Hey there everyone. First off, I want to say that thanks to Rikeproseet for informing me that Shards of Impossibility is now on the TV Tropes Worm Fanfic Recs page. A moment to express my feelings about this.
(Cue happy squealing that can be heard around the world, backed up by angelic choir and fireworks that blow up the moon.)
OH MY GOD! That is unbelievable! I actually have a story on a Fanfic Recs page. I already thanked Unclouded for recommending my story, but I just want to thank him again. This is amazing!
Eh hem.
Alright then, now that we've gotten that out of the way, I have been reading all the reviews people sent in in answer to my questions. I want to thank everyone for their ideas and contributions. And so based on popular demand, I am going to do a series of short interludes pretty much about what is happening now that Alex has taken control over Brockton Bay. As such, there is probably/definitely going to be mention of things that haven't exactly happened yet. They will happen in other interludes and stuff, but for now I wanted to try and create the sense of a living world reacting to events that happened quickly.
And so we're starting off with the Parahumans Online Interlude. A site all about the happenings of capes and parahuman events. I'm not sure if I needed to update the previous chapter and ask permission on whether or not I could use altered versions of your usernames, but I wasn't sure if many of you would be rereading chapter 14. If you really have a problem with it, just let me know and I'll change it to something else.
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Topic: Brockton Bay is Lost
In: Boards News Events America
SndPeople (Original Poster) (Geek and Proud)
Posted on May 26th, 2011:
Ok, most people outside of Brockton Bay probably don't have a clue what I'm talking about. But around 11 to 12, posters from Brockton Bay started putting up pictures and messages about spotting Protectorates and Wards in the city. Pretty much everyone who's anyone. Everyone thought that they mobilising to take back most of the city from the villains taking control. An hour later, around 12:45, Mount Olympus (Blacklight's base) pretty much exploded.
2 hours later, the PRT Offices are under attack by Blacklight and his monsters.
Now, I don't have all the details (anyone who does, please contribute), but barely ten minutes later everyone nearby hears him shouting that Brockton Bay isn't welcome to heroes. And anyone part of them has to leave the city. Then the hospitals are filled with wounded heroes.
It's pretty safe to say that the Protectorate lost. So now the city belongs to the villains.
Am I missing something here? Just what the hell is going on? How could the combined force of every hero in the US lose to one guy? Help me out here, please.
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10010
Replied on May 26th, 2011.
Dude, holy shit. What the fuck? I thought he was some minor villain or something.
SinfulAvenger (Brockton Bay Refugee)
Replied on May 26th, 2011.
That 'minor villain' started his career by kicking Glory Girl's ass. Twice. Like, she couldn't even limp or fly home. Paramedics had to lift her into an ambulance and get her to her sister. I was in the crowd when it happened.
LoyaltoMyself
Replied on May 26th, 2011.
The heroes deserved to get beaten. Kept treating Blacklight like a B-Class villain instead of an S-Class. Doubt they even know what he's fully capable of, or they would've left him alone instead of pissing him off. Fucking retards.
TemporalOrder9
Replied on May 26th, 2011.
In what way is dropping a bomb on his base treating him like a B-Class villain?
LoyaltoMyself
Replied on May 26th, 2011.
You drop bombs on B-Class to take them out without actually fighting. You don't drop bombs on S-Class because you know they do jack-shit. If they could work on S-Class, then why haven't we just nuked the Endbringers?
Besides, it didn't even work.
GrimMan89 (Brockton Bay Refugee)
Replied on May 26th, 2011.
Have to agree with Loyal. Pissing off Blacklight was dumb. He never bothered anyone that didn't pick a fight with him.
washington time (Brockton Bay Refugee) (Mount Olympus)
Replied on May 26th, 2011.
Dude, that bombing gave me a heart attack. Was just online and then I was falling. Everything went dark, and then it was all shaking really badly. Creepiest part was seeing the sky turning red.
PRT was gonna kill us all just to kill Zeus and his Pantheon. Assholes can rot for all I care.
BoneBot2 (Brockton Bay Refugee) (Mount Olympus)
Replied on May 26th, 2011.
Ditto. City was going down. Gangs and villains were taking over and hurting whoever they wanted. Merchants were the worst. Then Zeus showed up and killed every murdering bastard. Made us a new home where we were safe. Only time we ever had to run was when Siberian showed up. The PRT left us to die.
Diam0ndPlayer56
Replied on May 26th, 2011.
Amen to that. I don't want heroes who are going to blow me up for living in the safety of a villain. Real fucked up.
DeadmanFunland
Replied on May 26th, 2011.
You're all a bunch of hypocrites. You're perfectly fine with the heroes blowing up people affected by Simurgh. Yet when your lives are on the line all you do is whine and moan.
We know nothing about Blacklight other than the fact that he's really dangerous. He could be processing people and turning them into monsters, or selling off drugs and pimping teens. And you don't care because he's your 'saviour'.
The world would be better off without the lot of you.
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Topic: Zeus Press Conference
In: Boards News Videos Brockton Bay
washington time (Original Poster) (Brockton Bay Refugee) (Mount Olympus)
Posted on May 26th, 2011:
Everyone out there who thinks that Zeus is a bad guy, you have to look at his press conference (See it here). He explains everything there, talking about what he's got planned for the city, for the people, everything.
He's totally a cool guy. Moody as hell, but still cool.
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Athena
Replied on May 26th, 2011.
washington time
Glad to see I'm not the only one here who thinks that. He won't ever say it, but I'm glad you like him. Correct on the moody part though. Think he'd just glower if I didn't give him suggestions.
washington time (Original Poster) (Brockton Bay Refugee) (Mount Olympus)
Replied on May 26th, 2011.
OH MY GOD ATHENA'S TALKING TO ME.
I AM NEVER TAKING THIS POST DOWN. EVER.
LandIsAboveSky
Replied on May 26th, 2011.
I just don't get the guy. I mean, you hear all these stories about how big a monster and a villain he is, but then you see him here and he's acting like he's not even interested in being a villain. What's up with that? Is it because he's 'only doing it for his family'? Is he seriously getting pressured by his sister?
What a bitch.
Athena
Replied on May 26th, 2011.
LandIsAboveSky
You know, I was a major hacker before I got my hands on a brain in a box. Just saying.
washington time (Original Poster) (Brockton Bay Refugee) (Mount Olympus)
Replied on May 26th, 2011.
LandIsAboveSky
Dude, you can't say things like that about Athena. She can tear your life apart with her brain. And Zeus could totally track you down and murder you. Show some fucking respect, dickhead.
LandIsAboveSky
Replied on May 26th, 2011.
washington time
Your hero worship is so strong that it hurts.
And I wasn't being disrespectful. I was just pointing out that she's manipulating him. We don't even know what Zeus would do if he wasn't being led around like a dog on a leash. He could've been a hero or something. He could've helped made the world a better place.
Athena
Replied on May 26th, 2011.
My brother is a self-admitted monster. Murder is always his first answer to a problem, and he can learn anything by eating your brain. If it weren't for me, the PRT would've been dead months ago. And he'd be Sylar-ing his way across the world right now.
I wouldn't call him a dog on a leash. More like Satan holding a morality pet. Or a WMD with me holding the trigger.
Diam0ndPlayer56
Replied on May 26th, 2011.
What's 'Sylar-ing'?
Athena
Replied on May 26th, 2011.
Seriously? You guys don't have Heroes? A world about heroes doesn't have a show about heroes?
WTF God?
ultima-slayer
Replied on May 26th, 2011.
Asked a friend on Earth Aleph. Knew all about it.
Sylar is a villain from a show called Heroes. His power is that he can understand and gain powers by studying them. And it works better if he studies their brains. He became a superhero serial killer, killing any powered people he found and cutting open their heads. Everyone kept thinking that they could manipulate him into being their lackey, and he always came out on top.
…Sounds exactly like Zeus to me.
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Topic: New Endbringers WTF?
In: Boards World Views Main
The Distraught Drake (Original Poster) (Brockton Bay Refugee)
Posted on May 25th, 2011.
Oh my god, oh my god. I was looking outside my window for a breather when I looked upwards and saw a giant monster flying above the PRT. Like, flying way above. Had to be miles higher. Built like an arrowhead, with lots of wings flapping and bits of it glowing. Then it started dropping bits and pieces down, and they started tearing into the PRT. Felt the vibrations from where I was. Like an earthquake going off. Capes flew up to fight it, but it started fighting back with… lasers and things and shit. Then a second monster rose up from the ground, some giant worm thing. It spat out some liquid, and then it was burrowing and crashing around.
What the fuck were they? Were they Endbringers? Do we seriously have two new Endbringers? Did they seriously just both appear in Brockton Bay?
What is with this city?
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vvvlaser97vvv
Replied on May 28th, 2011.
WHAT THE FUCK?! :0
ThePleasantLie89 (Brockton Bay Refugee)
Replied on May 28th, 2011.
Saw the whole thing. Got stuck near the edge of the fighting. Took video of the worm Endbringer (here).
Real nasty stuff. Dissolved the heroes like they were nothing.
BoneBot2 (Brockton Bay Refugee) (Mount Olympus)
Replied on May 28th, 2011.
Saw video. Endbringers have the same colouration and look as the rest of Zeus' creations. It's like a creator fingerprint, or maybe just a side effect of whatever he's making them from.
Conclusion: The two new Endbringers are his creations.
We're under the protection of an Endbringer maker.
Enemies, beware our power.
vvvlaser97vvv
Replied on May 28th, 2011.
AGAIN: WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK?! :0
The Distraught Drake (Original Poster) (Brockton Bay Refugee)
Replied on May 28th, 2011.
Shitting my pants now. I am literally one step away from shitting my pants dark brown. I'm in a city where the biggest baddest villain can make Endbringers!?
What the fuck has been unleashed on the world?
ThePleasantLie89 (Brockton Bay Refugee)
Replied on May 28th, 2011.
Gonna have to agree with others now. Heroes fucked up big time on this.
Diam0ndPlayer56
Replied on May 28th, 2011.
Amen.
Spoke to PrincelySaberFangs (Brockton Bay Refugee) about Zeus. He and I both agree that Zeus wouldn't have picked a fight if everyone just left him alone. He was fricking powerful enough before we found out he was holding back. Now though, he could take on the world. And win.
PrincelySaberFangs (Brockton Bay Refugee)
Replied on May 28th, 2011.
This question is for anyone living in Mount Olympus. I was walking around the outskirts of town when I saw some of Zeus' creatures scurrying away. Followed them for a bit, and found them surrounding a bunch of trees. They latched tentacles onto the trees and drank them up.
What was that all about?
The-Blacklight-Crab (Brockton Bay Refugee) (Mount Olympus)
Replied on May 28th, 2011.
Was a scientist working at Medhall before we found out we were working for Kaiser and everything went into liquidation. As far as I can tell, Zeus and his creations can convert organic and carbon-based material into more material for him to build with. This happens on a near instantaneous level, taking only seconds. What you saw was probably him gathering up more material to build with. He makes all of his creations with the new converted material.
PrincelySaberFangs (Brockton Bay Refugee)
Replied on May 28th, 2011.
So what you're saying is that his Endbringers are actually made up of hundreds or thousands of this stuff?
You do realise this means he just has to eat a city to make another Endbringer, right?
We're fucking screwed.
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Topic: Blacklight
In: Boards Capes Brockton Bay
Diam0ndPlayer56 (Original Poster)
Posted on May 30th, 2011.
I've been hearing a lot about Blacklight/Zeus on these boards. All these rumours of his powers and stuff. People saying that he's like Eidolon, or Scion and shit. But there's no record of him before. He just showed up out of nowhere. And all the information I've found is really contradictory and jumbled.
Could someone help me understand him better?
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Freethefireguy
Replied on May 31st, 2011.
I heard from a friend that he can create black holes from his fingers. Make people disappear.
Nikeproseek
Replied on May 31st, 2011.
naw man. that's bullshit. dud can turn to Cthulhu. Hes secretly an eldritch monster from another dimension.
MightyBlueDragon (Brockton Bay Refugee)
Replied on May 31st, 2011.
I was at the fundraiser the night he and the Undersiders attacked. He showed off enhanced speed, agility, and durability. Could attack with sonic screams like Triumph. Can also make shockwaves by slamming his fists together, not sure if it's a power or just his strength. Only person who managed to fight back was Armsmaster, and Blacklight got around him by shooting spikes from the ground.
Alexking
Replied on May 31st, 2011.
I think I know Blacklight. Had a friend who was really moody and angry all the time. Got into loads of fights. Went missing around last year. No one's heard from him since.
Coincidence? I think not.
Fisheater
Replied on May 31st, 2011.
Alexking
I don't want to be that guy, but I think your friend's dead.
You need to watch the press conference (found here). Zeus pretty much admits that he's a bioweapon from another Earth. All his powers are completely natural. He can't be your friend.
Alexking
Replied on May 31st, 2011.
Fisheater
Damn. Was worried he'd be dead. Fuck.
BoneBot2 (Brockton Bay Refugee) (Mount Olympus)
Replied on June 2nd, 2011.
Ok. This isn't going anywhere. Everyone's just posting every rumour they've heard about the guy since he's shown up, and given how powerful he is there's lots of rumours going around. While I can't clear up about his powers and his identity, I can clear up who he has and hasn't beaten.
+Showed up in Brockton Bay robbing a bank. Glory Girl tries to stop him, gets beaten.
+A few days later, Glory Girl finds him again. Gets her ass beaten again.
+Pretty much all the Wards go to stop a group of villains from vandalising Mayor Christner's home. Ran into Blacklight. Got their asses whooped. All of them.
+Uber, Leet, and Bakuda team up to rob the Undersiders or something. Blacklight got involved. Uber and Leet were found beaten, reports say that Bakuda was killed.
+Gang war starts up. Blacklight kills lots of ABB members. Lung gets dismembered, and Oni Lee runs for it. A few days later, no one can find him. And Lung was broken out of a van on the way to the Birdcage.
+Attacks a PRT Fundraiser. Beats up all the capes who avoided getting foamed.
+Blacklight attacks E3. Kaiser and Purity both go missing, and Night and Fog are brought in.
+Leviathan shows up. Can now confirm that Blacklight is the Endbringer Killer (See this thread for details). Result: Leviathan runs with his tail between his legs. Lowest death toll yet.
+Merchants start fucking things up. Blacklight pays them a visit, and kills them all. Gains territory.
+Protectorate, Wards, and PRT mass together to destroy Blacklight. He kills lots of people and kicks them out of the city. Everyone knows this.
It pretty is that from day 1 he showed that he was a powerful and dangerous badass. People kept escalating, but he could do it harder and faster than them.
Pro-tip: Leave my boss alone.
Athena
Replied on June 2nd, 2011.
Fun fact: This is the second time the PRT tried to bring my brother down. Formed Prometheus and had Armsmaster and Dragon working together. Still lost.
And Slaughterhouse Nine showed up in Brockton Bay. Zeus killed them all.
Oh, and he killed off Nilbog and his pets.
;)
Diam0ndPlayer56 (Original Poster)
Replied on June 2nd, 2011.
Athena
Srlsy? Zeus killed off S9? I thought Siberian and Crawler were invincible.
Athena
Replied on June 2nd, 2011.
Diam0ndPlayer56 (Original Poster)
Siberian was actually a mental projection. She couldn't be hurt because there was nothing to hurt. Bro found her real body and killed her that way. And Crawler just heals really fast. If he takes too much damage too quickly, he'll die like everyone else.
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Topic: Zeus/Athena Interview
In: Boards Videos? Brockton Bay
ultima-slayer (Original Poster)
Posted on July 7th, 2011.
Some lucky/insane reporter actually managed to get an interview with Zeus and Athena (see it here). They were talking more about themselves, about their old world and what they did before they came here. Real interesting stuff.
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The Distraught Drake (Brockton Bay Refugee)
Posted on July 7th, 2011.
Damn. I thought our world had it pretty bad. But their world (what should we call it?) has it even worse. The government is busy making and testing a zombie weapon? And those zombies can become civilisation-destroying monsters? And the virus can hide in your body for months or years? And the closest thing they had to a superhero was Zeus himself?
Makes me glad that I don't live there.
KingOfKnights (White Knight)
Posted on July 7th, 2011.
Blacklight is a plague on our world and a threat to our very way of life. He practically admits that he is a biological weapon who creates zombies and monsters, and that there's no known cure to him.
We must wipe him and his monsters out before they destroy us all!
washington time (Brockton Bay Refugee) (Mount Olympus)
Posted on July 7th, 2011.
Destroy us all! Destroy us all! Destroy us all! Destroy us all! Destroy us all!
ultima-slayer (Original Poster)
Posted on July 7th, 2011.
washington time
I'll take the chicken.
washington time (Brockton Bay Refugee) (Mount Olympus)
Posted on July 7th, 2011.
ultima-slayer
Destroy us all! Destroy us all! Destroy us all! Destroy us all! Destroy us all!
LoyaltoMyself
Posted on July 7th, 2011.
KingOfKnights (White Knight)
R U RETARDED?!
SinfulAvenger (Brockton Bay Refugee)
Posted on July 7th, 2011.
KingOfKnights (White Knight)
The heroes had the exact same idea. And all they managed to achieve was lose what few heroes we still have, cause an increase in crime across America, and give Zeus even more powers. Hell, the guys that made Zeus in the first place couldn't beat him. And they knew more about what he was capable of than we do.
washington time (Brockton Bay Refugee) (Mount Olympus)
Posted on July 8th, 2011.
Seriousness though, Zeus explained about his virus to us. It's intelligent enough that he can use a hive mind to command them to not infect us. They just enter our bodies and pass on through without doing anything. Instead, he uses them to build amazing things. He's got beasts that can generate electricity and heat; collect water and purify it; and he's even made meat trees. Trees that have meat growing on them. Went up to a tree and plucked some pork chops, a string of sausages, and a whole chicken before heading over to our garden. The virus made a bumper crop. Picked up a watermelon so big that two of us needed to lift it and I needed a cart to take it home. An hour later, another watermelon was growing on that very spot.
Zeus is really awesome.
playstation432 (Brockton Bay Refugee) (Mount Olympus)
Posted on July 8th, 2011.
washington time
Yeah. I used to hate vegetables because of the taste. Then I hear that part of the garden is full of veggies that taste like chocolate and candy. I grab one to try, and it tastes like orange chocolate.
Zeus took the worst thing about veggies and made it awesome. Thank you Zeus.
Diam0ndPlayer56
Posted on July 9th, 2011.
Could I move in with you guys? Mount Olympus sounds awesome.
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There we go. I felt that thirteen pages of stuff would be enough to give you guys a sense of how people are reacting to recent events. Apologies to anyone I used as a 'bad guy' in here, but I wanted to feature as many names as I could.
Still, thank god that I could use the official Parahumans Online Interlude as a template for this. I wouldn't be sure how to format it otherwise.
The only downside of having it like this is that I had a couple more ideas that I couldn't fit in without going over the 10 posts per page limit. One of them was talking about a drink Alex and Dana made called Ambrosia. It's normally a tasteless liquid, but everyone's given a special mug specially for them. They pour in a drink that they like to let the mug taste and sample it, and from then on any ambrosia that goes into their mug is altered by the virus to taste exactly like that drink. It's loaded with vitamins and minerals and other important stuff to make you healthy and strong.
Hope you guys enjoy this. And I really hope that lets me keep the formatting.
Edit: Ok, so apparently does not keep most editing. It looked really good and professional on my Word document. Dammit.
Ah well. Just imagine the pluses are bullet points, and that there are arrows before everyone's bold names. And between the stuff in the 'In' lines.
