[IC] the Legion Reborn

[Omega Man]

In the 30th century, the galaxy is a crowded place. There are thousands of inhabited worlds and intelligent species, and very few of them get along with each other. Still, there are those who believe that a united galaxy is the best solution for everybody. One of those is R.J. Brande, one of the richest men in the galaxy. He pushed for a United Planets organization to handle conflicts between systems, and while he had some support, he also had a lot of resistance. There were some who opposed him so strongly that they wished him dead. One of these assassination attempts was in the presence of three teenagers, strangers to each other. The three youths worked together instantly, foiling the assassination and capturing the suspects. Brande saw in them the embodiment of all he had been working towards, and convinced them to follow in the footsteps of the great heroes of the 20th century. They wore costumes and used code names and became the Legion of Super-Heroes. But recently the genius of their group, Brainiac 5, turned traitor and snapped like the other Brainiacs before him who often fought with Superman in the past. His robotic side took over completely and he tried to destroy the Legion. Only three of them remain to rise from the ashes with a new team of heroes to stop Brainiac 5.

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Rules:

1.) No back-to-back posting.

2.) PAY ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND SET-UPS!!

3.) Make sense. If we can't make heads or tails of your posts they're likely to get skipped over.

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6.) Abandoned characters will be used as NPC's or killed off within the context of the story.

7.) “I was waiting for [insert player/character] to make a move” is not an excuse to not post.

8.) My word is law.

9.) In the event that I'm offline for any period of time, the deputy GM (not yet selected) will take control and HIS/HER word will then be law.

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Sector 2814, Earth...

"Legion Log #2603...

My name is Rokk Krinn, code-name Cosmic Boy. It's been seventeen days since Brainiac 5 turned traitor and destroyed the most of the Legion. Now its just me, Dream Boy, and a somewhat crippled Dawnstar after her left wing was badly hurt. She can still fly, but not without the help of her flight ring. The new recruits have been here at the Legion Academy a little more than a week, many of them show potential. Our other HQ was destroyed in the fight with the machine formerly known as Querl Dox [Brainiac 5], so the remaining three Legionnaires have set up shop here at the Academy as well."

Cosmic Boy walked through the hallways of the Academy with his hands behind his back like a gentleman. Arguably the most respected member of the old guard, he was one of the original three founders. Dream Boy however meditated quietly and alone in his personal quarters. Both Legionnaires share the guilt of not taking down Brainiac 5 sooner, and the rest of the Legion paid for it. Most bodies were accounted for, others were still missing and presumed dead. The Coluan developed the technology for the original flight rings/translators and shut them down while the most of the team was in space. The new flight/translator rings work just as well, just with a different power source and more of a silver tint than gold....

Across the galaxy, far far away...

Gears work and grind with the humanoid green flesh of the smartest Coluan in the universe. Possessing a 12th level intellect, Querl Dox never knew an equal. His machine side has completely taken over, and the biomechanical machinery all around him collects data from around the universe at insane speeds.

"Cameras 4-1-6 through 4-1-9." the cold and now heartless machine spoke in a monotone.

A hard light computer screen popped up in front of him. Images of the Academy began blinking off and on the screen. Brainiac 5 is dangerous, and he's keeping tabs on his former allies rebuilding the team from the ground up.

Back at the Academy, in Metropolis...

The young man with long brown hair from the planet Cargg felt at home. Duron Arias was finally among peers, other teens with super powers looking for a home and a chance to do some good. The weekly allowance from the bank accounts of RJ Brande didn't hurt either. After his son, Chameleon Boy, was killed by the Coluan... Brande didn't hesitate to put all of his resources into a new Legion to take down the traitor.

Duron walked out of the training room where holo-droids and a holo-chamber were located as well as a standard gym. He was only stepping in for a drink of water. Instead of splitting into his six individual selves he remained whole and tried to beat his top speed. The last week he's ran around the world several times. His top speed before splitting is roughly ten and a half hours around the Earth including running on water. He just sonic boomed coming through the lobby doorway and made it to the gym in seconds. Duron just finished running around the world in ten hours flat. He wiped the sweat from his brow but there was no wiping off the smile across his face...

~KL~

[RumikoOhara]

G-Force was training with her ability in the gym oblivious to everything around herself as she formed a nexus point around an imaginary point in space. Several small objects were swept towards the invisible target as it exerted a gravity 8x that of the earth. The loose objects were nothing more than standard tennis balls and struck each other as if fired from a canon and then compressed into a tight knot flattening together.
G-Force smiles briefly as she admires her work then reverses the nexus effect which makes the balls explode in every direction at once. Several of the escaping balls try to strike her to verr away as if they slid over an unyielding surface.
Rather than leave a mess G-Force recreates the attractive force over the basket the balls came in and once all have assembled she drops the effect then watches as they fall into the container.
She heads over to the weight machine and performs several sets of reps to work on her physical strength. Looking around she blushes as she resets the machine to simulate a 2 ton dead lift. She enhances her physical strength with a gravity field and enjoys lifting the impossible weight several times before stopping then resetting the machine to normal.
She's still slightly embarrassed by her present status as a member of a Super hero team and though she knows she dose what she dose to help others still can't shake the feeling of vanity

[DrewVonAwesome]

In the gym area one of the main power lifting stations was being occupied. A massive figured that had to weigh in the 600 to 700 pound range feverishly lifting away on the two large piston arms putting down on him tons upon tons of weight. Kodol Etol, aka Bulk Lad, took this amazing new opportunity he has been given very seriously, and he wanted to show it to anyone willing to see.

Still though the week had been a mixed bag of emotions for him. On the one hand, Kodol’s home planet of Buga has been electric upon hearing Kodol made it into the Legion. Buga rarely has had any of its own people make it in such a major way, and already month long celebrations are being called for when Kodol returns home.

On the other hand, Kodol couldn’t help but shake the feeling everyone on the team was looking at him as a weak link. Whether it was his kindness or the person he was. He couldn’t tell, but knew people weren’t sure about him. Especially those who jokingly saw Kodol making it into the Legion after what had happened proof they were desperate. Already running out of options enough that they’d take one of those goofy Bugans and put them on their team. Still though Kodol was not to be perturbed.

Truthfully, Kodol felt like he was living a dream in a way. He had always looked up to the Legion of Super Heroes growing up. He had a favorite member too, Bouncing Boy. He saw a lot in him. Someone who was initially mocked and teased because of how they were being goofy. But through sheer heart and willpower proved their worth. Kodol got his autograph once, it is framed now and one of the first things he put into his new living quarters at Legion HQ. Though while he wished he could’ve gotten a chance to work alongside him. Bouncing Boy is among those missing and presumed dead. Especially considering he was one of the last to see Brainiac 5 before…. that happened.

Feeling wet and clammy from the sweat pouring off his forehead. Kodol finally hoisted himself up off of the bench he laid on. His height having grown from all the weight he had put on himself that morning. Breathing a bit, and feeling his muscles ache a little. Kodol got up with a bit of an audible thump, and the ground shaking under his weight. Pondering as he was now standing what to do next.

[FiroIV]

Nia was one of the newest arrivals in the Academy before things went south, and she was sure that she’d make up for the loss in any way she could. That being said she was sure that just her alone could rebuild the entire team, but that didn’t mean that her go-getter attitude wouldn’t help

She was inside her rather spacious room practicing her abilities. As a telekinetic, she could move things with just her mind and at the moment she was training her muscle memory, telekinetically. As she was lying in bed while ten iron, balls were flying the air simultaneously. Each ball was black, and weighed around 10 pounds each. The goal of the training was to juggle them in the air without touching each other, without letting them drop, all without focusing on them too much. The idea was too make it reflexive and natural. She’s been doing this for hours now though so she was feeling tired.

Feeling famished, Nia stood up and out of the bead and headed to the mess hall in the academy. It was weird calling it an Academy anymore since there weren’t a lot of them left. When Braniac did what he did a lot of the would-be Legionnaires left. It was an understandable thing seeing as the senior legion members died essentially leaving the more inexperienced trainees by themselves. There were only three from the main legion left and even though cosmic boy was one of them he wasn’t enough to gather more people. The few that stayed behind were the ones that really wanted to be here.

The iron balls were still floating about and circling her like a halo, her code name. Just because she was about go and eat that didn’t mean she should stop training. Gotta keep in shape after all she chimed in her head. Without so much as a thought she let her mind do it’s thing and pulled out a chair for herself.

The blue greenish order screen popped up the moment she sat down and began scrolling through the menu. To be honest she wanted to make her own food since having robots do it seemed a little impersonal, but she settled on having a pasta with a slice of French toast on the side. It was a bit of an inappropriate meal for this time of the day, but she kept on eating anyway, and made sure that the iron balls were still floating and dancing away around her.

[Kangutso]

Roddy was in the gym, running on the small track with obstacals that all run on a sort of conveyor belt. Then again, he didn't bother trying to learn much about how it worked, just satisfied about how it was good for his own training. He liked doing what those from Earth called free-running, or parkour, it helped when chasing down people among other things.

Roddy, codename Alloy, was among the newest, if not the newest member of the legion, and yet he didn't feel all that much pressure. Then again, he hadn't been made to do much, and he wasn't here when the events with Brainiac occurred. He went for another hundred meters on the track before getting off and shutting it down, wiping some of the light sweat off his face and seeing the guy from Buga just finishing his power lifting. The dude was huge, but smart, he didn't know much about Bugans aside from that they could eat a lot.

Then he looked to the girl nearby the Bugan, seemingly standing there in thought. Well, it didn't quite matter to him, he wasn't one to judge on appearances, or first experiences. He stretched and yawned before looking around for something else to use, since the power lifts would be pretty much useless to him on account of them being made of metal.

[FiroIV]

After finishing her meal, Nia was quite full and ready for just about anything that could happen next. That being said there’s been nothing going on lately. She figured that since it a time for mourning there wasn’t a lot happening, but somewhere in the universe there was something happening and she wanted to be a part of it.
Once she was done in the mess hall she decided to put away her training equipment, the orbs, and maybe do some flying around town. On the other hand she could also meditate which was one of the most essential thing a minder does, train the mind. Meditation can be boring though so flying it would be for now, plus this way she can try flying using her flight rings.

Flying was one of the few things she was used to even before she became an honorary Legion member. As telekinetic she’s taught herself how to fly, granted it was incredibly taxing on her to go fast, but even if she was only going 20 to 30 miles per hour then she had the upper hand in terms of maneuverability. Just like how she made the heavy orbs fly around her in circles she’s learned how to fly around in circles.

The reason she wanted to train though was not because of her flying ability. The reason she wanted to train was because of her inexperience without flying using her telekinesis. From her room she went up t the rooftop gardens, one of the few places with natural greenery in the building and decided that she’d train herself there. The gym was always an option, but the limited space inside was going to cramp up her style. Worried ever so slightly she floated from the ground and flew slowly.

[Omega Man]

On the other side of the Milky Way Galaxy...

A large starship roughly the size of Texas sits in idle mode for quite some time. Days go by and it seems as if Brainiac 5 has taken an interest in this new Legion. Constantly popping up hard light imaging screens of the various cameras he had planted in the Academy as well as the different camera surveillance systems throughout the city of Metropolis. The bio-mechanical man once known as Querl Dox was no more and only the Brainiac side of him remained. He seemed to teleport now, which was never an ability unless a piece of technology was involved like his force field belt. Brainiac 5's 12th level intellect was quickly becoming a 13th level intellect, as he teleported into a lab where a couple corpses of former Legion members were hooked up to machines and in incubating tubes full of some liquid solution. Colossal Boy, now complete with rotting and decaying flesh and a green tint to his skin almost mirroring the complexion of Brainiac, as well as Sun Boy were both dressed in strange black suits. Still in the incubation chambers probably to heal some of the decaying flesh and pieces of their bodies that had fallen off, Brainiac took it another step with his mental reprogramming. He faded into the background and let a life model decoy of his old self before turning traitor appeared before the two former heroes. He pushed a button and the two awoke panicked and scared.

"Sprock! You guys are alive! I told Rokk you weren't quitters..." he began as his voice changed a bit from the more mechanical one he's adopted, "..but he's trying to move on without us. After the team was attacked by the Fatal 5 Cosmic Boy stole Dawnstar from Wildfire after he dissipated into the atmosphere, and dragged Dream Girl's replacement along with him so he knew when somebody was trying to go after him. He's recruited a new Legion to fight at his side but we can't let him steal our lives... the Legion is all we ever had."

As the Coluan finished the two former heroes grew into a zombie-like rage. Brainiac watched on as the giant man grew two inches taller and the eyes of the fire manipulator lit up with flame for a few moments before the liquid solution snuffed them out.

Metropolis, Earth...

After a brief talk with both Cosmic Boy and the other remaining Legionnaires, 6Speed split into his six individual selves and ran through the Academy to notify each of the new recruits personally instead of blasting info over their communicator/translator flight rings.

"Good news everybody!" 6Speed said almost instantly after he split up throughout the Academy and greeted the others in the group.

~KL~

[DrewVonAwesome]

Kodol wiped the sweat from his brow using a large towel. Leaning against a wall from the straining workout as he breathed heavy. He had looked around at some of the other new recruits that were passing through. Too winded to make much conversation with them as he grasped his large belly to scratch it. Suddenly though 6Speed, one of the other new recruits who clearly always had energy to burn came up to him. Too suddenly for Kodol’s sake as he was surprised, letting out a shriek and wobbling off his position on the wall. Flopping over and landing with a very mighty thud that shook the foundation. “Uh yeah hold on….” Kodol called out as he got up with relative ease. “What’s up? Besides causing me to help probably take a few years off this building…” Kodol said as he awkwardly scratched his hair and blushing with a grin.

[FiroIV]

Nia was just about to finish her set of flying around the Academy when 6Speed began waving at her close by as he’s running. According to him there was a meeting and that she should be there. The two of them reached back to the Academy where everyone else was. Naturally, Nia lost. She expected as much since she was going up against a speedster who can beat her at speed even if she was one of the best fliers.

Once she got inside the building and met up with the others, she started telekinetically wiping away her sweat. It was one of her greatest techniques for more mundane uses. Naturally, it was a secret, but she took great pride in the fact that people thought she didn’t sweat as much, only perspired. It was rather vain of her, but hey she was a young girl and even though she wasn’t looking for a love life she did want to look pretty and clean.

“So? What are we going to do?” There was a certain level of excitement in her voice, and who could blame her she was excited.

[RumikoOhara]

Sandra was an active sort who was used to being constantly busy. Too fill her need for something to do she used the aerial acrobatics course as an impromptu obstacle course. Ten times she flies through the course setting a different pattern each time. On some parts she passes as close as she can without touching and others she reaches out an grips a ring or bar turning a tight circle around it.
She pushes her power to the limit an beyond where she previously thought those limits were. Seldom had she been able to do something like this before coming to the Legion.
She increased her speed as she made each pass her intense concentration stretched to the breaking point.
Like much busy work her self appointed exercises lost their appeal quickly so she ceased her action and gave her problem some thought
G-Force. Drifted up off the gym floor an then out the door. She was in need of diversion when she encountered 6 Speed who said "Good News Everybody!"
Sandra looked at him expectantly with a smile on her face. She didn't really know her team mates yet but she meant to make time as soon as she could get up her courage to do so, her problem being that she was shy.

[SonofJET]

Sanctus was apparently favored by whatever gods controlled good timing, as he returned from a minor quest to the Legion Headquarters just as 6Speed made a sextuple announcement to the members.

"Good news, everybody!" He had said. The excitement was slightly contagious in Sanctus' case, as he had just returned from a visit to one of the many local churches whose services he felt obligated to attend.

When he had arrived on Earth, the Paladin had no idea what to expect. Probably one of the last things on his mind was the level of celebrity status he had attained, due to both his appearance and his abilities. Apparently, by human standards, he was considered attractive. And by religious standards, he was some sort of sign.

Sanctus didn't understand. Didn't they have Paladins on the planet before he arrived? He didn't even worship a particular god, he was devoted to the code of his order. Nonetheless, he was hounded by the various representatives until he relented on the grounds that he be permitted to leave if he deemed it necessary.

So far, no fewer than ten congregations had tried to promote him as some sort of proof of their ideology. No fewer than ten congregations now attempted to defame him because of the vehemence of his denials of those claims.

Sanctus didn't want to be in the spotlight. He didn't want to be a religious symbol. He just wanted to go home, for the most part, and to give aid to those in need.

Which was a distinction that was understood by the congregations he actually enjoyed visiting. It was less "You prove us right," and more "You set an example."

The whole situation actually helped him, to some degree. It allowed him to get a different perspective on the "superhero" business. He understood the fear and uncertainty of the common people, and was able to spread the positive image of the Legion as well.

Win-win, in his opinion.

"What is this good news, Duron?" Sanctus asked, grinning and removing the more formal pieces of his attire, holding them in the crook of his elbow until he could store them in his quarters.

[ReaptheMusic]

Walking through the massive academy doors, Naomi dropped her incredibly heavy bags with a grunt of relief. Her gentle and somewhat high pitched voice carried its small panting noises down the halls. She slowly stood up, the Lily in her hair bouncing with her movements.

"H...Hello?" Silence greeted her. Oh... dear... where was she supposed to be...

[Damo021]

Toriand'r has been one of the new arrivals to the Legion after the chaos that had ensued and defeated the original Legionaries. The Tameran had been at the Legion academy a little over a week where she hoped to show her potential and usefulness to what will be a new team. However so far all she had managed to do was explore the city around her here on Earth, Sure she did her works outs, eat in and socialize with the new members of the academy, but she had the horrible habit of going out and exploring anything that peaked her interest. She wanted to experience the night life and of course the day life but the night just seemed to be more vibrant and energetic if you went to the right parts of the city and that was what the beautiful alien teen did.

Tori interacted with males that interested her and learned one of the most common languages of Earth, That being English but things never went far mainly because of the fact of as the night went on they became less interesting and she had to sneak back into the Academy. Other than those couple of occasions during the week Tori spent most of her time in her room parading around with not much on or in her Legion outfit which she loved a lot as she felt it showed her beauty. Funnily enough she was resting on her bed in a pair of short jeans and a T-shirt, It was strange wearing human clothing and she was getting a little restless of the sitting around and waiting but they didn't last long as Duron or also known as 6Speed practically blasted through her door at like a hundred plus miles per hour, He always seemed to be very active with very good stamina which was a couple of traits she liked.

"Good news everybody!" Is what he practically and pretty much instantly blurted out at her which only raised a eyebrow and a smile as her green eyes looked at the teen from Cargg, wherever or whatever that place was. "So what is this good news you speak of?" Starbolt asked as she elegantly slid of her bed, There was no doubt that something warranted his blasting through the door.