Vespula Sting
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
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Personality: BEE rated
Vespula Sting really carries two personalities. His alter-ego, the Sky Cruising Wasp of Justice side and the casually uninteresting civilian side. While in gear and on the patrol, Vespula Sting puts his business face on. He comes to be fairly serious under the stress of an attack and takes the safety of himself and others first rather than spewing bee puns. Of course, after the stress wears down, expect to hear about how "Serious BZZZness BEEing free" is.
Not much else can be said about Vespula Sting's masked persona. He seems to be quite distant from everything that happens to him when he's in his tights. This isn't the case at all though. His frusteration will only surface as Vespula Sting if it becomes too much to bear; Otherwise, Johnny Armstrong will be the one to snap at insignificantly small things. This is really due to the fact that Johnny lives his life as he dreamed it would be in his beesuit, cracking himself out of his shell really because he figures "No body knows me and nobody cares!". As a precaution to keep his alter-ego hidden, Johnny dims down his view on everything while walking around as "Just another Citizen", unable to make use of his best coping mechanism, humor.
No one ever said beesuits were nothing but laughs and highfives.
Beginnings
What DRIVES a man to don a Beesuit in the name of JUSTICE and LAW!? Alot of things. Things not including sniffing glue? Less than alot of things. Either way, "Beeman : Vespula Beginnings!" goes as such.
The imagery of the Heroes in Paragon become a very important thing to alot of people. To the children? It becomes a dream! Even the Atlantic Ocean didn't hold one child's imagination back. John Armstrong, son of Leslie Armstrong, stern and proud officer of the British Royal Navy, always had his father's love of order and balance. Johnny viewed the world as an equal balance. Evil and good never really overflowed on either side. That said, that thought alone wasn't going to stop Johnny from his childhood dream. To become an officer of the local police department. Although visions of heroic men and women fighting tooth and nail for the name of justice bombarded his brain a good seventy-five percent of the time, Johnny was a realist and knew most of those men and women had come from exciting backgrounds. Mutation, Magic, Science, and Technology. Johnny had no means to achieve any of these exotic powers. He didn't have the "luck" to become irradiated. He wouldn't subject himself to the tossing and odd world of magic. He didn't have the chance to participate in intense scientific experiments. He didn't have the wealth or ability to become a technology powered behemoth. Johnny was nothing more than a natural man. A boring repeated story.
He knew he could still make a difference though, as an officer of the law. Even they had enough to be proud of! The picture of justice and liberty all in one badge! This was to be the goal of Johnny since the age of nine. He took part in everything that would expedite his journey to his goal. He ran track, weight trained religiously, honed his skills of the eye with Archery (Something that became somewhat of a trademark) and excerised his mind. By the time he had turned twenty, Johnny had become a sterling example of dedication to his dream. If only he could've waited for the police department to process his application...
Johnny was too impatient! Much too impatient! Only a week passed of his eight month long application process and it was killing him! He slowly walked the streets each day, longer and longer, helping citizens with whatever presented itself. It came to the point of five hour walks, assisting everyone in any matter (if he could!). One thing that most likey sealed his fate to that of being a MASKED CRUSADER FOR JUSTICE was one young man he saved. He had finished his sixth archery training session for the week and was casually walking his neighbourhood streets. Of course when a little alleyway scuffle started, Johnny poked (RAMMED!) his nose in. The local police department answered a call for that same street nearly nine minutes later. All they found in the alley-way was a crook with an arrow in his calf and a bloody nose along with the young man who was carrying a bottle full of wasps. To people like Johnny, heroing is like cocaine! He easily got addicted and after two years of street sweeping in his slowly expanding territory, he decided it was time for him to persue justice in a city besieged by villainy.
One ticket to Paragon, three packed to the brim bags, and a bow later...
VESPULA STING APPLIED FOR HIS OFFICIAL U.S.A. HERO LICENSE!!
Too bad he has no powers.
Powers of a Beeman
So... What is a Beeman without a stinger? For that fact, what is a BEEMAN!? Vespula Sting gets this alot. Even his submissively calm demeanor gets a little steamed when people openly mock him for his name. So, what DOES Vespula Sting actually do!? Well... this lovely little section will take the quickest possible way to explain what Vespula Sting actually does.
"Powers"
Remarkablely, when Vespula Sting says he's just a man in a bee-suit, he ain't lying! Thats all he really is. A man in a bee-suit. He will never soar through skies without help. He will never punch holes in walls without help. He won't do alot of things without help. Behind the mask, Vespula Sting is just an average man.
"Acute Skills"
Vespula Sting's most noteable skill is his acute eye for detail. Vespula can easily detect untruthful statements on most people. His ability to uncover the true meanings behind people's actions is just a hair short of mind reading. It's almost as if Vespula Sting can accurately guess on most being's intentions before they become apparent to the best detectives of the Paragon Police Department, making his chosen line of caped investigator much easier to him than most.
Another acute skill of Vespula's, is his ability to handle a bow. An English Longbow to be exact. Vespula Sting is just several steps short of becoming a master marksman. Employing alot of variants of arrows, Vespula's skill in archery is his mainstay in his crusade against the forces of crime.
"Beegadgets!"
Seeing how Vespula Sting has no uncanny ability to shoot lasers from his eyes, he's taken to the notion of using specially designed gadgits to detain criminals. As mentioned above, the most seen of his collection of crime fighting tools is his bow. A Longbow. A Lemonwood, Purpleheart and Hickory Longbow to be exact. Used usually in conjunction with Carbon Fiber Shield Cut arrow shafts with three notchs near the arrowhead for easy conversion placements. (I.e. Adding a bauble of Corrosive Acid with a gripping attachment is a easy way to form a barrier breaking arrow.)
Along with the many variations of arrows his bow can fire, Vespula Sting also has a couple more tricks up his sleeve. Most noteable being his "Two Finger Taser". A taser designed to be concealed within his suit. Upon holding down a section of either forearm and applying contact with either of his index and middle fingers, a jolt of electricity is unleashed into the unsuspecting victim. This little parlor trick has helped Vespula out of many tight little situations including a small scuffle with Spec Ops Bear.
Along with his two less noteable gadgits, or "Bee-works" as he calls them, comes the most noticed. His Synthetic Mechanical Hind and Fore Wing Replicas. Better known as "Wasp Wings". These wings are the mainstay of his travel. Able to travel at a respectable 73MPH, Vespula Sting's wings make up what most associate him with. A highly agile flier, or... "Beeman".
Style of a Wazzzp
Beeman, Aka, Vespula Sting, has quite the wardrobe. Even though he's "Technically" sleeping on his friends couch, he likes to stay beautiful. In tights, that is. Several of his more famous photographs were taken by tourists. The papers arn't exactly pining for a front page picture of a man in a beesuit after all. Some of the styles and victorious poses he takes into the battle are...
Search up the "American Beeman" on google images, and this is most likely the first picture you will see. ...Of Vespula Sting. Lets face it. He isn't the only man in a beesuit.
The suit he wears in this photo is his traditional heroing look. He hasn't changed it since the early days of his first steps in tights. More or less, he thinks he's beautiful in it.
He does changes every once in the while. More or less to his "All-Stars" uniform. Some Beemen just need to represent.
Repeat Offenders!
Through out Vespula Sting's short career as a heroic "Icon", (He's more of a... top ten in the "Not in the spotlight" catagory.) he's come into conflict with many criminals of various sizes. Quite a bit of heroes as well! Several of his reaccuring cases and suspects seem to wield quite an abundance of power. Here's the small "Rogues gallery" of Vespula Sting's most repeating threats.
The Radical King Calamity
The Radical King Calamity. He sure is radical! Apparently he's a King (or so he says... Alot) and he causes a Calamity!! One of those tid-bits of information is as true as truth gets.
Gordito Sanchez. The Mook that had one wicked luck streak. Not much is known about Gordito before his extreme ascent in the underworld. Gordito was nothing but mafia muscle during his early days. Roughing up shop owners and slapping around officials around the Rogue Isles and Paragon were this crook's most noteable past time. However, one defining moment catapulted Gordito from the bottom to the top, and from sanity to kingship. Rumor has it, (Which Vespula Sting deduced to be not entirely true) Gordito was hired for a small job that yielded massive results. The heist that Gordito turned out to be gong-show. The heist team broke into the lower levels of a museum to get their hands on the "Good-stuff". Eight went down the stairs, One came back up. The Radical King Calamity. From there on, The King has enjoyed nearly thirty years of unmarred success, wealth, and power. All thanks to "David". When he's speaking to "David", you better be ready to react to what he's asking for... Vespula Sting found that tidbit of information a tiny bit costly.
The Disillusioned City Star!
The City Star! Mark of freedom and justice to the city of Detroit! GONE MAD!! This "hero" flipped off the deep end. He's now the type that would freeze a bag of puppies along with a little boy for the hell of it. In his mind, "Withdrawl" means punching a pregnant woman in the gut. This icon turned twisted is one of Vespula Sting's mistakes of the past. He persued the fact that The City Star was indeed racist and non-objective to his heroing duties. Of course, these rumors made the shining example under siege from the media, more so than usual. The City Star couldn't take it anymore and snapped. I mean he SNAPPED! It resulted in a horrible four casualties of the press and one small dog punted into a bloody mess against a wall. Vespula pushed this man over the edge, just or unjust, and he now has a grudge to settle.
The Daring Dashing Ditchfrog!
The Ditchfrog! Don't let the name fool you! This international thief at large poses some of the biggest mysteries at Vespula Sting's feet!
David Nathanal always went unchallenged. School didn't challenge him. Martial arts didn't challenge him. Nothing seemed to. Until he caught glimpse of the world's best security for the Diamond of Jezthul! Naturally, a man such as David took this as a sign! Using all the resources he had, he bought/constructed a suit that empowered his body to the point of kicking holes in walls and leaping buildings! All that was left in that jewel case was a bizzare note. "Hop hard and you might find the DITCHFROG!"
David isn't an evil man... he's just a bored rich man taking on the chase accustomed to Heroes and Villains.
Bored and rich. More troublesome than hate-filled and ambitious.
Case Files.
Vespula Sting isn't one to shy away from a daunting mystery of investigation. He actually enjoys them, prefering a genius stumping mystery to street sweeping in a heartbeat! Here are some of the cases he's solved or is currently working on.
One Fuuinashi, suspect of murder!
During one of his first visits to Pocket D, international Cape party club, Vespula Sting happened across several odd characters. After sharing a refreshing drink of Sprite and nine packets of sugar, Vespula overheard something rather disturbing. A man named Fuuinashi actively talking about murder being a justifiable act. Vespula Sting took the chance to gather some information such as the man's name and occupation through idle chatter but didn't get much farther than "My name is Fuuin". Vespula left the man to his own devices and quickly checked for all available information on Fuuinashi, though without luck. Suspecting the worst of a man openingly admiting murder for gain, Vespula Sting employed a man of the name Top Dog to assist in his investigation.
With the team of Top Dog and Vespula Sting in action, they quickly took to the investigation with eager optimism. Vespula Sting had quickly found out from several contacts he had questioned that Fuuinashi could be a fairly dangerous man to deal with as Top Dog used more of a up front tactic in his investigation. Top Dog managed to acquire entrance to the organization that was currently housing Fuuinashi. Vespula Sting used this chance to infiltrate the organization to search for any information concerning any information on Fuuinashi's mysterious past while Top Dog distracted Fuuinashi and another unnamed man within their base of operations. To the demise of Vespula Sting, the files on Fuuinashi hadn't been placed into the databases of the organzation due to the fact that he was a new arrival. Comprimised by the unknown man's seemingly psi-analyist abilities, Vespula Sting was forced to leave the base at the unforseen ejecting of Top Dog.
Adament in finding Fuuinashi's past will reveal his future, Vespula Sting actively searches for the key for this odd man's relation to death dealing. Fuuinashi for the mean time has remained inactive.
Fuuinashi was sighted in Pocket D again, after a lengthly period where Vespula Sting's contacts had lost him. Although Vesp has a good mind to continue his investigation, he's been marred by the fact that his first attempt had been fruitless and has pushed this case to the side. Of course, no case ever closes until Vespula Sting gets a clear cut answer.
More bee-formation!
•Did you know... the word "Vespula" is a small social genus of northamerican wasps, commonly known as Yellowjackets? Therefore Vespula's name is technically incorrect as Yellowjackets do not own stingers but rather poisonious barbs, enabling repeated pierces or "stings".
•Did you know... assuming Yellowjackets consume nothing but nectar is silly? They actually adapted over the years to include powerful mandibles capable of tearing an insect apart to eat. This include honey-bees, which evolved to have a black and yellow coloring to mimic a Yellowjacket.
Rumors and Quotes!
Hey. Cool people do it, so why can't the BEEMAN!? No reason at all! Did I say something funny or did you diss me bad? Lets remember (scorn) it here!
