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With a bonafide Avengers-style party, the red planet’s settlers finally tried to settle into some sort of normalcy. Though, things get a bit worrying after the powerless heroes (or antiheros) learn that they can’t hold their alcohol like they used to. Our resident Star-Lord ends up seeing stars as he eventually passes out in dear-ole Deadpool’s lap— right next to rocket who’s more amused than drunk. Steve Rogers got a taste of the 21st century music kids these days listen to while his buddy Bucky finds his station flipping burgers. It was a nice change of tempo... while it lasted. The party was just about to settle down for the night when it happened. It might have been just the overarching stress of the situation, but the settlers became acquainted with none other than The Hulk. His green greatness decided to say hello during a rather heated discussion about their situation. Before the other settlers could react, a bench found its way stuck in the side of the common area. The strange thing was… no one really cared about Bruce’s sudden transformation. They were too concerned with their own powers. Calvin transformed due to the sudden stress of the situation and you could even see a bit of lightning from how shocked Jane became. Heck, Pietro even attempted nyooming around the campsite— but he was too drunk and decided that sleeping sounded more appealing.  

As people tried to calm The Green Guy, everyone was too distracted to notice a certain missing Asgardian. Out of pure curiosity, Loki had teleported out of the dome in search of more information regarding the Twilight Sword. For good reasons, as it was safer in the hands of an Asgardian. Though, what they found was much bigger than any blade. There was a ship. It hadn’t crashed, but instead landed. It was abandoned and showed no traces of life… it also seemed to have been there for a while. Inside the ship, the God found the goldmine in research for the Asgardian weapon. Each document somehow always included the name ‘Doctor Doom,’ and it didn’t take a genius to know that the name didn’t sound too friendly. 

Eventually the trickster found their way back to the camp, happy to see that Banner had calmed down. Though, most importantly no one had noticed their absence. Loki, like Doctor Doom remained undetected by the masses.

TLDR from your space cowboys ;;

Finally! Our superheroes have superpowers again! 

Oh also, there’s a super villain on the planet!

The sands have settled in piles along the fenced-in campsite, trapping the group inside. The skies are fifty shades of oranges, yellows and pinks, painted across and incredibly bright, causing our heroes to have to cover their eyes. Orbulite’s normal planetary temperature has increased by ten degrees even without the sun currently beating down on the planet. And pods #3 and #4 are heavily damaged, unlivable unfortunately to those assigned to said pods. The solar panels in which they’re using for the main electricity in the pods are holding up despite a few being wrecked (pods #3, #4 and #7) . 

After nine hours of the storm, it settled, seemingly, and allowed those trapped in the pods to come out. Unlike the last time, there is something different in the air.  Nobody can put their finger on it but there is a lingering, gut-feeling that this isn’t quite over. Still powerless, our heroes are faced with numerous questions. Is the storm actually over? Is it safe to stay outside? Will they ever get their powers back? 

And to add to our heroes’ worries, an unmistakably howling could be heard outside the campsite, the first time they’ve heard anything besides themselves. 

INTRODUCING ... THE FIRE HOUNDS: 

Fire Hounds are a race of dog-like beasts native to Nidavellir & Orbulite

Most are described as half dog / half salamander, bodies mostly deep purple with huge snouts and spikey backs that are, yes, flamed. 

On average, they stand from 23-35 inches tall and have the ability to spit out fireballs!

They are scavengers, consuming anything and everything in their paths.

TLDR from the space cowboys ;;