Superheroes of the Trust Game Thread II

[kirinke]

"Oh, before I had powers I wouldn't have wanted to go up against The Rock. People's Eyebrow, People's Elbow, People's Champion. It was just routine. But don't listen to Dwayne about the acting being because of metahumans stuff. He got into acting to cash out and once he saw he'd be successful there (like we couldn't have guessed), he stopped doing as much wrestling. But I don't blame Dwayne- I'm grew up around Hollywood and movie stars. It's a nice place to be a big shot."

Hope grinned a little. "Being a big-shot is nice anywhere, if you like being in the lime-light all of the time that is. Personally, I don't see how celebrities do it. I'd be tempted to punch out any photographer or paparazi that gets near me after awhile."

 

[Jemal]

"I much prefer being the corporate style of famous... Sure I get some paparazi waiting to snap a pic of me, but for the most part, it's all the perks of being a celeb with few of the drawbacks. Though I highly doubt there's anybody in this stadium who, if given a choice between meeting one of the three of us" Jack indicates himself, Nitro, and Rock "Would choose the business man over the super-hero or the actor... You might get your share of guys wanting to meet you, though, given the chance." He jokingly quips as he glances over to Hope, grinning.

 

[Victim]

"Works for me," he smirks, "get comfortable, have a seat... unless you are itching to take the grand tour... I mean we have plenty of time to relax and see all the sights. So tell me, what did you do before the Trust? I mean how did you get started with doing this kind of stuff in the first place?"

"I was at ASTRO Labs when some super gang robbed the place. I got a bit pissed off and ambushed them when they were leaving the secured area - I set a bunch traps to help even the odds. That worked for a little bit. Then more guys showed up, and the water guy reappeared. One of the new supers shut me down completely, and he wasn't even really trying. Since he took control of my power somehow, Backfire could have done so much worse than fly me into the upper atmosphere. So they got away and Captain Thunder had to drag me back to earth. At least they made that costume for me; its material is really expensive."

She frowns, "Really amazing, huh? You said you started with drug dealers..."

 

[kirinke]

"I much prefer being the corporate style of famous... Sure I get some paparazi waiting to snap a pic of me, but for the most part, it's all the perks of being a celeb with few of the drawbacks. Though I highly doubt there's anybody in this stadium who, if given a choice between meeting one of the three of us" Jack indicates himself, Nitro, and Rock "Would choose the business man over the super-hero or the actor... You might get your share of guys wanting to meet you, though, given the chance." He jokingly quips as he glances over to Hope, grinning.

Hope laughs outright. "You don't make the choices easy, huh?" she shoots back.

 

[Vanifae]

"I was at ASTRO Labs when some super gang robbed the place. I got a bit pissed off and ambushed them when they were leaving the secured area - I set a bunch traps to help even the odds. That worked for a little bit. Then more guys showed up, and the water guy reappeared. One of the new supers shut me down completely, and he wasn't even really trying. Since he took control of my power somehow, Backfire could have done so much worse than fly me into the upper atmosphere. So they got away and Captain Thunder had to drag me back to earth. At least they made that costume for me; its material is really expensive."

She frowns, "Really amazing, huh? You said you started with drug dealers..."

Apollo smirks, "Well yeah I started with a simple drug bust I guess, well simple in that some super hottie villainess was selling a designer drug that turned the junkies into mindless zombies that did her bidding... either that or it pretty much made them brain dead. Now I am all for doing what you want to do; and if your thing is smoking pot or drugs then fine, ruin your body... but even that was a little far for me... and the fact that a couple of kids at one of my concert ended up going berserk and putting several other concert attendees in the hospital I felt a little responsible for the matter."

He forms his light guitar and starts playing a light tune, to give his hands something to do, "I tried to use the normal channels but this was way beyond anything the proper authorities could handle, and I am not one to get others to do stuff for me, so I decided to press my luck and go after the source myself. I used a pretty terrible disguise and followed a few leads I had, found their main lab and trashed the place. I also got a broken nose, several broken ribs, and a near death encounter after dealing with her thugs... and her abilities... which were pretty considerable. So yeah I won, but I spent my celebration in ER and I got myself plastered all over the news... fun times. Gave the label execs a heart attack... eh in the end I felt good doing something to make the world better. Which is all i want to do with my music... so it all worked out."

"Funny thing is I can't for the life of me remember who the hottie was that had put together that crazy if a little cheesy plan," Apollo shrugs.

 

[Victim]

"I would have thought it would have went well for you."

 

[Vanifae]

"My PR people gave it a good spin, said I had a serious auto accident, blah blah blah... eh overall I learned alot and I had fun, it was a rush... and I am all about achieving that rush again," Apollo quips.

 

[Victim]

"My PR people gave it a good spin, said I had a serious auto accident, blah blah blah... eh overall I learned alot and I had fun, it was a rush... and I am all about achieving that rush again," Apollo quips.

"How is a car accident better spin than being a superhero?" I enjoy pure flight better than fighting... Even if I'm not injured, I tend to feel sick afterwards. Maybe I should quit.

 

[Vanifae]

"How is a car accident better spin than being a superhero?" I enjoy pure flight better than fighting... Even if I'm not injured, I tend to feel sick afterwards. Maybe I should quit.

“Heh, I don’t know it didn’t last long anyway; I pretty much just spelled everything out on my blog and did my own kind of press release. I figured that my fans had a right to know, and besides it was pretty cool to get to act like a superhero. Even if I did get hurt, I learned a lot about my abilities and what I could and could not do… and in the end I shut the operation down, I mean yeah that does not mean happily ever after, but it felt good,” Apollo shrugs.

“The execs were angry, but at the end of the day it only served to enhance my popularity and record sales went up, which made them much more amicable to the idea of me pursuing a career in super heroics… long story short, it was a good decision. But enough about me,” he beckons her to sit down next to him, “having heard all that and seeing me in action what is your opinion of me, I am curious… I mean I feel like you are the veteran here, and I am just the rookie.”

 

[Victim]

"I've been working as a superhero for like six months, and I joined this team less than a weekk ago. The stuff we're doing is a lot harder than what I'd handled before too. So I still feel outclassed most of the time," she admits.

Megan continues, "As far as this fight went, you did okay. No injuries. You seemed to hit most of the time - but none of those hits seemed especially devastating. Maybe you should work on a harder hitting or multi-shot attack so you can take advantage of targets distracted by combat or their injuries. If we're by ourselves, it's no big deal to nickle and dime an enemy, since we should be able to stay out of the way with high speed passes, right? But in a group we have to work faster, since someone will be within reach no matter what. That generally means either delivering a big hit, or setting someone else up for one."

"Of course, my advice is probably mostly worthless. That was the first mission that I didn't finish on the floor. But hitting someone who's already vulnerable makes a huge difference. Pushing to take advantage of the situation seems to help too; it seems to work for Nitro so I tried it this too."