# Menagerie Phase 3 **URL:** https://forum.menagerie.team/c/fiction/menagerie-phase-3/24.md [Latest](https://forum.menagerie.team/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.menagerie.team/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.menagerie.team/tags.md) --- ## [PHASE 3 PULL LIST](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/phase-3-pull-list/1188)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 5:36am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/phase-3-pull-list/1188 "2025-05-22T05:36:54Z")
What stories am I expecting to get done this month? I’ll be updating this thread each month, and include links to the individual stories. Pre-Reading Marvelous Menagerie: New Tomorrow, A Hard Look at the Mirror Menager… --- ## [About the Menagerie Phase 3 category](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/about-the-menagerie-phase-3-category/1163)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/about-the-menagerie-phase-3-category/1163 "2022-12-20T16:22:42Z")
New fiction in the Menagerie universe, following Marvel’s “Phase” system for the MCU. Phase 3 is one year after the Invisible Invasion Like the MCU’s Phase 3, the goals are to go bigger, harder, and more impressive I w… --- ## [Christmas with the Menagerie](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/christmas-with-the-menagerie/1351)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/christmas-with-the-menagerie/1351 "2025-12-25T20:54:28Z")
How do the members of the Menagerie spend their time these days? Harry Gale has been inducted into a secret family tradition. “Usually in our business, we want to be seen, but not always, and especially not tonight,” … --- ## [Phase 3 Vignettes](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/phase-3-vignettes/1336)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2025, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/phase-3-vignettes/1336 "2025-12-09T23:04:04Z")
These are all canonical, like side scenes that would be cut for time in a regular work. The timing on all of these is intentionally nebulous. The MIA team, clad warmly except for the android John Black and the pyrokin… --- ## [426 - The Battle of Safe Harbor](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/426-the-battle-of-safe-harbor/1314)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 4:37am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/426-the-battle-of-safe-harbor/1314 "2025-07-03T04:37:28Z")
Safe Harbor’s fusion power plant catastrophically fails, early one morning. Alarms wake everyone up. Otto, Mo, and Bill are out of their beds immediately. Leo and Aria, who’ve been awake for awhile owing… --- ## [Phase 3 Incorrect Quotes](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/phase-3-incorrect-quotes/1270)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2025, 4:32am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/phase-3-incorrect-quotes/1270 "2025-06-19T04:32:06Z")
Nono: do you ship Alex and John? Emma: there’s no sexual tension there. In fact there’s noticeable sexual slack Nono: how about Jason and Alycia? Emma: well they have chemistry. He’s basic and she’s acidic --- ## [425 - War in Heaven](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/425-war-in-heaven/1313)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2025, 8:29am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/425-war-in-heaven/1313 "2025-06-08T08:29:22Z")
Haam, as it turns out, is the God of Pirates. Charlotte feels like she has heard of him before, but can’t say from where. This iteration of Charlotte has forgotten much of the events of the Phase 3 story, because they… --- ## [424 - The Fall of Halcyon City](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/424-the-fall-of-halcyon-city/1311)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 4:31am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/424-the-fall-of-halcyon-city/1311 "2025-05-22T04:31:59Z")
For the superhero community of Halcyon City, it’s a war zone. Tyran Enterprises worked hard to make itself the only power in the city. Now that their premier superhero team has been exposed as a set of cloned shells run… --- ## [Future Musings: "The Betweens"](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/future-musings-the-betweens/1320)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2025, 4:19am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/future-musings-the-betweens/1320 "2025-05-18T04:19:21Z")
This isn’t gonna get written, I just want to get this out of my head. I’ve thought about the legacies of the existing characters and what those would look like, and here’s my pitch for them in the form of a team called “… --- ## [The Phase 3 Process](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-phase-3-process/1316)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-phase-3-process/1316 "2025-04-29T23:31:07Z")
So this isn’t about the “book” structure I chose, I’ve talked about that elsewhere. This is more about answering “how do I write a particular story, and keep the characters front and center in that story?” It’s also abou… --- ## [423 - Jailbreak!](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/423-jailbreak/1306)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2025, 8:25am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/423-jailbreak/1306 "2025-04-24T08:25:17Z")
The world’s smallest covert ops agency is hitting its stride. Costigan and Parker have offered some kind of quasi-legal access to satellites, but Charade is adamant. “Knowing which birds we use will tell people where we… --- ## [422 - The Trials of Adam Amari](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/422-the-trials-of-adam-amari/1305)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2025, 9:55am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/422-the-trials-of-adam-amari/1305 "2025-04-13T09:55:15Z")
Adam doesn’t have much trouble finding his way back to the Dark Drifters’ home in the Pleiades. He doesn’t have much trouble finding Quinnar Gentry, their leader. “Hey Quinn,” he calls with a friendly wave… --- ## [421 - Quill and Ink](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/421-quill-and-ink/1285)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2024, 3:35am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/421-quill-and-ink/1285 "2024-12-22T03:35:42Z")
Charlotte Palmer has vanished in a strike of yellow lightning from the Eigendrake. Aboard the ghost ship crewed by the Buccaneers of the Beyond, the lookout shouts down the news from the crow’s nest. Others in the crew… --- ## [418 - The Golden Dragon](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/418-the-golden-dragon/1261)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2024, 7:11am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/418-the-golden-dragon/1261 "2024-12-07T07:11:02Z")
The team is sitting around a campfire, burning at the center of the hangar of Pyrrhus’ old base in the Antarctic. Somewhere far below them is the city of the Stone Builders and all of its unguessed mysterie… --- ## [420 - Revenge of the Seven Wonders](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/420-revenge-of-the-seven-wonders/1275)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2024, 11:13pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/420-revenge-of-the-seven-wonders/1275 "2024-08-27T23:13:46Z")
The biggest news item of the day, by far, is the destruction of the HHL’s tower. Harry Gale taking over the Quill Compound is, by comparison, a single paragraph on page six. The Seven Wonders announced their intention w… --- ## [419 - Challenge of the Cybergod](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/419-challenge-of-the-cybergod/1268)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 4:17am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/419-challenge-of-the-cybergod/1268 "2024-08-07T04:17:47Z")
The power plant is a new installation, built well away from Safe Haven’s existing mega-spheres at the bottom of the ocean. The Newmen haven’t even run cable between the two sites yet. If anything goes wrong… --- ## [Grading Phase 3](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/grading-phase-3/1254)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2024, 11:25am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/grading-phase-3/1254 "2024-07-31T11:25:52Z")
I’m at the halfway point for the Phase 3 stories, so I’m taking this time to look back and see how I think I’ve done so far. I’m giving each story (including the prelude/setup stories) a grade on this scale, with the und… --- ## [413 - City of Clones](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/413-city-of-clones/1245)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/413-city-of-clones/1245 "2024-07-13T13:26:55Z")
I’m coming out of hiding I’m dreamin’ on, dreamin’ on Whatever lies you’re hidin’ Keep movin’ on, keep moving on The team, minus John Black, are assembled at MIA headquarters. John is back at his moun… --- ## [417 - Planet of Dread](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/417-planet-of-dread/1260)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/417-planet-of-dread/1260 "2024-06-23T17:59:32Z")
The Love Bug is back on Earth. In spite of finding the people he sought, confronting them with his feelings, and wielding Excalibur in a successful defense against their counter-attack, Adam feels like a f… --- ## [416 - Buccaneers of the Beyond](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/416-buccaneers-of-the-beyond/1259)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2024, 10:58am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/416-buccaneers-of-the-beyond/1259 "2024-05-25T10:58:35Z")
Charlotte Palmer and her Half & Half regulars don’t include any technologists. Leah Snow’s absence is felt keenly, but even without her, the larger task force numbers several inventive wizards. And Charlott… --- ## [ASIST Annual - The Beach Episode (between 415-416)](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/asist-annual-the-beach-episode-between-415-416/1256)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 5:51am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/asist-annual-the-beach-episode-between-415-416/1256 "2024-04-15T05:51:00Z")
This follows 415 - Star-Crossed! and will lead into other stories. It’s canonical, just told in a different format. For example, I’ll be including comic-style footnotes to the reader, letting them know where plot points… --- ## [415 - Star-Crossed!](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/415-star-crossed/1250)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2024, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/415-star-crossed/1250 "2024-03-17T10:32:36Z")
The population of Safe Harbor is all refugees from dozens of cultures. Some are Atlanteans, others are humans from Atlantean captivity, and still more are people the Newmen have rescued. This complicates e… --- ## [414 - "The Sentence is Death!"](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/414-the-sentence-is-death/1247)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2024, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/414-the-sentence-is-death/1247 "2024-03-16T11:24:30Z")
Harry Gale didn’t understand cars until recently. Sure, he’s licensed to drive, but that’s for practical reasons. You never know when a runaway bus, construction vehicle, tractor-trailer rig, and so on will go out of con… --- ## [Phase 3 Concept Art](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/phase-3-concept-art/1194)
**Author:** [@insomn14](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/insomn14)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2024, 1:33am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/phase-3-concept-art/1194 "2024-02-23T01:33:09Z")
Since we’re getting started on Phase 3, I figured it was worthwhile to get a thread together with some of the art I’ve been putting together behind the scenes. Posts Megaverse Medley Menagerie at Midnight Duo The Gras… --- ## [Could they wield it…?](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/could-they-wield-it/1241)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/could-they-wield-it/1241 "2024-01-31T18:26:15Z")
There’s quite a few external power sources in the game. If someone was presented with the opportunity to use one they aren’t using now, how would it work out? A fun goofy thread while I let some fiction percolate. --- ## [411 - Curse of the Draugr](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/411-curse-of-the-draugr/1239)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2024, 5:59am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/411-curse-of-the-draugr/1239 "2024-01-31T05:59:58Z")
Charlotte stands in the presence of crown prince Gunnhvatr Azurblárson, formerly the mystery hero Resister. The two have been granted privacy, although guards are only a shout away. “To think the Hidden Fa… --- ## [412 - Pursuit Through the Pleiades](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/412-pursuit-through-the-pleiades/1240)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2024, 1:50am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/412-pursuit-through-the-pleiades/1240 "2024-01-27T01:50:56Z")
During those times when he’s dream-projected back home, Adam asks his father for more advice. “How do I find out where the bad guys are?” Nassir thinks about that. “The police would usually have records a… --- ## [Never Have I Ever](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/never-have-i-ever/1242)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/never-have-i-ever/1242 "2024-01-05T22:05:32Z")
This is a non-canonical scene, just having fun with the various teams of Phase Three playing a drinking game. It takes into account events up to post 410. The event had to be scheduled very carefully, what with everyo… --- ## [410 - The Fires of Conflict](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/410-the-fires-of-conflict/1232)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2023, 5:12am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/410-the-fires-of-conflict/1232 "2023-11-05T05:12:10Z")
The alarm rings throughout Safe Harbor. Summer, unusually for her, is already present. There’s a boy she’s moping about - but has yet to talk to - and she hasn’t worked up the nerve to talk to anyone about it. She runs… --- ## [409 - The Soul of the Hero](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/409-the-soul-of-the-hero/1223)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/409-the-soul-of-the-hero/1223 "2023-10-30T14:02:45Z")
Harry is at one of the many city parks, sitting at a table, looking at a chess board. Across from him is a man about his own age, wearing thick black sunglasses. A white collapsible cane is propped up against the table … [Next page](https://forum.menagerie.team/c/fiction/menagerie-phase-3/24.md?page=1)