PARABOLICAL GRAFFITI

I need a roll call on who usually takes part in the getting rid of bad guys in the city deal. Or at least, anyone who's in against the Scourge. I don't know many of you, so I need to know who you are and what you can do. There's two places the Scourge are located, so I need to know the numbers and skills we have to work with. I understand the Justice League is in, but that doesn't really mean much to me, other than powerful people, so I'd like a roll call from you guys too.

I've heard talk of disguises, ideally it would be awesome if we could have people on the inside. But I don't know if we have time for something like that, so probably not, unless someone people are really just that good.

If anyones good with bows, crossbows, attacking from a distance, let me know that as well.

[Xander]
I need you on this. If you're up for it.

The Location of the Scourge has been found. At least one of their locations, assuming they might have been smart enough to not place themselves all together. But I'd say this is the bulk of them. I'm going to draw out a sucky sketch, because I suck at art, and pinpoint numbers, guard locations and rotation times, points of entry, etc. Unless someone here is good at art and wants to help me with drawing lines.

I quit. I resign. I'm done. Someone else be leader.

Fuck, Angel, I miss you so much.

Spies. The Scourge have spies, members of the group they consider not strong enough to be soldiers. That's how they decide when and where to hit. That's their weak link.

Hey, guys. Look on the kitchen counter. Right now.

I don't think I've ever run so many red lights in my life. I think I even out ran a cop. That wasn't really my fault. I couldn't tell he was there, because he was all tiny and little in the mirrors by the time he turned on the lights. Did you realize half the cars in Bruce's garage can go from 0 to 60 in under 10 seconds? That was only the first row of Bentley's. There's still the BMW's and the Z3's, and a few dozen motorcycles to try. I dunno where this came from. But we just have so many, many cars and we only ever drive one. It just doesn't seem fair to the rest of them to sit there and get all dusty. Sometimes they're even driven by our driver. It's Car discrimination I tell you! Pure and simple. Lets see, I've already gotten through about ten cars. I should be done by morning. Or maybe tomorrow morning. I think I can do this all night.

Clark? I'm sorta feeling like you don't like me anymore and no longer want to be my friend. I mean... you promised Virgil and I pie a while ago and so far we haven't seen what you said you'd make for us and I don't know... I'm feeling neglected here.

Virgil? You feel the same way, don't you?

Man, I really should have thought ahead for costumes in the summer. The trench coat really pulls the whole look together, but mixing with already hot electricity and summer heat? Kinda fails. I didn't realize it would get so bad. It was hot in Dakota but we were pretty inland so I was used to it. I got so comfortable with the cool breeze here it made it harder to adjust. It makes even an hour patrol difficult. I guess I should just be happy the sunspots aren't around anymore ontop of this heat, and nobody really saw what happened yesterday. Thanks again Cyborg.

Apparently my plan to take my daughter to the zoo has turned into a field trip. Might as well open it up to a group outing. Especially if there are any ladies who would like to attend.

If this goes well, there could be a trip to Disneyland in the future. Not that I expect it to go well. Things never run smoothly. Ever.

I’m in the Batcave!

It’s almost okay that I got lost now because Batman gave me sidewalk chalk and I drew pictures and I get to go on the computer and Batman said I can play with Nightwing’s dog and I didn’t know Nightwing had a dog!

I want to play with Robin too but there’s no Robin here to play with. BUT Batman says Robin’s suit is here and he says that he’s going to make Nightwing wear it and then it will be just like Robin IS here. Only funnier. I don't know why it would be funny but Batman says it will be.

I never thought that I would be so glad to see this city again.. and considering where I just was a while ago, that's saying something. It was a big mess. Not even sure I was even halfway toward fixing it all. Picture this place, and multiply it. My hometown is a crater. Everyone there was wiped out.

Cyborg actually tried to kill me, while Lex watched. He almost succeeded. I spent most of my time rounding up the members of Freak Nation. Seth, Brainwave, Abigail, Nathan, Mikhail, Geoff, Dawn, Brendan.. and quite a few others. It's utter chaos! And Jor-El, he acted like I was the poster boy for rebellious teenagers. I can't believe all that is because of something I did. Or didn't do.

But I had help. It seems that in that world, Kara was still in her ship, trapped in suspended animation under Reeves Dam. It never broke in that timeline. I managed to free her. After explaining everything to her, and taking her to the Fortress for more information... she helped me out with what I had to do. Who knows, maybe she can fix it. Of course, that time crystal was never used in that world. Maybe my father will give it to her.

It's all gone.. everything.. damaged. Dead. The whole town of Smallville, all gone.. and I could have stopped it if I was there. Both my parents were killed, along with the rest of Smallville, by the nuclear explosion. Could have stopped Van from killing Lex. His morally challenged clone wouldn't be causing trouble. There wouldn't be a team of meteor freaks running around together, causing havoc, and I would not be their best friend. I should have stopped them before

There's no way to fix what was done. Too much. Too much chaos, so many know what I am. And what I did, what I do to everyone I meet, and to everywhere I go. I mean this, the devastation, it's... nearly unimaginable. If I'd just kept the ring off. If I had only destroyed it. I guess what I want to say is.. that I... I'm sorry. I shouldn't have hurt Bart for disagreeing with me. I nearly killed him, if that Damien hadn't showed up. I shouldn't have spoken that way about Terry's girlfriend. It's disrespectful, and women should be treated right, they aren't objects.

I took so much here that isn't mine, so much money and possessions. Break a lot of stuff. It can be fixed... but my world is another matter. The worst part is, it's my fault it took place, I know I could have prevented it all. But I didn't. Not with that ring on me. I don't expect to be forgiven.. not sure I deserve it. I'm just taking responsibility for everything. It's what my father would want if he were here and if I didn't let him die.

California. Well, I been meaning to take a vacation for a while. Guess some of us earned it after a beast like that was taken out. But it's weird. I could have sworn I was in Keystone City ten minutes ago.

Arrow? AC? Impulse? Black Canary? Boy Scout! Come on. Anyone, please.. tell me you're out there. Or that you're here. I think we need to regroup. Plan. Strategize. Kick some ass. Could always go it alone, but I miss my friends

Damn, you people got some ugly freaks in this city! Pointy teeth. Yellow eyes. Heh, they thought they could bite me? I showed them. Noticed they like to hoard riches. Sorry, guys.. it's all mine now. They don't like being warm. Or hot. Kinda makes them get with the flailing. Especially with flames all over their bodies.

I will admit you got some fine-ass women around. Ohhhh. All slim, pretty, moist, and friggin' tight. They won't be for long, if you get my meaning. Not after I get done with them all. Some don't wear much anyway. I mean... goddamn, I really don't even need x-ray vision to see what they look like underneath. Not that I haven't used it anyway.

Ever just have one of those really good days. Nothing giantly eventful happened, no epic battle of good and evil stuff, Just a good day?

I guess I get why they tried to kill her now. I mean... she's a liar. She murdered two of us. She said we were helping. She told us we could be heroes. But she just turned us into villains. I want to go home. I want to see my friends.

Nobody gets out of here, do they? I want to kill her and

[ooc: filter includes Oracle, Roy, Bruce, Terry]

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First Bart, now Static. I think.. I don't know, maybe I was reaching Static for a bit. I had mentioned his family, his sister Sharon. He seemed a bit like the one we know then. Also found a bit about the situation. Darkside is a club. He had to fight for profit. Ravager tried to control him. He killed people, but did not mean to, memory is a bit hazy but he remembers some things. And his head was hurting a little.

I think that someone, probably a villain-type leader, and anyone who may be associated with the club, wanted to control him. And in his reality, they did. I have the impression that they were using brainwashing and mind control techniques.. so when he's doing that "Darkside is everything" mantra and acting cruel or violent? It might be the programming taking evil and he'll do evil. I told him to think of his family, his friends, his life lessons when this happens.

Don't worry, I'm not going to suddenly meet him someplace if he asks. I told him I had friends, a team, that might be able to help him. But can we, really? Do we have the capabilities or technology to stop Darkside from using him? I think that as long as he's out in the city, where there's a chance he can revert back to the evil mindset.. he's a danger to others and himself. He'd be safer here.. in the cells or in a high-security med facility if we have one. Though if we all approach him at once, he might see it as an attack. But there might be a need to; it wouldn't be smart to be alone with him during one of those changes.

I don't even know what to think right now about all this except it feels like we're in the Twilight Zone.

[Buffy]
Any ideas on how to get the switched people back?..Faith, and the two JLA kids? Anybody else get switched? God I hope n

[T.K. and Jacen]
Are you free tonight?

Another one of ours has been "switched" or "taken" or whatever you want to call it. Either way Static is not to be trusted. He keeps saying something about 'Darkside' whatever that is, so unless you have some kind of death wish, or enjoy being extra crispy and electrocuted I'd advise you not to go after or try to catch him unless you've got some kind of telekinesis or something that can stop lightning.

[ooc: As nightwing]

[Filtered against baddies... and Bart Allen]

I just bought a new phone. Sidekick. Yeah, yeah, I can see the irony in that. Ha ha. It's better than my old cell. Minutes are easier, free texting, plus it can use email and send messages to internet. This is it here [my number]. And now I need to rest a bit more. Had not slept in nearly two days since the accident.

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[Filtered to Terry]

It was a success. We got him. Bruce had some doctors take the chip out of the kid's head. I think he's also having a talk with Bart too. Maybe explain a few things he was a bit stubborn to hear about when I tried talking to him. And.. the kryptonite was also confiscated.

[Filtered to Bruce and Terry]

It seems like I was right, Bruce. Now that I know.. I sorta wish I didn't. Most guys in my position wouldn't have even bothered. I mean, he just nearly killed me yesterday. But maybe that's just who I am. Someone needs saving.

Tess Mercer. She did put a chip inside his head, input to the brain, set to go off by remote if she deemed it necessary. Like if he failed, turned on her, or if she maybe has a bad hair day. Bart doesn't believe me. But that's fine, that deadly piece of metal is still coming out of him.

I do have a plan. We can't approach him head on. Not with a guy as fast as him. I'm thinking of a sneak attack. I'll x-ray him first so I know where the box is. Then use breath to knock him down, and I'll be on him in 0.4 seconds until Batman comes by. Terry can probably be waiting in the shadows too. I know where he's staying, so it won't be hard. so.. is this good? What do you think, Bruce, is it a good plan? Or maybe you'd have a more efficient one. Please tell me.. we can't risk Tess coming here yet.

Stupid, backdated, primitive muggle technology. I hate this. Very much. Almost as much as I completely loathe the fact that I'm in a city vastly overpopulated with so many pathetic muggles. Maybe I should do something to lower that number a bit. Got a feeling that there's magic here too. I hope they are pureblooded, and not halfway pure, or mudblood pimps and whores. Wouldn't surprise me. Nothing surprises a Malfoy anymore. Not this one. I swear, if Al or James did this to me just because I flipped them off when I left the graduation party, they'll pay dearly for it.

But it gets better. Oh yes! Not only can I not apparate out of here, but I am in the past as well. No amount of magic at my disposal can free me from here. Believe me, I tried. I'm very good. Or bad, hehe. I nearly wasn't able to get on this bloody muggle device. Fucking, stupid muggles, they all need to just leave or die off But I got lucky. I got a muggle here that is helping me, took a bit of.. prodding. Not sure what I'll do with him or her afterward. Might let them go, or torture them. Or make them my slave. Ha ha. Also, I got books. What is all this Star Wars rubbish? I have never heard of Hapes before. Can't find it on any map.

You know, there is nothing like death to put things in perspective. Bart Allen is not to be trusted. He is a thief and murderer. Or would be a killer, if I wasn't helped. But you know what they say. It's the thought that counts. He stuck me with a chunk of kryptonite. And left me there to die. But in a way, he did kill a part of me, and maybe it had to happen soon anyway This is not Impulse. It's not the one we know. If you suddenly find things missing, and know darn well you had it a second earlier... well, now you know who took it.

[Filtered to JLA (minus Bart), Batfamily]

Terry, I went to him.. you likely know what happened now. He nearly killed me if Bruce hadn't come.. I'd be gone forever. Bart would kill me. Almost did. Think about that.. a guy who was my best friend chose to destroy me, after making accusations without proof. This is not him. I never gave him a speech, he never came to my home. Imagine the type he'd become if he never met me or been a friend of mine.. and further, imagine if he was working with Luthor's protege.

I know he was our friend. But the Impulse we shared the building with? I have to assume he isn't here, replaced by this morally challenged one. He could turn on one of us next just as easily as he did with me. Don't let him fool you. I'd vote for changing security and keeping him barred from the Bradbury. But I'm not the leader, so I don't have the authority to enforce that But if he is still a part of our team, and is welcomed back to our place.. we should have precautions. Though I fail to see why we need a thieving murderer in our midst

[Filtered to Bart]

You screwed up. Again. Funny, with all the alien baddies who tried to off me, turned out that a human succeeded. Almost did, anyway. Next time you decide to kill someone.. make sure they don't have any friends close by. That is why you failed. With your last comment about failing, maybe you should have looked in the mirror. And now you will never come near my again. Hurt anyone else and you will have to deal with me. I might not be so nice next time

But I should probably thank you. You have proved to me that most humans can't be trusted. Not Davis, and not you. Well.. there's one way the two of you are alike. That is the part of me that made me weak, that human side. I need to let that go. And after meeting you, I fully intend to. My birth father did always say that emotions would be my downfall. He turned out to be right and I learned that after I was duped into using the blue crystal. Do things differently? Ohhh, I plan to. Another thing-- I will not be here if you come by again. There is nothing you could say to make me drop my guard again. Clark Kent is dead.

I'm going to kill somebody.

I think it might be you, Clark.

I really think so.

List of things to avoid at work:

1. My boss.
2. Cougars.
3. The antichrist.

Wonder if being Amish is cool.

Why do you guys all have to start sucking again?

Looks like my powers are starting to stabilize again, I can hold a charge now. So I'm on my way back to the building. I feel kinda weird but it's probably just a L.A. side effect of the sunspots or something. never been sick bef

Hey Roy? Some lady was looking for you, Jade? Said she was looking for a place to stay and was outside the Bradbury building. So I thought maybe Oracle pointed her towards the building. I dunno, I've been out of the loop for a few days. Offered her a ride but she told me to tell you she'd be back tomorrow instead. I thought maybe she was one of us. She scratched me and said she had to get home. Girl has some sharp nails though. Friend of yours?

I’m so glad I don’t have to clean up regurgitated alcohol from the carpets. If I did someone would be in even more trouble than they're already in. If that's possible.

[Filtered to Red Arrow]
You’ve been added to the system. The Bradbury Building is there if you’re in need of a place to stay, but considering that it’s currently being occupied by Static, Impulse and an early version of Superman, you might want something less rambunctious. If you need anything Oracle and I are here.

[Filtered to the Bradbury Building]
Everybody’s behaving, I hope?

[Filtered to Babs]
Terry isn’t allowed to leave the manor by himself anymore. I’m thinking about getting one of those shock collars for him.

In the interest of full disclosure:

The LAPD has the Joker in custody. Given that the Joker being in police custody rarely works in our favour, I've coerced gotten the department to agree to release him into our custody until I'm satisfied on the security measures they've taken up before letting him anywhere near a courtroom for acquittal. We have the facilities that I'm convinced are needed to keep him locked in. This is not a case of incarceration without cause. The LAPD knows he's here, he'll be treated as well as he deserves, Miranda Rights read, and three squares a day. All of that.

He just won't be going to trial until I'm satisfied, and that's not open for discussion.

-- O

[Terry]
You're going with Bruce to pick him up. Be ready by four.

You want the Joker gone. You think it’s as easy as snapping your fingers, pulling a trigger or using whatever impressive, show-stopping abilities you have and then walking away without a scratch on you. That’s fine. You go on thinking that. Waltz into his jail cell, kill him and then come find me. Tell me all about it and I’ll put you on a pedestal. He is everybody’s problem and just because I refuse to take his life doesn’t mean that you can’t.

But don’t you dare blame me or mine for the damage he causes, for the lives that he takes. He’s free game. I am not possessive of him. He’s only human, isn’t he? Where you come from, surely he would be dead and long gone by now.

It’s a pity that’s not the case.

[As cranky!Batman]

I wish Clark would start throwing orders at me like I’m seven and need someone to tell me what to do. It would feel just like old times with all the senior citizens bossing me around. I’m gonna go throw stuff all over the floor just so he’ll do it.

I feel too free without someone yanking on my leash. I think I’ll buy some tadpoles just because I can. This building needs a mascot anyway.

It was just some demon, looking for trouble. No vigilante, no psycho superhero wannabe. Just a demon with nothing better to do than make things bad for people. I'm really not surprised. You all can argue that there are good demons out there, but you've gotta remember that there's a good number of bad one's out there too. Not everyone is innocent. And not every murder can be solved by pointing fingers at supposed vigilantes. That's just stupid. Good old fashioned demon. Nice and simple. Just the way I like it.

We took care of him. He's not a problem anymore.

[Ruby]
So who was he?

...Would either of you be opposed to me rewiring the Bradbury building into a giant mp3 player? I'm so bored, I think I actually miss school

Roll Call.

Humour me, people.

Bruce
I think we might be missing Clark, the elder. What does that mean? I'm done trying to organise a JLA. You, Terry, Cass, Zinda, Helena. That's all I'm dealing with from now on. If we're going to keep appearing and disappearing like this...

Yeah. A Titans might work out better, and I'm not running that.

So I was wondering if I could find out just who is patrolling where in this city. Because I'm kinda concerned guys. I was swinging by one of the less than evil demon bars and it seems like someone's had a party in there. One of the demons... I knew him. Kinda. Bit of a jerk, a couple of minions but he wasn't eating babies or anything. And he was alright for good Intell if you bought him a drink or two. And no one's talking about what happened. And ok, Slayer here, but I mean really not talking, even when I was being nice. All I'm hearing was... it wasn't quick.

I know there's a lot of bad in this city, believe me. And I'm not blaming anyone if they're new and instantly thought 'demons=badness' It's just...

Not all the demons here are evil y'know?

Spongebob pencil cases, Spider-man notebooks and Dora the Explorer pencils are NOT COOL and sending said uncool items to me is NOT FUNNY. In any way, shape or form.

I gave them to Clark.

Clark? Go look outside your door. You have presents.

Can ... someone explain to me what's going on here? I'm supposed to be on Coruscant, but this -- well, it's definitely a whole different planet. One without any records of public spaceports. At least, I can't find any on this Holonet, but it's so crude I'm not sure I'm even using it right.

I did sense one or two other Jedi out there, though. I think. If any are reading this -- hi? This is Ben Skywalker. I think I might be lost.

It's good to be back. It's weird.. when I was back home in Metropolis, I seemed to have forgotten my time here. Felt like it was all a dream. It felt like a year ago, but here only about a month went by. I have stories.

But being here again? I think the memories are slowly starting to come back. It might take time to process all that. And I could.. fly? Weird, I didn't fly back home, though it felt that way when I jumped up to Zatanna on the roof. I am still thinking about getting a job. But maybe I should stick to what I do best, full-time, as I did before. But moreso. No distractions

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[Justice League]

I'm interested in returning to the Bradbury building as a member of the League, if you will have me. Is there anything that needs done at the moment? How is the progress with the cells and Arkham Jr? Anything else you need, let me know. I'll be doing some patrols again soon. Also.. I'd like to know how many of the members are still present. Is Kara still here, or the other Superman?

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[Angel Investigations]

If you need any outside assistance with natural or not disasters or missions requiring a group effort, I can be made available. I realize that some people have been sent back to their worlds by The Powers. It's that way on our end as well. I know how trying that can be, I've begun to remember one or two of them recently. Like Raya.. along with the feelings I had then. But on the other hand, some of the evil ones vanished too. Zod might have been among those. Which I am very grateful for. That was one threat the city can do without.

This is what I wanted for Christmas. No adult supervision. Now I can do whatever I want and not get yelled at for it. I am SO lucky. I'm gonna go buy a bunch of stuff I don't need because I always wanted to do that. Someone please come spoil my good mood because this is really not

You are all children. Grow up.

Have you guys seen that TV show Smallville? Why is Clark Kent going to high school with Lois Lane? That completely ruins the arc.

[ooc: as night wing]

This city seems almost as bad off as Gotham. Never a dull night around here is there? god I miss technology

[Filtered to the Joker]
I've been doing my homework on you. Wanna know what I learned?

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[ooc: sometime after this ]