ChildishChimera
A umbran summon
- Location
- New York
[X] Train With Little Mikey: Train with Little Mikey to improve his [Astral Manipulation].
Bang Baby [A Static Shock Quest]
- Thread starter Coshiua
- Start date
Oh I am slain!
Wynaut?
- Location
- Tatooine
Ah, very good point. Switching vote.
Hmm. I'm not sure how much progress Susan will make. But it's certainly worth a vote. After all, I presume our votes have a certain broader symbolic value 'cause we're not able to vote for multiple interactions per day.
[x] Train With Little Mikey: Train with Little Mikey to improve his [Astral Manipulation].
Coshiua
An Autistic Kyogre~!
- Location
- The Ocean
In the next chapter, Susan Graham will return to the hideout, sit down and discuss what happened with the others, talk with one of the others about something, and then train about one of the others. The first two to three scenes will probably be done before she heads to be and the last few scenes after she wakes up and/or sometime in the afternoon of the next day.
You will either be able to vote for a single interaction or multiple interactions -- it will depend on what happens in the chapter.
Always Late
Lacking in coffee, sleep, and brains
- Location
- Ohio
[x] Train With Little Mikey: Train with Little Mikey to improve his [Astral Manipulation].
- Location
- Canada
[X] Train With Little Mikey: Train with Little Mikey to improve his [Astral Manipulation].+???
The mystery box is very appealing
The mystery box is very appealing
Episode Ten
Coshiua
An Autistic Kyogre~!
- Location
- The Ocean
Disclaimer: Static Shock belong to DC Comics
Rating: T. Mostly for swearing, but the rating may get worse eventually.
To be added later, when I get back
Bang Baby
Episode 010
November 10th, 2001
"I would have been caught if I hadn't left the tech behind." I interrupted, my eyes briefly flickering over to Erika. "I thought that it would be a good idea to talk to the League through one of my replicant clones instead of talking to them face to face, and I gave the tech to it to help it do that. I had it tell them all that we know about the Meta-Breed and had it wait for them to respond. Superman left to think about what it had told them and it seemed to alarm them. Batman shot it a look, and Green Lantern trapped it within a field when it tried to leave. Flash tried to reason with them, but Batman interrupted him and told him that 'I' had admitted to being a criminal."
Erika closed her eyes and took a deep breath, the lights flickering on and off as she fought with her emotions. The lights seemed to settle as she let out the breath before she started to open her mouth.
Ron beat her to the punch. "That was stupid." He crossed his arms in front of his chest and frowned as he looked up at me. "If you had had it stick around, then you could have escaped before the League realized that they hadn't actually caught you." His frown deepened. "Instead, you made it fall apart while you were still in the same area as the fucking Justice League."
I winced at the comment. "... I'll admit that it wasn't my best idea."
"It was a fucking miracle that you made it out of there before the League could catch you, Susan." Ron said and shot me his most scathing look. "So.... how did you do it?"
I told them. I didn't mention that one of the replicant clones that I had created had been pulled aside, that I had learned the location of a powerful Bang Baby, that I had fought that Bang Baby, that I had made a friend. I didn't tell them that I planned on heading back to meet that Bang Baby as soon as I could. I told them the truth about what had happened after I had made the first replicant clone fall apart, but I didn't tell them the whole truth.
A part of me told me that I was making a mistake by not telling them about Maureen, told me that they would be interested in Maureen but that they would leave her alone because I wanted her left alone, but then I remembered Maureen's face when she had told me about herself.
"... You'll have to be careful about that in the future." Ron said a long couple of moments after I had finished speaking. "there is no way of knowing how many others have a power that'll let them see through your disguises or otherwise detect you."
I frowned but nodded. I hadn't thought about it before, but there were probably a lot of people out there that had a power or some other method that would allow them to notice me even while I was attempting to hide. I turned to look at Little Mikey. "You'll need to be careful as well. If there are people that can notice me, then there are probably people that can notice you too."
Something flashed across Little Mikey's face too fast to see. "... I'll be sure to be careful."
I wanted to ask what that had been about and opened my mouth to do so when Little Mikey looked at me. he pushed himself up and onto his feet a moment later, took a step in the direction of the staircase, turned around and pick up the soda can that he had been drinking from.
"What do you --" Ron started.
"I need another can." Little Mikey said shortly. "Be back in a minute."
Ron clenched his jaw, and I could see the anger in his eyes, but I was more focused on Little Mikey as he moved toward the kitchen. I had seen Little Mikey get angry before, but I had never seen him look that angry.
Little Mikey turned and started toward the kitchen.
XxX=-=XxX
Little Mikey had looked conflicted for a moment when I had asked him if he would like someone to help him train and then told me that he didn't know how I could help him. I told him that I could make some replicant clones for him to practice against and be someone that he could bounce his ideas off of.
Little Mikey took me down to the basement, and soon he was showing me everything that he had learned how to do since the last time that I had seen him use his powers. He had not had a chance to practice what he had learned against someone else, but he had learned a lot. he had refined his ability to create explosions and learned how to create spheres , concentrated beams, and even waves of the strange form of energy that made up his spirit form.
I learned how much damage Little Mikey could do with those sort of attacks through the replicant clones.
It didn't end with the combat. Soon Little Mikey was sitting next to me on the floor, telling me about his power. I had needed to readjust my idea of what he was capable of after my replicant clones had fought him, and then he had told her even more about it, and I realized how little I actually knew about his capabilities. He told me that he could enter the dreams he and other people had and interact with but not manipulate them, that he could plant suggestions into the heads of other people and make them think that it was their own thoughts -- which explained why Ron hadn't pounded him into a pulp for interrupting him-- and that he could see other places and the creatures that inhabited those places.
The one thing that he didn't tell me that his power allowed him to do, the one thing that I had known that his power allowed him to do but had instinctively tried not to think about, was his ability to bind or otherwise trap spirits into a specific place. Maybe it was because we were still afraid to acknowledge the fact that I had died, maybe it was because we were afraid of that kind of power and what it could be used for, or maybe it was because we were both afraid of what would happen if we dared to acknowledge it. Whatever it was, I didn't know and I didn't want to know.
It would be too easy to break this peace, this silent understanding that I had with him, but I didn't want to and I didn't think that Little Mikey did either. So we talked, and I learned more about what he could do and he learned more about what I could do, but neither of us ever mentioned what he had done to save my life.
So, Little Mikey and I talked. Little Mikey and I talked about what he had learned how to do with their powers, what we could have used what we had learned in the past, what we could use in the future, what we thought would happen in the future. Little Mikey and I about anything and everything that didn't have to do with our silent understanding.
XxX=-=XxX
"Something has been bothering me." I admitted after a long pause. Little Mikey turned to look at me. "Last night, you got this look on your face after I said that you would need to be careful and left before I could ask about it. You even interrupted Ron -- and you never do that."
Little Mikey didn't say anything right away.
"... It took me a while to understand what was happening after I first woke up, but when I did I tried everything that I could think of to make people to notice me. It's different now that I understand how my power works, now that I understand how I can make myself noticed, but back then I didn't know anything. I didn't know how I had gotten to the place I woke up, didn't know what had happened to me, didn't know how to find you guys, didn't know how to find help." He closed his eyes. "I would have done anything to have been noticed back then. I did everything that I could to be noticed, but nothing -- nothing worked. it was all that I could do to not lose it and, even then, I know that I would have lost it soon if I hadn't noticed you and you hadn't managed to hear me.
Little Mikey shifted. "It made me mad because I -- there is still a large part of me that is still afraid that I'll end up back in that place, unnoticed and alone. I was mad at myself because I knew how stupid that sounds, and because I couldn't help feeling afraid even though I knew that it was stupid."
"I don't think that it's stupid." I said. Little Mikey turned to look at me. "I.... I am still afraid of what happened back with Slumber. Not just--" I waved my hand between them to indicate their silent understanding. "-- but what happened when I woke up after that. I didn't know what was happening, couldn't understand what was happening, and then when I finally started to understand did.... I couldn't reform."
Little Mikey stared at me. "You never told us about that."
"I didn't tell you about that because I didn't want to think about it." I looked down at my hands. "Because I didn't ever want to think about what would happen if it somehow happened again. If I couldn't reform." I took in a breath and looked up at Little Mikey. "So, even it's not the same, I understand why you might be scared even though you don't want to be."
"... Thanks."
[X] Ear To The Ground: I should send one of the others out to talk to people as they can so that we know what people are talking about, but that the news isn't. It'll probably turn out to be nothing but gossip, but there's a chance that they could hear something interesting. ????
[X]Recruitment Effort: I think that I spotted a Bang Baby while I was on my way back. I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, as I was more focused on getting back before the League could catch me, but purple-skinned people are exactly common.+????
[X] Spend Time With Erika: I feel bad that I lost the piece of tech that Erika leant me, so now that I have figured out what was up with Little Mikey I should spend some time helping Erika. ????
[X] Spend Time With Little Mikey: I think I have to talk to Little Mikey about what happened. ????
[X] Spend Time With Ron: I haven't had a chance to really talk to Ron in a while. Now that I have figured out what was up with Little Mikey, I should spend some time with Ron. ????
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Always Late
Lacking in coffee, sleep, and brains
- Location
- Ohio
... well that's helpful.
King Arthur
The Once and Future King
Gotta take an n off that never and make it an ever.
Seems like you want to change this line at least a little.
Forgot the word talked here.
Oh I am slain!
Wynaut?
- Location
- Tatooine
[X] Spend Time With Erika: I feel bad that I lost the piece of tech that Erika leant me, so now that I have figured out what was up with Little Mikey I should spend some time helping Erika.
Some Erika time? Then maybe a group meeting about what to do next. I'm not quite sure what they're currently focused on either. A holding pattern, waiting to see what the Justice League does? Dunno when the Justice League will act against Ebon, but I presume they'll be decisive when they finally do so.
Some Erika time? Then maybe a group meeting about what to do next. I'm not quite sure what they're currently focused on either. A holding pattern, waiting to see what the Justice League does? Dunno when the Justice League will act against Ebon, but I presume they'll be decisive when they finally do so.
Coshiua
An Autistic Kyogre~!
- Location
- The Ocean
Thanks King Arthur. Fixed.
You hit the nail on the head Oh I am slain!. Now that Susan | Mimic has told the Justice League about the Meta-Breed, they're waiting for when the League acts on that information to take down the Meta-Breed.
They'd better be decisive. If the League isn't decisive, and Ebon and/or the rest of the Meta-Breed somehow manages to escape or evade them, then it will be much more difficult for them to defeat him the next time.
Always Late
Lacking in coffee, sleep, and brains
- Location
- Ohio
[X] Spend Time With Erika: I feel bad that I lost the piece of tech that Erika leant me, so now that I have figured out what was up with Little Mikey I should spend some time helping Erika.
- Location
- Leeds
Trying to think of something witty. Failing.
[X] Spend Time With Erika: I feel bad that I lost the piece of tech that Erika leant me, so now that I have figured out what was up with Little Mikey I should spend some time helping Erika.
E: Really? You set a low bar Coshiua.
[X] Spend Time With Erika: I feel bad that I lost the piece of tech that Erika leant me, so now that I have figured out what was up with Little Mikey I should spend some time helping Erika.
E: Really? You set a low bar Coshiua.
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ChildishChimera
A umbran summon
- Location
- New York
[X] Spend Time With Erika: I feel bad that I lost the piece of tech that Erika leant me, so now that I have figured out what was up with Little Mikey I should spend some time helping Erika.
Coshiua
An Autistic Kyogre~!
- Location
- The Ocean
- Location
- Leeds
A low bar for comedy.
Because you rated my complaints I couldn't find something funny to say funny.
lockingbane
If you're crazy and you know it clap your hands!
- Location
- Waxahachie tx
[X] Spend Time With Ron: I haven't had a chance to really talk to Ron in a while. Now that I have figured out what was up with Little Mikey, I should spend some time with Ron.
Just finished reading up to this point. Awesome Quest man! I can't wait to read more!
Just finished reading up to this point. Awesome Quest man! I can't wait to read more!
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Coshiua
An Autistic Kyogre~!
- Location
- The Ocean
Thanks! Hopefully, it'll be out tomorrow afternoon.
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lockingbane
If you're crazy and you know it clap your hands!
- Location
- Waxahachie tx
Yay! Thanks!