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Much obliged.

Look how much better the thread looks now!

@Lord Wraith

You can't blame us. You did this.

Vanguard: Calder City

The early morning sun glistened, glare shining in the faces off the gathered congregation from the sodden sidewalks and asphalt from last nights rain. The air was full of life, the vegetation vibrant. It contrasted with the mood that hung over the crowd, men and women of all shapes and sizes wearing black. Suits, dresses, uniforms. Some within the crowd while wearing formal wear, wore a mask on their face. The heroes who didn't feel comfortable being public with their identity, despite the time of day the nearby blocks seemed to hold their breathe out of respect for those in mourning. A podium stood at the far end of the congregation, one statue among many. The sheet concealed its identity, though there was no doubt who was beneath the sheet.

Albert stood away from the main group. He could see William playing the politician going around, smiling sadly and shaking hands. Matilda was huddled together with a few of her friends, his father was... nowhere to be seen but he'd likely be rehearsing his speech. Whether or not a fallen hero was Vanguard, every memorial in the park was unveiled with a speech from the regional chief. Always playing politics, a skill William was learning well-

"You're looking well."

Albert didn't turn to react. Everything about today had him on the verge of tears, he had a lot of respect for Saw. A lot of time for him, he was the kind of person you could always call on the phone at anytime day or night, and was always willing to help.

"Thankyou Mother." Mother. God he hated himself, none of this was her fault. She had chosen his father, his abilities and his life. It's not her fault Albert had come along and defied the norm, been shunned and grew apart from his father. Not her fault how things went that day. He turned to look at her, trying to offer her his best sympathetic smile. "You're uh, you're looking good too." He looked down at her feet, his eyes hidden by his glasses, and closed his fist as he saw his shadow reaching out for hers. No.

"I hope you're looking after yourself, Matilda says you're keeping busy."

"I'm doing my best to help people."

He felt the warmth of her hand on his shoulder, and he had to fight the urge to lift his hand to take hers in his own. To fold in and accept her embrace, but he had made his choice and he wouldn't drag her into the middle of anything. That wouldn't be fair.

"You're a good man Albert-" There was a polite round of applause up ahead, as a figure walked out and upto the podium. His father.

"You should go."

She swallowed, and nodded sadly. As she stepped away her hand dropped away from his shoulder, and he wished that just for a moment more that the warmth would stay. That the contact wouldn't be broken, but it was better this way.

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Karl stood atop the podium, his suit practically glistened in the sun. What little hair he had was cut, trimmed and well maintained. The crowd applauded politely was he walked up to the podium, and then a hush spread throughout the crowd. "A hero is no braver than an ordinary man." He paused, and took a breathe for a second. "They are just brave for five minutes longer." Karl looked back towards the statue hiding underneath the cover.

"If your average hero is braver for five minutes. Saw Chaw had enough bravery for five days." Karls eyes watered, as he placed his hands on either side of the podium as if to steady himself. "I worked with Saw for years. We met in costume-" He shook a head and chuckled to himself "-Such as it was back in those days. We all remember the eighties." A low polite chuckle rumbled steadily through the crowd. He let it have a lap before he started again. "I don't think there is a single person in this city who hasn't been affected by Mountain. Everyone remembers his decade long fued with the killer Darksaber, and the weight that was lifted from our shoulders when he finally brought him to justice. He's raised more funds for more charities in this city than anyone else, Everyday Heroes Cente in Steel Acres is a hub not just of civic pride, but national pride...."

The speech was long, but nobody complained. The murmurs were kept to a minimum, nobody disrespected the memories being mentioned. The heroics, the past saves. Karl spoke for about ten minutes, but then he was replaced by other heroes. Protegés, allies. Several reformed villains and criminals who testified to Saws kindness and patience in not just dumping them at jail, but then visiting them and personally helping them through their rehabilitation. Until eventually an old man, walking with a stick under one arm and being held up by a young man in his thirties who boasted a resemblence to Saw.

The younger man grabbed the line, and then handed it to the older man who smiled the kind of sweet older smile that had seen a lot of mileage. Karl returned to the micophone. "This is Aleks Seryy. Over sixty years ago his life was saved by Saw, and who better to reveal his memorial to the world?" Karl stood back, and clear of the shot. Nodding politely at Aleks, who pulled the line.

Cameras flash, and polite applause rippled through the crowd as once more Saw Chaw. The man known as the Mountain stood in the sun, his eternal virgil begun.

Absolute Comics - A Multi-Fandom Singular Universe Roleplay

@Colonel Sep and @Eddie Brock, can I get you both to edit the '[table][table][/table][/table]' out of your posts so we can return the forum back to its default appearance?

@Lord Wraith

Boo

Absolute Comics - A Multi-Fandom Singular Universe Roleplay

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Profound.

@Eddie Brock

Here's a question, does quoting work to cause the break?

Experiments must be conducted

Absolute Comics - A Multi-Fandom Singular Universe Roleplay

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Edit your damn post, you monster, and end this.

@Lord Wraith

Wonder if it'll carry over to the next page?

Absolute Comics - A Multi-Fandom Singular Universe Roleplay

I swear, you hand Sep a loaded gun, and he'd shoot himself.

@Lord Wraith

Yes but I'd take all of you with me.

Absolute Comics - A Multi-Fandom Singular Universe Roleplay

I am destroyer of forums

Vanguard: Calder City

Hi. I'm alive-ish. Can I play?

We're all a little different once the midnight hour hits...

C R Y S T A L L I N E
C R Y S T A L L I N E

^{"When I came to Calder City, all I wanted to do was make people see the beauty around them, but now I think people are so focused when I perform as Crystalline, they just ignore it and focus on me... which is quite the pickle..."}

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C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T _________________________________________________________ (FC: Emily Rudd; Dialogue: 5584AC) _________________________________________________________ S U M M A R Y S U M M A R Y _________________________________________________________ Michelle Allison Tierney _________________________________________________________ January 20 | 31 _________________________________________________________ Single (For Business Purposes) | Female | Pansexual S T A T S S T A T S _________________________________________________________ Height | 5'8" _________________________________________________________ Hair Color | Varies, but currently Brown _________________________________________________________ Eye Color | Blue _________________________________________________________ Hometown | Kamloops, BC, Canada -

H I S T O R Y H I S T O R Y ___________________________________________________________________________________ Michelle Tierney's story is almost too stereotypical for her upbringing. Born to a real estate agent and an arena maintenance worker in the heart of the BC interior, the young girl was immersed in the best of Canadian culture. Growing up around the rink as her father kept the Sandman Arena ice in immaculate form, it was natural for Michelle to have an affinity for frozen exploits. Unbeknownst to the local population, Paul Tierney was a super, and his daughter inherited his gifts, but wanted to take them to the next level. The young woman was a star hockey player growing up, but was unable to parlay that into long term success after taking a crushing hit into the boards during her junior year at Minnesota. She swore there was super speed at play, but either way her shoulder and knee were so banged up she wasn't able to physically maintain the pace on the ice without tapping into the powers her father swore her to keep quiet about. Michelle quietly retired and started looking into acting as a way to get the fame she thought she deserved while hiding the powers she felt the world deserved to see. She moved to Vancouver following graduation and landed a few minor roles in local TV productions before moving to Calder City five years ago to try her luck in a more vibrant setting. While she was unable to parlay her Canadian credits into something more substantial, she found a home on a stage in the West End as part of a regularly performing burlesque show under her stage name Crystalline. It isn't glamorous, but it helped pay part of the bills, with the other half coming from her barista duties during the daytime. Her reputation has been growing within the social scenes, hopefully leading to a brighter future in the city. A B I L I T I E S A B I L I T I E S __________________________________________________________________________________ Michelle, much like her father Paul, possesses cryomancy abilities. She has the ability to form ice crystals using moisture in the air around her and form it to her whim. Paul subtly used this ability to create the smoothest ice surface in Canada, as well as make sure his family enjoyed the full pleasures of Canada's winter wilderness, but was adamant that they didn't need to make a fuss about it so that people were coming to them for everything. Michelle doesn't subscribe to that theory and has been expanding her abilities while in Calder City. She is able to control the temperature of liquids she touches in order to chill them, hence her iced mochas being the best ones on offer at AlleyCat Coffee House. She can shape frozen liquids with ease, forming perfect ice balls for drinks and perfect tiny blades when she's threatened. Her favorite trick to do is one she has perfected on stage. Once of her fellow cast members will spray a gentle mist from an elevated position and Crystalline will harden the droplets in a flash, creating a surreal diamond-like shimmer to surround her as she's spinning and dancing, like a brilliant flurry. Michelle also has the ability to withstand frigid temperatures with ease, almost always seen in a pair of shorts and a tank top even in the coldest weather Calder City has to offer. The problem for Michelle is that given her father's clamping down on the abilities the family was given, she has no idea what she can actually do with them. Can she make a frozen death ray that coats a city block? Can she bury an unsuspecting villain in a sudden avalanche? How quickly is she able to create an ice sculpture of Calder City Cougars star Brycen Daniels? These are limits she's never tested, and wants to push, but it's tough to do that without attracting unwanted attention. P E R S O N A L I T Y P E R S O N A L I T Y __________________________________________________________________________________ There are three personas to Michelle, that all show various facets of her personality. The Michelle that holds a senior server position at AlleyCat is a perfect example of Canadian politeness. She can tell by a glance what kind of drink or baked good a person usually needs, and is willing to offer a friendly ear for a moment or two while someone is chitchatting waiting for their order. She maintains a level of responsibility and a watchful eye over her co-workers to the point where she gets referred to as "Auntie Chelle" by some of the younger members of the team. She's not thrilled about that distinction, but she wears it all the same in the coffee shop confines. The Crystalline persona is confident, sultry and demands to be the center of attention, all traits that Paul Tierney would have despised seeing his little girl portray out in public. When Michelle puts on that ice blue wig and dusts the rhinestones onto her face, any visage of submissive behavior takes a backseat to the woman who commands the room with a frozen fist. Crystalline doesn't fear anything or anyone, and does her best to project that value for people in the crowd that need a reason to believe. With all the attention some supers have been getting, she wonders if she should take her act to the next level, maybe doing an ice knife throwing routine with volunteers. She has no doubt she could make it work. The woman that remains when both those identities are cast aside has some issues to work through. Michelle knows that she didn't capitalize on the gifts she had in the arena, nor in front of the camera, and she is a little neurotic about it now that she's crossed over the 30 threshold. She does her best to hide it on the rare occasions she goes out socially, but it eats at her and does color her actions even without the costumes she wears at both her jobs. Plus, being single, she worries that she's been too cold to those that might try to get to know her closely and thus she remains in her one-bedroom apartment with only her cat for company. Not that Snowflake isn't good company, but while Michelle is trying to piece together these psychological conundrums, the Ragdoll cat can only offer a stare that demands soft food, and that doesn't set the Canadian's mind at ease. M O T I V A T I O N S & G O A L S M O T I V A T I O N S & G O A L S __________________________________________________________________________________ Turning 30 puts some things in perspective, and it's finally convinced Michelle that hiding her abilities in the shadows are not the way to go to accomplish what she wants in life. Her father was adamant that relying on powers to get ahead in the world was no way to find satisfaction, but then what is? Michelle's done playing down her powers, and she wants to use them, get better with them. Get the fame that she knows she was destined to achieve before life waylaid her plans with various pitfalls. Maybe it's time for a third job to get her name on people's lips. If Crystalline can wow the crowds at the theater, then surely she can do so in the streets of Calder City as well! Proving to herself and to her father that their cryomancy isn't something to be sheltering from the world is now a rising goal in her mind and she is certain she can handle the rising notoriety and pressure it would bring. It has to be better than what she's doing now. If she can't fully be herself in Kamloops or Vancouver, she sure as hell would do it in Calder City. Secondary to those goals is the hope that Michelle can finally find her people, ones that don't need the barista or the burlesque personas to enjoy her company. While she has friends among her co-workers and fellow performers, they only see the versions of Michelle that suit those particular worlds. Ultimately what Michelle needs is someone who can help shoulder the load of what she's been carrying since the first time her father told her not to do anything that would bring attention onto the family, and help her take the next step in her evolution as a superhuman.

No Joke

Her name was originally Aurora, then I saw Eddie's sheet and had to quickly change it up...

@NeoAJ

Melissa is currently on holi-bobs, so if you're okay to wait we'd appreciate it.

Vanguard: Calder City

I would like to draw everyone's attention to Unis beautiful new profile picture