_reedrichards (_reedrichards) wrote in newalliance, @ 2012-11-19 10:42:00 |
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Entry tags: | aquaman, black panther, doom, iron man, mr. fantastic |
Who: The Illuminati (Reed Richards, Tony Stark, Victor von Doom, King T'Challa of Wakanda, Arthur Curry)
What: The Illuminati's first meeting to discuss the problem of President-Elect Lex Luthor
Where: An undisclosed warehouse location, set up with a conference table and chairs, somewhere outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
When: Monday, November 19th, 2012
Rating: PG-13.
Reed had a fondness for Philadelphia-- not because he had ever spent any large quantities of time there, or had any dear memories of the place. No, Reed's fondness came from a more romantic view. He liked the idea of Philadelphia, with its rich and deep involvement in American history. He liked the idea that Philadelphia was a place where people could meet, discuss the woes of the world and find solutions for them. It was here, over two hundred years ago, where America's founding fathers had done just that, and from the discussions that took place here arose one nation, conceived in liberty.
But today, they would not be discussing American issues as they effected Americans-- though that would surely be part of it. Today the discussion was broader, more encompassing. Today's mission was not to simply bring together the people of the United States, but the world at large.
He didn't expect it all to happen in one meeting, in one day-- but when they were finished here, in Philadelphia, where the overthrow of a monarch began two hundred thirty-six years ago, it was Reed's sincere hope that they would be able to fix what had gone wrong, to establish something new, better and stronger than it had been before, something global and inclusive of all races, genders, sexualities and mutations. A world that could survive.
As he rounded the conference table, waiting for the others to arrive, Reed trailed his fingers absently along the edge of the table, reciting to himself:
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves ... and our Posterity... do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
A more perfect summation of what Reed's intentions were here today did not exist, to his mind.