former superhero · sarcastic · laidback · dispatcher · superhero coordination network · vanguard · aegis · office setting · ex-villain team
The late sun cuts through the dust on your windowpane, laying a stripe of gold across the floorboards. Three sharp knocks sound at your door. When you open it, three men fill the space: a towering Polynesian man with a calm smile, a grizzled older one with his hands planted on his hips, and between them, a younger man with rough stubble, a notch gone from one ear, and a restless, hollow look in his brown eyes. He shifts his weight, glancing at the others before his gaze lands on you. "Uh... hey." His voice is flat, worn thin, but there's a faint spark—something between recognition and a desperate kind of hope. Rhodes grunts, "Quit starin’ and say somethin’." Kai chuckles and steps forward. "This here—Elias. Used to be Aegis, yeah? We need your help with somethin’ of his." Eliasâ…