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I'm not entirely clear on what this subreddit is for. There seems to be a mix of fighting matches, respect threads, stories, and discussions, many of which only partially relate to the concept of "Who Would Win."

Date: Christmas, current canon year

The universe ends in a couple weeks but nobody knows about that yet. So instead of worrying about how to survive the next canon enjoy Christmas time in this seasonal SOL.

Being naughty gets you coal, etc.

Joshua MacDonald

Theme Song: Reborn

Base of Operations: Mobile

Alignment: Hero

Tier: Foxtrot

Josh was just a normal student. Being a freshman in high school, he wasn't entirely sure how high school was going to work out. Luckily, the first few months went great, then the White Event happened. Josh couldn't really explain it, but he felt like everything was slower; extremely so. While reading at the public library, he realized the book's pages lit on fire. Freaking out, Josh ran home. The sun was setting, and he ran the two miles, as if the sun didn't even move. Finally realizing he has super speed, Josh decided it best to hide his powers for now, although the decision of inaction didn't stop him from humiliating bullies picking on the nerdy kids occasionally. When he finally graduated, he was accepted into Ohio University. On full-ride scholarship, he can afford to live alone and afford his basic needs. After a year of stopping petty crimes, Velocity finally decided it's time to step it up a notch.

In the short amount of time, Velocity joined Lawful Great and became one of the most popular superheroes on television. Unknown to him, the network is owned by SAVAGE, and making a profit off his heroics. After an almost deadly run in with a villainous gun-wielder, Velocity's body adapted, giving him the speed he needs to defeat the metahuman and save the day.

Velocity fell upon some tough times in mid 2007. After being confined to a wheelchair for 5 months, the speedster was unable to fight crime as much as he wanted. Thanks to his friends, he was able to recover and changed to a new costume to mirror his 'new start.'

After finding out his grandfather is a metahuman who also possess super speed, the hero has been training under his grandfather, but without success. Only due to the life or death situation of a young boy was Velocity given the speed necessary to save him. With a new costume, a speed boost, and his grandfather's more experienced combat training, the speedster supreme felt like a new man.

After his fresh start, Velocity still wasn't feeling his best due to his previous injury. Playing it off as needing a 'break from TV,' the hero kept crime fighting, but kept more to himself fighting small crimes. Six months passed, and with ratings at an all time low, an even stronger Velocity finally decided that it's time to make a comeback, but it wasn't enough.

Velocity, after the letting the pressure of stardom get to him, suffered from a massive case of depression. Ultimately, he succumbed to his illness, and attempted to take his own life. His speed kicked in at the last possible moment and prevented his death, at a cost. The speedster suffered from brain damage, barely able to function. Steps were taken by Velocity's enemies to make sure his allies would not find him, and it worked for many years. However, he was eventually found by a mysterious entity and his whereabouts were given to Sam. As a last act of desperation from his crazy ex-girlfriend, he was killed and brought back to life in perfect condition. The reawakening brought out something in Velocity, and he found himself faster than ever, ready to make up for lost time.

General Description: 5'9", 175 lbs., Brown hair, tan skin

Age: 35 (As of 2020)

Powers

Josh's main power is super-speed. With this power, he can achieve speeds of up to Mach 615 (471,871 MPH, 210945 m/s). Velocity possesses Mach 390 twitch speeds and can reach Mach 450 in 1 meter, getting progressively faster until he hits Mach 615 in 50 meters. He can run consistently at this speed, and can run on water and walls. He can run for about 90 minutes straight before needing a 10 minute break. He reacts at 4.5 microseconds.

Speedster Physiology: Josh's unique physiology allows him to perform incredible feats of speed without destroying his body. Although his body can survive incredible speeds, they have to be from his natural motions. (Falling from an airplane will still kill him, but tripping and crashing into a wall at full speed will not.) His body only allows him to survive his running; his durability is unaffected by his physiology. This physiology allows him to gain new powers, as shown below.

• Josh's physiology can apply to other objects and people, to an extent. When touching something, they are as resistant to his speed as he is. This applies to the unnatural motions of others as well. For example: if someone were to fall from a skyscraper and Velocity catches them, they would not be injured at all.

• He has a low-level healing factor. Non-applicable in a combat situation.

• If moving the same speed or faster as an object, Velocity may grab it with no harm to himself. He must be able to physically move the object.

• He can attack without damage to his body. For example, he can punch people without shattering his hand. Due to the nature of his powers, one of his speed punches only hit like a normal person.

• After using his speed, and stopped for less than 65 microseconds, Velocity does not need to accelerate up to the speed he was moving at, up to Mach 615. If moving faster, he defaults to Mach 615.

• Josh can choose if he creates a sonic boom when he runs or not.

• Velocity can also rotate his arms to create mini-tornadoes. These tornadoes are extremely small (As large as he can spin his arms with a 70 m range) but can achieve winds of up to Mach 300. Using these tornadoes, Velocity can achieve a low level flight. However, as he does not have great control, he usually uses this ability to protect himself from fall damage.

• Velocity can vibrate while standing still. This in conjunction with his unique physiology allows him to vibrate poisonous gases and other harmful substances out of his body with no harm. He can also vibrate his body through objects, effectively destroying weaker objects if he so chooses. He may vibrate through living beings, but cannot harm them while doing so. He may also vibrate to heat up his body, able to withstand cold up to -300 F.

• Velocity can choose to make a slipstream when he runs. He can lift and pull up to 1,000 ton objects by merely running in front of them. He may selectively choose what is affected by his slipstreams.

• Velocity's speed cannot be altered in any way. He may not lose speed due to metahuman, time effects, magic, etc., but also cannot receive boosts.

• Velocity's body can react differently to solid matter. He can vibrate his molecules to phase through most objects up to 1 km. The denser the material, the more of an issue he has vibrating through it. Objects are not harmed when Velocity phases through it. Velocity can phase objects currently affected by his speedster physiology, but this wears him out extremely fast.

• When touching an object or person, Velocity can choose if the object retains it's previous momentum or not once he let's go, allowing him to redirect bullets, missiles, etc. just by turning them around. If he turns an object faster than his top speed, they are redirected at Mach 615. This does not apply to his slipstream.

• Heat and cold does not effect Velocity's body until exposed for more than one second.

• Velocity, and those close to him (people who live with him) do not age once reaching a full adult.

• Velocity, when running for over 3 seconds, gains an additional boost to his speed. For every km he runs, he gains an additional Mach, up to Mach 1000 with proportional reactions.

• Josh's body automatically adjusts to sonic based attacks, up to 650 GJ (Or dB, force, etc. equivalent).

• Velocity thinks fast enough to where mental attacks cannot phase him. Attackers with reactions worse than 15 μs cannot read or attack Velocity's mind unless he actively allows them.

Skills

Martial Arts: Velocity recently learned how to fight from his grandfather, who specializes in super speed strikes to various pressure points points on the body. He is the equivalent of an amateur in this style of fighting.

Not Killing: Velocity, over the years, has learned to hold back when he looks to be winning a fight. When using his speed, he is great at holding back at the last second, preventing the death, but ensuring the unconsciousness of a defeated opponent.

Weaknesses

Weak: Although Josh can perform great feats of speed, his body is that of a normal human. His durability and strength is only that of a regular person.

Good Guy: Josh tries to be everywhere at once, saving people. As such, he tends to have a slight case of 'crime ADHD,' moving from area to area.

Amnesia: After coming back to life, Josh seems to be a little more absent minded and forgetful.

Standard Gear

Suit: This costume can protect Joshua against weaker forms of electricity. The suit is also flame-retardant, has a communicator that allows him to hear while moving past the speed of sound, night-vision, and comes with a mask to hide his identity.

Feats

Speed

• Checked his watch before dodging a room full of men firing guns at him. Turned the bullets around to where they fired non-lethal shots into each other.

• Used a wave to jump from the ocean to the sky.

• While in the sky, vibrated his feet to create updrafts, allowing him to run along the ice crystals in clouds.

• After a series of rapid punches, took down a metahuman with enhanced durability.

• Carries civilians at top speed to get them away from incidents.

• Ran through a C4 explosion unscathed.

• Made another speedster knock himself out by redirecting their punch.

• Phased an entire airplane through a building as it was about to crash. Passed out after the plane landed safely into the coast nearby.

• Phased through a tree, splitting it in half after doing so to get another speedster off his back.

• Snapped his fingers at full speed, deafening a metahuman with enhanced durability.

• Phased his foot through concrete, kicking a chunk of concrete towards a metahuman at Mach 300.

Reactions

• Can feel changes in air pressure.

• While feeling changes in air pressure, was able to dodge a heat attack effecting a general area.

• Was able to readjust his eyes during a camera flash.

Durability

• Heals from scrapes in a few minutes.

• Heals from broken bones in few hours.

• Can heal quickly from gunshots depending on where the bullet hit.

• Survived a gunshot wound to the shoulder.

• Through pure adrenaline, was able to run with with a bullet in his leg.

• Super speed kicked in as a bullet went into his brain to prevent him from dying, though he received brain damage afterwards.

Stories

Constant Velocity #0

Constant Velocity #1

Constant Velocity #2

Constant Velocity #3

Constant Velocity #4

Constant Velocity #5

Retirement

"Ah shit, here we go again..."

Character Name: Derek Klaybor

Unofficial Hero Name: “The White Knight”

Alignment: Law-Abiding Good Family Man/ Ryuki Gaoh when Boosted

Tier Low Charlie

Appearance: WORK IN PROGRESS. I HAVE DEADLINES.

Background

The problem child of his rather-well off family, Derek was by nature, a dark person. His taste in media always leaned towards content that was either disturbing or bloody. Derek was quickly on his way to a bad future. There’s no real explanation as to why he started out this way. It was just how he was. Derek was not a stranger to violence and often bullied, abused and harassed those weaker than him. The peak of his delinquent ways came when Derek recklessly agreed to align with another classmate and conspired to shoot up the school. After months of planning, The end of his Sophomore year approached and this was happening.

Gathering weapons was no problem for his partner and Derek's knowledge of how to instill fear tactics was reasonably frightening. He had most variables accounted for. However, a fateful encounter with what he believed to be "God", courtesy of the White Event was not one of these variables.

He saw the future. That was the easiest way to explain it. The carnage set to be unleashed, the violence they would commit. The blood needlessly spilled. Everything was within view and no amount of gory movies or tasteless fantasies could protect him from true suffering. Sick to his stomach, he vowed to prevent the shooting

With mere days before the tragedy, He reported the shooting and came clean, providing enough material and knowledge to save the school while damning his "partner" to fall hard. Fully prepared to face the consequences, he was surprised to find that he was forgiven and absolved of the crime. Even more surprising, whatever benefactor gave him that glimpse into the future also bestowed upon him the power of Osteokinesis.

Having been completely transformed by the experience, Derek put himself on the straight path and has greatly changed his tune. Entering his Junior year, he was prepared to make amends and prove himself as a new, better man…

Unfortunately that didn’t come easy. Derek was betrayed in high school and pushed out prematurely, making everyone assume he got expelled, thus ruining a good opportunity to salvage his reputation.

He eventually found his way in the world but between lacking the popularity of a hero and already being branded with the scarlet letter by those local to him, there were no shortcuts. Devoting his life to social justice and equality for all: Human and Meta, he was able to eventually rise above social stigma.

Now a grown man who is reasonably well-liked, Derek spends his time as the standard American does: Work, Eat, Sleep, Repeat with time for Family sprinkled into the gaps. He’s tackled plenty of causes in the past but right now, his main focus has been trying to oppose the efforts of the “Black Event” movement: an ever-growing group of Humans and Metas who seek to undo the effects of the White Event. The White Event for better or worse, changed the world forever. Given the sheer magnitude of what they're trying to do by effectively rewriting history, He's not sure if the world can survive another total shift of balance like what happened 21 years ago...

Personality:

Derek is a mostly well-adjusted man with a strong appreciation for life. After everything that’s happened, he just wants to live a quiet life where he can help people and cherish the life he’s built for himself. He came from an upper middle-class family but is used to living in the fair middle, even though he doesn’t have to.

Powers

Osteokinesis: Derek can do a variety of stuff with his own bones as well as ones he creates.The origins of this power are still unknown even after all these years. He’s made peace with the fact he may never get an answer.

With years and years of experience under his belt even while maintaining a standard lifestyle, Derek is more than serviceable using his powers. His greatest asset is a strong grasp of the fundamentals so Derek has spent most of his energy fine-tuning the most basic of skills: protecting himself with Bone Armor and knowing how to create useful constructs and weapons for any situation.

Bone Armor: When entering combat or in need of protection, Derek covers his whole body in a suit of armor. He has a few favorites that are stylistic and effective but otherwise, he likes to mix it up to avoid any hero worship.

• Although the armor is solid, Derek is able to breath and see out of it at all times, even when his face is covered with what should be dense, restrictive armor.

• When Boosted, his armor protects him from the sudden acceleration, functioning in a similar manner to other speedsters. Since he is not capable of reaching these speeds without the boost, Derek has absolutely no idea if this is the case normally.

Standard

Defense

Offense

Bone Constructs: When the necessity to fight is overwhelming, Derek is able to create constructs and weapons alike to better defend himself.

Bone weapons are varied in weight but normally don’t require meta-human strength to wield. They have the same durability as his bones and are reasonably sharp on their own, though they lack the cutting edge of a metal weapon unless properly sharpened.

Using his powers as a hobby, Derek is reasonably skilled at creating a variety of items. He excels at designing skeletal replicas for museums or private buyers. This pastime accounts for some of his stability.

Malicious Boost: When backed into a corner, Derek's trump card is a frightening last resort. A unique ability created by Derek himself. After shedding his anger and dark impulses to reach a new peace in life, it begged the question: Where did the negative emotions go? Derek has found out.

Within him is a replenishing source of malicious energy that can be expended in times of difficulty. Different from merely getting angry, Tapping into this well of malice triggers a transformation in Derek. The most visual tell of this is a change in the color of his bones from their usual White to a solid Black. In this state, Every action taken has the express purpose of causing massive damage or instantly killing his opponent. He fights with no restraint and always aims to kill.

Originally, Derek was very poor at utilizing the boost, not willing to lean into the darkness. In the present, He has conducted much practice and is no longer afraid to indulge when he has. Derek is completely rational while Boosted. He will always try to kill his opponent but he cannot be confused or redirected towards innocents through methods of deception.

Entering this state does not boost his Strength or Durability but it does drastically affect his Speed. While boosted, Derek is able to achieve a max speed of Mach 1.5 (1150mph) and is familiar enough with this increase that it can be utilized in stressful situations. The color change and the fear effect it has on people discourages him from using it in public situations as it's easy to misidentify a speedster in black as "villainous".

Only able to maintain this for 2 hours, Derek instantly loses consciousness and requires a full day of rest to recover and regenerate the expended malice if he pushes this time limit.. If he powers down after an hour but before the time limit, he only suffers mild fatigue and the rest period is halved to 12 hours. If the switch is done in under an hour, there isn’t any downside.

[META: *In threads run with Derek, The Boost ability has the potential to change a scene from an average one to a Hardcore one. This will always be done with the consent of the other user(s). In threads not run by me, Boosting will have to be approved by thread runners.]

Standard Gear

Even as an adult, Derek hasn't changed his wardrobe too much. He often wears dark colors and is particularly fond of sweaters He is not the type to carry weapons due to his ability to create and dispel them on the fly.

Weaknesses

The Feels!: Derek is by no means a pussy but he's a sensitive man. Very much a cliche, His primary weakness is animals. His phone is full of baby animal pictures, his girlfriend and funny memes. No matter how justified, He's embarrassed and simply will not let people touch his cellphone..

Derek is only a threat to Bravo-tier Metas but even then, he’ll find it difficult to end fights against a strong brick or anyone faster than he is. This leaves him useless in most combat scenarios.

Feats

Strength: Enhanced Human physicals outside of armor. With his armor, he has 20 ton striking and lifting strength.

[General note for Strength and Durability: Outside of constructs, Derek's skeleton is immensely stronger than average bones and will only snap or break 60 ton range.]

Durability: Besides his enhanced skeleton, Derek is around athlete-level and is truly nothing extraordinary. Armored, he can take all manners of punishment with little consequence

• Functionally bulletproof when properly armored
• Can absorb blows from cap Street metas among other appropriate hazards.

Speed: Athlete-level speeds unarmored and armored, Mach 1.5 with accompanying reactions when Malice-boosted

• Mach 1 starting speed. Mach 1.5 achieved with 10 meters of build.
• Cultivated 8 ms reactions, to avoid shattering his shell against walls like an egg.

Skill:

• Strong grasp on the use of his Osteokinesis.
• No formal fight training but skilled enough to defend himself through sheer will
• Intimate knowledge of the Horror genre of literature and film, can support in-depth conversation about either.
• Has a network of charitable connections in the NY area: If he needs a small favor, he can usually arrange for it.
• In-depth knowledge of the Skeletal System in humans and other creatures.

Special Abilities

Ability 1:

• Can create armors resilient enough to take on high-Street Metas
• Shows skillful manipulation of bone into usable weaponry
• Very skilled in recreating and designing skeletons and has his work in more than a few museums around the country, even beyond.

Ability 2:

• Explicitly avoids powering up in situations that aren’t life and death already.

It's December 2022. That's right, I counted. Or really any time before that. Who knows what's been going on in the meantime. Earth's probably been blown up or something a few times. Canon-ness of this is probably hazy, so y'all do whatever. SoL, villain fight, etc. Who knows how long it'll be before this thread dies. It might be immediately, it might be a few months. Maybe this pumps some life into the sub or injects that good ole nostalgia straight into our veins. Shit, y'all could do Metaverse threads or even Elseworlds in here.

But yeah, go for it, y'all.

For those who wanted a prompt.

It's the 21 year anniversary of the White Event. For some, it's a time of celebration. For some, a time of mourning, and for others, a solemn reflection. But, for some, they are preparing. Preparing for what they wish to call the Black Event. What began as a small faction, is now a growing movement. Some consider them terrorists, others believe they are a legitimate political and cultural movement. Whatever you consider them, those who wish to bring about this Black Event are using every means at their disposal: meta, magic, and technology. All in order to reset the world to the way it used to be in 2001.

The past few years have seen a lull in new alien activity, but satellites are picking up chatter that is clearly an attempt to communicate, but no one recognizes the language yet, so some people a new species may be making contact soon.

September 27, 2019

It seems to be a relatively normal day for Sam. Several bombs have been made, multiple criminals may never walk again, the usual. As the vigilante scans her monitors she receives a personal text from an unknown number.

”Samantha, we need to meet. Covington Estate, 3:30 PM.”

”- A Friend”

What makes things even more strange: Reginald Covington has been dead for over a year.

“There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.” - Frank Herbert

Date Unknown

Somewhere in New Mexico

The last time Dash was in the abandoned, dust-filled garage he had made a decision that turned his life around. It seemed fitting that this would be the last place he would close the door on before starting the next chapter of his life. He had used the old garage several times as a place to hide the Excelsior when he couldn't fly it. He had also worked with Excella there to explore the ship's systems and capabilities in greater detail, which he wasn't able to do until he discovered the AI. As such, there were a lot of notes on the ship just lying around that he didn't want to leave behind. It would be a while until he came back, after all, and he figured it would be best if no one stumbled upon the secrets of an advanced alien ship.

Dash took a deep breath. Yes, it would be a good while until he was able to come back. When he was done here he would go pick up his wife - the word still sent a wave of warmth through his body - and together they would explore uncharted space. Just as they always talked about.

Box in hand, Dash looked around the garage one last time. It looked so empty without the big red ship sitting in the center. He wondered idly if this is how home would feel with them gone. It was a daunting journey they were taking... but he didn't feel scared. If anything, the prospect excited him. He was going to explore the stars with the person he loved. With that knowledge, he could take on the universe.

The thought put a smile on his face. He quickly flicked off the light switch and pulled the garage door down. He was suddenly eager to get going.

Date Unknown

Somewhere in the Canadian wilderness

Helfriga paused in her work as the sun's rays began to pierce the trees. She was usually up before dawn, doing whatever task needed to be done as her love and her children slept. This time, however, something compelled her to stop and watch the sunrise. As the warmth of day washed over her, she felt a swell of contentment.

This was her life. All the fighting and suffering had led her to this point. She had grown past despair and loss and now had a family. She felt love. In that moment, she knew she wouldn't have changed anything.

The sensation quickly faded, leaving a warm tingle in the warrior's breast. Behind her, she heard the sounds of life as her family began to rise. She heard the soft sounds of her children running around the wooden floor of the cabin.

With a smile, Helfriga returned to work.

Date Unknown

Anaheim, CA

Apollo wasn't sure what to do with himself. His city had been quiet lately; even the small-time thugs hadn't caused much stir. He was sure it was a lull; the bad guys would come back, they always do. But for now, it didn't look like the city needed him.

The wind picked up around the rooftop Apollo stood upon, causing his tasseled cape to snap at the ends. He sat down at the edge and pulled out his phone, flipping through his contacts.

Now that he thought about it, he hadn't heard much from his friends lately either. Maybe the world had just decided to take a break for a bit? That was fine by him.

Apollo's thumb stopped, hovering over his oldest friend. The one he, in a way, started this whole crazy thing with. For a moment he hesitated, wondering if he would answer or if this number even still worked. Then he shrugged it off and pushed the call button.

"Hey Marcus," He said. "Got another adventure for us?"

The Christmas Season. 2013.

The yearly Christmas thread comes a little early since we may reboot before this thread is done. Just comment with what your character is doing during the holiday season and I'll build a prompt around it. Happy Holidays everyone!

Rules: Because M-Tier Santa is considered "unbalanced" by a certain group of Grinches, this thread is non canon. Just remember, Santa knows if you've been naughty.

February 13, 2014

Today is the wedding day of Marcus Jackson and Stellar Aires. The wedding is held at the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York City, and those who don't have a mode of transportation are given plane tickets, as well as a room in the hotel. The wedding is, for the most part, unknown to the public, but rumor has it that extremely popular figures such as Velocity and Boost are at the event, unmasked. After a beautiful, once in a lifetime ceremony, it is now the reception. Everyone is encouraged to talk, drink and congratulate the bride and groom.

[Anyone who knows either of the two are allowed in the wedding. Let's end the sub on a happy note, no fighting.]

The current canon month is, wow, February 2014! It's been ages since this was a regular occurrence.

What are you guys hyped for in the coming year?

Name: Sophia "Athena" Theawell

Intent: Both

Tier: Foxtrot

###Background

Sophia had just finished university and was beginning her process of becoming a History teacher at a middle school. Having had a passion on greeco-roman history, she had thoroughly prepared a lecture on the way to her potential new job when on the car ride the way there, a fight between two metas had broken out. The resulting carnage ended up severely injuring Sophia as she tried to get away from the fight, but she ended up collapsing from her injuries just outside of her car.

It was a miracle how Sophia managed to survive, but as she woke up hours later, she found out that her injuries had been healing despite the fact that she had broken bones from the fight between the two metas. Running home, she may have had her car wrecked and unable to go to work, but at least she was alive.

Roughly two weeks later, Sophia found out that the world started to gradually move slower and slower relative to her.

One month afterwards, Sophia began to see random objects appear in her house. At first she thought it was her imagination, but it turned out that there various objects following her, most notably a rather ornate looking halbred and a shield.

One entire year later, Sophia finally became accustomed to all her new abilities as a metahuman. After designing a costume, she decided to become a hero and worked hard to keep the streets safe after work.

Appearance:

Ethnicity | Age| Height| Weight| Eyes | Hair | ---|---|----|----|----|----|---- American | 25 | 5'9" | 135 pounds | Green | Blonde

###Powers and Abilities

• Super Strength: Athena has a lifting strength of 100,000 tons.

• Super Speed: Athena has a combat speed of Mach 150 and a travel speed of Mach 290 with acceleration to full speed taking 75 meters. Turn radius of 15 meters for a 180 degree turn.

• Super Reactions: Athena has reaction speeds of 10 microseconds

• Durability:

Type of Damage | No Sell | Tank | Stagger| KO | Other ---|---|----|----|----|----|----| Kinetic | 100 GJ | 350 GJ | 0.6 TJ | 1 TJ | Force | 250 MN | 2.5 GN | 7.5 GN | 10 GN | Temperature | | | | | 2 - 5000 Kelvin with 10000 times resistance to change

• Cutting Durability:

Type| Skin | Muscle | Bone
---|---|----|----|---- Minor Penetration(.25 cm) | 7.5 tPa | 15 tPa | 55 tPa | Major Penetration(5 cm)| 35 tPa | 55 tPa | 155 tPa | Over-penetration(1 meter)| 45 tPa | 60 tPa | 180 tPa |

Athena has proportional resistances to unlisted damage types.

• Root: Athena may be knocked down, pushed back, etc. but she cannot ever be moved by foreign effects that would cause her to go up.

###Weapons

• Halbred: Athena's halberd is 1.8 meters long and has a stabbing of 75 Tpa and slashing of 120 Tpa. Athena's halbreds can be summoned to her at any given moment, although only one may be active at any given time. If Athena summons a new halbred, the old one will disappear into thin air.

• Aegis: Athena's shield negates up to 60% of damage from transferring to Athena. Athena's shield is unbreakable in-tier and like her halbred, may be summoned but deletes any duplicates which exist.

###Feats

• Athena's shield treated a 1.5 TJ attack as a 0.45 TJ one. The damage was significant, but still allowed Athena to continue fighting.

• Athena's shield treated a 10 GN punch to only be a 4 GN one in a same vein as above.

• Athena's shield blocks damage sources like blades, acid or heat beams from damaging her.

• Athena is capable of reacting to and deflecting a Mach 1250 object coming from 7 meters away.

• Athena has a healing factor which allows roughly 24 hours to be able to heal most injuries. Athena's healing factor also means she does not need to sleep, eat or drink water.

Early Oct., 2013

Fires have spread along the West Coast, near cities and areas where wildfire are quite common. Rumor has it that this may be the work of an arsonist, as the path of the fires don't seem to match the wind. To add to the rumors, fire departments are having difficulties putting out the flames. While there are many theories as to where the fires are coming from, the most common is that a metahuman criminal has started a hostile takeover on their competition, and is sending them a message.

[Foxtrot highly recommended. Any tier if just investigating.]

Oct 3rd, 2013

The local ley lines are noticeably low, like the energy is being drained from it. A man in purple robes is at the nexus, having drawn elaborate circles and runes on the ground with a white dust. Outside the dust there is a waist high red velvet rope surrounding him, supported by brass posts. There are signs posted around the area with little boxes attached. 'Wizard at work. Please do not disturb. Donations welcome.'

[Any tier]

October, 2013

Velocity sprinted across the country, bouquet of flowers in his hand in preparation for his date with Serenity. As he zoomed around the streets, his helmet received a call to his personal cell phone.

"Hello?"

For a moment, there's no response. After about a second, an enthusiastic, but almost robotic voice can be heard.

"Congratulations! You've won a free-"

The speedster quickly hung up as he rolled his eyes.

"Alexa, call Brad." Aaron Mars says into the cylindrical speaker that he assumes is an older version of an amazon echo.

There is no response.

"God dammit Alexa, CALL BRAD!"

Still no response.

He breathes in and out, trying to calm down while dealing with this old school tech. "Okay. Alexa. Call. Brad."

Yet again, no response.

There was a window repair and a speaker replacement in this month's Mars Corp expenses. The cause of these damages is unknown.

October 2013

"Hello, is this Romanos Pizza?" Paul Cannon asks.

"No... You have the wrong number."

"Oh... Sorry." He hangs up.

Meanwhile, the person on the other end sighs. Last time they delivered there, the driver got tipped in breath mints and attacked by a cat with wings. That was years ago, and they still don't deliver to him.

The end.

Jaunt is sitting alone when he has a sudden realization. He quickly whips out a phone.

October 2013

It's time to celebrate a tradition that was made for our sub: Getting drunk. Much like St Patrick's Day it is a time to celebrate your heritage, or someone else's, by getting plastered. Get drunk. Invade France. Whatever gets your freak on. The first October without Hitler is work celebration, no?

Standard SoL.

Character Name: Cherryl MacKenzie, High Priestess of Iasiel AKA 'Local Cultist' (What normally appears under her face when she is invited onto a talk show), AKA Fluffyite Pope

Theme: Don't Fear the Reaper Blue Oyster Cult

Background

Cherryl was a natural polyglot. She learned English and French from her parents and Gaelic from her grandmother by the time she was three. By the time she entered kindergarten she was also passable in Japanese, because she preferred their cartoons.

While she never excelled in math or science, her ability to pick up languages was phenomenal. By grade 8 she was fluent and literate in a dozen tongues. She was given a scholarship to a camp for gifted young women. While her gift for languages was impressive, she always felt dumb around the girls who can do calculus in their heads or build rockets out of cleaning supplies. On the way out of camp tragedy struck and the bus full of promising 14 year olds vanished.

A desperate search effort failed to locate the girls, the driver, or even any remnant of the bus. No one attempted to ransom the girls. No demands or threats were made. No sign of what happened could be found. It remained an unsolved mystery, the sort of tale that would be on supernatural television reality shows or Ripley's Believe It Or Not until it passed into urban legend, where people not at all connected to it doubt it actually happened.

Two years later, when the White Event happened, the case was 'solved' as an unknown teleporter manifesting powers. When the girls returned, years later, having not aged a day, she was very vocal about them being chosen emissaries of the Demon God Iasiel. She is still a little bitter about the other girls distancing themselves from her seemingly crazy ravings.

Has appeared numerous times on Fox News, trying to spread her faith, but is usually mocked, belittled, and cut off mid-sentence.

Since the actual arrival of the Demon God Iasiel, she is seen more as a deluded meta worshipper than schizophrenic, but she has managed to grow her church significantly. Even though it has many followers and legal recognition, much like other young churches such as Scientology it is the punchline of many a late night comedian.

With the arrival of her Lord and obtaining the armor and spell book of her late friend Thaddeus, her powers have increased exponentially. She has since given up Thaddeus' armor and her power has dropped accordingly.

Cherryl has a thin build, is 5'7" 130 lbs, with long auburn hair. Her pale skin is heavily freckled. Her most striking feature are her eyes. while her brown eye color is normal, the glowing red pinpricks deep in her eyes is not. Usually not noticeable in sunlight, they stand out indoors and obviously glow in darkness.She prefers to dress in white, tends to wear tight clothing to show off her figure, but cut long to maintain a pretense of modesty.

Alignment (Hero, Villain, Neutral): Neutral, is trying really hard to gain a good reputation. Deep down her church comes before people.

Intentions (Stories, Roleplay, Both) Both

Tier Listing: Street

###Powers:

Necromantic Aura: Cherryl can absorb the lifeforce of nearby creatures, weakening and killing them. This will kill viruses in about 10 ms, bacteria in about 50 ms, other single celled organisms in about 100 ms, multicellular microbes in 250 ms, insects in 1 second, grass and smaller plants in two seconds, a small mammal like a mouse in 3 seconds, a human in 10 and an elephant in 15. She can use it as a bubble around her, have the effect within her person, or shape the effect, but she must be within the effected range. Maximum range is 20 m. This ability is invisible but magical, a hero with the ability to detect magic can notice the aura and anti magic areas cancel it. It is also obvious in areas with a lot of weaker life forms. If she uses it in the park you can see a circle around her where the grass is dying. Damage is based on size of the lifeform and exposure time. Anything immune to magic healing, like a robot or a house, is unaffected. Creatures that are harmed by healing affects, like some undead are not affected. The effects of the aura are noticeable, but not painful. You feel tired, then weakened until killed. (The weakness effect doesn't actually reduce strength, it is just so the embrace of death is noticable so you can react.) If Cherryl stops the attack, or her victim is moved out of range recovery only takes twice as long as the person was exposed. Cherryl can adjust the strength of this aura, often using it to kill pathogens at a hospital, for instance. (Creatures with fast regeneration, like Rampage Monsters, may be able to tank this damage with their regeneration.) Regenerates 1% of her mana pool for every kg of biomass she kills with the aura. The aura itself is immune to meta effects, but can be dispelled as a magical effect. Cherryl can re-activate the aura at will.

Undead: Like her fellows, Cherryl has died Aug 20th, 1999. She has been reanimated as a walking corpse. She can control her muscles and senses (except sight, see below) but all other bodily functions ceased. She was animated within 10 minutes, so she hasn't had a chance to decay. She can breathe and beat her heart to pass for living, but doesn't need to. Her neurons show no activity. Brain monitors will show her as dead. She has no reflexes (i.e. She will not kick automatically if banged on the knee). She is immune to any effects that rely on the nervous system, as hers is non-functional. This includes pain, flashbangs, etc. (Her ears and hearing can be disabled, she is just not stunned.) Immune to poison. (Toxins or venoms that are acidic or caustic affect her normally.)

Relentless: Lethal attacks are merely inconvenient to her. A bullet in the head won't stop her. Ripping out her heart won't slow her down. Removing a lung will affect her speech, but not her endurance. If you chop off her arm she can still control her fingers, and has a sense of touch.

Slow but steady regeneration: Cherryl can heal from being reduced to ash given enough time, although if her body parts are separated this may require assistance. Her regeneration isn't fast enough to do anything in a fight, a bullet hole will take a few minutes to close, for example. She can heal from a pile of ashes in 2 days. If she is dismembered, she heals faster by putting herself back together. She can choose not to heal. He soul will shift to the largest piece of her left automatically. She leaves her left kidney in a crypt in Tuvalu in case of emergency.

Tireless: She does not metabolise, so while she is no stronger or faster than a normal human, she has limitless stamina. She can maintain a sprint indefinitely.

Life sight: Sees the spirit, soul, or force of living things. Humans and other large animals glow like 40 watt lightbulbs. Immortals are like daylight to her, she can't look directly at them without being dazzled. she can read print if there is someone nearby she could use as a light source, but she cannot see television, computer monitors, or anything else that relies on backlight or light displays (ie, she can see traffic lights, but can't tell which light is lit).

Physicals: Reactions of 150 ms, twitch 25 m/s, run at 9 m/s, 50 kg overhead.

###Weaknesses:

Blind if she is in a clean room alone. Cannot see light displays.

Vulnerable to magic and powers that specifically affect undead.

Unable to restore mana naturally, regains mana from absorbing it through her necromantic aura.

###Skills

Spellcasting: Limited, as an undead she cannot generate her own mana. She can use mana willingly channeled to her from another creature, or the mana she drains with her necromantic aura attack.

Has a lot of magical exposure while in other dimensions, is very familiar with magical abilities, spellcasting, and magical creatures.

High Priestess of Iasiel, has a lot of pull in the church, can generally get a few acolytes to answer her beck and call.

###Spells

Mana points are a percentage of her total mana pool used for a casting. (Has 100 MP when fully charged.) Cherryl can cast a spell at will, although she cannot cast spells while her head is >90% destroyed.

Animate dead: Brings a corpse back to a semblance of life. Skeletons have the strength of an average member of their species (so a chimpanzee skeleton would be stronger than a human skeleton) 250 ms reaction times and speed of an average member of their race. 50 kJ destruction durability, vulnerable to blunt damage. (A skeleton can tank small arms for a while but a few good hits from a baseball bat will smash it.) Zombies are slower (500ms reactions, cannot run, half twitch speeds) but not vulnerable to blunt attacks. Animated dead are not intelligent, but can follow simple commands, much like a real life robot with a really good language interpreter. Animated dead last until destroyed. 20 MP

Cure <severity> Wounds: A healing spell, instantly heals damage. Does not regenerate lost organs or limbs unless the target would regenerate them if they healed on their own. Heals without scarring. Healing amount varies based on severity of the spell compared to the damage of the injury. Light: a minor scrape, bruise or scratch 0.01 MP; Moderate: a somewhat debilitating but not life threatening injury. the palm of the hand slashed open with a knife, a broken leg, or a concussion. 0.1 MP; Serious: An eventually life threatening or crippling injury, but one you can survive for hours before seeking medical treatment. A bullet wound in the arm or leg, getting stabbed in the belly, Eye punctured. 1 MP; Critical: A life threatening injury. Burns over 80% of the body, getting stabbed in the neck, wrists slit lengthwise, chest crushed, etc. 10 MP. More severe injuries would take multiple castings to heal. Range of touch. Affects undead like inflict wounds.

Inflict <severity> Wounds: Causes injury, usually through reopening an old would as if it was fresh. Damage varies based on severity. Light 0.01 MP; Moderate 0.1 MP; Serious 1 MP; Critical 10 MP. Works like cure wounds on undead. Range touch. Inflicted wounds start at point of contact. Has no effect on targets with no sell over 750 kj, unless being used to heal.

Dispel Magic: Cancels or ends an ongoing magical effect of street tier or lower. Suppresses a magic item of street tier or lower for 1 second. Range touch. 20 MP

Flamestrike: Summons a column of magical fire between 0.5 m and 10m in radius, 50 m high. Up to 100 kW of thermal energy. Spell lasts two seconds. She can put it up to 100 m away, but cannot move it or adjust the radius once cast. She can selectively be immune to her own casting. 20 MP

Fly: Target can fly for about an hour at 100 km/h or their ground travel speed, whichever is greater. Subject floats down to the ground slowly when spell expires, including if the spell expires from a dispel or antimagic effect. 5 MP

Shadow cloak: Can cloak herself in darkness, granting invisibility through the EM spectrum. Her heat signature will be blocked, she becomes much quieter but not completely silent, unless she is still (Cheryl can hold her breath and stop her heart, after all). Esoteric senses such as those which can sense mana or souls will still notice her. If no natural shadows cover her this spell will create a shadow, in which case the shadow itself is visible. Lasts 5 minutes or until another spell is cast. 5 MP

Shadow walk: Can teleport between shadows. It has a global range but requires 10 seconds within shadow first. If in space she can teleport to Earth. Can teleport others but not conscious unwilling people. 10 MP

###Feats

• Volunteers at local hospitals with her little dogs, both using her power to cure infections as well as providing comfort and company either in person or allowing a patient to pet/play with the dog.

• Cured a man of HIV with a hug. It still took a couple weeks for his immune system to recover.

• Wiped out all lice infesting the homeless living near her church.

• Killed the stomach flora of a street preacher who was disparaging her church, causing him to get a bad case of indigestion and eventual food poisoning.

• Animated the skeleton of a human who attack her and was subsequently killed. Named him Timmy.

• Accidentally summoned cthulhu. Was of no help whatsoever in getting rid of him.

• Avoided a mugging by preaching at her attacker until he fled.

• Was believed to be a competent meta by a panicked engineer when a pink robot was rampaging looking for it's puppy. Cherryl had no idea the robot was pink.

Creep 1

Creep 2

(Cherryl has since lost her creep buffs.)

Sept 2013

A villain has been burglarizing banks in small towns far away from big cities. Security cameras are disabled before they can get any image of the act. By the time police respond to the alarm the thief is long gone.

[Bravo and up, select a tier]

Sep 2013

Your character has made a powerful enemy, one who wants to bring them down by any means necessary. This enemy doesn't want to kill you, they want you to suffer. They are an associate or friend or hireling of someone you have hurt/killed/imprisoned in the past.

While not strictly hardcore this will be an attempt at permanent harm to reputation or loved ones.

[Open to any tier.]

Sept 2013

A custody court hearing has turned violent as the meta parents couldn't come to an agreement on visitation rights. Details are sketchy, but the courthouse has exploded as the ex spouses have come to blows.

Delta + suggested

Strange tidings are always afoot...

For as long as humans have been alive, they're have always been monsters.

Some prey on us from the outside. The wolfmen that prowl the woods, tearing up travelers, leaving nothing but a cart full of blood. The fairies that lure people far far from home, never to be seen again. The vengeful ghost rider, who roams the roads bringing despair to those that come across it on a moonlit night.

Some beasts seek to destroy us from within. Witches who bring plagues upon our towns. Vampires who seek to consume us and rule over us. Skinwearers that appear to be human, but deep down are screaming for the release from what's eating their mind apart.

No matter what beasts threaten the 7 Grand Cities of the World and the various villiages, hunters will try and slay them. Armed with their wits, advancements in technology, and knowledge of the beasts, they seek to ensure the survival of humanity. Some defend a single town, others take to the road in search of prey.

But what only the most successful hunters know is that behind all of the beasts, far away from the planes they know, darker forces are stirring, seeking to control everything....

[Tech level, think Victorian London. Horse drawn carriages, powder based guns, that sort of thing. Although things are way more rural outside of the 7 cities. General tier level for this world is high street - low city]

[While I did through a few monster ideas in the post, don't feel constrained to only those monsters. As long as it makes sense in a more horrific setting, then it will be fine.]

[Also, please go and interact with someone you normally wouldn't interact with. Be nice, all that other elseworlds stuff.]

This is a Flymerian

"..."

Name: Horflo

Physical Description: She looks like this

Back story: Far away, in a distant galaxy, in the year 2001, a great battle happened. A distant defender was facing against a ship, in an attempt to free the enslaved seeds of his race. It was a rough battle, and eventually, the defender realized that, while he was mighty, the space pirates we're just as mighty. He defeated them, but at great cost to his own lively hood. He tried to do as he always did, suck the seeds up using his power to tear holes in the world and teleport them back to his home. But, during this effort, he perished.

And one little seed, drifted far away from it's intended destination. When the wormhole somehow reopened, it was over a jungle in a far away planet called Earth. The seed feel into the ground, and it did what seeds do. It grew.

Meanwhile, the inhabitants of this planet, although some of them might have seen something strange in the sky, it was dismissed as rumor. Plus, a few months later, a bigger, supernatural event called the White Event happened, and the world as whole was distracted, and few remember the strange hole in the sky that appeared and disappeared. Oddly enough, it was only years later, when men were tearing down the forest to make room for animals, that a curious thing happened. A giant, green figure walked out of the woods. They tried to tell it to move, but she just stared at them. She couldn't understand what they were. She'd seen animals, but she'd never seen ones that were capable of this. They tore down nature, for no discernable reason. They weren't looking for food. They weren't making shelter. They seemed to just like things flat.

This perplexed her, but not as much as when they opened fire on her.

In a rage, she charged the loggers. It seemed like no matter what they did to her, they couldn't hurt her, and the figure was much stronger than them. She handily defeated them, but in the process, a bright orange thing started covering the jungle. It consumed the trees, it brought of heat, and there was nothing Horflo could do to stop it. There was only one thing to do for the green figure. She went out into the world.

But, before she left, Horflo looked back at the burning embers and said one word. This was what she called herself. The figure had long thought of herself as just one part of the fellow plants, but now she realized she was her own being. And that it was time for her to go.

"Horflo."

And with this, she went out into the world.

Alignment: True Neutral

Personality: Big. Dumb. Small vocabulary. Learns to speak as people speak to it. She really likes nature and is inately curious.

Tier Listing: Foxtrot

Powers:

• Photosynthesis: Horflo can manipulate the chlorophyll in their cells, allowing them to effectively absorb nutrients from the sun at a rate far beyond natural levels for their race. This allows them to be able to move at night time or away from a stars light, provided that they were able to passively absorb sunlight the previous day. In addition, Horflo does not need to eat, but does require water and carbon dioxide(as is normal of Fymerians).

• Growth: Horflo can store nutrients gained to quickly regrow herself in a pinch. She can regrow the equivalent of an arm in 10 microseconds, 25% of her body in 35 microseconds, 50% of her body in 60 microseconds, and 75% of her body in 100 microseconds. If she has between 50% and 85% of her body destoryed, then she can not move, and focuses on regrowing her body to above 50% before taking other actions. If more than 86% of her body is destroyed at once, her regen does not take effect, instead, a seed is created using her remaining body mass. If placed in soil, she will regrow over the course of two months. If there is less than five percent of her body remaining or the seed is destroyed, then she is permanently dead.

• Physical table:

• Mutation: Due to being exposed to the flora of earth (and her latent meta ability), Horflo can apply traits of native Earth plants her own body, causing her to gain different powers depending on which cells she's adapting to herself. She can only have two mutations at once

• Vines: Horflo can extend her arms out like whips, getting thinner the farther out she extends. Horflo, at max, can reach up to 50 meters. She can smack her vines like whips, dealing 45 tpa slicing on contact. She can also use it to grab things, by wrapping her vines around, and can hold up to 875,000 tons doing so (note: this does not stack with her cutting under any circumstance). Also, she can only have 12 vines out at once, and they all share strength.

• Rose Horflo grows one inch thorns from her body over a course of of 60 microseconds and creates bright pink roses around her. Contact with spikes on either her person or on her vine deals 20 tpa pressure. In addition, she can also shoot them out of her person. The spikes spread out at Mach 350, spread out at a 120 degree angle from whatever angle she's facing. She can fire about a hundred at once, and each projectile is about 5 tpa. She cannot fire them in a line, and it takes another 60 Microseconds to grow more thorns after firing them.

• Poison Ivy: Contact with either her or her vines results in a microscopic toxin entering the body. See feats for clarification of it's power. The toxin acts like an extremely strong acid, but can be wiped off if people notice it's affecting them. She can only make enough acid to cover herself, and it takes 40 Microseconds to grow it.

• Dandelion: Horflo covers herself in in translucent white spores. On physical contact of any kind, offensive or defensive, these spores spread out in the area around her. The spores spread out 200 meters over the course of 100 microseconds. Contact disorients targets as if they inhale it.

Equipment: Horflo no need items. Horflo has nature.

Weaknesses: Horflo no like fire. Fire hot. Horflo can't move fast. Horflo can't fly back home.

Skills: Horflo got moves. Horflo likes plants. Horflo loves caring for plants.

Intent: RP and Story

Feats:

Combat:

• A poison ivy empowered vine melted through a cap echo bricks skin over the course of 40 Microseconds.

• Instantly confuses a cap echo brick with Dandelion, assuming proportional durablity. All their senses were weakened by about 50 percent.

• Picked up a tank in order to protect a flower than was under it

Other

• Horflo likes flowers. They remind her of her.

• Survived a meta enhanced mine taking out half her body, then regened as if nothing happened.

It started about a week ago when rumors were circulating around that there were random disappearances at night. Days later, the news had reported that power stations for certain towns and cities were mysteriously going dark. Teams that were sent in to repair issues and investigate disappeared along with them.

On August 19th, 2013, a warehouse by the docks of your city exploded. From within, several metallic figures emerged. Robots from the looks of it.

Contact was attempted, but those who tried were subdued by the machines. Their point of origin is yet to be determined but local forces are calling for meta help. SHINER has been scrambled.

[Any tier]

One day, Jaunt was looking at The Onion, a satirical "news" source. They had recently written a segment about him.

Jaunt leaned in close to the computer screen, scratching his chin as he watched the skit.

"...Wait, isn't this supposed to be satire?"

August 13, 2013

Rumors persist of a mysterious game, run by an unknown agent. Participants who enter this game are randomly paired up with another player, and are challenged to compete in a series of tasks. The reward for success is none other than whatever their heart desires. However, rumors of successful entrants are few and far between, as most who decide to try and take part in this underground contest are never heard from again....

Does your character decide to discover how to enter this daunting challenge?

[Few ground rules. Your character will be paired with another character, no expectations. This RP will be very challenging, therefore enter at your own risk. Any tier is welcomed, however, for the optimal experience, I would prefer running this for a lower tiered character. Finally, if you would like, you can DM me, either here on Reddit or in Discord, what your characters greatest desire is. Be reasonable in your request, don't ask for anything you would have to ask mod approval for (i.e. fame, tons of money, yadda yadda) or that would break your characters balance.]

[Thread has begun!]

July, 2013

All around the US, things are going great. Heroes have risen to the occasion and crime and corruption is at an all time low. However, the US is only the beginning.

[First come first serve. One character per person. Any tier unless specified.]

Near the west coast of Illaunamid, Ireland, ships are mysteriously vanishing. The crew is always rendered unconscious, and seem to wake up in the middle of Dublin. The Irish Government is getting desperate, and has sent a cry for help to the US. Lacking the manpower to investigate, the GMRF and SHINER is cooperating with local metahumans who wish to try their hand.

[This prompt is reserved for a hero that is at least semi-famous. Foxtrot Only]

Social media is going insane over a new KPop group, META. Somehow, your character won a contest and is on their way to Korea to meet the band.

All over Japan, purely mechanical robots have started attacking the populace, destroying all stores that carry electronics. After completing their mission, they appear to fly off and vanish without a trace. The local metahumans don't stand a chance and are always beaten within an inch of their life. While not officially asking for help, the Japanese Government has not been taking action against foreigners trying to help.

Somewhere in the Middle East, a new terrorist group has emerged. So far, absolutely nothing is known about them, save for the fact that they only recruit metahumans.

In the UK, there is a huge campaign to create their own Velocity. Many metahumans in their home country have tried, but no one has that oomph. Desperate, the UK has turned to their greatest allies, and an envoy just so happens to bump into your character.

[This prompt is reserved for a hero that is pretty much unknown.]

[June 2013]

Two aliens have been kitnapped!

A xenophobic meta has captured a couple of kit who were sightseeing in [convenient location]. He has demanded that all aliens leave Earth immediately and never return. If they do not comply in an hour he will start killing hostages.

Kit sources have released the man's identity as Charles Bowman from Cleveland. His Facebook profile picture has recently been changed to this image and a travel advisory has been issued to stay 50 km away from Mr. Bowman and all 63 of his Facebook friends and family. Their addresses and the GPS locations of their phones have helpfully been provided to police, media, reddit, and 4chan. The kit carrier in orbit of Saturn has not changed position, but has launched fighters.

As the situation is rapidly spiraling out of control perhaps some daring hero may come and save the day....

[Any tier]