madame cellophane [open]

[LETT]

f r e y y a !

The young woman walking down the street as night closed in was not extraordinary in any respect. Her appearance was quite normal, and if you asked her, she would have said that she considered her skills and intellect to be average at best. There was, however, something about her that was even more normal than normal. It was so normal, in fact, that it was actually abnormal, but not in the way that caused people to look twice, mouths slack with stunned surprise. Rather, it was the kind of abnormal that caused no one to notice her at all, save perhaps the very observant or the very lucky.

As Freyya idled in front of an expensive store window, gazing with wide eyes at the pricey gems that she would have to save up for weeks to afford, a man approached who was not observant. But perhaps he was lucky, in a sense, as he bumped into her, surprising both of them and sending the pair tumbling gracelessly to the ground. Freyya let out a low yip as nearly two hundred pounds of cursing, surprised man fell on top of her, squashing the breath out of her before she knew that had happened. There was a long moment of relative silence, filled only with slight shuffles and grunts as both parties attempted to extract themselves, then Freyya froze with sudden alarm. Having levered himself onto his hands and knees, the man had abruptly stopped his attempts to separate himself from the woman whom he had knocked into. Now his hand gripped hard on her arm, and his other moved to cover her mouth.

"You picked the wrong guy to smack into," he growled, a sneer at his lips. "Gimme your money, lady, and make it quick, or that won't be the only thing I take."

For one shock-filled moment, Freyya simply stared at the man as his palm covered her mouth and they both lay in front of the glitzy jewellery store. Then her wits caught up with the rest of her, and her knee came up between his legs with as much force as she could muster. Freyya was gratified when the man's hand came away from her mouth to cover more sensitive areas of his anatomy. Still, when she fumbled one hand in her purse and tried to get away, his grip only tightened. "Bad choice, bitch. You'll pay for that."

"Stop," Freyya said as the man laughed. Her fingers gripped around the chalk she always kept in her purse, but he yanked her hand out and held it above her head. A scream of rage and fear tore out of her throat before he smothered his hand into her face once more. It was almost night, and no one was around on this stretch of road. She was the only one here to stop her aggressor right now. Too bad she didn't seem to be doing a very good job of it.

[lightningstar]

Matthias was walking down an ally way and he heard a scream so he ran over to a dark corer across the street and "saw" what looked like a man holding a girl down and he immediately ran over to the two and said" What's going on here" and he got his powers ready just in case talking wouldn't work and he primed his smoke bomb and said again"What's going on here and are you going to let her go" and thought 'How the hell am i going to keep my identity secret when they both can see my face'

[syd]

It wasn't a very busy night at the bar, after all it was a weekday. Business was slow as well, which meant less tips for Adrian. Although he had made this past months rent, he still wanted to make sure he could afford other things. he shrugged the thought off and headed out, saying goodbyes to his fellow co-workers.

Adrian always left his bike in the next alleyway over, always thinking some drunk bar-goer would try to ride it home. He took a quick look at his hand were he wrote his lock code, the clumsy man would always forget. After fumbling around for a little while, he unhooked it and place it in his bag. Hopping on his bike, Adrian was hit with the voice of someone he didn't recognize. It seemed to scream for help. He peddled off toward the voice.

Adrian arrived at the scene to see a large, hefty man, a large girl, and a young man. They seemed to be fighting, and it looked as the older man was holding the girl. No, he's attacking her! Adrian watched from a distance, not knowing what to do. Yes, he was a super, but his powers weren't the kind that helped with fighting. He used them for himself. But, it didn't hurt to help. Hopping off his rusty old bike, Adrian motioned for the young man to help him with the girl.

[lightningstar]

'Oh what now ' thought Matthias as he turned around to "see" a man across the street motioning to him and seeing that the two people were not paying attention he ran over to the man that was getting his attention and asked" Who are you what do you want and do you know that person" as he asked he used his "radar" to "scan" the man and let his powers cool off for the moment so he wouldn't seem threatening

(oh and people can tell that he is blind)

[syd]

"Help me man!" Adrian ordered, trying to pry the large man off of the girl. He was too strong for the smaller body, and Adrian fell down to the ground. There was a slight sting of pain around his backside, but he tried to ignore it. Hey boy, if you got powers, use um! Adrian projected the thought into the young man's mind. After all, it did seem like it, the way he seemed like he might let out a bolt or lightning. All he wanted to do was get everything over with. Man, were in deep shit, Adrian thought to himself. He could of just rode past and let these people figure it out on his own. But he just had to help. He slowly got up, shaking his head and trying to find something he could use to weaken the foe.

[lightningstar]

Matthias nodded and threw down a smoke bomb that he primed already and made his armor and he walked out of the smoke and asked"Do you want he man or the lady" and used his "radar" to send a sort of assurance message to the lady

[ITTY]

Well, well, well. This certainly was interesting.

Nerina was on her way to the club, dressed in somewhat skimpy attire, and was taking a back street that was what she liked to consider a shortcut. As she walked as quickly as her heeled feet would carry her she turned a corner quickly -- only to see something that surprised her. A girl was flat on her back on the ground, a man was standing over her. Two other men were nearby.

God, she's about to be gang-raped right in the middle of the street, Nerina thought.

Which is why she ducked back around the corner quickly. These were the brutes she'd decided to become a hero for. Here was another chance for Eye-Candy -- shudder -- to strike. Slipping out of her short, body-hugging tank top with the ease of practice and stepping out of her mini skirt, Nerina tossed them behind a dumpster. She'd come back for them. She dug her masquerade mask out of her purse - and ho, presto! Eye-Candy was standing in her place.

Teleportation time! she thought gleefully, and in a blink she was right there beside the bunch of brutes assaulting that poor girl.

"Hello, there," she greeted in a low voice to the instigator. "What is she getting all the attention? Isn't there some for me too?" The man checked her out -- his gaze lingering on her boobs -- and let go of the girl on the ground, a greasy smile crossing his face. Nerina squashed her disgust. "Come on, let's go back to my place! It'll be more fun there!" She glanced around and a couple trash cans caught her eye, and then one of them was floating towards them.

When he saw the lid, sudden recognition crossed the brute's face. As he turned to flee, the trash can lid struck him across the head and he slumped to the ground unconscious.

One down, two to go.

But as she turned to look at them, she realized the other two weren't bad guys at all. One was in costume...ah, damn, they were heroes too, already here to help. Embarrassment flashed through her, but she hid it as best she could and her voice came out normal when she spoke.

"Huh. Sorry for stealing your crime. Couldn't tell you were the good guys from over there." She waved her hand vaguely in the direction she'd been standing earlier. "Anyway. Are you okay, honey?" Her attention was all on the girl now as she helped her up. "He didn't hurt you, did he?"

[lightningstar]

Matthias looked around for a second and pinged the area again and a girl was standing there "Who are you and that's okay" Matthias powered down and adsorbed his armor and rubbed his left leg to relax it and his eyes went back to their part cloudy appearance

[syd]

As Adrian shook his head, he noticed someone else had join the little scuffle. Another woman. She was trying to help the other girl, flirting with the other man. She's trying to distract him Adrian noted. He also became aware of the girls' mask. She must be a super! Of course he couldn't just stand there. He looked around. There were no televisions, radios, or any electronics, or anything he could use to his liking. Even if he messed with the mans mind, it wouldn't do that much damage. Sometimes he didn't like how his powers were weak and even useless.. He tried to think of what he could possibly do, but the superwoman was to fast. She had already scared the foe away and knocked him out. "Wow. That was... cool. Nice job." Adrian complimented her, sort of impressed by her tactics. But then Adrian realized he had been beaten by a girl. A girl.

ooc: Wait till LETT posts before posting next

[LETT]

f r e y y a !

Being trapped underneath a large, heavy man with his sweaty hand pressed against your face was quite an unpleasant experience, Freyya decided. Having his sweaty, unwashed man-odour in her face wasn't the greatest thing either, and she would very much prefer to have her current situation remedied as quickly as possible. However, with her hands trapped by his, there wasn't a whole lot she could do by herself. She tried bucking and kicking with her knee some more, but her attacker was wise to it now. He promptly sat on her hips and gripped both of her wrists in one hand. Then, with a greasy leer on his face, he began to slide his free hand under the waist of her pants.

That was about when the cavalry arrived.

First was a boy a handful of years younger than herself. He wore sunglasses despite the darkened evening, and he seemed uncertain what to do when he saw her being molested on the sidewalk. Freyya guessed that Mr. Grabby hadn't noticed him yet, because his hand was in full roaming mode, and was now roughly unbuttoning her pants despite loud and vigorous objections on her part. "Don't just stand there," she shrilled at the sunglasses kid. "Do something!"

Still, it seemed immediate assistance was not forthcoming. Another young-looking man appeared, although it seemed he had a couple years on Sunglasses Kid. But, rather than perhaps rush the man together and get him off of her, the two appeared to be dithering together on what to do. Well, at least Mr. Grabby had finally noticed that the two of them had company, and had abandoned his attentions on the zipper of her pants. Now he seemed to be looking rather stunned by the two boys nearby, like he hadn't quite decided why they were there or how it should affect his current set of plans.

Then Sunglasses Kid stepped back, tossed a smoke bomb on the ground, and when he reappeared, he was sheathed from head to toe in some kind of armour. What the- Freyya only stared. For the love of God, she was getting attacked by a mugger and these two men were practically taking seats and munching popcorn. Okay, well one had made some kind of half-hearted attempt to pry the guy off, and the other looked ready to do something at least, but she really wished that they would stop waiting around and kick the baddy in the ribs or something. That was an effective thing to do, right? Right?

By this point, Grabby McGrabberson was definitely reconsidering his current course of action. He actually wasn't so much molesting her as he was nervously perching on top of her, looking as if he might bolt at any second. Freyya was actually about to throw the stunned chap off and make a break for it when a low, sexual voice oozed out of the shadows. Freyya looked up. All she saw was siren-red panties and an extravagant feathered mask. She was probably wearing much the same look as the brute on top of her was at the moment, actually. Freyya just considered herself lucky that it was him who got clocked in the head with a garbage can lid.

But half-naked, skin-baring rescuer or not, she was finally safe, for the moment at least, and happy for it. Fumbling up from where she had been squashed against the pavement, Freyya hurriedly put her clothes back in order and accepted the Sexy-Panties Lady's hand up gratefully. She stumbled a little getting to her feet, and had to use the mostly-naked woman as support for a moment or two, but all in all she felt nothing but relief and gratitude towards this strange woman for saving her.

"I'm okay, I think," she said breathlessly, looking up half a dozen inches or so to meet the taller woman's eyes. "Thank you so much! I, uh-" Belatedly, Freyya realized there were two men still standing next to them, and blinked owlishly at them. "Um. Thanks to you guys too," she offered half-heartedly. Sure they hadn't done much, but she guessed they had tried, and that mattered for something at least. Right?

[lightningstar]

"Your welcome even thought we get to help you all that much.."Matthias concentrated his "radar" and felt the electrical impulses frome her and finished his sentence"Freyya and my name is Matthias and here" and he handed her a ice gantlet for her arm and carefully slide it on and he took off his glasses to reveal his blind, partial clouded hazel eyes and said to the other lady"And who are you you seem to be a little troubled and so do you" added Matthias to the other dude beside him.

"Well i can't let y'all go unless you promises to keep my powers a secret k" said Matthias and scanned the area around them to see if anyone else was there and when he couldn't sense anyone else he put his shades in his flannel pocket and made a lightning ball for some light for them to see better.

[ITTY]

Despite the girl's clumsy stumble to her feet, which Nerina caught easily and helped her to steady, she seemed to be otherwise okay. Just a little tousled. The attacker only managed to get her pants' zipper undone -- plenty scarring for the girl, but nothing she wouldn't recover from. Hundreds of times better than what might have actually happened, the heroine mused grimly.

Compliments and thank-yous rang out around her as Eye-Candy got her first good look at the two men. They were both probably younger than she was; in fact, the younger one looked like he could still be in school. Neither of them looked like they would put up much of a fight -- after all, they'd just stood around and let a poor young woman get assaulted! Her respect of them dropped a bit as her gray gaze moved over them. The older one wasn't terrible looking, and there was something a bit familiar about him. Ah, that's right, he was the bartender at a club Nerina sometimes frequented! She'd never had a full conversation with him. The other kid looked, honestly, a bit pathetic.

Overall, Nerina was none too impressed with these two guys.

The young one immediately began questioning her, shooting off questions one after another, while the older one simply complimented her success. She took the praise in loftily, and after a brief consideration of ignoring the younger kid's questions altogether she finally said, "I am Eye-Candy. Spread that around to the press." As much as she hated the nickname, it was the only thing the citizens knew her as. Seeing no further need to answer his further threats, if you will, she instead turned to the older guy. He looked like he'd attempted to help, at least; the seat of his pants had some dirt on it. (Not that she'd been checking it out or anything.)

"It was pretty cool, huh?" she asked with a grin, leaning in closer to him. "Maybe I'll see you around sometime." More like next time she went to the bar. He wouldn't know it was her, though. She'd be more clothes-covered at least -- a pity, because just her undergarments was actually pretty comfortable. She'd go around like this all the time if it wasn't against the law.

On that note, she turned to the woman. However, before she could speak, the road was suddenly lit. Blinded momentarily from the bright light, Eye-Candy whirled towards its source -- the younger guy -- and immediately was irritated. "What the hell, man? You don't want anyone to know about your powers but here you are, in the middle of a public street, in plain clothing, using them! Turn it off!"

With her spiel out of the way, she turned back to the girl, radiating annoyance. "Do you need help getting home?" she asked. "Or I can take you to get a drink or something; help you forget this all ever happened."

[lightningstar]

"There is no one around for a good 300 feet or so. So i have nothing to worry about except you here and any ways the light can only be seen by you here because i am adjusting it each of your eye sight as we speech although as you might have noticed i can't really see" said Matthias and took off his glasses to reveal his cloudy hazel eyes and asked Freyya"How's the arm" and pointed to the arm with a couple of scratches and the ice gauntlet that he made.

"And also i was going to help but unfortunately my powers are a little extreme in this situation and i think i am the youngest here so how powerful would you that all are if you willing because I've had mine since birth

[syd]

Still feeling embarrassed, Adrian felt bad, since had not done much to help. Even though he had powers, it didn't mean his body was strong. He wasn't anything like Superman or Batman, muscular, smart, or handsome. Well, maybe handsome, at least he could score with the ladies.
"You have some good skills. And powers. And looks..." Adrian chuckled as he replied to the woman, who he seemed to have a liking too. After all, he had seen her at the bar where he worked, coming in for a drink or two. He admired her body, and of course... her costume. For a moment, Adrian turned to the other girl. She was younger than the one he was talking with, maybe a few years younger than himself. "You sure your alright? I'm sorry I didn't help much... my powers aren't the combat type." The pang of embarrassment came back. After all, it was the truth, Adrian preferred brains over brawn.

Adrian turned to see the young man speaking again. He sure was a strange one, being so talkative and knowing such odd facts. He keep saying he was messing with their minds, switching things and being able to sense their feelings. To be honest Adrian didn't feel much. "Oh, so thats what the sunglasses are for" Adrian said, trying to sound as polite as possible. So he's blind... Adrian wondered how he could manage powers along with his sight. He shrugged the thought off. He listened as the boy blabbered on some more, not particularly interested in all his explanations and excuses. He turned towards the girls, wondering if they understood what he was talking about. After all, what is a kid his age doing out on this side of town this late..

(ooc: Matt, please make sure to use proper grammar and punctuation.)

[lightningstar]

" Yeah they help with the sun and they keep my eyes hidden when I need them to be " said Matthias and he stopped the gauntlet from melting and he got a better look at the two others and thought 'well these people are not an ideal team really but I guess I can try to get them into it '

Matthias made three cards made of stone inside of his flannel hoody and said " If you break this card I will know and it is meant as an ID card for one of my many stops that I have made when I travel place to place it will turn to an unmelting ice as you get closer to them and it will glow if I am in it or if I am nearby" and he handed the three stone cards to them and he put on his sunglasses and in a flash he was on the roof of the building above them and he was gone.