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- !confluence,
- !event,
- a certain magical index: accelerator,
- marvel comics: carol danvers,
- rtmnt: donatello hamato,
- rtmnt: leonardo hamato,
- ✗ archie hopper | once upon a time,
- ✗ augustus "gus" porter | the owl house,
- ✗ aurican | dragonlance,
- ✗ hitori gotoh | bocchi the rock,
- ✗ raine whispers | the owl house,
- ✗ roy harper | dc comics,
- ✗ six | generator rex,
- ✗ vision | mcu
CONFLUENCE 020
What: A Confluence! + Part II of the Downburst plot
When: The beginning of July
Where: Primarily Arcadia & Excelsior, Washington
Content Warnings: Just a little of Fantastic's fascist ideology
A Confluence, capitalized, is the converging of one or more supernatural forces: it encompasses all occurrences that cause sudden, unnatural change in this world.
The Starfallen only arrive during Confluences. For this Confluence, the sky over Excelsior, Washington opens up after a ripple rolls through the clouds, seeming to cause a visual glitch for anyone who’s watching. The glitch itself looks more like an adjustment to reality than anything, and time – if but for a moment and nothing more – stops. Everything stops, and then it starts again.
It’s that stoppage in time that makes the arrival of the Starfallen easy and safe. Rather than forcing the people of Excelsior to contend with their new arrivals, they find them suddenly on the ground, standing as if they were there the entire time. How did that happen? How did they get here? It’s unclear.
The effects of this flicker in time won’t be immediately obvious. As the newly arrived Starfallen take in their surroundings, they’ll notice that the rather advanced city they’re in is experiencing a bit of trouble. Large, carnivorous plants walk the streets and people are chasing after them one by one. Moving in and out of the scene is a rather dashing-looking man – one they’ll soon learn is named Fantastic. He’ll stop by the Starfallen once or twice, flash a smile and offer some help, but he’ll otherwise be occupied.
Well, that aside, time for you – one of the many new Starfallen – to adjust to your new surroundings. Welcome to Excelsior and welcome to an era of political turmoil. Don’t worry about the time dilation that may have occurred. That’s the least of your worries.
A safe “landing” of sorts means that the newly arrived Starfallen will need to look up to get the full scope of where they have arrived: a city with tall buildings, flying cars, and visuals that make it seem as if it’s further in the future than it is. Technological progress and prowess is the name of Excelsior’s game; it’s just too bad that this progress sometimes comes with its share of hiccups. In this case, those hiccups are the dangerous plants roaming the streets and causing problems. These plants had been a problem very recently, and it seems that any weed whacking only temporarily dealt with the issue at hand. That, or whoever made them in the first place wasn’t put off of their experiments.
Or … maybe something else is afoot?
After all, it’s rather surprising that someone as enterprising and industrious as Fantastic is roaming the streets to stop the problem at hand – but then again, these plants are rather troublesome!
Aside from his occasional greetings and offered help to the newly-arrived Starfallen, he’s otherwise occupied. In his stead, several rather official-looking individuals will be approaching the Starfallen once they recover from the time stoppage. They’ll offer the newcomers a mobile device as well as a teleporter, along with a place to stay in a state-of-the-art facility named Arcadia. After all, Arcadia is meant to be there for Starfallen – a safe haven when they might otherwise be caught up in the chaos around them.
No one is obligated to go to Arcadia, but it appears that anyone who’s newly arrived will be given their teleporter with the intention of forcing them there. Once they’re given freedom to move on their own, there is a good chance that they will be teleported right into Arcadia proper against their will. Upon arrival, they’ll find that their teleporter is now glitched. A guard, upon spotting their arrival, will greet them and apologize if they can’t go anywhere else. “Our system has been buggy lately.”
At least they’re trying to keep the Starfallen away from the plants?
➢ Everyone arriving during this Confluence will be given the same story: that Fantastic and the Alliance have been working hard to provide a safe home for all Starfallen because the world itself views them with a great deal of animosity. Just recently, a man hypnotized a number of Starfallen in order to force them to cause harm to others and themselves – and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
➢ Once someone who’s been forcibly teleported to Arcadia either accepts their place there or manually leaves – by exiting through one of the gates on foot – they’ll find that their teleporter is working. Somewhat. From time to time, it’ll just drop them right back into Arcadia even if they intended to use it to go elsewhere. Like Dorothy always said: there’s no place like home.
➢ Despite the rather forcible welcome, Arcadia is … rather nice. Constructed in collaboration with the people of Excelsior, Arcadia is an odd mix of modern-day and historical architecture, leaving it to be a beautiful view for anyone to witness from a distance. All aspects of Arcadia are pristine, and it’s apparent that this structure is meant to be safe and protected. Each Starfallen who chooses to take a room will find that their quarters are designed to their liking: they’re allowed to choose anything and everything they want.
➢ There are a few … quirks when it comes to Arcadia. There are suns emblazoned throughout, as well as guards standing post. These guards are equipped with strong armor and power nullifiers if anyone tries to fight them. Finally, the entirety of Arcadia gives off a sense that it’s resonating with magic – with this being the strongest near its lowest level. That level is, of course, blocked off to anyone who may dare to enter.
➢ If Arcadia seems a little … empty, that’s because it’s been shunned by the current population of Starfallen. Thanks to their antics and ungrateful tendencies, they’ve decided that they’re too proud to take what’s been offered to them. Instead, they’re causing problems all over the country, and Fantastic is working tirelessly to stop their mayhem. Surely this is all there is to it, right? … Right?
Right around this Confluence, Fantastic begins making frequent television appearances in order to try to assuage any worries that the people he’s promised to protect might have in the wake of the chaos following his rise to power. What does this mean? Well, a lot of bloated speeches that no one wants to listen to, as well as countless television programs interrupted so that he can ensure that everyone hears the sound of his voice.
Even with his frequent messages, his message largely remains the same – so here are some notes.
➢ Fantastic always apologizes for the chaos happening everywhere. While he hoped that he would be able to bring order to the Alliance and use his new opportunity to help others, it appears that some bad actors have attempted to frame him in a bad light. These bad actors are not limited to the Starfallen – while he doesn’t name Atomight or Mechanima, it’s apparent that he is likely referring to them.
➢ After all, Fantastic inherited Atomight and Mechanima's messes. The biggest and most recent "mess" is just about everything in Central City. Everything. But he mainly means Jinx's destruction of the city on Father's Day – which is an event that could only take place with Mechanima's intervention. Had the city not been placed under an unwanted quarantine, Fantastic would have been able to intervene and help.
➢ When it comes to Mechanima, he reassures the citizens of Central City that he is doing everything in his power to restore its autonomy so that Alliance processes can proceed as normal. Otherwise, it appears that all Alliance operations have been moved to Excelsior for the time being. He alludes to the “problem” being solved by some heroic Starfallen there, so there is no reason to keep it under quarantine … but some villains just can’t help themselves!
➢ Overall, Fantastic alludes to countless problems. Guards who are just trying to protect reticent Starfallen are being attacked without provocation. Many people are speaking out against Fantastic and even calling what he’s doing a “regime.”
➢ The more Fantastic appears, the more he seems desperate – frazzled. At first, it seems like an act: him appearing desperate to win viewers’ hearts and minds. But soon he’ll seem less calm and collected, like he’s aware that he’s lost control (or never had control in the first place). He won’t admit this outright. He’ll never admit it. No, he’ll always smile. Always seem pleased to help anyone, even the Starfallen who hate him for some reason. Always.
➢ Welcome to the midway point for our Downburst event! This Confluence is meant to double as a means for all of our new players to integrate into the middle of an event. We reused some assets from the most recent TDM in order to help, but if you would like any additional help keeping your TDM threads canon, please hit us up below!
➢ No players will be forced to place their character into Arcadia if they don't like the bizarre and not-at-all-biased intro to this world – their teleporters can merely glitch out if they so choose. After all, it doesn't seem like anything is going as planned.
➢ Even though this batch of Starfallen have just arrived, they will be followed by Guards as if they've been here all along. Isn't it fun to suddenly be under unwanted surveillance upon arrival?
➢ Incoming players can check our prior event log for more information about Arcadia and the Guards in detail.
Metaheroes takes inspiration from all walks of comics. Take a look at the CITIES to get an idea as to what day to day life is like in the other cities. Perhaps you've encountered a supervillain (or hero) who needs to be thwarted, or a metahuman with unusual powers creating bizarre effects.
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I see you. Ending the call.
[His eyes narrow behind his sunglasses at the guards watching from a distance. Keeping an eye on the two Starfallen. Lovely. This is one more reason he didn't want to talk over the comms: He couldn't be sure who was listening in and who wasn't. If this place wasn't as empty as a graveyard, he'd take her to a bar or somewhere to sit down to eat that was busy and noisy enough to cover their conversation.]
[He walks up to her, keeping it casual for their "audience".]
Good to see you, Doctor.
[His eyes sweep over her new outfit.]
Very practical.
[He approves.]
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Alright - hey, eyes up here.
[ Pointing to her face. Because of course, Six is being inappropriate as he often is. ]
[ Though, she gives him a look as well. Why is she dreaming about him in his old suit? Very random. She hasn't seen him in it in several months. ]
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[Though why would she think otherwise? He'd never been inappropriate with her. Certainly not like he would've been when he'd been trying to emulate One's charm and failing miserably at it.
Though it had turned into a handy strategy to get people to leave him alone when he was uncomfortable.]Were you in the field before you ended up here?
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Field? No, we just got back to base. Don't you -
[ Waaaaaait a second. His suit, reacting to her outfit like it's new, talking like he still works at Providence...of course. Of course. ]
[ Holiday closes her eyes and pinches the bridge of her nose. ]
First the superheroes, now this... This is the most nonsensical dream I have ever had.
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[Six glances at the guards again.]
Let's find somewhere we can talk without standing in the middle of the street. I imagine a lot's happened while I've been gone.
[Did he dare hope that she'd found a cure? And One was safe?]
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Lead the way, then.
[ Since he seems so familiar with this place. ]
[ Part of Holiday wants to get around to pinching herself to wake up, but another part is curious why she's dreaming about this particular version of Six. She was so used to how he acted nowadays, it was rare that she dwelled on the past like this. ]
[ Maybe it's because he was acting so strange in Egypt. Kind of clingy. ]
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Going to see if they'll let you leave Arcadia. Not sure what the rules are with new Starfallen who end up here.
now who needs to keep her eyes to herself
[ Again with this Starfallen thing. This had to be from one of Rex's comics, but she didn't exactly read them or listen when Rex explained the stories. How would she have absorbed this much lore? ]
[ Following him at a leisurely pace. Doot doot doot. She missed that suit. He looks good in it - always did. ]
I mean...could you blame either of them?
[Because, surely, that was what had happened when he'd ended up here last fall.]
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[ Does he mean when he lost his memories??? She's confused by the wording and glares at the side of his head. What games are you playing, dream!Six of the last? ]
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[Which, in all fairness, had been something he'd done for years. Six knew he was a bit of a stray.]
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I don't know what you're talking about, Six. I saw you less than an hour ago.
And there's no way Rex or I would let you walk away from Providence without a fight.
[ Gives him a playful elbow nudge. She likes having you around. ]
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I didn't see you after I brought Rex back. We were all supposed to meet up for that dinner he wanted.
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[ ???????????????? ]
[ She's trying to figure out what he's talking about. If she's dreaming about the old Six, why is her brain having him reference a time she can barely remember? ]
Dinner...oh. You're talking about when we started having meatloaf together on Fridays?
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Well...I don't know. You were at that dinner, you were at the next ten dinners after that.
[ He missed one or two, but surprisingly tried his best. They'd even had some late-night microwaved leftovers together once when they both missed out. ]
[ Not that the real Six remembered any of that. ]
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[What is going on?]
shes gonna have a little bruise at this rate
You were definitely at that dinner, Six.
[ This is really tiring her out. Alright, dream! Holiday is DONE with you. She starts pinching her arm to wake herself up. ]
[ Pinch pinch pinch. ]
[ ...why isn't this working? ]
[ PINCH PINCH PINCH ]
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[And going to watch her pinch herself. Repetitively.]
...What are you doing?
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Trying to wake myself up. It's not...working.
[ What else might work? Maybe if Six did something completely shocking, that would wake her up. ]
You should slap me. Or kiss me. Do something unexpected.
[ No she would not normally suggest that Six kiss her but it's fine 'cause it's just a dream, right? Right??????? ]
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Holiday, this isn't a dream.
[Though that is something a dream version of him would say, isn't it? Dammit. And it's not like he can tell her to say something only the two of them know since he might not know something she knows.]
[His head is starting to hurt again. He hates this place.]
[Well, she said to do something unexpected, so he's going to do the first thing that comes to mind.]
[Instead of kissing her or slapping her, he removes one of his shuriken from his suit jacket, keeping it hidden in his palm so she doesn't see what he has. Then, quick as lightning, the blade is out and he's holding it millimeters from the skin covering her carotid artery.]
[Not typical Six behavior in the least bit, definitely unexpected.]
[Needless to say the guards are alarmed, shouting and running over to help Holiday.]
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How could it not be a dr-
[ She's cut off by the nearby guards shouting. Cue eyeroll. ]
I'm fine! We're good, he's not going to hurt me.
[ She didn't realize how much they were paying attention to them. The slap probably would've been a bad idea, then. Holiday brings a hand up to the shuriken, poking it with her pointer finger with a smile that said 'see? no harm done.' ]
That should've woken me up.
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[Six raises an eyebrow at the guards, mutely challenging them. Just giving them a feel of how dangerous he truly is...and they back down.]
[He looks back to Holiday.]
Believe me a little more now?
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[ If this isn't a dream, then that would mean this Six is her old Six. The one she'd mourned. The one she'd cried over. The one she'd...well. ]
[ It can't be him, because he's gone. ]
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[What is she talking about?]
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i think i forgot to give her a sad icon. i must hunt one down
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Sorry it took so long. Work has been swamping me.
Nooo prob I literally just dropped my friend at the airport like 20 min ago lol