Bounce

Ultimate Comics: DC - Shadows Among Us

'bout time, ya snot crunching, booger barf---

er...

I mean, grazie mille. I shall endeavour to make you regret everything nothing.

The Bounce House

| L O R - Z O D |

_{"Kneel before Zod!"}

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| IDENTITY |

Lor-Zod // Superboy

| ALIGNMENT |

Chaotic Neutral

| ORIGIN & BACKSTORY |

Lor-Zod is the son of Kryptonian General Dru-Zod and his lieutenant, Ursa. He was born inside of the alternate dimension of the Phantom Zone and raised aboard a Kryptonian interstellar warship left adrift in the wake of Krypton's destruction. Once New Krypton was established, Lor-Zod was supposed to be his father's heir and legacy in leading the future of the Kryptonian race.

// APRIL-MAY 2016 //
It was with that goal of creating this Utopia that General Zod dispatched probes throughout the galaxy in order to search for fertile land on which to sow the seeds of this ideal Krypton. Targeting Earth, the planet on which the son of Jor-El had concealed himself, the warship exited the Phantom Zone in order to terraform the Earth into Zod's vision of a New Krypton.

Because he had been born in the Phantom Zone, and thus did not possess a physical body, Lor-Zod had difficulty in manifesting on the material plane. The boy was placed in stasis within a Kryptonian matrix in order to assist in the formation and development of his actual body. One of the Kryptonian puppies that had been born in the Phantom Zone was placed in a matrix as well, so that the boy would have something to play with once he had manifested his physical form. As the battle for Earth turned against the Kryptonians, the ship carrying the matrix became damaged. The pod containing both the boy and the dog were ejected when automatic safety protocols were triggered, putting the object in orbit of the planet Earth.

After the Kryptonian threat to Earth had ended, the governments of the world turned their attention to the debris in space. When researchers discovered a substantial size of debris floating in Earth orbit, scientists began contemplating it's recovery for study. Dr. Reed Richards, together with a team of three other individuals, flew an experimental orbiter design to retrieve the object. During the mission, the shuttle crew was exposed to a barrage of cosmic radiation due to unusual solar activity taking place.

While medical teams tended to the Richards expedition, the Kryptonian pod was moved to the Pike Island Research Institute for further study.

| SUPPORTING CAST |

Krypto the Superdog
Lor-Zod's companion, a canine-like species native to the Kryptonian homeworld. While non-sapient, Krypto exhibits many of the same abilities as Kryptonians when in the presence of yellow sun radiation.

Adam Grant
The son of media mogul Victor Morgan and tabloid journalist Cat Grant, Adam is a student at Metropolis' Benedict Arnold Elementary School. He is Superman's self-proclaimed biggest fan.

Cat Grant
Gossip columnist and entertainment reporter for the Daily Planet.

Commander Dabney Donovan, MD, Ph.D.
A U.S. Navy flight surgeon and NASA astronaut, Dr. Donovan specializes in the area of space medicine out of the Pike Island Research Institute in Metropolis. He is the medical authority in charge of Project SUPERBOY.

Captain Micah Flint
An Air Force test pilot and NASA astronaut assigned to the Pike Island Research Institute as part of Project OPEN DOOR, the development of the top secret Excalibur space plane.

| ROGUE’S GALLERY |

Dr. Albert Michaels, MD, Ph.D. (Atomic Skull I)
The predecessor to Dabney Donovan at the Pike Island Research Institute, Dr. Michaels was a genuinely unfriendly administrator who suffered from a rare disorder of the nervous system. An experimental treatment, devised by Donovan, resulted in violent seizures. Forced to step down as administrator, Michaels was offered help by LexCorps Laboratory Science Division, where they used radium to harness the violent electrical impulses in his brain. Now, Michaels runs a division of Project C.A.D.M.U.S. responsible for researching the Kryptonian genome under the guise of being LexCorps' philantrophic contributing toward the Human Genome Project

Clone 23 (Bentley Whittman)
A juvenile clone of a minor criminal, created by Michaels as part of C.A.D.M.U.S.' human genome project. Michaels' thinks of him more as property or a specimen than as a human being, but acknowledges that the thing's intellect does make him at least somewhat useful. Often used as a test pilot for a variety of different technologies C.A.D.M.U.S. is developing, including mind control helmets, power gloves, and anti-gravity mobility devices.

Abuse (Colin Wilkes)
An orphan abducted by C.A.D.M.U.S. researchers from the town of Bludhaven. Combining existing Venom-formula research with rNA and synthetic hormones reverse engineered from Kryptonian bodily fluids, C.A.D.M.U.S. uses Colin as a lab rat to see what the potential growth in human attributes might be from genetic engineering using the Kryptonian genome.

Psi-Phon
A spy sent by Ronan the Accuser to assess Earth's ability to resist a Kree invasion, Psi-Phon is a child-sized alien closely resembling The Greys. He can telepathically suppress a superbeing's abilities.

Dreadnaught
A large, beastial alien who often works in concert with Psi-Phon. He can mimick the powers of other superbeings.

Mumbo
A magician who appears able to perform magic with the use of his top hat and cane.

| LOCATIONS |

Pike Island Research Institute (Metropolis)
A U.S. Government research institute operated by NASA with contracts supported through Wayne Enterprises, Stark Industries, Star Labs, and LexCorps, this human space flight support laboratory was re-purposed overnight to house and study a juvenile Kryptonian left behind after the Superman incident in April 2016.

Benedict Arnold Elementary School (Metropolis)
An elementary school in Metropolis, providing public education for grades Kindergarten through 5th Grade. Their mascot is the Boot.

The International Space Station (Low Earth Orbit)

| NOTES |

• Lor-Zod is a full-blood Kryptonian, possessing all the natural abilities of Superman when exposed to yellow sun radiation. The same is true when exposed to Kryptonite or red sun radiation.

• Because Lor-Zod's body isn't fully developed, he can only store a finite amount of energy. As such, his abilities fade over time as his access to solar radiation is reduced or diminished.

| STORY HOOKS AND HALF-ASSED PLOTS |

The De-Construction of Falling Stars
The pod is opened and the matrix containing Lor-Zod and Krypto are discovered. Dabney Donovan is successful in accessing Lor-Zod's matrix, completing the process of the boy manifesting in the physical realm. One-shot adventures, focused on slice-of-life stuff, follow.

Only Human
Psi-Phon and Dreadnaught arrive on Earth and Lor-Zod is powerless. If the Boy of Steel is going to stop them, he'll have to figure out how to fight as a human.

The Bounce House

| G A R F I E L D L O G A N |

A G E N T O F S. H. I. E. L. D.

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| IDENTITY |

Garfield Mark Logan

| ALIGNMENT |

Neutral Good

| ORIGIN & BACKSTORY |

The son of paleontologist Mark Logan and biologist Marie Logan, "Gar" grew up in all corners of the world. After the death of his father in a boating accident, Marie Logan moved the family to a permanent home operating a wildlife sanctuary in the Republic of Qurac. At the age of eight, Gar contracted the Sakutia virus. Due to the isolation of the wildlife sanctuary and the rapid deterioration of Gar's condition, his mother was forced to treat him using an experimental vaccine developed for treating the virus in West African green monkeys. Though Gar made a full recovery from the illness, his body reacted to the vaccine.

In light of the aggressive, sometimes violent reactions, Marie Logan moved Gar to a pediatrics hospital in the United States. Tests revealed that Gar's genetic structure had undergone a mutation of unstable molecules within the rNA of his cells, thus allowing him to alter his shape and form. In particular, Gar was successful in changing shape and form into animals with which he was familiar. When treatments were unsuccessful in reversing the metabolic changes, Marie Logan again returned to her work in animal conversation with Gar in tow.

Though an American citizen by birth, Gar attended elementary school in Qurac, middle school in Brazil, and completed the equivalent of a high school education in the Congo. As a result, he speaks three languages fluently (English, Portuguese, and French), in addition to having some conversational familiarity with Arabic, Urdu, Swahili, and Lingana. At his mother's insistence, Gar applied to, and was accepted at, Metropolis University for Conversation Biology. The transition from the outback to the big city was not an easy transition for Gar, on top of which the first year of college added a great deal of personal stress.

Deciding to take a semester off, Gar began applying for jobs in Metropolis in order to achieve greater financial independence, but found that he had difficulty in getting hired due to his green color. Seeing an advertisement for a student internship at a federal office in Metropolis, Gar applied as part of his "ask a hundred, get ninety-nine rejections" strategy... and wound up being hired when the interview revealed his multi-lingual fluency and experience in the third world.

| SUPPORTING CAST |

Colonel Slade Wilson (Codename "Deathstroke")
The enigmatic leader of the Strategic Hazards Intervention Espionage Logistics Directorate.

Colonel Niles Caulder, Ph.D., Ret. (Codename "Chief")
The Branch Chief of the Metropolis Field Office, responsible for all of its activities, to include oversight of Field Operations Unit SG-1.

Sergeant Joshua Clay
An Army Field Medic and Afghanistan combat veteran, he's interning at S.H.I.E.L.D. in order to get a good reference to John Hopkins University for medical school.

Tara Markov
An undergraduate student interning as Rita Farr-Dayton's personal assistant.

Dorothy Spinner
A graduate student interning at S.H.I.E.L.D. in the Human Resources Department.

// Field Operations Unit SG-1 CODENAME "DOOM PATROL" //

Steve Dayton (Codename "Mento")
Widely regarded as the greatest secret agent in the world, Steve Dayton's success is largely due to his psionic abilities, which border on clairvoyance at times.

Rita Farr-Dayton (Codename "Elasti-Girl")
Olympic gold medalist in college, Hollywood Oscar nomination at 20, an accident while shooting on location at an active volcano in Hawaii left this star athlete with the ability to shrink or enlarge her body. She now acts as one of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s secret agents.

Larry Trainor (Codename "Negative Man")
A Navy test pilot exposed to near lethal levels of radiation while testing a supersonic jet, Larry carries his own personal demon as a result of his trauma. He serves as Doom Patrol's logistics and transportation expert.

Clifford "Cliff" Steele (Codename "Robotman")
A NASCAR driver critically injured in a deadly crash at the Daytona 500, Cliff Steele's brain was successfully transferred into a machine body. Today, he serves as Doom Patrol's C4I specialist (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence).

| ROGUE’S GALLERY |

Captain Zahl
The captain of one of the new Akula-class ballistic missile submarines, and a possible rogue agent from the Russian Navy.

Laura De Mille (Madame Rouge)
A high profile assassin with a malleable body and the ability to mimic the appearance of others.

Brain
The disembodied brain of a French geneticist, hell-bent on world domination.

Morden (Nobody)
A disembodied spirit, capable of possessing others and draining away their sanity.

| LOCATIONS |

S.H.I.E.L.D. Central (Metropolis)
The original headquarters of the Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistics Directorate, the Metropolis field office remains one of the most important R&D support facilities to the agency's operations.

Triskelion (Washington, DC)
The modern headquarters of the Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Directorate, aligning it with the Pentagon and Capitol Hill.

USS Chesapeake (Helicarrier)
A Luxor-class Helicarrier, named after one of the original 6 frigates built by order of the Naval Act of 1794, which created the modern U.S. Navy.

| NOTES |

• At this time, Garfield does not use the name "Beast Boy" or "Changeling".

| STORY HOOKS AND HALF-ASSED PLOTS |

On His President's Secret Service

From Qurac With Love

The Bounce House

Sor-Jan Xantha (Jedi Exile)

Enter the youngling... *cue Imperial March*

Name: Sor-Jan Xantha

Age: 9 years

Gender: Male

Species: Anzat

Appearance: A young boy who is exactingly near-human in almost all details, save for that his skin is slightly more 'ashen' or gray in complexion than that of a baseline human. The primary distinguishing characteristic is that Sor-Jan, like all Anzat, has no detectable heart rate or body rhythm, so that he appears as though a recently deceased corpse when asleep or lying prone. Sor-Jan also possesses two tendril-like proboscises, which are ordinarily retracted into cheek pouches on either side of his nose. The cheek pouches and proboscises are not visibly apparent when retracted. Identifying as Corellian, Sor-Jan wears a sage green youngling tunic in lieu of the standard Jedi brown palette.



Level: Initiate (Jedi youngling)

Class: N/A

Force Abilities: Force Speed, Telekinesis, Force Sense, Basic Mind Trick

Non-Force Related Skills: Basic Mechanical Knowledge, Basic Knowledge of Computers, Novice Understanding of First Aid, Novice Understanding of Piloting (Air Speeder)

Lightsaber Forms: Form III - Soresu

Lightsaber hilt and colour: Standard "Shoto" Training Lightsaber, green colour

Other Equipment: 1x datapad; 1x plush "teddy wookiee", whose name is Rawr.

History: As a newborn, the Anzati youngling was discovered outside of a Corellian orphanage in the hamlet of Bela Vistal and, later, adopted by a medical doctor and his wife, imparting to him the surname Xantha and naming him Sor-Jan. By the age of three, Sor-Jan had been identified by the Corellian Jedi as Force sensitive and he was taken into the custody of the Holy Order of Jedi Knights to be trained as a Jedi youngling. As of 19 BBY, Sor-Jan was part of Clan Womprat in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, which was under the care and supervision of a Thisspiasian Consular named Azul Gol..

Note: As Sor-Jan is less than a hundred years old, he doesn't do the "vampire thing" as of yet. My take on the character/species would be that, at his age, he'd be an omnivore the same as a human.

Christopher (Titans)

Name:
Christopher Welland

Alias:
Spawn (Hellspawn), Kid Spawn, Spawn Jr., etc. etc.

Role:
Titan

Brief Bio:
Ten years ago, Christopher Welland drowned after falling into a well. It was the kind of ordinary tragedy that happens in Smalltown, America as to have been utterly ignored by everyone who didn't know the Welland family. There was no heroic rescue by firefighters. There was no happy ending to the Amber Alert. Christopher had slipped and fell, breaking a leg in the process so that he had been unable to crawl back out of the flooded drainage ditch he had slipped down into. Those who attended the funeral all said the same thing, sometimes bad things just happen. There no reason to believe that anything sinister was at work behind the scenes, let alone the work of the divine.

No, not God, but a higher power. A man of miracles.

At the same time that Christopher Welland died, along with countless other souls all across the planet, a man named Al Simmons was being tortured to death. Somewhere between life and death, Christopher's soul became intertwined into Al Simmon's very being. Al Simmons emerged from Hell with a demon's pact that had made him into a Hellspawn, trained by Violator and then the ex-Hellspawn Cogliostro - who was in reality Cain, the first murderer. Al was unaware that Christopher and other souls were residing in his body, until a battle in which his heart was torn out. Having become the Hellspawn's heart, Christopher was now free of Al Simmon's body.

And then Christopher introduced Al to all the friends that he had made, inside of Al's body, a legion of over six thousand souls. With Christopher as the heart-key of the Legion, Al Simmons was able to overcome his demons - both those within and those without - and managed to prevent Armageddon. With the task for which the legion's souls had been prepared complete, most of the legion moved on to the afterlife. But Christopher remained behind, one of a handful of the legion's souls. Perhaps to try and make a difference. Perhaps to try and experience some shade of life as we know it. Perhaps for no reason other than to make his own destiny. For whatever the reason, he is an angel from Hell or a demon from Heaven. He is the sum of all lost innocence. He is Spawn.

Now he wanders, a being not of this Earth, and belonging to neither Heaven or Hell. He fights evil where he can, lifts up the impoverished, tries to bring justice to those who have none. But his greatest moment comes when he can help a soul to cross over from this life to the next, protecting them from the jealous armies of both Heaven and Hell so that they might be spared use as fodder in that never-ending story of jealousy and tragedy.

Abilities:
As an entity composed of roughly 9,000 units of necroplasm, Christopher is able to manipulate both tangible and intangible effects in the mortal realm as well as in Hell. He is effectively powerless, and mortal, when in the Heavenly realm.

- Super Stamina. As necroplasm is denser than human bone or tissue, Christopher weighs several hundred pounds more than he otherwise appears, making his body more durable than that of an ordinary mortal. This also contributes to his strength to a degree.

- Symbiote Armor. Having been part of Al Simmon's body, Christopher wears an identical Hellspawn suit that is composed of an off-shoot of K7-Leetha. The suit has a consciousness of its own and has been known to act in its own defense without Christopher's knowledge. As the suit is merged with his central nervous system, Christopher is able to manipulate the armor on a whim, generating chains, capes, spikes, or altering its appearance to resemble more mundane clothing.

- Shadow Teleport. Christopher's unique power, making him the heart of the Legion, Christopher is able to summon souls across the Void or even through the Veil. Using this power, he was able to teleport souls from out of Al Simmons body or summon them from the Great Beyond to the various realms or spheres of Hell.

- Nightmare Fuel. Christopher can recharge his necroplasm by drawing in the childhood phobias and nightmares of other children around him.

- Hellfire Manipulation. The most basic of the Hellspawn's power, to generate necroplasm as bolts of eldritch energy.

- Necromancy. Christopher can summon, manipulate, command, compel, and commune with the spirits of the dead.

- Flight/Phantasm Form. Christopher can make himself intangible, as though a ghost, allowing him to drift on air currents or pass through otherwise solid objects.

- Psychometry. The ability to see psychic impressions left by traumatic events concerning an object.

Personality:
Merrily, merrily, merrily... life is but a dream. The heart of Spawn, the key to the Legion, Christopher Welland has now been dead for longer than he was ever alive. The memories start to fade, like the taste of a Happy Meal that turns to ash in his mouth. In dreams, he tries to remember what it was like to be alive. In reality, he's grown detached through the decades. The War in Heaven, the self-imposed task of helping lost souls to cross over, have all reinforced that he is the personification of innocence lost. Sometimes though, he can still remember how to smile. It is a very beautiful dream, life, when he can remember it.

Appearance:

Originally appearing as a decomposing Hellspawn who gouged out his own eyes after witnessing Billy Kinkaid's perverse actions upon other children, Christopher's form has changed significantly since his return from Beyond. He appears now as he did when he was mortal. Or, at least, in as much as he recalls his mortal appearance. He has a closely cropped shock of blond hair and eyes that are ordinarily blue - though may glow with green hellfire when he is angered. While he is always attired in a symbiote suit, Christopher is sometimes successful in altering its form to appear to be black jeans and a black hoodie in lieu of the black, red, and white Spawn costume.

Affliation:
Infinity, Inc.

- Blossom Utonium. Christopher was not a founding member of Infinity, Inc, even though his acquaintance with Blossom dates back to the Power Puff Girls. The two have a shared history that is bittersweet for his part in helping Professor Utonium to cross over from this life to the afterlife.

- Dexter McPherson. As a mystical creature, Christopher often offers a supernatural perspective that eschews the dogma-like pragmatism of Dexter, who is the team mate that he understands the least.

- Danny Fenton. The team mate Christopher is closest to, for obvious reasons, as their heroic adventures between the human and otherworldly realms often lead their interests to coincide.

Other:
Theme song: "Demons" (Imagine Dragons)

Loki (One Universe)

Player Name:
Bounce

Character:
Loki Odinson (Laufeyson)

Power and Abilities:
Despite being a Frost Giant by birth, perhaps through the spells of Frigga or the machinations of Odin, Loki’s abilities more closely resemble those of an Asgardian. Loki’s body tissue is three times denser than that of a mortal, making him several hundred pounds heavier than he appears despite his small stature, while also being extremely durable, providing him with superhuman stamina and endurance. This also contributes to his strength, which is superior to that of a mortal man’s while being less than that of his “brother”, Thor. Loki is also able to regenerate damaged tissue, provided that he is not so severely injured as to be fatal (he is immortal, not invulnerable). Loki is immune to all known diseases and infections on Midgard, and speaks in the All-Tongue – the language of Asgard, which all men hear as their own language.

Despite his obvious physical advantages, Loki is primarily a sorcerer. It is possible that his understanding of the mystica arcana could rival that of Stephen Strange, but Loki knows that, through the Cycle of Ragnarok, he has likely forgotten more than he will ever remember knowing. The range of abilities that Loki displays include the casting of fully tactile, even self-aware illusions, telekinesis, extra-sensory perception, psychometry, reality manipulation, access to the Astral Plane, and the crafting of spells (typically scrolls).

Two known limitations of his power are that Loki is weaker on Midgard than on Asgard, owing to his birth was not of Gaea, and he can neither read people’s thoughts nor control their actions.

Affiliation:
Asgardian Pantheon

Alignment:
Walking the Line (Chaotic Good).

Character Notes:
While this version of the character is intended to be Kid Loki, he uses his powers of illusion to appear to be an adult version of himself. He may even appear female, if he feels that such would be to his advantage in manipulating the situation.

NPCs of Note: Leah, Handmaiden of Sif; Thori, Ikol

Background and Story So Far:
What if saving everything you hold dear meant having to let it burn? To be the hand that lit the flame? Would you sacrifice yourself for those you love, if the price of saving them meant that you would become the object of their immortal hatred? You see, this is a story of a time long, long ago. A tale of heroes. A tale of villains. A story with many parts, and one very important lesson.

Everything that has a beginning, has an end.

I am Loki, whose whim brought Asgard crashing down. I am Loki, whose tongue was an anvil where the sharpest lies were forged. I am Loki, and I have things to say that you must know. I am Loki, who you must not trust.

It is impossible to know where Loki’s story begins. This is not the first Loki, nor will it be the last. He has lived before and will do so again, when this body he occupies now has fallen. And it will fall, because that is his purpose. Loki will kill Balder. Heimdall will kill Loki. The AEsir will fall. The World Tree will break apart in waters that will send a deluge through all the nine realms.

And then the waters will recede. Two on each realm will survive, to repopulate the world. Old friends will meet again. And the Cycle... And the story will continue.

What makes Loki unique among the Asgardians is that he is aware of the Story and so very aware of his place in it. It is not the part that he would write for himself, and he has – at times – attempted to write a new chapter into the Story, so give himself a different role, each time to consequences most dire. No matter what he does, no matter who he loves, no matter what outcome... He is Loki. And that is his destiny and his destiny, alone.

In this current Story, as in many such before, he was born a weak and small Frost Giant, exposed to the elements by his father, Laufey, and left to die. Had this happened, perhaps the World Tree would be a better place, but that was not what was foretold. A war raged between Jotunheim and Asgard, a war which had brought Odin through the Bifrost to the frozen wastes to do battle, and it was there that the first mistake was made. Odin took pity on Loki, bringing him back to Asgard as a trophy, as hope for a future peace between Jotunheim and Asgard, and as his son.

The magic of Asgard transformed the Frost Giant infant into the likeness of a young Asgardian, the youngest of a pantheon of champions. The babe, left to die, now had a family, including two older brothers: Thor, God of Thunder, and Balder, the Brave. Often accompanying the Lady Sif, Loki became a companion to Thor and the Warrior’s Three. He became known for his mischief and trickery, playing with powers of illusion and the creation of games, which often only Loki could appreciate.

And then he met himself.

A magpie visited the Child-God in the night, leading him down into an ancient catacomb that held scrolls of stories Asgard had forgotten. And it was there, in one such scroll, that Loki found a message left for him by Loki – an echo of himself from a prior Ragnarok. This led to the second mistake. He could have destroyed the scroll. He should have destroyed the scroll. But he didn’t. He cast the scroll into magpie, giving form and life to the echo of his former self, which he called Ikol.

And Ikol told Loki many things, some of which are yet to be written, and many more of which the young god did not want to hear. But he needed to hear them, because he was Loki, and he would have a part to play in the Chapters to come.

Odin would fall into the Odinsleep, and Thor would be on Midgard. Balder would abdicate his responsibilities. And Loki? Loki would ascend to the throne of Asgard. A Frost Giant on the throne of Asgard. If the Warrior’s Three knew, Loki would find himself in a rather delicate predicament. But, Loki’s part was not yet done.

Because Thor was in trouble. Tides of darkness approached, the likes of which his brother would be unprepared to deal with. Unprepared, as he was now. Thor would become stronger. Loki would ensure that Thor became stronger, because Thor had a part to play, and Loki had to prepare him for it.

All it would cost Loki is a brother’s love.

But that was only the first of many sins. Necessary evils if the World Tree was to survive the next coming of Ragnarok. What did the poet say? All the world’s a stage and we, but players in’t.

Katie Power (One Universe)

Player Name:
Bounce

Character:
Katherine Margaret "Katie" Power (Energizer)

Power and Abilities:
Katie is a human empowered by the Kymellian sorcerer Aelfrye Whitemane with one-quarter of his own power. Specifically, Katie represents the physical principle of energy. Through physical contact, Katie functions by breaking down the molecular bonds of a solid, liquid, or gas and transferring the electrons. She can then expel the pent up energy through solid, concussive projections which typically first take shape as power balls on her chest or hands, from out of which the energy projection is then fired. Katie is also capable of absorbing directed energy attacks. It should be noted that solid and semi-solid objects provide her significantly more 'fuel' than if she tries to disintegrate and absorb energy from a gas. As a secondary effect of possessing the Kymellian energy power, Katie also has a minor healing factor which must be consciously activated and requires the ability to focus and concentrate in order for her to use that ability. Katie's absorption potential is finite and she experiences physical pain as she begins to reach her maximum tolerance, at which her body will reflexively expel the stored energy violently.

While in possession of Kymellian sorcery, even to the marginal degree to which she currently possesses it, Katie has access to another dimensional plane known as Elsewhere. A suit of unstable molecules appropriately emblazoned with the symbol for energy (yellow starburst) is maintained for her by the native beings of Elsewhere. By using the command 'costume on,' Katie can summon the suit on demand. If she is wearing any clothes at the time, those garments will be replaced with the suit instantaneously. The command 'costume off' reverses the transformation. The pockets of the suit are dimensional gateways to Elsewhere, allowing her to store an indeterminate amount of volume in her pockets, provided she can put the object in her pocket without tearing the suit. A tear could result in opening a rift through which one could fall into Elsewhere.

Affiliation:
Power Pack, The Xavier School

Alignment:
Hero (Neutral Good)

Character Notes:
This interpretation of the character blends the canon (Marvel 616) character of Katie Power with the Marvel Adventures version of the same, taking the origin story of the original and omitting the part of the canon Power Pack series in which the character possessed the velocity power (Lightspeed) and the gravity power (Counterweight). In terms of relative age and personality, she's the same as her Marvel Adventures counterpart (as opposed to her younger 616 self).

NPCs of note: Friday (alien AI), Carter Ghazikhanian, Annie Ghazikhanian

Background and Story So Far:
Katherine, always referred to as Katie, is the fourth child of James and Margaret Power, the second of two girls, the younger sister of Alexander, Julia, and Jack Power; with whom she formed the four person superhero team known as Power Pack. Her father was a physicist working under a U.S. government contract to develop a means of producing an alternative energy source, primarily through the use of anti-matter particles. Unknown to Dr. Power, two different alien species were observing him on Earth and concerned with his discovery. The power hungry Maraud of the Z'nrx wanted an anti-matter weapon for use against all the other races of the universe, while the Kymellian sorcerer Aelfrye Whitename intended to stop Dr. Power from completing his research as the Kymellians had seen device such as the one Dr. Power was designing cause great damage, despite all good intentions. Whitemane knew that Dr. Power's invention could trigger a chain reaction that would destroy the planet Earth.

Whitemane revealed himself one evening when the Z'nrx (Snarks) came to capture Powers. Though the Snarks did manage to abduct James and his wife Margaret, Whitemane had managed to save the four children from being captured. Sadly, during the fighting with the Snarks Aelfrye was mortally wounded. Dying, Whitemane transferred a portion of his alien powers into each of the four and tasked them with rescuing their parents, preventing the Snarks from obtaining their father's research, and preventing their father's work from destroying their world. No small order, given that Alex was 14, Julie was 12, Jack was 8, and Katie was 5 at the time.

With the aid of Whitemane's smartship, known as Friday, the children were able to pursue the Snarks and learned to use the powers that the Kymellian sorcerer had given them in what amounted to superhero on-the-job training. Of the four aspects (gravity, velocity, density, and energy) Katie received the energy power and took the name Energizer. Despite her small stature, limited physical strength, and the fact that she didn't have much control over her power; Katie proved herself to be the group's most powerful member. The four siblings did accomplish everything Whitemane had tasked them with and returned to their home in New York without their parents knowing that they were now super-powered. Taking the name Power Pack, the four ventured out to use their powers for the good of those around them.

Aelfrye's cousin, Kofi Whitemane, traveled to Earth in search of Power Pack in order to warn them of a new threat in the Snark upstart, Maraud's son Jakal. Kofi's ship was shot down, but he appeared in a dream to Carter Ghazikhanian; who had been seeing visions of the Power Pack. Guided by this developing dream sight, Carter met the Power Pack in Central Park and was able to lead them to the injured Kofi. The group was ambushed by Jakal's soldiers, but with Kofi and Carter at their side was able to fend off their attackers. After this, Carter joined the team as its fifth member (and the only one not a blood relative), taking the hero name Tattletale at Katie's suggestion.

When one of Alex's classmates died of a drug overdose, the Power Pack took on a more mundane enemy; the Garbage Man and his Trash gang. The Pack traveled to Elsewhere after Katie fell into the extra-dimensional pocket on her costume and ended up in the realm where their costumes were cleaned and transported. While in this dimension, the children visited the artificial Kymellian homeworld and learned that Kofi's father Yrik Whitemane had brainwashed their parents to ensure the children's abilities could remain secret. Angered by the unwanted intervention into their parents lives, Power Pack left Kymellia just before Maraud attacked it. Power Pack encountered Numinus, the cosmic embodiment of the wonders of the universe, and learned they were intended to save the Kymellians from extinction. Returning to Kymellia, they ran into Maraud who held Kymellia ransom in exchange for the powers of Aelfrye Whitemane. The children voluntarily transferred their powers to Maraud, but fought to reclaim them when the Snark warrior betrayed them and attacked Kymellia anyway.

When Carter's mother, Nurse Annie Ghazikhanian, took a job at the Xavier School she also had her son enrolled after discovering it was a school for mutants. While not exposing Katie's secret to her parents, Annie was successful in convincing the Powers to enroll Katie at the Xavier School, where she could learn to live with her powers in the open and refine her control so not to live in fear of hurting others through their accidental discharge.

Star Wars - Jedi Exile.

Captain Jordan said
If it wasn't so cliche, I'd suggest breaking out the Imperial March. But I can't see Jerek goose-stepping with the rest of them. How about some Evanescence? Maybe Nirvana?

I believe this is what you were looking for.

Star Wars - Jedi Exile.

Captain Jordan said
That would probably start Jerek on a not-so-great path downhill.

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It's possibly a side effect of having female voice actresses.

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Sloth said
I'm only pant-less around Bruce, Harley, and possibly Jinx if she asks nicely.

Excellent. Then no fear of Gizmo's apparent Kryptonite interfering with plans for the robot army take over.

Titans!

Water.

He remembered water. Cold water. His body shivering uncontrollably as he fought to try and lift himself out...

Out of... what? He couldn't remember. He had fallen and he couldn't get up. His leg hurt. It was bleeding. He could see something white sticking out of it and knew that was his own bone. And there was water. So much water. Rushing in. It had been up to his chest when he'd started to panic. Screaming. Shouting. Crying. Praying. Expecting God to be there. Expecting some angel to come. Hoping for someone. And someone never came.

Hypothermia had set in, as his head went under the water, but even as his limbs had stopped working his mind had still been conscious. Still been aware. He was watching air bubbles go to up the surface of the water, his body dragged down as he felt a burning sensation bursting in his chest.

That was the day, he died.

---

S A M A R
The Visaya Islands, Philippines

The young boy awoke, finding himself partially submerged and entombed in debris. Fingers of light pierced through the remains of the house, which had collapsed on top of him. The symbiote had formed a V-like brace of spikes around his head and neck, sheltering him from being crushed. His arms and legs were pinned underneath the water. Just like it had been when he'd died. With a scream, the Hellspawn burst from out of the wreckage, the cape lifting up the debris as an explosion of hellfire sent it into a million pieces. Pushing himself up, the dripping form of the young soldier of Hell stood and surveyed what remained of Maria's town.

The ocean was no longer restrained to a beachhead, instead the tide pushed water through what had been the city streets. Cars floated in rivers of mud, bodies, and trash collected along the way. Nothing was standing. No houses. No businesses. It was as if the finger of God Almighty had come down and wiped the town off the map of existence.

And Christopher, for all of his power, for all the good he had tried to do, hadn't saved anyone. He couldn't save anyone.

His foot connected with a body underneath the water in what had been the family's living room. Reaching down, Chris lifted Maria's body from out of the wreckage. She had grabbed onto him as the house had collapsed. And had been crushed under his weight when he'd been pinned under the wreckage. Gently, the Hellspawn let her go, the body slipping back under the water.

Because Maria wasn't there anymore.

He saw her. Standing around what remained of the town. As confused as the members of her family at what had happened to them. Now, as he rose from out of the wreckage, they looked to their anghel for answers to questions none of them wanted to ask.

No one who was dead wanted to know they were dead. It was the hardest thing to come to terms with. He knew that. He'd experienced it firsthand. And everyday since.

So he didn't give them answers. He showed them, instead, the way home.

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We have a PC Jinx. So... I just can't help myself.

| Identity |
Mikron O'Jeneus (Gizmo)

| Origin & Backstory |
Growing up in a junkyard outside of New York, the descendant of Irish immigrants who never caught a good break, young Mikron O'Jeneus had already earned the nickname Gizmo by the time he could walk. With an intelligence that challenged the public school system at the far end of nowhere any parent wanted to raise their kids, the state education system found it impossible to test the boy for how effortlessly he passed. The elementary and middle grades bored him. Advanced placement classes intended for graduating high schoolers gave him little more than pause. As a child, he outperformed every graduating valedictorian in the state of New York. That was when a routine pediatric examination turned up the possible reason why. Gizmo had an extremely rare form of brain cancer, which caused parts of the brain that were usually not active to form new connections in the brain.

Gizmo's already impoverished family was financially crushed with medical bills, which was when the H.I.V.E. first approached the family. Originally offering a grant to cover the medical expenses, two years ago the H.I.V.E. approached Gizmo's family with a scholarship offer than couldn't be turned down, but it involved a boarding school. Unlike his parents however, Gizmo was eager to cut ties to the ordinary and mundane people he felt were holding him back from achieving his real potential. The foundation - the H.I.V.E. - were all too eager to let the boy unleash that potential and all of the demons that came with such unfettered brilliance in such an immature person. Paired with fellow students Jinx, Ambush Bug, Mammoth, and Shimmer, Gizmo began an intensive set of training exercises that were the first tests to ever actually challenge him. Gizmo was recently dispatched to Gotham City, New Jersey as part of a field trip for the H.I.V.E. protegees. This Fearsome Five now waits in the Narrows of Gotham, awaiting the command to unleash chaos and terror on the city of the Batman.

| Character Notes |
No NPCs of note at this time.

| Powers & Abilities |

Beast Boy said "He's like a munchkin crossed with MacGyver!"

Gizmo actually possesses no super human powers or abilities. He possesses a genius level intellect in mechanical engineering, allowing even the most innocuous item to become a weapon of unparalleled destruction in his hands. Gizmo has a childish fantasy about gadgets and where science and technology collide is the point at which Gizmo is most dangerous. He has already created a number of gadgets and devices which seem remarkable for his age, including an anti-gravity vest and tablets capable of remote hacking data systems through WiFi, making him a dangerous technological terrorist. Gizmo most often carries a harness or backpack like device of his own design, which may incorporate either a weaponized jetpack or spider-like, multi-segmented exoskeletal limbs. Without his gadgets however, Gizmo is otherwise an ordinary young boy.

| How is this character different? |

The Master of Games said "Gizmo -- the nasty little boy with a very big brain!"

This interpretation of the character borrows heavily from the Teen Titans/Teen Titans GO! re-imagining of Gizmo as a preteen boy genius who would be a foil for Cyborg. I think there's a lot of potential for the re-imagined Gizmo outside of a comedic series, so I admittedly haven't changed much. One difference is borrowing the name of the mainstream version of the character and the only other is that I've explained the baldness as a result of childhood cancer treatments.

| What is your goal with this character? |
Blatant harassment of Gowi. Also, taking over Jump City with a robot army (provided Robin doesn't show up without pants).

| Sample Post |

The mechanical wings flared out, leveling the small boy in the air as he prepared to dive into a canyon-like divide between two walls. Already, a number of concussion grenade tipped RPGs were shooting up from weapon mount points along the smooth, metal walls below. Just like Beggar's Canyon back home, the bald-headed youth thought, dropping a pair of green goggles down over his eyes before he made the suicide run. Reaching into the pockets of the mechanics coveralls he wore, the boy produced two disc-like objects, which proceeded to unravel themselves into multiple plates, each resonating with a different frequency or magnetic signature.

The explosion was deafening, drowning out the gleeful shout as the child's short frame shot from out of the debris cloud as he dived from out of the air and into the confined space of the canyon. Columns shot up from out of the floor and the walls, creating an obstacle course that required the youth to maneuver over and under objects with sparse seconds with which to calculate the margins of error. Point defense cannons were popping up next, as the boy tapped a Playstation like controller on the wrist of his suit. Bomblets detached themselves from the exo-skeletal wings, streaking through the air to take out the anti-personnel weapons.

This was a race, but he was competing against himself. Trying to improve his time and performance over the last time he'd run this course. That made it a challenge, and Gizmo liked challenges. He didn't get enough of them.

As the boy neared the end of the canyon, the walls and the floor shot columns out in unison, intertwining to form a barrier. It had stopped him last time. But not this time. Pressing a button on the front of his vest, the boy's harness detached, continuing to sail on as the bald-headed youth tumbled to the ground. He didn't have the finesse of Jinx. He hit the ground hard, rolling with a grunt as he came up sore and painful. But as he looked up, the jetpack collided with the wall, its warhead arming and sending chunks of the twisted, scorched debris showering the canyon. Bracing himself, the youth held up a hand to shield his face as the flaming bits of wreckage rained down like hail around him. As the smoke began to clear, the youth lowered his arm and grinned wickedly at the sight of the passage blasted straight through the wall.

"Scorch me, baby!" the youth uttered, breaking into a run as he made for the exit. Leaping up, the youth gingerly watched his feet as the industrial-quality soles came down on sharpened points of broken and smoldering metal. Picking his way through the tunnel he'd blasted, the young Gizmo dropped down to the floor on the opposite side. He dropped to a three-point crouch, flipping the goggles back up on the top of his head as he stood to face the final challenge between himself and the finish line.

Mammoth stood between them, the giant teen pounding a fist into his palm and grinning as though giving testament to what he planned for Gizmo.

"Aw, crud," the boy muttered to himself, propping back to his feet. In a blur of motion, his right hand ducked into a cargo pocket on his thigh, whipping an object through the air toward the lumbering oaf of a teenager. "End of the line, snothead!" the eccentric technopath shouted defiantly.

Unfazed, Mammoth merely caught to object in one hand, closing his fist around it as though ready to crush it as he turned his palm toward his face to see what it was. The teen was perplexed for a moment, then held the object out as he glared at the boy. It was an old Motorola flip phone. "Want me to call your mommy for you?" the giant boomed.

The familiar Motorola ring tone heralded an explosion, as the battery overloaded and broke open the packet of sand and salt peter that had been stashed inside. What happened when those came together with the internal metals of the phone components was nothing short of Fourth of July beautiful. "Science, mothercruncher," Gizmo shouted in triumph as Mammoth hit the floor, unconscious. "Can you hear me now?"