The color code you picked is either currently in use / very close to Cassandra's color code, so it'll need to be changed
You have too many powers for him. I'm willing to let you start with 1-2 powers, with the option to potentially unlock more later on, so pick which ones you want to keep.
So your skills need to be broken up. Each language needs its own skill slot. (Jack of all Trades) Marksmanship is too broad, you should break it up into separate skills like (Jack of All Trades) Guns, (Jack of All Trades) Bows, etc etc.
Oh and this is just a note for you, the Terrigen Bomb has happened so if you're struggling with a time for his powers to come out basically, February 14 2021 a ton of inhumans on Earth got powers.
Location: the Danger Room Skills: Telepathy (Mental Link)
Guin sucked in air sharply through her teeth as Iris more or less baited Mary with her remarks. They really ought to have put out some sort of memo about Mary's psychotic other personality. It was definitely a safety hazard and a liability, especially as Mary lashed out against Iris. Guin's heart was beating quickly, trying to think of what to do. She raised her hand, about to fire off a repulsor blast at Mary when Pietro sped in and intervened, breaking up the fight. Yikes. This is so fucked up. It looked like Iris was okay though, so she thanked her lucky stars for that. "Kid, you good?" she asked Iris though, just to confirm.
She groaned as Neil tackled Lance for some reason, sending the dice flying and most likely triggering a Hulk-episode. Spiders began to flood the Danger Room. This is why we can't have nice shit, she complained to Pietro. Their team was really doubling down on the dysfunctional that day. Guin quickly fired off a series of lasers at the spiders coming into the room, causing seven of them to explode like overfilled water balloons, spidery guts and gore going all over the place. She barely made a dent in their numbers though, as there were just so many left. The size of them unnerved her, making her extra glad that she had decided to test out the Mark 1 armor earlier that day.
Yeah, clearly, also there are so many things going wrong in this instant right now.
It's like we have a bunch of wild children and without the consolation prize of having wicked sex first, Guin replied.
Wooooooow Guina.
Am I wrong?
Eh not really
Neil Spellman
Location: the Danger Room Skills: Telekinetic Combat, Perception
Clearly, Neil's headspace wasn't the greatest. He regretted tackling Banner not too long after he did it, his face red from shame. In the moment, it had seemed like the right call to make. Banner was always messing things up, and he needed to get Carolina out of the game, so Neil wanted to be the one to roll. He had been convinced that if he rolled the dice, things would be okay - but that if Banner rolled, Loki's game from hell would have done something even worse to Carolina. "Sorry, I... I wasn't thinking clearly... I thought you'd mess it up," he mumbled to Lance. The dice had gone flying somewhere and with how large the Danger Room was, it could be a while to find them.
It didn't help that Lance's roll had summoned an army of spiders as well.
Neil actually liked spiders. They were misunderstood but fundamentally needed for things to be in balance. They ate a lot of pesky insects that killed crops. Without spiders, humanity couldn't have made the transition to an agrarian lifestyle. But these spiders? They clearly weren't the ones looking out for corn. They were just created to kill and hurt people. Neil glared at them, moving his hands apart in a tearing motion. Three of them burst apart. He dug his heels into the ground a little more, before repeating the motion again, this time moving his hands back towards him as well. Ten of them burst this time, but there were still so many more.
And right in the middle of a giant heap of spiders were the dice.
Location: Catwalk Skills: Trivia Knowledge and History
Greenie definitely needed some work when it came to her insults, but Vinnie was all about showing a united front when faced with Them. "Yeah, what she said!" Vinnie chimed in. She'd have to talk to Greenie about creative insults later in private. Everyone had things they could improve on, so there wasn't anything shameful in it. She continued to keep Them pinned down to the ground, even with their cries of just being a technician. "Even if you're just a technician, you work for Them! So if you're just following orders, you're a piece of walking - or I guess lying down - garbage. And if you believe in what's going on here, then you're double garbage! So either way, you're trash!"
It didn't help that Y2K, as Vinnie mentally renamed Them, wasn't telling the full truth. She was pretty positive that they weren't being honest when it came to what the device did. She wasn't sure how she knew, but her gut was convinced of it - maybe she had done a video series on the Top Ten Liars of History or something. Her memories were still incredibly fuzzy and spotty. But since the device had given Them an alert about the water, it probably could do other cool things too. "Hey Greenie, Y2K's fancy gizmo is probably worth messing with. I don't doubt that they're a scared technician, but there's no way that's just a water pressure detector or whatever. It's gotta be a Chekhov's Gun." When Raynor and Sophia had moved aside Noah easily pulled himself up into the pipe and made his way up it. He climbed up the ladder and found the scene of the girls fighting with the unnaturally tall person.
Raynor frowned. He was definitely too big to fit into the pipe as Noah and Sophia had. He wasn't getting anything back on the radio channel. He was grinding his teeth out of frustration, before he made a quick decision and he sprinted to the galley. "Shit got real. Zarina met Them. She isn't answering her radio."
Mild Symptoms: Headache, some splotchiness of the skin, fatigue and exhaustion Moderate Symptoms: Difficulty breathing, dizziness, vomiting, blood shot eyes, prominent veins Severe Symptoms: Vomiting blood, trouble walking, bleeding from the ears, extreme skin discoloration, general looniness
The Ruins of the Old Mutant Underground DC HQ...
"Ah, I am sorry," Colossus apologized, sheepishly letting go of Spark Plug. He wiped a few tears away from his eyes. They were still flowing naturally, his baby sister had died after all and he hadn't been there to do anything - and since she died of M-Pox, there really hadn't been anything he could have done. It was pure random chance that took Illyana's life. Their ride finally got there and Colossus gave Echo a kind nod. He got into the car, sitting in the passenger seat, and as he was in his metal form, the car noticeably bent down towards the right from the huge weight.
Veil
Location: Mutant Underground: Van Skills: N/A
Veil couldn't think of something for the new girl, Kristina, to do. Ordinarily, her mind would have pulled up a mental list of the many things they needed to accomplish at the Mutant Underground, but it escaped her. All she could think about was how to help the rest of her team, the rest of her family, after the double tragedy they had experienced today. She couldn't imagine how Colossus was taking this - probably just about as well as Feedback was handling Moonwalker's death. Moonwalker and Magik. Veil couldn't help but feel responsible. M-Pox or not, she was their leader - whatever happened to her team, it was on her conscience.
"Thanks for the offer, but not at the moment. We'll need to find you a place to rest for the night. In the morning - or later this evening if you'd prefer - we can talk about where you want to go next. We're part of a group that discretely moves mutants so the law can't track them." Of course, the Washington D.C. group was becoming increasingly involved in things above their pay grade. They had tangled with Mister Sinister and the Hellfire Club, and now, they were trying to find a cure for M-Pox by "borrowing" random scientists.
Oh, and apparently, they were now no longer bound by Earthly politics, as the green haired girl claimed to be from Asgard. Veil looked at Zarina sympathetically. She must have been incredibly sheltered, not knowing what the police were and now thinking her father was from another planet. Had the atmosphere been less heavy, she would have pulled Zarina aside and had a long talk with her on the basics: what it meant to be a mutant, how mutants came into being, and of course, that they were not aliens. Her mother must have lied to her.
Watts climbed out of the van, carrying Leda. Havok had Polaris similarly in his arms, with neither woman looking particularly happy. Polaris had a scowl on her face even though she was unconscious and Leda was grumbling about how she was perfectly capable of walking on her own.
"We'll be in our room, don't bother us," Havok requested - well, more of demanded before carrying Polaris on up into the Mutant Underground proper and making a beeline for his room.
"Isn't he just charming?" Watts snipped. He had been trying his best to keep a lid on his ego with everything going on, but he just couldn't help himself. As an asshole, he couldn't help but be extra annoyed by the presence of another asshole of lesser or equal value. He then followed after Sapphire, heading into the Mutant Underground proper, where he saw a kid around Leda's age crying over a corpse.
Sunshine's heart and soul were aching, as Magik's body slowly grew cold to her touch. She had hugged the corpse tighter in an attempt to delay the inevitable, as if she could just wish a heartbeat back into existence. She wanted to scream and lash out, to burn everything down to the ground. She hadn't even comprehended the depth of her feelings towards Illyana and now, it was too late. She would never get to hear Magik's laugh again. She would never get to stare in awe as Magik summoned her Soulsword and was a complete badass.
Her head was down, buried into Magik's chest. She heard Waverley come over and talk to her. Her roommate had been the first person to try to comfort her. Everyone else had left her. They were either dealing with Max (she hoped Max wouldn't be breathing when he came back, it wasn't right that he was alive while Magik was dead) or off doing something else. But it meant a lot to her to know that Feedback was there. "Th-thanks... I-I-I just... I-I-I can't believe she's..." Sunshine mumbled, lifting her head to look at Feedback.
But Feedback wasn't there anymore.
Sunshine's chin wobbled as she burst into tears all anew.
Up the stairs, Andy would find herself in a hallway with about ten doors going off of it. Of course, far less interesting than the doors are the variety of people. Negasonic Teenage Warhead looked at her, raising a slight eyebrow. "Who let Emo Barbie in here?" she asked in her usual monotone. Every now and then, there would be a flicker of pain in her eyes. Negasonic was doing a fairly decent job at keeping her emotions under check, but it was largely since she had a plan in mind to bring Magik back.
"Bold of you to assume I don't have at least ten phones on me at any given moment," Negasonic then told Glimpse frankly, unlocking her phone and handing it over to her. She was watching her movements like a hawk, almost daring Glimpse to try to look through her text messages instead of placing a call.
Havok then rushed up the stairs, carrying Polaris. He opened the door to his room, went inside, and slammed it behind him.
Meanwhile, poor Casper was still stuck! He had no clue at all how to get back into his body, since from what he could tell, he was a ghost - just a living ghost and not a dead one. Luckily, his bod seemed to be able to breathe on its own without him telling it to do that, especially since Nurse James Extraordinaire was there to keep him from dying. A lightbulb went off above Casper's head! "James!!! I'm trapped!! I need you to get Negasonic's phone and look up the WikiHow for when you're trapped as a ghost! Or the Wikipedia plot summary of any movie with something similar, just you have to make sure I've already seen it or I don't want to see it since I cannot stand spoilers! Unless I'm the one telling them, then I love spoilers!"
"This is a fantastic strategy - except for one thing," Ben reminded him. "James can't hear you."
"What about the power of love? Doesn't that count for something? I know that I love James a lot, and even if in Wanda's vision he didn't want to be with me, I'm sure that isn't the case here!" Casper said, but his words faltered a bit at the end despite his rise in volume. "...What if James doesn't love me, Ben?" he asked, his words slowing.
Location: Hotel Valhalla - Floor 472 -> Feast Hall of the Slain Skills: N/A
Runa's eyes widened as Klara grabbed her and threw her over her shoulder like a sack of laundry. A large part of her surprise was from how strong Klara was, but really, she was mostly shocked from suddenly being grabbed and thrown around like that. Klara's mention of how it would be better if she came quietly only further unnerved her. She didn't want to know the sort of punishments dolled out in this afterlife. And if they were this serious about having to attend dinner, how would they react to finding out all of the information Runa had withheld from them? Her only real option was to lie and claim she didn't know, but then her own conscience might eat her alive.
She hadn't been lying about hating crowds. She was always freaked out in them. While she liked the idea of being able to vanish and not be noticed, she felt like all the eyes were on her as they went into the massive feast hall. And to make matters worse, apparently they were going to be sitting at the front table. Runa gulped, wishing that something would conveniently get her out of this. Her anxiety levels were going through the roof.
"You look like Edward from Twilight," Megan teased her brother. His dark colors really did remind her of the color scheme for the vampire focused movie and book series. Had her brother been a bit paler, he probably would have been easily mistaken for a vampire. She tilted her head slightly, trying to recall if vampires had ever shown up in fairy tales. A lot of fairy tales were much tamer in the modern versions than their historical ones. She couldn't help but secretly hope they'd run into one - and a werewolf as well. A ghost would be spectacular too. If anything, she wanted horror stories to be reality over fairy tales. "Also, of course I had to jab at you over your lack of knowledge when it comes to guns. It's my solemn duty."
She listened intently to what Merlin had to say. While they were going to his tower, their parents were not there. She felt a twinge of disappointment, despite what she had said about her birth parents meaning nothing to her. She had no idea how far they were from Merlin's tower, though she felt a bit of pride seeing she had been right about there being a road nearby. She glanced around, taking in the scenery. Life was weird - and wonderful.
Location: the Danger Room Skills: Telekinetic Combat
It was difficult to see through the flames, but at least they matched his internal fury at having Carolina ripped away from them. She was his best friend and he couldn't imagine X-Mansion without her. He got along well with Annie, and had even started opening up to her, but Carolina had seen his artwork - he had let her catch a glimpse at his soul. And with all of the trauma of the breakup, Neil was maddeningly clinging to Carolina's friendship like a life preserver, turning it into the most important facet of his life.
Mary's words melted the flames of ice in his heart. He could tell that she actually meant it - that they weren't going to just leave Carolina and Elizabeth behind. Some people might have just said that to be nice. A single tear cascaded down his face and he nodded at her, sniffling a bit. "Thanks, Mary - that helps." He didn't say it to be sarcastic, bitter, or cruel. If there was one thing his breakup had done for him that was positive, it made him a lot more aware of his emotions - and a little bit more comfortable expressing them.
Lance, however, annoyed the hell out of Neil. How was being trapped inside of a game for 20 years a positive thing? His hearing was selective - whether it was willful or a result of his hearing aids - and he chose to ignore the parts of Banner's statement that were nice. He instead zeroed in on everything that could annoy him, with Neil making an ugly face at his forced partner. What he wouldn't give to punch Banner in the jaw...
He blinked, doing a double take after Mary committed an unspeakable act of animal cruelty. Hyenas looked too similar to household pets. It might have been from her fear of fire causing it. It reminded him a bit of when she yelled at Allison at Stark Tower. "Uh...." he trailed off, before swallowing. Neil focused on as many of the hyenas as he could, before waving his arm and causing most of them to go flying backwards, hitting the wall as gently as he could.
Guin Stark
Location: the Danger Room Skills: Telepathy (Mental Link)
Shit. I keep forgetting she's afraid of fire, Guin grimaced. She didn't blame Iris for the situation though. Fire went hand in hand with the life of a superhero, though it usually came in the form of deadly explosions. Mary chose this life, so she would have to work on through her fear - they couldn't ban people from the team with pyrokinesis after all. It would be like forbidding Iris from using weed while at the X-Mansion because of Guin's sobriety. Everyone had to handle their own stuff.
Like right now, they had a bunch of crazy hyenas to deal with. "F.R.I.D.A.Y., do me a favor and enact the Awesome Mix Protocol," Guin requested.
"That's definitely a priority right now, boss," F.R.I.D.A.Y. quipped in response.
"Did I ask for commentary on my life choices? What are you, Pepper?" Guin complained. The A.I. didn't say anything in reply, but the speakers in the Danger Room roared to life as music began to play - one song in particular on loop. Guin tilted her head slightly, before she snickered. "Jokes on you, F.R.I.D.A.Y., I can kick ass to this." She banged her head a little bit to the beat of the music, transported to a simpler time briefly - a world where the biggest problem was whether or not there would be a new episode of Avatar that week. She fired off a rapid round of repulsor blasts, knocking out six of the hyenas. She didn't feel right about firing to kill. Loki or not, animals were better than people and essentially innocents.
Any suggestions on how to deal with someone having a psychotic break? Guin whispered to Pietro. With his sister, he was somewhat of an expert on it.
Having anti-psychotics on hand would probably help, but restraining her would probably cause more problems for us...
Do you happen to have some on you? Like maybe you ran through a hospital today and grabbed some? Just for fun? It was no secret that Pietro was a bit of a kleptomaniac. When he had been hypnotized by Mesmero, he still had brought her a stolen hat from the Pentagon. And early on in their relationship, he had stolen her watch, P.H.I.L.
Uh no, sorry.
"Uh, hey Mare, you wanna break out some sock puppets and talk about our feelings?"
The Triskelion - Washington D.C.: May 17th, 2021 - 2:30 P.M.
FROM THE DESK OF DIRECTOR HILL
THE FOLLOWING IS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY:
1. ALL SUPERHEROES MUST REGISTER WITH SHIELD AND REVEAL THEIR SECRET IDENTITY
2. SUPERHEROES MUST BE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD
3. SUPERHEROES MUST PASS SHIELD TRAINING - EXCEPTIONS INCLUDE TRAINING FROM THE X-MEN, FANTASTIC FOUR, AND AVENGERS
4. ALL SUPERHEROES ARE SUBJECTED TO THE SUPERVISION OF SHIELD
VIOLATION OF THESE WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE EXTRACTION TO THE RAFT. MINIMUM SENTENCING IS THREE YEARS HOUSE ARREST. JUVENILE OFFENDERS WILL BE TRIED AS ADULTS. REPEAT OFFENDERS HAVE A RECOMMENDED SENTENCE OF TEN YEARS IMPRISONMENT.
ALL VIGILANTE ACTIVITY KNOWN TO SHIELD PERSONNEL MUST BE REPORTED TO THEIR SUPERVISOR OR LEAD IMMEDIATELY.
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING!
Agent 13's Apartment...
Agent 13 nodded at Matt in response to his thank you. She was a little bit rough around the edges, but she had a good head on her shoulders and a strong moral compass. It would only take one more push for her to disavow S.H.I.E.L.D. and go off to help Captain America with whatever his next move was. The more people who defected, the more would ultimately feel emboldened enough to do so themselves. Her belief in S.H.I.E.L.D. was what held Agent 13 back so far. It was hard to reconcile her emotions.
In the blink of an eye, Flynn had shot at her and the other agents in the room. Pain exploded in her kneecap, but she was a seasoned combat veteran, staying on her feet despite the massive source of agony. Dropping down to the ground would just be a death sentence. Asokho hit Flynn with a dart - a paralytic, if she had to guess - but not before he pressed an ominous red button.
She hated red buttons.
She also hated traitors. Agent 13 kicked her good leg up into the air, bending down to use her hand to briefly support herself as she kicked him in the head. She broke his nose but unfortunately didn't knock him unconscious as intended. There was then a knock at the door.
Bonnie Chase
Location: the Roof - Quinjet Skills: Blessing of Athena, Perception, Intuition
"I jammed the doorknob," Bonnie admitted to Cass, smiling a little bit like an imp. Unlike her boyfriend - or rather, ex-boyfriend most likely - she wasn't the sort to get up into people's face and scream about emotions. She liked to deal with things a bit more coldly and remotely, preferring to keep a door from being able to open over yelling at Flynn about how much she hated his hostile treatment of her earlier in the conference room.
Bonnie held up a finger suddenly, listening intently. At first, the sound had been muffled, barely able to make out. But it was quickly repeated in rapid succession, the blood draining from her face. Gunfire. While it was possible to have been completely unrelated to their quest for information on Captain America, her gut told her otherwise. The sound had to have been coming from the top floor of the apartment complex. "Something's happening," she quickly explained to Cass. The smile had faded from her face. "Gunfire," Bonnie added. She pulled two of her knives, holding them each by the handle, as she sprinted off of the quinjet. She hurried down the staircase, finding an odd group of six standing outside the door to Agent 13's apartment - (the Daughter,the Younger Son,the Older Son,the Father,the Uncle,the Aunt,).
Her eyes narrowed slightly, looking at them. There was something about the group that just rubbed her entirely the wrong way. It was like looking at the TV cast of a family, where the actors just needed to vaguely resemble one another. "You should leave - it's not safe here," she warned them, hoping she was just being paranoid.
The Aunt smiled at Bonnie and within a flash, she was right in front of the agent. The Aunt pressed her hand to Bonnie's forehead and Bonnie's eyes widened, unable to form a coherent thought. She couldn't remember who she was or where she was or what she was doing. She had no knowledge of anything, an immense terror creeping into her heart. Even language faded away from her.
The Uncle cracked his knuckles and summoned a small controlled tornado, blowing the door off of its hinges. "Spare a cup of sugar?" he asked, looking in at Flynn, Agent 13, Asokho, and Matt.
Amelia Baptiste
Location: the Skies Over Levittown - 2:50 PM Skills: Aerokinesis
"Oh, right on!" Amelia enthused. They were traveling rather quickly, flying faster than most commercial airplanes were able to. They would end up in New York City in another twenty or so minutes at this pace. The wind was coming at them from behind, helping to speed them along - and it didn't hurt that Amelia was doing her part to manipulate the air around her glider, which only helped Maria and Sparky fly faster as well. "But there's nothing left you want to achieve? No other dreams?" she asked, surprised. She couldn't imagine a life without further goals. Her achievements were just stepping stones to get to the next set of them. They'd never be done.
Sparky's life was positively wild. It made so much sense that she was from Florida. Amelia may have been from Australia, but even she knew that everything weird in the United States originated from there. The only good thing about it was Disney World - although she heard that Miami was pretty fun as well. "The Quantum Realm? What the fuck is that? And really, crikey, you must have met Thor then! Are his abs as real as they look on the news?"