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Orren Daily/ Male/ 25/ Civilian
Location: Hallow Grounds coffee shop Tags: Karate kid,
College girl


"Uh," He put it so elequenty. Orren struggled to explain what had just happened. Honestly, he wasn't too sure himself. "Someone just, like, hijacked the TV signal or something. It showed some weird stuff, dogs in cages and these two guys in masks. I think they were guys. I dunno. It was strange."

Orren slid off of his stool to ring up the overpriced box of tea. He wondered what it was like to be able to buy this shit regularly. What was it like to have disposable income? He scanned the barcode and the price flashed up on the register.
"That'll be 12.59, please."
Orren Daily/ Male/ 25/ Civilian
Location: Hallow Grounds coffee shop Tags: Karate kid,
College girl


In his focus on the TV, Orren lost track of the customers lining up in front of him. When he finally turned back, he jumped slightly. "Oh. Uh, sorry. Can I help you?" The guy in front of him was new. Orren had never seen him in the shop before, he was pretty sure.

The girl behind the guy wasn't exactly a regular, but she came in from time to time. Orren did his best to push off the unsettled feeling in his stomach and the pretend that the purple bags under his eyes didn't exist as he gave his best customer service smile.
Is the collab coming along?
Orren Daily/ Male/ 25/ Civilian
Location: Hallow Grounds coffee shop Tags: A Nefarious Broadcast


It was about 5 in the morning that Orren arrived at the coffee shop to open. The alarm clock had gone off far too early that morning; he felt like he'd barely slept. His brown eyes had deep circles under them. Clearly this wasn't his first night with poor sleep. Insomnia was a familiar feeling to him; he'd had it for at least a couple years now.

He made himself a latte while the oven warmed up. Orren sipped it with tired eyes, watching the sky turn pink outside. When the oven beeped, he went about baking the fresh cakes and breads that the shop offered along with coffee. The smell often drew customers in. Once the front case was stocked, he went around and opened the doors for business. Sometimes, there would be people waiting. Luckily, that wasn't the case today. Orren went around back behind the counter and perched on a stool.

His eyes drew up to the TV that sat in the lobby. The news was still on, talking about the events of last night. Didn't those super guys ever give it a rest?

It was nearing 6 AM, and the usual morning rush was strangely slow today. Customers flowed in at a rate just high enough to keep Orren from falling asleep on the counter again. He handed a man his cup of black coffee and thanked him for coming by, then zoned out a bit as the next gap between business began. The TV caught his attention, offering meager entertainment. Then, it flickered.

Orren blinked. Had he imagined that or.... Nope, there it was again. The News cut out, giving way to the brightly colored bars that appeared for a test screen. Then it went black. He straightened up, scrunching his brows together. Was their TV broken?

Good Morning.

The white text appeared on a black background, then faded. A panning shot of a downtown office park replaced it. The camera paused on one particular building before fading out again.

Remember me?

The words appeared on a black background once more before fading, this time, being replaced by a video of sad looking cats and dogs in caged. It looked like it was ripped from an old ASPCA commercial.

Not for very much longer.

This time the words fell over the ASPCA video, right as it focused on a barking dog before fading to black.

We have run for so long.

The word appeared over black, then faded to a shot of a dark alley. One could just barely make out two masked figures standing within the shadows.

Now I am tired.

The screen faded black again.

Now it's your turn.

This text faded out and replaced by one word.

Goodbye.

The colorful bars flashed onto the screen again before it cut back to the feed of the morning news. The anchor lady looked stunned until she realized that they were live again. She cleared her throat and shuffled the papers on her desk.

"Um...well, it appears our live feed was just hacked. I'm being told that the proper authorities are being notified, but let's continue with our program. Uh...John, why don't you tell us about the weather."

Orren didn't hear a word the weatherman said. He was thoroughly disturbed. Even in a well lit store, in the middle of the morning, he could feel paranoia creeping into his mind. Other customers in the shop had taken notice of the strange interruption as well, and where now discussing it quietly. Whatever those creeps had in mind, one thing was clear: someone was going to get hurt.
Are we cool with a time skip to 6 am?
Black Mask/ Unknown/ Male/ Unknown
Location:
Hide Out Tags: 83% done with your shit


Black Mask slunk down the stairs, dripping water behind him as he walked. When he got to the bottom, he was greeted by the curious gaze of Mindraker, probably wondering what had taken him so long. He offered no explanation as he set the sopping wet bag down on the floor and carefully began unpacking the equipment. Luckily, the bag was lined well enough to keep it dry.

He set it out and then tossed the bag aside. Raker could do with it whatever he pleased. It was time for Black Mask to get some rest. He didn't linger any longer. He drug himself back up the stairs and into the rain.
Black Mask/Sanctum collab

Black Mask stiffened when he heard the man's voice enter his mind . You know, he'd had just about enough of people getting in his head. He took a menacing step towards the man when he fell. Mask wasn't above kicking a man when he was down. That was when he felt the pull on his body.

The instant that the invisible force began to move him, Black Mask dissappeared. He vanished in a cloud of black smoke, only the reappear a second later, behind the man. He popped back in about four feet off the ground, already aiming a kick at the man's back.

Sanctum opened his eyes in time to see the man vanish into the cloud of smoke. He expected the man to reappear from the cover of the smoke after it dissipated, but was surprised when he felt a foot collide with his back, knocking him forward into the pavement.

Sanctum shot up as quickly as possible. Making direct eye contact with the man through the raindrops, now smacking violently againts the pavement. ”So, you are a super after all.” He concentrated on the man once again, grabbing him, but this time waiting. He focused on a trash can next to him, sending it at the masked man quick, ready to pull him down was he disappeared again.

Mask lunged to the left at the sound of metal scraping concrete behind him. His action was validated when a tin trash can flew right by him. That was how this was going to be, then.

Black Mask ported away again, but this time, he took the man with him. It felt like being forced into a narrow tube, spinning the whole time. When they came out on the other end, they were on top of a nearby building. Black Mask landed with the roof under his feet, but the young man was just a foot shy, left to fall.

Sanctum wasn’t expecting the masked man to port with him. He was left to his react time to save himself. With the man in the mask still held on my his mind he dragged him down to meet him. Sanctum clutched on to his arm as tight as he could. Now the black mask would have to port away to save himself and take Sanctum with him.

Black Mask did, indeed, teleport again. The feeling of the tube returned, the crushing sensation surrounding them. While Mask was used to this, having a lifetime to adjust to it, his teleporting made most other people ill.

This time, when they came out on the other end, Mask was already on top of the man. They landed flat out on the ground, a bit of the fall's force still following them. Black Mask didn't wait for a recovery before he began pummeling at the man's face. The heavy rain poured at his back, running off the nose of his mask.

Sanctum pushed the man off with psychic force. At this point he couldn’t tell if it was blood or rain running down his face. He stood up, irritated at the man’s ability to negate his actions. In a quick fury he flicked his wrist aiming to throw him into the brick wall of the building next to him. At this point he didn’t care if the building came down, as long as the man was was under it. This was getting irritating to him.

Black Mask felt himself being thrown again. He disappeared mere inches before colliding with the wall. He reappeared a few feet up the sidewalk, and immediately began taking strides to close the gap between them.

Just as he began to approach the man, however, a black and white squad car pulled around the corner. It slowed, the officer inside clearly spotting them. The blue lights flicked on. Black Mask wasn't about to deal with the cops today. He grabbed his bag and vanished once more, leaving the other man standing alone in the rain.
Maybe make it only temporary? Like eventually it goes away on its own?
But if you're an evil villain, you probs won't go to the Hospital. Because, you know, arrested.

I'm just saying, maybe he should hand out fliers or something.

Or remove the infection element.
Maybe he should tell people that when he gets into fights with them :P if he hits a random thug, they run off and hide, and don't know how to fix the problem, thats probably considered murder.
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