An Outsider

The Uncanny X-Men: The Next Evolution

William Irving
The Outsider

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_{Interacting with: Read this shit and find out, you filthy animals}

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T H E H A N G E R - T H E X A V I E R I N S T I T U T E

William slouched in his seat near the back of the bird, holding his side and trying not to rasp too loudly whenever he breathed. He couldn't be sure, but he suspected that the sim-ernaut had cracked one of his ribs. The pain in his side was intense, only getting worse when he tried to twist at the midriff. . . or walk. . . or sit down. He vaguely remembered Drake once telling him that the Danger Room adjusted it's efforts accordingly so that it never seriously injured any of the users, which would suggest that what had happened to the Outsider was an uncanny fluke.

Just my luck. Still, I got off light compared to Heidi. Don't think I'll ever forget the noise she made when. . .

He shuddered, which sent knives of pain up his side, eliciting a stifled groan from the masked teen. He was falling a part at the seams here, and this was him after a mere simulation! He dreaded to think what he'd be like after a real mission. A smoking crater was the best bet. He kept thinking that he should hold up his hand and tell Colussus that he was in no way fit for active duty, and yet he didn't. He wasn't sure why. Something kept staying him from speaking up.

Maybe it was the thought of innocent mutants being persecuted in Latveria, though he doubted that was it. Sure, he felt for their plight, and if he was fighting fit then he probably would be willing to help them if Drake had asked, but feeling like he was now he'd usually be happy to let Colussus and Angel to handle the rescue operations. Lord knew they were more experienced at it than he was.

No, he realized, it was something more personal than the safety of distant homo-superiors that was forcing him to leave the comfort of a warm bed and a morphine drip in the medical bay for a distant – and likely fatal – encounter upon foreign soil. It was the thought that his friends needed him that was driving him forward. That Will was too young to do this alone, that no matter how good Lucas and Ryan were they still needed someone to watch their backs, that regardless of her feelings towards him he would still be Allison's guardian angel. Though his body may break and his bones may shatter, he would never abandon them.

It was a strange kind of comfort, realizing you'd found people that you were willing to die for. His ribs still hurt, but the pain seemed more bearable now.

He settled back into his chair with a smile upon his face, and tried not to rasp too loudly whenever he breathed.

U N I V E R S A L ™

Maaaaaaaan. If you're still accepting in two days time I'm in. I won't dibs a character but I do have one (or two) in mind.

I know you're only accepting one character... but what if I have a hero and a villain? Can I swing that? If not, which would you prefer?

@Blue Demon

Wait two days? That's how you get Demons!

From how I understand it you could use one as your main PC, and the other as a supporting/side character.

U N I V E R S A L ™

#Selfie.

Archetype:

Archer

Name:

Odysseus of Ithaka

Alias:

Not a superhero alias but some do insist on calling him Ullyses.

Age:

Biologically in his mid-twenties. Technically a whole lot older.

Powers:

Archery, peak human combatant, a lifetimes experience of fighting mythological foes, unmatched cunning, the gift of tongues - the ability to understand and converse in every known spoken world language – which he uses with a glib ease.

Weaknesses:

Just a human (to the consternation of the Olympians.) Overconfident. As he was an old man when he 'died' he is now an old soul placed into a young man's body, and as such he has trouble controlling his new, youth sharpened passions. Anger and annoyance are forever closer to the surface than he remembers them being.

Alignment:

Walking the line.

Personality:

Cunning, calculating, confident, witty, determined

Appearance:

Bio:

You been living under a rock for the last two thousand-plus years? No? Good, then you know Odysseus' story. The Illiad, the Odyssey, the whole Epic Cycle, it's all true. I wont bore you with the time-worn details, but suffice to say that the King Of Ithaka lived a long and interesting life, had some fairly unique adventures, captured the imaginations of the common man, and died at a ripe old age. At the last he'd figured that the God's of Olympus had finished with him, and that he'd get to while out the rest of eternity in the Elysian Fields, with his beloved Penelope at his side.

How wrong he was.

You see back then the Olympians were the top dogs around, with plenty of worshippers making all sorts of prayers, sacrifices, and entreaties to them, which was good because prayer is the currency of the Gods. Since then they're fortunes have fallen pretty sharp though, not least because of a little thing called Christianity coming along and blowing them out the water, followed quickly by the apathy towards religion created by modern science in 20th century man.

Zeus and crew are down on their luck these days, but they still dream of the dizzying heights they'd once held, and would do almost anything to get it back. Their latest scheme was to jump onto the 'superhero' bandwagon, and create a masked crusader of their own that would inspire the common man to glory the Gods once more. Zeuz, Poseidon, and Athena convinced the lord Hades – the one God still in ascendancy since people still had to die regardless if they believed in him or not - to help them bring back one of their greatest heroes to serve the roll. Heracles, Perseus, Achilles, any fine demi-god would do.

Unfortunately they got Odysseus.

Zeus was appalled. No mere mortal, regardless of how cunning, would prove equal to the task. He demanded that Hades send the king of Ithaka back to the Elysian Fields, and to fetch him a real hero. It was too late though, as Hade's power was spent, and they'd be forced to wait until he was back to full strength, which could take years.

Athena managed to convince Zeus to allow Odysseus the chance to attempt the task of bringing glory to the God's in the mean time – an act that angered Odysseus himself, as he wanted nothing more than to return to the rest that he'd rightfully earned his first go-round. He argued against it, but arguing against the Goddess of Wisdom is like trying to hold back the tide with a pebble. Eventually he acquiesed only when the Olympians agreed to send him back to Elysian when the job was done. He was given boons to help him in his task; the gift of tongues, light armour forged by Hephastus, a pouch of gold, and his old bow, and told to go an bring glory back to the Gods.

And that's exactly what he means to do.

Storylines:

Not really sure what you're asking for here. Are you wanting us to re-write canon DC/Marvel story-lines with our own characters. If so, what's the point? Can't we just write our own story-lines? I'd like to do something involving Oddie's ex, the sorceress Circe, and something involving the Cyclops, as well as more cut-and-paste type vigilante stuff were he works to take down street crime in a Green Arrow style fashion. I'd also like him to team-up with more traditionally heroic characters, to help develop the classically-heroic character (which if you know your Greek Mythology, wasn't all that nice) into a person more worthy of respect in today's age.

Notes:

U N I V E R S A L ™

Oddie's already got his first nemesis all lined up.

The Uncanny X-Men: The Next Evolution

<Snipped quote by Hillan>

Naw they get their masks done together ever few weeks.

@Lord Wraith

They get a two for one deal.

What?

Doom might be a diabolic, megalomaniac, tyrannical head of state, but he'd be mad not to get that deal.

The Uncanny X-Men: The Next Evolution

What did he think of the simulation, how would his interaction ( or lack of ) go with his teammates? What does it mean for him to be on the actual X-men team? Is he nervous about seeing potential real combat? What's going through his head regarding visiting Latveria. Is he afraid of Doom?

We managed to piece together posts, there's no reason you, or anyone else can't.

@Hillan

I'll include all that when there's some sort of action to actually interact with. Don't worry Hillan, I've been doing this RP thing for a while, I know how it works.

U N I V E R S A L ™

Or it doesn't have a lake or a port, and he lives in the houseboat that remains stationary upon a trailer, like some sort of eccentric hermit.

U N I V E R S A L ™

What the hell! New Athens doesn't have a port?! How's Oddie gonna live on a sweet houseboat if New Athens doesn't have a port!?!

I think it's fair to say that this is Odysseus' greatest trial of all time!

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I've got nothing to post.

"Simulation finishes, he sits down in a plane."

Riveting stuff, I know, but I think you can all fill in the blanks.

UNIVERSAL iCheck [OC superhero Build-A-Universe]

*Cyclops stomps through New Athens, people are running for cover, one brave officer steps forwards*

"What do you want cyclops?!"

"I'M HERE TO KILL NOBODY!"

"Oh, that's alright then. Hey everybody, it's all good, he isn't going to kill anyone!"