Society of Justice 3: Crisis on the Earth

[NeoAC]

"Man, this is just, wow, this place is huge!" Brian was in awe of his new surroundings. He had never seen let alone lived in a place like this before. This was an absolute mansion. The bathroom was probably bigger than his parents' whole house. The gym, the pool; they sure beat rocks and the chilly Gulf of St. Lawrence.

He looked around some more, taking it all in. "Hard to believe this is a superhero HQ!"

Spoiler: OOC

Yeah, my laptop won't survive 20 minutes on its own right now, so I don't know how much I'll be on in the next couple days. Just a heads up, yall.

 

[CounterAttack]

"Ooh, sandwiches," Katie said to herself, taking one and resuming her seat. "And yeah, I suppose we could just call him up. Though... d'you reckon we'd need him if we were to challenge the new guys to a fight? I mean, I reckon we outnumber them, but I don't know anything about their powers and suchlike."

[hr]

Rowan kept his mouth shut as he followed the tour around, able to see over the heads of a few of the others due to his height extension. The museum had certainly been something he wanted to revisit; he particularly enjoyed taking a quick look at the wall of memorabilia from old battles. Dented bullets that had been stopped by supers with skin like stone, old service medals from the members who had received them from world leaders... there was even a piece of railroad track with a prominent, suspiciously human-shaped dent in the metal. Whoever had survived that must have been incredibly tough.

 

[tsatoma]

"We wouldn't need him, but I don't think he'd mind joining us. I doubt he does much over on 'Americaland' other than build more coconut huts or make some Patriot Punches! If we do invite him we'll have to remember to ask him to bring some of those babies over. Man they are good," Garrus said, already making a mental note to ask Patriot to bring them.

"Even without the advantage though we'd still beat them, no offense to them of course. We're just more experienced than they are, as simple as that," Garrus added with a shrug.

 

[blaze96]

Richard walked them to the lounge of the Society where most of the members happened to be. Once he opened the double doors into the lounge he spoke.

"And this is where you will be staying, rooms are over there. This area is the lounge and the kitchen is that way. The gym and pool slash jacuzzi room are down through there." Richard said as he walked back over to the others original Society members.

"So how are you guys, excited to meet the latest batch of recruits? These ones so far are better than the last, no verbal slap fights and no actual punches being thrown so far."

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At that point Lillian walked in with Renton holding her hand.

"Good because the paperwork was hell on that one." She said as she walked by them and over to Garrus, giving him a quick peck on the cheek.

 

[tsatoma]

"I think that's a record then," Garrus replied as he got up, giving Lillian a kiss and picking up the excited Renton as he walked over to the new recruits.

"Well you all look like a good group. I'm Garrus Arreos, and everyone here are going to be your teammates in the future. There are sandwiches and drinks over in the kitchen right there, and once you're done getting settled we'll tell you what's in store," Garrus said to the new members, Renton playing with his ear as he did so.

 

[socialtangent]

Levi stood from his seat as he heard Richard's voice echoing from behind the entrance to the lounge. By the time he got to his feet and turned around, the double doors were opened. Walking through the open space was the always formally dressed Richard, leading the new recruits in. Waiting for Richard and Garrus to finish speaking, Levi straightened his vest, cleared his throat and spoke up as he approached the group of newbies, hoping Taryn would follow. "I am Levi Harland, the resident magnetism user. I'm excited to see what all of you are capable of".

 

[CounterAttack]

"Hey, guys, welcome to the Society," Katie said, getting up to greet the new recruits with a wave and a smile. "I'm Katie Southe, otherwise known as Demeter; plant control is my specialty. Garrus pretty much said everything else, so... I'll leave you to it." She crossed to the kitchen and got herself a glass of water, then returned to the lounge with it.

"Once you guys go through the training exercise, and you're officially accepted into the Society, feel free to talk to me about, well, almost anything, if you need someone to talk to," she added from her seat.

"Hmm... so the media was right way back then. Miss Southe and Demeter are one and the same," Rowan mused to himself as he took a sandwich. Fascinating. I may have to talk to her about that, if she's fine with it. Before taking a bite, he checked his watch. Enough time had passed, so he stepped away from the others slightly, and focused on himself. The strange cracking sound produced itself again as he reverted back to his normal appearance within a few seconds. The process was far faster when he changed back to his original form.

"Sorry about that, guys," he said amiably before biting into his sandwich.

 

[Lefthandofgod]

"Hello. I'm Steven McPhearson. AKA Helios. I suppose we have some time to kill before we start training,"he said, constructing a large silver armchair and laying down. "I'll just be here. Waiting. Anytime you want to start, please let me know."

 

[RBMidknight]

Taryn looked up as the recruits filed in. She tilted her head in confusion as she recognized one of the group. 'Wait...we recruited Nathan Fillion? He's an amazing actor but I didn't know...' The being who looked like Malcolm Reynolds suddenly shifted and became a young man, still with blue eyes, of medium height. 'Oh...isn't that interesting.' Taryn grinned as she moved to stand slightly behind and to the side of Levi. She waved at the group before giving her own introduction.

"I'm Taryn Foundre, technopath and electricity manipulator.", Taryn held out her hand palm up and generated a small sphere of electricity that gave off a quiet crackling noise. She closed her hand into a fist to extinguish the construct. "Good luck with your training." she added.

 

[tsatoma]

"Training won't begin for a bit Steven, so you can just take a seat and relax. Grab a sandwich and mingle, stuff like that. Glad to have you all on board," Garrus said before he walked over to the kitchen and grabbed another sandwich, Renton trying to grab ahold of it. He walked over to Richard and said, "I think we'll be calling Patriot to come and join us like last year, sound good? I also plan on having him bring some of those cocktails of his, just letting you know."

 

[blaze96]

"Fine by me. I don't have to deal with him on a near daily basis so I don't care if he comes around every once in a while. Oh and ask him how Americaland is coming along. Last I checked he was still working on the suburbs and hadn't gotten to his first real city yet. Funny that he is doing infrastructure without a real population to speak of, but that is Patriot for you." Richard replied.

 

[tsatoma]

"I'll be sure to ask him that, though I think he'll be more than happy to tell everyone about what he does everyday and about his future plans for Americaland," Garrus responded, taking Richard's tie out of Renton's hands before going to the couch and taking a seat next to Lillian. "I think this will be a good group," he muttered, looking over at the new recruits.

 

[blaze96]

"He probably will." Richard replied simply before he took a seat on the couch.

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"Something tells me this group will work well. Nobody has a split lip yet so that's a plus." Lillian said before turning to the new people.

"I guess I forgot to introduce myself. Lillian Arreos, not much to say about myself really. I'm brought on a few missions and I have expertise in weapons and fighting styles but I spend most of my time making sure the Society stays in business and taking care of my child."

 

[elementsoul]

Tyson entered the room and saw what he hoped was all of the Society's members. He watched as the members started to introduce themselves. So we have a woman who controls plants and an occasional member who's basically described herself as a soldier. I see no potential conflicts on a ability level coming from either of them. However the guy that's the magnetism controller and the woman who controls electricity could cause some serious problems when I'm wearing my armor. I'll have to pay attention to when and where they are using their powers.

"I guess that all of you shouldn't have to introduce yourselves before pretty much any of us do. So I'm Tyson Bishop, or Sound Check if you would like. I can manipulate sound waves and frequencies with my mouth." Tyson said introducing himself. After a quick moment of thought Tyson asked, "Where's the washroom? Its a lot less formal than I thought it would be and suits are kind of uncomfortable."

 

[NeoAC]

"Oh yeah, hey, I'm Brian," the lanky young man managed to get out. "I'm sorry, what was that about food? Sandwiches? Where? Over there? Aw man! I haven't eaten since this morning! Missed the bloody caf supper. The hours there are messed up. Anyway, yeah, I'm just going to hit those right quick. Yeah."

With that he headed over to the table that was indicated to have sandwiches on it, and grabbed two of them, with some lunch meat in them. He didn't care at this point. He usually had to starve himself on the cafeteria meal plan he was on, so this was a golden buffet for him. Picking up one of the bottles of juice, he came back over to the group. He took a huge bite out of the first sandwich. "Man, these are so good right now! Whoever made these, awesome job."

 

[Pm0n3y]

Jason took a quick head count as the new recruits socialized with the senior members.

"Seven newbies. Hm. There was like, seven recruits last year too. Funny how that works, huh?" He said approaching them new kids on the block.

"Hello to all of you. My name is Jason Rojas, and I hope none of you turn out to be very annoying, or a total burden to the team. Welcome!" He added enthusiastically with a smile and a small bow.

"Only three people from last year's recruits stayed too. I wonder if anyone from this team will perform a disappearing act like those other schmucks?" Erebus added as the two scanned the crowd.

 

[Lizmichi]

Alex took a set on the couch next to Eric. "Happy to be official now?" Alex asked him smirking some. Sam walked over to Eric's lap and curled up to him purring.

"Yes I'm happy Alex. Do I have to do the training too?" Eric asked not just Alex but everyone.

 

[CounterAttack]

"Y'know, Eric, I don't think it's necessary for you to go through it," Katie said to him. "I mean, I reckon you've made up for it during the incident at Christmas, and I'd trust you to have my back. So that's a no on my part, if we're voting on it." She gave him a quick smile before taking another drink and returning to her sandwich.

[hr]

A quick eater by nature, Rowan quickly finished off his own lunch - it was all he needed, as he ate more at breakfast and dinner - before grabbing a drink and wandering over to the lounge, hoping to score some points with the more experienced Society members. Maybe he could even pick up a couple of hints in regards to the training exercise that was undoubtedly going to take place in the future.

"May I?" he asked, gesturing to one of the seats on the couch on Eric's side. He usually asked before sitting next to someone; his mother had always said that that was the way to do it, lest he land himself in hot water.

 

[Lizmichi]

"Meh I still better do it. Everyone that joined the Society had to so I might as well." Eric said then looked over at Rowan. "That's fine ummm mind if I ask your name? I'm Eric." Eric said putting his hand out for him to shake.

 

[CounterAttack]

"Rowan, Rowan Ward. Otherwise known as Silhouette, when I'm not confusing people by turning into them," the shapeshifter answered, offering his left hand to shake. After a little bit of confusion - Eric had used his right hand - Rowan sat down next to him, an amused smile on his face as a result of the little situation that had passed.

"So yeah, um... what can you do, Eric? Sorry, I'm a little short on conversation topics," he said, tugging at his shirt collar in imitation awkwardness.