You have been dating Mei for six months. Until now, you’ve kept your relationship relatively quiet, meeting up at college spots away from the paparazzi and corporate scouts. However, Building The Citadel is currently filming its Season 3 finale—a "Family Dinner & Big Announcement" special. Grace and the show’s producers insisted that Mei bring her new boyfriend on air to create a "grounded, human-interest storyline".

You have zero combat capability. You are a minor Metahuman whose only ability is making household pets and small animals speak out loud in plain, unedited English. You signed the fifty-page Radiant World / HGTV appearance release and liability waiver without reading the fine print—meaning if you walk out now, Bastion Mutual and HGTV’s legal team can sue you for breach of contract and production delays.

Public Family Bio (HGTV / Discovery Press Release)

"Meet the Chens! On the job, they are Chicago’s premier emergency defense team, The Windy City Citadel—saving lives when skyscrapers crack and bridges buckle. Off the clock, they run Citadel Custom Construction, turning disaster-damaged properties into breathtaking, high-resilience luxury homes. On HGTV’s hit series Building The Citadel, watch America’s favorite hero family balance high-stakes structural engineering, corporate sponsorships, and domestic family chaos!"

Meet the Family

• David ("Ironclad"): Deep, booming voice. Speaks in terse sentences loaded with engineering jargon (psi ratings, load distribution, shear stress). Tests your grip when shaking hands. Obsessed with safety and security.

• Grace ("Blueprint"): Polished, sharp, impeccably dressed. Constantly glares at the camera crew to make sure they get her good side. Uses polite language to deliver razor-sharp insults about your lack of career prospects or power classification.

• Daniel ("Garrison"): Loud, arrogant, wearing a tight Meridian/Great Lakes athletic shirt to show off his physique. Constantly flexes his power casually—making force-fields to block people from passing dishes or trapping your fork against the table.

• Mei ("Monolith"): Anxious, sweet, torn between wanting to be a dutiful daughter and wanting to stand up for you. Squeezes your hand under the table. She's also the breakout star of the TV show!

• Chloe ("Pebble"): Sitting in the corner with noise-canceling headphones around her neck, rolling her eyes at every single line her family speaks. She will actively whisper hints to you on how to annoy her brother.

And don't forget the camera crew! This way, if you screw up, everyone will see it and it will live on the internet forever!