King Kindred

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Victory was well within their grasp, but Kieran failed to take in account Congorilla during his attack. He was disappointed in himself, but had little time to beat himself up about it while the hotel he crashed through did the job for him. He finally stopped but ended up under a pile of rubble. He could tell that he was fine and thankfully he hadn't hit anyone on his way down. He listened out around him for any weaknesses in the infrastructure before he forced himself out. He also spread his hearing out to listen to the battle outside. It sounded as if things were coming to an end. Both sides seemed to stop fighting and the one who started this mess had disappeared. Grodd continued to use others as pawns and left them to suffer the consequences. He couldn't stand it.

Superman's thoughts were interrupted from another sound coming from his ear. It was a familiar voice coming from the team communicator. He hadn't heard that voice in so long or seen the person it belonged to. Once he shook the initial surprise off he smiled to himself. Despite the loss they suffered today it was honestly good to know that he had a friend here to back him up. Especially with all eyes on him and the Supermen. "I guess it's about time I get out of here." Superman reached out his arm just slightly and pulled a piece of the rubble surrounding him inward. It caused the other pieces to collapse around him giving him room to move and escape. The rest of the building remained as intact as a building could be after it got hit with a living projectile. He'd definitely win at a game of Jenga.

Kieran noticed it was dark, but his eyes quickly adjusted to the darkness. He heard Dick's voice once again, but this time it was from within the building. He could detect the concern in his voice. It'd be best not to keep his friend and the others worried. He floated carefully through the hotel and made his way towards Grayson. When he reached him he finally called out in response to his first question. "I can't seem to find a mirror but I'm sure my face and I are as beautiful as ever." He couldn't make out exactly what he was wearing, but he could tell that it wasn't his Robin costume. It was dark and tactical, almost like----. He stopped the thought. He knew his friend couldn't read minds, but he knew he wouldn't appreciate the comparison, especially after recent events. "Let's get out of here and join the others. There's still a city worth of gorillas we have to figure out what to do with. We'll catch up after?"

Kieran waited for the answer, but then went on ahead of his friend. He already had an idea, but wasn't sure if the heroes, world, or the gorillas would accept it. The light was a wonderful sight for his not so sore eyes. The destruction that came with it, wasn't. There were casualties on both sides, but less so on the side of the unwilling army. The local authorities had managed to kill off a few, but ultimately they and the civilians who fell were no match for Grodd's vicious onslaught. If he and the other heroes hadn't shown up when they did who knows how much worse it could've gotten. He pushed those thoughts down and instead started to focus on the lives they did save and the ones he believed he was about to.

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I'll be writing up a post today.

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And I can't post before Grodd and his minions.

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Central City: Gorilla Smackdown

"I don't think I'll be taking lessons in worth from a genius who uses their intelligence to enslave others and wage war against mankind." Kieran said before his eyes started to glow a deep dark red. Unfortunately Grodd wasn't someone who could be talked down. Despite his intelligence he still had that primitive instinct that respected force and authority over compromise. Two beams fired from his eyes and joined together before slicing the first car directly in half. Superman grabbed hold of both halves and rose into the air to avoid the other flying cars. "If you wanted to play monkey in the middle you could've just called me."

He launched both pieces of the car at Grodd one after the other. Despite his comedic front, Superman was actually angry. Grodd and his gorilla army were killing and terrorizing innocent people and for what? He hated that they were taking advantage of the chaos caused by the Doomsday incident. He was aware that some if not most of them were likely under Grodd's psychic or coerced control, but at the moment it didn't matter. Right now they were all enemies. But he had a plan that could change that.

Superman continued to dodge Grodd's onslaught of cars waiting for the right moment. The moment came between cars and he stopped in the air before pulling both of his arms back as far as he could. In an instant he clapped his hands together aiming down towards Grodd and his surrounding lackeys. What sounded like thunder could be heard reverberating throughout the city, but the further it went away from him the weaker it got intending not to burst the eardrums of the civilians and other heroes. He intended to knock them down, round them up, and get Grodd off balance in one fell swoop, but that was only the set up. Since this was the city of the Flashes he was going to take a play out of their book.

While they were still disoriented Superman flew in a circular formation around the cabal of apes. He continued to do so and a funnel started to develop. Grodd's abilities come from his brain, well his most tedious abilities. Without oxygen the brain can't function. And if Grodd's brain stopped functioning the minds of his mental prisoners will be free. His goal was to minimize casualties and that included only knocking the villainous gorilla unconscious.

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A storm knocked my power out early this morning and it hasn't come back on yet. But I'll get my post in when I can.

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GM Question for the Cast???

If you could have a secondary character or introduce another side character/NPC who would it be and what would they bring to the RP?

@Omega Man

I do plan to introduce a younger sister of Jimmy Olsen, Jane Olsen, as another intern at the Daily Planet. She'll show that Kieran may have a thing for redheads and with her he'll explore his own humanity. And much like Lois she's the type to get in danger through her investigations so there'll be a lot of opportunities for villain interactions and schemes.

The Scholomance: A Magic School RP

I'm definitely interested.

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Metropolis
A Week Ago

The familiar buzzing of a ringing cell phone could be heard on a nearby coffee table. The flashed screen would read "Kori" with a sun and fire emoji next to her name.

"You're not going to answer her? You know she cares about you, right? I like her. She has a certain fire in her heart that reminds me a bit of myself." Lois Lane said while holding a mug of coffee. It had been a week since her fiancé's untimely demise and the scene in front of her was almost too nostalgic.

"I know and I'll call her back later. Presently, I look and feel like a dork. Like I'm just some wannabe pretending to be him." Kieran responded. He was currently looking at himself in the mirror. More specifically he was looking at his new suit. It had been a week since Clark Kent, the Superman, fell after using a double-edged attack to defeat the monster known as Doomsday. It had been hard on everyone, but especially so for Lois and Kieran. Their whole world shattered and Kieran was now under a pressure that felt all too familiar to him and his time with the Teen Titans.

Lois sighed and put down her coffee. "You do not look like a dork and you're not a wannabe." She walked closer to him and placed her hand on his shoulder. "You look like the hero you were always meant to be. If your father were here he'd say the same."

"But that's the problem, isn't it? If he was here I wouldn't be wearing this. I wouldn't have Metropolis or the planet looking to me, expecting me to be the answer to all of their problems. I wasn't... I'm not ready to be Superman."

Lois didn't like what she was hearing. She wanted to be able to console and uplift Kieran, but she truthfully couldn't understand what he was feeling. Not fully at least. Not to mention she was still reeling from his death as well. "Let me let you in on a little secret. Clark wasn't ready to be Superman either. When he first started out he was a complete novice and quite embarrassing. But he never let that hold him back, because his true source of power and the true meaning behind Superman isn't the Kryptonian physiology or the sun that grants you all these abilities. It's the giant heart that you both share and the will to push forward no matter the obstacle."

He may not have admitted it out loud, but Lois's words actually helped. When he emerged from the Phantom Zone Superman was already this perfect symbol of hope. An impossible standard to reach, but to know that he didn't start out that way relieved a bit of the pressure from his shoulders. "Thank you and I'm sorry I haven't been around much."

"Don't worry about it. Also, I know you aren't set on becoming a reporter, but I pulled some strings and got you an internship at the Planet. Now that you're Metropolis' premier hero, like Clark, you're going to need to keep your ear to the ground and always be ahead of the press."

"I'll do it, but I promise I won't like it."

"We'll see. I have a feeling you will."

Orbit
Today

Kieran hovered just above the blue and green planet known as Earth. He soaked in the sun's rays while listening to the world below. He understood why Superman had preferred to do this. It was peaceful up there and not to mention the feel of the sun on his skin. But beyond those more selfish reasons this was the perfect place to search for trouble without patrolling the skies of Metropolis.

He hid it well, but Kieran was annoyed. For the past two weeks things haven't been going too well for the side of justice and he wasn't sure exactly how to solve the issues at hand. Coast City was currently overrun by technology, Gotham was under the control of thugs on steroids, and rates of crime skyrocketed all over. The criminal element didn't hesitate to take advantage of the heavy blow handed to the heroes and if this was all the time it took for things to change so drastically what was the point of Superman? The Justice League? Were they just there to barely play the glue in holding the world together? Was the fight against evil that pointless? Was there any hope worth holding onto?

His thoughts were interrupted by his ear picking up a certain frequency. He had tuned his super hearing to look out for the Supermen of America's communication channel when he was gone. The message was breaking up, but he was sure that he heard that gorillas were attacking Central City. If they were giving Flash a problem they weren't your ordinary apes. Grodd. He extended his super hearing to focus on the conversation in the Monitor Room. He was glad he did, because he had discovered that Livewire and Bloodsport were up to no good in Metropolis. He was sure that Black Lightning would've been more than enough to handle Livewire and he shuddered at the thought of Bloodsport and his Kryptonite needles. Grodd and his army seemed to be the more pressing issue.

Kieran inhaled slowly soaking in the sun's rays once more before making a full speed descent towards Central City, USA. A sonic boom could be heard as he re-entered the atmosphere and tore through the skies. With his visual prowess it was easy to find the armored king of the apes. He locked onto his location before slowing his descent just enough not to destroy the city with his landing. A small crater formed under his feet. "If it isn't Gorilla Grodd. Did you do something different with your fur? There's this certain shine to it."

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@Omega Man for the sake of our RP, who was it that broke Batman’s back? Was it Doomsday, or Bane? Figured I’d ask cause it’s a big part of Nightwing’s opening post I’ve been working on, and I realized about halfway through I wasn’t entirely certain who’d done the deed. So far I’ve been working off the assumption it was Bane.

Also awesome work on those micros, they look great!

@Dusty

I think it was Doomsday and Bane just took advantage of the chaos/lack of Batman.

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Still working on Nightwing and Orchid. I'll break down why I went the way I did with Manhunter and Superboy once I've finished the last two for the whole group shot.

@Omega Man

Superboy's costume looks amazing.