Cowman

Bah, alternate universes are nothing new. My main hero teams up with his alternate selves all the time.


So, just to clarify, the divides go like this:

Unionverse - only EU players on the same server allowed.

Virtueverse - everybody allowed, Unionverse continuity optional.

Openverse - everybody allowed, continuity in general is SOL.




Now on to the important matters.

All British players should type with a cockey accent. 'Ello guvnah!

In the Unionverse, the Cowman wears a top hat and monocle.

It's more like the "Wolverine Effect".

Wolverine can be in one storyline in the Avengers, another in X-Men, and still have solo adventures in his own book. The storylines may never mention each other, but they all still "count" for his character.

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I hope you welcome the EU RPers with open arms, we don't bite and we'll probably keep mostly to ourselves to be honest but the Europeans are coming!

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One if by land, two if by sea.

((Dunno. Apart from Sarah and Zuzu leaving for the tenth time, not much was advancing. And Slagg can only make so many derisive comments before I start to get annoyed with him. ))

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Not my idea, I just took action to implement it.

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She's taking over! We must halt her mad ambitions!


*activates orbital nuke strike*

It's the only way to be sure!

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"Things like this should now be thrown away in forest. Remember: treat where you live with respect and you will be returned respect. My name is Zuzana..."


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Slagg rolled his eyes, pushing off the tree to take a few steps away from the pair. Great, not only was the freak a [censored], now she was a hippie [censored].

The two other chicks were off whisperin' to each other and the sudden appearance of the brat had made sure that any further info about this house thing was put on hold. Slagg wished he had some halfway decent music to listen to. This little dimensional hop was rapidly becoming one of his least favorites.

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At a motion from Zuzana, the Tornado set herself into step once more, and the two began to head out again...

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"Leaving again, huh?" Slagg grinned, pointedly addressing Sarah rather than her companion. "Don't rush off on my account babe."

He was still leaning against the tree, having made no move to help the kid. Everyone else seemed to have that well in hand anyway.

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"And for the record, we've been accused of being demons more than once. Monsters too, come to think of it. Doesn't mean we're either."


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Slagg rolled his eyes in the manner of someone who's heard the same thing more times than he cares to remember.

"Well, obviously if yer behavin' yerselves, then we wouldn't have a problem, would we?"

He took a long drag on his cigarette.

"And I can't help it if the bosses ain't particularly helpful. Just how most powered freaks are. Seems the more power they got, the less they feel they owe to us 'mere mortals'."

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"You two: what are your identities and why have you sought us out...?"

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"Name's Slagg," the man said, looking over at Zuzana. "Eddie Slagg. And I didn't 'seek out' anybody. S'my job to kill things that need killin'. Demons, monsters.... whatever. Bosses tell me there's somethin' here that needs put down, so they drop me off. Not the first time."

He leaned back against a tree, taking out a cigarette and lighting it.

"Heard you guys talkin', headed over this way and saw the frail spyin' from a tree. In my experience, people spyin' generally have more information than people who aren't. So, figured I'd find out what she knew and get some basic info on what kinda place this is. The bosses are a little lax on that kinda thing."

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"G-girl? I'm old enough to be the grandma of the first woman born in your family. You better be glad I don't keep grudges. Other wise you might not have the pleasure of insulting me in such a way."

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"Yeah, yeah," he said, waving the threat off. "Fine, don't get yer knickers in a twist, grandma. Geez, you'd think I'd just spit on yer dog or somethin'. Are all yer type such delicate little flowers that 'girl' is the height of insults?"

He chuckled as he stowed the axe on his back.

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"You know I wouldn't have gotten stuck if you hadn't been so rude to me. So really it is all your fault. It's also your fault that my cover has been blown. Had you not been so ready to try and pump me for information I would have been able to stay hidden with graceful easy. No you had to be barbaric and play upon my temper!

It's not exactly proper to greet someone by placing a blade to their neck, and you wonder why humans get such a bad reputation! What ever happened to being polite, and giving introduction to one another?"

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He shrugged unconcernedly in the face of her tirade.

"Whatever, girl," he said, leaning on his axe. "I've been to enough crazy dimensions to know that bein' careful is more important than bein' polite. I see some weird chick spyin' on another group o' weirdos; I know there's somethin' goin' on. Just makes sense to get a drop on the solo weirdo rather than walkin' inta the group."

He kept the slightly amused smirk on his face the entire time, wholly nonplussed by her scorn. And as for humanity's "reputation".... well, he really couldn't care LESS about that.

"Not so quick on yer feet now, are ya?"

A large axe thudded into the vines near the girl's caught foot, leaving the appendage to slip free of it's bindings. His dark mood even seemed to lift a bit as he grinned wryly down at the frail. After all, he had to admit; that was dang funny.

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"I don't have to answer to you, or anyone here for that matter."

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"Cowards," the man growled irritably as the girl and robot ran away. He'd dealt with these kinda people before; lurking about, spying on others who actually had the means to act. Buncha scheming drama queens as far as he was concerned.

It didn't sound as if the dragon was attacking anyone, so he figured it must have been docile. Shouldering the large axe once more, he stalked off through the woods toward the sound of conversation.

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that Cylon-esque central red 'eye' opon its visor gave good indication it wasn't happy with what it saw here.

Indeed, the brief increase in engine output (and its accompanying rise and descent), very much sounded angry, even to those with very little imagination...

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The man's eyes flicked to the hovering machine, but his glaring expression didn't shift an inch. If the thing was indeed reacting to the girl's position, then it was doubtful it would attack outright. He was close enough to her that any attack could prove as fatal to her as to him.

And if it WASN'T reacting on her behalf.... well, he wasn't out to get the chick killed, but it'd hardly be HIS fault. Besides, he was quite a bit faster than his large frame suggested. And he didn't die easy.

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Frainticaly she pulled herself back up onto the branch, and pressed her body against the tree's trunk, cursing herself under her breath, and hoping that the noise would be dismissed as a forest animal.

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This hope was dashed, however, by the sudden appearance of an axe-blade, hovering mere centimeters from her throat.

"Looks like I found me a native," the man growled from beside her. "I got a few questions I'd like answered. Nothin' complicated, so keep the answers simple and we can get through this just fine."

The dragon was the obvious target since many demonic forces took on similar forms, but he'd learned not to be too hasty. Best to get the lay of the land first. And hopefully the chick would be able to fill in a few holes.

Hey, does anyone remember if Dodo was ever in Sam's tower?

I glanced back through the thread, but didn't see anything. I tend to miss stuff like that though, so's figured I'd ask someone else.

The world faded into focus around him as he hefted the large axe he carried onto his shoulder. Dark eyes glanced about his new surroundings from under a heavy brow. He wore a black, denim jacket that had the sleeves cut off and a simple gray t-shirt underneath. Leaves and twigs crunched under his large, black steel-toed boots.

"Okay, so I'm here," he said in a gruff baritone. "What is this place anyway?"

"It's name holds no importance," an even deeper voice rumbled from seemingly nowhere. "All that matters is the evil monstrosity that fouls its essence."

"So find the nasty and kill it," the man nodded, scratching at his stubble. "Nothin' new there." Hearing some commotion nearby, the stranger turned toward it and lumbered off.

Is your beef with heroes who killed someone in their past, or vigilante heroes like the Punisher who continue to kill people?

As for the "past murder" theme, I would guess that killing someone accidently with a power-manifestation wouldn't count too harshly against them. Paragon is very used to super powers and mutants, so I'm sure their laws have stuff in there to deal with that.

As for intentional killings, well I don't know about that. I mean, as long as nobody finds out then it wouldn't be a problem. But if City Hall KNEW about it, then that's a little harder to explain. Perhaps it's a mentality of "if we arrest them we're going to have a super-powered fight on our hands. Get them in the system where we can more easily control them"

Now heroes who continue to kill people (criminals) I have no explanation for. I s'pose as long as it's able to be put down even vaguely to self-defense, maybe the courts tend to look the other way. I'm not sure. Having no murderous heroes myself, I haven't really considered it.

Hi all, just a quick question for those more internet-savvy than myself. I've been wanting to add some links to music in some of my RP posts and was wondering if anyone knew a website that would be good for this.

Youtube usually has the songs I want, but they almost always come with videos and I'd rather just have the song. Project Playlist is another one that has a good selection, but I can't seem to link to just a single song.

Is there somewhere that has what I'm looking for, or should I just give up, type out the song title and artist, and let people find it themselves?

That's pretty much how I explained it for my Natural scrapper. I loved the idea of him beaten and bleeding at his enemies' feet only to start cackling madly as he pulled out a detonator and hit the button.

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a caped form was sent hurdling upwards and backwards through a sky scraper and impacting near the perez park gate leaving an impact crater. Staggering up and clutching a very sore jaw he took a few moments to rest and clear his head of the ringing in it.

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Mr. Invincible eventually straightened up as his head cleared a bit. What the hell was that monster made of? He stretched his limbs a bit to try and dispell some of the soreness.

Larry let himself float upward into the air until he had a bird's eye view of the city. He'd have to rethink his strategy. Simply pounding on the creature wasn't going to work and would most likely result in the two of them leveling much of the surrounding area.

Spotting another team of Longbow agents heading toward the battle, Larry swooped down after them.

"Excuse me officer," he called as he touched down nearby. "I was wondering if you could spare some supplies."

Moments later Mr. Invincible was flying back toward the destruction, a Longbow utility belt slung around his waist. As he drew near to the fighting, he saw that another hero had shown up and was taking on a group of zombie-like creatures.

He also saw Grahn waiting a little ways away. Probably ready to pounce if given an opportunity. Larry really didn't relish another round with that behemoth, but his ID card said "Hero" on it, so doggonit he was gonna act like one. Double-checking the belt one more time, Larry arced downwards.

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"HEY Hero!! Catch!!" He roared as he reached down and grabbed a female longbow flamer, and the officer. then with smirk of satisfaction he sent the officer winging towards the skyway gate, and the flamer soaring towards the steel canyon gate.

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"I didn't think villains still pulled that old stunt," Mr. Invincible muttered as he shot into the air, grabbing an arrest tag from his belt. A super-strength throw sent the tag zooming toward the Longbow officer.

He was on the flamer within seconds, snatching her out of the air. Larry didn't even bother pausing to drop her off, instead merely turning around and zooming back toward the battle. He caught the far off flash as the officer teleported away.

The hero dropped her off a little ways away, only slowing to non-fatal speed. Being the trained agent that she was, the flamer rolled expertly upon landing.

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"She needs help I'll shield you."

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"They have first-rate medical facilities at the Zigg," Mr. Invincible said, touching down once more. "There's even visiting hours so you can check up on her once you're both there." His cape whipped a bit in the wind as he watched the creature with narrowed eyes.