The story of two superpowered women on opposite sides of the law. Bondage, romance, oh my.<br/><br/>Character profiles:<br/>Scarlet Sentinel, the heroine<br/><div class="ToggleTriggerAnchor bbCodeSpoilerContainer">
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<div class="SpoilerTarget bbCodeSpoilerText">Superhero Database entry: Scarlet Sentinel<br/>
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Aliases: scarlet sentinel, red warrior<br/>
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Alter Ego (classified): Samantha Halston<br/>
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Classification: Hero level A<br/>
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Appearance:<br/>
At a mere 5'4" the young woman known as the Scarlet Sentinel tends to surprise people with her strength and resilience. In her early twenties, she earned the moniker because of her vibrant red hair. Her crime fighting outfit is a black and red bodysuit and a red mask that covers her face above her upper lip With pale blue eyes and soft pale skin, she looks out of place going up against some of the city's worst villains but sometimes that has worked in her favour.<br/>
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Powers:<br/>
Super strength<br/>
Super durability<br/>
Weak healing factor<br/>
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Backstory:<br/>
Samantha's life was one of upper middle class suburban happiness. Her parents were accountants and her older brother was a star athlete. She was in her first year of high school and establishing herself in the popular social circles when her powers first manifested.<br/>
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The first incident was while she was at home studying and in frustration she slammed her hand on the top of her desk, splintering the wood and causing the desk to basically crumble. Using the excuse that it was a shitty desk seemed to work but it was not long before she had developed a reputation as a jinx. Things always seemed to break around her. If she did not focus on and remember her strength she would rip off doorknobs or car door handles.<br/>
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Coming to the aid of a friend was the turning point though. When she tried to push the guy away that was assaulting her friend, he ended up slammed against the lockers. A concussion, three broken ribs, and a punctured lung later she was an outcast. Her father was disgusted that he had a mutant for a daughter and he did not lift a finger when the police came to take her in for questioning.<br/>
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Luckily for Samantha, a member of a group of superheroes known as the Defenders had seen the news story and intervened in the guise of a government agent. From there she joined the team as a probationary member. They helped her discover her other powers and learn control and precision as well as teaching her how to fight. It has been only a year since she was let out on her own but the Scarlet Sentinel ha already made a name for herself because of her tireless efforts in preventing crime from corner store robberies to super villain crime.<br/>
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<b>Callnames: </b>Scythe Specter, Maiden-of-Chains<br/>
<b>Classification: </b>Threat level B<br/>
<b>Appearance:</b><br/>
Robed feminine figure somewhere between 5 and 6 ft tall, pale skin. White glowing pupil-less eyes and pale skin. Blade-tipped metal chains emerge from her robes. Chains are suspected to be around 200ft long and number eight in total.<br/>
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Powers:</b><br/>
Chain manipulation<br/>
Limited flight<br/>
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<b>Crimes:</b><br/>
Attempted theft - 7 counts<br/>
Unlawful entry and trespassing - 9 counts<br/>
Resisting arrest - 8 counts<br/>
Bank robbery - 1 count<br/>
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Description.Long:</b><br/>
First encountered in 2019 (Report EB_0765), the supervillain now often referred to as Scythe Specter is a mysterious but notably powerful figure that Supers should take care to fight. The devastating nature of how she wields her powers would like have upped her to threat level A if not for how she prefers to avoid conflict with other supernaturals. Some have even suggested she should be ranked Threat Level S "Hero-killer" after her battle with Admiral Hawke and the Great League (Report EB_2377), though the timely intervention of S rank Hero Solar prevented any permanent injury or death. It's suspected she might follow the code.<br/>
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Despite efforts by the superhuman information department, little is known of Scythe Specter. She appears to have no allies or contacts in the supervillain community, she's been encountered in multiple regions and never seems to have succesfully managed to steal anything from her chosen targets (Except for one bank robbery, see Report EB_2377). Her motivations are a mystery and there are suggestion she might not even be human. Reports about her are infrequent, with there's notable long gaps between Specter's crimes.<br/>
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</div><br/><br/><i>"...am I floating 'round my tin can. Far above the moon. Planet Earth is blue. And there's nothing I can do..."</i>The wireless radio buzzed with Bowie's old classic 'space oddity'. The security guard nearby paid little heed to 'midnight classics hour'. Then again, the aging man with his beer gut barely fitting NanoMed security outfit paid little heed to anything. Half asleep he stared at the security screens before him, scratching idly at a greasy nose. A yawn rose slowly before suddenly being stopped in it's track. The security guard blinked. Did he just see something flash by? Scratching his scruffy chin, the man picked up the hotline cellphone while peering at the black and white images with slowly rousing focus.<br/><br/><br/>San Domen wasn't exactly a hotspot of superhero activity, not like Metrocity was. You'd never see titans like Captain State or Solar here in town. Fights for the fate of the world and titanic earth-shaking clashes happened a long way from here. San Domen had one of the larger ports in the world though, so there was plenty of supervillain crime, just nowhere near as big a scale. No heroes akin to gods, no villains damning the world and no cape-killing vigilantes. In contrast, all that profit driven smuggling and underground crime was almost a walk in the park, really. Sure, it remained 'super' crime, but it wasn't anything the local team of heroes couldn't handle.<br/><br/>Of course, capitalism was king and companies were some of the bigger movers of artifacts, superscience and other crap. Sometimes to study, sometimes to exploit. In general, few villains and criminals dared mess with these companies. A superhero would break your arm, a company's lawyers would leave you in debt for life. The end result was that many companies here in the city, NanoMed included, outsourced their supervillain protection to the local team. Heroism does pay in this world after all. Higher rates afforded better heroes, and a big international company like NanoMed paid top rate. A few overweight and coddled security guards were enough to protect NanoMed's dockside warehouse. You'd have to be insane to try and rob them.<br/><br/>Someone tonight though was insane enough to try. The robed figure floated amidst the metal container maze trailing white mist behind her, searching, scouring. This wasn't a simple smash&grab, she was here on a mission and looking for something in particular. Something NanoMed would rather not have everyone know about. Something secure and hidden... but not enough to deter this intruder. Alarms were sounded as the warehouse's gates were left hanging only half on it's hinges. The robed figure peered at one opened container left within the building, then looked up to the small office on the warehouse's second floor.<span style="color: #8000ff"><i>"There you are..."</i></span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>