DClassified

Young Justice

_{Interaction | Daffy-Knee AKA
@DreamingFlowers
Location | Atlantic Ocean}

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Drifting in the water, feeling the subtle currents propel him along in the cycling churn of warm and cold water. His eyes were closed, still stuck in the moment. He was trying to piece together what had happened moments ago…it was a blur before the blackness. There was a second, just before he opened his eyes. The Squid was trying to protect him…he felt it, through the Red. Putting those clues together, it must have been combatting his teammates…

They couldn’t have known, Ja couldn’t tell them. The squid was scared, yet still trying to help him. He had gotten a glimpse of the underwater ship…must have misunderstood the vehicle to be a whale. Its fight or flight response decided to fight, as the predator had gotten too close for him to flee in time…

Ja racked his brain, trying to figure out what was doing in that time. He could assume that the suit somehow prevented his gills from forming. He was suffocating so the squid was compelled to keep him alive. His Amai said that his connection to animals was strong, perhaps even stronger than hers…It led to his friends fighting over him; lost to misunderstanding each other…It was his fault…If only Ja could wake up just a few seconds earlier. Maybe he could have stopped the fighting. Maybe he could have calmed the young squid down. Maybe…

The whiskers in his mane caught a shift in the water’s pattern of flow. Something was approaching…but it wasn’t a fish. Opening his eyes, he caught the figure of Nymph approaching from below in his peripheral. Two orbs of an amber glow peeked out at her between the mesh of his hair around his face. His eyes locked with the body of the squid as it started to reach towards the brightness above. Though, that’s when Daphne pulled closer, obscuring his view of the dead.

It was in the brief second with the hand on his shoulder, that he looked up to her face. His eyes tingled with some pain at the warmth hers carried, his pupils shook. His lip quivered with an apologetic smile to his friend of the green, leaning his head onto her hand. Looking down again, back toward the submarine, he took notice of Kassy exiting the top hatch…

He supposed there was some explaining to do...Though, how would he explain to his mission leader that he doesn't remember how he got here?

Marvel World War M

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A mixture of the spiderman & Wolverine mythos/families that should be interesting. I can't wait to see what you cook up, why'd you say you don't plan on them having admantium claws? Like are you saying this character will have claws like X/23 & Wolverine but just regular ones?

@Chulance

My idea is them having bones that could expand out into spikes/claws, similar to how real tarantulas can shoot spines/kick off their back hairs. His hereditary abilities are more so influenced by Laura as an actual mutant with the X-Gene, whereas Miles is a mutate but still his dad.

Marvel World War M

Solid.

Just to put it out there, my character idea would be a descendent between X-23 and Miles Morales, leaning more towards the Wolverine family as being the supporting cast.

I don't plan on him having adamantium claws though, to be clear.

Marvel World War M Interest Check

You have my attention.

Young Justice

_{Interaction | Currently None
Location | Atlantic Ocean}

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The first thing he heard, was an unnatural and sudden humming that ended just as soon as it began. Rushing water echoed through his ears, bubbles popping rapidly. Though…it all sounded muffled, and it felt difficult to breathe. His heart raced, his head felt thunders of pain. Instinctively, the fingers of each hand clawed as they grabbed hold of the diving suit’s helmet. With a Tiger Shark’s strength at his arms, he peeled the helmet on his head in two. Shaking his head, his hair splayed about freely in the surrounding water.

Able to breathe more freely, the young lionfish opened his eyes. That was when he understood why his senses were in overdrive. Wildly flailing tentacles flew around him in panic at the sensation rapidly filling the water. Alongside the ink and blood, came the familiar sinking of The Rot. Ja blinked and immediately his body propelled after the floating body of the squid.

He was too late…

Arms cradled the squid’s mantle, what was left of it, seeing as the majority of it was gone. His senses indicated that it was burned into oblivion. He was so young…only a little older than Ja himself. Too young to die; long before the circle of life determined, as the squid hadn’t mated yet. It was one of only two that survived its mother’s litter of eggs.

Ja wanted to reassure the boy…that its mother’s death wasn’t for nothing. That he wasn’t a failure, yet, all he could do was look into it’s eye as it slowly stopped moving voluntarily. Ja felt each of the creature’s three hearts stop beating as he felt the Rot take the body.

Kilamanjaro looked up from the squid’s corpse down to the team in the water with him. Daphne was green, Zach with a squid picture, then Aleen’a and Kassy floating nearby. W-what just happened? What went wrong? His eyes trailed further, finding the subtle glow of the submarine’s cannon peek between it all. He felt his eyes sting, but no tears could be seen. His heart felt heavy, but he did not sink. His lungs ached, but he could not cry out.

Instead, he just let the squid’s corse go to float away for the birds to come consume it later. All that was left was for Ja to pull his knees to his chest to try and find some form of comfort for himself. The Red’s waves of mourning washed through him. The young squid— It was just trying to help Ja…to save him from the suit that choked the oxygen from him moments ago…He didn’t have to die for it…

LoZ: Age of Darkness (Closed & Moved to New Int Check)

Eh, I'd be down.

Young Justice

Squid Game

Young Justice

_{Interaction | The Giant Squid
Location | Atlantic Ocean}

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Kila did his best to tread in place, watching the others as they sprung into action. His jaw and teeth clenched with Mirage’s command. Summon a shark…Did…No, Kila didn’t make it explicitly clear that he wasn’t in command of his apparent abilities. Or…perhaps he was, it was obvious that she’d seen it before, but how is it that Kila had not? He was trained not to rely on skills or abilities that he didn’t possess. Well, what was he supposed to do when he was called to task to use an ability that he had…but didn’t know how to use?

The only thing he could think to do, was attempt to inform Mirage of that incapability. Though, there was something else that he took notice of that felt more concerning to his immediate situation…The ringing in his head didn’t seem to be in his head at all. Actually, it seemed to be somewhat external, at least from his body. His immediate thought went to the submarine, which he turned his eye to as it was taking cover away from the attacking cephalopod. Though, the sound of rushing water and bubbles in his ears would have made it impossible to hear the submarine from that distance and the screeching only seemed to be getting louder…

Wait, Kila was a little ways from the direct action with Mirage and the squid…why was the sound so loud? Thinking about it directly, he checked his other senses. That was when he sharply noticed that he was taking more conscious and labored breaths. His suit did take a direct hit from the squid but that shouldn’t have been enough to compromise the durability…Still, it was now obvious that the air tank has been damaged.

Despite the sudden rush of pace in his heartbeat, he kept calm, trying to strategically take breaths. Swimming up to the surface was futile, they were too deep, going by how hard it was getting to breathe at the moment. The only option was to inform the team.

”Team, quickly, my suit has been-“

It was only a small prickling feeling of cold that hit the back of his neck that silenced him. He was trying to speak but no words came from his lips…The cold…it was wet. His head suddenly panged, drums rattling his temples with pain. His eyes went to his team, and he tried to will himself to at least swim in their direction. However, his body disobeyed Kila’s plight, limbs only trembling in response and he started sinking.

The young lion felt his vision getting hazy…was he drowning? It had been so long since he’d felt anything like this; helplessness…Something touched his back…Did one of them…grab him…? C…n’t tell…dark now…g..ting q…ter…

Cartoon Network Universe

I’ll keep an eye on this, no promises tho.

Young Justice

_{Interaction | Rain AKA @FunnyGuy
Mirage AKA @Mistress Dizzy
Zatara AKA @Crimson Flame
Location | Atlantic Ocean, Submarine}

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Kila paced briefly between windows to see if anything gave him a clearer indication of what was happening outside. Meanwhile, he overheard the Speech Devil’s comment about it likely ‘just being a Lovecraftian horror’. Recalling the chronicled series about old world monsters, Kila briefly considered the possibility. Although Zatara had sarcasm in tone, The Meta couldn’t decipher the level of which. Given the world they lived in, and how little he knew about magic being fact or fiction; ”Potentially…”

More relieved to hear Kassy’s voice come from the outside, his expression quickly became more stern. So, it was a giant squid that seemed to be attacking their transport. That seemed difficult to topple, but The Meta paid attention to their team leader’s words carefully. The sharpness of her tone indicated urgency, and…strangely, he felt a palpitation ripple through his chest, not in fear but admiration? There would be time to address that later.

For now, he was assigned to the outside team. As such, he went to quickly assemble and quickly equipped the armoured wetsuit from earlier. While he did, Kila readied his mind for the strategy necessary for underwater combat. He didn’t quite have any ranged weapons, and he couldn’t rely on the animal abilities that he didn’t quite understand. Perhaps his role would be in providing on the field tactics opposed to direct conflict. He clicked Iwisa’s gauntlets into place on the suit’s arms and momentarily closed eyes, asking Anansi for wisdom.

On his way to the hatch, he felt another rumble and quickly jogged to the front. When he got there, Kila opened his mouth to say something to Talon but walked in on Viktor condescending to him instead. He didn’t care much to comment on their dynamic right now, but he did take note of Rain’s last phrase. Regardless, The Meta stepped up behind Talon.

”Once we’re all outside, it would likely be best to maneuver out of the ink cloud, less damage to the vehicle…and only prepare to use lethal force if Mirage deems necessary.” Kassy’s wingman stated bluntly on his way out, pressing two fingers into Rain’s chest firmly as he did so. As he understood the assignment from their team leader, she specifically said to “chase off” the squid, not to kill it. Kila was no stranger to killing being a means to an end. However, this just appeared to be Rain micromanaging opposed to focusing on his own given task. That was not only less useful, but detracting from the team’s cohesion.

Climbing up through the hatch and following Brightheart directly, he propelled himself out right after her. For a second, he let the other two get out so that he could reclose the hatch. Just after Kila slammed it shut and twisted, he heard Nymph scream. Before he could look around or even start swimming in a direction, a strong impact clapped his back. A brief explosion of rushing water came to his ears as he was knocked out of the squid ink cloud.

Thankfully, his suit absorbed what he assumed was a majority of the blow as he only felt a minor aching across his upper-back and and neck. He took a deep breath to steady himself, extending his arms. There was a faint screeching that he still heard, but he was sure the ringing in his head would lay off soon.

For now, he swam the perimeter of the ink cloud until he could get a wide view of it. That way, he could see his teammates and the squid’s approximate location in the same field of view. ”I am clear of the ink. Mirage, what do you know that deters squids?”