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Very well, where do I begin?

My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet.

My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament.

My childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds - pretty standard, really. At the age of twelve, I received my first scribe. At the age of fourteen a Zoroastrian named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles.

There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum... it's breathtaking. I highly suggest you try it.

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@HenryJonesJr When's the wedding, by the way? I would assume you'll be gone for that week.
Huntress celebrates by murdering gangsters. As it should be.


Isn't that also how she celebrates Easter?

And Arbor Day?

And Chinese New Year?

Two questions.

1) IC is up when?

2) It'll be Christmas time in game at the start, right?


1) October 8th, one week from today.

2) Roughly around that time, yes. How much you embrace that setting is up to you, but I was personally planning on having Gotham in the midst of celebrations.
The new Interest Check will be going up tomorrow, as I've been dividing my time between getting the roster banner set up and approving folks.

That, and my Xbox is calling my name, so I'm relishing in the free time we're all gonna have this week before the madness starts up anew.



#SorryNotSorry
Sent a request to Ruby for the closure of Season One's thread.

So long, sweet prince...

By the way. If you don't want anyone to post on the season one thread, you could ask a staff member to lock it. I am sure that they wouldn't mind doing it. @Master Bruce


Anyone know which one I should ask? I've never interacted with the site's staff, though I know Mahz is on an indefinite vacation to The Phantom Zone.
@HenryJonesJr's Spider-Woman, @Simple Unicycle's The Punisher, and @Lord Wraith's Thor are all...

Ultimate One Universe: Season Two Application

Returning Character


▼ POWERS & ABILITIES:


// PEAK PHYSICAL CONDITION| Having undergone several kinds of rigorous training across his lifetime, Matthew has achieved a human body at peak physical performance, with his strength, speed, stamina, endurance, agility, and reflexes all at the absolute upper limits of human capability.


// PEAK MENTAL ABILITY | Matthew is incredibly gifted, having studied hard and achieved great academic success in his civilian life, and honed that intellect into some more practical talents for his vigilantism. Skilled in detection and problem-solving, Matthew also has a fantastic working knowledge of criminology and psychology. Furthermore, Matthew is able to detach himself from emotional response when necessary, able to turn to logic and rationality and focus entirely on his goals, suppressing emotion completely.


// SUPERHUMAN SENSORY SYSTEM After the accident that caused Matthew's blindness, his other senses began to compensate far past what was expected of them, and with Stick's later training, Matthew has honed these remaining senses into the superhuman, unlocking extraordinary abilities.

SUPERHUMAN TOUCH | Matthew's sense of touch is so acute that his finger can feel the faint impressions of ink on a printed page, allowing him to read by touch. The rest of his skin is equally sensitive, enabling him to feel minute temperature and pressure changes in the atmosphere around him. Even with his senses of smell and hearing blocked, he can feel the presence of a person standing five feet away from him simply by his or her body heat and disturbance of air, which he can use to predict the movement of people nearby.

SUPERHUMAN HEARING | Murdock's sense of hearing enables him to detect an acoustic pressure change of one decibel at a pressure level of seven decibels. He can hear a person's heartbeat at a distance of over twenty feet, or people whispering on the other side of a standard soundproofed wall. He is also able to focus on a particular sound, however quiet, and block all others out. Matthew's hearing also allows him to use incoming acoustic information to map out his environment in 360 degrees.

SUPERHUMAN SMELL | Matthew's sense of smell is so acute that he can distinguish between identical twins at twenty feet by minute differences in smell. He can detect odors from even the smallest concentrations in the atmosphere. Furthermore, his ability to remember smells enables him to identify nearly any person by their natural odor alone, and he can use this to track a mark across a large distance, even through a crowd.

SUPERHUMAN TASTE | Matthew's ability to identify and remember tastes in incredibly tiny quantities enables him to determine every ingredient of a food or drink he tastes, and even taste particular vapors in the air.


▼ ORIGIN & BACKSTORY:


Born to a nameless mother, Matthew grew up with his father, Jack Murdoch, a semi-pro underground boxer for Hell's Kitchen and its underbelly. Jack had a penchant for getting back up off the mat despite however many broken bones he'd picked up, and this trait seemed to pass to Matthew, who would treasure it in later years; for most of his childhood, however, Jack tried to keep his only family hidden from the violence that plagued the downtrodden Manhattan neighborhood and instead directed Matthew's attentions to his studies, making sure he kept up in school until Matthew started to excel by himself. Jack was proud that such a bright child could be called his, and he foresaw an escape from Hell's Kitchen for his son - an escape that would not find Matthew; at nine years old, Hell's Kitchen put in its claim to the child. A traffic accident and a courageous, reckless act, caused a truck hauling chemical waste and toxic run-off to crash and overturn, spilling its cargo across the road and onto several bystanders - including Matthew. Caught in the spill, the chemicals burnt his eyes irrevocably. Jack and Matthew's lives changed forever - Matthew bound to the abilities that would reveal themselves over the next few months and years, and Jack bound to dealing with a disabled son who displayed abnormal reflexes and sensory overload.

Matthew spent his formative years learning his new place in the world, refining the senses he had left and continuing his studies. Jack continued boxing, losing and winning when the local mob told him to, until eventually - as he realized Matthew's abilities and intelligence were beginning to pull him to greater things - he took a final stand, winning an against-all-odds boxing match in Round 9 against 'Crusher' Creel, despite being instructed to stay down in the fourth. Jack Murdock never made it home. Matthew fled Hell's Kitchen the same night, cursing the criminals that had shaped his life and ended his father's. He found refuge in an nun's orphanage for a time, until his abilities took the notice of a blind man who called himself 'Stick'; Matthew left with Stick to train his mind, senses, and body, and he never (figuratively) looked back.

Many years later, Matthew returned to Manhattan to pick up where he had left off in his education; securing a place at Columbia, where he met Foggy Nelson, and going on to secure a Summa Cum Laude Law Degree from Harvard Law, with Foggy attaining a Cum Laude Law Degree alongside him. Taking a cue from Harvey Dent, an admired peer Murdock had met at university, Murdock moved back to Hell's Kitchen with Foggy to become New York's newest ADA, a high profile judiciary position that gave Murdock quick access to the information he needed to start cleaning up his home. However, Matthew soon found that courtroom law was far from the 'justice' he sought for the people of Hell's Kitchen. At first, it was those in his immediate vicinity; a blindfold and dark clothes for the domestic abuser in the next building over, the cop taking bribes from the local dealer to keep him operating on student corners. Beyond that, Matthew moved his scope to the broader picture, donning padded athletic wear and a more stylized 'mask' to take on gambling rings and amateur human trafficking. Soon enough, Matthew saw too much in court to stand by without action any longer. It was time for the suit, to combat the massive crime organisation that underpinned the criminal everyday of Hell's Kitchen.

It was time for Kingpin. It was time for Daredevil.


▼ SUPPORTING CHARACTERS :


// ALLIES
FRANKLIN 'FOGGY' NELSON | Matthew's partner in law as Assistant District Attorney and lifetime best friend, the two met at Columbia Law and have been inseparable ever since. Foggy is Matthew's walking conscience and moral compass, always there to guide Murdock back towards the light when the Devil strays too far into the dark.

KAREN PAGE | A beautiful blonde hired by Foggy to be his and Matthew's assistant, Karen is tenacious, intelligent, and a little too morally upstanding to be safe in Hell's Kitchen. She enjoys a fiery chemistry with Murdock, although he refuses to let anything come of it.

STICK | A martial arts master with supersensory abilities even more advanced than Murdock's, he recognized Matthew's condition at the orphanage and took him away for training. He is mysterious, stoic, and guarded, but nonetheless a strong ally of Matthew.

JACK MURDOCK | Matthew's father, a semi-pro boxer in Hell's Kitchen who raised Matthew as a single father. He did well, teaching Matthew to be a kinder and better person than Jack was, and after Matthew's accident, still encouraged him to pursue his studies. Tragically, he eventually crossed the mob of Hell's Kitchen while Matthew was still young, and Matthew has been trying to do his father proud ever since.

ELEKTRA NATCHIOS | Matthew's girlfriend, a New York socialite with deep coffers of family money and an alluring enigmatic nature that Matt finds irresistible. The two challenge and electrify each other daily and though their relationship is difficult, they both find it fulfilling.

// FRIENDS
HARVEY DENT| The zealous and enthusiastic ADA of Gotham City, Murdock met Dent at Columbia Law and the two immediately formed a strong respect for each other. They rarely talk anymore, but Murdock keeps tabs - Gotham is a difficult city, and allies there are hard to come by.

// ENEMIES
THE KINGPIN | The unquestioned head of nearly all organised crime in New York, with an iron grip on Murdock's neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen, and an intellect to match his physicality. Ruthless, violent, intelligent - there is no criminal in New York who would cross the Kingpin. But there is a Devil waiting to face him.


▼ SEASON ONE RECAP:


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▼ WHERE DO YOU PLAN TO TAKE THE CHARACTER THIS SEASON?:


Well first of all I'm going to finish Matthew's initial arc, dealing with Kingpin's discovery of DareDevil's civilian identity and what that means for Matt, for Matt's friends, and for the city at large. He'll work on protecting himself and those he cares about, and then dealing with the fallout of such a monumental and dangerous revelation. After that, Matt will have to question whether the civilian life is even worth retaining, and come to terms with the relationships lost, changed, or struck up anew. He may find that his actions have inspired others in ways he'd rather they hadn't; or have vilified him from surprising circles.

It'll be fun!


▼ POST CATALOGUE:




Aaaaand now I'm gonna be singing the Queen song for the rest of the night. Thanks for that.


You should always be singing that.

Just a maaaaann...
With a man's purpose, you know he's...
Nothing but a maaaaan
And he can neeeeever faaaaail...


Gwen Stacy
the
SPECTACULAR SPIDER-WOMAN


Powers And Abilities: Superhuman strength, speed, dexterity, agility, flexibility, balance, and coordination. Precognitive warning system known as “Spider Sense”. The ability to stick to any surface.

You know, the Spider-Man stuff. Only with a woman.

Season One Recap: Spider-Woman burst onto the scene in New York shortly before finding herself in the middle of a gang war between the Maggia and the South American Silk Cartel. Black Tarantula, leader of the cartel, wanted to add New York to his criminal empire. When Spider-Woman presented a problem, he turned to rogue AIM scientist Otto Octavius to help him neutralize the threat. Octavius was happy to help, believing that Spider-Woman was the key to curing a disease he had.

Gwen, meanwhile, struggled to keep her private and civilian lives separate when the increased metahuman activity in New York forced her father to lead a task force charged with capturing her. Gwen found comfort and understanding in her best friend turned boyfriend Peter Parker, who was her tech man as well as her guide when need be. Still, she felt guilty knowing it was he fault that Peter’s Uncle Ben had been killed.

As the Tarantula got more and more frustrated, he sent his hit squad known as the Enforcers after her. Spider-Woman was able to stop them eventually, which led to the dissolution of the group. In response, Octavius sent the Firefly to cause a distraction at Stryker’s Island and help them escape. Otto also turned heavy Flint Marko into the Sandman to try and stop Gwen.

As the gang water heated up in the city, Spider-Woman came in contact with the vigilante known as Punisher, as well as The Flash, who helped her take on the Sandman. Eventually, the Tarantula tired of waiting, and drew Gwen out by taking a hospital hostage. Spider-Woman faced him, unaware that Octavius had enhanced him with his Lizard Serum. The Tarantula, thanks to his power and fighting prowess, overwhelmed Gwen. She was saved, however, when her father arrived and killed the cartel leader. Gwen was then forced to tell her father her secret identity in order to escape.

Finally, she was present at the Raft when the Silver Surfer attacked it. She fought the Surfer but was ineffective, before helping to evacuate people from the heavily damaged facility. In response to the destruction of the Surfer's attack, Norman Osborn debuted his Goblin patrol robots, and put his support behind anti-superhuman mayoral candidate Calvin Cassidy.

Where Do You Plan To Take The Character This Season?: While Gwen had to deal with a few super powered individuals last season, she’s going to be thrown into the deep end with them this season. She’ll be struggling to keep up with the ever changing criminal landscape of New York that will become deadlier and more dangerous by the day. She will also find it harder to juggle her personal life with her secret one, and will find someone to give her confidence in fights.

Supporting Characters:

Family, Friends, and Allies
Peter Parker - Boyfriend. Best friend. Tech wiz. Oscorp Intern
Captain George Stacy - NYPD detective and Gwen's father. Disgraced after letting Gwen go after she revealed her identity to him.
Mary Jane Watson - Best friend, bandmate, and spit fire.
Harry Osborn - Best friend, burgeoning anti-Spider-Woman leanings
May Parker - Peter's aunt, and surrogate mother to Gwen
Dr. Ashley Kafka - Gwen's mentor at Ravencroft Institute
Jean DeWolff - Member of NYPD anti-metahuman taskforce

Oscorp
Norman Osborn - Creator of the Goblin robots, Mayor Calvin Cassidy's biggest donor, attempting to unlock the secret behind Spider-Woman and the Lizard Formula
Curt Connors - Creator of the Lizard Formula. Peter's remaining mentor.

Octopus’s Gang
Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus - Vengeful super scientist and master criminal with a terminal disease. Wants to destroy Norman Osborn, AIM, and unlock the Lizard Formula in order to cure himself. He needs Spider-Woman to do so. Dead or alive.
Selina Kyle/The Black Cat - A mysterious femme fatale that works for Octavius for unknown reasons. A master thief and martial artist.
Flint Marko/The Sandman - Octavius's muscle

AIM Agents
Mac Gargan/The Scorpion - Former mercenary placed inside a scorpion battle suit.
Aleksi Sytsevich/The Rhino - Former mob muscle placed inside a rhino battle suit.

Midtwon High
Betty Brant - Bandmate
Glory Grant - Bandmate
Flash Gordon - Bully. Kind of an idiot. Has a crush on Spider-Woman.
Liz Allen - Bully. Hates Spider-Woman

Denizens of New York
J Jonah Jameson - Hot headed radio host and Spider-Woman's self-proclaimed arch nemesis
Mayor Calvin Cassidy - Anti-metahuman mayor of New York

INTRODUCING
Lonnie Lincoln/Tombstone - Leader of a local gang in the Bronx. More than meets the eye. Will make Gwen question her motivations.
Richard Dragon - A mysterious martial artist in New York for an unknown mission.

Post Catalogue:

Will work on this and get it up in the next day or so.


Hmm. I don't know.

Seems like a concept that's a bit too out there, for me.
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