PAT ROBERTSON CALLED “MIDGARDSORMR PLEASE BE THE CHARTER MEMBER OF THE 700 CLUB ”

by MIDGARDSORMR
ID# 11112

THE NOTICE FROM CHASE WENT OUT TO ALL HEROES ….FIGHT CLUB FOR YUMA IS OPENING SOON .MIDGARD PERKED UP “AHH A TRAINING DISTRACTION EVEN THOUGH I CAN’T EXERT MY FULL MIGHT, ICAN STRETCH SOME MUSCLES AND TRY SOME NEW ABILITIES.I MUST REMEMBER NO DEVOURING KILLING OR DISMEMBERMENT ,THER ARE SOME JUST BEGINNING HEROES SO I MUDT NOT LET MY BLOODLUST FLOW “
THE COOPER-HOFSDATLER PORTAL OPENED BY SHADOW WALKER DID THE TRICK AND MIDGARD WAS TRANSPORTED DIRECTLY INTO THE FIGHT CLUB ARENA .FUNNY VERY SUBDUED PARTICIPANTS.MIDGARDSORMR MADE HIS WAY DIRECTLY TO THE DIRECTOR ….”WHAT IN NAME OF SKELANIMAL IS GOING ON WHY SO GLOOMY?” THE DIRECTOR REPLIED …..”WORLD CORP FLUNKIES AND BUSED IN PROTESTORS ARE CAUSING A RUCKUS AND THER IS A RMOR THEY HAVE A MUTATED CRYSTAL POWERED META WITH THEM” MIDGARDSORMR REPLIED …”BAH SSSSO WHAT THEY DARE NOT RIOT WHILE I AM HERE AFTER I WIN MY ROOM I WILL SSSSSSSPEAK WITH THEM” THE DIRECTOR PLEADED “ PLEASE WORLD SERPENT NOVA HADS DIRECTED TO CONFROTATIONS WITH THEM .YOU ARE ON THE MOST WANTED LIST.” “I SSSSNICKER AT THAT ABSURDITY EVEN THOUGH I WORK WITH B.A.D.G.E. OLD WINK DOES NOT CONTROL ME .” SSSHOUT MIDGARDSORMR
THE MATCHES WENT WELL NO DEATHS OR PERMANENT INJURIES AS I RECEIVED MY TROPHY AND GOLD METAL THER WAS A DIFFERENCE THIS MEDAL AND TROPHY GLOWED WITH POWER AND ENGTAVED ON THEM WERE THE NUMBER 700. AH ANOTHER MILESTONE AND MORE GOLD FOR THE WMD TROPHY ROOM IT WILL LOOK GOOD AMONG THE THOUSANDS OF OTHERS IN OUR HQ AN UNPARRELLED 9 IN A ROW LW DIVISION 1 CHAMPIONSHIPS KOTH TROPHIES DUEL BRAWLS CHRONOS MANY MOST DAMAGE RAID AWARDS ADVANCED MECH DESTRUCTION AWARDS OLYMPIAD TROPHIES ETC ETC ETC
THE YUMA FC DIRECTOR STEPPED TO THE MIC”WE ARE SORRY MIDGARDSORMR WE CAN’T CELEBRATE YOUR WIN WITH MORE FANFARE BUT THE PRO WORLD CORP PAID RIOTORS AND ARE STARTING TO ATTACK THE FC ARENA. OUR DEFENSES WILL NOT HOLD MUCH LONGER WE ARE ASKING ALL HEROES LEAVE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE”
MIDGARD CONTACTED THE WMD HQ “SHADOW WALKER PLEASE OPEN THE LARGEST PORTAL POSSIBLE TO EVACUATE THE YUMA FC WHICH IS UNDER ATTACK. I WILL HOLD THESSSE ASSSSSSS CLOWNSSSS OFF UNTIL ALL ARE SSAFE.”
“DIRECTOR ORDER ALL YOUR STAFF AND THEN YOU WILL GO INTO THE PORTALS”
AS THE RIOTERS RUSHED THROUGH THE BROKEN WALLS THEY WERE MET BY MIDGARDSORMR .
“YOU MISLEAD MORONIC SSSSSYNCOPHANTSSSSS TURN BACK I DEVOUR WORLDSSS WHAT CHANCE DOES YOUR ENTIRE WORLD CORP HAVE AGAINSST ME CEASSE AND DESSSSIST IMMEDIATELY .THIS ISSSS YOUR ONLY WARNING.”
A BARRAGE OF ANTIMORPHONS WEAPONS WERE FIRED AT THE SERPENT WHO WALKS ON TWO LEGS .THEY BOUNCED OFF OF HIM BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH HE HAS MORPHON POWERS HE HAS INNATED POWRS HE GOT AT HIS BIRTH DURING THE DISAMBIGUATION.ALSO MORE CONVENTIAL WEAPONS RPGS MISSLES AND EVEN A CHAIN CANNON FROM A A-10 WARTHOG WERE USED.PROVING THESE “COOMON FOLK WEREN’T COMMON AT ALL .AS ALL THIS FIRE POWER BOUNCED OFF THE BEING THE FC WQAS DESTROYED.AS MIDGARD CLIMBED OUT OF THE RUBBLE HE SSSSHOUTED IS THAT ALL YOU GOT” “IT ISSS BUT A SSSCRATCH”
A SMALL FLOATING HUMAN WITH A STRANCE CRYSTAL IN EACH HAND SHOUTED “LAUGH AT THIS CRIMINAL” YOU ARE UNDER ARREST BETTER YET I WILL JUDGE YOU NOW AND THE PENALTY IS DEATH”
A BEAM AS COLD AS SPACE SHOT FROM ONE EYE AND ONE BEAM AS HOT AS SMALL SUN BLASTED FROM THE OTHER…THEY HIT MIDGARDSORMR RIGHT IN THE CHEST AND CONTINUED. THE GREAT SSSSSERPENT HISSED.
JUST THEN A B.A.D.G.E. DRONE APPEARED …”JORMURGANDR PLEASE CAPTURE THE META AND THE CRYSTALS AND USE A PORTAL WE WILL PROVID “
SO THE WORLD SERPENT DID JUST THAT AND APPEARED IN THE LAB OF DR. HENDERSON WITH THE COMATOSE META AND THE CORRUPTED CRYSTALS.
“ I VAGUELY REMEMBER YOU” SAID MIDGARD TO THE DR. “YOU DID SOME THINGSSSS TO ME WHEN THE SSSPIRIT OF HALLOWEEN INFECTED MY MIND. “ I DON’T LIKE YOU. CHASE YOU AND YOUR STONER BOYFRIEND BETTER BACK OFF IF I WANT YOU WILL ALL PERISH .GIVE THIS MESSAGE TO WINK I AM NOT A DIPLOMAT NEXT TIME THESE WORLD CORP RECTAL ORIFICES ATTACK ME THEY WILL BECOME MY NEXT WORLD FEASSST AND IF I AM INTERDERRED WITH EARTH 194223 WILL BE BLESSSSED WITH RAGNAROK.”
THEN ANOTHER PORTAL APPEARED AND SORMR WENT TO HIS ONLY HOME ON THIS EARTH .”HI GUYS I NEED AN ACTUAL SCHOONER OF BEER.”
AS HE RELAXED ON HIS WARMING BOULDER BY THE ACTIVE VOLCANO HE DRIFTED OFF INTO SLUMBER THING .WHAT A CRAPPY WAY TO CELEBRATE MY 700TH VICTORY OF A FIGHT CLUB.

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Origin Story : Macaia's Daughter

Macaia's Daughter ◄[RD]►
ID: 10890

So, you want to know my story? About how I came into this strange and dangerous realm with my friends, all to look for our missing colleague? We had one crazy ride but it ended sucessfully... and I've gotten to meet some amazing and terrifying people on top of things. Got to see my friend, slash, idol, Krystal again, meet up again with Burning Daylight... we decided to stay here for a while since this place has been under so much threat, from the Legion to a power-mad Mythic to these clowns pretending to have the world's interest at heart...

Oh wait, you mean before then? A bit odd that you'd want to know about that other realm, considering it was destroyed in Ea-geddon several years back. I was younger then, probably naïve, and when I first got there it was scary as heck. You see, I was trapped there but luckily so was my godpa and his friend and we were able to link up to help wherever we could, while searching for our way home...

Ah, home. I'm sorry. That's what you're looking for, huh. My origin, origin. Well...

Picture it, the heart of the Amazon rainforest in Eastern Peru. It seems forever ago, and I guess it really was. I was a child. A real child. So my mother, well essentially she had embedded a spirit of a forest goddess, and I had no idea that people could inherit special abilities or the like. I was a regular 6-year-old girl. I don't recall the exact specifics, you'll have to ask my mom or godpa about it... but it happened so fast. I was alone and had just seen my mother kidnapped by monsters. Giant stone-like beasts that could blast you with rocks or transform into crunching bounders... they came for me.

[Rosa pauses, holding her mouth in her hands and squeezing her eyelids tightly. When she reopens them, her face is more relaxed but one could still sense the terror in her eyes]

I had never been so frightened. My godpa says he saw my body glow bright red, then the beasts were hurled telekinetically in all directions.

So yes, my abilities are mentallic in nature and cover telekinesis and even some mind-reading and mind-manipulation. I'm more able to use my mental abilities on other humans than animals or other lifeforms, which I'm told is a bit of an anomaly. But, my mother pointed out that if I was to take on heroic duties like her, I'd need a whole lot more.

So I trained. Took up martial arts. Learned some weaponry skills. Trained my mind to become stronger and more resilient. So far, so good. No, I can't shoot fireballs or punch a guy into the next town, but I think my abilities have been useful thus far. Sadly it didn't help with the whole Trailene thing but believe me, if I get a chance to see her again, I won't hesitate to bring her to justice.

[Rosa winks, then throws up one of those peace-signs you would associate with a manga character. She then shrugs.]

And that, is my story. The Daughter of Macaia.

[We ask Rosa if she'd ever considered an identity of her own. She chuckles to herself, then shakes her head.]

Perhaps one day. For now though, I am more than proud to be the daughter of the most amazing mother one could ask for, and continue her legacy as best as I can.

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There is still time left to join in the first Heroes Rising FACTION WAR

 

Factions are readying. These are by no means the final teams, but as you can see, many leagues have been reforming into factions for the upcoming event. 18 faction teams currently have the numbers to enter the competition.

The People Fund
"PEOPLE" 24 Members (Median level 8)

Team Hammer
"HAMMER TIME" 24 Members (Median level 8)

SOB Faction of Winers
"SOCIETY OF BUTCHERS" 24 Members (Median level 13)

SOB Overlord Alliance
"DEATH COMES FOR US ALL" 24 (Median level 11)

∞ - FACTION - 
“We are the stick. Don't get caught on the wrong end.” 24 Members (Median 14)

NWO
"NEW WORLD ORDER" 24 Members (Median level 13)

MACGREGORS!!
“Stay Alert, Trust No One, Keep Your Laser Handy” 24 Members (Median 16)

ᗷOᗰᗷ❌Sᑫᑌᗩᗪ-FACTION WAR
"PLAY FOR FUN" 30 Members (Median level 35)

WARGAR
"BLOOD AND IRON" 24 Members (Median level 16)

B๏WƮIΣ KARAOKE
“Don’t Bring It, Sing It ?” 24 Members (Median level 17)

THE STAR FORCE: CONSTELLATION
“Bringing Light to the Universe”  26 Members (Med. 43)

Freaks of Nature
"FREAK"  43 Members (Median level 146)

‡ ₳ ƮΣ₳}V{ ‡
“I pitty the fools ” 24 Members (Median level 15)

♆SOB♆ HUNTER /KILLER CONFEDERATION
“Never leave a beer behind ” 25Members(Med188)

ₜₕₑ B๏WƮIΣ MÅFIA
“There is a time to sing it and a time to BRING it” 24 Members (Median level 38)

5TH PRECINCT: OTC ⚖ᴸ&ᴰ✵
“We're not saints, we're the first line of defense” 24Members (238)

$TΑ¢КЄ∂♦ÐÊ¢K
“used to deck being stacked agqainst us” 24 Members (Median Level 110)

THE COALITION
“Forces United!” 25Members(Median level 492)

There are also several groups that, if merged or added to their rosters, could have sufficient numbers. 

ᐯI ᗰᗩᖇᗩᑌᗪEᖇS
“The way to keep people from figuring out what you're doing is to not know what you're doing yourself” 10 Members (Median level 395)

† SERAPHIM ANGELS †
“VENI VIDI VELCRO...We came, we saw, we stuck around” 14 Members (Median level 346)

★♕THE HANZO NINJA CLAN DOJO♕★
“HNC Training Facility” 14Members(Median level 447)

RAVAGERS
“We Fly The Black Flag ” 13 Members (Median level 96)

♦ JEFFREY&TRACEY LEAGUE 5¹ ♦
“have fun” 12 Members (Median level 13)

The Scottish Claymores - The Highlanders
"STAND AND DELIVER - 12 Members (Median level 14)

꧁ IɳʄECTEƊ 5¹♦ ꧂
“ꮪꮲꭱꭼꭺꭰ ꭲꮋꭼ ꭰꮖꮪꭼꭺꮪꭼ”

What finally alliances will be made? Clearly, many teams are building for the lower end of player counts with 24ish members. A majority of the teams are full of primarily lower level heroes. If divisions go with 4 factions as usual in League Wars, we may see The Coalition, Freaks of Nature, the 5th Precinct team (remember back when you couldn't swing a cat without seeing a 5th Precinct league), and SOB Hunter/Killer Confederation sparring in Division One. 

All this will eventually change as more factions sign up. Several of the incomplete potential teams, if unified, would  create a team of sufficient power to cause others to move down to Division 2. Nine faction teams have a median level of below 20, so this will leave one other league in an upper division if divisions of 4 or 8 are done That would leave 6 teams currently in the mid-range. Two divisions of three? It seems that a minimum of 2 more factions are needed to keep action in  two 4-team divisions or one 8-team divisions.

Keep leveling, early registers. I can guarantee other leagues are lurking on the sidelines, watching the breakdowns and trying to plot where they would like to try to slip in. Note: There are several small 5th Precinct leagues with players and nearly a half dozen AV51 Family teams that haven't combined yet. It is still anyone's tournament to champion. Good luck out there.

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Heroes Rising Fiction: Strange Allies Part 11

 

Heroes evacuated the storage facility, what was left of it after the battle. The non-meta humans working for BADGE gathered up the scientific equipment with the help of heroes and got it safely away. A small team of specialists collected up the now dormant Avatar of Magic and returned it to a safe holding unit to escort it back to the station where the other Avatars were kept.

“Director Chase!” Dr. Henderson ran up to her, with Dr. Stone beside her.

“Please, don’t start calling me Director.”

“Nova left you in charge. That makes you the temporary Director.”

“I know. But it feels like we’ve given up on him and I can’t stand that thought. What did you need?”

Dr. Stone stepped up. “Chase, I was linked with the mind...if that’s what you can call it...of the Avatar for a brief time. There’s a living being inside that book.”

“I know. BADGE has declared all the avatars sentient beings, Dr. Henderson filed that report herself.” Chase gestured to the other doctor.

Henderson said, “I determined sentience based on the factors of life according to science, save perhaps the ability to procreate. The Avatars exhibit the qualities of sentience. However, Dr. Stone has tapped into something I never could, the mind inside the being.”

“What’s wrong?” Chase sensed this wasn’t good news.

Dr. Stone softly said, “it’s in great pain. Even in the state of sleep, there’s mental activity at a minor level. I believe all the Avatars are like this. They’re in great pain and sorrow. They are hollow and it is nearly unbearable.”

“What does this mean?”

Dr. Henderson said, “it means we need to find the core stolen from each of them. If we learned anything from this failed experiment, its they need their original core to thrive. They’re innocent beings, infants just learning to live, and they had their hearts ripped out.”

Chase watched a shuttle leave with a large contingent of supers flying along to protect it. “Look, this is scientifically fascinating and I do feel bad for them. But we have a lot on our plate right now.”

Dr. Stone said, “I know, and I didn’t bring this up just to ask for help to save them. I also tapped into another thought within the avatar. Fear.”

“Fear?”

“Yes. It is horribly afraid. Something is coming, something so terrible, so unbalanced in the morphons, that it is scared. If something that powerful, that in-touch with the balance of the morphons, is so scared, we should find out what it is.”

“That’ll be your task, Doctor, when we get back.”

Just then Santa came swooping down. Hovering over the ground in his sleigh, he called out. “I stalled them as long as I could. They’re almost here. Looks like you are nearly evacuated. Get out, now!”

Chase looked around and found the heroes and support staff were nearly all gone. There was but one team coming up and she was worried about this group. Midgard stomped over in his fullest form, with Skelanimal behind him, as well as the others from their teams.

“I DON’T RUN FROM A FIGHT!” Midgard bellowed.

Chase huffed, “you will today. We can’t...”

“I DON’T RUN FROM A FIGHT, LITTLE GIRL, OR DON’T YOU KNOW HOW TO LISTEN!”

Skelanimal cracked his bony knuckles. “I wouldn’t mind punching a few stupid World Corps jerks.”

“I’m the current leader of BADGE, which means you will listen to me...”

“I ONLY LISTEN TO NOVA, AND ONLY WHEN IT SUITS MY PLEASURE!”

Santa kindly interjected, “if you would allow me, Angela?” She gave him a nod, and he lifted higher. “Look here, world eater, Nova has known you longer than any other living being on this planet. You listen to him because there is a genuine fear of him in you.”

“I FEAR NOTHING!!!”

“Really?” Santa waited.

Midgard sneered, not admitting what was behind that fear Santa spoke of. But, by his silence, there was admission.

Santa continued, “now, while my daughter is working in his stead, you’ll obey her as much as you obeyed Nova.”

“Fine.” Midgard shrank down to his human size and joined his team as they left for the station.

Chase said, "I know it is hard to not fight when we all want to, including me. But, Nova's right, we fight back, it will be a war. Sadly, it will kill a lot of civilians. The World Corps will put this world in the middle of that fight and billions of lives will be in danger. We will figure this out, I promise. Just...trust me."

Santa looked at his daughter. “Time to go. They’ll come over that hill in moments.”

Chase joined the others in the last portal crafted by The Wizard that led them away from this place and back to the safety of the space station.

***

Delta coolly watched the screens as the videos from the attempted raid on BADGE’s location failed. Alpha sat with him while Gamma and Beta were on screen in smaller windows.

“All your clever plans, Delta, and BADGE escaped.” Alpha stated.

Delta laughed, “BADGE ran back to their station where they’ll be nearly impossible to assault. But it got them out of the way. What we didn’t see was their pathetic leader. I wanted Nova’s head on my desk, and I’m still waiting for that.”

Gamma asked, “what’s so important about this Nova? He doesn’t seem to be a priority target.”

Alpha held up a computer tablet. “We have our augments stationed in every capital on this planet. Every state, prefecture, province, everywhere except Neo Utopia and North Onnotangu, and they hardly count in the grand scheme of things. What more do you need? Not one leader on this planet can make a move, write a law, sneeze, without us knowing. We can control them...”

“My plans are still not finished.”

Gamma demanded, “what more do you need!?”

“Power beyond anything your little minds can possibly imagine. I’m about to roll out the next phase...”

“Next phase, next phase?” Beta huffed. “We’ve moved to the ultimate phase of this. BADGE is on the run. Their heroes and agents are all wanted and will face prison or death. We control the world. There are no more phases to this plan.”

“There are moves left in this game. Especially with Nova still out there. I have to take him, otherwise all this will fall apart.”

“Pray tell, what are the moves left in this game so we can at least have some notion of when it will finally be done for?” Alpha asked sarcastically.

Delta almost answered, but then lurched forward. His face shifted slightly, gaining scales and a greenish tint for a second, then back to human. “No...it can’t be. This is not possible. He should be dead!”

“Who?”

Delta looked up and whispered, “The General.”

***

The time pocket in Egypt remained held by the four. Quark stood at the threshold of the rip in time while EB, Nova, and Peyton prevented it from breaking any further.

“So...you wanna play a word game while we stand here for eternity?” EB ventured.

Nova groaned, “of all the mythics to be stuck with.”

“Hey, you invited me.”

“I know, and I have forever to regret that decision.”

Peyton chuckled at that comment while EB frowned at him. “Fine, be rude. I’m only helping save your world.”

“I’m sorry, I just...”

There was a great flash of light, and the pocket of time rippled.

Quark cried out, “Something is pushing really hard. I can’t...hold it.”

“But, why?” Nova asked. “The four of us should be able to stop this.”

Quark struggled with the tear. “Something is wrong. Someone in here is connected to this time fracture. It’s causing an inversion.”

“Someone here is part of the time problem?” Peyton asked.

Quark was thrown back when the tear exploded. He landed on the ground between them. The bubble of frozen time burst, and the statues continued reverting to less damaged forms. Quark said, “yes. The time fracture is connected to someone here.”

Suddenly, standing on the plateau above them around the rim of the crevasse, were strange looking robots with heavy weaponry. A figure stepped through the rip in time. As soon as he did, the rift shut itself and all the time fluctuations stopped.

Nova readied himself for a fight, but stopped the moment he saw the man standing before him.

Quark scrambled to his feet, an honest look of shock on his face.

Peyton had his gun out, but stopped short of taking aim.

EB gasped and then said, “but...that’s not possible.”

The man had a craggy face and an eye-patch. He bore red, battle scarred armor and a confident gait. “Hello, name’s General Nova.”

“You...are me?” Nova asked.

“Yep. I’m here to save our future by helping you stop someone who is not even supposed to be here. I think you know him as Delta.”

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After Corrupt Magical Avatar Fan-Fiction: Spinning wheels on a spinning wheel in space..."

 “We want to talk to Chase,” Silver Paladin said to the BADGE security officer who stood outside the entrance to the operations center. “This course of action isn’t acceptable. Not anymore.”

“She isn’t taking meetings right now,” the officer replied with a stern set to his jaw.

“We’ve retreated and retreated again in response to this World Corps.” Silver Paladin slammed his armored fist onto the metal railing of the stairway he stood upon that lead to the command deck on the BADGE Space Station. A line of other heroes trailed down the steps behind him, many from the Star Force. “When is BADGE going to stop trying to keep us safe while the people of the world continue to be under threat.”

Madam Marvelous edged up behind Silver Paladin. “I’ve got family on Earth right now. Many of us do, and I don’t understand why we keep being recalled up to the space station. We’re supposed to protect them, not abandon them.”

“Listen,” the officer said while continuing to stand his ground. “I don’t make policy. Director Nova put Chase in charge, so for the moment, she’s top banana. Like it or not, you need to make like one yourself and split before I have you thrown in the brig for trying to incite a riot.”

Silver Paladin took a step closer to the guard. “We’re leaving the world below us in the hands of murderers and you are going to lock me up?”

“I didn’t say I wanted to, operative,” the officer said. “But I have my orders, too. Nobody is to enter the operations center unless summoned by those in charge.”

Starmaster levitated up from the floor below and hovered next to the men as they faced off. “Paladin. Stand down. Chase can’t do her job if people keep distracting her into one-on-one meetings. Let her and the others figure out what the next course of action will be.”

Turning his helmeted face to his league’s founder, Silver Paladin pointed with his arm at the mirrored window of the operations center behind the security officer. “She’s not a military strategist like Director Nova. She’s an ex-thief. What does she know about leading an attack force? Don’t get me wrong, she’s good at what she does, but we’re not out to rob a bank, we’re supposed to be protecting people. That means we should be where the people are, not hiding up here.”

“Nova put her in charge. We need to trust his judgement. He wouldn’t have done it if she couldn’t handle the job.” Starmaster said.

The two men stared from beneath their armor’s visors at one another for several seconds. The dozen-plus other heroes that arrived with Silver Paladin stood still, waiting for his response. Finally, he spun around and headed back to the main floor.

“Thanks for the assistance.” The security officer unsquared his shoulders and relaxed visibly as the crowd began to disperse.

“We’re all frustrated and directionless right now, so I expect many heroes need something to direct it at.” Starmaster watched the others depart, sensing the volatile emotions dull, but not disappear. “It’s going to get worse if we don’t take some kind of action soon.”

With that, Starmaster floated back down to the lower level to rejoin the others.

The security officer tapped a button on his helmet and spoke into a hidden microphone. “Inform Acting Director Chase we need something to occupy these heroes. They’re primed for a fight and I’m afraid if they don’t get their minds onto some type of action, bad things are going to happen.”

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Corrupt Magic Avatar Update by Madam Marvelous

#26130

"When I got the message from you that it was time to hit the books, I thought you meant we were going to be studying up for the next League Wars," I said to my teammate, Wyldfyre. I couldn't believe my own eyes as I watched the gathered heroes fighting an enormous book, glowing with energy. "What's the WHAT?"

"This ain't the time to talk, kid," Wyldfyre said with incendiary glee in his voice. "We've got a good ole' fashion book burning going on. We need to lite it up before it gets another spell off."

I nodded to him as I shifted into my elemental flame body and charged in. Had this been an average, everyday book, it would have been cinders as soon as I touched it. Yeah, I was burning that hot. Unfortunately, infused Morphon Avatar tomes seemed to be made with asbestos pages. I was charring it, but not instantly disintegrating it. 

The spell it had been channeling went off, and I found myself flung across the building and into a cement wall. The impact forced me back into my superhero form as bells rang in my ears. "That book has one hard cover."

All around me, heroes used their various abilities to attack the levitating book surrounded by motes of Morphon energy. I'd helped collect the crystals growing around the world that Dr. Henderson used to try to wake one of the Avatars. Judging the book by its altered color and violent nature, I don't think her experiment went exactly as planned.

The more advance heroes had fought alongside of us at first, but for some reason, they defeated their objective before us 'lesser' heroes. Now, they could be seen searching the nearby rubble collecting trinkets. Many of them complained that they expected to get more out of defeating such a magically powerful being, while others sauntered around showing off their newly found Sidekicks or Equipment.

A hero I wasn't particularly familiar with, Villains Inc Raid God, posed for photographs and offered autographs to others. He took particular mirth in having done more measurable damage than Midgardsormr, which I'm sure wasn't going to sit well with my training mentor. ViRG didn't hit as hard as the World Serpent, but he struck frequently. Nearly four times as many. I think he might have had some ninja training. BADGE scientists were immediately on scene tabulating some of the damage results. Being as the Corrupted Avatar was awakened on BADGE territory, it didn't take them long to start getting readings.

I found a page of paper in the rubble around me. I read the documentation on the higher level fight results.

Hero   Damage   Hits

★♕ villains inc raid god ♕★2,851,677 -- 7933  = 360/hit

Miðgarðsormr    1,594,234--1676♦ = 951/hit

Magnificent punlork♦    1,315,331--1670=787/hit

][☣][ §ﾚαgα†h⊕☈ ][☣][    1,011,903--1218=831/hit

Αρχαία ΟλυμπίαOlympia666.Skynett    816,898--2483=328/hit

Secret Asian Man    811,419--3549

♦ Will Smith ♦    765,203--1380

ֆȶɨռӄʄɨʂȶ    720,969--1420

][☣][ Hot Wings ][☣][    713,693--828

♦ The Gentleman 5¹ ♦   695,843--923

"Quick laying there reading and get back to work. This book isn't going to shelve itself," Wyldfyre snapped at me. 

"Give a girl a second," I said as I stood up. Flawless pressed the attack to the book, doing his best to secure his dominance in the lower division of heroes. The Postman also worked hard to deliver a win for us, knocking more than twice against the magical adversaries defenses. Other heroes attacked as well, doing their very best to combat the threat we accidentally created. "Look at it. It's glowing pink now. It was orange. What does that mean?"

"It's vulnerable to mental attacks, I think," Flawless replied.

"Why? What makes you say that?" I asked.

"That's what color they are in comic books."

I rolled my eyes and tried to think of a form to best use to attack the tome mentally. I was a shapeshifter. What form could I turn into in order to fight this Avatar? A big brain? Could I become dream energy?

"Come on people, we need to put this book down," Wyldfyre shouted.

And I had my answer. I moved into earshot of the floating spellbook. "You're horrible. Whoever wrote you had no idea what they were doing, and those runes on your cover, they look like they were drawn using an infants poop."

The book's pages flared and rippled. It hear me.

"How many beautiful trees died to make you? I bet whole forests were killed to make your pages. Well, let me tell you, it was a huge waste. You'd make better firewood than fireballs right now. You're all dry and crinkly. I can see one good pull at a string in your spine would tear you to shreds. Tell you what, let me get close enough and I'll give you a good yank."

Turning so its pages faced me, I could tell I had it on the ropes with the help of other heroes fighting alongside of me.

"That's right. Open wide, you overrated diary. More like Dia-rhea!" I screamed at the top of my lungs to overcome the sounds of other attacks being thrown at the Avatar. "Kids in my school write better stuff on the bathroom stall doors than you have inside of you."

The telepaths and other mental attackers were making headway. The blasts of energy that shoved us aside became less powerful and less frequent. The tome began to hover closer to the floor.

"The only thing you're good for is leveling tables. Just give up already. Can't you tell your story is almost over and you're about to get a new library to get put away in. The prison library!" I pointed at the wavering tome and laughed. I might not be able to attack it with psychokinetic or telepathic powers, but I still could do what any other teenage girl could do. I played mind games with it.

With a loud clap, the book finally dropped to the ground and went lifeless. The bright motes of color faded and dissipated into nothingness. Wyldfyre stepped up beside me, a confused look on his face. "What were you doing shouting at that P.o.S. piece of garbage at the end?"

I looked at him and grinned. "It's was just a book in the end, but books are made up of paper and words. I left torching the paper to you, but I figured I would try to bring it as much pain as possible to help make it submit."

"By yammering at it?" 

"Of course. Don't you know that words can hurt?" I made my way over to the BADGE scientists, checked over their findings, and brought one of their clipboards over to Wyldfyre. "See. Here's proof."

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Origin Story: ➳ƉɽḭƒŦ➳

ID: 10821

➳DRIFT➳ Dedicated Relentless Independent Furious Tactician ➳

➳"don't drift off a loss or a win, the reward is to survive."➳

➳"drifting through the spiritual sky, endless mysticism flying high"➳

Other names: ➳ƊɽḭƒʈḭɳᶃŞρḭᶉᶖʈ➳, ʂρḭᶉᶖʈ➳øƒ➳ɗɽḭƒʈ, ƊɽḭƒʈŴąᶉᶉᶖϕᶉ, ɗɽḭƒʈȩᶉ

League Wars: 6 Gold, 5 Silver, 2 Bronze Climb Event Champion: 39 Gold (May 2022)

Skills & Abilities: Stealth, Camouflage, Infiltration, Martial Arts, Mystic Arts. Taekwondo, Karate, Jujitsu, Aikido, and Shotokan, earning all black belts. Expert Marksmanship and Sharpshooter.

Ability to transform in to a shadow spirit, while in shadow form the ability of flight.

History: Running away from home while a teen, Drift chose to live in the forest, there learning to survive and adapting to the skills & abilities. After several years of living off the grid in the natural environment Drift decided to further enhance his learning & training. Joining MAC-SOG - Military Assistance Command-Special Operations Group. A highly classified, multi-service special operations unit which conducted covert unconventional warfare clandestine operations. After several years of service, Drift moved on and became an independent contractor for hire. Performing & executing secret missions such as infiltration & remaining undetected in enemy territories while conducting operations & gathering intel. After several years of practicing & using skills & abilities to further gain knowledge & power, Drift decided to join the forces of SHC a Super Hero City was built, ➳drift➳ joined leagues helping to win Championships. SHC city was destroyed by the evil empire known as EA, there are only few remaining survivors left from the aftermath. After many suns & moons a new City was built and this is where Heroes are Rising to fight and survive again.

Information regarding Heroes Rising includes the following interview:

Your Name?

~~DRIFT - Dedicated Relentless Independent Furious Tactician

Are you working thru B.A.D.G.E. or are you independent?

~~Independent/Mercenary

Are you currently in a League, and if so, would you care to tell us about it?

~~I’m sort of a Drifter... drifting from one crew to another.

Current league affiliation: ★♕VILLAINS INC.♕★, ★♕ Outlaw Inc ♕★, ᐯI ᗰᗩᖇᗩᑌᗪEᖇS, RAVAGERS

Can you tell us a little about your powers? Are all of your powers Morphon based?

~~ My Powers are natural, acquired through utilizing my subconscious.

Do you have a sidekick?

~~I have none, nor are any necessary

What is your favorite piece of gear? Why? ~~The Mind-Bender rings (pre-nerf), an extremely effective damage device.

Do you Have any advice for new Heroes?

~~For true beginners, follow the helpful guide

& gather info from the official Facebook group

Is there anything else you'd care to add?

~~Don't drift off a loss or a win, the reward is to survive.

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Heroes Rising Fiction: Strange Allies part 10

 A bright blue explosion of energy erupted from the center of the storage facility, destroying most of the buildings and sending unfastened objects flying away. Heroes were tossed by this hurricane of power, slammed into random debris and each other. At the epicenter of the explosion was the Avatar of Magic, corrupted by the unnatural crystals used to craft an artificial heart.

Gar sat up from the attack and then quickly turned and covered Chase with his body, his wings acting like a wall behind him. Another wave of energy exploded out, destroying the energy barrier protecting the facility from prying eyes.

“We can’t stop this thing!” Chase yelled.

“We have to try!” Admiral Prometheus replied and then let loose a blast of mental energy at the enemy.

The floating book was pushed down toward the ground by the force of the mental strain.

Dr. Stone joined Prometheus and used his mental powers to further attack the enemy. He said, through his mind, “this avatar is weaker to mental attacks. We can suppress its awesome strength.”

More heroes with mental powers joined the battle and attacked the avatar with their minds. The book closed up and the glowing energy from it dimmed.

Nightshadow called out, “everyone else! Get ready!” He held up his hands and then slammed them to the ground. A great wave of shadow spread out and heroes vanished like the floor had dropped beneath them.

One by one, heroes appeared out of dark circles near the Avatar of Magic and attacked it, giving it no chance to see them coming. All the while, it was being restrained further by the mental onslaught.

“We can do it!” Hotwings called out and blasted the avatar with lasers.

All at once, there came a concussive wave of sound and force at the same time. The book released another explosion and the attack against it was stopped. The heroes moving via shadow were thrown first, the mental attackers all hit the ground, holding their heads in agony.

A ball of energy formed in the center of the Avatar as it prepared yet another eruption of magical energy.

“WATCH OUT!” Nightshadow slapped the ground again and all the heroes vanished for a single moment in a dark void.

The wave of magic spread out, sending even more of the debris scattering further away.

Everyone reappeared and gasped in a breath. Chase demanded, “what did you just do to us, Nightshadow?”

He gave off a coy grin. “You were compressed into a black hole for a fraction of time. Sorry.”

“Don’t be. You saved us. But, that was...uncomfortable.”

Dr. Stone held up both hands to his head and focused his mind. “We have to hold it at bay!”

“That didn’t work last time.” Chase said.

Dr. Henderson ran over. “It helped. The magical power of the avatar is off the scale. However, as the heroes use mental attacks, the frequencies of the magical morphons become unstable. If we can destabilize it long enough, we might unravel the corrupted magic and bring it down. We need magically inclined heroes to attack it when it is at its most vulnerable.”

Chase clicked her comm. “Krystal Fae, we need magic support, now!”

She responded, “on our way, I have The Wizard with me and Santa. We felt the magical disturbance.”

“Get here! I don’t know how long the heroes can hold it at bay.”

“On it.”

Chase looked at the avatar, listening to it screech and the heroes contend with its random acts of magic. “Gar, I’m not ready for this. This world is not safe in my hands.”

“BADGE is in your hands, not the world.”

“Right now, it feels like the same thing.”

The Wizard rode on the back of his dragon with Santa’s sleigh to his right, and Krystal Fae to his left.

“Do you see what I’m seeing?” The Wizard pointed down.

Krystal flew up closer. “Yes. There must be several hundred World Corp merc vehicles in that convoy.”

The Wizard said, “I see some U.N. Military, U.S. Military, and about five dozen of those augmented heroes. Where do you think they’re heading?”

“The same place we are.”

The Wizard frowned. “They’re heading to help stop the avatar?”

“No. I think they’re heading in to attack the heroes.”

“This isn’t good.”

Santa called out, “we don’t have time to worry about them. If we don’t stop that avatar, this entire world is in danger.”

“You’re right, of course. Come on, let's move!” The Wizard coaxed his dragon along and all three sped up.

The trio of magical heroes covered the distance quickly. The night sky was broken by the amazing light ahead of them. Where the storage facility was, there was now just debris and a circle of heroes defending themselves from the unrelenting attacks by the avatar. A large group of heroes stood off to the side, focusing their minds on the avatar.

“I can sense it. The avatar’s magical power is weak. We can strike.” The Wizard said.

Santa said, “we have little time. Those mental heroes are about to lose their grip on it.”

Krystal charged her hands with magic. “Then we take it down.”

She stopped about ten feet above the avatar and stuck her hands into the air like she was pushing her fingers into a wall of thin glass. The air cracked and crumbled. Santa joined her on the other side, pushing his hands into the strange field of magic around it. Finally, The Wizard and his dragon met this magical barrier and crashed right through it.

The book lost the light emitting from it and fell to the ground. It screamed and screeched, blasting magical attacks that were far less threatening than before.

The Wizard landed right next to it and put his hands inside the pages. He chanted a strange language and pulled his hand up. A blue light with shadows of black flowing through it stretched out of the book like pulling gum from a sidewalk. It held tight for a moment, but then burst free. He threw the energy into the air. Krystal Fae and Santa destroyed it with two well-placed blasts of light.

Everything quieted down, the book now closed and laying on the ground. There was a hesitant calm, followed by a slight movement from the heroes. Dr. Henderson ran a quick scan from a distance and then rushed over to the avatar. She smiled and called out, “it’s back to dormant. All signs of the corrupt energy are gone.”

This created a fresh wave of relief among the heroes. The injured were quickly tended to while the exhausted spent a moment gathering their wits.

“Chase!” The Wizard ran over to her with Krystal Fae behind him.

“What?”

“We have another problem.”

She almost asked when they heard a distinct rumbling in the distance. “What is that?”

Krystal said, “the problem. A massive army of World Corps mercs and augments are coming and they have backup from the U.N. This place is about to be overrun.”

The news seemed to overwhelm Chase for a moment. She lost most color in her face and she looked for rescue from anyone. Santa jumped down from his sleigh and came over to her. “Angela, the wise course of action is retreat. The heroes here are in no shape to fight that force, and even if they did, it would just start a war. That is what the World Corps has been trying to do all along.”

She gave a quick nod and then looked over at Justin. “Sound the evac, tell everyone to head for the station and orbital arena.”

“Right away.”

Santa smiled. “I will do what I can to stall them. Get these people to safety.”

“I will, father. Just...don’t get hurt.”

“Bah! I can handle a few hundred enemies. Besides, I’m not going to fight them, just distract.”

Soon, the gathered heroes and BADGE scientists were evacuating the area quickly. Heroes that could teleport were working hard to move everyone. Chase had to stop Midgard and others like him from going full rogue and attacking that approaching army. For her first days as leader, this was a trial by fire.

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The Hanzo Ninja Clan School Of Anything Goes Martial Arts Presents: "A Point Well Taken"

Player ID: 10950

Just how much is a Skill Point worth? Well, 1st, let's recap how much you get, factoring in diminishing returns, from the original orientation lesson. If you haven't read the orientation or other Hanzo Ninja Clan School Of Anything Goes Martial Arts lessons, you might want to do that before continuing on. Those lessons can be found here: The Hanzo Ninja Clan
School Of Anything Goes Martial Arts

Level 1 to 20: 1 Skill Point = 0.5% stat multiplier

Level 21 to 164: 1 Skill Point = 0.33% stat multiplier

Level 165 to 465: 1 Skill Point = 0.25% stat multiplier

Level 465 to ????: 1 Skill Point = 0.20% stat multiplier

Now, the chart above is ONLY for the Attack, Defense, and Move stats. As you can see, the more points you have in a stat, the less return you get from adding more. This might be enough for many players to help them decide where to put their points, but what about those trying to eek out every point and edge they can? How do they determine exactly where they're going to squeeze out the most effect?

Let's look at a real player's SP allotment to get an idea.

Player One

Att: 17% (0.33% per additional SP)

Def: 17% (0.33% per additional SP)

Move: 150% (0.20% per additional SP)

Now, we need to ungear our toon completely, leaving only his/her cards. Then we take those numbers and determine just how much Dodge and Precision any 1 point will give us. We'll use simple numbers to make this as easy as we can. So let's say, ungeared, our hero's stats are as follows.

Att: 1,000,000

Def: 1,000,000

Move: 4,000,000

By taking the Stat Multiplier from SP, adding 100% to the total, since you have to count the value of the cards even without SP multipliers, you get 117 for both Att and Def, and 250 for Move. Now we divide our stats by these new numbers.

Att: 1,000,000/117 = 8,547

Def: 1,000,000/117 = 8,547

Move: 4,000,000/250 = 16,000

Now, PLEASE NOTE, these are example numbers. Yours will be different. So apply your numbers.

Now, what happens when we add a SP to one stat or another? How do we determine how much we're moving our numbers? Well, if you multiply the stat by the % a new SP would give you get your answer. 1 SP in each of the above stats, for example would look like:

Att: 8,547 x 0.33= 2,820.5

Def: 8,547 x 0.33= 2,820.5

Move: 16,000 x 0.20= 3,200

This is PRIOR to adding gear multipliers.

Now, in our 1st lesson, I discussed how Precision was a combination of Move and Att, and Dodge was a combination of Move and Def. Precision helps you hone in on and target your opponent better, allowing you to land hits. Dodge allows you to avoid your opponent's hits. But how much so does each SP affect those 2 attributes? Let's take a look. We'll use 2 SP in each example, since that is how many a level up awards you.

2 SP in Att:

2,820.5 + 2,820.5=

5,641 added to Precision

2 SP in Def:

2,820.5 + 2,820.5=

5,641 added to Dodge

1 SP in Att and 1 SP in Move:

2,820.5 + 3,200=

6,020.5 added to Precision

0 + 3,200=

3,200 added to Dodge

1 SP in Def and 1 SP in Move:

2,820.5 + 3,200=

6,020.5 added to Dodge

0 + 3,200=

3,200 added to Precision

2 SP in Move:

3,200 + 3,200=

6,400 added to Dodge

3,200 + 3,200=

6,400 added to Precision

As you can see, in this particular scenario, adding both SP to Move increases both Dodge and Precision by more than if you were to add SP in any other combination. Now, this answer is specific to this scenario. Plugging in your numbers may end up with different results.

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Heroes Rising Fiction: Strange Allies Part 9

 “What do you mean you don’t know what is on the other side?” Nova asked.

Quark, holding the growing hole in time together, said, “something, or rather someone, is trying to come through. I felt this days ago and raced here to stop it.”

“And you decided not to report this?”

Quark shrugged. “Everyone is busy with the World Corps nonsense. I thought this would be easier. I thought it was just a tear in time from all the damage Father Time did during his two attacks this year. It turned out to be something completely different. Once I got this under control, it became impossible to move or lose that control. I knew someone would eventually come. This hole is still getting larger, even with me holding it back.”

Peyton asked, “do you think this has anything to do with the World Corps?”

“I have no idea.” Quark said.

Nova shook his head. “I may have been wrong to assume that part of their plot. This might be something completely different. This is bad. If we have an incursion by a dangerous force while the World Corps is enacting their plans, we could be in serious trouble.”

EB hopped up and smacked Nova on the shoulder. “Don’t be such a Debbie Downer, bud. We’ve handled worse. Remember when Jinn unleashed ghosts all over the world and turned himself into the devil? We got through that, didn’t we?”

“This is different. That was one enemy with one plan.” Nova said.

Peyton sat down on a broken piece of a statue. “This is one hell of a doozy. I...woah!” He fell off the stone as it lifted and joined back together with other stones to reform the statue.

“What the?” EB hopped around, avoiding more stones that moved backward in time to return to an earlier state.

Quark strained as he said, “time...is breaking...this is about to open...I can’t hold it alone.”

“Gotcha!” EB held up his paws and created a bright flash of light. The time reversals slowed down.

Quark strained, “thanks, but this is still growing. We have to stop this.”

Nova took in a deep breath and released it slowly. He held up a hand and the time disturbances stopped. The statues repairing themselves froze in place.

Peyton rubbed his hands together and prepared to use his own powers, but Nova stopped him. “No. You must leave!”

“What? I can help. I’m not as powerful as you, but I can help.”

Nova pointed with his free hand. “Get out of here. Take the shuttle back to the crystal drop zone.”

EB said, “buddy, we can use all the help we can get.”

Nova said, “no. We’re strong enough to hold time together inside this place. We can stay here for years inside this pocket of time. Whatever is trying to come through must be held at bay until the heroes have dealt with the World Corps’ plans.”

“What do you want me to do?” Peyton asked.

“Go back to Chase. Tell her she is now in charge of BADGE. Tell her to never come here, send no one else here to save us. We’ll stay here until we no longer can hold this place. When the heroes are strong enough, when the World Corps is defeated, then we will face what comes through that rift.”

EB said, “he’s right. My candy factories will go on without me, but this world might not survive two invasions at once. Go.”

Peyton gave a quick nod and then ran, leaving the three heroes behind to keep time from breaking.

***

Chase walked with Justin around the storage facility. Heroes stood guard along the fences. A small clutch of heroes sat around a tall, bald man in a lab coat. Each held their heads with fierce concentration.

“Dr. Stone, how goes the deflection?”

The bald black man smiled as he answered, “right now the World Corps heroes are attacking a compound ninety miles from us.”

“I hope they aren’t hurting anyone?” She asked.

He laughed, “nope. They’re destroying an abandoned depot with no living soul inside. We have their minds twisted in a deep fantasy.”

“Keep it up.”

Justin held up his comm to his ear. “Alright. Landing zone two is open.”

A blustery breeze cut through the grounds as a cloaked shuttle landed.

“Chase!” Gar waved at her from inside the main building.

“What is it?” She approached.

He smiled and pointed at the table in the middle of the room, surrounded by computers and scientists. “Dr. Henderson said she has good news.”

“Doctor?”

Dr. Henderson came up and showed her the computer tablet. “We have gathered enough magic morphon energy to attempt a resuscitation of the magic avatar. It’ll be strange reviving a book, but I suppose it will be the same process as any of them.”

“Then, get to it. We need answers fast.”

Dr. Henderson gave the go-ahead to her team, and everyone jumped into action.

“Chase! Chase!” Peyton came running up, out of breath. He stopped and held his knees. “Boy, I gotta start jogging or something. I am outta breath.”

“Peyton? Where’s Nova and EB?” She looked around.

“That’s why I’m here. We found the source of the time fractures. It’s a place in the middle of Egypt. Strange Quark was there, trying to keep it together. But it only got worse. The place was going nuts, everything reverting in time. Worst of all, some kinda strange creature is trying to come through.”

“Damn. This is not the time for some alien invasion. Our heroes are currently scattered, running from the World Corps and the United Nations. I will have to contact...”

“No! He doesn’t want you to send help.”

This stopped her cold. “No help? He can’t possibly try to fight something like this on his own.”

Peyton said, “he aint trying that. Nova, EB, and Quark are holding that pocket of broken time together. Their combined powers are awesome. But the catch is they gotta stay there. They’ll stay there until we find a solution to the World Corps problem.”

“But who will lead BADGE if Nova is stuck there?” Justin asked.

“He put Chase in charge.”

“Me?”

“Yeah, you. He trusts you to save this world.”

Chase stood there in stunned silence.

Gar gently asked, “are you okay?”

“I...I don’t know. I feel like we just lost him. I’m not ready for this.”

Justin said, “all you can do is take it one step at a time. We have a crisis on our hands and need leadership. Right now, that’s you.”

“What do I do first?”

Dr. Henderson came over. “We’re ready to revive.” She frowned at Chase. “Something the matter?”

“No.” Chase straightened her shoulders and said, “go ahead.”

Dr. Henderson pressed a button on her tablet, and everyone waited. Five lasers emitted energy drawn from stockpiles of crystals. Each beam met in the center of the area, charging a focusing apparatus. Finally, a single beam came from the center and hit the book. The process was quick and everything went dark.

“Well?” Chase asked.

Before Dr. Henderson could answer, the book opened and closed on its own. It lifted into the air and gained the magical aura normally around it. A wave of glee swept through the room, but was soon replaced when a loud, screeching scream came from the book and it changed colors. A blast of magic exploded out from it and destroyed all the equipment while throwing everyone back.

“I MUST DESTROY EVERYTHING!” the book boomed, then sent another wave out that destroyed part of the building. Several heroes attacked it, but they were quickly subdued by its formidable powers.

“It’s registering massive amounts of unstable morphonic energy!” Dr. Henderson yelled.

Chase slapped her comm badge. “All heroes who can hear my voice, we need you at my location. NOW!”

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Heroes Rising Fiction: Strange Allies Part 8

 Nova quietly waited while the BADGE shuttle zoomed across the skies, going unnoticed by anyone while under its own invisibility cloak. EB and Peyton were along for the ride.

“This is pretty good stuff.” Peyton ate on a rather large chocolate egg that had an orange colored filling.

EB bounced around the cabin like a toddler on a long car trip. “That’s my all-in-one meal egg. It tastes like candy, but fills you up like a good meal. I wanted to market it, but I realized I had to use magic to make it and Santa said that using too much magic on humans could be bad. I don’t mind it, it makes a nice thing to make for friends. I have lots and lots of friends. Nova is my bestest buddy and then there’s Gar, and the hotty Chase, and all the heroes, and Santa. I wish Easter was bigger than Christmas, but Santa gets all the breaks. He just does his job so well that I can’t complain. I love his toys, he makes really awesome toys, there was this one...”

Peyton groaned and held up his hand. “I’m sensing stronger currents in time. We’re getting closer to the disturbance.”

EB turned and his ears perked up, taller than normal. “I sense it too. This is bad, really, really bad.”

Nova said, “this is part of the reason you’re with us, EB. Do your thing.”

“Oh, right.” He hopped up to the front of the cabin next to the pilot and then waved his paws in the air. A bright purple flash exploded out from the shuttle. Instantly, large bubbles appeared in the surrounding sky. “Watch out!” EB yelled.

The pilot turned hard to avoid contact with a bubble.

Peyton asked, “what are those?”

EB peered out the front window. “Those are time disturbances. We’re getting closer to the source of the problem. They shouldn’t be too bad right now, not really that far outside of normal time. But, if we intersect one, it might cause some strange effects on you guys, since you both have time powers.”

Nova stood from his seat and also looked out the window. There was a strange seriousness etched into his face. “Pilot, where are we heading?”

“We are on course for Egyptian airspace.”

EB looked up at Nova. “You don’t think...”

“It’s possible.”

Peyton asked, “what?”

Nova coldly answered, “I think I know exactly where we are heading.”

***

Chase and Craig arrived at the collection area where Justin and Gar managed the crystal stockpile. Dr. Henderson had her staff working diligently in the middle of a warehouse as they prepared a strange contraption.

“What is going on?” Chase asked.

Gar met her, “we’re going to wake an avatar.”

“What?”

Justin explained, “Dr. Henderson feels we can awaken an avatar with enough morphonic energy from the crystals. I’m having the selected avatar brought down from the station right now.”

“Has Nova returned from his private little mission?” Chase asked.

“No, and somehow that makes me nervous.” Justin answered.

Craig said, “oh, why worry about the old fart? Nova is a tough guy. He can handle himself.”

Chase said, “if you ever want to be an agent of BADGE, you’ll never call him an old fart again.”

Chase’s comm badge activated. She flicked it on. “Chase here.”

“This is Chaz, you need to turn on the news now! No time to explain.”

She gestured at Justin, and he ran over to the main computer monitor. They were met by the face of Judge Alpha from the World Corps, speaking to the United Nations.

“It is with a heavy heart that we fulfill this agreement. I thank the United Nations for putting such faith in the World Corps and hope this is the first step in a long and fruitful relationship. The World Corps will place heroes at all capitals across the planet. Hopefully, our heroes will deter further BADGE attacks, however if there is another attack, they are trained and ready to handle the situation. Fear not, the World Corps will keep this world safe.”

A great deal of applause followed as she stepped back for Beta to take the stand. “Thank you, Judge Alpha. As of three PM Eastern Standard Time, the United Nations has declared that all of BADGE is now considered a criminal agency and all of their agents, heroes, and their leader Nova are wanted. Every nation aligned with the United Nations has issued arrest warrants for all BADGE officials, and Interpol has issued a red notice in the name of each member of BADGE. The priority targets are the heroes and their leader, Director Nova. Under the authority of the United Nations and the signed agreement of all nations involved, all World Corps Heroes are hereby ordered to arrest on sight any member of BADGE, if they resist, you may use any and all abilities you have to remove them as a threat, including execution. We will make this world safe! We will have justice!” This drew a loud eruption of applause from the members of the United Nations.

Justin turned off the sound and quietly looked at Chase. “Someone has to warn Nova. If those world corps augments see him, they’ll murder him.”

Chase shook her head, “trust me, he’s a survivor. Right now, we have to keep our heroes safe. Justin, contact all leagues and tell them they must evac to either North Onnotangu or the station. No other options are available.”

Justin said, “what about Neo Utopia?”

Chase shook her head. “Neo Utopia will remain a haven for non-BADGE meta humans. Gar, get in touch with Prime Minister Shizue and tell her she will be housing a lot more guests. Dr. Henderson, work faster.”

“What can I do?” Craig asked.

Chase smiled at him. “Help protect this place. We may not have much time to find answers before we must flee.”

***

Nova turned off the monitor in the shuttle. He, too, watched the same announcement from the UN.

“Do you want me to do something about this?” EB asked in a kind voice.

Nova shook his head, “no. We’re almost there.”

“Sir! The shuttle instruments are really going crazy.” The pilot announced.

Peyton stood up and pointed, “look!”

They were approaching what looked like a fountain of light coming up from a craggy canyon in the desert.

EB jumped to the front of the shuttle and slapped his paws on the dash. All the controls returned to normal. “There ya go. Good as new, for now.”

“Uh, thanks.”

“Take us down.”

The shuttle landed, and they all disembarked, save the pilot. Before them was a narrow opening in the cliff that opened up wide to a tall, walled crevasse with a strange temple. Stone statues lined the walls, each holding enormous weapons. A throne was at the back with a hole where a jewel once rested. Someone stood before the throne, holding the air with his hands. It appeared as though he were holding brightly colored fabric in the air, which the energy fountain spewed up from.

“What is this place?” Peyton asked.

Nova answered, “the Throne of the Defender, a temple built using ancient, forgotten powers.”

“Who did they worship? Ra?”

“This is not a place of worship, it was a prison. It is a long story and we don’t have time.”

Marching up to the throne, Nova taped the shoulder of the man standing there.

Strange Quark looked back with a smile. “Oh, good. I wondered how long it would be before you got here.”

“What are you doing to time?”

Quark nodded his head toward the rift in his hands. “Right now, doing my best to keep it from breaking. This is one nasty gash in time.”

“Did you cause it?”

“Nope. But I can tell you that something is trying to get through, something incredibly powerful. And what scares me most...I don’t know what it is.”

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Heroes Rising Fiction: Strange Allies part 7

 

Gar walked across the storage facility that BADGE was using to gather the strange crystals and study them. Agent Justin waved at him to come to the laboratory section. Suddenly, a hole opened and Nightshadow appeared with an armload of crystals.

“Where do I put these?”

Gar jumped back in shock and then pointed toward the bins in the second building. “Take them there. The agents will sort them.”

“Gotcha.” Nightshadow strolled on.

Gar gathered his wits and found Justin with Dr. Henderson and several other BADGE scientists.

“Oh, Gargoyle, good. Have you heard from Nova?” Justin asked.

“No. He left for his special mission with EB. Why?”

“I have important news.” Dr. Henderson held up her computer tablet. “You’re the senior official here, so I need to report to you.”

“Me? But, Justin...” Gar pointed at the man next to him.

“I’m in charge of the agents, but I report to either you, Nova, or Chase...and sometimes Strange Quark. The only one here is you, so that leaves you in charge.”

“Oh...uh...okay. What did you find?” Gar put on a stern face, as he imagined Nova would look.

Dr. Henderson walked over to an area where several other scientists were busy at work with crystals and large computers. “We have determined that the crystals directly result from Morphonic Energy.”

Gar asked, “but the crystals haven’t been on Earth for a long time?”

“We have always known that they are a recent development, and the scientific community suspected they were connected to morphons. However, extensive testing has not been conclusive. Right now, though, with all these crystals and the accelerated growth, we are able to understand them better.”

Gar asked, “if Legion sent the Morphons to Earth, and the Morphons create the crystals, is this just part of what Legion wanted?”

“Not exactly. Dr. Bigos, if you would.”

A bald man turned a swiveled computer screen to show his myriad of data. “Our sun emits a sort of radiation that is rare. It is otherwise harmless and has gone relatively unnoticed by astronomy until this incident. That radiation reacts with the morphons and causes the crystals to grow. It forces the unique frequencies of morphons to bond together.”

Dr. Henderson said, “what we found is that these crystals aren’t all the same. Each is 99.89 percent identical, however that last tiny percentage makes a pretty big difference. The morphons inside them resonate with one of the six known frequencies, making each crystal slightly skewed toward one morphon element or another.”

Justin asked, “how does this help explain the current situation. Why are they giving people powers? Why are they growing so much faster?”

“We don’t have those answers. I’m afraid it would take a lot more time to figure that out on our own.”

Justin said, “we need answers soon. If the World Corps is behind this, we need everything we can to stop them.”

Dr. Henderson calmly answered, “we’re already working on a way to, hopefully, expedite answers. We’re going to wake up one of the sedated Avatars and hope they can provide answers.”

Gar said, “but they’re permanently put to sleep by the World Corps. How do you wake one?”

Another doctor walked over, holding one crystal. “I’ve been studying the Avatar’s data. They aren’t living beings like you or me, they are much more like our Mr. Gar here.”

“Me? How?”

She touched his chest, “you’re made of stone, you’re not a living being by biological standards. However, you were crafted out of raw materials and then given life through a core of energy. It’s the same for all the avatars. They each contained that sort of core. We saw this when they first arrived. Now, when we study them, we find that the core energy is missing.”

Dr. Henderson took the crystal from her associate. “That’s where these come in. We believe we can craft a core of the same harmonic energy type of one avatar and introduce it to them. If all goes well, it’ll work like a transplanted organ and they’ll come back to life.”

Justin said, “that’s a stretch. Bringing them back will be hard, hoping they have answers is just a gamble.”

“We can only hope.”

***

Delta sat with Alpha and Gamma in the meeting room. Beta remained on a screen, remotely joining from the U.N. HQ in New York.

“Are you sure this will work?” Gamma asked.

Delta nodded, “yes. The mercs will make the drop off in a few moments, and we’ll sit back and watch the mayhem.”

Beta looked over the sheet of paper. “I gave you these twenty locations. I can get at least ten more in moments. Protests are popping up across the world hourly after this vote was announced.”

“No, these twenty will do fine. Just be ready to grab the attention of the news before BADGE has a chance to say something, even through their sycophants at the Sentinel.”

Alpha slapped the table, “this is completely unnecessary. We have BADGE on the run. The public opinion continually grows our direction. Why send more crystals out to random people and cause trouble at these protest rallies?”

Delta sat forward with rage in his eyes. “Because, BADGE is still allowed out there. No one has fully called for the sweeping arrests of anyone connected to BADGE. I want Nova cowering on his pathetic little space station, unable to return to this planet before we complete this. I need him out of the way! Our plan is moving too slowly!”

Gamma kindly said, “but, sir, BADGE has gone into hiding. Everyone fears them. The public loves our heroes and looks to them for security. What if one man is still free? What good is Nova without BADGE having power?”

“Nova is a dangerous man! More dangerous than any of you can possibly fathom!” Delta spent a moment fuming while the others gave him strange looks. He suddenly snapped to a screen and pointed at a merc waiting, “deploy! Now!”

***

A crowd of anti-BADGE protesters filled the street in front of the local Fight Club in Mexico City.

They carried signs and chanted against BADGE and its heroes. The club director and two heroes stood outside to protect the place from property damage. Even when bottles and trash were thrown at them, they remained stoic and calm, not responding.

“Get out of our city! We don’t want villains here!” A man yelled and threw a baseball at the head of a woman in superhero tights.

She caught the ball and dropped it on the ground without flinching.

This same pattern of violence had continued for three days, with the heroes remaining silent and still in the face of this anger.

A man ran up between the club and the protesters and yelled, “if they were villains, wouldn’t they have hurt us by now? Think! They are good people!”

This was met by a hard right hook and he went down. The crowd turned even more violent after that.

The director tapped the hero on his right and whispered, “look up there?”

Both saw darkly dressed World Corps mercs watching. Before either could do something about this, five different people went wild with powers blasting through the crowds. Bodies crashed into each other and the pavement exploded. Random civilians held those powered crystals and were attacking like mad people.

The last thing the club director saw were the eye-beams from a fourteen-year-old girl before his body was thrust back through the glass doors of the club.

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Heroes Rising Fiction: Strange Allies Part 6

 EB and Nova watched the news in the back of the BADGE shuttle. A video showed a young boy punching through walls in buildings, then the footage shifted to the boy destroying police cruisers while the local authorities try to apprehend him.

“This was taken from drones and cell phones across several city blocks of New Delhi, India. The boy, who remains unidentified, destroyed six structures, caused serious damage to twelve others buildings, and destroyed five cars. He was finally taken down with help from a local superhero. This marks the seventy-eighth confirmed case of super powered individuals attacking in cities across the planet. BADGE has remained silent and refuses to comment on the situation. Ambassador Ben Talos will address the U.N. later today on this situation.”

Nova hit the mute button. “I wonder what they’ll do next?”

EB hopped around the shuttle. “I don’t see why you don’t let me punch that Ben Talos right in the balls! He’s asking for one hell of a beating, working for the World Corps, duping all of us in BADGE, being a total, big fat jerk.”

“Attacking him would only prove we’re villains. He’s viewed as just a peaceful functionary of the U.N. We can’t accuse him of villainy, we have little proof of that.”

EB punched the wall. “That big jerk. They set us all up to look bad and then we take the fall without being able to respond. I want to just shove an egg right up his...”

“Enough. Being angry doesn’t solve problems.” Nova said.

EB hopped up to the seat next to him and sat down. “I know. It’s just, all the heroes are my buddies. Now, my buddies are being treated like crooks while the real crooks are getting away with it.”

“We’ll find the answer. They’ll slip up some day. Right now, we have a much more important task to take care of.” Nova watched as they passed through a security barrier outside Neo Utopia and came in for a quick landing in a parking lot.

The moment they exited the shuttle’s aft door, five goons from Rutkowski’s gang met them with Tommy guns.

“Hold it, ya knuckleheads, we’s workin with BADGE right now.” Rutkowski walked up.

Nova greeted him with a quick head nod. “Rutkowski.”

“If ya here bout my top goon hoarding da crystals. I let one of ya heroes take em. Steelfist is pay’n fer disobeying me, trust me.”

“What did he say? I can barely understand him.” EB whispered.

Nova answered EB, “Steelfist stockpiled up some crystals and tried to use them to give himself superpowers. But Rutkowski stopped him and made him turn them over. And I trust Rutkowski to deal with his own people.”

“Glad we’re on da same page.” Rutkowski said.

Just then, Peyton stepped up. “Ah, Nova, you said you were gonna stop by. We got the city under strict lock-down. No World Corps idiots allowed in here.”

“I’m not here about the World Corps. I’m here about a different situation. Both of you have time powers. I need to know if either of you have felt strange fluctuations in time. Fractures or something else like them.”

Both enemies gave each other a curious look, then both nodded. Peyton said, “I have felt something isn’t quite right. I couldn’t put my finger on it.”

Rutkowski said, “ya, things feel just...I dunno...off. Not like when ole Father Time made a mess before.”

Peyton added, “true. This is new. The damage to time from Father Time’s last incursion has been fixed. This is new.”

“Can you give me anything else to go on? Father Time paid me a visit, warned me that this was a real problem.”

“You gonna trust that geezer?” Rutkowski asked.

“I don’t think Father Time would pay me a visit just to warn me of something he’s up to. He was worried, and that worries me.”

Rutkowski narrowed his eyes at Peyton. “You good to help with this?”

“Let’s just do it.”

Both closed their eyes and put one hand out to the other. Touching palms, they quietly waited while they worked through this. Finally, they opened their eyes with a look of agreement between them.

Peyton said, “we can feel the fracture time, but it’s moving in waves. The waves are coming from an eastern direction.”

Rutkowski added, “far off, not just to the coast of the states. Real far off. I bet if ya get closer, the time fracture will get stronger.”

“Thanks. Peyton, could you join me? I could use your help as well in finding this.”

“Sure.”

“Hey, you don’t trust me?” Rutkowski asked.

“No. But that’s not why I’m not asking you to come.” Nova said. “Right now, your gang and the Neo Utopia police are the only reason the World Corps hasn’t overrun this city. There are a lot of scared meta-humans here hiding out. I don’t want to see them hurt.”

“I’ll buy dat. Good luck.”

The large mega-screen in downtown Neo Utopia, normally running paid ads, shifted to the International News. “Breaking News from the United Nations.”

The screen changed to the floor of the United Nations. Ben Talos stood with a contingent of representatives as he read from a prepared paper.

“It has become apparent that BADGE is conducting the worst security scam in the history of mankind. They’ve set dozens, possibly hundreds, of super powered people loose to cause havoc. Then, they send in their heroes to save the day to re-assert their domination as our only hope for protection from dangerous meta-humans. The United Nations not only condemns this scam, we have now asked the World Corps to send in their own superhumans to provide the security that BADGE has denied us. This act will secure our people and provide peace in this troubled time. The United Nations will take a vote on this soon. This announcement is directed at BADGE. Your time protecting this world is over and you must admit defeat and accept the proper punishment for your actions.”

The screen exploded in a spray of sparks as Rutkowski showered it with bullets from a tommy gun. “Dat rat!”

EB jumped up and threw an egg that exploded against the screen. “Ya. Take that!”

Peyton held his face while Nova said, “destroying public property won’t solve anything.”

EB snarled, “but it felt good.”

Rutkowski held up his gun. “You want me and my men to plug that stuffed shirt mouthpiece of the World Corps?”

“Sadly, your men would likely all perish. The World Corps is stronger than you think. No, we’ll deal with this. Just keep this city safe.” He walked toward the shuttle, but stopped to add, “But, if one of those augmented people shows up to enforce their will on this city...do what you have to do.”

Rutkowski smiled, still holding that gun. “With pleasure.”

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D1 1st time achievement - Player Editorial

#20314 G.K. Mercules sucker for pain

With a lot of help in one way or another anything is possible when it comes to the unexpected. Fighting in a chrono events in Division 1 is lunacy when everyone is fighting at the edge of their seats but on the calm days with a little bit of determination and help along the way from the other players just goes to show anything is possible even the top 5 in a 150 style event Chrono version. Yes I'll admit I'm very persistent and lost many times to everyone above me to get the unrealistic wins by chance, but it was talking to Dr Silver Strange Surfer in the slim chance I could possibly end in top 5 and him alone could have stomped it in the dirt but didn't he gave me the opportunity to try. That's mad respect for a opportunity like that truly appreciated it and owe you one like I messaged you in game before it ended.

 
I'm not saying that Dr. S.S.S. was the only one that could have ended it because really all of top 20 probably could have to be honest. Literally took 5th place by everyone else letting me basically by either not participating in it or letting me try at WMD on repeat lmfao . Punlork actually came in at the end and put me in quite the predicament in point placement that could have changed the outcome but me being unreasonable continued hitting WMD until I beat 2of them back to back to land me in first WOW crazy fights. Still blown away by that lol, I know even the blind mouse gets the cheese every now and again but in D1 didn't expect that to work out to be honest just enjoy fighting in them and playing with gear I never would otherwise.

Anyone who just beared witness to that chrono 150 I thank you too and salute you all with a big thanks for that new 1st achievement for this toon. If you ever feel like you are close but not close enough to achieve something asking for help and returning favors can be helpful just saying you never know how someone will respond we are all human and are always full of surprises.

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Super Art

 Most of the games out there I have played don't support non-direct game activities. You don't get anything extra for imagining your character in action or how they look. Fortunately, Heroes Rising does. It is possible to do more than simply feed the competitive, combat monster inside and engage the creative part of your brain, and these activities can garner you in game rewards.

Why do so few players take part in them then? 

If the answer is you don't know how or are afraid you might be judged poorly for your efforts, I want to help you overcome that. I'd like to demonstrate the process I use for coloring in some of the artwork that Dan Peyton provided for the current coloring contest. 

This contest intrigues me, because the best in show could possibly be turned into a power card. 

Here we go...

1) First, select the image you want to color based on the images provided at Pictures for Coloring Contest. Copy it. (FYI, the process I am describing is uses my laptop. It can be done with any number of devices, but you will need to determine which capability your device uses. The apps I use are the Snipping Tool App and Paint 3D for Windows.) I've selected a simple image for the purposes of this article.

For some, printing off the image and coloring by hand is also a fun variation. I personally have enjoyed trying to use the Paint 3D app on my computer to see what all it can do. Overall, I've had my fair share of pretty crappy attempts and ones that I'm really happy with. You are going to get out of this what you put into it in the end. Don't be afraid to try, but also don't be disappointed if at first it isn't perfect. You learn by doing.

2) I paste that image into Paint 3D and the first thing I do is use the Magic Select option to create a sticker of the main image. With this, I can remove and resize the main character image, remove it from the canvas, and create a background for the artwork Dan provided. After creating the sticker of the selected image, I use the undo button to bring me back to a blank page. Then I use the Spraycan tool to create a layered background. 

For this I want a dramatic background, so I am going to first spray a light blue color all over the page in a series of circular blobs until nearly all of the white is covered. I repeat the process with a darker blue, then a dark purple. If I don't like how the colors mix, I use the undo button (something you can't easily do if painting or coloring on paper), erase and redo until I get what I like.

3) I then apply the sticker I created of the original image to place it back on the page. I could, if I wanted to, make the background as detailed as I wanted, adding landscapes, buildings, or whatever I wanted, but for these coloring challenges, just a basic, colorful background will enhance your efforts on the main image.

Let's add some color to the cape first. You have several pen options to use, but for large areas, I recommend using the Flood Fill button to add the color. You can adjust what is added with the two slide bars which make your color either stronger or more contained by the edges of the drawing itself. I like to lower the opacity(boldness of color) to a lower value at first so I can bring it up if I want in order to strengthen to shade. Just keep clicking until you have the color you like. I add a lavender shade of purple to the outside of the cape and then a darker purple to the interior.

You can use the Spraycan tool to add color to areas where the hashmarks of the original image are too dense for the Flood Fill tool to shade. The Spraycan tool if very useful to add variations of color for shading, detail, and to cover up areas you would like to correct.

4) For the main body, you can use the same process for skin tones, but instead of just using one color repeatedly to enhance the strength of the color, you can mix different colors to get a skin tone you like. I use faint opacities of brown, pink, and orange for my image, but you can do whatever you like. It is your picture to color. I use the Spraycan to apply a black base coat over the hair, focusing on the areas where the black lines are, then highlight with a lighter brown over the in between areas to give this hero brown hair. I then use the Pixel Pen, on a setting of 1Px, to add some individual strands of hair for texture.

There are nine different 'pens' and one eraser tool in my Paint 3D app. I suggest playing with using each of them to see what they do. Try using your Opacity and Thickness to save yourself effort in trying to do everything one way. Superheroes have come a long way from being the 4-Color images they used to be. You can add metallic, glossy, and matte hues to your colors. You can add shapes and other patterns, such as emblems on the costume.

Using some of the techniques I already mentioned, I finished this image in roughly 15 minutes. I used the Line Draw tool to even add some use of a super power emitting from his eyes. This may be Dan's foundation, but in the end, whatever you chose to do on YOUR canvas is UP TO YOU. There is no wrong. If you like it, it is perfect.

I hope this inspires some of you out there to try doing more of the coloring contests, art contests, and, if you paint with words, Fiction Forum contests.

Try your hand at doing something new. You might find you enjoy it.

May 31st is the deadline for the current challenge, so if you want some extra MP for Faction Wars, please give this a go.

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