El Gato Naranja

Fractured, Real World Superhumans

Corvus Helstrom and Matthias Helstrom

It has been four months since Corvie and Matthias had come back from the dead, reforming from the dust that had been left to gather in the abandoned Helstrom household. Their disappearance had caused great heartbreak for their mother, father, and sister; in their grieving and utter despair in the wake of their terrible loss, what remained of the Helstrom family had moved away to Atlanta, Georgia, where they had made a new life and home for themselves. Their old home was sold to a newly wed couple from Augusta, who expressed their deepest condolences to the Helstroms as the latter left Maine entirely in an effort to keep the pain that they had felt in the day of the brothers' disappearance from resurging again and again. Mariah, Matthias' widow, had returned to Ontario, Canada, believing that her beloved was gone forever and ever from the face of the Earth.

But they returned. Those that had been turned to dust during the Event had all returned, and in their comeback, some had manifested powers that are beyond the ken of human science to ever explain and know. Corvus and Matthias were among those that had returned to the world of the living, and in their return, the younger brother manifested the power of an unearthly form of fire; a blueish green flame that would not burn unless if Corvus willed it so. Matthias was given the power of ice and cold by whatever unknown source these powers had come from. And now, well, they had reunited with their family in Atlanta, bringing great joy and relief as they had been thought to be long dead. Their newfound abilities were no secret to the rest of the Helstroms, either, and it was clear that nothing will ever be the same.

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Atlanta, Georgia
The Morning

"Matt." Corvie called out as he mixed his morning coffee on the dining table. It was six am; the other Helstroms were still asleep, tired from the birthday party for Corvie that they had thrown last night. It was a miracle, their mother said. Mariah had even flown in from Canada when she heard that Matthias and Corvus were still alive and... well, let's just say that they can't get back together now that she had found someone else... which was quite sad, really.

Matthias got up from the sofa and walked towards Corvie and his morning coffee, giving him a very snuggly hug from behind before sniffing the aroma wafting from the coffee. "Hi little bro. You're awake so soon?"

"I just woke up." Corvus confided, sipping from the cup while putting a hand a piece of paper that he had been scribbling on for a few minutes now. "It's just that... everything is so different." That last phrase came along with him conjuring a ball of fire on his hand, looking at it very intently. "Your... wife, I mean, ex-wife... you two can't get together any more, and our house got sold..." There was a whimper, and a tear dripped on the table. "It's unfair. We got this powers but the things that really matter are unrecognizable. People look at us as though they see a ghost."

"Oh, dear." Matthias sat on a chair and wrapped his brother around his arms, comforting him. "Everything is really weird ever since we got back, but we'll get through this. Give it time."

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Atlanta, Georgia
Somewhere near the CNN Towers
Now

"Oh my God." Corvus looked up at the CNN towers, watching as the events in live television unfolded. He had been walking back from school when the horrid news came in; an Empowered mass murderer had broken into the CNN towers, killing dozens of people in the process. He was right there, in front of the towers. Now... the time for decision has come. Why does he have these powers if he can't do anything useful with them, anyway? All he could do was watch as the police converged in the entrance.

And then, a rather familiar hand took hold of his arm. Corvie looked up to see his brother Matthias, who looked a little worried. "Hey, what are you still doing here?", Matthias asked. "Don't tell me you're gonna go in there!"

"I'm not! The police will block me even if I wanted to, anyway." Corvie sighed rather dejectedly. "We should help... why have powers if we can't use them to help people..."

Fractured, Real World Superhumans

Name: Matthias Helstrom
Age: 27
Gender: A Man
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 75 kilograms
Ethnicity: Swedish-American
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Religion: Lutheran
Occupation: College Professor (formerly)

Ability:

Anomalous Ice Manipulation: Matthias has the ability to rapidly reduce the kinetic and thermal energy of objects either through physical touch or a 'beam' of cold wind and snow that he projects from his hands, freezing or slowing them down. He also generates a type of ice that is nearly black in color through his cold beams. This ice has anomalous properties, namely having a melting point of 45° C as well as being as hard as rock.

Temperature Resistance: Matthias resists temperature based damage; he is unaffected even by absolute zero, and only suffers burns at 1,500° C.

Background: Matthias was born as the eldest child of Ana and Stephen Helstrom in Belfast, Maine. He would grow up as a model citizen and an eldest sibling that people should look up to. Courteous, caring, and rather intelligent, Matthias would be seen with favour by people in their part of town, though some other kids would be quite jealous and… well, insecure, because of that.

When Leona, and then Corvus, were born, Matthias was always excited to have a new sibling; when they all grew older, he'd be quite protective of them, secretly watching Leona when she had her first date and coming with Corvus when he went off to a party with beer pong, though the latter is probably because he enjoyed teenage shenanigans himself. Matthias would then continue studying in the university, graduating with flying colors and eventually becoming a professor in a college in Belfast. Oh, and he got married too to Mariah Vetrawski.

He had been grading the works of his students when the Event occurred. He had just congratulated everyone for their hard work and promised to get his advisory into a pizza trip when he turned to ash, and thus, was presumed dead. What was worse was that his brother Corvie was dusted as well; Leona was left behind.

When he returned, so did Corvie. The brothers were given an address by Corvie's friends; apparently, the rest of the Helstroms had moved to Georgia. With their house completely devoid of life and furniture, they would go to Georgia, to seek for their family, for they were waiting...

Fractured, Real World Superhumans

Corvus Helstrom

Name: Corvus Helstrom; nicknamed Corvie
Age: 22
Gender: A Man
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 65 kilograms
Ethnicity: Swedish-American
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Religion: Lutheran
Occupation: College Student

Ability:
Anomalous Fire Manipulation: Corvus has the ability to conjure fire from his hands, feet, and mouth. His fire is blueish-green in color, indicating that it has anomalous properties. Notably, Corvie's flames seem to be capable of selective damage; they do not burn things when he does not want them to; as such, even if someone stands on flames that he had conjured, it will not hurt them unless Corvus has ill intent towards them. However, it behaves as normal fire otherwise, and if Corvus does not actively desire for the flames to not destroy, they will burn any combustible objects they touch. He can also either intensify or weaken/douse out fire, whether or not it came from him.

Temperature Resistance: Corvus is resistant to both heat and cold; he resists damage up to the melting point of tungsten (3,422 degrees Celsius), and does not suffer frostbite in temperatures above -100° C.

Background: Corvus Helstrom was born to a rather well off family of Swedish descent in Belfast, Maine. He had two siblings; Matthias and Leona. Corvus was the youngest of the three, and was thus often favoured in many ways; his older brother was quite overprotective, and Leona was… well, she was also like that. Corvus, or as he was usually nicknamed, Corvie, would live a rather normal life, rife with the normal kind of shenanigans that any person his age would have. There was sneaking off to parties, looking for girlfriends, and all that shabang. All things considered, he was pretty much normal, if one did not consider his name; Latin for Raven, to be rather esoteric in this time and age.

When the Event occurred, Corvie had been playing Fortnite with his friends. They were having a sleepover in the Helstrom household, and in the moment of victory, Corvie disintegrated into ash. He was missed dearly…

And then he came back. Oh. My. What a shock it was to everyone... except that his family had moved to Georgia. His friends that had been left behind during the Event, shocked as they were, directed him to an address in Atlanta, Georgia, where the Helstrom family had moved. Little does he know that he is being followed by the Legion en route...

Matthias Helstrom

Name: Matthias Helstrom
Age: 27
Gender: A Man
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 75 kilograms
Ethnicity: Swedish-American
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Religion: Lutheran
Occupation: College Professor (formerly)

Ability:

Anomalous Ice Manipulation: Matthias has the ability to rapidly reduce the kinetic and thermal energy of objects either through physical touch or a 'beam' of cold wind and snow that he projects from his hands, freezing or slowing them down. He also generates a type of ice that is nearly black in color through his cold beams. This ice has anomalous properties, namely having a melting point of 45° C as well as being as hard as rock.

Temperature Resistance: Matthias resists temperature based damage; he is unaffected even by absolute zero, and only suffers burns at 1,500° C.

Background: Matthias was born as the eldest child of Ana and Stephen Helstrom in Belfast, Maine. He would grow up as a model citizen and an eldest sibling that people should look up to. Courteous, caring, and rather intelligent, Matthias would be seen with favour by people in their part of town, though some other kids would be quite jealous and… well, insecure, because of that.

When Leona, and then Corvus, were born, Matthias was always excited to have a new sibling; when they all grew older, he'd be quite protective of them, secretly watching Leona when she had her first date and coming with Corvus when he went off to a party with beer pong, though the latter is probably because he enjoyed teenage shenanigans himself. Matthias would then continue studying in the university, graduating with flying colors and eventually becoming a professor in a college in Belfast. Oh, and he got married too to Mariah Vetrawski.

He had been grading the works of his students when the Event occurred. He had just congratulated everyone for their hard work and promised to get his advisory into a pizza trip when he turned to ash, and thus, was presumed dead. What was worse was that his brother Corvie was dusted as well; Leona was left behind.

When he returned, so did Corvie. The brothers were given an address by Corvie's friends; apparently, the rest of the Helstroms had moved to Georgia. With their house completely devoid of life and furniture, they would go to Georgia, to seek for their family, for they were waiting...

Kairos Ravenclaw

Name: Kairos Ravenclaw Garcia-Powell
Age: 26
Gender: A dude
Height: 5'3"
Weight: 58 kilograms
Ethnicity: Filipino-American
Sexual Orientation: This man is asexual. For now.
Religion: Baptist Protestant
Occupation: Journalist/Activist

Ability:

Terrakinesis: Kairos has the ability to manipulate rock within light of sight, though his geokinetic hold decreases over distance. He is able to glide along rocky surfaces, making him highly maneuverable, especially underground.

Seismic Sense: Kairos is able to sense vibrations in the ground beneath his feet in a heightened degree, allowing him to sense if there is someone approaching within ten miles.

Background: Born in Manila, Kairos was the only child of a Filipina woman named Andrea Garcia and her American husband, Jeremiah Powell. He lived a rather normal life, though when he grew older, it would be noted that he had very strong political convictions and was a rather active activist. He would receive quite a few death threats, both online and in real life, and eventually, his family emigrated to the States, though Kairos continued his advocacies, no matter what.

It was during a meeting that he was disintegrated during the event; he and his fellow activists were planning a rally to protest when several people in the room turned to dust, including Kairos. He would, however, along with the rest of Returned, come back forty days later, changed by the Event forever...

Recollections: Magnanimous (Cancelled)

Penis

@The Ghost Note

Why

Fractured, Real World Superhumans

Name: Corvus Helstrom; nicknamed Corvie
Age: 22
Gender: A Man
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 65 kilograms
Ethnicity: Swedish-American
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Religion: Lutheran
Occupation: College Student

Ability:
Anomalous Fire Manipulation: Corvus has the ability to conjure fire from his hands, feet, and mouth. His fire is blueish-green in color, indicating that it has anomalous properties. Notably, Corvie's flames seem to be capable of selective damage; they do not burn things when he does not want them to; as such, even if someone stands on flames that he had conjured, it will not hurt them unless Corvus has ill intent towards them. However, it behaves as normal fire otherwise, and if Corvus does not actively desire for the flames to not destroy, they will burn any combustible objects they touch. He can also either intensify or weaken/douse out fire, whether or not it came from him.

Temperature Resistance: Corvus is resistant to both heat and cold; he resists damage up to the melting point of tungsten (3,422 degrees Celsius), and does not suffer frostbite in temperatures above -100° C.

Background: Corvus Helstrom was born to a rather well off family of Swedish descent in Belfast, Maine. He had two siblings; Matthias and Leona. Corvus was the youngest of the three, and was thus often favoured in many ways; his older brother was quite overprotective, and Leona was… well, she was also like that. Corvus, or as he was usually nicknamed, Corvie, would live a rather normal life, rife with the normal kind of shenanigans that any person his age would have. There was sneaking off to parties, looking for girlfriends, and all that shabang. All things considered, he was pretty much normal, if one did not consider his name; Latin for Raven, to be rather esoteric in this time and age.

When the Event occurred, Corvie had been playing Fortnite with his friends. They were having a sleepover in the Helstrom household, and in the moment of victory, Corvie disintegrated into ash. He was missed dearly…

And then he came back. Oh. My. What a shock it was to everyone... except that his family had moved to Georgia. His friends that had been left behind during the Event, shocked as they were, directed him to an address in Atlanta, Georgia, where the Helstrom family had moved. Little does he know that he is being followed by the Legion en route...

Fractured, Real World Superhumans

Hello. I'll app for this... if Geokinesis or Magnetokinesis are not taken.

The discord link is not working for me btw, lol.

Innocence Lost - A Science Fantasy RP [v.03]

Finbarr Callaghan | The Spacetime Breacher

In preparation for this latest mission, Finbarr had... not really done that much. Other than some bouts of practicing his plasma swordsmanship, he had spent most of the time in between the fight in the Akriem's Razor sleeping or eating or... being the cute one in their merry little group. At this moment, he had the same gear he had back when they had completely annihilated the Erudite Guard, though he would often be spotted writing in his diary. Now...

"Actually, Finbarr has a way around that, although I'm not sure I should be open about revealing the exact details if he hasn't openly indicated he's willing to share. Then again, he might already have told us about it earlier and I could have forgotten. Either way, he has a way around that which can be used for a quick getaway."

"Nah, it's alright mate." Finbarr walked forward to share the way by which he bypasses the range limit of his breach portal. "I can portal to places as long as one of these requirements are met. I'll be able to portal to a place if I can see it within a hundred meters, or if I am already familiar with the place enough in order to visualize it within my mind, which is how I am able to connect two points in time and space through the breaches." Finbarr paused, as if hesitating to share this one last tidbit to everyone in here... though his fellow Star Marines already knew that anyway, and it would be very convenient for Natasha and the rest of the crew if they knew everything he could do. Glancing at everyone, he then continued. "I can portal to a place I don't know if someone I know is in there, and if I sense that they are in danger." He tapped Ashton at the shoulder. "I have metacognition as part of my magical skill set. If any of these blokes find themselves in mortal danger, I will know. And I can get to them even if they are in places I don't know about."

Finbarr shrugged. "I guess love connects us all, after all."

Agents of SHIELD - Concluded

Astrad Lungren

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Location: Asgard

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Astrad was back on his feet just as fast as he had been thrown to the ground; he had gotten used to getting shot at raher quickly in the last few hours. He didn't display any signs of annoyance, or any other emotion, for that matter; it was just that people throwing electricity or light at him has become a highly common occurrence. "I was literally told to shoot her and her friends in the head from a distance by my superior. I decided not to, you're welcome. Now can we all please just go back to Earth so that we will part ways and hopefully never see each other again. And maybe kick some shapeshifters at the face." Astrad would just sigh rather dejectedly and went away, going towards the direction that Nanna had pointed. Amelia was the only one he had any measure of liking at the moment now, except of course for their Asgardian hosts. Nanna was nice. Very nice.

"Let's just go already..." He didn't want to stay around the hostile couple any longer. But again, it was his fault that the pregnant woman was so mad, but... Astrad just didn't have a choice back there. His superior was rather strict. And speaking of Sitwell... what could have had happened to him and the other agents in the Cube anyway...?

Recollections: Magnanimous (Cancelled)

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Alexander Karamazov Vanburen

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"They're all over the manor... every single glass case contains an artifact," James stated and pointed to a glass case with a dismembered statue hand inside of it. "Make sure you put that one somewhere nobody can get to it."

"Sooooo..." Alex scratched his head. "You're saying that every glass case in here contains a bloody demon sealed inside an artifact of some kind?" Unbelievable. And he didn't even bother putting any home protection systems. "I should say that for a place with so many dangerous things in it... security is extremely sloppy..."

He said before he faded away.

"Das vhidanya, papa." Alexander said rather solemnly as James faded away from the world of the living to return to his life after death. Perhaps he was having a lot of fun there; no worries, no obligations, no nothing. Just an eternity of... who knows. He sure as hell had not entered the golden gates of Heaven, unless if he had repented of all of his sins right at the moment before everything went black and then white.

One thing, though, was that Alex... Sasha was not sure how to feel when James slipped back to ghost land. The Spectre's power could only hold a spirit so long in the material world, and in the few moments that he had conversed with his father, he had went from assuredly passive aggressive to a little more cordial, and now... well, he's not sure. Was he hoping for some kind of reconciliation? Apologies? After all... while he surely showed that he despised James for leaving him and his mother back then, there was just the nagging feeling that their relationship should be mended. It wouldn't matter now that the man was dead, since he could always give him a call. Anyway...

"Honestly there's no right thing to do here, y'know?" He sighed as he shook his head. "Even if we hide them far away, that won't stop anyone from actually coming for you all if they know about the place... but we should keep 'em close to us, y'know? So we can at least protect them if someone comes to a knocking."

He nodded his head and gave Alexander a triumphant smile.

"Because like hell I'm gonna let a bunch of dangerous ass ghosts out."

Alex smiled back, and got up from his seat, glancing all over the destroyed mansion. "Well... that should be a start. I suppose we can begin with the most powerful and dangerous ones, and place them in secure locations. For one, we should get a vault built in here. We're rich and we have a terramancer, so it shouldn't take long. At the meantime, though, we will have to remain in high alert. Especially since everything in here has a ghost inside it."

"It's gone and so is the vase Babylon the Great was sealed in. The witches might have taken the head, servant girl might have it, or both were taken when the mansion was broken into. We'll have to wait and see."

Alex let out an exasperated sigh at this. "That's just great."

"... I feel like they're gonna make themselves known very soon. Much as I hate to say it, we're gonna have to wait for one of them to come to us and hope that they make themselves known soon enough for us to do something."

"I remember something that Sun Tzu once said about something like that..." Alex began, but he was soon swept with silence as he couldn't remember what he had read before. "Actually, nevermind. But yes. We'll have to wait, I guess."

"Our best bet, for now, is to look into this cult and the Triple Goddess - and hope that they don't have the Horned God," Justin started, "I have an idea of where to start - there have been reports of goats and other animals disappearing - if any of you want to come along. Otherwise, just stay put and figure out what to do with those artifacts."

"Sabrina, Ray, Oscar, and Shane had already left to find some leads on that." Alex glanced towards the door, which Raymond had left open. "I think you'll have to give them a ring."

A pause. "Thanks, by the way. I just wish that we had met in better circumstances... you seem to be a nice guy."

Recollections: Magnanimous (Cancelled)

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Alexander Karamazov Vanburen

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"It's the skull of a ram that's in my study," James answered. "I never knew that magic would ever return to this world... and that those beings that I defeated eons ago would remain dormant. However, I heavily advise that you hide them somewhere because it's likely that there are other eyes set on them. And I have sealed beings such as Babylon the Great, The Swarm, and... the Hands."

Alex gave his half siblings a cursory glance before looking back at their father. "If someone could be so kind to go and look for the ram skull in our father's study and confirm that it has not been stolen by the rambling cult of idiots, that would be much appreciated, thank you." The rest of what their father said was nothing but trouble, though. For one, he did not expect magic to return to this world, whatever it meant, it could only mean that something is happening in the universe, something of great, supernatural proportions. Everyone in the room were either aided by Apparitions or got magic by their own, and if he was to take a guess, they all got it at around the same time.

And then there was the other thing. No, things. Apparently, from what he could gather from what he was saying, James Vanburen was some kind of demon hunter that sought out dangerous magical creatures and imprisoned them inside objects... like the Ram Skull for the Horned God. And now that creature's half was seeking him out...

"We should find all of the objects with... what were those again? Apparitions, right. We need to get those things off those stands and glass containers and place them in more secure locations. Like, as I said, vaults. We should not put them all in the same place, either..."

Maybe. Maybe they should scatter the objects around Araminta? Maybe. But they should ask their magic experts.

"What do you suggest, Justin?", Alex turned to Justin, winking. "Should we bury them ten or so feet in the ground in random places... or...?"

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Raymond Salazar Vanburen

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"I don't see why not," Sabrina answered. Before she smiled as she said, "Just don't bring down any buildings while we're there, okay?" Sabrina said as she remembered the devastation he caused in the manor. Though, there was a problem that she didn't yet realize until she opened the door for him...

Raymond smiled at his half sister as she told him that there was no objection to him getting in this journey with the rest of them. "Sabs, you know that I'm not that strong. Yet." However, he too would realize a rather... slight inconvenience that they would all have to bear while in their ride to the outskirts of the town.

That's right... everyone, except for Ray, were either six footers or over. He was the shortest one at five feet and ten inches, and sitting beside them made him feel small. He was normally their snuggly sibling that often fell asleep when they were sitting together, but this time, it was like they're packed sardines in there.

She realized that she stuck out like a sore thumb here and hoped that their time here would be brief. The cab sped off and right behind Sabrina was the woods... and in front of her was a row of buildings. A convenience store, a bar, an alcohol store, a pizza store, and a strip club.

"Well, here we are, in the destitute area of this miserable town." Ray slapped the door shut, as he was the last to get out. Being among these three brought back memories of their tales of mischief as children, but now, well, they were going to hunt down a cult in the woods. Sounds like fun.

"So, where to next?" Raymond asked as he looked around the area, looking for hooded magicians. "Are we going to the bar and ask the omnipotent bartender about a suspicious character named Morgana?"