Topic: RPG-Superhumans

((The body wasn't on Happy Harry's roof.  I think it said Harry walked a few blocks and climbed a wall))

((A roof is a big thing and yes the body was there))

Jericho eyed where he had shot the first time for about ten seconds afterwards.

"There you are."

Frost's body must have heated up slightly from the stress of the situation.
KRA-KA-KOOM!
Jericho took another shot and the slightly-showing-up figure. This time it was a hit, it was a bit low, so he guessed it was a leg shot.

Vandal looked upward. It seemed that Frost had joined the party and was in trouble from Jericho. I've got a bone to pick with you! She shouted in his mind.

The fact that Oni was on the prowl only added to Vandal's glee. She stayed close to Acero happy to have an ally.

((Got it... thanks for the clarification, Mel))

Frost burst into a flurry of motion when an explosion of shadow again splatted in his direction from behind. Whirling around, he saw shadows in the shape of man from which the liquid splatter-shadows were originating from. He whipped the sniper rifle onto his back and out of the way, and conjured an ice spear from the air, throwing it at the shadowy figure then repeated it again and again.

"What the heck are you, dude? This is sketchy!" Frost yelled, frustrated when all of his spears seemed to be absorbed, and he couldn't tell of he was doing any damage are not. He abandoned the spear idea, and just began whippind little ice-blades at the figure. Just then, a screaming pain ripped through his leg, so Frost jumped off the building onto an ice trail, and slid down to the ground to freeze the wound until he could pay more attention to it later.

((Sorry Adeptus, I took Flame outta that last one. And Sev I thought of that because there were like three things at once going on on the same roof. I think it's okay though, we can just say were on nearby buildings or that only one section of the roof was destroyed.))

Acero was a little thrown off by the new arrival at his back. He'd made it a personal policy to trust the telepaths least of all. Elements in his mask usually kept out the worst of the mind waves, but if this girl was as powerful as he supposed, then she'd have no problem tearing his headgear like tinfoil.

He nodded in approval as Vandal turned several of his opponents against each other. It was no wonder the villains were keeping her locked up. Alright, he'd assume they were on the same side. For now.

"Friend..." he said thinking aloud.

"What was that?" shouted Vandal over the gunfire.

Acero turned his cold, emotionless gaze back to Oni motioning to him with two fingers.

Come with me...

Vandal was suddenly interested in helping Acero squash Oni. She really wanted to see the man splattered on the pavement. Such decisions, Oni or Jericho?

No!  This new hero must not get involved!  Void was his.  When he saw a the man spin around, grabbing his leg and freezing, and then retreated Jack smiled. Good he wouldn't have to attack another innocent.  He vaulted down to the building where Void was stowing his guns and pulling out his new black sword.

"Your are mine Void!" 

"Ah Jack.  Lovely new sword you have.  It suits your new look."

"Shut up Void.  Your time is up."  Jack charged at him while void just stto there laughing.  This wa going to be easier than Jack had thought.  His sword came down in a downward slash.  But Jack was amazed when Void didn't even try to avoid it.  Instead he let it pass through him.  The sword passed right through him!  Up to where he had slashed the sword just disappeared.  He tried again and again only to have the same effect.  Void laughed again.

"Fortunately for you, I have still have for you yet."  Two tendrils snaked out from Void an gripped Jack's jugulars.  He didn't even have time to struggle before he blacked out.
((Not suggesting Void took Jack))

Haze looked up at Tanis, "You're the first guy who's been willing to kiss me after he's found out I'm telekinetic."

Tanis smiled, "Obviously they didn't have the imagination as to what you could do to a guy with those powers."

Haze grinned, "Geez I only caressed you once with my mind."

"That was enough," Tanis smiled back.

Haze adjusted her towel. "We better get back to the bar. I need to find out who killed Starbright."

Tanis nodded, then grinned. "You know you could wear me as a suit of armour, with nothing underneath."

Haze chuckled, "You're incorrigible."

Tanis shrugged, "Just dreaming of the possibilities." Then he turned more serious, "I do want to try something though."

"What exactly?" Haze asked.

"Put out your hand," Tanis said.

Haze compiled and lifted her hand to him. She watched as he placed his hand over hers and it turned from flesh to metal. The metallic substance moved to cover her hand like a second skin. Tanis looked at her, "Now try and create one of those psy-blades of yours."

Haze willed it, it took a moment but then the psy-blade surfaced through the metallic skin. "Wow," Haze said in astonishment.

Tanis grinned, "I hoped that would work. Now get dressed, we've got some scumbags to take down."

((Um Vandal wants to kill Jericho.))

"Oh God, what is that? Is that Void?" Jericho watched Jack hit the floor as he was engulfed by Void. "...Creepy..."
Jericho's attention quickly turned to the bar brawl he somehow completely missed.
He fired 2 shots through the wall at the armor-clad one, but what was the result?

((I'm in the backroom of the bar shooting through walls, I don't know what you are talking about.))

((No Void didn't engulf me just pinched the jugulars.  Probably not the best word choice but darkness was personifying Void.))

((I was meaning in general. Vandal is fighting side by side with Acero. But she's got a grudge against Jericho.))

Haze and Chromium stood outside the Happy Harry bar. "Okay then, it's time." Haze said.

Chromium took her hand and gave it a squeeze. "So you've picked a side."

Haze grinned, "Yeah, mine."

"Let's go." Chromium said taking the lead.

The pair of supers entered the bar and Haze let herself be known. All the tables and chairs lifted off the ground and flew out the windows leaving an open battle ground. "Hello everyone, I'm back." Haze said and ignited her psy-blades.

((Hi, I believe you’re in need of a soul eater? Allow me to assist. Hope you don’t mind the history I’ve put together, Sev – since this will relate to Jack))

Character: Desdemona
Affiliation: Neutral – soul eater
Age: Unknown as she’s neither dead nor alive
Appearance: Short blonde girl looking to be around 15 years old. Her straight hair is worn down with a part in the middle. She wears a sleeveless cream dress that touches her toes. Over this she wears a black velvet cloak.
Personality: Desdemona is a servant to Death. Her purpose is to return errant souls or troublesome entities back to the underworld. She is summoned when a dark soul is released from its captivity.

Desdemona had been asleep for a long time. It may have been years, it may have been decades, possibly even centuries. Her duties were few but an ancient evil had been awakened. The cursed soul of Magnus Elmetrium had been released from his prison inside the Sword of El’Captar and into a living being. It was time for Desdemona to collect him.

She floated out of the crypt and into the night. Desdemona did not feel the weather, nor did she feel emotion. Nothing touched the soul eater. She was merely a servant, a means to an ends, a slave who would never die until her mission was complete.

Desdemona took to the sky and flew at lightening speed to Mission City.

((You guys must be on an opposite timezone guys. All this since my last post happened while I was asleep.))

Oni decided not to go with the hero. He just wondered what to do in the midst of all this chaos.

A table hit Flame and held him agianst the wall.He hung their, seeing the same happend to about everyone else. A beer mug hit Vandal in the side of the head, knocking her out. He could have burnt through the table easily, but he decided not to.

Void laughed; the foolish boy thought he could kill him with that little sword of his.  No no no, he wouldn't want to do that.  His tendrils snaked around Jack's limp body, lifted him over his head, and threw him down into the streets below, hearing a satisfying crack of bones.  He then turned, adn shadowstepped away, popping up again inside the bar.  Locating Oni, he quickly turned himself into a normal shadow, and connected himself to Oni's ankles, taking the place of Oni's shadow.
((This mean that he LOOKS like Oni's shadow, and Oni would only feel a difference when Void solidifies.  Just as a heads up))

Sunburn had saw the shadow guy named Voidhunter defeat the would be hero Jack and throw him into the alleyway below.  Usually, he would run over and make sure he wasn't dead.  But, there were two reasons he didn't need to.  First of all, Jack had a healing factor, so nothing fatal would be healed.  Secondly, he switched sides, AND beat the crap out of Sunburn.  So right now, he REALLY didn't care..... he should try to find Frost anyways.

((Hey guys, sorry about the confusion. I got Acero confused with Jericho, but I just deleted the post so don't worry about it))

Frost was beginning to feel a little hot. Sunburn... it must be. Now, we would make an interesting little combination, now, wouldn't we?

"Hey Sunburnt! Dude! Come here!" Frost said as he turned the corner and saw the beat up walking torch.

"Frost, there you are! Hey, don't call me that! Jack used to always mix up . my name, before he betrayed us. I don't want to be reminded of him!"

"Oh, sorry, Sun...burn. Dude, you look a little beat up. Do you want some help? I'm pretty much a walking Ice-Pak."

"Yeah, man. Jack beat the crap out of me. That's why I'm so touchy about the name thing."

"Ohhhh, okay. Yeah, I saw you get thrown out of Double H's, dude. I was  watching from the rooftop, then I got attacked by the Uber-lord of the Shadow dude. Okay, ummm, you may want to turn the fireshow off, or this ain't gonna work."

"Oops, sorry."

Frost, proceeding to make sheets of ice that conformed to Sunburn's bruises, said, "So who do we want to go after?"

"Oni, that guy's starting to tick me off."

Frost grinned, "Dude, you and I are gonna get along just fine. Righteous..."

Desdemona landed in Mission City. Her cool green eyes studied the surroundings. Her inner radar searched for the dark soul she was to reclaim for the underworld.

The living world had changed a great deal since Desdemona's last mission. The buildings had grown taller than she had ever seen. The night was almost as bright as day and large metallic objects ruled the roads. Desdemona took a moment and let the new world wash over her. She had a lot of history to catch up on but now was not the time.

Desdemona strode through the streets knowing she was near her prey but in no hurry to capture him. Time meant nothing to someone undead.

Void felt the gradual approach of two heroes, the fiery one, and the cold one.  He waited to see how Oni would react to the incoming threats.

((Geez, Vandal's unconscious again! Poor girl, she should get some sort of award :P ))

Haze had everyone's attention now. "Who killed Starbright?" she demanded. For a moment there was silence...

Jack awoke and gasped from the sudden onslaught of pain.  As his healing factor kicked in as it didn't work while his body was shut down, he slowly struggled to his feet.  Slowly he worked his way to his feet and rested against the all until he was aptly recovered.  He made his way back to the bar where Haze stood in the middle of the room with her Psy-blades at the ready.

"Who killed Starbright?" she demanded.

Jack stumbled into the bar and said, "Well it wasn't Void."

Haze glared at him, "And how would you know this?"

Jack shrugged, " 'Cause he's not physically strong enough.  Unless it as completely pitch black.  Which I doubt as the moon's been out all night.  And it just didn't seemed like a Void thing to do.  Void either suffocates, slices, or crushes.  And the body was not sliced in half, it was ripped."

Oni decided to head for higher ground, on irder to pick off heroes from far away. This whole operation was going all pear shaped, and events were reaching a premature climax.  As he fled, he ran into Sunburn and Frost.

"Oh, great. Listen, if you guys don't mind letting me through, I promise I won't--" Before Oni could finish, he heard Haze's voice boom from the bar.

"Who killed Starbright?"

"Hold on, gentlemen." Oni held up a finger towars the two heroes, signalling he wished to listen. The heroine's death was news to him. They seemed to be surprised as well. Noone in the bar was saying anything. Oni, Frost, and Sunburn were all awaiting with bated breath to learn more.

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Happy Harry returned into the bar, unseen because, fnalky, he's a bartender. What could he do? It appeared Haze had learned of his handiwork, but not of his secret.

((Just for ya'll to know, I'll post Harry's stats.

Name: Happy Harry
Affiliation: Villain
Age:53
Appearance: In his true form, Harry is a balding overweight man who commonly wears an apron when behind the counter.
Personality: While usually friendly to all, happiness masks a cold and unrelentingly cruel man. Heart pumps the coldest and most nihilistic blood imaginable.
Powers: Harry can mimick abilities just by witnessing them once. Originally this was limited to superhuman powers, but after mimicking Jack's photoreflexiveness, he can mimick anything except technology. At press, Harry has the following powers:

Flight (Various people)
Pyrokinesis(Sunburn/Flame)
Ice Powers (Frost)
Telekinesis(Haze)
Photoreflexes & healing (Jack)
Exper marksmanship (Jericho)
Seeming Invulnerability and shapeshifting (Chromium)
Telepathy(Vandal)
Shadow-melty powers (Voidhunter)

Harry can also combine up to 3 abilities at once, for other effects.))

((You can't really copy Oni's ability though, it's mechanical isn't it?))

((Good point. Edited.))

((Would he have same weaknesses as well?))

((It would seem plausible if that were the case, because we will have to eventually have to fight him.))

((See, now yall are thinking. Yes, he clearly some weaknesses, the inability to mimick machines being a key one.))

(haray for me)

Great RPG guys. Keep up the good work.

P.S. Can anyone join my RPG?

((Thanks for the invite Appo, but I think everyone's waiting to see how this one pans out ;) ))

Haze waited but there was nothing. Vandal was now unconscious and couldn’t say why she thought the killer was Void. Haze turned to the next person that she suspected would know something.

Oni stood watching and Haze did something she hadn’t done in a long time, she lifted Oni off the ground by his throat. “You started this ‘desire’ to kill heroes, who killed Starbright?” Haze released his throat and held him suspended in the air. She was bristling with anger and her psy-blades flamed brighter because of it.

All righty then. I will ask other people to join.

"I....I didn't kill her. Really. I didn't know she was dead until just now." On was having trouble speaking due to the choke Haze had on him. "But she...didn't deserve to die. I wasn't going to kill...kill anybody unless albsoultely completely worse case scenario. She was a...a nice girl, and I'm sorry for your loss. I didn't kill her, and I don't know who did."

Frost and Sunburn watched Haze in her anger lift Oni off the ground in a feat of adrenaline.

"Dude, she's strong..." Frost whispered to Sunburn.

"You're not kidding," Sunburn replied.

"Well than who did kill her!?" Haze yelled.

Frsot and Sunburn watched as Oni struggled to reply...

Again there was no answer. Haze believed Oni and lowered him back to the ground. She was determined to find out who killed Starbright. She looked at Vandal’s prone form and lifted her in the air and shook her. The telepath woke up looking grumpy, “What do you want?” she growled.

“You said Void killed Starbright. The others disagree.” Haze snarled as she tightened her grip on the telepath.

“I thought it was, but it was hard to tell. The thing that I felt kept changing and shifting, that’s why I thought it was Void.” Vandal told. “Now let me go.”

Haze obliged her and dropped Vandal back on the ground without any finesse.

Haze was fuming, but with no one to vent her rage on she began to calm herself. It had taken years for Haze to hone her powers. She could lift objects with ease unless they were relatively small or out of her view. The psy-blades had taken even longer to learn, if she wanted she could use the psy power in other ways but it was such a fine line between success and failure that Haze didn’t dare.

When Haze had first learned of her powers she could shift things easily enough, but any actual control was lacking.

Haze jumped slightly as she felt Chromium’s hand on her shoulder. “Perhaps the roof is worth searching.”

Haze gave a nod of acknowledgement and walked through the room with Chromium following her. She left the occupants of the bar to sort themselves out.

((Please note that although Harry has Haze’s powers, he won’t be able to utilise them with any real control.))

((Same kind of thing with Jack,  He hasn't seen enough fighting styles.  But that would change fast.))

Jack followed her out.  Haze turned around and confronted him, "What do you want?"

Jack put his hands out in front of him as if to suggest innocence, "Just coming to help out."

"Well this time you better not ditch me."

Jack laughed again, "Do you still not get why I did that?  Are you to thick to understand?  Your not the only one that's been rejected, sure I haven't been on your scale but I've still been rejected?  Can you not get that through your head?  Or maybe your blocks are set up a little too well."  Jack relished the look on Haze's face.   But it was as if another personality was trying to come out and apologize.  He quickly fought it down.  What was going on?  Since when had he had MPD?  Jack had acknowledged the in himself but he didn't think it involved him hurting his friends.  Jack shook off these feelings.  He liked it like this.  He felt empowered.  Who cared what others thought of him.   Ignoring the awkward silence and brushed past her to the scene of the crime.

Oni got up and followed Haze and jack.

"Where are you going?" Jericho asked him.

"To the scene of the crime. Someone pulled off a job without my permission. That's not how we do business now." And with that Oni left to follow Haze.

Haze stared at Jack as he walked away, there was something very wrong with his personality. He even felt wrong, especially at such proximity.

“That was harsh,” Chromium said and placed a hand on the small of Haze’s back.

“I don’t think that’s Jack.” Haze said to him in response.

Chromium lifted a metallic brow, “Why do you say that?”

“Look at him, he’s pale and looks sick. Not only that it’s almost has if a powerful evil is within him. Eyes are the windows to the soul, that’s not Jack I see.” Haze said she watched Jack warily.

“I found her!” Jack yelled and Haze was horrified as he dipped his finger in Starbright’s blood pool and then painted a line under each eye to look like war paint.

“How dare you desecrate her further!” Haze shouted in fury, her psy-blades extinguished and Haze strode towards Jack, her power so potent that the air itself seemed to crackle with it.

She shoved Jack across the roof and into the wall of the next building so hard she heard his bones break on the impact. She knew he’d heal and she was damn certain he’d retaliate.

Desdemona stood in the street looking up. She had found Magnus. The body he was inhabiting was taking a real beating from someone else. Desdemona turned her head slightly to watch as the human male fell from the building and to the ground.

The wind blew slightly and Desdemona’s cloak parted. She lowered the hood and strode towards the man. She knew that his body was broken but she also knew it was in the process of healing. This was fascinating to her. Desdemona stopped and watched, she wondered if Magnus knew she was coming for him.

Across the street from Happy Harry's, Altair was once again sitting in a shop watching it all go down. This time, he was equipped, for he had a radio that was transversing all communications to him. Not to mention, he had a battalion of over 100 soldiers planted around the city waiting on his command. Remembering the Elders' words, he sat upright and continued to listen.

While Haze attacked Jack for his off-color gesture, Oni knelt down to examine Starbright's torn body. "My god..." he whisper. What was strong enough to do this?

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Back at the bar, Harry was helping up the wounded patrons, seeming like a nice enough person. Inside his mind, the newly mimicked telekinetic powers of Haze beggedt  be unleashed, like a beast demanding to be uncaged. Harry wasn't sure he would be able to control it, whenever he got around to using it.

(Harry may be able to make fire, but hes likely to kill himself with it.)

Flame got out, and floated his way to the roof. While above, watching Haze throw Jack from the roof, he searched Harry. There had been somthing odd about him. He saw somthing, shoruded, like a hand, then another, they reached for somthing, Flame couldent tell what, but it looked like a woman, either in a skin-tight costume or naked. Because of the surroundings, he assumed it was the costume. It tore the figure in half.

Haze, he voiced, nervous, becasue of how close he was to Harry. it was the bartender.

((if that happend to fast, Ph34r, i can delete/edit))

Jack stood up and looked at his knee cap which was bent back upon itself, "Hmm, didn't know knees could bend that way."  He grabbed it and popped it back in grimacing all the while.  But he felt uncomfortable.  Like someone was watching him.  He looked around.  He shouted up to Haze, "You better be ready because I'm coming you you."  Using his newly found enhanced agility he vaulted up the walls.  He suddenly got a warning in his head and jumped back when he reached the top as a blade came within inches of his stomach.  "Must have some sort of 6th sense now," he muttered to himself.  Pulling out his black blade and shoto.  He charged at Haze and deflected her psy-blade feinted left and went for the killing blow.  His sword only met silvery metal.  Chormium had extended his hand block Jack's sword.

"Wanna play like this do we?"  Jack backed away and before anyone could react he threw a frag grenade at both of them.

The bartender? Haze repeated with uncertainty to Flame. It seemed odd, but then sometimes things were.

Haze pushed with her mind at everything that came at her, she couldn’t pin point the grenade so she threw both Jack and the grenade off the side of the building.

Haze’s fury at Jack immediately abated. “It would seem that the bartender is to blame,” she told Chromium.

“What motive would he have?” Chromium said seeming sceptical.

“Who knows in this place? But I’m going to find out.” Haze said storming downstairs. “Sorry Jack,” she shouted over her shoulder.

Chromium followed her. “I don’t like this, something seems… off.”

“I know what you mean, but I have to ask why.” Haze said as she walked through the door and saw Harry who grinned at her manically.

“I’ve been waiting for you,” he said and Haze watched in horror as Harry shifted into Vandal’s form and attacked her telepathically.

At that moment Haze felt something warm touch her skin and cover her entire body, she blinked as she looked through glowing white eyes and realised that the Chromium had covered her entire body. The telepathic attack stopped immediately, blocked by Chromium’s form.

Harry shifted to mimic Chromium’s form and lunged at Haze with a blade crafted in steel. Chromium’s outer protected Haze and she called upon her psy-blades and watched as they ignited neatly from her metallic coated hands. “You pissed off the wrong chick.” Haze growled and realised her voice now reverberated like Chromium’s.

“We’ll see,” said Harry who began to shift again.

((Sorry if this is a bit off, I typed it before I saw Sev's post... last minute editting))

Don was very confused by now. He was trying to find out who was on whos team. Eventualy he just steped out from his cover, and started shooting at random beings.

(sorry im running out of ideas)

(mandal, your a little confuesd, Flame and jack are still up here, Haze/Cromium are not.)

Jack began to move after Haze, in a very agresssive maner. Flame punched him in the jaw, and by the time he got back up, Flame had a eight foot wall of fire around them, and Flame had the sword out.

“Drop the sword,” Desdemona commanded the scaled man. He looked at her and she instantly knew all about him once his eyes met hers.

The grenade exploded and shrapnel rained through the air. The chunks of metal sailed through Desdemona’s form, not touching her at all.

“The sword harbours a great evil. Do you want such a thing to possess you?” Desdemona asked as she drew nearer. Her form was partly translucent as she walked.

“What are you?” Flame asked.

“I am a hunter of souls, I have come for Magnus.” Desdemona replied and looked at Jack, she raised a pale finger. “Magnus is within him.”

Frost was beginning to get a little creeped out. Things were going way beyond the normal bad-guy vs. good-guy fighting that he was used to. Honestly, he didn't know who to fight for or against anymore. There were so many sides here, that he just picked out Oni, and, conjuring ice from the atmosphere, skated along a trail leading right to him. He froze Oni, so that only his head was movable, and said, "Why did you discredit me all those years ago? What did I ever do to you, man, you twisted jerk? And now look, what have you done here? This is so messed, bad guys fighting good guys who have turned into bad guys, and good guys fighting can't-make-up-their-mind guys, and good guys fighting bad guys who are being attacked by like all-powerful shadow guys, and bad guys who are really good guys but are posessed by bad guys. What the heck is going on???"

The possesed weapon routine was seemingly over-used, but there was somthing odd about it, and besides, he wasnt competely defenseless. He threw the blade at Jack, imediately igniting his hands.