[hr][hr][center][img]https://s22.postimg.cc/6g8onsz41/6a8a04c0ca1b1adbb23631ae5dfd661b.png[/img] [img]https://i.postimg.cc/4dQsmzHq/f831c0dc99a75377dfc6eb52b2202e06.png[/img][hr][img]https://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/43400000/-Captain-America-v-s-Iron-Man-captain-america-43408839-500-200.gif[/img][hr][@BlueSky44][@Kirah][@Nallore][@Natsu][@Trainerblue192][@The Man Emperor][hr][h3][color=84B4E2][b] May 17th, 2021[/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr][hr][hider=S.H.I.E.L.D. Internal Announcement][center][b][h3]FROM THE DESK OF DIRECTOR HILL[/h3] THE FOLLOWING IS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY: 1. ALL SUPERHEROES MUST REGISTER WITH SHIELD AND REVEAL THEIR SECRET IDENTITY 2. SUPERHEROES MUST BE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD 3. SUPERHEROES MUST PASS SHIELD TRAINING - EXCEPTIONS INCLUDE TRAINING FROM THE X-MEN, FANTASTIC FOUR, AND AVENGERS 4. ALL SUPERHEROES ARE SUBJECTED TO THE SUPERVISION OF SHIELD VIOLATION OF THESE WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE EXTRACTION TO THE RAFT. MINIMUM SENTENCING IS THREE YEARS HOUSE ARREST. JUVENILE OFFENDERS WILL BE TRIED AS ADULTS. REPEAT OFFENDERS HAVE A RECOMMENDED SENTENCE OF TEN YEARS IMPRISONMENT. ALL VIGILANTE ACTIVITY KNOWN TO SHIELD PERSONNEL MUST BE REPORTED TO THEIR SUPERVISOR OR LEAD IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING! [/b][/center][/hider][hider=The Daily Bugle][center][b][h3]CAPTAIN AMERICA ON THE RUN?!?! IRON MAN TAKES CHARGE![/h3][/b] [color=84B4E2][b]5:59 PM Update[/b] - Iron Man is holding a press conference at the Stark Foundation Headquarters. He is joined by superheroes Black Widow, Captain Marvel, Mister Fantastic, the Human Torch, She-Hulk, the Invisible Woman, and the Wasp. [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU_kH_1zizE&ab_channel=FandomEntertainment]CLICK HERE[/url] to view the livestream! [/color] We here at the Daily Bugle just got a tip from an anonymous source that the Avengers have split up! Iron Man has claimed leadership of the group - we haven't been able to get a quote from the Playboy Billionaire, but our plucky team is on the case! We'll be updating this story once more details come in, but please if you know anything about this situation or have spotted Captain America, call us out our toll free hotline here: [i][b]1-800-SPIDER[/b][/i]. If you want to read about more Avengers news, check out our piece from last Thursday where we explored the affair between Iron Man and Black Widow! J.J.J.[/center][/hider] TO: jjj@dailybugle.com FROM: jewel@thepulse.com SUBJECT: [Pulse] Iron Man's Press Conference --- --- Jonah, This isn't going to be pretty. I can cover this beat for you, but you need to promise no civvies will be out on reporter duty. I'm sure you've seen the conference - Captain America is public enemy number one. The Avengers are going to war. Also, my usual fee will be doubled for this - let's call it hazard pay. Keep it sleazy, Jewel P.S. I mean it. If I see a single civvie pounding pavement for this, I'll break your face in :-)[center][hr][h3][color=84B4E2][b]St. David's Hospital - Cardiff: 1:50 A.M.[/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr] Nothing seems to be making sense, is it? Oh well.... Let's get on with the story! The ocean sounds were still coming off from somewhere in the distance, although Niah would not be able to hear them. The head stopped screaming, growing still in Niah's hands. Perhaps the universe realized that such a thing shouldn't have been possible. Had her hearing been operating, she would have heard footsteps before the face loomed into view - a dark skinned man, one eye covered with an eyepatch. [color=gray]"Any of you motherfuckers want to tell me what's going on?"[/color] Nick Fury, ex-Director of SHIELD, demanded. And had Niah been using her super hearing, she would have noticed that he had no heartbeat. [center][hr][h3][color=84B4E2][b]Ellis Island - New York: 7:30 P.M.[/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr][hr][center][h3][b][color=f6989d]Bonnie Chase[/color][/b][/h3][img]https://i.postimg.cc/8k67nDb4/image.png[/img][hr][hr][b][color=f6989d]Location:[/color][/b] Ellis Island: Quinjet [b][color=f6989d]Skills:[/color][/b] Blessing of Athena, Intuition[hr][/center] The quinjet touched down on Ellis Island in the large and expansive field, about a football field away from Team Captain America. Bonnie's heart was beating incredibly fast, knowing that they were about to do something that they couldn't turn away from - they couldn't just take this back. The events happening today would be brief but their consequences would ring for years, maybe even decades to come. Even though Flynn had been replaced with a skrull, she could imagine what he would have done - he would have defected to Cap's side, throwing his flames in a rage. As they got off of the plane, Bonnie let out a slight sigh. No one had made a move to attack yet. Iron Man and the others were all assembled into a line - on the other side, she could see that Captain America's side was all in a line as well. It looked like the start of a sporting match, as if this had just been a friendly skirmish and not the first (and hopefully last) superhuman Civil War. [color=f6989d]"I've got a bad feeling about this,"[/color] Bonnie mumbled to Cass. The group then moved forward, decreasing the distance between them and Captain America's group until they were only twenty feet away. Something was really bugging her, eating away at her. She recognized a lot of people who had sided with Captain America. Hawkeye was the only one that hurt. The only one she felt an emotional connection to. [color=f7941d]"Last chance to surrender, Cap,"[/color] Iron Man called out, wearing his full armor. [color=4C52FF]".... You didn't assemble a small army to come here and talk, Tony."[/color] [color=f7941d]"Neither did you."[/color][hr][hr][center][h3][b][color=a64dff]Folly Valeska[/color][/b][/h3][img]https://i.imgur.com/BuqceK7.png?1[/img][hr][hr][b][color=a64dff]Location:[/color][/b] Ellis Island: Far Field [b][color=a64dff]Skills:[/color][/b] Regenerative Healing Factor (Passive)[hr][/center] Folly's life had fallen into a bizarre rhythm since she escaped the mental hospital. She had fled the country and went to her ancestral home, Romania. She had stayed there for a while, until the voices got too much and she woke up covered in blood - for the safety of those around, she moved. She kept on going from place to place, having a complete breakdown that resulted in a need to move, and so the cycle repeated. She made a bit of a name for herself as a mercenary, ending up in Madripoor at one point. It had been by chance that she was in New York when all of this went down. Wolverine had found her in a dive bar. He had asked - no, [i]insisted[/i] that she join them all on this quest, pointing out that if registration went through, she'd be put back in a mental ward. Or even worse, she'd be taken into SHIELD custody and placed in a coma for the rest of her life. [color=a64dff]"Are you actually that young?"[/color] Folly asked Elizabeth. She gave her a strange sort of smile. Her life had started going odd when she was young. The ugly, prominent scar on her neck was proof of that. She hadn't bothered covering it up with a scarf today. A screech sounded off in the air, as Iron Man's uni-beam fired off, slamming into Captain America's shield. The first shot of the war had been fired. [hider=Team Rosters] [b]Team Iron Man[/b]:[list] [*]Iron Man/Tony Stark - genius billionaire playboy philanthropist [*]Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff [*]Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers - power cosmic [*]Mister Fantastic/Reed Richards - elongation [*]Human Torch/Johnny Storm - flame on! [*]She-Hulk/Jennifer Walters - hulk form [*]Invisible Woman/Sue Storm-Richards - invisible energy manipulation [*]The Wasp/Hope van Dyne - size manipulation [*]Angstrom/Andrew Rossi [@BlueSky44] [*]Titanium/Cassandra Reed [@Nallore] [*]Paralyzer/Matt Moss [@Kirah] [*]Athena/Bonnie Chase [@Morose][/list] [b]Team Captain America[/b][list][*]Captain America/Steve Rogers - super soldier [*]The Winter Soldier/[i]Identity Unknown[/i] - super soldier [*]Falcon/Sam Wilson [*]Hawkeye/Clint Barton [*]Agent 13/[i]Identity Unknown[/i] [*]Black Panther/T'Challa - super soldier [*]Wolverine/Logan - healing factor, adamantium claws [*]Spider-Man/[i]Identity Unknown[/i] [*]Breacher/[i]Identity Unknown[/i] [@The Man Emperor] [*]Sparrow/Kwassi Asokho [@TrainerBlue192] [*]Alchemy/Elizabeth Flame [@Natsu] [*]Woolf/[i]Identity Unknown[/i] [@Morose] - [url=https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/hannibal/images/5/52/Kacey_Rohl.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130507131001]image[/url][/list] [/hider] [center][hr][h3][color=84B4E2][b]Asgard - Breidablik: 11:20 P.M.[/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr][hr][center][h3][b][color=FFB795]Amelia Baptiste[/color][/b][/h3][img]https://i.imgur.com/e9ADpSo.png?1[/img][hr][hr][b][color=FFB795]Location:[/color][/b] The Meadows of Nanna [b][color=FFB795]Skills:[/color][/b] N/A [hr][/center] [color=FFB795]"Mate, you sure she speaks English? I never like it in the movies when everyone just assumes the aliens or whatever can speak English, it seems kinda silly that our language should be the universal standard,"[/color] Amelia said softly to Sparky. The singer's image looked rather strange to her - her form was shifting. Her hair seemed almost animated, reminding Amelia of cherry blossom trees. The woman's eyes were a glowing amber and she radiated warmth - Amelia's heart couldn't help but feel light and airy, filled with joy. As if they were in some sort of Disney movie, a trio of hummingbirds - or what Amelia thought looked like them - flew on over and landed lightly on the flower crown in the woman's hair. She laughed and it sounded like the peeling of bells. "I am afraid you have me confused with a different goddess," she said, smiling at Maria. Her smile would fill Maria with joy and bring up all of her favorite memories, the things she held most dear. "My name is Nanna, Goddess of Joy and Devotional Love. Welcome to Asgard." Amelia's jaw dropped slightly. The glowing ring had worked then - they had had the answer all along, just like Dorothy with the slippers in the Wizard of Oz. She wished that she had brought a little primer or something on the who's who of the gods and goddesses of Asgard, as she had no idea who Nanna was beyond what she just said. [i]Devotional Love[/i] sounded a little weird, a little stalker-y to her but maybe it was just an old stuffy way for something innocent, like normal [i]Love[/i]. [color=FFB795]"Uh, thanks! We're looking for this bloke, her husband... I guess she should probably be the one to tell you, uhhhhh, yeah."[/color] Nanna nodded seriously, walking up to Sparky and taking her hands in hers. An intense feeling of love and warmth would wash over Sparky. "Who is your husband, little one? Marriage is within my dominion and such bonds are sacred to me."