medical help but she can’t get to her. Vee very colorfully Flash Bangs the Goons trying to overwhelm her, and she knows it’s going bad. She manages to stun them, and the goon with the automatic rifle is pink mist.

Julie assesses where Agent X is.

Respawn creates and opportunity for his allies. Pocket sands a dude.

Donna is directly engaging a threat. Gonna discombobulate on Mr. Freeze’s dome. BREAKS AND HITS HIS HEAD DIRECTLY. He starts gasping for air like he’s about to die.

Furtim takes a powerful blow poorly, and marks two more conditions. Goons try to get into a car after Furtim tries to hide. There’s Queen Consolidated medical equipment in the car. Frustrated with how her fight is going, she decides to try to get to Andromeda and get her out. She gets to her, but has run out of teleport juice.

Julie. Directly engaging sniper. Polychrome considers helping, but thinks Agent X is military or at least on their side for the moment. Julie engages the threat, growing to 6’2”, breaks the sniper rifle, sends him down breaking the roof and falls through with him, taking a powerful blow. She falls several more floors. Loses control, the demon inside coming out. Comes back out, eyes completely black with no apparent human left in her. She throws a car into the building.

Polychrome is gonna try to get Andromeda out, after seeing that. Evelyn is much more wounded than she appeared, and it already looked bad. Vee is afraid to move her.

Respawn, Julie attacked Daddy. Respawn points out to the goons that Mr. Freeze is basically out of commission and they should get out of here. Last 3 try to go get Mr. Freeze to get him out.

Donna finally notices the broken building. Hears the screaming from inside. Goes to save people from the building.

Furtim and Vee, argue about Vee asking what was wrong with Julie, and then asking her to watch Andromeda while medical assistance is on the way. Furtim says “You watch her.” and takes out her phone. Angry, Polychrome tries to swipe the phone away, but Furtim holds it out of reach like an older sister.

Julie starts to come back to herself and observe the carnage she just caused. Starts to run away.

Furtim and Polychrome run for Julie. First responders get to Andromeda, Vee tries to kick Furtim for still following instead of staying behind. Alyssa calls out “Julia Harding. Come here. I am very injured. Don’t leave me behind.” in a mom voice.

Julie is guilty, but comes to a stop anyways. Alyssa goes up to her to tell her if she’s done a wrong, what makes it better is doing a right. Vee gives them space, watches warily from afar. Furtim offers a hug. Julie rejects her comfort and goes back to the Oblivion. Vee sees a door open in space. Furtim flips her off on the way back. Polychrome looks away for a moment to give Furtim a “what the fuck,” then she turns back and the door is gone.

Mark Pillar, with a cameraman, appears at the end of the alley when they exit.

Being interviewed! For his channel and NPR. Furtim panics and tells Mark Pillar her superhero name is “College Student.”

Respawn sees Furtim’s having a really bad time, and decides to comfort her. Reminds her none of this would’ve gone well if she hadn’t disarmed Mr. Freeze. Also, Alyssa’s been making ice puns the whole time.

Donna saves people n stuff. A little in shock. She finds Agent X in the building and confronts him. He figures out she’s the good one. They threaten a woman with a gun, Donna lets them go. Donna knows he knows about her and the clones.

Interview went well, got Mark Pillar’s contact info for a possible collab.

Andromeda was taken in an ambulance.

Donna looks determined. She’s never looked determined. Respawn considers drawing his gun. Then Donna hugs him.

Polychrome needs to go find Furtim.

Donna is having a crisis about killing people.

Donna says Furtim is a fan, Furtim says Julie was a fan and made a mistake.

Donna asks Polychrome if she wants to join the team. Because she is feeling hopeless, she agrees. It’s a twist, good for ratings, and it’s something new to try.

Furtim doesn’t want ANY news outlets to know them. She leaves first.

Polychrome goes to the bar with Donna and Respawn.

Ricky is literally healing, warm healing light. The light feels good.

Ricky said Julie looked upset.

Polychrome thanked the team. But only Respawn and Donna were there because Furtim and Julie were out. Vee tries to tell Furtim she did a good job, and she said “No thank you.”

Furtim is rude, so Vee sabotages a fry.

Talked about her name. Grandma. Furtim is STILL RUDE.

Polychrome needs a drink. These fuckin kids. Asks Ricky how old they are. They don’t know.

Respawn takes off his mask. Says they match (bc platinum blonde hair.)

Julie and Furtim are chillin over fries, hacking, and the Freeze Ray she still has. Also they hide cat ears in Markpilar’s thumbnails.

Vee goes to get her and Evelyn’s shopping bags. Ricky helps her disguise herself. She makes sure she can get her clothes back.

Donna and Respawn bond at the bar. Polychrome comes back with the bags, knows about Agent X and that he told him about Donna.

The tea is PIPING. Tries to sneak back in.

Meeting the team! Donna is a clone.

Respawn recognizes the crew Agent X is running with: The God-Killers.

D2 was a failure.

Polychrome is worried about Julie getting the hang of hero-ing. Seeing people get killed is part of the gig. It sucks, but when the things you do are freeze up and then cause destruction, how can Vee be sure she’ll be okay.

Respawn’s been trained his whole life. Got more experience when he “got out” at 13. He’s 20.

Why’s that your name, Respawn. “The way I escaped, when I was 13. I was killed. And I came back. I woke up in a ditch. And I heal. Given time I heal from anything. I didn’t have a name before that. Don’t go spreading it around.” Vee also chose her name.

Project H stopped Discord. Impressive.

Vee is invited to training sessions.

Respawn accidentally revealed in front of Donna and Vee he might not have been a hero before.

Oblivion is a sanctuary for magic users. Ricky controls space and time there, can make up to 500 square miles. He can make anything. But he’s a white mage, so he can’t be malicious or hurt.

Accidentally flirted with Ricky. Said she was too young for him. He’s 219. Relives his 27th year.

Told about Decibel. Musician, powers over sound.

“How long have you been 18?” “I’m not sure. 3 or 4?”

Who’s your mother? Amanda Waller. Oh god.

Also Kid-Ink! A lot of news sources who don’t like me, don’t like him. Recently on the news for escaping the Crucible. Deathstroke, Harley Quinn, Calendar Man.

Andromeda recently had a run-in with him and knows he’s just a kid and a hero like you.

Project H had been living at the Crucible. Group Therapy.

“Wonder Woman would have saved those people too.” “Do you have to be like her?” “I would like to be.” “Then that’s all that matters.”

“No. she only called me D3”

“I learned everything I need from the Tube Guy”

## Characters

### PCs

Alyssa

Donna Troy

Julie

Polychrome

Respawn

### NPCs

Agent X

Andromeda

Ghost

Mark Pillar

Mr. Freeze

Ricky