13260/The Light: Harnessing an Unstoppable Force

The Light: Harnessing an Unstoppable Force
Date of Scene:	12 May 2021
Location:	A New Jersey 'abandoned' wharf
Synopsis:	Juggernaut is recruited as a freelancer for the Lights interests
Cast of Characters:	Lex Luthor, Juggernaut

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Lex Luthor has posed:
Juggernaut. It's a name that invokes fear. It's a name that invokes anxiety. It's a name that invokes 'GET OUT OF THE WAY' for anyone smart.

It's also a name that rich masterminds like to hire for their own purposes... like today.

Sometime last week, a figure calling themselves L1 reached out to Juggernauts primary contact information and offer employment. An abandoned wharf in New Jersey along the coast is his destination.

Juggernaut has posed:
Juggernaut's arrival is surprisingly mundane at first. He squeezes his gargantuan frame onto public transit in his civilian id. He's huge as Mr. Marko..possibly a metahuman..but not always a full on walking building. It lets him get around and even trick would be heroes from time to time as they encounter the hulking red haired man but don't necessarily connect him to the colossal Juggernaut.

Either way, he casually makes his way down the streets. A form fitting blue shirt strains to contain him as his muscles push out against them like bas-relief. Similar for brown cargo pants with only thick soled work boots managing to comfortably cover massive feet.

This all changes once he begins to actually enter the wharf. After he passes into a dark alley a flash of crimson light occurs, wrapping over his body with flowing tendrils of magical energy that crackles and burns through his veins. The gargantua that emerges from the alley literally rumbles the ground as he stalks towards the indicated meeting spot with a steady unstoppable tread.

Lex Luthor has posed:
The meeting point inside the dusty and half broken wharf... is empty, save for the gently lapping of the waves against the sides of the anchorage of the dock, a seat -or rather, a metallic block of some sort- and a table with a table PC on it, alongside a white steel lockbox.

The tablet itself has a screen saver 'say call'.

Juggernaut has posed:
"The hell is this?" grumbles Juggernaut as he stops and places both of his hands on his hips and looks around. He arcs an eyebrow, curiously, but ends up just shrugging and shaking his head. It's not the strangest way he's been hired before and..well...if this is out of an abundance of caution he can't blame them.

He leans over the table, looking it over carefully in a half hearted, dismissive search for any visible attempts at a trap and then simply folds his massive arms.

?Call.?

Lex Luthor has posed:
The tablet 'awakens' and an almost skype like call starts to connect to... somewhere.

The other side picks up after a moment, and a synthetic, flat voice answers. "Ah. Hello, Juggernaut. I'm happy to see you've made the appointment." On the screen, a glowing wehite 'L1' appears on the front. "I am L1, and I represent a group of interests with the means to employ you regularly. Are you interested in a retainer, or do you prefer to freelance, taking each contract as it comes?"

Juggernaut has posed:
"Huh. Straight to business. I like that." rumbles Juggernaut. His reputation seems to preceed him as well. Nothing to prove here. No test needed. Just right to business.

"Contract's fair, with an option for more if it looks like we can...work well together. I prefer to not be tied down to something right away.."

Lex Luthor has posed:
"We work long term. That's perfectly acceptable to us."

The box next to the table suddenly pops up a bit, the lock remotely opened. "Inside is a USB drive with details on how to setup this tablet as a privately secured relay to us. By accepting this drive, you accept that you will be tracked via this tablet whenever you're on assignment with us. You will have access to a global communications network with other freelancers and agents.. We are the Light... and we aim to bring order to this depressing world of ours."

Theres a slight pause, "Sometimes, you need to destroy before you can recreate. This is where you will come in."

Juggernaut has posed:
The timing is..oddly very unique here. Juggernaut has, very recently, seen some of the uglier under belly of the world and he wasn't to happy with what he saw.

"Huh." he rumbles, taking that all in carefully and cautiously..but with growing interest.

"Alright." he finally says, "Sounds good...and like my kind of thinkin'.. Looking forward to seein' what I can do for you..."