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lantern_corps ([info]lantern_corps) wrote in [info]dc_nextgen,
@ 2011-11-05 14:44:00


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Entry tags:alina vasquez, avia free, azurite, corinna prince, emerald, firestorm, huntress, inactive - citrine, jon kent, petra gardner, plot - "starry lights", sapphire, topaz

By Your Powers Combined
That only a fraction of the Young Justice Leaguers had returned with the Earthlings playing host to the shards of the Emotional Entities was worrying for Ganthet.  Worse, that some of them had been captured by the Manhunters.   Those taken by the Green Lanterns, well, he had to believe that his Brothers would treat them humanely, if not exactly in comfort.  Those that were there, and the Leaguers themselves, deserved an explanation.

"My name is Ganthet," he began, "and I am--or was--one of the Guardians of the Universe.  My people were among the first lifeforms to evolve in the universe and to make up for the failing of one of our own, we have been attempting to safeguard the universe ever since.  To do that, we learned to harness a power even greater and older than ourselves, the Lights of the Emotional Spectrum."

As he spoke, again, he illustrated his point with green power.  "In the beginning, there was nothing.  Darkness reigned.  And then there came the White Light, and this was the Light of Life.  Life reigned for a time... and then... something more.

There came the Will to live, and Ion, Green Avatar of Willpower, was born.  Simple creatures, living in the waters, but slowly, they came to know Fear, fear of being attacked and eaten, the 'flight or fight' response that all living beings hold.  From this Fear came Parallax and the Yellow Light.  But Life continued to endure.  The passion that was Love eventually ignited and the Predator and the Violet Light were born.  When the first creature ate what it did not need, Avarice and Ophidian of the Orange Light, arose.  The first murder, sparked from jealous Rage, gave birth to the Red Light and the Butcher.  Tragedy gave birth to prayer, which sparked the Blue Light of Hope and the creation of Adara.  And at last, Compassion, rarest of the Emotions and a Light still not fully understood, gave rise to the Indigo Entity called Proselyte.

Each of these Lights and Entities has been harnessed by factions within the universe, each using them to empower a Corps, wielding their power through Rings.

In more recent times, the Black, the color of lifelessness and death, took up arms against the other Entities and the White Entity of Light, which lies safely ensconced within this world.  When this happened for the second time, and the Entities were imprisoned.  They were freed, by the efforts of Lanterns and heroes from this planet. 

But the Entities were changed by their imprisonment, fragmented.  They recovered, but a piece of them was... missing.  Their pieces eventually made their way here, to this world, home of the White Light.  They found hosts here, you, and others like you. 

You are the future of humanity, the Lights of the Emotional Spectrum and humanity, unique throughout the cosmos, united into something that has never been seen before.  You have the potential to usher in a New Age. 

But not all are happy with this.  My Brothers, the Guardians of the Universe, seek to control Emotion with logic and reason alone.  The Manhunters wish to suppress emotion themselves, to kill it under cold, machine logic.  The others of you must be rescued.  Or this entire universe is doomed."



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Re: The Manhunter World
[info]greenwillpower
2011-11-05 05:25 pm UTC (link)
"What?" Jess is starting to wake up finally. The growl of the Cyborg woke her up. She blinked then stumbled as she tried to move backwards and felt her back thump against the wall.

"What do you want?"

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Re: The Manhunter World
[info]hope_on_wheels
2011-11-05 08:19 pm UTC (link)
Lenny mumbled a little himself, eyes starting to open. They hadn't bothered letting him keep his chair, so he was pretty much sprawled on the floor.

"The heck is.." Lenny saw Henshaw and gulped. He knew the face of the Destroyer of Coast City. "Oh crap..."

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Re: The Manhunter World
[info]lantern_rogues
2011-11-05 08:30 pm UTC (link)
"You two contain fragments of the Emotional Entities," Henshaw continued. "If I kill you--all of you--I kill all emotion. Everywhere."

And maybe then... I won't feel such loss.

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Re: The Manhunter World
[info]greenwillpower
2011-11-05 09:06 pm UTC (link)
"You're crazy! You can't do that!" Jess is on her feet and striding towards the door.

Her hands are glowing a bright green she barely notices because her focus is on Hank. "Don't do this."

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Re: The Manhunter World
[info]hope_on_wheels
2011-11-05 09:13 pm UTC (link)
Lenny tries to remain calm. He knows the Cyborg is not likely to be swayed by words.

"How do you know that killing us would eliminate emotion?"

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Re: The Manhunter World
[info]lantern_rogues
2011-11-05 09:22 pm UTC (link)
"Don't?" Henshaw asked, incredulous, sweeping a hand back. "I'm not the villain here, not some madman to be stopped. I'm the hero!"

"No more emotion, no more hate, no more anger, or jealousy! Peace!"

His eyes focused on Lenny, one cold and dead, the other startling alive and blue. "You two hold pieces of Ion and Adara. Willpower and Hope. Kill a piece... kill the whole."

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Re: The Manhunter World
[info]greenwillpower
2011-11-05 09:42 pm UTC (link)
"But why kill two people? We never hurt anyone," Jess says in an angry tone.

"We're victims here. Why punish us for a cosmic accident," she asks. Then she sees Henshaw looking at Lenny and steps in the way.

"Don't you even dare hurt him," she suddenly snarls. Her hands pulse again and this time she notices it. "I won't let you hurt an innocent person."

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Re: The Manhunter World
[info]hope_on_wheels
2011-11-05 09:48 pm UTC (link)
He lets the power flow through him a bit, allowing him to stand for the moment. He puts a hand gently on Jess' shoulder.

"There's really nothing we can do at this point, but we'll have our chance," he assures her gently. He looks back to Henshaw. "I'm probably biased, considering I want us to live, but are the Entities really the source of emotion? What if they just regulate it? Emotion could run wild rather than disappearing."

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Re: The Manhunter World
[info]lantern_rogues
2011-11-06 01:15 am UTC (link)
"Girl, I've fought the likes of Superman and Green Lantern," Henshaw growls, pointing a finger at Jess. "You couldn't stop me if you tried."

He looks away from Lenny for a moment. "That's a chance I'm willing to take."

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Re: The Manhunter World
[info]greenwillpower
2011-11-06 01:23 am UTC (link)
"Doesn't matter," she says firmly. "Gotta try."

She looks at Lenny and smiles faintly. That was.... comforting. Thanks. "And trust me, I'll go down fighting."

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Re: The Manhunter World
[info]hope_on_wheels
2011-11-06 02:04 am UTC (link)
He smiles back at Jess. "Let's just hope it doesn't come to that." Yes, he really just said that. He knew bird-lady would be grinning in his head if she could.

"So you're willing to make emotion even stronger?"

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Re: The Manhunter World
[info]lantern_rogues
2011-11-06 02:55 am UTC (link)
"Boy," Henshaw growled, "if you do not shut your mouth, I'll kill you right now."

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Re: The Manhunter World
[info]greenwillpower
2011-11-07 09:59 pm UTC (link)
She has some backbone to her. Ion loved that about her really.

"Oh like hell you will." She gets in Henshaw's face as best she can with the door in the way. Her eyes blaze with anger and spunk. "I'll kick you tin plated ass first you..... you..... Grrr!"

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Re: The Manhunter World
[info]hope_on_wheels
2011-11-07 10:05 pm UTC (link)
"Wait!" Lenny moves to hold Jess back a bit. He whispers to her. "I know you're upset, and God knows I appreciate it, but if we're going to get out of here we shouldn't piss him off into killing us early. He implied there was more than just us, that means we got a chance. I'm not saying we shouldn't try to escape, but this isn't the way. Please."

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Re: The Manhunter World
[info]greenwillpower
2011-11-07 10:31 pm UTC (link)
"....I guess you're right." She was letting Lenny hold her back. It was obvious that now that she was up though that she was a fighter. She wanted to fight Henshaw.

Lenny was grounding her though. He reminded her this was bigger than her outrage. Bigger than feeling like her dream was just killed.

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Re: The Manhunter World
[info]lantern_rogues
2011-11-07 10:33 pm UTC (link)
The pieces of Henshaw's mechanical arm rearranged themselves, forming into some sort of weapon. He held it level with Jess, before pointing it at Lenny.

"Do not test me, girl. Your friend is by far the wiser of you two."

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Re: The Manhunter World
[info]hope_on_wheels
2011-11-08 02:15 am UTC (link)
"She 's just a little upset that all this has happened. Neither of us asked to have these..entities bound to us or to be brought here." He gently guides Jess away from Henshaw. "C'mon, let's go sit down, get to know one another to pass the time," he offered gently.

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Re: The Manhunter World
[info]greenwillpower
2011-11-08 02:41 am UTC (link)
"I..." She feels some of the steam from her rage simmer down. Something about Lenny was calming her nerves. She wasn't sure why but she knew she could trust him.

"I'm sorry. We never asked for this."

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Re: The Manhunter World
[info]hope_on_wheels
2011-11-08 02:45 am UTC (link)
"I know, and you have a right to be upset," he assures her. He offers her his hand. "Lenny MacDowell."

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Re: The Manhunter World
[info]greenwillpower
2011-11-08 05:58 am UTC (link)
"Jess Byrd," she offers as she class his hand. She's ignoring Henshaw right now.

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Re: The Manhunter World
[info]hope_on_wheels
2011-11-08 10:35 am UTC (link)
"Nice to meet you, circumstances aside."

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Re: The Manhunter World
[info]lantern_rogues
2011-11-08 10:33 pm UTC (link)
Henshaw turned and left, leaving only a pair of Manhunters as guards.

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