Omega Man

Titans Academy

_{Location: Midway City, - Michigan}

Episode #1: Magnetic Monster

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_{Interaction(s): @Blizz - Shattercrash | @Damo021 - Flamebird | @Lord Wraith - Blitzkrieg | @Hillan - Accelerate | @PapaOso - Sacrifice | @PatientBean - Oracle}

Post #1.07: Stand or Die

The power was out. There were emergency lights flashing. People were scared. While Accelerate attended to Cyborg’s remains, he also bolted civilians one at a time outside. Switchblade was upset that he’d been demoted to saving civilians, not realizing what an important aspect it was for the job. He’d helped get two civilians outside to Accelerate’s five or six. And the young speedster is trying to keep Cyborg alive somewhere within STAR Labs as well. That’s when Switchblade came up on Sacrifice. He wasn’t wearing much of a battlesuit… he actually looked like a civilian having a panic attack.

“Hey man just calm down, everything’s gonna be okay. We’re the Titans.” Switchblade stated, not realizing telling someone to calm down was about the worst advice to give to somebody.

That’s when fit hit the shan. As Shattercrash lunged at the airborne antagonist, Dr. Polaris created an electro-magnetic field that repelled the young hero with the same force she struck with sending her through the ceiling of the center ‘hub’ of the laboratories and outside. He didn’t much care if she’d survived. Switchblade and Sacrifice looked on in awe of the wreckage and Flamebird doing what she could with what cover she had to try and tag the madman with a fireball. It didn’t seem to do anything to make Cassidy’s panic attack any better.

True to Oracle's vision, the wall beneath Blitzkrieg started to crumble as the Wolf-Man ascended to the next floor. Unable to propel himself high enough to grab onto the ledge above, he was forced to descend back to the main floor. Link's landing narrowly avoided a mid-air collision with Shattercrash as the other hero was effortlessly deflected by the magnetic madman. Quickly taking in the chaos around him, Lincoln realized they needed to switch up their strategy.

“Flamebird, we need cover fire! Switchblade, get Sacrifice out of here! Accelerate, you're with me, you hit him low,” Blitz cracked his neck before flexing his claws. “I'll hit him high!” He roared before bounding forward.

“All of you against just one of me?! Just… one. Yes…” Polaris screamed fending off all of the advances towards him as he began to rip more of the steel foundation from within the laboratories.

“You have to get through to Emerson!” a scientist still within the building cried out. “He suffers from a personality disorder!” he continued before a female hero could be heard and not seen.

“I’ll try to reach out to him, but you need to get out of here. It’s not safe!” Oracle said coming into view before the man’s eyes.

“A magnetic pulse last week did something to Emerson, he hasn’t been the same. Somebody said his meds were in the trash, now he’s calling himself Polaris…” the man continued before Switchblade could be heard in the distance.

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GM Notes 9/5/22 – Updated the episodes list in the opening IC and OOC posts and I'm finishing up a villain centric post for you episode 1 folks to help progress things. Thanks to everyone participating! Amazing start so far!

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Titans Academy

_{Location: Midway City, - Michigan}

Episode #2: Additional Adversaries

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_{Interaction(s): @YourNameHere - Apparition | @Birdboy - Shuriken | @WXer - Dragonson | @Mistress Dizzy - Origami | @Zaibatsu - Gravitas | @rocketrobie2 - Chemaxzord}

Post #2.06: Arcade Antics II

After knocking one of the duplicates out cold, the beaten Billy dissipated. Alex turned his attention on the one that had come in specifically to beat the sense out of the guy behind the prize counter. Kid was just doing his job, exchanging tickets for prizes... then BAM! After taking a few punches the guy eventually ran off, and at this point Alex had seen the cameras and noticed a 'superhero mask' prize behind the counter and put it on while in the middle of handing this additional Billy his lunch. All the while Arina stood there watching as the other Billy continued to look under everything in the place.

Her movements were barely noticeable, and before the guy knew what was happening, he was met face to face with Arina, under a table - his eyes widening slightly at her still bored expression, "You lose something, Friend?" her voice was soft, as if she were trying to soothe him, and as if she'd never worn the bored expression seconds ago, her face turned warm as she gave him a small and gentle closed eyed smile, "Perhaps we could help you find whatever it is," she offered her tone laced with silk as she opted herself and Alex up for the task, regardless of any protest he might make. That's when Shuriken came running into the arcade.

"Bad... guys... one... guy…" she said out of breath and leaning against a classic video game, "I called for back-up."

"It won't take the others long to make it here with the Boom Tube thing, you two should probably try and hide your identity too..." Shield started grabbing a few more of the domino style masks from behind the wrecked prize counter. He grabbed the last Billy by the collar and asked "You've done enough damage. Tell me what it is you're looking for or I'll send you to the same duplicate hell the others vanished to."

"John Constantine won an enchanted lighter in a supernatural poker game that could summon the demon lord Neron for one favor. He supposedly lost it somewhere here in the mall while passing through Midway…" the kid in the red hoodie said crouched down on the ground with the Titans surrounding him.

Arina’s ice blue irises flickered upwards towards Shield as he handed her a mask, “You didn’t steal this did you?” her lips twitched upwards at her own joke for a moment before she watched him grab the guy, demanding he talk. Her expression turned blank as she listened to the duplicate dude explain his predicament. She didn’t really acknowledge the arrival of other team members, she only shoved the toy Alex had won her into the hands of the red hooded opponent.

Working its way upwards, her body began to take on the form of smoke and just as her face dispersed, leaving no trace of human body behind at all, her voice echoed an ominous sentence, “Summoning demons sounds like a fun afternoon activity.”

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The sound of a soft thud indicated she had been unable to take her clothes with her this time. She inwardly sighed trying to cast that issue to the back of her mind as she concentrated on expanding herself outwards, so the area was in contact with the smoke. She slightly adjusted the consistency and color so the Titans could see a little easier. Once she was satisfied with the surface area, she began to sift through all the matter she had enveloped herself around, looking out for anything that remotely resembled a lighter.

"I didn't win that for you. Tell the original hooded guy we're coming for him." Shield proclaimed knocking out the Billy and catching the black plush after the red hooded adversary dissipated from the haymaker. Alex turned to Shuriken, "Let's go find the others."

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	Back at the Academy Wally was waiting for Chemaxzord and Dragonson to go through the Boom Tube in the back of the building that Origami and Gravitas had already gone though. He understood their positions. Neither of them knew what they were in for. Maybe Chemax, but not at all in any way to help the situation. "There's enough Titans on the scene to take down whatever group of criminals is wrecking the place. I want you two to help me take care of getting any civilians still inside to safety. Any questions?" he asked walking backwards into the Tube in front of the two rookie Titans.	..................................................... ...

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Everybody in Episode 1 called the episode 'Magnetic Madness' instead of 'Magnetic Monster.' LOL

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Episode 2 Intro is now up! Everybody get to tha mall and start kicking asses in red hoodies and sunglasses!

Titans Academy

_{Location: Midway City, - Michigan}

Episode #2: Additional Adversaries

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_{Interaction(s): @Omega Man - The Shield | @Birdboy - Shuriken | @WXer - Dragonson | @Mistress Dizzy - Origami | @Zaibatsu - Gravitas | @rocketrobie2 - Chemaxzord}

Post #2.01: One Man Army

Midway City Mall,
1:37 pm

A younger guy in a red hoodie walked into one of the restrooms on the first floor next to the food court. He stole a pair of sunglasses on his way through at a kiosk. Then for roughly twenty minutes the same young guy in the hoodie, now also wearing sunglasses, exited the bathroom area like an army of himself dispersing throughout the vastness of the shopping center. Every thirty seconds or so another red hoodie wearing duplicate stepped out and just went out into the mall in a different direction than the last.

The girl from Gotham drew one of the short straws. If going to the mall for supplies was a chore, somebody had to do it. She hadn't got too far into the task when she noticed something like three or four of the red hoodied men looking suspicious. They appeared to be looking for something, but what? The rookie hero knew she had to call her mentor at the academy....

Chie did her best to keep her cool but her eyes lingered to be sure that a hooded figure was always in sight as she mosied her way to the women's room. Once in, she locked the door. She wasn't about to take any chances, not on a mission that Flash might see at least. Ducking into a stall as she pulled out her phone, Chie performed the routine of pulling up Flash's number like it was clockwork. She knew that if anyone could handle this quickly and discreetly, it would be him. Chie waited patiently until the phone finally picked up, and with no hesitation she spoke.

"Got a situation at the Midway Mall, mind sending me some back-up?"

Across town,
Titans Academy

The Flash made it a point to check in at least twice a day at the Academy. He had a day job back in Keystone City, working as a mechanic in the KCPD’s garage. Along with Cyborg and an assist from some of the earlier picks for the Academy they’d managed to build the new home base for this next generation of Titans in less than three weeks. He approached one of the students, a young girl that looked to be getting swallowed by shadows….

“Is Cyborg still recovering from yesterday?” the masked speedster asked.

“I think so, he sent some of the others to the mall for some supplies for the academy…” the girl began to respond when the Flash cell vibrated in his pocket.

“Huh, I’ve got a voicemail but I didn’t hear it ring…” he commented sorting through his thoughts before Dragonson and Chemax caught his attention, “It might be important, can’t just wait for people to call you back these days…”

He messed around with his phone for a few moments before selecting the new voicemail and listening.

"Got a situation at the Midway Mall, mind sending me some back-up?"

It was Shuriken. Something was going on at the mall. Wally quickly yelled to everyone within range of his voice…

“Cyborg didn’t send her alone did he?!” he asked before the shadow girl spoke up.

“Shield and Apparition both went with her, why what’s up?” the girl asked as Dragonson, Chemaxzord, Gravitas and others approached.

“Looks like we’re going to the mall for today’s lesson…” Flash responded.

Midway City Mall,
1:48 pm

People were running and screaming everywhere, as Billy Numerous and his duplicates were tearing the mall apart looking for something. They weren’t even trying to be subtle about it now as the original Billy was getting aggravated. Alex and Arina were in the arcade, and with the loud noise they had no idea what was going on… yet.

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The IC is up people. The teams have been split. Everybody pay attention to the rules and collaborate when you can to make posts seem more fluid and natural. Episode 2 opener is currently being worked on to be posted tomorrow after we give the first group time to get their feet wet. Make sure to post some sort of header at the top of your posts so we can easily tell which posts go with which episodes, just a simple 'Episode 1' or 'Episode 2' is enough.

TITANS GO!

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The world had seen better days. The Justice League was dealing with an international incident and in talks with the UN about the formation of a Justice League Europe. The Teen Titans had just fallen apart and there were several heroes who’d fell in between the cracks of the last big crisis. Two long-time friends who’d seen time with both the Teen Titans and the League decided to get together and do something about the superhero shortage. Maybe the younger heroes had given up. Perhaps the slightly older heroes had fallen on hard times. Wally West (aka the Flash) and Vic Stone (Cyborg) pitched the idea of an academy for younger heroes in need of training to a few billionaire friends. After deciding against the name ‘Justice University’ the pair of heroes and their backers decided on the obvious name… Titans Academy.

Setting up shop in Midway City after a spike in metahuman crime got national media coverage, Cyborg and the Flash took a different approach with their ‘school’. They took in young metahumans between the ages of 16-25, and there were part time and full time members each with a different mentor. The Flash already protected Central and Keystone City, so he’s part time. Cyborg tackled the full timers and relocated to the Midway branch of STAR Labs while his team lived at the academy. It was pitched to the mayor of Midway City as a police academy of sorts for the next generation of superheroes.

Midway City was once the stomping grounds of Hawkman as well as the Doom Patrol. Regular metahuman threats included more savage individuals like Lion-Mane, and there’s talk of Robotman losing his mind and wrecking a local bar. However the boys may get some help in the form of another old friend…

Rules:

1.) No back-to-back posting. Posting will be restricted to 3-4 posts per player per Episode. Larger storylines will have higher post caps as well as Character-centric Eps.

2.) PAY ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND SET-UPS!!

3.) Make sense. If we can't make heads or tails of your posts they're likely to get skipped over.

4.) Get permission before using another player's character in your posts if it involves changing the scene or making actions. Everybody will take beatings in this game in battle however, so don't get pissed if you get punched or blasted into a wall by the bad guys! Namely me or the Co-GM controlling the badguys...

5.) Problems with the game or players should be sent directly to me or the Co-GM through PM's. I don't want a bunch of bickering in the OOC. And I don't particularly like it when some random argument costs the game players and story potential. So don't be dicks to each other, just send your concerns to us.

6.) Abandoned characters will be used as NPC's or killed off within the context of the story.

7.) “I was waiting for [insert player/character] to make a move” is not how this game is played.

8.) There is no rule #8.

9.) My word is law.

10.) Obey the law.

11.) Episodes will stagger. Today Ep. 1 will begin. Tomorrow Ep. 2 will begin. Just to make things easier on the GM's controlling the mentors and setting the stage for everyone.

12.) In the event that I'm offline for any period of time, the Co-GM@Lord Wraith will take control and HIS word will then be law.

Episode List:

Ep: 1 – Magnetic Monster – A scientist studying magnetic fields at STAR Labs has an accident in his lab that fractures his mind and Doctor Polaris is born. After Cyborg is ripped apart, it’s up to the new students at Titans Academy to save the other scientists and civilians. But will they be enough to stop him from escaping?

Team: Blitz, Oracle, Flamebird, Shattercrash, Accelerate , Sacrifice, with Cyborg

Ep: 2 – Additional Adversaries – When a young metahuman with the ability to become multiple individuals attempts to rob a department store the Titans get the call…. from one of their own inside the store! Is the team experienced enough to locate and contain them all? And just how many Billys are there? Numerous.

Team: Shield, Origami, Dragonson, Shuriken, Chemaxzord, Gravitas, Apparition

Ep: 3 – The War Room – After there was more collateral damage than expected in and around STAR Labs, the Flash decides to introduce the team to the holographic training area and holo-droids of the War Room. However, heroes can get hurt and this is no video game. And what will the team think of their newest teacher... the man called ARSENAL?

Team: Everybody!

Ep. 4 – Burn Out or Fade Away- After a lecture about supernatural opponents and artifacts with Raven, the team gets a tip that Fadeaway Man has been spotted on the east side of Midway City after committing a heist in Delta City days earlier. After an assist from the Titans vet, the team is introduced to Arsenal’s uncle… the WWII era hero called Guardian. Why did he stop by, and what interest does he have in Alexander?

Team: TBD

Ep. 5 - Dark Flash - When Wally West is corrupted by the darkness of the Negative Speedforce, the Titans travel to Keystone City to save his enemies! The Dark Flash attacks Iron Heights Metahuman Prison and a riot ensues. If not for Captain Cold finding his cold gun and slowing down the speedster, the Titans wouldn't stand a chance. But who can contain the Negative Speedforce power?! [XLR8? Blitz? Shattercrash?]

Team: TBD

Ep. 6 - Apokolips How - Intergang, opens up a portal to Apokolips and Brimstone happens. Over twenty feet tall, spitting fire, and just two blocks away from a sold out baseball game. Which Titan got a power up enough to do some damage to something so high tech? And what will be discovered in the 'post credits' scene of the first 6 episode arc?!

Team: Everybody!

_{Location: Midway City, - Michigan}

Episode #1: Magnetic Monster

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_{Interaction(s): @Blizz - Shattercrash | @Damo021 - Flamebird | @Lord Wraith - Blitzkrieg | @Hillan - Accelerate | @PapaOso - Sacrifice | @PatientBean - Oracle}

Post #1.01: STAR Labs Lunacy

Titans Academy, Midway City
2:14 pm

It was another Wednesday; their second to be exact. The team was still getting to know each other. Everyone had been given a quarters in the new Academy. Cyborg was on the grounds due to some experiments at STAR Labs with magnetic fields messing with his mechanical body parts and operating systems. There was a gym that many of the young metahumans at the academy took advantage off. Many of them had not known what to expect with this living situation. The part-timers didn’t seem to care. Out of nowhere an alarm went off in the building. None of the newer recruits knew about the alarm but some of the first ‘students’ had heard them being tested days earlier. Nevertheless, Cyborg’s voice came over the communication systems.

“If you’re here at the academy suit up and get ready to go into the field. There’s been an accident at STAR Labs and the local authorities aren’t able to get through. Meet me out back at the helipad in three minutes to teleport there. Cyborg out.”

The students heard him in the gym. The one’s in the kitchen and dining area either left their food or ate as much as they could before getting up in a rush. Everybody wanted to see action. And the adrenaline was high. Several students had come through the doors, and it seemed like there was always a new face or two.

“I don’t really have a suit, Cyborg. I usually just wear this shirt cause it has the cool looking knife on it with all the other details.” Switchblade said with bits of food stuck in the shaggy slacker’s facial hair.

“It reminds me of old rock album covers. The mask is a nice touch.” Cyborg commented as other students began to fall in. “You were one of the part-timers Flash brought in, what exactly was your power?” the mechanical hero asked.

“The ability to take a knife…. And make it bigger.” Switchblade explained pulling out a type of throwing blade that quickly transformed into something akin to a buster sword.

Cyborg explained to the group after everyone available met at the helipad that there were two objectives. Save any and all civilians. Get to the bottom of the disturbance. Accelerate and Oracle were on crowd control. The rest in mere moments would be in the grips of twisted metal at the hands of Doctor Polaris.

When the team hit the scene in a Boom Tube flash, metal was already being ripped apart in the Lab and thrown around and where once stood a scientist now floated a madman in a helmet forged of debris. Switchblade rushed in without thinking twice and turned his throwing knife once again into a buster sword.

“How primitive. Do you not see the power I wield?” Polaris questioned, taking the bladed weapon from the young hero with his magnetic power and using it to slash at the oncoming heroes. Cyborg dodged the attack but the moment the mad-scientist realized he was a man made of metal, almost like something out of a comic book, he ripped most of it right out of the hero.

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!” Vic screamed, “Get the… civilians… out…” he muttered before what remained of the hero passed out from the shock.

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@PapaOso Sacrifice has an interesting power. Looking forward to see what you do with him. APPROVED.

And while I'm not bringing three more players into this, two is actually doable. So...

@Zaibatsu While this is the type of character I'd LOVE for a Justice League Europe spin-off, Gravitas also fits the Titans like a new pair of jeans. APPROVED.

That's the team peeps. I'm finishing off the rules and the rest of the IC post right now, and the first group is gonna be able to hit the ground running with episode 1!

EDIT: HUGE thanks to everybody who took time to drop in and show interest in this. I'm super hyped for what's coming next!

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I'm going over all of the sheets and weighing in the options. My goal for tonight is to finalize the roster, finish my opening post for Ep. 1 and get the IC going, and begin writing Ep. 2 to be dropped sometime tomorrow. Tried giving everyone as much time as I possibly could but tonight's it.

Along with the IC drop y'all will see who the Co-GM is going to be as well.