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As I said, I’m envisioning kind of a gritty take on the Classic Masks setup. Basically early 90s-late 80s Bronze Age Comics style.
1. Killing is frowned upon, illegal and punished. But I’m the court of public opinion some villains and criminals are dangerous enough that it can be forgiven.
2. Only a handful of heroes have been protecting the city for the last 10 years or so. And they are slowly retiring, getting taken out, or falling from grace.
3. Criminals and super villains have grown more bold in the last few years. More brazen attacks. More loss of life. For seemingly less gain.
4. Major metropolitan city which is actually very pretty during the day and fearsome at night.
Bull: We defeated a dangerous enemy. Who or what was it?
Thinking someone Lex tried to go for alone and underestimated so the fight spilled out into somewhere public.
Perhaps Steven Robertson - Thought be a minor crook who has connections to The Doctor, a large hulking villain that had been physically breaking into various locations.
In actuality he was The Doctor, augments by strange serums and Potions, and transformed when cornered with Lex trying to intimidate for info causing a fight to break out and proving to be ato strong for even her Wild Claw form especially ashe she still wasn't used to it.
Outsider: We didn’t trust each other at first, but that changed. How? Why?
In the midst of Halcyon City's bustling streets, Wild Claw found herself outmatched by Steven Robertson, who morphed into the monstrous Doctor. As chaos spread, Aria, despite her initial distrust, swooped down as Solstice, using her heliokinesis ability to aid Wild Claw. Nightfly, Mirage, and Captain Teleport soon joined the fray. Their combined might was beginning to wear The Doctor down, but he continued to resist.
As Aria and Wild Claw tried to coordinate their attacks, The Doctor, drawing from the volatile energies of his serum-infused physiology, unleashed a tremendous shockwave that rippled through the area. Buildings shook and windows shattered, and The Doctor stood defiant, his eyes glowing even brighter. The heroes, taken aback by the new display of The Doctor's powers, began to despair.
Just then, Alloy Angel descended from the skies, her metallic form reflecting the city lights. With a burst of technopathic energy, she attempted to disrupt The Doctor's augmented systems. Second Phase blurred in, moving at blinding speeds to create diversions, while Mirage, with her psychic constructs, fashioned barriers to protect bystanders.
Witnessing the courage and determination of her newfound allies, Aria felt a deep connection, realizing that they shared a common purpose.
Though the battle with The Doctor seemed far from over, the team's selflessness and unity in the face of danger solidified Aria's trust.
Janus: We saved the life of someone important, either to the city, or to us. Who was it? Why are they important?
Mirage's barriers were protecting bystanders exposed on the streets. But one of the buildings struck by The Doctor's shockwave started to crumble and then collapse - several people inside it escaping out of a large window.
To Lex/Wild Claw's horror, one of them was Janina, her closest schoolfriend. The Doctor noticed Lex's attention, and swooped over to grab Janina. Holding her up, The Doctor challenged Wild Claw to back down, to swear an oath to allow The Doctor to continue his rampage untouched.
Seeing this, Leo/Captain Teleport and Jerry/Nightfly, standing next to each other exchanged a few words - and struck.
Nightfly connected with the cockroaches in nearby buildings, and asked them to swarm up and over The Doctor. They came at first, one or two at a time, but within seconds a huge carpet of them covered his legs, his body.
With this distraction, Captain Teleport was able to teleport in, grab Janina, and teleport away again before The Doctor could act to stop him.
Very happy to make change to this! Found it, again, harder than I expected to come up with something.
Delinquent: We totally broke some major rules to win the fight. What rules did we break? Whose rules were they?
Leo made a couple more jumps before deciding Janina was safe. They were essentially random - moving as far as he could see in whatever direction he happened to be looking. Leo took a look around to make sure Janina was in a safe place before leaving her, and when he did, he felt a rush of adrenaline. Leo recognized the building they were next to. Leo had broken into it once before after seeing some unusual people going in and out. Turned out it was a covert A.E.G.I.S. office. He'd mostly seen offices when he was in there, but there was a small vault where they agents stashed their goodies.
A few moments later, Leo ported back into the midst of the fight. In his hands was something that looked like an anime weapon made real - big, rifle-looking, shiny metal, glowing bits. Leo had no idea what it did, but it had a barrel and a trigger. He pointed the business end at the Doctor and fired the weapon.
The flash blinded Leo, so he didn't actually see what happened. But he was pretty sure he had fired an energy beam of some kind at the Doctor. It must have hit him, because when Leo's sight returned, he saw the Doctor unconscious on the ground some distance away from where he had been standing.
Leo set the weapon carefully on the ground. "If anyone asks, we just found that lying around."
Doomed: We paid a high cost for victory. What was it?
Legacy: All things considered, we did well and impressed an established hero. Who
was it?
Transformed: We drew attention and ire from plenty during the fight. One important person in particular now hates and fears us. Who is it?
Lex Thompson (Bull, - LightOfMidnight) 18 years old
Jerry is your love. You’ve opened up to them about the worst parts of your past.
Michelle is your rival. They tried to control you at a crucial moment.
Captain Teleport/Leonard "Leo" Winston (Delinquent, - timplausible) 16/17 years old
You keep trying to impress Nightfly with your antics.
You and Lex pulled an awesome (if illegal) stunt together.
Mirage/Avery Vance (Doomed, - amymist) 16 years old
You told Leo all about your doom and the danger you’re in.
You’d love to kiss Aria before your doom comes.
Nightfly/Jerry Steinbeck (Janus - BeardHare) 18/19 years old
1. Lex knew you from your civilian life first.
2. You refused to tell Alloy your secret identity when they asked
Second Phase/Michelle Hayafu (Legacy, - chloe)
You once got caught doing something that shames your legacy with Leo
You trust Nightfly and told them an important secret of your legacy.
Solstice/Aria King (Outsider, - Dreamweaver)
You have a crush on Alice but you keep it under wraps.
You’ve been learning about Earth by spending time with Leo.
Alloy Angel (Transformed, - bowlofspinach) 18/19 years old
Aria comforted you when you were at your lowest.
Michelle knew you before you changed.
SOLSTICE / ARIA KING (Outsider). Abilities: Can fly, pretty tough, radical shapeshifting, heliokinesis. Appearance: Female with neon blue skin and glowing pearl-white eyes; shapeshifts into blonde girl as an alias
ALLOY ANGEL / [Undecided] (Transformed). Abilities: Impenetrable Armor, Technopathy. Appearance: Female, with metallic flesh and unsettling white eyes.
WILD CLAW / ALEXIS 'LEX' THOMPSON (Bull).
Abilities: Heightened Sense, can transform, or partially transform, into a large horned beast.
Appearance:18, Female with shortish black hair, brown eyes, tends to wear 'punkish' clothes
NIGHTFLY / JERRY STEINBECK (ze/zir/zirs; Janus)
Abilities: control invertebrates, mimic substances
Appearance: 18, white, femme-presenting, grunge/skater look in secret/mundane identity, fully-body black suit including head with goggles as hero
Summary: No one else in the world knows about xir two identities i.e. mundane English undergraduate and stealthy infiltrating hero.
CAPTAIN TELEPORT / LEONARD "LEO" WINSTON (Delinquent). Abilities: Teleportation and Power Negation (negates nearby powers briefly after teleporting) Appearance: Male. Age 17. White. Shoulder length straight black hair. "Costume" is basically just dressing all in black with a ski mask.
SECOND PHASE / MICHELLE HAYAFU (Legacy) - Chloe
Abilities: Phasing, Super Speed, Speed Reading/Learning
Appearance: 16, female, asian, comfortable clothing, modern costume, insigna a mix between the roman II and the letter P
Summary: Daughter of Ren Hayafu a rich man in town, but he is also Mister Phase, a super hero who is "yesterday's story"
MIRAGE / AVERY VANCE (The Doomed) - amymist
Appearance: They wear a grim costume made of black leather, face hidden by a tinted motorcycle helmet, slight build, five feet tall. Short, dark hair, brown skin, brown eyes.
Abilities: Telekinesis, psychic constructs