Re: Somewhere Else:nation_monsterMarch 22 2011, 15:21:09 UTC
And suddenly, a pale man in a red acrobat's outfit is by his side, grabbing his wrist. "C'mon, kid! This way!" A moment later, somehow, they have avoided the massive grasp of the hand. They remain in shadowed cold blackness, but at least the thing that had attempted to grab at them is gone. Still, however, Joey can sense things outside his perspective in the darkness... waiting.
"That was a close one! You're one of those Titan kids, right? What are you doing here?"
Re: Somewhere Else:nation_monsterMarch 22 2011, 19:42:30 UTC
"Sounds like we're in the same boat then, kid," he notes, disturbed at first by Jericho's voice, then apparently soothed by his explanation. "I'm Deadman. Ask Dick about me sometime -- I'm one of the good guys."
He looks around. "Look, kid... can you get back out again if you need to? Because I've been doing some digging around, and I've got some news the living should probably have... but we don't have a lot of time."
Re: Somewhere Else:make_contactMarch 22 2011, 19:48:44 UTC
He frowns, looking around at the blackness pressing in around them.
"I can only promise you my best effort, but it should be possible for me to let go and return to material existence. Tell me what you know and I will do all I can to relay it."
Re: Somewhere Else:nation_monsterMarch 22 2011, 20:00:20 UTC
Deadman looks around at the shapes in the darkness. "Okay, I'll make this quick. This guy... he's not Death. He's an old foe of the Green Lanterns; they call him Nekron. But he wants to be Death... so he can destroy all life. All at once. And he can do it. All these Black Lanterns aren't really the dead -- they're just pieces of Nekron, wearing the dead with all their memories used as weapons."
He looks at Jericho seriously. "There are going to be a bunch of problems all over tonight. But there are three big things to watch out for. Nekron's trying to get the Spectre to be his, and that would be bad news if he succeeds. But I'm not even sure where to start with that; the Spectre doesn't exactly check in with me all that often. As bad as that is, that's bottom priority.
"Next, someone needs to stop the reanimated Trigon. He's going to open portals all through Hypertime, so Nekron's attacks will ripple throughout all time and space... so when he wins, no one will have ever lived
( ... )
Re: Somewhere Else:make_contactMarch 22 2011, 23:44:30 UTC
Joey is reeling a little, but fear sharpens his focus and he nods, running over it all in his head again, trying to embed the details.
"I think that I can remember it all, I will do my best."
The dark around them looks empty but it doesn't FEEL empty, there is a low living hum that Joey can't help but pick up on. It rumbles in his rib cage like the echo of a revving engine and chills him all down his spine.
Re: Somewhere Else:make_contactMarch 23 2011, 03:33:09 UTC
Joey doesn't hesitate, there isn't time. He closes his eyes and concentrates on releasing his hold on this place. He has to push a little, struggling for a moment to fully detach himself...
But with just enough force he pulls free, comes crashing out the other side of Grant's rotting body, shuddering with cold as he falls to his knees.
Gradually, there is a sense of movement, and the universe below him turns to examine him.
"Little creature... did you truly believe you could take possession of something so vast as to be death itself?"
A massive hand reaches up towards Joey...
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"That was a close one! You're one of those Titan kids, right? What are you doing here?"
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"I possessed the body of one of the risen dead, but it did not work the way I had intended it to."
He pauses, making sure he just heard that properly.
"Oh my. This unarguably the creepiest borrowed voice I have ever had. My apologies for the looming tone. I am Jericho. You are?"
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He looks around. "Look, kid... can you get back out again if you need to? Because I've been doing some digging around, and I've got some news the living should probably have... but we don't have a lot of time."
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"I can only promise you my best effort, but it should be possible for me to let go and return to material existence. Tell me what you know and I will do all I can to relay it."
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He looks at Jericho seriously. "There are going to be a bunch of problems all over tonight. But there are three big things to watch out for. Nekron's trying to get the Spectre to be his, and that would be bad news if he succeeds. But I'm not even sure where to start with that; the Spectre doesn't exactly check in with me all that often. As bad as that is, that's bottom priority.
"Next, someone needs to stop the reanimated Trigon. He's going to open portals all through Hypertime, so Nekron's attacks will ripple throughout all time and space... so when he wins, no one will have ever lived ( ... )
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"I think that I can remember it all, I will do my best."
The dark around them looks empty but it doesn't FEEL empty, there is a low living hum that Joey can't help but pick up on. It rumbles in his rib cage like the echo of a revving engine and chills him all down his spine.
"I will try to be fast."
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The shadows come alive towards them both. "Get out of here, kid! I'm already dead -- I can handle this! You need to go now!"
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But with just enough force he pulls free, comes crashing out the other side of Grant's rotting body, shuddering with cold as he falls to his knees.
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