Interest Check The Scarlet Five

Character Sheet:

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Think along the lines of G-Man

Name/ Title / Alias:
TMITM - stands for The Man In The Mirror. He has many titles besides, such as the Shadow, The King of Ink, Mist and Shadow, and the Lord of the Lonely Places.

Biography:
He came into being in 1956, and most of his abnormally long life has been spent trying to gain as much power as he can, usually against the Scarlet Five.
He usually doesn't see the need for allies, as he can usually corrupt and twist peoples beings into one he can control.

Affiliation:
Independent - he controls a group of dark, twisted then individuals collectively known as 'The Twisted Ones' - a blight slowly creeping across the city.
He hates anyone who gets in his way, but is not opposed to making deals.

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His powers generally fit into three groups.

Ink - Biokinesis - can manipulate the structure of living things, including corrupting and giving powers to people.
Note: This is not yet known, but the Ink substance is him. controling it fits within this category.

Mist - Teleportation
Illusion
Mirror walking - can transfer himself into mirrors and walk between them.

Shadow - Fear Factor - When seeing him or just being in his presence, an unknown panic will begin to size you.
Interfearance - while in his presence, nothing, especially technology, works as intended.
Telekinesis

Note: He cannot understand or feel kindness or love - these things will leave him feeling confused, and he often doesn't plan for them.

Equipment & Non-powered abilities:

He has only a cane, a stick of black iron with a ball of silver on top.

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Relations:
He cares for no one and no thing, except power.
 
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TMITM said:
Character Sheet:

Include an image here if you wish, as well as physical traits not present on the picture: (such as weight, height or contradicting details compared to the picture)


Name/ Title / Alias:
TMITM - stands for The Man In The Mirror. He has many titles besides, such as the Shadow, The King of Ink, Mist and Shadow, and the Lord of the Lonely Places.

Biography:
He came into being in 1956, and most of his abnormally long life has been spent trying to gain as much power as he can, usually against the Scarlet Five.
He usually doesn't see the need for allies, as he can usually corrupt and twist peoples beings into one he can control.

Affiliation:
Independent - he controls a group of dark, twisted then individuals collectively known as 'The Twisted Ones' - a blight slowly creeping across the city.
He hates anyone who gets in his way, but is not opposed to making deals.

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His powers generally fit into three groups.

Ink - Biokinesis - can manipulate the structure of living things, including corrupting and giving powers to people.

Mist - Teleportation
Illusion
Mirror walking - can transfer himself into mirrors and walk between them.

Shadow - Fear Factor - When seeing him or just being in his presence, an unknown panic will begin to size you.
Interfearance - while in his presence, nothing, especially technology, works as intended.
Telekinesis

Note: He cannot understand or feel kindness or love - these things will leave him feeling confused, and he often doesn't plan for them.

Equipment & Non-powered abilities:

He has only a cane, a stick of black iron with a ball of silver on top.

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Relations:
He cares for no one and no thing, except power.
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oooo I like this!
 
Chaos Sphere said:
Document 5H4D3

*All information about his whereabouts and related information is speculatory. We are still running an investigation on the real identity of this 'Joe Maddox' on whether he is the real deal or a phony. This information is top-secret, and we cannot let anyone know the atrocities he did.

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Name/Title/Alias: "Agent Joe" (TSF and former Police Name) / "Agent Maddox" (speculated Double Agent's Name)

Biography: The Agent Joe that we knew was Jonathan Maddox, one of the two twin children of two parents whose entire bloodline is composed purely of superpowered beings, which meant that not only would the child be guaranteed to have more than one power, but also that these powers could be randomized. When his parents found out that he and his twin brother Joshua had the same interesting combination of powers, they presented him with multiple openings to develop a preference to his dream job. The result: he began to admire the police, wishing that he would be able to use his powers to become the perfect police officer. Meanwhile, his brother wanted to be a soldier who will foght for his country.

When he grew up, when he finished college on law enforcement and had fully developed one of his powers to the extent of mastery, he applied for the police department and proved himself to have plenty of potential, especially with his powers. And that is how he got accepted into the police. One day, his twin brother, Joshua, mysteriously disappeared during military combat, which motivated him further to work his way up to the higher office that he may take the case to himself one day and learn the truth.

Affiliation:
  • The Scarlet Five (A-Rank - Jonathan)
  • Bluebird (Direct Subordinate - Jonathan)
  • The Opposition (A-Rank possible Double Agent - Joshua)
  • The Police Department (Formerly - Jonathan)

+ Jonathan's 'Recruitment' Story - Prior to being converted into one of Bluebird's moles, Agent Joe had a very high position in the police force and is assigned with a job to hunt down one of The Scarlet Five of his choice. He decided to hunt down the member solely known as 'Bluebird', who he personally believes to be an extreme threat, which he presumed to be because of being capable of possibly outmatching The Opposition with what they specialize in: weapons and tactics. He began researching about him and his whereabouts, and every crime specifically related to him and Scarlet Five in general, including the mysterious appearance of his twin brother Joshua Maddox, which shows strong connections with the entire group (there is no evidence as of yet that proves or disproves Bluebird's direct conncection to the mystery).

Eventually, he found out about one of the places where he is said to have kept archived duplicates his documents through years of research. He decided to infiltrate it at night alone (because any more would be a liability when he could simply use his powers to swiftly bypass most threats). He managed to used the poor lighting of the area in his advantage, swiftly and silently transporting himself to where the documents are with the help of his powers.and here, he managed to take all the documents relevant to the identitt of Bluebird himself, fullt aware that these are all duplicates.

When he returned to his private office with all the retrieved documents, he began to open each document one-by-one, studying each for hours and figuring out the meaning of the strange symbol used as the background of each page and on each cover. What is the symbol's significance? Little did he know that he had spent hours staring at every instance of Bluebird's trap, the accursed sigil that caused the end of a building's worth of men. When he closed the last folder, he was no longer himself.

+ Suspected Double Agent Planting - After [CLASSIFIED], followed by his disappearance, a Joe Maddox presented himself to The Opposition with intent to apply as a double agent for The Scarlet Five. He passed all qualifications required for the job and finished the test near-flawlessly. An excerpt of the dialogue states that this might be his long-lost twin brother who shares the similar handle, Joshua Maddox, who also shared these exact same innate abilities, but the degree of mastery is still unknown. This is the only key to figure out who is who.

Only one clue has been uncovered so far... A completely non-anomalous printed note from The Scarlet Five itself which says "Only one Joe remains." It is yet to know whether if this meant that Joshua Maddox was killed off or if this meant that Jonathan Maddox got wiped by someone.

Update 1: Or what if that is just a forgery?
Update 2: Now that you said it, we are now in Detective Hell. Thank you, asshole.

+ Opinion on the Opposition - According to records of his statements prior to the series of events at [CLASSIFIED], Agent Joe had once stated that the Opposition are gullible fools who would desperately trust anyone who held great promise in destroying The Scarlet Five. He also once stated that eventually, they will lose their trust to superpowered people.
+ Opinion on the Police Force - He was a serious man. He always told us, the police, to always have everything readied at all times because "we will never truly be ready when The Scarlet Five will unleash their true power". In the end, he himself was caught off-guard, forever scarring those who knew him with those very words. Agent Maddox also carries a very similar sentiment, though the context behind never known.
+ Opinion on The Scarlet Five - Agent Maddox firmly believes that The Scarlet Five are people with a distorted sense of justice, and that their hunger for power and disproportionate retribution would soon leave them vulnerable in the end.

Powers:
+ Scan - He has the ability to use a weakened form of his mother's psionic abilities to learn about a target's skills and any supernatural abilities. This makes him extremely reliable in learning about the capabilities of various targets, especially in espionage and undercover operations in order to come prepared whenever the day calls for a raid.

The target has to be within ten feet in his vicinity and in full view for the scan to be effective. It is also to be noted that anyone with abilities related to psionics will be able to sense that they are being scanned, adding a risk to this ability.

+ Shadow/Darkness Affinity - Agent Joe is famed in his office solely for the mastery of this ability, making him the most vital asset in night operations. These are the capabilities that he has unlocked so far:
= Night Vision - He can see perfectly through the dark, regardless of how thick this darkness is. This excludes shadows being manipulated by other umbrakinetics and artificial darkness, mainly due to willfully learning to exclude these in his vision primarily for convenience.
= Shadow Sight - He can use any darkness and shadow within 10 feet as an alternate pair of eyes for espionage. This ability cannot be used while he is hiding or traveling in the shadows via Shadow Shift.
= Umbrakinesis - He has the ability to manipulate darkness, whether it be in a solidified or non-solidified state. He can also solidify darkness and warp it into shapes and formes. The most versatile and vital sub-ability that he has, since it offers a wide array of offensive, defensive, and utility opportunities. His full mastery over it allows him to near-effortlessly counter umbrakinetic attacks and instantly attack from all directions in very dark areas. This ability, too cannot be used during Shadow Shift.
= Shadow Shift - Finally, Agent Joe is capable of using shadows as a means of travel, travelling to the shadow's visible extent. When in very dark places, this ability technically becomes teleportation for the entire area is filled with darkness. Whenever he uses this ability, all objects in his possession shift along with him. This ability is only effective if the shadow is large enough for him to fit in.

Do note that the potency and reliability of his darkness-related abilities ultimately rely on the presence of shadows and darkness around him. In situations where there is little to no darkness he is forced to primarily rely on his equipment at hand and his skills as a (former) police officer.

+ Mind Virus Host - We learned about how the sigil gave Agent Joe psychic immunity the hard way. There is no way to free him from Bluebird's control other than the gun and blade; and don't get us started with trying tap into his mind. We all know that it is stupid and downright suicidal, like attempting to weaponize the sigil. Don't be like them. We don't even know who the hell he actually is, so don't even say that the risk will be worth it.

A recovered document has confirmed that Joshua Maddox attempted to take down Scarlet Five and prioritized Bluebird. This raises too many doubts and questions that we are now beginning to loose grasp on the concept of identity. Our intelligence is utterly fucked when they know about this. Who exactly is who? Even if that guy is Joshua, chances are that whoever will tap his mind would get the risk of seeing the goddamn symbol and slowly getting infected.

Update 1: Infectees do not feel pain.
Update 2: Possibility that Bluebird might have instructed him to fake the ability to feel pain is considered.
Update 3: The intelligence knew about it this evening and immediately decided to call it a day.
Update 4: Infectees have enhanced combat abilities.
Update 5: Update 4 is irrelevant. Joshua is a soldier.

Equipment and Non-Powered Abilities:
+ As a former policeman, Agent Joe is extremely skilled in many things including combat, stealth, and intelligence gathering. Ultimately, he specializes in police actions that focus on tracking down and neutralizing criminals. Regardless on which brother is it, the Joe that is walking around will definitely be stronger than the Agent Joe that used to be on our side.
+ He always carries a pistol loaded with either Black Talon rounds or R.I.P Bullets. He also carries other various equipment including but not limited to a flashlight, a stun baton, grenades, and a modified combat knife.
+ He can and will try to create a convincing cover-up story for his actions. Whether you trust him or not is up for you to decide. Due to the fact that it could be either of the two means that dealing with him will be an extremely delicate matter and any reckless actions will call for instant demotion. We don't want to either kill innocent Joshua or let that monster Jonathan destroy everything, which will utterly destroy our reputation either way. This is his most dangerous property.

Note: Remember that Joshua is also a soldier. Chances are that he was also involved in an undercover military operation. I hate investigating those unaverage twin Joes.
- Agent Hatter

Relations: Regardless of what you ask about his allegiance on both parties, he will only say something in the lines of "I am a double agent who acts as a double agent." No one knows his true intentions. The only minor clue towards his true alignment is that he is more likely to obey Bluebird's orders.

Q: What if Joshua knew about Jonathan, killed him, and took his place and is playing along the whole time?
A: Never have we ever been frustrated. This thing is too open-ended, and we can't even postpone this thing when that shady guy is getting involved in the conflict between TSF and TO

Note: All information is subject to change. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Yes, this character's true identity is supposed to be unknown, and the character sheet is designed to reflect that. (In case one would ask)
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Oops. Sorry. Didn't see this!

I really like him and his very mysterious backstory. His powers are interesting. I can't quite place him, is he currently part of TSF or TO? I would love to see him go up against Moonstar either way.
 
I am also going to be making an Independent character soon. I will also be posting the prompts today, in full detail, as well as some additional ones. We should do all of them I believe, or at least 3 of them and merge them later.
 
Hello people. I have written some prompts and I want to hear some opinions on it. We will be starting sometime this week. I want the last few applications before we get on.

Heist:

Cira Solen of the Scarlet Five has her eyes on a priced artefact in the possession of the Opposition. The artifact is a powerful weapon that can be used to level entire city blocks when in the right hands. Cira has laid out a heist plan to capture the device. This will not be an easy operation as the Opposition has the PDU (Paranormal Defence Unit) on their side meaning they will have more firearms, men, and protection on their side.

The plan is simple. Break into the vault, disable the laser grid inside the building, unlocking the vault door as well as taking out any of the agents present inside. Intel gained from both Marin and Ajax has revealed that they are testing a new weapon inside the facility, but the specifics of the weapon are not described.

The artefact is of grave importance to the Scarlet Five as risking the Opposition having such a great power in their hands is something the Five would like to avoid. Who knows what the artifact really is?

Players required:

Cira Solen, at least another member of the Scarlet Five (more would be better) as well as some NPCS

The Opposition Agents, some should be named, and some should be player characters.

I will also be taking part in this.



Meeting:

The Scarlet Five and The Opposition decided that nothing will be decided by violence hence a meeting was planned. It would take place on neutral ground, outside the dangerous Newport. The Opposition had a few demands. The first one being that all the Five would need to be present. The second demand was that no preparation of the meeting site would be done, otherwise the meeting was called off.

The Scarlet Five thought of this as an excellent way to get some information about the Opposition and who they really were dealing with. All the Five would need to be present for the meeting to go down. This was a risk, but they thought it was likely that many opposition members would also come. A possible bloodbath? That was on everybody’s mind.

Players required:

All the Five

Madame Sea, as well as many Opposition members and agents.





Raid:

The Opposition has had it. These filfhty lowlife criminals are going to get it. They’ve burnt too many houses, killed too many people and abused too many children and homeless people. It is time for us to clean them out. The little intel we have on their base suggests an underground system of sorts. We have no idea what we should expect, therefore we should bring out our biggest guns. (If they have the artifact, they bring it, otherwise no.)

Our main mission is to eliminate all the Scarlet Five. They are dangerous individuals that need to be destroyed for peace to return to the city.



Players required:

At least one high ranking TO Agent

All or many of the TSF

At least some NPC TSF and lower level ranking

Anyone who wishes to intervene.
 
Okay, wow these are great prompts. What if—and this is just a suggestion—the Heist and the Meeting are combined? As in the Meeting is a cover for the Heist? Ajax could possibly be doing it with the help of whatever is planned, considering her ability to do so outside of her own body (unless that's impossible). But it could still be a cover for The Heist while the Meeting is taking place?
  • Whether Marin had any chance to tell TO of TSF's plans is not known.
  • The Artefact could, in theory, be a small device like a remote or a golden-aged sphere that was previously in possession of Monarchies in the past before ending up TO's hands.
 
Dan said:
Okay, wow these are great prompts. What if—and this is just a suggestion—the Heist and the Meeting are combined? As in the Meeting is a cover for the Heist? Ajax could possibly be doing it with the help of whatever is planned, considering her ability to do so outside of her own body (unless that's impossible). But it could still be a cover for The Heist while the Meeting is taking place?
  • Whether Marin had any chance to tell TO of TSF's plans is not known.
  • The Artefact could, in theory, be a small device like a remote or a golden-aged sphere that was previously in possession of Monarchies in the past before ending up TO's hands.
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I ABSOLUTELY ADORE THIS IDEA. this is, frankly, exactly what I pictured TSF doing.
 
The Opposition, while cautious and (perhaps) aggressive, attend the meeting whilst taking precautions to guard their own bases—HQ, other bases etc—to make it that much more difficult for TSF to infiltrate. The Meeting could be their time frame to grab the artefact while they have the chance.
 
Dan said:
Okay, wow these are great prompts. What if—and this is just a suggestion—the Heist and the Meeting are combined? As in the Meeting is a cover for the Heist? Ajax could possibly be doing it with the help of whatever is planned, considering her ability to do so outside of her own body (unless that's impossible). But it could still be a cover for The Heist while the Meeting is taking place?
  • Whether Marin had any chance to tell TO of TSF's plans is not known.
  • The Artefact could, in theory, be a small device like a remote or a golden-aged sphere that was previously in possession of Monarchies in the past before ending up TO's hands.
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Ajax has to switch places with someone and has to be close enough to do so which means, if the five wanted to avoid suspicion, somebody lower on the chain would have to stand in and pretend to be her if possible.
 
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nico said:
Ajax has to switch places with someone and has to be close enough to do so which means, if the five wanted to avoid suspicion, somebody lower on the chain would have to stand in and pretend to be her if possible.
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Makes sense. The Opposition don't know the true faces of The Five, perhaps only their names. And Marin doesn't know their true faces either—which they always report back to [TO] when they are able to or every two weeks to avoid suspicion themselves. I could make an NPC for one of the other gang leaders, if needed to be able to enact this part. I'm okay with playing as more than one character :)

Depending on TSF's full divisions and how many there're. I could make an NPC depending on those factors, alone.
 
Teeloffel said:
Oops. Sorry. Didn't see this!

I really like him and his very mysterious backstory. His powers are interesting. I can't quite place him, is he currently part of TSF or TO? I would love to see him go up against Moonstar either way.
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It's fine. By technicality, I would place him in the independent faction, though he does lean strongly towards TSF due to the backstory.
 
And for the prompts: I could see a combination of the raid and heist plots, wherein the raid could be an attempt on preventing the TSF from using the full force of their men in obtaining the artifact. Of course, this is merely a suggestion.

At the other hand, I believe that Dan's idea has a very strong amount of potential, and I could even seen a good opportunity have Joe and even a small fraction of Bluebird's personal army introduced in either fraction of the situation. (Bluebird tends to leave most of the filthy work to the mooks)
 
Character Sheet:


A gangly pale humanoid creature whose mouth has been sewn shut. He has strings attached to each of his knuckles, three each to his shoulder blades, and two each to his calves. He can control them telekinetically, and the strings are virtually indestructable, having been formed from his bone.

Name/ Title / Alias:
Stitch - his real name is unknown.

Biography:
He was formerly a Scarlet Five operative, then he disappeared, transformed into what he is now by TMITM - he is allowed more freedom because of his abilities of lockpicking and strategy, and if TMITM controls them, they become relatively clumsier.

Affiliation:
The Twisted Ones and TMITM.

Stitch:
He is capable of controlling any type of cloth or string, loving to suffocate people in their own clothing.
Puppets:
He can control people's minds by inserting one of his strings into the back of their heads - usually they die when he releases control, but not always.
Undetectable:
He can render himself completely invisible to all technology, making it near impossible to detect him with anything but the naked eye.
Equipment & Non-powered abilities:

Other than what has been previously described, he has only a tattered set of clothes.
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Lockpicking 100 - Can lockpick almost anything - there is almost no limit to what he can achieve.

Stealth 100 - He is silent in every way. The only thing you would hear before your demise is a cold slithering sound - the sound of is strings.

Relations:

He greatly dislikes the Opposition, but it will not get in the way of a mission.
 
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Dan said:
The Opposition, while cautious and (perhaps) aggressive, attend the meeting whilst taking precautions to guard their own bases—HQ, other bases etc—to make it that much more difficult for TSF to infiltrate. The Meeting could be their time frame to grab the artefact while they have the chance.
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This just makes the most sense so yeah.
 
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