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legionmissions2017-05-04 08:02 pm
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Gods Among Us - Saving the Past [modplot]
Who| Everyone who signed up
What| "Gods Among Us"
Where| The Past
When| After the timeline falls apart
Warnings/Notes|
The shifting timeline finally settles into something...horrible. Legion World is no more. As they make it to the lab, the team finds themselves on Brainiac 3's asteroid base instead, and through the windows, something monstrous can be seen.
It was once Earth. The time travelers that altered the past sold out the planet to extradimensional entities long ago -- and all of history has suffered for it. Hence: Brainiac 3's base existing in place of Legion World. Except it doesn't belong to Brainiac 3 anymore. It was Brainiac 5's inheritance.
Brainiac 5 stares at them all from his throne. Strange cords are affixed to the apparatus on his head as if they're downloading information directly into his brain. Hanging in the room around him are different cities, shrunken and trapped in forcefield bottles. Other oddities float in containment units through his throne room. Without Earth and the influence of its heroes, galactic history has shifted. The Legion never existed, and neither did the UP. That means, without the tempering influence of the UP law, that Colu's mistreatment of the Brainiac line was far more openly brutal. This version of Brainiac 5 never became a hero.
In the windows outside, a battle is ongoing. Tentacled robots attack the strange construct that once was planet Earth. Brainiac doesn't seem to be the only one attacking the devastated planet -- other ships and constructs can be seen. Apparently, this is the last stand for many of the major powers of the altered 31st century.
Brainiac 5 looks at them like they're insects. He stands up and walks towards them, the cords attached to his head apparatus detaching one by one. A pedestal rises and a chamber opens within it, revealing a small metallic orb. He takes it in his hand and presses a button. The orb floats in the air and then suddenly expands into a bubble large enough to hold them all.
When he talks it's with a distant voice, one that sounds utterly soul-less.
"When I received the message from my alternate self, I considered simply keeping you for study."
He walks over to the window, watching the chaos unfold outside, his expression flat.
"How fortunate you are," he says in a voice utterly devoid of anything resembling emotion, "that I'm so very bored."
He waves a hand vaguely at them, over his shoulder.
"The time sphere will take you where and when you need to go. There's a data file on board that explains the alterations to the timestream." A massive ship explodes outside the window. "Do try to make the timeline at least slightly less dull."
After they pile into the time sphere, travel through the time stream is...strange. The timestream is small and massive all at once. There’s no sense of space or scale to it. It’s brilliantly colored, like layers of vibrant paints pushing through one another and dribbling past, streams of reds and greens and yellows streaking by in an instant eternity. It feels as if someone could just open the door of the time bubble and touch a solid barrier, but if they lean in they get the feeling it stretches to a near eternity.
However, if they focused in the reverse of the direction they’re moving, there’s a small dark spot in the farthest distance, where the color all cuts off. Like everything’s ended. It’s best not to focus there.
For such a massive space, it's also exceptionally crowded. They catch glimpses of multiple time travelers as they travel to the past. First, the time bubble almost rear-ends The Flash, and his then-teenage sidekick Kid Flash, as the two speedsters run on Barry's cosmic treadmill. Then it passes by another time bubble; from inside it, the hero Booster Gold and several different incarnations of the Blue Beetle stare out at them quizzically.
They even pass by a past version of the Legion itself. They're all teenagers here, and arguing with each other too fervently to notice the present-day Legionnaires whizzing by. Brainy, sans his white facial inhibitors, floats there bickering with Invisible Kid, gesturing wildly at some kind of metal platform.
Then the bubble gets them where they need to go. The files left for them by Brainiac 5 explain what was changed and what must be fixed. If they're a little barebones clinical, it can perhaps be forgiven, given that the final version of him that sent them back wasn't even a superhero.
What| "Gods Among Us"
Where| The Past
When| After the timeline falls apart
Warnings/Notes|
The shifting timeline finally settles into something...horrible. Legion World is no more. As they make it to the lab, the team finds themselves on Brainiac 3's asteroid base instead, and through the windows, something monstrous can be seen.
It was once Earth. The time travelers that altered the past sold out the planet to extradimensional entities long ago -- and all of history has suffered for it. Hence: Brainiac 3's base existing in place of Legion World. Except it doesn't belong to Brainiac 3 anymore. It was Brainiac 5's inheritance.
Brainiac 5 stares at them all from his throne. Strange cords are affixed to the apparatus on his head as if they're downloading information directly into his brain. Hanging in the room around him are different cities, shrunken and trapped in forcefield bottles. Other oddities float in containment units through his throne room. Without Earth and the influence of its heroes, galactic history has shifted. The Legion never existed, and neither did the UP. That means, without the tempering influence of the UP law, that Colu's mistreatment of the Brainiac line was far more openly brutal. This version of Brainiac 5 never became a hero.
In the windows outside, a battle is ongoing. Tentacled robots attack the strange construct that once was planet Earth. Brainiac doesn't seem to be the only one attacking the devastated planet -- other ships and constructs can be seen. Apparently, this is the last stand for many of the major powers of the altered 31st century.
Brainiac 5 looks at them like they're insects. He stands up and walks towards them, the cords attached to his head apparatus detaching one by one. A pedestal rises and a chamber opens within it, revealing a small metallic orb. He takes it in his hand and presses a button. The orb floats in the air and then suddenly expands into a bubble large enough to hold them all.
When he talks it's with a distant voice, one that sounds utterly soul-less.
"When I received the message from my alternate self, I considered simply keeping you for study."
He walks over to the window, watching the chaos unfold outside, his expression flat.
"How fortunate you are," he says in a voice utterly devoid of anything resembling emotion, "that I'm so very bored."
He waves a hand vaguely at them, over his shoulder.
"The time sphere will take you where and when you need to go. There's a data file on board that explains the alterations to the timestream." A massive ship explodes outside the window. "Do try to make the timeline at least slightly less dull."
After they pile into the time sphere, travel through the time stream is...strange. The timestream is small and massive all at once. There’s no sense of space or scale to it. It’s brilliantly colored, like layers of vibrant paints pushing through one another and dribbling past, streams of reds and greens and yellows streaking by in an instant eternity. It feels as if someone could just open the door of the time bubble and touch a solid barrier, but if they lean in they get the feeling it stretches to a near eternity.
However, if they focused in the reverse of the direction they’re moving, there’s a small dark spot in the farthest distance, where the color all cuts off. Like everything’s ended. It’s best not to focus there.
For such a massive space, it's also exceptionally crowded. They catch glimpses of multiple time travelers as they travel to the past. First, the time bubble almost rear-ends The Flash, and his then-teenage sidekick Kid Flash, as the two speedsters run on Barry's cosmic treadmill. Then it passes by another time bubble; from inside it, the hero Booster Gold and several different incarnations of the Blue Beetle stare out at them quizzically.
They even pass by a past version of the Legion itself. They're all teenagers here, and arguing with each other too fervently to notice the present-day Legionnaires whizzing by. Brainy, sans his white facial inhibitors, floats there bickering with Invisible Kid, gesturing wildly at some kind of metal platform.
Then the bubble gets them where they need to go. The files left for them by Brainiac 5 explain what was changed and what must be fixed. If they're a little barebones clinical, it can perhaps be forgiven, given that the final version of him that sent them back wasn't even a superhero.
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This particular team doesn't have the luxury of time, not that 76's strengths lie in a nuanced approach. He's much better for barreling right into the thick of things, taking the brunt of the enemy's defense simply because it's better him than anyone else.
Grif seems to function similarly, so the two of them provide the distraction of bursting through the door. They'll have to get Dowling's hands off her as quickly as possible, and 76 can only hope that they aren't already out of time. 76 all but launches himself over to the bed, looking to go for the tackle. Even if it's unsuccessful, they can hope it's enough of a diversion for Nightwing to do what he needs.
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It also means that the plan is easy to come up with. Grif and Soldier through the front door, getting Dowling's attention on them and away from Babs. Nightwing, on the other hand, peels off before they reach the room they're aiming for, slipping into another room in the wing and out the window, using the wall to make his way to the window of Babs's room.
Hopefully, the others would attack before he got there. He doesn't think he could wait long enough for them to do so if he gets there first. And he'd really rather not fight Bruce when he could just pick his JL comm off of him.
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76 goes for Bruce Wayne, and Grif rushes around the ensuing fracas to ensure Barbara has a clear airway. He'll pile in if he has to, but he has a feeling he'd just get in 76's way. "Hospital machines" are a class of object he understands a little bit better due to Legion training, so in the meantime he's on that.
Now would be a really good time, Nightwing.
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"More interference," Dowling hisses, turning away from the window to sneer at Doubletime. "Did you think this would be enough to stop me? If so, you're a fool, and you're about to be a dead one."
Nightwing might want to make his entrance fast, or else who knows what kind of mess Dowling is going to make of Grif's brain?
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And partly it was because he knew that Batman would have left the window open in order to get out again quickly.
He just sees Soldier 76 blink out before hitting the glass and he waits a moment for the man using Batman's body to turn away from the window. Once he's done that, Nightwing makes the jump, using the Legion ring and his own momentum to crash hard into Batman, arms going around the other man's waist to get access to the utility belt.
He just needs to find the right pouch.
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When he sees Nightwing approaching the window, he shifts back along the far wall of the room to keep Dowling's attention here and his back to the window.
"Nah," he says. "But this might."
And then here comes Dick through the window, while he goes for the belt Grif sweeps in to try and take out Dowling's legs.
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"You won't get in the way of my grand plans. This is our world now."
But being reduced to this desperate position only makes him fight harder. He goes for his utility belt and pulls out a taser, jamming it backwards in the direction of Dick's side. His other hand pulls out little bombs filled with a powerful adhesive foam. These, he tosses at Grif, aiming for his legs.
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It's probably helped out by whatever composite the Legion make their uniforms out of. Whatever it is, the pain lessens a lot faster than Nightwing is used to. But it does make getting to the comm in the utility belt a lot more difficult.
All right. Plan C it is, then.
He grabs hold of Batman's wrist, shifting to try to keep him occupied and away from Grif and Barbara. "I know you're still in there, Bruce." He can always apologize for using his real name in front of somebody else later. "I know you're there and I know you can fight this. Remember what we both swore?" His voice changes a bit, closer to Batman's usual timbre. "To fight against crime and corruption, and never swerve from the path of justice." He keeps his hold tight on Batman. "You can fight this corruption, Bruce. Just keep listening to my voice and come back to us."