The Cosmic Presence, Part 1, written lore: Summary

🌟 The Comic Presence, Part 1, written lore: Summary

Alice was orphaned very little and lived in an orphanage, she is one of the few who became a Vigilante when incredibly young, at the age of nine. Alice is found by a stardust that decides she would be its vessel, connecting itself to her and forming the ability of Potential. Alice is a rare case in many ways, because not only was she very little when it happened, the stardust that connected to her *did not* draw concepts from Alice, but instead used her as a vessel for it’s own concepts, that of Potential and the cosmos. Potential is the name given to the concepts the stardust draws from and creates the Vigilante forms off of, every human has the Potential to become what the stardust wishes to grant them, and Alice has control over it. (Alice’s ability- Potential: Alice has the ability to control the outcome of battles by controlling Vigilante’s Potential, this could be making her team stronger by tapping into their potential to win, or making the enemy weaker by tapping into their potential to lose. However potential is a flexible thing, meaning it requires a naturally powerful and tactical team to make her Potential stronger, she can control potential, but she can’t change the future, meaning the potential needs to be created and shifted outwardly before it can be controlled. The more noticeably powerful aspect of this ability is that it comes directly from the concept of The Cosmic Presence, meaning Alice also naturally holds the Potential From The Cosmos, something unique to her and her alone) Because of this she quickly gains the attention of the Rogue Leader, who knew a girl was going to gain the ability to control the Potential From The Cosmos and that she was being created by a stardust to specifically aid the creation of the Rogue’s Cosmic Presence (a very powerful force who only cares about power and destruction and wants to be the only Cosmic Presence in the universe). Alice is then taken in by the Rogue Leader, who calls her “Rogue Stardust,” and pairs her with the other kid who was recently brought to the Faction, Ezra, also known as Rogue Eclipse. Alice and Ezra, due to being raised together, develops a sibling bond, however their relationship becomes rocky the older and more independent Alice gets due to the fact that Ezra chose this lifestyle while Alice did not. Ezra is perfectly fine with killing and being around horrible people while Alice just wants to live a quiet civilian life where she doesn’t feel like she has a bigger purpose weighing on her shoulders. Ezra doesn’t understand Alice’s worldview and also grew up with Alice around a parental figure who was constantly singing their praises, except that there was an obvious difference in what he had planned for the children, Ezra was already everything the Rogue Leader wanted, meanwhile Alice still had to grow into her potential, and Ezra decided it was his job to “keep her on track.” Alice is able to “leave” the Rogues to join The Vigilante Alliance, but only because the Rogue Leader knows he has ways to bring her back and doesn’t really care what she does as a vigilante so long as it’s still on track to his goal. All Rogues are required to not mess with her and let her be, with the only exception being Ezra, who doesn’t like that she left the Rogues. Ezra thinks that she doesn’t care about her Potential and thinks she’s ignoring it for a pointless life, he believes that anything that doesn’t aid towards Alice gaining full control over The Potential From The Cosmos is simply a distraction, and that it’s his job to “release her from these distractions,” and this is where I remind you that Rogue Eclipse is a killer. This creates a situation where Ezra won’t leave her alone and makes it near impossible for her to develop any strong attachments, which is exactly what he wants. Alice slowly gains a citizen life she’s content with, she has a job, a pet for companionship, an apartment decorated to her liking, and a job, but she also has her “brother” looming over her life, reminding her of her “potential.” It won’t be long before disaster strikes, where Ezra decides that Alice is spending too much time at her job and kills her boss, resulting in Alice being forced to leave and find a new job (cuz girl’s gotta pay her rent and feed her dog). Fortunately for her, the doughnut shop/cafe nearby is hiring…

It’s been a couple months of the same routine for Alice, wake up early, walk Dolly, eat breakfast on her way to work, and then proceed to have a usually mundane day before joining her Vigilante Alliance Team later that night. She loves it. Except for the one part of the day where the pink haired girl comes to abuse the free Wi-Fi and chat her ears off, Alice highly doubts the caffeine the girl gets every time she comes helps. But.. it’s also kind of cute in a way, Alice can’t help but be a little enamored by it. But naturally she refuses to let those feelings see the light of day, not only is she mostly annoyed by the girl, but her ever-looming “protective older brother” complicates the situation further. Ariel, on the other hand, has fallen head over heels. She’s been a regular to the cafe for a long while now and knows all the employees, she’d usually strike up a conversation with the other girl, Chelsea, but Alice is new, and she *deeply* intrigues Ariel, in more ways than one. Alice is one of the few people who is a complete mystery to Ariel, Connection doesn’t work on her, and Ariel is determined to figure out why. Ariel has been preparing to travel, she’s decided that in order to learn more about the different Factions she’s going to have to meet up with them herself, but it’s not time yet. Just a little more preparing…

Alice and Ariel has met as Vigilantes many times due to being in the same area, but they never interact long, as Picturesque is very skittish. One of the reasons Alice doesn’t let herself get attached to Ariel is because she knows Ariel runs a blog about Vigilantes, and she doesn’t know that Ariel herself is a Vigilante. As far as she’s aware, Ariel’s just a girl who gossips about Vigilantes as if it’s not life or death for them, and this doesn’t sit well with Alice. But Picturesque on the other hand? Alice can’t help but let herself get attached to the sparkly, camera wielding Vigilante. Picturesque jumps from rooftops and structures, finding spots to set up her camera, she’s fully defense based, able to use her camera case as a shield or weapon, and throw flash bombs to make a quick getaway. She’s incredibly nimble, and somehow is able to get out of tough situations, making her someone Alice is able to be more lenient with when it comes to getting attached, especially when Picturesque tends to look intimidated by Stardust and usually tries to avoid her if approached. Stardust, whenever out with her team, usually keeps an eye out for Picturesque, as she’s often set up somewhere close by. Stardust doesn’t know what it is Picturesque is doing with her camera, obviously she’s recording things, but for what purpose? Stardust thinks the small crystals floating near her has something to do with it, but can’t say for sure. If Stardust spots Picturesque and isn’t in the middle of something, she’ll usually float up to her to try and catch her off guard, and if she accomplishes this, she’ll usually get in a witty (sometimes flirty) inquiry before Picturesque jumps into action, she finds it fun and likes seeing how Picturesque reacts, often hoping for a surprised, flustered reaction. Picturesque, on the other hand… is kind of scared of Stardust, a powerful force radiates from her and Picturesque can’t tell if she’s the only one who senses it (because of her ability: Connection) or if the others just don’t care because she’s on their side. However, Picturesque is also deeply intrigued more than anything, she’s always been interested in how different Vigilante’s fight and what their origins are, and like Alice, Stardust has something about her that just feels like there’s a good story to be dug up. Picturesque used to set up her camera from afar and record how Stardust works with her team, but it wouldn’t be long before she would be noticed, and to make matters worse- Stardust was often the one to approach her. Seriously!? Stardust!? Picturesque can’t hold her own against Stardust! Have you seen those Black Hole’s? Even if Picturesque *might* be able to hold her own against Stardust, one tip towards Stardust being on the loosing side and Picturesque is screwed. Those were exactly her thoughts, so whenever Stardust would first approach her or catch her off guard, Picturesque would immediately send out a flash bomb, pack up her camera, and book it. However the more Stardust would approach her, the more she would learn that Stardust had literally no intentions of attacking her, not even to drive her away or tell her off, she simply wanted to approach her because… interest?… I mean.. Stardust *is* very pretty… but no! She couldn’t! She didn’t even know who Stardust was outside of her Vigilante form, and no amount of asking would get Stardust to share that type of information. And so they would just stay as Vigilante’s who would occasionally cross paths at night, while unknowingly interacting as normal people during the day, every day, for months.

Unfortunately, Alice can’t interact with someone *that* much without it catching the attention of Ezra. And so, Picturesque would have her first interaction with Rogue Eclipse. You know she was scared of Stardust, now imagine how terrified she would be when approached by Rogue Eclipse. Fortunately for her, she’s saved by Stardust who are both then found by The Darling Dove’s. They insist that Picturesque join their Team or at the very least join the Vigilante Alliance since it’s clearly dangerous for her to be a Loner after somehow gaining the attention of a Rogue who seemed very determined to kill her. But Picturesque refuses their offer, saying that she was planning to go out of town soon anyways, and that’s when Alice has a thought.. Ariel had been yapping about traveling soon for a while now.. but no, she cant say for certain, it could just be a simple coincidence.

The next day Ariel is approached by someone while walking to the cafe, he’s a blonde haired man with sunglasses, who appears to be blind. He introduces himself as Ezra Emerson, and strikes up a conversation with her, explaining how he’d come across her blog from a friend and was deeply intrigued by her interest in Vigilantes. They would both talk until she’d finally make her way to the cafe, but he would stop her before she could enter, and pull her to the side, giving her clear instructions after revealing who he was. He explains how he’s decided she’s more useful alive than dead, but doesn’t elaborate why, instead telling her that he wants her to walk into the cafe with him as if this conversation never happened, and knowing she doesn’t have much choice, she agrees. Ariel walking into the cafe with Ezra immediately catches Alice’s attention, and not only does it solidify her thoughts, but it also sends a message: She got too close, and Ariel almost died because of it.

End of Summary~