THE BOOKS OF MAGIC [modplot]

[letsgolegion]

Who| Everyone who signed up
What| The Books of Magic Plot
Where| All over the DC Universe
When| The same time as "Out With the Old"
Warnings/Notes| N/A

Their mission had brought them to Sorceror's World, which led to their first lead -- a strange artifact that, if completed, would allow them to find how the Spectre had been imprisoned the first time. After the golden device had been activated and revealed this, they all suddenly found themselves teleported in teams of two to new locations.

Strange, weird, and magical new locations.

Comments

[wallsofjericho]

"Nobody wants to let go of living." It's unfair of him to be suspicious of a ghost talking about possessing people and getting revived for real, but... he is, a little. It's coincidental, but it bugs him.

In fact, most of this bugs him. Black Lanterns, White Lanterns - Kyle is the first that Joey's heard of, but it has been a thousand years. It's still gnawing away at the back of his mind, because Joe felt like he should know why he knows Nanda Parbat. He's heard that name. Although - he does recognize the name Young Justice, and his head picks up in recognition.

Superboy and the new Robin, Kid Flash, and Wonder Girl. They were former members of Young Justice. He tries to remember other related names, but the name that bubbles to the forefront is both unrelated and completely related. "You're Deadman, aren't you?"

[spacesharks]

"I can't even imagine it." Being a ghost for that long? Jeez. Kyle could understand keeping busy, especially if it was like that. It was easy (sometimes too easy) to get caught up in trying to help people. But to 'live' that long... Just the thought is kind of overwhelming. It's especially weird when he hears of his involvement in the Blackest Night—for Kyle, that had been very recent. Only a few years ago. But for this guy...?

"And, well, you know," he shrugged, with a small smile. "We're just glad we could help at all. If anything, I wish I could've been around to lend a hand sooner."

Maybe that was a weird thing, considering they weren't really in the future of their own volition, but that was Kyle for you—always wanting to do more even when he was already doing all he could.

"Whoever he is, I'm just glad we met him," Kyle said, looking over at Joey. "I'm thinking there's probably worse ghosts we could've run into."

[letsgolegion]

"In the flesh," Deadman says to Joey. He adds, "Even if it ain't mine."

He leads the two of them to Rama Kushna's throne. A beautiful blue goddess, she hovers above it, sitting in the air in meditation, but opens her eyes as Deadman and the two of them walk in.

Deadman leaves the monk's body and here, so close to Rama Kushna, he's visible, albeit immaterial. The monk, realizing what happened, simply bows to both Deadman and Rama Kushna. The monks here are clearly used to Deadman occasionally taking over and seem to not mind it.

"Rama Kushna, I know how you feel about outsiders, but I knew these guys way back when. They must be in the present due to that whole business with the Time Trapper and the Legion of Superheroes. They wanted audience with you and I doubt it's for anything bad. Please give them a chance."

Rama Kushna stares at the two of them as if she's staring into them and gives Deadman a gracious nod.

"I know them as the desert knows grains of sand. You were wise to bring them to me, little spirit. I know what they seek and it will restore balance to the universe if they are successful. The world is different than it once was, and even 1000 years ago the Spectre was dealing out vengeance in a world that was starting to understand the value of justice. Perhaps, with time and reflection, the spirit may learn to adapt to a changing universe, or will receive guidance from The Presence, but for now, he is wild and refuses to allow himself to be tempered by mortal will as he once did in the past. If left free, his actions will only escalate until they are catastrophic to all life, as they did in the time before he was imprisoned. Revenge bears bitter fruit."

She gestures a hand and a wall opens up into a tunnel that seems to go down, down, down to some caves.

"What you seek lies that way. Due to the potential for it to lead you to great power, the path will test you, to ensure that you are pure of purpose."