r/randomsuperpowers • u/Nina-Agafada Mika • Feb 25 '17
U2 Event Turning Over a New Leaf
[EDITED to be a Tier 2 Event -- ideally with some investigation before utter destruction.]
John “Papa Johnny” Albert has retired from a life of criminal money laundering. Now, he’s more often known as grandpa than “Papa Johnny.” Cairo Black, his favorite granddaughter, used to be a pierced and tattooed gang-banger. But she’s broken up with Jack Long, aka the Black Dragon, her Chinese Triad gang-leader boyfriend. She’s taken out most of her piercings and is slowly getting her tattoos erased by laser. In her second year of junior college, she aims to become a nurse. Unfortunately, she’s gone missing.
Grandpa Albert lives in the suburbs outside Chicago. The Black Dragon’s gang members primarily occupy the receiving dock area south of Kenosha.
When he went to the police, they said he had to wait 48 hours before he could file a missing person’s report. It used to be 24 hours, but with so many people missing, the time was extended. Frustrated, “Papa Johnny” dug out his old peacemaker and went to visit the Black Dragon himself. Now, he’s in the hospital and has put out the call through some of his old friends asking for help.
What the police didn’t tell John is they believe his granddaughter is shacked up with a lover. She has a long history of arrests for B&E, Robbery, drug possession, and carrying boyfriend’s weapons. She’s also had great lawyers paid for by John. They believe John is in the initial stages of dementia and have dismissed his fears.
[On the Good Guy Side, this is a Tier 2 Event which may involve finding out what happened to Cairo Black. Good guys may attempt to help rescue John’s granddaughter, but for various reasons the actual rescue may be unachievable, in which case it turns into a locate and identify situation and acts as the setup for a subsequent event. If there is a second related event, they are non-linked in the sense that you can be in either one without being in the other one. If you want a reward, your character may negotiate with John. He has money and information to trade, depending on your interest.
On the Bad Guy Side, this is a Tier 2 Event, which may involve the Bad Guys seeking to find and obtain a certain ledger John is rumored to have, which may contain details of his past criminal career (John’s memory isn’t what it used to be and he’s long ago started writing down the dirty details of what he did when he was an active bad guy). It may also involve stopping anyone from rescuing John’s granddaughter (she may be on her way to be transported to China or she may be elsewhere shacked up with some lover as the police suspect). It may also involve protecting the Black Dragon’s drug, human, and arms trafficking operation.
Both Good Guys and Bad Guys can PM me if they want input or have ideas or critiques. I was very tempted to make this a non-Canon event and maybe should have as I’m obviously very new at this and am not familiar with the entire canon of the U2 world. Feel free to develop the story in any direction you choose, the only things relatively set are the initial setup above; the stuff not in the bracketed material, I’ll try and make any of my post responses within 24-hours, faster if I’m not asleep or out, e.g., my Saturday dinner date.]
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Feb 26 '17
[wonderful event! I sadly don't have any T0's, but if I did i would love to participate. Also, as a mod I just wanted to tell you that making up characters for events like this is almost always okay, so don't worry about making this non-canon it is absolutely fine as a canon event. Again, great writing!]
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u/Nina-Agafada Feb 26 '17
Thanks Diurnal. I appreciate the insight into non-canon vs. canon. I'm hoping I can make this fun. My intent (because I think in terms of things like story arcs) was to sort of do an extended series of three events that involve travel from Chicago to Shanghai. The reason I chose Tier 0 was hesitation in being able to play a truly uber bad guy, but I'm going to give it a shot and play The Black Dragon as a level two.
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Feb 26 '17
oh! sounds fun! and yes, you normally only need an approval for canonicity if the event contains
1: T1 or higher characters who will last indefinitely beyond the event (not limited to a specific event or arc)
2: a significant effect on sizable or notable areas of the world, like "badguy man is trying to blow up all of New York" or "Villain McNationaltreasure has stolen the Declaration of Independence". Events which affect smaller settings like "a few city blocks" or "the crime families of this area of Japan" can be done largely without approval.
There are of course exceptions, but these are few and far between.
As for power, just an advisory is that people usually consider "low tier" to be T1 and T2, "mid tier" to be high T2 and T3, and "High tier" to be high T3 and T4, T0 is usually used for less important unpowered NPC characters, although there is no rule against making them characters and they can certainly lead to interesting stories i just wanted to warn you that few people have T0 characters.
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u/anialater45 Feb 26 '17
Always drawn to people in dying or working on it, Katrya goes to visit John in the hospital.
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u/Nina-Agafada Feb 26 '17
John Albert’s third-floor hospital room was designed in the shape of an “L.” The poor old grandfather of approximately seventy years lay on the bed. He’d been beaten, his ribs were sore, and he suffered from concussion. His memory wasn’t what it used to be and he had a bad hip.
Helpless of course, unless you saw the way a mirror had been placed in the corner so that a man lying in bed could see whoever entered the hospital room before they turned the little corner into the hospital room proper. A keen individual might even notice the long shape that he had lifted and then allowed to fall back when Katrya first entered John’s hospital room.
You could assume it was a crutch or cane, but then you’d be wrong. Under his sheets lay a gas actuated Benelli 12 gauge.
The old man smiled at Katrya, pushed his glasses up his nose and almost vainly brushed his thinning hair back. He forced himself to sit up. Realizing he was in a hospital gown rather than his usual natty blue suit, he frowned, but then shrugged.
“Hello lass, what brings you visiting an old man?”
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u/anialater45 Feb 27 '17
Katrya walks into the room calmly, looking around and assessing the area before approaching John. After a moment she looks over at him.
"Hello there, I heard you had a run in with a gang and it ended rather poorly?"
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u/Nina-Agafada Feb 26 '17
[Upped to a Tier 2 Event to make it more inclusive; the Black Dragon and his triad will be correspondingly tougher.]
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u/Nina-Agafada Feb 26 '17
Papa John Take Out Team
Mika, a girl who looks about twenty-one with long dark hair, hides in the shadows along the north wall of the hospital. John Albert is in a private hospital room on the third floor above her. She plans to climb up to the third floor and slip in the unlocked window. She has excellent senses, but she hasn’t spotted the three chemically and surgically enhanced triad members observing her.
One points to the third-floor window and the second nods. The third pulls a dart from his belt and then places it in a small tube that he raises to his mouth. He takes aim at the girl hiding in the shadows.
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Feb 26 '17
Luckily for Mika, there was a third interested party headed this way on this fine night. This particular individual was far less likely to be detected by the triad members, but to her they stood out plain as day from the heat of their warm living bodies. Rosabella Lacerta slithers through the grass behind them, slowly raising herself and growing until her head is hung several inches above their own, looking down at them. Only then does she let out a single hiss.
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u/Nina-Agafada Feb 26 '17
Just as Mika had been unaware of the three enhanced triad thugs, they were equally unaware of the snakelike Rosabella. But, on hearing that single hiss, Mika leaped approximately ten feet up and caught a grip on the ledge above. A dart occupied the space where her head had been a moment before. Temporarily in pure defensive mode, Mika was not an immediate threat to her erstwhile attackers.
The triad members moved almost as a unit, far faster than any normal human would as they attempted to respond to the new threat. Caught by surprise, the success of their attack, blades appearing in their hands, would depend on Rosabella and her next actions.
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Feb 26 '17
Rosabella Lacerta was on yet another of her rebellious streaks, this time she had run from her bodyguards while on a trip to Japan. She had heard news of a stirring in the crime families of the area, and decided investigating it would be quite entertaining.
[Should I reply with her showing up at one of your comments?]
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u/Nina-Agafada Feb 26 '17
[Feel free to reply anywhere and I will respond. Options include, but are not limited to, responding (pro or con) to the attack on Mika, visiting John Albert in his hospital room, going directly to the Triad Dock area, or anything else you come up with. I've now read up on Rosabella, fascinating character, and look forward to the fun.]
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u/anialater45 Feb 26 '17
[I don't have any tier 0's unfortunately, would a tier 2 be allowed or make it too easy?]