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“You’re not going crazy. You’re going sane in a crazy world!” –highly underrated superhero

But it’s wholly accurate. Set aside your concepts of Law, Order, and Not-Badness. You’re in The City now. A wondrous place of remarkable culture and beauty, it also seethes with the wriggling decay of Villainy! Yes, friends, that’s Villainy, with a capital V! That uncourteous V stares at the good people of The City like a cancerous, multi-eyed monster of subtle and unsubtle naughtiness, making the average Joe the Plumber range from merely uncomfortable to OUTRIGHT TERRIFIED!

But all hope is not lost. Seemingly for every group of these perpetrators of unruly brouhaha, there is at least one stalwart Champion of Shiny and Upright Things ready to lead the charge against Un-Good. You, dear Heroes, must lead this charge with head held high. You must be the shield to defend the good people of The City. You must be the hammer to crush malevolence and apathy wherever it rears its septic tendrils. Even the smallest slip can lead to a downward slide to Evil. Even the tiniest indifference can make society fall prey to the ever sneering Villain In Black, twirling his handlebar moustache whilst tying helpless citizens to the railroad track of indecency and terror!

You must do whatever you can to promote civil order, no matter how small. Case in point, your first mission:

Help an old lady cross the street.

Just remember, even the smallest of tasks can open up a wide, new world of adventure. Good luck.

***

It’s a great summer day here in the city of The City. Partly cloudy, 82 degrees, and everyone’s smiling. Well, almost everyone. At the corner of Second and Elm, deep in downtown The City, an elderly lady stands at the crosswalk, peering with myopic eyes across the way, debating upon the wisdom and safety of crossing.

There is nothing really spectacular about this lady, at a glance. She wears a long dress with a floral print, and has a fuzzy-looking blue shawl around her shoulders, despite the seasonably comfortable temperature. Sensible shoes cover her feet, and she carries both a purse and a bag of groceries. To put this simply, she looks quite like Betty White, sans all the biker tattoos (her roles in movies have her covered in pancake makeup to preserve her wholesomeish image, fyi).

Something does seem a little off, though. I mean, aside from this obviously innocent bluehaired lady being given the brushoff by every passerby on this street. The astute observer may notice three or four people dressed in suit and tie, at random places around this intersection taking particular interest in this scene. They stand quietly, staring, seemingly waiting on something to happen.

Scanning the skies above, a red caped hero wrestles a rather large bear midflight, calling “TO ACTION!” as the pair streaks across the street’s collective vision, trailing smoke. This event is commonplace enough that it warrants only a quick glance and a continuance of the day.

Old lady in need. Creepy generic guys doing nothing. And… Hero Time!
Couple of things: @knighthawk I started my post, apparently while you were composing yours. Then I watched the second half of Sharknado 3 before I finished up and hit the reply button, so it looks like I'm ignoring your actions in this sequence. Totally not, oops.

Wasn't sure if this was best put in the OOC or IC, so I'm erring on the side of caution. My intent here was to wait until Reverin was particularly interested in something ahead of him and nail the guy with a choke hold. No damage inflicted to him, and as long as he has no more actions that round (or I take damage) he should go down like a drunken prom date for a short while. True to contract, I have no intention of letting him come to any harm during this time.

If Raa's actions suspend combat, I'm putting this on hold. Mr. Chokey will be applied if he moves on the Paladin.
The ordinarily lumbering man's posture and coordination altered instantaneously with actual threat in the vicinity, as if chains just dropped from his body; chains thick and heavy, designed to hold back a charging animal. Instinct flared within him to advance, to do what he does best, but nagging, fun-depriving reason interfered. Something was not right with this situation.

This wasn't part of the deal. Obviously, a lot was not said earlier this evening, quite possibly deal-breaking conditions. He was not the most ethical man ever to grace the Realms, and had done many disreputable actions in his life. Despite this, Keystone was not a strongarm thief. Well, rarely a strongarm thief, and there had to be a compelling reason.

He locks eyes with the Paladin, his face pleading for trust if only for a fraction of a second. Despite the direction of his gaze, his words were directed at his present employer: "Terms were, we keep anything under the mage's control off of you. I intend to honor that bargain."

Keystone steps his left foot back, assumes a defensive posture, and holds action.
Never cut and dry, is it? This got interesting really fast; I suppose we're about to have to make an alignment based decision. I'll have my IC up tomorrow.
@knighthawk
The site, classicmarvelforever, lists The Tick's strength at 100, as opposed to the average human's 6. If we take this as accurate, this means he can move up to 250 tons with a profuse sweat broken. I disagree with the website's findings.

Now, I do recall the Tick lifting a car over his head and throwing it. Doing some quick snooping online, the average American sedan (overall the heaviest cars produced today) is right at 4000 lbs (1814 kg for you metric types). Provided this level of strength is greenlit, this will represent your power set. It brings him far above human maximum.

Captain Collateral Damage would have a higher than average stamina to assist in his arms not being ripped from their sockets when he attempts such a feat, but the rest of his stats will be flat human average at best. (All of this can be raised through play, however, we want them to START horribly flawed, not end up that way.)

Skills are fully open at 3.

Contacts are fully open at 2.

If this works for you, PM me a CS and let's get this guy rolling. Yeah, and thanks for coming on board.
I did mention low-powered, but I see potential in this. Concept approved. How strong are we talking here?
Excellent. Two more concepts are approved, waiting for their post.
@Silver Carrot
Brilliant character composition and fleshing out. If you would, please edit in the stats and numbers and we're good to go.

After the next character posts, I'll begin the IC. Then prepare to embrace the oddness.

Character Concept, for when you guys post:

Name: Lee Messerschmidt

Identity: Bacon!

Origin: Alter



Appearance:
Tall and slender, Bacon! is most easily noticed by the scent of smoked pork, like a very faint cologne. This is permanent. He has dark hair and eyes, and a perpetually goofy smile. His identity, Bacon!, was NOT his idea initially. He was going for a sheath of flame motif with his costume, but being absolutely rotten with color and fashion, it more resembles a strip of warm, meaty bacon.

Powers:
-Bacon! is very resistant to heat and fire, all but the hottest conditions do him no discomfort. Don't ask him to swim in lava or leap into the bowels of a nuclear reactor, though. He has his limits.
-At will, he can smoke profusely. No, I don't mean he's got a nicotine addiction, his body produces lots and lots of pork scented, obscuring smoke. He still hasn't figured out how to avoid the effects of it, himself, but is optimistic. Looks like Richard Pryor when he runs. (too soon?)
-At fairly short range, Bacon! can cause items to heat up and/or combust with the ferocity of a commercial oven. He can create an aura around him like this, or concentrate it at one target in his line of sight, up to 30 feet. He usually does so with the battle cry of "Sizzle, bitches!".

Talents:
-Cooking- particularly charcuterie and barbecue, but overall proficient
-Boxing- not amazing, but can handle himself
-Trivia- mostly involving movies, but is a safe bet in most game shows about seemingly useless crap that PROBABLY WON'T come up in gameplay. Or not.

Contacts:
-Officer O'Malley- Stereotypical Irish cop. Friend of the family, supports Bacon!'s career path in heroics
-JimBob Dougie- Owner and Proprietor of JimBob's House of Pig Ass. Was present at Bacon!'s accident that made him a Super. Formerly his boss.

Background:
(To be brief, I'll just go with origin of powers for right now.) There was a horrifying accident involving fatback and the tiny bit of uranium found in smoke detectors. It was keyed off by an errant bolt of lightning while he was holding a non-dairy creamer. Somehow, these components came to create the Almost Hero known as Bacon!, altering him at a genetic level, making him almost indistinguishable from a naturally occuring Metahuman.

At first, he took his role seriously as Fire Guy, but repeated jeers from passersby eventually made him go with it rather than get upset. Besides, bacon is awesome, so Bacon! must be, too.

NOTE: I know I didn't go for a thorough physical description, but you get the gist. Maybe later on.

I've seen more than a few times where this kind of bickering in the OOC kills RPs. It is childish and only serves to create drama. Ladies, gentlemen, my sincerest apologies for my part in this foolishness. Please enjoy your game; I will respectfully find other interests for the time being.

Consider my IC post, and subsequent NPC reaction, removed from play.

Thank you and have a happy.
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