Superheroes of the Trust Game Thread II

[kirinke]

"Honestly I was thinking something more intmate, coffee or something. Screaming and being knocked around is what we've been doing for weeks.

Hope nodded. "Well, there is that. We could watch a movie, if that's more agreeable. I'm sure we could probably get whichever one we wanted in this place,"

 

[Vanifae]

Apollo smiles, “Water it is then,” he puts the glass down and pours cool water for the both of them. He gives her a crooked smile brushing off the comment, “I am not much for alcohol myself, but I figured I should try and impress you with my good taste; supposedly this stuff is a good year or something,” referring to the champagne.

“I guess you are right, we make choices every day that affect far more people then ourselves, and I could wonder if we have the right to do that; but then again maybe we have the responsibility to do what we have to do. But yeah I am not sure why more super heroes don’t use there powers to make money,” he shrugs.

He grins and removes his shirt, “Nice one by the way.” His chest is defined and well toned with a sunburst tattoo; on his back is another tattoo of a woman angel with golden wings. He looks over his shoulder, “So the Trust is pretty awesome, what do you think of the rest of the team?”

 

[Jemal]

"A remarkable idea! I couldn't have suggested better myself!" Jack Carson declared as he walked up to Hope and Amanda. "That wasn't exactly the best mission I've ever done, and I for one could use a wind-down and some catching up." He grinned as they turned to regard him, putting up a hand to forestall questions "And don't even bother asking how I found you, it's kind of my thing. So, what did I miss?"

[sblock=ooc]So just for the record, who all's still with hope, and who's still in the game?
Oh btw, hi. [/sblock]

 

[Victim]

"Thanks." Megan takes the water.

"I don't really feel comfortable intervening in situations that don't involve powers or fringe science. Superpowers are sort of overkill for most normal things. It's like why we have separate police and military forces. I guess that's sort of how where I draw the line," she replies.

But yeah I am not sure why more super heroes don’t use there powers to make money,” he shrugs.

"The examples of the first really famous heroes probably has a lot to do with that. Because of heroes like Centurion, people sort of expect metahumans to act selflessly - or go the other way and be supervillains."

She shrugs. "I don't like Hope. At all. Maybe you noticed. As far as everyone else goes... Nitro is really amazing. He's probably the best fighter out of all us - you saw how fast things soured for us once he went down. He sort of makes me uncomfortable sometimes though. Nightweaver seems smart, but her power seems to suck, especially since she can't really use it with the rest of us. Thessaly is nice, and her power does so many different things. She's really good. Wren is pretty new - he seems to have some powerful energy stuff and then defensive fields and healing. He seemed nice too, but also smothering. He wanted us to stay together before. But speed powers or things like darkness would work best when splitting up, don't you think?"

"A lot of other people have been part of our team for varying periods: a 'demon', an 'angel', an alien plant guy, and Spirit. Optic is probably coming back though. He has a lot of experience as a superhero and still manages to run a company."

"You probably shouldn't rely too much on my opinion though. I freely admit to being biased. Plus I missed seeing the others in action sometimes. Everyone else was fighting in the museum while Nitro and I were with the Freedom League. And circumstances have prevented me from observing parts of other battles, especially if I'm doing flybys." She's not eager to admit to being KO'd all the time.

"Is there any significance to those tattoos? Also, I wouldn't have thought the process would so well with superhuman toughness."

 

[Vanifae]

"Is there any significance to those tattoos? Also, I wouldn't have thought the process would so well with superhuman toughness."

Apollo drapes his shirt over the railing with a shake of his head, “Yeah it took a little work to get these tattoos inked, as far as significance, Apollo is the sun god, so hence the sun burst tattoo… the angel… well I got it in honor of my grandmother when she passed away two years ago, nana was the best cook I ever knew.”

“Oh I noticed,” He replies referring to Hope, “And relax we all have our biases; I am the new guy any kind of perspective on the team is good. The team seems pretty solid, despite our less then great interpersonal issues.”

He takes a drink of the water, “But then again that is why I like you,” he says standing close to her, “I mean, you have a fire, a passion for what you do, you seem a little vulnerable but I like that. A real woman, intense, beautiful… and fast… I like that.” Apollo brushes the hair back from her face.

“You might even be able to keep up with me,” he smiles.

 

[Fangor the Fierce]

Wren stands, recognizing the man called Optic. He hadn't gone through much of his file, but that was the same with the others. Files were so impersonal, and he wanted to see what each person was in real life. Not on paper.

"I'm Wren, they call me the Gaurdian. I've been reassigned to Sigma team. You must be Optic. As for relaxing, I think there's a few options. Movie's are too quiet. Can't really talk much and get to know people. Professional games, on the other hand, those are more vocal and relaxed. How about a baseball game? I hear the local professional team, I don't remember their name, are pretty good. There's a game in about 2 hours. Plenty of time to rest up, freshen up, and it'll be my treat. After all, they say Baseball is this nation's pastime. Right?"

 

[Victim]

Apollo drapes his shirt over the railing with a shake of his head, “Yeah it took a little work to get these tattoos inked, as far as significance, Apollo is the sun god, so hence the sun burst tattoo… the angel… well I got it in honor of my grandmother when she passed away two years ago, nana was the best cook I ever knew.”

“Oh I noticed,” He replies referring to Hope, “And relax we all have our biases; I am the new guy any kind of perspective on the team is good. The team seems pretty solid, despite our less then great interpersonal issues.”

He takes a drink of the water, “But then again that is why I like you,” he says standing close to her, “I mean, you have a fire, a passion for what you do, you seem a little vulnerable but I like that. A real woman, intense, beautiful… and fast… I like that.” Apollo brushes the hair back from her face.

“You might even be able to keep up with me,” he smiles.

"Oh..." Good one.

She frowns, "Maybe we are solid, but I don't think that's good enough. I fought Barrington directly - to use the term loosely - and he's a monster. He barely broke stride taking me out in one kick while I focused mostly on dodging. If he had been aiming to kill... That day, he was just brushing us aside like gnats, like we weren't even worth a real effort. He also dropped Spirit in a single blast."

"I didn't know vulnerable was a good thing."

Megan flips her ponytail around. "Keep up with you? Hmmph. That's a good one. If you think rolling around your direction of travel is an impressive trick, then you'd be in trouble in any contest of manuever. Airplanes can pull that one off."

 

[Vanifae]

"Oh..." Good one.

She frowns, "Maybe we are solid, but I don't think that's good enough. I fought Barrington directly - to use the term loosely - and he's a monster. He barely broke stride taking me out in one kick while I focused mostly on dodging. If he had been aiming to kill... That day, he was just brushing us aside like gnats, like we weren't even worth a real effort. He also dropped Spirit in a single blast."

"I didn't know vulnerable was a good thing."

Megan flips her ponytail around. "Keep up with you? Hmmph. That's a good one. If you think rolling around your direction of travel is an impressive trick, then you'd be in trouble in any contest of manuever. Airplanes can pull that one off."

“Barrington sounds like a badass... we may not be in his league yet, but he isn’t invincible,” the rock star quips.

Apollo nods at her explanation, “Well first off vulnerable does not mean weak, it just means to me at least that you have a softer side, the side that makes you look beautiful in this dress.”

He turns and walks towards the open glass sliding door, which opens into a large bedroom. He says over his shoulder, “I am going to look for another shirt to wear, if you want I can give you the tour.” He walks over to a large walk-in closet and pulls out a t-shirt. The interior has a subtle Greek/Mediterranean motif to it, with white and gold as the dominating colors; it is very clean and stylish. A large bed dominates the room with a 60 inch widescreen monitor hanging on the wall opposite the bed.

He shrugs, “But yeah I guess I could learn a thing or two about maneuvering from you, I tend to focus more on my speed then trying to get fancy and outmaneuver my opponent; maybe we can work on that together? I bet we make a good duo, I mean we already compliment each other pretty well.”

He turns smiling at Star, “But even though you may know some awesome maneuvers in the air, I bet I know a few techniques that you have never seen.” He takes her hand, still holding the spare shirt, “Maybe I could show you?”

 

[Victim]

“Barrington sounds like a badass... we may not be in his league yet, but he isn’t invincible,” the rock star quips.

"True, but he has lots of powerful allies now too," she replies worriedly.

Apollo nods at her explanation, “Well first off vulnerable does not mean weak, it just means to me at least that you have a softer side, the side that makes you look beautiful in this dress.”

Megan smiles, "I never thought about it like that." I like hearing how beautiful and great I am.

He turns and walks towards the open glass sliding door, which opens into a large bedroom. He says over his shoulder, “I am going to look for another shirt to wear, if you want I can give you the tour.” He walks over to a large walk-in closet and pulls out a t-shirt. The interior has a subtle Greek/Mediterranean motif to it, with white and gold as the dominating colors; it is very clean and stylish. A large bed dominates the room with a 60 inch widescreen monitor hanging on the wall opposite the bed.

He shrugs, “But yeah I guess I could learn a thing or two about maneuvering from you, I tend to focus more on my speed then trying to get fancy and outmaneuver my opponent; maybe we can work on that together? I bet we make a good duo, I mean we already compliment each other pretty well.”

He turns smiling at Star, “But even though you may know some awesome maneuvers in the air, I bet I know a few techniques that you have never seen.” He takes her hand, still holding the spare shirt, “Maybe I could show you?”

This place is so nice. And rich. "Yeah, we should be a good team. Being fast leaves me kind of exposed sometimes; I'd appreciate the help."

"Sounds fun, go ahead," she grins back. Too bad it's more matter of how much/fast we can change vector than technique.

 

[Vanifae]

"Sounds fun, go ahead," she grins back. Too bad it's more matter of how much/fast we can change vector than technique.

Apollo smiles, Almost too easy… cute though, he pulls her close to him gently, holds her chin with his free hand, having dropped the shirt, and gives her a deep kiss. He uses his intimate control of the light to give them both a soft glow of moonlight.

Assuming he is allowed to finish he speaks, “Shall I continue?”