Isen/Season 1

## Plot

### Beginning

During his third-year in Wellston, Isen lent Blyke his pen, but later regretted it when his friend broke the clip. Out of anger, Isen punched Blyke through the wall and the two began to battle in Wallik Hall.

The two continued to battle and cause an excessively loud racket until an angry Doctor Darren intervened. The furious doctor then proceeded to drag Blyke and Isen to the infirmary.

In the infirmary, Doctor Darren began to chew them out, furious that they caused so much racket while classes were still in session; however, both Blyke and Isen began arguing again while they were trying to justify their actions. The two stopped arguing when the Doc bashed both their foreheads together, and stayed quiet afterwards.

### Investigation

The day after Turf War against Agwin, Isen startled the Jack with an overdramatic greeting. The two proceeded with their usual banter before Blyke bragged that he saw Seraphina in action. Awed and jealous that Blyke witnessed the legendary Ace, Isen comments that Agwin's team must have been wiped out, only for Blyke to accidentally say something he wasn't meant to. After realizing that Blyke had a secret, Isen was able to get him to spill the beans about Seraphina turning on Arlo. Isen promised Blyke that he would not tell anyone else about this secret.

However, Isen did not keep his mouth shut for long, as Remi found out about the incident after hearing the whole school talk about it.

Sometime after spreading his rumour, Isen is ordered by Arlo to stalk and find information about John. Despite Isen's initial lack of interest in the topic, Arlo forced him to do the assignment and keep his mouth shut.

Isen later witnessed John defeating Krolik  and sat on a flight of stairs recalling his interviews with Gavin, Crail, Lin, and Doctor Darren. While nothing appeared to be out of the ordinary when Isen racked his brain for gathered information, John's recent fight with Krolik made him realize that John was nothing like how others described him. Hoping to gather more information, Isen forced John to be interviewed.

Initially, Isen politely asked his questions under the guise that he was interviewing him for a newspaper story, but got more aggressive as he started to see the inconsistencies between John's claims and his actions. During the interview, Isen finds that in fact John was not homeschooled like he claimed but actually went to New Bostin High School.

After the interview, Isen researched New Bostin High School in the library and found an image of Class 2-B. Isen recognized John and noticed that he had an authoritative look to him, due to his messy hair and confident eyes. Forgetting to keep quiet about his research, Isen showed Blyke the photo. When Isen was asked about his sudden interest in John, he remembered his promise to Arlo and dropped the subject. He and Blyke were caught by the school librarian for talking loudly.

After presenting his findings to Arlo, Isen surmised that John had an ability, but the King asked him to stop following John and said that he himself would take care of the remainder of the investigation.

However even though he was warned by Arlo not to follow John, Isen resumed his research after noticing how John was becoming more like his former self.

### True Colours

     In addition to his investigation on John, Isen assisted Remi as she became increasingly obsessed with EMBER. Isen was tasked with analyzing said organization's movements. His research became the basis for one of his news articles, which was featured on the front page of the Wellston Weekly.

 Isen later saw Tanner, Wenqi, Illena, and Rouker pushing around John in the yard. Observing from a window, he witnessed the ensuing fight as well as John's flashing eyes, realizing that John is in fact not a cripple. He also saw Arlo saving John and deduced that John is someone important.

When Arlo found out that Isen was following him and continuing his investigation from Holden, he hunted the reporter down and forced him to make a deal: Isen had to finish his article on John in two weeks, just when Seraphina was due to return from her suspension, as well as give Arlo more information. For that, Arlo would let him do what he wants as well as guarantee him the top story in the school newspaper.

     Uncertain if the deal is a good one, Isen began research on John in the common room of the school dormitory. However he was interrupted by Blyke, who congratulated him on the front page article. His friend voiced his concerns about Remi, who had changed since her brother's death. Isen then suggests that the two of them take her out to the mall over the weekend to cheer her up. Just after Blyke left, Isen continued with his research and was shocked to find John's real ability, tier, and level. Isen was also appalled to find that John was expelled for use of 'excessive' violence even though John had such a powerful ability. Isen then became unsure if publishing an article about John's true nature was a good idea and unsuccessfully tried to stop Arlo's plan of exposing John.

### Trio Trouble

Isen kept his promise with Blyke and even purchased three tickets to the movie *Siren's Lament* reasoning that "*Chicks dig romances these days*". While Blyke and Remi messed around with some volleyballs in U-Mart, Isen was debating whether to buy a titanium clip fountain pen or a gel-grip pen; he had to choose quickly as Blyke impatiently threw a volleyball at his head. Out of the three, Isen cried the most during the movie.

In hopes to win an easy prize, Isen dragged Remi into getting her ability gauged while Blyke paid the Vendor. While he was initially disappointed with the prize, he and Blyke confronted the Ability Gauge Vendor when Remi found the transmitter in her prize. When the Vendor tried to justify himself, Isen's Hunter ability revealed that the Vendor was lying. Before Isen was able to turn the Vendor in however, he was stopped by a smoke-bomb.

After Blyke cleared the smoke, Isen was able to relocate the runaway Vendor and the trio gave chase, breaking a wall in the process. After locating the Vendor on a motorcycle with his invisible accomplice, Isen attempted to chase the criminals, but was stopped when a semi-truck was about to run him over. Isen was able to stop the truck, but had to apologize to its driver. Unfortunately, Isen and Blyke were taken into Payton's custody.

After realizing that the trio were from Wellston Private High School, Payton realized that he arrested innocents and under Blyke's suggestion, left to check the security tapes. With the guard's back turned, Isen proceeded to mockingly stick his tongue out. While Payton was gone Isen thought about breaking his handcuffs but decided against it after listening to Remi talk about high-tiers being like cripples. After Remi finished talking, Isen discussed EMBER's connection to the authorities with Blyke and Remi. Remi also wanted Isen to write an article about EMBER to raise student awareness and introduce them to the idea that EMBER had something to do with the authorities. The conversation ended upon Payton's return and he told the trio that they needed to make an official statement before leaving.

### Monster

Two days after the Kovoro Mall incident, Blyke and Isen were reading the school newspaper and were surprised that the top story was about the trio causing a bomb threat. Isen himself was a little miffed that his story did not make front page. The duo were then called to see Headmaster Vaughn along with Remi, and they merely stood quietly while Remi explained the entire situation. After a few words of warning, the headmaster let the trio go back to class.

### Aftermath

While Blyke and Isen were walking out of class, with the former bragging that the lecture was easy to understand, the two overheard other students talking about Arlo's recent injuries. Immediately, Isen already had a hunch on what happened Arlo and mentally scolded Wellston's King for not heeding his warning. Blyke did not believe that Arlo could lose and told Isen to simply dismiss it as a rumour.

Isen witnessed John get beaten by a pair of bullies and noticed that John was acting very confrontational with them. Before the conflict escalates however Isen intervened and the two run off in fear. John did not appreciate his help and smacked his hand away when he asked if he was alright. John gets up and walks away, leaving Isen to think to himself that he needs to keep him calm until Seraphina comes back.

Isen also witnessed John bump into Arlo yet again, prompting a hostile reaction from Holden. However Arlo stops Holden from attacking John and expressed that he wanted to write an article on both John and Arlo fighting, but had to suppress his urges as he valued his life.

### Secrets

Not long after John moved into the school dormitories, Isen asked the tired and irritated Blyke for the identity of the roommate-----and promptly spit his milk after getting his answer. However, as he continued to listen to Blyke rant about his new roommate, Isen suggested to "*take it easy on him.*" Unfortunately for Isen, this only drew more suspicion from Blyke, who was aware that he was stalking and looking up old photos of John. His sudden defense of John made Blyke even more suspicious and Isen realized that there was only one way out of this...by spitting milk into his friend's face. Bolting away from the enraged Jack, Isen ran off, claiming he was late for a club meeting.

After school that day, Isen told the worried Blyke that he was overthinking about Remi's "sporadic" behavior before finding an injured John lying on the ground. While Isen questioned why John was in such a state after Seraphina's return, he and Blyke carried the unconscious Cripple up three flights of stairs and laid him into his bed. Once John woke up and began to cynically question their motives, Isen attempted to quell him by (fruitlessly) assuring that he meant no harm, but John remained suspicious and continued to question Isen's motives. Fed up with John's cynicism, Blyke angrily grabbed John by the shirt collar and refused to let go until Isen forced him to. The duo eventually decided to leave John alone to recover. But Isen was not done, and soon found himself questioned by Blyke...and was saved by a call from Cecile.

Unfortunately, like Blyke, Cecile was also curious about the "*Shadow King*" and was aware that Isen was currently investigating John. Forced by Cecile to spill the beans, Isen reluctantly revealed that John was once a low-tier with a power level of 1.2 before becoming the powerhouse that he is today. He further revealed that John has no sense of commitment to society and that royal like him, despite his powers, would only lead Wellston to disaster. Isen further stated that John was aware of this fact and believed that he was hiding his powers to avoid kingship and running Wellston to the ground. After Isen revealed all he knew about John, Cecile dismissed him.

The next day, in hopes to avoid Blyke, Isen ignored his phone calls and took a detour...but Blyke arrived to school later than usual and found Isen walking towards the campus. Furiously, Blyke complained about John taking forever in the bathroom as well as getting into an argument with two students in the dorm. Curious, Isen asked Blyke for the identity of the two students, but Blyke only knew that they were associated with Zeke.

### Vigilante

Remi's continued research on EMBER often kept her away from spending time with Blyke and Isen, leaving the reporter and the Jack wondering what was actually going on. While it appeared as if Wellston's Queen gave up on her research, the two did not believe that she'd give up so easily. Their speculations were confirmed once Blyke stormed into Remi's room with Isen following behind and discovered her secret research on EMBER. Remi had chosen to hide her research from her friends, thinking that they would not want to participate in a wild goose chase, but to her surprise, they decided to join and help her quest for vengeance.

In order to attract EMBER's attention, Remi decided to follow in her brother's footsteps and chose to be a vigilante. Isen was wholeheartedly against the idea and even attempted to talk Blyke out of supporting her. However, Blyke made a crude costume for the newly minted superhero and supported her the whole way. Donning the costume made by Blyke and choosing the name **X-Rei**, Remi, Blyke, and Isen set off to work, searching for criminals in hopes to attract EMBER's attention. Isen managed to find information regarding Waldo, who was reported for "**causing chaos**" in the low-tier district of Branish, but Blyke had fallen asleep during their research and paid the price when Remi and Isen doodled on his face. With their plans concrete and set in stone, the trio split into three groups, with Remi taking a train alone while Blyke and Isen took a separate train to Branish.

Once all three of them reached the low-tier district, Remi suited up and began to patrol the area, communicating with Orange (Isen) and Blyke (Red) via communicators. While Remi did all the vigilante work as X-Rei, Isen and Blyke kept watch over her form the rooftops of Branish, serving as her eyes over the town. Blyke later warned Remi of the arrival of Waldo's goons.

A battle ensued between X-Rei, and Waldo's other underlings, but even the combined might of Keesh, Bimel, Quinton and Weim stood no chance against the superhero. With only Quinton standing, Remi was about to interrogate him, but a goon she knocked out earlier got back up and held a woman hostage. Before the situation could spiral out of hand, Blyke shot the goon in the legs, disorientating him and freeing the hostage, allowing Remi to force Quinton into leading her to Waldo. It is implied that Isen helped Blyke take aim, as his eyes were glowing from the rooftops of Branish.

During Remi's fight with Waldo, the criminal threatened to blow up some hostages in an undisclosed area should anything happen to him. Forced into a defensive position, Remi tasked Blyke and Isen to find the missing hostages. With Isen's Hunter scanning the buildings and Blyke's Energy Beam taking out the guards from afar, the hostages were safe from the bomb Waldo had planted.

But even after Waldo was defeated, Blyke began to take notice how the hostages purposely distanced themselves from X-Rei, despite her noble intentions. However, Isen simply assured Blyke that the job was done and that he was "*over-thinking it*."

### Change

When Arlo fires Cecile from the school press for disobeying his orders and letting the news of Seraphina's ability loss, Isen is promoted to the head of the newspaper. He expresses surprise at this but accepts it, and goes on the share this news with Remi and Blyke in the dorm. They congratulate him on this, but Isen looks uncertain, saying that he is more of a free spirit and doesn't like having responsibilities . Moving on, Isen shows them their next target that he had dug up, a woman named Alana who was terrorizing the town of Lewes.

### Vigilante 2

Later in Lewes, Isen scrambles to get juicy footage while Remi takes down Alana, but is disappointed with how unimpressive the footage turned out. However, Volcan appears, and she is assumed to be the source of the ability-enhancing drugs given to Waldo and Alana. When Volcan stabs and kills Alana, Isen bends over, shaking and traumatized and reports to Blyke that Alana is dead.

When Volcan proves too much for Remi to handle, Blyke yells at the shell-shocked Isen to rescue Remi. While Isen stubbornly refuses at first, saying that he'll "*be ripped to shreds*", he reluctantly masks himself with a jacket and rushes down to rescue X-Rei, with Blyke providing cover fire. The trio barely make it out, with Remi incapacitated.  Once they returned to the dorms, they hurriedly get Elaine to heal Remi. Once Remi was conscious, she insists that they continue pursuing Volcan, but Isen snaps and declares the Superhero business as stupid and quits.

### Capture

A few days after quitting his vigilante duties, Isen was assigned by Arlo to discover the whereabouts of the missing Seraphina. However, he was unable to find any information. While preparing to tell the others their search needed expanding, a student wearing a black mask confronted him. Isen is puzzled by this strange fellow, and explained he was too busy to partake in any rank-matches at the moment. He tells the student to try again later, only have an explosive ability utilized against him. Now angry, Isen realized he'd have to deal with this persistent freak after all. Isen tried to follow proper rank-match procedure and asked for his opponent's current rank. The student remained silent, preferring to let his exploding missiles do the all the talking. Isen didn't let the explosion catch him a second time, and tried to end the fight quickly by using Hunter to deliver a targeted strike to his opponent's heart. The masked student fell down, but managed to dodge Isen's follow-up punch. Regardless, Isen told him that the difference in strength should have been made clear, and was about to resume his search when he witnessed a forboding display. The mystery student began to heal his injuries. Unable to wrap his head around the strange properties of this bizarre ability in time, Isen tried to knock him out before he could fully recover. Unfortunately, not only did the masked student catch Isen's fist, but was able to use an enhanced, ranged version of his own technique against him. After crashing into a far wall, Isen finally realized that the student under the mask was John. Isen realized in horror that he was outmatched, and when he saw John raise his hands, he frantically tried to offer to help him find what he was after. Unfortunately, he couldn't get the words out in time, and was hit with a barrage of exploding missiles that brought him to his knees. John then rushed in and delivered the coup de grace: a flying knee into Isen's jaw. The entire incident occurred near multiple buildings and was witnessed by multiple people, including Cecile. Meili overheard students discussing the incident and would discover Isen's unconscious body. She picked him up and sent a text to Arlo informing him of what happened. She eventually brought him to the infirmary  where he received treatment for his broken jaw.

Arlo and Elaine eventually found Seraphina, and brought her to the infirmary in dire need of treatment herself. A maskless John soon came to visit her, not noticing the terrified reporter he sent there. Much to Isen's increasing displeasure, Blyke and Remi arrived to visit him and brought everyone's attention to his presence. Isen barely managed to insist he hadn't eavesdropped on his neighbour's conversations before his friends began pressing him to share details on what happened to him. Isen attempted to fib his way out, claiming that he "*tripped and fell down some stairs,*" but both his friends already knew from school gossip that he was defeated by a masked attacker with multiple abilities. Both Arlo and John shot Isen a menacing glare, forcing him to keep a lid on **sensitive details**. Despite Blyke and Remi's many questions and concerns, Isen managed to get the two of them to leave when he insisted that he needed rest after his traumatic ordeal.

### Joker

At some point after recovering, Isen had heard about Blyke's defeat at the hands of the masked attacker that had been dubbed "Joker" by witnesses. Isen visited the Jack in the infirmary alongside Remi. When Remi began to theorize that Joker amplified attacks, Isen admits that the attacker was much stronger than he but was not sure if said strength the the result of Hunter being amplified or multiple copied abilities. Blyke grimmly suggested that *both* theories were true. Though Blyke and Remi were determined to defeat the Joker, Isen had his doubts and went up to the rooftops to speak with Arlo and revealed to the King about John's past at New Bostin. Arlo was furious at Isen for withholding information and said that it was too late to do anything with said information; he commanded Isen to leave his presence, but before leaving, Isen begged Arlo to never let John take the throne.

Some point after speaking with Arlo, Isen began to investigate the Joker by finding and questioning all of the Joker's previous victims. It is highly likely that he questioned Tanner, Rouker, and Zeke and was told the same thing, that the Joker used their own abilities against them. However, when Isen found Juni, she told him that she managed to "escape" the Joker for a short period of time. After Juni recalled her battle against the Joker, Isen surmised that the Joker was unable to copy abilities with no visual effects.

After cheating on a difficult quiz the next day, Isen and Remi met up with Blyke, who appeared to be uneasy; the Jack told the two them that he had a hunch of the Joker's idenity and told his two friends the reasons why he believes that John was the Joker. Isen was silently impressed with Blyke's instincts, and wondered if he should confirm the hunch with his knowledge on John. A passing question on the subject from Remi saved him the trouble of making a decision on the matter. Blyke figured out the truth upon remembering how Isen had been looking up information about John as of recent times, along with his meek behavior around him afterwards. Furious with his best friend keeping the Joker's identity a secret, Blyke grabbed Isen by the collar and began to argue with him until Remi stopped the two with her Lightning. Isen finally revealed to his friends about John's violent tendencies as well as Arlo's defeat, shocking both Blyke and Remi, and told them that he could not publish anything revealing John's alter-ego, due to their reputation being on the line and lack of proof.

Later on, Isen is sent to spy on John and Cecile. He listens to their conversation through a wall using his ability (bad idea) and John detects his aura. Isen is caught by Cecile and thrown into the classroom where John and Cecile were talking. John asks him if this is how Remi operates; by sending spies after opponents. When Isen lies and says he was doing it independently, John punches him in the face and kicks him, then tells him to go back to his Queen and report that Joker will make his move in two days. John also warns Isen not to snoop again under threat of broken legs.

Isen limped back to Remi's dorm. Remi and Blyke rushed over to him when they saw his injuries. Blyke asked if John had done this to him, and Isen answered that it should be pretty obvious. He remarked that John hits **hard**, then noticed that Remi how upset Remi was. Isen tries to assure her that it was his own carelessness that gave him away, but Remi replied that John should have just let Isen off with a warning instead of hurting him. Looking for any excuse to hurt people was something that Isen didn't put past John.

Isen relayed John's message to Remi. Blyke was angry with John's cocky attitude, though Isen pointed out that it isn't cockiness if he's proven himself as the strongest in school. Blyke wanted to know how Isen was discovered, considering that stalking others was one of his specialties. Isen (offended by the phrasing) didn't know. Remi theorized that John's ability enabled him to sense Isen's aura through the wall, just as she was able to detect electrical currents. Isen wondered why John had never caught him during his past recons. Remi guessed that John's ability had a limited range, knowledge which could be useful in planning a strategy against him.

Isen was hesitant with their idea of using the same strategy they had used for their vigilante outings, believing that teaming up with Blyke to support Remi from the sidelines would only piss John off. Blyke reasoned that since John shows up to fights with amped abilities already in hand, it was fair game to gang up on a one-man-army. Isen still managed to rain on his friends' strategy meeting by pointing out that Cecile was working alongside John, so having access to her ability at all times would eliminate any range disadvantages John might have. Isen admitted he was over this whole Joker thing, and vouched that they take Arlo's advice and just ride out whatever John's big plan is. His friends were disappointed that he would surrender so willingly, but Isen countered that John was beyond anyone's control, and was indifferent to John's attacks so long as he wasn't targeted himself. Remi declared that this wasn't about strength or rankings anymore, but about stopping a brutal student who never quits while he's ahead. She was driven to make sure her friends could go back to the days when they didn't have to live in fear or suffering. At this Remi decided to try a diplomatic approach and talk to John. Isen and Blyke protested this plan, telling Remi their attempts to do the same had failed. Remi still intended to go through with it, stating that she hadn't had the chance to try.

The trio went to John's dorm and knocked on his room's door. Isen planned to stay as far away from the door as possible to distance himself from John. This sound strategy fell through when John entered from the other end of the room.Remi stated her business there, and John shot Isen an accusatory glare. Isen was too scared to speak, but mentally insisted that this wasn't his idea. John had no interest in conversation, and pushed Remi aside. The whole situation had Isen nervous, but thanks to Blyke's bold insistence and Remi leaving her phone in Isen's hands, John changed his mind. Isen and Blyke tried listening in on the conversation from the other side of the door. It is unknown how much they heard before the talk ended and Remi opened the door to find the two of them there (Isen insisted they heard nothing).

Since Remi's bid for peace failed, Blyke was suddenly without a safe place to sleep. Isen allowed his best friend to crash at his place for as long as he needed to. The trio had one more meeting the night before Joker's planned attack. They agreed that while Remi wouldn't likely be able to beat John outright, their combined efforts might give her the chance to remove his mask and expose him in public. Isen and Blyke would stand at a vantage point outside of John's ability range and snipe at him just as they did Waldo's goons. The following morning, they waited for Remi outside the girls' dorms. She took so long to leave that Isen wondered if she chickened out. Blyke pointed out that not everyone had the reporter's yellow streak. Eventually Remi emerged decked out in eye black, to Isen's confusion. Remi was ready for action, and loudly called out Joker before they were ready, leading Isen to frantically try and shush her.

With the support team in position, all that remained was for Joker to strike. Isen was tasked with keeping an eye out for their foe, though Blyke didn't make things easier by asking if he spotted the guy *five times*. Joker eventually appeared and engaged Remi, but not with Cecile's ability. He had copied Zeke's Phase Shift instead and forced Remi to use Lightning much sooner than anticipated. Now armed with her Lightning, Joker had Remi on the ropes before the support team managed to hit him in the shoulder with a well-aimed Energy Beam. This did little to impede him, as did two subsequent direct hits. After knocking Remi down with a punch, the furious Joker decided to make Blyke and Isen pay for their interference with the fight. He dodged the next beam, and spotted his quarry at their vantage point, to Isen's horror. Blyke asserted they were safe out of his range, but Joker quickly closed the distance by scaling the building's walls to reach the roof. He knocked Blyke down with a kick, forcing Isen to try and save his friend. This ended poorly, as Joker caught his arm and shot an Energy Beam of his own *through it*. After Isen drops to the floor in intense pain, Joker leans in and tells him *"Should've stayed in your lane,"* before zapping him unconscious. Blyke tries to return the favor, but with four abilities in his arsenal, Joker quickly subdues him with Homing Electrical Beams. Blyke is eventually beaten bloody, and Joker resumes his onslaught against the Queen. Arlo eventually joins the fray in an attempt to save Remi. Despite the best efforts of Isen and the Royals, Joker emerges from the battle victorious.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 1
2. ↑ Chapter 6
3. ↑ Chapter 18
4. ↑ Chapter 23
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Chapter 24
6. ↑ Chapter 25
7. ↑ Chapter 26
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Chapter 27
9. ↑ Chapter 40
10. ↑ Chapter 78
11. ↑ Chapter 44
12. ↑ Chapter 41
13. ↑ Chapter 45
14. ↑ Chapter 46
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Chapter 48
16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Chapter 49
17. ↑ Chapter 50
18. ↑ Chapter 52
19. ↑ Chapter 59
20. ↑ Chapter 61
21. ↑ Chapter 62
22. ↑ Chapter 79
23. ↑ Chapter 84
24. ↑ Chapter 85
25. ↑ Chapter 86
26. ↑ Chapter 93
27. ↑ Chapter 94
28. ↑ Chapter 95
29. ↑ Chapter 96
30. ↑ Chapter 97
31. ↑ Chapter 98
32. ↑ Chapter 99
33. ↑ Chapter 109
34. ↑ Chapter 110
35. ↑ Chapter 115
36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 Chapter 116
37. ↑ Chapter 117
38. ↑ Chapter 118
39. ↑ Chapter 125
40. ↑ Chapter 126
41. ↑ Chapter 127
42. ↑ 42.0 42.1 Chapter 149
43. ↑ Chapter 131
44. ↑ Chapter 139
45. ↑ Chapter 144
46. ↑ Chapter 146
47. ↑ Chapter 148
48. ↑ Chapter 150
49. ↑ Chapter 151
50. ↑ Chapter 153
51. ↑ Chapter 154
52. ↑ Chapter 155