Marvel/DC Crossover RP - Multiversal Mentoring Program

[Gilgameshian]

Wow, that title is a bit of an absolute mess isn't it?

The gist of this RP is that I had an idea before, a long while ago, for a world where heroes and villains began on day 1. Captain America got the serum at the same time Superman discovered his powers in Smallville at the same time Batman wore the cowl for the first time at the same time Hal Jordan got the ring and...you see where I'm going with this. I liked the core concept but it raised more issues than it could ever really solve. It was a neat concept but not a good idea. So here's the idea I have here. Heroes are plucked from the multiverse and brought into a sort of hubworld.

This world, this Earth, is home to a unified Justice League and Avengers who worked together to overcome the obstacles in their universe. Now they act as stewards of the next generation meeting heroes and offering them a chance to learn from those who know their powers. They've turned their moon into a thriving small city where heroes from the multiverse can come and safely learn to use their powers in highly modified versions of the Danger Room designed by the brilliant minds of Charles Xavier, Tony Stark, and Bruce Wayne. Mutant, Alien, Metahuman, or simply Human it doesn't matter. The Multiversal Mentoring Program is here to equip budding heroes of the multiverse with the skills they'll need to protect not just their Earth but all of them from threats.

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So, of course, the core idea is that there is an Earth where all the Marvel and DC heroes basically pull a reverse Old Man Logan and imprison the villains somewhere they can't escape. Some are rehabilitated probably but, by and large, the heroes are completely victorious. They don't want to impose their will on other Earths, however, thinking that kind of thing is far too close to tyranny so, with the idea brought forth by Professor Xavier and Barry Allen, why don't they go to other versions of themselves or just other known heroes in their youth and offer them a chance to learn somewhere safe. Modeling the school after his old school but with far more resources Xavier opens the Multiversal Mentoring Program which turned the Blue Area of the Moon into a thriving home and school for heroes from the multiverse.

You are one of these heroes. Or at least you'd probably play one.

-- Worldbuilding Notes --

The Program is housed in the Blue Area of the Moon which has been further modified by the numerous geniuses of Earth. Rather than living in dormatories there are multiple apartments that are quite literally larger on the inside than they appear on the outside thanks to some modifications made by Reed Richards using this Earth's Infinity Gauntlet. Every student is given their own living space to modify as they see fit as each home is designed with nanomachines that can change their appearance at will to suit the desires and wants of the person who owns the room. Yes, they have been hacked by particularly smart people for pranks before. And yes, usually you get a slap on the wrist if it isn't too bad.

Generally speaking attending classes isn't truly mandatory as most heroes have taken up teaching various classes and expect that those who wish to learn will come when they are ready. Not all teachers are like this *coughBatmancough* but it is generally expected that any student staying in the Program will attend some classes otherwise they will eventually be returned to their home Earth. Laziness is not overly tolerated.

Multiple duos of heroes act as the heads of various divisions as students are counciled by the source of their powers. Those duos are as follows.

Aliens (Those whose power comes from being non-human): Clark Kent, Carol Danvers
Mystics (Those whose power comes from magic): Stephen Strange, Zatanna Zatara
Techies (Those whose power comes from invention): Tony Stark, Barbara Gordon
Exceptional (Those who have achieved the pinnacle of human potential): Bruce Wayne, Natasha Romanov
Altered (Those whose power comes from a mutation of some description): Charles Xavier, Dinah Lance
Multitalented (For those who achieve greatness, or will, in many of these fields): Peter Parker, Jessica Cruz

These are, more or less, the characters councilors as well as likely who went to invite them into the Program (and each duo head their respective division/program). All of these teach classes as do a number of other heroes in their spare time now that most villains have been dealt with or are regularly defeated. Most of your characters training will come from exceptionally realistic Danger Room scenarios or "field trips" to alternate realities where you will aid the locals in overcoming their issues.

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The idea is that all canon characters are acceptable. Young Superman? Female Batman? Miles Morales and Peter Parker? Young Victor Von Doom but a good guy? Lots of options.

Since this is designed to be a university of sorts for heroes the ideal, at the start at least, would be for characters to be in their late teens or early twenties. Don't want to open up slots for teachers until I/we get a better feel for the world and all that.

I'm tentatively okay with the idea of second gen heroes being the children of known characters but I'd personally prefer different takes on canons instead if that makes sense. As long as you can make the character make sense. For now I don't have a full blown character sheet but for this glorified interest check if someone has a character idea they're welcome to send me something in this format so we can work on characters and hammer stuff out:

Name:
Codename (if applicable):
Age:
Gender:
Program: (Aliens, Mystics, Techies, Exceptional, Altered, Multitalented)
Appearance:
Personality:
Powers and/or Skills:
History:

That would cover all the needed bases. Let's just see how this goes shall we?

Note: Feel free to post WIPs and such here but do PM me your characters for them to be accepted in the RP. Don't want this thread getting too cluttered. But if you want to get some feedback from other folks then feel free to post your character here before shooting it to me! If that made any sense...

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Threads of Note

https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=304248 -> Character Thread

https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=304249.0 -> OOC Thread

https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=304652.0 -> Main RP Thread

More will be added as needed!
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Who are people thinking about playing?

Nightwing (I will be playing a version of Dick Grayson. I don't play him enough and he's a favorite of mine)
Harley Quinn
Terry McGinnis/Batman Beyond
Icon
Wildcat
Xavin
Shade

[LatinaComicNerdGal]

Can I call dibs on Harley Quinn! Lol

[Gilgameshian]

I mean sure. First come first serve. Some version of Harley would be great. She'd have to be "good" though. They aren't gonna pull villains in and teach them after all.

[Batman4560]

Would it be cool if I wrote Terry/Batman Beyond? Or I'd be able to do Starlord if you prefer... honestly I could do a lot but those are my two top choices.

[LatinaComicNerdGal]

I was thinking possibly injustice Harley.

[Gilgameshian]

Either choice would be perfectly fine by me. Both are likely to be approached by this Hero Earth's people and offered a place on the Moon. Terry probably fits the "young hero" style I'm generally aiming for better though.

Injustice Harley is a solid choice. She's a bit older than most would be, for sure, but she's new to being a hero and she'd be welcomed. Though I'm sure HeroBatman would find it amusing. I'll have to think about if Harley was rehabilitated on this Earth.


Also, I'm going to, for now, dub the Earth where the Multiversal Mentor Program takes place just Hero Earth and denote the native versions of people as Hero(insertnamehere) to keep it simple.

[Batman4560]

Okay! Terry it is! Love it. :D

[LatinaComicNerdGal]

Name: Doctor Harleen Frances Quinzel
Codename (if applicable): Harley Quinn, Clown Princess of Gotham,

Aliases:   
Dr. Holly Chance
Dr. Jessica Seaborn
Lee Harkwin
Holly Quinn
Harriet Shankar
GG Harlin
Kevlar Vest Girl
Harley Poo
Dr. Quinzel
Miss Wisekedjak
Entourage Fiona
Harley Hackemup
Hammer Harleen
Harlequin
The Queen
Psycho Bitch
The Clown's Girl
Clown Princess of Crime

Age: Varies by Source
Gender:Female
Appearance:
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 170 lbs
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Bleached blonde

Personality:Harley Quinn is eccentric and extravagant, and usually commits crimes with a sadistic glee and hyperactive energy. In most incarnations, she is loyal to the Joker regardless of how cruelly he treats her. Despite being a psychiatrist, Harley is often portrayed as rather dimwitted socially and logically, as she tends to fail to notice obvious problems or overthinks minor issues.

Even though she keeps an enthusiastic and crazed demeanor, deep down she is secretly tormented and tragic. Occasionally, she will have enough of the Joker and being evil and will try to fight on the side of good, such as when the world or someone she truly cares about is at stake. Even when she is on the evil side, she does have a sense of honor.

For example, in the Injustice comic series, she refuses to fight Black Canary when she finds out she is pregnant. Harley also has her limits, and can be pushed too far, even by the Joker, causing her to leave and eventually team up and form a new romance with Poison Ivy.

Prime Universe Harley is still under the Joker's control and is often abused and berated by him. Regime Harley on the other hand grieves for Joker after he is killed by Superman, even thinking of him as a martyr, but moves on and sides with Batman and the Insurgency. She doesn't believe that Prime Universe Joker is her "Mister J" until he defeats her in combat and the intimacy they once shared is shown by how well Harley knows his body language. She recognises him through the way he moves and pummels her. Harley also loses her signature accent before reuniting with the Joker in Injustice: Gods Among Us, though in Injustice 2, she uses her accent even though she is loyal to Batman.

Harley finds the strength to become her own person after Joker finally pushes her to the limit by threatening to kill her in front of Lex Luthor. Unsure of whether to kill him or kiss him, Harley eventually decides to do neither and shoves him aside, breaking Joker's control over her and ending their relationship for good. Even when Scarecrow uses his fear gas on her and causes her to hallucinate Joker, Harley rejects him again, unwilling to return to the person she once was.

Outside her relationship with Joker, Harley proves to be a loyal ally to Batman. She is energetic and fun loving, often cracking jokes and showing concern and affection for her friends, including Supergirl and, despite them being on opposite sides, Poison Ivy. Despite sometimes getting the urge to "bash some heads", Harley's loyalty to Batman is shown not only by her refusal to kill him in her Joker hallucination, but also by how she refuses to allow Wonder Woman to kill Cheetah due to Barman's "No killing" rule. Harley casually acknowledges how hypocritcal this is as she has "bucket's full" of blood on her own hands but points out that she has been "trying too hard to impress the wrong guy". Harley's bravery results in her getting stabbed by Wonder Woman and although Supergirl tries to save her, she disappears for the rest of the game, leaving her fate uncertain.

Harley is also masochistic, urging Cyborg to shock her again with his defibrillator and claiming that the pain Supergirl would cause by closing her stab wound with her heat vision would be "even better".

Powers and/or Skills:
Agility
Escape Artist
Gadgets
Healing
Intellect
Leadership
Marksmanship
Stamina
Stealth
Super Strength
Swordsmanship
Tracking
Unarmed Combat
Weapon Master

History:
Main (Gods Among Us)
Harleen Quinzel was once an innocent girl that, upon graduating from Gotham University, she became infatuated with the criminals inhabiting Arkham Asylum. When she worked there as an intern, she was chosen to be the therapist for The Joker, where she was unwillingly manipulated into working beside him. Harleen helped escape from Arkham, thus dressing up as a harlequin simply named Harley Quinn. However, as Harley would fall into a relationship with Joker, it became unrequited, as the latter had a rather warped understanding of love, and sometimes even manipulated her further to keep her in the game, essentially using her as a sort of whipping toy. Harley soon caught on and abandoned him, joining the elite Suicide Squad instead.

Insurgency (Gods Among Us)
After the Joker’s murder by Superman, Harley started the Joker Clan, who worship him as a martyr. She and the Joker clan carried out acts that distracted and annoyed the One Earth regime, earning the trust of the Insurgency.

Injustice 2
Since the fall of the Regime, Harley Quinn has found little solace in the incarceration of Superman. Still feeling a tremendous void left by Joker's death, Harley remains an unstable and uneasy ally. Resolute in her conviction, she refuses to let fugitives, assassins, or even criminals she once called friends stand in the way of her exacting revenge upon the man who silenced The Joker’s laugh.

Injustice: Gods Among Us
Prime Reality Harley Quinn first appears alongside the Joker, helping prepare the nuke given to him by Lex Luthor with which he would destroy Metropolis. As they take the bomb off standby, Batman appears before them, teleported from the Watchtower. The Joker orders Harley to wait in their van, slapping her in the face to silence her when she protests.

Insurgency Harley Quinn, now going by her real name Harleen, later confronts the Joker in Gotham City, believing him to be an impostor, as 'her' Joker was killed by Superman after destroying Metropolis. After a fight between the two, Harleen realizes from the Joker's fighting style that he is the real Joker and is overjoyed to see him.

Harleen takes the Joker to the abandoned Arkham Asylum, hideout of the Joker Clan, a criminal force assembled in the Joker's memory. The Joker is quick to assume control of the Clan, using one of the durability enhancing pills given by Superman to his flunkies on himself. Shortly after this, Regime soldiers lead by Hawkgirl and Nightwing break into the hideout and attack the Clan. As the Joker fights off Hawkgirl and Nightwing, Harleen sends an S.O.S. to Insurgency Batman via a communication device given to her by the Insurgency. The Insurgency forces soon arrive and drive back the Regime. Batman orders Harleen and her men to lay low for the time being and takes the Joker into custody, believing him to be too dangerous to be let loose.

When the Insurgency begins their bid to save the displaced Batman from being executed, Harleen receives orders from the Insurgency Batman to have the Joker Clan occupy as much law-enforcement as they can while they infiltrate Stryker's Island. Harleen complies, but goes against Insurgency Batman's orders and releases the Joker from his cell, although fears that Batman may be angry with her for doing it.

Harleen and the Joker hijack a Regime vehicle and confront the Insurgency Lex Luthor in Metropolis as he heads to aid the Insurgency against the Regime. The Joker orders Harleen to take down Luthor and take his suit, but she ultimately fails. Fed up with Harleen and her incompetence, the Joker fires her and tries to kill her, cruelly stating that her death is a wonderful "severance package". However, Luthor intervenes and takes down the Joker in a fight. Enraged by his betrayal, Harleen prepares to kill the Joker with his own knife, but is ultimately convinced by Luthor to let him go, saying she's outgrown him. Returning the favor, Harleen shortly afterwards told the Joker Clan to stand down, citing that Luthor's their ally, also citing that Joker turned out not to be acting in their interests after all. She then informed Luthor that she will make sure Joker is still imprisoned and won't let him trick her again.

In the epilogue, Harleen is shown escorting the Joker at gunpoint to the portal back to his dimension.

Injustice 2
Harley is now a member-in-training of the Justice League. Batman and some others are training her in using her former villainous abilities and weapons to help people on the side of good. In addition to going out on the battlefield to fight, she is also put in charge of monitoring the data that Brother Eye collected. She also prefers by this time to be addressed by her real name, Harleen, though Batman uses her old moniker during the recon meeting. When Green Arrow and Black Canary arrive in the Batcave with Bruce Wayne, she is operating Brother Eye, but takes a moment to say hi to them when they arrive. Bruce then gets Harley to explain the current situation of how Gorilla Grodd and the Society plan to have Scarecrow ship fear gas from Slaughter Swamp to Grodd, and that he wants the three of them to stop them before the gas reaches Grodd. As the three begin to leave for the mission, Oliver ask Bruce if he really trusts Harley and he explains that she is now mostly a different person since Joker died.

When the trio arrive at Slaughter Swamp, they secretly observe several of Scarecrow's henchmen helping Deadshot load his fear gas onto speed boats and talking about an invasion happening the next day. However, the group is ambushed by Poison Ivy and wrapped in her vines. At first Harley thinks that she is here to help them take down "the punks", but is shocked and heartbroken to discover that she is actually working with Scarecrow and Grodd rather than using her abilities for the side of good like she is. She is quickly able to escape from the vines using the knife she brought with her from the Batcave, then gives it to Black Canary who uses it to free herself and Green Arrow. While Green Arrow and Black Canary fight Scarecrow, Harley tries to reason with Ivy, saying that they could team up again and drive all the boys crazy like the old days, but Ivy coldly refuses this.

After Harley finishes fighting Ivy, she goes to check on Green Arrow and Black Canary who have been exposed to Scarecrow's fear gas. Scarecrow then sprays Harley with his fear gas, but she easily blows it off saying she used to "huff this stuff for kicks". However Scarecrow sprays her with a new and even bigger amount of gas and forced to fight him. After Scarecrow is defeated, the gas begins to take its toll on Harley and he throws another fear gas bomb at her. Harley then falls asleep and begins dreaming of seeing the Joker and being at their old Amusement Park hideout. The Joker then tries to manipulate her into becoming her old self again (complete with the fear gas transforming Harley's outfit into her old "jester" costume), calling her "darling" and congratulating her on becoming a hero before compelling her to kill Batman. However, Harley pulls herself together and refuses to kill Batman, telling Joker that she is done being abused and controlled by him, and that while they were in love once upon a time their relationship is now over. After Joker is defeated, the effects of the gas wear off and Harley comes back to the real world, waking up from the bad dream. As she races to catch up with Black Canary and Green Arrow, Scarecrow and the others are escaping on their speed boats. After Green Arrow takes out some of the boats, Swamp Thing emerges from behind them. Although Harley tries to reason with him, saying that they are the good guys, Swamp thing doesn't listen to her and attacks them. After he is defeated, Harley tells him that it's Scarecrow and his goons who are threating the swamp and they came to stop him. Once Swamp Thing realizes that she is telling the truth, he helps defeat the remaining goons and protects them from Scarecrow. Harley then thanks him for his help and offers him a spot on the team, which he respectfully declines.

The trio eventually make their way to Gorilla City. Once the arrive they observe Grodd and his society talking to his gorilla army. Black Canary orders Harley to keep the jet harm and be ready to bail them out. However, she is captured by Grodd and his gorilla army. As she is being escorted away by Catwoman and some gorilla troops, she attacks them and rescues Harley. Together they defeat the gorillas and escape back to Gotham. Afterwards, during the meeting between Batman and Superman's teams, Batman explains that Harley and Catwoman will assist Cyborg in restoring Brother Eye.

Later, at Arkham Asylum, Ivy places Harley under her spell with her hypnotic toxins when she ambushes them, calling her "my sweet Harley". Catwoman and Cyborg fight Harley two against one, waking her up from Ivy's control. However she begins to go into shock and is revived by Cyborg with his defibrillator after their fight with Poison Ivy. Once they get to entrance of the Batcave, Catwoman orders Harley to guard the door and makes sure no one follows them in.

Eventually she makes her way to Metropolis where Wonder Woman is about to kill Cheetah. After checking on Supergirl to make sure she's OK, she turns her attention to Diana. She shoots Diana's sword out of her hand and states her intent, citing Batman's "no killing" rule and comparing Superman to Joker. Enraged, Diana stabs Harley. Supergirl quickly knocks Diana away and rushes to Harley's aid. She then uses her heat vision to close the wound. After she defeats Wonder Woman, she then carries Harley away to safety.

She is not seen again through the rest of the game, but it's believed that she was too weak to continue the fight against Brainiac and is elsewhere recovering from her injury.

After Recovering and the Braniac invasion was thwarted, Harley was delivered an unaddressed envelope at her carnival hideout, She was being summoned, And After the recent events and cutting ties with the Joker Harley was trying to stay busy so She would RSVP the invitation from The Bat, She has got to remind herself "Do not push the big red button in the batcave marked "Do not push" To avoid another batcave banning!

Status:

Identity: Public Identity
Occupation: Psychiatrist
Citizenship: American
Place of Birth: United States
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Nick Quinzel (father), Sharon Quinzel (mother), Barry Quinzel (brother), Jenny Quinzel (niece), Nicky Quinzel (nephew)

[Gannameade]

I would like Icon / Black Panther or Both.

[TheVillain]

Pondering tossing in a Wildcat. :P

[Gilgameshian]

I'd say for the beginning of this sticking to one character might make things easier. We can expand as needed.

I'll think about some additional information and general worldbuilding stuff and hopefully add it tonight or tomorrow folks!

[Gannameade]

Then Icon would be my first choice.

[Gilgameshian]

Added a few little notes on who heads up each division of the Program (which is split mainly by the source of a persons power/talent). Made all of them led by duos which are male/female as well as Marvel/DC so we've got a nice even split.

Note that, in your history, you should probably have the last paragraph or sentence at least deal with how they were approached by their respective counselors inviting them into the Program. Your character can be new to the Program or have been there for a little bit. I did note the living space for each person too. Basically you have a small house made of nanomachines that can be modified by your character to make whatever type of home they want.

[LatinaComicNerdGal]

Natasha Romanova is a bit more advanced than Bruce Wayne, As she is more than a human she is a super soldier just like cap! lol

[Gilgameshian]

Yes, she is but I was having a rough time thinking of a totally normal Marvel female off the top of my head. That said the serum for Steve and Natasha builds them to, supposedly, absolutely perfect peak human form. So not truly superhuman just to the pinnacle of what humans can be in an ideal world as I recall.

Also, Bruce and Natasha as co-leads just sounded like it'd be fun having them play off one another.

[TheVillain]

Heck, if I recall correctly all that's been confirmed is that Cap and Natasha's serums were different and all we know for sure about Natasha's is that it slowed her aging. It might have even been a SHIELD thing later and not a Red Room thing.

She's neat. :P

[LatinaComicNerdGal]

Nope the russian equivalent was just as good as the american. I play her. I have done extensive research lol. I can link you my character if you'd like with the entire run down of her powers and abilities according to marvel.

[TheVillain]

I didn't say it didn't enhance her in other ways, just saying that's the only enhancement we know about for sure. :P

Still, sounds neat. Would like to see it.

[LatinaComicNerdGal]

Plus no normal human can lift over 500 pounds and be her petite size lol just tossing that out there

[TheVillain]

True, but that could be the Artist's fault - lol. :P

[LatinaComicNerdGal]

may i PM you? I do not want to clutter this thread with my Nat stats lol

[TheVillain]

Thank you for Asking, go for it.

[LatinaComicNerdGal]

No prob! And sent lol.

[TheVillain]

And I clearly take back the origins of Natasha's serum. I must be thinking of a previous continuity.

[LatinaComicNerdGal]

Well Nat was nerfed for the MCU lol they also have her as beinf born in 1984 and not her correct birth year of 1928 lol