Harbinger spoke without opening her eyes under the mask after all it wasn't like he could tell. "Are you here for Operation "SuperCops" too?" she asked in her altered voice that sounded somewhat insidious while crossing her legs and tenting her fingers to look more mysterious.

The elevator took Norman from the roof to it's final destination, sliding open politely as it came to a smooth halt. However old the building was, he noticed, the elevator was much newer and more recently maintained.

Exiting the car, he strolled into the room, seeing that several people had already arrived.

"Oooh, it's the all-new Justice League! Am I late for hors d'oeuvres?" he asked with a grin.

After flashing his card and learning where to go, Kevin headed inside to find the elevators were in use so he took the stairs.  In truth he'd likely have taken the stairs anyway since the idea of being in a small steel box under someone else's control which just a little much for his hopefully healthy paranoia.  He took the opportunity to reach for his alternate threads

Cold.  Wherever his stuff went when he changed outfits, it was clearly cold there.  It made him wonder if ball-cozies were a thing.  Maybe on Etsy.  Still the cold helped with the sweat from climbing the stairs.  Never let 'em see you sweat and all that.  He opened a door and headed inside, taking in those already there.

It was a pretty eclectic bunch, that was for sure.  A couple he recognized, Spider-man (really maybe Spider-kid as short as he was) and the Green Goblin.  No wonder that guy hadn't been worried by Kevin's criminality.  There were a couple of other dudes, one with actual red skin, which, okay.  And there was a female sitting in a chair that seemed familiar but he couldn't place her.

"So, any more in this party or are we it?" he asked the group.
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***Doc Ock , Two, Bloodrager***


William looked Sword over. The shift in personality took him by surprise.
Uhmm. No just need you to accompany to the Hagar again for our next guest to arrive. Then we will join the others in the common room. No need to serve anyone.


The jet head over the Atlantic far from civilian eyes. for use of entrance 3 to the new Task Force base, The water separates and the jet hovers over the opening. In stealth mode
Agent Jones request landing permission. Assignment TaskForce.

Permission granted. Please proceed came an automated voice.
The jet entered the opening and followed the tunnel under the Atlantic which lead to the bases under water hangar.
The jet rolled into position and the doors opened,

Williams stands on the balcony above awaiting your arrival,Nest to him is a slightly bigger red colored man.
Just in time. The others are just starting to arrive I am being told. William say on their approach.

Two, Doc, I believe you have heard of Bloodrager, Bloodrager, this is Doctor Otto Octavious and Ai Lee.


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***Spiderman, Green Goblin, Darkstar, Harbinger, Barbarian***

The group seems to arrive within just a few min of each other.

The holographic receptionist Welcomes Spiderman, Green Goblin, and Darkstar in turn and indicates where to go,

As Harbinger finished asking her sentence to Barbarian about Supercops, Spiderman makes his way in, soon followed by Darkstar and about a min later Green Goblin the Holographic Secretary appeared just at the entrance of the common Room.

Hello I am Jocasta,  Please make yourselves comfortable refreshments are for everyone, Mr. Naslund will be joining you in about 2 mins. The image said.

If you require any anything please just call my name and I will offer you assistance

Spider-Man listened to the receptionist, nodding his head as he waited until they were finished before speaking. "So this is the 'team' that guy was talking about right?" He asked before giving a wave. "Hey everyone, I'm not too late, am I?"

Confused, but obedient, the hivemind listened. It was not serving the guests through this unit? Very well... learning how to understand the locals was especially complicated, as it rediscovered constantly. Sword of Cup followed William to the balcony, looking around with bland interest at everything.

He/it took in the two bodies approaching, and internally noted the usage of a singular 'is.' Verb tenses gave Heart of Heart metaphorical headaches, what with how utterly alien the linear human concept of 'time' was to the awareness from outside of everything, but singular vs. plural wasn't difficult. It was unsure which body unit was 'Doctor Otto Octavius and Ai Lee' but understood that 'Doctor' indicated either a highly educated person or a unit specialized in civilized healing methods. Was the other unit than a SHIELD agent? It seemed possible.

"Greetings. Fair meeting," the fur-clad red man said emotionlessly when introduced. His voice was baritone, with a strong accent.

"Nah," Kevin told Spider-Man.  "We still have a couple minutes before people stop being polite and start getting real."

"Seriously, am I the only one who thinks this feels like a set-up to a reality show?" Kevin asked everyone else.  "I gotta say, though, if Julie Chen walks out here, I'm bailing.  Big Brother sucks."

Harbinger sat back her head deliberately looking in a direction where nobody was. "I'm Harbinger. Can I Plug my YouTube channel here? " she pretended to be listening to an answer from the fake camera people. "Ok well just look up Bloody Vigilante. Anyway. I'm a superhero. I find monsters that prey on children and I make them suffer before they die. I've got one thousand one hundred and forty confirmed monsters slain. I'm hoping to win the Grand Prize so I can do more than just killing. I want to heal the victims. So America Help me get to the finale. Thanks!" she made the Japanese sideways peace sign into the invisible camera.

"Wow.  Okay, then.  I kind of wish we'd had those two extra minutes before we started getting real, but I guess it's out there now," Kevin replied.

"So, based on that, we have a vigilante," he said, pointing at Spider-man.

"A maybe unstable vigilante," he continued, indicating Green Goblin.

"And a definitely unstable serial-killer torture-murder junkie vigilante," Kevin finished, indicating Harbinger.

"What about you?" he asked Barbarian.  "Do you heroically rape jaywalkers to death with puppies or something?"

"Because if you do we should totally be besties," interjected the Goblin.

In reply to Darkstar (msg # 28):

Spider-Man added in as Darkstar finished"A good 'ol variety, at least  I won't find myself getting bored as long as I'm here." He then turned his attention to the Green Goblin, saying, "Hey Goblin, you've been behaving while I was busy?"

"Spidey! My savior! My mentor! My backseat driver in the camper van of heroism!" He sidles up to the wall-crawler. "As a matter of fact, if you tune in to the evening news tonight, you just might catch the aftermath of the hostage situation I broke up on Sixth Avenue earlier today! Nothing much; just saved some lives, rescued some innocents, nabbed some miscreants, snagged some sofritas. Ole, eh, old chum? Are you going to be part of the Super Friends too?"

Harbinger's head seemed to pull a Linda Blair and turn back to face the judgmental one. In reality under the suit she hadn't moved. "And what are you? A toadying sycophant whose greatest crime was using a number 3 pencil instead of a number 2? You put us a in a group but not yourself are you our stenographer?" she asked venomously.a fanged tentacle rising out of her shoulder snapping in his direction before merging back into the suit seemlessly.

"Easy there, sweetie-pumpkin.  No faulting your choice of targets," Kevin said showing his palms.

"I needed a change of pace, got the invite and here am I," Kevin non-explained.  "It's a gig economy, after all.  Gotta go where the work is."

She rose to her feet her "chair merging seemlessly back into her suit her body turned to face him. Her left hand forming a scythe her right forming a tentacle covered in fanged mouths as she stood before him. "The last person who called me sweetie ended up in pieces across the room. So dont test me". she growled.

She wanted to tear this man apart like  kids in movies tore Christmas presents open. She never had a Christmas so she wouldn't know what it was like . Her whole body was tensed ready to fight this condescending little prick, Tear him open.even I a room of potential combatants .

In reply to Green Goblin (msg # 31):

Not yet, I'm going to check out things here before making a deci- whoa what the hell?" Spider-Man stopped mid sentence  as his spider-sense picked up on Harbinger's tentacle, letting him catch a glimpse of it as he turned around before turning back to the Green Goblin. "Note to self, don't piss her off."

In reply to Harbinger (msg # 34):

Despite the unnerving nature of her powers, Kevin pasted a smirk on his face.  "Why not?  Testing you has worked out pretty well so far.  You've already shown me some of what you can do without me having to even ask."

Even as he spoke in a calm, untroubled tone (or so he hoped), Kevin gathered his power to protect himself if need be, the lights seeming to dim just a little with his power on a hair-trigger.  "You also just showed me and everyone else here that it's pretty easy to rile you up.  People who fight angry, fight stupid.  Still in most of the crews I ran with, there was always one person who got pissed easy and usually ended up as a bullet-magnet.  Good to know that niche is filled here.  Snookums."

"I've never killed anyone. That being said many people have injured or have been injured by me". As the Harbinger escalated Kent flashed white like a spotlight and a moment later in his place was a beefy action movie barbarian.

Harbinger walked back to the elevators and pressed the button. "I'm not working with an asshole like him. I never needed a team. I can go it alone. Fuck this." she muttered to herself. Her body was trembling with rage. Which it fed on eagerly.

In reply to William Naslund (msg # 23):, In reply to Bloodrager (msg # 25):

"Hello. I am Ai, this is Doctor Octavius." Offered Ai, not noticing an inclination to shake, so not offering the gesture. She had her duffel slung over one shoulder, clothing and electronic still stashed away. Which left her in her very professional skirt-suit.

Ai's brows furrowed, unsure of what exactly was going on, but was assured that Mr. Naslund would make everything clear. "There are others, are there not?" She inquired.

In reply to William Naslund (msg # 23):

"Fascinating." Otto rubbed his chin and regarded the specimen before him with a raised eyebrow. He was vaguely aware of the others entering the room but remained focused on the task at hand. His mechanical arms surveyed the room with a gentle, snakelike swaying motion. He relied on them to monitor the squabbling group while his higher brain functions could tackle the strange hive mind.

"Why are you here?" Octavius forgoes introduction and addresses the beings with a demanding tone. He was to learn this creature's motives and may as well get started immediately.

Hands holding onto the balcony rail, Bloodrager listened. So it was two names, not one? Ai Lee the female, Otto Octavius the male? Were they a breeding family? He did not ask, focusing instead on the question asked of himselves.

"William Naslund is asking me to coming with him, Doctor Otto Octavius," the red man replied with no evident emotion in his expression.
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Having arrived nearly an hour ago, Galina had had plenty of time to wander around the compound and pick her living quarters. She had settled on the bottom right most room as depicted by the map she had been shown. She figured it was the best place to find peace and quiet among the options presented, provided no monsters were being held in quarantine. Honestly she had considered turning the offer of a room down altogether, she certainly didn't plan on sleeping here, but she figured it might be beneficial in some potential scenarios.

With no plans to unpack, her stay in the room was brief. A quick inspection before stepping back into the hallway and resting her hand on the door. A minute later when she removed her hand, a glowing hand print remained. A soft pale yellow energy rose off the surface like a flame before dissipating an inch or so in the air. The mark would be visible for several minutes, but Galina didn't wait that long. She open the door again and stepped into her Vancouver apartment.

Later after a snack and some light reading, Galina returned from her doorway and made her way to the common area. While she had her full costume; scarf, cloak, gloves and broom; she elected to not cover her face. She figured that that precaution while prudent for the general public, was going to be more trouble than it was worth among allies. Besides wasn't building trust important?

Even from a distance she could sense that things were getting a bit tense in the common area. That didn't slow her down though. Casually entering the room, she walked past some of the others and took a seat on a couch in the center of the room. "So, everyone's getting acquainted?" She asked with a smile that seemed oblivious to the drama.

William Laughed with Doc’s reaction.

Otto Let’s get settled you will have more than enough time to get acquainted a help with Bloodrager. He said as he stepped back the and the doors swished open to the hall. He could hear the commotion starting…

Let us settle down the new team and I will bring you and Big Red to the lab Maybe Two can help you out with his communication. He says to Doc  and Ai and looked at Bloodrager. This should be interesting.
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<b> All together in the common room >/b>


As the group was introducing themselves and tensions mounted Williams arrived with Doc Ock, Two and Bloodrager in tow just behind White Witch,
Seeing Harbinger heading for the elevator and Barbarian in his Alter Ego form he shook his head. He did not call Harbinger back as the elevator would not come. So he instead started the intro in a loud voice to ensure she could also hear.

Ladies and gentleman, I am glad you all came, Allow me to introduce, Doctor Octopus, Two, and Bloodrager The last of Task Force’s members . With you all here this should make for quite the team.  He looks around the room to all gathered. His face suddenly went from seemingly soft spoken to a hard stern jawline.

I will make one thing clear before we start this. I’m not here to take anyone’s bullshit or to babysit ego’s nor do I expect you to take any bullshit from me! I will be upfront with the team from the start!   Despite who is here and what you know of them or don’t know of them. I did not bring you all on board to squabble about morality and criminal activities or petty personal issues. William had no real clue what had gone down and why Harbinger was so upset and ready to leave. But maybe he might sort it out later… Maybe, He continued with the speech.

I assure you I did not bring you here for a pissing contest!  I don’t care who did what better or more then another. I don’t care who is in the right and who is in the wrong of the law. So those conversation you can take up on your own time!  William wanted to be clear to the group that he didn’t care about what they had done or how.

If you still have an issue with Task Force after hearing me out and seeing what this is about then you all know where the door is you came in.   this wasn’t Williams first rodeo and he knew that anywhere from 10 mins into any sort of unsupervised introduction of individuals with this sort of background could turn in seconds and it seemed to have done just that.

In case you need to know I have not always been a pencil pusher, I was in the field many years ago, My career there ended when I was left for dead! I know what holding back and being so mindful of doing the right thing can do or to watch what you do to avoid how the public see’s you to uphold an image of Peace, Justice or all that other “Hey look at me” bullshit. He looked around making sure he still had everyone’s attention.

In case I did not mention it as of Today, there is no affiliation with S.HI.E.L.D.  We are not a criminal organization, but we will be breaking laws. Task Force is here to search for all super powered beings and possible evil affiliates like HYDRA. Some missions can go well. Others could be quite disastrous. I guess the best way to put is is we will be a sort of Vigilante or Rogue team.

We should not be fighting someone like Thor or Captain America, but due to how things may operate it may come to pass. This is why I have assembled who I have, some of you are used to acting and thinking way outside the box and not holding back when it comes time. Throwing punches to someone like Thor or Iron man may not always be possible and normal fighting tactics will fail against someone like Captain America or the Red Skull. Vs say a Hydra goon.    He looks the room over,

any questions so far?

"Something like that," Kevin replied to the hot woman in white who had just entered.  She had an honest-to-God broom with her.  "I'm going out on a limb and figuring you're not the maid."

As he spoke recruiter-guy came in with three other people in tow.  One, the pretty Asian, looked like his personal assistant.  The other two guys did not.  The dude with the glasses and Moe Howard hair had a bunch of extra metal arms.  And the other guy was red.  Not bad sunburn or American Indian red, actual crimson fucking red.  Kevin had known there they're were others like him out there, even tussled with some of them, but damn was this room filling up with weirdos, himself included.

Kevin listened to the speech and checked it for bullshit.  Some, but not all of it.  If the dude had recruited serial-girl, he was totally shooting straight about morality.  The about no affiliation with SHIELD was either a lie or just naive and thus guy didn't strike Kevin as naive.  Figure SHIELD had paid for all this shit that the idea that they wouldn't be watching pretty closely at least in the beginning to make sure it didn't blow up in their faces was ridiculous.  Still, at least the dude knew that jobs could go south, even "shouldn't be fighting Thor and Captain America" didn't necessarily mean "wouldn't" especially if Belial got his power-swiping shit off the ground.

So, some BS, or at least wishful thinking, but nothing unreasonable.  After a bit of thought Kevin decided not to call him it.  For one thing, he wanted to see if anyone else would, for another, he was going to need stuff from this guy, so no sense starting out wrong again.  Not that he felt too bad about serial babe going bye-bye.  Moral shit aside, she was likely the type to bring down a shit-ton of heat on their little group at the worst possible times.

Then again, Kevin had always loved the sound of his voice and he was curious about one thing.  "Yeah, one question.  What's your actual name?  Or at least what do we call you?  I never caught that in our meeting."
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