Holding Out For A Hero: An Original Superhero Quest

End of Season One
You keep going, leaving the two hired guns on the floor, and you keep going past the third, carrying the injured man on your shoulders. You know you could run faster, but the man is already in bad shape. You don't know if his body could take the stress of moving at a high speed. Even as you move him, you see the bandages coming off, and the unfortunate test subject starts bleeding. You don't want to think about how much that would hurt If he wasn't sedated.

As you, climb out of the bunker, you see the brownish red liquid that claims to be water start to flow under on the floor you were just standing on. You carefully put the man down on a pair of chairs to make a makeshift bench.. As he lays there, you can see that some blood has soaked through his bandages, and you see some boils on his skin, some on his arms, and some of the little of his face you can see through the bandages. If it wasn't for the slightly erratic rise and fall of his chest, you'd think he was dead.

"There's a couple of ambulances on the way, Sunny. Should be there in a minute" Jasmine says. "Do you... I can't see how that guy's doing. You... do you think he's gonna make it?"

"I don't know. It... doesn't look good." You say as you jump back in the bunker. You land with a splash, as the water is up to your toes and is starting to climb quickly. You move quickly as well, going back the way you came to get the hired guns. As you go back, you see that the mohawked man that you choked out earlier roll onto his chest and try to push himself up.

"Uh… what the... what the fuck happened...?" He mutters. You don't give him a chance to think about the answer. You kick the man in the face, sending him tumbling back into unconsciousness. You pick him up with ease, and carry him back out of the bunker, and then repeat the process once more to get the other two hired guns. Finally, you're covered up to your knees in... you don't want to know, but all four people are safe.

When you open the door, you see an ambulance with two police cars with two officers each, one car in front of the ambulance and one behind it. You notice that none of them have their sirens on, but their lights are flashing. They must've arrived when you went down that last time. The officers are just getting out of their squad cars when one of them spots you.

"HCPD! HANDS IN THE AIR!" The officer shouts, drawing his sidearm.

Before you can run or fight, the officer next to him motions for him to lower his gun. "Put your weapon down, rookie! That's the one that called it in!" The an older officer shouts at his subordinate. He's an older man in his mid 40's. He looks hangered, his eyes bloodshot. At his command, the younger officers lower their weapons. He then turns to you.

"We'll take it from here" The man says as the officers enter the building to make sure it's secure. "And of course, you were gone by the time we got here, right?"

You nod, understanding as you start to leave. As you do, one of the paramedics looks at you, back to the cops, and back to you before shrugging as soon as the officers confirm that the building is clear. You drive off as the medics disappear into the ruined building.

You start speeding back to the mansion, ready to call it a day, but you feel... conflicted. On one hand, you did what you came to do. You saved the lives of two, hopefully three innocent people, you caught several criminals, and you've put an end of Lussiac's experiments, for the time being anyway. On the other hand, she got away. And you doubt you've heard the last of her.

"Look, Sunny." Jasmine says. "This wasn't ideal. We both know that. But I think we did good here. And I think we should be proud of that"

"Heh, you're right, Kells." You say. "We'll get her next time. For now, we saved lives, and that's enough." You smile a warm smile as you turn on the radio. A synthwave song starts playing over the radio as you head back. You haven't been out that long, but right now, you feel like you need to shower and go to sleep for a few days.

But for now, you can feel satisfied that you made a difference, however small.

And that's enough.

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www.sdnews.com/crimewatch/3-saved-by-daring-vigilante

While the fighting that shook out city to it's core yesterday was taking place, a hero was doing their part to help out citizens stay safe in their own way.

In the early after, this unknown Vigilante located and infiltrated a bunker that was located under an abandoned warehouse for Owen and Horne's Logistics, a company that closed it's doors in 1973. While the origin of the bunker is unknown, as it was not un the floor plans, it appears that it was home to human testing of a of chemical weapons.

This Vigilante, after subduing the guards who were defending the bunker from intruders proceeded to free the three people who were trapped inside of what appeared to be holding cells by ripping the doors off of their hinges.

"That son of a bitch saved my life" Said 23 year old Eric Everett, a transient from near by San Antonio. "When I woke up in the cell, I thought I was dead for sure. Especially after they dragged that other guy out."

One of the victims, 53 year old Harrison Baker, is in critical condition after bring exposed to an as of yet unknown chemical agent that was in development at this bunker. Police have not released the names of the ringleader, nor the names of the three accomplices.

The Vigilante, who has been in the news before for their involvement in the capture of a hitman as well as interveening on the side of the police during a shootout with a well armed criminals gang earlier this month, is described as over 6 feet tall, and covered head to toe in a suit of armor. They have demonstrated enhanced strength, as well as capability of performing magic, though ironically, seem to rarely use the sword and shield they are known to carry. This individual hasn't identified themselves, as they appear unable or unwilling tp speak. However, some are calling this unknown hero...

[] Write in your Code Name

 
[X] The Knight Watchman

We do things at night, more than day.
We appear to be male.
There's a connotation of vigilance and honor but also acting alone.
There's a "protector" concept in there too.
 
So, it looks like we have 4 Votes for The Vigil, 3 for Vigilant, and two for the Knight Watchman. All good names.

I'm keeping voting open for another 24 hours, so if anyone else has an idea of what they want Sonya's Superhero name to be, feel free to chime in.
 
They do have a point that we do not use our sword often. Yes our shield as a supplement to our defenses but not our sword. Which makes sense because swords are quite lethal and we're trying to not kill everyone.

At what point do we go lethal? Because it seems to me that is pulling a sword is synonymous with either going for the kill or accepting that we might not have a choice.

Also I'd love it if we could summon a weapon and attack in the same motion at some point.
 
They do have a point that we do not use our sword often. Yes our shield as a supplement to our defenses but not our sword. Which makes sense because swords are quite lethal and we're trying to not kill everyone.

At what point do we go lethal? Because it seems to me that is pulling a sword is synonymous with either going for the kill or accepting that we might not have a choice.

Also I'd love it if we could summon a weapon and attack in the same motion at some point.

When the enemy can take it mostly
 
www.hartfordpulse.com/news/crime/killing-spree-in-downtown-leaves-dozens-dead-and-wounded

Killing Spree in Downtown Hartford Leaves Dozens Dead, and Wounded
At 2:30 am, an unknown assailant used an illegally obtained Flight Rig in order to enter the 30th floor penthouse apartment of Angela Baldwin, Chief Financial Officer of the Krasaw Corporation and member of the Hartford Citizen's Council, and noted philanthropist, and proceeded to assassinate her, as well as her security team.

Police, who had been informed by several witnesses who had seen the individual fly towards the penthouse, had arrived soon after. However, before they could enter the building in order to apprehend the suspect, several men armed with military grade weapons engaged the responding officers from the three floors of the building, Several officers were wounded in the exchange of gunfire, and were unable to enter the building.

At this time, SWAT, was en route, but their progress was slowed when the suspect detonated charges on several walkways that connected buildings from across the street, causing them to collapse and block the path of the responding SWAT vehicles.

At this time, the Hero known as Sunspot, formally known as M-Class, attempted to stop the suspect, as well as Gladiatrix and Corporal Steel. However, the confrontation turned into a running fight during which the suspect, traveled several blocks, using advanced technology and the soldiers with him to keep the Heroes at bay.

While the suspect managed to evade all three Heroes, several officers managed to pursue the suspect further south, but were unable to contact other officers due to their communications being jammed. Despite a vigorous pursuit, the suspect managed to escape via near somewhere in the Arts District.

As of right now, it is speculated that they escaped via the nearby river, given that several charges were detonated in an abandoned subway tunnel that ran under the river, creating a hole in the bottom of the river that lead to the abandoned tunnel network.. The armed individuals disappeared when the police lost the suspect, suggesting that they were in fact, a single individual with a power of self replication.

However, As of now, there are 34 people, including officers and civilians, were killed in the fighting, with 41 wounded. Mayor Hellerman released a statement calling for calm and solidarity.

"We have endured during the tragic events of the 1990's. We have endured the terrorist attacks of the early 2000's. We have endured those who have tried to attack us, attack the soul of our city, and I am telling you now, this new menace will not be the thing that breaks us. We. Will. Endure."

Details of the murder, including the motive, and the escape, are still unknown. In the meantime, Mayor Hellerman has reached out to the local Office of Superhuman Affairs, in order to seek better coordination and training between Law Enforcement, and Superheroes.
 
Well, being a vigilante is going to be more difficult as cracking down on their population is an easy political win.

Also we probably want to stick with the small time stuff for awhile. As we just don't have the kit for dealing with military grade weapons and armor, flying or fast moving targets.

If we get in close we can do damage, and we can take hits much better than most of our experience level thanks to doubling down on defense between armor, shield and barrier magic, but we have problems getting spells off reliably. And sword and board fighting depends on getting in range to do so.

Which is hard because while we're faster than a non super human we're barely able to succeed with anything over 50. We succeed 11/20. That's bad for closing the distance.

If we get a chance, a healing spell would probably be useful. We're low level which means that us protecting civilians is a good use of resources, also a decent way of not antagonizing the cops if after an action we'll patch up survivors.

It's also a lot harder to kill the medic if they're wearing the good armor.
 
Interlude: Part 1

Saturday September 5, 2015

The next two weeks passed in a blur to you. You worked, you spent time with family, and you take the time to recover from your exposure to the chemical. And while you've been recovering, the city has as well.

Hartford was no stranger to violence. There's been some type of murder every day in the city for as long as you can remember. So the fact that an attack like this happened at all wasn't a shock.

But downtown was supposed to be safe. People who lived here weren't naïve enough to think that nothing bad could happen there. But several buildings damaged or destroyed, dead cops, dead civilians, and injured hero. And the villain got away at the end of it all? That was a shock.


Ever since that day, cops have been out in force. It seems like every day, you hear a police car with lights and sirens on pass by or look up in the sky and see a Hero fly overhead. You even heard that Gangbuster, one of the other Vigilantes in the city, was arrested a couple of days ago.

There's also been a huge recruitment drive for more Capes. On TV, on the radio, there you've heard ads encouraging people to be a Hero. Hell, you've even gotten a few emails encouraging you to apply for a Hero License.

But even if you were interested, you haven't been thinking about going out to fight crime in the past couple of weeks. You've been…

Choose 6 Actions.


[] Going to the gym to stay in shape. (Increases Strength or Speed)
[] Taking some public speaking classes. (Increases Charisma)
[] Doing yoga at the gym. (Increases Dexterity)
[] Working on your endurance (Increases Constitution)
[] You've been surfing the internet, looking at educational things in general. (Increases Intelligence)
[] Meditating and studying magical theory. (Increases Mystic Arts)
[] Training with a sword and shield. (Increases Melee)
[] Taking unarmed self defense courses. (Increases Brawl)
[] You've been focusing on training your eyes. Making sure you can see details that you might miss. (Increases Perception)
[] Doing some research on the Capes in the city, especially seeing if anyone new has joined up.
[] Trying to get in contact with other Vigilantes.
[] You've been talking with Jasmine to get some equipment for the Mansion.
[] You've been focusing on your business, trying to make some money.
[] You've been out riding your (civilian) motorcycle. You've been pushing that thing to it's limit. (Gaines Access to the Pursuit Rider: Motorcycle Skill. Lets you access options that allow you to pursue, or escape pursuit while riding a motorcycle)
[] You've been watching the news more often. You want to get a better handle on what's going on in the world. (Gains access to the Current Affairs: Local and Current Affairs: National skills, that let you be able to know what's going around the world. Defaults to Intelligence if not taken)
[] Doing research to learn more spells. (Each spell you learn is one action)
- [] Heal - Lets me heal serious wounds.
- [] Impression. Lets you disguise your voice.
- [] Chain Lightning. If it hits a target, it jumps to up to five more targets.
- [] Magic Hand. Summons a floating spectral hand to that can travel around 30 feet away. The hand is as strong as you are.
- [] Charge. Envelops you in an aura of magical energy and launches you at high speed up to 100 feet. Using it back to back puts a strain on your body.
- [] Summon Item: Allows you to "mark" an object that is smaller than you and summon it to your location. You use a similar spell to summon your armor, but this one is more general use.
- [] (Write in. Requires QM approval)

 
[X] Plan Oshha
-[X] You've been focusing on your business, trying to make some money.
-[X] Doing research to learn more spells. (Each spell you learn is one action)
--[X] Heal - Lets me heal serious wounds.
-[X] You've been out riding your (civilian) motorcycle. You've been pushing that thing to it's limit. (Gaines Access to the Pursuit Rider: Motorcycle Skill. Lets you access options that allow you to pursue, or escape pursuit while riding a motorcycle)
-[X] You've been watching the news more often. You want to get a better handle on what's going on in the world. (Gains access to the Current Affairs: Local and Current Affairs: National skills, that let you be able to know what's going around the world. Defaults to Intelligence if not taken)
-[X] Meditating and studying magical theory. (Increases Mystic Arts)
-[X] You've been focusing on training your eyes. Making sure you can see details that you might miss. (Increases Perception)

Focusing on making money to make up for the amount that we spent on armour. It also means that we are being responsible in looking after our civilian life and family as we did spent a significant amount of our money on our hero work.

I want to learn the healing spell. It would certainly come in handy at some point.

Motorcycle riding and watching news because it unless three new skills, giving us a greater variety of abilities to call upon.

Finally, Perception and Mystic Arts because the former has been used a fair bit and is quite low for us while Mystic Arts because we rely on for a decent amount of our actions. I was going to go for Constitution, but ran out of options and since it is higher than both and at Tier 2, I decided to leave it out.
 
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[X] Plan Oshha

Something to consider with the healing. If things are outside our paygrade for hero work - we can still help out by heading to the hospital as a civilian.

Just in general that's a spell I can see us using regularly as a civilian as well
 
Alright, here's my thoughts:
[X]Plan Vigil Prep
-[X] Trying to get in contact with other Vigilantes.
--[X] Kachuusha
-[X] Doing research to learn more spells. (Each spell you learn is one action)
--[X] Heal - Lets me heal serious wounds.
-[X] You've been out riding your (civilian) motorcycle. You've been pushing that thing to it's limit. (Gaines Access to the Pursuit Rider: Motorcycle Skill. Lets you access options that allow you to pursue, or escape pursuit while riding a motorcycle)
-[X] Meditating and studying magical theory. (Increases Mystic Arts)
-[X] You've been focusing on your business, trying to make some money.
-[X] You've been focusing on training your eyes. Making sure you can see details that you might miss. (Increases Perception)

I want to talk to that idol vigilante with the camera crew and figure out how she does it! Seriously, will be super useful if Mommy needs to go Hero mode when her family is in danger.
And I want healing because it's so useful we could learn it in our civilian identity and not raise eyebrows (Though we might start getting additional Cape recruitment attention if we did.)
From there...I'm admittedly ripping the other items from Osha's plan list, as I don't have a particularly strong idea of what to do in addition to those two key items.
 
Alright, here's my thoughts:
[X]Plan Vigil Prep
-[X] Trying to get in contact with other Vigilantes.
--[X] Kachuusha
-[X] Doing research to learn more spells. (Each spell you learn is one action)
--[X] Heal - Lets me heal serious wounds.
-[X] You've been out riding your (civilian) motorcycle. You've been pushing that thing to it's limit. (Gaines Access to the Pursuit Rider: Motorcycle Skill. Lets you access options that allow you to pursue, or escape pursuit while riding a motorcycle)
-[X] Meditating and studying magical theory. (Increases Mystic Arts)
-[X] You've been focusing on your business, trying to make some money.
-[X] You've been focusing on training your eyes. Making sure you can see details that you might miss. (Increases Perception)

I want to talk to that idol vigilante with the camera crew and figure out how she does it! Seriously, will be super useful if Mommy needs to go Hero mode when her family is in danger.
And I want healing because it's so useful we could learn it in our civilian identity and not raise eyebrows (Though we might start getting additional Cape recruitment attention if we did.)
From there...I'm admittedly ripping the other items from Osha's plan list, as I don't have a particularly strong idea of what to do in addition to those two key items.

If you want to talk to anyone...get the voicechanger.

[X] Plan Comms Array Online
-[X] Trying to get in contact with other Vigilantes.
--[X] Kachuusha
-[X] Doing research to learn more spells. (Each spell you learn is one action)
--[X] Heal - Lets me heal serious wounds.
--[X] Impression. Lets you disguise your voice.
-[X] You've been out riding your (civilian) motorcycle. You've been pushing that thing to it's limit. (Gaines Access to the Pursuit Rider: Motorcycle Skill. Lets you access options that allow you to pursue, or escape pursuit while riding a motorcycle)
-[X] Meditating and studying magical theory. (Increases Mystic Arts)
-[X] You've been focusing on your business, trying to make some money.
 
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