@Master Bruce so it doesn't get lost in the shuffle.
Ultimate One Universe: Year One ApplicationCharacter You're Applying For: Adrian Chase & Misty Knight: Heroes for Hire
Powers And Abilities:Adrian nor Misty have powers. They are both trained in the use of firearms and hand to hand combat. Misty is a veteran NYPD detective, where as Adrian is an ex-district attorney. Both are experts in investigative procedure.
Origin And Backstory (In A Maximum Of Four Paragraphs): Adrian Chase was born into privilege. The youngest child of a wealthy Connecticut family, Adrian's early life was filled with nannies, boarding schools, and lacrosse matches. Misty Knight, meanwhile, was the daughter of the streets of Harlem. Chase attended six-figure prep schools while Knight attended P.S. 221. Adrian attended Yale and Yale Law. With no money for college, Misty joined the NYPD. After handing everything to him, Adrian's father demanded that he actually earn a spot in the law firm of Chase, Prescott, & Zucker. Using family connections, Adrian became a prosecutor for the New York District Attorney's Office.
On the streets of Harlem, Officer Misty Knight gained a reputation as one of the best patrol officers in the city. She soon found herself a detective in charge of her own Drug Enforcement Unit. Her four-man unit began to come in contact with more and more potent forms of heroin. Snitches on the street were saying that a new dealer was in town, muscling out the black and latino gangs that usually controlled Harlem's drug trade. After a few years of prosecuting low-level drug offenders, Adrian became a prosecutor for the PAB, the Professional Accountability Bureau, partnering with Internal Affairs to investigate and prosecute corrupt cops. A name came on his desk that would change his life: Detective Misty Knight. Accused of skimming drugs and money, Adrian and his chief investigator, Sgt. Rafael Scarfe, began to look into Knight. Based on just the evidence that had been collected by Scarfe, ADA Chase filed a recommendation that Knight be dismissed from the NYPD and arrested. Politics got in the way and Knight, proclaiming her innocence, refused to cooperate with the PAB's investigation. To make things go smoother, NYPD command simply fired Misty without charging her.
Two months after the case, Misty broke into Adrian's home and held him at gunpoint. She was innocent and Adrian had fucked up the case. After a fight between the two ended with Adrian getting a bloody nose, Misty explained the truth: She had done her own investigation and proved that the evidence the PAB had on her had been fabricated. Only one man would be able to do that: Scarfe. Chase and Knight confronted Scarfe. After trying to escape, Knight chased him down and forced him to talk. He'd been paid money by someone to frame her. After getting Scarfe to agree to testify to the information, Adrian took the information to the NYPD and requested that Knight be brought back into the NYPD. But before anything official could be done, Scarfe was killed in a seemingly random drive-by-shooting. Their proof died with Scarfe and the NYPD would not agree to bring Misty back.
Disgusted, Adrian quit the DA's office. His father had been paying attention of the case and he saw his son's maturity and conviction. He finally offered his son a spot at his law firm. But Adrian turned him down. Instead, he opened her own business with Misty Knight. Now the two operate the shoestring law firm/private detective agency as best as they can while working to unravel the mystery of who had hired Scarfe. Although they are two very different people from two very different backgrounds, they have one common goal: justice.
What Makes This Character 'Ultimate'?:For starters, it's teaming up two characters from different companies. Adrian Chase isn't Vigilante in this game. Misty is pretty much the same. She doesn't have her robot arm just yet, but we'll see. Tone wise, I'm shooting for those mismatched partners type mystery movies and shows that were all the rage in the 70's and 80's. Think something like
Simon & Simon. Adrian has to learn how to be a better person while Misty has to learn to not let that rage and need for payback control her life.
Supporting Characters:Alfred "Trip" Chase III -- Adrian's dad. The Chase in "Chase, Prescott & Zucker."
Carl Knight -- Misty's dad. Ex-NYPD. Going blind.
Blake Tower -- Assistant District Attorney. Former co-worker of Chase's.
Jock Sturgeon -- Con-man, occasional snitch, and occasional client of Adrian's.
Angelo Campisi -- Low-level wiseguy and client of Adrian's.
Capt. Alex Stone -- NYPD commander, Misty's ex-boss.
Gladys Murphy -- Receptionist at Heroes for Hire. Knits in her spare time.
Sample Post: YonkersMisty Knight sat down low in the front seat of her car and watched the action. Corner boys stood ready at their post, serving fiends who always came to this side of town for their dope. The little slingers worked for a bigger fish ironically named Whale.
Whale was another link in the chain that started with Scarfe, the man who had framed her and had her kicked off the force. His motives for doing so died with him, but that hadn’t stopped her for digging into Scarfe’s life and following where it led. It had taken Misty six months to even get this far. Nobody wanted to talk about Whale, even with a gun in their face.
Misty took a deep breath and got out the car.
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The commercial played on a loop in Chase’s office. It was him in front of a green screen rendered to look like an ornate legal library. He’d paid for the commercial, and six airings of it on a local channel, with part of his severance for the DA’s office. The rest of the money went towards six months worth of rent on the office. That was six months ago. The next month’s rent was coming do. Which is why Chase even considered meeting with Angelo’s wife.
“You gotta help us, Mr. Chase,” Teresa Campisi squealed.
Picture a typical mob wife, loud clothes and gaudy jewels and makeup. The crying made her makeup run. Chase started to go for the pocket square in his breast pocket, but instead opted for the disposable tissues on the desk.
“It’s going to be hard, Teresa,” Chase said as she blew her nose. “Angelo has, to say the least, a checkered past.”
“But he’s innocent of this!”
“I’m sure he is,” said Chase. “But… it’s hijacking. Angelo and his crew are known for this.”
“Yes,” Teresa said with a sniffle. “But they’re accusing him of ripping off a truck carrying Samsung phones.” She slammed her fist down on the desk, her jewelry rattling. “It’s bullshit! Angelo has never touched a truck carrying those phones. He has [i[standards[/i], Mr. Chase. He only boost Apple products and you know this.”
Chase cleared his throat before picking his iPhone off the desk and tucking it into his inside jacket pocket.
“If he were guilty you know we’d be over with Jake Wexler and his people, but they just want to cut a deal and move on.”
“Again, with Angelo’s record--”
Teresa reached into her giant, alligator skinned bag and dropped several banded rolls of cash on to the desk. To Chase, they all appeared to be hundred dollar bills.
“With Angelo’s record,” Chase started again. “It’s going to be hard, but I think we can work something out.”
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“Man, fuck you bi--”
The little dealer didn’t get the words all the way out of his mouth before the heel of Misty’s boot struck him flush in the jaw. As he went down, spraying blood and teeth, two other dealers started to go for their guns.
Misty leveled one with a dropkick to the chest. She fell to the ground and swept her leg to knock down the one dealer still remaining. He cried out as he fell to the ground, his cries being cut short by a kick to the throat by Misty. She stood and let out a breath she had been holding in from the start. She felt a buzzing in her hip pocket. The screen on her phone announced Chase was calling.
“Yeah?”
“We’ve got a case. Where are you?”
“Uptown.” She looked down at the hurt drug dealers. “Just running some errands.”
“Can you meet me for lunch?”
Misty stepped on one of the boy’s hands before he could get to the gun that had fallen on the ground. He cried out in pain and cursed.
“I think I can be done by then,” said Misty. “Wanna meet up at Stavros’?”
“Sounds great. See you then.”
“We’re gonna have a nice little chat,” she said as she tucked her phone back into her jeans. She kicked one of the boys in the ribs as he tried to get up. “I want to talk about your boss. And let’s try to speed this up. I got somewhere I need to be.”
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