He was supposed to be the first bad guy she took down, Taylor Hebert reflected. She made that decision in the elevator when she saw the blood on his face and the guns he was carrying. Guns that you couldn't get out of a vending machine. Using a few flies through the air conditioning unit, Taylor ...
2021-02-25 16:01:43 +0000 UTC View PostI didn't have much time. I could hear shouting in the distance, and it seemed to grow closer by the second. The few people that had been loitering around the area had already cleared out. When I pushed through the gate, I saw people either looking around to see what the fuss was about, or running...
2021-02-25 16:01:41 +0000 UTC View PostIt was a mass breakout, with emphasis on mass. With the vines that I had given Poison Ivy, she had broken out almost the entirety of Batman's roster of villains.
Harley Quinn, who I'm betting was the real target. The others included Clayface, Mr. Freeze, Mad Hatter, the Riddler, Calendar Ma...
2021-02-24 15:58:32 +0000 UTC View PostJim Gordon sighed as he watched Two-Face's body get rolled out. From his angle, he only saw the unburned half of his face. For a moment, it was like losing Harvey all over again.
Harvey Dent… when this city was at its worst, Harvey had been one of the few people Jim had put his faith in. ...
2021-02-24 15:58:22 +0000 UTC View Post"Saint Vergil…" Two-Face began, a raspy quality in his voice as he looked around at the interior of the bar. "I've heard a great deal about you. The man who takes anyone in. Provides clean clothes, free food, and shelter… and asks nothing in return." His startling blue eyes bore a hole into m...
2021-02-24 15:58:15 +0000 UTC View Post'The Vega system,' Koter thought, his hands interlocked as he watched streams of information coming in from countless spies in innumerable empires. A backwater system if there ever was one -- remarkable only for the number of habitable planets therein, and the fact that the Green Lantern...
2021-02-22 15:53:39 +0000 UTC View Post"Whatcha doin'?" Fasha questioned as she floated above one of her kids, bending over to peek at the datapad in his hands. The child sat on the ledge of a building, his feet dangling off as they idly kicked back and forth. When she spoke up, his gaze snapped to her before relaxing ever so slightly...
2021-02-22 15:53:35 +0000 UTC View PostTears welled in my eyes… the first tears since… since I first used the Wrath State. When every emotion I could feel hit me hard -- heightened and unrestrained. Rage and sorrow in equal measures. I closed my eyes for a moment, letting Indigo remove the staff from my chest.
“Let yoursel...
2021-02-22 15:53:34 +0000 UTC View PostRemember when See No Evil was meant to be a waifu fic? Pepperidge farm remembers. It's long overdue -- originally, the plan was to use my picks first to establish a central team for Vergil and Lowtown, but out of my five multicross picks, only one has appeared so far.
So, I decided to mix t...
2021-02-21 16:42:11 +0000 UTC View PostRemember when See No Evil was meant to be a waifu fic? Pepperidge farm remembers. It's long overdue -- originally, the plan was to use my picks first to establish a central team for Vergil and Lowtown, but out of my five multicross picks, only one has appeared so far.
So, I decided to mix t...
2021-02-21 16:42:00 +0000 UTC View PostRemember when See No Evil was meant to be a waifu fic? Pepperidge farm remembers. It's long overdue -- originally, the plan was to use my picks first to establish a central team for Vergil and Lowtown, but out of my five multicross picks, only one has appeared so far.
So, I decided to mix t...
2021-02-21 16:41:50 +0000 UTC View PostRemember when See No Evil was meant to be a waifu fic? Pepperidge farm remembers. It's long overdue -- originally, the plan was to use my picks first to establish a central team for Vergil and Lowtown, but out of my five multicross picks, only one has appeared so far.
So, I decided to mix t...
2021-02-21 16:41:38 +0000 UTC View PostThe polls have been corrected, but on account that there was a mistake in the first place, I'll be reposting each poll to ensure that the votes represent the tier they belong to.
I'm very sorry for the mistake, as well as for blowing up your inboxes. It's been so long since I've done ...
2021-02-21 16:33:30 +0000 UTC View PostThis was Sheogorath's fault, I decided, spotting the Mark under the Emperor's feet. I was so not prepared for Emperor Titus to pop into Helgen unannounced.
"I believe," Serana spoke up, "I should make myself scarce. Too many eyes around for my liking." Meaning she was still concerned with h...
2021-02-20 15:43:36 +0000 UTC View PostGods made things way too complicated, I decided, and not for the first time. Akatosh, in his infinite wisdom, decided to make Serana the Dragonborn while she was napping away. Did that mean the original Dragonborn just wasn't the Dragonborn anymore? Did he take away their Dragonborn-ness? Did the...
2021-02-20 15:43:33 +0000 UTC View Post"Mr. Jericho sure loves wandering into random caves," Lili remarked as we came to a stop while I cross-referenced my map. "That, and ruins."
"I'll stop wandering into caves and ruins when I stop finding stuff in them," I returned, moving my map to the side while I looked up at the mountain ...
2021-02-20 15:43:31 +0000 UTC View PostHe was supposed to be the first bad guy she took down, Taylor Hebert reflected. She made that decision in the elevator when she saw the blood on his face and the guns he was carrying. Guns that you couldn't get out of a vending machine. Using a few flies through the air conditioning unit, Taylor ...
2021-02-18 15:58:39 +0000 UTC View PostI didn't have much time. I could hear shouting in the distance, and it seemed to grow closer by the second. The few people that had been loitering around the area had already cleared out. When I pushed through the gate, I saw people either looking around to see what the fuss was about, or running...
2021-02-18 15:58:38 +0000 UTC View PostOni Lee lunged for me, and it was only dumb luck that saved me. I backed up, trying to avoid the swipe that would have cut me in half, and stepped on the soldering tool that Bakuda had dropped when I entered. My feet were swept out from underneath me, saving my life, but the tip of his mantis bla...
2021-02-18 15:58:35 +0000 UTC View PostJim Gordon sighed as he watched Two-Face's body get rolled out. From his angle, he only saw the unburned half of his face. For a moment, it was like losing Harvey all over again.
Harvey Dent… when this city was at its worst, Harvey had been one of the few people Jim had put his faith in. ...
2021-02-17 15:56:58 +0000 UTC View Post"Saint Vergil…" Two-Face began, a raspy quality in his voice as he looked around at the interior of the bar. "I've heard a great deal about you. The man who takes anyone in. Provides clean clothes, free food, and shelter… and asks nothing in return." His startling blue eyes bore a hole into m...
2021-02-17 15:56:56 +0000 UTC View PostI should have played more city builder games, I reflected as I looked out at the tunnel that was under construction by a few dozen men and women. More were helping out by bringing relevant materials to the workers. The whole system was based on how cities built tunnels -- people up front were doi...
2021-02-17 15:56:55 +0000 UTC View Post"Whatcha doin'?" Fasha questioned as she floated above one of her kids, bending over to peek at the datapad in his hands. The child sat on the ledge of a building, his feet dangling off as they idly kicked back and forth. When she spoke up, his gaze snapped to her before relaxing ever so slightly...
2021-02-15 16:07:33 +0000 UTC View PostTears welled in my eyes… the first tears since… since I first used the Wrath State. When every emotion I could feel hit me hard -- heightened and unrestrained. Rage and sorrow in equal measures. I closed my eyes for a moment, letting Indigo remove the staff from my chest.
“Let yoursel...
2021-02-15 16:07:31 +0000 UTC View PostThe galaxy was on the defensive six months later. So much could change in so little time, I reflected as I leaned back into my chair while I examined the war fronts -- my empire had been the buffer between most of the galaxy and the Trade Organization, but that wasn't to say that we hadn't lost g...
2021-02-15 16:07:29 +0000 UTC View PostGods made things way too complicated, I decided, and not for the first time. Akatosh, in his infinite wisdom, decided to make Serana the Dragonborn while she was napping away. Did that mean the original Dragonborn just wasn't the Dragonborn anymore? Did he take away their Dragonborn-ness? Did the...
2021-02-13 15:57:01 +0000 UTC View Post"Mr. Jericho sure loves wandering into random caves," Lili remarked as we came to a stop while I cross-referenced my map. "That, and ruins."
"I'll stop wandering into caves and ruins when I stop finding stuff in them," I returned, moving my map to the side while I looked up at the mountain ...
2021-02-13 15:56:59 +0000 UTC View Post"FUS RO!" I shouted and reality bent to my will. An invisible force spread out from my mouth, racing through the snow-filled air. Faster and larger than the previous FUS I had been capable of before. That much was proven by the outcropping I had shouted at the first time...
2021-02-13 15:56:57 +0000 UTC View PostI didn't have much time. I could hear shouting in the distance, and it seemed to grow closer by the second. The few people that had been loitering around the area had already cleared out. When I pushed through the gate, I saw people either looking around to see what the fuss was about, or running...
2021-02-11 15:57:44 +0000 UTC View PostOni Lee lunged for me, and it was only dumb luck that saved me. I backed up, trying to avoid the swipe that would have cut me in half, and stepped on the soldering tool that Bakuda had dropped when I entered. My feet were swept out from underneath me, saving my life, but the tip of his mantis bla...
2021-02-11 15:57:43 +0000 UTC View Post