Cyrania

Worlds Collide: A Merged Universe Superhero Roleplay

Happy Secretive Saturday, where secrets and conspiracies come head to head.

All the Martians are now on their ways to their next story beats.

Worlds Collide: A Merged Universe Superhero Roleplay

M A R T I A N M A N H U N T E R
M A R T I A N M A N H U N T E R

@King Kindred
New York City, USA

If anyone were to look back towards where the 'Green Goblin' had been after the SUVs rolled in, they would find him gone, vanished into thin air. And that's about literally what happened as he turned invisible then fled, phasing through a nearby building where a curious cat watched the proceedings above. Once he was out of sight of the group (though perhaps not out of sight of that cat), he then became visible again before shifting into the form of a fireman and wandering, seemingly with random purpose, over and through 5 random blocks. Then he hid again before reemerging in the form of one of the many civilians now pondering what was going on. Then he repeated this pattern a couple more times before he made it back to the river then turned invisible again in order to fly back over then take up another new form before double-triple checking to make sure he hadn't been followed, then finally once again allowing himself to return to the comfort of Detective John Jones.

J'onn knew very well he was likely being paranoid. He had been careful. This was the only major slip up of the entire two years he'd lived on Earth. There was no conceivable way the US government nor any other major organization would have any idea who and what he was, nor any other government entity especially not Mars. Still, he'd already taken too many chances today. He couldn't afford to take any more. The survivors were getting help, they'd be fine, as would the other heroes. He could just return to his normal life again. Speaking of which...He reached into his trench coat pocket and drew out his phone. Several missed calls...That did track. As the next call came in, he finally answered it. "Hello?"

"Jones!" Baxter's voice rang from the other end. "Where've you been?! I've been trying to get in contact with you for over an hour!"

"My apologies, Lieutenant. I was, caught up in the recent excitement."

"Really? Are you alright?"

"Perfectly so. I'll be able to head back in, as I assume you've been calling to ask..."

"Got it in one. New government guys seem to have been spotted, but still, this is an all hands on deck situation. Everyone's to come in to aid the Brooklyn Precinct's part of the relief efforts as well as to take care of the upcoming crime spike we'll be seeing. I'll let you know your exact assignment once you're in here."

"Understood. I'll be there shortly." Then he hung up and hurried on his way. A policeman's work was never done.

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KANSAS CITY
Kansas, USA

The four stayed frozen in shock as the newsfeed started to wind down, and the Martian Manhunter disappeared from view.

Dr. B'nja'in then pushed back his glasses, recovering first. "We're going to need to adjust our plans."

"Can we really just 'adjust our plans'?" Ash'r turned towards him. "This is the Martian Manhunter we're talking about. If the government has sent him after us, there's no way we're going to come out of this alive."

"Not even Manhunter is all powerful, Ash." M'yr'am swallowed down her own worries. "Nor all knowing. Clearly he doesn't know where we are if he's showing himself in New York City. We then have the advantage."

"For now..." Le'i's eyes stayed glued to the phone screen. "We're going to need to go underground though. And fast."

"We don't have the resources. And fifty people are going be hard to go underground with together."

"Simple then." Le'i lifted up his eyes. "We'll need to split up. 10 groups of five, each building up their own cells around this country. And we keep no contact with each other."

Ash'r looked in shock. "What?!"

"Look, the more people in a group, the more chances he can infiltrate it. We could have risked sticking together with just normal government enforcers coming after us, but not with him. Five people will be much easier to hide."

"Though also easier for him to overcome." Dr. B'nja'in's brow furrowed. "We do need to split up, but into groups of ten. And we will make sure there is some contact just in case things change."

"Fine." Le'i stood up. "We'll talk with the rest over who goes where...New York City could be the most dangerous or the safest option depending on how long Manhunter intends to remain there."

"I would lean on safest." M'yr'am rose with him. "I'm not sure why he'd feel the need to help with the Fire Trolls. But if he was in New York to search for us, he'd quickly realize we aren't there and start searching elsewhere."

"True..." Le'i frowned. "Still, he might be there lying in wait for any of us to come to the city. Whoever ends up in New York then, will need to be prepared to deal with the Martian Manhunter."

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RANDOM MOTEL
Somewhere, USA

The news report wrapped up and the woman immediately started using his phone to search through available planes at the nearby airport. Of course, several flights were closed at the moment due to the attacks in New York City and Metropolis, but there were a few other nearby cities. She could make it to one of them then find some puppet to take her to the gala Frost Industries was advertising. The important thing though was to get there in time.

It was as she was strolling through that her communicator began to ping. With a roll of her eye, she took it out from her pocket and made sure to smile brightly for the camera. "Why, good morning, Doctor."

"Cay'an," the figure crossed his arms sternly. "You were meant to check in before this. Does the search go poorly?"

"The search has gone well. However, I have found a more significant prize to pursue."

One brow raised in question. "What could be more significant than 200 dissidents? Especially when you were assigned to the ship that continued three of their primary leaders?"

She then smirked, tapping the phone screen to bring up the previous news footage to his view. "A specter from the past...Seems we have an answer for where Manhunter suddenly vanished to."

The figure then froze. "...You're certain?"

"I'll be heading to the scene to make certain. If I do find and capture him, we could send him back to you to remind him of where his loyalties lie then he would be a wonderful asset for recovering all our dissidents in a more timely manner."

"Sensible...Asides from the fact that you think you can capture him on your own. You may be a master of domination, but he knows your tricks and won't fall for them easily."

"Oh I know my own limits." She then sped up to where Thor came into view. "This planet has many heroes though, willing to help a damsel in distress. This one in particular shows signs of being equally as strong as him."

"If not stronger..." The Doctor peered at the footage with great interested. "And he can also summon rain?"

"Indeed, along with lightning. The rain would be wonderful for our struggling farmers. And the lightning could aid us in our electrical generation as well as helping speed up the process of extracting water from the polar ice caps."

"Potentially...However, he could always be harder to guide and may refuse to leave with you."

"Oh I'll make sure he does. He's dealing with extreme ungratefulness from his main city and seems to have a weakness for women from various news outlets and rumor boards. At the very least, it should be easy to persuade him that it would be best to guard us home in order to make sure Manhunter can't escape. From there, you can work the same 'magic' on Thor that you did with him."

"Thor's his name?"

"Yes. Seems its based off some old god of thunder."

He then smiled. "Gods use to rule the people. Now, we make the people rule the gods...Carry on, but make sure to give frequent reports. If you are successful, you may very well earn that prize you've been seeking for."

Her smile grew. "I will make sure then to not disappoint. Cay'an, out." Then she closed the communicator and sighed. Yes, everything she could ever want was in her grasp. She just now needed to snatch it!

Worlds Collide: A Merged Universe Superhero Roleplay

Didn't you know? This is secretly a X-Men rp. Superman is just a mutant from Krypton.

@Taka

You're not even reaching for the low-hanging fruit.

For all anyone knows, Martian Manhunter is a mutant Martian

Worlds Collide: A Merged Universe Superhero Roleplay

Has anyone touched upon the American government yet? I was leaning towards a Republican administration that won due to anti-mutant hysteria inflamed in the 2020s by conservatives and the far-right. But I wanna make sure before my next Genosha post.

@Mao Mao

Well, we have Warbird who is involved with the American Government along with our Monster Comandos. Then I and Stormaxx have Amanda Waller as someone working on secret government organization that doesn't quite follow rules which has done some experimentation.

I would just suggest that not all Republicans would hate mutants, even if they should support things like the Superhero Registration that Lionel Luthor is starting in Metropolis. Just to not make the US government fully evil.

Worlds Collide: A Merged Universe Superhero Roleplay

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I wasn't saying that Jean wasn't around. She's in his allies. She's just not a love interest for Scott.

@Taka

Still, it would be good for you to hash out Scott Summers relationship with Emma Frost and Jean with @Stormyx since Stormy already has Emma as a former ex of Scott Summers, who'd left her to return to Jean.

Then also hash out how Scott Summers will work with Ezekiel's X-Men team.

Otherwise, your sheet looks good to me. We'll let @Half Pint get a chance to inspect it though.

Also, @DocTachyon, Blade & Vigilante are accepted. Feel free to post them in the character chat.

@Ezekiel I'm sure your acceptance will be soon. We're just making sure that all X-men characters are on the same page as regards to how things will go moving forward.

Also a heads up for everyone, we're adjusting the timeframe for when characters being accepted from 24 hours to 48 hours. This way, Half Pint has more time to review sheets and there's more time for people to write up their own character sheet if they want to be a certain character.

Worlds Collide: A Merged Universe Superhero Roleplay

Guys we're really slacking on the OOC.

For a while we had a 20 OOC to 1 IC ratio.

@Sep

Seems like this last post might help with catching back up with that ratio.

Worlds Collide: A Merged Universe Superhero Roleplay

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Emma is always happy with money 💰

My Frost Friday post will be a soft intro to the build up to the Gala c:
Not going lie I'm stoked with what I'm cooking in this current post and feel like I've found that sweet spot and pace for Emma now 😍

@Stormyx

Always good to find that sweet spot.

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I don't really see it as a 'skill issue's per say so much as that's the Kryptonian bio field provides a form of constant interference preventing any and all telepaths from getting in their noggins.

@Lord Wraith

Huh, didn't know about this piece of lore.

I'd kinda assumed Telepathy was linked to magic and so were both weaknesses for Superman.

Worlds Collide: A Merged Universe Superhero Roleplay

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J'onn was an idea I had originally, but then that opens Kal up to being vulnerable to telepathy and so I didn't want to go that route either.

@Lord Wraith

In J'onn's defense, he did study to be a psychologist before the whole 'getting captured and mentally broken to obey by his government' thing. So it's not like he's just an average telepath.

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In all seriousness, i'd go the Animated Series route, where he gets deprogrammed by realizing that what's happening is entirely antithetical to who he is and what he believes. Yes, sending Lobo to the Phantom Zone is a bit cruel, but not against who his entire being. Possibly play to the fact that the people of Metropolis are running scared and someone is killed in the stampede, or maybe even the people getting ready to bow down to King El is the cold splash of water he needs. Play to the fact that Kal is a naturally good person at heart.

I don't care if it's cheesy, that's the shit i love Superman for.

@mattmanganon

I would definitely like this.

Otherwise, maybe have Ryan snapping at Clark and that snapping him out of it.

Worlds Collide: A Merged Universe Superhero Roleplay

I appreciate the enthusiasm, @Ezekiel. But we haven't officially approved you yet.