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The Energy Storm

Time: Late Morning
Location: Botanical Garden, San Francisco
Interaction: Anya @Xandrya

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"Lucky for me?" Marcus questioned with a tad bit of venom in his tone. If it were not for the previous topics she spoke of and his amicable relationship with Agent Donovan, he might put her in her place. And for someone like herself, it would not be comfortable.

Marcus respected the woman, and he also respected Jonah Hanes to some degree, but respect alone has its limits.

"If we're honest, you should be lucky I even showed up here. I've done you favors and you've done the same for me. Do I consider us friends, no, but I'll hear you out…" Marcus kept his distance, but a smirk crept onto his face. "...as a favor. Who's the employer and what type of targets are we talking about if they're not one of those monsters?"

The Energy Storm

Why not just post the CS. No one is waiting on the edge of cliff for it to drop bro 😂

The Energy Storm

Time: Late Morning
Location: Buena Vista Park -> Botanical Garden, San Francisco
Interaction: Jason @chulance, then Anya @Xandrya

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Marcus took in Jason's speech that reminded him of something Professor Xavier would say in a comic book or movie. Marcus was in agreement with Jason in believing the newest restrictions were just the tip of the iceberg. President Forrester wouldn't stop here, and Liberty would follow the man as far as he would take them. Ridding the world of the dangerous, the killers, and the monsters is what he did, but this recent turn of events he would eventually see himself harming those that did not deserve it.

Still not sure about the rebellion, but interested in the opportunity of getting paid, Marcus figured he could play insurgent for a bit.

"Count me in then. You got me till you can't afford me, or until I feel like leaving you out to dry… Take my phone number of whatever my next move is. I have shit to do." Marcus purposely thought out the number to his personal phone for Jason to record and keep.

With that, Marcus sped off, but managed to slow down after a few blocks upon seeing a giant woman wrecking the city in the distance.

"The fuck… I have to meet with Donovan. That big bitch ain't on my list." Marcus made a detour, being careful not to go too fast for too long so he wouldn't risk destroying his cellphone.

When he arrived at the Botanical Garden, he took his time to walk along the walkway, eyeing the entry points while being ready to activate his powers at the first sign of danger.

Young Justice

Location: Teleporter Room
Interactions: The GANG

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Time had flown by, but now without purpose. Viktor had filled the time with close quarters shadow-boxing with a few weapons and some archery thrown in, showered, changed, and then proceeded to type up various notes in the confines of his room. He started with summarizing the events of the morning's combat training exercise, followed by individual entries for each member of the team.

He had to agree that Talon may have been correct about staying to watch the other team perform, but he might have also missed the chance to study the leaf procured from Daphne. The other entries can remain short for now, there is plenty of time to socialize and train with the others. Until then, there would be unanswered questions. It didn't help that everyone had such different backgrounds, but it could prove useful in the long-run. That's if they didn't end up dead first.

When the time came, Viktor entered the teleporter room, wearing black sneakers, black sweatpants, and an ash gray shirt with a black bat symbol on it. He crossed his arms at his chest while listening to Red Tornado elaborate on what he had in store for the group.

Viktor actually liked the idea of going to the mall, despite not visibly expressing it. It was the perfect environment to study various social interactions in one place. Kate Kane called it "people watching" but Viktor found that name too simple.

While looking amongst the team at those identified as possible drivers, he heard Alisa pipe up about using the zeta tubes. His familiarity with her almost drew him to joining her, but the jeep needed a suitable driver.

"I'm driving." He announced as he stepped forward towards Red Tornado to receive the keys to the vehicle. In that moment, he also noticed the scent of Daphne's perfume. Viktor briefly looked in her direction, slightly crunching his face before looking back to the team's robotic caretaker.

The Energy Storm

Time: Late Morning
Location: Buena Vista Park, San Francisco
Interaction: Jason @chulance

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Jason's approach was a bit abrasive but, Marcus had dealt with far worse in his life. He found the mental-powered alter to be smug and confident. At least for now, anyway.

If Marcus had to be honest, he would have probably killed Jason if not for his powers. Then again, if not for his powers, perhaps Jason would have kept to the crowd of people instead of approaching him so confidently. For now, the two were on the same page. Straight to business.

"The real enemy? For me, that entity changes on a weekly basis… Now, you and I both want something. I already told you what I want, so what do you need from me… And how much does it pay, if it even does." Marcus wanted to get over on this negotiation as best he could, but he would also easily settle for providing a favor for the favor of Jason getting him to Angel. It was the fairest idea, but Marcus didn't want fair, he wanted advantage.

Young Justice

Location: Laboratory, Third Level
Interactions: The leaf

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Viktor strolled into the laboratory, finally retrieving the leaf he had plucked from Daphne out of his pocket. Stopping in front of an empty table, he held the leaf up to eye level. He flipped it over, trying to discover anything unique about it. After squinting at it for a moment he moved it close to his face and sniffed it. Nothing…

So far the leaf was… just a leaf. He wasn't sure if he'd find anything of value from this, but he had to try. Holding the single leaf by the stem in one hand, and sifting through the drawers in the lab with his left, he eventually retrieved a case of microscope slides, a Petri dish, diluted water, and a box of gloves.

In a few moments, Viktor was studying a piece of the leaf through the microscope while the rest of it sat in the Petri dish.

"Hmm." Viktor noticed the cells did not appear as just plant cells or just animal cells, but both. It was not too surprising, but still, a weird thing to observe. He glanced at the leftover leaf in the petri dish. It wasn't much to work with, but he conducted as many tests as quickly as he could. He burned it over a burner, plunged a bit in acid, left it in water, but nothing immediately occurred. In fact, the leaf did nothing outside the realms of a typical leaf from a tree just outside the headquarters.

Viktor held the stem with a small portion of the leaf with that same neutral expression he always wore. There was nothing… but it was a confirmed nothing. He was almost disappointed but stopped himself.

It's only fitting based on what she's shown so far. To expect anything more is just hopeful or foolish. He cleaned off and put the equipment away, but kept the bit of leaf he had left, placing it in a small ziplock bag. He tucked it in his pocket and made his way to the gymnasium. And now for some real training.

The Energy Storm

Time: Late Morning
Location: , San Francisco
Interaction: Adora @chulance

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"You gotta be kidding me…" Eric commented warily as he looked up at the towering bellowing 200 ft woman causing mayhem with the destructive force of something out of a Godzilla movie. Just moments ago, he had been enjoying a free slice of pizza he acquired while posted up against the wall of his favorite bookstore. All he was doing was scoping out one of those mobile blood testing stations since it was so close by. He didn't agree with them, and so he was look to see how to avoid them or find holes in their process.

Then BAM! Laser beam, and giant streams of electricity coming from some giant woman came into the scene. If she wasn't wrecking the city and putting him in possible danger, he might have seen the positives of a woman of her appearance assuming such a size.

Shaking his head, he paused everything. He stopped time just as the giant woman swatted a helicopter that came billowing his way. He'd been in dangerous situations before but this was by far the greatest, and he hadn't even caused it. Looking at the scene in still motion, he contemplated what he could do. The guy actually scoped out the surrounding stores for anything he could use to help out.

It was the least could do since he was unsure the woman would stop only here. With the time he had, Eric gathered and linked up handcuffs, weapon slings, rope, clothing, and anything he could link together. He looped his creation through one of the eyelets of her right shoe and wrapped the makeshift chain through an eyelet in her left shoe. He then proceeded to carry gallons of water to her right shoe and set the on her shoe while uncapped. He grabbed as many as he could, all opened and tilted over. Due to time being halted the water would stay put until things went back to normal. He nodded at his work.

"The water suddenly soaks her foot, she instinctively shift and trips herself… if the chain holds." He shrugged as he grabbed a nearby man off of a bike and proceeded to ride it away from the scene. Once far enough, he resumed time. And continued ride as far the fuck away as he could!

The Energy Storm

Time: Late Morning
Location: FEMA Camp, San Francisco
Interaction: Jason @chulance

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The stranger repeating Marcus' thoughts back to him, momentarily stunned him. Did he say that out loud? No… No, he did not. As the realization dawned on him, he cocked his head slowly to the side and narrowed his eyes.

Even with his retort back at him, he pondered his next move. A telepath could be of use, but being distracted wouldn't help him here… Because not only did this man claim to have located Angel but he also mentally and physically dominated him with his ability. After being momentarily choked, Marcus was thrown back, falling onto his back.

People shouted in both awe and fear. Phones were out and eyes were glued to the scene. With a sigh, Marcus stood up with a scowl painted on his face. I should tear the head off this… No. I can… You can hear me huh? This place is burned. Meet me a few blocks down in Buena Vista park if you really want to work together.

Marcus gave Jason a single nod before turning a around and zooming off in the distance. Good thing the park was close by, so he didn't risk heating up like he had before. The flames were a bit too much sometimes.

He hid his arrival by slowing down between a cluster of trees before he settled into a casual walk as pulled out his personal phone for anything useful or important. The case on the mobile device was thicker than usual, possibly meant as a guard in the instance he overused his ability.

"Donovan?" She was one of the few company types he let have his personal number. He felt she was cut from the same cloth as himself. Sure, she lacked powers, but she was still one of the most efficient professionals he had come into contact with.

You know I quit, right?

If you're still down. Botanical Garden in an hour. I'll find you.

Young Justice

Location: Happy Harbour
Interactions: Alisa, Casper, Talon, Daphne.

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Viktor didn't mind the silence during the walk the rest of the way to the headquarters. It was a courtesy to Daphne's slumber but he had a hunch the girl was a heavy sleeper with how she hadn't budged when he grabbed her off the ground… oh and also that snore of hers.

In his hold, Daphne felt exactly as she looked. Like a large uprooted plant with stiff limbs. The thought of tearing a leaf from her to study was tempting but he refrained as he and Alisa entered the lounge area occupied by Casper, Coal, and Talon.

"Hi." Viktor forced after Talon had passed by him. The eye contact he gave Viktor did not have the same effect as the previous times. Not after what he witnessed at the gap. To Viktor is was best to just ignore the boy's aggression, especially while holding the sleeping Daphne.

As Alisa grabbed a drink and a snack for the slumberer, Viktor moved towards a couch adjacent to the one occupied by Talon and Casper to set Daphne down on her side. Not better than a bed, but adequate enough. Viktor glanced at the others' attention on reintroducing themselves, and with a hidden deft hand...

Pluck!

He tucked his prize into his shorts pocket and proceeded to exit the lounge room without a word or a wave. If allowed, he would make his to the third level of the headquarters.

The Energy Storm

Timemaster 🤣

Name: Eric King

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Height: 5'11

Weight: 190lbs

Ethnicity: Black American

Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual

Religion: Agnostic

Occupation: Unemployed/Dropout/Felon 😔

Ability: Time Control ⏳ - Eric can stop, rewind, and fast-forward time at will.

When stopping time, the world remains frozen. Eric can't start a car or use a phone as the functions require the progression of time.

While rewinding time, Eric can only play his actions in reverse. He can not change the past by any means. This is more like rewatching past events to get more clarity on an event.

While forwarding time, Eric is unable to move, making himself vulnerable to the world around him. To others, he would appear completely still and unmoving from hos location.

Background: Eric was born and raised in Los Angeles and was groomed towards becoming a star athlete by his parents. All throughout his youth he heard "UCLA", "LA Lakers", and "NFL" for his future. Despite his focus on sports, Eric had the grades to attend advanced placement classes.

Things were lined up quite nicely for the promising young man until he was involved in a texting and driving accident that got him charged with six years in California state prison for vehicular manslaughter.

The experience left him hollow in the beginning, he had lost everything because he attempted to multitask. And someone lost their life. So much time was lost and so much potential wasted. When he was finally released, the most he could get into were temp jobs. He managed to move out of Los Angeles and to Oakland where the standards of living were much cheaper, plus there was a lot of work in San Francisco.

When the energy storm hit, Eric didn't get any cool superpowers like some people did, at least not for the first two months. Only a few weeks ago, he discovered he could control time after a drive-by shooting in his neighborhood occurred. He saved two children that day. It was one of the few good deeds he performed because after that, he used the ability for himself. He wasn't perfect, but he was swindling enough people to quit his day job. With his power being harder to detect, Eric felt like an invisible master of the world. He wasn't a hall of famer, but maybe he could be more!