Kirah

Avengers Academy: X of Swords ⚔️

Andy & Vicky

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Andy heard that Vicky was at C.A.G.E. At first she didn’t think anything of it. Then she found out what it stood for and she found herself shaking. She closed her eyes and tried to not think about her own past with Northwood. That place had been a hellscape. They had been power suppressed with crude collars. Getting out of there had been one of the best days of her life. She had gotten free. This place was what she feared most in the world and knowing it was around caused her stomach to cramp.

It took a day, but Andy decided that she was going to talk to Victoria. She’d walk into that hated, horrible place and tell Victoria that her actions would not be held against her. Andy actually appreciated it. So she made her way there and asked to have a visit with Victoria.

“You’re popular, miss van Dyne. You have another visitor.” One of the nurses said as she delivered the message to her room. Victoria chuckled in response. “Clearly you don’t know me very well. I wasn’t expecting anyone, who dropped by?”

On her way to the visiting lounge, Victoria was truly baffled. Out of everyone on the list… Andy Drummond wasn’t even on the list! Edward Arca was on the list, perhaps coming to apologize or gloat! Vicky’s head was all over the place as she neared the room. Did she change her mind about the events in the Framework? She wasn’t feeling like Victoria needed more assurances, was she?

Shaking her head, she willed herself to focus. No sense worrying about it when the answer to the questions was sitting a few paces away. She turned the corner and stepped into the lounge. ”Miss Drummond? I must say, though not unwelcome, this is a surprise. I do not mind a social visit, although I hope you don’t hold it against me if I ask what brought this up?” Victoria greeted and asked, moving to sit down by the table.

Andy’s skin itched and she felt a little sluggish, a side effect of the whole place being basically one big power dampener. At least Victoria wasn’t collared. She smiled as Victoria came in, joining her at the table. "Hi. I, uh, well I wanted to talk to you. I know I told you that I didn’t blame you. And that is still very true. I’ve been in a position where I didn’t have control over myself. Something else had control. I don’t know what happened while I was away, because I went somewhere else.” Andy caught herself going off on a tangent.

"Anyway, that’s not why I’m here. I’m here because even though I know you blame yourself for killing me, it got me out of the Framework. It gave me the chance to help Zari and then the rest of the group.” It also had given her the satisfaction of beating the shit out of Usagi. "We often do things that we don’t consider the consequences of those actions. We just go through life doing whatever we want. Sometimes we find out the consequences quickly and they are negative. Other times, we may not even realize that there were consequences. I don’t think we should live our lives completely focused on what the consequences may or may not be, it’s important, but can’t be our only focus or we would get stuck in some serious decision paralysis and fatigue.” Andy paused again, realizing she was going off tangent again. "Sorry, I’ll try to get to my point. In this situation, the consequences of those actions did not negatively affect me. In fact, as far as I’m concerned it was a net positive. I don’t know what all you’ve got going on, but I wanted to make it clear that I do not blame you at all for what happened. Zari doesn’t blame you either. Being controlled does not put any guilt upon you for possible negative consequences of what happened.” She nodded, satisfied.

It felt like it took all of her dampened attention to follow, but Victoria managed. Smiling, she raised her hands as if wanting to slow the verbal machine gun. ”Thank you. You didn’t have to take the trip here to tell me that again, though. I agree that what happened was a lucky occurrence. I mean, we know of at least one version of events where things didn’t end up as well.”

She sighed, looking at her hands, ”I’ll admit, I respect you a lot for not being even a little bit bitter about it. I don’t think I would have been so forgiving in your place, even if I wouldn’t have perhaps acted on it. Heh. That and I don’t know many others who can lay Leah out in one move. But it doesn’t change the fact that I, a supercomputer with legs, got outplayed by a wouldbe villain, whom I let hide under my nose, on a team I led. Me being here has nothing to do with blaming myself, so you can put that thought to rest.”

She looked back up, her spirits lifted a little none the less. ”I went here to get help growing more resilient against such interference in the future. Well, that and I have some mommy issues, apparently. It’s something between parapsychology and coding on the spectrum, but next time, I want to be able to get us out in the first place. Then, perhaps, I may be happy with the outcome.” Given that Andy seemed to have the need to further reassure her, Vicky opted not to tell her about the whole self-shutdown attempt.

Andy smiled. She was glad that Victoria was getting help. Not just for the Arcade stuff but more things. "I think some form of parental issues are near universal. Parents, even if they aren’t in our lives, seem designed to fuck us up. I lived most of my life without any clue who my mom was, and finding out was, uh, well almost apocalyptic. If and when the group found out the whole truth about Andy it would be best to be as honest as possible leading up to that. And calling meeting her mom for the first time nearly apocalyptic was the truth through and through.

"If you want, if you need, I can ask Zari to help with the code stuff? She loves to do that sort of thing.” Andy was nearly computer illiterate. She had no idea how to do more than the basic programs like Word, and even that was a bit of a nightmare and she seemed to always have a headache after. However, she liked to listen to Zari talk, so she had some idea that at least Zari could help. And since Victoria hadn’t permanently killed Andy, Zari would be more willing to help. Also, if it helped prevent something like that from happening again Zari would definitely help. Though, Andy would expect just the chance to do some coding would be enough to make Zari want to do it. She wouldn’t think through all of the other stuff.

Andy rubbed her arms, under her jacket they felt numb a little. Like when the limb had fallen asleep but the pins and needles hadn’t started tingling just yet. "Anyway, I’ll head out soon unless you want to chat longer. I’m glad you’re getting help. Everyone needs help sometimes.” She smiled. "When I first met Zari she was trying to do some things alone. If she had done it by herself she probably would have failed. It required help from a big group of people. I was also alone. Trying to do everything by myself. But I met Zari and a bunch of other people and we saved the world, twice. I could not have done that alone.”

”Well, my mother put a failsafe in me which is what Arcade used to control me, and unknowingly almost unleashed Ultron upon the world again, so, in the range of apocalyptic? Not that that is something I wish to be a contest.” Victoria shuddered.

She looked aside with a sheepish smile. ”Weeellll… I don’t think me and your significant other work too well. I mean, I did call upon her once in this manner, but I would hesitate to call it anything more than an alliance of convenience. She didn’t take well to how I led our team, I may have blown up on her a few times for how she went about expressing her disapproval, and… I don’t know if that is a bridge that can be rebuilt.”

“And besides, she may do too good of a job and make me immune even to herself. Part of why I am okay leaving that bridge burnt is that I need to know there’s people that can bring me down if I go rogue, and having those people not be on friendly terms with me makes that decision easier for them.” she huffed. This wasn’t a topic she wanted to discuss. Definitely not after whatever the thing with April was. Leave well enough alone.

”If you’d like to talk outside of here sometime though, I’d like that.” she smiled, ”You got to tell me where you got that jacket at least, it looks amazing. But I’ll let you off from here, Dorian mentioned that the dampeners don’t feel right.” She got up, a thought entering her head. ”That said, I believe this may be the one place where I may shake your hand?” she offered her right.

Andy doubted that Zari would ever be friends with Victoria, so she wasn’t worried about any bridges being mended. She smiled and shook Victoria’s hand. "You’re right. It is probably the safest anyone has ever been around me since I was eight.” Minus her own time at Northwood.

"Unfortunately, the jacket was a gift from Ash Drummond, she’s who I take part of my name from. Without her I wouldn’t be here. I would have frozen in Rochester, New York before meeting Zari. But she died many years ago. I believe she got it from a thrift store in upstate New York, that’s all I could tell you.” Andy’s smile was gone as she spoke about Ash, her voice soft. When was the last time she had said her name out loud? How many years total? How many months relatively? Had it been a full year relatively even?

"As for this place, I feel slow. I feel like the world has sped up and I can’t keep up. And I’m used to a hum of electricity inside and out of me. There is none here. It’d be like suddenly losing your hearing.” She stood up. "I’ll see you back at school.”

Seeing Andy’s face droop, Vicky didn’t dig deeper into the family history and simply nodded. ”I guess I’ve had practice when I was pretending to be human. It doesn’t really bother me, I’ve lived like this for over two years. Well, take care. And thanks for coming by.”

The Dead Don't Die.

Mandy Mason

Location: New York Streets - in Car -> Home
Skills: N/A

"Dad" Relief washed through Mandy. Her dad was okay. Nothing had happened here while they were gone. She hugged him tightly. That prevented her from answering him for a moment, but that was okay. Hugging her dad was worth it. Mandy feared for a moment as she did that this might be her last hug with him. Things were already crazy, it wasn't going to get better any time soon. Finally she released him and stepped back. Mandy raised her hands and started signing quickly. Faster than Hermes could probably follow.

"Well we left here and everything was wild already. There were cops and helicopters. Hermes said on the radio they warned to avoid being bit! Yes, bit, by people. Then we got to Hannah's apartment complex and there was this old man on the street. He had been hit by a car. His wife didn't know what to do. So we called 911 and they told us to stay away if he had been bit. He had been. By some homeless man. An ambulance and some cops showed up. While that was happening some kid attacked and I was attacked by birds for some reason. Hannah's neighbor got put in the ambulance and the kid was put in the police car. The two of us went to leave and some other kid was trying to steal my car. The cops stopped him and we drove him. The traffic is getting crazy and I don't know what to do other than prepare for the worst."

She slowed down taking a breath. ASL was a very visual language so the parts that would be easiest to understand were about the attacks.

"Anyway, we are planning what to pack now. I don't know if we can drive out of town or what. But we have to be ready to move if it gets worse. I think for now staying inside is the best plan." She was signing slower now so Hermes could follow along easier. "I've got my vet tech things. That's a lot of medical supplies. We've got the usual emergency kit. Now we just need to make it all travel sized. At least I got a backpack for the kitten so we don't have to worry about him." Though that did mean she would have to carry the cat and whatever was her share of supplies if they left the house.

X-Men: Cosmic Crusades 👽

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Ed Penior

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Location: New Orleans - Botanical Gardens
Skills: Magic
Items:
Magic cloak (like Dr Strange that allows him to fly)
Protection Amulet from Klara

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The fight fell into chaos. Exodus was throwing cars at everyone. Max had showed up though. That meant that the back up was here. With something from Asgard. Ed hoped it wouldn't hurt Mary. They just needed to get the Phoenix out. Ed needed to think less laterally. He realized now that with the cloak he could get up and over the fight. It wrapped around him and he shot up into the air. He had been ready to shield himself if he needed to, but it hadn't been necessary.

Now he was above the fight and could see it from a bird's eye view. He could see where the cars were being thrown at his team. So he started bubbling the cars and moving them farther away, setting them down in a parking lot. No guarantee the car was undamaged, but it'd be in a better state than being thrown around like baseballs.

Avengers Academy: X of Swords ⚔️

Luna Minor

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Luna Minor

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Ability Scores

Melee 4

Agility 3

Resilience 2

Vigilance 3

Ego 1

Logic 2

Defense Scores

Melee 14

Agility 13

Resilience 12

Vigilance 13

Ego 11

Logic 12

Damage

Melee d6 x 3 + 4

Agility d6 x 5 + 3

Ego d6 x 3 + 1

Logic d6 x 3 + 2

Extra Info

Rank 3

Health 60

Focus 90

Karma 3

Damage Reduction N/A

Biography

Full Name: Andy Drummond Gallio-Lensherr
Pronouns: She/Her
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 115lbs
Gender: Female
Eye Color:Blue
Hair Color: Dark Blonde (Box dyed black)
Distinguishing Features:
Scars: N/A
Piercings: Ears and belly button are pierced
Origin: Mutant
Team: Avengers Academy
Base: Avengers Academy
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Hobbies: Going to the movies, drinking coffee

History
Andy's very early life is a mystery. She couldn't tell you her parents' names or where she was born. What is known is when she was a toddler, about 28 months old, Andy was found nearly drowned by some surfers. They got her to a hospital. She had not yet started talking and wouldn't for almost six more months. The doctors figured that was from the trauma she had endured. She was put into foster care, and while an attempt was made to find out who her bio parents were, they were not found.

Her first home lasted almost two years. She was now five years old and starting school. She seemed fairly well adjusted, if not a quiet child. However, her foster parents were finally able to conceive. Andy didn't understand; were they not her parents? Had they not raised her? She was broken-hearted and returned to the system.

From there, things did not get easier for Andy. It was explained to her badly that they did not know her parents. They had searched for them, but with no names or leads, the system had given up. If the parents weren't looking for her, they didn't want her. She was soon spending shorter and shorter amounts of time in foster homes. Two years became three months by the time she was fourteen. She was put into special boarding schools for troubled kids. The school she went to was the breaking point, Northwood Academy, in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

Now fourteen years old, she ran. It wasn't the first time she had run away, it was just the most successful. The school was on a trip to Denver, and instead of returning to the bus at the end of the day, she just walked the other way. Her first goal was to get out of Colorado. She wanted nothing to do with the state. She remembered San Francisco and knew that she might be forced back into the system if someone recognized her there. So she went in the other direction. Unknowingly headed for her birthplace. She didn't want to go to New York City proper, so she decided on another large city there. Andy hopped on the cargo train, hidden from view.

On the train, she was introduced to another culture. The vagabond. There weren't as many left as there used to be, but they took the young girl under their wing. Some for less than savory reasons. When one of those tried something, marking this as the first time she intentionally used her electrokinesis, knowing full well what it could do, Andy did not hold back. She ran away from that group; it had only been three weeks since she had joined them.

Andy did finally reach Rochester. She had picked up a few skills from the vagabonds and used them to survive here in this city. Andy got concerned as Summer faded into Fall and the weather started to turn cold. She hadn't considered this as most of her life she had lived in California and had seen very little snow. She was trying to decide if she should head south for the winter, like a bird, or find a place to tough it out. She did know most of the shelters in the area. Andy had to lie to be able to use them and told them she was eighteen, but lying came easy to her.

Andy was sitting one day in late October near a Mixed Martial Arts studio. The owner and his wife got chatting with her. They were obviously concerned about the fact there was a clearly homeless kid hanging out near the studio. After a few days of trying to gain her trust, they offered to let her stay in the basement apartment if she helped around the studio. She agreed tentatively.

Over the next two years, they cared for her as if she was their child. She became friendly with those who regularly worked out at the studio and was trained by them in several fighting forms. Since Andy picked them up easily, they ended up putting her into competitions. For the first time in her life, things were looking good. She was happy and healthy.

The owners, Jamie & Ash Drummond, were considering honest adoption when a group of purifiers discovered that Ash was a mutant. In the course of the attack, both Jamie and Ash were killed, and the studio burned down. Andy was caught up in the attack and barely escaped. In the process, though, she revealed that she was a mutant as well. Her identity was no longer safe, so she ran away and started heading south.

Since then, she has been going by Andy Drummond instead of Phillips. That is, if she isn't using the fake name Andrea Elliot (the ID was given to her by Ash). Andy has no attachment to the name Phillips since it was given to her by the system, and she doesn't know what her parents actually named her. Andy likes to pretend that the Drummonds were her real parents; sadly, this isn't true; they would never have lost her if they had been.

Andy met up with the Underground in DC. She tentatively joined them, planning on moving on quickly. But because they all got frozen during the fight to save the city from the spread of M-Pox, Andy ended up on Genosha.

While on Genosha, Andy and Zari were adopted by Magneto. Zari and Magneto had a falling out, but Andy was still welcome even though she left with Zari that day.

Also, while on Genosha, Andy finally met Selene, her biological mother. Selene still hasn't explained this to Andy at this point, but this is what happened to her. When Andy was 28 months old, her biological dad kidnapped her. When Selene caught up with him, he teleported Andy away; he had no planned destination, so Selene couldn't get it out of him where she ended up. For that, Selene killed Andy's father and ate his soul. Unfortunately for Andy, she ended up in the ocean, which is why surfers found her. Selene did look for her, but she lost interest, assuming Andy had died. Selene had assumed that until she met Andy on Genosha.

After leaving Genosha, Andy went with Zari back to her homeworld and time. It was a bit chaotic at first dealing with explaining what was happening to Zari's parents. But once questions were answered, Andy was allowed to stay. When Zari expressed interest in going to AA Andy thought about it and decided to go too. She could use some socializing with modern teens. She also wanted some training to deal with threats to protect her mom. The fear that someone might try to free Selene is enough for her to deal with High School.

Personality
Andy can be a hostile person. She is fidgety, impulsive, and irritable. She has little self-restraint, which has gotten her in trouble more times than she cares to count. She can be forgetful and absent-minded. But she is constantly coming up with scenarios in her mind and planning ways out of those situations. She has little trust in people and takes a long time to warm up to someone. Once someone has earned her loyalty, though, she would fight for them to the death if required of her. She can be caring. Often she would take food to the elderly or infirm when she was staying in some homeless camp or another. She just wanted family, but something keeps taking it away from her, and she believes she is cursed now. That has made the whole situation with Magneto and Selene even more bizarre for her. She doesn't know quite how to handle it all.

Traits

• First aid (RP earned) - Andy knows how to administer First Aid. She has an edge on Logic to stop bleeding.
• Combat Reflexes - Andy can react quickly in combat. This grants her one additional reaction on each turn.
• Quick Learner - If the character fails an action check, they gain an edge on the check if they try the same action again on their next turn.
• Situational Awareness - The character is trained to always keep an eye out for trouble. They have an edge on initiative checks.

Tags

• Hounded - The character is a member of a group of people who are persecuted for simply being themselves
• Linguist (Spanish)
• Mentor (Selene (Sorcery)) - This character knows an older person they can ask for advice, even when it comes to having super-powers. This tag can be selected multiple times.
• Mentor (Lady Nimue (Sword)) - This character knows an older person they can ask for advice, even when it comes to having super-powers. This tag can be selected multiple times.
• Sorcerous - The character had dedicated themself to the study of traditional magic, also known as sorcery.
• X-Gene - The character has mutant genes that cause them to develop super-powers

Powers

Basic Powers:

• Accuracy 1: Andy is a sharpshooter.
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Duration: Permanent
  • Effect: Andy adds +1 to her agility damage multiplier, and she gains a +1 bonus to Agility checks other than attacks.
• Accuracy 2: Andy is a sharpshooter.
  • Prerequisites: Accuracy 1, Rank 2
  • Duration: Permanent
  • Effect: Andy adds +2 to her agility damage multiplier, and she gains a +2 bonus to Agility checks other than attacks.

Melee Weapons:

• Special effects triggered by a fantastic success -
  • Sharp - Target is bleeding.

• Fast Attacks: Andy’s weapon lashes out!
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Instant
  • Effect: Andy splits her attack against two close targets (or the same one). Andy makes a single Melee check against the targets’ Melee defense. On a success, the affected target takes half damage. On a fantastic success, the affected target takes full damage and Andy can make a bonus attack against any target within reach, with the same effect.
• Whirling Frenzy: Andy’s assaults a foe with a tornado of whirling attacks.
  • Prerequisites: Fast Attacks, Rank 2
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Instant
  • Cost: 5 Focus
  • Effect:Andy makes an Agility check and compares it to the Agility defense of every character in her reach. If an attack is a success, the enemy takes half regular damage. On a fantastic success, they take full damage and suffer the weapon’s special effect.
• Furious attacks: Andy’s weapons smash into her foe!
  • Prerequisites: Whirling frenzy, Rank 3
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Instant
  • Cost: 10 focus or more
  • Effect: Andy splits her attack against two close targets (or the same one). Andy makes a single Melee check against the targets’ Melee defense. For these attacks, add +1 to Andy’s Melee damage bonus for every 2 points of focus they spend. On a success, the affected target takes half damage. On a fantastic success, the affected target takes full damage and suffers the weapon’s special effect.

Elemental Control (Electricity):

• Special effects triggered by a fantastic success -
  • Electricity - Stuns target for one round.
  • Fire - Sets target ablaze.

• Elemental Burst: Andy’s shocks her enemy.
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Instant
  • Range: 10 spaces
  • Effect: Andy makes a ranged attack against an enemy in line of sight. If the attack is a success, it inflicts regular damage. On a fantastic success, the enemy takes double damage instead and the elemental type’s special effect.
• Elemental Protection 1: Andy envelops herself in electricity.
  • Homebrew: Prerequisite waived.
  • Prerequisites: Elemental Barrier
  • Action: Standard or Reaction
  • Trigger: Andy is attacked or otherwise in danger.
  • Duration: Concentration
  • cost: 5 Focus
  • Effect: Andy protects herself with electricity. Any attacks against her that to 10 points of damage or less are instantly absorbed, and the protection continues. If an attack does more than 10 points of damage, it destroys the protection. Either way, Andy remains unharmed.
• Elemental Protection 2: Andy’s elemental protection is like armor.
  • Prerequisites: Elemental Protection 1, Rank 3
  • Action: Standard or Reaction
  • Trigger: Andy is attacked or otherwise in danger.
  • Duration: Concentration
  • cost: 5 Focus
  • Effect: Andy protects herself with electricity. Any attacks against her that to 20 points of damage or less are instantly absorbed, and the protection continues. If an attack does more than 20 points of damage, it destroys the protection. Either way, Andy remains unharmed.
• Elemental Infusion (Fire): Andy infuses fire into a weapon.
  • Prerequisites: Elemental burst, Rank 2
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Concentration
  • Cost: 5 Focus
  • Effect: Andy infuses Fire into a handheld weapon in their grasp. When the character gets a fantastic success, add the energy’s special effect.

Magic:

• Leech Life: Andy consumes the life force of another.
  • Prerequisites: Rank 2
  • Action: Reaction
  • Trigger: Target is grabbed.
  • Duration: Instant
  • cost: 5 Focus
  • Effect: Andy makes an Ego attack against the target’s Resilience defense. If it succeeds, the target takes regular Health damage, and Andy heals half that much Health for themselves. On a Fantastic success, Andy heals the full Health damage instead.
• Blood Hex: Andy lays a powerful curse in an enemy's blood.
  
  • Homebrew: Grimore specific spell.
  • Prerequisites: Rank 3
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Concentration
  • Cost: 10 Focus
  • Effect: Andy makes an Ego attack against one target within line of sight. On a success, the target takes half damage and cannot regain Health while she concentrates. On a Fantastic Success, the target takes full damage and cannot regain Health while she concentrates.
    If Andy has a vial of blood from the target, she makes the attack with double edge.
• Toll of Lady Death: Andy invokes the power of Lady Death.
  
  • Homebrew: Grimore specific spell.
  • Prerequisite: Rank 3
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Instant
  • Range: 20 Spaces
  • Cost: 15 Focus
  • Effect: Andy makes an Ego check with an Edge against the Ego defense of a target in their line of sight. On a success, she deals full damage. On a Fantastic Success, she deals double damage.
    If the target is below full Health, Andy gains a +1 damage multiplier on a success. On a Fantastic Success, she gains a +2.

NPC sheets (Niah, Matt, Vernath, Connie, and Eva)

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Niah Bautista Sullivan

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Character Overview

Name: Niah Bautista Sullivan
Alias:
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Powers: Mutant

• Sense enhancement - Niah can hyper-focus on a sense and make it extremely powerful, but to do so, she loses another sense during that time. When she hyper-focuses on Smell, she loses Sight. Sight - Sound. Sound - Taste. Touch - Smell. Taste - Touch
• Psychometry - Niah can touch an object and see flashes of its history
• Blind sense - even if Niah can't see, she can accurately find enemies and things

Personality Traits:
Energetic * Picky * Friendly * Competitive * Observant * Pedantic

Summary:
Since the end of AoS Niah left S.H.I.E.L.D. behind - and government work, as well, as she was fed up and wanted to make an actual difference with her powers. She has been working in a lab rather than in the field. She's been focusing on raising her daughter Mary Sue while living in England close to her husband Oliver's family.

Extras:
Has a prosthetic leg and arm. The leg is Kree tech.

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Matt Reed-Moss

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Character Overview

Name: Matt Reed-Moss
Alias:
Age: 47
Gender: Trans Male
Powers: Inhuman

• Paralysis Inducement
• Weapon Proficiency

Personality Traits:
Caring * Over Zealous * Loyal * Cynical * Witty * Resentful

Summary:
Since the end of AoS Matt got together with his sweetheart, Cass, and decided to take a desk job at S.H.I.E.L.D. He felt he was done with fieldwork. With Cass at the Avengers, Matt is the primary parent for their son, Ben (his sister's kid who Matt and Cass adopted). The small family lives in New York City. They adopted him a few months ago and are going to send him to Avengers Academy. This trip to see the contest is so Ben can see what the school does.

Extras:

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Vernath

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Character Overview

Name: Vernath
Alias:
Age: ??
Gender: Male
Powers: Demon

• He’s a demon

Personality Traits:
Focused ~ Egotistical ~ Calm ~ Non-committal ~ Cultured ~ Demanding

Summary:
Since Inferno Vernath has been doing demon things in Limbo. He occasionally checks in on his daughter.

Extras:
You can also find Vernath in his previous life as a mutant dude who was too goody two shoes to save his friends from death in the currently running X-Men.

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Connie Winthrop

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Character Overview

Name: Connie
Alias:
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Powers: Human

• Transformation
• Alter self
• Divine Healing

Personality Traits:
Intelligent ~ Cold ~ Resilient ~ Pedantic ~ Independent ~ Judgemental

Summary:
Connie was born to a backwaters hick of a mother who believed God had punished her with Connie. Evelyn had become pregnant with Connie after an ill-conceived one-night stand at a Mardi Gras party with some friends. Evelyn didn’t even know the man's name. She dropped out of college and moved back to her hometown where she hid from everyone. After Connie was born she went out more, mostly to church to atone for her actions.

Connie's abilities were seen as the worst possibility of a deal between Satan and God. Connie's mother believed she was suffering as Job had, and to free herself of the curse, she must cleanse Connie. The woman's definition of cleansing grew worse as Connie's abilities grew. These abilities were never entirely under control, though.

Somehow word got to Connie's father, Andrew Winthrop, about her situation. How word got to him was never something he told Connie, but late in the night, he took the small 10-year-old from her home and freed her. Andrew used a sling-ring. It turned out that he was part of the Masters of the Mystic Arts.

For the first few years after rescuing Connie, Andrew was a constant in her life. He did little without her, even going so far as to take time off 'work'. When Connie showed she could control her innate magical ability under his tutelage Andrew was incredibly proud. From him, Connie did learn a fair amount of healing magic. He couldn’t teach her about her transformation magic.

Eventually, Andrew was requested to return to the field. He asked that Connie be taught in the ways of protecting the Sanctums and her magical talents. Doctor Strange offered her a place in his Academy. Connie jumped at the chance. Her father, while a bit nervous that Connie's personality would clash in a 'school' setting, decided it might actually be the better choice. Giving her socialization with people her own age who were also different so she wouldn't have to hide her true nature. She has been attending Strange Academy since she was twelve years old in their youth program.

Extras:
Find her in the future rp Strange Academy.

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Evanthe

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Character Overview

Name: Evanthe “Eva” Moore
Alias:
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Powers: Mutant

• Nature's Fury
  Command earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and other natural disasters.

Personality Traits:
Charismatic * Intense * Friendly * Fanciful * Confident * Disorganized

Summary:
Eva is a Canadian pop-punk music star. She has been in the industry since she was a teen. Hiding her true nature as a mutant. Thankfully her power was not super obvious. She only used it once during a show when a massive earthquake naturally started and she stopped it so it didn’t hurt anyone.

She’s been touring on and off for years. One of her favorite people to tour with is Harry Simmons. A while back his sister, Val, showed up and was helping Harry with his music therapy. The two ran into each other, literally, and it didn’t take long for Eva to make the first move. Asking for Val's number and then before either knew what was happening they had their first date getting coffee.

Currently, she is married to Val and lives with her in Harry’s house in Canada. She still tours occasionally. Her last album was released a year ago and she’s working on something new.

Extras:

Avengers Academy: X of Swords ⚔️

Ben Moss

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Benjamin Moss

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Character Summary

Name: Benjamin Moss
Superhero Name: Chief Waspman
Age: 14
Birthday: Sept. 10, 2024
Birth Place: London
Pronouns: He/Him
Gender: Male
Species: Inhuman
Recommender: Matt Moss
Languages: English

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Appearance

Height: 5’4”
Weight: 100 lbs
Build: Skinny
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Skin Tone: Fair
Tattoos/Scars/Piercings:
Personal Style: Ben likes t-shirts. He usually wears graphic T-shirts. His adoptive dad got him a bunch of button-ups, which he wears because that’s what he has, but he prefers graphic T-shirts. Otherwise, he is more likely to wear shorts than jeans. Especially here in California, where it is hot.

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Psychology

Courageous * Messy * Fun-loving * Absentminded * Optimistic * Careless

Sexuality: He’s still figuring it out. For now...bi-flexible.
Relationship Status: Single
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Personality: Ben is a messy, sticky, dirty boy. He doesn’t consider other people much when it comes to how they perceive him. Ben just wants to do his things and not think about other people. After losing both of his parents, he is not interested in making friends, even though deep down, he does want friends. So he acts like he doesn’t care and pushes people away, but the words others say still hurt even if he acts like they don’t. This isn’t a “I don’t cry because I’m a boy”- thing, his uncle wouldn’t have allowed that to stick.

Habits: Talking to his insects, bouncing his foot while he is thinking, listening to music while studying or reading, reading
Hobbies: Parkour and skateboarding
Fears:

• Spiders (they aren’t insects)
• Public speaking
• Claustrophobia

Likes:

• Insects
• Parkour
• Tea, like proper tea. Americans are heathens with their tea.
• Tea time (snacks!)
• Science
• Being outside
• Music
• Reading

Dislikes:

• Talking about his parents
• People who confuse what Insects are
• Baths
• Doing the dishes
• Stuffy rooms
• Long Car rides (seriously why is everything so far away in America)

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Cards On The Table

Powers:

• Insect Manipulation
• Parkour Combat

General World Skills:

• Entomology
• Skateboarding
• General Science Knowledge
• Basic First Aid
• General Computers
• Insight

Combat Skills:

• Parkour
• Some hand-to-hand

Coursework:

• Traditional - put down 4 class suggestions
  
  • 1 - Algebra
  • 2 - English
  • 3 - Computers
  • 4 - Environmental Science
• Superheroics - put down 4 class suggestions
  
  • 1- Alien Civilizations
  • 2- Combat 101
  • 3- History of Superpowers
  • 4- Practical Emergency Medicine

Medical Issues/Injuries:

• ADHD

Possessions:

• Backpack - Books, notebook, pens, Passport
• Wallet - ID, some cash (both American and Euros), an emergency Credit Card
• *Framed photo of his parents (A holiday card)
• *Several glass terrariums with bugs (mostly beetles)

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History

Family: List out their family members, immediate family is required, extended family is optional

• Matthew Moss (Adoptive father/Bio Uncle)

How did you discover your powers: Several months ago, Ben was visiting his parents at the lab they work in. While there an accident happened and the terrigen mist was released into the building. Ben’s parents died, despite his mother being Inhuman. He went through terrigenesis.

General History: Ben Owens was born at 3 am after his mom, Chelsea, had been in labor for almost four whole hours. She was exhausted but held him. Chelsea knew she was inhuman. She had known since her older brother, Matthew, had accidentally undergone terrigenesis several years prior. Then, in 2021, the Terrigen bomb went off. Chelsea and her father also underwent terrigenesis.

She worked for the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and was tapped to work on the M-Pox cure project. There, she met her (soon-to-be) husband, Malachi. The two bonded quickly while working on the project. Malachi was not Inhuman, but he was also a pathologist.

Ben grew up in London and was well-loved by his family. Including the extended family. His Uncle Matt visited often. He grew up in the city but loved going out of town to the country. From a very young age, he was interested in entomology. He was always outdoors and playing in the mud, the type of kid. Even when that wasn’t an option in the flat he grew up in.

He played with the local neighborhood kids. He attended a school that was friendly to mutants and Inhumans. Most of his friends were children of one or the other. They all talked about what powers they wanted.

At seven, Ben started skateboarding. He loved it instantly. Malachi taught him. Ben’s friends got into it, too. They began exploring other similar sports and discovered parkour. Ben and his friends were a small gang of six boys from the Braddock Academy feeder school. They all had hopes of attending eventually, even the Inhuman kids who didn’t know if they’d ever be allowed to undergo terrigenesis. They all knew Ben would be the one to do it. His parents planned to eventually.

Unfortunately, they were not ready to do it when he was fourteen. His parents decided they would wait two years. Ben and his friends went truant from school and were messing around on their skateboards and filming parkour tricks together to post on Snikt! They got in trouble for truancy from school and loitering.

The cops took him to his parents' work. While there, he was getting lectured, and there was a lab accident. The accident caused severe building damage, and some of the contained Mist spread. Ben and his parents were caught in the blast. Chelsea died from the second exposure, and Malachi was hit with some debris. Ben survived and underwent terrigenesis.

Ben was extremely lucky and survived. Matt, Ben's uncle, flew out immediately to be there for Matt’s family. He stayed a few weeks at his parents' place. Matt decided he wanted to adopt Ben. This was partly because he was his nephew and also because he was unable to have biological children. Matt and Ben had already been close while he was growing up, having told him stories and taught him about fighting and guns (though Ben isn’t interested in those (it’s weird in London; it seems to be an American thing)). The downside was that Matt lives in Los Angeles. He didn’t want Ben to go to school in Wales while they lived there. With that in mind, Matt decided to send Ben to Avengers Academy, where he had friends (and children of friends).

Ben appreciated that his Uncle was willing to adopt him, but he felt like that was almost for the show since he was almost immediately sent to the Academy. He only had a few months between his parents' deaths and going to the Academy. It seemed to him that once Christmas had passed, his Uncle was sending him to school.

Proposed Arc:

• I think the only thing would be him dealing with the grief of losing his parents and being moved across the world to some random city with a bunch of strangers that his adoptive parents expect him to just make friends with.
• It would be funny to meet/realize that the Gifted group had been involved in ending m-pox

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Extras

Character Quote: Where did I leave that?
Favorite Song: Boys will be bugs
Anything Else: Spider Gwen. Grin
_{*By submitting this CS in its completion, I am stating I have read all the rules for this RP and am agreeing to follow them to the fullest with respect and courtesy. I acknowledge that I can and will be removed from the RP without warning if I break a rule or cause problems with my fellow Rpers or the GM.}

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Benjamin Moss}

^{"Insects are fascinating."}

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C H A R A C T E R P E R S O N A L I T Y C H A R A C T E R P E R S O N A L I T Y _________________________________________________________ | Couragous | Fun-Loving | _________________________________________________________ | Messy | Absentminded | _________________________________________________________ | Optimistic | Careless | C H A R A C T E R N O T E S C H A R A C T E R N O T E S _________________________________________________________ [+] - M I S C E L L A N E O U S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ► Character Info Aliases: Benny Boi, Big Ben, Bug Boi, Cuddle Bug, Jitter Bug, Love Bug, My King, My Lord, My Leige Hero Name:Chief Waspman Birth Place: London Age: 14 Birthday: Sept. 10, 2024 Gender: Male Pronouns: He/Him Sexuality: Bi-Flexible (Figuring it Out) Build: Skinny Body Modifications: Habits: Talking to his insects, bouncing his foot while he is thinking, listening to music while studying or reading, reading Hobbies: Parkour and skateboarding Social Handle: SkaterBugLife Medical History:ADHD ► Fears Spiders Public Speaking Claustrophobic ► Likes Insects Parkour Tea, Proper Tea. Americans are heathens with their tea Tea Time (snacks) Science Being Outside Music Reading ► Dislikes Talking about his Parents People who confuse what insects are Baths Doing the Dishes Stuffy Rooms Long Car Rides (seriously, why is everything so far away in America) - A B I L I T I E S A B I L I T I E S _________________________________________________________ [+] - P O W E R S & S K I L L S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ► Powers Insect Manipulation Parkour Combat ► Skills Parkour Hand to Hand First Aid Entomology Science Computers Skateboarding Insight ► Languages English ► Possessions Backpack - Books, notebook, pens, Passport Wallet - ID, some cash (both American and Euros), an emergency Credit Card Death Valley baseball cap *Framed photo of his parents (A holiday card) *Several glass terrariums with bugs (mostly beetles) *Watercolor of himself done by Chase - P O S T C A T A L O G P O S T C A T A L O G _________________________________________________________ [+] - R E L A T I O N S H I P N O T E S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ► Name Chase - My knight Danni - friend... crush... damn this is complicated Percy - Emrys, roommate Marlena - skate buddy, she's cool Note/Link Ben's introduction Near Miss Skate Park Trio National Parks 1 (Death Valley) National Parks 2 (Sequoia) National Parks 3 (Yosemite) National Parks 4 (Lassen) National Park 5 (Redwoods) Rescued A Knight's Tale -

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C H A R A C T E R H I S T O R Y
C H A R A C T E R H I S T O R Y

Power Discovery

Ben had been standing a few feet away from his father, Malachi, a table separating them. Chelsea, Ben’s mum, was on the same side of the table. The three of them were fighting. Malachi was yelling. His face was red with anger. He loved his son. But he was worried. Ben’s friends might be going a bad direction. He wouldn’t think that Ben had started hanging out with a bad crowd. The little group of kids in the apartment complex that Chelsea had found were decent enough kids. They all had one parent at least who was Inhuman; they had all gone through terrigensis around the same time. Around the time that Malachi had met Chelsea. And all these kids grew up knowing what they were. However, it was becoming increasingly difficult to manage the teens.

They had skipped school. A cop had brought Ben to the office after he had been busted. Chelsea was worried. She had failed Ben somehow. She felt bad about it and didn’t know how to fix it. “Malachi, stop yelling.” Her voice was calm, still cutting through her husband's words. She knew who she married. Knew his family and knew the risks, but she had loved him. Dumb as that was.

“Ben, just tell us why,” she pleaded. Malachi had stopped yelling, but his hands were on the table, pressed into fists. Ben stood, slouched, and as far away from his parents as he could get in the break room. He leaned against a counter, arms crossed. Chelsea felt a spark of love for her teen son; she smiled softly to herself.

“There wasn’t a reason. We just were bored.” Ben shrugged. He didn’t want to be there. He would rather be sitting in the dumb math class he should have been in instead. The building rocked. An explosion tore through the building. An alarm went off. The room, the small break room, near his parents' lab filled with a greenish mist. Chelsea’s eyes went wide; the building rocked again. Ben screamed and started to move, trying to get his mum. He didn’t get to her. Darkness surrounded him. Ben could barely move. He couldn’t hear anything except his own voice as he screamed. At first, he was screaming for his mum and dad. Then he was screaming because he couldn’t move.

Ben couldn’t breathe. He couldn’t move. He cried out for his mum. Great wracking sobs, as he cried in the pure black of the cocoon encasing him, tore through him. His voice growing raw, his body and mind exhausted. Pain had filled him. He could only feel the pain. He screamed more. He passed out.

Ben dreamt of moving, of the world being easy to navigate, leaping between buildings. Free.

He dreamt of insects. He understood them in a way he had never understood them before.

When he woke, he was still in the dark, he still hurt, and there was nothing but silence. He curled up and cried. He screamed and begged. His voice broken, the screams became weak things. And he was still trapped. His mum had been right there. She had been so close, but he hadn’t reached her.

Ben continued to drift in and out of consciousness. He soon gave up. Imagining that he’d be trapped forever. That he would die there in the cocoon. When he slept, he had visions. The visions were of insects and parkour. His two favorite things, other than skating. He assumed that it was his mind trying to protect him. Reaching for the things that brought him joy. He catalogued the insects he saw in his visions.

He was broken.

He finally let himself sink into what he figured would be his final time to sleep.

He woke up. There were machines beeping. His grandmother was there. His uncle was there. Not his mother. Not his father. He shifted, and they came to his side. They knew what had happened.

Matt explained it. That Ben was perfectly healthy. That what happened was how it always happened. But, because he had been in the cocoon so long, they weren’t sure if he was dehydrated or what. The cocoon had stayed until the debris from the building collapse could be cleared off of it fully. It protected him.

Ben couldn’t talk. But he wrote his question, “Where’s mum?” He knew as soon as his grandmother and uncle saw the question. He knew what the look on their faces meant. He mouthed, “Dad?” They shared a look, and then Grandma shook her head. Ben curled up onto his side.

The hospital released him a day later. There was nothing wrong with him. They told him his voice would heal. He didn’t care. He curled up in the room that had been his mother’s when she was a kid. He slept. He cried. He didn’t drink tea.

He heard conversations coming from the kitchen. His dad’s parents came over. There was a fight. They left with the urn filled with their son; they did not leave with Ben. He heard what they called him. What they called his mother. What they called the rest of his family. He had heard the whole conversation and knew that they could not love him enough.

It took time, but soon Ben was packed up and moved to San Francisco. Matt had told him. He hadn’t asked. Ben hated San Francisco. It was cold and foggy. The apartment that Matt lived in was on the third floor, and the elevator was questionable. Ben rode it in once and cried. He refused to use it again. There were only three flights. He didn’t think about it. Didn’t think about how much the flight sucked. How much he hated driving. He just walked through it all in a daze. Lost.

General History

Benjamin Arthur Owens-Moss was born at 3 am after his mom, Chelsea, had been in labor for almost four whole hours. She was exhausted but held him. Chelsea knew she was inhuman. She had known since her older brother, Matthew, had accidentally undergone terrigenesis several years prior. Then, in 2021, the Terrigen bomb went off. Chelsea and her father also underwent terrigenesis.

She worked for the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and was tapped to work on the M-Pox cure project. There, she met her (soon-to-be) husband, Malachi. The two bonded quickly while working on the project. Malachi was not Inhuman, but he was also a pathologist.

Ben grew up in London and was well-loved by his family. Including the extended family. His Uncle Matt visited often. He grew up in the city but loved going out of town to the country. From a very young age, he was interested in entomology. He was always outdoors and playing in the mud, the type of kid. Even when that wasn’t an option in the flat he grew up in.

He played with the local neighborhood kids. He attended a school that was friendly to mutants and Inhumans. Most of his friends were children of one or the other. They all talked about what powers they wanted.

At seven, Ben started skateboarding. He loved it instantly. Malachi taught him. Ben’s friends got into it, too. They began exploring other similar sports and discovered parkour. Ben and his friends were a small gang of six boys from the Braddock Academy feeder school. They all had hopes of attending eventually, even the Inhuman kids who didn’t know if they’d ever be allowed to undergo terrigenesis. They all knew Ben would be the one to do it. His parents planned to eventually.

Unfortunately, they were not ready to do it when he was fourteen. His parents decided they would wait two years. Ben and his friends went truant from school and were messing around on their skateboards and filming parkour tricks together to post on Snikt! They got in trouble for truancy from school and loitering.

The cops took him to his parents' work. While there, he was getting lectured, and there was a lab accident. The accident caused severe building damage, and some of the contained Mist spread. Ben and his parents were caught in the blast. Chelsea died from the second exposure, and Malachi was hit with some debris. Ben survived and underwent terrigenesis.

Ben was extremely lucky and survived. Matt, Ben's uncle, flew out immediately to be there for Matt’s family. He stayed a few weeks at his parents' place. Matt decided he wanted to adopt Ben. This was partly because he was his nephew and also because he was unable to have biological children. Matt and Ben had already been close while he was growing up, having told him stories and taught him about fighting and guns (though Ben isn’t interested in those (it’s weird in London; it seems to be an American thing)). The downside was that Matt lives in Los Angeles. He didn’t want Ben to go to school in Wales while they lived there. With that in mind, Matt decided to send Ben to Avengers Academy, where he had friends (and children of friends).

Ben appreciated that his Uncle was willing to adopt him, but he felt like that was almost for the show since he was almost immediately sent to the Academy. He only had a few months between his parents' deaths and going to the Academy. It seemed to him that once Christmas had passed, his Uncle was sending him to school.

Avengers Academy: X of Swords ⚔️

Dr. Maeve Whitehall read over the file on Andy as she sat outside. This was one where she felt more information in the file would have been helpful, but even then, it paved the initial road in therapy better. Energy vampirism and electrical manipulation were strong powers to possess for a young person.

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The office Andy would set foot in held neutral tones in light brown, white, and gray. The sitting area had three chairs, two armchairs and a sofa. The coffee table had a pot of coffee on it, freshly brewed, with two cups and some coasters. There was a stuffed sloth animal on the sofa. The walls held various black and white photographs of landmarks like the Eiffel Tower or the Sydney Opera House. There was also a water fixture on the side that made the sound of a light waterfall.

Maeve sat in one of the armchairs as Andy came in. “Hello Andy. My name is Dr. Maeve Whitehall, but you can call me Maeve or Dr. Whitehall, whichever you prefer. Please, take a seat wherever you like. Help yourself to some coffee if you want, or I can get some water if that’s better.” Maeve had her own coffee cup in front of her and she sipped it while Andy got comfortable.

Upon entering the room, Andy’s eyes darted around it. Taking in the set up and art. She smelled the coffee and it had already had her attention before Dr. Whitehall had mentioned it. ”I like coffee.” She said, picking up the cup and sat down in one of the armchairs. She sipped on the coffee, tasting it. She let it linger for a moment before sighing.

”Before we get into stuff, I have a question. When I was...little there were always rules around things like therapists and confessionals. Confidentiality rules. Could you clarify them for me?” Andy had established that talking about being from the past would probably be fine from Zari, but she wanted to make sure.

Maeve gave a warm smile as Andy sat and enjoyed the coffee. ”I love coffee also. Quite literally cannot start my day without it.” To fine that point Maeve picked up her own cup and sipped.

”I am happy to clarify that with you and I am very impressed. You are one of very few people I have spoken to that knew that at the start. So, confidentiality means that what we talk about in this room will stay in this room. Despite Coulson’s request for these sessions, I will not share with him what we talk about. That is unless you give me permission to and even then I will share only what you give me permission to. There are some stipulations to that confidentiality clause that, if they occur, I may need to break confidentiality. Those include if there is any desire to want to seriously harm yourself or someone else, if there is child abuse or vulnerable adult abuse, or if the authorities get involved and ask for my records. Even if that was the case with that last one I would fight them on it. Other than that, this is a private space. Does all of that make sense?”

”Yes. Thank you.” Andy nodded and took a sip of her coffee. ”I know that this is supposed to be focused on the recent incident. And I do suppose I should talk about that. But I need to talk about something else.” Andy considered what she wanted to say. She had been fretting over it but the doctor's comment about abuse made her pause. She wondered what sort of statute of limitations there was on that. To give herself a moment she took another sip of her coffee.

”I was born in 2004. I time traveled to get here. I can't say I don't know anyone but as far as anyone knows I've been missing or dead for the last seventeen years.” She said it all in almost one breath and sucked in another when she finished. Andy hadn't said that to anyone yet. Zari and her parents knew, obviously, but she hadn't told anyone.

Maeve nodded as Andy opened up with some information she had not been made aware of. Granted, that was by her own request. Still, it pleased Maeve that Andy was open to this. ”We can talk about whatever it is you want. The situation with Arcade may have been the starting event that got the ball rolling, but I am here to help with whatever it is you need in the moment.”

“So you time traveled here from 2004? How was that experience for you? I imagine it was somewhat of a shock. And a revelation to those that knew you in 2004 and then 17 years later. Did you share this with anyone? Parents? Siblings? Friends?”

”My girlfriend is aware.” That was an understatement. ”My mom is too. I never knew my biological Dad and I haven't spoken to my adoptive dad about it. I kind of left without saying anything. I don't have any siblings, that I know of. My mom very likely has had other children. As for friends, that's complicated. It turns out one of the friends I've made now is the son of one of my friends from before.” Andy was not ready to give details about who her family was and that she had been on Genosha.

”That’s a lot to handle. Still, it is nice to hear you have some support from others. Friendships can be complicated at the best of times, though I imagine your particular situation makes that different. How has all of this impacted your time at school? With the coursework and the contest amongst other events, as previously mentioned, a typical student would be understandably stressed.”

”I didn't have the most complete education before and the seventeen year gap has not been an easy hurdle. I feel like I have to study four times harder than the others to catch up to what I should have been.” Andy was honestly very stressed with trying to get a handle on all of that. ”I've gotten some help at least. From a couple of others. The contest itself sounds...magical. When I left, mutants were hated. It was a mess. Shortly after M-pox.” Shortly after the Drummonds deaths. ”There was a lot of hatred and resentment. And then I came here and Mutants are just,” she waved her hand encompassing the school and everything.
Maeve of course knew of the hatred of mutants. It was a topic of discussion during her time at school as well as her own experiences. ”Yes, growing up I heard stories of mutants and how they had to be feared. Harder still having ones power manifest. Things have gotten better thankfully and schools like this have done their part in that progress.”

“With the pressure of catching up on not only schoolwork, but really society as a whole, what do you do to take that stress off? The contest can be a nice distraction but that comes with its own share of stress.”

”The contest is fine. I don't mind being part of it. It isn't driving me or anything. I have no idea about modern social media. I've been meaning to try to figure it out but haven't had the time. I started reading the Percy Jackson series. A friend lent them. I like it. Kind of wish I had read it back when it was more age appropriate.” Andy pauses to take a sip of her coffee. ”I've honestly been so swamped between the two that I can't even find time to do something else. I suppose with the grade promise Coulson gave us will make it a bit easier.” She looks down at her coffee. ”That's why we were doing the extra training in the Framework. We all felt the pressure.”

Maeve nodded, making further mental notes. ”I know about that book series. And don’t worry, I still enjoy a young adult book now and then. The Hunger Games? Still a favorite. I think responding to that pressure in the way you all did is valid. It was a way to get extra help in preparation for something a lot of you were looking forward to and wanting to work hard at. You especially are in a unique situation having been from the past and making decisions for yourself knowing you have to take extra steps and put in more work to be where everyone else is. Do you find it makes it harder to relate to your classmates and, by extension, those on your team?”

That last question drove home. Andy had on a whim decided to abandon her time to follow Zari. Zari was sometimes impossible to understand but she still wouldn't change that choice. Zari kept her grounded and happy. However, there was so much boiling inside her.

”Yeah.” She answered simply. ”I also...since they were all born around the year I left. There is this feeling that I'm not seventeen. I've only lived that long but I should be, if I hadn't time traveled, in my thirties. I was friends with some of their parents, who think I am dead. Heck, one of their grandfather's adopted me. I think she hates me sometimes because of that. Then they all have seventeen years of pop culture and history and I was never great at it back in my own time with that stuff. I only got interested in b- movies about a year ago, relatively. And that was because of the Drummonds, who were murdered in a horrifying fire right after Christmas by some Purifiers, anti-mutants, and then m-pox happened and I was just fumbling from one thing to the next. For me that was just months ago. Not seventeen years. Then I joined this group and we stopped M-pox. When we woke up from that months later we were on Genosha. There I found out who my biological mom is. Then she turns around and tries to kill everyone and I just left. I didn't even think about it. Zari asked me and I followed. Started coming to this school, which by the way if you remember from 17 years ago how horrible mutants were treated going to a mutant school was a massive fear. But I'm here and I don't want to just keep stumbling between crises. I need to be prepared. And I'm not. Eventually people are going to come looking for my mom. And if I can't keep her out of their hands the world will be in danger again.” Everything came tumbling out. She hadn't wanted to say all of that but it was like an avalanche once it started. Her hands were shaking. She looked down at the coffee and drank half the cup. She really hadn't wanted to get into who her mom was. Discussing that couldn't be a good idea.

”It sounds like a lot of pressure on you, both one you're willing to take on and one you had thrusted on you. I get the sense talking about your mother spiked your emotions. While I am happy to address that area I want you to know you do not need to during this first session. But I am here to talk about it.”

“While I do not know about time travel and being displaced like you are, I think everyone experiences those feelings of unknown in who you are compared to others. Yours is on another level to be sure, but I will go out on a limb and say there are probably others who have similar feelings. This is why it is important to have a support network of people who want the best for you. But it is also important to know your own boundaries and what you want to share and when.”

Andy's hands tightened around the mug. The coffee didn't feel warm anymore. And there wasn't much left anyway. She finished it off then set the cup down.

”I have to take it. No one else could protect people from mom like me. I haven't told anyone new. They think I'm weird and old fashioned. I don't know how to socialize with them. I miss the ring and fighting and knowing a person from how they fight. I miss the Drummonds. And I miss thinking I'd be safe.” If Andy was honest with herself she hadn't really felt safe since she had been eight. But the death of the Drummonds had sealed away any hope of that.

”If I get strong enough to protect Mom then I'll be safe. No one else will protect me.” Except Zari.

”I am going to assign you some homework. This isn’t like school where you will be graded nor are you obligated to do this. I will sometimes assign homework if I feel it is in my client’s best interest and I think it will help. This is, assuming of course, you want to make this a regular thing. If you do, then for next time, I want you to sit with yourself in those feelings. The need, the desire to want to be strong to protect yourself. Allow yourself to feel all the emotions attached to that desire. Write them down if you want. Then, I want you to take a step back and think about allowing others in. Friends, family, other loved ones and other supports. Even if briefly, allow yourself to feel what it would be like to allow others in to help. Write that down too if you want.”

“Even if you do not want sessions to continue, I would still encourage this. And even if after this session if you do not want to come back, know that I will be a support for you in whatever you need it for.”

”I'll try. I am willing to continue meeting too.” Andy said. ”Thank you. I've been needing to talk about some stuff. And I've only scratched the surface of that.” Andy stood up sensing that this was the end of the session, and left the room. She felt better. ”Oh! She poked her head back in, ”Do you do family therapy?”

Avengers Academy: X of Swords ⚔️

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Location: School Field
Skills: Enhanced Reflexes (Passive)

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Andy was surprised that the teacher didn't know them. Part of her was thankful for it. She raised her hand as Zari drew attention to them. "I'm not surprised you scared him. Your power would have been perfect for that situation. If he had let you into the Framework you would have beaten him in moments." She agreed.

"And yeah I don't blame her at all. Hell I know I've done things under external control. I am not happy about it, but I don't blame myself for it. Also, if she hadn't killed me in there I wouldn't have gotten out and gotten your help. We would have been in there longer. If it had been someone else they probably wouldn't have woken back up either." She shrugged. "I guess I should tell her that so she stops blaming herself so much. I told her, just before you came into the meeting, that I didn't blame her. I don't think she took it to heart though."

Now they had to wait for the all clear so they could go back into the building. There were a bunch of students milling about waiting. Some had just come out of the building and were making a fuss. Andy looked over and saw that it was the Wonder Trio plus their friends. Part of her wished she had gotten a better start with them. She was glad her and Dorian had worked through it and watched the movie together. However, the others still felt like they hated her. Leah was cool and Andy would love to be her friend. That group was so tangled up in their relationships though it was difficult. Andy knew she'd always feel like an outsider. At least she had Zari.

Avengers Academy: X of Swords ⚔️

@Morose Updated Andy for approval

Character Sheet

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Luna Minor

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Ability Scores

Melee 4	Agility 3	Resilience 2	Vigilance 3	Ego 1	Logic 2

Defense Scores

Melee 14	Agility 13	Resilience 12	Vigilance 13	Ego 11	Logic 12

Damage

Melee d6 x 3 + 4	Agility d6 x 5 + 3	Ego d6 x 3 + 1	Logic d6 x 3 + 2

Extra Info

Rank 3	Health 60	Focus 90	Karma 3	Damage Reduction N/A

Biography

Full Name: Andy Drummond Gallio-Lensherr
Pronouns: She/Her
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 115lbs
Gender: Female
Eye Color:Blue
Hair Color: Dark Blonde (Box dyed black)
Distinguishing Features:
Scars: N/A
Piercings: Ears and belly button are pierced
Origin: Mutant
Team: Avengers Academy
Base: Avengers Academy
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Hobbies: Going to the movies, drinking coffee

History
Andy's very early life is a mystery. She couldn't tell you her parents' names or where she was born. What is known is when she was a toddler, about 28 months old, Andy was found nearly drowned by some surfers. They got her to a hospital. She had not yet started talking and wouldn't for almost six more months. The doctors figured that was from the trauma she had endured. She was put into foster care, and while an attempt was made to find out who her bio parents were, they were not found.

Her first home lasted almost two years. She was now five years old and starting school. She seemed fairly well adjusted, if not a quiet child. However, her foster parents were finally able to conceive. Andy didn't understand; were they not her parents? Had they not raised her? She was broken-hearted and returned to the system.

From there, things did not get easier for Andy. It was explained to her badly that they did not know her parents. They had searched for them, but with no names or leads, the system had given up. If the parents weren't looking for her, they didn't want her. She was soon spending shorter and shorter amounts of time in foster homes. Two years became three months by the time she was fourteen. She was put into special boarding schools for troubled kids. The school she went to was the breaking point, Northwood Academy, in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

Now fourteen years old, she ran. It wasn't the first time she had run away, it was just the most successful. The school was on a trip to Denver, and instead of returning to the bus at the end of the day, she just walked the other way. Her first goal was to get out of Colorado. She wanted nothing to do with the state. She remembered San Francisco and knew that she might be forced back into the system if someone recognized her there. So she went in the other direction. Unknowingly headed for her birthplace. She didn't want to go to New York City proper, so she decided on another large city there. Andy hopped on the cargo train, hidden from view.

On the train, she was introduced to another culture. The vagabond. There weren't as many left as there used to be, but they took the young girl under their wing. Some for less than savory reasons. When one of those tried something, marking this as the first time she intentionally used her electrokinesis, knowing full well what it could do, Andy did not hold back. She ran away from that group; it had only been three weeks since she had joined them.

Andy did finally reach Rochester. She had picked up a few skills from the vagabonds and used them to survive here in this city. Andy got concerned as Summer faded into Fall and the weather started to turn cold. She hadn't considered this as most of her life she had lived in California and had seen very little snow. She was trying to decide if she should head south for the winter, like a bird, or find a place to tough it out. She did know most of the shelters in the area. Andy had to lie to be able to use them and told them she was eighteen, but lying came easy to her.

Andy was sitting one day in late October near a Mixed Martial Arts studio. The owner and his wife got chatting with her. They were obviously concerned about the fact there was a clearly homeless kid hanging out near the studio. After a few days of trying to gain her trust, they offered to let her stay in the basement apartment if she helped around the studio. She agreed tentatively.

Over the next two years, they cared for her as if she was their child. She became friendly with those who regularly worked out at the studio and was trained by them in several fighting forms. Since Andy picked them up easily, they ended up putting her into competitions. For the first time in her life, things were looking good. She was happy and healthy.

The owners, Jamie & Ash Drummond, were considering honest adoption when a group of purifiers discovered that Ash was a mutant. In the course of the attack, both Jamie and Ash were killed, and the studio burned down. Andy was caught up in the attack and barely escaped. In the process, though, she revealed that she was a mutant as well. Her identity was no longer safe, so she ran away and started heading south.

Since then, she has been going by Andy Drummond instead of Phillips. That is, if she isn't using the fake name Andrea Elliot (the ID was given to her by Ash). Andy has no attachment to the name Phillips since it was given to her by the system, and she doesn't know what her parents actually named her. Andy likes to pretend that the Drummonds were her real parents; sadly, this isn't true; they would never have lost her if they had been.

Andy met up with the Underground in DC. She tentatively joined them, planning on moving on quickly. But because they all got frozen during the fight to save the city from the spread of M-Pox, Andy ended up on Genosha.

While on Genosha, Andy and Zari were adopted by Magneto. Zari and Magneto had a falling out, but Andy was still welcome even though she left with Zari that day.

Also, while on Genosha, Andy finally met Selene, her biological mother. Selene still hasn't explained this to Andy at this point, but this is what happened to her. When Andy was 28 months old, her biological dad kidnapped her. When Selene caught up with him, he teleported Andy away; he had no planned destination, so Selene couldn't get it out of him where she ended up. For that, Selene killed Andy's father and ate his soul. Unfortunately for Andy, she ended up in the ocean, which is why surfers found her. Selene did look for her, but she lost interest, assuming Andy had died. Selene had assumed that until she met Andy on Genosha.

After leaving Genosha, Andy went with Zari back to her homeworld and time. It was a bit chaotic at first dealing with explaining what was happening to Zari's parents. But once questions were answered, Andy was allowed to stay. When Zari expressed interest in going to AA Andy thought about it and decided to go too. She could use some socializing with modern teens. She also wanted some training to deal with threats to protect her mom. The fear that someone might try to free Selene is enough for her to deal with High School.

Personality
Andy can be a hostile person. She is fidgety, impulsive, and irritable. She has little self-restraint, which has gotten her in trouble more times than she cares to count. She can be forgetful and absent-minded. But she is constantly coming up with scenarios in her mind and planning ways out of those situations. She has little trust in people and takes a long time to warm up to someone. Once someone has earned her loyalty, though, she would fight for them to the death if required of her. She can be caring. Often she would take food to the elderly or infirm when she was staying in some homeless camp or another. She just wanted family, but something keeps taking it away from her, and she believes she is cursed now. That has made the whole situation with Magneto and Selene even more bizarre for her. She doesn't know quite how to handle it all.

Traits

• First aid (RP earned) - Andy knows how to administer First Aid. She has an edge on Logic to stop bleeding.
• Combat Reflexes - Andy can react quickly in combat. This grants her one additional reaction on each turn.
• Quick Learner - If the character fails an action check, they gain an edge on the check if they try the same action again on their next turn.
• Situational Awareness - The character is trained to always keep an eye out for trouble. They have an edge on initiative checks.

Tags

• Hounded - The character is a member of a group of people who are persecuted for simply being themselves
• Linguist (Spanish)
• Mentor (Selene (Sorcery)) - This character knows an older person they can ask for advice, even when it comes to having super-powers. This tag can be selected multiple times.
• Mentor (Lady Nimue (Sword)) - This character knows an older person they can ask for advice, even when it comes to having super-powers. This tag can be selected multiple times.
• Sorcerous - The character had dedicated themself to the study of traditional magic, also known as sorcery.
• X-Gene - The character has mutant genes that cause them to develop super-powers

Powers

Basic Powers:

• Accuracy 1: Andy is a sharpshooter.
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Duration: Permanent
  • Effect: Andy adds +1 to her agility damage multiplier, and she gains a +1 bonus to Agility checks other than attacks.
• Accuracy 2: Andy is a sharpshooter.
  • Prerequisites: Accuracy 1, Rank 2
  • Duration: Permanent
  • Effect: Andy adds +2 to her agility damage multiplier, and she gains a +2 bonus to Agility checks other than attacks.

Melee Weapons:

• Special effects triggered by a fantastic success -
  • Sharp - Target is bleeding.

• Fast Attacks: Andy’s weapon lashes out!
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Instant
  • Effect: Andy splits her attack against two close targets (or the same one). Andy makes a single Melee check against the targets’ Melee defense. On a success, the affected target takes half damage. On a fantastic success, the affected target takes full damage and Andy can make a bonus attack against any target within reach, with the same effect.
• Whirling Frenzy: Andy’s assaults a foe with a tornado of whirling attacks.
  • Prerequisites: Fast Attacks, Rank 2
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Instant
  • Cost: 5 Focus
  • Effect:Andy makes an Agility check and compares it to the Agility defense of every character in her reach. If an attack is a success, the enemy takes half regular damage. On a fantastic success, they take full damage and suffer the weapon’s special effect.
• Furious attacks: Andy’s weapons smash into her foe!
  • Prerequisites: Whirling frenzy, Rank 3
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Instant
  • Cost: 10 focus or more
  • Effect: Andy splits her attack against two close targets (or the same one). Andy makes a single Melee check against the targets’ Melee defense. For these attacks, add +1 to Andy’s Melee damage bonus for every 2 points of focus they spend. On a success, the affected target takes half damage. On a fantastic success, the affected target takes full damage and suffers the weapon’s special effect.

Elemental Control (Electricity):

• Special effects triggered by a fantastic success -
  • Electricity - Stuns target for one round.
  • Fire - Sets target ablaze.

• Elemental Burst: Andy’s shocks her enemy.
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Instant
  • Range: 10 spaces
  • Effect: Andy makes a ranged attack against an enemy in line of sight. If the attack is a success, it inflicts regular damage. On a fantastic success, the enemy takes double damage instead and the elemental type’s special effect.
• Elemental Protection 1: Andy envelops herself in electricity.
  • Homebrew: Prerequisite waived.
  • Prerequisites: Elemental Barrier
  • Action: Standard or Reaction
  • Trigger: Andy is attacked or otherwise in danger.
  • Duration: Concentration
  • cost: 5 Focus
  • Effect: Andy protects herself with electricity. Any attacks against her that to 10 points of damage or less are instantly absorbed, and the protection continues. If an attack does more than 10 points of damage, it destroys the protection. Either way, Andy remains unharmed.
• Elemental Protection 2: Andy’s elemental protection is like armor.
  • Prerequisites: Elemental Protection 1, Rank 3
  • Action: Standard or Reaction
  • Trigger: Andy is attacked or otherwise in danger.
  • Duration: Concentration
  • cost: 5 Focus
  • Effect: Andy protects herself with electricity. Any attacks against her that to 20 points of damage or less are instantly absorbed, and the protection continues. If an attack does more than 20 points of damage, it destroys the protection. Either way, Andy remains unharmed.
• Elemental Infusion (Fire): Andy infuses fire into a weapon.
  • Prerequisites: Elemental burst, Rank 2
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Concentration
  • Cost: 5 Focus
  • Effect: Andy infuses Fire into a handheld weapon in their grasp. When the character gets a fantastic success, add the energy’s special effect.

Magic:

• Leech Life: Andy consumes the life force of another.
  • Prerequisites: Rank 2
  • Action: Reaction
  • Trigger: Target is grabbed.
  • Duration: Instant
  • cost: 5 Focus
  • Effect: Andy makes an Ego attack against the target’s Resilience defense. If it succeeds, the target takes regular Health damage, and Andy heals half that much Health for themselves. On a Fantastic success, Andy heals the full Health damage instead.
• Blood Hex: Andy lays a powerful curse in an enemy's blood.
  
  • Homebrew: Grimore specific spell.
  • Prerequisites: Rank 3
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Concentration
  • Cost: 10 Focus
  • Effect: Andy makes an Ego attack against one target within line of sight. On a success, the target takes half damage and cannot regain Health while she concentrates. On a Fantastic Success, the target takes full damage and cannot regain Health while she concentrates.
    If Andy has a vial of blood from the target, she makes the attack with double edge.
• Toll of Lady Death: Andy invokes the power of Lady Death.
  
  • Homebrew: Grimore specific spell.
  • Prerequisite: Rank 3
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Instant
  • Range: 20 Spaces
  • Cost: 15 Focus
  • Effect: Andy makes an Ego check with an Edge against the Ego defense of a target in their line of sight. On a success, she deals full damage. On a Fantastic Success, she deals double damage.
    If the target is below full Health, Andy gains a +1 damage multiplier on a success. On a Fantastic Success, she gains a +2.

X-Men: Cosmic Crusades 👽

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Ed Penior

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Location: New Orleans - Botanical Gardens
Skills: Magic
Items:
Magic cloak (like Dr Strange that allows him to fly)
Protection Amulet from Klara

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Ed had dodged a damn bus. Exodus was there and that guy was the worst. Chrysi had been stalling. Ed wished he could have kept talking to her. Kept trying to find a way forward. He understood Mary a bit better now. But he hadn't been there for all of those things. His family had been hiding doing their secret society bull shit. He needed to step up. He needed to take over the family and start doing good for the world. Too bad the family was so broken and few now. But it would be better than doing nothing.

That's what Ed was thinking about as he started trying to heal those who had been hit by the bus. Orange light flickered from his hands and failed to transmit to those hurt. He frowned. Hoping this wasn't something he had to be worried about. He cast the spell again, touching each Perry, Pietro, Jaclyn and Bethany's jars.

Again the spell flickered and then died out. Ed took a slow breath. Centering himself. Pushing the worry of his family and his own magic failing him aside. He couldn't let that concern him right now. Now he had to help his friends. This time his magic flowed from his hand and a tendril of orange light touched each of the four. They would feel warmth in the spots where they had gotten hurt and the pain would fade. Their bodies healing.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω Officially Done

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Location: Camp Half-Blood (Arena)
Skill: Sword fighting

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Andy, sitting on the ground, hissed between her teeth. "That was a good hit." She said, taking the offered hand and standing up. She winced a bit. "I'll be fine. Nothing broken." She tested her step nodding to herself. Andy considered going to the medic tent, but the bruise wasn't worth it.

"Let's keep going." Fighting through pain was a necessary skill. Andy had been hurt before while fighting. She hadn't let it stop her then. She wouldn't let it stop her now. Getting back into stance Andy took to the offensive immediately. Her first swing, hit nothing but empty air. Her second was met with Kristin's spear. She grinned, ready for Kristin's response.

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Location: Camp Half-Blood Roman area
Skills:

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Leandra was gone. Walking off the camp grounds. Niah had no idea what would become of her fate. She let Nancy go too. So now she was alone. She still hadn't told Nancy about her vision relating to her sister. Still hadn't told her where she was. Dead but alive.

Niah walked back toward the Roman part of the camp. She wanted to go home. Back to New Rome. Instead she went back to her tent. She sat at her desk looking at her notes. She closed her eyes and let them rest. It hadn't been hard to break up the fight. She wished she had done it sooner. She hoped Nancy didn't end up mad at her for doing that. Would this be another rift? Could Mads fix things by coming back? Niah was starting to doubt it.