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Intro Log: Please Remove Metal From Luggage

Who: New arrivals and everyone else!
What: The intro log for August
Where: The colosseum and all around the city.
When: August 10th-13th
Warnings: New folks, metal falling apart, fun stuff

As you wake up on the sand of the colosseum, gazing up at cloudy gray skies, you might wonder what you're doing here. Where are you? How did you get here? You'll figure it all out soon enough, so try to clamp down on that rising panic, or you just might end up in a dangerous situation.

Because, of course, you're not the only thing that arrived. The Door has also chosen to pull in some rust monsters. These monsters may look a bit like insects, but they're much larger, with a rather vicious bite. You can fight them, but be careful - anything metal that touches them instantly begins to corrode. Your sword, a bullet from your gun, even your robot friend. Might want to keep a little distance.

And that's not all. Scattered across the ground of the colosseum can be found a variety of unique and delightful musical instruments. If you're the musical sort, maybe you can figure out how to play one - or maybe you already know. Hopefully no rust monster has wandered too close to the one you want to try, or you might find that it's missing important metal bits.

Once you've found a way to express the song in your heart, feel free to leave whatever bit of safety you've found. You can explore the rest of the city! Find a house, a new monster, a project to help with, or simply scavenge for supplies. Good luck, and enjoy your stay in Hadriel!

► This log covers August 10th-13th.
► Feel free to make your own logs as well!
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Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Your boss is called Cosmic Boy?

[It's not really the kind of name that strikes fear into the hearts of one's enemies, just sayin. Also he hadn't really meant to blurt that out like a rude asshole, but I mean, come on. Cosmic Boy.]

Uh, my boss... I guess boss is close enough. It still feels weird to call him that, he only made me an Avenger a little while before I ended up stuck here. But uh, he's pretty cool. I mean, sometimes it almost feels more like having a weird, rich uncle than him being a guy I kinda work with.

[she blinks, confused]

Yes. It's in homage to the heroes of Earth's past. Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, heroes like them.

[it's better than the name originally suggested for him, Magno Boy. because he can manipulate metal]

An Avenger? Is that your team? What is it like? And your boss sounds interesting. A "weird rich uncle!" We kind of have one of those. He's not part of the team because he's old and has no powers, but he pays the bills. What are your boss's powers?

Did Batman have like bat powers or something? Echolocation?

[He's just picturing a guy screaming at walls to find his way around now. That's how Batman works, right?]

Uh, yeah, the Avengers. I'm still new, uh, so far it's just been a buncha fighting. I haven't really gotten to know anyone yet. Mr. Stark though, he doesn't have any powers. He's like a total genius when it comes to building stuff, though, and he's got the money to just dump into all these crazy projects of his. He's called Iron Man, because his big thing is these armor suits that he builds. They're basically the coolest thing ever.

[Peter might be a bit of a fanboy. Just a bit.]

[she laughs] No, not at all. Rumor has it he was an ordinary human who underwent so much training in the martial arts, he could defeat anyone, even Superman.

[all right, that is a funny mental picture and somewhat understandable]

Oh! So they're your team, like the Legion is mine. [and she delicately decides to not mention the fact that to belong to the Legion, one must have an innate power. armored suits don't count] He sounds very interesting and very good to have along. What kinds of things does he build? And what are the armor suits like?

[she noticed. it's adorable and it's good to have his mind on something other than what happened to him before he came here]

That's a big deal, I take it? What could Superman do?

[With a name like Superman, it's gotta be fancy.]

Oh man, like tons of stuff, he's programmed some AI's before too. I know the suits the best, though. He's built like fifty of 'em, no joke. They've got all kinds of weapons in them, they can fly, they're like, crazy durable. When I said he had a moon dropped on him? He was basically perfectly fine after that. He's built me a couple things too, couple suits and stuff. It's pretty awesome.

[Just. Nerding up the joint.]

It's a huge deal! Superman was the last son of Krypton, sent to Earth as a baby when his home planet was destroyed. He could lift over one hundred tons, he could fly, he was super fast, he could use his breath to chill things to absolute zero, he had [she falters for a moment] he had heat vision. He's easily the greatest hero of Earth's past.

[very fancy. had a cape and everything]

AI? Which century are you from? [AI is possible in the 30th century, but it's illegal] I'm assuming all fifty are customized with special features? [her eyebrows raise at the moon mention] Wow. I can't think of much of anything or anyone in my time besides my boyfriend who could survive an entire moon being thrown at them. Or me. If I saw it coming, I could phase away. But, what did he build for you? Do you have it here?

[she wants to see it if he does]

[Peter looks kind of surprised for a moment. And then completely baffled. Goddamn, Superman]

Wait, a hundred tons? I can only life like ten! More if I really push it, but like, that's insane! And he had other powers? How did this bat dude even touch him?

[LOOK HE'S REALLY IMPRESSED BY SUPERMAN OK. But it's time to maybe reel the nerding in a bit]

Uh. 21st century. But yeah, a lot of the suits were designed with specific things in mind, like stealth or whatever. He made a couple suits for me, redesigned my web shooters. I've got that stuff here, but the AI doesn't seem to function anymore.

[Superman remains a subject of awe and reverence even in the 30th century. only Daxamites can compare]

They say Superman had a weakness. Fragments of his home planet which made it to Earth as meteorites. Batman must have possessed one of those fragments and used it in the battle.

[IT'S COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDABLE, SUPERMAN IS INCREDIBLE. but yes, if we must]

That makes sense. Every mission is different and if you have to rely on technological assistance, you'd want to have as many options as possible. And you have it all here? Can I see it?

Oh, huh. Does that count as cheating, or just a good strategy?

[Little of A, little of B?]

I've got my stuff here, most of it's back at my place. I've got these on me, though.

[Give him a second, he's going to dig around in his bag a bit for his web shooters, and then slap one onto his wrist.]

They shoot this synthetic webbing stuff I invented, it's pretty cool. These ones are Mr. Stark's design, a lot more streamlined than my originals.

[she smiles] Both, I think. But they say that the two of them were close friends and allies.

[she looks on with great interest as he gets out his web shooter and puts it on]

Webbing, like a spider? And you invented it? You must be very smart! [and she looks at the web shooter admiringly] That can't be 21st century tech. It looks more like 23rd or 24th.

Huh. Some kinda friendly rivalry, then?

[Peter's not really one to brag, but it is pretty cool to be able to talk about his Spider-Man junk for once.]

But yeah, my design was pretty good, but Mr. Stark's ahead of the game when it comes to this kinda stuff. Like, way ahead. The formula for the web fluid's all me, though. I'm kind of a chemistry nut, I guess.

[DEMONSTRATION TIME. He takes a quick look around to make sure nobody's hanging around near by, and finding the coast clear, he takes aim at a near by building and fires some web at it. THWIP.]

That's what the stories say, yes. One man with all the power in the world and another with no powers at all, who had to work to become what he was.

[Tinya is one to brag, given the opportunity, but she's happy to let him have his say]

He must be, to design and build something like that. [she grins] You and Lyle would get along well. He's a chemistry and biochemistry expert and he created a serum which lets him become invisible.

[she watches wide-eyed as he demonstrates his web shooter and webbing, applauds when he uses it, and approaches the webbing, her hand hovering over it, looking back to him]

That's incredible! If I touched it, I'd get stuck, right?

It's kinda weird, the more you say about this bat dude, the more he sounds like Mr. Stark. Super weird.

[Next she'll say that his parents are DEAAAAAD and that he was filthy rich right]

An invisibility serum? Okay, that's way more impressive than this. But yeah, um. It's designed to dissolve after two hours, since leaving this stuff all over the city would have been kind of a problem. If you touch that, you wouldn't be going anywhere for a while. Well, you can do that phasing thing, so you could get out of it, but anyone else would totally be stuck.

[To demonstrate, he walks over and just slaps his palm right into the middle of web. He's more than strong enough to free himself from it, but he doesn't pull away with enough force to do so just yet. Check out how sticky this junk is, like damn.]

Maybe great minds think alike? They never found out Batman's civilian identity, or those who did took the secret to their graves.

[DARKNESS. NO PARENTS. SUPER RICH. KINDA MAKES IT BETTER]

You'd better not tell Lyle that if he comes here. He's already got his "friendly" rivalry with Brainiac 5, his ego will start to enter the room before him. Oh, that's smart, that it has a time set to dissolve. Otherwise, yeah, I can see that getting messy.

[she walks over to Peter and the web, watching the way his hand is stuck in it. out of curiosity, she puts her fingertips on the web and promptly gets stuck. she pulls her fingers back, stretching the web as far as she can get it, then phases, releasing herself]

Wow, really? Mr. Stark literally announced that he was Iron Man on national television. He didn't even bother trying to do the whole secret identity thing.

[First Cosmic Boy and now Brainiac 5 like WHO NAMES YOUR DUDES?? What happened to Brainiacs 1-4? Were there really five people who thought Brainiac was a cool name? Yeah Peter doesn't say any of that out loud but he's thinking it. He's thinking it so hard that he just makes the weirdest face for a moment. Wow.]

Oh, um. Yeah. There woulda just been webs all over New York otherwise. I didn't wanna leave messes around. I'm trying to help people, not make their lives more annoying, y'know?

[He pulls his own hand free, looking like maybe he has more bragging to do about the webbing or something, buuuuut-]

Dude's name is Brainiac? Really?

Yes, really! And he did? I bet that caused some chaos! Superheroes on my Earth of the 20th and 21st century tended to guard their civilian identities carefully.

[oh, it gets worse when it comes to Brainiac and she doesn't even know yet what happens to Brainiac 4]

Very civic minded of you. I've never heard of New York, though. Is that where you're from?

[she just. starts. cackling with laughter]

That's what we said! That's what we all said! The first Brainiac was Superman's enemy and to just go ahead and call himself Brainiac 5? Honestly, I don't know who assigned that codename, but they need their head examined.

Oh, people went nuts. Personally, I wouldn't want that much attention like, ever. I'm all about keeping my personal life and my work completely separate. But uh, yeah, that's where I'm from. Huge city, like no privacy at all, but there's plenty of buildings to swing around on.

[Oh good, she thinks it's a goofy name too. Now he doesn't feel so bad. Not that he did before, but hey.]

Honestly I'm totally picturing this guy as some kinda robot, or a giant brain in a floating jar. What's this guy like?

I'll bet! How many superheroes had there been before Mr. Stark made his public announcement? I didn't really have a choice about going public, they already put out Cosmic Boy's, Saturn Girl's, and Live Wire's public identities. I've never been one to sit on the sidelines, so I probably would've went public anyway. How do you keep your identities separate?

[she thinks it's a entirely bad codename, even though it's considered an honor on his homeworld]

He's Coluan, so he has green skin. He also has a twelfth-level intellect, which is as high as the measurements go. Most people are a six. I'm a nine, which isn't bad for an ordinary person. But, Brainy is. . . kind of frustrating. He's so smart he doesn't know how to actually talk to people.

Before Mr. Stark? None that I'm aware of. As for my identities, it's... Kind of easy, but at the same time kind of not? It's not hard to keep it from people I don't know super closely, like nobody at school knows? But then there's my best friend and my aunt who just kinda showed up in my room at the worst possible times. I hadn't changed out of my suit yet and they were all 'what you're Spider-Man!?' and I was like 'ah yeah can't lie my way out of this one'. Mr. Stark found footage of me on Youtube and somehow found out who I was from just that, and then stalked me to my apartment or something... which is kind of creepy now that I think about it?

[Nerd planet, how adorable]

Kinda lacking in the social skills department, huh? How do you determine intellect on a scale like that, bunch of testing or something?

Really? He was the first one? Then, that's a bold move, going public. [she winces when he mentioned that his best friend and aunt found out by accident] Did they take it well, at least? I'd imagine they were both pretty shocked. [she giggles at the description of Mr. Stark's behavior] He sounds like the kind of man who knows what he wants and goes out of his way to get it.

[it's true. all Coluans are nerds. and bad at socializing]

Absolutely. He hates going on missions, hates it when we interrupt him in his lab and thinks that he's smarter than all of us and the worst part is, he's right. And, yeah, there are tests, mostly math, chemistry, and physics. Everyone takes them when they're thirteen.

Yep, that's... that's him. I don't think he'd know subtlety if it bit him. But um, Ned, my friend? He thought it was the coolest thing ever. He was a little too pumped about it, I think. My aunt was pissed, though. Like... yeah, wow. I don't think I've ever seen her that pissed before. [Like honestly Aunt May was probably scarier in that moment than anything Peter's ever actually fought.]

That doesn't sound too bad, those are three of my best subjects. That still sounds a little young to be issuing tests like that, though. At least for humans, anyway.

[that earns a laugh] He sounds like a really interesting person. As well as a potentially frustrating person. And it's not every day you find out that your best friend is a secret superhero. [she winces when she hears that his aunt was mad] But no one wants to think about someone they care for going into danger. Grife knows my own mother had her issues with me and the Legion.

[and her mother knows exactly how to push all of Tinya's buttons]

Most people complete their formal schooling by then, then they can go on to higher learning. The test wasn't bad, just time-consuming.

[FRUSTRATING, that's 100% Tony Stark. Peter just quietly nods in that 'eeeeyup you nailed it' sort of way.]

Ned ended up being a huge help, so I can't really complain about him finding out. May though, I know why she was upset. I mean aside from her nephew swingin' around town doing dangerous stuff all the time. We'd lost my uncle a little before that, so she was especially like... not thrilled.

[but that's not his favorite subject like all this nerd shit is.]

Jeez though. We don't usually finish high school until around eighteenish. Do you guys have like computer brain implants in the future or something?

[okay, now she has to meet this Mr. Stark somehow. Hadriel, make this happen]

That's good. It's always nice to have someone to rely on. [and at the news of Peter's uncle's death, she raises a hand to her mouth briefly] Oh. I'm sorry. She must've been really worried that she'd lose you, too. That's--well, it's understandable.

[yes, nerd shit is much better, much less of a chance of wandering into an emotional minefield]

No, it's that the average school goes year round and we start the more difficult subjects at an early age. For some reason, it's easier to understand theoretical physics as a younger age.

[But then we'd be stuck with Tony Stark. ngl Peter would probably get a kick out of watching him annoy other people.]

Yeah, well. I can't say she didn't have good reason.

[Yeaaaah he seems content to leave it at that]

Year round? You don't even give the kids summer off? Wow, yeah, I can see how they'd be able to plow through school pretty quickly, then.

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