[MCU] Raven Darkholme Quest

I just suggested that you shouldn't.

Yet you did.

The built in dice roller is known for its hate.

A pox upon your house, Arcues. A pox!
i think the thing hate me in general, i got a 1
edit: and then some how got a 100
 
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Well, if its allowed, then here we go.

http://[MALICIOUS WEBSITE]/roller/view/4628635/

1d100-32 → [22,-32] = (-10)
1d100-32 → [47,-32] = (15)
1d100-32 → [50,-32] = (18)
1d100-32 → [93,-32] = (61)
1d100-32 → [80,-32] = (48)
1d100-32 → [49,-32] = (17)
1d100-32 → [93,-32] = (61)
1d100-32 → [18,-32] = (-14)

Total of 196.

Above average, but with two crit fails. Blargh.
 
--OU WHOSE CLAWS ARE AS SHARP AS BAST'S SHA--

You blink, and in doing so find yourself outside of the ruins. There is no entrance, as if it never existed in the first place. You look around in confusion, because you clearly remember picking up that rough, old piece of... You look down, and can still feel the dust and fine sands that lingered on the claw piece, which stuck to the skin of your palm. It is still there.

"Raven?" Charles walks up from behind you. "I've been looking everywhere for you, this place is just some old houses that collapsed from bad architecture according to the locals. There's nothing to see here."

You turn to him and are about to ask, when you realize that the Charles who walked into the ruins with you had different eyes than your Charles. They were the eyes of a feline, yet for that moment, somehow, it escaped your notice until now.

Charles scowls. "What are you doing, fooling around? You know you'll get found out if you play around like that!"

He isn't looking into your eyes as he often does when speaking to you--being more shy than anything else when speaking with other ladies, it is a trait you notice immediately--but at the top of your head. You reach up, and feel two fluffy cat ears and a twitch... There are nerve endings there that you do not remember forming; a cat's tail wraps around your waist. Your tail. "I didn't do it," you blurt out.

"Oh, just stop fooling around and let's go to Cairo! I heard the bazaars there have all sorts of ancient trinkets," Charles runs off excitedly.

You don't remember how or when, but it seems like your base-form has gained cat ears and a cat tail. Best hide that for now, and thank your lucky stars you didn't completely turn into a cat or something...

Strangely, everything feels lighter, though you feel as if nothing has changed within you.

Weird.

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"THE TEN COMMANDMENTS!"

"A PHOTOGRAPHIC WONDER!"

"THE PEAK OF BEAUTY!"

"AUDREY HEPBURN... WITTY AND MODERN NEFRETIRI!"

"RAVEN DARKHOLME'S BOMBASTIC SEPHORA... CHARMING FOR THE AGES!"

"Charlton Heston...? Meh, he's alright."

Released in the fall of 1955, it seemed as if praise was unanimous, though some critics say that you and Ms. Hepburn ought to have switched roles, and would have done just as well, probably. More offers for roles are coming in now, though nothing to interesting.

Total earnings you made from the initial showings is somewhere vaguely around $9,446,907.50. However, that seems to be the end of profits there, as Paramount Pictures and Motion Picture Associates do not seem to be willing to share anymore, and quickly used whatever legal loophole or something to cut you out of any more of the deal.

---

Stupid Sputnik.

Sigh.

"... I don't get it," Ike says not for the first time. "Too much mumble jumble, I'm not a rocket scientist, Raven."

"Well..." You find yourself in the uncomfortable position of having to discuss his policies with him, seeing as you're pretty much the only person in the Capitol not out for a piece of political power... much. Noticeably.

Well, you got better at acting like it anyway.

He runs his hand over his head. "So... nevertheless, I got advisers to tell me. I don't need to be a rocket scientist, but for this, I might as well need to be. You've been around those eggheads for a while now, Raven, what do you think?"

Well?

What did you think about establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in 1956?

[ ] Yeah. You would like to see America in space. Also, a billionaire boy genius named Nathaniel Richards wants to talk.
[ ] Nah. You could save that political capital for something else you want to pass, like the Civil Rights Movement.

---

"Hello?"

"Hi, Ms. Darkholme. It's me, Warren."

"You can call me Raven, you know?"

"Ah, but... it feels out of place. I'd rather stay more respectful. It's a... er..."

"... Well, alright. What would you like to talk to me about, Warren?"

"I hate textiles."

"What?"

"I mean, this is a good business, and we're making good returns," He stutters.

"Then what's the problem?"

"I... this industry is terrible and stagnant, and we might as well be exporting our labor to some overseas place like the Formosas."

"Ah, Taiwan."

"Right. I almost forgot how close you are to the President. What's he had to say about Formosa anyway?"

"Oh, you know, what everyone's saying. We're going to protect our friends from the dastardly communists! Anyway, have you given thought on what you want to do then?"

"I'm thinking about it, but I'll see this through first."

"... Have you thought about soft drinks? I work with Coke from time to time."

"... Huh. Now that's a thought..."

---

One thing led to another. Maybe you shouldn't have tried to do so many things at once, or maybe you shouldn't have tried to do it so quickly. Whatever the case, these are the consequences of your own actions, some of the present, and some from the past.

Somethings did come of it though.

You learned how to heal yourself, to close any wound, to pop out any foreign objects, and even to shape and reshape your cells each individually, to utterly defeat the chances of illness or disease. Where this power came from, you had no idea, but it didn't even really leave you tired or hungry, unless you were to... oh, try to regrow a limb from scratch or something.

Charles is... well, he's closer to you now. But it's utterly depressing to be around him, and the few attempts to use his power to connect left you utterly emotionally exhausted to do anything but pass out. Now he's even more... lonely than before. He's even forgone doing more research on genetics, because he says he isn't being fulfilled emotionally.

Sigh.

Romance doesn't seem to be for you. Yeah, maybe it's time you gals gave it a break. You've been spending a lot of time with Charles lately, does Emma need to know something about you two? What's this about connecting with him?

In the end, you agreed to break off for a while.

Looks like you'll need a new manager.

"I know why, but, Charles, why does it hurt so much?"

"... I don't know, Raven."

---

Winter 1955

Due to so many months and years of inactivity, Sophie and Maddie came and told you that they're also breaking off. Being your bandmates was good for publicity, in the beginning, but you aren't even in any of their acts anymore, and now Emma isn't even their manager! This band break-up is in the news for days, and it seems the news people are blaming Emma.

With your recent successes so great, it is no wonder how many people suddenly pay attention to your band breaking up. Well, not everyone thought it a bad thing; Coca Cola wondered if you were willing to do a new commercial, for the television. Why, they'll even give you some free reign on it, you could put in some music or the like...

Anyway, for the coming year, pick 4:
[ ] Register and attend university to study biology and manipulating microbiology.
[ ] Register and attend university to study ancient Egypt archeology and cats and stuff.
[ ] Find a personal trainer and work on athletics, self-defense, and weapons training.
[ ] Continue learning Russian or a new language, and travel to those new lands.
[ ] Do a Coca Cola commercial and advertisement using music or musical-stuff.
[ ] Work on your powers with Charles, or rather to see how the Serum has affected you.
[ ] Travel to Formosa as one of President Ike's helper/representative and see what's up.
[ ] Work with Howard on establishing Starkvalley, the Land of Tomorrow for all ages.
[ ] Communicate with Howard's people and integrate into the military industrial complex.
[ ] See what this Nathaniel Richards kid wants to do with his weird 'colonize the moon' idea.
[ ] Cameo in the film 'Around the World in 80 Days' as a saloon hostess.
[ ] Go to Warren Buffett and actually take time to learn the ins and outs, maybe invest further.
[ ] Socialize one person [write-in].

[Free Action] Manage your finances [write-in].
 
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Oh god, so many options.

Health: Very Stressed, Blessing of Bast(?)
Physical Power [4.1+0.5/5] - You can lift several dozen tons.
Physical Skill [5.2/5] - You are dexterous enough to catch a dozen bullets.
Physical Speed [4.1+0.5/5] - You move faster than speeding automobiles.
Mental Speed [3.5] - You are very quick in understanding and comprehension.
Knowledge [2.6] - You know how the world works and runs; you have photographic memory.
Constitution [4.1] - You can take a grenade point blank and live.
Charisma [3.1+0.5/5] - You have a powerful personality and draw interesting people towards you and not just for your buxom, attractive-to-anyone body.
Very cool, we should explore this.

Banked Cash: $13,446,907.50 (+5.0%)(Post-Tax)
Buffet: $594,000 (+18.8%)(-Tax)
Lets put this to work. We can easily spare another 1.5 million to Buffet, and spend 2 more to buy a decent chunk of Stark Industries, leaving us with just under 10 million in the bank.
 
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Oh god, so many options.
Very cool, we should explore this.
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Shapeshifter [3.7] - ...
You can also heal yourself of almost any wound within minutes, though regrowing large portions of your body will leave you a tad peckish.
Filming [1] - You know your way around a set.


Lets put this to work. We can easily spare another 1.5 million to Buffet, and spend 2 more to buy a decent chunk of Stark Industries, leaving us with just under 10 million in the bank.
We don't really do much with our money so I'd invest far more of it.

I'm really disappointed that the band fell apart and we lost Emma :(. Those were some of the aspects I hoped to protect.
[X] Yeah. You would like to see America in space. Also, a billionaire boy genius named Nathaniel Richards wants to talk.
[X] Do a Coca Cola commercial and advertisement using music or musical-stuff.
[X] Work on your powers with Charles, or rather to see how the Serum has affected you.
[X] Work with Howard on establishing Starkvalley, the Land of Tomorrow for all ages.
[X] See what this Nathaniel Richards kid wants to do with his weird 'colonize the moon' idea. [Free Action] Manage your finances [write-in].
-[X]Invest to a total of 5 million with Buffet and 5 million into Stark Iron Limbs Company.

I'm a bit surprised that our only movie offer is for a cameo, and that a cameo takes a full action. I kind of expected we'd have another full movie offer. I think that the Coca Cola commercial is probably better publicity than a cameo in a movie. I'm kind of annoyed that our music career has been killed off before our acting career was stable.

The space race could propel technology far faster than the real world.
 
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Oh dammit, I'm on my phone so I can't check the front page for any new changes.

I'm a little annoyed at Emma for making implications about Raven and Charles. He's her brother. It's not like Raven would have reacted poorly if Emma wanted to spend more time with Bucky.

Also, Raven has just made herself immune to cancer. If she goes to study biology, then in a couple decades when it becomes an actively pursued medical issue, she could revolutionize medicine by curing cancer.
 
[X] Yeah. You would like to see America in space. Also, a billionaire boy genius named Nathaniel Richards wants to talk.

[X] Register and attend university to study ancient Egypt archeology and cats and stuff.
[X] Work on your powers with Charles, or rather to see how the Serum has affected you.
[X] Work with Howard on establishing Starkvalley, the Land of Tomorrow for all ages.
[X] Go to Warren Buffett and actually take time to learn the ins and outs, maybe invest further.

[X] Manage your finances
-[X] Invest another $4,406,000.00 with Warren, and spend $4,040,907.50 on shares in Stark Stark Cybernetics/Starkvalley.


Justifications: We have this new power plus the Serum which we still know very little about - we really should change that. The academic bent and time spent with Charles may also help that relationship and his depression. Starkvalley is huge, a tech center like that will definitely spur development forward, in the same way that the Space Race will (also tough - but we will have more chances to build political capital, and the Space Race was so damn important). I was torn on the last option, but we really should understand the ins and outs of what we are doing with our money if we are going to be filthy rich. For the investment - we might as well put that money to work. 5 million with Warren, 5 in the bank as a nest egg, and buying a nice share in Stark should be good for now.


Emma...damn, that sucks. But a bit of space can be good, and we can try to reaffirm the friendship next turn.
 
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We don't really do much with our money so I'd invest far more of it.

I'm really disappointed that the band fell apart and we lost Emma :(. Those were some of the aspects I hoped to protect.
Filming was there already, actually. And the description of the Charisma stat hasn't changed either, despite being boosted.

Also, can someone check to see if we copied Audrey Hepburn and Charles Heston's forms? Or the president's? Because we previously copied the forms of notable people we'd met, but I dunno if we've got these ones yet.
 
[X] Nah. You could save that political capital for something else you want to pass, like the Civil Rights Movement.

We already have too much on our plate. No need to keep the stress going.

[X] Register and attend university to study biology and manipulating microbiology.
[X] Continue learning Russian or a new language, and travel to those new lands.
-[X] Take Charles along
[X] Work with Howard on establishing Starkvalley, the Land of Tomorrow for all ages.
[X] Go to Warren Buffett and actually take time to learn the ins and outs, maybe invest further.

Mostly easy actions to rise our mood.

[] Manage your finances
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I'll wait for others to make their arguments for this.
 
Filming was there already, actually. And the description of the Charisma stat hasn't changed either, despite being boosted.

Also, can someone check to see if we copied Audrey Hepburn and Charles Heston's forms? Or the president's? Because we previously copied the forms of notable people we'd met, but I dunno if we've got these ones yet.
No new Quick-Change Shapes.

As far as I can tell, our shapeshifting has improved to the point where we can heal damn near anything, our renown is improved, and we have a new health condition called the "Blessing of Bast" which also gives half point bonuses to strength, speed, and charisma.

There is also the Charles social link, which is worrisome:
Charles Xavier [Adoptive Sibling/Confidante/?] - As the only other 'unique' individual he knows, you can expect Charles to go out of his way to care for you. Seems to think you're his responsibility and his to protect, which has caused a bit of a falling out between the two of you due to conflicting interests. He's been kind of a jerk, but he grew out of it a little, only to start hating himself and his powers. Likes sighing and leaning against you lately. "Oh, no one understands me... I'm so lonely."
 
[X] Yeah. You would like to see America in space. Also, a billionaire boy genius named Nathaniel Richards wants to talk.

[X] Register and attend university to study biology with a minor in political sciences.
[X] Work on your powers with Charles, or rather to see how the Serum has affected you.
[X] Work with Howard on establishing Starkvalley, the Land of Tomorrow for all ages.
[X] Go to Warren Buffett and actually take time to learn the ins and outs, maybe invest further.

[X] Manage your finances
-[X] Invest another $4,406,000.00 with Warren, and spend $4,040,907.50 on shares in Stark's Iron Limbs.

Biology and politics are better fields for us to study since we need a basis for understanding our power and we need all the help we can get to understand the current political climate. Plus we have photographic memory so it will be a breeze to research cat goddess when ever we want without specializing in it.
 
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Ugh. Dammit Charles.

We should devote time to talking with him. I'm not even sure of he's heterosexual or not, which is relevant if we want to set him up with a nice brilliant biologist/neurologist.

These are new

Also, when did we get this?


Seems that i missed it.
After Korea.
 
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[X] Yeah. You would like to see America in space. Also, a billionaire boy genius named Nathaniel Richards wants to talk.
[X] Do a Coca Cola commercial and advertisement using music or musical-stuff.
[X] Work on your powers with Charles, or rather to see how the Serum has affected you.
[X] Work with Howard on establishing Starkvalley, the Land of Tomorrow for all ages.
[X] See what this Nathaniel Richards kid wants to do with his weird 'colonize the moon' idea. [Free Action] Manage your finances [write-in].
-[X]Invest to a total of 5 million with Buffet and 5 million into Stark Limb Manufacturing Company.


We're totally turning into a knockoff of Mercer. Sadly, I have a feeling we'll lose Charles support if we start om nom nomming people.

-Edit: Also, holy crap. We can lift SEVERAL DOZEN TONS!
 
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[X] Yeah. You would like to see America in space. Also, a billionaire boy genius named Nathaniel Richards wants to talk.
[X] Communicate with Howard's people and integrate into the military industrial complex.
[X] Work on your powers with Charles, or rather to see how the Serum has affected you.
[X] See what this Nathaniel Richards kid wants to do with his weird 'colonize the moon' idea.
[X] Go to Warren Buffett and actually take time to learn the ins and outs, maybe invest further.
[X] Manage your finances
-[X] Invest another $4,406,000.00 with Warren, and spend $4,040,907.50 on shares in Stark Stark Cybernetics/Starkvalley.

Also, guys, it appears we can finally use non-humanoid shapes XD
[X]
Non-humanoid shapes? Bad. Bad, bad, bad. Or rather... you could. But maybe when you have more control? It was sort of like gymnastics... you felt you could do it, but only after months and months of stretching practices, only with your powers. And probably years of practice... right?

This is uncharted territory now, and you fear if you do something that causes irreparable damage...

He isn't looking into your eyes as he often does when speaking to you--being more shy than anything else when speaking with other ladies, it is a trait you notice immediately--but at the top of your head. You reach up, and feel two fluffy cat ears and a twitch... There are nerve endings there that you do not remember forming; a cat's tail wraps around your waist. Your tail. "I didn't do it," you blurt out.
Even if our first use of it was to turn ourselves into a nekomimi~

Edit: Also, I'm reasonably certain (although I don't really remember) but our job is to deal with the military industrial complex. We should probably do it if it is
 
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...Pretty sure that was the work if an Egyptian cat goddess.

Also, no to Stark Industries. That's the one that develops weapons.

The one that does cybernetic prosthetic limbs is a different company, also owned by Howard Stark. I think it's the Starkland thing we'd have to invest in for that
 
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...... I'm kind of scared to ask but what's wrong with Stark Industries...?

Edit: You know what? Let's invest in Coke instead : D (don't actually know how investing works so I won't change it yet though)
 
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[X] Nah. You could save that political capital for something else you want to pass, like the Civil Rights Movement.
[X] Go to Warren Buffett and actually take time to learn the ins and outs, maybe invest further.
[X] Do a Coca Cola commercial and advertisement using music or musical-stuff.
[X] Communicate with Howard's people and integrate into the military industrial complex.
[X] Socialize one person [write-in].
-[X] Charles. Have him go out and make friends. If he's hit a wall with genetics, he can find something else he likes, some other cause to back. We have influence, money, we can help him get started in whatever he wants to do.
[ ] Invest another $4,406,000.00 with Warren, and spend $4,040,907.50 on shares in Stark Industries.
-[X] Invest all but $2 million in Warren and Stark Cybernetics/Starkvalley. Split it 50/50.
 
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Stark Industries is the giant corporation making tanks, missiles, and the like. It is large enough that even a couple million isn't going to get you more than a few decimals of a percent.

Stark's Iron Limbs technology and its patents is in a separate company.
 
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