Greywind

Brad pulled his gray McLaren 570S Spider into the drive of his parents' political home in the suburbs of Washington DC. Jenny hopped out and not-quite ran to the door. Brad turned the car around, expecting an abrupt departure. Shutting the engine off, he sat for a moment before getting out. He pocketed the keys, sighed, and walked slowly towards the door Jenny had disappeared into.

“Hello, Netty,” he said to the cook when he entered.

“Master Bradley,” Netty said in greeting. “They're waiting for you in the parlor.”

“Thanks, Netty.” Brad left the kitchen and went down the hall. He listened. Not to the words, but to the voices. He heard Jenny asking questions. His father and mother tried to answer her. Will tried to get a word in.

But not Steph. Brad frowned. Stephanie tended to be the loudest of the four and always had something to say on every subject.

He entered the parlor. “Where's Steph?”

“That's what we wanted you here to discuss,” Senator James Michaels, his father, said. “She's been kidnapped.”

“First Jen. Now Steph. This family is cursed,” Will muttered.

“Have they made contact?” Jen asked.

“Yes. Don't involve the police,” the Senator said. “Further demands will follow.”

Crossing his arms, Brad leaned against the inside of the archway. He shot a quick look at Jen. “How did they contact you?” she asked.

“They sent us a video recording on a memory stick,” his mother answered.

“I want to see it,” Jen said.

“It's in my office. The computer is on,” his father said. Jen headed back towards the hall. She gave Brad a quick nod on the way by. He saw her pull her phone out of her pocket when she was out of sight of her parents.

Brad watched his family. His mother and father looked at each other. Will tried to disappear into the sofa. “So, what's the plan?”

“We wait until they make contact again. We find out what their demands are. We keep her safe.”

Shaking his head, Brad said, “There's not a damned thing we can do that will keep her safe if they decide to harm her. In the meantime, business as usual. There's nothing wrong. Keep your career safe.”

“What's that supposed to mean?” James demanded.

“Same thing it always means, Dad. Your career is what is important. Not Jen when she was taken. Not Steph now. Hey, Will, got any plans to be kidnapped so Dad can schedule around it?”

“You're out of line!”

“Am I?” Brad asked.

“Got it!” Jen said running past Brad.

“Where are you going?”

“Business as usual, Dad. Living up to your expectations. Jen's got schoolwork to do. I've got a date tonight. Feel free to call when you'd like me to stop by for another ten minutes.” Brad turned. “Gotta go.”

7 hours ago, theinfn8 said:

Shield forms. Adding any weapon requires adding a WF for it. Shields aren't armour. People don't realize the destructive power of a shield...

Shield Bash was a standard in DragonQuest.

On 10/19/2021 at 12:44 PM, zslane said:

It's a shame Marvel has been dragging their feet for so long on another Deadpool movie; it could have fit nicely into the vacated Feb 2022 slot.

They should just drag Deadpool, instead. Face down. He'll heal.

Feige said that about AoS.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something is more important than fear. The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all.

Stat them up

Then again, they could be hiding their actual true potential. They let a hit get through here and there to see what you are capable of.

30 minutes ago, Pariah said:

I rang your home but got no answer

Jumped in my car, I went round there
I still don't believe it
He was just leaving

 

There must be some misunderstanding
There must be some kind of mistake

If you can track it down, Class was a 2016 Dr Who spinoff about kids studying at Coal Hill. Found it in a bin in a dollar store.

A couple of cows were smoking a joint and playing cards. That's right. The steaks were pretty high.

Apparently large vehicles aren't considered weapons. It's good to know.

Tony might not have noticed the third snap.

“What do you think of Darian?”

“First impression?” Sharon nodded. Jason shifted the Diablo into a higher gear. “I don't like him. He reminds me of Michaels. Feels he has a need to prove himself to everyone. Who throws a punch like that at someone they just met?”

“I'm sorry. That was kind of my fault. I told him you were one of my students.”

“What happened to teaching self-control and discipline? That was what I needed.”

Putting her head back, Sharon said, “Darian's an inner city kid. No father figure. A lot of anger. He has one younger sister. When I first met him, he was doing anything he could for money to take care of her. He has the fire, so I offered to train him. He's worked his way up through the ranks. Two years now, he's been undefeated.”

“So, he is better capable of taking care of his sister.”

“She's in law school now. Due to take her bar exam this year or next year. Two kids that have done good with a little direction in their life.” Jason nodded. “Wanda is supposed to be in town today or tomorrow. Coming in to see the fight. That was a nice counter strike, by the way. Darian said he never saw it coming.”

“He's too focused on dropping his opponent with that first shot.”

“Agreed. A bad habit I haven't been able to break him of. Or any of his other teachers.”

Seems more like functioning like Body. Players would need to build attacks geared towards attacking that stat to do damage.

8 hours ago, slikmar said:

For the 2nd time, as Thanos was on earth when he did his snap.

2nd snap was when he was off in his retirement home to destroy the stones.

The Vigilante is Adrian Chase. Chase was seriously serious. From his DA times when we met him, through being the Vigilante and a judge. Right up until he offed himself.

3 hours ago, Lord Liaden said:

 

The creator of the character originally wanted to name him, "Captain Thunder," but the editors thought that would be too frightening for children. If DC insist on changing the name that a character has had for seven decades, that would have been a far more appropriate one than a name the character can't even say to anyone.

Capt. Marvel jr had that problem all along He got his from saying "Captain Marvel".

Maybe half of them got snapped.