"Well, that's convenient, I guess. Good work, Threnody! Why didn't I think of Beach Volleyball? That would have been a great activity!
Sorry Miss, looks like you'll be heading back with the weird stretchy spaceship, instead of our regular one. I had fun sightseeing with you today, and our beach party was great! I hope you'll come visit me when you are done with your community service in space. Maybe next time we'll have a barbeque!"
HAP hoists Hot Head onto his shoulder, you know, the traditional 'sack of potatoes' carry method, and looks around one last time for one of those keychain photo souvenir people to take their picture before the aliens arrive.
Description: a white mask, with black around the eyeholes and scowly eyebrows.
2 Gimmick: Son of the world famous Hero A Protagonist, Sr. He follows in his father's footsteps to win the title and Defend Against Evil
3 Weakness: Plot Twists, Cliffhangers, is compelled to step into the ring when his friends (or innocents) lives are at risk.
4 Signature: Reversal of Fortune. After having been struck by a move, Hero is able to learn from his opponent, and thereafter is able to counter or reflect that move onto his opponent, especially in times of high tension or at dramatic turning points in a battle.
Acclaim: 81+7 for the beach episode!
Name: Under the Mask, Hero A. Protagonist, Jr is mild mannered Junior "Hap" Protagonist.
Description: Light brown hair, standard brown eyes, full, pouty lips. Oval shaped head
4 Power
2 Speed
1 Intelligence
5 Technique
3 Teamwork
4 Body (HP 300/600)
Inventory: Pressure cooker, battery powered weed whacker, three-foot long saguaro cactus
Effectively just observe and let the welcoming committee do their job. Only engage if the aliens do something hostile, and even then only protect others until it becomes obvious the hostile action is intentionally malevolent instead of just a misunderstanding. Golden Eagle emphasizes that last point; Earth almost went to war with Mars the first time the Martian's landed and their greeting was misconstrued as an attempt to strangle the emissary. Apparently the welcoming committee is already waiting at the projected landing site; for the moment you'll just be acting as security; unless things get weird or dangerous.
"Had you cooperated, we maybe could have taken you to our ship! We don't kill people there. It's quite melodious."
Find one of those keychain photographers and get the keychains made, then ask the boss if he wants us to keep her as a prisoner. After that, onwards!
Theme Aspects
Name: Threnody
Description: A dark mask, composed of shifting lines of darkness and music notes. Where the eyes should be there are glowing squiggles of red light.
Gimmick: As a singer for the dead, draws power when be sings near burial grounds. And he always sings.
Weakness: Threnody is more susceptible to Sonic and explosive damage.
Signature (2): Sings a piercing note that sounds beautiful to all that hear it except for the enemy, whose body is torn apart by the wail. ("Thre-no-DIE!")
Physical Stats.
Name: Flanders Connelly
Description: A tall, buff man with carefully coiffed short hair.
Power: 2
Speed: 3
Intelligence: 5
Technique: 5
Teamwork: 4
Body: 3
HP: 240/450
Acclaim: 4
Inventory:
Sprint after Golden Star.
Name: Graceful Ninja
Description: The mask looks like a stereotypical black ninja mask. The acompanying costume is a black leotard.
Gimmick: Has a black belt in jiu jitsu, judo, and karate. (Level 1)
Weakness: Being attacked by clenched fists. (Level 4)
Signature: Turns invisible, even to infrared vision. (Level 3)
Name: Lucas Gracie
Description: Looks like a member of the Gracie family (Brazilian)
Power: 3
Speed: 5
Intelligence: 3
Technique: 3
Teamwork: 3
Body: 4
HP: 600/600
Acclaim: 11
Inventory: Compass from the alien ship
Okay, new plan: Find the rest of the team and gank on gravity man. Use my objective marker to locate the other target and run in that direction.
Name: Golden Star
Description: A black mask with a big and very bright golden star covering the frontal part of it. It comes with a black martial arts Gi with a golden belt. The suit also includes a golden cape with a star pattern that is always waving in the wind, even indoors.
Gimmick: Famous [2]: The iconic suit is exactly the same as the one used by the superhero protagonist in the global hit movie "Star of Justice". This does absolutely nothing remarkable, but maybe it will attract more fans and extra acclaim from the masses when doing heroic, noncombat actions like: doing heroic poses, heroic entrances/escapes, helping a cat stuck in a tree, heroic smiling at the camera, heroic boasting to the enemy, etc.
Weakness: Fight? [5]: Wait, you mean REAL fighting? Golden Star doesn't know how to perform any type of attack but basic punches, and these are even weaker than those of a normal human. He's incredibly weak in strenght and terribly unskilled in combat, with a high tendency to self-injury.
Signature: Punch of Justice! [5]: Golden Star calls upon the power of every single fan around the universe and uses all of their strenght for a single, ultimate attack. He punches the enemy with the strenght of a thousand suns, completely obliterating everything in it's path. The attack deals massive damage to anything it connects with and destroys anything it collides with. It takes some time to wind up, leaves the user exhausted and it's destructive potential doesn't discern between ally or enemy.
Name: Bruce Norris
Description: Sligthy muscular man with a blond Afro and a mustache.
Power: 1
Speed: 5
Intelligence: 5
Technique: 1
Teamwork: 3
Body: 5
HP: 750/750
Acclaim: 26
Inventory:
-A very old fashion Polaroid instant image style camera
-Many pictures of the alien ship
-Many pictures of himself
-A bag of popcorn
-A photo of the guy the aliens want
-A large alien objective marker
Dang, forgot Acclaim again. +5 to Threnody. +1 to Hap. +2 to Golden and Ninja.
Hap rests Hot Head on his shoulder, careful about where he puts his hands as he positions her. No need to give the lucha tabloids something to put on the front page. Threnody comes to his side and the two of them walk off down the beach, looking for a keychain vendor.
"Hey HAP?"
"Yes, Old chum?"
"Have you ever wanted to own a woman?" Threnody says, and then immediately furrows his brow and looks down at the sand, as though surprised by the words that came out of his mouth.
HAP blinks, his face blank.
"What I mean is that we could keep her for ourselves." Threnody tries again.
The pair and their charge reach one of those wooden walls with holes cut in it. It has a scene of a muscular man, a nubile woman, and a happy child all in swimwear painted on the front. HAP, not taking his blank face off Threnody, gestures to a nearby man- a photo vendor- and holds one finger up. The group walks behind the wall and sticks their heads through, HAP in the father position, Threnody in the Wife, and Hot Head in the Daughter.
"I..." Threnody starts again, stops, thinks, and then restarts, "Are we sure that giving her to the alien is the right thing to do?"
"It is a reasonable question. In truth we know little-" HAP cuts himself off and they all smile (HAP holds the corner's of Hot Head's mouth open in a clearly forced grin) as the picture is taken, "-about that alien's origins or plan."
"Yeah, it seemed all on board for dismembering that other guy. It might be an alien meat grinder or something. And while she's not my favorite person", he rubs his burns as he says it, "I don't really feel comfortable handing her off to die."
"How chivalrous of you." Hap says, taking the little plastic frame from the vendor and admiring the image inside for a moment before handing the man a Saguaro cactus as payment. "But what if this alien fella is not inclined to allow you to keep Ms. Hot Head in our custody?"
Threnody shrugs. "Guess we might have to fight it?"
HAP Flexes his own sore, burnt body and sighs. "I'd prefer not to have to do that. For multiple reasons, you understand." He sets his jaw in thought. " We should ask the others. I wonder where..."
As though on cue Ninja and Golden Star slide in across the sand, throwing up waves of grit as they grind to a halt.
"Ah, there you are!" HAP says, beaming, "Defeated your own villain as well?"
Ninja says nothing, as is his want, and Golden Star looks nervously over his shoulder. "Not...exactly."
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