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Marvel: Judgment Day

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^{S P I D E R - M A N}

^{N E W Y O R K C I T Y}

The rush never got old. Swinging from building to building, feeling the wind flow by, waving at bystanders, webbing up crooks, being the one and only Spider-man. One moment, Peter Parker was just an average New Yorker, late for dates, a fan of good pizza, selling photos for a quick buck. But with the mask on? He was spiraling through the air, diving past office windows, running on walls, and leaping off skyscrapers, ready to save the day. And today was just another day. After hearing a police siren in the distance, Peter Parker raced through the air to be on the scene. Who was it this time? A small-time thief or someone big? Rhino? Scorpion? But as he found himself outside a bank, he saw the police arriving at a scene already covered in webs.

“Hey there Spidey!” One of the police officers smiled up at him and waved. “You’re late buddy.”

“Afternoon officer! How’s the—”

“One of your smaller spider-bros just managed to clean up a couple of bozos and webbed them up good. I guess he’s like Spider-boy or somethin’? Arachne-kid?”

Peter nodded, it must have been Miles. Peter's not really the only Spider-man... A few months back, he’d met Miles, a bright kid from Brooklyn who’d also gained spider powers. Peter had been trying his best to teach Miles all that he’d learned over the years, but at some point, the kid had to spread his wings and do what he had to do, and that seemed to be being a hero. Ever since then, Peter had felt a bit less alone, and the Big Apple seemed to feel a little smaller—for better and for worse, as Miles began to take his share of rescues and criminal shut downs. Sometimes Peter wondered if he himself was growing too old for the job, if it was time to fully pass down the torch… “Just Spider-man.” Peter corrected.“We’re both Spider-man, officer!”

Seeing he wasn’t needed so much anymore, Peter got ready to swing away once more, but before he left, he saw the officer reach out to pull out a phone. “Wait a sec Spidey. Could I get a quick photo? The other guy seemed great, but my daughter’s a big fan of you too. And her head’s gonna blow when she sees that her pops met you.” Peter smiled softly and hopped down to stand beside the officer. “Sure thing sir!” He felt a bit guilty thinking this, but Peter couldn’t help but enjoy being needed and admired every now and then. He was still needed.

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The city was surprisingly peaceful today. Besides that robbery handled by Miles earlier, and a few minor incidents, Peter wasn’t seeing much crime. He sat on top of a light post, looking down at a busy city street. A group of teens bustled over toward an internet cafe, an old man was being helped cross the street by a young businesswoman, and a pleasant shopkeeper was painting a new sign for their cafe. Things seemed to be just right—

“HEY MUTIE! We don’t want your kind here! Buzz off!”

Peter’s spider sense tingled ever so slightly, and he craned around, trying to find the source of this angry voice. Was there some bigot about to assault an innocent mutant? As he turned around on the top of his light post, he squinted and saw a man holding a beer bottle in one hand, pointing his other hand right at Spidey. “Me?” Peter asked. At this point, Spider-man was more confused than worried.

“Yeahhhh, you! Mister fuckin’ Webhead, mask-wearing, mutie. I know you’ve been swinging around this fuckin’ city, but I’ve seen the truth, I know who you really are… Get your mutant ass out of my country! Go back to Krakatoa!” The man’s speech was slurred and he seemed to be vehemently drunk… at two in the afternoon. Peter rolled his eyes under his mask and stood up from his crouching position.

“Look man, first of all, it’s Krakoa, not Krakatoa. Second of all, I’m not even a mutant! And even if I was, that is a terrible way to greet a stranger, like at least a hello—” Peter tensed as he watched the man reach to chuck his bottle at Spidey, and Peter reflexively shot a rapid-fire of webs, one to stick the man’s hand to the bottle, one to stick his other hand to the wall, and a last one to cover his mouth. The man writhed in tipsy, muffled rage, and Spidey gave a little salute. “This is for your own good, and for the good of everyone else who definitely does not wanna hear your voice!” Peter then began to swing away through the city. “So much for peaceful…” he muttered.

What was the whole deal with mutant hate? It was never something he understood, even with all the controversy around Krakoa recently. When people like him or the Avengers put on their masks, they were revered (most of the time) as heroes. Yet when everyday people happened to get superpowers, the world seemed to twist against them. But mutant or not, hero or human, if they were here in this city, they all were New Yorkers in Peter’s eyes. Was that so hard to understand?

As the sun began to set, Peter swung up towards the top of an apartment building, running across the glass windows, then shooting a web towards the roof and pulling himself up to the very top. The city looked so small from up here, millions of people, real honest people living their lives, working towards their dreams, all here in the greatest city in the world. The relative peace was strangely getting him a bit too sentimental. He needed to get busy. What else was there to be done?

Suddenly, Peter felt his Spider-sense tingle once again, yet not that aggressively. Something potentially dangerous was behind him, hopefully not another bigot with a bottle.“Spider? I swear, it’s like you’re stalking me.” Peter turned towards that familiar playful voice and saw none other than Black Cat, his… enemy? Friend? Situationship? The woman was someone he’d tussled with time and time again, sometimes trying to put her in jail for her elaborate crimes, sometimes fighting alongside her against a greater evil. No matter what the situation was, she always managed to catch him off guard.

“Black Cat, I did not mean to run into you… What are you doing up here?” Peter eyed her suspiciously, looking at a black bag in her grasp, and seeing that she’d just crawled out from the fire escape.

“Always questions with you isn’t? Well, I’ll have you know, that it’s none of your business Spider, just a little personal project.”

“Thieving again? T’was hoping you’d get tired of the whole petty theft thing.” Peter said. Although he said it jokingly, he did genuinely mean it. He wondered if there was a chance she would ever give up her criminal ways. Despite her antics, the two of them had had moments in the past where it felt like they had something more… More than just hero and villain, but perhaps something as equals, as partners, as more.

“This time’s not just petty theft, I have a legit purpose right now.” She replied with a scoff, then swung the black bag over her shoulder. “I don’t see you giving up the mask anytime soon, why should I?” Black Cat walked over to Peter and placed a single finger on his chest.

“Felicia. Is this all you’ll ever do? Is that all the future holds?” Peter looked at her, and an expression of genuine concern seemed to take hold on his face, surprising her and even himself.

“Future? Awfully dramatic aren’t you this sunset? What, Spider? Worried about me? High-and-mighty Avenger wanting to help a corrupted villainess out of a wrong path towards danger?” She snickered and walked her fingers up his chest towards his collarbone, and up to pat his shoulder. Something in her expression softened when Peter didn’t retort back.

“You’re so quiet suddenly… Are you… genuinely worried?” Peter backed up from her reach but nodded. “Is it wrong? Wrong, that I am worried about you? That I wished you’d give up crime and try out being good?” he said. Whenever he met the Cat, he always felt so tangled up inside, caught in her own webs. Black Cat’s hand dropped to her side.

“You really are a hero aren’t you?” she whispered. Before Peter could respond, she began to walk away briskly. “I’m fine Spider. Don’t worry, this kitty can take care of herself… But I’ll see you around… Maybe we can talk again… about the future.” And just like that, she lept away, from one rooftop to the next, disappearing into the shadows cast by the sunset.

Peter Parker was left alone watching the moon rise. As much as it had been a quiet day, there had been big moments throughout it. He looked over the New York skyline and just took a deep breath. He had no idea what the future held in store, but he knew that as long as he could, he’d keep being Spider-man.

Life in Gloomminster

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^{Cunningham's Bookstore}

^{Interactions: @LostDestiny@PerfectThought}

A lanky-winged man approached her and began to chat and help her with the books, which Minerva was graciously thankful for. “Thank you! That’s kind of you to help. Moving days just get me a bit flustered.”

Minerva looked at the tall, avian fellow, admiring his wings. She’d met many a harpy in Linkhaven, but she’d always be fascinated to see their wings and the ways they moved. “I like your wings! They look incredibly fly. Pun intended. Unless that’s offensive, in which I deeply apologize, as I mean fly as in cool, and cool as in… cool!” Suddenly, Min’s eyes lit up and she began to rummage within her satchel. Every now and then, an object would slip out, and one of her golems would catch it, and place it back in the bag while Min continued to look. Min clearly seemed to be the type of person who would change in an instant from being chatty to being contemplative. “I don’t mean to be rude at all, but your wings just reminded me of this…”

From inside her bag, she pulled out a simple origami crane, that suddenly fluttered to life and jumped off her fingertips. It flapped its wings and took the air, weaving around Min, the statues, then circling around the harpy. “It’s a little creation of mine I made on the train ride. Not at all sentient, but it is quite great at mimicking life.” The paper bird fluttered and tried to land on the harpy’s shoulder.

Meanwhile, Min noticed that the owner of the shop herself had come over to help. “Oh thank you! I am quite alright, I am so sorry about the books.” As Bonnie introduced herself, Min nodded and gave a half-bow, then reached out to eagerly shake Bonnie's hands. “Delighted to meet you, Ms. Cunningham! I am in fact one of the new tenants. Minerva Yoon, at your service, but most call me Min. And behind me at my service are my two… children? Creations? Friends?” Min scratched her chin a spent a moment pondering this dilemma.

“Well, the tall marble princely-looking statue is Abbott, and the stout terracotta lad is Costello! They’ve been charmed to help me fix things up, and I’m sure that they’d be willing to help carry things around this cozy shop of yours if you’d ever need help.” Abbott and Costello both solemnly bow at Bonnie, then lifted up Min’s boxes to demonstrate their strength. The two statues tossed the hefty boxes up in the air with a bit of a twirl, as if on cue, then caught them without anything spilling out. Min watched this and laughed.

“Obviously, they can be more coordinated than my clumsy self… But nevertheless, I am excited to be here!”

Life in Gloomminster

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Spry footsteps skipped across the cobble roads, followed by the heavy clunks of much heavier marching behind. Every now and then, the lighter footsteps would stop as the woman paused to admire a shop, monument, or particularly interesting-looking stranger. The young woman with white hair tied in a ponytail, wide eyes framed by wider round glasses, a devilish grin, and a slender frame wandered through the crowds, carrying a leather satchel. Behind her were two animate statues carrying several rather hefty-looking boxes labeled “STUFF” and “MORE STUFF”. One statue was made of marble, with a tall, knight-like frame, its sculpted grooves mimicking the plates of armor. The other was some sort of terracotta-like brute, built with a wide bulky frame. And each had a simple face etched into their material, two dots, and a curve—smiley faces.

This trio was none other than Minerva Yoon and two of her magically animated creations. And she had just arrived in the city.

“By the gods, this really is Gloomminister! It’s just as I imagined. What do you two think? Should be a magnificent place for you two to run around, ay?”

The two statues nodded their heads and made grunting noises that sounded like grinding stone, and Min laughed, clapping her hands together.

Min (it was just much quicker to say than Minerrrrrvaa Yoon~) was full of excitement, taking in the new landscape. Growing up in Linkhaven, she was accustomed to the bustle of merchants and tourists, but something here just felt different. Gloomminister felt brighter, more magical, imbued with the glow of progress as the university of her dreams towered on the horizon. But she couldn’t head to class just yet, she needed a place to stay. After hours of aimless meandering, Min remembered that she could, in fact, use navigational tools. Activating a directional charm on her mobile Orbuculum, a few sparkly arrows pointed her toward a charming storefront. Cunningham’s Bookstore.

Min burst through the door with a smile and held it open for her creations to step in after her. They were a bit big but lowered their heads to fit under the door. Min glanced around, putting her hand on a dusty tome sitting on a shelf, then tracing a little star in the dust. She took a deep breath of that old book odor and smiled even more.

“Excellent! It smells authentically ancient in here! Must have some real magic, book magic! Hahaha, wonderful.”

She peeked around, spotting a woman with a beautiful mess of iron-colored hair at the counter helping a tall, thin customer. The woman must be Bonnie Cunningham. Min took a deep breath as she was about to meet her… landlord? Possible friend? Fellow Gloomminister denizen? She had to make a good impression!

With that thought Minerva Yoon confidently began to walk toward the counter, and promptly stubbed her toe on a shelf, stumbled, and toppled into a pile of books. With a yelp for help, her two statues slowly placed the boxes on the floor and trundled over to help their creator to her feet. Min frantically took their help, then began to stack the books back in the order they were before being toppled.

“So, so, SO sorry about that! I am incredibly sorry about that.” She looked bashfully in the direction of the shopkeep, hoping that she was possibly too occupied with the customer to notice Min's dreadful entrance.

Her first day in Gloomminister was off to a wonderful start.

Marvel: Judgment Day

The Piper

T H E P I P E R

Louisa Reynolds || 19 years old || New York City, USA || Runaway || Mutant

_{"They’re not pests! …They’re family. The only ones I have left."}

P O W E R S

The Piper has the mutant ability to psychically command rodents. She can control everything from the common sewer rat to mice, capybaras, chinchillas, and more. However, she tends to be most fond of rats and avoids working with squirrels (to avoid stepping on the schtick of Squirrel Girl). When commanding rodents, she can work on a minute level and make single rodents execute complex tasks or can command entire hordes, albeit with somewhat less accuracy. She uses these abilities to collect information, steal items sneakily, or overwhelm foes in combat with bites and scratches.

She can telepathically communicate with hordes of rodents within a certain range, scrying through their senses, or reading their emotional states. When rodents are under her influence, she can sometimes heighten their intelligence so that they can accomplish more complicated tasks outside of her range.

Working with “vermin” so often, she also has a secondary set of abilities: poison and disease resistance. While Piper can still get sick, it is very rare. Her immune system is incredibly resilient, and accustomed to the rot and sickness that is so prevalent in sewer systems or dumpsters.

While not necessarily combat-trained, she is skilled at stealth and acrobatics, able to leap away into the shadows when danger arises.

H I S T O R Y

Louisa Rodney was born a mutant with the strange ability to command rodents, something her parents discovered about her when they’d often find young Louisa in her crib cuddling with a swarm of rats. After several rodent extermination attempts, Louisa would still always end up with a rat or two secretly sticking around, and soon her parents came to simply ignore this unusual affinity, as long as Louisa kept it under wraps.

She was always a social outcast, a bit too awkward to fit in with popular kids, and a bit too offbeat to even hang out with the nerds, so growing up Louisa turned to her rats. She’d spend much time in the alleys or sewers of New York, practicing her abilities and playing with rats, growing quite fond of them. They would tell her very interesting stories about the city and its secrets. Although they couldn’t talk per se, she could read their recent memories and see what they saw. While her parents began to grow distant, caring more for her “normal” human siblings, Louisa grew reclusive, but stayed under the radar, not attracting too much attention.

However, a supervillain attack on her high school led to Louisa having a mental breakdown, and she uncontrollably unleashed a flood of thousands of rats, bringing the villain down but traumatizing everyone in the vicinity.

After this event, she ran away from home, harassed by anti-mutant advocates and various agencies looking to control or utilize her abilities. She turned to the place that always felt like home… the sewers, the alleys, and life among the rats. To get by, she would often command her rats to steal clothes, food, or other basic needs. However, she would begin to get more extravagant, planning heists to steal electronics, furniture, and valuable goods to deck out her sewer lair. She relied on her rats and indulged in greed to numb the pain of isolation.

As much as she wanted to be left alone, Louisa gained the attention of mutants and other parties interested in the information she can collect with her rats. At first, she avoided such people looking for her, but they soon offered her protection, money, and goods. Hesitantly, she’s begun taking on jobs from the underworld to stalk targets or steal things here or there. She would work with the Morlock mutants from time to time, and various criminals. She didn’t want to be bad… but she had to do what she had to survive. That’s what she told herself.

However, in a chance sighting, she and her rats witnessed a murder, some sort of well-dressed, affluent man killing an innocent woman.

Louisa had done and seen terrible things, but this was worse. The murderer somehow realized that the Piper had seen what he had done, and he killed the rat watching him and Louisa fled. Currently, Louisa has begun to find arrays of dead rats throughout her sewers, and has become much more paranoid. These aren’t normal deaths, but precise killings, poor creatures brutally eviscerated to scare her.

She saw something she wasn’t supposed to see, and now she’s being hunted.

S T O R Y A R C S

Eyes in Every Corner: Louisa has bartered her reconnaissance abilities to those who are willing to seek out The Piper and pay. However, her widespread perception via rat agents has also allowed her to witness things she shouldn’t have. Criminal dealings, supervillain plans, and most recently, a murder. And it seems this murderer wants to make sure no witnesses are left alive.

Rodent Stowaway: Louisa has heard of Krakoa, and part of her yearns to be among other mutants. However, she is deeply afraid of leaving behind her home in the sewers among New York’s rodents. Part of the journey in this roleplay will be reckoning with her mutant side and deciding if she wants to leave her home and stow away to Krakoa.

A second character, this time a mutant OC. Inspired by a canon mutant named "Piper" with similar abilities, however he had basically no backstory so I wanted to reinvent the title

Scrawls Space

The Piper

T H E P I P E R

Louisa Reynolds || 19 years old || New York City, USA || Runaway || Mutant

_{"They’re not pests! …They’re family. The only ones I have left."}

P O W E R S

The Piper has the mutant ability to psychically command rodents. She can control everything from the common sewer rat to mice, capybaras, chinchillas, and more. However, she tends to be most fond of rats and avoids working with squirrels (to avoid stepping on the schtick of Squirrel Girl). When commanding rodents, she can work on a minute level and make single rodents execute complex tasks or can command entire hordes, albeit with somewhat less accuracy. She uses these abilities to collect information, steal items sneakily, or overwhelm foes in combat with bites and scratches.

She can telepathically communicate with hordes of rodents within a certain range, scrying through their senses, or reading their emotional states. When rodents are under her influence, she can sometimes heighten their intelligence so that they can accomplish more complicated tasks outside of her range.

Working with “vermin” so often, she also has a secondary set of abilities: poison and disease resistance. While Piper can still get sick, it is very rare. Her immune system is incredibly resilient, and accustomed to the rot and sickness that is so prevalent in sewer systems or dumpsters.

While not necessarily combat-trained, she is skilled at stealth and acrobatics, able to leap away into the shadows when danger arises.

H I S T O R Y

Louisa Rodney was born a mutant with the strange ability to command rodents, something her parents discovered about her when they’d often find young Louisa in her crib cuddling with a swarm of rats. After several rodent extermination attempts, Louisa would still always end up with a rat or two secretly sticking around, and soon her parents came to simply ignore this unusual affinity, as long as Louisa kept it under wraps.

She was always a social outcast, a bit too awkward to fit in with popular kids, and a bit too offbeat to even hang out with the nerds, so growing up Louisa turned to her rats. She’d spend much time in the alleys or sewers of New York, practicing her abilities and playing with rats, growing quite fond of them. They would tell her very interesting stories about the city and its secrets. Although they couldn’t talk per se, she could read their recent memories and see what they saw. While her parents began to grow distant, caring more for her “normal” human siblings, Louisa grew reclusive, but stayed under the radar, not attracting too much attention.

However, a supervillain attack on her high school led to Louisa having a mental breakdown, and she uncontrollably unleashed a flood of thousands of rats, bringing the villain down but traumatizing everyone in the vicinity.

After this event, she ran away from home, harassed by anti-mutant advocates and various agencies looking to control or utilize her abilities. She turned to the place that always felt like home… the sewers, the alleys, and life among the rats. To get by, she would often command her rats to steal clothes, food, or other basic needs. However, she would begin to get more extravagant, planning heists to steal electronics, furniture, and valuable goods to deck out her sewer lair. She relied on her rats and indulged in greed to numb the pain of isolation.

As much as she wanted to be left alone, Louisa gained the attention of mutants and other parties interested in the information she can collect with her rats. At first, she avoided such people looking for her, but they soon offered her protection, money, and goods. Hesitantly, she’s begun taking on jobs from the underworld to stalk targets or steal things here or there. She would work with the Morlock mutants from time to time, and various criminals. She didn’t want to be bad… but she had to do what she had to survive. That’s what she told herself.

However, in a chance sighting, she and her rats witnessed a murder, some sort of well-dressed, affluent man killing an innocent woman.

Louisa had done and seen terrible things, but this was worse. The murderer somehow realized that the Piper had seen what he had done, and he killed the rat watching him and Louisa fled. Currently, Louisa has begun to find arrays of dead rats throughout her sewers, and has become much more paranoid. These aren’t normal deaths, but precise killings, poor creatures brutally eviscerated to scare her.

She saw something she wasn’t supposed to see, and now she’s being hunted.

S T O R Y A R C S

Eyes in Every Corner: Louisa has bartered her reconnaissance abilities to those who are willing to seek out The Piper and pay. However, her widespread perception via rat agents has also allowed her to witness things she shouldn’t have. Criminal dealings, supervillain plans, and most recently, a murder. And it seems this murderer wants to make sure no witnesses are left alive.

Rodent Stowaway: Louisa has heard of Krakoa, and part of her yearns to be among other mutants. However, she is deeply afraid of leaving behind her home in the sewers among New York’s rodents. Part of the journey in this roleplay will be reckoning with her mutant side and deciding if she wants to leave her home and stow away to Krakoa.

Marvel: Judgment Day

Spider-Man

S P I D E R - M A N

Peter Parker || 28 years old || New York City, USA || Photographer

_{"I know I'm not good enough. I never will be. That's no excuse to stop fighting. No matter how much it scares me. No matter how much it hurts."}

P O W E R S

Spider-man has abilities akin to a… well, spider. Due to genetic alteration induced by a radioactive spider bite, he can climb walls; has enhanced strength, durability, stamina, speed, and reflexes; has regeneration; and has a spider-sense, a type of precognitive sixth sense that alerts him to danger. His spider-sense alongside his acrobatic reflexes allows him to easily evade most attacks.

He is also incredibly gifted in technology and chemical engineering, having created synthetic web-fluid shooters that allow him a versatile range of attacks, and a way of swinging around the city. Combining this wit with many years of combat experience makes him a valuable ally in battle, able to improvise non-lethal attacks against foes on the fly.

H I S T O R Y

Peter Parker was just your average nerdy teenager, living with his Uncle Ben and Aunt May in New York City, avoiding bullies like Flash Thompson, and just trying to survive the struggles of high school—until the fateful day a radioactive spider bit him at a science expo. After this, he soon found that he had been granted superpowers, mimicking the abilities of a spider. Using his genius intellect, he created synthetic web fluid and web shooters and began to in secret fight crime as the amazing Spider-man. Peter had a naive, but hopeful spirit that believed that he could use his strange powers to help the citizens of New York, and he soon became an internet sensation. This would lead to him getting the attention of none other than the Avengers, and he would fight alongside the big leagues on several occasions, proving himself to be more than just a quippy young vigilante.

Throughout his life, Peter would learn time and time again that wasn’t easy being a hero. Over the years, the threats grew more dangerous. Supervillains like Shocker, Vulture, Mysterio, then the Green Goblin, Doctor Octavius, Electro, and more. Peter found it incredibly difficult to separate the Spider from the Man, as he struggled to balance “real life” with heroism and to protect the ones he loved from evil. He would face loss many times in his life, losing Aunt May, Gwen Stacy, and others. After dealing with Mysterio revealing Peter’s secret identity to the world, Peter had to work with the Sorcerer Supreme to erase his identity from everyone who knew him. His girlfriend MJ and best friend Ned forgot he was Spider-man, and he had to live on his own, alone.

However, he would rise again and again. Although Peter found himself out of friends, out of money, and out of college, he would work twice as hard to improve, getting into a budget college, working at The Daily Bugle, and swinging through life as Spider-man. He befriended people like Harry Osbourne, and the thief, Black Cat. Even when fighting alongside or against superhumans, aliens, robots, or what have you of much greater power, Peter Parker showed incredible enthusiasm and resilience, always trying to encourage those around him. His skill in combat, intellect, and unrelenting willpower would earn him a spot among the Fantastic Four and the Avengers, and help him become an ally of even the X-Men. Yet at the end of the day, Peter would always seem to return to his solo ways as the Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man of New York.

Presently, Peter Parker is at a high point in his life. He’s become the mentor for a young teen with similar powers as him, Miles Morales. He’s made a solid living off photography and tech, and he’s beginning to create a startup called Parker Industries, with the goal of using technology to help those in need (including depowering dangerous villains). Peter even has a bit of a situationship with Black Cat, trying to help the thief join the good side.

Yet, how long can peace last? With the new mutant nation emerging and protests for or against mutant-kind popping up throughout New York, Peter is being forced to reckon with the reputation and power he holds within the superhero community. While not a mutant, he has fought alongside them many times, and many people look up to him as an ideal superpowered person. Meanwhile, there are whispers in the criminal underworld of old foes remerging to take back the city and crush Spider-man once and for all. Are these just silly rumors? Or is Spider-man about to face something much more sinister?

S T O R Y A R C S

Cats and Spiders: Peter is mentoring young hero Miles Morales, as well as trying to guide Black Cat towards vigilantism rather than criminality. Peter is learning to be not only a hero who defeats bad guys but someone who truly helps others towards a path of good.

Beyond the Neighborhood: With heroes like Miles Morales and the Defenders emerging to help protect New York City, Spider-man (while still busy), is beginning to realize how key collaboration is and how his abilities could benefit others beyond the Big Apple. Peter may try to create Parker Industries and help that way, while Spider-man may begin to swing out of his usual city, getting more involved in global superhero affairs. Whether it will be trying to spend more time with the Avengers, or trying to help mediate mutant and human relations, we will soon see Peter Parker leaping farther out of his comfort zone.

The Piper

T H E P I P E R

Louisa Reynolds || 19 years old || New York City, USA || Runaway || Mutant

_{"They’re not pests! …They’re family. The only ones I have left."}

P O W E R S

The Piper has the mutant ability to psychically command rodents. She can control everything from the common sewer rat to mice, capybaras, chinchillas, and more. However, she tends to be most fond of rats and avoids working with squirrels (to avoid stepping on the schtick of Squirrel Girl). When commanding rodents, she can work on a minute level and make single rodents execute complex tasks or can command entire hordes, albeit with somewhat less accuracy. She uses these abilities to collect information, steal items sneakily, or overwhelm foes in combat with bites and scratches.

She can telepathically communicate with hordes of rodents within a certain range, scrying through their senses, or reading their emotional states. When rodents are under her influence, she can sometimes heighten their intelligence so that they can accomplish more complicated tasks outside of her range.

Working with “vermin” so often, she also has a secondary set of abilities: poison and disease resistance. While Piper can still get sick, it is very rare. Her immune system is incredibly resilient, and accustomed to the rot and sickness that is so prevalent in sewer systems or dumpsters.

While not necessarily combat-trained, she is skilled at stealth and acrobatics, able to leap away into the shadows when danger arises.

H I S T O R Y

Louisa Rodney was born a mutant with the strange ability to command rodents, something her parents discovered about her when they’d often find young Louisa in her crib cuddling with a swarm of rats. After several rodent extermination attempts, Louisa would still always end up with a rat or two secretly sticking around, and soon her parents came to simply ignore this unusual affinity, as long as Louisa kept it under wraps.

She was always a social outcast, a bit too awkward to fit in with popular kids, and a bit too offbeat to even hang out with the nerds, so growing up Louisa turned to her rats. She’d spend much time in the alleys or sewers of New York, practicing her abilities and playing with rats, growing quite fond of them. They would tell her very interesting stories about the city and its secrets. Although they couldn’t talk per se, she could read their recent memories and see what they saw. While her parents began to grow distant, caring more for her “normal” human siblings, Louisa grew reclusive, but stayed under the radar, not attracting too much attention.

However, a supervillain attack on her high school led to Louisa having a mental breakdown, and she uncontrollably unleashed a flood of thousands of rats, bringing the villain down but traumatizing everyone in the vicinity.

After this event, she ran away from home, harassed by anti-mutant advocates and various agencies looking to control or utilize her abilities. She turned to the place that always felt like home… the sewers, the alleys, and life among the rats. To get by, she would often command her rats to steal clothes, food, or other basic needs. However, she would begin to get more extravagant, planning heists to steal electronics, furniture, and valuable goods to deck out her sewer lair. She relied on her rats and indulged in greed to numb the pain of isolation.

As much as she wanted to be left alone, Louisa gained the attention of mutants and other parties interested in the information she can collect with her rats. At first, she avoided such people looking for her, but they soon offered her protection, money, and goods. Hesitantly, she’s begun taking on jobs from the underworld to stalk targets or steal things here or there. She would work with the Morlock mutants from time to time, and various criminals. She didn’t want to be bad… but she had to do what she had to survive. That’s what she told herself.

However, in a chance sighting, she and her rats witnessed a murder, some sort of well-dressed, affluent man killing an innocent woman.

Louisa had done and seen terrible things, but this was worse. The murderer somehow realized that the Piper had seen what he had done, and he killed the rat watching him and Louisa fled. Currently, Louisa has begun to find arrays of dead rats throughout her sewers, and has become much more paranoid. These aren’t normal deaths, but precise killings, poor creatures brutally eviscerated to scare her.

She saw something she wasn’t supposed to see, and now she’s being hunted.

S T O R Y A R C S

Eyes in Every Corner: Louisa has bartered her reconnaissance abilities to those who are willing to seek out The Piper and pay. However, her widespread perception via rat agents has also allowed her to witness things she shouldn’t have. Criminal dealings, supervillain plans, and most recently, a murder. And it seems this murderer wants to make sure no witnesses are left alive.

Rodent Stowaway: Louisa has heard of Krakoa, and part of her yearns to be among other mutants. However, she is deeply afraid of leaving behind her home in the sewers among New York’s rodents. Part of the journey in this roleplay will be reckoning with her mutant side and deciding if she wants to leave her home and stow away to Krakoa.

Marvel: Judgment Day

Edit: Apologies, for some reason it double-posted the same message, so ignore this message :)

Marvel: Judgment Day

Spider-Man

S P I D E R - M A N

Peter Parker || 28 years old || New York City, USA || Photographer

_{"I know I'm not good enough. I never will be. That's no excuse to stop fighting. No matter how much it scares me. No matter how much it hurts."}

P O W E R S

Spider-man has abilities akin to a… well, spider. Due to genetic alteration induced by a radioactive spider bite, he can climb walls; has enhanced strength, durability, stamina, speed, and reflexes; has regeneration; and has a spider-sense, a type of precognitive sixth sense that alerts him to danger. His spider-sense alongside his acrobatic reflexes allows him to easily evade most attacks.

He is also incredibly gifted in technology and chemical engineering, having created synthetic web-fluid shooters that allow him a versatile range of attacks, and a way of swinging around the city. Combining this wit with many years of combat experience makes him a valuable ally in battle, able to improvise non-lethal attacks against foes on the fly.

H I S T O R Y

Peter Parker was just your average nerdy teenager, living with his Uncle Ben and Aunt May in New York City, avoiding bullies like Flash Thompson, and just trying to survive the struggles of high school—until the fateful day a radioactive spider bit him at a science expo. After this, he soon found that he had been granted superpowers, mimicking the abilities of a spider. Using his genius intellect, he created synthetic web fluid and web shooters and began to in secret fight crime as the amazing Spider-man. Peter had a naive, but hopeful spirit that believed that he could use his strange powers to help the citizens of New York, and he soon became an internet sensation. This would lead to him getting the attention of none other than the Avengers, and he would fight alongside the big leagues on several occasions, proving himself to be more than just a quippy young vigilante.

Throughout his life, Peter would learn time and time again that wasn’t easy being a hero. Over the years, the threats grew more dangerous. Supervillains like Shocker, Vulture, Mysterio, then the Green Goblin, Doctor Octavius, Electro, and more. Peter found it incredibly difficult to separate the Spider from the Man, as he struggled to balance “real life” with heroism and to protect the ones he loved from evil. He would face loss many times in his life, losing Aunt May, Gwen Stacy, and others. After dealing with Mysterio revealing Peter’s secret identity to the world, Peter had to work with the Sorcerer Supreme to erase his identity from everyone who knew him. His girlfriend MJ and best friend Ned forgot he was Spider-man, and he had to live on his own, alone.

However, he would rise again and again. Although Peter found himself out of friends, out of money, and out of college, he would work twice as hard to improve, getting into a budget college, working at The Daily Bugle, and swinging through life as Spider-man. He befriended people like Harry Osbourne, and the thief, Black Cat. Even when fighting alongside or against superhumans, aliens, robots, or what have you of much greater power, Peter Parker showed incredible enthusiasm and resilience, always trying to encourage those around him. His skill in combat, intellect, and unrelenting willpower would earn him a spot among the Fantastic Four and the Avengers, and help him become an ally of even the X-Men. Yet at the end of the day, Peter would always seem to return to his solo ways as the Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man of New York.

Presently, Peter Parker is at a high point in his life. He’s become the mentor for a young teen with similar powers as him, Miles Morales. He’s made a solid living off photography and tech, and he’s beginning to create a startup called Parker Industries, with the goal of using technology to help those in need (including depowering dangerous villains). Peter even has a bit of a situationship with Black Cat, trying to help the thief join the good side.

Yet, how long can peace last? With the new mutant nation emerging and protests for or against mutant-kind popping up throughout New York, Peter is being forced to reckon with the reputation and power he holds within the superhero community. While not a mutant, he has fought alongside them many times, and many people look up to him as an ideal superpowered person. Meanwhile, there are whispers in the criminal underworld of old foes remerging to take back the city and crush Spider-man once and for all. Are these just silly rumors? Or is Spider-man about to face something much more sinister?

S T O R Y A R C S

Cats and Spiders: Peter is mentoring young hero Miles Morales, as well as trying to guide Black Cat towards vigilantism rather than criminality. Peter is learning to be not only a hero who defeats bad guys but someone who truly helps others towards a path of good.

Beyond the Neighborhood: With heroes like Miles Morales and the Defenders emerging to help protect New York City, Spider-man (while still busy), is beginning to realize how key collaboration is and how his abilities could benefit others beyond the Big Apple. Peter may try to create Parker Industries and help that way, while Spider-man may begin to swing out of his usual city, getting more involved in global superhero affairs. Whether it will be trying to spend more time with the Avengers, or trying to help mediate mutant and human relations, we will soon see Peter Parker leaping farther out of his comfort zone.

Spidey swings into action :D

Scrawls Space

Spider-Man

S P I D E R - M A N

Peter Parker || 28 years old || New York City, USA || Photographer

_{"I know I'm not good enough. I never will be. That's no excuse to stop fighting. No matter how much it scares me. No matter how much it hurts."}

P O W E R S

Spider-man has abilities akin to a… well, spider. Due to genetic alteration induced by a radioactive spider bite, he can climb walls; has enhanced strength, durability, stamina, speed, and reflexes; has regeneration; and has a spider-sense, a type of precognitive sixth sense that alerts him to danger. His spider-sense alongside his acrobatic reflexes allows him to easily evade most attacks.

He is also incredibly gifted in technology and chemical engineering, having created synthetic web-fluid shooters that allow him a versatile range of attacks, and a way of swinging around the city. Combining this wit with many years of combat experience makes him a valuable ally in battle, able to improvise non-lethal attacks against foes on the fly.

H I S T O R Y

Peter Parker was just your average nerdy teenager, living with his Uncle Ben and Aunt May in New York City, avoiding bullies like Flash Thompson, and just trying to survive the struggles of high school—until the fateful day a radioactive spider bit him at a science expo. After this, he soon found that he had been granted superpowers, mimicking the abilities of a spider. Using his genius intellect, he created synthetic web fluid and web shooters and began to in secret fight crime as the amazing Spider-man. Peter had a naive, but hopeful spirit that believed that he could use his strange powers to help the citizens of New York, and he soon became an internet sensation. This would lead to him getting the attention of none other than the Avengers, and he would fight alongside the big leagues on several occasions, proving himself to be more than just a quippy young vigilante.

Throughout his life, Peter would learn time and time again that wasn’t easy being a hero. Over the years, the threats grew more dangerous. Supervillains like Shocker, Vulture, Mysterio, then the Green Goblin, Doctor Octavius, Electro, and more. Peter found it incredibly difficult to separate the Spider from the Man, as he struggled to balance “real life” with heroism and to protect the ones he loved from evil. He would face loss many times in his life, losing Aunt May, Gwen Stacy, and others. After dealing with Mysterio revealing Peter’s secret identity to the world, Peter had to work with the Sorcerer Supreme to erase his identity from everyone who knew him. His girlfriend MJ and best friend Ned forgot he was Spider-man, and he had to live on his own, alone.

However, he would rise again and again. Although Peter found himself out of friends, out of money, and out of college, he would work twice as hard to improve, getting into a budget college, working at The Daily Bugle, and swinging through life as Spider-man. He befriended people like Harry Osbourne, and the thief, Black Cat. Even when fighting alongside or against superhumans, aliens, robots, or what have you of much greater power, Peter Parker showed incredible enthusiasm and resilience, always trying to encourage those around him. His skill in combat, intellect, and unrelenting willpower would earn him a spot among the Fantastic Four and the Avengers, and help him become an ally of even the X-Men. Yet at the end of the day, Peter would always seem to return to his solo ways as the Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man of New York.

Presently, Peter Parker is at a high point in his life. He’s become the mentor for a young teen with similar powers as him, Miles Morales. He’s made a solid living off photography and tech, and he’s beginning to create a startup called Parker Industries, with the goal of using technology to help those in need (including depowering dangerous villains). Peter even has a bit of a situationship with Black Cat, trying to help the thief join the good side.

Yet, how long can peace last? With the new mutant nation emerging and protests for or against mutant-kind popping up throughout New York, Peter is being forced to reckon with the reputation and power he holds within the superhero community. While not a mutant, he has fought alongside them many times, and many people look up to him as an ideal superpowered person. Meanwhile, there are whispers in the criminal underworld of old foes remerging to take back the city and crush Spider-man once and for all. Are these just silly rumors? Or is Spider-man about to face something much more sinister?

S T O R Y A R C S

Cats and Spiders: Peter is mentoring young hero Miles Morales, as well as trying to guide Black Cat towards vigilantism rather than criminality. Peter is learning to be not only a hero who defeats bad guys but someone who truly helps others towards a path of good.

Beyond the Neighborhood: With heroes like Miles Morales and the Defenders emerging to help protect New York City, Spider-man (while still busy), is beginning to realize how key collaboration is and how his abilities could benefit others beyond the Big Apple. Peter may try to create Parker Industries and help that way, while Spider-man may begin to swing out of his usual city, getting more involved in global superhero affairs. Whether it will be trying to spend more time with the Avengers, or trying to help mediate mutant and human relations, we will soon see Peter Parker leaping farther out of his comfort zone.