@Lord Wraith thats basically what I did I just added the season recap to thr sheet
Ah okay, I thought you were posting it in the OOC for approval.
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While I get to finishing this Supergirl post, I would like to offically confirm I have vested interest in this particular POV for my second option:
Edit: Should anyone new desire to be Iron Man I will rescind/scrap this idea.
C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T P R O P O S A L
I r o n M a n
♦ Tony Stark ♦ Genius Playboy Philanthropist ♦ New York City, NY / Malibu, CA ♦
C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T:
“I had half-a-dozen phd’s before I could legally drive a car. I designed missiles for fun. Became a CEO at eighteen. I’m the smartest god damn person on the planet. Of course you want my help. Who else would you go to? Luthor? Kord? You don't have to pretend. I know how great I am.”
Don’t call it a comeback.
Following the incident in Transia several months ago, Tony Stark has his eyes set on continuing development of the Iron Man armor and keeping his double identity. With duplicates of some of his designs, as inferior as they are, Tony eyes across the Atlantic Ocean with an eye of concern. The new arms race of the 21st Century isn’t just metahumans and genetic engineering think-tanks; it is of armored power suits and eccentric engineers. Worried about the precedent of a series of “armor wars”, Tony begins to do counter-research as it appears people he thought close to him aren’t as loyal as he once thought.
Between imitation armors, the leak that inspired his initial concern a year ago, and his own secret worry that The Ten Rings may have infilitrated his company, Tony has to “recalibrate” what it means to be Iron Man and even more – what it means to be Tony Stark.
Following the incident in Transia several months ago, Tony Stark has his eyes set on continuing development of the Iron Man armor and keeping his double identity. With duplicates of some of his designs, as inferior as they are, Tony eyes across the Atlantic Ocean with an eye of concern. The new arms race of the 21st Century isn’t just metahumans and genetic engineering think-tanks; it is of armored power suits and eccentric engineers. Worried about the precedent of a series of “armor wars”, Tony begins to do counter-research as it appears people he thought close to him aren’t as loyal as he once thought.
Between imitation armors, the leak that inspired his initial concern a year ago, and his own secret worry that The Ten Rings may have infilitrated his company, Tony has to “recalibrate” what it means to be Iron Man and even more – what it means to be Tony Stark.
C H A R A C T E R M O T I V A T I O N S & G O A L S:
Tony Stark is a character that I haven’t had a chance to really absorb and characterize in my attempts at writing them in the past. Beyond wanting to finally get a chance to characterize my version of Tony Stark, I would say the idea is a lot like my take with Kara in this game; cut out the fat, refresh my ideas, and go forward with a direct idea to work toward.
As you might be able to tell by the character concept, the goal here is about the beginnings of this universe’s “armor wars”. With mentions of the Crimson Dynamo by Sep and the “fake iron man armor” created by Aladdin, the idea is Tony knows the score here. His new armor is finally finished and he’s ready to dust off the armor and reveal that Iron Man isn’t as dead as the world thought he was after the event orchestrated in Transia led the media to have a meltdown about it. But Tony isn’t just worried about the state of his technology being manipulated to hurt people but also of the growing dissent toward metahumans by the government, and of the way the world keeps turning. How accountable should Tony be? Is another question I’m borrowing from Sep due to the fact Absolute Iron Man is a character that leads a double life rather than arrogantly boasting he is the man in red and yellow in the first place.
Other aspects I'd like to touch on include his distant relationship with his sister, more outward social interactions, and what differences this Tony really has in spades.
As you might be able to tell by the character concept, the goal here is about the beginnings of this universe’s “armor wars”. With mentions of the Crimson Dynamo by Sep and the “fake iron man armor” created by Aladdin, the idea is Tony knows the score here. His new armor is finally finished and he’s ready to dust off the armor and reveal that Iron Man isn’t as dead as the world thought he was after the event orchestrated in Transia led the media to have a meltdown about it. But Tony isn’t just worried about the state of his technology being manipulated to hurt people but also of the growing dissent toward metahumans by the government, and of the way the world keeps turning. How accountable should Tony be? Is another question I’m borrowing from Sep due to the fact Absolute Iron Man is a character that leads a double life rather than arrogantly boasting he is the man in red and yellow in the first place.
Other aspects I'd like to touch on include his distant relationship with his sister, more outward social interactions, and what differences this Tony really has in spades.
C H A R A C T E R N O T E S:
1921: Howard Anthony Stark, Sr. is born in Richford, New York. He would come to redefine the Issac Stark Automotive and Steel Company into Stark Industries.
1939: Howard highlights his brilliance at the 1939 New York World's Fair.
1951: Howard Anthony Stark, Jr. is born in Manhattan, New York.
1976: Howard Anthony Stark, Sr. dies of lung cancer. This begins the era of his son's control of the company.
1986: Tony Stark is born in Malibu, California.
1995: After a groundbreaking deal and merger, Stark Industries becomes known as Stark International.
1998: Tony Stark graduates High School at 12 years old.
2000: Tony Stark finishes his time at his final university; he is said to have over a half-dozen degrees in various fields by this time.
2001: Howard & Maria Stark die on September 11th.
2006: Stark International moves its headquarters to New York City with the construction of the Stark Tower.
2014: Iron Man debuts.
2019: The debut of several armors related to the initial Iron Man prototype armor appear. An imitation of the Iron Man armor is sighted in Transia.
1939: Howard highlights his brilliance at the 1939 New York World's Fair.
1951: Howard Anthony Stark, Jr. is born in Manhattan, New York.
1976: Howard Anthony Stark, Sr. dies of lung cancer. This begins the era of his son's control of the company.
1986: Tony Stark is born in Malibu, California.
1995: After a groundbreaking deal and merger, Stark Industries becomes known as Stark International.
1998: Tony Stark graduates High School at 12 years old.
2000: Tony Stark finishes his time at his final university; he is said to have over a half-dozen degrees in various fields by this time.
2001: Howard & Maria Stark die on September 11th.
2006: Stark International moves its headquarters to New York City with the construction of the Stark Tower.
2014: Iron Man debuts.
2019: The debut of several armors related to the initial Iron Man prototype armor appear. An imitation of the Iron Man armor is sighted in Transia.
S A M P L E:
Location: Stark Tower, New York City, United States - Present
Issue #1.01: Corporate Detective
“Well, shit.”
The voice of Tony Stark was the only sound in the billionaire’s penthouse loft at the top of Stark Tower.
A glass of bourbon whiskey sat in his left hand as he went over some of the findings of his newest hire, a security consultant who was as attractive as she was unrelenting. His eyes went over the paperwork, from note-to-note. Ever since the leak that had compromised the integrity of his company to terrorists and rival companies, Tony had been nervous about how deep it all went; who he could actually trust since he terminated the military contracts and shut down the majority of Stark International's R&D department.
According to his security consultant, Pepper Potts, his fears about the leak were all legitimate.
Over three-dozen people in high ranking positions in the company had dubious connections to private military companies, big oil, foreign leaders, and questionable associations. Targets were painted over people like Artemus Pithins, Marco Scarlotti, Mark Cushing, Earl Cowan, Donald Birch, and many others. Pepper told him bluntly that all of them needed to be thoroughly investigated and vetted, especially those he thought highly of. The biggest name on this list of Pepper’s was the one that made him livid the most.
Obadiah Stane.
How could she suspect the man who had basically helped raise him? The man who helped him put his designs out there? A man who was nearly equal to Edwin Jarvis in the amount Tony owed a great deal to. It was either a miscalculation or Tony had been manipulated since he was fourteen years old. Given the fact that Pepper didn't make “mistakes” and Tony's stomach had turned the wrong way at the thought of it, it made only one real answer come to mind, even if he did not like it. Tony sighed, irritated by the information in the report before ultimately looking over to the woman.
“There’s no way.” He uttered, shaking his head. “These guys aren't the leak. There's no way Stane would jeopardize this company.”
Tony’s denial was cut off as the red-haired woman slammed her hand onto the countertop. Her face peering into Tony’s like he had said the dumbest thing in the entire world. Perhaps he did.
“Have you always been this incompetent?”
Jesus Christ. He either picked a goddess or the literal she-devil in the flesh.
“The information is right here, Tony. Use your goddamn brain. One of these names is involved with this leak you asked me to find the source of. Your company is full of people who have other obligations; other loyalties. What you do with the information isn’t my problem, but don’t tell me it isn’t them. One person on that list is responsible for your leak.”
Tony kept his cool as the red-headed woman gave it to him straight. As much as numbers could get distorted, the likelihood that people like Donald Birch were smart enough to do that was pretty low. But Tony knew he couldn’t just fire them due to their affiliations with questionable industries or countries. The cookie trail had to be tracked all the way from the jar. Tony wasn’t an idiot. He was just loyal to people who he thought had his back for close to two decades. How he didn’t catch Stane with his pants down this long infuriated him, but he couldn’t let himself run hot. Running hot is what the Iron Man armor was for.
“Right. So what's the next step?” He asked, as he considered all of the information she had asked him to digest in an afternoon.
“If you want me to continue to investigate, you mean?”
“I feel like I should be the one upset about this.” Tony raised a brow before placing his drink down. “It is my company, after all.”
Pepper raised a brow of her own, taken back over Tony's irreverent tone. Before she could respond he poured more whiskey into his glass and added onto his comment.
“I guess this is what they mean when they say that the only force more ruthless and cynical than the business of big politics is the politics of big business. If Stark International is full of all these potential threats then we need to investigate all of them; and I need to make some of them show their fangs. It's good you uncovered all of this. I can't believe this is where I'm at after nearly twelve years of running things.”
“Right. I'll keep reporting back to you.”
Tony smirked as if that was the answer he was looking for. “Great. How about next Friday at Leonardo's? Eight o'clock?”
“Excuse me?”
The comment clearly caught Pepper off-guard, though Tony's knack for invasive behavior was pretty much common knowledge by this point. If she was surprised, then she needed to research her boss a little more extensively. The fact she reacted in such a way amused Tony, but his idea of meeting at Leonardo's was a little more than having a date with a pretty lady. If Pepper kept taking the elevator up to his penthouse then people may have suspected that he was close to the source of the leak. Gallivanting as he tended to do gave the impression he was just inappropriately flirting with his work hires. As far as anybody at Stark International knew Pepper Potts was merely restructuring his security personnel; not investigating the ties his employees and donors had.
Though the added benefit of seeing Pepper in a less work setting was something he was after too.
“Trust me. Best pasta in New York. Plus, better for us to have less Illuminati meetings in my penthouse during work hours.”
Pepper cautiously stepped away from the counter, starting to make for the elevator as their business had finished for the time being. A curious look on her face about Tony's forthrightness. She turned for a second as her fingers pressed against the elevator's controls.
“I'm not sure how much I'll have to report to you in a week, but yeah... okay. I guess. Friday.”
“Awesome. I'll see you then.”
“Yeah. Good luck on getting them to, what was it? Showing their fangs?”
Tony laughed, “I’m pretty good at that. What with me being a genius and all.”
Pepper rolled her eyes as she turned around and stepped into the elevator, Tony himself still smiling after his boast as the elevator's doors shut behind her seconds later.
With the meeting with Pepper done and over with, Tony moved over to the glass windows that overlooked the rest of New York. His hands resting in his pockets as he looked down toward the city’s streets. He wasn’t looking forward to the coming weeks. As far as he could tell, this was going to be a hectic period for Stark International, that much was for sure. He wasn't even sure what the best approach to things going forward were; he just knew that he needed to get rid of the problems in his company and get rid of them fast.
“If you were still here, you’d be having an aneurysm.” He muttered underneath his breath.
Things just were a lot simpler before he was Iron Man.
The voice of Tony Stark was the only sound in the billionaire’s penthouse loft at the top of Stark Tower.
A glass of bourbon whiskey sat in his left hand as he went over some of the findings of his newest hire, a security consultant who was as attractive as she was unrelenting. His eyes went over the paperwork, from note-to-note. Ever since the leak that had compromised the integrity of his company to terrorists and rival companies, Tony had been nervous about how deep it all went; who he could actually trust since he terminated the military contracts and shut down the majority of Stark International's R&D department.
According to his security consultant, Pepper Potts, his fears about the leak were all legitimate.
Over three-dozen people in high ranking positions in the company had dubious connections to private military companies, big oil, foreign leaders, and questionable associations. Targets were painted over people like Artemus Pithins, Marco Scarlotti, Mark Cushing, Earl Cowan, Donald Birch, and many others. Pepper told him bluntly that all of them needed to be thoroughly investigated and vetted, especially those he thought highly of. The biggest name on this list of Pepper’s was the one that made him livid the most.
Obadiah Stane.
How could she suspect the man who had basically helped raise him? The man who helped him put his designs out there? A man who was nearly equal to Edwin Jarvis in the amount Tony owed a great deal to. It was either a miscalculation or Tony had been manipulated since he was fourteen years old. Given the fact that Pepper didn't make “mistakes” and Tony's stomach had turned the wrong way at the thought of it, it made only one real answer come to mind, even if he did not like it. Tony sighed, irritated by the information in the report before ultimately looking over to the woman.
“There’s no way.” He uttered, shaking his head. “These guys aren't the leak. There's no way Stane would jeopardize this company.”
Tony’s denial was cut off as the red-haired woman slammed her hand onto the countertop. Her face peering into Tony’s like he had said the dumbest thing in the entire world. Perhaps he did.
“Have you always been this incompetent?”
Jesus Christ. He either picked a goddess or the literal she-devil in the flesh.
“The information is right here, Tony. Use your goddamn brain. One of these names is involved with this leak you asked me to find the source of. Your company is full of people who have other obligations; other loyalties. What you do with the information isn’t my problem, but don’t tell me it isn’t them. One person on that list is responsible for your leak.”
Tony kept his cool as the red-headed woman gave it to him straight. As much as numbers could get distorted, the likelihood that people like Donald Birch were smart enough to do that was pretty low. But Tony knew he couldn’t just fire them due to their affiliations with questionable industries or countries. The cookie trail had to be tracked all the way from the jar. Tony wasn’t an idiot. He was just loyal to people who he thought had his back for close to two decades. How he didn’t catch Stane with his pants down this long infuriated him, but he couldn’t let himself run hot. Running hot is what the Iron Man armor was for.
“Right. So what's the next step?” He asked, as he considered all of the information she had asked him to digest in an afternoon.
“If you want me to continue to investigate, you mean?”
“I feel like I should be the one upset about this.” Tony raised a brow before placing his drink down. “It is my company, after all.”
Pepper raised a brow of her own, taken back over Tony's irreverent tone. Before she could respond he poured more whiskey into his glass and added onto his comment.
“I guess this is what they mean when they say that the only force more ruthless and cynical than the business of big politics is the politics of big business. If Stark International is full of all these potential threats then we need to investigate all of them; and I need to make some of them show their fangs. It's good you uncovered all of this. I can't believe this is where I'm at after nearly twelve years of running things.”
“Right. I'll keep reporting back to you.”
Tony smirked as if that was the answer he was looking for. “Great. How about next Friday at Leonardo's? Eight o'clock?”
“Excuse me?”
The comment clearly caught Pepper off-guard, though Tony's knack for invasive behavior was pretty much common knowledge by this point. If she was surprised, then she needed to research her boss a little more extensively. The fact she reacted in such a way amused Tony, but his idea of meeting at Leonardo's was a little more than having a date with a pretty lady. If Pepper kept taking the elevator up to his penthouse then people may have suspected that he was close to the source of the leak. Gallivanting as he tended to do gave the impression he was just inappropriately flirting with his work hires. As far as anybody at Stark International knew Pepper Potts was merely restructuring his security personnel; not investigating the ties his employees and donors had.
Though the added benefit of seeing Pepper in a less work setting was something he was after too.
“Trust me. Best pasta in New York. Plus, better for us to have less Illuminati meetings in my penthouse during work hours.”
Pepper cautiously stepped away from the counter, starting to make for the elevator as their business had finished for the time being. A curious look on her face about Tony's forthrightness. She turned for a second as her fingers pressed against the elevator's controls.
“I'm not sure how much I'll have to report to you in a week, but yeah... okay. I guess. Friday.”
“Awesome. I'll see you then.”
“Yeah. Good luck on getting them to, what was it? Showing their fangs?”
Tony laughed, “I’m pretty good at that. What with me being a genius and all.”
Pepper rolled her eyes as she turned around and stepped into the elevator, Tony himself still smiling after his boast as the elevator's doors shut behind her seconds later.
With the meeting with Pepper done and over with, Tony moved over to the glass windows that overlooked the rest of New York. His hands resting in his pockets as he looked down toward the city’s streets. He wasn’t looking forward to the coming weeks. As far as he could tell, this was going to be a hectic period for Stark International, that much was for sure. He wasn't even sure what the best approach to things going forward were; he just knew that he needed to get rid of the problems in his company and get rid of them fast.
“If you were still here, you’d be having an aneurysm.” He muttered underneath his breath.
Things just were a lot simpler before he was Iron Man.
Edit: Should anyone new desire to be Iron Man I will rescind/scrap this idea.
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Do I need to repost my Guardians CS for Season 2?
If we could get all returning characters updated to this format that would be preferred.
C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T P R O P O S A LA L I A SB I R T H N A M E ♦ O C C U P A T I O N ♦ L O C A T I O N ♦ A F F I L I A T I O NC O N T I N U I N G C O N C E P T:"Witty Quote"As before, this is where you outline your vision for the character. This should be a short summary that provides insight into where the character is in terms of their overall progress from last season and any development they've undergone.C H A R A C T E R M O T I V A T I O N S & G O A L S:New season, new goals. But sure to update your characters motivations and goals taking into account the events they went through last season.C H A R A C T E R N O T E S:This section can be used to keep a list of NPCs you have or intend to include. Be sure to update this with any allies or villains used during Season One. You may also include any additional notes you want to put either for yourself, the GM's or other players to help clarify your vision or continuity.S E A S O N O N E S Y N O P S I S:This section is to be filled out with a short summary of your previous season covering any major events or developments that occurred for your character in the previous game.P O S T C A T A L O G:S E A S O N O N E:This section should include a list of hyperlinks to your posts from the previous season. This is both for GM use and accessible for new players and those feelings nostalgia for posts they read three months ago.
S E A S O N T W O:Same as before, this section is for a list of hyperlinks to your ongoing IC posts as they're created.[CENTER][COLOR=SLATEGRAY][B]C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T P R O P O S A L[/B][/COLOR][h1][color=1E90FF][b]A L I A S[/b][/color][/h1][h r]
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[CENTER][sup][color=ADD8E6]"Witty Quote"[/color][/sup][/CENTER]
[INDENT][INDENT][i]As before, this is where you outline your vision for the character. This should be a short summary that provides insight into where the character is in terms of their overall progress from last season and any development they've undergone.[/i][/indent][/indent]
[COLOR=1E90FF][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]C H A R A C T E R M O T I V A T I O N S & G O A L S:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][h r][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT][i]New season, new goals. But sure to update your characters motivations and goals taking into account the events they went through last season.[/i][/indent][/indent]
[COLOR=1E90FF][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]C H A R A C T E R N O T E S:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][h r][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT][i]This section can be used to keep a list of NPCs you have or intend to include. Be sure to update this with any allies or villains used during Season One. You may also include any additional notes you want to put either for yourself, the GM's or other players to help clarify your vision or continuity.[/i][/indent][/indent]
[COLOR=1E90FF][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]S E A S O N O N E S Y N O P S I S:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][h r][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT][i]This section is to be filled out with a short summary of your previous season covering any major events or developments that occurred for your character in the previous game.[/i][/indent][/indent]
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[INDENT][i]This section should include a list of hyperlinks to your posts from the previous season. This is both for GM use and accessible for new players and those feelings nostalgia for posts they read three months ago.[/i][/indent]
[color=LightBlue][sub]S E A S O N T W O:[/SUB][/COLOR]
[INDENT][i]Same as before, this section is for a list of hyperlinks to your ongoing IC posts as they're created.[/i][/indent][/indent]
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<Snipped quote by HenryJonesJr>
If we could get all returning characters updated to this format that would be preferred.
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If I have to do this, I will put in zero effort.
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If I have to do this, I will put in zero effort.
So nothing unusual then.
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So nothing unusual then.
You underestimate how much effort it normally takes to simultaneously fuck up posts while also behaving like an elitist who critiques others.
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If we could get all returning characters updated to this format that would be preferred.
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And the Winter Soldier one stays as the original sheet format, correct? Just want to make sure I have my ducks in a row.
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And the Winter Soldier one stays as the original sheet format, correct? Just want to make sure I have my ducks in a row.
Correct. Concepts probably only need to be updated if applicable mostly looking for the post catalog, plot synopsis and supporting casts.
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Fiiiiiine. I’ll update my sheet with your superfluous and correct need to have everything updated.
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Figure I would go ahead and pull the trigger on this.C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T P R O P O S A LGotham NoirSlam Bradley ♦ Max Eckhardt ♦ Jim Corrigan ♦ Vicki Vale ♦ Jack GroganC H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T:
“The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.”
-- Joseph ConradThis will be a story involving characters over a man years span in the time before Bruce Wayne acted as Gotham's protector. It will feature crime, corruption, people who wield power like a truncheon, and how event he most high-minded reformers succumb to temptation.
Murder, sex, lies, betrayal, and blackmail all set to a tune you can dance to.C H A R A C T E R M O T I V A T I O N S & G O A L S:
So many motivations and goals, none of them pure or inspirational.C H A R A C T E R N O T E S:
Characters:
Slam Bradley -- Ex-boxer turned cop.
Max Eckhardt -- Decorated Marine now homicide detective.
James "Two-Gun Jack" Grogan -- Commander of the GCPD mob squad.
Vicki Vale -- Reporter for the Gotham Gabber.
Jim Corrigan -- Detective in Narcotics, shakedown squad.
Rupert Thorne -- Congressman
Hamilton Hill -- Mayor
Gossip Gertie -- Publisher/Editor for scandal rag the Gotham Gabber
Dr. Carter Nichols -- Police scientist.S A M P L E P O S T:Westside Gotham
1:28 AM
Bright lights looked down on pavement. Squad cards blocked off the public to the scene. Slam stood behind crime scene tape with all the others. Patrolmen directed traffic and kept civilians and reporters at bay. Geeks on the sidewalks peddled merch. They sold cheap Batman t-shirts, cheap Batman capes, chunks of rusty metal claimed to be genuine bullets used in the murder. Slam smoked with steady hands. A half-pint of Ripple on the drive over steadied him.
FEATURE: A dead body on the pavement. A blue tarp covered him. Crime scene techs and plainclothes officers converged on the scene. He saw Homicide dicks and IAD men in sharp suits. He saw Charlie Fields in a sharp suit. Charlie was Slam's last partner in Homicide. Charlie loved the Life; capital L, always with a capital L. Charlie loved being a cop and solving murders. Slam used to. Slam told boxing stories and shadowboxed for effect. Slam used to be all about the Life. The Life turned on him. The Life chewed him up. It was still chewing him. Spitting him back out: TBA.
A crime scene tech was coming out of the scene. Red hair with flecks of gray in them. He carried a camera around his neck. Slam locked eyes. Geppe said he was the one to see at the scene. He was one of their men inside the GCPD. Jim Corrigan was as dirty as the day was long. Slam remembered him going through three different IAD investigations and not a single one touched him. Corrigan was slicker than goose shit.
"Corrigan," he said as the man passed by. "GB sent me."
Corrigan got stiff. Corrigan looked around to make sure the coast was clear.
"Slam fucking Bradley," Corrigan said softly. "Of all the people to send. Fuck... follow me."
Corrigan led Slam to his car. He bummed a cigarette off Slam and passed him back his camera. Slam thumbed through the pix on the digital camera. Crime scene pix showed a GCPD uniform face down on the pavement. Shots got in close on the back of the head. Two shots, two entry wounds. No pix of the front because it would be fucking pulp. Slam saw stippling around the wounds. The killer got in close before pulling the trigger.
"Who was he?"
"Perkins," said Corrigan. "Boss of a patrol squad out here in the Western. Name ring a bell?"
"Not particularly. But then again there's a lot of names I don't know anymore."
Slam scrolled through the pix faster. Shell casings near the body ruled out a revolver as the primary weapon. Entry wounds looked like either a 9 MM or .40 were used as the murder weapon. It probably didn't matter. If it was a pro job, the gun was already down a storm drain on the other side of town somewhere.
"What did you know about him, Corrigan?"
Corrigan shrugged. "A hump by anybody's standards. I remember IAD looking into him hard after some shit he pulled. He got caught shaking down hookers for blowjobs and trying to run a half-ass protection racket."
"And he was still here?" Slam asked.
"Must had one hell of a union rep."
Slam flicked his cigarette butt across the street and fumed. Slam got run out of the department for some petty bullshit, but this asshole got to stay GCPD until a shooter turned his brains into Swiss cheese? Only in this fucking city.
"Can you get your hands on Perkins' personnel jacket?" He asked, passing Corrigan's camera back to him.
Corrigan laughed.
"You are barking up the wrong tree there. No matter how much money I owe Geppe, I can't get into those files. Given my reputation, IAD would be all over me like a fly on shit if I got anywhere close to this thing. They probably don't like me even here taking pictures, man. I me--"
"You're right, Officer Corrigan."
Slam and Corrigan turned. A tall, thin black man in a three-piece stood close by. His head was shaved and he wore big, black frame glasses. Slam's face flushed and he balled his fists up.
"Mr. Bradley," he said with a grin. "It's been awhile."
"Go fuck yourself, Bock."
Bock had been IAD's point man in the investigation that ended Slam's career. Once upon a time, it had taken six full-grown men to pull Slam off Bock and to pry his big mitts off the thin man's windpipe.
Bock picked lint from his suit. "You're a civilian now, Bradley. I could have you arrested for making threats to a sworn police officer, but I'll settle for your swift departure from the scene. This is a GCPD matter." Bock flashed a smirk and raised an eyebrow. "Where were you tonight, say around midnight?"
"Ask your mother." Slam grabbed his crotch. "She's my fucking alibi. Literally."
Bock's grin disappeared. He played with a phi beta kappa chain attached to his waistcoat.
"Get the fuck out of here, Bradley, before I get the patrolmen to toss you out. And Officer Corrigan? Get back to fucking work."
Bock turned around and headed back to the crime scene. Slam flipped him off. Corrigan stubbed out his cigarette and shrugged at Slam. He followed Bock back to the scene. Slam shook his head. He'd call Corrigan tomorrow and try to glom a copy of the initial crime scene report from the police lab and Homicide. That was all he could do on that front. All the knew was what he told Geppe an hour ago. A murderer had killed Sergeant Perkins.
Slam lit up a fresh cigarette and beat tracks back to his car. He thought about Corrigan's words earlier. Perkins shook down hookers for BJs. If he was involved in the flesh market, then the hookers would know all about him. On the westside, when it came to pimps and johns and marks, there was one man Slam knew he could talk to: Bruce Vain.
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Hound just follows the man with the biggest stick lol.
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Just came back from seeing Spider-Man: Far From Home. Probably the funniest MCU film so far, in my opinion. I really enjoyed it.
The way they did Mysterio's illusions in this was so good. I was hoping they'd do the comics justice and they did. That first time Peter gets trapped in the illusion was fantastic. Excited to see what they do next after that huge ending.
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Agreed with all of the above.
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Hey y'all doing some planning stuff for season two and I was wondering if anyone had any plans for Nitro. Figured I'd ask while I'm still sketching things out.
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