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

[DarkKnightJRK]

OOC: I hear ya, I'll do that for you next time.

Though it's ironic that now I can't move because of Keyser's last post. :|

 

[Keyser Soze]

OOC: Sorry about that JRK. I just figured that this was gonna be a big battle. I wanted to add a little suspense. Now we can have a little dialogue, and some tension. Remember that you are still aware of everything around you, so some great opportunity for internal character development here...

 

[The Joker]

The Penguin held his arm.It had a rotted ache after Joker popped it back in.His head throbbed,his nose was bleeding and Batman had smashed his favourite umbrella and trashed his nice cosy private office......not a pleasant evening so far.

He saw Batman slumped on the floor incapacitated.The Penguin limped over and kicked Batman in the stomach.

"Lousy bat vermin" he snarled as he went to his desk and pressed a buzzer.A minute later two muscled toughs came to the door.

"Did you meat heads not hear the commotion in here??" the Penguin shouted as he dipped his hankerchief into the jug of water on his desk and wiped the blood off his mouth.

"Sorry Mr Cobblepot but we were out back making sure..." but the Penguin cut them off.

"Spare me.Just pick up the bat and tied him securely to that chair".

The two thugs did as they were told as they hoisted Batman off the ground and tied him securely to the chair.

"Now wait outside.And make sure we're not disturbed.Private meeting" the Penguin said.The two thugs left closing the office door after them.

The Penguin wiped the last of the blood from his face and took out another cigarette in his cigarette holder and lit it.

He walked over to his umbrella rack as his white gloved hand hovered over the many umbrella handles before he carefully selected one.

He swung it merrily in his hand as he walked over and stood in front of Batman.He put the tip of the umbrella on Batman's chest and suddenly a wave of electricity seared thru Batman's body shocking him painfully.

"You know I've always had an affection for flying creatures.But the winged rat is not among them" the Penguin said as he sent another jolt of electricity into Batman's body.

He looked at Joker and Two Face and smiled as he puffed smoke from his cigarette holder."Gentleman it's time to waste a bat".

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Mordru ponders this proposal for a few seconds before answering, “Very well. You will go and recruit the god of war, and I will search for others to join or cause.”
The Dark Lord points towards a door off to Adam’s side, “That portal there will take you to the Isle of the Amazons, Teth-Adam. Once you have recruited him, concentrate on the jewel and the portal leading back to the Tower will appear.”

"Very well. I will return shortly with Ares in tow, if all goes as planned." Black Adam flew through the portal without delay. He arrived in Themyscira just in time to see Supergirl, Wonder Girl, and Wonder Woman put Cerberus down like so much kibble. Black Adam smiled, knowing that the hell-hound must have been part of some plan Ares had against the heroes; good, this would provide him all the opening he needed to make Ares listen. But knowing that even he couldn't take all three of the women on his own, Black Adam hid in a nearby temple until they'd moved off. He walked inside the temple and called to the god of war. "Ares! Show yourself! I have a proposition for you!"

A blazing fire erupted out of nothingness on the floor of the temple, scorching a nearby marble statue of Athena. Ares stepped out of the flames clad in his signature black armor, looking like a veritable giant with eyes the color of blood. "You would have words with me?" Ares sounded almost amused through his perpetual anger. "What kind of proposition could you possibly have for me? Moreover, why should I, a god in no uncertain terms, listen to you, a mere servant of lesser gods?"

"Because I can offer you the chance to be rid of your hated foe Wonder Woman."

"Believe me, human, you would not last two minutes against Diana. Besides, I have her well in hand."

"Really? So it was all part of your plan for her and her friends to beat the living hell out of Cerberus, was it?"

"Impudent mortal!" Ares reached down and grabbed Black Adam in one hand. "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't do Shazam a favor and kill you right now!"

"Because," Adam grunted as Ares' hand tightened, "I have a plan that may not only take care of Wonder Woman, but also plunge the whole world into war." Ares' hand loosened and he tapped his finger against his chin thoughtfully. "I thought that would get your attention. Now please, dispense with this grandiose facade and let's talk, shall we?"

Ares put Teth-Adam down and then shrunk himself, a stylish, pinstriped Armani suit replacing his armor along the way. When they were roughly the same height (Ares kept a few inches on Adam--to feel more important, Adam surmised), Black Adam was faced with a blond man who might have been the CEO of a Fortune 500 company rather than the ancient god of war, except for the fact that his eyes retained their crimson hue. "Speak quickly, mortal," was all Ares said.

"I and a few of my associates have formed an alliance to declare war on the so-called 'heroes' infesting Earth. We know that we are a powerful force, but we also know that the heroes will eventually gather their forces and face as one. Even we cannot hope to stand up to that for long, so we request your assistance. In return, we will make it a priority to slay Wonder Woman and any others you wish gone in the process."

"An intriguing offer. But I was barred from directly interfering in mortal affairs long ago. I gave my word, though I regret it, and a god's word is as a mystical oath."

"Don't worry; the Alliance includes a being whose precision with mystical powers may approach even your own. If anyone could break you free from that oath, he can."

"I see. That brings me to my next point: Who are these allies of yours, exactly?"

"Mordru, the Dark Lord of Chaos, and Deathstroke, the assassin."

"Ah yes... We gods tend to avoid the avatars of Chaos and Order as a whole, but I must admit, I have been impressed by Mordru's ruthlessness. Similarly, Deathstroke's violent enterprises have done much to empower me. He leaves whirling cesspools of conflict wherever he goes."

"So, is that a yes?"

"Indeed, mortal. I will assist you on one condition: When Mordru breaks the mystical barrier preventing me from interfering on Earth, Athena's champion is mine."

"We wouldn't dream of denying you the opportunity for revenge," Adam said with a smile. He opened the portal back to Fate's Tower with Mordru's gem. "Come, then. We have been operating out of the Tower of Fate. No doubt your expertise will speed our cause along nicely." They stepped through the portal. On the other side, Black Adam motioned his arm towards Mordru and Deathstroke. "Welcome, Ares, god of conflict, to the Dark Alliance."

 

[Johnny Blaze]

After Adam departs, Mordru holds out his hand, and once again a green flame appears floating above it. Once it dissipates, a small emerald falls into the Dark Lord’s hand. An emerald, just like the one he gave to Black Adam, which he gives to Deathstroke.
Mordru then explains how the jewel will allow him to wander the Tower and not get lost, and to come and go as he pleases through the thousands of gateways throughout the Tower. Pointing over to a door directly behind Slade, Mordru says, “That path there will take you to your daughter. If you wish to check up on her, you may do so...or, I suppose, you could bring her here. She would be safer from our enemies in the Tower, after all.”

 

[DarkKnightJRK]

I can't move.

I want to, I need to. I can't let him escape again.

I will my body to move but it doesn't, I would curse and scream and yell but my mouth has been frozen from the paralization as well.

I felt myself being tied up by some of Penguin's goons. He took one of his umbrella's and started to electricute me with it. While the suit absorbed some of it, I still felt the sting of it.

How could I have been so blind? How could the Joker have been able to stab through the kevlar of the suit? Maybe a seam lossened itself during the fight or something.

Why didn't I protect Alfred? Why couldn't I save him? Why did The Joker ever have to do this? Why does he feel the need to kill the people I love? Why did the damn monster even exist?

Then something hits me: Tim. Tim was with Alfred when I last left them...what happened to him? Did The Joker...?

Sundenly, with all the strength I had I urged and begged for my lips and tongue to ask that but I couldn't. No matter how hard I tried, my mouth wouldn't respond.

I can't move. No matter how hard I try to, it just won't.

I hate it.

 

[rigel7soldiers]

OOC: Okay. I've got my work cut out for me...

First things first, examine one of the dead Featheirans. Found one. Alright. Now, what could have done all this in the... four or five hours, tops, that Adam was with me in America? Wings shorn from the body, slash marks on each side of neck... this guy's thorough, I'll give him that. Who has a grudge against Black Adam OR the Featheirans?
Vigilante doesn't seem to think we'll fool Adam... I'm starting to doubt it myself... we might have to commit an actual crime to get his attention... but not in Khandaq, it'll have to wait.

OOC: Should I just come up with what happened, Corp?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

OOC: With what happened in Khandaq? No, JB and I have plans for that.

 

[Johnny Blaze]

OOC: Yeah, we have the Khandaq thing covered, but you're on the right track though, rigel7soldiers.
Just have to make sure it's a grand crime to get the Alliance's attention.

 

[rigel7soldiers]

We decided that what happened to Khandaq, though ufortunate, could not be dicovered with the clues we had. A crime. Big crime, somewhere in America. We're going to have to stop by the JSA brownstone, I think the Icicle's (Joar Mahkent's) freeze gun might be there... *15 hours later* Alright, we have a freeze gun, our charade is complete. Now... to begin our crime spree with a bang...

"Freeze. Yes, I know, that joke's been done to death by ice villains, but it's still funny to me, dammit! You know, just for that, I'm chilling up the whole place."
Ralph began, first instructing the bank's patrons to stop before being heckled. He deftly imitated Captain Cold's quick temper, for which I commend him. I tell him to be sure it's cold enough to freeze, but not kill, and we're in business.

Once we left... it was all crazy... I just remembered we'd probably have to steal the original Mirror Master's (or the current one's) mirror gun... but that's in Keystone... to throw off the heat, we went back to our civillian identities... when we got to Keystone, Ralph handled the police well enough, and Vigilante grabbed the mirror gun from the evidence locker. Okay... we can go through reflective surfaces now... Adam better find us soon... and it better be the RIGHT us, not the chumps we're stuck imitating...

OOC: that wasn't too much, too fast, was it? I left out how they got to Keystone because I'm not sure where th JSA brownstone is...

 

[Johnny Blaze]

OOC: That's cool. I know I've got to help out our newest member, Ares, then I have to locate the Shade so we can recruit him. Or mayhaps, Deathstroke could get the Shade and Adam can go after you all. Have to wait for Corp and Harl to see how they want to work it.

 

[rigel7soldiers]

I got jealous. My acrobatic prowess doesn't help much when pulling off a robbery. I guess smoke bombs will have to do... and it's not like Catman's dead or anything, so we can't even use the Catcar as a getaway vehicle.... I asked Vigilante if I could be Mirror Master... He gets to keep his "shootin' irons," as he calls them, as Catman, and I feel more important. Shoot light, lasers, travel throgh mirrors. It's great. I think I'll keep the Mirror gun after all this Black Adam business...

 

[SuperFerret]

OOC: Damn, Black Adam, Mordru, Deathstroke,and Ares? Allied against the heroes of the world? AND they're recruiting more? This looks like a job for..... someone else, I'm still Clark Kent right now.

 

[batnkevlar]

OOC: Who's Ares?

 

[rigel7soldiers]

OOC: Nobody's playing as Ares, if that's what you mean. Also, bat, I might be able to find a Captain Cold for the RPG...

 

[PFunk2]

OOC: Don't worry about it. Thanks to that description from Johny Blaze I think I remember now. And yes you can go to Khandaq. It's not like you know where Black Adam is or anything. If he's not there then fine, continue surveliance till he comes back. Maybe even secretly help people(You guys being dressed as villains and all, anything too big would raise suspicion[SP?]).

IC:
Mr.Miracle-"Ah, the Source Wall... I know a thing or two about the Source Wall. Flash could you scoot over a bit? Thanks. The source wall is where all the answers lie. It is the beginning and end of our universe. Behind that wall is...well...the source. The man. The creator. You have questions, he's the guy you go to. The wall is there to hold back his sheer power. This guy can destroy everything we know as quickly as he created it and every now and then there is someone stupid enough to challenge that power and they become trapped in the wall for all eternity."

"Okay. But what does the Source Wall have to do with us?" John asks.

Mr.M-"That my dear John...is the mystery...Hey, "I love the 80s" is on." *grabs a hot pocket from Flash*

"But it's a mystery I need to know about." John adds in insistantly.

Flash-"Pauly Shore's the man."
Mr.M-"You know it."

John just shake his head as he watches these two sit down to watch the TV. Then briefly gives Barda a "Is he always like this." look. Then rezzes up a emeral pocket PC and starts looking thru possible new costumed designs from his next door neighboor.

"This is going to be awhile." he thinks to himself.

 

[Harlekin]

"... Thank you." Deathstroke said as he walked through the portal and ended up by his daughter's bedside. Walking around her for a bit, he then gently gave her a kiss on the forehead as he picked her up. Concentrating back on the Tower, Deathstroke miraciously appeared in front of Mordru. This time he noted, he didn't feel any pain as he travelled. Funny how that works. he thought to himself as he asked Mordru: "Where would be the best place to put her?"

 

[Johnny Blaze]

"... Thank you." Deathstroke said as he walked through the portal and ended up by his daughter's bedside. Walking around her for a bit, he then gently gave her a kiss on the forehead as he picked her up. Concentrating back on the Tower, Deathstroke miraciously appeared in front of Mordru. This time he noted, he didn't feel any pain as he travelled. Funny how that works. he thought to himself as he asked Mordru: "Where would be the best place to put her?"

“Follow me”, says the Dark Lord as he motions for Deathstroke to follow him.
Mordru opens a small door on the side of the room and they descend a winding stairwell that seems to go on forever. Finally reaching the bottom, they come to a single wooden door with steel framing. “You may put her in there. You will find bedding, blankets, and anything else you require. Now, if you will excuse me, I have work to do.”

 

[Harlekin]

Looking around the room, Slade gently places Rose on the bed. She'll be fine her, and arguably the safest. He looks back to the emerald that he is holding and towards her. "I'll be here for you." he says as he looks at her one more time before he returns to the main room.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

OOC: Who's Ares?

OOC: I'm basically handling Ares as a supporting NPC at Bishop Cori's request.

Black Adam brought Ares back to the Tower of Fate to find the main room empty. "Perhaps they have gone off to bring more members to our cause. We shall wait here."

"We most certainly will not. Ares waits for no mortal." Ares closed his eyes and sought Mordru out. One teleportation spell later and the two of them stood before Mordru and Deathstroke outside of the room Mordru had prepared for Rose just as Deathstroke was shutting the door. "Lord of Chaos," Ares commanded, "You will assist me in ridding myself of this mystical barrier from directly affecting matters in Patriarch's World."

"Mordru," Adam said dryly, "meet Ares, the god of conflicts. I believe he wants your assistance on a certain matter..."

 

[Johnny Blaze]

OOC: I'm basically handling Ares as a supporting NPC at Bishop Cori's request.

Black Adam brought Ares back to the Tower of Fate to find the main room empty. "Perhaps they have gone off to bring more members to our cause. We shall wait here."

"We most certainly will not. Ares waits for no mortal." Ares closed his eyes and sought Mordru out. One teleportation spell later and the two of them stood before Mordru and Deathstroke outside of the room Mordru had prepared for Rose just as Deathstroke was shutting the door. "Lord of Chaos," Ares commanded, "You will assist me in ridding myself of this mystical barrier from directly affecting matters in Patriarch's World."

"Mordru," Adam said dryly, "meet Ares, the god of conflicts. I believe he wants your assistance on a certain matter..."

Mordru answers sarcastically, “Well, it’s a pleasure to meet you, Lord Ares. Welcome to the Tower of Fate."
Before Ares can reply, Mordru cuts him off, "Now, what is this business about a mystical barrier?”

 

[Karem-Knight]

The Penguin held his arm.It had a rotted ache after Joker popped it back in.His head throbbed,his nose was bleeding and Batman had smashed his favourite umbrella and trashed his nice cosy private office......not a pleasant evening so far.

He saw Batman slumped on the floor incapacitated.The Penguin limped over and kicked Batman in the stomach.

"Lousy bat vermin" he snarled as he went to his desk and pressed a buzzer.A minute later two muscled toughs came to the door.

"Did you meat heads not hear the commotion in here??" the Penguin shouted as he dipped his hankerchief into the jug of water on his desk and wiped the blood off his mouth.

"Sorry Mr Cobblepot but we were out back making sure..." but the Penguin cut them off.

"Spare me.Just pick up the bat and tied him securely to that chair".

The two thugs did as they were told as they hoisted Batman off the ground and tied him securely to the chair.

"Now wait outside.And make sure we're not disturbed.Private meeting" the Penguin said.The two thugs left closing the office door after them.

The Penguin wiped the last of the blood from his face and took out another cigarette in his cigarette holder and lit it.

He walked over to his umbrella rack as his white gloved hand hovered over the many umbrella handles before he carefully selected one.

He swung it merrily in his hand as he walked over and stood in front of Batman.He put the tip of the umbrella on Batman's chest and suddenly a wave of electricity seared thru Batman's body shocking him painfully.

"You know I've always had an affection for flying creatures.But the winged rat is not among them" the Penguin said as he sent another jolt of electricity into Batman's body.

He looked at Joker and Two Face and smiled as he puffed smoke from his cigarette holder."Gentleman it's time to waste a bat".

Two Face smiled as he saw The Penguin blast the bat. Two Face wanted too use a crow bar or a gun he flipped the coin. Harvey got out the crowbar.






“Hey Midget leave some for me!” Two Face said hitting the bat as hard as he could.

 

[Supergirl]

OOC: I'm basically handling Ares as a supporting NPC at Bishop Cori's request.

Black Adam brought Ares back to the Tower of Fate to find the main room empty. "Perhaps they have gone off to bring more members to our cause. We shall wait here."

"We most certainly will not. Ares waits for no mortal." Ares closed his eyes and sought Mordru out. One teleportation spell later and the two of them stood before Mordru and Deathstroke outside of the room Mordru had prepared for Rose just as Deathstroke was shutting the door. "Lord of Chaos," Ares commanded, "You will assist me in ridding myself of this mystical barrier from directly affecting matters in Patriarch's World."

"Mordru," Adam said dryly, "meet Ares, the god of conflicts. I believe he wants your assistance on a certain matter..."

OOC: I was actually going to volunteer double duty as Ares myself. I still will if you want me too

IC: Wonder Woman patted Kara on the back and smiled. "It appears my sisters have trained you well in combat Kar Zor-El. You are indeed worthy to be called an Amazon, and I will be proud to call you my sister. Well done."

"Great Zeus! That was awesome Kara, I wish I had that on tape! Actually, I wish I could have seen Ares face when you killed his uncle's favorite pet! I can't believe you did that!"

A chilled silence fell over the island, not a sound could be heard, not even the whispers of the animals. "Ares is plotting something, this is a very bad omen. We must remain prepared for war."

OOC: Corp I loved your recruitment of Ares also, that was spot on for both characters. You, Johnny and Trop all are gonna kick ass in this game with your knowledge of the DCU. We need to get Leaguer to join too...

 

[TheCorpulent1]

OOC: Thanks. You're more than welcome to handle Ares if you like. I'm just kind of winging it with him, so if you had any plans for him, feel free to take over. I don't mind taking on more than one character though. I'm handling half the Asgardian pantheon over in the Marvel RPG right now. We're working on getting Leaguer in here.

 

[Savage]

<SNIP>

Barda-"Umm. Shouldn't you guys be doing some important Justice League stuff right about now?"
Mr.Miracle-"Oh leave em alone Barda. When was the last time we had guests? We're not exactly the most approachable people in the world."
Barda-"That's because you scare the crap out of the neighbors with your stupid light show every time you open the door!"
Mr.M-"Hey, they think it's cool...I am totally jiggy with the peeps yo."
Barda-"Cool? Remember those trick or treaters?"
Mr.M-"I thought we agreed never to bring that up?"
Barda-"Did you really need the demon mask?"
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:Quick Flashback:
*Rings doorbell*
Kids-"Trick or tre--"
Mr.M-"I WILL DEVOUR YOUR SOULS!!!!!!!!
Kids-"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *runs away*
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Mr.M-"I thought it was pretty funny."
Barda-"Their parents didn't."
Mr.M-"Their parents were funny too."

*This is more fun than tv. :chomps hotpocket:*

Barda-"Not everyone shares your 'unique' sense of humor Scott."
Mr.M-"You know you love it."
Barda-"That's not the point...*sighs*...as if it isn't hard enough trying to be normal."
Mr.M-"Honey, we're superheroes from another planet. Normal, we're not. And we shouldn't try to be. We're perfect the way we are...come on...let's not fight in front of the guests...Eskimo kiss?"
Barda-"Eskimo Kiss"

*Okay I've just lost interest.-_- It's like an episode of Seventh Heaven here. What are those guys up to? Where's a crisis when you need one?*


OOC: Hey, gotta post something in the meantime.