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Prompts

1. Venture City in Peril! Dr. Devious’s army of Deviobots are ransacking the city! It’s up to you, the Omegafriends, to save the day - but you’ll need to work together to repel this sinister threat.

2. A Hero is Born! What started as an ordinary day was thrown into chaos as your newfound superpowers began to suddenly awaken! What perilous problems and zany antics will this bring about? Stay tuned to find out!

3. Super Mystery Team-up! Lady Blue is planning to steal Venture Park, and it’s up to you to track her down! It’ll take two buddy cops Omegafriends from different backgrounds working together to follow the trail of clues - can you put up with each other long enough to figure out her villainous plan?

4. Welcome to the Omegabase! The super-secret underground Omegabase has it all - training centers, VR simulators, free snack machines, but most important is a whole lot of Supers! Take a minute to kick back and get to know your fellow heroes.

5. The Mighty Showdown! In the life of a Super, good and evil are always clashing in battle. Today, you’ve come face to face with one of the many supervillains threatening the future of Venture City! Who will rise and who will fall? Next issue: The shocking answer!

6. Wild Card! Got an idea for a thread or prompt that isn’t one of those? Make up your own! We won’t stop you.

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Samus Aran | Metroid Franchise

[bigshoulder_lady]

4-Lady in the Suit

Samus had recently returned to her homeworld, Earth. It had been nearly 30 years since that fateful day that had made her a child of the stars rather than Terra. Here she was here to be a hero. She was in the usual Varia suit, walking through the halls. At best she looked lost, though she was actually letting the mapping feature in her suit build a map of the base as she wandered around it. She was actively avoiding meeting with the other heroes here. The Bounty Hunter didn't care much for making friends or meeting with new people. But it was doubtful one looking like her would remain immune to any interaction.

6-Rough Return

The ship had been pretty dinged up when she was bringing it in. The retroboosters failed on them pretty hard and Samus was forced to bring the suit online for re-entry protection. She landed rather hard as it slid through the forests near Venture City. And that's not even mentioning the bright comet like burning across her shields as it came down. She hit the ground pretty hard as well.

Even with suit protection, she had passed out in her chair and a great deal of suit functions were offline until she could commit to repairs. Though for the time being, a little help would be nice for the damaged gunship and its occupant.

6

[zerotodoro]

The Keronian had always been on a look out for things that aren't native to Pekopon - err... earth, and the big comet of a rough re-entry certainly caught attention, especially as that it landed not too far from his little hut.

Dororo sprang into action and rushed to the site of the crash. As soon as he feel the ship's exterior was cool enough to touch, he cautiously approached, trying to get inside to look for it's occupant.

"Hello? Are you hurt?" He called out.

Re: 6

[bigshoulder_lady]

She shook her head as the Keronian opened her hatch. The energy shield that normally kept non-samus things out even when it's open was down for the moment. She shook her armored head. Her HUD rebooted slowly, revealing her energy was relatively low and her spare energy canisters had been busted. "Just my pride," She responded as she activates the release switch on her seat. It folded back and allows her to climb to the hatch.

She looks at him now and gives an amused smile. "I finally get to my home world and the first thing I see is an alien. The irony is thick enough to cut."

Re: 6

[zerotodoro]

There's an audible sigh of relief at the answer as he hops away to allow her to exit through the hatch. "Ah - Good, good - I was worried when I felt the impact."

Dororo let out an almost sheepish sound at the remark. "Ah - so you are a Pekoponjin - I must admit I did not expect that at all."

Re: 6

[bigshoulder_lady]

"Um... no." She pulls out and stands on the top of her ship to look at him. "I am a Terran. Terran-Chozo if you go across DNA. What's a pekoponjin and did I not land on Terra?"

Re: 6

[zerotodoro]

"Ah - I should start using the native language - Pekopon is the word my people use for Terra or Earth - and "-jin" is 'Person of'." He bows. "I apologize for the confusion."

Re: 6

[bigshoulder_lady]

"Had me scared for a moment. Though Terra... I suppose Earth has a lot of native languages. Problem with still being not up in the stars and part of the Federation," She stated as she took a moment before jumping off the ship to one side. "You have any power sources or alien materials here? I don't think I should be draining from a non-nuclear power grid here."

Re: 6

[zerotodoro]

The Federation? That's an organization he hadn't heard much of since his arrival on the planet.

He nods. "I am afraid I do not much much in my home, but I do have some tools and a small battery core." Dororo looked thoughtful. "I could ask my platoon if they have any spare materials." He starts off. "It is not too far from here."

Re: 6

[bigshoulder_lady]

She gives an appreciative bow to him. "Thank you. That would be excellent. I can recharge the cores once my ship's auto repair kicks in. It has a lot of fuel still, just takes a while to finish operation." She rubs the top of her helmet for a few moments before gesturing for him to lead.

[whatishappiness]

That secret base of Eas and company is pretty well hidden but it won't stay well-hidden if that ship and whatever's in it sticks around and ends up trailing followers. Hero, villain, whoever you are in there, you need to leave. Not that any of that determined panic is showing on Setsuna's civilian guise as she gingerly steps through the torn up foliage.

...She's not going to even risk touching it. Aliens, why did it have to be aliens. Focus, Eas. Pleasant, friendly voice... maybe put a little touch of fear in there, that's what a normal person would be feeling right now, after all.

"Hello? Is anybody in there? Can you hear me?"

[bigshoulder_lady]

She slowly brought herself out of her stupor. Because her proximity warning just went off on the ship. It wasn't that awful, just annoying. As was the fact her suit was low on energy and beeping at her. She takes a few moments, pulling the lever on her ship's shield to see what was causing the prox warning. A woman. Just standing there, talking to her. The woman looked down at her as her HUD went over what was offline.

A lot it seemed. Most of her energy tanks needed scrap repairs to be functional again at all. Other than the Ice and Dark beam, everything but the basic beam was offline, and the gravity function on her suit was shot. She could have hoped for a more careful landing on her hope planet. She hits the button, bringing the chair back. She is sent up out of the hatch, sliding open and revealing her.

"Ship's cool, you can come closer." She spoke English, though with a very slight French accent. "Have any hardened polymer scraps I can use?" She stated, her voice slightly gruff in addition.

[whatishappiness]

Humanoid. Non-hostile. Huge. If that's all there is, she could easily dispose of the intruder if she took her by surprise, but then again, there's that big arm cannon and who knows what other kinds of alien technology at hand... The friendly approach it will have to be.

"I'm afraid I don't know much about spaceship materials."

This is mostly true. Labyrinth's education included enough advanced chemistry and basic engineering that she can extrapolate some of it.

"The junkyard in town has plenty of scraps of everything I can think of, so that might be your best option."

[bigshoulder_lady]

If your definition of huge is 2 meters, sure! She's huge. She hopped down from the craft and looks over at her now. There was something wrong about this person she could tell. She was acting so very nonchalantly about someone crashing on their front yard. Just giving her directions. Maybe it was just her paranoia. Still, Labyrinth would see the color of the visor flicker from green to blue as she tapped the side of her head. It then went up and down.

Labyrinth had just been scanned. It wasn't a mind reading: It was a biology and power level reading. Unless her body was filled or covered with some scan resistant material, but that would be quite suspicious in itself.

[whatishappiness]

(As a note, Setsuna is the civilian alias, Eas is the villain, and Labyrinth is the organization that created her.)

You can't have shoulders like that and not be called huge. It's some sort of immutable law of the universe.

Setsuna is... mostly a normal human in this form, although she might well come off suspiciously normal. Labyrinth doesn't have any use for defective products, after all. Depending on how in-depth the scan is, it may or may not pick up on two things that separate Setsuna from the average Earth citizen: a faint coating of magitech material built into the palms of her hands, and a comparatively truncated potential lifespan.

"...What's that light?"

[bigshoulder_lady]

(Setsuna it is!)

Samus shifted on her feet as she read over the data in a few moments before tapping her visor. It went back to green as she looked over at her now. "A scanner," She stated flatly over to her before shifting over with her shoulders bobbing before bringing her cannon up slightly. She had her own suspicions resolved on some front. She wasn't normal. That much was easy to tell. But Setsuna didn't need to know what Samus knew.

"Is there a standing offer to take me to the junkyard? I hope you don't mind the fact I have to leave my ship here."

[whatishappiness]

That's... not good how much does she know. Setsuna is inwardly panicking a bit, but... Well, it's not like this identity is all that important in the long run. Not being shot at is a promising start, so as long as the stranger doesn't cross-reference that data with the wrong people, her plans should go along just fine.

"It's a little inconvenient, but it's not as if we can pick it up and carry it to a garage. I'd be happy to help you fix it up as much as I can."

She sidles off to one side of the brand new clearing, taking care not to turn her back.

"The junkyard's this way. It's a long walk, so if you need anything from your ship, now would be the time to retrieve it."

4

[knows_your_name]

It's that old cliche. Walking through the halls with his attention set entirely on the weathered book in his hands, he doesn't notice as his path crosses a little too closely with hers, and he bumps her.

"Oh! Pardo-" He glances up from his text, mouth hanging open.

"P-pardon me! Sorry!"

How on earth did he not notice her? That armor is huge! If it even is armor, she could be a robot... And then he realizes he's been staring the entire time he's been thinking.

Re: 4

[bigshoulder_lady]

Well, that's a cliche because it happens. Samus almost barreled through Simon not noticing him. The tactile response in the suit was mostly in her feet and hands, not in her torso. For various reasons. But she sees him and seems slightly annoyed at first. A green visor looks down at her before shaking her head. Clearly he was more impressed than anything.

She reaches over and brushes off a little dust on his shoulders. "I sometimes forget how tall I am," Samus Said. She had an odd accent. Didn't sound like anything human. But then again Simon had his own distinct dictation. Though her lack of manners rears its head again as she uses her hand to try push around his book to see its title.

[knows_your_name]

"I-it's alright, it was my fault."

He allows her to do so, still a little flustered. The book is titled 'Basic Magic for Dummies', and it looks like it's had some usage over the years.

"I just found it in the library back there.."

[bigshoulder_lady]

Magic was something she had some experience with. The Bryyo had used some form of magic when she encountered them, though it was hard to tell what was magic and what was science given the decay of the planet. "What sort of magic are you studying?" She asked.

[knows_your_name]

"Oh, anything and everything at this point... particularly methods for control. I specialize in ice magic, though I'm not much good at it yet!", he says with a weak laugh.

"I'm the Ice King, but you can call me Simon."

4

[akaikutsu]

Talk about your average day coincidence; Mako was known for her mastery of avoidance skills herself. Well, that and piloting mechanical suits.

Luckily for Mako though, the JAEGER suit she was trucking in the rec room today was helmet-free, likely for coordination reasons. After all, neuro-responsive suits required plenty of calibrating.

Those with common goals always had common paths, so meeting someone like Samus in the halls wasn't out of the question---but highly unusual. She's in luck though---Mako won't ask anything invasive, her manners wouldn't permit it.

"Can I help you?"

Re: 4

[bigshoulder_lady]

Samus was in the rec room at the moment she realized, just looking over the different things they had here for the mastery of having fun skills. Well, there was probably sparring here too, but her weapons were never good for sparring. She had been prodding a pinball machine, trying to figure out what was its deal before someone walked up behind her. She twisted around in a flash at the question, arm cannon marginally leveled. She tried to shift it quickly out of the way to not look like she was pointing her arm cannon at another hero.

"I'm just familiarizing myself with the layout of the base," She stated. It didn't really answer the question, but she wasn't sure if she did or not. Samus had to admit she was unsure how to feel about another suit wearer here. She still had her own helmet on.

[akaikutsu]

For a moment, Mako's fight or flight kicks in---but the adrenaline soon passes. No, of course this person wasn't a threat--they were in the base.

Still, she nods. Her expression is unsure, but she smiles nonetheless. It was impolite to pry. Averting her attention momentarily to look up and down Samus' suit, Mako offers a hand to shake despite arm cannon---her suit mate had those instead of her.

"Well, welcome. To the Omegabase." She nods slightly out of habit for bowing to acknowledge.

[bigshoulder_lady]

She held up her left hand, her free hand. "Wrong side." She stated flatly about the hand offered to her. She does offer her hand to her while her arm cannon was off to the side now. "But... thank you. Still learning my way around. My name is... The Hunter." Unused to trying to use a moniker.