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The Young Devils [Teenage Super Villains roleplay]

@Eyeruption

Could be a number of reasons the Presence is using a bunch of nobodies, given we're in a world with a number of super powered villains, there is obviously going to be super powered heroes as well. Maybe they can't trust the professionals don't have someone like Batman infiltrating their group in an effort to uncover them. Or maybe we're just a convenient distraction, a bunch of expendables to distract the authorities while the Presence does something of real value. Given what the Presence has shown us thus far, money doesn't seem to be a limiting factor for its operations.

The Young Devils [Teenage Super Villains roleplay]

As the plane began its descent, Nergal closed the documents he had been reading on his phone and placed it into his jacket. Since they had needed to lay low, Nergal had purchased a set of clothing that was still his style but looked less like rags, though with the addition of the Jacket to deal with any cold weather. The first day of free time they had been given had been sent working out the rage at the situation while the second day involved mostly research. In truth Nergal had never spent much time exploring the extents of his power, melting people’s faces and making them choke on their own vomit had been more than enough but now with a bank heist and teammates to work with he had been encouraged to come up with new ways of utilizing his abilities

Stepping out of the plane after most of the group, Nergal frowned as he glanced around at the wilderness that seemed to spread in all directions, having grown up in the city he wasn’t used to such natural landscapes. As the group conversed amongst themselves he added, “Can’t say I see the appeal of the countryside myself, nicer streets and high value targets are more my style”. Despite his reservations of being forced to work with a team, if they were to succeed in this heist, he was going to have to learn to play along. Besides, they weren’t all bad, a number of them like Mako and Loud Love clearly enjoyed the thoughts of violence, which was something he could appreciate at least.

Glancing at the one called Jackel, he watched him shiver in the cold and smiled “Can’t say I have an extra jacket but I could give you a quick dose of something to take the edge of the feeling. Promise you won’t feel the cold at all” Nergal offered, his research had already given him some ideas and he was keen for someone to experiment on

The Young Devils [Teenage Super Villains roleplay]

His mind having wandered off from boredom, the sudden sound of gunfire caught Nergal off-guard. Tensing up as his gaze snapped to the ceiling he relaxed slightly when he saw the guns seemed to be pointed elsewhere and the Presence voice growled at the three who still had yet to sit down. So it seemed that they weren’t completely replaceable or else he would have imagined the Presence would have wounded or killed those three for ignoring its instructions, though as he gave the guns another glance he figured there was unlikely to be anymore warning shots.

Looking at the rest of the group he gauged their reaction to the scene, he noted that most of them seemed to be undisturbed by the gunfire, including those that had been shot at. The naked boys reaction was particularly curious and amusing, to have such a blatant disregard for a tool that was designed to kill him spoke of either great mental fortitude or mental damage. Then there were others like Phone Freak which he couldn’t help but chuckle at, her comments just far made her seem like a smart individual so perhaps she was just unused to combat situations? The warning the Presence aimed at her was curious as well, giving him an idea of what kind of powers she might have.

The Young Devils [Teenage Super Villains roleplay]

“Hmmh, a fair point. Guess you must be more familiar with these large scale jobs” Nergal begrudgingly admitted, most of the work he had done had only been small scale, where a simple contract and payment was required and sometimes a body. Glancing around at the group again, the precautions taken by their new employer did seem to make sense, a bunch of those here, including himself, likely would have killed the Presence if they had tried this in person.

As they reached the end of the hallway and the steel doors slid open to reveal the room inside, Nergal had to admit he was surprised. He had half expected their meeting room to look as downtrodden as the warehouse they were situated in, but instead this look rather comfortable and stylish. Not paying much attention to the voice apart from the instruction to take a seat, Nergal walked over to one of seats furthest from the entrance and gave it a closer inspection. It was the kind of quality he would have expected back in his old lifestyle and as he sat down it proved to be just as comfortable as his faded memories assured him it was.

Glancing back at the group he did another take. He could have sworn he noticed everyone before he came over yet now the group had grown again and some far more ‘colourful’ individuals had joined in as well. Sitting back into his chair Nergal watched them chat idly, he found such trivial conversations beneath him, the only thing he needed to know about this group was what they could all do and whether he could trust on them to do it. Absent mindedly as he waited, he dragged a finger across the table in front of him, burning the surface of it ever so slightly.

The Young Devils [Teenage Super Villains roleplay]

Nergal watched the exchange of the group in equal parts amusement and horror, amusement from the prospect of seeing this dysfunctional group turn on each other and start a blood bath and horror with the sinking realisation there was a real chance he would have to work with them. Still, if they had been singled out much like he had, they likely had some kind of abilities of talents that could be put to use. As the warehouse opened and the group began to funnel inside, Nergal became curious as to the mention of the other doors, wondering what secrets the voice was hiding behind them.

Following the rest of them he glanced at Phone Freak’s after her comment about the Presence “You call this situation straightforward? Guess I’m just not used to meetings held in middle of nowhere with company that seems one step away from killing each other” he replied, still not thrilled at the prospect of taking orders, and having to watch a young naked boy stroll in front of him did not seem to be improving his mood

The Young Devils [Teenage Super Villains roleplay]

@PlatinumSkink From what I understand, they were mainly just using the document for the introductions and other types of conversations which are back and forth with very short replies, as they can kind of clutter a thread. Though I do agree, with the different posting times everyone has it would be good to know when we can expect people to reply

The Young Devils [Teenage Super Villains roleplay]

Well, for the moment I'll leave my first reply on TitanPad an work it into the introductions everyone has going on, just so things don't get messy

The Young Devils [Teenage Super Villains roleplay]

Oh man seems a lot happened over night for me ._.

I'll not be able to reply right away, got a work meeting I need to attend, shouldn't be longer than an hour at worst though

@Eyeruption I second that idea of having a tool for quicker communication, it makes doing back and forth conversations less awkward

The Young Devils [Teenage Super Villains roleplay]

I'm gonna guess our lovely bunch of killers probably don't personally know each other but have had a good chance of hearing about each others 'craft', especially given how messy some of their methods are.

@Stekkmen I think it was mentioned in the interest check thread that the group will be called The Young Devils, or at least that's what The Presence is going to be referring to us as.

@Bright_Ops I feel the Presence probably picked most of us for those similar reasons, none of us would have had enough time to really establish ourselves in the criminal world making all of us much more vulnerable to being black-mailed

Freedom In The Stars: Deathbound [A Suicide Squad inspired sci-fi adventure] (Closed down)

Very keen to create a Character for this one, will try to get it done over the next two days in between work