leonidas: Absolon Mercator & Forge
INTRODUCTIONS: first, absolon mercator--mr. m. in his own words:
http://i.imgur.com/zvGVhDM.jpg
here is a little more:
http://i.imgur.com/XHy6HhM.png
http://i.imgur.com/EPMtU2u.png
here's more--from BISHOP:
http://i.imgur.com/ibCh3Lf.jpg
hi praise indeed from someone as experienced as bishop....
so, everyone has a VERY healthy respect for his power....."but leo, why would you use this guy?? he's all talk, he has no FEATZZ!!1!!"
😂 well, while it's true he didn't last too long (stupid marvel...) he DID manage to amass some pretty cool feats. in this scan he changes a mutant into a human:
http://i.imgur.com/RQp4Y44.jpg
here he effortlessly disassembles the wall keeping some of the 198 in their compound:
http://i.imgur.com/BzTzn00.png
here is a classic--walking on water:
http://i.imgur.com/HxbCMdc.png
here is the scan of him handling that sentinel that was mentioned in an earlier scan:
http://i.imgur.com/7EHKiFI.png
http://imgur.com/HNrsjGn
lastly, here is a very simple scan, that nevertheless serves to show one of the reasons these guys mesh so well together. mr m never liked to use his powers because, as a kid, he hurt someone with them. instead, for years, he made a living fixing anything mechanical:
http://i.imgur.com/LIso5sQ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ATsp2nU.jpg
there is quite a bit more that i will bring out as we go along but i think those scans give a good indication of what he is capable of. mercator manipulates both matter and energy, and can affect both organic and mechanical objects. oh, there is one more scan i want to show. in this scan, he actually creates a PTERODACTYL and then, when he fears it will get hungry, EVOLVES it into some butterflies--he has a thing for butterflies and they appear many times throughout his limited appearances. note too that they don't go away after he's done. he also tells the kid he might make something more interesting later...lol:
http://i.imgur.com/Ztee2Rx.png
his creations are instantaneous, done by manipulating the molecules in the air. sooo, yeah. omega matter manipulation: it's cool. 👆
now, forge. the MAKER. a little info on his powers:
http://i.imgur.com/GyBLFXG.jpg
even as the words are said, he's inventing the time machine.... but he is more than just an inventor as charles xavier comes to realize:
http://i.imgur.com/zZAM4cA.jpg
forge LITERALLY sees reality as a set of building blocks. his power allows him to reshape those blocks into.....whatever he needs. the problem with forge is--he still has to spend time MAKING his inventions, and he still needs the raw materials to build with. in this scan, he actually builds a device that RETURNS storm's powers to her--using only the material found in his cybernetic leg!
http://i.imgur.com/JgeITvu.jpg
that is a CRAZY feat. of course, she lost her powers thanks to forge, but, more on that later... the main point is this: paired now with the powers of an omega matter manipulator, raw materials and time are no longer issues he has to concern himself with. forge grants stability to mr m, and lets him see reality in a way he NEVER could before. in essence, forge has always been able to SEE the building blocks of reality. now, paired with a guy who can literally create DINOSAURS and BUTTERFLIES out of thin air, he has the ability to completely CONTROL them. 🙂
here is one more very impressive piece of tech forge whipped up while hanging out in x-factor's shuttle craft as polaris distracted the magical entity STRANGE:
http://i.imgur.com/yQYIQ2Q.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Ii19et3.jpg
he literally made that from gear lying on the shuttle in MINUTES. there is almost no limit to what forge is capable of creating.
STRATEGY:
okay, so, now that you know a little about my guys, my strategy should be blindingly obvious: using mr m's ability, ima make weapons to kill everybody to death!1!! 😄
in the event of a SCREAM, the very first thing i do is erect a force field. if there is no scream, i start quickly reconfiguring my bionic hand to project a CLOAKING SHIELD of the sort forge designed for the x-men's BLACKBIRD, for example, that allows for complete invisibility:
http://i.imgur.com/XdliJUC.jpg
in the scan you can see clearly that they only become visible as they begin to de-cloak. incidentally, that cloaking device allowed them to get the drop on MENTALLO, a mutant who normally can detect invisible opponents:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentallo
forge has also designed scramblers, interference transmitters and inhibitor fields the size of a small wallet several times to prevent himself and others from being detected. several examples are available if needed. as far as his hand? forge can and has almost instantly reconfigured his bionic limbs which act is some ways as plot devices. here are a couple quick examples:
http://i.imgur.com/YM3NDAc.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/QyyUzat.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/guWmj9M.jpg
the cane is actually pretty cool because it appears to literally come from nowhere... anyway, there are many other examples of what it can do including acting as a blaster, finger laser, knock out gas emitter and hologram projector among others. and all that's WITHOUT an omega matter manipulator....
anyway, the cloak will render me invisible to ALL forms of detection--visual, telepathic and energy-based.
cloak complete, mr forge will also create a TELEPORTATION DEVICE. he's had loads of experience in that area, but i'm thinking something similar to what he created for x-force that allowed them to teleport across PARALLEL WORLDS following deadpool.... won't be hopping across worlds of course, just showing how great his tech CAN be:
http://i.imgur.com/jJN2zIR.jpg
cloak and teleporter ready, i will quietly phase into the ground and attempt to approach the others.
ideally, zauriel will go nuts when he sees all the demons/darklings the darkness summons as i assume asylum opens a massive portal for them to come through. as they engage each other, i will be attempting, if possible, to make my way between them. then, depending on what is happening, while i'm still cloaked and intangible i will LIKELY do 1 of 2 things:
(1) i will whip together an AUTO BOMB but unlike the one forge created before, this one will act as a NUKE which i will detonate at the most opportune moment:
http://i.imgur.com/eEO1uNV.jpg
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the power of a nuke sometimes get undersold. the blast radius of the fireball would exceed 3km and burn around 150 000 000 degrees. the light from the blast would be seen for miles and miles, and the sheer destruction would be at least city sized... the colosseum would be disintegrated and there would not be a place within 3km of the blast that was not lit up like the surface of the sun. if nova is shielded he might be able to handle the blast, ( i'd need proof) but he would certainly be stunned at the least. i have no idea whether ambi's guy has the durability feats to survive a nuke.....
or (2) mr. forge recreates his NETRALIZER BEFORE nuking them. he can either create the raw materials by simply transmuting the air into the necessary raw materials, (which should not be an issue of any kind...), or, if you'd rather, he can simply reshape and replace the tech that already exists in his bionic leg the same way forge created the un-neutralizer and the same way mercator repaired tech for years. i showed mr m altering the molecular structure of water so everyone could walk across the lake. here he changes the structure of the interior of a SENTINEL to PUTTY. lol
http://i.imgur.com/98JRmyf.png
you already know he made a living dealing with and fixing anything mechanical. now, with forge's vision, he can reshape things, especially mechanical things, in ways he never could have before. as for the neutralizer:
http://i.imgur.com/hcy87UW.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/xelix9w.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/fD2ngTt.jpg
the neutralizer eliminates the super powers of any and all super humans in the world. you saw it rob the dire wraiths of not only their shape changing, but also all their magic, and you saw it take away storm's power. forge was terrified of the weapon and did not want to give it to the government because he feared they might copy it and wipe out all super humans....
depending on how things appear to be going, i may elect to use the nuke first, or i may (if i feel the opportunity is present) use the neutralizer first. it will completely be dependent on what the others have elected to try and do.
given the almost instantaneous creative ability of mr forge (recall, i'm not creating anything NEW, just remaking things he's ALREADY made...), i have....SEVERAL options left on the table should, for some unforeseen reason, this opening strategy need to be changed. by cloaking and phasing into the ground, i give myself a good chance to scope out the others, while at the same time, leaving myself a host of offensive options.