TVTropes Now available in the app store!
Open

Follow TV Tropes

Following

Justice Avengers: Jump City at Dusk

Go To

sanojutsu King of Lame-Style from Throne Room Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: Norwegian Wood
King of Lame-Style
#1901: Jul 4th 2013 at 12:57:52 PM

Tatsu blinked, in a flash everything was over. She sighed, partly in reilef, partly in disappointment. She sheathes Luck-less and brushes a bit of her now curly hair off her face... curly hair!? Surprised, she rushes to a near by window. Larger eyes, curly hair, broader nose, fuller lips, darker skin even... even her body had changed. She stepped back in shock; this wasn't her!

The graceless warrior, wielder of the edgeless blade, prophet of the old religions, writer of fluent nonsense, saviour of soul and song.
TheBigBean Wizard of science. from underground. Since: Dec, 2012
Wizard of science.
#1902: Jul 4th 2013 at 1:10:39 PM

"Yeah, I'm fine with that." Jennifer said, standing up and waiting for Matt to start walking. "So, how have things been going on the office?"

God_of_Awesome Since: Jan, 2001
#1903: Jul 4th 2013 at 2:19:16 PM

"I'm still confused. Less angry. Still hungry." Thor looked down and saw that he was wearing his fur kilt again. He reached under it and pulled out his-

His coin purse. Geeze guys. He simply upended the contents of thick coins of pure gold on the counter, "Here ya go!"

GameGuruGG Vampire Hunter from Castlevania (Before Recorded History)
Vampire Hunter
#1904: Jul 4th 2013 at 2:25:09 PM

"It is Lobo, is it not?" Starfire asked Logan to clarify. "I will go home and stay there."

Starfire left the hospital to head back home to stay safe there. Lobo was not a threat for her to face.

Wizard Needs Food Badly
UdtheImp from Stamford, CT (Series 2) Relationship Status: The Skitty to my Wailord
#1905: Jul 4th 2013 at 2:52:36 PM

"Yeah, it is. I think you - " Starfire then flew home before waiting for Wolverine to finish telling her exactly to do what she just did. Smart girl, he thought before heading over to check himself out and then leaving the library. He listened onto the news about anything out of the ordinary to find the others.

DAMMIT MARK, STOP HITTING HELPY!!
LizardOfAus (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#1906: Jul 4th 2013 at 2:55:53 PM

Matt and Jennifer strolled down the street. "Well, you know, mostly the usual. I will say this, though. The Big Bang's shaken up a lot of areas around town, and the courtroom's no exception. People seem a little less confident in pressing charges when the kid that shoplifted at your business the other week now might have some kind of strange ability."

If Jennifer were to glance down, she'd notice that her left thumb was a lot bigger, and greener. It quickly changed back to normal, though.

And a Strange Figure Emerges.
TailsDoll I have a plan. Since: Apr, 2012
I have a plan.
#1907: Jul 4th 2013 at 3:05:06 PM

Last Week

Black Panther sighed, pressing another button to turn the screen off. Now he was just waiting for the strange elevator to arrive.

"Advanced Idea Mechanics; Such a quaint name, isn't it? I mean, I've used bathrooms with more sophisticated security than whatever this 'Advanced Idea Mechanics' has in this building."

"@[=g3,8d]&fbb=-q]/hk%fg"
sanojutsu King of Lame-Style from Throne Room Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: Norwegian Wood
King of Lame-Style
#1908: Jul 4th 2013 at 9:28:33 PM

It took her a while for her to calm down and she stood there, examining her new body. It was still her, it felt odd, but it was still her. She sighed, relieved. She promptly leaves the establishment as she excused herself.

The graceless warrior, wielder of the edgeless blade, prophet of the old religions, writer of fluent nonsense, saviour of soul and song.
TheBigBean Wizard of science. from underground. Since: Dec, 2012
Wizard of science.
#1909: Jul 4th 2013 at 9:51:04 PM

"Yeah, I know what you mean." Jennifer said, frowning. "I got some cases adjourned thanks to my conditions, but some people cancelled their cases when— oof!" She yelped, noticing her thumb getting bigger... and then quickly getting back to normal. "... when the news of what happened came out. I even had a case where the guy I was defending turned into a being that can't stop glowing. I think he turned into pure light... or was it energy? Anyway, the police don't want him inside a courtroom, in case he ends up blowing up, so the case was thrown out."

luckybreak91 Superhero from New York Since: Jul, 2011
Superhero
#1910: Jul 5th 2013 at 12:08:31 AM

Memories flashed through Impulses head. The pirate cave that he took cursed treasure from. That Gypsy he angered that swore revenge. Then, he suddenly shrunk and grew big again and lost his train of thought.

"Don't think so, no."

Tv Tropes Powers. Activate!!!!!
LizardOfAus (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#1911: Jul 5th 2013 at 6:01:14 AM

Matt sighed, not knowing whether to laugh or make a sympathetic sound. "Poor kids. being hit with such strange powers, at such a young age, trying to handle their lives being thrown out of balance... can only imagine what that's like."

Jennifer was suddenly off balance herself. One of her legs became as green, long and muscular as She-Hulk's, her shoe now uncomfortably tight. It went back to normal after about five seconds.

Last Week

The elevator opened up...to reveal a man in a yellow hazmat suit, pointing some kind of advanced gun at them.

"Halt. You have violated the perimeter of a restricted area on AIM property. And on my night shift, no less!"

edited 5th Jul '13 6:01:45 AM by LizardOfAus

And a Strange Figure Emerges.
Sijo from Puerto Rico Since: Jan, 2001
#1912: Jul 5th 2013 at 7:38:46 AM

For a moment, Suzie was flabbergasted. What had happened? Had they really gotten rid of the imp?

In any case, noticing no one was paying her any attention, she exited the deli as quietly as she could.

Outside, she met Robbie. "Did you see that?"

"Yeah, I remember it too, though the other people don't seem to" he explained. "And yet, not all the magics seem to have gone away. Which probably means, Mxy isn't really gone. He's toying with us."

"What do we do??" Suzie asked, truly worried for perhaps the first since she became a superhero. She didn't like feeling helpless.

"I'm not sure. I fear if we use the dial again, he'll just swap our powers with someone else's. We need a plan to get rid of him. We need advice, preferably from a sorcerer."

Then he pulled out his cell phone, and started dialing Zatanna's number. And praying that she wasn't out of town.

LizardOfAus (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#1913: Jul 5th 2013 at 1:05:03 PM

Zatanna groaned, and rolled over on the couch. Her nose was running, her forehead was red hot, and she had a blanket draped over her. She was lying in in her apartment, staring up at the ceiling fan with blurry vision. Finally, her assistant came through from the other room, and placed a bag of frozen peas on her head.

"Come on, Zatanna, you can't just skip tonight. I heard something about this rich guy coming into town. Can't remember if he's here this week or next week, but he'll be here soon and-"

"We neeb dat kind ob boney, I dow, Bikey. Bud id's jusd dot doable."

"Couldn't you just hocus-pocus your flu away?"

"Dried dat. I ended ub wid a gake bade ob bees."

"Wh- okay, fine. But what about-" Mikey fished her phone out of her pocket. "That'll probably be the prop hands, wondering if we're still on for tonight." She answered in a bored tone. "Hello, you've reached the phone of the magical Zatanna Zaturnna."

edited 5th Jul '13 1:05:24 PM by LizardOfAus

And a Strange Figure Emerges.
Sijo from Puerto Rico Since: Jan, 2001
#1914: Jul 5th 2013 at 1:27:21 PM

"Hello, Zatanna? This is, uhh, the guy you helped beat Mister Mxyzptlk three months ago, you remember? Well, he's back in town, and now he's swapping heroes' characteristics around for the heck of it. I thought we had tricked him off, but apparently not, because weird stuff is still happening. Can you help us again? Or at least come up with another way to trick him into saying his name backwards?"

LizardOfAus (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#1915: Jul 5th 2013 at 1:32:16 PM

As Robby talked frantically about Mister Mxyzptlk, Mikey slowly passed the phone into Zatanna's hand.

"Hello, I'd lige to helb, but... Is dat really you, Dog Whistler? Your voice souds a liddle off."

And a Strange Figure Emerges.
Sijo from Puerto Rico Since: Jan, 2001
#1916: Jul 5th 2013 at 1:46:08 PM

"Umm, err, ahh, yes it is Dog Whistler."

("Dog Whistler?") Suzie chuckled.

("Quiet you!") "You sound a little off yourself, Zatanna. Are you well?"

edited 5th Jul '13 1:46:36 PM by Sijo

LizardOfAus (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#1917: Jul 5th 2013 at 2:08:56 PM

"Geh. I'b a liddle oud of sords, so I-"

There as a sudden, loud, coughing fit.

"...ogay, a LOD oud of sords, so I probably can'd be dere in berson lige lasd dime."

And a Strange Figure Emerges.
Sijo from Puerto Rico Since: Jan, 2001
#1918: Jul 5th 2013 at 2:23:41 PM

.*Aww rats* Robbie mentally cursed. "Well, can you at least give us an idea of how to trick him this time?"

LizardOfAus (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#1919: Jul 5th 2013 at 2:31:43 PM

Zatanna made some thinking sounds for a second, while muscling her way through her headache.

"Ah! Thad was id." She spoke into the phone again. "You could dry pudding id in the forb of a pob quiz. Noding like quesdioning his indelligence do ged hib riled ub."

And a Strange Figure Emerges.
Demovere Since: Dec, 2009
#1920: Jul 5th 2013 at 3:14:13 PM

From the outside, Betsy's current house looked just as fancy and high-end as the rest of the houses in the Sea Cliff district: cleanly painted, a small but neatly-trimmed front lawn

, and the fact that she owned the entire two-level building, particularly in a city where multi-storey buildings usually housed several unrelated people.

The interior was a different story, though. There were no antique pieces of furniture, no gilded picture frames nor sparkling chandeliers like most of her neighbors. Instead of heavy wooden chairs around a long dining table, rounded egg-like chairs were neatly arranged around a collapsible circular table; instead of ornate ceiling lights, sleek fluorescent lamps dotted the walls in a simple, but clearly-precisely-laid manner; instead of a massive king-size bed covered with fancy sheets, the bedroom contained a single, fitted with plain-blue sheets. The kitchen was spotless; every pan and wok hung orderly from a mount under the simple cabinets, while the pale-blue plates were arranged neatly inside a dish rack. Even the bathroom was pristine, with Betsy's necessities tucked away behind the bathroom mirror and inside various cabinets.

The only form of extravagance in design seemed to be the section smack in the center of the place: a carefully-crafted garden, accessed via a shoji divider made of modern materials. In one corner sat a small rock garden: two large rocks, one of which has a distinct seam running down the middle, and a third, smaller rock, all surrounded by a swirling, storm-like pattern raked in the gravel. Sitting in the other corner directly opposite the rock garden sat a shishi-odoshi, powered by the house's pipe system since it was set up within rather than further outside. The center of the garden remained clear for several people to sit down in or pass through, paved over with a smoothed soil layer. Finally, the garden has no roof over it, allowing anyone inside to look up and see the Jump City sky hanging above them, framed by the four sides of the house's interior walls.

Betsy sat in the middle of the soil-layered ground, her form assuming seiza. Her eyes were calmly closed, her hands rested on her lap; in front of her laid her sheathed wakizashi, the Kamaitachi. Slowly, she opened her eyes, and quietly picked up the weapon, pulling the blade out from the sheath by an inch; at the same time, her feet rose, her toes curling forward as she rested her weight on her heels.

In less than a second, she was on one knee, the blade now drawn and aimed forward after an extremely fast horizontal slash. Another slash brought her to her feet in another split-second, followed by a half-circle spin in place to bring the blade down vertically behind her. With a flourish, she spun again, reversing her grip in an instant and thrusting the blade past her torso. She continued this for a while, her movements smooth, flowing, controlled - practically a dance in itself; all the while, the serene expression never left her face.

The kata ended with Betsy returning to the standard grip, spinning around one more time and bringing Kamaitachi down in an overhead slash. She stopped over the sheath, down on one knee; picking up the sheath, she brought the blade up to it, and slid it in with nary a word. After that, she rose to her feet once more, looking skyward with a soft gaze as the wind lightly tunneled into the small garden. Her free hand ran through her fluttering hair, the sheathed blade held firmly in her other hand.

Sijo from Puerto Rico Since: Jan, 2001
#1921: Jul 5th 2013 at 3:34:26 PM

For a moment, Robbie struggled to understand Zatanna's muffled words, but then he understood: 'Pop quiz'

"Ah! Yeah that might work. Thanks Miss Zatara. Get well soon!" and he hung up.

"Who was that?" Suzie asked, suspiciously.

"I'll explain later. I've got a plan now, or the beginning of one anyway. Cannot speak it aloud, that infernal imp might be watching. You'll have to give me the dial. It's my turn now anyway."

"What? No it isn't! The case isn't over! And the fight was erased from history or something!"

"Sorry, Suzie, but I really cannot bargain over this. Give me the dial already!"

Grumbling, the teenage girl produced it out of her handbag. Together they went into an alley, where Robbie dialed H-E-R-O and-

LizardOfAus (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#1922: Jul 5th 2013 at 3:49:45 PM

With a flash, Robby transformed again. He became a reddish haired teen, wearing a red and white jumpsuit, with matching jacket, running shoes and yellow goggles. Again, a name didn't spring to mind, but Johnny Quick would do just nicely.

__________________________

Meanwhile, the unthinkable happened. As the two speedsters ran side by side, there was a bright sparking flash. The next thing Impulse knew, he was wearing regular clothes, scaled up to match his adult body, and running at regular speed. His super-fast powers were gone.

And a Strange Figure Emerges.
Stratofarius huzzaaaaaaaah Since: Aug, 2011
huzzaaaaaaaah
#1923: Jul 5th 2013 at 4:25:41 PM

Last Week

Flash raised his arms, shaking his head. "Relax, we're going to leave, no need to sh—" He suddenly stopped, attempting to kick the gun away from the man's hands so he could pull him out of the elevator and throw him to the ground.

This Week

"This is bad. Listen, we have to focus—"

Wally turned big and small once more, making him lose his train of thought. But instead of going back to focus, he laughed, and started to run faster... until Bart lost his powers. Wally stopped in front of him, grinning. "What's the matter, Gramps? Back problems?" He chuckled, poking Bart in the nose.

Sijo from Puerto Rico Since: Jan, 2001
#1924: Jul 5th 2013 at 4:48:42 PM

"Aha! Super-speed! That can be useful!" Robbie said to Suzie, taking a second to run around her, creating a literal whirlwind. "And LOOK! I'm still a guy!! Guess the dial is fixed after all!!"

He stopped and said, "...I think I'll call myself... Johnny Quick. I seem to recall some old speedster by that name. No time to think of anything better. OK, I'm off to implement my plan. See you later, Suzie."

"Wait, where are you-"

WHOOSH!

"-Going? Ohhh Reed!!" she fumed.

edited 5th Jul '13 4:50:14 PM by Sijo

luckybreak91 Superhero from New York Since: Jul, 2011
Superhero
#1925: Jul 5th 2013 at 6:09:23 PM

Bart stopped running after he lost his powers and looked down at himself, lost. After Wally poked his nose it took him a long thirty seconds to reply in a slow, drawn out manner.

"What ... happened?"

Tv Tropes Powers. Activate!!!!!

Total posts: 6,592
Top