Tiffany Korta

The Immutable Betsy Brooks Betsy wasn’t one to beat around the bush when it came to dealing with people, she could be downright rude if the situation arose. But in her line of business you sometime needed someone to cut through the crap and get to the point. But this was a little different, she didn’t want to bulldoze through a community and cause a fuss for nothing. She could be subtle where needed. “Please to meet you, I’m Betsy Brooks.” her accent was one of those cut glass British ones, with just a slight edge behind it “If it’s not to much trouble I’d like to talk to in private about something you might be able to help with?”

In a place like Freedom City there are many places that design and build costumes for the many heroes that inhabit the city. Tucked away in various parts of the city they all offer an quick, efficent and important private service. And even other, less super filled cities, have a store somewhere. For the upcoming Hades Gala you've been given almost unlimited credit to get yourself a fancy costume for the event. Describe the experience of find the place and interacting with the staff, it can be the same place as others or somewhere new, and more importantly tell us all about the new costume. It's why your there after all! (As a reminder, vignettes follow the same general rules as posts in terms of content, player character limits, and so on. You may have only one vignette per player character. Each vignette should be at least one page (~500 words) in length; if posted in your thread counts at the end of the month, it is worth 1pp for the associated character. An especially long vignette, 1000 words or more, may be worth up to 2pp. An occupying image of the costume is also worth an extra 1pp. Multiple players can collaborate on a single vignette - we recommend Google Docs for this, it's very useful - but the vignette should be about one page per participating player.)

You found the golden envelope at your door after a hard day (or night) patrolling. Cautiously opening it you find an embossed card with a stylised pomegranate, the logo apparently of the Proserpina Foundation. On the card in a fine cursive script is just the following text Hades Gala, 19:00 EEST (Eastern European Summer Time, around 12:00 EST) on 21st June 2022, Necromanteion of Acheron, Mesopotamos, Greece. Also, in the envelope is a card for a rather exclusive local tailor that tends to specialise in a superhero clientele. For decades there have been rumours of an exclusive party held in various places around the world on the Summer Equinox. This year the guests are a selected superheroes of various stripes, personally invited by none other than the Lady Persephone and the (reformed) Lord Hades rulers of the Greek underworld. In honour of this year’s upcoming X-men’s Hellfire Gala, we’re going to have our own little gathering of superheroes (and maybe less heroic Greek superbeings). We’re going to do the gala in two parts: 1) From May we’ll have a vignette where you have a chance to try on, and describe the variation of your costume designed especially for the Gala. This can either be the standard 1,000-2,000 words or an image or any mix of the two. Tailored Fit (May/June Vignette) 2) from June there will be an open threads where your heroes can interact with each other as well as certain famous NPCs with permission. You can also spin-off to other threads or vignettes if some heroes want a more private meeting. The threads are now open: The Hades Gala, departure (Freedom City) The Hades Gala, arrival (Greece) The Hades Gala Also if you wish to cover something that won't quite work in the threads, meeting with NPCs or quiet moments between characters, can be handled as a vignette to be posted here. Be aware bot vignettes will only stay open until July, whilst the threads will stay open as long as people want to keep posting there. Each vignette should be at least one page (~500 words) in length; if posted in your thread counts at the end of the month, it is worth 1pp for the associated character. An especially long vignette, 1000 words or more, may be worth up to 2pp. Multiple players can collaborate on a single vignette - we recommend Google Docs for this, it's very useful - but the vignette should be about one page per participating player.)

The Immutable Betsy Brooks Betsy was examining the roots of the tree when the dulcet tones sounded out from the culture center across the way. Being a sort of expert on such things back at Vibora Bay she often just stumbled on preternatural beings almost daily. Then again this was Freedom City that was packed to the gills with the strange and bizarre. Still a Kaibyō so close to the former home of a jiangshi was at least worth a look, and someone who seems to know the locals mundane and maybe otherwise. She sauntered over to the center, taking time to drop a note in the collection, before siding over to Mr Koshiro, she vaguely recalled a drunken night of karaoke with the man last time she’d visited. “Konnichiwa Koshiro-san...” she was still on the earlier courses of her ArcheTalk Japanese “... could you introduce me to the young lady?” Best to take this slow and steady, didn’t want to cause a scene whilst trying to find her feet here.

Triakosia With a massive grin Katie gave Casey a massive hug, before remembering she was meant to be professional and look with all the seriousness a twelve year old could manage. “Thank you for the cards Auntie Casey...” she leaned in to whisper conspiratorially “I got this great figurine of you, I think mom is a little jealous!” Dancia rolled her eyes, temporarily distracted from her attempts to examine the mysterious object. “We have a house full of the thing, I get all the pre-production models. Centurion (the Cat) keeps knocking them off the shelves!” she shrugged as Katie glared a little “Great hearing...” she looked more seriously at Casey “Are you as concerned about all this as I am?”

Triakosia Dancia had also been assigned to cover the whole thing, but it didn’t mean she couldn’t use the time fruitfully for educational purposes. She’d manage to wangle a plus one for Katie, her adopted twelve year old daughter, including a rather adorable press pass! It’d be something she could show off when she went back to Nicholson’s next week. Katie even wore similar clothes, a navy blue waistcoat over a white blouse. With her mini reporter in tow Dancia made her way to the main attraction, worried about just what Mars had in store. She was looking to get some good phones to upload to the computers back at Thor island to see if the database had anything on this alien species. And if the situation took a turn for the worse she was always ready to step up as Triakosia!

Doktor'd! The Immutable Betsy Brooks Quick a dirty edit for just 2PP here, I'd like to add 4SP to her sheet. Bluff +5, from 5 to 10 and Languages +3 adding Mandarin, Japanese and Korean So now her skill should look like Skills: 112R = 28PP Bluff 6 (+10) Diplomacy 1 (+5) Gather Info 11 (+15) Intimidate 11 (+15) Skill Mastery Investigate 9 (+10) Skill Mastery Knowledge (Arcane Lore) 9 (+10) Knowledge (Current Events) 9 (+10) Knowledge (Popular Culture) 9 (+10) Knowledge (Streetwise) 9 (+10) Languages 6 (French, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Romanian, Spanish) (Base: English) Notice 12 (+15) Skill Mastery Sense Motive 12 (+15) Skill Mastery Stealth 8 (+10)

Mr Chishio had been dead well before Betsy had already met the man over several decades ago. A Jiangshi who had gently enshrined himself into this little Japanese community, taking only the little he needed to survive and returning much more to the community. He’d been the first vampire that any angry young(ish) Betsy had discovered thinking they needed to be wiped from this planet. The jiangshi had gently explained that he wished her no harm and spent time convincing her that supernatural creature were just as human as everyone else. His gently humour had won her over (Mr Bloody indeed!) and it started her on a path that led to her becoming the woman she was today. When his letter had arrived asking for her help she had dropped everything to travel back to Freedom City, but apparently arriving to late. It was all to suspicious that he’d happened to die right at this moment so Betsy was determined to discover the truth.

Little Kyoto, The West End, Freedom City 14th April 2022, Butsumetsu This little slice of Japan in Freedom city, if not the oldest it was close, was particularly quiet today as among the more superstitious it was the unluckiest of days. For on this day the Buddha had died and hence nothing important should be embarked upon. The day had definitely been unlucky for poor Mr Chishio who had been found dead in the courtyard of his home, under the shadow of an ancient Cherry Tree. With nothing suspicious about the death, the man was quite old after all (and no one ever remembered seeing him as a young man), he’d been carted away to the morgue. Someone knew something was amiss however...

Bee - 2 post = 1PP As it was. Will Bee (2) Starshine - 1 post = 1PP National Anthem (1) The Scarab III - 1 post (Rollover) = 1PP + 1PP (Ref Point) = 2PP Miss Grue - 1 post [MAXED] Written In The Stars (1)

Oh right tech roll Technology: 1d20+10 29

Bee Looking around Melissa felt a little more confident that it wasn’t a family issue, which was both a good and bad thing. With whatever defenses systems this bee bot looming down on her she didn’t have long to deal with this threat. Maybe after this she could get a sample to analyze for potential other uses, she did have the resources of the Atom’s to play with after all! But for now she flew through the guts of the machine, towards the power source first she would shut the bee down then she’d try and work out exactly what was going on here.

Miss Grue Fair warning I’m an empath as well! There was a hint of amusement in her thoughts Even with my limited knowledge of Grue history the Arcane are something that scare my kind, magic and psychics just don’t mix it. “I’m the only one Grue that I’m aware of on the planet right now.” she replied as she followed the others inside, missing out her evil uncle that might technically be around. She also gently let the others know about what Casper had found out about Century Woman, gently as some might be less inclined about telepathic communication than others. “They might be magical but they’re still Grue at heart, they’ll be drones and someone commanding them. Probably not mindless, just easily led.”

Starshine Rosalind came through the crash without a scratch, again the Bracelet provided her a protective barrier against harm. In fact in happened so quickly it took her a moment to figure out exactly what they’d been through. Floating there surrounded by her protective aura she considered what she could do to help, she wasn’t as powerful as the others she was fairly sure she was fast enough to be helpful here. Or at least keep busy whilst others did all the important work. “I can go see what happened to the other aircraft? It’s not that far away so it won’t take me long to fly over.”

Bee Melissa zipped through the battle ignoring everything going on around her, she was confident that the other has the situation in hand. Or she would be if she was giving it any thought, instead she was still trying to determine if this was a family thing. The changes in designs didn’t mean anything, she was from a family of tinkers, neither did the lack of gloating, though that was a little unusual. She supposed it might be a distraction, but you’d figured that he’d have recorded a message at least! Finally getting close to one of the larger Drones she decided the best way to sort this out either way was to take a closer look, so she dived down towards the machine looking for a way to get inside and look at it mechanical construction.

The Scarab III - 1 post (rollover) = 1PP + 1PP (Ref Post) = 2PP Ms. Grue - 1 post [Maxed] Written In The Stars (1)

Sorry, been a little distracted by RL recently. How big are these Bee's? Would it possible for a teeny tiny person to get and have a look inside?

Ms Grue Humans were such a mess of noisy contradictory thoughts it was generally a good idea to shut them all out, besides they didn’t like it when you read there thought’s. It had confused her when they’d went on about wanting to know the truth, but hated it when you actually told them what they “wanted”. But just like hearing your name in a noisy crowded room someone thinking at you worked much the same way. You don’t need to shout I can hear you just fine! her thoughts had a tinge of humour I’d need to get Mother Unit to scan it, and I doubt they’d allow me time to go get her! She enthusiasm might be mistaken for naivety but she’d been doing this for quite some time now.

Ms Grue It didn’t take an empath to sense that she was making some of them nervous, something she’d experience before though it was less common now then when she arrived. Still even though a lot seemed to be happening, it was probably something she should address if they were going to cooperate. “I’m an outcast from my people with no contact with the Meta Mind, you probably know more about Grue culture than I do. It’s long complicated story I assure you.” she smiled softly at her memories of her unusual upbringing. Daphne did however shift her features until she looked more like her normal human self, the one she considered her “normal” form. Though for tradition she added a little domino mask (relatively speaking) to hid her identity. “I do have some Grue technology that might be able to help, if you need it obviously…”

Bee - 1 post = 1PP As it was. Will Bee (1) Madame Raven - 4 posts = 1PP Fast Times at Claremont (2) Rough Cut Diamonds (1) Taking the Black (1) The Scarab III - 1 post (Rollover) = 1PP + 1PP (Ref Points) + 2PP (Special) = 4PP Ms. Grue - 1 post [Maxed] Written In The Stars (1)

Ms Grue Daphne was enjoying the party nursing a drink to the happy buzz of humans having a good time. So tuned to the general psychic buzz she felt the disturbance a moment before the others, the sudden appearances of minds was an obvious sign of trouble. Not wanting to ruin anyone’s fun sooner than needed, maybe she could sort it all out before it did, she floated through the walls and out to the courtyard of the Freedom League Building. Then as she solidified she grew to her giant 12 feet form, ready for any potential fight. “No need to shout we heard already! But an explanation would be nice.”

Bee's (Melissa's) Initiative: 1d20+8 11

Bee Melissa was happy working in the laboratory o Atom Towers, it had just about everything you could ever want or need to do the science she loved to do. But she still had an alert set up on her phone for any villain stuff going on in Freedom City. When the alert came up she did something that she rarely did, she swore! “Oh heck! Erm I have to go check up something!” She rushed out of the laboratory looking for a handy window to get into the air and towards where the trouble was. As she did she quickly dialled her uncle, right now she was worried that this was a family problem that she needed to sort out. “Yes uncle I saw I’m on my way there now… no I’ll be fine… might be worth checking up on him!… Yes I’ll be careful, got to go you know how my powers are bad for electronics… Love you to!” As she finished her call she shrunk down her teeny tiny form zipping through the air towards the source of the trouble.

Happy New Year everyone! As my gift to (some) of you I’ve done everyone’s post whether you managed to do post count or not. If you’re missing available points, and I’ve maked as many as I noticed, let us know and we’ll update your sheet. Alderwitch Bombshell: 1 Post = 1PP Kid Celtic: 1 Post = 1PP Star Child: 1 Post = 1PP Volcanic: 2 Posts = 1PP * Guide Point Needed * Angrydurf Ace Danger: 1 Post = 1PP [Maxed] Empyrion: 1 Post = 1PP Kensei: 1 + 1 + 1 = 3 Posts = 1PP + 1PP (Ref Point) = 2PP Savant: 1 Posts (Rollover) = 1PP Avenger Assembled Angelic: 12 + 1 Post = 13 Posts = 2PP Comrade Frost: 3 Posts = 1PP Neko/Gawain: 1 + 2 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 2 Posts = 11 Posts = 2PP Patriot II: 1 + 10 + 1 Posts = 12 Posts = 2PP Sea Devil: 1 Post = 1PP * Ref Point Needed* Dr Archeville Artificer: 2 + 1 + 2 Posts = 5 Posts = 1PP Horrorshow: 11 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 9 + 5 Posts = 29 Posts = 3PP Protectron: 1PP (Ref Point) Ecalsneerg Geckoman: 1 Post [Maxed] * Rollover Point Needed * Electra Chelone: 1 + 2 Posts = 3 Posts = 1PP Fleur de Joie: 1 Post [Maxed] * Guide & Rollover Point Needed * EternalPhoenix Effigy and Invisigirl: 2 Posts = 1PP Queenie: 2 Posts = 1PP * Ref Point Needed* Fox Masque: 1 Post = 1PP + 1PP (Ref Point) = 2PP Gizmo Chitin: 1 Posts = 1PP Jack O’Cure: 1 + 1 + 1 Posts = 3 Posts [Maxed] * Ref & Rollover Point Needed* Heritage Crystal Gazer: 1 + 1 Posts = 2 Posts = 1PP Grimalkin 1 + 2 Posts = 3 Posts [Maxed] Kaede Kimura Shadowborne: 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 Posts = 4 posts = 1PP Shooting Star: 1 Post = 1PP GM Posts: 1 + 1 Posts = 2 x 2 = 4 points * GM Post Needed* Knight Disciple Thunderbird: 1PP (Guide Point) Nerdzul Nightscale: 2 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 3 + 10 (GM Posts) Posts = 26 posts = 3PP GM Post: 5 Posts = 5 x 2 = 10 Posts RocketLord Archer II: 1 Post = 1PP Freedom Eagle ∞: 1 + 1 Posts = 2 Posts = 1PP Ghost: 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 3 Posts = 12 Posts = 2PP Justice: 1 Post (GM Post) = 1PP + 1PP (Guide Post) = 2PP Nevermore II: 1 Post = 1PP Rocket: 1 Post (GM Post) = 1PP Space Ranger III: 1 Post (GM Post) = 1PP GM Post = 2 Posts = 2 x 2 = 4 Posts Spacefurry Blackstaff: 5 Posts (GM Posts) = 1PP Chimera: 2 + 1 + 6 + 1 (GM Post) Posts = 10 Posts = 2PP Paper: 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 3 Posts = 15 Posts = 2PP GM Post: 2 + 1 Posts = 3 x 2 = 6 Posts The Sailor Torpedo: 3 Posts = 1PP Thevshi Veronica Danger: 1 Post [Maxed] * Ref and Rollover Point Needed*

Madame Raven <”Welcome to Claremont then! I apologise that my Spanish is rather finishing school.”> her Spanish was near perfect but more European in style “Ah it seems that a few of us are from either the past or future, it just happens that I’m originally from the ‘80s. But maybe a tale for another time, just part of the fun of this place!” Callie then looked toward Owain, she knew him about (Claremont wasn’t the biggest of places) but hadn’t spent much time around him her being a year above. “Carmen has already said… Owain isn’t it? Puerto Rico is an island in the Caribbean, where its a lot warmer than here I can tell you!”