NSSSW

Not A Shaper's Silly Shapering Workshop is a quirky yet highly profitable business dedicated to providing heroes (and, when propriety allows, villains and vigilantes as well) with simple, reliable gear for use in combat and other risky activities. Though the raw potency of their goods can't match the creations of actual Shapers, they're nonetheless a strong, affordable alternative for Metahumans just beginning a new career.

## **Advertisement**

The following message can often be heard playing in radio and online ads across Lellorium:

*"The ever-growing prominence of Metahumans in our society, whose mere presence has dramatically shaped civilization as a whole, has consequently spawned many endeavors to acquire new means of optimizing or managing their remarkable abilities. Though many may claim to offer the solution... None can claim to do so like us:* ***Not A Shaper’s Silly Shapering Workshop!*** *Though some have called our name convoluted, I assure you our vast, overbearing marketing will have you rolling it off the tongue in no time. For we at* ***Not A Shaper’s Silly Shapering Workshop*** *are at the forefront of innovation, creating remarkable pieces of custom-made equipment and selling reliable, conventionally crafter tools, armor, materials, and yes: even weapons!*

*"Instead of hawking those expensive, unreliable, monopolistic, and often ILLEGAL Shaperworks, we here at Not A Shaper’s Silly Shaping Workshop offer the finest yet easily affordable equipment! And it can be repaired by your own hand as well, though we of course offer our services in repairing it ourselves. Our products are made to work with and around a metahuman’s abilities, for the purpose of defense, offense, utility, or entertainment! Our business of course fully abides by the Codes of Honor, something our competition may not say! Yet we provide for any and all in search of quality made products, for who are we to discriminate? So come on down! Come and visit* ***Not A Shaper’s Silly Shaping Workshop!***"

## **NSSSW Staff**

**Emma** | NSSSW’s unstoppable hell-raising cyborg, and self proclaimed “robot”, Emma has become infamous around the workshop for her workplace shenanigans, vulgar language, and frequent slacking. This caused many to speculate as to why she hadn’t been fired yet, until she ripped a Nightling Brute’s head clean off. Turns out Emma didn’t just answer calls and do some odd jobs, but was head of the establishment’s security, a fact she’s exploited to avoid getting fired.

**Suzie** | NSSSW’s head receptionist, as well as their only receptionist. Though the workshop is best described by many as a madhouse with its eccentric employees and wacky clientele, Suzie is the “straight man” of the group who keeps everyone just in line enough to do their job. For though she’s just a receptionist she has taken it upon herself to keep this sinking ship going, along with some semblance of order to the madness.

**Riley & Randy** | NSSSW’s heads of R&R, “Research & Renovation.” Though rarely seen by the common public, Riley & Randy work tirelessly to develop the many gadgets and gizmos the workshop turns out. Yet the two function with an uncanny level of synchronicity and vigor, almost as if they were one and the same, as they practically bounce around the workshop in perfect unison.

**Mister V** | NSSSW’s shadowy master and founder, rarely does Mister V make his presence known anywhere but the frequent commercials and advertisements the company shoves down people’s throats. But if anything about him can be gleaned from the way he acts in them, and the way his company operates, then he is quite clearly a fairly… Eccentric businessman.