HISTORY

Ironic (formerly known as Razor X, real name Rex Razor) originated on Earth in an alternate dimension. In the year 2005, he was acting as a wildlife photographer for National Geographic, and was present in Cuba during an accidental explosion which caused a shockwave around the world and began mutating humans and giving many some form of powers. This was the first time in that reality that super powers had ever existed outside comic books. Razor mutated and gained the ability of magnetic control. The mutations also caused illness, which was treatable only by massive doses of a secret formula every several days. For over a year, Razor was part of a team called "Freedom Force," whose duty was to track down and apprehend unlicensed mutants. On one assignment, however, Razor X and two of his teammates were accidentally pulled through a time vortex (see 9/2/01 game report) to AlertForce's reality. Unable to return home, Razor joined AlertForce and lived for several months at the Los Angeles mansion.

When Iron Knight formed an "East Coast" branch of AlertForce, based at the team's old HQ in Mid-City, he assigned Waterlord to lead the team and also assigned RazorX to be part of the new branch. RazorX resided at AlertForce HQ in mid city for two years, before that group disbanded.

After that, he continued acting as a superhero. However, after another year or so, he dropped out of the public eye.

During 2004-2013, [CLASSIFIED - GM EYES ONLY]

In 2013, returning to society as a changed man, Razor X began his public life as a hero, reborn as... IRONIC.

7/12/13: ON THE TRAIL

I think I've found him!

It's taken me weeks of tracking, and I had to get Doctor Marshall to help me with some research into Trapper Jack's past, but I'm certain I've now found his "lair" and I'm set to win this little game of tag he's playing with me. He's robbed quite a number of homes, but thankfully no one has yet been hurt.

He's trying to recapture the love of his parents that he never had, by reconstructing his childhood home. I pieced that together with Dr. Marshall's help. He actually hired an architect to redesign this building I've found to look exactly like the one where he grew up. I got this clue by looking at some old Arkham security photos of his room there, which he likewise changed to look exactly like his room from his home as a boy. His parents apparently shunned him, and he's spent the rest of his life searching for the love and attention he never got from them.

Marshall also says his powers of speed are actually a result of the most advanced case of ADHD he's ever seen. So his powers are an affliction... just like mine. One more Ironic twist to my life, and it's par for the course, I suppose.

So here I sit, in TrapperJack's lair, waiting for him to return from his latest robbery. It might be mere seconds from now, or it could take a bit longer. I'd better call AlertForce to let them know where I am... or the police... or someone. .. I have no idea whether I can defeat him when he returns.

6/25/13: BACK INTO THE LIGHT

What an ordeal that was. I never thought I would get out of the hospital this time, but the Doctor tells me we've got my meds balanced again and I'm fit to see the light of day. He's given me a 2 week supply of meds now to carry around. And I now know that exherting my powers for hours on end can lead to a system reaction that will put me on my back and immobile (frozen) for quite a while. Note to self: short bursts, stupid!

Now that I'm back on my feet, I'm immediately confronted with a mystery. Someone put flowers in my hospital room the night before I left and no one knows who it was. Better yet, they stole my medical chart, and that is bad. Very bad. The note said it was from a friend.

...

I went to my apartment and my mystery thief was here too. Nothing was taken, but my chart was on the coffee table with another note, saying my "friend" didn't know I wsa so sick -- he just thought I was crazy! That's hitting a bit close to home. I called the cops to get a fingerprint, but they got nothing. Green Lantern showed up and we talked for a bit, but he had little advice to give.

...

I'm at the bach now, and the air smells good. I've forgotten how much I liked the ocean. I miss swimming in it. I decided to get my mind off this person who stole my chart, but the moment I did, it came to me. I remember that little guy back at the hospital -- Jack Smyth. They called him Trapper Jack and he was so fast they had to knock him out with drugs just to keep him in one place. He always tried to play tag, steal things, be my friend when I really didn't want any friends. I never really got to know the guy, but he's the only one I can think of who might take an interest in me like this. They said he was a world class thief.

...

I tried the library to find out more about Trapper Jack and got nothing. Their computers couldn't take me. Then I asked a reporter, and he got me on the phone with another reporter from New York who told me Trapper Jack has superspeed and some kind of snare power. And he's at large, too. Escaped from the hospital the same time the Joker did. I confirmed it with that Mortimer guy at Alertforce.

So I've got a supervillain stalker, eh. I guess I'll have to figure out a way to get this guy back on his meds.

5/9/13: DID I DO SOMETHING WRONG OFFICER-SAN?

So the Wolf and I are still standing there in the school at his reservation, cleaning up after our battle and pulling desks out of lockers, when his phone rings. He says it is Bane and she wants us to go back to Sweden to look for more robots. "Fine," I say, and before I know it there she is above us in a flying car.

Well the chinese fire drill would have been funny in any event, but I suppose someone down below would have found it downright hilarious to see a woman in a leather catsuit, a wolf and a man made of metal crawling in and out of a car going about 400 miles an hour about 500 feet in the air. First they put me in the passenger seat and the car was listing to the side so badly it almost flipped. Then they put me in the little rumble seat behind, and the car almost fell out of the sky. Then they put me in the trunk, then the roof, then hanging off the rear axle. Finally, I just hung onto the roof and kind of held onto the front, and we made it back to LA. We went there first because (a)I needed more medication if we were going out of the country, and (b)I told them I could fly myself to Sweden, but I would probably black out from my condition if I had to stay aloft over an entire ocean. Bane chartered a plane instead.

We got on the plane, and after explaining to the pilots exactly how much I weigh, and how their compass and other instruments might go haywire with me on the plane, they took off anyway. Brave guys. I zoned out for a while, and when I realized what was happening we were on the tarmac in Tokyo. Bane and the Wolf seemed surprised by this, and Loup jumped out and started prowling all over the place like something was wrong. I was reading the in-flight magazine. They way I figure it, when something really goes wrong, I find out about it pretty quickly.

Well at this point things started happening pretty quick anyway. They started talking about coffee grounds and drugs and why we didn't go to New York. Loup startet getting angry about something and Bane was trying to reason with the pilot and co-pilot, who were suddenly looking very guilty. I pieced together that Loup thought these guys were drug smugglers or something, and I asked what proof we had of that before we started busting people up. No one had a good response.

Then the police showed up.

Then I was in the back of a squad car.

Then I was in a little green room with a bright light, and they took my medications away from me.

How I managed to stay calm and not do something everyone would regret later (or not, as the case may be) I will never know. I think I was in there a couple hours before they gave me back my meds and let me go. Not pleasant, but I did find a happy place and hide there so nothing bad happened.

I don't know what happened to the pilots. Bane got another plane and soon we were in Sweden and they were dragging me up some mountain to "coordinates" where Bane said somebody would be waiting for us. Triangle, or Triumph, or someone. I think it is a robot.

Anyway, we are at the door right now, so I can't write any more. Loup says he smells construction inside. I hope that is good news.

5/8/13: TOTEMS AND TALISMANS

Well, I fought my first supervillain today, and I have a lot to learn about this superhero gig. I ended up embarrassed, in pain, and barely in control. The Wolf saved my metal skin.

We are still here in Wyoming or Montana, at Loup's reservation. Now we are trying to find either the spirit of some dead shaman or the woman who is helping him. After she lobbed a fireball at Loup yesterday, I'm not so sure I want to find her. But something strange is going on in this town and no one else seems to be trying to stop it.

Loup said he was going for a steam in some magic steambox to talk to his ancestors. If he wanted to ditch me to take a nap he just should have said so. Anyway, while he is off sawing logs I'm going back to the high school to try to see if any of the kids know what is going on. Loup says there is some cult at work around here, and people being brainwashed. Most cults go for the young.

--second entry 5/8/13:

John One Tree just told me his girlfriend was bugging him to go to some special meeting at the school. Loup wants to go to the Casino to chase shadows from a dream, but I convince him to start with an actual clue instead of a heat-stroke-induced hallucination. We find Joanie Two-Trees' house, and arrive just as she and her parents are leaving for this special meeting at the high school. We tag along.

--third entry 5/8/13:

Well, its all over here, and I think we saved the day, no thanks to me. When we showed at the high school, some guards at the doors would not let us into this "meeting." I walked by them but Loup had to fight them. We eventually got in. The meeting as it turns out is in Mr. Ravenhead's room (our missing teacher). So we stroll on up there with the other students, their parents, and anyone else within earshot of this place. They are all acting strange.

When I walk up to the door, the teacher inside the room who was talking to everyone looks at me and points to the others. They all start running for me! Man, it looked like the whole Sioux nation was coming at me, and believe me they were open for business, baby! I started running. I don't think they could have hurt me, but they sure could have broken their hands and feet trying to punch and kick me. I figured getting them out of the way would give Loup a chance to go after the leader.

I took everyone to the Gymnasium. Actually, I ran there with the mob following me. Cleverly (if I say so myself) I went in and ran around until the whole crowd was in the gym with me, then I bolted out the door and magnetically crucned the doors so they would not open. I know, it was a fire safety hazard, but a superhero's gotta do what a superhero's gotta do. I went back later and fixed the doors, so shut up.

Anyway, when I finally got back up to the battle, the teacher and the woman from last night were beating Loup up pretty bad. I jumped in and started after the leader, but he was able to turn me around and get me attacking Loup. I don't know how he did it, but although it was bat to attack my friend, the sensation of control when I was overcome was incredible. All the pain washed away and for a moment I was free of the daily agony I live with. It was glorious.

But the sensation was all too short. Loup managed to pull the talisman off the guy, and he collapsed. The woman grabbed some kind of tiki from around loup's neck and burst into flame.

We won the battle, but the result was me whimpering on the floor for about five minutes. I'm gonna try not to let that happen again. But I'm going to visit this teacher later and ask him about it, for sure.

5/7/13: THE NATIVES ARE RESTLESS

I tried going back to the mansion to get something to eat tonight, but when I arrived they started yelling again about all the computers going out. I guess they must have lined the walls with lead or something at the before place, cause no one there used to give me such a hard time about it.

Anyway, the Wolf was ushering me kindly out the door when his phone rang (miracle of miracles) and he was called back to Montana or Wyoming or somewhere where his tribe lives to investigate the disappearance of some teacher. He asked if I wanted to come along, and I figured at least he'd get me something to eat, so I said ok.

Well about fifteen hours later, we arrived (bus trips suck, especially when everyone is staring at you, and the bus company makes you pay extra because you weigh as much as about five regular passengers). We stopped in to the sheriff, who told us the man's name was Ravenhair and he was a teacher, and he'd been missing for a few days. He didn't have much more detail than that, which I thought was suspicious.

We went to the guy's house. The wolf gave it the once over, then left. Again, suspicious. I wonder if all the Native Americans (even our Wolf) are in on something). Anyway, the Wolf split pretty quick, to go talk to the neighbor, so I strolled over there. They guy was totally incriminating himself by pretending to know nothing. I cut to the chase and asked if he killed Ravenhair. He said no and slammed the door in our faces. He's my prime suspect at this point.

Anyway, the Wolf split again, and I went back to Ravenhair's house to check it over better without Loup looking over my shoulder all the time. I found a strange gold medallion in the couch cushions, then started reading a bunch of Native American history books while I wait for Loup to realize I'm not with him.

He finally got back hours later, and I showed him the medallion. He put it in a bag and put it in his pocket. Then he said he wanted to check out the high school where Ravenhair taught. I tag along this time.

We got there, and after checking the school paper (they said this Ravenhair was mixed up with something called the Bison Cult, which was bad news), I went up to the Room where he taught, and Loup was there. The room was trashed (did Loup do it?). Just then some nervous girl walks in and looks us up and down, and starts pacing like a caged animal. I could sense her fear, or anger. Definitely some strong emotion towards us.

She left the room and Loup followed her. I got to the doorway and the next thing I know Loup is smashed in the face by a flame sandwich, and he goes flying back into some lockers, on fire. I look over and see this Native American woman in some crazy getup, yelling about "I am the Deer, the bringer of death at night and delight in the morning!" I saw that Star Trek episode, so I started putting up my force field. Whatever this chick was, it was about a crapload of bad news for the Wolf and I, so I figured I'd give him some time to regroup before she flamed him again.

But she didn't want to flame him again. She reached right through my force field and yanked that gold medallion out of his hand, then she disappeared.

We just stood there looking at each other, for a long time.

5/3/13: MY CRAZY TRIP TO SWEDEN

I don't know where to begin.

This afternoon the reddish haired woman they call Bane came over and asked if I wanted to help AlertForce find something called TRIAD. I'm here to learn, so I said sure. I had no idea what I was in for.

The first crazy thing was jumping into a green bubble and getting bounced into space and then back to Earth, courtesy of Green Lantern. It was a rough ride, but it beat the alternative, so I had no complaints.

Apparently we were going to Sweden to try to find some robots this Bane woman thought were important. First we were going to search some destroyed building, then she decided we would go out to sea to some coordinates someone named Snow Angel told them. Then there was a big "discussion" that seemed more like an argument about what to do first. Then I find out that the only clue these people have about where this TRIAD is comes from a dream this Bane woman had. I thought they said her powers had something to do with chemicals coming out of her hands. I didn't know she was a psychic. Everyone seemed to believe the dream though, so again I had no complaints.

She finally said we would go out to sea, and because they wanted to go to the sea floor, I had to create a magnetic field to keep myself out of the salt water while they searched. You know what salt water does to me. Anyway, they came back a couple minutes later and had some kind of robot with them, so I was like "Great! mission accomplished!" But they said it wasn't the one we were looking for. So they wanted me to go down with Green Lantern to the ocean floor and use my magnetic field to bring up whatever is under the mud there. Well, I'm already in pain from using the magnetic field to hold myself up, but I'm a hero now, right? So I say "sure" and go into the green bubble again. Then I'm on the bottom of the ocean all like Magneto or something, and three big metal balls are pulling towards me, and my insides are really starting to hurt. But I see what they are in time -- old Limpet mines, so whoa!, back they go. I figure I'd better explode them so nobody else gets hurt. So I did.

Then we went back to Stockholm (I think that's where we were, nobody was telling me much). I suggest we could search the rubble if we get the government to let us, and the Wolf asks and they say ok. So we started pulling concrete and metal out of the hole. I was able to get a rest from using my powers when we came back from the sea, but then we were pullng this rubble out hour after hour, and I had to keep using my magnetic field to pull out the metal bits. I started to get numb, and had to go take some pills to keep from blacking out again. That helped though. A few minues later I was able to get started again. I think I am going to pay for all that exhertion tomorrow though. I may have to go see the Doc about it.

Anyway, just as we were pulling the last few loads of stuff out of the hole, the Wolf starts yelling that he's found something. It was part of a Robot. We searched around and found the rest, and this time they said it was one of the ones they were looking for. We didn't find anything more, so we brought it back to LA and gave it to that Joe guy. I think he is going to try to fix it.

I don't know how much good I did today for the price I paid. I guess blowing up those mines was good. Sooner or later someone was going to get hurt by them, so that was good, I guess.

Things are more chaotic here than I thought they would be. These people aren't as together as I expected. If I can cope with the chaos, I think I can keep going. Maybe things will start getting clearer soon. The Green Lantern and the Wolf are being nice to me, but I haven't figured out yet what is the deal with this Bane woman. She was acting like the leader today, but I thought they said that Mantis guy was the leader. Or was it that other brown haired woman they said could blow the wind? I can't remember.

Anyway, I'm tired and starting to feel the ache inside from using my powers so much today. I think I need to take a few more pills and rest.