Manticore, City of Heroes

[terrorofme.livejournal.com]

Manticore landed on his feet in the... stone room?

That was... unexpected. Since when did the Council use teleportation? Of course, there were about six more 'since when did the Council....' type questions that occurred to him, so he didn't bother thinking about them. Instead, he investigated the room.

....

Since when did the Council have an application? Oh well.


1. What is your favorite cheese? Why is it your favorite?
Cheese? What the hell does cheese have to do with Brillat Savarin, I guess. It's vaguely like Brie but a lot less messy. I don't spend a lot of time thinking about cheese.

2. Who would you kill first, Barney or Carrottop?
WHAT? I'm not that bad. As far as I know, neither of those two are criminals, just annoying. If they're criminally annoying, well... I'd be the first to toss either one in the Zig and wish him luck with the Freaks and Family and gangers, but I won't kill for criminally annoying.

3. What time is it where you are?
I don't really wear a watch; it limits the range of motion on whichever wrist it's worn, and I need my wrists. If I'm awake, it's usually night, and that's good enough.

4. If you were Albus Dumbledore returned from the dead, which member of the Order of the Phoenix would you sexually harass? How would you harass them? If you are Albus Dumbledore, please answer as if you were Sirius Black.
....where the hell are you getting your information? I'm NOT THAT BAD.

No. Just no. Sure, that's not quite criminal enough to warrant my attention, but that doesn't mean I'm going to go there. So... no one. Make all the assumptions you like.

5. If you are pushing to be in:

A. Slytherin - please state the clever, witty name of the bar in which you bartend, in the dark.


B. Gryffindor – Debate whether Harry should ultimately end up married to Fred or George. Use examples from a variety of world mythologies to bolster your argument.
World mythologies. World mythologies. How about I leave world mythologies out of it? You don't want me to rant any more than I want to rant.

Anyway. The short form of my answer is: I don't care. The long form of the answer involves the phrase 'It's none of my business' as well as some pontificating about Love Conquering All, or something. The middling form is: take what you can, when you can, because you never know when you'll lose it.

C. Ravenclaw – You guys are supposed to be smart. Explain why my desk is inundated with paperwork at all times, even though I’m constantly disposing of it.
Clearly, you need to fire your secretary. Or hire one. Short of that, resign yourself to paper or invest in a computer to keep your records.

D. Hufflepuff – Prove you are not useless.
Oh, that's low. I'm a member of the Freedom Phalanx and I hold my own despite having no superpowers except possibly the power of sanity. (Yes, the nut vigilante with the bow is the sane one.) I've also done some liaising and training of the younger heroes of Paragon, the ones who've been coming up since the Rikti invasion three years ago - they need it, since (as previously mentioned) my teammates are batshit crazy. I've... got more, but I can't really talk about it.

6. Offer a bribe to the members of this community so that they will not squib you. Items used in bribery do not necessarily have to belong to the person offering the bribe. Do not threaten us rather than offering a bribe. A threat indicates you either don't really want to be here, or don't have enough sense to answer the question properly. The hat will automatically squib you, regardless of other votes, if you do.
Bribes. Right. Well, I'm good enough at several martial arts to teach them if requested, or if you already know I'll offer myself as a sparring partner. I could also give archery lessons - standard or trick arrows. They really are different; the trick arrows have substantially different balance. And I guess the standard method of bribery (money) is on the table, though I prefer to fund charities and causes and such.



"I have read the hogwarts_hocus faq, and understand it is a crazy, cracktastic sorting community and RPG. _____M_______
I have read the hogwarts_hocus rules and agree to abide by each and every one of them. _____M______.
I agree to be a good sport and not get my knickers in a bunch. _______M____.
One day, marmalade will rule the world. _____M________"

Comments

[ugly-old-hat.livejournal.com]

((Hi! Could you please put the name of your fandom in the header of your application?))

[terrorofme.livejournal.com]

((Done! LJ ate it while I was wrestling to get this to post, sorry.))

[wh0-kill3d-m3.livejournal.com]

So, I guess there's really only one question to be asked here.

If you're not that bad, just how bad are you? *grins*

[terrorofme.livejournal.com]

Really not bad at all. I just have a reputation because I kind of killed Statesman once. In my defense, I got someone to bring him right back.

[wh0-kill3d-m3.livejournal.com]

*blinks* You can do that? I thought only the Sorting Room could do that. How'd you bring him back?

[sidney-reilly.livejournal.com]

Money? I'm in need of some. Since you're offering, would you be so kind...?

[terrorofme.livejournal.com]

Sure, why not? I did offer. Any specific amount, or should I guess?

[carri3-whit3.livejournal.com]

Hey. *waves*

How d'you know you're the sane one? Is there like a test?

[terrorofme.livejournal.com]

Hey.

There sort of was a test, yeah. A while ago, there was an incident, and the others lost their powers. I don't have any, so I didn't sweat it. But let's see... the speedster developed Anger Issues because everything including him was moving too slowly, the telepath started arguing with voices in her head and hitting things with sticks, the guy in powered armor started obsessing about exploding and riveting patches onto himself, and our Fearless Leader willingly submitted to torture for no particular reason.

[thebatjournal.livejournal.com]

Bruce read the application. And then read it again. Hn. He looked up. "Why do you do it?"

[terrorofme.livejournal.com]

"Someone has to." Manticore crossed his arms, giving the other man a challenging look. He was used to getting all varieties of the 'what do you think you're doing' question. "It might as well be me. At least I'll do it right." And then there was the whole 'dead parents' thing, and the 'parental legacy' thing, but those didn't even get mentioned to friends.

[busty-robin.livejournal.com]

Steph overhead Bruce, and had to stifle a giggle. He really was a grumpy old man at heart!

[busty-robin.livejournal.com]

"What styles of martial arts do you know?" While Steph wasn't interested in archery (the world did not need another Arrow Girl), she was always excited to learn new fighting techniques. Or, you know, any techniques.

[terrorofme.livejournal.com]

Oh, hey, a costumed kid. It was a pretty simple costume, but simple really was better. Especially when you thought about heroes like 'Captain Fancy' whose main power appeared to be causing blindness from the horrible mismatched colors of his costume. "Aikido, karate, tang soo do, capoeira, jiujitsu, escrima, and some scattered moves from other styles. I sort of pick up whatever I can, whenever I can."

[racer-tenoh.livejournal.com]

"Vigilante, huh? Why?" Haruka glances at the application again. "And what kind of criminals? Or -- did you say 'invasion' there?"

[terrorofme.livejournal.com]

"Someone's got to," Manticore replied simply. "The criminals run from superhuman gangers to the Mob to extradimensional aliens. The aliens were the ones who invaded, about... three years ago now? Yeah, three years. They were... destructive." A lot of heroes had died, and roughly half the city was still either destroyed or infested.

[ra-tilt-chimera.livejournal.com]

*Zel chuckles at the Hufflepuff response.* I know what that's like. Most of my companions, when they're not eating they're blowing stuff up or generally getting into trouble. *The chimera extends a hand.* Zelgadiss Greywords. Call me Zel.

[terrorofme.livejournal.com]

"Our friends should never, ever meet." Manticore shook the offered hand. "Manticore. Pleased to meet you." He did have a real name, but unlike the bulk of the heroes of Paragon, he kept it to himself for the most part. Here... well, here was going to be a question for a while.

[battlefranky36.livejournal.com]

Franky only needed to read one part of the application to be interested in this applicant. "So, a sparring partner, eh? You any good?"

[terrorofme.livejournal.com]

"I like to think so." He'd had to be, to hold his own with people who could move at the speed of light or bench press cars or read minds.

[makeminemayday.livejournal.com]

A figure in red and blue spandex jumps through an upper window of the Sorting Room, having just come back in from a field-test of new web-fluid (http://community.livejournal.com/hogwarts_hocus/1213163.html?thread=61924587#t61924587), and attaches to the wall, hesitating as she realizes where she is.

Oops. Wrong window.

She mutters a few choice words under her breath and starts to climb back up - but pauses again when she notices the applicant, changes her mind and jumps down to snag a copy of the application. Wow. Two capes in one day. Who'd have thunk?

"Sparring partner, huh?" she asks without a trace of skepticism. "I could use that. Not to mention a dose of sanity, although that's kind of abnormal here."

[terrorofme.livejournal.com]

The spider-theme to the costume threw Manticore off briefly, but within two seconds the new arrival proved not to be an Arachnos operative. She didn't move like one, didn't sound like one, and conspicuously lacked Arachnos symbols. "I'm available for both sparring and sanity. Comparative sanity at least - I'm sane at home, but I haven't been around long enough to work out where I fit in the spectrum here."

[ugly-old-hat.livejournal.com]

Oh, I do love a good old-fashioned bribe. How many millions are you talking about?

[terrorofme.livejournal.com]

It usually depends on the currency - I generally talk about yen in higher numbers than American dollars, that sort of thing. What sort of numbers interest you?

Gryffindor

[ugly-old-hat.livejournal.com]

I hope one day you will experience to joy of being able to swim in a pile of money, just like I'm going to!

Your bribe has been accepted.

Welcome to Gryffindor!