The 'World of Heroes: DC Style" RPG Season II

[Karem-Knight]

OOC: Just a note, I am not writing stuff for Karem-Knight. Me and KK co-wrote this post, with him handling his dialogue and thoughts. The post he will make to follow mine has contributions from both of us as well.

OOC: What he said

 

[Keyser Soze]

The Joker hit the water with a splash. He'd been shot again, just his luck. But at least he could see the funny side. He kept on laughing. Even though it made him hurt all over, he kept on laughing. Even when he started choking on the filthy Gotham water, he kept on laughing.

He only stopped once he'd disappeared under the murky waters...

 

[Spike_x1]

The Parasite had chased after Killer Frost throughout the casino, attempting to get into her good graces. He had finally caught up to her near the craps tables and he grabbed onto her arm, holding her from walking away anymore. Frost turned to Rudy with an aggrivated look on her face. "Go away, Grape Ape!" She growled at Parasite.

Rudy grinned playfully.

"And what are ya gonna do if I just keep on pushin'?" He asked in a flirtatious voice.

Killer Frost raised her hand to aim a cold blast directly at Rudy's face when another voice came from one of the craps tables.

The Cyborg got out from behind the gambling table and approached both Parasite and Killer Frost. "I suggest you both 'go away' before either of you gets killed in the Meta-Brawl." Both Rudy and Frost gave Cyborg what could be described as a bemused, curious, and yet angry look. "Yeah, I know that both of you are here for my head in the brawl, but you should both quit now. Neither of you knows why exactly you're here, and trust me, you honestly don't want to know or have any part of it."

The Parasite turned his attention back to Killer Frost and said to the Cyborg, without looking at him, "Beat it, Henshaw. You're ruining the mood."

The Cyborg shrugged his shoulers and turned to leave the Parasite and Killer Frost. "Your funeral."

 

[DarkKnightJRK]

Things went too fast, even for me.

I knew that Two-Face and The Joker were never "pals," and that any possible team-up would end up bottom-up. But one moment they're talking, then there was something about a child murdered, and the next Harvey's putting a bullet into Joker's chest. By the time I was preparing the weapons in the Batmobile to interceed, Joker was already in the river and Dent was firing into the water.

When Joker disapeared under the water, the first thought I had was scaringly enough, "The bastard deserved it," the next was to stop Harvey from escaping. I don't know if it's Harvey or Two-Face pulling the strings, but nonetheless, I need to get to him fast.

I watch him start to run when I shoot a smoke missle right beside him. I switch on the infa-red in the Batmobile's windshield and drive onto the bridge, intercepting his running. I step out and grab Harvey by the throat.

"Who is it now, Harvey, or Two-Face?"

 

[Keyser Soze]

OOC: Just one thing to point out JRK. This isn't a Two-Face relapse, so you couldn't really call it a psychotic episode that would send him back to Arkham. He killed The Joker because of what he did to the little girl. Throwing away the coin was in a way a definitive act of casting Two-Face away, as was killing The Joker. So now you could say he's made Harvey Dent whole again. So maybe hauling his ass off to Arkham wouldn't be the approach Bats would take with his old friend...

 

[Spike_x1]

After Henshaw left Jones and Frost, they both decided that they deserved a drink, not that either of their body chemistries truly retained the alcohol.

Rudy put his empty beer bottle down on the counter and looked at Killer Frost. "What Cyborg said...? You're going to sign up for the Meta-Brawl too?"

Crystal (Killer Frost's real name) finished her bottle and placed it on the counter too. "I'm already signed up for the fights. My first match is later tonight against Firebug. He'll be dead within the first few seconds," she said casually.

Rudy smirked, then he remembered one of the things Henshaw had said. "What did Cyborg mean when he said you were after his head too?"

"I've got my reasons. And what about you? Wait. Let me guess- you're on the Suicide Squad again?"

Rudy signaled for another beer. "Lucky guess. And I'm assuming you're working for someone who doesn't want me to get whatever secrets Cyborg is holding."

Killer Frost signaled for another beer as well. "Lucky guess. You know Jones, if you weren't such a pig-headed a-hole and we'd met under different circumstances, we might actually have a chance." She chugged her beer and stood up from the bar and Rudy followed suit.

"Doesn't make a difference to me," Parasite said with a big toothy grin.

"Watch yourself in the Brawl, Rudy. Sooner or later we're gonna rumble and whoever wins gets to take on Henshaw." With that, Killer Frost sauntered away from the bar. Rudy grabbed his beer from the counter, chugged it and slammed it back down onto the bar. He then walked away to sign up for the Meta-Brawl.

 

[DarkKnightJRK]

OOC: Just one thing to point out JRK. This isn't a Two-Face relapse, so you couldn't really call it a psychotic episode that would send him back to Arkham. He killed The Joker because of what he did to the little girl. Throwing away the coin was in a way a definitive act of casting Two-Face away, as was killing The Joker. So now you could say he's made Harvey Dent whole again. So maybe hauling his ass off to Arkham wouldn't be the approach Bats would take with his old friend...

OOC: ...Oops. Heh. I fixed it up a bit, though I'm not sure if I really like the new version as much, the last line feels a little cheesy.

 

[batnkevlar]

OOC: Just to tell you, Hal just had an episode... go back and react to it, will ya?

 

[Spike_x1]

The Parasite had finished signing up for the Meta-Brawl and had requested a set of humans to be delivered to his locker room for him to drain before his first fight. He recieved ten ordinary people, chained to the locker room's wall. Rudy eagerly turned them to dust with a flash of his powers.
Parasite looked into a nearby mirror and flexed his muscles. "Solomon Grundy, eat your heart out."

Rudy then made his way out of the locker room and out onto the fighting platform. He walked through the electrified cage that surrounded the arena, doors closing behind him. Was he early? His opponent hadn't arrived yet. Curious, Rudy looked at the large digital display that hung over the arena for the audience to see their fighters statistics. Parasite wanted to see who he'd be fighting first. "Well, wouldn't ya know it? Solomon Grundy!"

Moments later, the inhumanly large zombie came into the opposite side of the cage and his door was closed behind him as well. In the audience, hundreds of rich society-types and supervillains exchanged bets on who they thought would win. The digital display showed that the odds were nearly fifty-fifty. The general consensus was that if Grundy could crush Parasite before having his energy completely drained from him, then the zombie would win, however, if the Parasite could get a good solid grip on Grundy, then the purple man would have it in the bag. Billions of dollars were beng handled throughout the crowd.

The loud voice of the announcer was heard over enormous, unseen speakers. The voice introduced the two fighters and then rang out the tone of the starting bell. The Parasite and Solomon Grundy charged towards eachother.

"Let's dance!"

 

[rigel7soldiers]

*Hal looks around for a Justice League member to help in, and before slipping back into his coma, says the words:*

"Beware Heroes of Earth and Beyond. The Reckoning is coming. The Final Chapter of the Universe comes hither!"

*With that, his brain registers no activity and he slips back into his uncosciousness...*

We all heard it, I think. We all certainly went to see what it was, though. I tried to make small talk, saying to the Elongated Man, "So, can I call you 'Ralph?' It's way shorter than 'the Elongated Man...'" When we got there, Flash commented that it was Hal Jordan. Now, I thought I was smart, but apparently I had somehow gotten it into my brain that Hal Jordan was dead. Guess not...

 

[Savage]

We all heard it, I think. We all certainly went to see what it was, though. I tried to make small talk, saying to the Elongated Man, "So, can I call you 'Ralph?' It's way shorter than 'the Elongated Man...'" When we got there, Flash commented that it was Hal Jordan. Now, I thought I was smart, but apparently I had somehow gotten it into my brain that Hal Jordan was dead. Guess not...

Flash-"You forget you that whole conversations is what."
*As if there isn't enough going on with my life...Midnite's sad attempt at smalll talk doesn't help*
Flash-"Don't worry about Hal. We get this sort of "end of the world" deal on a weekly basis. We consider it a slow week when we DON'T get some kind of message of imminent doom."

*We enter Hal's room in the imfermary...hmm. Still sleeping."
Flash-"False alarm. Let's go."
Elongated-Man-"Har har. You know full well we should be taking this seriously."
Flash-"Look, maybe it was an air vent or something."
Elongated-Man-"The air vent prophesized the end of the universe."
Flash-"It can happen."
Elongated-Man-"...That's dumb even for you Flash."
Flash-"Well I can't help it if it seems the whole world is out to get me. Grodd kidnaps me, I'm repeatedly hit in the nuts, I have a gay robot clone, along with the rest of the league for that matter, my wife was frickin MURDERED by ZOOM of all people while I was out in space fighting some robot, Black Adam is planning some kind of WAR, and to top it all off, THE UNIVERSE IS COMING TO AN END!!! SO EXCUSE ME, IF I'M A LIIIIIITLE BIT OF AN A$$#OLE TODAY!!!"

*Caught up yet? Good.*
Elongated-Man"....."
Flash-"......Let's go to J'onn about this."

 

[Karem-Knight]

Harvey was in the grip of the big bad Bat.



“Batman please it was my fault for letting the Joker live and my fault for not balancing Two-Face and me” Harvey said

“Please Batman it was all Two face, I’ll help you crack down every person that has a record of Jay Walking too Mass Murder, Just please believe me!”

“It’s just Harvey now Two face is dead along with The Joker, please just please I´m sorry I swear too everything I love and believe in!”

 

[rigel7soldiers]

Flash-"You forget you that whole conversations is what."
*As if there isn't enough going on with my life...Midnite's sad attempt at smalll talk doesn't help*
Flash-"Don't worry about Hal. We get this sort of "end of the world" deal on a weekly basis. We consider it a slow week when we DON'T get some kind of message of imminent doom."

*We enter Hal's room in the imfermary...hmm. Still sleeping."
Flash-"False alarm. Let's go."
Elongated-Man-"Har har. You know full well we should be taking this seriously."
Flash-"Look, maybe it was an air vent or something."
Elongated-Man-"The air vent prophesized the end of the universe."
Flash-"It can happen."
Elongated-Man-"...That's dumb even for you Flash."
Flash-"Well I can't help it if it seems the whole world is out to get me. Grodd kidnaps me, I'm repeatedly hit in the nuts, I have a gay robot clone, along with the rest of the league for that matter, my wife was frickin MURDERED by ZOOM of all people while I was out in space fighting some robot, Black Adam is planning some kind of WAR, and to top it all off, THE UNIVERSE IS COMING TO AN END!!! SO EXCUSE ME, IF I'M A LIIIIIITLE BIT OF AN A$$#OLE TODAY!!!"

*Caught up yet? Good.*
Elongated-Man"....."
Flash-"......Let's go to J'onn about this."

"I'm sorry if I upset you..." I said, somewhat thinking that his anger was my fault. This is getting awkward. I kinda thought I would get a *little* more respect around here. I mean, I defeated Johnny Sorrow single-handedly yesterday. When we got to J'onn, I just let them do the talking, jumping in occasionally. I understand. I'm no hotshot...

 

[Keyser Soze]

While Batman and Harvey Dent were on Gotham Bridge, dealing with the aftermath of The Joker's death, The Joker, very much alive, washed up on the shore a good distance downstream.

The Joker crawled onto the land, coughing up filthy water. He lay on his back, laughing to himself. Sitting up, he unbuttoned his coat and through it to the ground. Underneath he was wearing a Kevlar vest, which had caught the bullet Dent had fired into his chest.

"Heh heh, Harv, you shouldn't have thought I was going to trust you."

Pulling off the vest, The Joker discovered something caught in his collar. A small coin, scarred on one side. Dent's coin.

"I think I'll keep this. Never know when I might need it."

The Joker stood up, wincing in pain. His injured back - with wounds from bullets that hit him when he wasn't wearing a vest to protect himself - was acting up again. Trying to ignore the pain, He began walking, heading vaguely in the direction leading back to his hideout.

It seemed like the little alliance with Dent hadn't really worked. But Harv's betrayal wasn't a total disaster. No, having Brucie think he was dead was actually a bonus. And besides, even without help from the DA, The Joker had the perfect way to ruin Bruce Wayne.

"Brucie, you're going to love this. HA HA!"

 

[Savage]

"I'm sorry if I upset you..." I said, somewhat thinking that his anger was my fault. This is getting awkward. I kinda thought I would get a *little* more respect around here. I mean, I defeated Johnny Sorrow single-handedly yesterday. When we got to J'onn, I just let them do the talking, jumping in occasionally. I understand. I'm no hotshot...

*J'onn follows us back to Hal's room and does his mindtaker thing. Don't care how long I've known the guy, he still gives me the creeps when he does that. Really makes you wonder about his limits. How far he would go and WOULD he go that far. After seeing my fair share of alien invasions, can't help but feel uneasy around a guy who can invade our minds.*

*Then he really starts to worry me. His eyes widen and he screams! Guy's sent flying against a wall and that's not easy!*
Elongated-Man-"WOAH!"
Flash-"JESUS CHRIST! J'ONN!"
*We rush to help him up. Heavy son of a b**ch*

Flash-"What happened?"
Martian Manhunter-"Complete darkness. Could not see what it was. So much power. Whatever it was...It is not friendly."

 

[DarkKnightJRK]

Harvey was in the grip of the big bad Bat.

“Batman please it was my fault for letting the Joker live and my fault for not balancing Two-Face and me” Harvey said

“Please Batman it was all Two face, I’ll help you crack down every person that has a record of Jay Walking too Mass Murder, Just please believe me!”

“It’s just Harvey now Two face is dead along with The Joker, please just please I´m sorry I swear too everything I love and believe in!”

I looked into his eyes to see if he was truely lying. I stared at him for what felt like millienia trying to find the lies filling up, I found...

Nothing.

I let him go and he collapses to his knees, coughing for a moment. He picks himself back up and faces me.

"Alright, Harvey," I asked, "what exactly did The Joker plan to do?"

 

[batnkevlar]

OOC: I have to say, I'm eager to read up on everything I've missed... but it's gonna be a helluva long read...

 

[Spike_x1]

Solomon Grundy struck first. His punch sent the Parasite flying across the cage, rolling him around on the floor for a moment. Rudy spit out a mouthful of purple blood and charged Grundy again, this time Parasite caught Grundy's punch and begn draining the zombie's energy. Solomon reached out with his other hand and smashed his huge fist into Rudy's head.

The Parasite shook off the blow. He couldn't afford to screw up this fight. Using the skills he had stolen from Batman, Rudy ducked another punch and grabbed onto the zombie's arm. Holding onto Grundy's arm, Rudy pivotted behind Solomon with enough force to break Grundy's arm. Rudy then used his other arm to get Solomon Grundy into a headlock where the zombie was soon drained to death.

As Grundy's pale skin flaked away into dust, Rudy took a few steps back from Grundy's remains. A scaley, lizard-like (obviously a meta) referee ran up to him and grabbed the Parasite's arm, raising it in triumph. Instinctively, Rudy drained the ref into ashes.

"Whoops. Oh well. S**t happens," Rudy said dismissively.

 

[Savage]

OOC: I have to say, I'm eager to read up on everything I've missed... but it's gonna be a helluva long read...

OOC: Welcome back man. Trying to get things moving with Hal and all but there's so much already with Black Adam and Zoom and the forgotten Grodd. Can't wait to see how all of this goes. Sounds like you're plannin sumthin big.

 

[Savage]

<SNIP>

HA! Nice.

 

[The Joker]

The Penguin walked thru the Iceberg lounge admiring his little empire he'd built.He had come a long way from the colourful criminal who attacked the Batman and Gotham City with his bird and umbrella themed crimes.

Now he could pull them off without being caged as he had done so many times before.

But that may be danger of being ended if Harvey Dent succeeds in this campaign of his to bring down all the leading underworld figures.The Penguin being prominent amongst them.

And being directly connected to the underworld grape vine The Penguin heard all sorts of information.And the juciest piece of info was that The Joker was secretly in cahoots with Dent.

The Penguin called in Jay,Raven and Lark."I have a job for you my dears.I want you to arrange that word spreads that I want to meet with The Joker here after close of business hours".

"If anyone is in the perfect position to help me with my little Dent problem he is" The Penguin said as he waddled away swinging his umbrella merrily.

 

[Spike_x1]

OOC: Hey Ock, when you're done with Joker, maybe you should think about a trip to the House where the meta-brawls are taking place. Make a few bucks betting on the fights, eh?

 

[The Joker]

OOC: Hey Ock, when you're done with Joker, maybe you should think about a trip to the House where the meta-brawls are taking place. Make a few bucks betting on the fights, eh?

The House???

Sure I'd love to but I'm not sure what this is.

Can you give me a few details on it please??

 

[rigel7soldiers]

OOC: the House is a place where methumans fight to the death, while villains, mostly nonpowered tech users, look on and bet. Roulette, Mr. Terrific I's granddaughter, runs the place.

 

[The Joker]

OOC: Thank you

Oh you can definitely bet Penguin will be visiting that place