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DC Comics: Shattered Justice

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DC Comics: Shattered Justice

Its Cyrus not Cyprus, btw.

NCQuest: Favors for Favors (Taking new players)

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STEIN KALFOX

_{“Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything.”
E A R T H A K I T T}

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MECH HANGAR - NEW ANCHORAGE

The conversation that had occurred with Percy Moore was one that Stein wasn’t particularly happy with the result of. Whilst his incessant whining and excuses was mildly annoying, it wasn’t until he had called her a robot did her emotions come a little bit unhinged. Stein wasn’t sure why she let it bother her as she finally made back to the hangar, stopping in front of her own mech— The Little Dragon. The sound of plasma cutters, welding tools, and spinning gears in the hangar seemed to have calmed her down for the moment or at least a slight amount.

The blonde-haired pilot took a heavy breath as she centered herself. “Hm. Well, the repairs seem to be adequate on the exterior.” She muttered underneath her breath.

A higher-pitched sound rose above the whirring and burning, and while it might have at first come off as some asinine shout, when Vera rounded up beside Stein it became apparent it was her voice.

”Heya--whoo!” she said, and nearly dropped the two stacked sandwich boxes in her hands. ”Heya Stein! How was mission talk?”

Stein nearly chuckled, this place was much more social than her previous assignment. She still had to get used to that. She turned toward Vera’s direction and gave a reply.

“Adequate. Though there were some issues, but they are dealt with.”

”Was it someone? Do I gotta yell at someone? Was it Lizzy, I’ll double yell at her.” she asked, and just as quickly her attention turned to the sandwich boxes, as if she’d forgotten they were there. ”Oh! You want something to eat?”

“I have not had issues with Officer Jackspar, no.” Stein stated, matter-of-factly.

Stein thought back to her entire day here and realized she hadn’t gone off to the mess hall yet, so the suggestion wasn’t an off one. “I haven’t visited the mess hall yet, so the option is favorable. Is it not someone else's?”

Vera shook her head. Despite the fact that she had originally gotten them for Eli and herself, she couldn’t find the other girl. And besides, she was making new friends, no harm in that. ”Here!” she beamed, and held out one of the boxes. ”Whatcha up to? Mind if I hang out?”

Stein shrugged after she retrieved the box offered to her. “I was going to commit to maintenance on my NC, but it seems it is ready for field use. Though I could still do diagnostics on internal systems or… retire for the night?”

Stein blinked, she didn’t really have any options or additional activities she could fall back on. For the last ten years it had been pretty formula for non-mission: personal barracks, mess hall, hangar, briefing, hangar, mess hall, personal barracks. It hadn’t really occurred to her considering the concept of “hanging out” was so alien to her.

”Sleep? Already?” Vera didn’t bother trying to hide the confusion in her voice.

“Not really many options that I can see. But as such can be delayed due to social encounters.”

The smaller girl smiled. ”Yeah, hanging out! Come on you guys had to have done that, right? What do you do for fun in Volkov?”

There was more sincerity to the last bit, even if it might not have come across. Vera had never voiced her desire to know a bit more about her family’s homeland. Her real family, anyway.

Fun? Stein tried to think on that. Some of the other soldiers, engineers, and pilots had activities they engaged in but Stein didn’t really have anything to carry over from childhood… because being a combat pilot was her childhood.

“Fitness Regiments and Obstacle Course engagement, I suppose? There was also simulation.”

”Really?” Vera’s head cocked to the side. ”You never like, made snow forts, or told stories, or...wrestled bears?”

Stein laughed at that last one. “No, I have not.”

Vera laughed with her, shuffling onward to find a place to sit. ”Well we’ll think of something. Maybe after your missions I’ll have some fun stuff for you to try.”

Finding a small stack of boxes as a good enough place, she sat down and started to work on her own sandwich. ”But hey, there’s always stories. Best part about them is everyone knows some. I bet you’ve got some super rad stories!”

“I suppose I do.” Stein stated as she leaned against a industrial scaffolding before getting to her sandwich as well.

”Like--like-- Vera’s excitement refused to let her decide between chewing and speaking. ”Like you said you were a pilot when you were a kid. I bet that was super cool, when did you actually get to be in the robot for the first time?”

Stein thought back for a minute. “There was a medical examination, it was discovered I had the affinity required to be a NC pilot. Few weeks after that I was thrown into orientation and training.”

“I was ten.”

”Ten?! Vera covered her mouth to stop any more crumbs from flying out. ”How’d you do?”

“First mission? or First simulation?”

”You went on a mission when you were ten?”

“Yeah, a bunch of soldiers and engineers made a independent company; much like this one. I was assigned to a squad to deal with them under Commander Vox after they decided attacking company holdings was a good idea.”

Stein laughed, “I was utterly terrified. I completely shut down after my first kill.”

And as quickly as Stein finished speaking, the excitement drained from Vera’s face. She stared at the older girl, and tried to imagine herself in the cockpit after…

”You...killed someone when you were ten…” despite its phrasing, it was not a question.

“He had cornered me against a mountainside, and I think my instincts just took over— tore through his cockpit with anti-armor machine gun fire. Like swiss cheese, as the expression goes.” Stein recalled, not comprehending Vera’s reaction.

Vera didn’t weigh much, there wasn’t much strength to her, and so it might have taken a bit for Stein to realize that the girl had her arms wrapped around her in a hug.

”I’m sorry you had t’do that.”

Stein blinked, utterly confused by the reaction. Normally she would’ve reacted instinctively to someone breaching her personal space like this but for some reason… she didn’t.

“W-Why are you apologizing? It has nothing to do with you.”

Vera just held tight. ”I know what the pilots here do. Lizzy tries not to bring it up, but you guys...you fight a lot, you have to kill people. But you’re grown up, that’s what happens.”

She gave Stein a gentle pat on the back. ”But not back then.”

Stein coughed as she let Vera try to comfort her, as naive as it was… it felt nice for what it was. She hadn’t ever had real affection in her life or at least not in many many years. “I wasn’t the only child soldier, so you know; even ‘back then’. It was pretty common.”

”Just cause a bunch’a people do it doesn’t make it okay,” Vera said, her voice still soft. ”Ms. Jackspar told me that about drugs too.”

“It’s a reality of the world we live in.” Stein cleared her throat as she put her hands on Vera’s shoulders, indicating it was okay to halt her intrusion of her personal space now. “But that was the last time I was ‘scared’ as they call it. I became really good because of that experience; I was already the best rookie in the simulations.”

Stein not sure if she was lying right there to Vera or to herself. She had been frightened on other missions though by the time she was fourteen it had all been shot out of her system. But that was due to her conditioning rather than her own will. Perhaps she had forgotten or perhaps she had been made to forget.

Vera took the hint and let Stein go, bringing herself to smile again. ”Yeah...I guess if it made you brave, that’s good. Gotta be brave to be a pilot.” she took up her sandwich again, but ate much more slowly. “I’m glad you’re a good guy.”

“...I don’t really see things like you do, I think.” Stein nervously chuckled before taking another bite from the sandwich. “Thank you for the sentiment, though, I guess.”

“Mhm!” Vera looked off towards the NCs, and she couldn’t help but let her curiosity run wild.

A Song of Ice and Fire

"We bring the Storm"

is my favorite of the choices.

DC Comics: Shattered Justice

Diana of Themyscira

| Identity |

Diana Prince / Wonder Woman

| Origin & Backstory |

1980-2003: Early Life

• Diana Prince was born in Gateway City to a single mother, in a Greek-American neighborhood on the northwestern side of town. For most of her childhood Diana had few friends and fewer interests; but the call of conflict always seemed to be one that called for her whether in intervention or for the thrill of a fight. An intensity that never seemed to dull as she went into high school as she found herself having odd interests ranging from professional wrestling, martial arts, and military history. Following graduation she would eagerly look to the Armed Forces as her future.

• In 2004, after a successful career in the Armed Forces, Diana Prince is approached by the government agency known as ARGUS in a recruitment drive for their special operations squad known as Team 7. Diana’s astute perceptive abilities and skill with close quarters combat is a deciding factor and Diana believing herself to be a true patriot joins the squadron with little resistance. This is where Diana Prince would come to know one of her comrades in particular, Steve Trevor.

• Months after her initial integration into Team 7, one of the operations overseas turned bad as the team found themselves scattered and isolated from bad intel; intel that would lead to Diana’s death— or it would have if not for the intervention of the gods. The olympian blood that laid dormant in Diana’s body would be “awakened” and cause her immense pain as accursed visions began to bleed into her mind. Days later when she awoke in her hospital bed she would realize questions without answers… questions that all pointed to a place called Themyscira. A dismissal from Team 7 followed after an argument between Diana and their Commander; and Diana made way for this island that just… felt familiar.

2004-2006: Amazon Reborn

• Her journeys in 2004 began trying to find where she was meant to go, hoping to understand what exactly had happened in Qurac where she should’ve been dead and buried. However, her gut feeling only led her to the nation of Greece before dulling into silence. Diana’s confusion however would be temporary as a woman calling herself “Ypirétis of the Oracle” revealed herself and told Diana she had orders to take her to “Paradise”— Themyscira. However the answers she would be looking for would open up a whole new world for Diana, as she would soon learn.

• Introduced to the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta, once on the island she had “dreamt” about, Diana found herself in a world that felt completely alien to her; as if she was transplanted back into the Ancient Greek stories she had adored as a child. Hippolyta would go on to explain that the truth of her awakening would be one that would open a sort of “Pandora’s Box”. Diana Prince was one of many but the first to awaken: children of Zeus. Hippolyta would continue to explain the responsibilities of such and the powers that had awakened which made Diana look back to the past with the stories of the Justice Society of America. A reckoning was coming and Diana’s near death experience was only the beginning. She would need to be trained and prepared for the darkness that was to come.

• Despite Diana’s previously trained skills and talents, the rigorous expectations of the Amazons were far greater. Training that would take her much time to get used to her new inherited abilities as a demi-god. Only when Diana could defeat all of Hippolyta’s trials could she inherit the blessings of the gods, the responsibilities of the Anarotiémai Gynaíka, and the allowance to leave “Paradise”. It took Diana many years to do such that.

2007-2010: Spirit of Truth

• Finally finishing her trials after constant obstacles in 2007, Diana finally is allowed to inherit the blessings of which she has earned and serve in the capacity from protecting the world from a sort of “Greek Apocalypse”. This begins the first appearances of what would come to be known as Wonder Woman as Diana begins to travel across Europe stopping occurrences that relate to her heritage as well as acts of general terrorism. This comes to an heading in the nation known as Kaznia as she stops a plot involving an attempt on the life of the Princess of Kaznia from the returning presence of the God of War, Ares.

• In 2008, Archaeologists unearth a ruin underneath the mountains of Parnonas, accidentally releasing a creature created to kill those with the blood of Zeus. This endangers not only Diana, but others of similar descent. It becomes a race to defeat the creature before lives are lost. During this event Diana puts the likes of Donna Troy and Cassandra Sandsmark under her personal protection; placing them in protective custody back on Themyscira for a time.

• Sometime in 2009, Wonder Woman Receives word from the Oracle located on Themyscira about a plot that would concern her, and returns home to Gateway City in California when the appearance of Circe confirms a plot that could endanger the entire city. Wonder Woman attempts to foil Circe’s plans but not before the sorceress summons an ancient thrall of Poseidon, a sea serpent that only seeks destruction. Wonder Woman is aided in the battle by the appearance of Aquaman.

• Helen Alexandros, the metahuman terrorist known as Silver Swan attacks Gateway City in an attempt to bring Wonder Woman out to challenge her resolve. The strength of her supersonic scream proves disorientating at first for the hero, but is quickly dealt with.

• Forced to ingest the dying essence of a “god” after an archaeological expedition goes bad, Professor Barbara Minerva becomes warped by the negative energies of the process as her body is transformed horrifically into that of a Cheetah. Now unstable and insane, Minerva targets her former colleagues in Gateway City for “sending” her on the expedition in the first place. Wonder Woman stops her from murdering them, beginning a long hatred for the demigod for Minerva.

• In 2010, the arrival of BRAINIAC above Metropolis is too much for Superman to handle alone. In response, he calls up Batman, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, Green Lantern, The Flash, and Aquaman to defend the city from the living computer, marking the beginning of the Justice League.

• A group of metahuman criminals are brought together unknowingly by Dr. Cylvia Cyber, as she looks to Wonder Woman as an interesting challenge yet a concerning obstacle for her operations in Gateway City. Following a tactical plan setup by Cyber they ambush Wonder Woman and for a time get the better of her until intervention by Donna Troy, who has finally been awakened by the gods much like Diana had been years ago. The two defeat the group and Donna becomes known as Wonder Girl.

2011-2015: Gods & Mortals

• In 2012, Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) joins the Teen Titans.

• Following the disappearance of Wonder Girl in 2014, Wonder Woman begins to investigate her old enemies and rivals; when the Oracle of Themyscira has no leads from her visions Diana looks to request help from Batman for his deductive capabilities. However despite this it leads into a dead end with more questions than answers; a result Diana is experienced with.

• In late 2014, Cassandra Sandsmark becomes awakened like Donna Troy before her when whilst on an archaeological dig with her mother, an ancient metahuman by the name of Osira is released from her prison. She is aided by Wonder Woman at the last second, who had traveled to Egypt to deal with a plot she had heard that Circe was planning. Osira is defeated and following the battle Cassandra requests for Diana to train her personally so she could “stop rescuing her like this”. Diana agrees and Cassandra soon afterwards becomes the second Wonder Girl.

• In 2015, despite the feats Diana had performed by Wonder Woman, not all of those on Themyscira had appreciated her “blessing”. One of which named Alkyone would act on this discontent when she organizes a militant uprising on Themyscira; believing Hippolyta to be unfit to lead. Unbeknownst to her this rage is actually the influence of Ares who intends to cause an Amazonian Civil War for his gain. This war is stopped by a young amazon by the name of Orana who becomes blessed by Artemis. She follows this battle bearing her god’s name into battle for the realm.

• In another encounter from Dr. Cylvia Cyber, Wonder Woman is targeted in a game of cat and mouse which ends with Diana’s former comrade and love interest, Steve Trevor, to be killed in the process. The death infuriates Diana who nearly kills Cyber in her office before a full camera crew as Cyber had planned. Following the incident Cyber claims Wonder Woman had unjustly “disfigured” her for something she had nothing to do with. An investigation by ARGUS goes into Wonder Woman and questions rise until it is revealed that Cyber had been lying; Cyber is subsequently arrested for her crimes.

• As Wonder Woman, Artemis, and Wonder Girl are distracted with the events during Superman’s funeral; strange magic “erupts” on Themyscira turning all of its denizens to stone. Wonder Woman believes something terrible has happened when her link with the Oracle on Themyscira is cut silent.

| Attributes |

Awakened Demigoddess - With the blood of Zeus in her veins and blessings from other olympian gods, Diana is quite powerful with abilities similar to that of base Kryptonians including strength, senses, endurance, and flight.

• _{Decelerated Aging - Due to her blessing by the gods, Diana seems to age slower than she had previously. Looking little different than she did during her time with Team 7.}
• _{Toxic Immunity - Due to her blessing by the gods, Diana seems to be generally immune to toxins and disease.}
• _{Healing Factor - Due to her blessing by the gods, Diana seems to be able to recover and heal from major wounds in time.}
• _{Oracle - Diana is linked to the mind of the Oracle of Themyscira, allowing Diana to be aware of problems pertaining to her responsibilities as an olympian avatar. In rare occasions Diana is also given visions directly from the gods, assuming an oracle is not active… or dead.}

Expert Martial Artist - It is said that Diana Prince is one of the finest experts in Close Quarters Combat due to her military and amazonian backgrounds. She is skilled with military CQC, jiu jitsu, amazonian warrior arts, olympic wrestling, krav maga, and various other styles and techniques. She is so deadly Batman has been known to state her abilities to be equal in some form to his own.

Amazonian Artifacts - Diana holds various artifacts that she uses as equipment including armor, shield, sword, tiara, bracers, and lasso.

| Character Notes |

Wards

• Orana - An amazon girl who follows in the shadow of Diana’s influence as Artemis as a nod to the god she idolizes and her skill with the bow.
• Donna Troy - One of the girls Diana ‘rescued’ and the first to be inspired by her acts of heroism. The first Wonder Girl. MIA.
• Cassandra Sandsmark - One of the girls Diana ‘rescued’ and the second to be inspired by her acts of heroism. The current Wonder Girl.

Allies

• Etta Candy - A close friend to Diana, and current liaison to Wonder Woman.
• Edward Indelicato - Lead Detective of the Special Cases Squad in Gateway City, and an ally of Diana's in the police department.
• Steve Trevor - Diana's former love interest and a military official that was liaison to Wonder Woman. Until he was killed by Dr. Cylvia Cyber in 2015.

Enemies & Rivals

• Alkyone
• Ares
• Cheetah
• Circe
• Dalma
• Dr. Cylvia Cyber
• Deception
• Professor Edgar Cizko
• Genocide
• Silver Swan
• Veronica Cale

| Character Goals |

The last time I ran with Diana she was a sort-of Greek privateer who I did two (or was it three) posts with before the RP faded into inactivity. I had a lot of fun with her, so I’ve been sitting on the opportunity to write until a good enough scenario comes up. So here it goes. As for idea concepts; Greek Mythology was like many the first mythology I really identified it but I suppose that’s not obscure given its title as “baby’s first mythology” due to its teachings in elementary school. So I have some familiarity with the gods, trials, and everything inbetween. With that said I plan to run some interesting plotlines (maybe even Diana’s own disappearance following the funeral, but I’ve not decided).

| Sample Post |

Why?

Diana Prince's lips quivered, scowling as she stood before the black smoke that rose from the… corpses that were in front of her. The sounds of the fighting had stopped, and her face was splotched with her own blood from when she had tried to step in earlier— much like the big red boy scout had tried to before her. Her body ached like all hell, but this? This hurt more than her bones and muscle could ever feel; she knew that. A pit of horror swallowed her gut. He couldn’t be dead. That was impossible. It wasn’t right. He’d get back up and smirk like he always did and reassure everyone that he’d always be their shield, no matter what.

Not anymore.

Diana’s fist clenched as she continued staring. She couldn’t stop staring.

She couldn’t hear a heartbeat.

“You promised you wouldn’t…” Her words choked as she tried to stomach some kind of remark, but to no avail.

It had happened, despite all of her hopes that it couldn’t be so.

Superman was dead.

An unsettling chill dropped down the awakened amazon’s spine, fluttering with a feeling that Diana couldn’t seem to shake. Her attempt to keep her emotions from taking full control was admirable given the situation that lied in front of her. One of her closest friends and the one person she admired on the league had been defeated in such a vicious way. Her body fluttered in nervous anxiety as she took a step; fighting back the tears that were starting to form in her eyes.

An amazon doesn’t show emotion.

She tried to remind herself… but it was difficult not to break.

“You told me you wouldn’t die like this. You told me… that I—”

Diana broke her pained muttering when her ears caught notice of others that were approaching the sight of the battle.

You told me I wouldn’t be alone.

You told me your friendship would never fade.

You told me you wouldn’t die on your watch.

Why did you lie to me?

Diana took a heavy breath as she tried to compose herself.

I can’t right now. I have to be strong.

Diana wiped her eyes clean as she approached the corpse of Doomsday, as she grabbed it by its neck.

He wouldn’t harm anyone again. Nobody would use this body for evil again.

Because there will be no body of this creature left.

NCQuest: Favors for Favors (Taking new players)

@Gowi Sounds good! just holler whenever you're free and we can whip somethin' up!

@Mcmolly

I'm free between now and the afternoon (4pm EST ish) for today.

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Should I move my GA app over to the characters tab?

@Byrd Man

A good question for a few of us, eh?

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<Snipped quote by Gowi>

I agree. He gets toned down quite a bit... But I'd bring it back. Haha.

@Blue Demon

But whyyyyy?

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@Blue Demon

Oh, Golden Age how bad you were.

Though Modern Hal isn't. Guy is the sexist prick generally.

DC Comics: Shattered Justice

I've been thinking. (Dangerous I know) And I thought that if Jesse doesn't win out over Wally... Would anyone like to see Hal Jordan show up?

I haven't played a sexist Green Lantren with a God complex in a while. _{(Read: Never)}

@Blue Demon

Hal's not the sexist one though?