Thursday, March 29, 2018
Roll Call
"...Well!" Chin-Su says, breaking the perceived awkward silence. "Are introductions in order? Or should they wait until we're all on solid ground?"
"Yeah!" says Roy gratefully. He uses the ring to bring everyone to the same place, which is the street corner in Metropolis where Cap'n Bill, Kasumi, Sam, and Jimmy are standing.
"I'm Roy Thomas, from Gotham. I edit a fanzine and take one class a year at community college. And I picked the Green Lantern ring, obviously! I'm really more a Marvel guy, so I don't know a whole lot about real-life super heroes, just what everyone knows. Like the Annals of Atlantis, the key to the Fortress of Solitude, what the Elongated Man drinks to become stretchy ... the basic stuff."
"Pfft." Chin-Su scoffs at the name of the 'Elongated Man'. "We all drink to loosen up a bit, but that's just sad. Someone should hold an intervention."
ChinBob-Su will slap his stomach and tie himself in a knot again. "I'm JimBob, the Soft Pretzel! And before that, I was just a guy. I know, that's a bit of a THIN backstory, but I'm not one to STRETCH the truth and tell TALL tales!" He unties himself. "I also go by Chin-Su, as I'm still in my cosplay, and quite frankly it's kind of part of me, now."
A slender young woman in he late teens/early 20s flies up. Literally, with wings. Hawk Police style wings, that apparently can take her through space.
In addition to a crime-fighting belt, she also has a lute. And, when she lifts her hawk mask, what appear to be elf ears. Fans of STOS might think she bears a close resemblance to ...
"Hi, I'm Vina."
She has pale blonde hair, green eyes, dimples, and an all-American girl smile.
"I was on the way back from the convention with these guys when the source of powers appeared."
Oddly, although she is wearing mostly the Hawks' gear, there's something woodsy going on with it. Including a camo S shape.
"Um..." Kasumi blinks. "Those people who turned into cavemen. Do they need help?"
"Maybe... how could we get there?" asks Vina.
"Since we are introducing ourselves, I am the world famous magic debunker Sam Skeptic. I am currently holding the powers of Zatanna, and on the run from inter gang, I think."
He shrugs, not knowing if he still owes any money to them, since he paid his debt off right befor he got the Zatanna powers, then bet on them again, losing him more money.
"Anyway, I'm here becuse I lost a bet with the Phantom Stranger, who should be here somewhere. As for Miss Toru's point... yeah, those guys probably need our help. Anyone got any ideas?"
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"Sam, can your powers take us back to the Stone Age? Or, maybe this Phantom Stranger can help?"
ReplyDeleteSam sighed "If I'm lucky. I'm not very good at teleportation. it's not easy to say 'teleport to the stone ages!' backwards."
ReplyDelete"Sega enots eht ot tropelet" says, Vina, with no effect, of course.
Delete"Or, you could go with:
'Seoreh esoht wollof!'"
By the by, this is basically what Vina looks like. Just add elf ears.
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Cap'n Bill is a bald, bewhiskered, blue-eyed old sailorman with a pegleg or hickory, dressed in a long blue seaman's pea jacket and brimless cap. He has a pipe clenched between his teeth that is puffing like the smokestack of a steam engine.
ReplyDeleteHe tell one and all solemnly that no one has ever seen a mermaid and lived to tell the tale. He also interrupts himself to agree with himself.
"Tell ye I can, can I, all about the Flying Dutchman, and Davy Jones' Locker, and Captain Kidd, and how to harpoon a whale or dodge an iceberg, or lasso a seal. Aye, 'tis true, I been everywhere in the world, almost, on many a voyage long days past. Been wrecked on desert islands and were once set upon by cannibals, and more than that!
"And now the Sea Fairies have cast their charm, and I have the Sea King's awful powers.
"If 'tis a set-to, or a to-do, hard squall, or ship run aground, a sturdy swab and true ye'll find me."
He thrusts out a calloused hand to shake.
Vina shakes his hand. She has a few callouses herself.
Delete"Looking forward to hearing some sea tales, sir."
"I am Kasumi," Kasumi Toru bows. "The humble sister of the great Olympic star Nabiki Toru. I accidentally picked up the tiara and bracers of Wonder Woman that clearly were meant for my sister.
ReplyDelete"Now I must bear the brunt of this error and fight evil!"
"Sorry, but I haven't heard of your sister. We don't have a TV. But I doubt if it's a mistake. You -did- pick them up. And, you're doing something with it." She smiles. Broadly. In a cheerful All-American way.
DeleteStanding there is a young man dressed is a Super Man. He has short red hair, freckles, and around his neck is hung a camera. He says, "Hi! I'm Jimmy Olsen, Super Man's substitute, I'm a reporter for the Dally Bugle!" Jimmy will offer a hand shake to the three he just met.
ReplyDelete"I am confused about something," Says he, "Why are we reveling our secret Identities to people we just met in a public area so that any passing criminal could learn the information and use to threaten our loved ones?"
"I would never do that!" protests a passing criminal.
DeleteChin-Su raises an eyebrow above his head. "You're actually the only one to give your full name, Jimmy Olsen." He glances around. "Well, you and Roy, but that... That's just Roy."
Delete"Well, I don't wear a mask .." says Roy. He points the ring at his face and makes a domino mask of transparent green light. It's like he has green glass over his eyes ... it doesn't hide his identity very well.
DeleteWhich Roy does not know until he makes a mirror, also.
"Oh," he says. "Yeah, I'm going to have to do without a secret ID. But hey! Superman doesn't have one, and he's okay!"
He looks a bit like this https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/5/51/Jimmy_Olsen_Earth-One_0001.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150608155309
ReplyDeleteKasumi lookes like this:
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Ah, adorable.
DeleteSam is a tall, dark haired man in a tux with a top hat and cane. he also has glasses. "I guess we should come up with use names then. I'll be... The Anti-Magician. That sounds about right."
ReplyDeleteI would say Chin-Su looks a bit like this:
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