Massacre 22 vs 22 Raven & Gifted

[Gifted]

They'd been given a little of everything, but nearly all of it was perishable. Lots of fruit, two jugs of milk, some eggs, bacon, sandwhich meat, etc. but there was very little non-perishables other than two cans of tuna, one box of cereal and a box of cookies. all the perishables had a maximum of two weeks left.

[Raven]

"All the food can go bad," Kumair stated. He didn't specify when, he didn't bother to look. Even if he did, he'd probably mess up the numbers.

[Gifted]

"So there's an unspoken time limit." Tyler nodded somberly.

Rakel and group were heading inside when Linia asked. "So are we going to tell each other our powers in the interest of strategy, or play it close to the chest to lock out the spies?"
Rakel shrugged. "Seems like we're all split into groups anyway, I don't see a point. The three loners can go with you two, and you share your powers amongst yourselves. we'll share when we're a little bit of a smaller group and have to mix people, or if we're getting trashed and the current setups aren't working."
"That sounds like it'll work, then small groups of people know each others powers, but not the whole group, so when the other team starts learning stuff you'll know what group the spy is in." Xander nodded.
"No ya wouldn't," Alex interjected, smirking. "We've got a ton of people who criss-cross groups. Xanders team knows mine and vice versa, Ariel and Pierce know each others, and it sounded like that Joan girl knew that guy on the other team, and Hangman knows everyones, so he's the spy and we'ree all fucked."
"That Cristel probably knows a fair bit too... Ex has a point," Xander frowned.
"Who's Hangman? How does he know everyones? And how do you know Cristel knows more than she's letting on?" Rakel asked suspiciously.
"All got one answer. I'm Hangman, Alex is Eecutioner, and Ariel's Supernova. We've got nicknames. My power let's me chose up to two powers from anyone I see, so I look at somebody and I automatically see their power. So I know everyone's power and requirements here... except Linia's.
"Why not Linia's?"
"I don't know, she confuses me. It hurts my head to look at her."

[Raven]

"And I still think we need to work on strategy," Kumair added.

"W-well, you should probably all know my power. It's dangerous," Lynn mumbled.

[Gifted]

"I agree. We've only got a bit of time before it's game on," Tyler grinned. "Let's make the most of it."

"And I've got to demonstrate mine, because I don't work the same way you people do," Linia said. "And it's a little too big to be hiding."

"...Do you have some sort of mind control power?" Xander asked her suddenly, after staring at her for the better part of a minute.

"Among other things," Linia nodded.

[Raven]

"Well you can't touch me... It'll hurt," Lynn said, though not terribly loud.

Kat grinned. "I make things explode," she contributed. Kitty wasn't about to tell anyone hers.
"Mines complicated. It takes time, but it's very powerful," Lev stated in a heavy Russian accent.
After a few minutes, most people had stated their power. Primrose created a nightmarish version of reality before you, effecting every sense of the body. Rowan informed them he was a vampire hunter. Astin manipulated light, he had found a way to make himself invisible by bending the light around him rather than letting it reflect off him. Abby was the one present at the moment, so she told them she could create life. Ava could numb you, knock you out, or with enough time kill you with anesthesia. Ryu was very quiet but with the help of the girl beside her, everyone learned she could turn into animals. Tabitha said one word: voodoo.
Then came the demonstrations. Nasya had someone walk through the wall she made intangible. Zava created a controlled ring of fire on the ground around her. Mia demonstrated her three celestial powers in order, Kurogane, Hood, Ranma. Isaiah shot a tree with a sound almost as loud as a shotgun, afterwards there was a little bit of worry because of all the smoke that the tree might catch fire. Then Kumair chopped the three down.
Kitty still hadn't spoken.

[Gifted]

Rakel nodded. "Okay. We'll keep that in mind." She raised her voice. "Ok, who wants to take the first watch?"
"I can," Xander volenteered.


Maverick also decided to demonstrate. He put his finger on top of Darriens head. "Darrien," he barely whispered it.
the doll seemed to grow rapidly in size, the fingers of the hands seperating and becoming more lifelike. The eyes, toobecame more lifelike and the skin looked smoother, but there was still something doll-like about him. His skin was cool and hard to the touch. The skin and cheeks still looked too pretty to be real. And of course, poking him in the eye didn't hurt him at all. All in all, he could pass for a human child if you weren't expecting it, but it was nowhere close to perfect.
He grew to about the size of an average four-year-old, maybe a bit taller. He grinned at Maverick. "Hey boss," he joked. "what do you need me for?"
"Introduce yourself Darrien," Maverick said quietly.
"Sure thing!" He turned to the others, tipping his hat to them. "Hey all! My names Darrien." He looked back at Maverick, smirking. "Okay I'm done, now what?"

[Raven]

Kumair watched the doll. He was more than a little creeped out.

"I'll help," Gabriel offered.

[Gifted]

Darrien was dissappointed nobody laughed. He looked at Maverick, more seriously this time.
Maverick nodded. "Darrien, you're done."
Darrien shrank back into a porcelain doll.

Xander nodded to Gabriel and went outside to watch.

[Raven]

Gabriel followed him. "So you know what my power is," he said. It wasn't a question.

Gabby watched the doll and smiled. "Dolly."

[Gifted]

"You're a lie detector." Xander nodded. "You'll make things easier, that's for sure," He smiled. He thought about asking Gabriel if he was the spy, since he couldn't lie. But Xander decided not too. Even if Gabriel was the spy, he wouldn't have a choice but to betray the other spy if Xander asked them if they were the spy and then asked Gabe if they were lying. This alone made him invaluble, even if he was the spy, but he'd nbe killed immeaditley if they found out he was it right now, and then they'd never be able to take advantage. So Xander kept his mouth shut, intending to take Gabe under his wing for awhile and find out what was going on. Not to mention poor kid had no one he knew here anyway. "Gabriel, right?"

[Raven]

"Right," Gabriel confirmed. "You're Xander?" he asked.

[Gifted]

"That's me," Xander confirmed. "I should introduce you too the rest of my group... Sharie and Adrian and Olivia. I have a feeling some of the people around here are going to be a bit stanoffish over the next few days, at least until our numbers get decimated or we find the spies. I guess that's the disadvantage of already being split into factions before we'd even start- nobody's going to want to get to know anyone else."

Back inside, the atmosphere wasn't quiet so friendly.
Devon and September had both gone to bed immeaditley, not because they were tired but to avoid conversation. Alex nodded to Pierce, who's eyes narrowed. Ariel left Alex to go speak to him.
"Pierce..." She said quietly, not wanting to draw attention to them, fearing the spies might here.
Pierce's nearly black eyes bored into his sister's topaz ones. "I don't want to hear it." He turned and walked off, going to bed himself.

Rakel was confused. "What was all that about?" she muttered to the unfamilliar girl.
"Ask him." She replied. "I don't know if he really wants people to know..."
"Yeah, I'd doubt it," Cristel said after checking Ariels mind and learning the story. "Since he hasn't mentioned you to us ever, it's a pretty safe bet he doesn't want us to know."
Ariel looked over to her with interest. "Mind reader?"
"That's right,"
Ariel nodded. "Well, mind respecting my privacy?" she said, turning and going back to Alex.
"Mind not being a bitch to my friend?" Nicole stepped forward to defend Cristel. When Ariel walked away, she scoffed. "That was rude. Bit of an attitude on that one."

Rakel very nearly laughed. "Have you looked in a mirror lately?"
Nicole just rolled her eyes.

After Maverick put Darrien away, Tyler shrugged. "If I'm gonna demonstrate, I need someone to demonstrate on... I'm a power enhancer, I don't have any offensive abilities myself." He said the last part guiltily, as if he were sorry he couldn't help.

[Raven]

Lynn watched them shyly. She wasn't so much spying as wondering if she would find someone to talk with.

Gabriel nodded. "Yeah, that's true."

"You can use it on me," Kitty offered, stepping forward hesitantly. She honestly had no idea how he would effect her power.

[Gifted]

Tyler smiled and took her hand. "The effect should wear off in...oh, twenty minutes or so," he said, letting her hand go.

Linia and Rachel were chatting away by themselves in thte backround, oblivious to the tens atmosphere. Or at least, Rachel was oblivious.

NIcholas left his group to go look at what kind of food was stocked, and was very dissappointed to find it all perishable. After inspecting the dates, he found it all to expire at around two weeks from now.
"So we've got a time limit," Cristel murmured.
Nicholas nodded. Looks like it.