CaptainManbeard

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Yeah, as long as you're in the park we'll find a way to rope you in with the rest of the group.

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Yeah, originally it was only David who was an intern, and it just kind of evolved from there. Gradually we all began finding ways to thread our characters together.

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Woo! Post is finally up.

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The Dillinger Room (Boardroom H-409)
Floor 43
Stark Tower
Midtown Manhattan, New York, USA
July 4th, 2023 9:13PM EDT

The five scientists sat around the table, watching the wall-mounted television as it played live coverage of the various events around the city. Jaggerdaw, Katy Perry, Andrea and the Honey Bees, and Cowboy Curtis were some of the shows getting major attention. With about seventeen minutes to go before the fireworks started, most of the acts were completing final numbers. The five men couldn’t have cared less about the music, however – they were watching for the results of their impromptu science experiment.

They were all accomplished businessmen as well as doctors, though eventually they all found themselves enthralled by Stark Industries to some degree, whether through trade deals or outright acquisitions of their companies. Still, they had to agree the Stark name gave them more pull than any of them had previously.

Dr. Samuel Sterns, Grayburn Labs

Dr. Nathaniel Essex, Milbury Labs

Dr. Victor von Hassen, AccuTech R&D

Dr. Norman Osborn, Oscorp BioTech Solutions

Dr. Anton Vanko, Trask Robotics

The men conversed amongst themselves for several minutes while the music acts wrapped up, and then suddenly one of the camera feeds snapped back to Hunter’s Point as there was some kind of commotion. Then a young woman jumped on stage and started issuing a warning over the PA system.

“Isn’t she von of yours?” Vanko asked Sterns in his native Russian accent. “How is zis? How did she know vat vee are doing?”

“Damn it, Caty,” Sterns said quietly, shaking his head. “Yes, she is one of my interns. Brilliant young mind.”

“So how does she know what we are planning?” demanded Essex angrily in his English accent.

“We need answers, Sam,” agreed von Hassen, who had a small Latverian/Hungarian accent, but was much less pronounced than Essex or Vanko. The three of them were also the only members of the group not born in America.

“She must have overheard me on the phone,” Sterns said, lowering his head in disappointment. “I thought I was being careful. But I see now I let my anger at Stromm weaken my guard.”

“She mentioned her friend was trying to stop the mist,” Osborn pointed out. “Who else would she have there with her?”

“Most likely her brother Danny and their friend David,” explained Sterns. “The three of them are the brightest minds of all my interns, and David has already spent several years at Harvard College, and… Wait a minute…” Sterns got up and started looking around.

“I never mentioned any specifics about where the Crystals were while on the phone…” he said as he began poking his head around the shelves and cabinets on the wall opposite the television. Then he found what he was seeking. “Aha! The little stinkers placed a hidden wireless camera in here.” He pulled it out, dropped it on the floor, and stomped it.

“So that’s how they knew,” said Essex. The others nodded.

“That means they must have rushed to Hunter’s Point as soon as we mentioned it here in this room.” added von Hassen.

“You know vat zis means, yes?” asked Vanko, leaning back in his chair and placing his hands behind his head, fingers intertwined.

“No, Vanko,” Sterns said firmly. “They’re just kids. We’ll find another way.”

“But what if they have been recording the video feed from that camera to a storage drive?” Osborn pointed out. “That could destroy us. Plus we're already causing plenty of deaths -- what's three more?” All five men sat there in silence for a moment.

“Zere is no choice, zen,” Vanko concluded. “Zey must die...”

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Hunter’s Point South Park
Long Island City, Queens, New York, USA
July 4th, 2023 9:35PM EDT

“Oh my god,” Donny cried out, finally standing to his feet after a sudden dizzy spell. “What the bloody hell was that mist?!”

“I don’t know – are you okay?” asked Owen, concerned. He had a raging headache.

“I think I’m okay, but you don’t look too good.”

“My head is fucking killing me,” Owen replied, rubbing his temples. “That must have been a biological attack of some kind.”

“All these injured people,” Donny said, a tone of grief in his voice as he looked around. “This is horrible.”

“At least we’re alive,” Owen added. “We should get to a hospital straight away, though.”

“Yeah, that’s – Waylon! You’re okay!” the guitarist was overjoyed to see his friend and bandmate walk up, towing along his sister. “We need to find the others and get some help. I’m sure by now multiple people have called the emergency services. We should do what we can to help.”

“Let’s worry about our own arses,” Owen said, annoyed.

“How can you be so selfish in a time like this?” snapped Donny. The two of them argued back and forth a bit.

Meanwhile, David was still hunched over on the dock, soaking wet, coughing up blood and bawling his eyes out, both because of the horror of the situation and the enormous pain his face was in from taking that cannon head-on. He slammed his fists down repeatedly on the wood.

“Damn it… Damn it… FUCK! AAARGGH!” Blood, river water, and tears pooled beneath him as he wept. When he heard Caty approach, he looked up at her, total despair in his eyes, his open wound visible. A moment later, they saw a young woman approach them who seemed equally distressed.

(this image is special effects makeup)


On the other side of the park, Luke was still struggling to stand, his eyes burning. “Gah! What… What is this?” he grunted and tried to focus, but his vision felt strained. He stumbled through the crowd, accidentally running into Danny. “I’m sorry! Hey, you – you’re one of the guys that was trying to warn us, right?” he asked, squinting. Then he fell backwards, gasping out in pain as his eyes began to glow red.

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Hehe, I added logos for my characters on the CS side. Feel free to give your characters the same treatment. The ones I used are just placeholders until I get a chance to make custom ones. I'll include some of my previous custom logos from before. This is probably the style I'll use:

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I'm sorry I should clarify things better. Superhuman everything is equivocal to peak human performance to all the facets that register under "strong and fast" if you will. And no, she is no Superman. Her power is new and will be treated like so, but while she couldn't pick up a car significantly she could rip off two doors and a trunk.

What do you think?

@role model

Ah, okay. That's fair. So on her CS, I would list that as "Enhanced Strength, Stamina, and Agility" or something similar. "Superhuman Everything" would usually indicate one of Superman's level, as in every aspect of their physical body is enhanced. Strength, speed, stamina, sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell, as well as any brain function. It basically denotes one of near perfection, the epitome of successful evolution down to every molecule and cell.

Also, I edited my intro post with the aforementioned changes. I'm sorry that makes everyone have to edit their times, and I was an idiot for not realizing that 8PM in July was not even dark enough for fireworks, lol. I changed my two timestamps to 8:30 and 9:13, added in a reference to them trying to contact the other interns, and gave a little more detail in the last few paragraphs.

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Shit, I will need to make a couple changes to my intro post. I just now realized that the events start at 8pm, but the actual fireworks don't start until much later. The event is usually 8pm-10pm, so based on the timing of that livestream, the fireworks don't actually go off until 9:30, when it's darker. I will update that in my intro post, add the reference to them trying to contact the other interns, as well as include a little more detail about what's going on around them since the other barges would be setting off fireworks like normal at first.

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Also one thing to note is that the other interns are not necessarily at Hunter's Point -- it's only one of many spots where people gather to watch the fireworks. Here's a video from 2017's event, showing part of it at Hunter's Point:

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You know what I just realized? For a trio of geniuses neither Caty, David, or Danny thought about texting or calling the other interns before they joined them at the park.

@King Kindred

There's no guarantee they would have everyone's numbers in their phones. The interns have mostly only known each other for a month and have seen each other mostly every day, plus perhaps they didn't want to waste time trying to explain the situation. Though, still, you do bring up a fair point I hadn't considered, so I can edit my intro post to include them texting out the warning to the other interns.

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I'm here! Yeah I chose Black Widow but she's an American student who trained in mixed martial arts in the states and overseas. Besides that she's a college student with absolutely no spy training. After the two or three post cycles stream she'll find herself superhuman everything and able to control metal(cause she would be a gunslinger LOL)

@role model

So, she's similar to Magneto? Can you also define "superhuman everything" for me? Clearly we don't want her running around like Superman.