[OOC] Absolute Comics - Season Two: The Monster Within

[HenryJonesJr]

Then again, who knows? Maybe you're being extra sneaky.

@Lord Wraith

Me at the end of the season:

[Hillan]

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Me at the end of the season:

@HenryJonesJr

God I wish Cyborg Doakes was real.

[Retired]

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Cyborg Doakes

@Hillan

Stop spoiling my Titans plans.

[Mao Mao]

Hey, is anyone planning on using Wade Eiling along with Captain Atom?

[Lord Wraith]

Hey, is anyone planning on using Wade Eiling along with Captain Atom?

@Star Lord

Nay.

[Simple Unicycle]

I had some ideas to bring other former Charlton characters into the game as supporting NPCs, but Captain Atom wouldn't mesh well with the Question so I was planning on leaving him out.

[Hound55]

I had some ideas to bring other former Charlton characters into the game as supporting NPCs, but Captain Atom wouldn't mesh well with the Question so I was planning on leaving him out.

@Simple Unicycle

Heh. Don't rush me.

[Mao Mao]

Hope you guys like Wonder Woman's Season One epilogue! Here's the sheet. Sorry if it seems short.

Wonder Woman

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𝗪 𝗼 𝗻 𝗱 𝗲 𝗿 𝗪 𝗼 𝗺 𝗮 𝗻

^{_{♦ D I A N A P R I N C E ♦ V E T E R A N ♦
♦ V I G I L A N T E ♦ U N K N O W N ♦ I N D E P E N D E N T ♦}}

C O N T I N U I N G C O N C E P T:

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^{"I can't sleep anymore. Food has no taste. Alcohol has no favor.
Every time that I close my eyes, I hear souls crying out to me.
I'm already a dead man, waiting for someone to finish me off."}

A long time ago, the world used to be simple for everyone. It wasn't perfect, but there was a sense of comfort. Then, she appeared in trenches and led the charge against German forces. She was the one that abruptly changed everything we had learned about ourselves. The one that made everybody, even her allies, terrified. The one that forever changed the history of humanity. The world's first superhero, Wonder Woman. You know the rest. Fought in the Second World War with other superheroes, labeled as a Communist sympathizer during the Cold War, married and watched her lover die in his sleep, and retired.

However, the world kept on going without her until September eleven. Wonder Woman appeared out of the horizon and started helping the firefighters during the search. It was when she vowed to protect humanity once more and be there for them. Yet, she barely knew how much the world changed in thirty years. She didn't realize that until it was too late. Until Transia. In the town of Velinsky, Wonder Woman was tricked by resistance leader, Yuri Petrovich, and his mysterious partner, Aladdin. A fake suit of iron was more than enough for the legendary hero to be consumed by vengeance.

Thanks to Aladdin's powers, he filmed every second and released it to the entire planet. Everybody watched the brutality of Wonder Woman coming out on that day. Meanwhile, in the hill of the people, senators gathered around and smiled at this new evidence that finally will contain the rouge hero. She came to realize, with help from her old friend Steve Rogers, that with great power came responsibility. It was when she vowed to do better while standing up to the committee. That was until Stryfe began his attack.

Just like Aladdin, he managed to play Wonder Woman into destroying the Empire State Building. And in an instant, she went back to her own self. She killed dozens of hired men and would have murdered Stryfe if it wasn't for Captain America's intervention. Before his death, however, he managed to falsely claim that she was the co-collaborator of Metahuman Supremacy Front. It resulted in an ongoing investigation for the American government into the matter. Additionally, with the public slowly turning against her, Diana fell into a depressed state.

Even know her old friend helped a little, Wonder Woman still was a broken woman with no answers. In order to get them, she needed to find former associates before it's too late.

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:

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Season 1 marked a turning point for Wonder Woman. For the first time in a long time, she found herself fighting against the American government and possibly the world. And with that, she will have to meet some associates from the past and reunite with old friends and foes. I'm also planning on focusing on the politics and business side of this world. There will be actions and drama as always. It just feels right that I would expand upon this new world.

C H A R A C T E R N O T E S:

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I have plans for all of the supporting cast that I used last season. However, I plan on bringing some former members of the JSA and the rest of the former Rocket Reds. Not to forget Captain Atom, General Eiling, and Bambina Arbogast.

S E A S O N O N E S Y N O P S I S:

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Refer to the concept section for the summary.

Post Catalog

P O S T C A T A L O G:

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^{S E A S O N O N E:}

The Gathering Storm - Issue #01
Debrief - 1.01
Peaceful Afternoon - 1.02
Stranger Evening - 1.03
Greetings- 1.04

The Roaring Thunder - Issue #02
Anger - 2.01
Savior - 2.02
First Encounter - 2.03
Big Reveal - 2.04

The Calm Within - Issue #03
Unexpected - 3.01
We Need to Talk - 3.02
Prepartion - 3.03
The Big Day - 3.04

Resumed - Issue #04 - Crisis #01
Duty to the People - 4.01
Mirror Image - 4.02
Surrounded - 4.03
Helpful Shock - 4.04
Clash - 4.04
Hatred - 4.05

Aftermath - Issue #05
Defeated - 5.01
Cruel World - 5.02

_{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.

[Master Bruce]

C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T P R O P O S A L

S T E V E R O G E R S

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^{_{♦ ...S T E V E N G R A N T R O G E R S...♦...V E T E R A N / R E T I R E E / L I V I N G L E G E N D...♦...
...W H E A T O N , N E W J E R S E Y... ♦ ...( F O R M E R L Y ) S . H . I . E . L . D ... ♦}}

C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T:

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_{"The price of freedom is high. It always has been. And it's a price I'm willing to pay."}

At this point, the foundation of who this version of Steve is wholly belongs to @webboysurf's fantastic work all throughout last season. I only want to build on what he's established and use it to push Captain America forward. At the end of season one, especially, he had to do alot of things that would completely break a lesser man. Murdering two villains fits that bill. While not broken, Steve is definitely lingering into this season with some considerable scars. Even a man of action needs some time to re-evaluate and figure out his place when things go that dark for him, and Steve's intent is to learn from what he considers to be compromises in order to discover if there's a better way. It'll be a road that'll last all season, and I'm not content to put him back in the stars and stripes immediately. He'll have to earn that, but I hope that in the journey there, I can help build Steve Rogers into the Captain America of today rather than keep him as the Captain America of yesteryear.

Previously...

As webboysurf established, Captain America's initial premise for the game is relatively unchanged. He was the same skinny kid from Brooklyn who wanted to take the fight to the Nazis and HYDRA, got drafted for an experiment, was turned into a living legend and a symbol for freedom that would help define World War II, and never made it home - awaking in the present day instead. However, the journey that webb took him on last season was one that struck to the core of Captain America - he took Steve's old-fashioned sense of hope, paired it up with the cynicism of today, and found that Cap couldn't overcome the odds to be what the world needed of him. He was drafted as a spy for Nick Fury and Director Mace's S.H.I.E.L.D. and served for three years, became entangled in a plot by the vengeful son of Baron Zemo, reunited with his old ally Diana Prince/Wonder Woman, and most importantly, grew to love Agent Sharon Carter before tragically losing her to Zemo's vengeance - thus prompting him to end the villain's life. The season concluded with Cap outed to the world by his own government after putting an end to the terrorist Stryfe, permanently, in order to spare Diana of being goaded into murdering him herself. Due to the public nature of Stryfe's execution, S.H.I.E.L.D. was forced to cut ties with Captain America, and in exchange for leniency, Steve was forced to retire his shield at the behest of the very nation he swore to protect decades prior.

After the series of events that disillusioned him with both S.H.I.E.L.D. and the world that he once thought he knew, but learned he never really did, Steve Rogers left New York three months ago and retreated west. He now lives in partial isolation, taking up residency in the small town that was once home to his training camp in 1942. The locals don't ever really recognize him, and if they do, they keep it to themselves as he spends his days repairing an old house that belonged to a dear friend, and spends his nights catching up on every significant world event that transpired between 1945 and 2019 to observe, learn from, and form his own conclusions on modern society as it took shape without the bias of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s files to blanket everything under the global peacekeeping organization's version of events.

But while Cap remains benched and unauthorized for field duty, Nick Fury and his Commandos have been struggling to balance the fallout of the Metahuman Supremacy Front's attack on New York and shutting down the machinations of the newly reformed HYDRA as they operate under the command of The Red Skull, seizing power away from Baron Zemo's personal vendetta to set a course for destruction on a worldwide stage. And while Fury himself may not think much of turning away a liability like Captain Rogers, there are those on the team - some likely, some very unlikely - who feel as though the fight with HYDRA only ends when Captain America returns.

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:

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Captain America is one of the highest echelon of characters in comics, not because of how long he's been around, but because of how writers have shaped him over the nearly 80 years of his existence. He's one of the few characters that I'd consider it an honor to play. My motivation beyond that is whenever webboysurf indicated that he'd be retiring the role, I went back and read his stuff out of curiosity. Rather than finding myself bogged down by another person's continuity, however, I really found myself envisioning his next chapter as the stories played out - to the point that as his run wrapped up the first season, everything fell into place organically to tell my story entirely unaltered. Now I just have to carry it out while trying to keep true to the established character, weaving both webb's continuity and the larger mythos of Cap's history together into a tapestry of my own.

C H A R A C T E R N O T E S:

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Supporting Cast - Present Day

Director Nicholas Joseph Fury: The legend of Vietnam and the Gulf War, Fury recently relinquished command of the elite squadron known as The Howling Commandos, forced to become it's watchful eye rather than an activate field combatant. Inhumanly capable despite his age, his hard-won stoicism allows him to order a legion of agents worldwide to carry out Black Ops missions that would leave most others with cold feet.

The Ultimates
Following Captain America's dismissal by the United States government, The Howling Commandos were deemed unfit for military action under their current moniker. With Fury accepting the responsibility as Director of SHIELD following the assassination of Director Jeffrey Mace by the now-considered-rogue agent Roy Harper, he has secretly set up a contingency to carry on the fight against the forces of HYDRA and any other extremist organizations that cross SHIELD's path. They are...

Commander Hill: The stern and doubly blunt field leader of the team, appointed to report between the various organizations S.H.I.E.L.D. has aligned with in order to dissuade their fears that Fury's appointment as Director is ill-advised, Maria Hill is often the first to criticize the Colonel's assignments for The Ultimates. She operates between the black and white politics of the public and the gray area of secret operations that her division is forced to carry out on a regular basis. Unlike a majority of S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives, she's openly loyal to the United States and it's leaders over Fury's cloak-and-dagger politics, as her position grants her the freedom to operate with impunity should the need arise. Trying to navigate who she can trust after the debacle that she sees the Captain America program as following the events in New York, Hill's goal is to ensure old dogs like Nick Fury can still fall in line - or if they can't, that they can be put away before another National Security incident falls into SHIELD's lap.

Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff: Once of the world's most formidable assassins, the Russian-turned-US intelligence operative is now at the forefront of a deadly war between S.H.I.E.L.D. and HYDRA that has somehow turned more ruthless since the death of Heinrich Zemo. While her loyalty is unwavering, she now finds herself questioning to whom she remains loyal - Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D., Maria Hill and the United States government, or Captain Rogers himself.

Falcon/Sam Wilson: Newly recruited from the United States Airforce after an impressive career of paramilitary operations, Wilson has been outfitted by S.H.I.E.L.D. with a pair of adamantium wings connected to a flightpack. Unlike the more cynical members of the team, Wilson's optimism and patriotism represent most of what the Commandos lost when Cap was forced to retire - just with a more modern flair that Rogers could never hope to match. His grandfather was the successor to the shield after World War II.

Agent 19/Christopher Chance: A master infiltrator with a gift for impersonation, Chance was often assigned by S.H.I.E.L.D. to protect high profile diplomats as 'The Human Target' before the formation of The Ultimates. Fury recruited him to the team personally to impersonate select high-ranking members of worldwide terrorist organizations, gathering intelligence on HYDRA's activities in the wake of their reformation.

Nightshade/Eve Eden: The Ultimates' ace in the hole, Eve Eden has been a secret asset to S.H.I.E.L.D. for years as a powerful metahuman who can unlock portals to different dimensions, allowing her to take on the form of shadows in order to infiltrate enemy strongholds. Whenever the Howling Commandos were tracking Heinrich Zemo, Nightshade was the operative that kept the team a step ahead of HYDRA, unbeknownst to anyone except Fury. After spending years as apart of seize and rescue operations, her infiltration of HYDRA graduated her to Black Ops.

Supporting Cast - 1944-1945

James Buchanan 'Bucky' Barnes: Steve's best friend since childhood, and one of the people that foremost inspired his decision to relentlessly pursue enlistment in World War II. Bucky joined Cap's Howling Commandos whenever war criminal Baron Zemo took control of the Nazi's rogue science division, HYDRA. Whenever Steve went under, Bucky perservered after the war before being killed in a final stand against Johann Schmidt, The Red Skull, in 1946.

Margaret 'Peggy' Carter: Steve's first love, a member of British intelligence drafted into the SSR under General Chester Phillips in the early 40's, just as a frail Steve Rogers would undergo the proceedure that transformed him into Captain America. After leading an impressively long career in the military, co-founding S.H.I.E.L.D. among other accomplishments, Peggy died in 2014, just before Steve could reunite with her in the present.

Timothy 'Dum Dum' Dugan: The second to accept Steve's offer to join The Howling Commandos. Known for his signature bowler hat, his pristinely kept mustache, and his unparalleled skills as a marksman.

Gabe Jones: An African-American soldier who, after leading his own battalion at the height of segregation, inspired Steve to ask him to join the Commandos for his valor. Jones proved himself to be more than capable of strategic prowess, helping Cap and the others to scout and pinpoint opportune locations to attack.

Jim Morita: A Japanese-American soldier who enlisted to end the conflict and free his family from their fate as prisoners of domestic internment camps. Rescued himself from one of HYDRA's facilities, Morita pledged to aid Captain America at all costs. He served as the group's pilot, expertly maneuvering through some of the worst land-to-air fire in history.

James M. 'Union Jack' Falsworth: A British veteran of the conflict during World War I, Falsworth took up arms once again after being inspired by his government to aid in relieving Nazi-occupied France. Hideously scarred from a grenade in battle, Union Jack partially gained his notoriety for wearing a mask emblazoned with the British flag into battle.

Spitfire/Jacqueline Falsworth: The daughter of James Falsworth, trained since a very young age in combat by her father. An explosives' expert that rivaled even Union Jack's penchant for demolitions, Spitfire earned her moniker for lighting an entire troop of Nazi stormtroopers ablaze in a single mission. She was engaged to Bucky Barnes during the war.

Enemies

The Red Skull/Johann Schmidt
Baron Helmut Zemo (Deceased)
Baron Heinrich Zemo (Deceased)
Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker
Viper/Ophelia Sarkissian
Count Vertigo/Werner Zytle
Kobra/Jeffrey Burr
Dr. Arnim Zola
Crossbones/Brock Rumlow
Dr. Faustus/Johann Fennhoff
Constrictor/Frank Payne
Per Degaton (1940's)
Master Man (1940's)

And finally, the most important member of Steve's supporting cast...

Nomad: Steve's dog, a German Shepherd rescue who Rogers found wandering the road between New York and Jersey. He likes bacon cheeseburgers.

S A M P L E P O S T:

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Normandy, June 1944 - D-Day

The humidity of a hard-fought battle finally gives way to the smell of gunpowder. Corpses of both allies and enemies line the sands of the beach. Distant gunfire and bombs pop off, filling the air with a metaphorical symphony of cataclysm. For the soldiers that stand, the hope is that it's the cataclysm of German forces and their stranglehold on the area. For those that want to go home, see their families again, and put aside the ever-looming threat of a violent end in service of a greater sacrifice. But for the man standing on the hill, just overlooking the parameter that leads directly from Omaha Beach into the Nazi-occupied city of Bayeux, the hope is that his men come back with good - hell, any news about the subsequent strike against Erwin Rommell's forces. Commanding the 107th battalion, the figure clutching at the hunk of metal strapped to his wrist had ordered that his personal strike team go ahead without him as he personally dispatched six enemy tanks that were flanking every direction. And yet Captain America's primary concern, amongst the dead and barely living, was that he hadn't made a grave error in sending these hundreds of an overall twenty-four thousand man operation directly into Hitler's clutches.

"Come on, Buck.", he silently whispered. "Don't do this to us. Not today, not now."

Five agonizing minutes went by without so much as a shot, signaling a change of course in the battle. Placing his battle-worn helmet atop his leather cowl, the Captain had finally ran out of patience. Of the many still stationed to watch the coast, Rogers counted fifteen who weren't visibly damaged or cut apart by enemy minutes. He'd need more to truly be able to breach the Nazi's wall and get into Bayeux to find his Howling Commandos - or what was left of them, at least - before it was too late, but he didn't see waiting as a viable option anymore. The wounded were being treated to, as were the dead. His job on this front of the war was finished. Now it seemed that a rescue op was in order. In an effortless motion, he removed the shield clinging onto his gauntlet and placed it on the satchel attached to his back. For the men below, it was an awe-inspiring sight. Even with the colors muted from a bright red, white, and blue into a virtually maroon, gray, and black uniform, Captain America still looked uncharacteristically fictional among the very grim reality that surrounded him. Like something out of the pictures or the pulps had sprung forth into their reality.

"Corporal?"

Turning his head as an armed soldier approached his six.

"Tell the others to gear up and prep for a run. We're going after the missing."

The color from the soldier's face nearly cascaded out of existence. But over the past few months, the man had grown to know better than to question a direct order from the man who was almost assuredly going to drive his fist through Hitler's jaw.

"Consider it done, sir."

Emptying the magazine from his side-arm, Captain Rogers removed another clip and placed it into the chamber. He had already practically spent every ounce of his super-soldier serum given strength and agility to take out those tanks, and yet any hesitation to head back into battle never appeared in his mind. But even he knew that there was a chance that this could be their last stand. His enhancements gave him a clear edge, but he wasn't invincible - at least, literally speaking. He could never tell that to the men who stood even less of a chance surviving the through the day.

"We charge for the city walls in..."

A deafening explosion knocked several of the soldiers off of their feet, as Captain America found himself interrupted. He turned, shield raised, to the North and braced for something to hit. An enemy band of troops sent to scout for survivors. German planes looking to incinerate the shores. At this rate, Rogers was half-expecting some metal monstrosity straight out of the adventure books he read as a child to emerge, with big claws and a beam from outer space.

Instead, he lowered the shield upon hearing his own troops begin to cheer. Cap looked again to the North, watching as a German tower crumbled onto itself like a sandcastle on the very beach beneath his feet. Brick and dust shot out of the side of it followed by a gust of fire. Steve could hardly believe his eyes, but the grin on his face was no less visible.

"THEY DID IT!", one of them cried. "SON OF A GUN, THEY ACTUALLY KICKED THAT GERMAN'S TAIL!"

This was the sign that Bucky had told him they'd give upon victory. They were alive.

How many, of course, was yet to be determined. But they were alive.

And that meant that they were going to see another fight, bringing the War even closer to the finish line.

"At ease, soldiers!", Cap shouted, looking over his shoulder. "Lieutenant Barnes and his fleet have done the hard work. Now it's up to use to clean up the mess. So let's make sure that bastard Rommell never sees the light of day!"

The soldiers gave an even louder cheer, raising their guns as they ran forth to join Captain America while he marched ahead.

He felt a hand clasp onto his shoulder, forcing him to stop.

"Captain?"

Steve spun around, seeing a familiar face greet him. But he felt the pit of his stomach immediately turn, and the hairs of the back of his neck stand on end. The figure that stood infront of him was familiar, sure, but it was one that didn't belong. The face of a blonde, hazel-eyed woman that smiled back him. A person that had never been alive in the year 1944. And one that he would never see again after 2019.

"God..."

Cap removed his helmet, his eyes widened in fear.

"Sharon?"

Sharon Carter evaporated just as quickly as she appeared, torn apart yet again by Zemo's horrid machine. Steve reached out, realizing that he had failed to grab onto her a second time. His heart stopped, and he immediately became aware of his surroundings. He wasn't in 1944, and this wasn't D-Day. As he looked back at the soldiers heading into battle, they began to evaporate too. Leaving him alone with their ghosts.

"You shouldn't have let them die."

Sharon's voice was no longer tangible as human. It was all around him. In the skies above him, in the sands. Even the seas seemed to bellow out with disgust, as Steve dropped his shield into the mud. He dropped to his knees, closing his eyes and realizing that he was hyperventilating.

"You shouldn't have let me die."

It felt as if his asthma was back. Only a thousand times worse, as though his lungs were made of lead.

"But that's all that Captain America ever was, wasn't it?"

"No..."

Steve clutched at both sides of his head, Sharon's voice becoming illuminated even further by the sudden return of the ambience of a destructive conflict.

"A harbinger of death, painted up as a symbol."

The Captain fell onto his side, trying his best to block out the voice.

"Stop..."

But it wouldn't leave.

"Please... stop..."

It would never leave.

"You failed us all."

P O S T C A T A L O G:

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N/A

[Hound55]

[Master Bruce]

I swear to God, I will never get used to the overly complicated formatting of this site...

It's fixed now.

[Lord Wraith]

@Star Lord A good post introducing us to the struggles Wonder Woman is going to face this Season. The inclusion of Captain Atom definitely makes for some strong opposition. But, and maybe it's just me, isn't Wonder Woman rather quickly becoming the villain of her own story? I understand she's being treated unfairly and it's clear that there's an agenda against her but I don't understand why she is so adamant on staying in America. There are lives that need saving all over the world. She could just as easily begin operating in Europe and prove the American Government wrong about her without ever needing to come into direct conflict with them.

To a certain extent, I'm starting to think this version of Wonder Woman had succumbed to her arrogance that she's somehow above the law and that does make her dangerous. But that's just my interpretation! Be curious to see how you'll prove me wrong but so far Wonder Woman keeps ending up the victim. Both Aladdin and Stryfe have used her arrogance against her and I don't foresee that changing anytime soon.

[Lord Wraith]

@Master Bruce Steve Rogers is accepted!

[Lord Wraith]

@Bounce Awesome post! I really like how the identity if Jason Todd came together in the text. I think it works well and plays enough homage to the canon version. I also always especially enjoy when Dick reflects on the differences between himself and Bruce. It's interesting to see where he draws the line and how he views it as a slippery slope to becoming too much like the former Dark Knight. Will definitely be interesting if we eventually get a chance to introduce our characters to one another.

[Natty]

Decided to take a mini break between seasons as I've had a lot on. Expect me back to normal this weekend!

Season 2 will actually have me finally use Strange quite a bit hopefully

[Lord Wraith]

W E E K L Y A N N O U N C E M E N T S:

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POST CHECK-IN:

We're one week deep into our second season so that means it's time for the first post check-in! As a reminder, post check-ins are not designed to be punitive, but just a method of reaching out and touching base with everyone to see where they are at. Of course, it can be punitive if you've missed the deadline but by doing these weekly check-ins, I'm hoping not to have to escalate it that far. For this Post Check-In, everyone has been given a clean slate from the start of Season Two so I'll only be going back as far as the opener.

◼ @Stein as Baal - 7 Days Remaining

◼ @Lord Wraith as Citizen Steel - 7 Days Remaining

◼ @Roman as Daredevil - 7 Days Remaining

◼ @Hillan as Flash - 7 Days Remaining

◼ @HenryJonesJr as Guardians of the Galaxy - 7 Days Remaining

◼ @Roman as John Constantine - 7 Days Remaining

◼ @Natty as Magik - 7 Days Remaining

◼ @DocTachyon as Soldiers of Victory - 7 Days Remaining

◼ @DocTachyon as Spider-Man - 7 Days Remaining

◼ @Retired as Teen Titans - 7 Days Remaining

◼ @Moskau Spieluhr as Vixen - 7 Days Remaining

[Admiral Moskau]

Woo, thanks for the ping.

Talking to Bork at the moment to figure out what we're doing in Dakota City.

[Roman]

As I mentioned to Wraith privately I’m currently AFK and out of the country tomorrow until Friday. I have my notebook however and mobile access to my google docs so working on stuff in my downtime. Hopefully have something up this weekend.

[NinaDivine]

It's been roughly 20 days since I expressed interest in possibly playing Silk without feed back from the game's current Spider-Man player.

@Lord Wraith Should I wait a few more days to see if the player is still in the game?
Or should I go ahead and work on the CS, post it, and see what happens?

Alternatively, I've had an idea for the Huntress I've started toying with that I believe might by an interesting take on her using Helena Bertinelli and Kate Bishop.

[Retired]

Doc's been busy, but around. Did you reach out to him?