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20,000 Leagues

Feb 23, 2007 18:13

The Valley People had not been happy to let Venus go, but they also knew the time would eventually come when their goddess would leave them. With tears streaming down their faces, they gave her their best wishes and said their goodbyes, promising to keep her dream of a land of love alive ( Read more... )

"the agents of atlas", namora, jimmy woo, 3-d man, derek khanata, g-men, m-11, venus, bob grayson, gorilla man

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venus_victrix February 24 2007, 02:36:27 UTC

Venus' thoughts were with the Valley People. Not because she missed the love and adoration they showered upon her - Venus was not self-centered that way - but because she hoped that they would stay on the path that she had shown them.

She turned to look at her teammates, happier in a way that was different than the happiness she experienced in her Valley. Though they all wore helmets - Venus herself wasn't bothering with one (being a goddess meant that she didn't really need one, and besides, a helmet really didn't match her sheer skirt) - she could still see their faces, and a smile came to her lips.

She turned to look ahead then, and saw the area ahead glowing.

Her smile only widened.

"She must be in that area," she said, pointing towards the glow, unable to keep the excitement out of her voice. She looked at Bob before looking back at the glow. "It's marvelous!"

uranian_mind February 24 2007, 02:39:25 UTC

Bob nods, using the technology in the suit to locate the source of the lighting ahead. "It uses bioluminescent organisms for lighting."

ken_hale February 24 2007, 02:48:32 UTC

The lights grow somewhat stronger as they move forward. Eventually, they came to a more open area, where the lights were coming from.

In the middle, there was what appeared to be a glass casket. As they approached, they could see that the glass had been broken, and inside it lay the decrepit, rotting body of Queen Namora.

Ken has a somewhat disgusted look on his face. He looked over to M-11.

"Well," he said, "at least you had the location right..."

marvel_citizens February 24 2007, 03:48:17 UTC

Elsewhere... two shadowy figures watch a faded screen, observing the six figures in suits gathered around the casket.

"Master... this seems most auspicious," one figure says to the other.

"Indeed," the second replies. "Namora was the original choice of Mr. Lao. He is always determined to have a water element in his designs -- it will aid in the flow of the spell."

"It is a pity the robot was wrong," the first says again.

The second figure reaches out a clawed hand towards the screen as if to stroke the rotting cheek of Namora. "Silence, young one. The robot may be inscrutable... but he is never wrong."

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Giant Grabs, OHMYNOES!!!! venus_victrix February 24 2007, 05:06:25 UTC

Venus would scream "Yay bad guys!" but that would probably just incite chaos.

So instead, she runs towards them, using her powers of love to disarm them before she gets all physical with them.

Re: Giant Grabs, OHMYNOES!!!! marvel_monsters February 24 2007, 05:08:41 UTC

The crabs don't respond to the power of love -- they have no sense of that emotion within them.

Re: Giant Grabs, OHMYNOES!!!! ken_hale February 24 2007, 05:13:29 UTC

That's okay, since Ken decides to go for an old fashioned method.

Ken swims up to a nearby crab, and brings both fists slamming down on its head.

Re: Giant Grabs, OHMYNOES!!!! 3d_man February 24 2007, 05:15:28 UTC

He hates being underwater. It slows everything down so he is more like a peak human instead of three times that level. It doesn't stop Chuck from wading into the fray, no pun intended. He goes for a kick to try and knock a crab over.

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x_wave_x February 24 2007, 07:59:04 UTC

She has slept for too long. Her child must be grown. Her lovers dead. Her friends aged or gone. Every day the sun has passed over this block forever out of her reach ( ... )

wooing_it February 24 2007, 08:05:11 UTC

Well... damn.

"Namora, that was incredible!"

x_wave_x February 24 2007, 08:07:07 UTC

She promptly passes out in Jimmy's arms.

A decade of slumber is not made up for in a day, no matter how much she may wish otherwise.

wooing_it February 24 2007, 08:10:52 UTC

Jimmy caught her. "Let's get her back to the saucer!" Bob saved him from brain death, he could help Namora with whatever she needed.

Back on the saucer: uranian_mind February 24 2007, 08:12:04 UTC

Bob has placed Namora in seawater -- she seems to respond best to that, rather than to the fluid he had used to restore Jimmy. Her body channels vast reserves of energy through the electrolytes of the ocean.

He looks at a lump of fleshy material recovered from one of the crabs -- it's an organ, but it looks unlike anything naturally found in crabs. "Those creatures seemed bred just for guarding that area, and they had these implants that signaled an alarm."

Re: Giant Grabs, OHMYNOES!!!! ken_hale February 24 2007, 08:18:27 UTC

There's been a lot going on, but Ken currently has one thing on his mind right now.

He's seen the magic Bob's tech has done for Jimmy, and now he's healing Namora, so he can't help but think...

"Say, Bob... do you think --"

uranian_mind February 24 2007, 08:19:30 UTC

Bob doesn't need to be a mindreader to tell what's on Ken's mind.

"No, Ken, I can't return you to a human state," he says bluntly.

ken_hale February 24 2007, 08:21:11 UTC

Ken just blinks.

"Don't try to soften the blow or anything, just come right out..."

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