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[InfectedHau]

Erin Reynolds|| Chronophantasma||Time manipulation||Female||Tagged: Minions

"So long as it's somewhere quiet," Erin said, stepping slowly out of the van. She was ignoring the buildings, the people, and indeed, even her underlings. Her eyes were glued to the tablet in her hands as she played her fingers across it, manipulating a series of waveforms undulating across the screen. "This is delicate work, I don't want the drivel of idiots throwing me off." The supervillain spread her fingers wide, pressed a finger to the earbud nestled in her right ear, then frowned and undid her edit. Truth be told, she was a bit peckish herself, but she wasn't going to say that. Bad form for a leader to look weak among her followers, especially this particular group. "Nyxandra, you lived here, you take point," Erin said brusquely, not looking up from her tablet. "Find everyone something to make them less pathetic. Money is no object. Zepplin, find somewhere we can use as a temporary base. I'd prefer something relatively clean, but anywhere will do until I can contact the necessary contracting services." With that, the villain disappeared back into her work. Her team could take care of themselves, at least where basic survival was concerned. She had more important things to attend to.

[honeybee.]

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Oscar Brie - Chameleon - Tags: The Losers

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Oscar continued to twist the bracelet on his wrist repeatedly until they touched down at last. Flying was never a pleasant experience and flying into the face of certain death, even less so. Still, there was nobody he would trust more to fly them there than Magnolia and even through the plane's speakers her voice was soothing. Her voice, and the book sitting on his lap, had been the only things stopping him thinking about all the possible ways the villains could slaughter them. Ripped in half, burnt by fire or toxic gas, electrocuted, swept away in a tornado and what about Chronophantasma? She could just stop time and stab him and be gone before anyone even knew she was there. These were not great, morale-boosting things to be thinking about. Diesel seemed to also be thinking about these terrible things as he began suggesting the just flew straight back home again. Truth be told it did sound nice - sitting round the table with his parents and the Jins, enjoying a home-cooked meal, but it could never be the same. Not without Myrtle.
Oscar steeled himself as he stood up and tugged a small rucksack out of the overhead compartment and tucked his book inside. Then he made his way to the exit and hopped off the plane to join Magnolia and the others. He smiled a little as Amarae's arm stretched it's way over to Diesel holding an orange lollipop before listening to Magnolia's words. Of course, she offered them all a choice. They could fight, and probably die, or they could choose not to ,and let the world fall apart. He ran over the reasons why he was here in his head. It was mainly Myrtle truly, and all those like him. He had been innocent, hadn't posed a threat to anyone yet he had gone down with the city they were destroying without any reason and he was hardly the only one. Plus, he'd probably be mad if Oscar didn't have Magnolia's back in this. No one else seemed to be prepared to stop them and "If they're not stopped the fate of this whole world is one worse than death." He murmured aloud, brave words from a terrified chameleon, "So, of course my heart tells me to fight. You're not going anywhere without me."
Magnolia was their leader but Oscar was her second hand and he wore that badge with pride. Once he had agreed to go with her there was no longer any turning back for him, no matter how many choices she gave.

[xiao.]

zeppelin black | phoenix | male | 25 | villain | tags: the group

zeppelin glanced back at nyx and brock, glad they agreed. though he couldn't help rolling his eyes when the other male offered to pay. the boy still had a lot to learn. "we don't pay for things. we take them, and that includes food. it doesn't make us seem very threatening when we ask for the check, does it?" he sighed, resting his hands on his hips. he didn't look at erin as she spoke, but he nodded with a grin. "you got it boss."
of course, leaving that task up to the pyro probably wasn't the best idea. he'd likely end up searching for a nice apartment he liked, and then throwing out anyone inside. he wouldn't be able to stay for long, though. just the thought of causing destruction and holding power over all those people excited him.

diesel valentino | ghost | male | 17 | loser | tags: the group

diesel glanced down at his shoulder when he felt amarae rest her hand on his shoulder, and even though he'd known her for a long time, her elastic limbs still freaked him out a little. when she offered him a lollipop, he gratefully took it, mumbling a soft 'thanks' before he removed the wrapper and placed the candy in his mouth. it did make him feel a little better, which he was embarrassed to admit. the teenager sucked on the candy, jumping a bit when magnolia spoke to him. he'd still been thinking about all the ways he could be killed. if any of them were to die first, it would probably be him. but their leader's light touch calmed him a little, and his shoulders sagged. diesel said nothing, looking at the ground as he scooted a pebble around with his shoe as she reminded him that he didn't have to fight with them. but he wasn't going to back down already, no matter how much he wanted to.
the youngest looked at oscar as he spoke, and the other's words helped him make up his own mind. "i-i'll fight too... if we die, i don't wanna be the only one left, knowing i'm only alive because i was too afraid..."

[limerence!]

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nyx rolled her eyes as erin made her way out of the van, she was quite open with her distaste for the leader. she had hoped that the time manipulator wouldn’t be joining them, but her hope was quickly smothered out when erin got in the van. now, erin was the leader, and a leader gives a team orders, but that didn’t necessarily mean that nyxadara liked receiving them from her. the tall girl bit down on her lip in order to refrain from making a burning remark that she would regret later, choosing to send a pacifying glare toward the leader instead.

“this way.” she huffed while zeppelin coached brock. “and, guys, can we not tear this place up while we’re eating? i’d like a peaceful meal and it is quite a lovely restaurant. at least wait until after the milkshakes.” she said while walking in direction of the diner. nyx didn’t mean to sound rude, but she wasn’t in that great of a mood. New York was where she was born and raised, it felt somewhat wrong to destroy it. alas, she kept these feelings buried deep down, away from the eyes of the other villains. nyxadara snuck a peek in brock’s direction, and blushed slightly, but immediately tried to hide it.

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amarae grinned at diesal, happy that he accepted her lollipop. she turned her blue eyes to magnolia as she gave them a choice. to fight, or not to fight. amarae thought out the choices. while she wasn’t particularly looking forward to be zapped by lightening or burned alive, it would be entirely pointless- not to mention selfish- to come all this way only to turn tail and go back home. “i’m down to fight. we’re going to hit these guys so hard that they won’t know what hit them.”

always the optimist, amarae grinned brightly, but even she wasn’t so sure of what she had just said. she did feel quite useless with her ability, it wasn’t as cool or dangerous as what her opponents could do. but her mother had always told rae to make best with the cards you’re delt, and she intended to do just that.

[DetectiveLunar]

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[SunnyJustice]

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MAGNOLIA JIN “THE NIGHTINGALE”

Lead Heroine ☀ 25 ☀ Sleep Induction
Tagged: Fellow Heroes

The heroine felt like a proud mother. She would be a fool to think they weren't scared about the prospect of staring death in the face, but each one had the heart to face their fears. One of Magnolia's cousins would have a remark about a moment like this... Something about everybody's hearts beating together. Everyone in her family with some semblance of supernatural ability, Acacia, Coral, Hazel, the whole lot, had come to America when the attacks first began. They had gone down with the cities they tried to defend. The villains probably never even knew their names.
Magnolia was not only her family's last hope, the last in a line killed by their own drive for justice. She was the leader of the world's last hope. It made her feel more like fifty-two years old than twenty-five.
"I am proud of you all," She said. The heroine patted Diesel on the shoulder, ruffled Oscar's hair like Myrtle used to, and pulled Sarah and Amarae in for a hug. "I believe in you. And remember, I will always be there to protect you."
Once she pulled away, her typical stern face was back. "And afterwards, I may have some stern words. So, be good, alright."
Magnolia took the map out of her bookbag and unfolded it. The thing was a rough printout from the Internet, with a path outlined in green and a star on one of the buildings. The ink of the pen had bled through the paper. There were dark green stains and streaks on the blank side, partly obscuring a few rough notes about the building. Not as professional as Magnolia would like, but time had been short, and efficiency trumped elegance in a world-saving scenario.
"We will set up in this church. It is an old, strong building, it has the necessities, and it is close enough to the center of the city that we can deal with an early attack." She explained. "I contacted the pastor ahead of time that myself and my 'international justice agency' would be paying a visit. Although, with recent events, it may be abandoned now."
Magnolia held out the clearly-marked map for everybody to see the rough shape of the path they'd take. She then handed it to Sarah, bending down to be on eye level with the girl who was two heads shorter than herself.
"This was your hometown, so I trust you to lead us in the navigation. Can you handle that?" Maggie asked, feeling like a mother giving her child a difficult chore.

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BROCK WINTERS “THE JOCK”

Villain Dude ❄ 23 ❄ Super Strength
Tagged: Fellow Villains

Brock grinned at his evil genius leader, but her brainiac stuff had kind of reabsorbed her. It was fine. Erin probably didn't have time to waste anyway. Brock had watched enough superhero movies to know he was the comic relief bad guy, since neither planning nor other "brain stuff" were his forte.
He wore a sheepish smile as Zeppelin lectured him about being too nice. Whoops.
"Alright, no check. I've never been a fan of the numbers anyway."
He caught Nyx's brief glance and accidentally met her eyes for a split second. Immediately his face flushed with heat. Normally, the jock in a movie was a player, but Brock was more of a romantic dork than anything. Ever since he laid eyes on the tall, elegant figure of the Storm Queen, he had been struck with something like lightning that flared in his chest like fireworks whenever he looked at her. She was just like the storms she manipulated with nonchalant ease; beautiful but deadly.
How was a guy like him supposed to get over a girl like her? Honestly, a big part of the reason Brock had agreed to come along on this villainous roadtrip of world destruction.
"Uhh..." Brock tried to say something with his muddled mind. "Do you think we'll still be able to eat burgers once we, y'know?"
He didn't want to say destroy the world out loud. People might hear and think he was some psycho or something. All these years being a villain and Brock still worried about what regular people thought.

[InfectedHau]

Erin Reynolds|| Chronophantasma||Time manipulation||Female||Tagged: Minions

"Of course we will, idiot," Erin snapped, still not looking up from her work. "We're conquering the world, not blowing it up. If I wanted to see the world end I'd just toss myself five billion years into the future and watch the sun explode." The villain tried to go back to her work, but found she'd lost her place. Was that the frequency she'd been on before? Ah, it was useless now. Really, she was just fidgeting, it was all useless without subjects. She'd have to make that priority number three.

Locking the tablet and sliding it into the messenger bag hanging at her side, Erin took a moment to take in the city view. New York was a prime example, she reflected, of what was wrong with the world. Here, a woman, starving to death because she didn't have enough green strips of cloth. There, a wounded man forgotten on the streets, fallen into a gap in the system from which there was no escaping. Up in the buildings, the people that could have saved them both lived in willful ignorance. It wasn't their concern. It wasn't their department.

"Are we almost there?" Erin snapped as she was jostled by passerby on the sidewalk. "I can feel the accumulated filth seeping into my clothes."

[limerence!]

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nyx wanted very strongly to smack erin as she scolded brock, but held her breath and kept walking, letting her anger build up. once the leader made another comment, she took personal offense from the insulting of her home city. spinning around to glare at erin, a sharp gust of wind spiked up in result of her anger. “its right around the corner, your highness” nyxadara snapped before turning back around and rounding a corner, arriving at the diner and grinning at the smell of fresh food.

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amarae smiled, closing her eyes and enjoying the short hug from magnolia. she leaned in to glance over the map, and turned to sarah. she was glad that she was raised on a small farm instead of such a big city, she often got lost and the swarm of people was a little overwhelming. rae dug into her bag and pulled out a pink lollipop, unwrapping it and biting on it nervously. despite the entire pep talk from magnolia, and although she was totally prepared to go into battle, she couldn’t help but have a little anxiety

[SunnyJustice]

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BROCK WINTERS “THE JOCK”

Villain Dude ❄ 23 ❄ Super Strength
Tagged: Fellow Villains

Brock suddenly felt very stupid. He let out a small laugh, seeming to agree with his lack of intelligence. "Whoops. I forget sometimes, with all the car-smashing and building-wrecking I've been doing." He explained himself. Honestly, it was easy for a knucklehead like him to lose sight of the grand, overarching plan for the new world. After all, Brock was definitely not smart enough to build the new world, other than physically. Clearing rubble, carrying building materials, that kind of muscle stuff.
Right now, his job was literally to smash as much stuff up as he could. It was fun, a destructive child's sweetest dream, to throw around vehicles like they were toys. Erin was the smart one. If it wasn't for her, Brock would have already forgotten why he was breaking a bunch of random national buildings.
The wind immediately sent his wispy hair fluttering into his eyes. Brock made a mental note to cut his hair soon, but he would probably end up forgetting in a few minutes. Hearing Nyx's voice, it occurred to him this wasn't a natural wind, but rather the product of her irritation. Uh oh. Brock hope he wasn't adding to her annoyance.
Hoping to make peace, he walked slightly ahead once the diner was in sight. "Here, ah... I'll go get the door for you guys."

[InfectedHau]

Erin Reynolds|| Chronophantasma||Time manipulation||Female||Tagged: Minions

A loud bass thrum resonated through the air as everything around Erin froze. The people on the street, her underlings, even the raindrops in the air. Normally she reserved this aspect of her power for more dire situations, but she couldn't afford to let Brock go on one of his bull-in-a-china-shop sprees now. They'd just gotten here, for heaven's sake.
One.
Counting the seconds off in her head, Erin headed for the door, carving a her-shaped path through the raindrops.
Two.
The villain opened the door, flicking the metal doorstop mounted to the bottom to make sure it stayed that way.
Three.
As an afterthought, Erin rifled through the purse of a passing woman, finally pulling out a largish wallet. Probably best to get that sorted now.
Five.
In a burst of petulance, Erin flicked Nyxandra on the nose. She wouldn't know, but it made her feel better.
Six.
The villain closed her eyes and concentrated on her power.
Seven.
Eight.
With a rush of sound, the world started up again. Erin cursed silently. Still only eight seconds. She'd hoped all the practice on the drive over hadn't been for nothing. "Oh, look," she said nonchalantly, "The door's already open. They must be expecting us.