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Justice League Unlimited

Episode: 5 - Kids These Days

Metropolis, Metro Tower...

It had been a long day for the heroes in the League. Some of the newer recruits were still raw with little to no field experience. They'd been training for hours with Wildcat, a hero still kicking way past his prime in the 40's and 50's. Superman and a group of heroes had just arrived minutes before the arrival of one of Wildcat's former teammates. Doctor Fate looked rough, and warned of a being called Extant before sneezing on a handful of Leaguers. Superman really wanted to get home to his wife and his daughter Lara, who should've already made it back to Metropolis on the bus despite her father wanting her to use her gifts. Extant appeared before the League and with his ability to shift time and alter reality froze those in his line of vision in place. Solara, a Kryptonian powerhouse on par with Superman used her incredible speed to try and floor the opponent with a low blow, like she had done to Lobo earlier in the day.

"Ah... a Kryptonian." Extant boasted freezing her in place after her eyes grew wide that he didn't drop, "What to do with you... how about I throw you back to the 1930's so you can watch your home planet explode?" he asked with a wave of his hand sending her back in time to watch the planet's end.

He turned to look at other heroes who were mounting an attack and with a wave of his hand threw Vibe and Fire through a window at least fifty feet high. However, his attack had no effect on the hooded champion of the wizard and he got a few good punches in before being grabbed by the face and thrown into frozen Leaguers. Keeping them all suspending was a constant tax on his powers so he thought of a way to take the most of them out of the fight.

"I see Fate hiding back there... Cheating time and death yet again I see with your friend Wildcat. Let's see how you like being your age old man!" Extant screamed and turning both Fate and Wildcat into men easily in their 80's.

"The rest of you can share their FATE... see what I did there?" Extant asked with a smirk as he aged several of the other heroes... but it appeared more than just the hooded Marvel was unaffected.

The lizard girl, the negative man in the mecha suit, the Lex Corp sponsored hero Clutch, and the t-shirt wearing Rookie were also immune to the majority of the villains attacks. Superman, old and barely able to walk forward in any speed, as well as balding, tried to mutter a question. Reaching up for Extant after taking a fall hard onto the steel floor of the Metro Tower.

"W--W--Why...?" he asked.

"Because I can!" Extant exclaimed before noticing the heroes unphased by his power. "I don't know what tricks you're playing, but let's see how you handle fighting your own teammates!" he screamed taking a few of the Leaguers yet to be aged into the air and morphing their physiology.

Clayface was now even more monstrous. The Warden had become completely engulfed by plant matter and was something like Swamp Thing mixed with an alien from the Independence Day films. And Toon Girl was morphed into a more violent looking cartoon, like something out of a Japanese series. These three still had their conscience, but couldn't stop themselves from attacking their friends and comrades. They gave chase throughout the Tower, while the other aged heroes just made fools of themselves. Bulleteer was barely a hundred pounds and his helmet felt like it weighed a ton and he fell over head first into a fountain. His clothes were loose. His muscles were gone. And he really needed to use the bathroom.

"I'll find you Justice League Losers eventually. And when I do, what I did to that Kryptonian bitch will look like child's play. DO YOU HEAR ME?! CHILD'S PLAY!!" Extant screamed dropping to his feet after exerting so much power into aging the heroes and morphing the three into his personal guard.

Across town, at the apartment of the Kents...

"Lara, your Dad should be home soon..." Lois yelled into her living room from her kitchen to find her daughter had left. There was a text on her phone moments later that read "Back soon."

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@Archmage MC @FiroIV @Afro Samurai

I went ahead and added the bit at the end with GL and the Society and posted it. Damn good episode all around guys!

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Justice League Unlimited

Episode 2: Mad World - CONCLUSION

Midway City, downtown...

The plan was simple, at least Gypsy though it was. It made effective use of everyone's skills and hopefully achieved the intended goal. Shazam's question not withholding the man's plan was basically to use Gypsy's powers to distract the psychic villain, the way he asked was odd but it made sense; his comment on whether or not he disappeared was just a nice segue into his plan.

A short discussion later the plan was being set up in action. Gypsy was off hiding on the roof making sure that Brainwave didn't see her. Once well hidden she did her part. Mustering all the power she could she made floating versions of the Captain and a small number of Toon Girls bouncing around. The psychic would no doubt easily tell these things were illusions, but as they were magic based and not psychic illusions, but purely visual it was enough to get him distracted to get subdued by Toon Girl.

Enacting on her plan, thanks to Gypsy's illusions, Toon Girl did the same thing she did last time, giving Brainwave a big ol' hug by appearing behind him with her portable hole. But this time she got him in a much more aggressive hug, holding onto him much tighter than before. It probably wasn't the most comfortable thing for him.

It was time to finish this. With the constructs destroyed, and Brainwave momentarily distracted, Shazam figured he would go in for the kill. Down both arms sparked Zeus' magic lightning, and in his eyes swelled the lust of battle; he streamed forward, a blitzkrieg assault. He bared no caution in his approach, and was flying fast enough to blast through any solid constructs which sought to deter his advance. Once he got close enough, he went in for the KO.

With one powerful swing accompanied by some shock treatment, Shazam blasted Brainwave with a hefty hook and enough force to knock him out with little resistance. Moments later the Green Lantern came to his senses and whatever constructs he was forming dissipated into the air. He touched down on the street where the civilians came to their senses as well. Approaching the heroes, the Lantern commented...

"It looks like Judgement bowed out. Some people aren't ready to join the big leagues. You three did good work. I was wondering when you'd go from defense to offense. After Brainwave wakes up from that one hitter quitter, I'd like to ask him some questions.... like what reason he had to attack Midway..?" Alan said to Gypsy, Toon Girl, and the hooded Capt. Marvel.

Across town, at the Midway City Museum...

"Should we go back for Brainwave?" asked Doctor Polaris, his odd shaped helmet and metal armaments reflecting the flashing emergency lights of the building.

"I can teleport in and get him out of anywhere. Luthor wants to test his loyalty." Warp said picking up a metal relic from the Egyptian exhibit.

"The first and second rule of the Society is you don't talk about the Society..." said the Scarecrow as he watched two security guards cower in fear.

@Archmage MC @FiroIV @Afro Samurai

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@Archmage MC @FiroIV I've added my little bits. Whichever one of you wants to post it, you can.

@Afro Samurai

Let me check it out and add the bit at the end for the villains!

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Awfully quiet in here...

@Sir Lurksalot

It is....was really hoping to finish episode 2 by now. granted i was away all day yesterday for medical stuff....

@FiroIV

I should probably give everyone an update, since I've got so much going on right now.

I mentioned somewhere, likely the discord, how my mom was put in the hospital on Sunday. She's been released into the care of a seniors assisted living program for some rehabilitation. Her health is better, but she's old and really not comfortable in the place. I've been visiting her daily, checking in on my dad and making sure he's got everything he needs cause he can't drive anywhere.

I'm taking my son to 2nd grade orientation this evening in less than an hour as well, and still packing and cleaning our current home to get ready to sell once we're moved into the new place. If that doesn't seem like enough on my plate... I'm starting to stress about finding a new job because my wife's job is temporary through September and she wasn't one of the women to get hired on full time [[yet the bitch she's been helping from day 1 did :/ ]]. So it's not that I need just any job, I've gotta find a good one.

Now don't anybody go and get alarmed. RP'ing is one of my only hobbies and at the very least I will be able to keep moving forward on this particular RP. There's a start to an Ep 2 final post in the piratepad and I *think* @Lord Wraith's group is working on a final post as well unless it's already been posted, so I'm hoping that by Sat. or Sunday we can begin Ep 5. I have a tiny bit I'd like to add on the villain side of thing at the end of Ep 2, so before that's posted @Archmage MC @Afro Samurai @FiroIV make sure I check in with you guys and get it in on that final Ep post/collab!

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Extant can manipulate reality in all sorts of ways. Most of you will be turned old... Might get more creative with some of you... Or just turn you against your teammates. We'll see what happens when we cross that bridge lol

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He turns into a sentient flower pot. With the one googly eye. LOL

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Gotham Knights - City On Fire

Not a baby, just not a middle aged scientist... I was thinking around 20-22 years of age. Kid uses the Man-Bat formula to save his mother since his dad's locked up in Arkham.

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Gotham Knights - City On Fire

I had originally planned on Jack JUST being Deathstroke at the end and bringing in the son of Man-Bat as a new character. I might still do that depending on what any new players come in with.

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Gotham Knights - City On Fire

I'm still lurking. I think the issue I found with the last arc was that it was a little too fight-based, and my character's not really a combat style hero. He'd be better suited for investigation with small fight scenes here and there.

@Metronome

The next arc will have multiple opportunities to do things differently. With the addition of our own base and an actual mystery we're trying to solve, as well as a more compacted team of more heroic types... yeah it'll be like switching to baseball from soccer.

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