Minneapolis Market News (Jack Sharpe's Game Only)
Has the Minnesota Monkey Returned?
by Harris Fordham
It seems that the Twin Cities has never gained much attention from the Cape, Cowl, and (thankfully) Hood set. We are officially part of the territory defended by Green Bay’s GuardStar, we seldom see much of them. Historically, both Minneapolis and Minnesota have had a low active-meta rate.
Known as the ‘Midwest Effect’, most metas who are born and raised in the mid-west tend to abandon any ideas of pursuing the life of a hero, or ‘Cape’ or meta-criminal a/k/a ‘Hood’. Most meta-experts chalk this up to the general law abiding attitude most residents of our fair state seem to have. Some say that’s just a lot of hooey.
But that doesn’t mean Minneapolis hasn’t seen it’s share of meta-violence over the years. Between 1987 and 1996, a Cowl who called himself ‘The Monkey’ fought a street war with a gang of tech-backed Hoods known as CLAW.
Sounds like bad TV I know. But it did happen.
No one really knows what occurred. The Monkey (who was dubbed the ‘Minnesota Monkey’ to differentiate him from The Monkey operating at the time out of Miami) kept his vigilante MO. What good Cowl wouldn’t, right? But he was extremely successful at keeping his head down in a number of ways: there are only four known and confirmed photos or videos of him. Most accounts of him were eyewitness accounts. Even less is known about CLAW. Some have speculated that CLAW didn’t really exist. And that The Monkey’s opponents were either unrelated or used the CLAW story as a cover.
But after a rather dramatic battle in 1996 on the Stone Arch Bridge with two female Hoods, the Monkey dropped out of sight. Though the witness accounts confirm Monkey survived the battle and made an escape, he was never heard from again.
Or was he?
Recently, there have been reports during evening hours around the University of a meta with a long tail leaping from the tops of buildings to the tops of buildings. Most are calling this a publicity stunt of some kind. To date, no confirmed incidents of meta-violence have occurred. Police have issued a statement that they are investigating the sightings but there is no reason to believe there is any activity, Cowl or Hood related.
Property owners in the area have expressed concern, as it is well known that appearances of Hoods, Capes, or Cowls cause a rise in insurance rates for the area affected. We will continue to follow this story and notify our readers of any developments at once.
This message was last edited by the GM at 04:09, Tue 26 Nov 2019.