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Re: Group Designed Anime HERO Character Name: Emmet Margrave Nationality: Martian Hair/Eye Color: Red, blue Place of Birth: Mars City, Mars Date of Birth: 7/26/2121 Height/Mass: 5'8", 160 pounds Cost Characteristic Value 8 STR 18 60 DEX 30 20 CON 20 20 BODY 20 8 INT 18 10 EGO 15 12 PRE 12 COM 10 PD 3 ED 4 SPD 4 REC 7 END 40 STUN 39 OCV: 10 DCV: 10 OECV: 5 DECV: 5 Phases: 3,6,9,12 Powers and Talents Detect Chi, Discriminatory IAF sunglasses (-½) 7 pts 3d6 RKA OAF (-1, Weapons of opportunity) 23 pts 2d6 luck 10 pts Moving Target: Desolidification Cannot pass through solid objects (-½), only to protect against ranged attacks (-1) 16 pts Cost Skills 2 WF: Common Firearms 3 Combat driving 15- 3 TF: Wheeled ground vehicles, aircraft 3 Streetwise 11- 3 Deduction 12- 3 Stealth 15- 3 Acrobatics 15- 2 Navigation 12- 2 Survival 12- 3 KS: The underworld 12- 3 KS: Fugitives 12- 3 AK: Mars City 12- 3 Electronics 12- 3 Lockpicking 15- 3 Security Systems 12- 3 Concealment 12- 4 +2 OCV RKA attack 6 Contact: Message Service 11- 1 Bounty Hunter's License 150 Points Disadvantages 10 pts Reputation: hard luck Bounty Hunter 14- only a small group 20 pts Watched by the ISSP 14- 25 pts Hunted by former enemies 11- 10 pts Rivalry with other bounty hunters 15 pts Psych Lim: Always looking for the next job 15 pts Psych Lim: Protective of others 20 pts Psych Lim: Adheres to the bounty hunter's code 25 DNPC: Grizzy Bryers, Landlord 14- 5 pts 1d6 unluck 5 pts DF: Bounty Hunter CHA Cost = 138 Total Powers Cost = 56 Total Skills Cost = 56 Total Cost = ______250__________ Background Information: Emmet Margrave was born ten years after what became known as the Goku Wave. He grew up in a part of Mars City that had been destroyed when the government had unleashed its plan and the massive destruction of the Solar System. Emmet's parents had been killed by rioters after the machinery on Mars had blinked in a display of light and chilling power that became known as lighting the dragon lines. Grizzley Byers, a former bounty hunter and the Margraves' landlord, took the boy in. Byers was wounded in the rioting but drove off the crowd before it could wreck his small boarding house. Over time, things settled down to something that resembled peace. While the city rebuilt, the fall out of the Wave became known. Lines on each world had been activated and infused with energy after the shattering of the Moon. People living on those lines, or caught in space above them, had been granted superhuman ability by spending their personal energy. Reports of monsters drifted in. The cyborg soldiers of the Iron Legion were activated for the first time since the governments of the world united into one. Byers and Margrave minded their own business, sometimes running off anyone who tried to extort them for money for protection from radicals/Goze/street blockers. Margrave learned basic hunting skills during this period. He did this so he could supplement their income. The boarding house didn't produce enough money to feed him and Byers. Constant violence drove away anyone who wasn't a petty criminal, and Byers drove away anyone who was. Margrave soon earned a reputation as a good bounty hunter but one to stay away from. He invariably has some kind of bad luck which keeps him from collecting a bounty, or making it where the police (the ISSP) deny him any reward over some technicality. This makes it hard for him to increase his earnings, and find an outfit that will take him on so he doesn't have to risk so much when going after someone. Quote: "Don't make me shoot you again." Personality: Emmet Margrave is pretty laid back except when he is on the job. He is always looking for the next big fish so he can move Byers out of the war zone they live in, and has taken the bounty hunter's code to bring the quarry in no matter what to heart. While he claims not to be a hero, he has been known to try and protect innocents who get caught in the crossfire when a Goze decides to go crazy. Appearance: Emmet is an average looking red head that tries to be unnoticeable in a crowd. Unfortunately his bearing screams cop, or bounty hunter, to any criminal that sees him coming. Powers: Emmet has been classified as a one on the Goku Scale. Anyone with an analyzer would see that his chi was at the upper end of normal, but would automatically think he's not worth bothering with unless he did something extremely dangerous to them. This high chi rating allows Emmet to move out of the way of danger. He has been known to dodge bullets from criminals trying to escape. Plot Hook 1) Bounty hunters from all over the solar system have been called to deal with what looks like another collection of the Goku Wave by a rogue element of the government. No one knows why the government would attempt such a thing after the spectacular failure of their first experiment, but someone in the know wants it stopped without other agencies finding out. Plot Hook 2) The characters have been experimented on and have been told their bodies will collect the particles of the wave, enhancing them by unknown factors. Either that or they could explode with the force of a nuclear bomb. Unfortunately the only expert on the subject is missing. Plot Hook 3) Everyone thinks that the moon was shattered and the dragon lines were lit by the government trying to harness a new source of power. They were wrong. It was actually the first step of an invasion from another universe. Someone has to stop the invaders from the other side of the dimensional walls. Note: I don't know if this is what you had in mind, Main Man, but obviously the only thing I have left out is Hellsing which I guess can be worked in as a hidden race that drains humans of their chi. Do you want me to write up Marty Focker also?

Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Sorry, Bozimus. I'll write a more obscure spoiler for the next one which I a mgetting ready to start. (as an aside, does anybody else have problems finding Wilson's books in the the bookstore? I had to special order mine.) CES

Re: Group Designed Anime HERO Character concept Emmet Margrave The Cosgrove was a ten mile long, ten story piece of glass and steel edifice that stretched across the Martian soil to the delight of the customers moving along the halls, riding the escalators and elevators, or lounging on the hundreds, maybe thousands, of benches. I stood with my back against a pillar, glasses over my eyes, smoking a cigarette full of Neptunian tobacco. I wondered if the tip had been right. My service had passed along that Marty Focker would be casing the Cosgrove for a job. Old Marty had a six figure bounty on his head. Everyone and their mother would be crowding me out of the action if they knew. Marty would take a flyer. I needed money, and was short on other cases anyway so an afternoon walking the mall didn't seem too bad until I actually got to the place. I looked the crowd over, letting the glasses work. A sensor next to the earpiece measured chi, gave a reading on the inner lens. Bright sparks ran up and down the passersby as the readings were given lines of force. Most were weak. Since the Goku Incident that shattered Earth's moon, the human body had devised means to tap into the invisible lines of force once called ley lines, or dragon lines. Most of what I was I seeing could barely turn on a light bulb. Marty Focker had a reading of at least a five on the ten scale according to his Wanted notice. I spotted a flash of light on the skywalk above. My vantage point covered the third floor, part of the second and first. The flash seemed to come from the fifth. I looked around at normality, then headed for the nearest escalator to get up to the fifth and start looking. The flash repeated as I headed down the corridor, staying near the doors of the shops. I didn't want Focker seeing me and taking off. A five meant he could handle normals in his sleep but he had a reputation for being a rabbit. Part of the reason his reward was so high was the ease he escaped anyone coming after him. If he saw me, I could kiss the bounty goodbye. Marty Focker turned his spade shaped face so his dark eyes could look at a jewelry display. His reading blinked on the sunglasses lens, his picture matching the downloaded notice. I kept going, trying to be casual. If I could take him by surprise, I could maybe drop him before he powered up whatever talent he had. His gaze flickered over those of us still walking down the concourse toward him. I saw his slitted pupils widen in a dash of white in the dark holes of his eyes. A grimace crossed his face. One hand grabbed the lady next to him, yanking her close as a shield. "Freeze, Focker!" I unclipped the old .40 from my belt at the back. I pointed it dead at him as people scattered away from us. Good. Less people in the way to get shot. "You're under arrest." "You don't look like a cop." Focker smiled, pulling the lady so he was inside the jewelry store and she was blocking the door. Cosgrove Security and real cops would be on the scene soon. He didn't seem concerned. "Maybe a bounty hunter. Got a name, cowboy?" "Let the woman go, Focker." I tried to sound confident. A five was out of my league. "There's no way to get out of here, and the cops will be on you like that." "You're wrong." Focker laughed. "The Cosgrove Shopping and Amusement complex has forty exits in all. I'll be gone like that." "To get to any of those exits, you'll have to go through me, or turn and go out the back of the store, in which case, I'll shoot you." I closed so I could get a better shot. I sensed we were both playing for time. "Why don't you let me turn you in, collect the money, then you escape again?" "I don't think so, cowboy." Focker laughed again. "Like a puff of smoke, he was gone." Focker's eyes widened. Smoke poured from his body, obscuring the scene. The glasses gave me chi, but it dropped from a five to a one. I couldn't tell who to shoot. Then hundreds of Fockers burst from the jewelry store. Two of them carried their hostage to the edge of the railing and threw her off the fifth floor decking. The Fockers split up and ran for the exits. I ran for the railing. Shooting at the Fockers wouldn't get me anything. I might hit a civilian in the press. And I didn't know which one was real anyway. I grabbed a banner hanging from the rail, clipped the forty to my belt and jumped. It was a stupid move. Reflex got the better of me. I wrapped the cloth around my wrist as I caught up with the woman. I reached out, snagged her shirt. It wasn't much. It was enough to slow her down so I could drop her in one of the decorative wishing wells on the first floor before I slammed through a window. I remembered to ball up and roll when I hit the ground. It still hurt like a meteor strike. I dragged myself to my feet. I said a thank you to lady luck. Then I headed for the door. A couple of Marty Fockers ran by. One had the nerve to wave at me as he went. Security ran up then. They chased after the thief, calling on their collar radioes. I stepped out in the main concourse, looked around, brushed the glass out of my hair and off my jacket. I looked back up at where I had swung down. I shook my head, telling myself never to do that again. The banner fell from its other mooring. There went my bounty. I headed for the front door. I had an idea. Maybe I could catch up to Focker somehow. Then I turned and headed for the escalators. Maybe I could catch up to Focker. Maybe he had never left the store.

Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Harbingers by F. Paul Wilson. Repairman Jack learns that all of his family's deaths are due to the Ally wanting a weapon to deal with his enemy. CES

Re: The New Circle Sorry Bub. I don't have hero designer. How is it supposed to look? CES

Re: The New Circle Character Name: Rider Real Name: Corwin Holly Hair/Eye Color: Brown, Brown Place of Birth: Long Island, NY Date of Birth: 7/23/1977 Height/Mass: 5'8", 178 pounds Cost Characteristic Value 6 STR 16 42 DEX 24 28 CON 24 8 BODY 14 20 INT 20 16 EGO 18 8 PRE 18 2 COM 14 PD 3 ED 2 6 SPD 4 REC 5 END 28 STUN 29 OCV: 8 DCV: 8 OECV: 6 DECV: 6 Phases: 3,6,9,12 Cost Powers and Talents (END) Spell 30 pts Multipower, only in hero identity (-1/4), gestures (-1/4), incantations (-1/4). 17 pts 2u 5d6 Luck 30 pts, only in hero identity (-1/4), gestures (-1/4), incantations (-1/4) 17 pts 1u 5D6 energy blast 30 pts, no range (-1/2) only in hero identity (-1/4), gestures (-1/4), incantations (-1/4) 13 pts 1u Missile Deflection vs all ranged attacks 20 pts, only in hero identity (-1/4), gestures (-1/4), incantations (-1/4) 11 pts 2u 20 str Telekinesis 30 pts, only in hero identity (-1/4), gestures (-1/4), incantations (-1/4) 17 pts 1u 15" teleport 30 pts, visible (-1/2), not through solid barriers (-1/4), must pass through intervening space (-1/4), only in hero identity (-1/4), gestures (-1/4), incantations (-1/4) 5 pts Pistol 30 pts Multipower, only in hero identity (-1/4), physical manifestation (pistol) (-½) 17 pts 2u Musket ball-6d6 energy blast, 30 pts, only in hero identity (-1/4), physical manifestation (-½) 17 pts 2u Cloud of Powder- 3" Darkness 30 pts, only in hero identity(-1/4), physical manifestation (-½) 17 pts 2u Spider net- 3d6 entangle 30 pts. only in hero identity (-1/4), physical manifestation (-½) 17 pts 2u Burning Magnesium- 6d6 flash 30 pts only in hero identity (-1/4), physical manifestation (-1/2) 17 pts Phantom Horse 60 pts Multipower only in hero identity (-1/4), physical manifestation (horse) (-½) 34 pts 3u Ghost Gallop 30" flight 60 pts, only when touching surfaces (-1/4), only in hero identity (-1/4), physical manifestation (-½) 30 pts 3u Hoof Strike 12d6 energy blast 60 pts no range (-1/2), only in hero identity (-1/4), physical manifestation (-½) 26 pts 4u Desolidification 40 pts, usable by two others (+1/2), only in hero identity (-1/4), physical manifestation (-½) 34 pts 10 Mental Defense Cost Skills 1 TF: Small ground vehicles 3 Horsemanship 3 Stealth 13- 2 Survival 13- 2 Navigation 13- 3 Computer programming 13- 3 Electronics 13- 3 Demolitions 13- 10 Wealthy 3 AK: Base City 13- 3 KS: History 13- 3 KS: The underworld 13- 3 KS: The mystic world 13- 3 Paramedic 13- 3 Streetwise 13- 3 Criminology 13- 3 Deduction 13- 3 Lockpicking 13- 2 Animal Handler 12- 27 Danger sense 25 + 5 dcv 150 Points Disadvantages 15 Secret ID: Corwin Holly 10 Famous: Corwin Holly, Millionaire 10 Rep(11-) ghostly guardian 10 Rep(11-) millionaire playboy 10 Vengeful 15 Overconfidence 5 DF: sapphire ring 10 DF: Mystic aura 10 Vuln (2x stun) drains 10 Vuln (11/2 x stun and body) silver 20 DNPC (normal, 14-) Jeeves 25 Hunted by Demon 11- CHA Cost = 136 Total Powers Cost = 103 Total Skills Cost = 111 Total Cost = ______350___________ Background Information: Corwin Holly is the last scion of the Holly family. He inherited the family businesses but not the acumen or training to run things the way they should be run. He faced losing everything and being put on the street with the amount of debt the Hollys had accrued and passed on to him. Corwin needed something to reverse things. He walked his empty mansion for days, watched over by Jeeves, the family butler. Lost in thought, he found several journals and a hood hidden in a secret compartment in his library. Corwin idly flipped through the pages. The story written in the various inks and hands told him that the family had been defending the city from the earliest days of its inception. They used their wealth to build things up, and when enemies and villains appeared to ruin it, they donned the hood and rode out in the night to dispense justice. Many a miscreant met a fiery end thanks to their ghost powers. Holly donned the hood and said the words inscribed in the journals, not really believing what they had described. He felt a subtle change and knew everything was true as the long cloak and Revolutionary clothes garbed him. Rechecking the list of spells, he called on luck in the hopes that it would help his businesses. A few days later, Holly's staff discovered a new process that turned everything around. Soon his companies moved ahead, pulling themselves out of foreclosure and bankruptcy. Holly felt it was because he had called on the family lore for help. And with that call, he knew he had taken on a burden to help the city like his forefathers had for the last hundred fifty years. The Rider must ride again. Quote: The Rider prefers to laugh instead of talking to the criminals he terrifies. Personality: Corwin Holly prefers to keep to himself where possible. He likes to think he can handle any challenge, and repays any slight. He also feels burdened by the family responsibility but knows that the Rider's abilities have saved his personal standing, and possibly his life as well as making differences in those he has decided to protect. Appearance: Holly is considered a prize catch for any gold digger, and dresses to fit the occasion. His costume as the Rider is that of a caped, hooded man in black long jacket, pants, boots gloves, and tri-corn hat. The sight of him riding his flaming horse through town is enough to frighten some to turn themselves in for their latest crime. Powers: Holly's powers break down into three parts stemming from simple control over spirit energy. Reading the notebooks has led him to believe that he can create spells to add to his repertoire if he works on his concentration and will. Firstly, Holly can increase his physical powers slightly, calling on ambient power in the air to create essentially poltergeist activity. This allows him to move things, create a static shock, create accidents to make things go his way. Holly can create a pistol of energy to use as a channel to fire directed energy at a target. He can vary the effects slightly. The last thing Holly can do is summon a spectral horse to carry him through obstacles, even lash out with a kick if necessary. Holly's tampering with the spirit world has given him a mental shield against anything trying to invade his mind, and the perception of danger. He has noted that it is a force that points him at any sudden danger that unexpectedly appears almost as if his predecessors are reaching beyond the grave to warn him. GM's Notes- I cheated on this character. I had him lying around in my files since the game he was in folded. Obviously I got my inspiration from characters like the Ghost Rider, and the Grim Ghost from Atlas. If the game had continued, I probably would have added summoning and more power to his multipowers until he was more like a real mage than a pretender.

Re: Need suggestions I'm going to use the underground society for Mole men, Bob. The obliette could be a secret dungeon, maybe not a state run prison. Those tend to be their own castles/towers. ACtually I am thinking of having the four giants add on to the land by grabbing material out in the space. Maybe the bottom half suffers from meteor strikes. CES

Re: Group Designed Anime HERO Surbrook has a lot of these written up on his site. Do you mind if I take a whack at a sample character? CES

Re: Need suggestions Donnie isn't really interested in that kind of thing, and he can see his real gods from a high mountain. I think maybe some kind of monster kingdom other than the King of Windy Mountain. CES

Re: Group Designed Anime HERO It could work. Four of your settings are high tech, and urban. Two have common space travel (DBZ and Cowboy Bebop). All of them have strange powers of some type. Strange crimes abound. What are the point totals you are looking at, Main Man? CES

Re: Need suggestions Right now, Donnie can see the four corners of his world with the four giants. Thinking about how things have been going, everything is in the center of the map so far. I have been thinking about a journey to the center of the earth with an expedition to the core of the world and out the other side. CES

Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... They have the disguised Empire State and Chrysler building crashing down with the Brooklyn Bridge to kill thousands apiece as a terror device. I was thinking shades of 9/11 when I read that part. CES

Guys, I need two things from the brains of herodom. 1) I need suggestions for a dudgeon crawl. 2) I realized that Dragonia is going to be a finite flat land. What's on the bottom part? CES

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Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... The Spider: City of Doom by Norvell Page. Pulp hero the Spider takes on the City Destroyer who is wrecking the city by using a new acid on the steel inside skyscrapers and on the Brooklyn Bridge, The Faceless One who is running an arson extortion scam, and The Council of Evil, gangsters marked by the Spider who have joined together to get revenge. The only thing wrong with the book in my opinion are the little endpieces with Norvel Paige as a detective. They're okay but I don't really care about them and wished they were moved to their own book somewhere else. CES

Re: Notes from NSU Day Ten Nathan pawned the rings from the Jade Dragons. He went back to the lab, cleaned it up. He then went back to Chinatown. Spotting a gathering of the Jade Dragons which he knew were still looking for him, he decided to break in and eavesdrop. He learned that the Dragons and Midnight Wolves were thinking about an alliance and finding him was part of the agreement. Unfortunately Nathan encountered the Wolves while they were arriving for the meeting. A running gun battle broke out until the police arrived to bring things to a stop. Nathan did a little research on other superheroes operating in the world, visiting various sites around the city before returning to the lab. He encountered Dr. Moto who took out Nathan's camera and put in his own. The mad scientist pointed the experiment right at SRJ. The speedster broke in, discovering a secret section of the building partitioned off from the rest of the building. He went back to the lab and found a dragon where the equipment had been. He left and returned with stolen equipment to get through the barriers. He found Dr. Moto being questioned by the staff. Breaking the doctor out gets Nathan shot and manacled. The two enemies break out and Dr. Moto left Nathan on his own as the Dragon attacked. Ashlee Summer, Simon Poole, and Jui-Shen met with FBI agent Clawson. He told them about Captain Video and Ed Durga's investigation. They look around the last place Durga was seen until George called. Ash left the others behind as she flew to investigate the dragon ripping up the SRJ building. Jacob Peterson woke up after the facility he had been held in had been attacked by an escaped monster. He decided that he needed to find out what was behind him being a lizard man, and escaping as soon as possible.

Re: Walking With Strangers I'll put you on the list. CES

Re: Magistracy: Characters Character Name: John Public Real Name: Richard Mays Nationality: American Hair/Eye Color: Brown/blue Place of Birth: New York, New York Date of Birth: 5/10/1968 Height/Mass: 5'8/175 pounds Cost Characteristic Value 30 STR 40 42 DEX 24 20 CON 20 20 BODY 20 8 INT 18 30 EGO 25 10 PRE 20 COM 10 PD 8 ED 4 6 SPD 4 REC 12 END 40 STUN 50 OCV: 8 DCV: 8 OECV: 8 DECV: 8 Phases: 3,6,9,12 Cost Powers and Talents (END) Strength of the people-Drain Stun 1 pt 3pts goes to characteristics, Ranged (+1/2), AoE (+1/2), Megascale (+1/4), trigger (post segment 12 recovery), trigger resets after use (+1/4) 8 pts Can’t be Kept Down- Healing 3d6 30 pts, can heal limbs + 5 pts, self only (-½), extra time (one turn -1), reduced end (0 end +1/2), persistent (+ ½) 28 pts Mental 35 pt Multipower 2u Knowing people-Telepathy 6d6 30 pts, no range (-1/2) 20 pts 1u Really knowing people- Mind Link any willing two minds, 20 pts, no range (-½) 13 pts 2u Know feelings- Telepathy 6d6 30 pts, Empathy (-½), Always on (-½) 15 pts Danger Sense 27 pts, only works with people in the area (-1/2) 18 pts Skill 30 + 15 variable power pool, Only skills (-1), needs to touch targets (-½), must be within line of sight of target (-1/2) 35 pts Cost Skills 3 AK: New York City 12- 3 Combat Driving 13- 3 Streetwise 13- 3 Stealth 13- 3 Systems operations 12- 3 Electronics 12- 3 Mechanics 12- 3 KS: Architecture 12- 3 PS: Architecture 12- 3 PS: Engineering 12- 2 TF: Wheeled vehicles 3 KS: History of New York 12- 3 Climbing 13- 3 Demolitions 12- 3 Paramedics 12- 5 International Police Powers 1 passport 5 Diplomatic Immunity 150 Points Disadvantages 20 pts Protective of Humanity 20 pts Code Versus Killing 15 Reputation: An everyman hero 14- 15 Secret Identity: Richard Mays 10 Famous John Public 20 Watched by the UN 11- 30 Hunted by the Magistracy’s enemies 14- 20 Watched by the US Government 11- CHA Cost = 166 Total Powers Cost = 129 Total Skills Cost = 55 Total Cost = ______350___________

Re: Group Designed Anime HERO I don't know anything about Bible Black or Fighting Spirit, but I think Vulcan has covered a lot of the high points. Akira, DBZ, and Ghost in the Shell all have high tech. They represent a lot of archtypes from powerful psychic to to alien champion fighter to cyborg. Helsing allows for monsters of various types. I have heard Naruto described as Harry Potter with ninjas as wizards. That gives you hidden villages practicing secret techniques that can set the modern world on its ear. Are the players picking specific characters to model their PCs on? CES

Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Deamons Are Forever by Simon Greene- Ed Drood is trying to put his family back on the right track. He decides that he needs to set an example to the world that the Droods are still in business. Unfortunately his example is ready for him. CES

Re: xialin showdown page 23- Jade slowly drove up to the door, parked, and said, "I hope you are ready for this." Then she slowly got out of the car and started walking to the door. "Guys, please move out of the way. I really don't want any of you getting hurt." The guards stepped out of the way silently. They held their weapons in plain view but no one pointed them at the two's direction. That could change at a moment's notice. Lau, a retainer from Bob Lee's last days in Hong Kong, gestured for them to go to the library. Bob did some of his more legal business from there. Jade nodded her head in thanks and walked into the library. Bob Lee stood behind his desk, his imposing bulk carried lightly in his customary Hawaiian shirt and cargo shorts. He didn't look like a dangerous crime lord. "Daughter, why must you disobey me?" He sounded restrained. "And you bring this mercenary with you to defy me." He shook his head.

Re: Walking With Strangers I'll put you down for one, Bub. Maybe one with Death Tribble. CES

Re: Walking With Strangers I believe Mr. Wolfe's avatar is the great Harvey Kietel(sp?). All the heroes and villains are taken from posters here on the board. CES

Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Hard Boiled with Inspector Tequila Yuen versus arms dealer Johnny Wang with a hospital in the middle. Teen Titans Season 5- The titans versus the brotherhood of evil. CES

Re: Walking With Strangers 3 Oz Mike Michaelson liked walking around the town of Marlowe. It was a new environment for him to learn. He didn't know how long this feeling would last, but it wasn't like he could go back to his chosen profession. Superhumans weren't allowed to compete against normal humans, and his power allowed him to surf water itself. His savings weren't going to last forever. He needed a job, a place to stay, and a new hobby that didn't involve water. After the thing with the Lake Marlowe giant, he had been offered a job as a superhero. They all had been. So far the only one that seemed enthusiastic about that was Super Squirrel. Mike couldn't blame him for that. It meant an end to his wandering life. It also meant the same thing to Oz Mike. He had surfed all over the world, chased every wave he could find, won big prizes and small. Until he had started wanting a break from it all, he had probably clocked more time in the air than an astronaut. Now he was at loose ends. He definitely didn't feel like a hero. Sirens woke him from his reverie. A yellow and white fire truck pushed its way through evening traffic. Someone probably had set a fire in the burned areas still left over from the rampage. If it burned out of control, it could still reach undamaged houses outside the ravaged areas. Mike ran after the truck. Maybe he could help out with his talent. Firefighting seemed a natural for what he could do. He needed some water to speed up the pace. Oz Mike looked around as he ran. Marlowe had some fountains to enhance the park land feel of the small city, but none were near. He couldn't open any of the nearby hydrants he saw. What did that leave? Mike looked around, seeking some inspiration. All he saw were small restaurants, businesses, and places looking for renters. The fire truck left only its warning wail to lead him on. There was no way to catch up now. Mike paused. He stared at place on the corner. He realized it had all the water he needed. He could almost kick himself. Mike ran into a taco stand, pulling on the goggles and scarf he used as a disguise. He pushed into the bathroom, checked the toilet, then turned the sink on full blast. He needed water, and now he had it. Oz Mike went to the door as the water leaped under his feet. Suddenly he floated in the middle of the restaurant. Everyone had a blank face as he hovered in front of them. "Don't let anybody go into the bathroom, please." Mike waved before heading out the door on his stretching line of power. The surfer decided he needed altitude so he could figure out which direction to go. He forced his liquid horse to climb into the air. A few blocks over he could see the flash of emergency lights and the smoke from a burning building. He nodded to himself. Time to see if he really was the hero Enforcer wanted him to be. Oz Mike soared through the air, riding his wave across the sky. People looked up, alerted by water splashing on them as he passed. He dropped down above the street where the fire fighting crew unrolled hoses to go in the burning building. His stream held him next to the fire chief as he looked at the seven story inferno. "Need a hand, Chief?" Mike had seen the craggy faced Olson during the monster attack even if they hadn't really stopped to talk to each other. "We're getting set up." Olson turned grim blue eyes on the newcomer. "What can you do?" "Give me some more water and I can go in and search the place before your guys have to go in." Oz Mike looked around. "I can be pretty fast." "This is Fire One." Olson held his walkie talkie to his lips. "Open a third hydrant." Mike spotted a crewman running to a hydrant out of reach of the trucks and their hoses. The man popped the front off. Water spilled out in the street. "Thanks, Chief." Mike waved a hand as he directed his suddenly weaker stream over to where the hydrant poured its resources away. Someone must have went in and closed the sink taps off. That was okay. He didn't need that source anymore with a closer reserve to draw upon. Mike gathered the water under him, shaping it in a slide reaching up into the top window of the building. He smashed the glass aside with a shoulder as the slope carried him forward. He was glad he had covered his face as the smoke billowed out of the office he was in. He had promised a search without thinking. Now he had to carry it out. Oz Mike plunged into the inferno, letting his slide enter before him. The water soaked the rooms down as he passed. Sprinklers poured down ineffectually, and he added them to his engine to increase his speed. He did the same for any bathrooms he passed. Soon he was a roar, knocking down doors, cascading down steps, extinguishing small blazes with just his passing. Oz Mike smiled. So far everything was going okay, and he hadn't seen anyone who needed him. Maybe the building had been empty when it caught fire. There was no telling until the blaze was put out and the source was found. He just had to make sure that no one waited for rescuers in the smoke. Oz Mike heard coughing when he was halfway down the structure. He looked around, spinning in place on his extending platform. Steam shot up as the loose water flew in droplets around him. A hand appeared from behind a desk, clawing for support. Oz Mike flew over, grabbing the arm attached to the hand. A middle-aged woman coughed weakly in her hand. The surfer slung her over his shoulder. He headed downstairs as fast as possible. He hoped any others trapped inside could hang on until he could come back inside and find them.