The Halls of the Dead

Jul 08, 2009 11:52

Deep in the Underworld, the walls of Lord Pluto's palace shake, discharging pebbles and dust from cracking mortar strained to its limits. The damned who function as the servants of the castle tremble in fear, speaking in hushed tones - but only when they are sure their master isn't nearby ( Read more... )

scarlet witch, "have you seen this dog?", pluto, baron mordo, hercules, hulkling

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Times Square teddyaltman July 11 2009, 02:28:05 UTC
One good way to spot super heroes? Look for the people heading the opposite direction of the rest of a fleeing crowd. That's what Teddy was doing, ducking elbows long enough to sound the alarm on his comm and getting out of sight long enough to change into Hulkling.

Portals and the undead were never good.

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Re: Times Square unorthodoxgreek July 12 2009, 03:19:27 UTC
Hercules receives the signal on his Avengers communicator, but Times Square isn't the only outbreak in the city - and more are reported worldwide, scattered in a seemingly random pattern. Or random to someone unfamiliar with Pluto's past machinations.

"Dear Uncle, we must have words.."

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Re: Times Square teddyaltman July 15 2009, 05:07:37 UTC
"Thanks for the warning!" Teddy called back, punching another soldier back into two others. They were definitely sturdier than the zombies he'd faced before. "Do you know what that portal is?!"

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Far Away menaceofmordo July 27 2009, 02:44:07 UTC
"So, Lord Pluto plays his hand." A voice in the shadows murmurs, its gloved hand lightly stroking one of the three heads of Cerberus-scaled down to a more reasonable size through some fell enchantment. "As always, he tries to catch a fish by casting as large a net as possible. That is why he will fail, unable to match the mighty mind..."

"...of MORDO!" Baron Mordo leans forward, into the light, grinning as he peers at Pluto through the pool of seeing he constructed in the hotel's sink. "Now, I have only to wait until the meddling of New York's 'heroes' forces Pluto to levy all of his forces, and then...!"

Knock knock knock. "Housekeeping!"

Sighing, slightly, as the three headed dog starts barking wildly, Baron Mordo decides to take a moment and get himself an aspirin before continuing.

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