Shockman: Resurrection

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Shockman: Resurrection Jan 16, 2022 3:06:17 GMT

Post by METTLE on Jan 16, 2022 3:06:17 GMT

Imperial State University - Queens Campus

Metahuman science pioneered all new major discoveries in the world. New material components for spacecraft were nearly always reverse-engineered from naturally occurring human mutations. Scientists with the power to shrink themselves explored the insides of atoms in tightly-controlled conditions, technology that would first see use in superheroics as a field test before being afforded to business interests, then the government, then eventually the general population.

Then there was cutting-edge immortality research. There were chemists who preferred to study the uncanny restorative anatomy of superhumans like Conquest or Atlas, hoping that in the power to heal, there was the power to stave off death. Others were interested in cryogenics, who would inevitably branch off to either fight crime with frigid powers or create weapons of mass icy destruction. Then, there were those who saw technology as the cure. Cloned bodies, or artificially constructed ones - or a mixture of both.

Such was today's demonstration.

The test subject was the one and only centenarian Dr. Randall Crane, better known by his former hero alias Mighty Mind.

A powerful psychic now suspended in cryosleep, Dr. Crane had been communicating with his research team for over two years to produce an artificial vessel into which he could - ostensibly - pour his very soul. At 112 years old, the only way for him to stave off death had been to voluntarily undergo an experimental cryonic suspension, one which already posed a danger to his health. It'd become the talk of the various media outlets which followed superhero affairs - the former celebrity adventurer had planned one last daring escape, and it was to transfer his spirit from his old, decayed body into a new vessel. He would cheat death itself.

It'd come down to the wire. Mighty Mind's body was predicted to expire in a matter of hours. A lifelong bachelor, he had no family to pray for his safe passage from one body to another - instead, he was surrounded by members of the adoring and curious public, some fans of his sixties-era exploits, others insatiably curious about the science behind the life-saving experiment, and others merely invested in what would happen.

Randall Crane's comatose form was wheeled onto an enormous stage, which was itself decorated in countless wires and gizmos. An enormous cable stretched from the back of Randall Crane's head to a translucent upright tube in the middle of the stage -

- and within that tube was an android body fashioned in his likeness, bearing the countenance of a being who would remain forever a twenty-something, adorned in a classic full-body adventure suit, a one-piece layer of red duraweave fabric most commonly used in superhero costumes - as befitting the intended recipient of the body's new soul.

The android, the flyers explained, was almost perfectly human, more grown than built, capable of all sensations and possessing the same strengths with fewer weaknesses. Thus this experiment was a milestone in both extending human longevity and in biomechanical engineering. The cost amounted to millions of dollars in research funds from private donors.

The air of the gathering was not unlike a bizarre religious ceremony, only brought back to reality by the badgering press and media, the flash of cameras accompanying the research team as they took the stage in their white gowns and oversized goggles. Some on late night television questioned this enterprise - conspiracy abounded. Would all of our souls be stolen, transferred into robot bodies, divorced from God? Others were skeptical on the grounds that such transhuman ventures would inevitably lead to more problems than comfort. We'd be making ourselves better bodies, but better for what exactly? Work?

None of this concerned Randall Crane. He was hours away from oblivion. Even in his frozen state, he was well aware of that, psychic presence flitting throughout the room. His thoughtform grimaced at the assemblage; vultures, the lot of them. And having more people in the room meant that there were higher chances the soul-transfer process could be horribly ruined.

His vital signs pulsed, displayed on an enormous screen behind the stage. He thought it almost comical. Here they were, ticking down the seconds until he stopped living forever - at least in this body. Mighty Mind was a man of adventure, but there was a grimness to these proceedings that seemed invisible to everyone but him.

Well, he was the guinea pig in all of this.

Perhaps he wasn't wrong to be afraid.

As the timer ticked down and the scientists prattled on - prancing about the stage like peacocks while waiting to throw the switch - there was something electric in the air. Something nobody could quite put their finger on - was it anticipation for what was about to happen? Excitement?

No. It was real electricity. And it crept in when no one was looking, where they all least expected it.

The head of staff threw the switch.

KZZZZZZZZZZZK.

Dr. Crane's vital signs continued to pulse. The readings were still coming from the tube, and he was forced to silently scream as his soul was transferred towards a vessel...that was already full.

It rebounded back into his body and went quiet.

Meanwhile, the android in the tube opened its eyes. The clear pillar was rapidly swarmed by reporters, fans, researchers - anyone and everyone -

"DR. CRANE? WAS THE TRANSFER A SUCCESS?"

"MIGHTY MIND, WILL YOU CONTINUE TO FIGHT CRIME NOW THAT YOUR YOUTH HAS BEEN RESTORED?"

"HOW DO YOU FEEL?"

That last one. Hmmm.

Sound on the ears. That felt good again.

The android blinked and smiled. Without thinking, he raised a thumb to his mouth and bit down experimentally. Pain shot through his hand. He didn't take it all the way off, just a nibble - blood seeped from the little mark he'd made.

Nervous murmurs shot up through the crowd. Keep rolling, one of the press men said, zooming in the camera.

The head scientist stepped forward.

"Dr. Crane...?"

"I feel great."

You would believe an android could cry. A single tear welled in one of its perfect blue eyes before trailing down his face. Back at last. A life for a life. Shame for Dr. Crane, but he'd lived a full one. Soon the cat would be out of the bag. Why wait?

Dr. Crane's vitals trembled.

"Randall...?"

The android put the bleeding hand on the glass, and sparks welled up within.

Suddenly, the molten shards were shot outwards over the heads of the crowd. Screams filled the air, a panic welling in the auditorium. The students surged backward.

The android's feet lifted off the ground, his entire body suspended in a deathly corona of electricity. The cameras flickered, footage broadcast across the world.

"It's Wally, actually. But you guys can call me Shockman."

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Shockman: Resurrection Jan 16, 2022 5:39:20 GMT

Post by Cassidy on Jan 16, 2022 5:39:20 GMT

The Amazing Spider-Bite!

I had a class I needed to write a paper for. I was hoping I could base it on today's demonstration, and, depending on how I felt, maybe write a dissertation on the implications and science behind such an experiment.

At least, that was idea, assuming everything went well.

Instead, something horrible happened.

And I didn't need a sixth sense to see it. I could feel it in the air. The build-up of a charge. The symbiote sensed it as well, noting my instinct for danger was never wrong. Something was going to go wrong.

It was time to suit up again, wasn't it?

But what was going to happen?

A flashing sensation began filling my skull. Something was going to happen. Something dangerous.

Glass.

I began moving to the side of the room, one of the exits.

Too late. I had to act now.

I got behind someone and aimed my wrists at the front of the room, right before I began firing webbing from my as a mask covering the bottom half of my face grew and stretched across my face before forming completely.

All of that glass shot forth and was caught in the pseudo-silk, embedding into its elastic frame.

Before I snuck out the exit. After all, everyone was already heading towards the back of the room. A few people exiting or opening the doors would not be a strange occurrence.

And I could use that cover to sneak away before getting out of sight as the suit grew and climbed over my frame. I leaped onto the side of the building. Would there be another entry way? The roof. If I can unlock a path inside from up there, I could be inside easy.

The symbiote, with fluid swiftness, unlocked the rooftop door with relative ease.

Then I began heading down to where the demonstration was being held, dodging past students and staff on the other parts of the building. Whether they saw me or not was not a major issue.

The issue would be arriving and not setting off Shockman.

My approach began with crawling along the top of the ceiling, keeping out of the sight.

Before slowly dropping down from a single line of pseudo-silk, entirely upside down and able to accomplish this feat without blood rushing to my head or a headache. And as astonishing as that may be, it would take something far more amazing to see if I could get Shockman to give up that android body.

A body that bled and able to utilize his powerset. What kind of technology was this? In all my studies, this new device--this android--held adaptive and organic properties? But how could it do that? After all, to avoid frying itself, it would need to change its cells and organ systems to able to suit that electrifying power. Unless Shockman was somehow controlling it and keeping that sort of power from tearing himself apart?

Which begged the question, just how much of this was him and how much of this was the android?

Besides, I can't fight him if worst came to worse. If I damage the android, then the older psychic would be lost forever. This was his second chance, and this test was to prove a new technology that could be beneficial for many, if not all, fields of science. Now, the idea of whether or not this should be introduced to the world in this manner, or at all, was another moral conundrum I could think on later.

I had to face this one. The symbiote expressed concern and interest, finding that Shockman's shrewd efforts were to be admired to a degree, but my stress was getting through to it. It began computing a few ways to try and physically take down Shockman without damaging the android too severely or at all. It also began trying to assess what may have worked best to try and appease him.

One common thread it could think of is Mettle, myself, and the (uneasy) truce between both of us.

Okay, I could use that if all else failed.

"Hey, Shocky. I'm glad you got a new look, but let's give that back, cool? I'm sure they can make another one for you, and maybe with some of your preferences in mind, right? Maybe a new hairdo?"

I raised my arms out and held them up--well, down technically--and kept them there. Last thing I needed him to think was that I was about to use my webbing on him.

"Come on, man. The old man needs this thing right now or he's going to die. You can get another one of these things afterwards. Alright, Wally?"

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Shockman: Resurrection Jan 16, 2022 23:18:12 GMT

Post by 👹Kid Kaiju👹 on Jan 16, 2022 23:18:12 GMT

John never really wanted to go to college. His family had money, he had the grades, it just wasn't something he ever saw himself doing. He had always imagined himself being the first black mangaka or maybe even taking on SonicFox on the Evo Mainstage. He never saw himself becoming a superhero so how fitting that his first day in a job he never thought he'd have would take place at a place he never thought he'd go. M.O.M. switched his display from a youtube video about The History of Everything to a mission briefing. Mr.Streit's video feed appeared in the bottom right corner followed by a bunch of info about some villain.

"Alright kid, it's time for your first mission. Wallace Myers, aka Shockman, just took over an incredibly important presentation at Imperial State University. He's hijacked a cyborg body meant for the dying Randall Crane. Your job is to secure Shockman and the cyborg but, time is of the essence. If you can't handle this fast enough Dr.Crane dies."

"Beat the badguy, save the civilian; got it."

"The RVTOL is already in route, you'll be arriving shortly. Review the villain profile on your way and remember the first rule of being a hero-"

"-Is that Heroes are Shields not Swords. I got this Mr.Streit."

"Good luck Kid Kaiju."The video call ended leaving Kid Kaiju to explore the files he had.

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A powerful roar would be heard faintly across the entire campus but, most prominently within the auditorium right as Cassidy reentered in his Spider-Bite apparel. The roof of the building becoming a door for the 7 foot mass of muscle and chitin that rose up from the newly formed crater. The impact sending chairs, table fragments, and anything the students had left behind in their escape flying across the room.

"CLASS CANCELLED" he spoke before a downright horrific smile made up of jagged fangs and thick drool crept across his monstrous mug. At least his speech was getting better. He turned his attention to Cassidy next "ME HELP" . A slight faint whistle came from the Kaiju's arms and legs as he drew in air from the room to prepare himself for the fight. Shockman specialized in ranged combat and relied primarily on his evasiveness and incredibly powerful energy blasts to keep his opponents at bay. Kid Kaiju kept his guard up, if Shockman threw any attacks at Spider-Bite or any of the other heroes he would use controlled bursts of air to move into their range and tank the hits. Roundhouse kicks and Nuke Breath didn't seem like very viable options to separate Shockman from the android without destroying it. He just had to hope the others could come up with a solution before Dr.Crane kicked the Bucket

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Shockman: Resurrection Jan 16, 2022 23:34:37 GMT

Post by Cassidy on Jan 16, 2022 23:34:37 GMT

The Amazing Spider-Bite!

Each of my senses lit up like a Christmas tree. First, my ears. Then everything else.

Then my sixth sense.

I fired another line of webbing before swinging away from the jolting impact of Kid Kaiju as the shockwave of the craterization of the central floor sent objects and chairs flying. Obviously, no one taught him how to use a front door or to avoid property damage when able to.

And, obviously, I had to fire webbing to stop those objects from colliding into other nearby people, firing a wide net of webbing to catch all this flying debris mid-air.

"Shockman! This isn't me! I-."

Then I heard the kid speak. Or, rather, his kaiju form spoke.

At this point, I could assume that the transformation came with a decrease in intelligence.

"Class not cancelled! No help! Uh, bad Kaiju! Bad! No breaking stuff! Superhero landings are for outdoors, not indoors!"

Resting upside down on the new web-line, I kept my body turned so that my head could easily swivel to and from the pair, from Kid Kaiju and Shockman.

"How about we all not do anything stupid? Or stupider? Alright?"

The suit began to writhe. It noticed something. In the chaos, something green had been constructed.

A shield. And the both of us have seen that before. My eyes turned in the direction.

Another day, another time.

I fired webbing, creating a netted wall of pseudo-silk between the three of us and the crowd, the same crowd that contained Street Rat.

I had to keep them all safe, especially if everything went poorly.

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Shockman: Resurrection Jan 18, 2022 22:27:14 GMT

Post by Memento Mori on Jan 18, 2022 22:27:14 GMT

Morgan wasn't the kind of mind to work on such a project but she had been following it for awhile. It started with just the curiosity to see how it would go. A curiosity on if the existence of ghosts might begin to subside as they were given a means to come back. After her sister died however Morgan began to be more invested. She wished to see the project work, wanting to believe others wouldn't be alone like her. Some nights she further wondered if she could pull Isabella out of wherever she went. The idea of resurrection though was more just idealistic dreams of the witchbreed then something she would actually do.

Now being at the presentation her questions grew though. She wanted to know if powers would transfer, if it was the soul or just consciousness. When she watched it she believed she might see better the differences of soul and mind. That she could learn if power was more biological or bound to one's essence. That may have been a weird question to most it was heavy on her though. She always felt like she was the witchbreed like her powers were some twisted version of the arcane power of her family. She thought her powers more spiritual, but th a t they came from something biological.

And someone had to spit in the face of her intrigue. The audience was electric, then it was clearly more actual static. The Android was taken by someone else. By Shockman.

Spider-Bite was quick to be on scene. Morgan was in her more casual black focused wear herself. Her costume was underneath but it felt weird taking off a band shirt and a skirt during a moment like this. Not long into trying to talk the android down a monster crashed into the scene. The spider was quick to act but the obsidian ghost did what she could to help. A raise of her hands enveloped a assortment of debris in a cloak of back. Telkenesis of hers could only hold about the weight of a bus but that could make for a fair bit of ceiling wreckage.

The monster talks, sounds here to help. She supposed it did help in the end during the kaiju thing awhile back. Maybe it was hopeful, maybe Morgan just wanted to believe a monster could do good given the failings of her own sister. Rising from her seat able to hover in the air she looked to Shockman. "Believe this counts as identity theft. You need to give it back."

Her hands come together dropping g debris and then a skull forms. A ghostly image a mix of spectral greens and blue in color. This was a necrotic bolt an attack the looked to be like the touch of death. It was more draining and exhausting then physical damage. Morgan thinking with this she could maybe attack shockman without harming the android. Alternatively his weird electric form might be immune to such a attack but she wasn't going to know if she didn't try. Morgan didn't attack yet but she was ready to do so. "Haven't you helped the city a few times? That might help make a case to set you up, this won't."

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Shockman: Resurrection Jan 27, 2022 1:38:59 GMT

Post by METTLE on Jan 27, 2022 1:38:59 GMT

Sweat had begun to bead on his forehead. The temperature in the room had fluctuated. He was feeling hot and cold again. And when the elation of physical flight left him, replaced with the knowledge that he'd soon be confronted, his mind began to buzz.

In fact, it took only around fifty-seven seconds for Spider-Bite to arrive. Or was that just the way he was perceiving time now?

Instinctively steadying himself as he floated through the air, he licked his lips. Something whined. It was the fire alarm going off. All of his senses were fresh and new.

CRASH.

A monster slammed through the ceiling. No other way to describe it. Not a muscle out of place, lean like a statue, capable of tearing through the roof like it was made of paper - a spectacle either diminished or reinforced by the child-like shout that erupted forth from its oversized gullet, spraying the room with flecks of spit.

Shockman laughed. It was a kind of nervous laugh, uncertain. He laughed looking at Spider-Bite, and the monster, and the debut of the ghostly woman who now held the effigy of a human skull in her hand, clearly prepared to attack him.

Then he felt his throat begin to tighten up. He gulped.

Uh.

He gulped again, twisting his head to the side, face contorting in discomfort. There was a feeling like there was something caught in his throat. Like food. A bit of burger, or something like that, that he just couldn't swallow. He knew his throat was empty, but it still felt blocked. He blinked a few times, lips parting a bit, gasping for air. Still something stuck in his throat, like he couldn't breathe.

"No," he managed, shaking his head. "I won't go back. I can't. Not to what I was before. I was dead. I was worse than dead!" he shouted suddenly, as if by screaming he could clear what it was stopping him from breathing - no, it was worse. His eyes - he could feel them bulging.

I need to get out.

He needed to get out.

That's what I just -

"I WON'T GO BACK!"

Shockman rocketed upward, one hand extended toward the sky, fingers rigid as though he were a knife carving through the air. By instinct his body lifted upwards, jettisoning toward the hole that Kid Kaiju had made in the ceiling in a flash of electric glory.

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Shockman: Resurrection Jan 29, 2022 2:21:27 GMT

Post by Cassidy on Jan 29, 2022 2:21:27 GMT

SPIDER-BITE

Location: New York City
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No, no, nope. Something was wrong.

There was something wrong. Shockman's face and hands, twitching and changing, as if he could not stay still. Nervous. Scared.

Afraid.

The NanoSym was preparing for a fight, a confrontation. Nothing about his behavior looked right.

"Wally, you're not going to be dead. Everything is gonna be okay. You got-."

The living electricity was bolting, traveling straight for the new skylight in the ceiling courtesy of Kid Kaiju. What was with metahumans being unable to use a simple door? Did he expect the university to pay for that?

Probably. But logistics could wait later. Right now, I had to stop Wally from escaping. Calm him down somehow.

I fired two web-lines and tugged, launching myself into the air to intercept Shockman's escape. I opened my arms, aiming to hug and tackle the metahuman in mid-air. If that was not enough to set the pair of us off-course and back onto the ground, two more lines would fire from my arms wrapped around Wally and into the ground. The silk rope would rappel the pair of us towards the ground, being drawn and reabsorbed into the suit.

If the pair of us rolled and tumbled along the ground, I would seek to pin Shockman, keep him down with my superior strength. At least, I hope it was superior. I am not quite sure how strong this android was.

Let's hope it was not too strong.

"Calm down! Everything is going to be okay!"

Last Edit: Jan 29, 2022 2:22:28 GMT by Cassidy

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Shockman: Resurrection Feb 1, 2022 23:41:40 GMT

Post by Memento Mori on Feb 1, 2022 23:41:40 GMT

Morgan wasn't sure what to do. How much time did the original patient have left? How would Shockman handle being removed from the android if he was? He seemed overwhelmed, probably the feeling of everything coming back. She thought she kind of knew it, like what she experienced when she wentnt and used Astral projection or a spectral form. Mix all those sensations coming back and what he seemed to be before it probably felt as great as it did overwhelming. Biting her lip she dissipated the spectral orb in her hands the haunting skull reduced to whisks.

Shockman was moving, they would have to follow but also Randall Crane needed help. The haunting hero used flight to rush to the side of that glass experimental tube. Then with telkenesis pulled of all things a decorative plant to her hand. Her free left hand would rest on the sarcophagus like chamber her finger prints feeling a hint of the cold blood of the handprint before. In her right hand was the plant and soon a spectral violet and blue glow would come from her left hand, and the plant would wither. It's color fading followed by leaves falling away. The plant in her hands would die. And in exchange Morgan would try and inject that life energy into Randall.

She didn't like using that power, it was exhausting a bit for starters. She was still developing in her litch like powers and using them this way was perhaps the most defialing of the laws of nature. It also was murder to heal, it wasn't just some healing word she sucked life from one source to give to another, a plant sacrifice for a person was good and just she thought. The power though was evil, she could never shake the feeling even in trying to be the opposite of her sister she might be drawing close to becoming her. That was turmoil for another time, right now she had to try and simply give Randall more time. Maybe it was a week, maybe it was just a day or so, it'd be better then a bright mind just quietly slipping away as his body was stolen.

Success or failure she would turn to find Shockman. Perhaps in flight chased by Spiderbite, perhaps grounded by the webbing. In either case though being able to fly and go intangible she could catch up. And she would look to do so to reach the side of the man who had stolen the advanced experiment.

"All right. Just breathe. Is the android stable with you in it? The transfer of Randall isn't the same as a being of energy, we need to know you won't fry your body, or set you up with one that won't." if she could she would want to help two people have a new body even. To be trusted to help at all though Morgan needed to clarify she wasn't out to hurt him.

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Shockman: Resurrection Feb 2, 2022 6:07:31 GMT

Post by 👹Kid Kaiju👹 on Feb 2, 2022 6:07:31 GMT

Every muscle in his body was flexed in anticipation for the inevitable blasts of electricity that would come with fighting a foe like this. Shooting a smile over at Spiderbite he got almost instantly shot down by the spandex savior. No help? Bad Kaiju? He was talking to him like he was stupid but, he was far from stupid. His Kaiju form had underdeveloped vocal chords was all it didn't make him dumber and beyond that what was the big deal. Icarus could handle the repair costs to the school, he needed to make an easy entrance here. A giant monster trying to walk through the evacuating crowd would've just delayed his arrival and subsequently put the life of the man they were all trying to save at risk. Why was this guy already causing division in among everyone who was here to help?

He didn't have time to worry about that and even if he did the whole underdeveloped vocal chords thing wouldn't have helped his case. If he wanted to prove himself here than he needed to take action and properly apply his strengths to the team they had here. There was a girl with telekinetic abilities that had just arrived along with the spider guy; two long range fighters. Most likely they were lacking in durability and close combat skills and would try to keep the action where Shockman would want it at long range. With them providing ranged support Kid Kaiju could close the gap and keep Shockman too preoccupied with the big guy in his face to keep the fight at long range.

The villain let out a classic villain move, the cry for help. Often used to fool heroes into letting their guard down. The situation here was unfortunate for the both of them but, right now there was an actual life on the line if they couldn't recover the android. Right as Kid Kaiju was about to make his move Shockman took off through the newly opened ceiling hole and the others chased after him. There was no way that those webs were as fast as lightning; Cassidy would need an assist and he was going to get a BIG one.

As the webs were fired Kid Kaiju used his otherworldly strength to vault into the air in pursuit, grabbing hold of the web strands as he did so. Using that same strength he would attempt to swing Spiderbite around his head and directly into the path of the Villain at speeds normally unreachable to the Web Slinger.

After that Kid Kaiju would look to land on a grassy patch of a nearby quad. Students there running for cover as the massive monster turned the lawn into a crater. "SORRY!" He roared before tracking the other 3 and making a break for wherever they planned on landing.

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Shockman: Resurrection Feb 8, 2022 0:30:51 GMT

Post by METTLE on Feb 8, 2022 0:30:51 GMT

Shockman curved through the air, executing an aileron roll as he rose skyward -

- only for Spider-Bite to slam into his back, wrecking his graceful flight in an instant as the vigilante hero clambered onto his back.

"Aah!" he grunted involuntarily, sparks erupting out of his form and seeping through the masked avenger. He recalled his enemy's ability to insulate himself against electricity somewhat and seethed; the guy's strength was uncanny, and he was weighing him down. The two web lines that anchored them both to the ground quickly retracted, pulling the two towards the grass. Only by exerting a strong counter-force did he not slam into the Earth and soil - instead the two rolled about on the lawn as the kaiju lumbered nearby out of his own crater.

Shockman's legs kicked out like a crab's, wildly twitching around in a panic, undirected kicks threatening stray shots at Spider-Bite's balls, but little else. Memento Mori had brought up the side, the intangible specter freshly making herself known near him after imbuing Randall Crane's pod with what could only be described as a revivifying energy, having previously caused his elderly frame to spasm and the old man to gasp to life, eyes open, pants soaked.

"Bullshit!" he cried, lashing out with a wild haymaker, electric power sheathing his knuckles as they tore upward at Spider-Bite's chin. His android arm was propelled like a punch from a railgun, and he matched it with a radial blast of electric energy around himself, knowing full well that he wouldn't last long in a bear hug from Spider-Bite, whose adhesive power would put a stop to his ability to move and escape. He'd need to blast his way out.

"You were going to kill me by throwing me in that river! I don't need your fake sympathy!" he screamed, propelling himself to his feet. Streetlights around the lab burst, shattered glass flecking everywhere as they overloaded. He drew power straight from the grid, and it arced dangerously around him, building up into a massive bolt -

- which he then unleashed over the array of heroes who'd gathered to stop him in something of a flickering cone of heat and light, the grass scorched black, flames erupting on the outer edges of his attack. In the middle of it, the air merely shimmered, then combusted into an enormous bolt. Thunder would rattle after, setting off every car alarm for miles.

"Don't piss me off! I'm gonna go have sex for the first time in years!" he bellowed, the android's eyes now pure white, sparks arcing from his pupils and burning the air around his head in a magnificent crown of electric energy.

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Shockman: Resurrection Feb 9, 2022 21:38:04 GMT

Post by Memento Mori on Feb 9, 2022 21:38:04 GMT

Morgan wanted to help this guy but as she landed and started to hear an outburst it seemed clear someone wasn't going to play a long. Her hand goes over her heart and she becomes intangible. By the time the electric body snatcher said "kill" Morgan was a incoporeal form the go to defense she figured given the possible combatant. Memento liked to think she could raise a telkenetic barrier before a bullet got to her. The haste of a bullet though wasn't the same as lightning. So she figured her best approach was to not exist on a material plain.

He squirmed against the spider and pulled power from suroundings. A hand raises from Morgan gesturing swiftly to a light post above some to scared to move civilians. Her telekenesis captured the shattering light from raining down on the civilians to halt from injuring them. A small deed but Morgan wanted to ensure life whenever she could. And soon after the grass around Morgan felt the wrath of the body snatcher. Ash and fire around her, a deep black scar from a bolt right where the cloaked hero stood.

The woman was shoved backwards though. The burst of air, the crack of thunder shoved her several feet behind where she had been. Her landing was gentle do to levitation but the sound had struck her and she also now couldn't hear much. "Sorry was that? Were you asking us out or saying you were going to go find someone?" Banter was fun but honestly she was asking genuinely. The sound was brutal and she wasn't sure which it had been.

They also needed to contain this though, and she doubted anyone agreeing to a date or talking was going to help. So her hands returned to a gesture that formed a ethereal skull. Her hands flowed and with it a necrotic Bolt shot from her. A screaming ablaze skull dashed through the air at the body snatcher! Upon impact should it land most would suffer, life draining stamina exhausting a feeling of searing cold to the skin. Memento kept this power from being out right lethal but it certainly wasn't the kindest of attacks. Necromancy trying to knock someone unconscious was a reliable attack but also a bit more cruel then the conventional punch to the noggin.

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Shockman: Resurrection Feb 25, 2022 21:19:41 GMT

Post by Cassidy on Feb 25, 2022 21:19:41 GMT

Both of Cassidy's arms were wrapped around Shockman, pinning the electric man's flight and sending it towards the ground. The descenet was slowed due to the electrical prowess of the latter before two began rolling around in the grass, the scarlet spider's arms still trying to hold down Shockman as static electricity traveled and dissipated through the suit, leaving the arachnid metahuman unharmed.

Spider-Bite's lenses widened when Shockman tried kicking, deftly and barely stopping any kicks from striking any of the more sensitive areas of the vigilante's body.

"Calm down!"

Then, Wally decided now was the time to discuss that fact that Spider-Bite had thrown into the river, safely might the arachnid avenger add, and misinterpreted that as a death sentence. Sparks increased in voltage and ampage, crawling over the human-spider, before an arm was drawn out of the vigilante's hold and sent toward his chin. Wally's aim struck true, being in such close quarters.

Spider-Bite flew away from the electric metahuman before slamming into a random streetlight, bending the metal that held the light aloft, before flopping and slamming into the ground. A groan escape the superhero.

"Urgh . . . I wasn't trying to kill you," Cassidy gasped out slowly before getting up. Danger! Had to move! Had to get Memento out of the way! A giant bolt of energy built up in power before allowed to fly outward, arcing towards the hero and his allies, and Spider-Bite could only do one thing. He took a massive leap, flying a couple stories into the air, before firing a pair of web-lines to try and shove Memento out of the way of the blast.

Too late!

The mask lenses widened as he landed next to Memento, getting up and ready to fire back her own attack along with a quip to boot. Was yours truly rubbing off on her? Another time for that discussion.

"You okay? Keep back away from-."

Wait, what did Shockman just say? The entirety of the situation had not sunk in just yet until the whole sentence, the whole statement, had time to begin being processed with the hero's spider skull.

"What? You're going to kill an old man just for . . . "

His balls tightened into fists. First, the old man risked of dying if not for Memento. Then this guy torches Memento in the shoulder with a bolt? And now this immature crap?

That's it. No more mister nice guy.

"Alright, pal. You getting a little angry?Then get angry!"

Running before launching himself towards a nearby wall, a single line of webbing was fired from one hand, which was tugged on to send the hero spinning mid-air as he traveled towards the building. Another line was fired towards a trashcan, launched straight at the lightning thug at startling speed intending to give the guy a serious head injury, before the arachnid acrobat landed on the wall perfectly.

"Dude, you got a short fuse, and you ain't landing anybody with a personality likes yours either."

Firing another glob of webbing towards his opponent's face, Cassidy simply grinned under the mask. Ah, the classic puns and jabs. Annoying. Although, he might need to find something to really set him off.

"You also might want to invest in some deodorant too. You smell like burnt ozone and some really good therapist's problem."

Last Edit: Feb 25, 2022 21:31:20 GMT by Cassidy

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Shockman: Resurrection Mar 1, 2022 5:10:53 GMT

Post by 👹Kid Kaiju👹 on Mar 1, 2022 5:10:53 GMT

He was too slow. Even though he was physically faster than his companions he still had been too slow in getting here. He rose to his feet and saw a stray arc of electricity jump across the quad towards a fleeing student. In a single bound he cleared the distance between the two and scooped the man up in his alien arms. A second jump and the two were on the roof of a nearby building.

"STAY HERE!" he roared before leaping back into the fray.

Another, bigger, lightning bolt was headed towards Memento Mori which meant he needed to intercept it. There wasn't any time to think he just had to let his instinct do the work. A blast of air altered his direction and accelerated his descent. The entire time he kept his eyes on the arc of energy. From the moment he jumped off the roof to the moment he missed his target and crashed through a nearby building.

'welp, thats gonna end up on youtube' the kid thought.

He slowly rose up from the pile of ruined bricks, crushed desks, and whatever other inanimate objects had been unfortunate enough to be in the way of his destructive landing. If it wasn't for his super hearing he would've missed the sickening sound of that bolt of lightning connecting with a human body. Once again he had been too slow but, what the fuck was he supposed to do here. They needed to stop the villain without destroying the body he was in and time was running out. How was he supposed to do that when, despite all his power, he couldn't even protect his allies in the field. Thankfully his super hearing also picked up on the last thing Shockman had said...thinking about sex at a time like this...what a cocky bastard. It was kinda like Johnny Cage.

His eyes widened and a smirk crawled across his face. The 7ft tall mutated monster broke out into a full sprint towards Shockman. Small bursts of air allowing him to maintain his insane speed while zig zagging towards the villain. The others were also keeping Shockman busy with their own attacks which he hoped would distract him long enough for Kid Kaiju's haymaker to connect. In an instant the beast would plant its foot, prep its punch, and then send it's fist shooting downwards towards the Androids junk. If it could fuck it had to have balls right?

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Shockman: Resurrection Mar 4, 2022 3:14:46 GMT

Post by METTLE on Mar 4, 2022 3:14:46 GMT

With the expenditure of energy came clarity.

Focus.

Shockman hovered over the scorched grass, surveying the assortment of foes who had come to stop him. He was back - he was here, robot Jesus - back to life. And the initial leap into the deep end had been overwhelming, true, but he was treading water now. Everything was resetting, and he'd been awake for it all. Calibrating. He felt more at ease, more used to the body he was in. And that was when things slowed down for him, the way they'd used to be. That was when his reactions sped up.

And the robot body could keep pace.

First, the trash can lid soaring towards him; he extended his forefinger and it stopped, metal discus halted in mid-air. He left it suspended there; then the necrotic bolt, a shimmering skull launched in his direction, curving through the air; he arched his back, sliding between the ambient electrons like a wet bar of soap squeezed between hands, executing a rapid aileron roll in mid-air to swerve around it. The skull careened into the grass behind him, jaw wide open, screaming into the ground, where it killed the plantlife that remained. The web-line Spider-Bite fired after him also spun into the ground, deftly woven around by the android as though he were dancing through the sky -

And then, Kid Kaiju.

The gargantuan beast thudded to a halt in front of him, aiming a shot at his balls.

Shockman guided his own knuckles into the punch. They shimmered with electric rage. He felt the reverberation up through his arm like cannonfire.

THWAM.

The shockwave ripped across the ground, extinguishing the remaining fires; the red sleeve up his android arm ripped apart, rent by the sheer force of the collision, until it was nothing but crimson scrap, leaving pale flesh exposed. His arm smoked and steamed.

"You're pretty strong."

How about this?

"HIIIIIII - "

He zipped through the air - suddenly in a thousand places at once - the afterimages surrounding Kid Kaiju as he unleashed a barrage of electricity-infused punches. Bouncing like unstable molecules from side to side, surrounding the man in a barrage of blows -

"ATATATATAATA!"

Each strike a debilitating blow, packing deadly conductive force, railgun shots from his fists like he'd seen the Boss perform. Finishing with a potent electrical uppercut, he grinned with a love for violence.

Then he returned his attention to Spider-Bite and the girl.

With a simple snap of his fingers, he sent the lightning-infused trash can lid back at them, a homing disc of destruction, lightning coiling off the sides scorching the air.

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Shockman: Resurrection Mar 4, 2022 3:37:36 GMT

Post by Cassidy on Mar 4, 2022 3:37:36 GMT

Lenses narrowed.

Awh perfect.

A flying discus full of electricity sizzling from the sides. Whatever will he do? Leaping off the wall into the air to meet it dead on, Spider-Bite quickly crafted a wrapping of webbing around one arm before slamming his hand on top of the discus, pushing off of it to send himself skyrocketing to a higher altitude in the air while sending its aim off. With that small change to its flight path, its trajectory should be altered just enough to miss Memento Mori.

Now, onto the main event. Kid Kaiju was getting clobbered. While the vigilante knew the mutate metahuman could absorb certain forms of radiation, there might have been a limit when it come to other forms of energy. A limit Cassidy did not want to find out about anytime soon. He wrapped his other arm in mid-air. There. Now his hands were covered in a non-conductive material.

Firing two web-lines at the ground, Spider-Bite sent himself accelerating downwards towards Shockman, intending to strike his head and slam the pair into the ground. If he hit the man, the two of them would be engaged in a slugfest on the ground, assuming Shockman was not dazed from the sudden strike from above. Another fist would seek to drive into the skull, right in the nose. The android did not matter, not if it ended up being used like this. If the spider-vigilante missed, the ground would rupture around him, sending pieces of grass and dirt flying up from all around.

If the latter occurred, he would begin firing webbing at the pieces and clumps of dirt and grass before launching them at Shockman, all the while backing up towards the secondary prize. A certain red object that could be found anywhere, especially for buildings as large and public as this. He just needed to get in the right position.

Either way, he only had one thing to say.

"That all you got? All I see is a cheap imitation of Mettle's moves."

Crumplezone had been proof enough of that to be true.

Last Edit: Mar 4, 2022 3:44:05 GMT by Cassidy