Present Day - S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy: August 14th, 2020 - 10:40 A.M.
Dominika Novikova
Location: Sci-Tech Building 4 - Phase Three HQ: Medical Ward Skills: Dimensional Energy Perception (Passive)
Fury the took the phone, catching it easily as Rhodes tossed it his way. He shook his head slightly. Hot tempers like that only got agents killed - or worse, they'd end up leaving to join a team with better costumes. He then accepted the file from Cassandra. "Thank you, Agent Reed," he said. "Believe it's high time you call your sister. There's beer for you and Agent Kennedy in room 308," he added. Once Cassandra headed off, he turned his attention to Sparky. As impressed as he was with her, she didn't have any sort of military experience or mission strategy know how. It'd be suicide to promote her to team leader - but he saw potential with her and she wasn't actively pissing him off, which was more than he could say for the others.
"Agent Sparks, during your weeks of training with the team, I want you to report to Agent Romanoff in the mornings for lessons on mission strategy and tactics," Fury said, giving her no explanation as to why or what his reasoning was. "Dismissed. Go back inside with the others...And maybe develop a healthy phobia of sabretooth tigers while you're at it."
Back inside, Agent Ridgeway overheard the discussion of an Antoine. "He didn't make it," she informed the agent, watching to make sure everyone was steady on their feet, and sending them to Agent Simmons for a physical whenever she caught one of their attentions. Chloe knew that there was likely a better way to put this - but she was being as gentle with them as she could. This was a dangerous procedure that they had all volunteered for. It wasn't something to agree to participate in lightly.
"Wow, did no one just hear what Abercrombie said?" Jim pointed out. He was a little more concerned with the fact that Rivera was freaking HYDRA than whether or not they'd have beer waiting for them. Sure, they could have fun and get to know each other, but the job came first.
"Really, a squid?" Raynor asked, looking disgusted. It was common slang for HYDRA operatives, referencing the octopus looking logo of the group. Jim nodded and together, the two men went to restrain Rivera. Rivera stared up at them, as her mouth started to foam. How the hell had she taken something? Who could have given it to her? She'd been in a medically induced coma - where had the tablet even come from? But those questions weren't going to be answered easily.
"Hail HYDRA!" Rivera spat, as her skin turned chalky white and she fell to the ground, dead.
"That was intense..." Novikova murmured under her breath. She had avoided looking at anyone until she put the sunglasses from Marygold on, but now, she could see the corpse in all of its gruesome detail. This wasn't a simulated death like in the Framework - this was real. She noticed that Agent Raynor quickly left the room, making sure that everyone outside was okay - only to return with Director Fury.
Fury sighed, looking at her. He didn't need to be informed as to what had happened. "Cut off one damn head....two pains in my ass grow back," he muttered. He flipped through the comments from Cassandra, making his own minor adjustments based on what he had seen, before he turned to face his cadets. "Never forget what we fight and stand for," he advised them, before Fury told them all their rankings and team placements.
(Note, the ability score refers to game mechanics. A score of 1 will give you a +3 on power rolls, a score of 2 gives you a +0 on power rolls, and a score of 3 gives you a -3 on power rolls).
Agent Name
Team Placement
Ability Ranking
Theresa Sparks
Alpha
2
Tinley Abercrombie - Promoted to Field Commander of Team Alpha
Alpha
2
Maria Smith
Alpha
3
Teig Kelley
Beta
3
Arcturus Hale
Alpha
2
Dominika Novikova
Alpha
2
Niah Bautista
Beta
3
Valencia Johnson
Beta
3
Sami Rhodes
Beta
2
Griffin Lee
Beta
3
Zoya Nikolova - Promoted to Field Commander of Team Beta
Location: Prometheus: Lower Floor: Medical ---> Upper Floor: Single Blue (3) Skills: None
Dorothy let her sister drag her out of medical, but she didn't allow Daphne to pick the destination as to where they were headed. She needed to fetch things for Atticus from his quarters anyways - and she had to pick up the Bible that he had left to her. Once they were upstairs and in Atticus' vacant quarters, Dorothy looked through his belongings until she found exactly what she had been looking for. The rosary in her pocket felt incredibly heavy and she didn't turn to look at Daphne, just crying softly. This collection of items - it was all that remained of Atticus.
"W-we can talk here," Dorothy told her sister, her voice cracking slightly. They had so much to discuss, but all Dorothy wanted to do was either throw herself into her work or cry in a ball like a child. When she was little, back before Daphne had been born, she used to hide inside of closets to cry after encounters with her father. She still felt like the little girl from Boros, no matter how hard she had tried to put that life behind her. "So...erm....you want to start, mei-mei?"
Fitz Townsley
Location: Prometheus: Lower Floor: Medical Skills: None
Fitz kept his hand up to block Atticus' body from sight, just in case. Despite Jahosafat's assurances that the dead man in the corner wouldn't be any sort of a problem, he couldn't help but feel drawn to look at it. And each time he even began to contemplate it, Fitz only felt more and more anxious. Of course, that in itself wasn't entirely unusual for him. He had left his safe bubble - his lab at the university - and had found himself in the middle of a quite insane group of people. Plus, a pretty girl had kissed him underneath a bed.
"I-I-I-I'm f-fine, r-r-really," Fitz stammered, looking at Jahosafat. "A-a-and I haven't ea-eaten anything," he then added. He didn't want to be in medical getting attention that he didn't need - it was wasting resources that could be used on people who were actually in trouble. He was always like this and it wasn't going to change as long as people continued getting shot at and dying of heart attacks around here - but Fitz wanted to try anyways. This was all about getting new experiences, after all.
Nora nodded at Lady Munn's explanations, pulling out her pocket journal and a writing utensil. She did a rough sketch of a sun and a moon together - it was nothing beautiful but it conveyed the general idea in her opinion. She would have drawn the sistrum, but Nora felt that would be more than pushing her artistic talents. She gently bent her journal, in order to just have the cat see the images she drew, and Nora crouched down, showing the symbols to the cat with anticipation.
However, she also had another line of questioning come to mind - if her branding meant she was supposed to protect the Bastet, were there individuals marked as being involved with chaos that Mahendra would be expected to defend? Or was the branding of Set an identification that he was one of the individuals she supposedly needed to protect Lady Munn from? Each small revelation only built up to more and more questions, to the point that Nora wished dearly that Neema was here. She found herself becoming quite reliant on Neema for information as of late - she would surely know what these new developments meant.
Present Day - The Castle: December 21st, 12,507 - 3:30 PM
The Winking Duck Tavern
Marya raised an eyebrow, before she just laughed at Myth's assertions. She knew the concept of incredible power was hard to handle, but she hadn't expected that a bard of all people would deny it outright. "Doesn't your people believe they'll return in times of great crisis?" Marya taunted. "Maybe the mystery of the missing Crown Princess was enough to get him to come down here and sort things out." She snickered again slightly, her blue eyes darting over towards her twin sister for a moment, before returning to look at Sylvi.
Medea just snickered slightly in response, and Bruce turned to look away from Myth for a moment to look at the twins. "What did I tell you two about being nice to others?" he said, raising an eyebrow at them. He shook his head before addressing Myth. "The song was great," he said with a smile, before hearing the other part of her question. "Well... Looking for one of my sisters, and making sure these two stay out of trouble."
Getting an idea, Marya looked away from Sylvi and turned to face Myth. "He likes you - a lot. I've never seen him like a girl, boy, or anything else before - so this is a big deal. And hey, if you marry him, you might end up ruling over either Asgard or a textbook," Marya said, smirking at Bruce as if to say your move, nerd.
"I told you not to be telling stories or lies Marya..." Bruce said with an eye roll, having to bite back his tongue saying that technically his sister would rule Asgard before him.
"О, заборавио сам, причање лажи је више од твоје мајке," Marya retorted with a laugh. She then turned back to looking at Sylvi, shaking her head. "He's so lame."
He let out another sigh, "Look Marya... You can't just say things randomly because you feel like it... It could cause major problems..."
Palace Landing Dock
Harlianne wasn't quite satisfied with Luna's answer, but she didn't stop the barge. The kid did look pretty pitiful and it tugged at the small bit of heroism left in her cold, black heart. Sirena would have insisted on helping Luna without a thought - Harlianne scowled slightly, remembering how Sirena's tendencies to pick up wounded birds ended up working out. It had gotten her killed in the end.
"Lass, drink this," Harlianne called to Amarantha, tossing her a flask. It was curiously warm to the touch, as if it had been kept out under the sun for hours - rather than being stuck in the freezing cold on board a ship. "Me mate, Asha, she gave it to me - says it's 'posed to speed up healin' wounds and such...Don't waste it by drinkin' all of it though or I'll give ya a new wound to heal."
Road out of the Port
Now, as Rhys continues to walk, he'll make it to the point marked as the Deepen Ditch without very many issues. This is where his journey becomes a little bit more complicated. All of the people walking from the Castle he met? He becomes more obvious as to how they got there. The boatyard had capitalized on all of the fleeing people, offering one way ferry service that would take Port citizens away from the Castle as quickly as possible.
Of course, there are rumors of a so called Smugglers' Bolt that would certainly come in handy, cutting his travel time down from hours to just a single hour. As for his Magyk, his luck has taken a change for the better. He would be able to see Amarantha in the reflection of the coin and in the background, he could make out the Palace Landing Stage.
Palace Servants Quarters - Lyra's Bedroom
Asha studied the picture that Lyra had handed it. "Remarkable - this cannot have been a painting or a sketch," she whispered. No, it was far too detailed - and odd. The grey ground and the towering buildings, the strange outfits and outlandish colors. However, a blue gem in the image caught her eye. It was something that she recognized and Asha paled in realization.
Baby Zekarra laughed eagerly at Richard's jokes, clapping her hands together, before there was another Achoo! and a fireball came out of her mouth. But instead of hitting father dearest, it crashed into Puck and the smaller gentlemen screamed, dropping to the ground and rolling to put out the flames. "Get your baby under control, woman!" Puck spat.
Asha laughed slightly, before she showed the miniature portrait to Thalia. "Does it speak of these?" Asha asked, pointing at her necklace for a moment before her gaze dropped back down to the strange images. She couldn't make heads or tails of them.
Arya Rincewind
Location: The Palace - the Long Walk
Arya couldn't help but be hyper aware as Cuyler's arm bumped into hers, as if the simple gesture had been a powerful Magyk that heightened all of her senses. As much as she knew that her mind needed to be on work - thankfully the Young Army was already enforcing a curfew, as otherwise, she'd need to implement one due to that blast - but instead, she did a rough estimate of the distance between her and Cuyler.
And then in a quiet gesture, placed one of her gloved hands on his. She typically wore gloves, due to extensive scarring on her hand due to a Magykal accident in her apprenticeship. Rowland had been sympathetic, but it had taught her a lesson and as he put it - it built character. "Yes, I should be able to perform a Charm that can do the trick," Arya agreed.
Rowland nodded in agreement with Atkin - he felt similarly about the situation. It was a mistake to just write off all witches as being the same. "For the Port Witches to have made such a grandiose statement...the Wendron Witches must have fallen," Rowland explained. With Valda off to save her sister and Luna still unaccounted for, there would be no eligible heirs for the throne if they were not careful. And Rowland sincerely doubted that Myrus would produce an heir any time soon, due to his age and his condition.
"Atkin, would you mind sending a message rat to the Port Authority, requesting a status check on the Port Witch Coven home?" Arya requested, mentally preparing a spell to determine Valda's location. "There should be a bell on the wall behind you - ring it and a rat should be summoned here directly. Palace line, so it's prioritized in times of crisis - and times of peace as well, really..."
Arya then took a breath and focused, only to open her eyes with surprise. "They're here - outside, at the landing."
The Badlands: Port Witch Coven Safe House/Antonije's Observatory
*The Port Witch Coven is where it says Simon's observatory, up in the slate quarries*
Fleur, Witch Mother
Constance, Adult Witch
Bernice, Adult Witch
Three unnamed adult witches
Marya Magnisky, Young Witch - missing
Medea Magnisky, Young Witch - missing
Ten unnamed young witches between the ages of 4 and 17
Two unnamed young warlocks between the ages of 4 and 17
italics indicates only the GM can control this NPC
Located north of the Castle, the Badlands earned its name primarily on account of the Land Wurms that call it home. A gigantic draconic type species, Land Wurms enjoy the harsh conditions provided by the mountains and the slate quarries, creating elaborate tunnel systems for travel and shelter. Very few call the Badlands home, though the occasional necromancer has been known to set up shop here. In fact, it was here in the Badlands that Nera learned her trade when she was a budding novice witch in search of Magyk and filled with anger.
The Port Witch Coven's safe house is actually an old observatory - who built it and why it's there are not really known. The structure is sound and secure, reinforced with various Charms and spells as to be able to keep the Coven safe for up to six months. Food and other items have been stolen from the nearby Farmlands, but with Magyk on their side, it isn't really a hard feat to accomplish at all. The real issue would be moving the entire Coven again. The children are too young to be able to effectively Transport themselves and there's no sign that the twins have returned yet.
"That damn Antonije is out," Constance informed Fleur once she arrived. "Horse isn't in the stable. But from what I can tell, he'll be back in a few days - hopefully he brings the brats with him." Her gaze then softened slightly, looking at Fleur. "It's almost dark. Land Wurms, the nasty things, they'll be coming out soon...We can bury her at first light."
Name: Leia Antonia Maximoff-Stark Aliases: Curiosity Age: 17 Birthday: Birthplace: New York, New York Gender: Female Powers: Superhuman Speed and Superhuman Intelligence Affiliation: Stark Industries
Appearance
Height: Weight: Build: Eyes: Blue Hair: Brown with Silver Highlights Skin Tone: Tattoos/Scars/Piercings: Personal Style:
Sexuality: Demisexual Relationship Status: Single Personality: Minimal 2 paragraphs that tells us how the characters mind works Habits: Minimal 2 Hobbies: At least 1 Fears: 3 real fears that make your character unhinged (You will be expected to play to these fears. They will be noted by the Gm and used against you ~grins~)
The Return of O.M.E.N. or HYDRA
Likes: 6 minimal
Science
Engineering
Animals
Dislikes: 6 minimal
Being mistaken for Jamie
Ice
Her paternal grandfather
Crowds
Fame
Cards On The Table
General World Skills: Max 6
Serbian (Native Language)
Materials Science
Astronomy
Combat Skills: Max 4 - Keep things realistic! Keep in mind the age of your characters when filling this section. Most will probably still be learning how to use their powers in a fight.
Possessions: This is generally the list of items that you own, just list your characters possessions.
History
How did you discover your powers: Minimal 1 well developed paragraph
Why did you choose the side that you did?: Minimal 1 paragraphs
General History: Minimal 4 well developed paragraphs. This is your life up until the point that the RP starts.
Materials Science/Astronomy dual degree
Extras
Character Quote: Something they say a lot or live by Theme Song:I'm So Sorry by Imagine Dragons Anything Else: Read the rules to check for what you need to include here
*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.
Zebediah Kilgrave / the Purple Man - purple Sebastian Shaw / the Black King - E19243 Luis (Ant-Man's BFF) - 0efff6 Phineas Mason / the Tinkerer - #b28c57 Lucia Von Bardas - #AEC906 Justin Hammer - aba000 Philip Sterns / Madman - ed1c24 Cecily Ashworth / Plasma - 99ccff Tracey (Jim's sister) - 92B87D Roberto da Costa / Sunspot - DC95C5 Sam Guthrie / Cannonball - 84D595 Chloe Ridgeway - ff6600 Jemma Simmons - 00ccff Leopold Fitz - 8882be Dr. Zhi "Michael" Jiāng - f7976a Maddie Le Fay - 5AE88C Mesmero - 7B7CDD Johnny Ward - 199046 Leo Luwoye / Erg - 0C6598 Shuri / Black Panther - 847296
The Avengers (West Coast) Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel - F86A6A Janet Van Dyne / the Wasp - 3DC22F Hope Van Dyne / the Wasp - E8FF00 Wanda Maximoff / the Scarlet Witch - red Hank Pym / the original Ant Man - 697017 Vision - A49C63 Gwen Stacy / Spider-Gwen - D3589F
The Avengers (East Coast) Thor Odinson - fff79a Tony Stark / Iron Man - f7941d Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow - 9e0039 Bruce Banner / the Hulk - 8dc73f Steve Rogers / Captain America - 4C52FF James Rhodes / War Machine - 5E82D6 Clint Barton / Hawkeye - 7851A9 Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange - 53A981 Pepper Potts - ed145b
The Brotherhood Erik Lensherr / Magneto / the White King - FF5733 Raven Darkholme/ Mystique - 5997A9 Miranda Fay - AC42B2
The Fantastic Four Sue Storm-Richards / Invisible Woman - 57A2EC Reed Richards / Mr. Fantastic - 275572 Johnny Storm / The Human Torch - B79659 Ben Grimm / The Thing - B5BC55
The Hellfire Club Emma Frost / the White Queen / the Black King - E0F6FD Reeva Payge / the Black Queen - B1C1EB Lorna Dane / Polaris / the Black Rook - A9F8C7 Esme, Sophie, and Phoebe Frost / Three in One - 3D5DC3 Ioana Popescu / Sage - 11FCBC Tex Philips / Fade - 8E540E Gabriel Summers / Vulcan - #fffb12
HYDRA James "Jim" Kennedy - 773FE3 Luminous - silver
Superpowers are the next arms race. In a world that is fortunate enough to have amazing teams like the Avengers, the X-Men, and the Fantastic Four, there are also those who seek to do us harm. Thanks to the efforts of S.H.I.E.L.D. scientists, the top of the graduating class of 2020 at S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Sci-Tech, Operations, and Communications academies were subjected to the Phase Three experiments. The resulting team of super soldiers cut their teeth in a virtual reality simulated mission in the Framework, prior to receiving training from some of the Avengers themselves.
The team was sent to the Latveria region of Serbia a few weeks later under secret orders from Director Fury to assassinate Prime Minister Lucia von Bardas. She and the Tinkerer had been supplying high-tech weapons to criminals all over the globe, and while the team managed to complete the mission successfully without being exposed, two of their agents were trapped inside of the Quantum Realm and presumed dead. There was no time to mourn as HYDRA came out of the shadows and into the light, with the Phase Three team under Clint Barton a.k.a. Hawkeye heading to Creed Financial, one of HYDRA's strongholds masquerading as a bank. There, they managed to capture the evil speedster Luminous and HYDRA operative Baron von Strucker, in addition to cutting off HYDRA's financial resources and weakening the terrorist organization.
However, the agents then discovered an uncomfortable truth - HYDRA had funded the Phase Three experiments. They were children of HYDRA.
Months later, the war between S.H.I.E.L.D. and HYDRA was ongoing and those they had lost had been put to rest. Agent Dominika Novikova refused to give up hope that her friends in the Quantum Realm were still alive, so she sought out the aid of Dr. Henry Pym in order to rescue them, as his wife, the Wasp was trapped there as well. The pair of them stole the Project Ultron plans and other necessary technology from Stark Industries. While the operation was a success and they brought their loved ones home from the Quantum Realm, Ultron went rogue and killed Agent Novikova, beginning the Age of Ultron.
The heroes numbers had dwindled drastically and they came up with two desperate plans to stop Ultron, both which worked to varying degrees of success. Agent Niah Bautista and others traveled back in time to 1984, convincing Dr. Pym to stop his creation from activating its secondary protocol and beginning an apocalyptic assault on the world. Meanwhile in 2021, Agent Tinley Abercrombie and others waged a full on assault of Ultron's headquarters, narrowly destroying the robot but also learning that one of their own, Agent Cassandra Reed, had been replaced with a Life Model Decoy months ago. The unit's designation was Virginia and she had unconsciously been relaying information to Ultron, helping him to kill the agents one by one. Thankfully, the work done in 1984 resulted in a successful rescue of the stranded agents, the Wasp, and Spider-Gwen from the Quantum Realm and the aversion of the apocalyptic future.
After the events of House of M, the Secret Warriors had a relaxing Christmas at the Hub, with a guest appearance by Deadpool!
Valentine's Day brought tragedy to the world. A mysterious epidemic that only afflicted mutants, called M-Pox had reared its ugly head. S.H.I.E.L.D. scientists discovered that the disease was linked to a Terrigen bomb detonated by the inhuman civilization on the moon called Attilan. The Secret Warriors went on a diplomatic mission to attempt to convince Queen Medusa to destroy the Terrigen Mists. They learned that Thanos and the Black Order had killed most of Attilan's residents and the bomb had been an attempt to give all the inhumans down on the surface a fighting chance. Thanos was searching for his long lost son, Thane, fearful of a prophecy that either he must kill Thane or Thane would kill him. He had sent his Black Order to raze planets if they refused to give him a tribute of the heads of all younglings between ages 26 and 30.
The Secret Warriors squared off against the Black Order in Cardiff, believing that criminal Thane di Angelo was the son of Thanos the Black Order was looking for. In this first skirmish, Raynor Baldursen was killed - only to be revealed as a Skrull. Not too long afterwards, the agents returned to California, di Angelo in tow. Dalisy Bautista attacked the group in an attempt to liberate her sister Niah as the agents realized that Oliver Sulivan was the son of Thanos. He and Di Angelo had been mistakenly swapped at the hospital. With Thanos raining hellfire down on Cardiff and destroying the city, the Secret Warriors challenged him to a fight on the moon to settle this. Flying raptors were involved.
In mid May of the same year, Acting Director Maria Hill introduced Hill's Laws, a set of reforms that restricted the activities of superheroes. These policies required registration with SHIELD, supervised training, SHIELD supervision, and that all heroes had to be at least 18 years old. The Secret Warriors were tasked with bringing in Captain America, as he refused to support Hill's initiative. Not everyone pursued Captain America however - Sparky sought aid from Doctor Strange to find her missing boyfriend, resulting in a magical adventure across space to Breidablik, the gleaming hall of Baldur. There, she and Agent Amelia Baptiste found Raynor, discovering that he had nearly been killed by skrulls - and that their other companion, "Agent Maria Novikova", was an evil shapeshifter impersonating their friend!
Meanwhile on Earth, Oliver and Niah traveled to Cardiff, battling the Demon Bear that had infested St. David's Hospital. While Niah tragically lost her leg, Kree ex-pat Mar-Vell saved the life of Oliver's mother, giving her a transfusion of her own blood. And back in New York, the remaining members of the Secret Warriors had split into two factions, led by Captain America and Iron Man, and they traveled to Ellis Island where the superhuman Civil War came to its violent conclusion - the Skrulls had been behind it all!
The Secret Warriors and surviving Avengers, as well as some other allies, retreated to the safety of Hawkeye's farm house. There, they came up with a plan to defeat the Skrulls without drawing too much attention from the Kree by setting a pack of flerkens loose at the UN Geneva Convention, allowing them to overthrow Skrull Empress Veranke and install the peaceful Princess Anelle on the throne. (Of course, Agent Maria Novikova accidentally killed the Empress, but not all plans can work flawlessly...) President Alexander Jakobsen suggested that the Earth could serve as a basis for Skrull-Kree peace talks, perhaps allowing for peace in a warring galaxy.
Then, the Secret Warriors had their final mission - they were tasked with investigating a prison break, where two high profile prisoners of the Raft had escaped: Luminous and Doctor Doom. They had escaped due to the appearance of a mysterious rift in space time (unknown to the Secret Warriors, this was created by the actions of Forseti in X-Men: Cosmic Crusades as he passed judgment on unworthy universes!). While our heroes were only meant to look at scene, they ended up getting sucked on through the rift themselves, ending up in the dystopian universe of Earth-257.
They were soon captured by the intelligence organization SWORD in the Iron, an authoritarian country that resulted after a superhuman civil war some decades prior. They narrowly escaped thanks to the help of a Genoshan operative, a variant of Folly Valeska, who saw them to the free, vigilante country of the Blue. There, they had temporary shelter with Genoshan ex-pats Mystique, Destiny, Rogue, and Gambit - only to be ambushed by the Avengers! The Secret Warriors barely won the battle, before being teleported away to the mutant paradise of Genosha. Developing psychic issues, where people suddenly remembered their lives on Earth-257 and not on Earth-666, were addressed in psychic surgeries overseen by Professor X.
Manifold then escorted them to the United Kingdom, where they battled a demon summoned hastily by Doom and Luminous! Pursuing them further, they made it to New Asgard, where Raynor Baldursen was forced to confront his dark past. Doom and Luminous attacked the palace, and in the process, Doom killed both Queen Sif, All-Mother of New Asgard and his partner-in-crime in his attempt to kill Sylvie Lushton, reincarnation of the Enchantress and Nexus Being of Earth-257 to steal her powers. He was stopped when Bonnie turned him into stone with her aegis.
In an unpredictable and chaotic world, we seek to control that which we do not understand; to grant ourselves immortality through preserving the past; to find ourselves. But there is a noble calling that only the bravest and the kindest rise to answer - to protect those who cannot defend themselves. These individuals have chosen to be humanity's first line of defense against whoever may wish to do us harm, sacrificing their lives so that way we can live to see another sunrise.
They have chosen to be a shield.
Our story begins after the fall of O.M.E.N., a brutal branch of the United States government that could not tell the difference between dangerous criminals and an innocent child. With O.M.E.N. gone, S.H.I.E.L.D. has seen its budget and resources soar to levels that they had not had since Howard Stark and Peggy Carter founded the agency. Yet they have also inherited a number of threats and situations that O.M.E.N. had been monitoring, spreading Fury's force thin. Reserve agents are being called in for active duty and agents who had applied for retirement are being asked to reconsider.
At S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy, the very best of the graduating class of cadets have been asked to participate in a unique study. In order to combat the ever changing threats of this new world, we need to adapt. S.H.I.E.L.D. scientists are interested in creating a team of super agents, balanced perfectly with the relevant skill sets, that might be able to make a difference in this world. Their process has been adapt in identifying latent X-genes, as well as inhuman DNA markers. And in the case that the subject has neither, scientists are experimenting with the application of radiation to induce powers.
And while the formation of this team brings hope for the future - a warm light for all of mankind to share - it casts shadows. In those shadows, there are whispers of an old foe returning from the brink of extinction.
Zoya Nikolova - Mutant/Sci-Tech - Killed by Deadpool
Phineas Mason / the Tinkerer - Inventor Paid by HYDRA
James "Jim" Kennedy - Mutate/Operations - Senior Supervising Officer - HYDRA Mole - Killed by Bonnie and Harry *death undone via the Butterfly Effect in Age of Ultron
Nikolai Vasyutin - Mutate/Red Room (@17th Day) - Killed by Luminous
In an unpredictable and chaotic world, we seek to control that which we do not understand; to grant ourselves immortality through preserving the past; to find ourselves. But there is a noble calling that only the bravest and the kindest rise to answer - to protect those who cannot defend themselves. These individuals have chosen to be humanity's first line of defense against whoever may wish to do us harm, sacrificing their lives so that way we can live to see another sunrise.
They have chosen to be a shield.
It has been two months since the team, under the leadership of Clint Barton and Tinley Abercrombie, took down the HYDRA held bank, Creed Financial. The loss of that capital has crippled HYDRA, forcing the fascist organization to seek out new allies. Latest intelligence indicates that HYDRA leadership has relocated to Germany and are planning an imminent strike against S.H.I.E.L.D. with a yet to be revealed new ally.
However, HYDRA is the least of the team's problems now. Two of their own, Agents Theresa Sparks and Raynor Blake, have been trapped in the Quantum Realm all of this time. There has been no sign of them still being alive, but Sci-Tech graduate Agent Dominika Novikova still holds out hope that they can be rescued. Inspired by a vision she had seen during the fight against Luminous at Creed Financial, she has been visiting renowned scientist Dr. Hank Pym, hoping that the long neglected Ultron project may be the key to bringing Sparky and Raynor home.
If only she knew the price...
Characters
1 indicates they were active in Volume One
Active:
Dominika Novikova1 - Nuclear Physics (add3ff @Morose) *death undone by time travel in AoU
Tinley Abercrombie1 - Team Lead (FF8CBD @FantasyChic*death undone by time travel in AoU
Cassandra Reed1 - Computer Science (6ecff6 @Nallore) *death undone by time travel in AoU
The Kingdom of Attilan, the Luther Crater, Mare Serenitatis, the Moon
Time Frame: February 14th, 2021 Rp Tags: Casual, Advanced, Large Group, Adventure, Fandom, Superhero, Fantasy, Secret Agents, Slice-of-Life, Romance, Drama, Politics Type Of RP: An action-adventure RP centered around Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., taking place in the same universe as X-Men: Darkness Rising. Players will roleplay as agents with or without powers. Plots are at least partially character driven and will hit on several major storylines from the comics/TV program. Goal of the Current Arc: End the Terrigen Mists and save the world's mutant population, through diplomacy or force. Protect Thane, the bastard son of the Mad Titan. Character Requirements: Age 25+. No more mutants.
Premise
In an unpredictable and chaotic world, we seek to control that which we do not understand; to grant ourselves immortality through preserving the past; to find ourselves. But there is a noble calling that only the bravest and the kindest rise to answer - to protect those who cannot defend themselves. These individuals have chosen to be humanity's first line of defense against whoever may wish to do us harm, sacrificing their lives so that way we can live to see another sunrise.
They have chosen to be a shield.
Following the incident with Ultron and the unauthorized assassination of Von Bardas in Serbia, Director Fury was removed from his position by the President of the United States. It was one of his last acts of the term, with Alexander Jakobsen being inaugurated in late January 2021. His replacement had been groomed for the position for ages - Agent Maria Hill. Fury had given her some parting advice - that she would need to command the respect of not just the agents, but also the world in order to be effective as S.H.I.E.L.D's director.
Her first challenge? Thanos, has been searching for his inhuman son, Thane. Fearing that Thane will grow more powerful than him and kill him before he can complete his sacred work, Thanos and the Black Order have been razing planets, demanding a tribute of the heads of younglings between the ages of sixteen and twenty-two (the estimated age of his lost son) or the annihilation of its inhabitants. His search has led him to Earth.
The inhuman king Black Bolt discovered Thanos' plans went beyond galactic conquest, and in an effort to protect his people from the Mad Titan, he has detonated a Terrigen Bomb, flooding the Earth's atmosphere with the Terrigen Mists. This would cause any being on Earth with inhuman genetics to undergo Terringenesis and emerge with fantastic abilities, giving them a fighting chance to defend themselves. Unfortunately, the Terrigen Mists were impure and have proven fatal to mutants, with mutants across the country coming down with the terrible disease M-Pox.
It's up to our plucky team of agents to save the world once again - to destroy the Terrigen Mists in the atmosphere before the Earth becomes uninhabitable for mutants and to protect the world from Thanos' bloodlust.
Characters
# indicates they were active in Volume #; M indicates they were active in the House of M crossover
Active:
Cassandra Reed1,2,3,M - Team Lead (6ecff6 @Nallore)
Maria Smith1,2,3,M - Archery (lightgreen @Nallore)
Frederick Flynn1,2,3,M - Infiltration (639A5E @BlueSky44)
The Triskelion - S.H.I.E.L.D. Base, Washington D.C.
New York City - S.H.I.E.L.D. base, Winter Soldier's apartment, Ellis Island, Stark Tower
Washington D.C. - Captain America's apartment
Asgard - Breidablik
Wales - Braddock Manor and St. David's Hospital
Time Frame: May 17th, 2021 Skyrose Multiverse: Prime Universe (Earth-666) Rp Tags: Casual, Advanced, Large Group, Adventure, Fandom, Superhero, Fantasy, Secret Agents, Slice-of-Life, Romance, Drama, Politics, Hero v Hero Type Of RP: An action-adventure RP centered around Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., taking place in the same universe as X-Men: Darkness Rising. Players will roleplay as agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., attempting to protect the world from threats that can defy understanding. Plots are at least partially character driven and will hit on several major storylines from the comics/TV program. Goal of the Current Arc: Decide where you stand on Maria Hill's new initiatives and defend your cause. Age Requirements: 25+. No more mutants.
Premise
In an unpredictable and chaotic world, we seek to control that which we do not understand; to grant ourselves immortality through preserving the past; to find ourselves. But there is a noble calling that only the bravest and the kindest rise to answer - to protect those who cannot defend themselves. These individuals have chosen to be humanity's first line of defense against whoever may wish to do us harm, sacrificing their lives so that way we can live to see another sunrise.
They have chosen to be a shield.
Following the incident with Ultron and the unauthorized assassination of Von Bardas in Serbia, Director Fury was removed from his position by the President of the United States. It was one of his last acts of the term, with Alexander Jakobsen being inaugurated in late January 2021. His replacement had been groomed for the position for ages - Agent Maria Hill. Fury had given her some parting advice - that she would need to command the respect of not just the agents, but also the world in order to be effective as S.H.I.E.L.D's director.
To this end, Maria Hill has updated the protocols regarding super powered heroes. S.H.I.E.L.D.'s policy previously had been to monitor from a distance, more or less allowing groups like the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men to do their own thing - a policy of benign neglect. Perhaps as a logical extension to the nearly passed Mutant Registration Act, Maria Hill has introduced the following reforms, called Hill's Laws (a misnomer as they were not, in fact, voted in by members of Congress):
Any individual using their powers, enhanced technology, or anything else that would qualify them to be a superhero must register as an active hero with S.H.I.E.L.D. This includes the revelation of their secret identity.
An individual wishing to fight crime as a superhero must be at least 18 years old.
All superheroes are required to receive training from either S.H.I.E.L.D. or one of three pre-approved groups (the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, and the Avengers).
There will be a S.H.I.E.L.D. task force dedicated to supporting and aiding these heroes, but also to deal with any issues that may arise.
Maria Hill has tasked the Secret Warriors with enforcing these reforms with someone who she hopes will serve as an example: Captain America. The notion is that if the patriotic leader of the Avengers becomes the poster child of Hill's Laws, then the other superhero teams and individual crimefighters will follow suit.
This will not be the case.
Characters
# indicates they were active in Volume #; M indicates they were active in the House of M crossover
Active:
Cassandra Reed1,2,3,M,4 - Team Lead (6ecff6 @Nallore)
Time Frame: May 17th, 2021 Skyrose Multiverse: Prime Universe (Earth-666) Rp Tags: Casual, Advanced, Large Group, Adventure, Fandom, Superhero, Fantasy, Secret Agents, Slice-of-Life, Romance, Drama, Politics, Hero v Hero Type Of RP: An action-adventure RP centered around Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., taking place in the same universe as X-Men: Darkness Rising. Players will roleplay as agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., attempting to protect the world from threats that can defy understanding. Plots are at least partially character driven and will hit on several major storylines from the comics/TV program. Goal of the Current Arc: Earth has been invaded by the Skrulls. Defend your planet and save humanity! Age Requirements: 25+. No more mutants.
Premise
In an unpredictable and chaotic world, we seek to control that which we do not understand; to grant ourselves immortality through preserving the past; to find ourselves. But there is a noble calling that only the bravest and the kindest rise to answer - to protect those who cannot defend themselves. These individuals have chosen to be humanity's first line of defense against whoever may wish to do us harm, sacrificing their lives so that way we can live to see another sunrise.
They have chosen to be a shield.
Galactus consumed Tarnax IV, the home world of the Skrulls. The Skrulls are an alien race of shapeshifters, mortal enemies of the Kree. They have decided to recreate their lost world on Earth due to its strategic position - wormholes are easily opened and created in the Milky Way System, a fact that Asgard has exploited for travel to Midgard for thousands of years. The Skrulls have infiltrated every government, every superhero team, and no one knows what happens to those they have replaced. They replaced Iron Man and several key Avengers, bringing about a superhuman Civil War that left Earth's heroes more divided than ever before.
Who can you trust?
Who will you make your stand with?
Can our heroes stop an invasion that has already begun?
Characters
# indicates they were active in Volume #; M indicates they were active in the House of M crossover
Player Characters:
Cassandra Reed1,2,3,M,4,5 - Team Lead (6ecff6 @Nallore)
Maria Novikova1,2,3,M,4 - Archery (lightgreen @Nallore)
As mentioned on Discord, two updates from now we'll be going into collabs. You can sign your character up to train with one of the available trainers, with spots listed below, or you are free to do interaction collabs with other SHIELD agents. If there's an NPC you want to collab with that isn't listed on here, please let me know.
The spots listed under each character's name shows how many they can train at a time. We'll do two rounds of training collabs, so if you don't get the person you want, don't worry. You can try again next round. Please send me a PM on here, tag me in Discord, or what have you to sign up for one of the spots below if you're interested. I've listed the trainer's abilities in brackets - but please note they all have extensive combat experience.
Present Day - S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy: August 14th, 2020 - 10:30 A.M.
Fury listened to Johnson's arguments, holding up a finger to Sparky and Sami as they entered the hallway. He had a comment for each of her objections. "For the gun, agent, why the hell didn't you grab one from one of the fallen guards outside? If you need a gun, you take one. Then for the illusion - your logic is sound agent, but that's an extreme case. Harming yourself in the field is NEVER a good idea. You could have concentrated, you could have thrown something in the direction of that person, you could have asked your fellow agents for help. But again, those are all lessons you've already been taught at the academy. Now get out of my sight and see Simmons for a physical - you might have a screw loose or something."
Fury then turned to Sparky and Sami, raising an eyebrow at Sami's crass attitude. "Does this look like Comedy Central to you, cadet?" he asked, pausing for a moment to let that sink in. He then threw a phone out of his pocket, showing that this entire time, Colonel Rhodes had been on the line - on speaker. "I'll let you have some privacy while you contemplate the meaning of being a government entity when that comes to proposing to gun down U.S. citizens with a clean record," Fury said, switching the call off of speaker and tossing the phone to Sami.
He then looked at Sparky. "Walk with me, Agent Sparks," he told her, starting to head down the hallway. She was the only one currently that wasn't giving him grey hairs. "Got to say, that's one hell of a name. But that isn't what I want to talk to you about. Unlike the other two, you're not Operations and yet, you did more than both of them combined. So be direct and honest with me - reflect on the mission experience you just underwent. There might be a promotion in it for you."
"Hey there Sami, so, I heard about what happened, and what the hell were you thinking? Just suggesting using lethal force like that, on someone with a clean record? You know you shouldn't use lethal force unless you absolutely have to - not just because you got mad during a training simulation at their hologram... Not to mention the fact that you didn't seem to pay attention to anything! You attacking him again stopped the glitch from working, made it so that there was no way you were going to make it, and Maximoff is my goddaughter's boyfriend, and so I doubt she'd take you saying let's just kill him right now and be done with it! His record was wiped clean by SHIELD, and he has never actually killed anyone, and if we killed him, there would also be a huge legal mess and we'd have mutants who probably would want us dead, so no, we can't do that! And would it kill you to call your mom once in a while? I mean really...Look kiddo, I love you, but I have to go. Please stop suggesting killing people as a solution. It makes us look bad." Rhodey then hanged up the phone.
On the staircase, your two groups will run into one another, becoming now a newly formed team of three. Upstairs with the hostages, Quicksilver is just listening to the music. As long as you don't attack him, he'll allow the hostages to go free with you - and he'll even come along with, just so happy to be listening to 80's music.
For better or for worse, the entire facility is currently being subjected to your choice of music - namely Bill Joel's Uptown Girl. The entire fourth floor with the hostages is glitching out, but at least Quicksilver wasn't coming to attack anyone else. He was just busy happily listening to the music. None of the hostages were in good enough shape to escape as well and every now and then, they'd seem to glitch out and vanish.
Fortunately, Nikolova and Hale will be able to still see everything that is going on downstairs outside of the actual lab. On an additional monitor, they'll even have a glimpse of the panic on the second floor, where only Abercrombie and Reed were left standing. And in even better news, no Brotherhood members seem to be coming to hunt them down! Their luck has finally taken a turn for the better - it's just too bad they're going over time in the simulation.
Dominika Novikova
Framework Location: Brotherhood Lab Building: Sub Level 2 Skills: Dimensional Energy Perception (Passive), Jack of All Trades (Engineering)
"...It's metal," Novikova mumbled, staring at the door. She knew (mostly from watching the Avatar cartoon) that those who could manipulate earth, theoretically, could manipulate metal as well. However, she also recalled mention that it was a fairly advanced technique. But she wasn't going to argue with her S.O., especially since they were overtime, and she took a deep breath, punching the doors -
"ублю́док!" Novikova screamed, holding her fist which was throbbing. The doors didn't give at all. Rivera laughed slightly at the Sci-Tech girl, and Novikova glared at her, before she went over to the control panel next to the doors. A quick fix later and the doors opened on their own - no powers required, just science. Agent Kelley panicked, not sure what to do when he came face to face with Scarlet Witch - and he flung her backwards telekinetically.
"Ugh, S.H.I.E.LD. agents? Really? So annoying," Wanda muttered. She warped the probabilities around Kelley and a moment later, the agent's lower half was somehow stuck in the floor. Toad's tongue darted out, intending to get Novikova but he missed horribly enough that the Russian agent didn't even need to move.
"Plasma, the virus, now!" Magneto ordered, metal swirling around him as he shot the implements off at the agents. They all gave fairly minor wounds to the agents, except for Agent Kelley. Magneto ended up hitting him over the head with a filing cabinet and he started to bleed profusely. Plasma just nodded at her father, about to put the virus in the contraption that would allow it to be spread, when it shimmered and vanished.
"I win," Rivera taunted. The virus had fallen through the portal, just as Agent Reed described, and it fell into Rivera's hand. She tauntingly held up the virus just as they hit the 0 minute mark on time remaining. Everyone would then wake up outside of the Framework, with the mission complete - mostly. Of the three objectives they were intended to accomplish, they had completed two out of the three.
Jenna sighed. She missed Finley - just slightly. But Lydia would do - and she figured with time, she could train her cousin in the ways of investigation. "We know what he looks like, so we go down to City Hall and look through old yearbooks and other town records publications. Eventually, we should be able to find an image of the guy. Of course, we can also ask employers in the area if any of their employees have been acting odd lately - dodging calls, not showing up to work, stuff like that," Jenna reasoned. "Worst case scenario, we snap a picture of the demon in the basement and show it around."
When Abe suggested the library, Jenna nodded. She whistled for Tony and the dog came running. "Come on, let's go then," she said, zipping up her hoodie. She turned to see that Robert had come out of hiding. "Well, visual memory is only about 60% accurate and degrades over time. So we're better off trying the library to find an ID on the guy, Mayor's house after that. Unless one of you two is an aspiring sketch artist, of course."
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