Saturday, December 16, 2017
Hey, Guys! Look over Here! And HERE!
Ian seems leaderly, so Quinn will follow him everywhere. Though he will be easily distracted by cool weapons, and will unconsciously run a finger along every one he passes, one at a time.
JimBob would probably do the same thing, except...
"Say, where'd that other fella go? I thought he was going to meet us right here, at the teleporter." He looks around. "I'll check out the MISSION MONITOR ROOM if you want to check the MEDLAB?"
But Quinn's not there. So Jimbob heads to the MISSION MONITOR ROOM.
It's a globe, but spread out on the walls, with another globe of starry space rising to the ceiling like a planetarium. On it are glowing traces detailing the location of every superhero the Justice League keeps track of.
There are three types of icons: GREEN for on a case, BLUE for off duty, and YELLOW for location unknown. In that case, the yellow icon is placed at their last known location.
There is a whole cluster of yellow icons near the zenith of the room, in an area helpfully labelled BEYOND ALL GALAXIES.
A repeater globe at waist level allows access to the touchscreen all the way up, but of course Jimbob can touch the ceiling directly.
Touching the icon brings up more information.
So! Right now the statuses are:
CAPTAIN MARVEL: Blue. Off duty in Fawcett City, Illinois.
THE QUESTION: Yellow. Last known to be in Hub City, Missouri.
GREEN ARROW: Green. On a case in Star City, California.
BLACK CANARY: Green. On the same case as Green Arrow.
THE ATOM: Blue. Off duty in Ivy Town, Connecticut.
METAMORPHO: Blue. Off duty in Luxor, Egypt.
DR. FATE: Gray. Inactive/retired in New Salem, Mass.
SENTINEL: Blue. Off duty in Gotham.
SUPERBOY: Green. On a case in Honolulu.
ELONGATED MAN: Green. On a case in Midway.
SUPERMAN, BATMAN, WONDER WOMAN, GREEN LANTERN, FLASH, MARTIAN MANHUNTER, AQUAMAN, PLASTIC MAN, CYBORG: Yellow at a location marked "Beyond all Galaxies."
It's text-heavy, so Jimbob feels boredom stealing up on him.
The globe also shows all the teleport tubes in the world and has call buttons to summon each Justice Leaguer using the Justice League Signal Device.
MEANWHILE:
Quinn finds a thing that seems like a tonfa made of bumpy alien skin.
I mean, weird alien weapons, amirite? Though Quinn won't remain distracted for too long, and will start to wonder after a minute where he's supposed to be. At that point he'll try to find JimBob.
Aaaaand maybe borrow one of the cool weapons or gear he thinks would be a good supplement to a heavy shield and spear. Like, I dunno, sandals of flight or a magic rope or a helmet that blocks telepathy or whatever he sees. Mainly he'll end up making his decision based on what looks the coolest (though not on purpose).
Aiggh .. "looks the coolest" is a six-way punch-out for first place:
1. Roman "cestus" spiked boxing gloves
2. Aztec hooked bola for tripping enemies
3. Spartan bronze leg and arm protectors
4. A rope woven out of silver strands, which seems almost weightless
5. A big long mirror-faced mace with a taser charge
6. A black spear with a rustless tip and a perceptible emanation of shame
Ian, meanwhile, wonders why Quinn doesn't notice he's there. And then realizes he's gone invisible. Seems the kid from Mystery Men was wrong. When you go invisible .. you DON'T feel it.
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HELL yeah! Rope and bola on belt, bronze limb armors next, and then the cestus gloves (if they're fingerless; can't really throw a spear or wield a shield very well while wearing boxing gloves -- and Quinn would know, because he went through a phase where he tried to do everything with boxing gloves on). Oh, and the alien-skin tonfa (also in his belt). But he won't take the taser mace or the extra spear, because he doesn't want to be *greedy*, and he's not really into shame.
ReplyDeleteThen he'll look for JimBob so he can show off his new stuff, and maybe figure out what some of it actually does.