# Menagerie Phase 2 **URL:** https://forum.menagerie.team/c/fiction/menagerie-phase-2/21.md?page=1 [Latest](https://forum.menagerie.team/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.menagerie.team/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.menagerie.team/tags.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [The Atlantean Strategic Situation](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-atlantean-strategic-situation/1094)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-atlantean-strategic-situation/1094 "2022-03-04T21:08:12Z")
Atlantis initiated an invasion of the surface in the early 2000s. Someone in several national governments have known about them since at least the 1920s. So why haven’t the surface nations acted? Why might they be reluct… --- ## [218 - Arachnophobia](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/218-arachnophobia/1092)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2022, 2:07am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/218-arachnophobia/1092 "2022-03-18T02:07:31Z")
Cairo is how Alycia remembers it. Twenty million people sit at this hub of the Arabic world, at the doorway between past and future. It inherited the crown of power from Alexandria during Egypt’s conquest i… --- ## [217 - Ghost Fishing](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/217-ghost-fishing/1090)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/217-ghost-fishing/1090 "2022-03-03T23:47:50Z")
Daphne Palin sits me down at the coffee shop. She takes a seat opposite me. I’m still not used to being on this side of the serving counter, and I keep wanting to make some small comment to the staff, to let them know I’… --- ## [216 - The Perils of Peri](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/216-the-perils-of-peri/1089)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/216-the-perils-of-peri/1089 "2022-02-24T22:38:09Z")
Adam Amari has decided he hates getting attention. First, he’s the little kid, so cute, look at you, aww. Then he grows up in his Agent form, and the Ponies (and many other people) get really weird around him. Then he s… --- ## [Phase 2 characters in Atomic Robo](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/phase-2-characters-in-atomic-robo/1087)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 12:23pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/phase-2-characters-in-atomic-robo/1087 "2022-02-09T12:23:00Z")
While Masks is meant for teenage superheroes, we’ve moved a little beyond that. But now our protagonists are exploring undersea empires, hunting down elusive mad scientists, visiting the afterlife, and more! Sounds prett… --- ## [Atlantean Geography](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/atlantean-geography/1086)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/atlantean-geography/1086 "2022-08-25T21:23:07Z")
So what’s it actually like in the Empire? I’ve talked about the layout here and there, but this post will pull it all together. “Atlantis” is the English/human term for the undersea empire, whose native name hasn’t been… --- ## [215 - Invisible Invasion](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/215-invisible-invasion/1082)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 12:47am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/215-invisible-invasion/1082 "2022-03-04T00:47:38Z")
This is the second time Trace has had to pass as an Atlantean captive. The first time, he had his father coaching him, and he was terrified. Now, he feels like a veteran. The Atlantean security checkpoint … --- ## [214 - Love is the Drug](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/214-love-is-the-drug/1081)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 1:28am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/214-love-is-the-drug/1081 "2022-03-04T01:28:01Z")
Alycia Chin has been hard at work. She and SNOWMAN booked a pair of hotel rooms in Khartoum. Agent 1337 is working out of some kind of van, which they drive around the neighborhood to pirate good wi-fi. Nobody knows wher… --- ## [213 - Death and Coffee](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/213-death-and-coffee/1080)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 8:53am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/213-death-and-coffee/1080 "2022-01-22T08:53:46Z")
Charlotte Palmer enters Has Beans, not as the Magus, but as an ordinary girl. She smiles at the people behind the counter, bides her time in line, and places her order. As JC rings her up on the register, Charlotte adds … --- ## [The Hidden Family of the Throne](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-hidden-family-of-the-throne/1079)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-hidden-family-of-the-throne/1079 "2022-01-18T19:48:15Z")
Here’s what I have from the game itself about the Hidden Family of the Vyortovian Throne. Please fact-check me if anyone knows better. The Hidden Family is a secret society They have been active as an organization for … --- ## [212 - In Specter General](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/212-in-specter-general/1074)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2022, 3:10am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/212-in-specter-general/1074 "2022-02-11T03:10:20Z")
Daphne Palin is beautiful the way Wyoming is beautiful. A weathered face, with eyes that can pierce through armor and see into you. Like Wyoming, she’s calm and unassuming, but doesn’t really have room for nonsense. She’… --- ## [211 - Thicker Than Water](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/211-thicker-than-water/1071)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 9:56am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/211-thicker-than-water/1071 "2022-02-07T09:56:41Z")
“Mr. Snow?” The voice isn’t familiar, but he remembers it anyway. He opens the Extension’s front door and is surprised to see Ninjess without her usual ninja garb. The face mask definitely covered up the fact that she’… --- ## [210 - Balance](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/210-balance/1066)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2022, 1:13am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/210-balance/1066 "2022-02-02T01:13:42Z")
Captain Burger is playing host to four superheroes today. Harry Gale, William Eddison, and Andi Fairchild are busy eating burgers, all staring each other down. TK is in the background, glumly picking at the one salad bow… --- ## [209 - Human Resources](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/209-human-resources/1065)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2022, 2:14am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/209-human-resources/1065 "2022-02-01T02:14:45Z")
“You know, an operator like Achilles Chin could probably infiltrate AEGIS.” Alex Gemini Shelby looks up from their computer and peers at Emma Agney, aka “Hot Mess”. The two are hanging out in Hermosillo, conveniently ne… --- ## [107 - Grave Matters](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/107-grave-matters/1060)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/107-grave-matters/1060 "2021-10-04T19:29:26Z")
The first breath upon returning from the grave was always the hardest. Max Gallian filled their lungs with air, the freshest they’d had in days, in a single desperate intake. Fingers clasped fruitlessly against the cold … --- ## [208 - Fresh-Menagerie](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/208-fresh-menagerie/1059)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2022, 9:20am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/208-fresh-menagerie/1059 "2022-01-31T09:20:03Z")
The line of rings, forming a tunnel, snakes from the interior of Halcyon City to the coast. From there, the rings cross the Atlantic Ocean, running dozens of miles to the itinerant island now called Vyortovia. The rings … --- ## [207 - Frozen in Time](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/207-frozen-in-time/1049)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2021, 9:26am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/207-frozen-in-time/1049 "2021-08-31T09:26:01Z")
In one sense, life hasn’t changed for Charlotte Palmer. Oh, certainly the trappings of her existence are very different. Once a mortal girl, then a ghost, a superhero, a general, and now a Magus. She’s had to acclimate … --- ## [106 - Galaxy Brain](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/106-galaxy-brain/1048)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/106-galaxy-brain/1048 "2021-08-23T20:49:17Z")
“How is Rosa Rook still running her big corporation?” It’s a question that some junior AEGIS agents asked themselves, or their superiors. The answer was always the same: “we’re working on getting her, but we need someth… --- ## [105 - HHL is Other People](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/105-hhl-is-other-people/1047)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/105-hhl-is-other-people/1047 "2021-08-23T19:37:46Z")
There had been an alien invasion. This in itself wasn’t too unusual. This sort of thing just happened, the way there’s always a war somewhere on Earth, between human beings. This time, however, it had come at a particu… --- ## [206 - YOLOdex](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/206-yolodex/1046)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2022, 3:31am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/206-yolodex/1046 "2022-01-31T03:31:15Z")
The original “Quill Qids” program received a lot of flack, from the usual corners. It was a takeover of the superhero community by the unaccountable and elitist Quill Foundation, from the ever so transparent and trustwor… --- ## [205 - Pure Quill](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/205-pure-quill/1045)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2022, 1:55am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/205-pure-quill/1045 "2022-01-31T01:55:13Z")
“No more AIs” has been a hard rule for Jason Quill to implement. On the one hand, he’s finally shut down all the assorted machine intelligences he had running in this house. Simulacra of people he loved, or wanted love … --- ## [Phase Two Concept Art](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/phase-two-concept-art/1044)
**Author:** [@insomn14](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/insomn14)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/phase-two-concept-art/1044 "2022-12-03T18:01:51Z")
You knew this was going to happen. Figured I would make an attempt at organizing this thread this time. We’ll see how long that lasts. 1337 / Alex Shelby: initial concept art The Blot: initial concept art SNOWMAN / Jo… --- ## [204 - Princess in Training](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/204-princess-in-training/1043)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2021, 12:49am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/204-princess-in-training/1043 "2021-08-23T00:49:29Z")
“Adam! Adam! I had the dream again!” Adam smiles, and sets down his phone. Jordan always takes priority over email. “The princess dream?” “Yeah! Yeah! And it was… uh… it was…” Jordan searches for words. The dinosaur p… --- ## [104 - World of Swords](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/104-world-of-swords/1042)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2021, 11:44pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/104-world-of-swords/1042 "2021-08-15T23:44:25Z")
The planet was a burned-out cinder, a rock ball trapped in a gravitational web spun by a dozen suns. Night came once a year, but a “year” was a very long time indeed. The surface wasn’t quite lava during the day, but the… --- ## [203 - Sins of the Son](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/203-sins-of-the-son/1041)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/203-sins-of-the-son/1041 "2021-08-19T21:08:39Z")
“SNOWMAN is active.” The word spread through the Newman social fabric instantly. Summer told Aria, who told Leo and Otto. Otto, in turn, told Big Bill and Mo. Of all the products of Leo’s inventive mind, only the Phoeni… --- ## [202 - A Cold Trail](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/202-a-cold-trail/1039)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/202-a-cold-trail/1039 "2021-08-16T18:51:27Z")
Continued from here It’s remarkable how much intel there is on public websites. For example, when Alycia had split up from the group to “look for more enemy soldiers”, she was already pulling up the marine vessel trac… --- ## [103 - Tribunal, 1.3](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/103-tribunal-1-3/1035)
**Author:** [@insomn14](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/insomn14)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/103-tribunal-1-3/1035 "2021-08-01T18:33:56Z")
A continuation of the Tribunal storyline. Kind of broad-strokes-ing it because it’s been three years since I wrote that and so I might have screwed up some details, but wanted to conclude this so Concord had some change… --- ## [201 - First Mission, Mission First](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/201-first-mission-mission-first/1034)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/201-first-mission-mission-first/1034 "2021-08-02T23:41:52Z")
Alycia Chin sits in an office at AEGIS HQ. Agent Parker is across the table from her. Parker does not look pleased. That much is normal, but Parker’s displeasure comes in a variety of flavors, and Alycia is learning thei… --- ## [102 - Otto's Garage](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/102-ottos-garage/1030)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/102-ottos-garage/1030 "2021-08-02T23:34:20Z")
The boss was retired. He wasn’t really “the boss” any more, then, was he? Otto didn’t know how he felt about that. He wasn’t sure about what he was going to say, either. He just knew that he had to talk to Leo. Summer … --- ## [101 - An Icy Reception](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/101-an-icy-reception/1029)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/101-an-icy-reception/1029 "2021-08-02T21:35:11Z")
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