dc_eldritch (dc_eldritch) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2010-02-21 20:17:00

Entry tags:

cait curry, dinadan palmer, inactive - jane doe-smith, jon kent, npc - batman, plot - "call of cthulu", tyler darnell

Cthulu saves! For dinner.
It happened one day. Bombs went off across the city and suddenly people got rounded up like cattle. One look at a Cthulu spawn and they were either screaming in utter insanity or on their knees in reverence. A couple of times men and women suddenly jumped each other coupling roughly on the roof of a car.

But they stopped and started to pick up all kinds of weapons. Most of them were improvised weapons.

The numerous Cthulu spawn who had been called up from the deep joined them. This city would be theirs by nightfall. They needed to finish it tonight.

Cthulu called to them.

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all_powerfull
2010-02-22 01:27 am UTC (link)

He knows what's happening. Perhaps better than anyone else, from all he's ready. But Ty can't help the city, can't help the victims. He remains where he is, floating above the Bay ten feet from where Cthulu will rise, preparing to face an elder god, and protecting the world from as much of the psychic power as he can, channeling it to himself and fighting it off with his own shields, and magic, and ring effects, and everything else he has.

Right now, there's nothing left to help anyone else.

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	first_son 2010-02-22 01:29 am UTC (link)
	Jon heads for San Francisco when he hears about the change. He'd prefer to continue helping in Metropolis, but he'll do his job, and go where things are the worst. He uses telescopic vision and x-ray well ahead of his arrival, trying to find the worst of it so he can head right into the midst of the worst. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	dc_eldritch 2010-02-22 01:34 am UTC (link)
	"Pbbbgth. Rthyl uma sarr," shouts a strange creature. It has a wickedly curved blade in one hand and a glowing blue bottle in the other. The way it stands indicates that it will be challenging the son of Kal-El. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2010-02-22 01:43 am UTC (link)
	"Bah-weep-Graaaaagnah wheep ni ni bong - to you too, ugly." he responds. That glowing thing looks uncomfortably like magic. No time for hesitation, he rushes forward and swings at the thing anyway. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_eldritch 2010-02-22 01:46 am UTC (link)
	It hisses at him then cracks it's arm up and around intending on breaking the bottle on Jon. The bottle has magic in it that acts like acid to people who are weak against magic. This will hurt if it happens. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

first_son
2010-02-22 01:56 am UTC (link)

"Aaaarrrghh!" He doesn't feel pain very often. Thankfully, instinct does drive him to bring his left arm up to shield his face. Despite which, he still gets enough of the liquid splashed on his cheek and brow to scarify his face horribly, while his arm, though still movable, appears almost in tatters, loose flesh and muscle hanging and the bones of his hand visible in one spot.

He swings his right around, trying to smash the monster away while he processes what just happened.

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	dc_eldritch 2010-02-22 03:31 am UTC (link)
	Oh he was lucky. At least it wasn't something more terrible than acid and he had protected his face. The creature goes back a few feet. It picks itself up and seems to laugh at what happened to John's hands. It sounds wrong coming from the creature. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2010-02-22 03:37 am UTC (link)
	Thankfully, that's not the only weapons the first son of two worlds has. Biting back the pain, a pair of thin red beams lance from his eyes at the monster's chest. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_eldritch 2010-02-22 04:02 am UTC (link)
	The monster screeches then begins to gibber in it's native tongue trying to protect itself. Pro tip: laser eyes hurt like hell. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2010-02-22 05:13 am UTC (link)
	As soon as the gibbering starts, and he knows he has its attention, he charges, building up to super speed and cracking the sound barrier along the way, throwing rights and lefts hard, despite how badly those lefts hurt right now. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_eldritch 2010-02-22 08:14 pm UTC (link)
	Sadly Cthulu's children do not have the ability to control time around them. So they can not stop what is about to happen. Jon hits the Cthulu spawn head-on. It gurgles in pain. Then lashes out with the knife and it's claws. While the knife is not magical the claws have been dipped in a poison that reacts much like fear gas. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

first_son
2010-02-22 08:23 pm UTC (link)

The knife doesn't do much, and the claws don't do as much as they might to a human, but their magical nature still leads them to do far more than they would without the enchantment.

Fears of failure rise to the surface. He sees ghostly images of his father and mother looking at him in disappointment. The world is burning, the city is falling... and its his fault. He sees his father tear the S from his chest.

Staring at it, on the verge of giving up to fear and despair, he remembers what it means, what it stands for.

The creature gets another blast of heat ray vision, and he begins fighting back against the grip, against the pain. He won't let this thing beat him.

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	dc_eldritch 2010-02-22 08:44 pm UTC (link)
	More Cthulu spawn start to creep up as Jon is caught under the power of the poison. They are all too happy to get in on the attack against this power house. They pull out jars of different kinds of magic and get ready. As Jon attacks their wounded brother they throw jars of things that stick, itch, and sting at him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2010-02-22 08:54 pm UTC (link)
	He screams, unused to this much pain and sudden confusion, especially when something that burns like napalm hits his tattered arm. Drawing in a deep breath, he releases it in a hurricane force gust towards one group, then spins, heat rays lancing out at another, fighting in all directions now to try and keep them at bay long enough to collect himself. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dc_eldritch
2010-02-22 09:10 pm UTC (link)

They get sent flying and tumbling back. A few squishy sounds of flesh hitting the ground can be heard as well as unhappy gurgling sound is heard.

The four different Cthulu spawn get up. They each are pretty different from each other but still look like the things nightmares are born from.

They hiss then charge in to attack using all of their strength to attack the injuries they have inflicted on him.

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deep_sea_sword
2010-02-23 12:29 am UTC (link)

Just then, a flash of orange and green leaps out between Jon and the Cthulu spawn. A blade glimmers and lashes out at one of the spawn, drawing sickly, alien blood. The hideous creature is knocked back, and Arthur stands before them, sword drawn.

AJ had only worked a little info out of the cultist, but it was enough for him to figure out where he needed to be. AJ could just feel the fear and rage in the San Francisco waters, though he wasn't sure why. It did, however, make him feel a bit more bloodthirsty. AJ turns to look at Jon.

"Man, you look terrible." AJ flexes his shoulders and points his sword at the approaching spawn. "Don't worry, I'll help even the odds."

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	young_swimmer 2010-02-22 01:44 am UTC (link)
	It was the plane ride from hell. Cait's first time in a plane was one she'd really like to forget. She'd almost rather deal with her father in one of his /moods/. Almost. She didn't mean to get sick, but she did and Terry didn't look none too happy to be covered in puke. Cait blamed it on the poison. She almost kissed the ground when they landed. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	newimprovedbat 2010-02-22 01:47 am UTC (link)
	They were on a tight schedule. Batman couldn't afford to take the nice and easy route, having flown to San Francisco as fast as he could. But no, Batman isn't too happy about being covered in puke, as he hopped out of the Batplane, extending a hand to let his passengers down. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	young_swimmer 2010-02-22 01:53 am UTC (link)
	"I am so sorry," she said as she accepted the help out of the Batplane. "Hold still," she said and pulled water out of the air. It moved around him and grabbed the vomit as it moved. A moment later he was clean. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

jdoesmith
2010-02-22 01:54 am UTC (link)

Jane's nose had wrinkled up. The smell of puke was thoroughly unpleasant and she herself had been queasy. She hadn't meant to let her nose get ahead of her after Cait had gotten sick. She doesn't take Batman's hand but she offers him a tiny smile before she hops out of the plane.

"Okay. I don't know my way around so I guess you should lead the way, Cait," Jane offers up that with a faint nod while taking in a cleansing breath of air.

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	newimprovedbat 2010-02-22 01:56 am UTC (link)
	"It's okay," Batman said, trying to keep himself from scowling at her. No, still not happy that she puked on him. "Thanks." He then nodded. "Right. We'll follow you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	young_swimmer 2010-02-22 01:58 am UTC (link)
	"This way. We'll head for the bay. Whatever is going to come at us, it will come up from there." It was so good to be back home and around water again. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

sonoftheatom
2010-02-22 02:03 am UTC (link)

"Wait for me!"

Dinadan jogs around the corner, armed with his sword and a can of spray paint. There's a length of rope looped over his shoulder like a beauty pageant sash and he looks like he's trying his hardest to not be twitchy. He's also got his copy of Carter's diary.

"Hi, I got here just as everything went to...this," he gestures around nervously. "Where to now?"

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jdoesmith
2010-02-22 02:06 am UTC (link)

For a moment Jane gets a little pale. Docks always set her on edge. But she relaxes right away.

The newcomer showing up has her draw the stun gun she has for a moment but she gives him a long look and the stun gun is put away. She can tell he's with them.

"So I guess this is everyone, right? I mean we all have to gather."

The can of spray paint gets looked at again. "Kid. What's up with the paint can?"

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	young_swimmer 2010-02-22 02:19 am UTC (link)
	"Din this is Jane and Batman. This is Din. Let's go people. Tide doesn't wait for no one." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

sonoftheatom
2010-02-22 02:21 am UTC (link)

Dinadan holds the spray can up and waggles it. "My copy of the diary had a seal in it that's supposedly good against some of the creatures that the cultists might throw at us. I figure I can draw it on just about anything with paint -- I swear, I'll wash it off if we get through this -- or I can just spray people in the face and make them back off. Much less lethal than a sword." He smiles nervously at Cait. "I don't think it's impulsive. I planned this for awhile."

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all_powerfull
2010-02-22 02:55 am UTC (link)

She's close, he can sense it. Ty can't dial his powers back enough that the others wouldn't be able to hear him, but he's only intending to speak to Cait.

//Hold back... Cthulu /can't/ be stopped yet, he's not alive. We have to let him wake up. Help the city, but most importantly, stay alive... he's coming... he's coming soon. But if you go now, you doom everything. Wait til you see him, then make your attack on the temple.//

Its fairly obvious now where its coming from, his telepathy a palpable thing, as Ty floats over the bay some way off.

//And Cait... stay /calm/, relaxed. Don't let anyone get too angry, too scared... they can sense it. They'll be trying to kill you before you save the world.//

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	young_swimmer 2010-02-22 01:44 pm UTC (link)
	Cait went quiet and bowed her head. Tears formed in her eyes. She wanted to tell him so much that she couldn't do this. She wasn't strong enough and she wasn't a hero. He had so much faith in her when she had very little. //I understand.// (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jdoesmith 2010-02-22 08:23 pm UTC (link)
	"Hey." Jane wasn't a leader or anything. But she wants to look out for this 'team'. She looks away for a moment then lets her gaze settle on Cait. "We'll get through this. Don't worry. If you let yourself start to think we won't win you'll be more likely to not notice what's going on. We need to keep our heads clear and our minds focused." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	young_swimmer 2010-02-22 08:52 pm UTC (link)
	Cait shook it off. There was no choice. She had to do this. She furiously wiped her eyes. "We will," she said trying to be more confident than she felt. "We need to take care of helping the people in the city. Then when the time was right, we go to the temple. Stick together and watch each other's backs. Got it?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	newimprovedbat 2010-02-22 11:48 pm UTC (link)
	Batman just nodded. "Got it. Let's go." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sonoftheatom 2010-02-24 01:19 am UTC (link)
	Dinadan's first impulse is to put the spray can away and unsheathe his sword. But since they're supposed to be repressing those impulses, he just nods and shifts his weight. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	dc_eldritch 2010-02-24 04:55 am UTC (link)
	There are screams from the residents of the city as Spawn crawled up from the water and started moving through the streets. They carried blades dipped in poison and used them against anything that moved across their path. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	newimprovedbat 2010-02-24 12:20 pm UTC (link)
	A batarang is thrown at one of the Spawn's hands, to knock out the blade as Batman made his way onto the scene with the others. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

sonoftheatom
2010-02-24 06:25 pm UTC (link)

They want swords? Dinadan Palmer, crowned prince of Morlaidh, can give them swords.

Well, a sword and a length of pipe he's picked up off the ground since his arrival in San Francisco. But the former has a certain seal carved on the blade to make up for the latter's inability to cut. If he'd had the time, he'd have sprayed the seal on the pipe too, but seals take time to do properly and these people need help now.

Dinadan runs to put himself between a Spawn and it's prey, raising his weapons in an obvious challenge.

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	dc_eldritch 2010-02-25 05:39 am UTC (link)
	The spawn took the challenge and swiped with two knives, trying to cut tender human flesh. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sonoftheatom 2010-02-25 08:26 am UTC (link)
	Dinadan dodges backward so that the knives pass without tasting the human-alien hybrid flesh they so eagerly crave, then brings the pipe down on what he hopes is really an exposed wrist and not a ruse to lure him in. At the same time, he flicks his sword out at the spawn's torso, testing its guard and the effectiveness of the seal. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_eldritch 2010-02-26 03:58 am UTC (link)
	The pipe hit and the arm was pulled back quickly. The sword was blocked by a tentacle and there was a hiss. The spawn roared in pain and lashed out with all tentacles and knives. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

sonoftheatom
2010-02-26 07:35 am UTC (link)

The seal is effective against these things! Assuming he doesn't die in the next few minutes, that's really exciting to know!

They're too close for him to dodge backward again, so Dinadan dodges forward and, more importantly, down. He loses his grip on the pipe, since it can't shrink with him, but the he brings his sword around to try and hamstring the spawn as he dives between its legs.

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	dc_eldritch 2010-02-26 08:47 pm UTC (link)
	The spawn roared in pain as the sword cut into his hamstring. There was a hissing sound as the sword bit into spawn-flesh. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

sonoftheatom
2010-02-27 06:14 am UTC (link)

Dinadan rolls to his feet and presses his advantage, determined to see this piece of business done. He does not want this thing to hurt anyone else, or to be able to sneak up on them later. Perhaps he ought to give it a chance to surrender, but could he even trust it if it did?

He's killed animals before. The Amazon rain forest is full of things that wouldn't mind making a meal out of something less than six inches tall. It's not something he particularly enjoys doing, but he doesn't loose any sleep over it either. He's as much Katarthan as he is human, and the Katarthans are a warrior people and he is their prince.

Dinadan doesn't waste his breath promising the spawn he's intent on that he'll make it quick. He just pours that energy directly into making it quick.

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	dc_eldritch 2010-02-28 01:49 am UTC (link)
	The spawn lets out a horrifying noise as Dinadan pressed the attack and injured the beast more. The blow was deep and the beast's blood gushed out. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sonoftheatom 2010-02-28 11:23 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, that noise is going to haunt his nightmares, if they manage to put Cthulu back to sleep. Dinadan shudders and strikes again, to make sure it's dead. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	dc_eldritch 2010-02-25 05:36 am UTC (link)
	The batarang hits the hand, but the spwan managed to hold onto the knife. The spawn charged toward the human who had thrown it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	newimprovedbat 2010-02-25 02:14 pm UTC (link)
	Batman leaped into the air, tossing a bolo at the spawn's legs. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_eldritch 2010-02-26 03:58 am UTC (link)
	The bolo wrapped around the spawn's legs, but it lashed out with knives. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	newimprovedbat 2010-02-26 05:15 pm UTC (link)
	Batman lunged backward, narrowly dodging the knives, aiming to trip it up a bit by keeping his movements quick. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_eldritch 2010-02-26 08:48 pm UTC (link)
	The spawn tried to attack, but the bolo around it's legs prevented it from going anywhere. It lashed out as it wobbled. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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