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<blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8980888" data-attributes="member: 30538"><p><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: #33b0f0">The Magnificent Seven</span></span></p><p></p><p>For some people, at least some of the time, the surest way to get them to go from not wanting something at all to wanting that thing a great deal is to tell them that they cannot have it. So it was, recently, with Marc Bolton, aka Cadmus. If he had ever given any thought as to why he had never received an invitation to join the Powerhouse, he dismissed it as the circumstances never coming up. Then he noticed a pattern, or rather the disruption of a pattern. Basilea steps down to be replaced another shield-wielding warrior in Prydwen. El Dorado goes off into space, and his role is filled by La Donna Universale, another device-wielding scientist. And then Minuteman, a powered armor-type, takes a break ... and they get a mystical martial monkey to fill in. As someone wise once said, "Huh?"</p><p></p><p>Despite that, Bolton still figured that the whole thing was none of his business. It would not be until after the invasion, when he consulted with John Wright regarding some new miniaturized systems for the Cadmus suit that the subject came up again, with Bolton mentioning his confusion in passing. Wright felt obligated to explain the situation to him, revealing that the group had decided a few years earlier, that they could not in conscience ask Cadmus to join the team while he was "employed" by a major weapons dealer. Bolton had never considered that possibility, and while he seemed to accept the explanation casually, he was more angered by it than he gave on. Because now he <em>wanted</em> something.</p><p></p><p>Being who and what he was, Bolton decided to use that anger to build something up rather than tear something down, and began planning to create a team intended to compete with the Powerhouse. He soon had a lengthy list of potential members, as well as arranging the construction of a headquarters for them in San Simeon. Before beginning the process of recruiting them, though, he felt that he ought to have a name ready, and here he struggled a bit, just as he had when coming up with a name for his armor. While listening to a playlist of favorite music, he briefly considered "The Superpower Crew" after Dylan came up, but decided that it was too generic. Then a certain well-known piece by Elmer Bernstein came up. Bolton wrote "The Magnificent" on the paper before him, hesitated, shrugged, and added "Seven" to it, then nodded.</p><p></p><p>What they are going to do if they ever end up recruiting a new member while still maintaining that number is not all that clear. Regardless, the Magnificent Seven have been assembled, and have had their first victory, after Montana finally showed her true colors and went on a rampage. After she was defeated, and the investigation into her mysterious backers begun, the state government swiftly extended the new team the same accreditation their fallen giantess had once enjoyed. Which is nice, but Bolton thinks bigger than that and is planning to make similar arrangements with the state governments of Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Oregon, as a sort of "west coast Powerhouse". (Of course, as the Powerhouse operates globally, that is a ridiculous idea, but Bolton has his whimsical moments.) This is probably going to be an uphill battle, of course.</p><p></p><p><strong><em>Current Membership</em></strong></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Caballero</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Cadmus</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Exile</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Firefly</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>The Red Archer</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Scanner</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Tlaloc</strong></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Red Archer:</strong> "Don't most of the Magnificent Seven get killed, though?"</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Cadmus:</strong> "Well, aren't <em>you</em> just a bundle of sunshine."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Red Archer:</strong> "It's an understandable concern, right?"</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Davies, post: 8980888, member: 30538"] [size=150][color=#33b0f0]The Magnificent Seven[/color][/size] For some people, at least some of the time, the surest way to get them to go from not wanting something at all to wanting that thing a great deal is to tell them that they cannot have it. So it was, recently, with Marc Bolton, aka Cadmus. If he had ever given any thought as to why he had never received an invitation to join the Powerhouse, he dismissed it as the circumstances never coming up. Then he noticed a pattern, or rather the disruption of a pattern. Basilea steps down to be replaced another shield-wielding warrior in Prydwen. El Dorado goes off into space, and his role is filled by La Donna Universale, another device-wielding scientist. And then Minuteman, a powered armor-type, takes a break ... and they get a mystical martial monkey to fill in. As someone wise once said, "Huh?" Despite that, Bolton still figured that the whole thing was none of his business. It would not be until after the invasion, when he consulted with John Wright regarding some new miniaturized systems for the Cadmus suit that the subject came up again, with Bolton mentioning his confusion in passing. Wright felt obligated to explain the situation to him, revealing that the group had decided a few years earlier, that they could not in conscience ask Cadmus to join the team while he was "employed" by a major weapons dealer. Bolton had never considered that possibility, and while he seemed to accept the explanation casually, he was more angered by it than he gave on. Because now he [i]wanted[/i] something. Being who and what he was, Bolton decided to use that anger to build something up rather than tear something down, and began planning to create a team intended to compete with the Powerhouse. He soon had a lengthy list of potential members, as well as arranging the construction of a headquarters for them in San Simeon. Before beginning the process of recruiting them, though, he felt that he ought to have a name ready, and here he struggled a bit, just as he had when coming up with a name for his armor. While listening to a playlist of favorite music, he briefly considered "The Superpower Crew" after Dylan came up, but decided that it was too generic. Then a certain well-known piece by Elmer Bernstein came up. Bolton wrote "The Magnificent" on the paper before him, hesitated, shrugged, and added "Seven" to it, then nodded. What they are going to do if they ever end up recruiting a new member while still maintaining that number is not all that clear. Regardless, the Magnificent Seven have been assembled, and have had their first victory, after Montana finally showed her true colors and went on a rampage. After she was defeated, and the investigation into her mysterious backers begun, the state government swiftly extended the new team the same accreditation their fallen giantess had once enjoyed. Which is nice, but Bolton thinks bigger than that and is planning to make similar arrangements with the state governments of Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Oregon, as a sort of "west coast Powerhouse". (Of course, as the Powerhouse operates globally, that is a ridiculous idea, but Bolton has his whimsical moments.) This is probably going to be an uphill battle, of course. [b][i]Current Membership[/i][/b] [color=blue][B]Caballero Cadmus Exile Firefly The Red Archer Scanner Tlaloc[/B][/color] [SIZE=3][b]Red Archer:[/b] "Don't most of the Magnificent Seven get killed, though?" [b]Cadmus:[/b] "Well, aren't [i]you[/i] just a bundle of sunshine." [b]Red Archer:[/b] "It's an understandable concern, right?"[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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