Marvel: The Tokyo Avengers

✨ "In a world of masks, the ugliest face is truth."

Previously:

The villain Marquisa Masque captured Heartlight in a twisted illusion of Starwave's old concert. She was defeated — for now. But her influence continues to infect Tokyo.

Now, influencers, celebrities, and even pop idol managers are mysteriously vanishing… only to reappear perfect—beautiful, blank, and completely obedient.

[ACT I – A Perfect City]

Scene: Harajuku District – Afternoon

Colorful crowds flood the shopping streets. But something's... off.

Billboards now all feature the same face: a new icon called "MAI.MIRAGE", an influencer no one remembers but everyone now praises.

NEKOBURST (watching from a lamppost):

"She wasn't there yesterday. Now she has 80 million followers?"

Scarlet Onna pulls up a charm-thread interface. The digital signature behind the posters pulses with mirrored runes.

SCARLET ONNA:

"It's Masque. She's rewriting reality—digitally and magically."

Heartlight walks up silently. He seems duller than before — his wings don't glow.

ONMYO FLARE (whispers):

"He's still recovering. Whatever she did… she stole something."

STARWAVE (coldly):

"She can try."

[ACT II – Invitation to the Ball]

Suddenly, a message appears across Tokyo's skyline in glittering script:

"The Masquerade Begins Tonight. Beauty Is Power. Let All Faces Compete."

— Hosted by Marquisa Masque

A golden mask drone drops at the Avengers' feet — inviting them to the "Reflekt Dome", a mysterious stage tower rising in central Tokyo.

The message:

"Contestants Only."

SCARLET ONNA:

"She wants us in costume. A trap."

NEKOBURST (smirking):

"Then we crash the party."

[ACT III – The Reflekt Dome]

Scene: Inside the dome

It's a nightmare fashion show meets ritual site.

Models with glowing eyes, influencers strutting in trance-like states, and judges with mirror faces.

The Avengers arrive, dressed in stylized outfits to blend in:

Starwave: Retro idol stage armor, neon and feathers

Scarlet Onna: Gothic geisha witch gown with magic-stitched runes

Nekoburst: Punk streetwear with clawed heels and glowing cat symbols

Onmyo Flare: Magician's robe with elemental sigils glowing beneath

Heartlight: Minimalist, bright-pink sash over his chest, golden threads dangling like constellations (but his light flickers)

They each pose on the mirrored stage.

MARQUISA MASQUE (voice, echoing):

"Let's begin... with elimination."

Suddenly, contestants collapse, turning into glittering shards — their identities stolen.

[ACT IV – Battle of Glamour and Grief]

The Avengers spring into action.

Starwave dropkicks a drone-camera, releasing a wave of sonic resonance that shatters part of the dome.

Nekoburst teleports between laser-wire runways, clawing apart illusions and freeing captive dancers.

Onmyo Flare draws a flaming sigil mid-air — "True Sight" — revealing hidden masked watchers above the stage.

ONMYO FLARE:

"They're watching from another plane!"

SCARLET ONNA:

"Then let's cut the strings."

She casts Thread Sever, slicing the magical fibers connecting the victims to Masque's mirrors.

But then — Heartlight collapses. His body starts glowing violently.

HEARTLIGHT (choking):

"She left... a virus in my core…"

STARWAVE (rushing):

"Don't you DARE—"

He explodes in light — and vanishes again.

[ACT V – Reflekt's Collapse]

Masque's voice floods the chamber:

MASQUE:

"You brought broken stars into my palace? Silly Avengers. Let me show you what perfection looks like."

A towering mirror-clone of Heartlight rises from the stage — perfect, smiling, flawless.

NEKOBURST (growling):

"That's NOT him."

Starwave's heels glow.

STARWAVE:

"Then let's smash the mirror."

She blasts forward, spinning into a breakdance kick amplified by shockwave sound, shattering the clone's chest.

Scarlet Onna's threads pierce the main lens in the dome, and Onmyo Flare ignites the rune-seals on its base.

The dome crumbles — glass and petals raining down.

[ENDING SCENE – Tokyo Streets]

The victims slowly return to normal. The fake influencers vanish. Screens go black.

But Heartlight is still missing.

Starwave sits on a rooftop, gripping her heels, eyes wet.

STARWAVE (quiet):

"You don't get to disappear again."

🌙 POST-CREDIT SCENE:

Somewhere in a mirrored realm…

Heartlight floats, eyes closed. A woman stands behind him, crafting a new suit from starlight strings.

MASQUE (softly):

"You're going to be beautiful, my Heart Prince."

✨ END CARD — TOKYO AVENGERS

EPISODE 57: "Masquerade Code" — END

💄 Next: Episode 58 — "The Heart Prince"

Heartlight awakens inside Masque's mirror realm… but is he still himself?