Action, Adventure, Excitement, Part 5 DC - Chapter 4 Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 14:26:41 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: The Purloined Lantern On Sat, 27 Feb 1999 14:23:32 -0800 (PST) The Lone One Said As CAoL Message # 00006493 > On Sat, 27 Feb 1999 01:37:30 > Morgan and/or Roland Said As CAoL Message # 00006484 > >>On Fri, 26 Feb 1999 01:40:30 -0800 (PST) >>The Lone One Said As CAoL Message # 00006467 >> >> Raver never broke eye contact with Zauriel, but she did send >>over the Link, /You have a whelp?/ > > /Depends on when you're talking about, even if he's on the >level.../ Roland replies, distracted on a number of levels. /Hm./ >> When Zauriel turned to deal with the Anti-Monitor, Raver >>immediately leaped into the air. ^It's a fucking pissing contest. >>Grow up, why don't you.^ >> ^We are opposite poles. We cannot help but repel each other.^ >>Her response was controlled, yet mild. She banked, shooting over to >>the hoverboard. A sweep with the flat of her greatsword sent a >>couple of doppelgangers flying off, and she followed them down to >>the street. >> Landing lightly, Raver lunged at the nearest doppelganger, >>sword coming down in an arc. > > ^What in the name of the Presence are you talking about?^ Zauriel >asks, his concentration otherwise fully focused on the helmet of the >dead reality-destroyer. OOC: ACK! *bap* *bap* *bap* *bap* (That sound is my forehead connecting with the desk) Sorry about that -- I was trying to fit in with the standardized punctuation, and forgot that they're only *physically* separated. My bad. (No personality disintegration this time around, since Z'On'Dar completely repaired and stabilized the bond) > #/Oh, NO!/# Blaze sends desperately. #/The Crime Syndicate! Light, >whatever you do, DON'T use Kryptonite on Ultraman! Every exposure >gives him a new power!/# He concentrates on Power Ring, shattering >the yellow illusion around him and revealing the equally bizarre >being beneath. OOC: Wow. It took me a few minutes of rereading and a score sheet to figure out who's beating up on who and who's who. *grin* Raver looked up from where she was dealing with the Anti-Flash (after the Anti-Wonder Woman told him to get his butt in gear) in time to see the unmasking of Ultraman. "So." The demon sheathed her greatsword. If she hadn't been wearing armor, people would have been able to see the muscular ripple beginning between her shoulderblades. It traveled down both arms, finally emerging from her clawtips in a blast of hellfire that smashed into the Anti-Flash. ================================= Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 15:01:27 -0800 (PST) Subject: RE: AAE V: The Disappearance of Mary On Sun, 14 Feb 1999 21:54:18 -0500 "Ziactrice Keenan" Said As CAoL Message # 00006494 > John nods hello to all, while pulling out a chair and seeing her >seated with a milkshake before taking his own seat. Rhia smiles and >asks after everyone's health. "Well, I'm feeling much better than I was a few moments ago, thanks to Mary. Although I failed to recover quickly enough to prevent the cusp eventuality, that time." The previously un-recognizable youth seated to Rhia's right answers, in Zia's voice. Indeed, on a much closer look, it is a face with all Zia's features, even though the former disease's scarring, her loss of a few years, and street appearance make it more than a bit difficult to recognize her. She does not order a drink, nor does she join in with the milkshakes all around. She gives John a look, and smiles with a faint crooking of one side of her mouth. "You look better. So does Rhia. Good job." ================================= Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 16:37:56 -0800 (PST) Subject: RE: AAE V: The Purloined Lantern On Sat, 27 Feb 1999 19:15:35 -0500 Zia Said As CAoL Message # 00006497 Trying to watch every way at once without taking another 'sucker' punch, Zia just gives Raver a called warning, "Look out, there're real people inside - villains. Matched against those of us of qualities-known. At least it's not the Royal Flush Gang. Gag." With a frown of disgust at the very thought, Zia turns to aid Moonstone, not hurrying as the highsticking new member of the CAoL seems well able to take care of things. She slides the katana back into nowhere around her hip. Zia apparently doesn't use deadly force against living sentients under normal circumstances. (Yes, this fight qualifies - normal for the CAoL, at least.) As the Anti-Monitor's entropic burst, and Aurora's mental-plus blasts go off nearby, however, the reality directly around Zia goes... weird. Her momentary concern when faced with a Flash-alike is all it takes to trip her power to warp reality. Like a circuit breaker might, it kicks in subconsciously, trying to work for her survival, but not under her control in any meaningful way. Shimmering like a heat haze on the horizon, then her form inside seems to blur. The area seems to expand slightly, the asphalt morphing through cement, brick, and cobblestones... before returning to asphalt as the change in reality is drawn back in forcefully by what little control Zia can manage to hold over her subconscious Shadow shifting. She resolves as a mature black woman a good five or six inches taller. Zia is now in silver and black superhero garb; she fills out the ol' spandex quite well, in fact. Silver half-cowl covers most of her face, but the black hair is free and long. In the center of her chest is a rose symbol, black against the silver. Silverish material drapes from her sleeves, like glider wings only with more drape. Black leggings and sleeves cover her completely, ending in silver gloves and low silver boots with a rolled top. Reality and Zia are suddenly congruent again, with no hint of any of the funny business a moment past. With an irked frown at herself, Zia suddenly leaves the ground, and _flies_ to the Faux and Flashy one. "May we dance?" She inquires sarcastically, as without ado she plucks his speeding feet from the pavement. "You can call me Dame Marvel. What shall I call you?" She adds, as she flies upwards. "Oh, look a water tower. How quaint. How about all wet?" She drops him, aimed at the water landing. Returning to Moonstone and Raver (e.g. street-level, the embassy), "You two want to stay down here, or rejoin Grand Central Station slugfest on the roof?" Dame Marvel Well, Captain Marvel was already taken, and would have been confusing, and Captain Zia... I'm NOT even going there. Ms. Marvel is too silly for words, and offends Zia's sense of the theatrical, anyway. ================================= Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 08:05:25 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Moving Right Along... On Sun, 28 Feb 1999 10:37:11 EST Driscoll Said As CAoL Message # 00006501 >On Fri, 26 Feb 1999 23:29:55 -0500 >Dhyrclhanc Said As CAoL Message # 00006478 > > The Xavier is in orbit around the *Moon* not the Earth. Not >that I doubt that Jim's communitations or engines have that range but >I'd suprise me just the same. Well his engines right now are a modified Improbability drive, so the furthur the distance the faster he can get there. yeh yeh that's it. yeh. ;-) >After a couple of minutes of silence, Jim receives, again from >Dasher, {OK, sorry about that, your story checks out. If you want to >get back to Earth, just transmit an exact set of coordinates of your >passenger and I'll beam him over to sickbay for Sikorsky to take care >of. Beter yet, let us follow you down} #Copy. Coordinates are {} Don't worry if your beam latches onto a bit of myself, they'll drift back to me eventually. Ready for return to Earsh-space when you are.# ================================= Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 08:05:29 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: The Purloined Lantern On Sun, 28 Feb 1999 10:37:11 EST Driscoll Said As CAoL Message # 00006502 >On Sat, 27 Feb 1999 01:37:30 >Morgan and/or Roland Said As CAoL Message # 00006484 >>On Fri, 26 Feb 1999 21:25:14 EST >>Driscoll Said As CAoL Message # 00006475 > >> Mini-jim collapses into a seeming pile of jello as the nanite >>colony plans the next move. >> [New appearences seem to be enemies. analysis.] >> [Constructs from a power ring belonging to Sinestro, hence the >>yellow coloring.] >> [I thought his constructs were red?] > > (OOC: Sinestro's ring, and constructs, have been yellow since his >expulsion from the Corps and gaining his evil ring from Qward.) (OOC Yeh but Jim gets a LOT of information for a LOT of sources. Hence he mixes things up now and then. I was thinking back to two things. First a Wha' The Comic that had the DeeSee universe invading Marble and Sinesterio's constructs were red. Secondly to the fact that technically on the color triangle, red is the direct opposite of green. So he had to have the little bit of debate in his internal diologue ) >> All this take place in less than a couple of seconds, and mini-jim >>finally re-forms himself into what looks like a tiny remote >>controlled tank. The turrent moves to track the yellow Bizaro that >>is battling Superman. Once locked in, it fires and a beam of yellow >>light shoots forth, striking the Bizzaro. >> >> >has. hehehehehe> > > (OOC: Oh, you ASKED for it...) OOC: Don't I ALWAYS????? ;-) OOC > #/Oh, NO!/# Blaze sends desperately. #/The Crime Syndicate! Light, >whatever you do, DON'T use Kryptonite on Ultraman! Every exposure >gives him a new power!/# He concentrates on Power Ring, shattering >the yellow #Transmission copied. Beam terminated.# Mini-jim sends, his voice staying more mechinical than normal to cover the 'oops, we screwed up' feelings. >illusion around him and revealing the equally bizarre being beneath. The mini-tank goes scootering around trying to keep from being stepped on while a new internal diologue goes on between the nanites. [OK, that plan failed miserably. Obviously this Sinestro forsaw someone taking exactly that plan of action.] [But didn't we _create_ yellow Kryptonite?] [Statistics on this Ultra-man are not readily available. From what Blaze said I don't think the color of kryptonite matters.] [Store defeat for later analysis. We need a new attack plan.] [Processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Completed. Situation analysis. CAoL better suited for actual direct combat at this moment. Suggest re-directing efforts on a more geurilla campaign. Main field of conflict is directed by this Sinestro being controling this... "Crab-faced Guy" and using their power rings to bring these combatants into the fray.] [Agreed. Most effective attacks would be either disrupting control of "Crab-Faced Guy" or neutralizing the rings.] [Suggest doing both. Split current available force into two forces. Both will be widely spaced enough to achieve gaseous formation to approach villian. Team 1 will attempt to infiltrate the body through any openinings. Then make their way towards the brain and act as artifical neuron and synapse firing devices to disrupt Sinestro's control. Other group will get close, and then form up around the rings and the fingers they are on, bonding to create as solid a substance as possible around the rings and hopefully block their use.] [Examining probability of success. 24.9% for both teams succeeding. 47.8% of one team succeding. Not good results.] [Probabilities attack plan will distract until main body colony can return to Earth.] [85.9%] [I like them odds, lets do it.] The tank moved its way towards Sinestro, waiting until the last minute before appearing to explode. Under the conver of destruction the microscopic robots made their move, swimming through the air at incredible speeds towards Sinestro. As they get closer, they see Dhyrclhanc attack with his eye of Aggemenno (No I can't spell it and I"m too lazy to go grab a comic to spell it right. hehehe). [Go Go Go, now while Sinestro is distracted.] The Nanites move in quickly before their presense can be detected, hoping any automatic defenses will be trying to stop the psychic attack rather than an unimposing seeming physical one. Getting up to him, Nanites begin to cover his skin like a very fine dust, seeking out cuts, pores or any opening to get through the skin. Moments later, a dull greyish substance seems to be beginning to envelop the ring fingers of both of Sinestro's hands. (OK Tag to you again Roland. hehehe Am I a glutton for punishmen tor what? ;-) ) ================================= Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 14:33:49 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: The Purloined Lantern On Sun, 28 Feb 1999 15:46:56 -0500 Dhyrclhanc Said As CAoL Message # 00006503 > On Sat, 27 Feb '99, In alt.callahans > "Xander Opal" Said > > "What the hell just happened?" it asks with it's left head, looking >around. > Then it seems to notice itself, and stares down at its hands, then >at its faces... > > "Oh my lord... I've been turned into a Transformer..." Inside of her(?) head, Xander will get a confused telepahic message from Dhyrclhanc, to wit *Nice to see you again Xander, now, what, in the name of Bahmut and Tiamat are you doing here? Not that at this point we wouldn't mind the help.* Note: "*" means any telepathic communications that don't take place over any private telepathic comunication chanels or links. ================================= Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 14:33:58 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Moving Right Along... On Sun, 28 Feb 1999 16:39:41 -0500 Dhyrclhanc Said As CAoL Message # 00006504 > On Sun, 28 Feb '99 "Driscoll" Said >>Dhyrclhanc Said > >> The Xavier is in orbit around the *Moon* not the Earth. Not >>that I doubt that Jim's communitations or engines have that range >>but I'd suprise me just the same. > > Well his engines right now are a modified Improbability drive, >so the furthur the distance the faster he can get there. yeh yeh >that's it. yeh. ;-) };=8D >>After a couple of minutes of silence, Jim receives, again from >>Dasher, {OK, sorry about that, your story checks out. If you want to >>get back to Earth, just transmit an exact set of coordinates of your >>passenger and I'll beam him over to sickbay for Sikorsky to take >>care of. Beter yet, let us follow you down} >> > #Copy. Coordinates are {} Don't worry if your beam latches onto a >bit of myself, they'll drift back to me eventually. Ready for return >to Earsh-space when you are.# More lysdexia? };=8) Jim's sensors will detect Jack II (to differenciate him from the female shapeshifter from Grey-World) being teleported out of his cargo area. If he wakes up short after transit, he'll find himself on a small, cot-like bed, in clean, shiny, hi-tech enviroment being fussed over by an obviously metalic and artificial being who looks like the hybrid of a dragonfly and a Huey Bell Cobra hellicopter Where'd we end up leaving the other Jack, Mike? Callahan's? {Jim, Sikorsky informs me that his patient arrived safely in the Sickbay. Give me a few minutes to get myself re-situated here and we'll follow you down.} Another 15 minutes later Gotta love those Defiant deck plans in the DS:9 Technical Manual (on sale at a bookstore near you, in fact why don't you log onto Amazon.com via my web site) forgive the shameless comerical plug Jim recieves, {OK, Jim, we're ready when you are} As Jim's sensors detect the Xavier's Impulse and Bergenholm drives being brought on-line. ================================= Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 18:06:09 -0800 (PST) Subject: OOC: AAE V: Moving Right Along... On Sun, 28 Feb 1999 18:38:17 -0600 Mike Knight Said As CAoL Message # 00006506 >On Sun, 28 Feb 1999 16:39:41 -0500 >Dhyrclhanc Said As CAoL Message # 00006504 >Where'd we end up leaving the other Jack, Mike? Callahan's? > Nope. Pyewackett, Isis, and Jack are in transit between Callahan's and Michael Seven's last position, the time-fluxed Earth. ================================= Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 15:23:27 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: The Purloined Lantern On Mon, 1 Mar 1999 18:15:08 -0500 (EST) Shadow Said As CAoL Message # 00006509 Rhia and John stroll through the chaos, watching the fight rage around them. ^I always find it amazing what a little invisibility and 'I'm not here' will do.^ Rhia remarked. ^Now, now. The effect is a little more complicated than that. For one, the very low reliance on magic for any of it.^ John ducks as a stray blast flies over his head. ^Still, it is neat. I'm glad I thought of it.^ ^You thought of it? You only came up with the method after I pointed out the extreme inadvisability of, as you put it, 'just walking through Morincryth's door and asking him to cease his operations in this sector because it's really starting to tick me off'^ ^Well, yes. But the method is a John original. And the revised method did work better.^ ^You mean how you snuck into Morincryth's stronghold and _then_ threatened him as opposed to just threatening him from the start?^ ^Exactly. I enjoyed sneaking about a lot more than just powering my way through hordes of faceless minions.^ John grins as he can just *sense* Rhia's eye roll. ^We're here. What's wrong with them?^ ^I don't know. Why don't you give me a moment to check.^ Rhia looks over the Huntress and Batman, giving them a quick, but extensive, scan. [Meaning she can miss things, but she's checking on all levels.] John watches Steel fall from the sky. ^If he doesn't get up, we should head over there next. Anything?^ [Well, Oh illustrious plot-runners?] ================================= Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 19:45:47 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Moving Right Along... On Tue, 02 Mar 1999 18:29:52 EST Driscoll Said As CAoL Message # 00006510 >On Sun, 28 Feb 1999 16:39:41 -0500 >Dhyrclhanc Said As CAoL Message # 00006504 > >Jim's sensors will detect Jack II (to differenciate him from the >female shapeshifter from Grey-World) being teleported out of his >cargo area. > >If he wakes up short after transit, he'll find himself on a small, >cot-like bed, in clean, shiny, hi-tech enviroment being fussed over >by an obviously metalic and artificial being who looks like the >hybrid of a dragonfly and a Huey Bell Cobra hellicopter Sikorsky will find many bruises and some small lacerations and a lot of muscle strain, but nothing to specifiaclly account for the near- total mental shutdown. Examination of the cybernetics will show a variety of manufacturing marks on parts and often what appears to be hand-made or altered pieces mounting them together. The air storage tank has a filter on it, but non-the-less the air inside has quite a few contaminants as well as evidence of riased radiation levels. Evidence of radioactive cntimination on Jack's world is also evident in Jack's blood stream by a few blue blood cells flowing in it which seem to seek out cancerous cells and break them down before they can begin multiplying. >Where'd we end up leaving the other Jack, Mike? Callahan's? > > >{Jim, Sikorsky informs me that his patient arrived safely in the >Sickbay. Give me a few minutes to get myself re-situated here and >we'll follow you down.} Once Jack is gone, Jim's mass begins to shift and re-form until it becomes a 4'x5' version of the Charles Xavior complete with a few dozen multi-nanite "crew members" wandering around inside. >As Jim's sensors detect the Xavier's Impulse and Bergenholm drives >being brought on-line. Jim brings his own drives on-line and manauvers to follow the Xavier to Earth. ================================= Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 19:46:00 -0800 (PST) Subject: AAE V: Setting the wrong things right On Tue, 02 Mar 1999 19:38:14 Morgan and/or Roland Said As CAoL Message # 00006511 (OOC: yipe! As the preacher said in Spacebals, "Okay, the short SHORT version!" Unless otherwise noted, it can be assumed that any ring-constructs attacked have been taken out. Only the Big Five-Supes, Bats, WW, Flash, and CFG *cough* GL-have Crime Syndicate doppelgangers, BTW, so all other constructs are just constructs. And my hunny the archivist requests that while I'm responding to everyone at once, folx snip down to their own 'bits' when replying.) >On Sat, 27 Feb 1999 02:14:05 -0600 >Mike Knight Said As CAoL Message # 00006483 > Leaping back, Moonstone said, "You know,"... > "Call it a prejudice," spinning around as the Sinestro-created >caped crusader lunged... > "But I -really-," giving UBM an elbow to the face... > "HATE," then a knee to the groin... > "-KNIGHTS!-" and finishing up with a slapshot to the face that >sent the Anti-Dark Knight flying back onto his back, knocking several >teeth out. The Owlman construct (I'm serious, that's his name) shatters. No Owlman inside. (Dramatic music riff here.) "My dear," a voice from nowhere replies, "I agree wholeheartedly." >On Sat, 27 Feb 1999 06:13:52 -0500 >Dhyrclhanc Said As CAoL Message # 00006486 > >> On Sat, 27 Feb '99 Morgan and/or Roland Said >> >>"With these-" he displays Rayner's ring, and his own, on opposite >>hands- "I have all the power I need for the time being." The >>Lensdragon will 'see,' if he looks, the two rings feeding into one >>another, tapping the power of the Lantern directly... > > What particular "Lantern", specificaly? > >"We will see about that, Renegade." bellows Dhyrclhanc, still in >giant-form, as the equally giant Eye of Agamotto at the immortal >hatchling Ruby Fire Dragon's throat opens, bathing the possessed Kyle >in a golden beam of light. (OOC: Rayner's Lantern, the one remaining source of Power Ring power in the DCU. Basically, treat Sinestro as though he were tapping the Central Battery.) "Gnn-" Sinestro shudders under the assault. "That was unpleasant. Allow me to return the favor." He responds with a psi-and-magick deadening field, though Dhyrclhanc can feel Sinestro meeting some resistance from within. > I have *no* idea what Superwoman's lasso does, as my only real >exposure to the Crime Syndicate was within the pages of Crisis. >However DC's will is greater than Neron's or Mephisto's. (OOC: Appreciated. Superwoman's lasso is loosely based on Diana's, though in the one (EARLY Silver Age; first appearance of the C.S.) issue I've seen, it can shapeshift. It becomes a dragon and attacks Wonder Woman. And Mephisto's, maybe-he's a construct of human thought-but Neron is the Real Deal.) >On Sat, 27 Feb 1999 09:22:43 -0500 >Caprice Said As CAoL Message # 00006487 > >At the cry, Legion's power surges, pushing the area of damage back >another distance. Anyone looking at her sees that she... shimmers, as >if through a heat wave. "Sir," she says to Zauriel through clenched >teeth, "protect my daughter." Somehow it's obvious she means the >sentient, winged, telepathic kitten, though exactly how that works >out may be a cause of bafflement for the locals. Zauriel looks surprised; the sort of surprised that one looks when gravity is asked to pull things downward. A field of gentle golden light bathes Mischief (no, not like that) and shields her from harm. Zauriel will now have to be destroyed before Mischief can be injured, so long as the golden glow remains. >On Sat, 27 Feb 1999 17:53:47 GMT, In alt.callahans >"Xander Opal" Said As CAoL Message # 00006488 > >"What the hell just happened?" it asks with it's left head, looking >around. Then it seems to notice itself, and stares down at its hands, >then at its faces... > >"Oh my lord... I've been turned into a Transformer..." Roland notes this calmly. /Morgan, we may need to turn someone back into their normal form./ He then turns part of his attention to the newcomer. "Excuse me, are you all right? You seem to be a bit confused." Power Ring continues to try to attack Roland to no avail. >On Sat, 27 Feb 1999 15:12:14 -0500 (EST) >Xzerrion Said As CAoL Message # 00006491 > >/Distract THAT? We're about to find out./ Xzerrion sends back. >Tezrantha glares up into the sky, pointing one finger at a cloud, >which then grows and darkens. Cloud-to-cloud lightning flashes around >it. /How's this? I've got my own pet storm cloud to play with./ > >Dantris rears and screams out a challenge, his horn flashing visible. (OOC note: I love discussing Silver Age comics; I dragged my old Superman Sourcebook out just to check others' findings. But in the modern DCU, there's only one kind of Kryptonite-the green stuff. Sigh. [Yes, there was the Krisis of the Krimson Kryptonite, but that was Mxyzptlk at it again.]) Ultraman, who had been bashing Superman with a piece of Kryptonite until Cap had yanked it away at superspeed, blinks at this and chuckles. "A horse. Right." He flies at them at top speed. Straight into the Sanctuary spell. Have you ever run into a wall at full speed? He bounces high into the air, getting fried by several lightning bolts, then slams into the ground. /Nicely done. Thank you,/ Morgan sends with a smile. Feet planted and hands outstretched, she chants briefly in an old form of Gaelic. Ultraman shudders, and while trying to stand, begins to shift and grow. "Wh-what...? N-" Ultraman begins to say, just before exploding into the air, feet burrowing into the ground, body covered in bark, arms and head becoming branches. Leaves sprout from the newly born tree, and blossoms that look amazingly like orchids bloom in moments as Ultraman becomes a fully mature Orchid Tree. Morgan tilts her head as she regards the tree appraisingly. /"_Much_ more attractive,"/ she nods. >On Sat, 27 Feb 1999 15:56:14 EST >Dane Said As CAoL Message # 00006492 > >Morgan and/or Roland Said (OOC: This is just his _helmet._ And, well, some of his skull. He's DEAD, Jim.) >On scanning the Anti-Monitor, Aurora exclaims *By That Which >Creates!* A quick modification to the beam of energy that she was >about to blast it with, and then she "fires." What lances out from >the detonated "bomb" is a beam of pure anti-energy. An energy drain, >with nearly infinite drawing power. Then, to protect the inhabitants >of the world they were fighting on, with an enormous effort she >shifts herself, the Anti-Monitor, and Zauriel to a universe otherwise >devoid of life. > >(OOC: so what are it's weaknesses, how did the ones who beat the >living Anti-Monitor win) (OOC: They drained his energy reserves. ) Within minutes, the helmet of the Anti-Monitor is an inert piece of null-matter. (OOC: The live version was much harder to beat, of course. He 'ate' his minions to regain his strength. The sorcerors of the remaining universe [all of them] 'poisoned' them, however. After that, they shut him out of the Positive Matter Universe, leaving him alone with the Golden Age Superman and an alternate Superboy. End of Anti-Monitor.) >On Sat, 27 Feb 1999 14:23:32 -0800 (PST) >The Lone One Said As CAoL Message # 00006493 > > Raver looked up from where she was dealing with the Anti-Flash >(after the Anti-Wonder Woman told him to get his butt in gear) in >time to see the unmasking of Ultraman. "So." > The demon sheathed her greatsword. If she hadn't been wearing >armor, people would have been able to see the muscular ripple >beginning between her shoulderblades. It traveled down both arms, >finally emerging from her clawtips in a blast of hellfire that >smashed into the Anti-Flash. "You have _got_ to be kidding," Johnny Quick laughs, simply sidestepping the hellfire at the last moment. Then he screams as the hellfire _tracks_ him. >On Sat, 27 Feb 1999 19:15:35 -0500 >Zia Said As CAoL Message # 00006497 > >With an irked frown at herself, Zia suddenly leaves the ground, and >_flies_ to the Faux and Flashy one. "May we dance?" She inquires >sarcastically, as without ado she plucks his speeding feet from the >pavement. "You can call me Dame Marvel. What shall I call you?" She >adds, as she flies upwards. "Oh, look a water tower. How quaint. How >about all wet?" She drops him, aimed at the water landing. Johnny has a nanosecond to be grateful for the dousing (putting out that hellfire, don'tcha know) before he realizes that a) he's _not_ the fastest _swimmer_ alive and b) the hellfire doesn't seem to be reacting to the water as normal fire would... There's a loud explosion as all the water is turned to steam almost instantly. The water tower shakes apart, leaving a scorched, soaked, and very unconscious Johnny Quick within. >On Sun, 28 Feb 1999 10:37:11 EST >Driscoll Said As CAoL Message # 00006502 > > [Statistics on this Ultra-man are not readily available. From what >Blaze said I don't think the color of kryptonite matters.] (OOC: In this reality, correct.) > The tank moved its way towards Sinestro, waiting until the last >minute before appearing to explode. Under the conver of destruction >the microscopic robots made their move, swimming through the air at >incredible speeds towards Sinestro. As they get closer, they see >Dhyrclhanc attack with his eye of Aggemenno (No I can't spell it and >I"m too lazy to go grab a comic to spell it right. hehehe). Sinestro blinks. > [Go Go Go, now while Sinestro is distracted.] > The Nanites move in quickly before their presense can be detected, >hoping any automatic defenses will be trying to stop the psychic >attack rather than an unimposing seeming physical one. > Getting up to him, Nanites begin to cover his skin like a very fine >dust, seeking out cuts, pores or any opening to get through the skin. >Moments later, a dull greyish substance seems to be beginning to >envelop the ring fingers of both of Sinestro's hands. >(OK Tag to you again Roland. hehehe Am I a glutton for punishmen tor >what? ;-) ) Fortunately for the colony, only Sinestro's ring has autodefenses. Unfortunately, they're quite adequate to defend him from this attack. Still, it's another very annoying distraction for everyone's favorite red-painted David Niven... >On Mon, 1 Mar 1999 18:15:08 -0500 (EST) >Shadow Said As CAoL Message # 00006509 > > Rhia and John stroll through the chaos, watching the fight rage >around them. ^I always find it amazing what a little invisibility and >'I'm not here' will do.^ Rhia remarked. OOC: ROFLMAO!!! You'll see why soon enough... > ^Exactly. I enjoyed sneaking about a lot more than just powering my >way through hordes of faceless minions.^ John grins as he can just >*sense* Rhia's eye roll. ^We're here. What's wrong with them?^ > ^I don't know. Why don't you give me a moment to check.^ Rhia looks >over the Huntress and Batman, giving them a quick, but extensive, >scan. [Meaning she can miss things, but she's checking on all >levels.] John watches Steel fall from the sky. ^If he doesn't get up, >we should head over there next. Anything?^ The reason they're both out is pretty obvious...psychic stun bolt, wielded by an expert. The psychic invisibility trail is much harder to follow, easily on a par with the effect John and Rhia are using... Other NPCs: Orion, upon seeing Sinestro possessing Rayner, immediately took his restored Astro-Glider into battle, Barda using her Mega-Rod to follow. "Treacherous creature! Fall before Orion the Hunter!" Sinestro merely smiled. "I think not." And a green-and-gold flicker of light turned the New Gods' weapons on the JLA... Steel and Aquaman went after the Astro-Glider. Plas restrained Barda and the Mega-Rod, much to both heroes' chagrin. TBC... ================================= Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 20:37:15 -0800 (PST) Subject: AAE V: ...Green Lantern's Light! On Tue, 02 Mar 1999 20:03:33 Morgan and/or Roland Said As CAoL Message # 00006512 Back to the action... Roland hesitates as his 'son' (?) plows into the ring-constructs with devastating success. Ultraman and J.Q. were out, Superwoman had been lassoed by Captain Marvel after he'd pulled Superman out of the fire, the Anti-Monitor's helm was in good hands in a pocket dimension, and this mockery of a mockery of a mockery (sir!) was no challenge. The only real threat remaining is clearly Sinestro. But to enter mental combat with such a being... [Oh, show some backbone, Roland!] he chided himself. [You're not going to avoid an unpleasant duty just because you don't like Rayner!] With that, he added his mental force to Dhyrclhanc's own, sliding into Sinestro's shields as well. It wasn't much in a battle of wills this titanic, but Roland is no slouch in that department either... [...what...god...pain...] Roland frowned. That voice was Rayner's. *Stay with me, kid,* Roland sent. He didn't like the kid, didn't have much use for him, but people he trust do... [So I guess I have to show a little faith in him too. But why did it have to be Rayner?] *Listen up. You've been possessed by Sinestro.* ooo^Sib, I've found the kid's mind. Send him a boost.^ooo [...trying...god, he's so strong...] Roland shook his head. Rayner was right; he was trying his best, but his willpower was not that of a true Lantern's, and right now willpower was the only issue. Again, Roland sighed over an old wound. [Couldn't the kid at least use-] The light bulb went off. */THE OATH!/* [What?] Rayner and Sinestro thought in unison. *The oath. Recite the oath.* [...i...] *Bah! The oath means NOTHING!* Sinestro gloated. *I am supreme!* *Yeah, right.* Roland dismisses the Korugarian and turns his attention to the ring wielder. *Recite the oath, Rayner.* [..what good...will that do-] *RECITE YOUR OATH, GREEN LANTERN!* The effort Roland expends to call Rayner by that name seems to be enough to jar him back into action. ooo^Sib, Morgan, this is our shot, join in the oath and let's TAKE it!^ooo "In brightest day..." *Phaugh! Nonsense!* Sinestro sounds less confident, however... "...in blackest night..." *This...this means nothing! I am in control here!* Sinestro snarls, though the yellow field around Rayner's body begins to fade... "...no evil shall escape my sight." *You CAN'T! I am _Sinestro!_ This is impossible!* "Let those who worship evil's might..." Morgan smiles at the yellow Sinestro-form taking shape behind Rayner's body. [You are _so_ toast.] "...beware my power-" *"NOOOO!"* Sinestro cries desperately. "-GREEN LANTERN'S LIGHT!" There's an explosion of emerald light. Kyle Rayner, mostly in civvies (a few bits of his costume/armor remain) kneels on the ground being sick. Sinestro is a yellow energy being staring dumbfounded at what has just happened. In a few moments, he'll make a break for it...if someone doesn't make ring-dings out of him. (OOC-M: "Open season on Sinestroooo!" ) ================================= Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 21:46:40 -0800 (PST) Subject: RE: AAE V: ...Green Lantern's Light! On Wed, 3 Mar 1999 00:20:26 -0500 Zia Said As CAoL Message # 00006513 >On Tue, 02 Mar 1999 20:03:33 >Morgan and/or Roland Said As CAoL Message # 00006512 > "...beware my power-" > *"NOOOO!"* Sinestro cries desperately. > "-GREEN LANTERN'S LIGHT!" > There's an explosion of emerald light. > Kyle Rayner, mostly in civvies (a few bits of his costume/armor >remain) kneels on the ground being sick. Sinestro is a yellow energy >being staring dumbfounded at what has just happened. In a few >moments, he'll make a break for it...if someone doesn't make >ring-dings out of him. > >(OOC-M: "Open season on Sinestroooo!" ) "Oh, what a handy time to have powers like a living star," Dame Marvel remarks, (after dropping off Moonstone back to the roof if she wanted a 'lift' literally). "Light energy, yellow spectrum, propagation linear - aha! Toriodial strip." The black lady in the silver and black gestures, looking like a conductor at the symphony. Her powers try to take hold of Sinestro's erstwhile energy shape, and twist him into a single dimension toriodial loop, so that his energy can go round and round forever but still not get anywhere like escaping, etc. "Could it be that Shadow-shifting is actually starting to be less than disastrous for me?" She mutters to herself, if it begins to look like it might work. "This seems all too easily applicable - I must have missed something." She barely manages not to disturb her own efforts with a paranoid glance behind her... ================================= Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 23:10:51 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Setting the wrong things right On Tue, 2 Mar 1999 23:29:40 -0600 Mike Knight Said As CAoL Message # 00006514 >On Tue, 02 Mar 1999 19:38:14 >Morgan and/or Roland Said As CAoL Message # 00006511 > >>On Sat, 27 Feb 1999 02:14:05 -0600 >>Mike Knight Said As CAoL Message # 00006483 > >> Leaping back, Moonstone said, "You know,"... >> "Call it a prejudice," spinning around as the Sinestro-created >>caped crusader lunged... >> "But I -really-," giving UBM an elbow to the face... >> "HATE," then a knee to the groin... >> "-KNIGHTS!-" and finishing up with a slapshot to the face that >>sent the Anti-Dark Knight flying back onto his back, knocking >>several teeth out. > > The Owlman construct (I'm serious, that's his name) shatters. > No Owlman inside. (Dramatic music riff here.) > "My dear," a voice from nowhere replies, "I agree wholeheartedly." Moonstone, who had let out a sigh of relief that the construct was leaving her alone, suddenly looks ready for another fight, but looking around, she doesn't see anyone. Looking toward 'Dame Marvel', Moonstone nods. "Yes, I'll take that offer." Unslinging her backpack, Moonstone pauses briefly and withdraws a leather pouch, then returns her pack to her back. As they fly upward, she withdraws several rings and slips them on her fingers, at least one per finger... ================================= Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 01:03:51 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Setting the wrong things right On Wed, 3 Mar 1999 03:27:20 -0500 (EST) Shadow Said As CAoL Message # 00006515 >On Tue, 02 Mar 1999 19:38:14 >Morgan and/or Roland Said As CAoL Message # 00006511 > >>On Mon, 1 Mar 1999 18:15:08 -0500 (EST) >>Shadow Said As CAoL Message # 00006509 >> >> ^I don't know. Why don't you give me a moment to check.^ Rhia >>looks over the Huntress and Batman, giving them a quick, but >>extensive, scan. [Meaning she can miss things, but she's checking on >>all levels.] John watches Steel fall from the sky. ^If he doesn't >>get up, we should head over there next. Anything?^ > > The reason they're both out is pretty obvious...psychic stun bolt, >wielded by an expert. The psychic invisibility trail is much harder >to follow, easily on a par with the effect John and Rhia are using... Rhia quickly relates this to John. He turns his senses to following the trail, with much frustration, while Rhia attempts to revive the fallen heroes. ^John, what's your opinion on waking them?^ ^Best to do it quickly.^ he replies distractedly, ^but we also need them functioning. What about that thing you used on me when I wouldn't get out of bed that day when the Orwellian ambassadors were arriving? I couldn't have lost consciousness if I tried.^ ^You are a cruel and unusual man, sir. It's a pleasure to be in your tutelage.^ Rhia does something magical, ^I feel sorry for the Batman, though. I won't give him the full effect.^ She bends down and kisses the Batman on the forecowl. As his eyes flutter open John helps him to his feet. In a low voice John says, "Careful hero, we're friends. Having rescued the dark knight from the baleful clutch of unconsciousness, I enjoin you to go forth and reek havoc upon thy enemies. And Batty... watch your back." While John sends out Batman with his blessings, Rhia prepares to wake the Huntress. Again she kneels down, only this time she delivers four sharp slaps across her face. As the Huntress's eyes shot open Rhia reapplies the paralyzing pressure point hold, then lifts her to her feet and releases her to John. ^That was uncalled for. I mean, I understand the need for a physical touch to apply the magic, but _four_ slaps?^ ^I don't like her.^ John can hear the shrug in her voice. John sighs, applying the release points to the Huntress. Again in a low voice he says, "I told you you'd be embarrassed. Your friends are in trouble, Sinestro's the baddy. He possessed Kyle. Go help them and try not to get yourself killed." After the Huntress has left, John says, /Watch your back people. Psi-shields up and alert./ He takes up the search in earnest. Rhia joins him. ^She won't be able to sleep tonight.^ ^So?^ ^And you accuse _me_ of being overprotective and prone to overreact?^ ^I'm not being overprotective. I just don't like her.^ ^I don't think I hit it off too well with her either.^ ^And by the way.. Batty?^ ^Well.. DCU isn't really my favorite place. Most of the characters I liked were either Vertigo or in cancelled MU comics.^ ^How long has it been since you even *read* a comic book?^ ^Well, not counting my monthly subscription to CAoL Adventures and its subsidiary comics...^ ^Oh please, half the time you burn the things as soon as they come through the door and the other half you rant about how they got everything wrong and it wasn't like that.^ ^AS I WAS saying, not counting them... 3054 years.^ ^Oh? And what about all those manga..^ ^Those are different. They're research materials.^ ^Hah.^ The two continue on like this privately while they conduct their search for the invisible psychic. ================================= Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 04:35:51 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Moving Right Along... (Long) On Wed, 03 Mar 1999 07:18:11 -0500 Dhyrclhanc Said As CAoL Message # 00006517 > On Tue, 02 Mar '99 Driscoll Said > Sikorsky will find many bruises and some small lacerations and a >lot of muscle strain, but nothing to specifiaclly account for the >near-total mental shutdown. Examination of the cybernetics will show >a variety of manufacturing marks on parts and often what appears to >be hand-made or altered pieces mounting them together. The air >storage tank has a filter on it, but non-the-less the air inside has >quite a few contaminants as well as evidence of riased radiation >levels. Evidence of radioactive cntimination on Jack's world is also >evident in Jack's blood stream by a few blue blood cells flowing in >it which seem to seek out cancerous cells and break them down before >they can begin multiplying. Obviously not knowing weither or not the patient would like his, obviously artifical and mechanical, cybernetics replaced with the more efficient, and more esthetically pleassing, sythetic biomimetic bio-systems available to him, Sikorski simple begins a conservative regimine of treatments that will treat the 'borg's various physical injuries, and begins to personaly deal with Jack II's bio-contamination (carcingeous and otherwise). Medical nanites will clean and overhaul the patient's cyber-bionic parts. At the same time, Sikorski will begin gently probing his mind in an attempt to either wake the patient and/or search for the memories which would explain why he's in such bad shape and how he got that way > Jim brings his own drives on-line and manauvers to follow the >Xavier to Earth. Oops! That's going to cause some astro-slapstick, Dasher was prepared to follow *Jim* down to the Earth. Let's just say that this gets resolved off-stage and the two make it back into the Earth's atmosphere together. BTW, the Xavier's defencive fields *should be* enough to hide it from any earth-bound sensor system. However, remembering our esteemed meta-DM's previous cajoling, I, obviously can't say anything for certain. };=8) ================================= Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 05:05:04 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Setting the wrong things right (Long) On Wed, 03 Mar 1999 07:43:59 -0500 Dhyrclhanc Said As CAoL Message # 00006518 > On Tue, 02 Mar '99 Morgan and/or Roland Said > (OOC: Rayner's Lantern, the one remaining source of Power Ring >power in the DCU. Basically, treat Sinestro as though he were tapping >the Central Battery.) > "Gnn-" Sinestro shudders under the assault. "That was unpleasant. >Allow me to return the favor." He responds with a psi-and-magick >deadening field, though Dhyrclhanc can feel Sinestro meeting some >resistance from within. AFAIK, the primary offencive ability is a _magickal_ effect that inflicts _psychic_ damage. However, with Sinestro wielding two of the most powerfull weird science artifacts in the DCU against the Big Guy(tm) weilding one of the most powerfull high magick artifacts from the MU, I suspect that he's able to mount a more or less adequate defence. Which, in turn, will begin to give DC a hard time. > (OOC note: I love discussing Silver Age comics; I dragged my old > Superman Sourcebook out just to check others' findings. But in the >modern DCU, there's only one kind of Kryptonite-the green stuff. >Sigh. [Yes, there was the Krisis of the Krimson Kryptonite, but that >was Mxyzptlk at it again.]) There's just *no justice* in the DCU, the Post-Crisis supes gets to keep Mxyzptlk as an opponent (("Iago" voice) "McGurk, Hey, McGurk!") but the post-Crisis Batman doesn't realy get to keep Batmite. OTOH, I was always more of a Batman Fan than a Supes Fan. > The reason they're both out is pretty obvious...psychic stun bolt, >wielded by an expert. The psychic invisibility trail is much harder >to follow, easily on a par with the effect John and Rhia are using... Between Dhyrclhanc's 360^o satellite-view "clairvoyance/radar sense", his ability to multitask, and his ability to see the invisible, would he be able to notice this invisible stalker or is the "mystery guest's" SOP-field just too strong even for everybody's lovable Sentinel-Lensdragon? ================================= Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 06:36:03 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: ...Green Lantern's Light! On Wed, 03 Mar 1999 09:04:58 -0500 Dhyrclhanc Said As CAoL Message # 00006519 > Morgan and/or Roland Said > The only real threat remaining is clearly Sinestro. But to enter >mental combat with such a being... > [Oh, show some backbone, Roland!] he chided himself. [You're not >going to avoid an unpleasant duty just because you don't like >Rayner!] With that, he added his mental force to Dhyrclhanc's own, >sliding into Sinestro's shields as well. It wasn't much in a battle >of wills this titanic, but Roland is no slouch in that department >either... > [...what...god...pain...] Roland frowned. That voice was Rayner's. > *Stay with me, kid,* Roland sent. He didn't like the kid, didn't >have much use for him, but people he trusted do... [So I guess I have >to show a little faith in him too. But why did it have to be Rayner?] >*Listen up. You've been possessed by Sinestro.* ooo^Sib, I've found >the kid's mind. Send him a boost.^ooo ooo^ No prob, sib. Here, {} that should do it. (as Roland gets the image of the Immortal hatchling Ruby Fire Dragon handing him a translucent gemstone filled with a symphonic masterpiece worthy of Beetoven, Bach, Holst, and McCartney). The Eye kind of has a mind of its own, you know? ^ooo > *Recite the oath, Rayner.* > [..what good...will that do-] > *RECITE YOUR OATH, GREEN LANTERN!* > The effort Roland expends to call Rayner by that name seems to be >enough to jar him back into action. ooo^Sib, Morgan, this is our >shot, join in the oath and let's TAKE it!^ooo > "In brightest day..." "/IN BRIGHTEST DAY/" Joins in the draconic Green Lantern, as the First-Ring awakens burning a blaze of emerald psionic/magickal fire, adding its power to Kyle's ring's own. > *Phaugh! Nonsense!* Sinestro sounds less confident, however... > "...in blackest night..." "/IN BLACKEST NIGHT/" > *This...this means nothing! I am in control here!* Sinestro >snarls, though the yellow field around Rayner's body begins to >fade... > "...no evil shall escape my sight." "/NO EVIL SHALL ESCAPE MY SIGHT/" > *You CAN'T! I am _Sinestro!_ This is impossible!* > "Let those who worship evil's might..." "/LET THOSE WHO WORSHIP EVIL'S MIGHT/" > Morgan smiles at the yellow Sinestro-form taking shape behind >Rayner's body. [You are _so_ toast.] > "...beware my power-" "/BEWARE MY POWER/" > *"NOOOO!"* Sinestro cries desperately. > "-GREEN LANTERN'S LIGHT!" "/THE GREEN LANTERN'S LIGHT/" > There's an explosion of emerald light. > Kyle Rayner, mostly in civvies (a few bits of his costume/armor >remain) kneels on the ground being sick. Sinestro is a yellow energy >being staring dumbfounded at what has just happened. In a few >moments, he'll make a break for it...if someone doesn't make >ring-dings out of him. Around the yellow energy form of The Renegade Korugarian Ex-Green Lantern form the floor, ceiling and bars of a cage made from emerald fire. "You will find that *my ring* doesn't have a weakness to yellow." says Dhyrclhanc while privately ooo^Sis? If you want this guy, he is your's ^ooo Anyone who tries to attack Sinestro will find that the cage is built like a "two-way" mirror; attacks can penatrate the cage from without but they cannot escape the cage from within ================================= Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 10:37:15 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Moving Right Along... (Long) On Wed, 03 Mar 1999 13:16:05 EST Driscoll Said As CAoL Message # 00006520 >On Wed, 03 Mar 1999 07:18:11 -0500 >Dhyrclhanc Said As CAoL Message # 00006517 > >Obviously not knowing weither or not the patient would like his, >obviously artifical and mechanical, cybernetics replaced with the >more efficient, and more esthetically pleassing, sythetic biomimetic >bio-systems available to him, Sikorski simple begins a conservative >regimine of treatments that will treat the 'borg's various physical >injuries, and begins to personaly deal with Jack II's bio- >contamination (carcingeous and otherwise). Medical nanites will clean >and overhaul the patient's cyber-bionic parts. At the same time, >Sikorski will begin gently probing his mind in an attempt to either >wake the patient and/or search for the memories which would explain >why he's in such bad shape and how he got that way The immediate physical injuries seem to be minor at best and are quickly taken care of. The body also seems to be covered in assorted scars from previously un-treated or mal-treated injuries, including the scars criss-crossing all over his face that appear to have been there since the patient was very young. The bio-contamination takes a bit more doing, however from the compounds Sikorski finds combined with a lack of damage to the expected degree, it seems obvious that the body has already mutated a bit to adapt to a highly polluted world. Perhaps the blue blood cells have something to do with it, or perhaps there are other less obvious mutations clensing the body. With a quick evaluation it's hard to tell. The hardest part comes from the mind. If he has able to detect magic, it will quickly become evident that a very strong spell has tried to seal off all of Jack's memories. However there is also a subliminal command placed there by the spell that leaves a small mental "airduct" through which bits and pieces can flutter out. Fear. Lonliness. Hope. Darkness. Fire. And the occasional face. A beautiful young woman with long raven black hair. A large brutish looking man in an Armoni Suit with pale skin and fangs. An old man with scraggly beard and sunken cheeks. And names. Joe. Jack. Lori. And one that seems tied directly into the subliminal command.... Driss. ================================= Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 15:36:16 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: ...Green Lantern's Light! On Wed, 3 Mar 1999 18:26:02 EST SkyeFire Said As CAoL Message # 00006521 In a message dated 99-03-02 23:38:28 EST, you write: > Back to the action... As the newcomer goes airborne, his black leather/cotton/denim ensemble ripples as a pair of obsidian wings slide out through the shirt and jacket without cutting. Aside from the color, the wings will be instantly recognizable to anyone who ever met Warren Worthington III during his Arcangel phase. A brilliant green ring shaped like a lantern shimmers into view on his right middle finger, and he arrows forward powered by a mix of gravitics and PK, heading for the densest clump of baddies. *"Up, Crunch, and Awaaaayyyy!"* > Roland hesitates as his 'son' (?) plows into the ring-constructs >with devastating success. Hidden behind a wall of constructs, the newcomer blushes (TM). > The light bulb went off. */THE OATH!/* > [What?] Rayner and Sinestro thought in unison. > *The oath. Recite the oath.* A surge of energy from under the pile of constructs. *"Of course! Way to go, Dad!*" > [...i...] > *Bah! The oath means NOTHING!* Sinestro gloated. *I am supreme!* > *Yeah, right.* Roland dismisses the Korugarian and turns his >attention to the ring wielder. *Recite the oath, Rayner.* The pile of constructs explodes like chaff (not that there were that many left). The newcomer hangs in midair at the center, hovering in a blaze of emerald light. A shaft of telepathic energy tuned perfectly to Rayner's mental engrams touches the hostage like a striking snake. ^"Do it, Kyle! Believe!"^ > [..what good...will that do-] > *RECITE YOUR OATH, GREEN LANTERN!* > The effort Roland expends to call Rayner by that name seems to be >enough to jar him back into action. ooo^Sib, Morgan, this is our >shot, join in the oath and let's TAKE it!^ooo The newcomer slides towards Roland and Rayner, ring crackling with contained energy. He joins the recitation on the first beat, and those not distracted may notice that his timber and rythms match Roland and Morgan' s exactly. > Kyle Rayner, mostly in civvies (a few bits of his costume/armor >remain) kneels on the ground being sick. Sinestro is a yellow energy >being staring dumbfounded at what has just happened. In a few >moments, he'll make a break for it...if someone doesn't make >ring-dings out of him. > >(OOC-M: "Open season on Sinestroooo!" ) [*This is not a time to charge into the line of fire.*] The newcomer disregards his ring and hangs back, slashing at Sinestro's form with a mix of moderate-strong PK and energy-manipulation, weilded with a master's touch, jumping wavelengths, screaming up and down harmonic scales, striking from a dozen directions at once in a pattern seemingly impossible to anticipate. Sinestro starts hurting. ================================= Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 15:36:22 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Setting the wrong things right On Wed, 3 Mar 1999 18:26:04 EST SkyeFire Said As CAoL Message # 00006522 In a message dated 99-03-03 04:04:17 EST, you write: >While John sends out Batman with his blessings, Rhia prepares to wake >the Huntress. Again she kneels down, only this time she delivers four >sharp slaps across her face. As the Huntress's eyes shot open Rhia >reapplies the paralyzing pressure point hold, then lifts her to her >feet and releases her to John. From inside the biggest pile of constructs (which seems to be dissolving from the bottom up) a reproving telepathic murmur may be heard by those keen of hearing. *Aunt Rhee....* ================================= Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 15:39:21 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Setting the wrong things right On Wed, 3 Mar 1999 18:25:59 EST SkyeFire Said As CAoL Message # 00006523 In a message dated 99-03-02 22:49:06 EST, you write: >>"Xander Opal" Said As CAoL Message # 00006488 >> >>"What the hell just happened?" it asks with it's left head, looking >>around. Then it seems to notice itself, and stares down at its >>hands, then at its faces... >> >>"Oh my lord... I've been turned into a Transformer..." From under a pile of constructs, a puzzled telepathic voice breaks off singing "The Crunchy Chorus" to say *"You mean he wasn't always?"* > Roland notes this calmly. /Morgan, we may need to turn someone >back into their normal form./ He then turns part of his attention to >the newcomer. "Excuse me, are you all right? You seem to be a bit >confused." One construct gets split from collarbone to coccyx by a black razor-edged wing, and another's head gets Mark MacGregor'd over the bay by a glowing green bat stamped "Oaville Slugger" before Roland gets a reply. *"Confused? What's to be confused about? I Arc to Earth-9 for a CAoL family reunion, end up in the wrong universe 400 years backtime, find my father beating up on the Commandant of the NGLC, who turned out to be posessed by-"* CRUNCH! *"-the most deadly adversary in the Corps' history, who proceeded to set off a general melee with the combined forces of the CAoL and the JLA, who had been fighting each other up until that point."* WHAM! *"And at the moment, we're bashing crunchies."* SLICE! DICE! JULIANNE! *"All else can wait. Only one thing I want to know--"* BLAST! *"--just HOW do you get a pizza in this part of town on a night like this?"* ================================= Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 19:41:53 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: ...Green Lantern's Light! On Wed, 3 Mar 1999 21:11:07 EST Dane0R0A Said As CAoL Message # 00006525 >Morgan and/or Roland Said As CAoL Message # 00006512 > Kyle Rayner, mostly in civvies (a few bits of his costume/armor >remain) kneels on the ground being sick. Sinestro is a yellow energy >being staring dumbfounded at what has just happened. In a few >moments, he'll make a break for it...if someone doesn't make >ring-dings out of him. > >(OOC-M: "Open season on Sinestroooo!" ) Watching as the others begin to gang-pound Sinestro, Aurora acts to ensure that any attempt at escape will be both short lived, and fatal, by wrapping him with a one way warp (OOC: which means he moves - he goes, but we can still hit him) directly into the maw of Cerberus as he is feeding. She will then scan, for other hostiles, and injured heros. ================================= Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 19:42:02 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Setting the wrong things right (Long) On Wed, 03 Mar 1999 18:48:45 Morgan and/or Roland Said As CAoL Message # 00006526 >On Wed, 03 Mar 1999 07:43:59 -0500 >Dhyrclhanc Said As CAoL Message # 00006518 > >> On Tue, 02 Mar '99 Morgan and/or Roland Said >> > There's just *no justice* in the DCU, the Post-Crisis supes >gets to keep Mxyzptlk as an opponent (("Iago" voice) "McGurk, Hey, >McGurk!") but the post-Crisis Batman doesn't realy get to keep >Batmite. OTOH, I was always more of a Batman Fan than a Supes Fan. > (OOC: Well, I'm one of the apparent few who prefers Superman to pointy-ears, but I agree wholeheartedly. About the only thing that's gone _right_ post-Crisis is...um...er...well, at least they didn't muck with the New Gods much...) > Between Dhyrclhanc's 360^o satellite-view "clairvoyance/radar >sense", his ability to multitask, and his ability to see the >invisible, would he be able to notice this invisible stalker or is >the "mystery guest's" SOP-field just too strong even for everybody's >lovable Sentinel-Lensdragon? (OOC: This is a psychic evil _Batman._ If DC goes looking for him, sure, he can find him. A passive sweep, OTOH, is _not_ going to pick up one of the multiversal masters of stealth.) ================================= Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 23:42:27 -0800 (PST) Subject: RE: AAE V: Setting the wrong things right On Wed, 3 Mar 1999 22:48:48 -0500 Zia Said As CAoL Message # 00006527 >On Wed, 3 Mar 1999 18:25:59 EST >SkyeFire Said As CAoL Message # 00006523 Dame Marvel gives up her attempt to deal with Sinestro, seeing the Lantern-constructed cage DC has built around the villain. She turns some attention to her surroundings again, catching some of the fights byplay. >One construct gets split from collarbone to coccyx by a black >razor-edged wing, and another's head gets Mark MacGregor'd over the >bay by a glowing green bat stamped "Oaville Slugger" before Roland >gets a reply. *"Confused? What's to be confused about? I Arc to >Earth-9 for a CAoL family reunion, end up in the wrong universe 400 >years backtime, find my father beating up on the Commandant of the >NGLC, who turned out to be posessed by-"* CRUNCH! *"-the most deadly >adversary in the Corps' history, who proceeded to set off a general >melee with the combined forces of the CAoL and the JLA, who had been >fighting each other up until that point."* WHAM! *"And at the moment, >we're bashing crunchies."* SLICE! DICE! JULIANNE! *"All else can >wait. Only one thing I want to know--"* BLAST! *"--just HOW do you >get a pizza in this part of town on a night like this?"* The silver and black lady hero clears her throat, "Well, you might be confused a bit, at that. You see, it's mid-afternoon here. As for the pizza, the closest joint is that way, but the best is eight blocks over there." The colored (OOC: anyone recall the claurichan's soliloquy about the 'colored' description in Spider's book?) lady nods in two different directions. Then she uses something that looks akin to Judo to toss an illustrating "crunchy" each way. ================================= Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 23:42:32 -0800 (PST) Subject: AAE V: Jim's re-entrance On Thu, 04 Mar 1999 00:13:28 EST Driscoll Said As CAoL Message # 00006528 Jim and the Xavier manuver towards the earth. However Jim doesn't stop to assume an orbit. His shape shifts fluidly into an areo-dynamically perfect flying wing, covered in heat sheilding. With the new form, he slices into Earth's atmosphere at outrageous speed without causing too much atmosphereic turbulence. As he goes furthur through the atmsphere and begins to slow, the form changes again into a Humanoid shape resembling the War Machine armor with Jim's head instead of a helmet. Correcting his decent trajectory slightly, Jim heads towards th rooftop bearing the CAoL. Firing his bootjets to come to a safe landing, he surveys the scene grimly. Thread-thin tendrils snake out from his armor and begin collecting nanites scattered by Sinestro. Once they are collected he pauses a moment for a headcount. 3,658 nanites missing and presumed destoryed. Absorbing some nearby debris he begins the processess of building new one while at the same time honoring the sacrifices of those lost. #"Hello all. So what brings you to this reality anyways?"# ================================= Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 23:42:37 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Setting the wrong things right On Thu, 4 Mar 1999 01:26:04 -0500 (EST) Shadow Said As CAoL Message # 00006529 >On Wed, 3 Mar 1999 18:26:04 EST >SkyeFire Said As CAoL Message # 00006522 > >From inside the biggest pile of constructs (which seems to be >dissolving from the bottom up) a reproving telepathic murmur may be >heard by those keen of hearing. *Aunt Rhee....* John, who is currently searching telepathically, does hear this. He has not, however, been paying much attention to the evolving familial relationships here. He sends back a quick, *She may have a heart of gold, but if you've been around her long enough then you should know not to get on her bad side.* He seems to send it from a location five feet to his left. John then sends to Rhia in his best Zsa-Zsa, ^Ree, dahling, have you been raising children when I wasn't looking?^ ^What?^ John relates the comment and tone. ^That's probably Roland and Morgans son.^ ^I didn't know they had a son.^ ^I don't think they did either.^ John ponders this a moment, ^DC still doing the 360?^ ^Yes.^ ^^ ================================= Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 23:42:42 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Setting the wrong things right On Wed, 3 Mar 1999 20:45:54 EST Dane0R0A Said As CAoL Message # 00006530 >Morgan and/or Roland Said As CAoL Message # 00006511 >>On Sat, 27 Feb 1999 15:56:14 EST >>Dane Said As CAoL Message # 00006492 >> >>(OOC: so what are it's weaknesses, how did the ones who beat the >>living Anti-Monitor win) > > (OOC: They drained his energy reserves. ) > Within minutes, the helmet of the Anti-Monitor is an inert piece >of null-matter. (OOC: given that, She would not need to call in Hydra, Oracle, and Dragon's Bane, so please consider that retconned. I thought it was MUCH nastier that it really was.) Immediately upon sensing that the helmut was rendered harmles, Aurora fires, what looks like a beam of energy to Zauriel, into the helmut. One Cosmic tic later, and the helmut is spread throughout the Macro Cosmic All, no two of the smallest possible particals ending up in the same universe. Then she flips herself, and Zauriel back to the DCU where they had been before. Upon returning, she scans the mind of the Lantern, and tunes an attack against Sinnestro's mind, using both magic and psi. What hits Sinnestro is a mental attack worthy of any L3. ================================= Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 23:46:57 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Moving Right Along... (Long) On Thu, 04 Mar 1999 02:39:25 -0500 Dhyrclhanc Said As CAoL Message # 00006532 > On Wed, 03 Mar '99 Driscoll Said > The immediate physical injuries seem to be minor at best and are >quickly taken care of. The body also seems to be covered in assorted >scars from previously un-treated or mal-treated injuries, including >the scars criss-crossing all over his face that appear to have been >there since the patient was very young. When, and if, the patient awakes, the scars will be gone. > The bio-contamination takes a bit more doing, however from the >compounds Sikorski finds combined with a lack of damage to the >expected degree, it seems obvious that the body has already mutated a >bit to adapt to a highly polluted world. Perhaps the blue blood cells >have something to do with it, or perhaps there are other less obvious >mutations clensing the body. With a quick evaluation it's hard to >tell. Sikorski will definetly do a deeper bio-scan to differentiate what contanimates can safely be removed against what might be mutations that were developed or instilled for survival in a more poluted world. It would be fool-hardy at best to remove all traces of cancer from a body which has developed a cancer-resistant metabolism given that ther is a chance that the hyper-immunity, itself, may prove dangerous to the patient. > The hardest part comes from the mind. If he has able to detect >magic, it will quickly become evident that a very strong spell has >tried to seal off all of Jack's memories. However there is also a >subliminal command placed there by the spell that leaves a small >mental "airduct" through which bits and pieces can flutter out. Fear. >Lonliness. Hope. Darkness. Fire. And the occasional face. A beautiful >young woman with long raven black hair. A large brutish looking man >in an Armoni Suit with pale skin and fangs. An old man with scraggly >beard and sunken cheeks. And names. Joe. Jack. Lori. And one that >seems tied directly into the subliminal command.... Driss. Sikorsky will only be able to detect the subliminal command and not that it is magickal in nature. Neither he, nor the medical sensors in the Xavier are set-up to detect magickal energies. Once all of the medical proceedures are completed, however, Sikorsky will try to psychically awaken the patient. OTOH, if this doesn't work, Sikorsky will keep him in the Sick-bay with force field restraints to keep the body still and in place. ================================= Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 04:40:03 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: The Purloined Lantern On Thu, 4 Mar 1999 04:46:33 -0600 Mike Knight Said As CAoL Message # 00006533 >On Sat, 27 Feb 1999 17:53:47 GMT, In alt.callahans >"Xander Opal" Said As CAoL Message # 00006488 > >"What the hell just happened?" it asks with it's left head, looking >around. Then it seems to notice itself, and stares down at its hands, >then at its faces... > >"Oh my lord... I've been turned into a Transformer..." Upon Moonstone's return to the rooftop, after her fight with Owlman in the streets below, she spies the metallic dragon and arches a white eyebrow. The diminutive 'dragon lady' ducks and dodges her way over to the eight foot tall 'Transformer'. "You wouldn't happen to be named 'Hun-Grrr' would you?" ================================= Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 05:35:29 -0800 (PST) Subject: AAEIV: Killjoy On Thu, 04 Mar 1999 08:03:37 -0500 Caprice Said As CAoL Message # 00006534 (OOC: The GM's can work this in when they want to move on, so I don't spoil too many people's fun.) After watching various people take their swings at Sinestro, Legion comments in a soft voice that somehow carries to all present. "If we abuse someone who is helpless, even an enemy, do we not sink to their level?" She is holding Mischief in her arms so that the kitten is both well cuddled... and unable to see this going on. ================================= Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 06:36:26 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Setting the wrong things right On Thu, 04 Mar 1999 09:12:50 -0500 Dhyrclhanc Said As CAoL Message # 00006535 > On Wed, 3 Mar '99 SkyeFire Said >>>"Xander Opal" Said >>>"Oh my lord... I've been turned into a Transformer..." > >From under a pile of constructs, a puzzled telepathic voice breaks >off singing "The Crunchy Chorus" to say *"You mean he wasn't >always?"* "Not," pitches in Dhyrclhanc, "if that is the Xander Opal that I remember from the Place. The last time that I met her in the place she was as organic as I am, perhaps even moreso." >> Roland notes this calmly. /Morgan, we may need to turn someone >>back into their normal form./ He then turns part of his attention to >>the newcomer. "Excuse me, are you all right? You seem to be a bit >>confused." "Something tells me, that she is not the only one." chimes in everybody's lovable Sentinel-Lensdragon. ================================= Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 10:51:06 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Setting the wrong things right On Thu, 04 Mar 1999 09:37:34 -0500 Dhyrclhanc Said As CAoL Message # 00006538 >On Wed, 3 Mar '99 Zia Said >The silver and black lady hero clears her throat, "Well, you might be >confused a bit, at that. You see, it's mid-afternoon here. As for the >pizza, the closest joint is that way, but the best is eight blocks >over there." The colored (OOC: anyone recall the claurichan's >soliloquy about the 'colored' description in Spider's book?) lady >nods in two different directions. Then she uses something that looks >akin to Judo to toss an illustrating "crunchy" each way. "Hey," interjects Dhyrclhanc, "as soon as this particular contension is over with, I wouldn't be one to say no to a pizza, right now." ================================= Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 10:51:12 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Moving Right Along... (Long) On Thu, 04 Mar 1999 09:50:43 EST Driscoll Said As CAoL Message # 00006539 >On Thu, 04 Mar 1999 02:39:25 -0500 >Dhyrclhanc Said As CAoL Message # 00006532 > >When, and if, the patient awakes, the scars will be gone. OK to alter this JUST a tad Sikorski removes the bodily scarring easily enough, removing scar tissue and regenerating natural skin in its place, but when he gets to the face it is apparent that the facial features makeup was highly influenced by the existing scar tissue as the subject grew and developed. To remove those scars would entail a total re-construction of the face and the patient's input on such a reconstruction would be needed, so he goes on to other tasks. Jack would probably drop into another coma if he woke up with a handsome scar-free face after spending decades with his hideously scarred one. hhehe >Once all of the medical proceedures are completed, however, Sikorsky >will try to psychically awaken the patient. OTOH, if this doesn't >work, Sikorsky will keep him in the Sick-bay with force field >restraints to keep the body still and in place. With the spell locking Jack's mind still in place, Sikorsky's efforts end up blocked by some sort of mental barrier. Scanning Jack's mind will continue to show activity only in the autmatic systems and nothing in the PSI region of his brain. It will also show no physical damage to account for the barrier or the coma. Any attempts at accessing his mind more directly through his cybernetics interface will fall to similar failure. Something undetectable to the sensors of doctor or ship seems to be restraining this mind. ================================= Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 11:14:26 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAEV: Killjoy On Thu, 04 Mar 1999 10:08:21 -0500 Dhyrclhanc Said As CAoL Message # 00006541 >On Thu, 04 Mar '99 Caprice Said >After watching various people take their swings at Sinestro, Legion >comments in a soft voice that somehow carries to all present. "If we >abuse someone who is helpless, even an enemy, do we not sink to their >level?" > >She is holding Mischief in her arms so that the kitten is both well >cuddled... and unable to see this going on. "You know," says the Immortal Ruby Fire Dragon hatchling, regarding the trapped energy form of Korugian Ex-Green Lantern, "She does have a point. On the other hand, Mr "Sunburned" David Niven here, has pulled some pretty spectacular escapes in his time, so we do have to be carefull with him." ooo^Any ideas, sib?^ooo he sends to Roland via the ring-link. Simultaneously, to Rayner, *You gonna be O.K., Kyle?* ================================= Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 11:14:32 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAEIV: Killjoy On Thu, 4 Mar 1999 11:20:38 -0500 (EST) Shadow Said As CAoL Message # 00006542 >On Thu, 04 Mar 1999 08:03:37 -0500 >Caprice Said As CAoL Message # 00006534 > >(OOC: The GM's can work this in when they want to move on, so I don't >spoil too many people's fun.) OOC: I wouldn't exactly call beating a helpless enemy fun. Which is why John is doing something else. I'm waiting for Sin to escape. >After watching various people take their swings at Sinestro, Legion >comments in a soft voice that somehow carries to all present. "If we >abuse someone who is helpless, even an enemy, do we not sink to their >level?" /Yeah, either kill him outright or put him in storage./ John adds. >She is holding Mischief in her arms so that the kitten is both well >cuddled... and unable to see this going on. John adds to Rhia, ^You see?^ She's silent a moment, ^Yes... I do. You were right.^ After another moment she adds, ^How come you never had me learn from her?^ ^Because I could acheive the same effect with others. I'm sure you can figure out who I used. Besides, the time-differentials...^ Rhia, ^ I must have had the strangest set of role-models compared to most other children.^ ================================= Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 16:37:18 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Setting the wrong things right On Thu, 4 Mar 1999 14:44:52 PST Nemo Said As CAoL Message # 00006543 >On Thu, 04 Mar 1999 09:37:34 -0500 >Dhyrclhanc Said As CAoL Message # 00006538 > >"Hey," interjects Dhyrclhanc, "as soon as this particular contension >is over with, I wouldn't be one to say no to a pizza, right now." Anyone looking in the right direction will note a somewhat beat-up hover-van flying towards the building. It's *obviously* surplus from one of the anti-super-villian task forces (patches of mismatched paint where insignia used to be, plates bolted over former weapons mounts, that sort of thing. Think of a police vehicle bought at auction...) The van has flashing yellow lights, and an unusual logo stuck on. When it gets closer, you can read the sign: Dominatrix Pizza with a "logo" of a leatherclad lady with a whip. It'll circle the fight at a safe distance and set down when the fight is over. At that point, they'll start selling pizzas. They'll be ready for orders as soon as they start "orbiting" the building.They've got a small teleport link back to their base, so their pizzas really *are* fresh out of the oven. The name started as a gimmick by a small pizza delivery outfit wanting some publicity. Then one of their drivers got delayed by a supers fight. He called in on his cell phone to tell his boss to send another truck. The boss had an inspiration and told him to see if he could sell the pizzas to the cops/supers after the battle (no point wasting them, right?) Not only were the heroes hungry (and good tippers) but a news crew filmed it and it wound up on the news. The publicity increased sales drastically. And the heroes actually liked the pizza enough to order them from their HQ. Before the publicity had a chance to die down, the owner noticed a couple of hover-vans in a police auction. He bought them both to speed up delivery and get more publicity. He also offered a percentage to some trustworthy folks (reporters, some "runners", etc) if they came across a fight and phone in a pizza order with their "code" (both so he'd know it was real, and so they'd get their "cut". This resulted in more publicity, as he established a "tradition" of delivering pizza to the combatants after a supers fight. This led to contacts supplying him with the teleport gear. He makes a fair profit on normal customers, and the PR from the fight deliveries is worth the insurance. And since he'll sell to however is left standing (but won't take payment in loot, for obvious reasons), even the villians won't shoot at his trucks *deliberately*. Well, most of them won't... :-) ps. The drivers still weather leathers, partly because it does lok good and partly for the protection. "I said NO ANCHOVIES!" says the supervillian... :-) ================================= Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 20:49:13 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Setting the wrong things right On Thu, 04 Mar 1999 21:16:55 -0500 Dhyrclhanc Said As CAoL Message # 00006545 > On Thu, 4 Mar '99 Shadow Said > > John ponders this a moment, ^DC still doing the 360?^ > ^Yes.^ > ^^ WHOOPS!!! I meant to say that the Big Guy(tm) had lifted the 360 "satellite-feed" at the same time as Zia's fog lifted and Sinestro's energy construct copies of the JLA were revealed to be the Crime Syndicate. Sorry! ================================= Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 20:49:21 -0800 (PST) Subject: AAE V: Sinestoast On Thu, 04 Mar 1999 19:00:07 Morgan and/or Roland Said As CAoL Message # 00006547 >On Wed, 3 Mar 1999 00:20:26 -0500 >Zia Said As CAoL Message # 00006513 > > "Oh, what a handy time to have powers like a living star," Dame >Marvel remarks, (after dropping off Moonstone back to the roof if she >wanted a 'lift' literally). "Light energy, yellow spectrum, >propagation linear - aha! Toriodial strip." The black lady in the >silver and black gestures, looking like a conductor at the symphony. >Her powers try to take hold of Sinestro's erstwhile energy shape, and >twist him into a single dimension toriodial loop, so that his energy >can go round and round forever but still not get anywhere like >escaping, etc. /Nass. That's an impressive set of powers,/ Roland sends with a smile. >On Wed, 03 Mar 1999 09:04:58 -0500 >Dhyrclhanc Said As CAoL Message # 00006519 > > Anyone who tries to attack Sinestro will find >that the cage is built like a "two-way" mirror; attacks >can penatrate the cage from without but they cannot >escape the cage from within >On Wed, 3 Mar 1999 18:26:02 EST >SkyeFire Said As CAoL Message # 00006521 > >[*This is not a time to charge into the line of fire.*] The newcomer >disregards his ring and hangs back, slashing at Sinestro's form with >a mix of moderate-strong PK and energy-manipulation, weilded with a >master's touch, jumping wavelengths, screaming up and down harmonic >scales, striking from a dozen directions at once in a pattern >seemingly impossible to anticipate. Sinestro starts hurting. >On Wed, 3 Mar 1999 20:45:54 EST >Dane Said As CAoL Message # 00006530 > >Upon returning, she scans the mind of the Lantern, and tunes an >attack against Sinestro's mind, using both magic and psi. What hits >Sinestro is a mental attack worthy of any L3. "/That,/" Roland chuckles, as the various containments/attacks land simultaneously, leaving an unconscious caged toroidal loop that fluctuates up and down the EM spectrum, "/ought to do it. Way to go on the teamwork, team!/" With that thought, he blinks at 'Roger.' "/I believe we need to have that talk now,/" Roland adds. (OOC: Roger, and any cosmic types who are paying attention, will know that said conversation should wait a bit longer. Some VIPs are en route. 8^) >On Thu, 04 Mar 1999 08:03:37 -0500 >Caprice Said As CAoL Message # 00006534 > >After watching various people take their swings at Sinestro, Legion >comments in a soft voice that somehow carries to all present. "If we >abuse someone who is helpless, even an enemy, do we not sink to their >level?" >On Thu, 04 Mar 1999 10:08:21 -0500 >Dhyrclhanc Said As CAoL Message # 00006541 > >"You know," says the Immortal Ruby Fire Dragon hatchling, regarding >the trapped energy form of Korugian Ex-Green Lantern, "She does have >a point. On the other hand, Mr "Sunburned" David Niven here, has >pulled some pretty spectacular escapes in his time, so we do have to >be careful with him." > >ooo^Any ideas, sib?^ooo he sends to Roland via the ring-link. "/Sinestro has escaped being exiled to an alternate universe, abandoned on a deserted planet, frozen in a block of amber, absorbed by the Central Power Battery, _and_ is the only humanoid to ever escape an Oan Sciencell. The only other being ever to do the last was the Mad Sector./" Roland pauses for breath. "/In other words, he's a slippery bastard,/" Morgan, mistress of understatement, deadpans in the full brogue. Roland gives her a mock-stern look. /Folx, we're making a detour on the way out of this dimension. Assuming that Mary is not here. Aurora?/ (OOC: Dane, Mary is in fact _not_ in this dimension. However, she _was_ here, giving Aurora a trail to follow.) ooo^With the Oans off making babies, and the remaining Guardians toasted by Parallax, our only real option seems to be New Genesis. I am, however, open to suggestions, sib.^ooo >Simultaneously, to Rayner, *You gonna be O.K., Kyle?* "ohhh..." Rayner sits woozily. "and i thought it hurt the _last_ time i fought sinestro..." He looks up at the large dragon, gulps, then smiles as he notices the GL accoutrements and gives him a 'thumbs up.' "...yeah, when i can concentrate long enough to get the ring working again. does alan know you saved his ring? he didn't say, but i think he's upset that i lost it." ================================= Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 20:49:27 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Setting the wrong things right On Thu, 04 Mar 1999 19:22:48 Morgan and/or Roland Said As CAoL Message # 00006548 >On Wed, 3 Mar 1999 03:27:20 -0500 (EST) >Shadow Said As CAoL Message # 00006515 > >>On Tue, 02 Mar 1999 19:38:14 >>Roland Said As CAoL Message # 00006511 >> >Rhia quickly relates this to John. He turns his senses to following >the trail, with much frustration, while Rhia attempts to revive the >fallen heroes. ^John, what's your opinion on waking them?^ > >^Best to do it quickly.^ he replies distractedly, ^but we also need >them functioning. What about that thing you used on me when I >wouldn't get out of bed that day when the Orwellian ambassadors were >arriving? I couldn't have lost consciousness if I tried.^ > >^You are a cruel and unusual man, sir. It's a pleasure to be in your >tutelage.^ Rhia does something magical, ^I feel sorry for the Batman, >though. I won't give him the full effect.^ She bends down and kisses >the Batman on the forecowl. As his eyes flutter open John helps him >to his feet. Batman almost groans, but his iron control kicks in immediately. >In a low voice John says, "Careful hero, we're friends. Having >rescued the dark knight from the baleful clutch of unconsciousness, I >enjoin you to go forth and reek havoc upon thy enemies. And Batty... >watch your back." Batman regards the anime warrior cautiously, nodding. "I hate daylight," he mutters under his breath. >While John sends out Batman with his blessings, Rhia prepares to wake >the Huntress. Again she kneels down, only this time she delivers four >sharp slaps across her face. As the Huntress's eyes shot open Rhia >reapplies the paralyzing pressure point hold, then lifts her to her >feet and releases her to John. Batman raises an eyebrow. "I warned you about that temper, Huntress." >John sighs, applying the release points to the Huntress. Again in a >low voice he says, "I told you you'd be embarrassed. Your friends are >in trouble, Sinestro's the baddy. He possessed Kyle. Go help them and >try not to get yourself killed." Huntress opens her mouth to begin a scathing reply when Batman's glove appears over it as if by magic. "He's right. Don't say it. Follow me." "Why on earth did I join this bunch of lunatics anyway?" Huntress mutters as she follows, shaking like she's just had a six-pack of Jolt. >The two continue on like this privately while they conduct their >search for the invisible psychic. They see a man who looks a lot like Bats using extreme skill in stealthing himself both physically and psychically. His chi (OOC: this is a guess, based on esstablished knowledge of John and Rhia) gievs him away more than anything else; it's a clever inversion he's using, but he radiates too much of it. Too much yang in his wielding of it. He's considering his options, clearly not considering the position hopeless, when he spots one of the two just before getting clobbered himself. "What-damn! VOLTHOOM!" Unless one of the two acts _quickly,_ Owlman vanishes in earnest this time, returning to his home reality. (OOC: He figures he can always rescue the others later if he still wants to.) ================================= Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 20:49:32 -0800 (PST) Subject: AAE V: Oan't you come back to me... On Thu, 04 Mar 1999 19:58:04 Morgan and/or Roland Said As CAoL Message # 00006549 (OOC: Imagine the subject heading sung in a bad 'banjo accompaniment' voice.) >On Wed, 3 Mar 1999 18:25:59 EST >SkyeFire Said As CAoL Message # 00006523 > >In a message dated 99-03-02 22:49:06 EST, you write: (OOC: Meaning Morgan and Roland, BTW) >One construct gets split from collarbone to coccyx by a black >razor-edged wing, and another's head gets Mark MacGregor'd over the >bay by a glowing green bat stamped "Oaville Slugger" before Roland >gets a reply. "Nice bat, by the way," Morgan quips. >*"Confused? What's to be confused about? I Arc to Earth-9 for a CAoL >family reunion, end up in the wrong universe 400 years backtime, find >my father beating up on the Commandant of the NGLC, who turned out to >be posessed by-"* CRUNCH! *"-the most deadly adversary in the Corps' >history, who proceeded to set off a general melee with the combined >forces of the CAoL and the JLA, who had been fighting each other up >until that point."* WHAM! *"And at the moment, we're bashing >crunchies."* SLICE! DICE! JULIANNE! *"All else can wait. Only one >thing I want to know--"* BLAST! *"--just HOW do you get a pizza in >this part of town on a night like this?"* "Hey, he started it," Roland responds lightly, looking singularly pleased with himself for a moment. Then he continues. "The rest sounds par for the course for the CAoL. Four hundred years, huh? I'd have a bunch of questions for you, except I don't want to muck with our personal time stream. The _last_ thing we need is Wrinkle joining the mix." (OOC: Wrinkle, on Earth-9 and in Mage: the Ascension, is a spirit of Paradox, representing the Time sphere. He fixes paradoxes in both the magickal and temporal senses of the word, and is the most powerful of his kind known to exist.) "But actually, I meant the Transformer." >On Thu, 04 Mar 1999 09:12:50 -0500 >Dhyrclhanc Said As CAoL Message # 00006535 > >"Not," pitches in Dhyrclhanc, "if that is the Xander Opal that I >remember from the Place. The last time that I met her in the place >she was as organic as I am, perhaps even moreso." "Ah, the plot thinneth," Roland notes. "Ms. Opal, I'm sure one of us can return you to your natural state, if you so desire." He looks around dubiously. "Which, given the environment, I'm NOT taking for granted." Noting the rather thorough confinement of Sinestro, Morgan turns to the organic newcomer. "_Now,_" she sighs, collecting her thoughts. "if you _are_ our son, I'm sure you'll be understanding of a little healthy paranoia. She smiles. "With your permission, I'd like to do a quick scan. A paternity/maternity test, as it were. Check out the DNA, confirm that part of what you've told us. None of which, by the way, has set off my Truth Sense." Morgan closes her eyes and holds out her hand to the newcomer. When he takes it, she holds it silently for a few moments, then opens her eyes and stares at her husband. Her voice is even, tinged with mild shock. "Roland, my love, you're a father." Roland's jaw drops. Slowly, it retracts. "I am." He blinks. "Really." He looks at Morgan. "Are you even pregnant yet?" "No. Not yet. Wasn't planning on it for some time yet, either." She stares at their son for a moment. "Um... so..." Then a thought hits her. "What did we decide to name you?" (Insert response here) But before the Freelance Immortals can reply to this response, an enormous emerald portal opens. Several figures emerge, about half being tiny blue males with Picard haircuts and red robes, the other half being Amazonian warriors with a definite preference for purple. All bear the symbol of the Green Lantern Corps, the males on the chest, the females on armbands. "Excellent," one of the males, dressed differently than the others and sporting a full head of hair (even a ponytail), says to the gathered heroes. "It is good to see that my visualization was accurate." He turns to Morgan. "Greetings, daughter of Atlan. It has been some time..." OOC: The odd Oan out, for those in the know, is Ganthet. TBC... ================================= Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 22:05:38 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Sinestoast On Fri, 5 Mar 1999 00:43:09 EST Dane0R0A Said As CAoL Message # 00006550 >Morgan and/or Roland Said As CAoL Message # 00006547 > "/That,/" Roland chuckles, as the various containments/attacks >land simultaneously, leaving an unconscious caged toroidal loop that >fluctuates up and down the EM spectrum, "/ought to do it. Way to go >on the teamwork, team!/" With that thought, he blinks at 'Roger.' "/I >believe we need to have that talk now,/" Roland adds. > (OOC: Roger, and any cosmic types who are paying attention, will >know that said conversation should wait a bit longer. Some VIPs are >en route. 8^) /*"You may want to postpone your discussion, Roland. We are about to have visitors"*/ Aurora offers. > "/Sinestro has escaped being exiled to an alternate universe, >abandoned on a deserted planet, frozen in a block of amber, absorbed >by the Central Power Battery, _and_ is the only humanoid to ever >escape an Oan Sciencell. The only other being ever to do the last was >the Mad Sector./" Roland pauses for breath. > >"/In other words, he's a slippery bastard,/" Morgan, mistress of >understatement, deadpans in the full brogue. /*"He is currently trapped in a 5D warp. If he should some how manage to free himself from the toroid, he will find himself being consumed by Cerberus, a couple of millennia ago"*/ Aurora states. > Roland gives her a mock-stern look. /Folx, we're making a detour >on the way out of this dimension. Assuming that Mary is not here. >Aurora?/ (OOC: Dane, Mary is in fact _not_ in this dimension. >However, she _was_ here, giving Aurora a trail to follow.) ooo^With >the Oans off making babies, and the remaining Guardians toasted by >Parallax, our only real option seems to be New Genesis. I am, >however, open to suggestions, sib.^ooo /*"I sense the entrance, and exit of a being matching the power structure of Captain Marvel here. That being went here {}. To determine whether she is still there, or has left for another universe, I will have to go there."*/ Aurora answers. ================================= Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 22:05:43 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Sinestoast On Fri, 05 Mar 1999 00:57:22 -0500 Dhyrclhanc Said As CAoL Message # 00006551 >On Thu, 04 Mar '99 Morgan and/or Roland Said > Roland gives her a mock-stern look. /Folx, we're making a detour >on the way out of this dimension. Assuming that Mary is not here. >Aurora?/ (OOC: Dane, Mary is in fact _not_ in this dimension. >However, she _was_ here, giving Aurora a trail to follow.) ooo^With >the Oans off making babies, and the remaining Guardians toasted by >Parallax, our only real option seems to be New Genesis. I am, >however, open to suggestions, sib.^ooo ooo^ Oans or just Maltusians, sib? And you're right, the New Gods of New Genesis are probably the best bet as far as building the best containment field for the Renegade, here. ^ooo > "ohhh..." Rayner sits woozily. "and I thought it hurt the _last_ >time I fought Sinestro..." He looks up at the large dragon, gulps, >then smiles as he notices the GL accoutrements and gives him a >'thumbs up.' "...yeah, when I can concentrate long enough to get the >ring working again. does Alan know you saved his ring? He didn't say, >but I think he's upset that I lost it." "/I wasn't even aware/" deadpans the draconic Green Lantern, as he switches over to his "Sentinel" Costume (a combination of Alan Scott's Sentinel costume, Kyle's Green Lantern costume and Tomar Ro's (One of the villianous psudo-GLs from the Legion's timeline) Green Lantern cosutume)) "/That you were the one who lost it in the first place./" ================================= Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 00:37:47 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Oan't you come back to me... On Fri, 05 Mar 1999 03:09:09 -0500 Dhyrclhanc Said As CAoL Message # 00006552 > On Thu, 04 Mar '99 Morgan and/or Roland Said >>Dhyrclhanc Said >Morgan closes her eyes and holds out her hand to the newcomer. When >he takes it, she holds it silently for a few moments, then opens her >eyes and stares at her husband. Her voice is even, tinged with mild >shock. "Roland, my love, you're a father." ^/Congradulations, bro./^ says the Sentinel-Lensdragon, exo-porting one lit cigar into Blaze's hand and another into his own mouth. > But before the Freelance Immortals can reply to this response, an >enormous emerald portal opens. Several figures emerge, about half >being tiny blue males with Picard haircuts and red robes, the other >half being Amazonian warriors with a definite preference for purple. >All bear the symbol of the Green Lantern Corps, the males on the >chest, the females on armbands. > "Excellent," one of the males, dressed differently than the others >and sporting a full head of hair (even a ponytail), says to the >gathered heroes. "It is good to see that my visualization was >accurate." He turns to Morgan. "Greetings, daughter of Atlan. It has >been some time..." "/Just what we need/,"quips Dhyrclhanc, "/Ganthet the 'Renegade Guardian', and a Cadre of Oans and Zamarons, the last surviving offshoots of the ancient Mathusian race./" ooo^ These guys will obviously know what to do with Sinestro. ^ooo > TBC... of course... ================================= Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 11:39:47 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Oan't you come back to me... On Fri, 5 Mar 1999 11:35:07 -0600 Mike Knight Said As CAoL Message # 00006555 >On Fri, 05 Mar 1999 03:09:09 -0500 >Dhyrclhanc Said As CAoL Message # 00006552 >> On Thu, 04 Mar '99 Morgan and/or Roland Said >> >> But before the Freelance Immortals can reply to this response, an >>enormous emerald portal opens. Several figures emerge, about half >>being tiny blue males with Picard haircuts and red robes, the other >>half being Amazonian warriors with a definite preference for purple. >>All bear the symbol of the Green Lantern Corps, the males on the >>chest, the females on armbands. Moonstone arches an eyebrow. [Funny, I don't remember the Smurfs being DC characters...] >"/Just what we need/,"quips Dhyrclhanc, "/Ganthet the 'Renegade >Guardian', and a Cadre of Oans and Zamarons, the last surviving >offshoots of the ancient Mathusian race./" "Gesundheit." ================================= Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 13:17:05 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Oan't you come back to me... On Fri, 05 Mar 1999 15:24:40 -0500 Dhyrclhanc Said As CAoL Message # 00006556 > On Fri, 5 Mar '99 "Mike Knight" Said >>Dhyrclhanc Said >>"/Just what we need/,"quips Dhyrclhanc, "/Ganthet the 'Renegade >>Guardian', and a Cadre of Oans and Zamarons, the last surviving >>offshoots of the ancient Mathusian race./" > > "Gesundheit." From behind his recently materialized mask, the draconian Lensman/Green Lantern raises an eyebrow at his pale-skinned female dragon companion. Meinwhile, Nimrod and Sythea, one litteraly, one figurativly, materialize behind him, and the Xavier de-cloaks from slightly above and behind the immortal hatchling Ruby Fire Dragon. At the same moment, the massive green, red, blue and golden form of J'onn J'onnz, the Martian Manhunter, appears next to Kyle. The last of the Green Martians offering help the last of the Green Lanterns to his feet. ================================= Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 01:16:30 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Setting the wrong things right On Fri, 5 Mar 1999 23:25:59 -0500 (EST) Xzerrion Said As CAoL Message # 00006557 On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, L.J. Wolfe wrote: > Ultraman, who had been bashing Superman with a piece of Kryptonite >until Cap had yanked it away at superspeed, blinks at this and >chuckles. "A horse. Right." He flies at them at top speed. Straight >into the Sanctuary spell. > Have you ever run into a wall at full speed? > He bounces high into the air, getting fried by several lightning bolts, > then slams into the ground. Tezrantha shakes her head. "Shocking, truly shocking," she mutters, dropping the protective spell to start directing lightning bolts at airborne villains. > "Wh-what...? N-" Ultraman begins to say, just before exploding >into the air, feet burrowing into the ground, body covered in bark, >arms and head becoming branches. Leaves sprout from the newly born >tree, and blossoms that look amazingly like orchids bloom in moments >as Ultraman becomes a fully mature Orchid Tree. > >Morgan tilts her head as she regards the tree appraisingly. /"_Much_ >more attractive,"/ she nods. Xzerrion glances at the tree. *With your permission?* he sends to Morgan, transmitting his thought. A heart appears on the tree, encircling in drow runes `Xzerrion & Tezrantha always.' > Orion, upon seeing Sinestro possessing Rayner, immediately took >his restored Astro-Glider into battle, Barda using her Mega-Rod to >follow. "Treacherous creature! Fall before Orion the Hunter!" > Sinestro merely smiled. "I think not." And a green-and-gold >flicker of light turned the New Gods' weapons on the JLA... Xzerrion allows his sense of right to overwhelm his good sense, and throws a paralysis beem at Sinestro. "Oh shit," he realizes. "I just drew attention to myself." He immediately goes noncorporeal. ================================= Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 01:16:35 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Setting the wrong things right On Fri, 5 Mar 1999 23:38:43 -0500 (EST) Xzerrion Said As CAoL Message # 00006558 On Wed, 3 Mar 1999 SkyeFire wrote: >wait. Only one thing I want to know--"* BLAST! *"--just HOW do you >get a pizza in this part of town on a night like this?"* The resident drow mage smiles. *Like this.* Several large pizzas appear in an out of the way part of the roof. ================================= Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 01:16:39 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Oan't you come back to me... On Sat, 06 Mar 1999 00:12:16 EST Driscoll Said As CAoL Message # 00006559 >On Fri, 05 Mar 1999 15:24:40 -0500 >Dhyrclhanc Said As CAoL Message # 00006556 > >At the same moment, the massive green, red, blue and golden form of >J'onn J'onnz, the Martian Manhunter, appears next to Kyle. The last >of the Green Martians offering help the last of the Green Lanterns to >his feet. Jim simply looks around at all of these people, many of which he is not very familiar. "Hmmm You know this rooftop is certainly getting crowded. Does anyone know of anyplace roomier we could move this to? Like Yankee Stadium?" ================================= Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 02:39:59 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Setting the wrong things right On Sat, 6 Mar 1999 05:14:23 -0500 (EST) Shadow Said As CAoL Message # 00006560 >On Thu, 04 Mar 1999 19:22:48 >Morgan and/or Roland Said As CAoL Message # 00006548 > >>On Wed, 3 Mar 1999 03:27:20 -0500 (EST) >>Shadow Said As CAoL Message # 00006515 >> > Huntress opens her mouth to begin a scathing reply when Batman's >glove appears over it as if by magic. "He's right. Don't say it. >Follow me." > "Why on earth did I join this bunch of lunatics anyway?" Huntress >mutters as she follows, shaking like she's just had a six-pack of >Jolt. > >>The two continue on like this privately while they conduct their >>search for the invisible psychic. > > They see a man who looks a lot like Bats using extreme skill in >^THERE!^ John shouts to Rhia. stealthing himself both physically and >psychically. His chi (OOC: this is a guess, based on esstablished >knowledge of John and Rhia) gievs him away more than anything else; >it's a clever inversion he's using, but he radiates too much of it. >Too much yang in his wielding of it. John lets loose with a psychic bolt of his own, which Rhia follows a second behind with a blast of pure magic. > He's considering his options, clearly not considering the position >hopeless, when he spots one of the two just before getting clobbered >himself. "What-damn! VOLTHOOM!" John runs forward, casting an ethereal web at Owlman while Rhia throws a magi-psi bolt at him. They've dropped the invis. > Unless one of the two acts _quickly,_ Owlman vanishes in earnest >this time, returning to his home reality. (OOC: He figures he can >always rescue the others later if he still wants to.) OOC: I'm gonna say they were just a bit too late here. John curses, "Dang! I almost had him. Just didn't want to kill him in the process." Rhia checks on the status of the others. ================================= Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 20:54:57 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Setting the wrong things right On Sat, 6 Mar 1999 23:49:37 EST Dane0R0A Said As CAoL Message # 00006561 >Shadow Said As CAoL Message # 00006560 > >John curses, "Dang! I almost had him. Just didn't want to kill him in >the process." Rhia checks on the status of the others. /*"Your restraint does you credit, but would be better were it reserved for one who deserved it"*/ Aurora offers. ================================= Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 21:35:04 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Setting the wrong things right On Sun, 7 Mar 1999 00:08:17 -0500 (EST) Shadow Said As CAoL Message # 00006562 >On Sat, 6 Mar 1999 23:49:37 EST >Dane0R0A Said As CAoL Message # 00006561 > >/*"Your restraint does you credit, but would be better were >it reserved for one who deserved it"*/ Aurora offers. John looks over to Aurora. "Oh? And I suppose you know who that was, his motivations for his actions, and his worth as a living being well enough to decide he no longer merits his life?" he rebukes. He continues, "While I will kill, without hesitation, it was not a life-threatening situation. If I offed every being who opposed, attacked, or threatened me, the dead would be stacked miles high from here to hell." ================================= Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 23:05:22 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Setting the wrong things right On Sun, 07 Mar 1999 02:03:15 -0500 Dhyrclhanc Said As CAoL Message # 00006563 >On Sun, 7 Mar '99 Shadow Said >John looks over to Aurora. "Oh? And I suppose you know who that was, >his motivations for his actions, and his worth as a living being well >enough to decide he no longer merits his life?" he rebukes. He >continues, "While I will kill, without hesitation, it was not a >life-threatening situation. If I offed every being who opposed, >attacked, or threatened me, the dead would be stacked miles high from >here to hell." /Thank you, old friend./ sends Dhyrclhanc in a boomy, echo-y voice, /I do not believe that I could have phrased it any better, myself!/ ================================= Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 05:35:00 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Setting the wrong things right On Sun, 07 Mar 1999 08:08:48 -0500 Caprice Said As CAoL Message # 00006564 >On Sun, 7 Mar 1999 00:08:17 -0500 (EST) >Shadow Said As CAoL Message # 00006562 > >John looks over to Aurora. "Oh? And I suppose you know who that was, >his motivations for his actions, and his worth as a living being well >enough to decide he no longer merits his life?" he rebukes. He >continues, "While I will kill, without hesitation, it was not a >life-threatening situation. If I offed every being who opposed, >attacked, or threatened me, the dead would be stacked miles high from here to hell." Legion makes no answer, just flashes John a warm, and understanding, smile. ================================= Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 19:07:35 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE V: Setting the wrong things right On Sun, 7 Mar 1999 21:53:51 EST Dane0R0A Said As CAoL Message # 00006566 >Shadow Said As CAoL Message # 00006562 >John looks over to Aurora. "Oh? And I suppose you know who that was, >his motivations for his actions, and his worth as a living being well >enough to decide he no longer merits his life?" he rebukes. He >continues, "While I will kill, without hesitation, it was not a >life-threatening situation. If I offed every being who opposed, >attacked, or threatened me, the dead would be stacked miles high from >here to hell." /*"Do you think I do not? His existance here is enough information to construct his entire life, this cycle. Would you like to see the list of beings that one has killed, or has caused to die, in his criminal carreer. I do not like killing, but I will kill if it will improve the lot of the living beings of the Macro Universe, and IF I can find no less drastic line of action which achieve the same results. To add to that, I KNOW that his spirit would have moved on to his next cycle, where he might have improved himself. I do not kill merely to defend myself, when I kill it is to defend all that is. When I ask my followers to kill it is to defend themselves, and all that is. Those that I have killed or caused to be killed, to save all that is, would stretch across this rather small galaxy. If you could have captured him, that would have been enough, for the short run, but he will continue in his chosen path, until stopped permanently by an outside force. He will either be killed, or his mind -altered-. While I find both ends, repugnant, killing is the least repugnant, because it will free him."*/ Aurora explains. =================================