In the meantime, let’s get back to the Le Cirque portion of our story so I can unveil the final member of the team and give the rest of Clockwork some pagetime.
To quote Indiana Jones (if he were a metamfiezomaiophobe instead of an ophidiophobe): “Mimes…why did it have to be mimes?” Well, Dr. Jones you weirdo, it had to be mimes because I started thinking about what a mime could do if she had powers, and mimes are kind of a French performance art thing so I felt an evil bionic-powered mime would fit in nicely with my Underworld Circus. Perhaps I could make other circus acts into characters, too. But I liked this concept better. So here’s the final member of this incarnation of Le Cirque du Milieu, aptly codenamed “Charade”
Name: Charade
Alias: Deux L’Orange
Race: Human
Birthplace: Paris, France
Powers: Projects solid holograms of any object or person she can think of (up to the size of an entire room), Can mask the appearance of herself and/or anyone in the room with her, Psychic immunity.
Bio: Deux L’Orange’s bio is much the same as her sisters. She was brainwashed and cybernetically enhanced to serve as an assassin for a French organized crime syndicate. The Milieu augmented Charade with holographic technology stolen and modified from the Three-Star General suit, making her a master of disguise. Her holograph implants are powered by Knavium particles, which cause enclosed projections (like a classic mime box or a room) to alter the laws of temporal physics (rendering time travel impossible, for example) and weapon constructs to cut through Knavium alloys and “magical” defenses as easily as through any conventional form of weaponry. With HallowGen’s security disabled, Charade is able to disguise herself and Tordre as Six and Frank, and infiltrate the building without being recognized by biometric scanners.
The real Six and Frank are with Sword, Hi-N’Un, and Lady Luck, dealing with Robbie Boyle and the rest of Le Cirque. But as Six squares off against Lashes, Sword clashes swords with Couteau, Frank matches strength for strength against Solide, and Hi-N’Un and Lady Luck stand off against their old nemesis, Lady Luck can’t help but notice a similarity between Six and the three Circus assassins. She also can’t help thinking they’re making the fight too easy, distracting the five heroes from some larger scheme.
Group shot to come soon.
