legionmissions | IN BRIGHTEST DAY - Mod Plot [LOG POST | 1

Who| Everyone participating in the plot
What| Finding the lost Lanterns and getting Lantern rings
Where| The remains of the sentient, once-living planet Mogo, at the edge of the galaxy
When| After the network post
Warnings/Notes| N/A for now.

Their little adventure took them to the edge of the galaxy. Towards the end, they couldn't even use the threshold gates anymore, due to star-weights and gravity wells crushing and constructing the way there. Instead, they had to rely on the stargate abilities of their ringwielding allies.

Their journey ended in a strange and beautiful nebula at the very edge of the galaxy, one that had swirling gases in blue and green and violet and indigo. There, they found a dead, broken planet, the remains of the being once named Mogo, with four ancient structures.

The Green Lantern Central Power Battery. The Central Power Battery of the Star Sapphires -- the violet Lanterns. The Blue Lantern Central Power Battery. The Indigo Tribe Central Power Battery.

And in piles and piles around these ancient sources of power...were rings. Countless rings in all four colors. All without owners.

"Who dares disturb the resting site of the Green Lantern Corps?" an ominous voice said from the shadows after they landed.

"We come in peace," called out Kid Quantum. "Several groups of ringwielders were pulled against their will into this universe from a time and place when the War of Light was still ongoing. Some of those ringwielders were from the red and yellow Lantern Corps. Those who wear rings of green, violet, blue, and indigo, want to stop them from reigniting the war in this universe. They want to capture the red and yellow Lanterns and take them back home to their universe and time."

"And who are you?" the man asked.

"Kid Quantum, of the Legion of Superheroes. The Legion protects the people of this galaxy, the citizens of the United Planets, and we offered our aid to these displaced Lanterns. We heard that remnants of the Corps that were allied against the Red and Yellow Lanterns possibly existed on the edges of the galaxy. We've come seeking your help."

"It does my heart glad to learn of you," the voice said slowly. "We wondered if anyone else had ever risen up to take our place. But we had to stay here, to guard the last remnants, to watch over the Power Batteries and the rings. To make sure they were never used again. With the various Corps gone, anyone seeking them would only have wanted to misuse them."

The man stepped out of the shadows and now he glowed with the light of his green ring.

"I am Sodam Yat." He gestured to two other glowing figures that joined him. One was just a teeny speck of light, as if the being was normally too small to be seen by the naked eye. This was because the Lantern was a benevolent, superintelligent smallpox virus. The other was a battered robot that used his ring's energy in replacement of some of his parts.

"This is Leezle Pon." The speck. "And Stel." The robot. "We're the last of the Green Lanterns."

He looked at the Lanterns the Legion had traveled with and was clearly overcome with emotion at seeing faces that were, for him, 1000 years gone.

"I never dreamed that this could happen." He inclined his head at them all. "It's wonderful to be able to welcome you home."

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"It's a pain in the ass!" Outbursts were irregular for Erasherhead but they weren't completely uncalled for. This seemed like a good instance. Aizawa cleared his throat loudly and threw his hand forward--the ring forming a disc of purplish light. He pulled the disk over his exposed hand--watching as it stretched and layered over his skin.

His imagination trusted his awareness and knowledge of physics more than simple abstracts. He imagined clothing stretching over him and it went a bit better as the moments passed. The outfit, initially, was skintight--as if the air were sucked in. With a flex of his will, the outfit puffed out and looked more appropriate.

It looked exactly like his normal hero's uniform. He didn't adorn it with the lantern symbol like everyone else had. He remained neutral and left it a plain black.

"I saw somebody make part of theirs black. I'm making all of mine black. Bright colors won't help me."

He relaxed, at that. The irritation slid off of his face when he felt the fabric--as it had always felt, before. Somehow, familiarity kept his bad mood somewhat at bay.

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"Hmmm, now there's an idea." If he could go all-black, then she should've been able to do the same. After thinking about it, though, it wasn't really her style. Anya could make all-black look good, but Gwen prefered something a little brighter.

And cooler.

Gwen would just have to deal with the pink for as long as she had the ring. She could endure.

"That sounds very... you."

Aizawa arched a brow at that and gave Gwen a look from the corner of his gaze. She made an accurate assessment but he was certain that she hadn't put more than a surface-level evaluation into it. He decided to be just a little rude to get a point across--

"Not all heroes stand in the light--none the less the spotlight," He drew his goggles over his eyes and looked ahead to the rest of the swirling rings. "I shouldn't be wearing a ring like this in the first place."

"I mean, let's be real. A bunch of us here shouldn't be doing a bunch of things, but you don't see that changing anytime soon, yeah?" Gwen just shrugged, looking at the ring on her finger.

"I'm pretty sure I shouldn't be having a ring that can get all 'brainwashy' according to Rich but there it is, still on my finger."

The moment Gwen actually vocalized her thought out loud, Aizawa found he was in resounding agreement.

"Yes. The fact that you have an artifact like that is extremely troubling as far as speculative thoughts go. As far as reality goes--it's terrifying."

"Right? I'm really not feeling it and... wait." Yes, Gwen was able to catch the way he'd said all of that just now.

"I-It's not that bad, I'd say. Like, I don't really want to get my brainwashing on anyone!"

"The fact that the ring chose you is scary enough," He flat out admitted it right from the start. Aizawa offered Gwen a shrug. "Whether or not you use it is up to you. It could be a helpful power that could save lives but... well, I'd say you should still try not to use it."

"You're saying that like I don't know any better." Was he, or was she just annoyed at him for being... well, him? She held out her hand looked at her ring, then back at him.

"I mean, come on. What's the worst that could happen?"

"Power over peoples' minds, Gwen," Aizawa offered her a shrug and used his ring to create a dull, glowing sleeping bag, which he promptly began to hover in.

"You should be more afraid of it. Someone's thoughts and feelings can hurt them much more than anything else."

"You think I don't know that? Trust me, I do." It was an experience she relived in her mind almost every day.

"Brainwashing is just about the last thing I'd ever wanna do to someone, accidental or not."

Aizawa took a moment to pause, looking to Gwen in a pointed moment of silence.

"Is it possible for your ring to counter-act the effects of brainwashing?"

When in doubt and when you didn't understand the problems your allies faced--there was always a good thing to come from looking for a practical solution.

"I... I don't know, actually. I didn't really think to ask." Gwen looked at her ring once more. She was so concerned about the brainwashing portion that it never occurred to her if it could be used that way.

"Might be worth finding out, but it's not like I have a way to test that."

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