Infinite Justice: Beyond (Marvel,DC,DBZ X/Over, IC, Open)

[Siliarba]

Salis

watched from the top of the building as the Red Lantern flew in and gave her little speech. He was a bit surprised they sent someone so... violent, but then again he had just slaughtered a whole SHIELD team. Letting the situation sink in, he waited a few moments and contemplated the situation. Nodding to himself in confirmation, he got up from his seat and picked up a detonator before walking through a portal to the bottom of the construction yard. He walked forward with his sword drawn and trailing at his side, his mask on and hood up. "I'm surprised they sent a Red Lantern to such a delicate situation,'' he said calmly as his sword hung loosely in his hand with a stern confidence, "they aren't exactly know for their level heads. As for the hostages, they will be fine as long as the Registration Act is repealed. Until then, consider them threatened. Now I would go on a lengthy speech on how unjust this whole situation is and how I'm doing this for the greater good, but you wouldn't listen and there is no one else here to benefit from it. I do believe I remember you though. Don't you own a certain club in Gothem? One that has no problem housing fugitives of SHIELD and ARGUS? Doesn't that strike you as a bit, I don't know, hypocritical? I also believe that I remember you brushing me off." His head cocked slightly to the side at this, an edge coming to his voice. "And by brush me off I mean brushing off all the people I avenged when I killed Two-Face. You didn't give a damn about what he was doing in Gothem, and for that I will gladly end you without using a hostage as a meat shield." With that Salis flung himself forward into a portal, appearing behind CeeCee and plunging his sword towards her back with a viscous stab.

CeeCee

Many people might get phased if their opponent suddenly vanishes and reappears god knows where, but dealing with the unexpected was one of my specialties. It didn't take me long to realize he appeared behind me, he was interested in fighting and the logical spot to attack a person is their back, the angle you can't easily defend from. In a quick motion I jumped forwards and turned around in a single move. With the sword strike now clearly in front of me I grabbed the sword firmly. With the red glow protecting me like an armor I could easily hold the sharp edge, grasp it firmly, and not be at risk of injury.

"One I may be a red lantern but I'm also a Major-General in the army, two the club I own is technically not a part of our world so it falls outside of everyone's jurisdiction besides mine so anyone who follows the rules of the club can stay. Three I give a damn about people like two-face but if I don't have orders to take them down then I won't take them down, and four usually my orders involve capturing people alive, even people like two-face and you. And to be clear, I don't see the difference between someone like two-face or you." With the little speech finished I drew the blade towards me, making it pass me on the right side, and if this opponent didn't let go it would pull him closer towards me leaving him completely open for a left hook that should knock him unconscious, wile possibly breaking part of his jaw.

[Illica Falki]

Ashes of Prominence was watching the meeting, smirking slightly from the conversation of Human Insanity, she was pretty much proof of that, finding a strange armor and just putting it on without any fore-thought.
She wasn't exactly comfortable with the plan, however, mostly since she'd be stuck on comms, not really her strong suit, but as she can't fight in space without some form of assistance that's all they have for her. She does think against voicing her concern just yet, in case they bring up some other position that would be better suited for her strengths, but she is ready to bring it up should no one mention anything.

[The Silhouette of Adventure]

"We're not completely ins-" Manifest paused for a moment, considering. "Er, regardless. What about Craig's stellar suits? They can let those of us who, while powerful in our own right, cannot survive without oxygen participate in this battle. You all saw what I did before the launch- I can take out hundreds, if not thousands, at a time with that- And I didn't even break a sweat." He formed an inch long miniature rocket, designed by Pym in his spare time, that he could manipulate with his fingertips. Some people tapped pencils, and others tapped feet. Manifest played with rockets. He made it fly around in front of him idly.

[Zarkenis Ultima]

Somewhere

Through the enormous black void that surrounded all things that existed, a dark figure traveled, solitary, asleep, eyes closed and rejecting the darkness, the darkness that reminded him of a distant place, a place that had once been home to him, but had been turned by his mind into a prison from which there was only one escape, exile, and where the bars were made of emotions and falsehoods. This idea, this unfortunate misconception, was born out of sheer madness, not truth, but even then, to the soaring Ashbringer, it was as real as the fire that lived inside of him, as real as the power that dwelled within his core, as real as the pain he had felt when his own death had turned into ashes upon his hands. He had to return and destroy that prison, he knew that, but he was not ready, not yet. More power was needed, more expansions to his Corrupted Core. Even though he had learned of the true power of the all-consuming flames that were at his command, he was yet to master them, he was yet to gain complete control over them.

Really, he had been trying. Experimenting, so to speak. The Blazeborn had learned quite a bit from those experiments. Since his last remotely challenging battle, which was completely unfruitful as he had no use for the power to be weaker than his opponent, he had burned away a number of planets and other celestial objects, but he had been methodical about it. In one of them, he burned away the air and watched as everything died all by itself, without any further intervention. In another, it was the gravity of the world itself that he destroyed, and watched as the planet was torn apart. He had learned he could consume stars, had learned that he could accelerate supernovas, had learned that he could steal the flames of the sun. He had seen energy and mass destroyed, had seen time and space burned and distorted, but all that was still not enough. He had to seek more.

He opened his eyes. The cocoon of flame in which he had been sleeping undisturbed suddenly felt distorted, and awakened the corrupted Rainborn, who looked down with emotionless emerald eyes at the landscape below. The fire and his own trajectory had been altered by the proximity of a planet, and he found himself both descending, and uncaring about his descent. The atmosphere around him, rather than create friction, simply burned as it touched his spherical shield, and he simply allowed himself to fall, before righting himself at the last moment. With a beat of his flameborn wings, Asra averted the crash, though such an impact would have only scarred the world and not him. Once the dust settled, he looked around, and felt for any sort of power that might be of use in this barren planet.

The world in question was, however, a barren wasteland, unlikely to harbor any sort of life. All around, there was only dead earth: dry, rocky land as far as the eye could see, uninterrupted save for the occasional mesas and the mercilessly jagged peaks high above, far away, forming a barrier, blocking the horizon. The sky was crimson and clearly completely dead, the twisted light of the distant sun doing nothing to hide it. It was cold, that much was evident to Asra, even if he found no discomfort in this fact, but what was curious was that there was no snow to be seen. The planet had no water in it, a substance necessary for so many lifeforms to exist. Whoever had created this place had done so as a cruel joke, and if it was born purely by accident, then it was a very unfortunate one, but the Ashbringer did not take note of any of these things, instead focusing on his mission.

A mission that saw no progress with him just standing there. Detecting nothing whatsoever in this blasted land, Asra raised a hand, gathering apocalyptic fire above it in an orb, in order to slam it into the ground and let the planet end its miserable existence. However, before he carried out his twisted act of mercy, he perceived something curious, something that made him reabsorb the energy spent creating the dark orb of all-consuming fire and instead seek out the source of such a change. And it was just that, for some reason, there was suddenly a great power somewhere in that planet.

A great power to be claimed by the wayward son of the rain.

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Hadrimmelis

Seristhala was young, rather young. Only ten years had passed since her birth in the Geil Clan, but already she was showing herself to be a great archer of the snowfields... for her age, at least. Nothing outstanding if one were to apply the criteria used for regular adult hunters, but for a little girl who had only become able to lift the enormous bone bows used by the Rangeil not too long ago, it was definitely spectacular. Other children her age were still learning how to properly hold the large killing artifact, while she was already out with the hunting parties, bringing dead creatures home for her clan to feast on. She felt blessed to have such an opportunity so early, and deep inside her young heart she harbored the hopes that she would one day become one of the many legendary figures whose statues dotted the large metal halls where her people ate and spoke and lived together. "Great Soul", they had decided to name her, and she did not intend to let them down.

Trudging on through the snow-covered woodlands to the north of Hadrimmelis, trailing behind the other hunters, some of them very old and some of them only about half a decade older than her, Seristhala was quite a sight to see. She was understandably shorter than everyone else, so much that if she stood perfectly upright, her claws would dig into the snow where she stood. The bow she carried on her back was almost larger than her, though she was able to haul it along just fine, as with the quiver, owing to the natural strength with which Hadrians were endowed, as well as her training as a Rangeil. She had hair as black as the moonless night, something rather uncommon so far up north, where most Hadrians had pristine white hair, which some said was a clear sign of adaptation to their environment. She wore the pelt of a Snowfiend, a creature rather common in the white forests, a large monster with six feet and several rows of teeth on a wolfish head, though the pelt was obviously modified to fit such a young hunter, her bony tail wiggling out of a hole in the back.

Eventually, the group of hunters found a trail of large footprints, which meant that they had found their next meal, hopefully. They followed hurriedly, with Seristhala struggling to keep up. After not too long, they began hearing noises, confirming that their target was nearby, and so, spread out to surround it. When they found it, however, it was not what they were expecting. It was a Snowfiend, alright, but it was enormous, easily twice as tall as the tallest Hadrian present. In their search for their people's sustenance, they had inadvertently come upon a Packmother, one of the more dangerous creatures of the frosty woodlands.

The little hunter was scared, but she put on a brave face and drew her bow in unison with everyone else, pointing at the majestic white beast. She took a vol from her quiver, a nifty little projectile that split into several arrows mid-flight and increased the potency of the arrows at the moment they split off. Carefully, she nocked it on the bone bow, drawing the special string back quite a bit, activating special mechanisms in the bow crafted by master Rangeil artisans, mechanisms that further increased the strength of the shot. She took aim towards the Packmother, who looked more than ready to pounce at one of them- at her, Seristhala realized with some fear, though she kept her aim steady.

But then, the Packmother ran away suddenly, before even the most seasoned hunter present could fire off their vol. Seristhala was understandably puzzled, but when she turned around, she understood everything. Before her stood a creature that did not know mercy or pity, who did not discriminate. Shining metal curves and angles made up its entire frame, and a pair of bright, glowing red eyes looked at her without emotion.

Before her stood an Aleph.

[Jorliefstreiken]

Sol, The Origin


The united bates probe glided towards the sun. The small nuclear powered rocket on the back of probe grew brighter as the power source within sensed its home growing close. The probe began to melt away as it grew ever closer to the suns surface. Suddenly the sun crystal within shot out towards the sun and broke the surface. A massive explosion followed equivalent to 3000 tsar bombs. In the center of the explosion a human form developed around the crystal. It was the form of a man, but more perfect than the average one. It was too muscular too handsome to be mortal. The being flew out of the sun his hair aflame. He flexed his fingers for the first time. He looked around. Deciding that space was boring he flew to his favorite planet... Pluto. As he landed he discovered something. Pluto was devoid of life. Which planet was the living one... Earth. He flew to Earth this time. There he discovered civilization. Before he revealed himself the being decided that he needed a name. The name he decided on was Sol. He decided to fly to one of the busiest cities of this race. He flew to the island on the east coast of a continent. He discovered something there. A threat to his solar system. A strange being hovered above the city. It was avian in nature and seemed to have a cloak of stars. It had a metal mask seeming containing its conciuness. It was nothing to Sol. He flew down to confront it. "Being" He yelled in a booming voice, "Surrender now and I shall spare your miserable life."

The being replied "My name is Thoth, not being. And I will do no such thing"
Sol chuckled and responded "Death it is then" He began to charge a fission beam in the palm of his hand.

[Lavan Tiri]

"We're not completely ins-" Manifest paused for a moment, considering. "Er, regardless. What about Craig's stellar suits? They can let those of us who, while powerful in our own right, cannot survive without oxygen participate in this battle. You all saw what I did before the launch- I can take out hundreds, if not thousands, at a time with that- And I didn't even break a sweat." He formed an inch long miniature rocket, designed by Pym in his spare time, that he could manipulate with his fingertips. Some people tapped pencils, and others tapped feet. Manifest played with rockets. He made it fly around in front of him idly.

"Nope, we're completely mad." Simon smiled. "Personally, I can't breathe in space, but if you'd like, I can magic an oxygen field around you. Keep you breathing, make sure you don't freeze to death in the icy-cold, soul sucking vacuum."

"Your mom's a soul-sucking-"

"Shut up, Marsters."

"Why? And why would everyone need a suit? Batman can breathe in space, can't he?" Aaron said, looking around.

"…No. No, he can't." Superman responded.

"Oh."

"Anyway," Simon said, standing up and clapping his hands, "it's a fairly simple trick. Who wants me to do them?" he asked, twiddling his fingers at the group. Aaron and the Flash simultaneously raised the hands to their mouths, choking back laughter. Superman, after a quick death glare at the pair, stood. "I'll go first, Simon."

"Alright!" Simon said excitedly. "My first customer! Before I start, any other takers?"

[Charmera]

Samantha Grimm and John Morgan
After around two hours or so the plane arrived at a small landing pad in Florida. John led Sarah and her sisters off the plane and they walked out from the airfield and headed toward Disney World which was nearby. Soon they arrived at the gates of the large amusement park. There were sounds of happy crowds and a large number of costumed characters walking around and greeting people. John had his pilot bring his luggage to the hotel that he had reserved rooms in as John had reserved a room for him too. "So, where do you all want to go first? There's a bunch of different parks. Magic Kingdom has a bunch of Disney characters and rides, and the Animal Kingdom has this cool Safari too." He told the sisters, knowing more about disney world then most men his age usually might. He of course was looking forward to spending time alone with Sarah, but he felt it'd be rude to just take her away from her sisters so quickly. They had as much time as they liked their anyway so there wasn't any rush.

Hannah was quite overwhelmed, not sure what choice to make. She smiled widely. She could have never imagined she would be here. Not at all. "You're probably the best boyfriend Sarah's ever had. Hand's down. Much better than the last one to be sure." She nodded. "The magic Kingdom would be sweeeet. Then we can go to the animal kingdom afterwards. After all these's no rush, and the real great part is we're all together here which should be super sweet." She remarked. "

[The Republic of Atria]

Lockjaw had teleported the group back to Attilan. Most people think twice when a dog the size of a car growls at you. And it was seemingly just in the nick of time. Just as they got Otis' cocoon back to Attilan, he was ready. The time it took for one to undergo Terrigenesis varied from several minutes to up to a day. The green layers peeled back and he woke up dazed. However, when he caught sight of the people who saved him. To say he was startled would be an understatement. A giant dog. A very creepy looking Doctor with fingers that looked... Unhealthy. And a woman with freakishly long hair. Seeing such a sight engaged his fight or flight response. Which meant the adrenaline, combine with his now incredible leg strength, meant he jumped out of the cocoon like a bullet...

...And directly into the wall across from him. If he were a human. That would have been a nasty concussion. But it was more the shock than the actual potential head trauma that was getting to him. To him, not even a few minutes ago he was running for his life. And now he was abducted by aliens. Medusa was the first one to speak up. She was used to some people overreacting to their new situation. And in this case, it was slightly hilarious. "Calm down. We're friends." She said as Otis tried to stand back up. Only for his new "feet" to roll from underneath him and cause him to fall right back over.

"First of all. Kidnapping is illegal. Except in Sweden... I think. Second of all... I think I know you. Or your name at least. Third of all. WHO THE FUCK REPLACED MY FEET WITH WHEELS? Come to think of it. WHY AM I AN ALIEN!?" To which he immediately pulled his pants so he could look inside. "Okay. That's still there... And blue. Still. WHEELS?! FOR FEET?! WHAT THE FUCK?!" He shouted and then looked at his hands. Which were missing two fingers from each and were tipped with sharp claws. "And I'm missing two of my fingers. I want an explanation, and some Advil. In that order."

"If you would stop screaming for a few seconds I would be more than happy to explain your predicament. You have the genes of an Inhuman-"

"Oh! I know you know! You're... Queen Medusa! I think. Wait... I wasn't born here. I was born all the way back in Colorado."

"Do you want me to explain this to you?"

"Yes."

"Then please stop interrupting me." Otis replied by making a zipping motion across his mouth. "You are of Inhuman descent. The green fog you ran into to escape your pursuers was the terrigen mist. It activated your recessive genes. You underwent a metamorphosis." She said and stopped talking. Otis waited a few seconds before he spoke up.

"So... I'm part alien? That's cool. I mean. I could get used to the fingers being gone and... Is that a tail? Weird. But what kind of evolutionary path does something have to take to get wheels for feet?!"

[Tomia]

John Morgan and Samantha Grimm
John wasn't sure what to think about Hannah calling him Sarah's boyfriend. They had just met after all, and he wasn't sure what Sarah would think of that. Still, it was certainly a kind compliment. He smiled at her words. "Well Magic Kingdom it is then. There's a bus that'll take us there. It should only take a few minutes." He told then as he led the four of them towards the bus stop which would take them to the Magic Kingdom.

They arrived in about 10 minutes and stepped off the bus, heading towards the large gates of Magic Kingdom. There were a number of people dressed like Mickey and other characters walking around and taking pictures with people. The giant castle, the Mickey Hat, and the Tower of Terror could all be seen in the near distance. "So what ride do you want to go on first Hannah? Space Mountain is pretty cool, so is Spalsh Mountain if you want to go on one of those. We don't have to wait on lines either. I have one of those passes that let's you go right away." He told Sarah's younger sister as they walked through the entrance of the park.

Roy Damon
With the help of Valancy and the of the members of the JQ, Roy had managed to recover from his injuries after a few days. He decided that now that he wasn't on the run from his father anymore that he needed to take a few days to relax and figure things out. He decided rather impulsively that he wanted to go to Disney World. He had Heard about it, but had never been able to go there when he was yoynger. He never really had a childhood like most other kids, and he thought it might be good to experience that. Valancy agreed to pay for his airplane ticket and hotel room, which Roy was very grateful for. He had a feeling though that she might have thought he wouldn't really come back. However he did genuinely plan to come back, at least for a little while. Valancy and her friends had been very nice to him, and some stability would do him some good. Roy still hadn't figured his life at all, but now he was a little more hopeful and a little less discouraged.

After a bit a four hour flight and checking into his hotel room he finally arrived at the park himself. It was a very crowded and loud atmosphere with a lot of laughter and music. Roy wasn't used to this at all and felt a little uncomfortable. He made his way to the magic kingdom and was sort of people watching as he sat down on a bench. He wasn't really sure how to have fun, which is why he had come there in the first place.

[The Silhouette of Adventure]

Earth-89314; The Manifest Blade was discovered by Thanos
Death.
The entire world smelled of Death.
At the edge of his vision, he saw two pieces of fabric, torn and lying beside each other- One, a Kryptonian sigil, the other, an American icon.

Earth-74328; The Manifest Blade's potential was never locked away
Nothing.
Nothing?
The sky is grey, and the earth is sludge, and the wind is green, and the water is fire.
Nothing makes sense, and one certainty fills his mind- The Warlord is his God.

Earth-3000; The Manifest Blade was wielded by a Herald of Galactus
The Earth is long dead, as is most of the Universe.
Resistance is futile, and looking out at the sky, he knows-
Galactus yet hungers.

Earth-7890; The Manifest Blade was utilized by Vandal Savage
Kal-El, the Gatekeeper, bowed before his immortal master.
Vandal Savage ruled with an iron fist and a velvet palm, and those who followed him gained reward unmeasurable.
Those who tried to rebel were dealt with, swiftly and painfully.

The Earth of Infinite Justice
Reed Richards frowned, taking off the helmet. He had spent hours searching countless Universes for the Manifest Blade's upper limit. He watched the live video of the SHIELD agent known as Manifest as he practised in the training room, wonder and fear in his eyes.
May he never know his true potential.

[Jorliefstreiken]

AntiBios


AntiBios stared through the infrared lenses of his sight. He stood outside the base the humans called Area 51. Inside was the greatest power sources that existed on this earth and a massive database of information. He charged up the jest on his boots and rocketed into a guard tower grabbing the guards head. He absorbed the energies from him, downloading his knowledge to his brain and sending the life force to his power core. Leaving behind the guards withered corpse, Bios jumped to the next guard tower repeating the process. He did this for every guard tower around the base. He then saw a tank rolling towards the base Bios jumped onto its roof and ripped off the turret before using his Ion beams on everyone inside. The beams converted them down to energy on a sub atomic level and reduced them to outlines on the tanks wall. Moving forward down the road he came to a massive fence. Grabbing onto it with two hands he absorbed the massive amount of electricity coursing through it before ripping off the section of the fence. Stepping into the base the spotlights all around him turned on and he saw the entire bases a] garrison close in on him, his mind instantly calculated the odds. Speaking to the soldiers "the logical thing would be for you to run." They didn't run. "Don't say I didn't warn you" he turned on his ion beams and blasted down the first row of solders. Running forward he slammed into a tank lifting it over his head and throwing it down the line of armored. Vehicles. He fired ion beams to his left and right decimating solders and laughing as bullets glanced off his armor. He absorbed the energy out of two solders to his immediate left and right before lifting off into the air and firing ion beams at anything that moved. When all that remained of the garrison was dust he walked into the bases main building and entered the secret elevator behind the generals filing cabinet. Going down to the bottom floor he found two soldiers waiting. Speaking to these last two he said "just... get out of my way... ill murder you later" when they failed to comply he rained their life forces. He then proceed into the massive room up ahead. In front of him was a Titanium Reactor, capable of powering this entire planet, and then some. And now it was all his. He placed his hand on it and began draining its massive power supply. He felt his power core surge and his own power increase. He moved his other hand down to his pelvic area and jacked... in to the system mainframe, downloading all the alien knowledge that had ever reached earth before draining the entire facility of electricity. His new powers in hand he activated his friction field and blasted a hole in the ceiling, flying out to his base in the alps.

[The Silhouette of Adventure]

LA, Repentant Headquarters - Multiple Man's Debrief
"So, nothing exciting in Jump City, Madrox?" Overmind asked. "Got any more intel on those new capes from the zoo?"
"Exciting, yes. Intel, no." He replied, leaning back in his chair and putting his feet on the table. "You already got my report from my interaction with the suited woman-"
"You really could have handled that without mocking her, you know." Overmind smirked, putting her hands together on the table.
"-But other than that, I have a mental layout of the entire city. Local PD and Fire Departments are noted, and your proposed base is disturbingly in the single farthest section of the city from either. I'll not look deeper into that. Any rate, I've called back most of my scouts from Jump. The base is fully stocked and has an overseer duplicate designated. It's fully prepared for the arrival of the team, but my official recommendation is that we don't move in until these new players flaunt a little more." Multiple Man continued as though he had not been interrupted.
"Duly noted, and agreed with." Overmind nodded slowly. "Did you begin surveying the other cities?"
"Yep. I have a team looking for ideal locations for outposts in San Fran, San Diego, Sacramento, and a tiny little town called Eureka." Multiple Man replied easily. "That last one is a personal request, by the way. You know how awesome it'd be for PR to have an official base in Eureka?"
Overmind rolled her eyes. "Keep minimal presence in Jump City, and expand presence in the other major cities. Eureka is a side project, don't devote anything beyond your minimum necessary resources for it. I want bases scouted out, maps made, and local characters profiled."
Multiple Man nodded. "I took the liberty when we arrived in LA to start that process here, too. It should be finished relatively soon. All the team vehicles have 360 degree cameras for my viewing pleasure."
"Good. Debrief complete. Send in Cheetah on your way out, please."

[Tomia]

The Giant Monkey Man
Ona random planet in a random galaxy, a giant hole was ripped through space as a large creature from another dimension, roaring as it looked for foes to fight. It was the giant monkey man, who's sole purpose was to travel across the dimensions and absorb all life sources that he could find. The large beast let out a challenging roar as he landed hard on the planet's surface. He looked around and did not see any life around him. Angry about this, he began to storm of wildly, shouting and braking rock formations as he looked for something to kill.

[Zarkenis Ultima]

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Sarah walked through the entrance of the park along with everyone else, looking around and seeing all the people in character costumes and all the visitors having lots of fun. She also noticed the many rides, and was certain that Hanah would have a lot of fun on those. She had been very excited when she received the news that they would be going to Disney World, after all, so it only made sense for her to have a good time there.

Hanah would enjoy the rides, yes. As for herself? She wasn't so sure. She wasn't feeling too well at the moment.

"Hanah." The eldest Grimm called, gently holding her shoulders to turn her around and then crouching slightly so that she was eye to eye with her younger sister. "Would you mind if I decided to stay over here while you go and have fun at the roller coasters? You know I've never enjoyed that kind of attraction too much, but you can tell me all about it once you come back down. I'm sure you'll have lots of fun over there with Sam and John." She smiled, before pulling Hanah in for a hug. When they were a bit younger, she used to lift Hanah all the time, but now that she was nearly an adult, Sarah could no longer do that, as she had always been physically weaker than the average person.

"So, go have fun for me too, okay? Maybe I'll be waiting for you with ice cream or cotton candy. You never know." She said as she let go.

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The Ashbringer flew through the surface of the world in search for the great power that he had felt before, soaring through the atmosphere faster than the speed of light, until finally, he felt himself closer and closer to that strange source of energy. He stopped, and, after another moment's search, he found it: there, below, amidst the rock formations, was what appeared to be an enormous primate with blue energy crackling around his fists. His shouting was horrendous and he seemed to be completely mad as he stormed around the barren fields, destroying every rock that he could find, but Asra cared nothing about that. All he cared about was to gain more power to accomplish his mission, and all he knew was that the creature in front of him had such power within.

Carried by his flameborn wings, the corrupted Rainborn descended to the ground of that dead, twisted planet, landing amidst the dry stone floor and looking straight at the giant monkey man, summoning his blade to his hand, but doing nothing, simply observing the creature and waiting, as if he was expecting it to make the first move and attack him.

[Jorliefstreiken]

Stupid filler post to explain why the hell Sol is in the builder war

Sol was processing his omnisense memories when he stumbled upon an interesting one. large congregation of super beings, crashed ship aliens, evil race hell bent on destroying all life, sounded like a threat to his solar system. He flew off after the ship hoping to catch it as it exited hyperspace.

[The Republic of Atria]

Xander

"Craig designed and I enchanted those suits. The give wonderful life giving oxygen and allow for free form movement while magical barriers protect from harm. We're not going into this half assed. If you're capable of surviving in space unaided, I want to see jackhammering on those Builder vessels yesterday. Everyone else, form a perimeter and make sure that they aren't getting out." He said. "Alright people! The entire universe is watching! Let's show them what us humans can do!" He said creating several portals for the heavy hitters to head outside the ship and start smashing up Builder ships.

Otis

"You are a Kineceleran." The doctor explained. "Their species is capable of manipulating their own friction. You can increase or decrease the amount being used. Once you understand, you will be able to move at superhuman speeds. I estimate, given your size and skill level. Possibly just under the speed of sound. When you start understanding your natural abilities with more finesse. It is not unlikely that you will surpass that."

"So... How do I- Got it." He said and stood up after slipping about 2 more times. "That sounds... Interesting. Not complaining." He said and looked at a mirror. "I mean. I'm in way better shape now..." He said and practiced taking a few steps. It was like watching a toddler first learning to walk. After about a minute or so, he seemed to get the hang of it. "So. I'm walking on balls. There's a joke in there somewhere. Besides that. I look pretty freakin' awesome... Though I lost my poorly maintained beard and hair. By the way. Sorry for yelling and stuff. Kinda freaked out at this whole thing. But it's cool now."

"This can't be undone. You are somewhat more accepting of this than others." Medusa said.

"Oh no..." He said feigning sadness in the most sarcastic way he could. "I'm sure I'll survive. It might take some time for me to learn how my feet work again. I'm going to be honest. I'm probably not going to miss my old body. No sexy muscles or super powers? Don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out, know what I'm saying?"

"Your sarcasm is noted. However. I must point out that your metabolism is far more powerful than a human's. When you start running, your osy will need energy. So be sure to eat regularly."

"Let me get this straight. I get superpowers, a badass new body, and I can eat whatever I want and not get fat?"

"Correct."

"It's a hard bargain, but I think I'll manage."

[Illica Falki]

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Kirisvala watched, startled, as Mars fell to the ground after catching Xyri, apparently unable to support her weight. Xyri didn't really seem that heavy to her, but then again, maybe it was because humans like Mars couldn't carry as much as Hadrians. Either way, she didn't worry too much, as it seemed like neither of them were particularly hurt. At that, she breathed a sigh of relief and patiently waited for her turn. It seemed like a fun exercise, even if it had sparked some conflicts so far. However, she soon realized that her turn wasn't going to come, as neither Mars nor Xyri seemed very focused on the exercise anymore and Elena was distracted by something else. Namely, some person that had been crawling along the ceiling without anyone else noticing. Kirisvala was rather surprised to see someone who hadn't been there before, but she was rather unfamiliar with Earth customs still, unfamiliar enough not to know that having people messing around in one's ceiling wasn't normal.

"Why wouldn't we be calm?" The Hadrian singer asked as she leaped down onto the mattress, landing face-down after having made sure that her claws wouldn't rend the mattress. Quickly getting up, she then walked casually and quite frankly carelessly towards the new arrival, Vera. "Who are you?" She asked as she approached. "Is it normal for you humans to move around other people's ceiling in this planet?" She inquried, quite sincerely

Seeing the strange alien coming towards her, Vera flicks the Baton to expand it, hoping just the sound alone should make her stop. "I'd rather not give away my name when unaware who I'm saying it to" She says, rather calmly despite being unexpectedly noticed. These people don't seem hostile, they aren't as insulting off the bat as the last person she ran into, they seem rather calm given the circumstance, which is a welcome change given the fact she hasn't fixed her still broken leg brace and her missing dagger. She doesn't respond to the second question, not really knowing how to put it herself.

[The Silhouette of Adventure]

Xander

"Craig designed and I enchanted those suits. The give wonderful life giving oxygen and allow for free form movement while magical barriers protect from harm. We're not going into this half assed. If you're capable of surviving in space unaided, I want to see jackhammering on those Builder vessels yesterday. Everyone else, form a perimeter and make sure that they aren't getting out." He said. "Alright people! The entire universe is watching! Let's show them what us humans can do!" He said creating several portals for the heavy hitters to head outside the ship and start smashing up Builder ships.

"Let's play." Manifest smiled as he stepped into one of the suits. He stepped up to a portal and began to laugh. Those who later recounted the laugh marked it as... Ominous, perhaps. Malevolent, even. As soon as he entered the vacuum of space, he raised his arms and summoned several large missiles. With a smirk, he launched them towards the main body of the Builder fleet. Two of the missiles were nuclear, and one was a modified version of a Kree Nega-bomb, designed to create a much more localized explosion than normal. This localized version of the bomb had the strength to crack a planet in half and annihilate all life on the surface. It was perfect for this particular war.
He sent them off, still laughing wildly.

[Jorliefstreiken]

Xander

"Craig designed and I enchanted those suits. The give wonderful life giving oxygen and allow for free form movement while magical barriers protect from harm. We're not going into this half assed. If you're capable of surviving in space unaided, I want to see jackhammering on those Builder vessels yesterday. Everyone else, form a perimeter and make sure that they aren't getting out." He said. "Alright people! The entire universe is watching! Let's show them what us humans can do!" He said creating several portals for the heavy hitters to head outside the ship and start smashing up Builder ships.

"Let's play." Manifest smiled as he stepped into one of the suits. He stepped up to a portal and began to laugh. Those who later recounted the laugh marked it as... Ominous, perhaps. Malevolent, even. As soon as he entered the vacuum of space, he raised his arms and summoned several large missiles. With a smirk, he launched them towards the main body of the Builder fleet. Two of the missiles were nuclear, and one was a modified version of a Kree Nega-bomb, designed to create a much more localized explosion than normal. This localized version of the bomb had the strength to crack a planet in half and annihilate all life on the surface. It was perfect for this particular war.
He sent them off, still laughing wildly.

Sol warped into the battle glowing like a minerature sun. He turned down his body temperature to avoid melting anyone important. firing off fission beams at the ships that the humans were firing their missles at he made his way over to the men in the suits. as he fired off more fission beams he asked the one he had sensed as "Manifest". he asked the human "Human, My name is Sol, god of you home star. I'm here to help. care to point me in the direction of your leader?

[The Silhouette of Adventure]

"Let's play." Manifest smiled as he stepped into one of the suits. He stepped up to a portal and began to laugh. Those who later recounted the laugh marked it as... Ominous, perhaps. Malevolent, even. As soon as he entered the vacuum of space, he raised his arms and summoned several large missiles. With a smirk, he launched them towards the main body of the Builder fleet. Two of the missiles were nuclear, and one was a modified version of a Kree Nega-bomb, designed to create a much more localized explosion than normal. This localized version of the bomb had the strength to crack a planet in half and annihilate all life on the surface. It was perfect for this particular war.
He sent them off, still laughing wildly.

Sol warped into the battle glowing like a minerature sun. He turned down his body temperature to avoid melting anyone important. firing off fission beams at the ships that the humans were firing their missles at he made his way over to the men in the suits. as he fired off more fission beams he asked the one he had sensed as "Manifest". he asked the human "Human, My name is Sol, god of you home star. I'm here to help. care to point me in the direction of your leader?

Manifest didn't even blink when the new warrior entered the battle, claiming to be a deity. "How many damn Gods are going to come out of our Solar System?" Manifest rolled his eyes. "Head to the Infinite Venture, the not quite Kree ship behind me. Talk to the guys named Xander and Craig, they're heading up the efforts." He raised his arm and summoned two rail cannons, firing them off at the Builder fleet. "And make sure you don't melt the damn ship hangar when you enter- It wasn't exactly cheap building that junk pile."

[The Republic of Atria]

"I like it. Everything up to this point for me was pretty. I'm not gonna sugarcoat it. It was pretty terrible. If this is God giving me a second chance to not have a shitty life. Bet your hair that I'm not gonna look a gift horse in the mouth. Is there someone who's gonna help me with my legs? As awesome as this is. I don't wanna have a repeat of what happened a few minutes ago. That is to say. I'm not keen on brain trauma. Or broken walls."

"Of course." Queen Medusa said and lead the young man to a much larger man with the feet of a bull. "This is Gorgon. THink of him as your trainer. He'll get you acquainted with everything you'll need." She said and took her leave.

"Ummm... You're... Big." Otis said ever so slightly nervous. "This is going to hurt, isn't it?"

Gorgon bellowed and put his arm around Otis. "Only the parts you do to yourself. I have read what you are. Speedsters aren't exactly common. Come on. You have to learn how to walk before you can run. And you look like you're still learning how to walk. Don't worry. Once you find your balance, you'll be running in no time. It's why your species has a tail. Balance."

"Far enough. So I'm just gonna keep walking until I can keep my balance and run?"

"That's the short version of it."

"That has to be the lamest training exercise ever. Walking?" He said and almost tripped over himself again which earned an "I told you so" look from Gorgon. "Alright. I suppose not being able to walk properly is a bit of a hindrance."

[Zarkenis Ultima]

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Etla giggled a little as she noticed Ihra's reaction to her mention of the North Pole. Really, everything was a bit unexpected for her, but she wasn't about to complain. After all, while her older sister had been all mopey and depressed earlier, now all that was done with, gone like the wind, and the redhead was as chipper as a little kid on Christmas Eve - an apt comparison, considering the topic that was being discussed at the moment. Either way, the younger of the two sisters had a wide smile on her face as she noticed Ihra's reaction and returned the embrace, happy that she was doing so out of simple pleasure instead of doing it out of necessity this time.

"Sure, sure, we can do that, Ihra, assuming we can find him." The golden-haired Rainborn stated, but then, she raised an index finger to her chin, contemplative for a moment. "Although it might be a little bit difficult to do that. After all, his fortress is said to be guarded by a technocracy of hyperactive dwarves and an army of mutant raindeers. Also, it's supposed to be a magical place, so we don't know how well hidden or defended it might be. They say that he has some sort of omniscience, too, and that only children can see him... and we're not children by human standards, because we're not humans in the first place." She said, enunciating all the difficulties that they might come across in their quest, though some of them were obviously a product of the distorted version of the myth that she was familiar with, rather than whatever truth there was about Santa Claus.

"But hey, looking for him is half the fun, right? Is there anything you want to grab or do before we head off, Ihra?" She asked.

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Kirisvala did jump a little at the sudden noise, and she did stop moving towards Vera, just like the woman had wanted, but instead of it happening because she was scared, she stopped because she was quite curious about the object in Vera's hand. She did not immediately classify it as a weapon, though she was able to match shape to concept after a moment, her assimilation of the English language telling her that it was, in fact, a weapon. Even then, however, she did not seem afraid, instead appraising the thing. If nothing else, she thought that the extension mechanism was pretty clever. Human technology sincerely fascinated her, and this was part of it, even if it was a rather mundane weapon.

Either way, after a moment, she looked up from the baton and towards Vera, nodding at her first statement and frowning slightly as she noticed that her second question remained without an answer. She would have to ask one of her teammates about it later, she decided, probably Elena, since she seemed like the one that could explain this kind of thing to her in the best way. For now, though, she focused on the other question.

"I understand. My name is Kirisvala Az Ranwynn. I'm a Hadrian, and I come from Hadrimmelis, way away from this planet. I wound up here going through some portals and befriended these people, and now I'm in a group with them. I'm new to Earth, but I'm hoping to learn more about it during my stay." She said, completely sincere in every single one of her statements, not nearly as cautious about her identity and origins as Vera seemed to be, showing how naive she was in comparison. "That's who I am. Do you think you can share your name with me now?" The Hadrian asked with a smile.

[Charmera]

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Sarah walked through the entrance of the park along with everyone else, looking around and seeing all the people in character costumes and all the visitors having lots of fun. She also noticed the many rides, and was certain that Hanah would have a lot of fun on those. She had been very excited when she received the news that they would be going to Disney World, after all, so it only made sense for her to have a good time there.

Hanah would enjoy the rides, yes. As for herself? She wasn't so sure. She wasn't feeling too well at the moment.

"Hanah." The eldest Grimm called, gently holding her shoulders to turn her around and then crouching slightly so that she was eye to eye with her younger sister. "Would you mind if I decided to stay over here while you go and have fun at the roller coasters? You know I've never enjoyed that kind of attraction too much, but you can tell me all about it once you come back down. I'm sure you'll have lots of fun over there with Sam and John." She smiled, before pulling Hanah in for a hug. When they were a bit younger, she used to lift Hanah all the time, but now that she was nearly an adult, Sarah could no longer do that, as she had always been physically weaker than the average person.

"So, go have fun for me too, okay? Maybe I'll be waiting for you with ice cream or cotton candy. You never know." She said as she let go.

"Oh." Replied Hannah, her usaully open expression indecipherable. She inwardly sighed with disapointment, but she supposed it would be a bit selfish to get annoyed at her sister or give her flak. But... She would be sorely missed while Hannah was having fun. After all she always saw the three of them as inseperable, like the three musketeers. But... That wasn't really the case. She gave a weak smile. "It's fine sis... I mean I wouldn't want to drag you around rides if your not up for it." She paused for a moment. She subtly looked at Morgan and made a vague gesture in the direction of Sarah, implying something with that movement. She knew her sister wouldn't enjoy staying in the room either, not unless she wasn't alone...

"Me and Sam will go on splash mountain and say Hi to mickey for you." She spoke. Trying to hide her feelings with impressive good grace.

[The Republic of Atria]

"So. What's your name?" Gorgon asked in a quite friendly tone of voice.

"Otis. I'm pretty sure that it's a dog's name. All things considered up to this point, it's not completely inaccurate. I'm sure most dogs have owners who love them. I had a dead father at age 5. And an abusive drunken mother until... Two years ago when I had her committed. Wasn't too bad after that. I had enough money to live comfortably from my car for the rest of my life. Well. I'm pretty sure now it's impounded or stripped for parts by now."

"It sounds like you've had it rough."

"I made the most of it." He said and as they walked and talked, he noticed that he wasn't tripping over his own feet as much as he was a few minutes prior. "I think I'm getting this walking thing down! I mean sure I was supposed to have it down like 17 years ago, but still! Technically speaking, I've only been this Kine-Kinet-Keceler- Alien, for like... 10 minutes." He said and spun around rolling backwards. "The tail really is helping. I think I'm gonna try running now."

"If you think you can do it, but I would suggest starting slow. Perhaps we should go outdoors so you have the room you need."

"Don't worry. I'll be careful." Otis said and got into a sprinter's position. "I'll just do a quick lap around the room. If I can do the super speed thing, then I'll head outside and maybe do a couple laps around the city." He took his first step, and the next thing he saw was everything in the room slowing down quite a bit. It looked like time had stopped... Right up until he smashed halfway through a wall because he was looking everywhere but forward. "Oooowww..."

"Are you okay?" Gorgon asked.

"Define okay... Second time I've hit a wall in the last ten minutes."

"You need more space."

"And some Advil."

[The Silhouette of Adventure]

"I have a team looking for ideal locations for outposts in San Fran, San Diego, Sacramento, and a tiny little town called Eureka." Multiple Man replied easily. "That last one is a personal request, by the way. You know how awesome it'd be for PR to have an official base in Eureka?"

Eureka, California - Official opening of the Repentant Secondary Base
"I am proud to unveil the Repentant Outpost Alpha here in the wonderful city of Eureka." Overmind smiled, her team behind her and a crowd of press in front. Everybody from BBC to the NY Times to the Daily Mail wanted to know what the infamous Secret Society members, and their token hero Multiple Man, were up to. Since the establishment of the Repentants, with exception to quieting down the local gangs and a few sightings in other cities, they'd been quiet. "Some people question why the Repentant have not been in the news since our unveiling." She tilted her head slightly. "Well, the answer is quite simple- We generally don't want to be in the news. If we're in the news, that means one of two things- Either we are making an announcement, which should be rare, or we weren't able to stop the threats before they destroyed something or took somebodies life. You want us out of the newspapers, my friends- Trust me on this." She finished, no longer smiling, and far more sombre than before. "Submit questions via mail to the primary Repentant base in LA."
Multiple Man nodded slightly before splitting in two, his duplicate walking into the Outpost, putting a small communicator in his ear. "Repentant Base Cardinal-North, aka Test Tube, now operational in Eureka."
Several more duplicates chimed in- "Repentant Base One, aka Prime, continued operations in LA."
"Cardinal-South, aka the Sandcastle, continued covert operations in San Diego."
"Cardinal-Origin, aka the Cathedral, continued covert operations in Sacramento."
"Base Two, aka the Bridge, continued covert operations in San Francisco."
The main Multiple Man smiled. "Sending confirmation message to Overmind, California primary network complete. Jump City, report in."
"Base Three, aka the Ring, continued covert reconnaissance in Jump City. Results... Inconclusive."

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Overmind, after receiving the confirmation message, nodded and began speaking to the rest of the team in the lobby of the Test Tube. "Dr. Minerva, Cheetah, you will be the primary overseer of the Test Tube. Jones, Psimon, the Cathedral. There's a private space for your... Pet project in the back. I'll be at Prime. Ebersol, Fixer, you're Sandcastle, and Steel, Ironclad, you're the Bridge. Madrox will be assisting at every location, primarily based out of Prime with me. When the Ring is fully operational, it'll be his. I had Fixer hook each base hooked up with a teleportation system. Level 1 authorization allows teleportation to any public base, level 2 allows covert access, and level 3 allows teleportation to the Ring. We all have level 3. Nobody has either other level, and it can only be added by Dr. Minerva, myself, or Madrox. Before anyone asks why they weren't included on this list, I utilized their psych evals. You really don't want me spouting off to the entire team why you're not on the list."
She sighed and chuckled. "That was a mouthful, hmm?"