VATROU

Create-A-Hero: A Superhero RPG Season 2- New Horizons (Closed)

@DearTrickster @ShyDot if you guys need to start the colab go ahead. I won't be able to contribute for a while. At least not until tonight which will be about six or seven hours from now. If you use what we talked about as a guide you should do alright and I'll go through and do my part later.

Create-A-Hero: A Superhero RPG Season 2- New Horizons (Closed)

@DearTrickster You know Barron isn't old amongst Vampires. In fact he's probably the youngest Vampire yet of his species. Also not all of Barron's Men are Vampires, though not too many know that. Some are Human, Succubi, Vampire, Siren, insert more random species here. But you get the idea. He doesn't go around telling people just what types of Demi Humans are in his Mafia.

Create-A-Hero: A Superhero RPG Season 2- New Horizons (Closed)

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Watchers of the Abyss

Pain surged through her right shoulder like blasts of lightning. She could feel every pull and it was a bit#$ as she cringed and mashed her teeth together to push through the anguish slicing upwards with a quick stroke. The construct’s arm was severed and an odd energy leaked out. His head tilted towards her and although he had no facial features visible through his helmet she could feel the angry gaze he laid upon her as he retaliated with his friend, before a second sword slashed at his back. ”Okay. Like I need more problems.” She dodged and sidestepped each swing as she noticed the third construct was not attacking her but they began to fight amongst themselves. With a thrust she pierced the second one and slew it with a downward slash, her left arm drawing back her blade and causing undue strain on her wound. But she had to fight back, Dickens was inside fighting alone. Against a being capable of slaying demons and while Dickens is different from what he kills in game Doom Marine Excels at killing. There was a green blast as the windows shattered, Dickens was blasted back through the windows and into the street. His flesh regenerated as fast as it could but Doom Marine kept firing with more and more weapons, as rockets were launched from his rifle Dickens retaliated whipping Doom Marine into a wall.

As his hand gripped the rubble he dashed out kicking up dirt from his left heel as he shed his gun to reach for a grenade cooking down the timer as he went in for a lunge fisting the live explosive down Dicken’s throat. Goo splattered everywhere as his hind legs thrashed his tail back into the Demon Slayer while his head regenerated. The Doom Marine pulled out his BFG a second time and climbed his back before leaping off and twisting his body to fire his shot at his backside. The blast sent green rays outwards eradicating the surrounding landscape as Doom Marine stood over the pile that was Dickens his head reformed and rose up from the puddle of goop with Doom Marie in the middle. As he struggled in his throat Doom Marine was quickly crushed from the pressure as his form dissipated Dickens finished regenerating his foot stomped the ground and with a rumble his roar resounded throughout the empty streets.

There was a relief as Eva focused down her single opponent, as the third Watcher continued to aid her for how long she did not know. ”Okay, need to wrap this up fast.” She said as her feet stumbled, the pain through her shoulder was causing more and more issues, her consciousness was beginning to fade. As she slipped in and out of focus she cut down the last Abyss Watcher before her as the third one stood there, for a second she was glad it was over but just as she thought she had room to breathe it’s eyes let aflame and engulfed his sword in fire. ”You aren’t done yet, are you?”

Meanwhile further down the street on his way towards City Hall, a slender man with an outrageously long Pompadour stood before a beast twenty foot tall at least. The Young Handsome Man, reached his hand into his pocket and ran a comb through his hair as the beast broke into a full on sprint directly towards him. “You’re a real Party Pooper Clyde. I’m bout to lay down some sweet sounds you’d go ape for.” With his left hand he lifted a CD case from his breast pocket, whipping out a cheap CD. His left hand levitated it and began to electrically charge it up as he fully extended his right arm as if to punch the beast before him. With a mighty show of force Goliath bounded from the ground lifting his arms to crash into the street. “Clyde.” He said with a tisk. “Why you gonna do that. I had a big bash for you all planned out.” As he ran the charged CD down his right arm he was abuzz with energy lightning zapped the nearby light posts as he held his left palm right behind the disk and as if he fired a gun the disk shot off in a blinding display as the sheer force of the railgun annihilated Goliath’s upper torso as his digitized corpse dematerialized before he ate pavement. “Ain’t everyday you fight a monster from a game, totally unreal man. Spent enough time playing round though, time to meet the Daddy-O behind all this.” The man picked up the pace lifting his heels faster with each step the City Hall came further and further into sight. As a young girl with an incredibly tattered Hoodie fought against a flaming swordsman. The Hoodie might as well have been rags as it did nothing to conceal her face but he continued further taking a mere coin from his wallet and began to take his aim. That was when the girl’s sword collided with the flaming knight cleaving the rest of it in two, he could see her pained breathing and as he came closer could see her wounds. “Hey. Hey. Baby you don’t look alright, you look grody. And not just your clothes.”

Eva quickly responded by pointing a blade his direction, her breath heaved and her arm weighed heavy. ”Stay back Yank! Hero or Villain!”

“Baby cool it already, all Hero. All the time. Name’s Hound Dog, and you. Yeah you need a Doc.” He spoke vocally concerned for her well being.

Eva wheezed, as her arm quaked.”Tell me something I don’t already Bloody know. I. Need to get back inside, need to find Dickens. He’s. He’ll, Dickens.” She said as her hand reached out towards the paley white Monster walking towards her.

Hound Dog was taken back, ready to shoot off his coin just like that CD earlier, yet as he come insanely close to the girl she slumped onto his beaked head. As he lifted her up and onto his back. Excalibur fell to the ground as Hound Dog picked her sword up. “Something tells me this is more important than a typical sword. Righto. Oughta keep this safe, and you. You must be Dickens.”

With a snort Dickens turned to acknowledge man before him, before turning towards the doors. Eva laid on his back unmoving. Hound Dog held his hand towards Eva, and smiled. “Still beating, good.”

Eva’s eyes popped open, as they felt like iron doors she patted the side of her companion and he moved forwards. ”I ain’t done yet. Jedi wannabe still has to answer to me.” Her body still slumped on top of Dickens as she forced herself upright although her equilibrium wasn’t cooperating.

“You’re a crazy Cat, chassis is totally creamed. And you’re still cruisin’ for a bruisin’. I dig that, but don’t push yourself hard Babe.”

Create-A-Hero: A Superhero RPG Season 2- New Horizons (Closed)

Post incoming tomorrow. Eva needs a good Doctor and a shrink. Also. A Greaser joins the fight. Although that'll probably be as Ded wraps things up.

Create-A-Hero: A Superhero RPG Season 2- New Horizons (Closed)

<Snipped quote by VATROU>

I think there was an update.

@Dedonus

That doesn't sound naughty. Are you sure that's all there was? I mean this is us we're talking about here. We come in like a wrecking ball. Hehe.

Create-A-Hero: A Superhero RPG Season 2- New Horizons (Closed)

I don't know what's going on in the Discord. But I'm assuming it's naughty. And you all should stop, since I can't enjoy it. Or continue, I'll read back later and giggle like a madman. Also. I was bored.

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Blood Confusion

Once again, Barron was left agast. Clearly something had gone horribly awry, but what he had no clue. Although as he thought on it he contemplated just how things could have turned so badly. He was polite to the flesh bags, observed common courtesy or so he mused. He knew he did come across a little jerkish nothing that would warrant this extreme of a reaction still he decided he had overstayed his welcome.

”Fine, fine. I’ll leave, this isn’t how you show proper social etiquette when in public. Erecting a wall is plain rude I’ll have you know, and so is freaking out like I have the black plague. It is not how one makes friends, and considering how hostile this environment is I shall take my leave. But I shall return, around seven O’ clock. It’s when I come over for dinner at his house.” Barron said pointing towards the wolfed out Benjamin. Before he turned on his heel and allowed what shreds of his wall to return to his bloodstream.

There was something infuriating being treated like a fiend when he had yet to do anything wholly evil let alone mischievous. Although creating a prison of blood might be on the naughty side Barron shrugged it off as he walked down the same halls he entered, where a Security Guard came rushing down post haste the opposite direction.

“You there! What were you doing down there!” He said adjusting his hat and reaching for a taster.

Barron sighed, before his eyes were encompassed in a crimson glow.”Dealing with Mortals is always a pain. Obey my weighted words you insolent whelp!” The Guard stood entranced as he fell to the sway of the Vampire’s power. His posture slacked, his brain shut off and numbly he walked forward. ”You will ignore all that you see before you. Nothing is out of place and no damage has been done. You see nothing but an empty room behind me, now go. Do your job and report to your superiors. I have a call to place.”

The Security Guard nodded, his mind wiped clean of any other thoughts as he entered the back room much to the surprise of everyone inside and spoke into his radio. “Checking the alarms now. No perps in sight, could just be a dumb prank.” Before sliding it back into his belt clip and inspecting the door.

There was a slight hesitation from Barron but he returned to the room with Ben, the Witch and the others were. ”Welcome by the way.” Before he made his second exit and pulled his phone out of his pocket. ”Your Babysitter for the new Wolf hasn’t quite done his job. And a section of wall within the Natural History Museum is gone, related incidents. Apparently they do not like Vampires, not a bit.”

The woman on the other end took her time to respond, the information that Barron relayed took it’s toll on her, as she desperately remembered what protocol for just such an event. “Who are you. And are you saying your presence escalated into a class four action the destruction of public property?”

”Are you daft. What part about missing a wall do you not understand. And it’s Barron. Barron Vanderbilt. I was just on a leisurely jaunt through the local Museum when the unfortunate happened.” Barron said as he continued this conversation as he took his walk back to his car.

Create-A-Hero: A Superhero RPG Season 2- New Horizons (Closed)

Trix and Shydot's colab with Hellis gave me ideas. Ones I may have to look into soon. Also I didn't know if the Cubes would affect aliens So I winged that part.

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Voyager

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Pixelating Problems

With the street currently empty there was no one to gawk at the young alien hybrid girl clinging affectionately onto the neck of a giant white Monster. As he stood unflinchingly in the middle lane tentacle drooping over the traffic lights as if he were tasting it. ”Right, so if you’re done meeting Dickens we should gather any things we may have and search for the source of all this. My quid’s on following those cubes.”

“Yeah, good idea,” Voyager said, sounding a little breathless. “Just...wow, never thought I’d meet another one of…”

”Yeah, he’s an Alien I’m meeting odd fellows myself. Universe is much smaller than I realized. At least mostly sure it’s a He.”

“You must acquaint us to some of these odd companions of yours once the Order has been vanquished!” Shovel Knight declared in his usual grandiose way.

Eva had rubbed Dicken’s side as he loosed a low rumbling in a somewhat pleased tone.”Climb on, he’s faster than walking and as long you all hold on you shouldn’t fall off.” Once everyone else had piled on Dickens trotted along passing abandoned street after street before he took a pause. As Eva tried to move him along Dickens stumbled with the trio into a alleyway where a large dumpster filled with buffet food laid before him, with all the grace of a bathing elephant he lifted the entire dumpster into his mouth sucking down the contents with ease.

”Of course.” As Eva rolled her eyes. ”Only thing he’d stop for is food. Give him a sec, he’ll cough up anything inedible.”

”...I’m not sure I needed to know that,” Voyager said, looking a little greener than usual.

”Trust me, less gross than you’d think. He’s oddly clean for something that can down trash. None of it is even wet, yeah there it is.” As an odd cube was ejected from his mouth, naught a drop of liquid was left to cover the pile of trash contrary to the amount of slime that drips from Dicken’s mouth. ”Far as we can tell, he eats everything, bacteria included. And can’t get sick. Well hopefully he’s fed enough to move on without distractions.”

There was a momentary silence as Dickens mosied onwards the people have either taken cover or are running towards some hopeful sanctuary in the midst of this chaos, as a small group stopped right in front of the trio before sheer terror set in and had them screaming off.
”Thought there’d be more, you know. Characters running around. Well at least there’s still people alive, let’s make sure they stay that way. We’re seeing more of those cubes, so we should be getting closer.”

“Where are all of these weird cubes and characters coming from anyway? No offense, Mr. Shovel.”

“None taken!” Shovel Knight said promptly.

”Probably from this Game Genie character, supposedly trying to stir up some sort of mess. That’s kinda all I know, saw some of it on the news.”

“He sounds pretty tough if he could shut down this whole place…” Voyager commented, looking around at all the tall buildings proper for the first time

Voyager had a point, Eva mused, how much power did this guy have to do all this, and would the four of them be enough and would Shovel Knight stay on their side if they fought him. Right now though they had yet to find him and there were far more pressing matters at hand. The group that ran ahead of them were being attacked, the odd cubes were shooting beams at them. ”Okay, any ideas? Right now Dickens is the only one with the reach to deal with these things assuming we aren’t making anything worse.

”I think I could do some damage, to them, but I don’t know how much it would take out of me,” Voyager suggested, nervously chewing on her lower lip as she tried to gauge how much damage a powerful PsiBlast could inflict on the cubes. Not a lot, going by the size of them. She would need to fully charge her powers to even get close to taking one down, she thought, feeling a little inadequate.

”I. I do think we don’t know enough about them, perhaps we could be more useful saving those we can from the beams first.”

”That I can do!” Voyager said more confidently. As Voyager prepared herself, Eva flung headlong into the fight, pushing someone out of the way of a beam narrowly missing it. There was panic, the people were scared but between the cube and Dickens they flocked towards the giant monster who had people trying to help them. Riley stayed on Dicken’s back, providing fire support and taking out pixelated mooks that slipped through the cracks of earlier assaults. Shovel Knight prepared to dismount before he exclaimed loudly...

“YOU FIEND!”

“Wait what?” Voyager asked, toasting a couple of Wolfenstein Nazis with a casual PsiBlast over her shoulder.

“Treasure Knight!” the blue-horned knight shouted angrily at the bulky figure, wearing what looked like a diving suit with a drill for an arm. “Has your greed gone so far that you steal children for your coffers? No more, you rogue. Taste the steel of my blade!” And before Voyager could say anything he was off, charging after the lumbering figure with the little girl in tow.

“Godspeed Sir Knight!” Voyager said, giving one last salute. “Good luck finding Shield Maiden!”
”Well.” Eva said as the beams kept shooting out as enemies swarmed in attempting to aid these cube. With Voyager watching her back Eva did her best to lead the remaining survivors off towards safety, for whatever reason while they targeted herself and the people, Voyager and Dickens seemed to be mostly ignored save the mindless goons attacking them. A beam shot down in front of her knocked off course by Dickens slamming into it. While the last person filed into a cafe Dickens stood before it allowing her to climb him before they made their escape and fled deeper into the city searching for the source of these attacks. As more cubes flew across the sky with more and more pouring out from a large building.

”Looks like they’re coming from that building.”

”Does that mean the Game Genie person is in there?”

Eva, unsure, nodded. ”We will find out I presume.”

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Shattering Silence

The Witch was in terror, as Barron grinned on; enjoying his little display. ”Setbacks, what kind? Everything is the Tops for me, found Young Benjamin earlier than planned and even got some blood from him. Suffice to say you’re not getting rid of me for a while Kiddos. Even if I take my leave for now. I have business with the boy, indirectly of course as I have beef with the Wolf who turned him; he’ll be back to claim the boy as that wolf girl can attest to, speaking of. Have you had that conversation yet? What becomes of a Pup after the Alpha returns.”

As Barron gloated a bit, knowing that those before him were underpowered compared to his own abilities, he took a pause. And for once began to thoroughly examine the situation. He in his arrogance had indeed let this situation flow out of control, as the young fire demon of sorts whatever he may truly be had begun displaying a level of desperation and bravado akin to youths in times of stress, although Barron did scoff at his potential to burn him via an artificial sun, but before he could remark the boy was engulfed with black fire while he rushed outside. ”Well that happened. Guess whatever he was, had more pent up stress than even Golden Boy over here. Still. If you wanna follow after him Wolf Boy, we’re gonna need to subdue the beast. Course I also don’t really need to either, your Wolfing out isn’t wholly my concern nor is any attention you’d draw. All on you though I leave and he’s still a wolf, or I alongside the Witch’s power help rein in the beast using my blood manipulation magics and we can suppress his transformation. That’s up to you Kiddos to decide either way not any of my business.”