Slade with a side of Ham (Personality Skew Plot) [Action]

[whoneedsdepthperception]

[Any street in Venture City, middle of the day]
After exposure to the Gem of Pandora, there's a new Slade in town today - a more boisterous Slade. Instead of skulking in the shadows, he is out in middle of the street in broad daylight. Singing.
Behind him, he has two of his robot commandos with him, blasting what sounds like Flash by Queen (without the lyrics) and apparently acting as backup singers and dancers.

*Bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum*
Slade: "SLADE!"
Commandos: "AHHHahhhah!"
Slade: "The hero who's fabulous!"

*Bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum*
Slade: "SLADE!"
Commandos: "AHHHahhh!"
Slade: "Saves the day without a fuss!"

*Bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum Bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum*
*Bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum*
Slade: "SLADE!"
Commandos: "AHHHahhh!"
Slade: "Does the impossible!"

*Bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum*
Slade: "SLADE!"
Commandos: "AHHHahhh!"
Slade: "Stops the villains most volatile!"

*Jammin' electric guitar*
Slade and commandos in chorus: "He's for every one of us, stand for every one of us, He saves with a mighty hand every man, every woman, every child, with his mighty staff!"

((Feel free to join in, try to stop him, or just stare in disbelief.))

a day in the life...

[forgottendecade]

A
[ Dick's Bikes was the place to go if you were a rough biker with a few loose morals and not that much money. One can work on their own bike, maybe swap out their bike for another bike, or if one was lucky enough, have enough money to get the mechanics involved in rebuilding a bike from getting turned into so much twisted metal, or do that mysterious thing that swaps out pieces to turn it into a different bike than the one that was brought in.

Joji was one of those mechanics, and a popular one as well. While the other workers look like the type that use bits of metal to chew on, he looked a little like he was just wasting time. At least he usually fixes the bikes he gets and makes them work better than normal. He also doesn't take that long in fixing anything and spends some of his time just hanging around, sitting on his work bench and gossiping with the other workers.

Want to bother him during that time? ]

B
[ There's a rumor going around from one low-life to another. It's not that big of a rumor to catch the ears of most supers - villain and hero alike - but it is something exchanged by the lowly goon and the hard-working average con artist. It's basically goes something like If you find a strangely colored coin, there's a guy at Zero's who will pay good cash for it. If asked around a bit more, someone at the bar might point out a rather normal Asian guy that sits at the counter, drinking tea since whiskey would push the ratings too high. He's only there for a couple hours at the most, and the regulars at the bar treat him like they are scared to make him mad.

Anyone want to bother him about this rumor? ]

C
[ Joji worked hard on converting an empty warehouse into a liveable habitat/workshop. There are still parts that don't work quite the right way, but for the most part, the living area is nice and roomy, with an upper floor for his private quarters and a lower part where anyone can just hang out and enjoy the comforts of urban living. The workshop side is still mostly brick and enclosed metal, with a long built in workbench and space for a few motorcycles (some still in parts), a fancy device that might be a laser scanner or possibly the beginning of a huge gun, and some fancy computers on standby.

Just anybody could walk into the building, but the moment they do, a breathless electronic voice would ask them who they were. Anyone want to see what happens if the voice isn't answered? ]

Cat crawling

[stalksindarkness]

Shadow here has been doing nightly patrols, starting from the Sigma Spire which he now lived, and throughout downtown and west side. West side seemed to be the more small time crooks, which he honestly preferred because they tended to pick on folks who couldn't really take care of themselves. Slow weekend though, it seemed.

Otherwise his plans were simple. Enjoy the warm weather, spend a dubious amount of time watching Ben's DVD box set of Sumo Slammers, and maybe get some time in at the park.

1. Catch Shadow on a patrol in the older neighborhood or downtown. He won't say no to the company, but if you want to cause him trouble...
2. On Saturday night, Shadow sneaks into an arcade after it closes. Beats having to deal with the crowds. Also the constant problem of him being a lion and people generally being afraid of him. At least he's paying?
3. Shadow now has his own room in the Sigma Spire. Why is there faint mewing coming from behind the door?
4. There's a lion on the soccer field! There's a lion on the soccer field. And of course the teenagers and the mothers are not all to happy about it. You'd think he'd have a more positive public relationship by now. Worst thing is all he wanted to do was play some ball!