Votes counted, Jean Lafayette will change trains immediately to reach Radd Square, since that action won 3-1.
201
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Radd Square is one of Titan’s City’s most pleasant areas. On a sunny day, the cool sprinkling of the fountain is refreshing and the blossoming cherry trees make it a picturesque place for the locals to eat their lunch and chat. The crowd you have noticed has gathered round the fountain. You change into the Silver Crusader and step over to see what is happening. As you arrive, you hear a piercing scream and panic suddenly hits the crowd. They turn and flee from the fountain. You rush forward to see what is happening. Rising out of the water is a huge figure, some four metres high. Its vast, bulky shape is green and scaly. It opens its huge jaws and leans forwards, snatching a fleeing woman and holding her high. You leap up to fight the creature. If you have
Super Strength, turn to 272. If you have
Psi-Powers, turn to 326. If you have
Energy Blast, turn to 367. If you have
ETS, turn to 404.
Jean Lafayette has
ETS.
404
You have no special gadgets you can use against such a creature, the likes of which you have never seen before. You will have to fight it:
FOUNTAIN CREATURE SKILL 10 STAMINA 11
Your first hit will cause it to drop the injured girl into the fountain. When you have inflicted your fourth hit, turn to 65.
The fight:
[spoiler]Round 1: Fountain Creature Attack Strength: 18, Player Attack Strength: 20;
Fountain Creature Stamina: 9, Player Stamina: 21
Round 2: Fountain Creature Attack Strength: 19, Player Attack Strength: 12;
Fountain Creature Stamina: 9, Player Stamina: 19
Round 3: Fountain Creature Attack Strength: 17, Player Attack Strength: 14;
Fountain Creature Stamina: 9, Player Stamina: 17
Round 4: Fountain Creature Attack Strength: 22, Player Attack Strength: 18;
Fountain Creature Stamina: 9, Player Stamina: 15
Round 5: Fountain Creature Attack Strength: 15, Player Attack Strength: 15;
Fountain Creature Stamina: 9, Player Stamina: 15
Round 6: Fountain Creature Attack Strength: 17, Player Attack Strength: 15;
Fountain Creature Stamina: 9, Player Stamina: 13
Round 7: Fountain Creature Attack Strength: 13, Player Attack Strength: 14;
Fountain Creature Stamina: 7, Player Stamina: 13
Round 8: Fountain Creature Attack Strength: 15, Player Attack Strength: 14;
Fountain Creature Stamina: 7, Player Stamina: 11
Round 9: Fountain Creature Attack Strength: 12, Player Attack Strength: 14;
Fountain Creature Stamina: 5, Player Stamina: 11
Round 10: Fountain Creature Attack Strength: 17, Player Attack Strength: 13;
Fountain Creature Stamina: 5, Player Stamina: 9
Round 11: Fountain Creature Attack Strength: 13, Player Attack Strength: 15;
Fountain Creature Stamina: 3, Player Stamina: 9[/spoiler]
Well, the fight was certainly a difficult one, but Jean Lafayette manages to land four hits on the Fountain Creature after taking 12 points of Stamina damage.
65
As your fist lands a mighty blow on its chest, something rather unexpected happens. The creature disappears! Along with the bystanders watching the fight, you stare in disbelief. Turn to 138.
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138
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An old man is attending to the girl in the water and another has gone to phone an ambulance. ‘What is happening to the world?’ he asks. ‘Where does a creature like that come from? I have never seen anything like it before, except in my worst
dreams. It’s this new-fangled technology, I think. Creates super weapons in space and monsters on the earth. Bah! Sometimes I’m glad my time will soon be up. But Crusader, thank you for saving us. We all owe you our lives.’ You can add 2 Hero Points for defeating the beast. You still don’t know where it has come from, unless the old man has given you a clue. If you wish to try an address, add the street number to this reference to get there. Otherwise turn to 71.
No, old man has not given Jean Lafayette a clue that he can follow.
71
You leave the square to head for work. If only things were that easy. The Radd Square crowd has now focused its attention on you, and those papers and pencils are once more being thrust into your face. A weasel-faced man catches your eye:
Pssst! Hey, you, Crusader! Over here.’ He looks a little suspicious and is holding a pencil and paper too. Will you go over and see what he has to say (turn to 126), or will you do your public duty and sign autographs for the crowd (turn to 393)?
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Please vote before 9:00 AM PDT or a choice gets a 4-vote majority to guarantee that it will be counted.
Adventure Sheet:
[spoiler]Jean Lafayette
SKILL: 8 Initial Skill = 8
STAMINA: 9 Initial Stamina = 21
LUCK: 9 Initial Luck = 9
CLUES:
Alchemists will raid a branch of Cleveland Bank, at 4 a.m, and then another branch on the corner of 128th Street and 10th Avenue
Tormentor’s name is Richard Storm, has a contact named Susan at 555-9999
Ice Queen’s name is Sylvia Frost
Dr Macabre’s name is Marcus Buletta, will rob a chemist after breaking out of jail
SUPER POWER:
ETS
HERO POINTS: 4
BOONS:
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