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So, who all is going to meet with Sin?

I posess the vortex!

[4] Congratulations! You can't control yourself very well, but you CAN slow down...

BECOME JUSTICE, AND THE NIGHT.

[4] You become the third Batman. Fourth, counting the xenomorph.

TYPE IN STANDARD-ISSUE TRANS-DIMNESIONAL EMERGENCY STASIS GRENADES.
Lob them at vortex. Oh vortex.
TYPE IN STATIONARY SECURE DOME DEPLOYMENT DEVICE
(The secure means it doesn't break, and is re-usable. Considering we keep destroying the dome, I'd like to have a easier solution.

[1] You run towards the laptop, realising a moment too late that it was the first thing consumed by the vortex. Respawn?

Embrace the vortex with a chicken nugget MANHUG OF LOVE.

[3] Um...you succeed. Respawn?

CLOSE THE VORTEX FROM THE HIGHER PLANE OF EXISTENCE... WITH GOD AS PLUG!

[1] You stuff God into the vortex. Not only does God get sucked in, so does his boss. Respawn?

GM Turn:
The band continues to run.
Batxenomorph challenges Spinal_Taper to a duel.
More of the city gets consumed. There's not much left...

Try to locate enemy-occupied vehicles or artillery. Disable user. Take control.

Loads and Loads of Characters

"Benefit of the plot" is not you telling us the plot. It's finding a minion who works cheap and well, or an evil plan that works. It's all of those breaks from reality no one reading superhero comics cares about because without them, there would be no villains.

You gave us SWAT armor and a bunch of cool bases we couldn't afford and, given our current economic status (rich but unable to make money) that was a good idea.  Besides, it's not yachts, castles, or armor that makes a villain, it's the evil plots. Every step we've tried to take towards the plotting has been thwarted--for real-world reasons, sure, but that doesn't make it more fun. You know what might make it fun? Being a supervillain and not a nerd with a costume hindered by those issues with reality that prevent most multiple-time supervillains.

The difference between a "mere" big-time criminal and a supervillain might be vague, but basically a supervillain is more formidable. Shoot All Capone, he dies; shoot Dr. Doom and he gets angry. When one of the Aum cultists punches you, you get bruised; when one of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants punches you, you're lucky if you feel it tomorrow. Toss Charles Manson or an armored bank robber in jail, and they're not going anywhere; do that with the Joker or Mr. Freeze, and the police take bets on how long they'll stay in this time. You can fight Bernie Madoff (or your hated corporate exec of choice), but not Lex Luthor.

And, again, slightly towards "serious" doesn't mean "You can't do any supervillain plots because you're a college student," it means, "Don't be an idiot, you'all get sent to jail or  die."

Okay, maybe that was a little harsh. But the OP claims you would lean "slightly" towards the serious. This is far more than slightly. This is a full-out deconstruction of supervillainy. That makes a great story, but it's not much fun to play. Maybe if you titled this something like "Suburban Criminal," we could figure something out, but forcing us to figure out the steps between" Ooh, a ton of cash!" and "Bwahaha! You tremble, Heroic!" and forcing us to stick to the path of possibility...well, there's a reason cops don't have to deal with real-world supervillains. They don't exist for reasons we're discovering.

Pile on the realism when we're dealing with official attention, but give us the benefit of the plot while we're gathering minions, mad scientists, a base, and other elements of an evil plan, or don't call it a supervillain thing. It's not, it's a pathetic, irritated attempt at a supervillain where we are the irritated, pathetic guy.

You're not much of a chemist, [4-1] but you learn fast. Perk of being a super-genius. However, you don't make any explosives that would hurt a mouse.

There goes the morning...

Okay, GM, seriously. I've said it before and I'll say it again.

Real+Supervillain =/= fun. I get it, you want to be realistic. Throw us a bone, or at least a map to where the dog buried it.