Interesting. Quite interesting.
I feel that a rebuttal is necessary. After all, I was there.
Eternal Prophecy lost its leadership to outside influences, not to the Rikti. The "vaunted" heroes became addicted to a fantasy MMORPG euphemistically referred to as E-Crack. Repeated calls on honor, on patriotism, and even on friendships fell on deaf ears. In the end, no entreaty worked, so entranced by their video screens had the "leaders" become.
Deeming the situation intolerable, we who were dedicated to the causes of justice and honor were left with no choice but to "bury the dead", and move on with renewed efforts in a new partnership dedicated to the principles of teamwork. Whatever glories Eternal Prophecy may have obtained were in the past. Better to leave the spirits of the dead well enough alone and forge a new path. We are, after all, at war.
T E A M. Teamwork Equals Accomplished Missions. (Please note the spaces between the letters.) T E A M was formed from the ashes of Eternal Prophecy, and all current members of Eternal Prophecy at the formation were given the chance to join us in the new venture. We even allocated a generous amount of time for them to make up their minds.
We have nothing but respect for what Eternal Prophecy and its members accomplished in the past. But Paragon City is beset on all sides by all manner of villains. The members of T E A M have been doing our part to keep those self-same villains at bay. And it would be our hope that all Super Groups be dedicated to the same goal, and not to chasing shadows.
Please take a look around Cuddles. Tell me, what do you see?
Paragon City is at war. Declare war, by all means. But please do us all the favor of targeting the true enemy. And please leave the ghosts of the dead to the past, where they belong.
I am Goat, a Founder and Council Member of TEAM (Teamwork Equals Accomplished Missions).
Before the founding fathers of Eternal Prophecy became casualties of the great missing (which we will Ever Question, too), they asked us to ensure that Eternal Prophecy would continue to uphold exactly the same standards as it would if they had remained. Many of us felt that those high standards were too limited in focus. Eternal Prophecy's founders envisioned a compact corp of faithful as their ultimate objective.
Certain core members and I decided that we should leave Eternal Prophecy and form our own SG, where we would not be hobbled by this restriction. We envisioned a Super Group with all the same high standards as Eternal Prophecy (highly proficient teamwork and the bonding of those who fight side by side), only at three of four times it's size.
Before we left, we announced to all the members of Eternal Prophecy what we were doing and that they were all invited them to come and join us. Many of them did. We even left some Post-It Notes behind so that people would remember that they had an open invitation.
At the same time as we were planning to leave Eternal Prophecy, J17 was making arrangements to fill EP's ranks with people who we had never fought alongside, some of whom were to be given positions of authority right away. This was a violation of EP's standards, but instead of arguing the point with J17, we finally informed him of our intention to leave.
J17 and a few others decided to stay in Eternal Prophecy to work with the influx of new heroes. We would see them from time to time, but mainly we fell out of contact with them.
About a month ago, J17 contacted us and talked to us about merging with the new Eternal Prophecy. Our Council debated his proposal at length and finally decided that, while the increase to our size would be most welcome, it would be a mistake to relax our standards and allow these heroes to join us without first fighting along side them. Eventually, J17 decided that he would, with regrets, leave behind the heroes at Eternal Prophecy, and join our ranks by himself, observing all our rules and restrictions.
More recently, J17 recruited our newest member, Snow Crystal. We do not recognize your claim to her, or to any of our members who are former EPers. She is, of course, welcome to return to Eternal Prophecy of her own accord, but we would be sad to lose her.
I spoke with J17 about your charge of "brainwashing" with "subliminal messages" and he admitted to me that he may have left his Post-It Note on his computer terminal when he vacated Eternal Prophecy HQ.
We will not go to war with The Evil Do-Gooders because we have taken all your best members and left the rest behind but we will go to war with you because you have accused us so publicly of such un-heroic behavior!
It is our fondest hope that your defeat at our hands will make it clear to all that those who slander our name will face our devastating wrath. We might also find out that you still have some members that are worth recruiting.
If somehow you defeat us, then we are willing to consider letting you all join.
We are at a point of reorginazation. Forum Troll is still trying to purge the computer systems of the subliminal messages that are ingrained there. We have also recently been given a video by mail showing J17 being kidnapped on a fishing trip that we can only assume happened during his time away frim the group. Clearly members of the TEAM Group are present in this video. This would also explain why after reforming the new Eternal Prophecy he suddenly went on a two month leave of absence. We are only at the begining. The downfall of TEAM is assured.
Cuddles,
I think J17 isn't the only one who's out doing a little "fishing".
If you imagine for one second that I'm going to take any action against my own members without first examining this video with my own sensory equipment, then you're as demented as you sound. Have it delivered to our offices if you believe it is as damning as you say.
Goat
P.S. If you wait until you've sobered up a bit before you post, perhaps you won't publish quite so many typos and spelling errors.
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We have also recently been given a video by mail showing J17 being kidnapped on a fishing trip that we can only assume happened during his time away frim the group. Clearly members of the TEAM Group are present in this video.
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Dear Cuddles,
We received the copy of the video you sent us, but your courier didn't stay long enough to get our response, or in fact, long enough for us to even ask him his name.
The video does, indeed, depict the very events you described above. Furthermore, I can say without hesitation that no high-tech methods of re-touching and re-editing were used at any point in the tape.
However, I assume this is because you couldn't afford them.
In your video, "J17" is attacked by "E-lusion" one of our most powerful Fire Controllers, "Woadan" our mightiest Fire Blaster, and "Scape Goat" a moderately competent robotic decoy. Having left his mighty axe behind and wielding only a sturdy fishing pole, "J17" is unable to defend himself against three such mighty heroes and ends up entangled by his own fishing line, his fate unknown.
There's no sound, but the melodramatic piano accompaniment was very nicely done.
At this point I have run out of nice things to say about your video. You obviously didn't splurge to have the Icon tailors make the costumes, which didn't fit any of the actors well, but that was the least obvious of your cost-saving shortcuts.
"Scape Goat" was barely 5 feet tall, rather than my towering 7 feet, and her metallic skin had almost flaked off entirely by the end of the footage.
Your "Woadan" had rather large breasts. It was an interesting look for him, but not very accurate. "He" would have made a fairly good blaster, except for dropping his aerosol can and Bic lighter a number of times.
Your "E-lusion" was quite a bit more rotund than ours. In fact, after watching the video, we had to spend quite a while insisting to E that his tights do not make him look fat. I'm also very tempted to send a copy of your video to PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) because I'm certain they would like to know whatever happened to those 12 French Poodles you painted to look like Fire Imps and then set loose on "J17".
If you have any other evidence of our alledged wrong-doing, please forward it to us right away. We TEAMers love a good laugh!
Goat
Shortly after recieving your message that you wanted the tape it dissapeared. We even had Phantom Pirate message you stating the factual nature of this problem. By this statement of yours it can only be assumed that you knew the tape had gone missing before you were notified. Now that we know we have a mole in our Super Group we will be better prepared to deal with him/her.
Another matter was that a number of our missing material was recently located in a building owned and operated by TEAM. We apoligize for the extreme amount of costly building damage that it took to reaquire the missing material but seeing the sensitive nature of the documents at hand you can understand why such a momentous undertaking was performed.
Cuddles, Sir!
I am TEAM Special Forces Chief Devil Dog. The following statement was handed to me and my security team by Goat to personally deliver it into your possession... it reads as follows:
Sir,
We were quite disturbed by your confession of criminal activity. We interrupted our routine duties, risking unknown innocent lives, to check each of our satellite offices and storage facilities. All members reported no evidence of damage or unauthorized entry.
Then it occured to Kid Dangerous to check a structure we refer to as "Leech's Box".
Nuclear Leech, whose powers involve kinetic force and radiation, is one of our Founders and a well-respected member of our superhero community.
Unfortunately, for reasons I don't wish to go into, we soon found that we could not allow Leech to make use of the same indoor plumbing facilities as are used by the rest of the TEAM. We built him a "litter box" on the grounds with ample privacy, sufficient sound-proofing, and considerable ventilation.
Today, we found the lock on the door of the Box had been pried open, presumably with the large flat-head screwdriver we found on the ground nearby.
We reluctantly went in, but could not find anything amiss. We called Leech, who has been out of town a lot lately, to see if anything could be missing.
Leech informed us that he had purchased a considerable collection of, shall we say, entertainment material in order to better enjoy his time in the Box. He was livid that it had been taken from him and he insisted that we bring the Evil Do-Gooders to justice. He admitted that his name was on none of the materials, but that there should be sufficient samples of his DNA to prove that he had owned them.
After an heroic struggle, we were able to convince him to let it go.
If those materials were, in fact, stolen from your club (perhaps poor Leech unknowingly bought them from the thief), you are more than welcome to have them back.
As for the cost of the broken lock, buy us all a beer after your war obsession passes and we'll call it even.
There is one thing that still concerns us, though, and that is your willful destruction of our property. Be warned that we have spent considerable expense to upgrade all of our automated defense systems. Any future attempts to damage or enter our facilities could potentially be lethal for you and your members.
You've been warned.
Goat"
I now fulfill my duties. On a personal note, I, along with the rest of my security team (Darkdreamer, Sun Man, Charred Meat, Zerotix, Dr. Foobishimo and Zipp), will defend T E A M to the end of YOUR lives. It is sad that heroes must fight heroes instead of regrouping and putting aside their differences. But this is how it must be.. I await our two supergroups meetings and hope that we may find solice and tranquility in the aftermath. That is all...
- Devil Dog, TEAM Special Forces Security Chief
(Leave No Heart Beating)
***VICTORY SERVER***
E-Lusion: lvl 50 Fire/Rad Controller
Holy Angst: lvl 50 Illusion/Rad Controller
Archangel Appoloin: lvl 50 Fire/Kinetics Controller
...and twenty-three (23) other level 50's...
Dear Cuddles,
I am Woadan, T E A M CERT (Cuddles Emergency Response Team) Leader. I am also T E A M PARC (Perrsonnel, Accounting, and Records Consultant). This is CRAP (Cuddles Represents A Problem).
Using confidential resources, I have been able to determine that you have been observed buying and using Superadine. That makes this an SOS case (Supers On Superadine), and the members of your Super Group would be well advised to organize a HIP (Hero Intervention Procedure).
If your illegal activites end now, I shall forego submission of an invoice for the damages sustained by our offices.
Get help. Please.
Woadan
As J17 will tell you we did indeed try and reaquire him from TEAM today. Unfortunatly he broke free when a group of Paragon Protectors came to his aid. Phantom Pirate has gone missing and though we can not link it to your group we suspect that you are indeed holding him captive.
The Crey Foundation has also issued out warrants for our arrest. This has forced us to move the location of our base underground.
As for the Bathroom incident we have no clue to what you are talking about. We shall send you the address of the building that was damaged in our assault. If this helps the Deed to the Estate was traced to one Grandma Woadan.
In order to help appropriate the funds for our War we are releasing an Adult video to the market.
Coming soon "Devil Doggin the Countess Crey".
First off, let me start by saying that those "Devil Doggin" days were while I was in college and needed the money. Much has changed since then.
Second, I can assure you that Phantom Pirate is not, I repeat, is NOT in our custody. Maybe you should look "within" for answers before lashing outward.
...All may not be what it seems.
***VICTORY SERVER***
E-Lusion: lvl 50 Fire/Rad Controller
Holy Angst: lvl 50 Illusion/Rad Controller
Archangel Appoloin: lvl 50 Fire/Kinetics Controller
...and twenty-three (23) other level 50's...
Checking my family tree... Hmm... Nope. There is no Grandma Woadan. (If you knew more of my quite private history, you would know that I never knew my parents, let alone my grandparents.)
At this time I do not know what else to say. A conspiracy theorist would probably surmise that someone is diddling with us, trying to put us at odds.
Let us repair to our particular groups, and say nothing more in public. I fear we are providing fodder to their cannons, and it would appear we are the fodder!
...Woadan
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As J17 will tell you we did indeed try and reaquire him from TEAM today. Unfortunatly he broke free when a group of Paragon Protectors came to his aid. Phantom Pirate has gone missing and though we can not link it to your group we suspect that you are indeed holding him captive.
The Crey Foundation has also issued out warrants for our arrest. This has forced us to move the location of our base underground.
As for the Bathroom incident we have no clue to what you are talking about. We shall send you the address of the building that was damaged in our assault. If this helps the Deed to the Estate was traced to one Grandma Woadan.
In order to help appropriate the funds for our War we are releasing an Adult video to the market.
Coming soon "Devil Doggin the Countess Crey".
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Earlier today, several members from TEAM and TEAM BRAVO were viciously sneak-attacked by a group of Malta on the big hill of New Troy in Talos Island. Thanks to the heroic actions taken by ZerOrez, Darke Meat and Nemasis along with the support from Strata Sphere, Redneck Regen, Heal Tron, Snow Crystal and Mini-Leech, TEAM put an end to the attack.
Just before the Gunslinger "departed" this great planet, he simply said one word..."EDGE". After carefully think-tanking we realized that it wasn't the word EDGE, but that he was sounding out the letters E.D.G. (Evil Do-Gooders).
Your "attempt" to weaken us before the inevitable war has failed, but know this, it will take alot more than a few Malta to discourage us in ANY way. You do not want to get us mad, it's not a pretty sight.
...And remember that revenge is a dish best served cold.
***VICTORY SERVER***
E-Lusion: lvl 50 Fire/Rad Controller
Holy Angst: lvl 50 Illusion/Rad Controller
Archangel Appoloin: lvl 50 Fire/Kinetics Controller
...and twenty-three (23) other level 50's...
I de-briefed J17 after your attempt to "re-acquire" him and this is the gist of what he told me.
E.D.G. contacted J17 and asked if he would help investigate a Crey lab. He never turns down an opportunity to fight crime, and has long been suspicious of Crey activities. He has also been quite distraught that his old friends of the G.E.D., oops sorry, E.D.G. are not getting along with his older friends in TEAM.
J17 was very eager for the opportunity to smooth things over with the E.D.G. and teaming up to fight crime together seemed like the perfect chance. Your team had already dispatched a few very aggressive lab assistants and researchers when they were discovered by a patrol of seven Paragon Protectors.
J17 remembers Phantom Pirate screaming like a little girl and bolting for the door. He braced himself for the battle to come, only to discover that the rest of you had also vanished! Horribly outmatched, he soon awoke at the hospital alone, wondering what had happened.
As for the Crey warrants, I can tell you from personal experience that happens from time to time and the best thing you can do is continue your investigation until you have enough evidence to prove Crey's wrong-doing and get the warrants revoked.
Also, Wyzbang tells me that she is quite familiar with Grandma Woadan. They make the most beautiful old-fashioned blue-glazed plateware. They're very popular. Your mother probably owns some. TEAM has told them about your confession and offered our services as witnesses on their behalf, but their lawyers tell us that hearsay is not admissible.
I beg you to give up on your latest money-making scheme. Rhode Island is not as understanding about adult film-making as other parts of the country. Countess Crey is not known for her sense of humor or for her forgiving heart. And, frankly, we've seen your previous video work and you shouldn't expect to make all that much money from it.
Furthermore, if you have hired the Malta Group, or any other mercenaries, to attack us on your behalf, I strongly recommend that you cease and desist. As you have heard from Devil Dogg, such villains-for-hire cannot be trusted to keep their employer's identity a secret. We are fully prepared to handle mercenaries and those foolish enough to set them upon us.
What would your mother say?
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J17 remembers Phantom Pirate screaming like a little girl and bolting for the door. He braced himself for the battle to come, only to discover that the rest of you had also vanished! Horribly outmatched, he soon awoke at the hospital alone, wondering what had happened.
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Phantom Pirate is still missing at this time. Are you sure this was Phantom Pirate if so we need to know his location and where abouts immediatly. Left alone and on his own he can be a hazard to those around him and the very world itself.
J17 must have had a bout of amnesia after our last confrontation. It was indeed Pargon Protectors that pulled him from our grasp.
As for the Malta attack we have no comment and invoke our constitutional 5th ammendment rights.
Devil Doggin the Countess Crey did indeed come out on the shelfs today as promised.
Rave reviews are pouring in from around the nation. Sorry Devil Dog that this was leaked from your collage days but you know we do have to make a buck now and then. Enjoy the video we did.
We also heard on the news that a base of operations under the title of TEAM came under heavy attack from groups unknown. Once again we have no comment and envoke the 5th. on said subject.
Cuddles,
Do not be concerned about the attack on our facility. With as much criminal activity as there is in Paragon City, I'm surprised it made the news at all. Our newly-upgraded automated defense systems were more than a match for those involved. We have not yet finished reviewing the security tapes to determine which criminal factions were present.
I want to thank you for sending your Ambassador for Peace and Free Love (what a charming title) to come to speak with me about avoiding bloodshed as a result of the misunderstandings between our two Super Groups.
I found Phantom Pirate to be a most amazing man.
He insisted, quite rightly, that we meet on nuetral ground and asked me to meet him at a combination dance studio & lounge that I was not familiar with. I got there a little early and was saddened to see that the dancers, all young woman, were also all destitute, hardly able to afford clothing to protect them from the frigid air conditioning.
He was only a little bit late to the meeting and I was astonished at how popular he was when he arrived! Almost every girl in the place ran joyfully to his side as he entered the darkened room from the sunny afternoon. Perhaps it was his "foofy pink and yellow spandex" that drew their attention to him as soon as he entered the room. (Is "foofy" a word, Cuddles?) Even the girls who were in the middle of practising their dance steps blew him a kiss from the stage.
The girls tried to get him to sit right there at the foot of the stage so they could see him appreciate their efforts. His artistic tastes must be highly respected among them. Just then he noticed me and, parting himself from the girls, made his way to the corner table I had chosen for our discussion.
He was exceptionally sociable, taking time to get to know me instead of rushing into talk of negotiations.
He wanted to know if I was at all biological. I am not. I am a technological construct programmed to gather together crowds of villains and serve as a decoy so that biological crimefighters can safely dispatch them. I am contructed of indestructible alloys that my creators have not been able to reproduce since. And I am able to emit frequencies that unerringly cause evil-doers to focus their viscious intent upon me.
He asked me why my creators built me to appear as a woman. Frankly, I never asked them. I suppose it was for aesthetic purposes, although perhaps they felt that villains were stupid enough to believe that, as a "female", I was more susceptible to their violence.
He was curiously insistent on determing whether I am anatomically "correct". I told him that even machines can make mistakes, but that I am currently enjoying a high percentage of "correctness".
Before I could learn as much about him, three of the dancers grabbed him away and forced him to sit at the foot of the stage. With an apolgetic shrug, he motioned for me to come and join him there.
Phantom Pirate is the most generous man I have ever met! Every single dancer in the building practised her moves for him and he rewarded each one with $1 bills which he had to tuck into their clothing, since they were too proud to stick their hands out and ask for it. I felt horrible that I had not thought to bring any currency. I will have to go back and make a decent contribution, in hopes that the dancers will soon be able to afford the clothing they need.
I also found out that Phatom Pirate is a personal trainer and that he often works out with the dancers. When he came to Paragon City, he left a girlfriend behind - but she didn't work out. So now he works out with these dancers, often giving them advice, for free, on how to maximize their performance. He offered to let me work out with him, but I had to remind him that I have no muscle tissue to exercise.
When I thought we would finally begin to discuss the problems between our two SGs, two of the dancers came to him and said they were ready to go. Apparently, he occasssionally allows these poor girls to sleep in his apartment, without even asking them to help with rent!
He apologized to me that he had to cut our meeting short, but he had to take the girls home. The dance studio wasn't in a very nice neighborhood. (I had noticed that myself on the way in.) I offered to assist him with his escort duties, but he insisted that the thugs of Kings Row had learned to avoid him.
If all the members of your Super Group are of the same high moral fiber as Phantom Pirate, I feel very confident that our negotiations, when they resume, will result in our being able to put these misunderstandings behind us and work together to rid Paragon City of villainy.
Scape Goat
(a.k.a. "Goat")
Cuddles,
First off, I am presently planning to sue you for any and ALL royalties made from the "Devil Dog" video. I highly believe that you or someone in your group was involved with the Malta sneak-attack on us. I truly hope that I am wrong.
Second, I am sorry to hear that Phantom Pirate is still missing. Have you checked under the bed or in the closet???
Negotiations between our two supergroups needs to occur or the will be devastation of epic proportions. But maybe that is what you and your supergroup really want. To cause havoc and mayhem....
***VICTORY SERVER***
E-Lusion: lvl 50 Fire/Rad Controller
Holy Angst: lvl 50 Illusion/Rad Controller
Archangel Appoloin: lvl 50 Fire/Kinetics Controller
...and twenty-three (23) other level 50's...
We interrupt this broadcast with a priority one report...
This is Skip "Scoop" Scupper with TV1 in Paragon City. I am at the scene of an attack upon Founder-Member Woadan of the Super Group T E A M. Witnesses reported seeing a hero in Blue and Grey talking to a woman in Founders Falls earlier when a force wearing, as witnesses described it, "foofy pink and yellow spandex with matching masks", attacked him. Despite what all are saying was a truly epic and heroic effort on his part, the hero was taken down, and then taken away by the attackers.
The woman he was talking to refused to speak on the record, but was noted as stating that the take-down "was suspicious, and smacks of either the Malta or Crey". Idle speculation, or getting a message across off-the-cuff? I'll leave it to you, the viewer to decide.
Witnesses are currently speaking to the PC Police right now, so we will be standing by until they become available for further comments. This is Skip "Scoop" Scupper with TV1 in Paragon City. And now, back to the anchordesk with Chuck and Liz...
"Breaking news just in..
Eternal Prophecy's old headquarters has just been devestated in an explosion of unimaginable size. Reports are sketchy..."
"Forum Troll, leader of Eternal Prophecy, was badly injured in the explosion. He is credited for saving many civilian and hero lives before the explosion..."
"We just recieved a tape showing the exposion... We shall be playing it in a few minutes... Ohh my... Oh my God.."
"Sir, you say you witnessed the attack"
"Yes I sure did. There was this guy. He was dressed up in Blue and Grey. He looked like a hero to me. Well he walked into the main headquarters of Eternal Prophecy. Next thing I know I see people flying out the door. There was this Greenish skinned guy with horns just tossing them out. Well he went back in and the explosion happened. I don't know how he survived."
"Gal Valentine issued this statement. The attack on Eternal Prophecy..."
"Forum Troll is in grave condition as those outside the Atlas Community Hospital wait on word..."
"Some of the dead included the heros Bullseye, Green Bubbler, Dusk King...."
"Reports are coming in that TEAM may have been involved..."
"TEAM has issued a public statement condeming the attacks even though speculation..."
"Paragon Patrol are on standby as word is coming in that The Evil Do-Gooders have launched a massive assault on TEAM Headquarters..."
"Governor Al Shib has issued this statement "We can not allow these activities to continue. As of now we have turned to the Crey Organization to bring in The Evil Do-Gooders for activities..."
"A statement was issued from Blue Rook, a member of The Evil Do-Gooders, stating they have evidence that the attack on Eternal Prophecy was a cordinated effort by both TEAM and Crey Tech."
"And in other news The Adult Movie Devil Doggin the Countess Crey is selling like hotcakes..."
(news broadcast)
And now to Skip...
Thank you, Liz. This is Skip "Scoop" Scupper with TV1 in Paragon City. In the continuing investigation into the abduction of Woadan, a Founder of the Super Group T E A M, I have uncovered that he was in Founder's yesterday to speak to a confidant he knows there. The woman is so far unidentified, but is rumored to be an FBSA agent known for her handling of Crey cases.
I spoke with members of the T E A M Council, Scape Goat and Devil Dog, or at least tried to, earlier. All I could elicit from Ms. Goat was, "We have not heard from Woadan since yesterday about two hours before he went to a planned meeting with a contact." Mr. Dogg, perhaps smarting from the release of a porno film made during his college days, only said, "What Goat said."
When I asked them if they thought Woadan's disappearance had anything to do with either the Crey or the Evil Do-Gooders, they responded by returning to their offices, and sending out the hero Zer0tix. He mentioned something about "Arise my gravitational bubbles of leetness!" and then my crew and I were forcibly moved away by an unseen force of great power.
And in other Super Group news, the destruction of E.D.G. headquarters is still under investigation. PC police will only say that the issue is underinvestigation. The reports of a Blue and Grey hero vaguely match the costume of Woadan, but no other details were reported, so it may only be a coincidence that the colors are the same.
And finally, the PC Fire Department isn't saying too much about their investigation into the E.D.G. explosion, but off the record, one investigator hinted that certain drugs are flammable, and they haven't ruled out the possibility that it was present at the scene and may have made the fire far worse than it might otherwise have been.
It's getting interesting, to say the least. I'll have more tomorrow as my investigation continues.
Liz, Chuck? Back to you...
A section of the speech given by Cuddles on City Hall.
"Many of you know that heroes don't back down. That we fight and continue to keep on fighting even when the odds are against us. So I'm telling those right now that if your looking for a fight a fight is what your going to get. Were coming for you and not even the Paragon Patrol can save you."
A leaked Memorandum from the offices The Evil Do-Gooders.
As of now I urge every hero in The Evil Do-Gooders to report to the Emergency Bunker located at point Alpha. Current positions have been compromised by Crey Forces and Paragon Patrol. As of now we are Red for counter attack plan Charlie.
Gal Valentine
"Reports are sketchy but it does appear that The Evil Do-Gooders have pushed back the Paragon Patrol and Crey Forces. The buildings of TEAM can be seen smoldering in the distance."
"Statesman... Can we get a comment please.. Statesman a comment."
"Lady we have a crisis right now and I don't need that damn camera in my face."
The Governor.
"Yes it's true we had Gal Valentine. But a cordinated attack on the convoy holding her..."
A letter to TEAM sent in the late afternoon by an unknown source.
You can find Woadan in an abandoned house locaed in Kings Row. You will find this property to be owned by the group Eternal Prophecy. I fear for his safety. Please hurry.
We interrupt this broadcast with a priority one report...
This is Chuck and Liz at the anchor desk. We have breaking news on the missing Woadan. And now, to Skip at the scene...
Thanks Chuck and Liz. This is Skip "Scoop" Scupper with TV1 in Paragon City. I am at an abandoned warehouse which is burning inferno in this normally quiet Gish neighborhood. PC Police and Fire are on the scene, and while we don't know yet what caused the fire, officials are calling it "suspicious". The only thing we can confirm is that Woadan, one of the Founders of the Super Group T E A M was found comatose inside just as the conflagration started. He has been transported to Crowne Memorial where his condition is being listed as Critical.
Cuddles, a Founder of the Super Group E.D.G., apparently passed on confidential information that allowed for Woadan's rescue. Is it still WAR? Or is what's going on with Woadan separate?
I'll be standing by to get more information as things get under control here in the Gish. For now, this is Skip "Scoop" Scupper, TV1 News, in Kings Row.
Liz, Chuck? Back to you...
-Letter first given to Cuddles by J17 as he battled along side EDG to fight back Crey then posted on both SGs main computer boards.
I have taken my time on saying anything and for that I am sorry. I was not going to say anything for the ones that have been fighting have been my brothers (EP and T E A M). I never thought it could turn into what it has become and all I can do is blame myself. It is for that I demand that Heroes stop fighting each other in open ground where our foes still stand. I say wait until the Area is ready for the war that has gone into the streets between our SGs. I will not fight anyone out side of the Area and I will hope all Heroes will do the same. I will no longer take this blood in my hands.
We as Heroes (if that is what we call ourselves because we are not acting like it) are to protect the unprotected, save what can not be saved, to up hold the what is right in this world and to always fight the good fight.
With that said anyone that wants War can find it on the wrong side of my Axe. I will take anyone that says that I do not have a right to be in TEAM or has said that I have brain washed anyone or have dealt with the Crey Crop in any way other than defender of good should. I here by Challenge Gal, Cuddles, Forum Troll and the war that you have declared to a fight in the Area. I will no longer let any EDGer or fromer EPer undermind the very ground that we stand on as Heroes. Either man up and start acting like heroes or take the force of my Axe and hang up your cape.
I was not brained washed nor did I brain wash anyone esle.
I did not deal with any Crey other than putting them behind bars. In fact the day Cuddles tried to bring me back to EP or EDG (which ever his unhero/evil like ways wanted me to join) I was not saved from Crey. Cuddles and his little group ran away where as I stood my ground when the Crey came into mix. I was not taken down by just 7 PPs but Countess Crey herself looking for you Cuddles. She had somethings to say about the little film you made. I on the other hand had just taking on a group of heroes then 7 PPs had no chance againest PSI villian. Me being a Invul tanker that is. But I stood my ground like any other Hero would but you....you ran.
Oh and if you Cuddles are trying to pin the hero wearing grey and blue attacking EP on me than you are saddly wrong. First off my colors are blue and white like the Scottish flag my homeland. (as the Scotts are known to be brave I would have never ran from the face of a foe unlike you Cuddles-[just as a side note]) Second I would never attack and kill my follow heroes. By the way I have never knew a Bullseye, a Green Bubbler or a Dusk King when I was in EP where they new? Or did you just make up some Heroes Gal? If I am wrong than I am sorry for the lost of good Heroes that fight the good fight. If Crey is behind all this we will make them pay you have my word.
If you have anything that is right and good left in you Cuddles you will stop your hunt for war and stop trying to make me your escape goat for war. I am sorry old friend that you have lost your mind and all your friends have become your foes in your mind. Please seek some help my old friend. You have the power to stop all this and save many lives by not going to war.
-J17
I am E-Lusion, level 50 Fire/Rad Controller and RECRUITER of the T E A M supergroup. J17's words has inspired many hero's who have forgotten what we are here for, to protect the innocent citizens of Paragon City and the World. While focusing on this fight, we have lost sight of that purpose and crime has run rampant. Whatever delusions Cuddles has against T E A M must be resolved once and for all. Be it a positive end or a negative one. I, for one, hope this quarrel ends in a manner that can benefit BOTH supergroups.
Only you, Cuddles, has the power to avoid the bloodshed of countless heroes on both sides of the front and to take back from the evil villans what they have taken...the streets of Paragon City. Please do not misinterpret our will to avoid unnecessary bloodshed of heroes as a weakness for I assure you that we are in no way weak. As Devil Dog has stated previously, "if a fight is what you want then a fight you shall get." But this bloodshed will not be on OUR conscious.
***VICTORY SERVER***
E-Lusion: lvl 50 Fire/Rad Controller
Holy Angst: lvl 50 Illusion/Rad Controller
Archangel Appoloin: lvl 50 Fire/Kinetics Controller
...and twenty-three (23) other level 50's...
Dear TEAM,
By now you must know that your endevours are fruitless in stopping the upcoming War that is upon you. It was I who pitted Eternal Prophecy and The Evil Do-Gooders against TEAM. By now most of there SuperGroup has fallen into my hand and in the not to far future I see me aquiring a fair amount of TEAM also. Already I have planted agents in among your mix of SuperHeroes. You best friends already subverted.
Was it Crey or Nictus J17? Did you really leave on your own or were there doubts in your mind before you left? It took a year of skillful masterminding to regain my freedom from that wretched Gal Valentine. To gain my Freedom I had to destroy the group. The evils in me only she could contain. The sickening Love that made me puke every evening but with every soul I pulled I began to remember who I was. I was the first.
I came to this planet seeking vengeance and in so doing I had found the vilest man on this world. I plundered and destroyed. Together as one we sailed the high seas. I was BlackBeard the wretched Pirate I was. The first Superviliian to ever sail the high seas.
For hundreds of years I laid buried in the silt and then the Dreds found me. My essence was all that remained but combined me in Burt Reynolds they did. Out of two we became three in one. I slaughtered the Dreds and took there souls. Weak they were mates. And then I fell into Eternal Prophecy. They captured me and turned me into a force of good. But little by little as I grew stronger and gathered more souls I regained whom I had been.
Not even you J17 knew my true talents. I pushed and prodded. Your stability was a hinderance. You were stabilty personified. I nudged you and hinted that better things lay not so far away. With you gone it was only a mattter of time before Gal Valentine would fall. And then you took Snow. How did you know that Snow and Gal had grown so close. I siezed the moment. I was free. But vengenace would be mine. I set a path of War that would destroy the Do-Gooders and leave them ripe for my plundering. Ohh sweet plundering it is.
Now I am in charge of there group. Gal Valentine is my lap dog. This city will burn for releasing me from my watery grave. I hold the power but I do seek more treasures and treasures your group does hold.
Phantom Pirate
P.S. Arrr.. You be a Devil Dog indeed.
P.S.S. I be liken that wench of a tin can you have. I may let your group live if yeah convince her to be my bride.
In the not so distant past there were three Super Groups: Eternal Prophecy, Hots Hotties and the Angry Druid, and Doom Patrol. Though these Super Groups were not as powerful as the others that now run Paragon City they had substantial numbers and had appeared shortly after the last Rikiti invasion. During the time of the great missing (this was a period of time when substantial number of heroes disappeared) Eternal Prophecy was shaken to its core. In a move to gather new and upcoming talents the core members of Eternal Prophecy broke from their group and created TEAM leaving J17 Celtic War and a handful of others at the mercy of there enemies.
Hots Hotties were also in a shambles. The leader Hot had gone missing as did a number of there core members. The Super Group left in the hands of Mud could no longer take on the mass of enemies that now plagued them. Destruction for the entire Super Group seemed assured and it was now just a matter of when instead of if.
Doom Patrol was also shaken but the leadership of Gal Valentine kept the ship afloat. Realizing that without help her group would also be destined to destruction she contacted Mud and J17 to see if a combination of the left over pieces of their destroyed super groups could be mended together.
J17 was adamant to keeping the Eternal Prophecy name, Mud and his group leaderless agreed to the merger, and Gal Valentine in an effort to keep some recognition of the Doom Patrol accepted to the merger only if the colors remained the same.
Thus the new Eternal Prophecy was born. Shortly after the merger J17 disappeared leaving Gal Valentine and Mud to continue the leadership of the new group. With stunning offensive skill Eternal Prophecy drove back the enemies of there old Super Groups and once again became a Group to be reckoned with. It was during this time that Muds wife was attacked. In a moment of anguish Mud relinquished leadership to Gal and walked away a hero no more.
Gal Valentine and her group continued the crusade of Justice even though one by one members of the old Eternal Prophecy group disappeared. Then J17 Celtic War returned. Startled by his presence Gal Valentine was happy to relinquish some of the leadership duties back to J17 and granted him the highest clearance to top secret files. As time went on Hot returned as did the Angry Druid. Eternal Prophecy grew and expanded. There was never a shortage of new recruits and veteran heroes who wanted to join in Eternal Prophecys move to turn back the tide of evil.
Then one day in an unexpected and shocking development J17 Celtic War announced he would be leaving. Startled and in shock Gal Valentine could only watch as her long time friend walked out the door. Betrayal never entered her mind nor could she fathom the true danger the Super Group Eternal Prophecy was in. In an accident of sheer proportions a glitch in a computer system attracted Gal Valentines attention. What she saw could not be. TEAM had placed subliminal messages into all the electronic devices to recruit the members of Eternal Prophecy into there group. Further study showed that a number of heroes had already been subverted. Tearing apart the structure Gal Valentine disbanded Eternal Prophecy and reformed a new group The Evil Do-Gooders to counter TEAMs brainwashing activity. It was at this juncture that Gal Valentines best friend Snow Crystal fell prey to TEAMs evil manipulation.
With nothing else left to loose she contacted J17 and demanded the safe return of Snow or face the repercussions of war. With a mighty laugh J17 yelled that they would never return the hero and that TEAM was more than ready for The Evil Do-Gooders. Gal Valentine was left without a choice, thoughts of leave no man behind flooded her mind, and the call for WAR was spoken.