<div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/74/a1/43/74a1430093058ff81653e441e080cdd1.jpg)</div><strong>NAME:</strong>Nova/Richard Rider (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=344029.msg16245122#msg16245122)<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>As per picture<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Open<br/><strong>Warnings:</strong>None<br/><hr/>Richard had just landed and it was already beginning. He didn’t know what yet but it wasn’t one of those beginnings where everyone went into the board room and quietly introduced each other over coffee and bagels. Damn you Black Knight, those bagels smell good!<br/><br/>He was already in motion as his suit and helmet formed around him, then he remembered to stop just as he was about to blast off. He fought Thanos and the Black Order, he killed Annihilus and his armadas from the Negative zone. Years away from Earth and he had learned not to be the same blast off first ask questions later sort of man.<br/><br/>Simple assessment first. His helmet provided a very detailed accounting of what was going on around him. Something going on upstairs wasn’t the problem. A few moments of detecting what was going on between someone called the ‘Captain’ and a miss Dr. Stark told him that. He tuned out of their conversation and let the energy spike shift his perceptions to his good friend Valkyrie. She was all speechifying in that near old English William Shakespeare sort of way. It always killed him the way she spoke, it was all formal and fancy.<br/><br/>His helmet didn’t recognize the person she was speaking to, made sense. He needed to tap into Reed’s database and get up to date on the changes that had gone on in Earth. He had no doubt that Val could hold her own in a fight—she was a freaking space Viking war goddess after all. All that took a few seconds and then he focused on the young woman in front of him. Once again, the helmet had no idea who she was but did sense the energy levels inside her…ok enough of that, a lady is entitled to her mystery.<br/><br/>Of course, that is when the British shield maiden interrupted his thoughts. “Hello Peggy.” Richard greets her in return. He glances at the Black Knight. “We met a few times when Dane suggested that each of the New Warriors pick the one of the Avengers as a mentor.” It was a neat idea having Thor or Captain America as a mentor. The Avengers roster changed often and there was talk of having multiple teams across the world. “I got called into space to fight a war and I think Dane got called into another dimension to do same.”<br/><br/>When Peggy asked who the pretty woman in her exercise outfit was..or was that her superhero costume, that would be really distracting if it was. He guessed she was one of the people that got Reed Richard’s emails about filling in for the FF while they were gone but he didn’t’ speak for anyone so he let her answer for herself.<em>Those were some nice tattoos. </em><br/><br/>“By Balder’s beard?” Balder had a beard now? Damn he was really out of touch. Ok, Val didn’t get like that unless she was going into serious battle mode. Usually it was like…spear, meet person’s face…face, meet grave. Richard tries not to snicker at the whole ‘why would anyone every announce they are fantastic’ question. Well, there was the ‘invincible’ Ironman, the ‘mighty’ Thor…although to be fair, Thor is mighty.<br/><br/>“Hi Minka, I’m Richard, some people call me Nova.” he says stepping forward and offering his hand. He wanted to blame his helmet, it gave him a display of people's known abilities and all that but really he blamed the nerd/geek in himself when he wondered what class Minka was...you know, in Dungeons and Dragons terms. He worked it out easy enough for most of the Avengers. Hawkeye was a Ranger, Black Widow is a rogue, Captain America and Peggy here, were Monks. Thor and Black Knight were Paladins. Hulk is a barbarian. He didn't feel bad about his status as a nerd. He had introduced roleplaying games to the Nova Corps, they loved it. Now he was secretly trying to get a group together to game with him.<br/><br/>“We should all probably step outside and deal with the person that is fighting with Valkyrie. I’m pretty sure Val can take her but there could be a few dented buses and buildings.” he mentions having full faith in Val.<br/>