nextgen_misc:

A dry hot wind carried dust with it as it swept across the plain. The sun scorched the earth and the summer heat was relentless. Vultures circled in the air against the backdrop of a dull blue sky. Off in the distance the brown walls and buildings of a city blended into the landscape.

There was a flash of bright light and six people and one horse stood on the dry plain.

shield_maiden:

Svalin and Tryggvi just landed on the small lawn in the back of the Avengers Mansion. Svalin had been getting antsy and decided to take Tryggvi out for a flight around New York. They were both feeling too confined. At least at the Defenders compound there was room to move around and a nice ocean breeze. There were too many tall buildings in New York and they were all too close.

Svalin dismounted and immediately removed the saddle. She let it fall on the ground and then removed the bridle. She smiled and lightly rubbed Tryggvi's nose before placing a kiss on his forehead. "Thank you, my friend. 'Twas a most enjoyable flight."

ryanspector:

After finishing up his work for the day including classes, homework, training, and other things Ryan was feeling surprisingly energetic. Since Addy and him had been busy hadn’t gone out and done anything in a while he decided to call her up and see if she wanted to do something. It really had been a crazy couple weeks not that he really wanted to reflect on it.

Ryan grabbed his phone and dialed her number.

weavingwizard:

Daniel never asked for help when it came to his father. He had just disappeared into his lab one day after helping out with some other stuff. Then he left a few days latter smelling like he hadn't bathed in a few days without a word.

Like that he was gone. Not a word or hint. He should have said something. People can yell at him latter.

Right now though? It's been a week. No sign of the young wizard nor any word.


Just what was up with Daniel?

ryanspector:

The weather was warm and sunny while it was still technically winter it definitely felt like spring, the campus was live with activity because of the weather. With all this going on Ryan wanted to do something and he thought Addy might like to join him, maybe they could go out on their first real date now. 

Since the weather was so nice Ryan felt the doing something outdoors would be fun. The central park zoo was sounding like pretty good idea to him which is what Ryan did when he called Addy up and asked her if she was up for going to the zoo for the first date.

nextgen_media:

"We interrupt this regularly scheduled program to bring you this breaking report. It seems like a giant, what can only be called a citadel, rose from the very ground itself and covered almost the entire area of Central Park just moments ago. The monstrosity seems to be composed completely out of stone and there are no discernible entrances. What appears to be people on flying robotic horses circle the citadel. Who built this and to what end has yet to be discovered."

next_avenger:

James was going to ask Valeria if she wanted to go out, but he decided that staying in would be better. Staying in with junkfood, bad movies and curling up on the couch was even better. He was going to stay at the condo, but Mom and Tony could use some quiet time together so he headed over to the Avengers Mansion.

Junkfood. Check. Drinks. Check. Bad movies. Check. Classics such as Mansquito, Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus, Alien Apocalypse, Basilisk: The Serpent King, Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep and his personal favorite, Hellhounds

James left a message for Val and then stretched out on the couch. A bowl of popcorn sat on his stomach and a glass of milk sat on the floor next to the couch.

Basilisk: The Serpent King was playing on the large screen tv.

ryanspector:

So far it had been a very quiet night for Ryan on his patrol. Ryan was almost a little bit disappointed. It’s not that he didn’t mind the fact that there was no one going out and breaking the law what he really wanted was someone to hit because his last few big fight had not ended well for him, one end with him in la la land after getting head butted by a godling making him the only guy to lose his fight and the other involved him knocking out a girl then almost immediately ringing himself out of the fight and into the freezing Hudson river for almost a half an hour how he got out of that without frostbit he still was not sure.

Considering how quiet the night had been it seem like wasn’t going to be getting a break any time soon on that either. It was either that or he was so off right now that he just couldn’t spot any criminals which scared him a little bit. In the back of his mind a voice was nagging at him telling him that maybe he just wasn’t good enough to be doing this type of work and that he was just a fool playing hero when he wasn’t even close to one. Ryan was ignoring that voice but with ever thing that had been happening to him of late it was getting harder and harder even with his self confidence.

From the roof top he was standing on from the corner of his eye Ryan spotted what looked like a mugger following closely behind a young woman. Maybe he wasn’t as out of it as he thought he was. Using some free running to get down off the roof top to the street to incept the mugger before he could do anything Ryan thought, Time to get to work.

nextgen_misc:

The media watched the battle from the safety of Ellis Island while on Liberty Island the battle raged on.

_addy_baxter_:

Addy didn’t know what to wear, she and Ryan had a…. non date/ date. She had no idea how to dress for it. Holding up a skirt and blouse to her body she looked at her reflection. “Hmmm.” And she turned to her giant dog that was lying on her bed. “What do you think Mouse?” she asked him, but did not get anything from the dog. He just lay out on the bed looking at her. “It’s that boring?” she looked back at her reflection and put the garments back into the closet. She finally put on a nice pair of dark wash jeans and a silky blue one shoulder, flowy top and turned to mouse. “And?” she asked and the large dog lifted his head off the bed. “Good.” She said and put on a little bit of makeup. She had about ten minuets before Ryan was supposed to arrive so she and mouse went into the kitchen for his dinner.

ryanspector:

Ryan was waiting in the lobby of the natural history museum right in front of the ticket area. He had only gotten back to earth a few hours ago and was still hurting from his fight. He had cracked a rib and a massive headache in addition to being exhausted and sore being all over. But that’s what the pain killers he had taken were for.

He hadn’t even noticed the cracked rib at the time must have been the adrenaline rush or something but that really didn’t matter right now. He knew that he probably should be in bed resting right now but he had to know why the hot girl from his world lit class was doing on the Empresses ship. When they had landed at the Avengers he had gotten a note asking her to meet him here around this time. But for now he was resting against a wall waiting for her to get there.

jackmurdock:

Breathing hard, Jack managed to land lightly on a rooftop and fall down in the shadow of a brick chimney. He’d pushed it with that last dive, but the exhilaration pushed him to take it. It was a high he was quickly becoming addicted to despite the danger of being out in the city at night dressed in gray-black and a mask over his face. Who did he think he was, Daredevil?

He waited to catch his breath before coming out of the shadows to look at the city from his vantage point.

ng_independent:

The Empress was most pleased. Very pleased indeed. Things were going according to her plan. The recent fights had been entertaining and she had her champion. Now she could win the games here on her home world. Her champion would win no matter what and she now had more soldiers in her army. She was quite pleased indeed.

She was stretched out on her litter as four of her soldiers carried her to the area. It was the start of the games and by the end her champion would be victorious.

Everything was going according to plan.

nextgen_misc:

Friends, family and loved ones are bound to notice the disappearance of some females.

borntolead:

The Quinjet has been landed and secured in a location where the Avengers can locate it easily.

And thanks to the internet, they're already at the first wedding chapel on Charlie's list, The Temple of Love. Quick 'n easy, while maintain some level of class at the same time. Perfect for Anya.

Inhaling, Charlie threw the doors open, the rest of the Avengers behind him.

"I OBJECT!"

Only to find that the couple currently in standing in front of Elvis exchanging vows aren't Anya and Steve.

borntolead:

About a half-hour after he had overhead Steve and Anya's conversation, the Avengers get a message from Charlie on their comms.

"We've got a situation, team. Steve and Anya's futures are at stake here. Drop whatever it is you're doing and meet me in the lobby. Now." And yes, when Charlie uses a stern tone of voice it means that he means BUSINESS.

They'll find Charlie waiting the lobby, tapping his foot impatiently, keys to one of the Quinjets in one hand...and a list of the most popular quick 'n speedy wedding chapels in Las Vegas in another.

ng_rgoodfellow:

The excitement of the holidays was winding down and life was becoming mundane once again. Where was the fun in that? Life needed to be exciting to be worth living. These poor fools that went about their daily routine didn't realize that. They needed to live a little and take a break from their boring mundane lives.

The lions outside the New York Public Library, Fortitude and Patience, were just the things to liven up the droll lives of New Yorkers. The huge statues started to move and eventually stood up. They both let out a mighty roar and then jumped off their pedestals and started moving down 5th Avenue.

Robin was far from done. Central Park was not far away and neither was the Central Park Zoo. In the blink of an eye, the animals in the cages were out of the cages and the people visiting the zoo were in the cages. It didn't take long for chaos to erupt.

ryanspector:

It took almost a week before Ryan could force himself to call the number that Shroud had given him. As soon as he had mentioned that his name was Ryan and that Moon Knight had trained him the person on the other side of the line had told him to come by Avengers HQ which is where Ryan found himself now having just walked through the doors to the building.

ryanspector:

It had been a long day; two tests and a midterm paper all do on the same day.  After dealing with all of that, Ryan was ready to find some baddies to beat down.  He took to the streets of New York  City for some low-key crime fighting, if you could call it that.