Marvel Next Generation Roleplay


January 4th, 2014

City of Steel @ 09:22 pm

[info]nextgen_media:

New York City was under siege. Not by any super-villains, though that was a common enough sight. Not by subterranean terrors as usually brought up by the Mole Man and not by hordes of Atlantean warriors in fishbowl helmets. Not even by any of the myriad alien races that liked to show up and get the stuffing kicked out of them by Earth's super-heroes.

Technically, these invaders were alien. But not like most others. These were very large, three of them nearly thirty feet tall, the last more than twice that.

"Come on out, accursed Autobots!" the leader, a massive grey robot with a cannon on his arm shouted. "Why do you not defend these humans?"
 

November 29th, 2013

Time Honored Tradition - Rate The Hunk @ 06:24 pm

[info]anyastark:

Anya had spent Thanksgiving with her team and with her family. Early dinner in Boston and then dinner with the family in New York in the evening. It was great having two Thanksgiving Day dinners. The best part of the holiday after the food was the day after Thanksgiving. It wasn't for the shopping or the deals, but for the time honored tradition of rating the male members of the superhero community.

Anya had the rec room of the Avengers mansion all prepared. Pizza, snacks, drinks of the soft kind and other various items for eating and drinking were laid out. Electronics were all prepared for the event. All that was left was for the guests to arrive.
 

July 23rd, 2013

The Viper's Bite @ 08:54 pm

[info]onearmofhydra:

Things were going according to plan. Viper was quite please by the way things were progressing. Alliances had been made. Plans were laid and the attack against the RenTech factory had been a great decoy. The real attack had been on another RenTech factory where working Zero Point Energy Modules were being stored. Once she had her hands on an energy source powerful enough to power the weapon scientists had develop she could initiate the next part of her plan.

The weapon was almost powerful enough to blacken a large city, but Olivia had other plans. More important plans. The ZPEM was put into the weapon and the weapon was on a large cargo ship in the Atlantic a few miles off the coast of New York Habor. The weapon was powered up.

A blinding white light shot forth from the weapon and blazed a trail across the sky. The light slammed into the Helicarrier, SHIELD's flying fortress.

While the distraction of the impact of the ion pulse slammed into the Helicarrier, a small flying craft came in right behind the blinding white light. It landed on the deck while panic and chaos broke out on the flying fortress.
 

July 10th, 2013

Meet the New Kid, Same as the Old Kid (Open to all FF, set after Grandfather events) @ 09:41 pm

[info]wiz_kid:

It happens without warning, striking the Baxter Building one floor at a time. A general murmur of static over the building's intercom systems, followed by the opening notes to 'Cocky', by Kid Rock repeating. Enough alarms are going off to draw most of the Foundation to the lobby.

Just as "Guess who's back?" comes over the speakers, the front doors to the lobby burst open.

Bentley 23, wearing a jetpack, a Hawaiian shirt, goggles, and jeans, marches in. A hovering cart full of luggage follows behind him.

"Okay... who missed me?" He grins.
 

June 11th, 2013

Attack of the Evil Grandfathers: Time for Dramatic Splash Pages! In a Sociopath's Delusional Mind! @ 07:56 pm

[info]nextgen_baddie:

Well, that'd been a fun little jaunt uptown. Here was hoping it would put some ideas in the girl's head that his new buddy could make use of. Or not. Maybe it wasn't that kind of story. And of course, the Thinker hadn't been able to take down Alpha Flight. No harm, no harm. All just interlude. Just softening up.
But waltzing up to a base in the middle of nowhere, of course, isn't Zeb's style. Too vulnerable, not enough leverage. So he's in town, cozy in a restaurant he's properly taken over, having analyzed a few choice haunts, keeping an eye out for any of Kara's girl's little friends.

He dialed the phone.
 

May 4th, 2013

Attack of the Evil Grandfathers: Salvo @ 10:58 pm

[info]nextgen_baddie:

The Baxter Building's security was on high alert. Just as it should be. All the more cameras to watch the people line up and start beating against the glass. Pressed close as a riot. Pounding on the doors until their hands bruised, blistered, and bled..

Zeb didn't stand with them, of course. He was out of sight... but near enough that the pheremones wouldn't wear off easy. Not for a long, long time. He'd had this crowd primed.
 

April 22nd, 2013

Attack of the Evil Grandfathers: Escape. @ 09:16 pm

[info]nextgen_baddie:

Zeb had to admit it: as absurd villain team-ups went, the writers could have done much worse. Read more... )
He turned it off, smiling. "What about you, Denk? Want to give your boy's little girl a preview, to listen to just as the view cuts back and forth from the news to her blank little face?"
 

April 9th, 2013

On My Way (Open to all FF) @ 05:22 pm

[info]quitethecharmer:

He'd changed his address on file with ESU and arranged for his place on the team to be covered in his absence. Accomodations were all set at his destination. There was no sense delaying this anymore. Vincent looked over his room. He'd put everything into sub-dimensional storage for retrieval later, save for a few personal effects he was keeping in his satchel. He hit the intercom. "Could everyone meet me in the main living room, please? It's rather important."
 

February 3rd, 2013

The Battle of Olympus @ 11:50 am

[info]nextgen_misc:

The trail eventually led the Avengers, Future Foundation and the Defenders to the other dimensional realm that served as the home of the Greek gods. They traveled to a few realms that were home to other gods only to find them destroyed and in ruins. Olympus wasn't in ruins, but it was under attack. Battle raged all around and the skies thundered and were lit up by lightning bolts.
 

January 9th, 2013

Its the End of the World as We Know It @ 12:48 pm

[info]treadlightly:

They'd done their scouting. They've put up all the defenses they could, and put themselves in a position to attack. Buck has reviewed what they have on hand, and the situations exploding around them.

"Alright, folks, thank you for your patience. I know its been a tense situation waiting and doing patrol work... but I think we've identified some key points in the enemy strategy. We're still going to have to be careful. We're dealing with major influences here, but...

Alpha Flight... and their current guests, should be obvious. There's every sign that more of the Great Beasts will be awoken... that's a top priority situation.

X-Men... and the Genoshans - in following up the uprisings earlier, we've identified a 'Cult of Apocalypse', who took the whole massive fight before as a sign its time for En Sabbah Nur's awakening. We've located some of their likely strike points, your leadership has marked maps.


Champions and Thunderbolts, we've located a massive danger in the Red Lord. Its been determined that it will likely take both teams to deal with it.

Nightstalkers and Big Hero 6, we have a second target of the same type, Sakhmet. You two are on that.

SHIELD will be picking up on all of the general monitoring, crowd safety and control, and other work we've been doing in the lead up to this.

Finally, Avengers, Defenders and FF - you're with me. We're targeting the masterminds behind this.

Any questions?"
 

November 23rd, 2012

A Time Honored Tradition - Rate the Hunk @ 02:01 pm

[info]anyastark:

Traditions were important.

For a lot of people the day after Thanksgiving meant hitting the stores and getting great deals on items that would most likely be Christmas presents. For the female Avengers and others the day after Thanksgiving meant a different tradition. They would gather and rate the hunkiness of the male members of the various teams.

Anya had been up at the crack of dawn and readied the Thunderbolts' headquarters. Normally this would take place in the Avengers Mansion, but the boys would be holding Rate the Babe there and the girls needed their own space. She made travel arrangements for everyone invited. Avengers, X-Men, SHIELD, Future Foundation, Alpha Flight, Champions, and the Defenders.

Anya had the event catered by a local restaurant, not wanting to make the Thunderbolts chef have to feed so many people. She had even made sure that all of the Kelly's guns were unloaded.

Everything was ready for their guests.
 

October 1st, 2012

So You Tell Me You Don't Believe We're on the Eve of Destruction @ 07:35 pm

[info]nextgen_misc:

Night settled over New York and the Baxter Building at Four Freedoms Plaza was quiet.


Or so it seemed.


In the lab of Reed Richards all was not quiet and something BIG was about to happen.
 

September 27th, 2012

Lab time (open) @ 08:27 pm

[info]invisible_girl:

Like almost always, Valeria was in her lab at the Baxter Building. She had just started her doctorate classes in engineering, and in addition to that, she had a couple of other projects that she was working on, like always.

Valeria had some classical music on (Mozart was a favorite when she was working on homework assignments), and her nose was buried in a book, as she glanced over occasionally to take notes. She had a cot in the side set up, and a whole weekends worth of meals in a mini-fridge, as well as a microwave to heat food.

...If Franklin or someone didn't force her out from time to time, Valeria would probably end up living in the lab. Not that she minded that possibility at all.
 

September 24th, 2012

June 9th, 2012

Mets vs the Yankees (Open to Mac, Andrea, Misha and Buck) @ 10:14 pm

[info]anyastark:

It was a baseball game Anya couldn't pass up going to. Her beloved Yankees were playing the Mets and she knew people who would be interested in going. She sent out texts earlier in the week to Misha, Andrea, Mac and Buck to see if they wanted to go. It would be good to get out and relax and not think of work or anything else except the baseball game.

They would have the luxury box to themselves and Anya made sure there was a caterer. There would be plenty of food and plenty to drink.
 

May 21st, 2012

Aesthetics and Identity (open to anyone at the Baxter Building) @ 06:42 pm

[info]quitethecharmer:

Vincent was considerably annoyed. Not only had the Daily Bugle apparently been compromised into running an unauthorized personal ad about him, which they couldn't account for the origin of, but he'd only gotten one response! He wasn't sure which aspect irritated him more. That was when the building alarms began going off. A security panel flashed the message "Code Steel Green".

A Doombot was in the lobby.

Vincent gathered his nearest scientific and magical gear and hurried down.
 

February 19th, 2012

Boredom breeds bravery. @ 05:12 pm

[info]flieswithfire:

She'd been there a couple days now, tucked away in 'her room'. Food had been brought for her and Andrea-robot and touchy-Vincent had both tried to engage her in conversation, but she had nothing to talk about. All she wanted to know was when she'd be able to leave and why they kept saying she was related to someone she wasn't. They'd also told her she was free to 'move about the building' as she wanted, something she wasn't so sure about.

But, after the second day in the room, she'd gotten curious. Opening the door, she waited for alarms to sound, or feet to come rushing to put her back in. Nothing. Peeking her head around the frame, she saw no one, heard no one. Which made her a little braver; pushing the door flat open and standing there expectantly. Nope. Nothing. Well. We'd see about that. Taking a decisive step out of the room, she stuck her chin out, picking a direction to at random and marching down it.

She came to a room, one with couches and wide glass windows. Going over to one of the windows, she stood with her hands pressed against it, looking out at the city below her. So busy, like little ants. With the insulation of the building she couldn't hear the cacophony below, but she remembered it from her brief flight over. Busy, loud and chaotic. There didn't seem to be any order or regulations to anything they did. It was somewhat frightening, but also something that piqued her curiosity; nudging at memories long buried and locked away.
 

February 14th, 2012

Valentine Date @ 04:02 am

[info]fleetfootmac:

Mac arrived at the Baxter Building with a small Lily-of-the-Valley plant and two tickets to the Knicks-Raptors game. There was plenty of time to fly to Toronto.
 

February 9th, 2012

Freedom always has a price. @ 05:06 pm

[info]flieswithfire:

The incursion into the Weapon X facility had resulted in the liberation of its inhabitants - one of them being Evie. During the chaos, she'd managed to slip through the building to a door... a door to the outside. The collar inhibiting her abilities was removed, broken into tiny shards, and Evie was free to use her powers as she wanted. Finally. Fear, panic and the need to flee had her lifting off the ground and flying as fast as she could away from the building. She didn't have any direction in mind, hell, she didn't even know where she was, but she wanted to be away. Far, far away.

Fly away, Firefly )
 

December 25th, 2011

Up On the Rooftop (F4) @ 07:59 pm

[info]nextgen_holiday:

Christmas. Yule. Saturnalia. Dies Natalis Solis Invicti. Many cultures have celebrated and still celebrate a winter festival. There have been many names for it over the millennia. No matter the name it is a time to come together and celebrate with feasts and gifts with friends and loved ones.

Each culture has a legendary figure who would deliver gifts to children during this time. In Russia and some Slavic cultures he is known as Ded Moroz, Grandfather Frost, and comes not on Christmas but on New Year’s along with his granddaughter Snegurochka, or ‘”Snow Maiden”. In the United Kingdom and other parts of Europe he is known as Father Christmas. In the Netherlands and Belgium he is known as Saint Nicholas or “Sinterklaas” and in France he is known as Père Noël. In the United States we know him as Santa Claus.

No matter the name or who is delivering gifts, it is the season of peace, joy and togetherness. It is the season for thinking about loved ones, friends and those less fortunate. It is a time to witness the goodness and generosity the human race is capable of. It is a time for peace on Earth and goodwill toward man.
 

November 27th, 2011

Rate The Hunk (Day after Thanksgiving) @ 05:24 pm

[info]anyastark:

For a lot of people the day after Thanksgiving meant hitting the stores and getting great deals on items that would most likely be Christmas presents. For the female Avengers and others the day after Thanksgiving meant a different tradition. They would gather and rate the hunkiness of the male members of the various teams.

Anya had sent out invitations to the females on the other teams well in advanced and made arrangements for food and refreshments.

Once the day arrived she and the Thunderbolts traveled down to New York and gathered at the Avengers Mansion. Anya readied the slide show and waited for everyone to assemble.
 

August 15th, 2011

One of the Guys, or something like that (semi-open) @ 01:54 pm

[info]quitethecharmer:

Vincent supposed he had nothing to lose except maybe a few hours of his time, and it was for a good cause in any event. So, he had bought a number of tickets to an Unlimited Wrestling Federation charity event that Grimm was emceeing, and sent out invitations to his only notable male friends, Halbjorn and MacKenzie. He encouraged them to invite anyone else they liked, and he would most likely accommodate them.
 

July 10th, 2011

tdrok: The Sleepers Have Awaken @ 12:48 pm

[info]third_reich:

It was a normal summer day in New York City. The thermometer was at 80, the sun was out and there was relatively no humidity. It was a perfect summer day.

A bright light appeared in the middle of Central Park and started to grow. It expanded rapidly and grew to the size of a two story house. The tear in space in time was still for a moment and then things began to emerge from it. A giant robot walked through with guns ready. A moment later a second robot emerged, this one looked like a giant flying manta ray. It was followed by another that looked like a giant flying head.

The three robots were followed by a division of soldiers, each armed with automatic rifles and wearing uniforms with swastikas. They marched out of the portal and split in half. One group went east and the rest went west. Following the soldiers came a few other individuals. The Red Skull, Masterman, Warrior Woman, Iron Cross, and U-Man came out of the portal.

"Attack!" the Red Skull shouted. "Destroy the city!"
 

April 7th, 2011

You Pick Up The Pieces, and Put Things Back Together (backdated) @ 09:14 am

[info]nextgen_adult:

After Jennifer Kale had confirmed that Vincent's experiment was not the cause of the unusual situation, they'd moved on to the Sorcerer Supreme. After a cursory examination of Vincent and the magical imprint left upon him, Strange seemed oddly amused by the turn of events, considering it's rather benign tone overall.

"This cannot be allowed to stand indefinitely, however. I should be able to perform a spell of soul-mending, which should rectify the problem. We'll need the true cause of this, however..." He steps away from his fellow mages, and Kristoff, and conjures a portal.

"Quinn. Come here now. I have some questions for you." When an individual could raise as much trouble as that one could, it behooved Strange to keep a feeler out as to his location.
 

March 14th, 2011

Taking a Break @ 07:17 pm

[info]fleetfootmac:

Trying not to worry too much about everything going on, Mac came by the FF's headquarters with a nice little potted sundew plant.
 

February 22nd, 2011

Do You Have A Minute? @ 03:16 pm

[info]quitethecharmer:

Vincent knocked at the door to Andrea's room. Hopefully this conversation wouldn't be something he'd come to regret.

"Andrea? It's Vincent. I need to talk to you, if you have some time."
 

February 13th, 2011

Going Once! Going Twice! Sold! @ 06:19 pm

[info]nextgen_parent:

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the first annual Maria Stark Foundation Charity Auction. I'm Alison Blaire and your host for tonight's festivities. Prepare yourselves for a night of fun to help a worthy cause. In just a few minutes many very handsome men will be brought out one by one for your chance to win a date with one of them.

Before we begin I would like to bring out Her Imperial Highness Anya Stark. Miss Stark helped arranged tonight's event and will give you a little more information on the charity organization tonight's proceeds will help."

Anya walked out on stage and smiled. "Thank you, Ms. Blaire. All of the proceeds from tonight's event will go directly to Doctors Without Borders or Médecins Sans Frontières. This organization was created in 1971 in France to benefit the citizens of the world. The organization is committed to bringing quality medical care to people caught in crisis regardless of race, religion, or political affiliation all across the globe. MSF operates independently of any political, military, or religious agendas.

I'm happy to announce on behalf of the Maria Stark Foundation, that all money collected here tonight will be matched dollar for dollar by the Maria Stark Foundation."

"Thank you Miss Stark and that is a very generous offer by the Maria Stark Foundation. Now it's time to begin. So open those wallets and let's bring out our first man." Anya left the stage and went to take her seat.

"First we have the son of Captain America Steve Rogers and Natasha Romanoff. James Romanov-Rogers is currently an Avenger and has recently moved to Seattle to lead the West Coast Avengers."

"Let's start the bidding at a hundred dollars."
 

February 7th, 2011

A double dose of news @ 09:20 pm

[info]awesome_andrea:

The Andreas had discussed it and decided that it was only logical (that had been the android) and right (that had been the human) that they make Mac aware of the situation currently going on.  So the human Andrea had called him up and asked him to come over, saying that she had news.

The two could be found waiting in the lounge of the FF's living quarters.

The android was not worried, of course.  Because she had no capacity to feel worried.  But the human was very worried.  She was feeling very small and vulnerable and alone.
 

January 30th, 2011

Ripples (During Excal's fight vs television characters and after Red Wedding) @ 07:52 pm

[info]nextgen_misc:

It started as a large blast of magical energy in London, but it quickly spread outward. It started slowly, but it quickly gained speed and eventually it would travel over the whole planet.
 

January 14th, 2011

The King's Speech. @ 07:03 pm

[info]fleetfootmac:

"So, I hope you're okay with a history flick? I know there's a lot more normal stuff out, but this one's about Edward VIII's brother, and I've got a ...Thing about Edward the VIII." Pause. "Not a Thing as in a man-crush, the guy was a freaking moron, but ... it's complicated, I guess." Sheepish Mac is sheepish.
 

January 3rd, 2011

Karaoke @ 09:05 pm

[info]fleetfootmac:

He'd found one -- an all-ages karaoke bar. A night out for him, Andrea, Kassi, and Ben. No mention of the trouble at home for now.

"A root beer, please -- Abita, if you've got it -- and the lady will have a Cherry Coke."
 

December 31st, 2010

New Year's Resolutions (Fantastic Four) @ 11:05 am

[info]nextgen_holiday:

There's a piece of paper and a pen attached to a bulletin board. Across the top is written:

New Year's Resolutions
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Anonymous entries accepted.
 

December 18th, 2010

Eat, Drink, And Be Merry! @ 12:31 am

[info]nextgen_holiday:

“We’re here outside the Four Seasons Hotel in New York where the who’s who is gathered tonight. Celebrities, royals and superheroes have all turned out for the annual Maria Stark Foundation Winter Charity event benefiting Toys for Tots.

It’s truly an all-star gala here tonight.

New York’s own princess, Anya Stark, was seen being escorted by what appears to be her new flame, actor Austin Cain. Her brother and currently second in line to the Russian throne, Mikhail Romanov, was seen entering the party with Lyta Worthington, heiress to Worthington Industries. Tony and Natasha Stark, parents of a new baby, are making their first public appearance since the birth of their son.

Mackenzie Rider, a prince of the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, is escorting Ms. Andrea Denker of the Fantastic Four tonight. Kristoff Vernard, leader of the Fantastic Four, was seen in attendance with his wife Cassandra and their son Scotty. Vincent Amorason, heir to Latveria, arrived alongside his brother and was seen escorting a member of the Defenders, Asleif Thorsdottir. The rest of the Fantastic Four are here too with their dates, though Miss Valeria Richards is not in attendance. Franklin Richards is in attendance and is escorting one Miss Gill.

Los Angeles’ own superhero team, the Defenders are in attendance as well. Arriving with her team is Grace Danvers, daughter of Hollywood hunk Simon Williams and she is being escorted by teammate, Eiltin. The two Asgardian princesses and daughters of Thor, Asleif and Aridis, are also attending the festivities with their team.
Akilah Munore, the crown princess of Wakanda, is here tonight with her steady flame, Daniel Sherwood a member of the Young Avengers. The other Young Avengers are in attendance tonight with their dates, alongside the adult Avengers.

Donald Trump arrived with his wife and is one of many other famous faces to arrive. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Hugh Jackman, Jack Nicholson, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift are just a few celebrities who have made an appearance here tonight.

It’s truly a party of the who’s who and it’s all for a great cause.”
 

December 7th, 2010

An Outing Between Men @ 03:02 pm

[info]quitethecharmer:

Well, the annual rating event had revealed a bit more than Vincent had been expecting, but he was still resolved to get through his list. Even concerning MacKenzie. Especially concerning MacKenzie, given the nature of the item.

He picked up the phone and dialed.
 

December 4th, 2010

2nd Date. @ 01:36 am

[info]fleetfootmac:

Mac showed up, wearing clean and decent but not fancy clothes, to pick up Andrea for their second date. It was hard not to smile at Roberta the receptionist like some kind of idiot.
 

November 28th, 2010

Follow-up Call @ 08:32 pm

[info]fleetfootmac:

MacKenzie Rider was still in a cheerful daze from the date last night.
Right after breakfast on Wednesday, he called Andrea.
 

November 26th, 2010

A Time Honored Tradition (Rate the Hunk) @ 07:49 am

[info]anyastark:

Anya didn't have many traditions in her family, unless you counted being a bastard as one of them. The Avengers however did have a few time honored traditions that must be kept going. Sure saving the world from alien invasions, beating up the world level threats and other heroic things were some of those traditions, but not everything could be about beating up the bad guys. One such non-heroic thing was Rate the Hunk.

Each year the female Avengers got together and rated their fellow male Avengers. The new generation had eagerly picked up and kept this tradition going. However, they had expanded it a bit.

The day after Thanksgiving was a perfect day to avoid shopping crowds, take over the rec room, banish the males and look at pictures of them. Anya had run it last year and she took it upon herself to do it again this year. Invitations went out to fellow female heroes. Avengers, X-Women, Defenders, Champions and Thunderbolts all got invitations to come to New York to Rate the Hunk.

Food, drink and snacks were laid in. Signs were put up on the doors and electronic surveillance was set up to see if males dared to interrupt.

Anya settled in on one of the couches and queued up the stash of photos she had collected in the past year.
 

November 21st, 2010

Game Night. @ 05:28 am

[info]fleetfootmac:

Kassi had helped Mac decide on a nice shirt, button deep blue, with nice dark jeans.

He showed up a few minutes early at the Baxter Building with their tickets and a small pot of Butterfly Ginger. He told the lady at the desk he was here to pick up Andrea.
 

November 19th, 2010

This, That, and The Other (and The Other Other) @ 10:34 pm

[info]quitethecharmer:

It was looking to be a rather busy week for Vincent. Aside from what he had to do, there were certain things he simply felt he should do, and at least one he was looking forward to.
 

November 18th, 2010

Working for a Living @ 07:59 pm

[info]fleetfootmac:

He wanted a job. A regular sort of job, that you could work hard at but not have to worry about much. Delivery for the plant store was perfect. Running around making sure people got what they paid for in a timely fashion. Flexible hours wouldn't interfere with helping out the Avengers or walking Kassi to and from school, and he was pretty damn qualified for getting things places fast, if he did say so himself.

Well, what do you know. Second day on the job, and he already had a really interesting one. Three Venus flytraps to Andrea Denker at the Baxter Building of all places. Not bothering to hide his ankles since he wasn't escorting Kassi, he made his way quickly there, rang the buzzer, and told the lady at the desk whom he needed to see about signing.
 

October 17th, 2010

Heading for the Symkaria Meeting @ 01:05 am

[info]discardedheir:

Kristoff got Vincent and Andrea together privately within the castle.

"Vincent and I have obtained invitations to the meeting in Symkaria," he says. "Raising the likelihood that this is a trap from 'very likely' to 'extremely likely'."
 

October 9th, 2010

In Latveria @ 05:56 pm

[info]discardedheir:

SHIELD was notified. Cassandra and the children were taken care of, and the Fantasticar was about to enter Latverian airspace.

Obviously, the automatic national defenses were on alert, but they could be temporarily disabled with a code that changed every hour of every day, but was based on particularly complex algorithm Doom had concocted at the age 24 and never shared with another human being, and into which one simply had to plug in the full date and time. And, of course, add the name Valeria.

It's been a very, very long time since he's disobeyed the Master. The Fantasticar touched own on the outskirts of Doomstadt unmolested; Kristoff deliberately does not look in the direction of the gypsy funeral grounds. He can't let himself do that right now.

Since the defenses hadn't been activated, Doomstadt is looking its normal calm, quiet self. People walk unmolested down the cobblestone streets, and the water flows in the fountains. The castle looks its normal self from this distance as well.

Time for them to see about making the Master of Latveria explain himself.
 

October 5th, 2010

News Broadcast: Attacks on Atlantis and Wakanda @ 11:17 pm

[info]nextgen_media:

Staggered and vague reports are coming that Dr. Doom has now followed his unprovoked aggression against neighboring Symkaria with attacks against Atlantis and Wakanda. As both of these nations are insular and isolated, these reports have been difficult to confirm, and no public announcements have been made by any of the governments involved.  There are even rumors that the respective kings of Atlantis and Wakanda are missing in action.

Even though all the reported victims so far have been isolated or marginalized nations, the U.N. and various governments around the world are reported to be in an uproar trying to decide what action to take.
 

September 30th, 2010

News Broadcast: Symkarian Invasian. @ 10:51 pm

[info]nextgen_media:

"Reports are coming in from Symkaria that both major cities are under siege by what are unmistakeably Doombots and other Latverian military automata.

After decades of only occasionally mildly disturbed peace, Latveria has apparently finally invaded its southern neighbor.  Victor Von Doom's motivation for this attack remains unknown; he has made no public statement."
 

September 11th, 2010

After School (Open) @ 10:44 pm

[info]awesome_andrea:

Andrea was currently in the lounge of the living quarters portion of the Baxter Building, a laptop open on the table in front of her, and books alongside that.  Of course, she already had the contents of those books scanned into her memory, but the more human aspects of her programming matrix insisted upon also having the physical articles in front of her.

Her eyes were fluttering in their sockets, and the computer was humming along, text appearing on the screen with speed far faster than any person could type.

Only her second week of school and she was already working on papers.  Granted, her class schedule was somewhat larger than that of other students.  Without the need for sleep or food that other students possessed, she was able to take an enlarged class schedule, across better hours.
 

August 31st, 2010

Starting the School Year @ 02:01 pm

[info]quitethecharmer:

In his admittedly short life, Vincent had faced all sorts of things beyond normal comprehension, of the arcane, the extra-dimensional, the chronologically displaced, or extra-terrestrial. Right now, he would rather be dealing with any of those.

He took a breath and went out on stage to the podium with his best show smile in place, waving to the crowd of college freshmen and their parents.

"Ladies and gentlemen, of the entering class of 2014, my name is Vincent Richardsson, probably better known until now as Vincent Amorason. The dean of your university has invited me today as part of your orientation ceremonies to address you. Me, someone only the same age as most of you and not even in college myself yet." He shrugs, letting the crowd have a brief chuckle with him. "I am here today to tell you one simple and disheartening fact.

Most of the world is dead." Vincent paused to let some of the shock ripple over the crowd.

"I'm not going to bore you with details about orbital deceleration or genetic stagnation or the greenhouse effect, no. When I say 'the world', I mean the world all the peoples on this planet have made it to be. Society.

How long does the discovery of a new species, or a new medication, or solar system, stay in the news? If it ever makes the mainstream news to begin with. Conversely, how long do we need to hear about the infidelities of some athlete or politician?

The edges of the map may have been filled in, but we should not let ourselves grow satisfied with that. There are other planets to map, and worlds beneath the surface of our own that we have barely charted.

Do not let the spirit of exploration, of discovery, die in your generation. Do not settle for some line of study simply because you feel it is profitable or what your parents want; but don't take your family for granted. You never know when anyone you treasure might be lost to you, even if they're still alive and well.

Cultivate your friendships. You have more to discover about the people you've known all your life than you can even yet imagine.

Respect your teachers, even if you don't like them. Respect them more if they challenge you. Question what you learn, but only when you're prepared to do the work to find your own answers or confirm the ones you've been given.

Find your own ideals and goals, and realize them. If nothing else, realize that the world is waiting to be made a better place, and you can expect no-one to do it but yourselves. Thank you."

He doesn't wait for any applause. He simply vanishes, with less light and noise than is typical for him.
 

June 27th, 2010

Where walks... GIGANTO! @ 08:22 pm

[info]nextgen_misc:

It was a day like any other day for the island of Manhattan.  The sun was shining, the birds were singing, the cabbies were swearing.  All was as it should be.

As it should be, until something had come up out of the harbor.  Multiple stories tall, covered in scaly green-skin, its every step a practical earthquake.  Bullets could not stop it!  It marched through the city, stepping on all in its wake, smashing and striking out at anything that seemed to annoy it.

Giganto walked the streets of New York!   The police were helpless!  There was only one team with the experience to handle such a beast!

....No.  Not the Avengers.  They're busy this issue.

The World's Greatest Super-Heroes... THE FANTASTIC FOUR!

 

June 7th, 2010

Decisions, Decisons... @ 07:27 pm

[info]awesome_andrea:

Andrea was reasonably certain of her choices regarding her future, though various probability forecasts has already come up with several things that could go catastrophically wrong.  The probability on those, fortunately, was rather low.  Success seemed far more likely.

She had already spoken to her father on the matter.  He, of course, had agreed to support her in whatever choice she made.  Comforting, though largely unhelpful.  But she ultimately did not wish to overly burden him.  He already felt badly enough for not being able to help her in the time she had become human and it had taken a great deal of convincing to keep him from coming to rip Vincent limb from limb.

Therefore, she needed another opinion in the matter.  Kristoff or Cassandra would do nicely, and thus she went to seek one of them out.
 

May 29th, 2010

Baby Steps Towards Making Things Better @ 12:25 am

[info]quitethecharmer:

He could do this. She was his friend. She'd been his friend for a very long time. There was no reason they couldn't continue to be friends, despite... being dumped breaking up.

He knocked at her door. It wasn't as if he had far to go. She was right next door after all.
 

May 9th, 2010

Mother's Day @ 01:24 am

[info]nextgen_holiday:

Mothers are the place that we call home.
On them we rest our heads and close our eyes.
There's no one else who grants the same soft peace,
Happiness, contentment, sweet release,
Erasing nighttime tears with lullabies,
Restoring the bright sun that makes us bloom. - Anonymous
 

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