# Menagerie Phase 2 **URL:** https://forum.menagerie.team/c/fiction/menagerie-phase-2/21.md [Latest](https://forum.menagerie.team/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.menagerie.team/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.menagerie.team/tags.md) --- ## [About the Menagerie Phase 2 category](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/about-the-menagerie-phase-2-category/1025)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/about-the-menagerie-phase-2-category/1025 "2021-08-03T02:37:01Z")
New fiction in the Menagerie universe, following Marvel’s “Phase” system for the MCU. “Summer Time” and “Coffee With Colin” are in canon, and timed around the summer vacation after the seniors graduated Phase 2 is the … --- ## [Atlantean Architecture](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/atlantean-architecture/1221)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/atlantean-architecture/1221 "2023-07-08T22:10:48Z")
Background: The Atlanteans benefited from the baffling and enigmatic technology of the people called the Stone Builders - the same people who built the city in the Antarctic where Pyrrhus built his base T… --- ## [The Story So Far (Phase 2)](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-story-so-far-phase-2/1212)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2023, 9:27am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-story-so-far-phase-2/1212 "2023-05-29T09:27:10Z")
Menagerie Phase 2 continues the story told in the game, and in comics: https://forum.menagerie.team/tags/c/general/roll20/13/recap A teenage superhero team forms, and calls itself the Menagerie. The members are: Ja… --- ## [235 - Epilogue](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/235-epilogue/1161)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2023, 7:11am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/235-epilogue/1161 "2023-02-06T07:11:38Z")
Harry Gale calls a meeting of the Halcyon Heroes League. His announcement isn’t well received. “I’m changing how things are done on this team,” he says. “Kid, you’re good, but you’re not taking over the League–” Harry… --- ## [234 - The Fate of Two Worlds](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/234-the-fate-of-two-worlds/1160)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2023, 7:48am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/234-the-fate-of-two-worlds/1160 "2023-02-06T07:48:45Z")
For his plan to work, Adam needs some answers. So he asks the right people the right question. To Fuko and Mina, he asks, “do you know anything about the psychic wards around Atlantis? Is that kind of magi… --- ## [The Parent Trap](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-parent-trap/1158)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2022, 4:56am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-parent-trap/1158 "2022-11-09T04:56:28Z")
So I caught up to some stuff I wrote that feeds back to some M2 material. Offered simply as alt-reality fiction. Former Site of Chemical Weapons Lab 5469, Twenty Miles South of Kiev, Ukraine Fifteen years ago “Who is m… --- ## [233 - Love Is the Seventh Wave](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/233-love-is-the-seventh-wave/1151)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2023, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/233-love-is-the-seventh-wave/1151 "2023-02-06T13:12:58Z")
Hours after arriving in Site 5, the team receives reports that an EMP bomb did indeed go off at the Quill compound. Most of the front offices were affected, but the heavily shielded core systems, the hypert… --- ## [The Multiverse](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-multiverse/1149)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-multiverse/1149 "2022-10-03T15:50:25Z")
I uploaded my multiverse notes into Notion, which is where I’m doing my fiction planning nowadays. Here’s the list of parallel dimensions & alternate timelines I’m aware of, along with where they show up in our story, … --- ## [232 - Hidden Depths](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/232-hidden-depths/1147)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2023, 5:24am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/232-hidden-depths/1147 "2023-02-06T05:24:01Z")
The Emperor of Atlantis floats alone in the waters of his secret citadel, and thinks. Hand-picked soldiers attend him. Thoroughly vetted servants attend to his few needs. Trusted messengers relay information from outsid… --- ## [231 - Time and Tide](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/231-time-and-tide/1144)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 1:22am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/231-time-and-tide/1144 "2022-09-23T01:22:34Z")
Every time Fuko reported in, Leo and Trace would look at each other and sigh. None of it was good news. The Atlantean intelligence services had penetrated the governments of several coastal or island nations, as well as … --- ## [How to win a time war](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/how-to-win-a-time-war/1142)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/how-to-win-a-time-war/1142 "2022-09-04T04:20:47Z")
So what are the mechanics of time travel and the time war? Now that we’ve started getting into the “Magic Kingdom” story in earnest, I want to make sure I’m playing fair with my audience, by presenting the rules I’m foll… --- ## [230 - A New Hope](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/230-a-new-hope/1141)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/230-a-new-hope/1141 "2022-11-24T20:03:40Z")
Exiting the funicular chamber reveals a new part of the city entirely different from the previous one. While the lower chambers were relatively small, made of interconnected chambers, this one is a single colossal cave. … --- ## [What is a connectome?](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/what-is-a-connectome/1135)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 7:06am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/what-is-a-connectome/1135 "2022-12-03T07:06:07Z")
Here’s what Leo is up against https://thehighestofthemountains.com/images/bigmap400.jpg?fbclid=IwAR2yCtgdAMOSXSUU432iA3wUu4Qvk\_4qOhVOaW--iDhc\_OZJvEhT-ylebQo(image larger than 4 MB) --- ## [110 - A Worthy Opponent](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/110-a-worthy-opponent/1133)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2022, 7:01am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/110-a-worthy-opponent/1133 "2022-08-24T07:01:00Z")
Intelligence analyst Lee Yan sat calmly in the chair. Beside her were three people. Another woman, a captured acolyte of the young Achilles Chin. A man, Lee’s senior officer in the service. And a Chinese telepath - one o… --- ## [229 - The Hidden Fortress](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/229-the-hidden-fortress/1131)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2022, 9:10am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/229-the-hidden-fortress/1131 "2022-09-03T09:10:05Z")
What saves Jason and Alycia is their relationship. Both of them concluded the same thing. If Pyrrhus is based on their minds, he’ll know how they act. He’ll predict them to act as themselves. So, having be… --- ## [Phase Two Endgame - POLL/FEEDBACK!](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/phase-two-endgame-poll-feedback/1125)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/phase-two-endgame-poll-feedback/1125 "2022-11-25T20:23:51Z")
So here it is. We’ve got three big events that will be winding together: Doctor Infinity and the time war The Invisible Invasion from Atlantis Pyrrhus’s Master Plan Everyone will be involved. I know where things will … --- ## [228 - Boy Meets Girl](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/228-boy-meets-girl/1121)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/228-boy-meets-girl/1121 "2022-07-07T23:07:27Z")
Jason drops through the maintenance hatch into the tunnel system. He’s hungry and thirsty. He’s also scared, but not out of his wits - not yet. He dare not show that, though. He starts jogging down the railway tunnel, o… --- ## [227 - The Magic Kingdom](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/227-the-magic-kingdom/1120)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2023, 4:16am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/227-the-magic-kingdom/1120 "2023-02-06T04:16:41Z")
Jordan isn’t sure what to make of the statue coming to life. She is worried that Summer just collapsed to the ground. So she goes to fret over that. The voice behind her, coming from the statue, sounds a bit like Summer… --- ## [About Hypergenius](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/about-hypergenius/1119)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/about-hypergenius/1119 "2022-06-28T17:56:18Z")
So that’s not my view, and it’s not how I’ve been writing these characters. But there is definitely differences between them. I’m writing this post about how that works. In my view, hypergenius is entirely dependent o… --- ## [226 - Yours, Mine, and Hours](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/226-yours-mine-and-hours/1115)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/226-yours-mine-and-hours/1115 "2023-02-06T01:14:03Z")
Alycia expediently solves the problem of getting out of Cairo by just stealing a plane. It’s a small luxury jet, rented to the rich but not wealthy of Egypt who can’t yet afford their own but want to arrive… --- ## [225 - TALOS](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/225-talos/1114)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/225-talos/1114 "2022-06-25T17:19:14Z")
Jenny Byrne wakes up to find herself on the floor. The back of her neck is still pounding from where Jason struck her. Growling, she fumbles with a hand for the table, uses it to lever herself unsteadily to her feet, and… --- ## [Prime Shards of the Concordance](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/prime-shards-of-the-concordance/1113)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 3:23am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/prime-shards-of-the-concordance/1113 "2022-12-04T03:23:45Z")
The Concordance theoretically recognizes several Virtues: Honesty, Compassion, Valor, Honor, Justice, and Sacrifice. To assist Agents in performing their duties, they are equipped with “Shards”. These are artificial con… --- ## [224 - Ohmageddon](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/224-ohmageddon/1112)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/224-ohmageddon/1112 "2023-02-05T21:50:16Z")
Charlotte Palmer is waiting when Adam arrives. “Thank you for coming, Adam,” says the young/old Magus, and gestures at the iron-pitted factory before the two of them. “I hoped you could shed light on this.” To mortal e… --- ## [223 - Kiss of the Spider Woman](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/223-kiss-of-the-spider-woman/1111)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 5:10am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/223-kiss-of-the-spider-woman/1111 "2023-02-03T05:10:26Z")
It was a lot of effort, but Sablestar is pleased with the result. A duel! The destruction of an entire Schema! The release of a Moon Eater! All for the low low price of investing a little girl with a well-prepared Shard,… --- ## [109 - ANTIBODY](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/109-antibody/1110)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2022, 5:53am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/109-antibody/1110 "2022-06-25T05:53:34Z")
Colonel Kovačević walked through the halls of power with a thick file under one arm, and his cap in his hand. Rows of soldiers saluted crisply as he passed. The final soldier opened the office door for him, and he steppe… --- ## [222 - The Golden Fleece](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/222-the-golden-fleece/1108)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2022, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/222-the-golden-fleece/1108 "2022-06-25T06:35:18Z")
The Dragonfly sets down outside the city of Cairo itself. The dig site that was here a decade ago was collapsed by dynamite set off by Jason’s father, and whatever was down there hasn’t been brought to ligh… --- ## [221 - Theogony](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/221-theogony/1100)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/221-theogony/1100 "2022-04-23T18:14:09Z")
Charlotte has kept close tabs on Ghostheart, both personally and magically and with Summer’s invaluable assistance thanks to her drones. The enigmatic occultist has been minding their business quite thoroughly. Still, th… --- ## [220 - The Rainbow Connection](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/220-the-rainbow-connection/1099)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2022, 8:39am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/220-the-rainbow-connection/1099 "2022-05-19T08:39:26Z")
The bubble of locally stable reality darts through a shifting geometric landscape of color - the emotional loom of the universe. Earth falls away behind them immediately, then the Sun, then the Solar System as a whole. T… --- ## [219 - Pirates vs. Ninja](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/219-pirates-vs-ninja/1097)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2022, 6:44am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/219-pirates-vs-ninja/1097 "2022-03-29T06:44:30Z")
The rustle of foliage could be the night wind, but it’s not. The Blood ninja team has been trained for missions just like this. Some are veterans of past operations. Others are newbies, on their first assignment. But no… --- ## [108 - The Pyre](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/108-the-pyre/1095)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2022, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/108-the-pyre/1095 "2022-03-18T03:55:04Z")
The nanobots had one overriding directive: keep this mind integrated. There were various sub-goals (“create ballistic barriers”), lower-priority additions (“excise positive memories of Alycia Chin”), and other experimen… [Next page](https://forum.menagerie.team/c/fiction/menagerie-phase-2/21.md?page=1)