Timemaster

Through the Gateways: Humanity [Closed] [Soon to be Concluded]

@GreyGoblin

On the Chosen ship, everything was orderly. The priests that came to bless the flight performed the rites to the men, for good luck and if in case of a fight, strength. The ship itself looked like the inside of a church-meets-spaceship style as the Chosen never left anywhere without their Goddess watching over them.

 William was the only one that didn't seem calm. He didn't know what to do. Should he show strength in the upcoming negotiations? Should he be pliable? What if they see his genetic defects? What if they consider it a threat? What if--

"Hierarch?"

His train of thoughts was interrupted by an Adept, a bit annoyed but nonetheless grateful that his moment of weakness passed, he turned around.

"Don't you know it's against the will of the Goddess to interrupt a Hierarch when he is praying?"

"I-I..."

"Yes? Speak, use those vocal cords and tell me why you've interrupted me."

"The other humans agreed to come on board, they're sending a general over to us. "

"A general? Alright, prepare the conference room. Make sure they're brought directly to me. I want them scanned the moment they step on our ship. We need to know everything there is about them. "

"Understood Hierarch."

As the Adept turned to leave, William said "Have the Rejected ready to drop on their ship if they try anything and have ELX-001 and ELX-16 in the conference room with me alongside 4 other Elite Guards."

ELX-001 and ELX-16, named after the serum that created them in the first place, were the most human Rejected they had on board and they all had a very special, albeit rare trait, they could change their skin color to match whatever they would touch. A precaution.

The conference room was soon ready for visitors. A big round table in the middle with a painting of Ashevelen in a more "Godly" form.
As the visitors would enter, they would see the Elite Guards. Fully dressed in black armour, covering all of their skin with only a small slit on their helmet that allowed them to see. Armed with what seemed like a normal metal staff but which could be opened to release lethal toxins.

Standing in the room, on one side of the table, Hierarch William stood. Waiting for his guests to come.

Just Another Hero

I think that Kira and @The Ghost Note's Tropica would go along well OR with @sly13's Todoroki, mainly due to their tempers.
But could also enjoy working with @Lord Indra's Sasuke as she'd want to learn how to fight at close range from him.

Just Another Hero

@alexfangtalon There you go : discord.gg/dBE7Rrtj

Through the Gateways: Humanity [Closed] [Soon to be Concluded]

On RADX-001, everything was chaotic. Hastily constructed troop deployers were being adapted to space travel and sent to guard the Gateway soon after the first ship left the planet. Fighting in space wouldn't be a problem for the Enhanced or even the Rejected, weapons were not needed nor were they ever intended to be used in space conditions.

The Hierarchs gathered in the throne room with courtiers standing in the background whispering between themselves. Church Guards kept the masses at bay.

On the throne, a slender figure stood. Dressed in a lab coat with a simple crown on her head. The God-Queen was listening to the complaints of the Hierarchs. One at a time or at least, that would've been ideal as they all spoke at the same time.

"SILENCE! EVERYONE! One at a time. Speak only when asked to do so. Christina, approach and state your complaint."

The most human of the Enhanced approached, as ordered, Christina. No visible Enhancements, no strange body parts, nothing would discern her from a normal human.

"My Goddess, long may you guide us towards the Light. I wish to know why you've sent Ascended William to see if anyone else survived? I don't wish to question your wisdom but I want to better understand it. " Christina spoke with as much diplomacy as ever, a skill which she honed to perfection.
"He was one of the Rejected, even if Enhanced now. Basically, he is not a human. If our ancestors evolved differently than us, they might think of him as an alien.
And the most important thing. He is not a diplomat, he has no training whatsoever in dealing with others."

"Oh' my dear, that's why I'm the leader and you're not. No foresight at all. That is true, there's a chance that he might be viewed as an alien and destroyed but he's also a golden opportunity to show anyone who's out there, what we're capable of. Thus' bringing my Light to them. As for his skills as a diplomat? You don't have any training whatsoever either. Not real training. Only with Adepts and the sorts. Those mean 0 in front of someone else. "

"M-my Goddess, I-I am sorry for doubting you. I beg your forgiveness"

"Anyone else wanting to doubt my decisions or is it alright if we wait until Ascended William comes back? I've got work to do. "

A complete silence overcame the room and that's the queue Ashevelen was waiting to leave. She's got experiments to do. Work to continue. Enhancements to improve and stabilize.

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_{(Addressing: @GreyGoblin)}

"Calm. Keep it straight. Eaaaasy. '' screamed William at his compatriots. Not used to flying, it was hard to teach someone the basics of flying in the first place but to keep it still, that would take a lot more than just a test-fly-by.

As soon as they were out of the Gateway, they were greeted by other spaceships and behind them, a planet. Similar to the beaches of RADX-001 in color.

"Hierarch? We're being hailed. " said the pilot.

"Put it through. Let's see what we're dealing with. Announce the Rejected below to get ready to leap out of the ship and put a few holes into the other ship IF they prove dangerous."

Initially confusion was all that William was experiencing as the voice kept talking. A few recognisable words but nothing more and then, the message was repeated. English and binary.
"Adept, analyze the language and save the audio file. The Goddess has to hear this when we get back."
"Understood, Hierarch."

"Gai Sebai of The Alliance, this is Hierarch William of The Chosen. We come in peace. We wish to see who we're sharing borders with, now that the Gateways have opened. If it's all the same to you. You can board our ship but be careful. Any hostile intent will be answered with extreme prejudice.
You can come yourself and another 5 men or women. We'll allow you to keep any weapons you bring with yourselves but they have to be holstered.
I repeat, any hostile intent will be answered with extreme prejudice. "

Following the example of Gai, he repeated the same message in English and binary.

Just Another Hero

Kira Shenika

Real Name
Kira Shenika

Alter Ego
Aurora

Quirk
Aura - Emitter

Kira is able to emit Auras around herself with different abilities depending on her will. Whenever she’s using an Aura, her body will start glowing in a different color depending on the feeling she associated with the Aura.

Hero Techniques in Order of Power

Aura Of Health (Red)
The most basic technique that Kira has is the ability to summon an Aura of Health around herself in a 4 meter radius. Anyone that’s inside the Aura, herself included, has an increased healing rate.

Aura Of Mobility (Blue)
Kira’s Aura Of Mobility, increases her speed 3 times more than her actual physical abilities. The downside of this Aura is that once it’s activated, it will only last for 10 minutes at full power and then will gradually go down, leaving Kira exhausted from the physical strain.

The Aura of Power (Black)
The Aura of Power is Kira’s strongest offensive technique. In a 6 meter radius around her, whoever has evil intentions towards Kira is forced to focus strictly on her. As long as they can see her Aura, the trapped person will constantly lose physical and Quirk strength until eventually falling asleep. The physical strength is then doubled and transferred over to Kira for 5 minutes.

The Aura Of Peace (White)
Kira uses mostly all of her strength to conjure the Aura Of Peace. Anyone caught inside it, be it friend or foe, will find themselves unable of violent actions or thoughts. It will only last for 10 minutes at maximum and will leave Kira drained for a period of time.

This applies to all her Auras : The closer one is to Kira, the stronger one would feel the effects of them.

Ascension
Paige

Characterization
Young, feisty, occasionally irrational. Just a few words that can be used to describe Kira. Trying as much as she can to be the opposite of her parents, she’d do the most irrational action in a situation if it would mean to prove that she’s not them.
For Kira the nature versus nurture paradigm is something that she struggled since she was young.
To arrest the bad guys and send them behind bars is what she strives for with every fiber of her being.

Legend
Not much is known about Kira’s early years. No one knew she existed until when her parents caught and to the surprise of the heroes that brought them it, she was playing with her dolls alone.
She lived in different orphanages after that, always getting into fights with the kids that made fun of her as soon as they heard who her parents were. Kira soon dedicated her life into proving everyone who judged her that she was not her parents and that everyone is responsible for their own actions.

Just Another Hero

Kira Shenika

Real Name
Kira Shenika

Alter Ego
Aurora

Quirk
Aura - Emitter

Kira is able to emit Auras around herself with different abilities depending on her will. Whenever she’s using an Aura, her body will start glowing in a different color depending on the feeling she associated with the Aura.

Hero Techniques in Order of Power

Aura Of Health (Red)
The most basic technique that Kira has is the ability to summon an Aura of Health around herself in a 4 meter radius. Anyone that’s inside the Aura, herself included, has an increased healing rate.

Aura Of Mobility (Blue)
Kira’s Aura Of Mobility, increases her speed 3 times more than her actual physical abilities. The downside of this Aura is that once it’s activated, it will only last for 10 minutes at full power and then will gradually go down, leaving Kira exhausted from the physical strain.

The Aura of Power (Black)
The Aura of Power is Kira’s strongest offensive technique. In a 6 meter radius around her, whoever has evil intentions towards Kira is forced to focus strictly on her. As long as they can see her Aura, the trapped person will constantly lose physical and Quirk strength until eventually falling asleep. The physical strength is then doubled and transferred over to Kira for 5 minutes.

The Aura Of Peace (White)
Kira uses mostly all of her strength to conjure the Aura Of Peace. Anyone caught inside it, be it friend or foe, will find themselves unable of violent actions or thoughts. It will only last for 10 minutes at maximum and will leave Kira drained for a period of time.

This applies to all her Auras : The closer one is to Kira, the stronger one would feel the effects of them.

Ascension
Paige

Characterization
Young, feisty, occasionally irrational. Just a few words that can be used to describe Kira. Trying as much as she can to be the opposite of her parents, she’d do the most irrational action in a situation if it would mean to prove that she’s not them.
For Kira the nature versus nurture paradigm is something that she struggled since she was young.
To arrest the bad guys and send them behind bars is what she strives for with every fiber of her being.

Legend
Not much is known about Kira’s early years. No one knew she existed until when her parents caught and to the surprise of the heroes that brought them it, she was playing with her dolls alone.
She lived in different orphanages after that, always getting into fights with the kids that made fun of her as soon as they heard who her parents were. Kira soon dedicated her life into proving everyone who judged her that she was not her parents and that everyone is responsible for their own actions.

@Lord Indra Let me know what you think of Kira.

Through the Gateways: Humanity [Closed] [Soon to be Concluded]

@Raylah It shouldn't be a big issue, just that I'll refer to some of my people as The Rejected and not to cause confusion.

Through the Gateways: Humanity [Closed] [Soon to be Concluded]

And so it happens, first with a spark, a wavering in space- and then a flash of blinding light and heat, a storm in the void, a celestial crescendo like a sun being born. And then only a steady light.

The Chosen witness it and believe it is a sign of the God-Queen. A sign that life will change.
A nation-wide summon is sent out. "Come to the Church. Join in the service. Hear the God-Queen."
For Ashevelen to speak to her flock was something harder to do than not speaking with them, as she, herself never believed in the whole God-spiel. Science, not religion, made the Chosen. Alas, for the betterment of the people, one has to do whatever needs to be done.

The Gateway. The reason everyone is alive. The potential reason for the upcoming death of billions. To think that everyone on the other side, if anyone is still alive, will be friendly would be childish.

~~~~~~~~

In front of the palace, people would always gather and hope that one day, they'll manage to see the God-Queen. Today the day came and millions gathered. More looking from the Churches. A planet looking at one person. A planet stopping to see what it's God wants.

"My children! Look above yourself! Look above me! Look at the stars. Ever since we first arrived here, I always wondered. Has anyone else survived? Now, it's time to find out. Now, it's the time to see if anyone is worthy of receiving the light of your God-Queen.
Who will join me? Who wants to be the first who will find out if we are alone?"

As soon as the last word came out, a chorus of voices boomed. Volunteers from both the Enhanced and the Rejected soon stepped forward.
Priests gathering IDs and spreading the word to everyone around.

In an hour, even in the most desolate place of RADX-001, they will know what the God-Queen said.

~~~~~~~~

A man approached Ashevelen, bowing his head, as soon as she finished her speech, one of the most trusted advisors. Ascended William. The only one of her Ascended who knew how real her divinity actually was. The only unbeliever, carefully chosen from the Rejected and then healed of it's deformities, to keep Ashevelen grounded.

"My Queen, this is a great opportunity. May I be the one that will go? The others will be "unbelievers" and we both know that the Ascended will not take that kindly. We could have a war. "

"I'm aware of that, William. Very well aware. The divinity ruse worked for the Chosen as it was the best way to have a working society at that time but that works for our people only.
I'll accept your request. Go forth and see who's out there. Be diplomatic, offer them formula N0042-313-1 if they wish to trade. Don't take too many Rejected with you. Nothing against your kind but..."

"I know my Queen. I know. We would cause fear and the sorts."

~~~~~~~~

The Churches of the Chosen were working in overdrive after the announcement the priests were preaching to the masses the message of peace, calmness. Faith.

While the Clerics were preparing the soldiers, Enhanced or Rejected, for war. Better safe than sorry.

~~~~~~~~

Hours later, a ship was prepared. 2 dozen Enhanced soldiers, the Hierarch William and 50 of the Rejected - hidden in the cargo hold, a safety measure. Supplies and 10 vials of the N0042-313-1 formula kept under extreme security.
Approaching the Gateway, the outpost that was once created by the ancestors of the Chosen, was long abandoned. Faith that the Gateway will open once more was long ago replaced by faith in the God-Queen.

The controls for the Gateway were written in a long-lost language, old English, that only those within the Church were taught. William chose randomly one.

"Ospa".

| @GreyGoblin |

Through the Gateways: Humanity [Closed] [Soon to be Concluded]

@Raylah My troops are called The Rejected as well, hence why I'm asking :)

The Energy Storm

San Francisco - near 3rd street

While walking, Alexis put on her headphones, listening to the new announcement from the President or the racist idiot as she used to call him.

“Altered humans will be required to declare their status on their driver license or whatever form of ID they have, Altered humans will NOT be allowed to be sold or consume alcoholic beverages due to the danger of superhumans being intoxicated, Altered humans will not be allowed to consume marijuana or any illicit drugs for the same reasons as their ban on alcohol consumption, Altered humans will have a curfew and will not be permitted to be roaming the streets from the hours of 10PM to 8AM under no exceptions, Altered humans will not be allowed to be present at any educational facility including all schools & college’s neither as student or faculty regardless of age. Altered humans will not be allowed to use their abilities in public for any reason or face federal prosecution. Altered humans will not be allowed to utilize their powers during the the commission of any business or financial activities. Altered Humans will be temporarily barred from certain profession’s where their inclusion right now is detrimental including law enforcement, practicing law, all forms of medical practice, the educational system. Altered humans are not considered a protected class like race, religion & gender and can be banned or removed from any private or public business for safety measures without warning at will. Altered Humans are banned from using all forms of public transportation including privately owned such as Uber & Lyft. Altered humans are not allowed to engage in ownership or possession of guns or other weaponry.”

Live News

As soon as it ended, Alexis started swearing to herself.
" What the hell is that guy thinking? That bullshit will make people fall in-line to the Reaper. Another idiot. Can't they just leave us alone? I don't give a flying f**k who has powers and who hasn't. Who cares? "

Idiots .

An idea was starting to form in Alexis's mind. Leave. No other country seemed to have problems with Altered Humans, why wouldn't she leave? Nothing kept her here. No point in staying and if she'd managed to take Nafisa with her this time around, ok, if not, then it's her life. Her choices. Why would Alexis even care? Nafisa, nor her parents tried to get in contact or called the police when Alexis left. No one cared about her, why would she?

As she'd continue with her contemplation moment, she bummed into someone. Quickly saying her apologies or in other words a rude "What where you're going" she realized something. She was already on the 3rd street. Lucky.
Looking around nothing popped as "not normal" for her, until she saw the posters with her face on them or better said, with Nafisa's face on them and below it, some writing :

"Wanted for multiple criminal practices including drug distribution and grand theft - Real name unknown, known as Angel on the streets - Call 234-631 with any information about the whereabouts of this dangerous criminal."

Without realizing she did it, she put her hoodie on. Trying to hide her face. If posters like this were hanged randomly thoughout the city, that means the internet was buzzing with it and that means, people might think she's the dangerous criminal. How didn't she see anything?

After hiding as much as possible on an alleyway, she took her phone and spent about an hour looking all over the internet about the supposed Angel. Still, her sister wanted by law? That was shocking. Finally, she caught a lucky break. An old comment on a supposed-sighting video, from a worker at a local FEMA camp.
Doing her best to stay hidden, she navigated the streets walking towards the FEMA camp.