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Arnie100 wrote:[

"Wait...Annie LaBelle WROTE a BOOK?!"

taalismn wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:[

"Wait...Annie LaBelle WROTE a BOOK?!"

It's friendlier reading than "Slaying Alien Intelligences for Dummies"

Arnie100 wrote:"Or the How To Love, Hug And Squeeze Your Mate To Pieces For Dummies?"

SRoss wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:"Or the How To Love, Hug And Squeeze Your Mate To Pieces For Dummies?"

Ah Minmei's book.

taalismn wrote:

wyrmraker wrote:

taalismn wrote:Hell, they're going to have to improvise new BOOKING procedures for a 400-ft prisoner.
"Do we really have to fingerprint them?"
"Yes! Now get the laser scanner!"
"...i'm not doing the body cavity search..."

Wouldn't BSS get press-ganged into that duty?

I'm sure the Dimensional Customs official dragooned into the job is asking himself or herself that exact same question...
"You're going to need more than the gloves for this one...."
" "

wyrmraker wrote:Bits and pieces, still in the wrapping up stages.
***
Darkraven finally slumped against the foot of his destroid in the spacedock as the lockdown was released. It had been a rough couple of hours, but they'd managed to make it through with only a few fatalities.

Deathstroke had led Aleph Squad on a successful raid to drop the demoness Raven, and done so admirably. Deathstroke had done his research, and knew exactly how to break her protections. Aleph Squad had done the rest in their usual fashion.

The portal had closed, and the dimensional knocker had temporarily fallen out of alignment with the vibrational frequency of that world. It would be another week before contact could be made, but Oracle had been warned about that before they lost contact. The Insurgency would be put up with proper accomodations.

Kennedy Two-Bears was liaising with Nova, seemingly leading the Insurgency forces temporarily marooned. Somehow the older Alpha-Mook was giving orders, and they were obeying. Hell, he was barking orders to marines during the lockdown, and they obeyed without hesitation. Darkraven had figured that they were deferring to his experience in fighting capes, but he was still doing it, and people were still obeying. Somehow his gravelly voice carried the same weight as an order barked by senior NCOs.

Giganta had been shrunk down to manageable size, and power-inhibiting manacles had been produced, also by Two-Bears. Somehow the man had thought of that, as well as brought enough to manacle everyone involved. He also instructed the medical tech how to disable Bane's Venom unit, how to properly bind Superman, and how to block Sinestro and Jordan's access to their preferred energy waveform.

Darkraven remembered Harley telling him how good the guy was. He never expected this level of competency. It was a little off-putting.

As for the prisoners, Superman was still recuperating from the beating that a super-powered Breetai had given him, and was in energy-draining shackles. Hal Jordan was in medical after having been divested of his ring, while Sinestro was in a cell calmly reading a book that a marine had thoughtfully loaned him. Sinestro's ring was in Darkraven's pocket for safekeeping.

Wonder Woman was in Critical Care, having been gotten to before her body could fully die. It had been touch and go for a while, but she was slowly recovering. Shazam was bound and gagged in a cell; Darkraven would be talking to him later. Solomon Grundy's parts had been gathered up, loaded onto a drone, and launched towards a sun that was about to go pulsar. Bane was in a cell, thoroughly searched and his Venom rig safely removed. Cyborg had come out of the virtual battle with the Bolos and surrendered, Nobody knew why he surrendered, and the Bolos were being kind of smug about the whole thing. He was in a cell, looking disturbed.

Power Girl and Supergirl were also in cells wearing energy draining shackles. Two-Bears had stated that they were likely duped into going along with the invasion, as their personalities didn't really fit with Superman's fear-mongering world takeover. Everyone was waiting for them to wake up for the interrogations. Cheetah was in full power-dampening restraints, as well as a device that created a magic-draining field. All Two-Bears' idea.

As for the Insurgents, Shiva was recuperating well in the medical bay. She was still unconscious, but the techs had her lined up for Edenii regeneration once the super pill wore off. Breetai was in the bed next to hers, slated for the same treatment.

Harley Quinn was in high spirits, joking with the marines while her hyenas were brought some food. It turned out that they were quite happy, affectionate animals when their mistress wasn't angry.

Red Hood had taken off his helmet, revealing a good-looking young man with red hair and a white streak. He was flirting with some of the female marines, while Red Robin was inventorying his remaining equipment. Some of the female marines were flirting with him, much to his slight discomfort. Black Bat was now sitting on a crate almost in an overwatch position, just observing the interactions.

Kennedy Two-Bears was asking where he could grab a smoke without getting flushed with fire-retardent foam, and then a beer. Deathstroke was still off-dimension with Aleph Squad, awaiting the dimensional knocker to reopen the gateway.

All that remained was the interrogations. Nova, Breetai, and Leonard would be dealing with the Coucil; that crap was so far above Darkraven's pay grade he'd need a telescope to see it. For which he was thankful.

SRoss wrote:

taalismn wrote:

wyrmraker wrote:

taalismn wrote:Hell, they're going to have to improvise new BOOKING procedures for a 400-ft prisoner.
"Do we really have to fingerprint them?"
"Yes! Now get the laser scanner!"
"...i'm not doing the body cavity search..."

Wouldn't BSS get press-ganged into that duty?

I'm sure the Dimensional Customs official dragooned into the job is asking himself or herself that exact same question...
"You're going to need more than the gloves for this one...."
" "

"EDWARDS! KYLE! I've got a little job for you."

Arnie100 wrote:Edwards: "Oh, come ON. Why do WE always get the crappy jobs?!"
Kyle: "I'm not trained for this!"

taalismn wrote:Wonder what Sinestro's reading...could be some comic possibilities there....

"1001 Uses for a Dead Despot"...."Hmmmm, I could use some of these..."
"Dealing with Eldritch Monstrosities"
'Annie LaBelle's Guide to Snuggly-Collecting"..."She considers THAT snuggly?!"

SRoss wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:Edwards: "Oh, come ON. Why do WE always get the crappy jobs?!"
Kyle: "I'm not trained for this!"

Edwards and Kyle discover they're not alone in there...

GMP Trooper: (Shining a flashlight around) "You two see a jeep around here?"

taalismn wrote:

SRoss wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:Edwards: "Oh, come ON. Why do WE always get the crappy jobs?!"
Kyle: "I'm not trained for this!"

Edwards and Kyle discover they're not alone in there...

GMP Trooper: (Shining a flashlight around) "You two see a jeep around here?"

"Hi-ho, Hi-Ho..."
"We're out of here."

SRoss wrote:

taalismn wrote:Wonder what Sinestro's reading...could be some comic possibilities there....

"1001 Uses for a Dead Despot"...."Hmmmm, I could use some of these..."
"Dealing with Eldritch Monstrosities"
'Annie LaBelle's Guide to Snuggly-Collecting"..."She considers THAT snuggly?!"

"Dude, you realize even Kryb is terrified of her."

Arnie100 wrote:

taalismn wrote:Wonder what Sinestro's reading...could be some comic possibilities there....

"1001 Uses for a Dead Despot"...."Hmmmm, I could use some of these..."
"Dealing with Eldritch Monstrosities"
'Annie LaBelle's Guide to Snuggly-Collecting"..."She considers THAT snuggly?!"

"Wait...Annie LaBelle WROTE a BOOK?!"

taalismn wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:[

"Wait...Annie LaBelle WROTE a BOOK?!"

It's friendlier reading than "Slaying Alien Intelligences for Dummies"

SRoss wrote:

taalismn wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:[

"Wait...Annie LaBelle WROTE a BOOK?!"

It's friendlier reading than "Slaying Alien Intelligences for Dummies"

What about "Summoning Elder Beings for Fun and Profit."?

taalismn wrote:Or The Moron's Guide to ####ing Off The UEsG.

Arnie100 wrote:"Or the How To Love, Hug And Squeeze Your Mate To Pieces For Dummies?"

SRoss wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:"Or the How To Love, Hug And Squeeze Your Mate To Pieces For Dummies?"

Ah Minmei's book.

Arnie100 wrote:

SRoss wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:"Or the How To Love, Hug And Squeeze Your Mate To Pieces For Dummies?"

Ah Minmei's book.

Single men across the galaxy begin mass burnings of this book.

Alpha 11 wrote:[
Great pre wrap up! Can't wait to hear the ending!:

taalismn wrote:

Alpha 11 wrote:[
Great pre wrap up! Can't wait to hear the ending!:

No endings. Just new beginnings.

SRoss wrote:"Oooo, Fun with Science by Washu..."

SRoss wrote:"Oooo, Fun with Science by Washu..."

Arnie100 wrote:"Oh, look...HowTo Profit From Battles With Super-Powered Beings by Bruce Wayne and Selena Kyle with an Introduction By Oliver Queen?"

SRoss wrote:"Oooo, Fun with Science by Washu..."

Arnie100 wrote:

SRoss wrote:"Oooo, Fun with Science by Washu..."

"I heard that's required reading at Monument City High..."
"Isn't she a teacher there?"
"Glad my kids don't go there."

taalismn wrote:

SRoss wrote:"Oooo, Fun with Science by Washu..."

Sinestro: "Hmmmmm....some of these look positively LETH-huh"....and if you're thinking of using any of these nifty science projects to break out of a UEsG prison cell, please bear in mind -I- helped design the cells. So give it up, Sinestrp!"...What the HELL?!"

taalismn wrote:"Provided Sinestro just doesn't beat him to pseudo-death on just general principles..."


Charon: "Uh-uh, I'm not dealing with THAT! Had enough trouble with his brother...."

SRoss wrote:GMP Guard: "I'm sorry mam, we're just so over-crowded now. By the time we realized we'd put Ivy in with Whatley, it was too late and we had to us the gas. What should we do with him?"

Nova: "Stick him in the cell with Sinestro."

Sinestro:

Arnie100 wrote:Sinestro: "WAIT!! I CONFESS!!"
Nova: "To WHAT?"
Sinestro: "ANYTHING!"

taalismn wrote:Sinestro: "I confess to taking the last roll at dinner at my mother's house and blaming it on the dog."
GMP Officer: "That's a remarkably petty thing to confess to, coming from you."
Sinestro: "My mother IMMEDIATELY disintegrated the dog."
GMP Officer: "That's rather extreme..."
Sinestro: "Order had to be maintained. I learned a lot from my mother."
GMP Officer: "This explains so much..."

SRoss wrote:Nova: "Wow! I wonder what he'll start confessing to once Whatley wakes up?"

Arnie100 wrote:Sinestro: "I'm a Spice Girls fan..."

taalismn wrote:"Provided Sinestro just doesn't beat him to pseudo-death on just general principles..."


Charon: "Uh-uh, I'm not dealing with THAT! Had enough trouble with his brother...."

SRoss wrote:

taalismn wrote:"Provided Sinestro just doesn't beat him to pseudo-death on just general principles..."


Charon: "Uh-uh, I'm not dealing with THAT! Had enough trouble with his brother...."

"Without his Power Ring? Good luck on that ... Whatley sleep Henti's!"

Arnie100 wrote:Sinestro: "Come on...what do I do to get out of here."
GMP Officer: "Put on this mime costume and march up to the 15ths' barracks and call 'em out."
Sinestro: "Even I'm not THAT desperate..."

Arnie100 wrote:Sinestro: "Come on...what do I do to get out of here."
GMP Officer: "Put on this mime costume and march up to the 15ths' barracks and call 'em out."
Sinestro: "Even I'm not THAT desperate..."

taalismn wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:Sinestro: "Come on...what do I do to get out of here."
GMP Officer: "Put on this mime costume and march up to the 15ths' barracks and call 'em out."
Sinestro: "Even I'm not THAT desperate..."

"Waoy, if I call them out, I am technically not a mime...yet, unless I am in clear line of sight, I cannot summon them as a mime. Surely they know that?"
"The mime they're currently stalking is screaming his head off. I don't think they've noticed...or care, even if they did."

taalismn wrote:T.R. Edwards: "I got a sudden chill run down my spine....like death was coming for me from a direction I hadn't thought of for a while..."

SRoss wrote:GMP Guards drag in Minmei kicking and screaming...

Desk Sargent: "What's she in for?"

GMP Officer: "She beat to death some woman named Tifa..."

Minmei: "I TELL YOU I'M BEING FRAMED!!!"

GMP Officer: "Yeah yeah, that's what they all say."

Elsewhere, Lisa and Yang share a Strawberry Sunrise.

Arnie100 wrote:Minmei: "I'll do ANYTHING to get out of this cell...a mime costume?! FINE. I'll stay here."

taalismn wrote:Minmei: "...nobody gets a mime suit on me. Nobody."(snick!)
Hoosegow Guard: "Okay...who got Minmei into the Weapon X program?"

Arnie100 wrote:Col. Stryker: "SHE THREATENED ME!!"
Minmei: "What? L'il ole me? (Batting her eyelashes)"

taalismn wrote:T.R. Edwards: "I got a sudden chill run down my spine....like death was coming for me from a direction I hadn't thought of for a while..."

SRoss wrote:

taalismn wrote:T.R. Edwards: "I got a sudden chill run down my spine....like death was coming for me from a direction I hadn't thought of for a while..."

Mojo: "Don't mind me! I'm just here to promote your oncoming grisly death."

taalismn wrote:"Bad news, folks. Badass Minmei is apparently back."
"The 'manic' phase of the manic-depressive cycle kicking in?"
"Seems that way."
"Last time in-home universe she sacrificed Edwards' vital organs while he was still using them. Out of universe, she smashed up a good part of CBB Old Mars Town using Tongpu as a blunt instrument."
"....Got any of her kids we can use to calm her down?"
"They just say 'let Mom have her fun'."
"Most ominous..."

Arnie100 wrote:Single males all over the galaxy begin desperately looking for wives or mates...

taalismn wrote:I'm not so monomaniacially anti-Minmei that I think she'd be still so utterly self-absorbed throughout her life.
If she'd been caught young enough, she might not have turned into Little Miss Relationship-Stringer.
And later in life it's been implied that she suffered HARD at the hands of Edwards and his gang; provided she doesn't just go catatonic and disappear off the storyline, I could see her becoming a different person. Whether or not she has enough life ahead of her to do anything with that changed life, though, is questionable. I mean, look at Rick, who wasn't much older than her, and he's not aged well, given the strain on him.
I think I mentioned the old indie comic from the days when HG was loose with the license and was letting the comics licensees run wild with the franchise into abomination territory. One of mention had a page or two of a late-life Minmei, clearly scarred, but a lot more sedate and composed, as the apparent head of a Torol-based music conservatory. It's the image I have most in mind for a UEsG Minmei.....has a life long enough to potentially overcome whatever Edwards did to her, find a man she can be comfortable with, and settle down to being competent at something rather than glamorous, and find usefulness rather than celebrity. She'll have her own cross-dimensional adventures, in ways that don't dredge up the past and don't require her to be the Minmei of the past.

In the same vein, I see Bloopers Minmei as a more comic take on UEsG Minmei, with a life of her own, some crazy adopted kids, and a very extreme bipolarism, ranging mentally and physically from the much put-upon self-centered man-seeking airhead of fancanon, then mutating into the uber-kickass, take-no-prisoners, don't-call-me-airhead Hulk-mei or pagan idol singer(it helps that her airhead phase lasts long enough that everybody thinks she's finally gone into 'default mode' for her and they comfortably forget(post-traumatic amnesia) her killer-competent side when she overturns local organized crime syndicates for fun, and settles old scores all over again.
It's contrast shock when she snaps into psycho mode.

Arnie100 wrote:Minmei: "I AM NOT A PSYCHO!!" (Opening fire with a multi-barrel, gatling-style railgun...)

taalismn wrote:I'm not so monomaniacially anti-Minmei that I think she'd be still so utterly self-absorbed throughout her life.
If she'd been caught young enough, she might not have turned into Little Miss Relationship-Stringer.
And later in life it's been implied that she suffered HARD at the hands of Edwards and his gang; provided she doesn't just go catatonic and disappear off the storyline, I could see her becoming a different person. Whether or not she has enough life ahead of her to do anything with that changed life, though, is questionable. I mean, look at Rick, who wasn't much older than her, and he's not aged well, given the strain on him.
I think I mentioned the old indie comic from the days when HG was loose with the license and was letting the comics licensees run wild with the franchise into abomination territory. One of mention had a page or two of a late-life Minmei, clearly scarred, but a lot more sedate and composed, as the apparent head of a Torol-based music conservatory. It's the image I have most in mind for a UEsG Minmei.....has a life long enough to potentially overcome whatever Edwards did to her, find a man she can be comfortable with, and settle down to being competent at something rather than glamorous, and find usefulness rather than celebrity. She'll have her own cross-dimensional adventures, in ways that don't dredge up the past and don't require her to be the Minmei of the past.

In the same vein, I see Bloopers Minmei as a more comic take on UEsG Minmei, with a life of her own, some crazy adopted kids, and a very extreme bipolarism, ranging mentally and physically from the much put-upon self-centered man-seeking airhead of fancanon, then mutating into the uber-kickass, take-no-prisoners, don't-call-me-airhead Hulk-mei or pagan idol singer(it helps that her airhead phase lasts long enough that everybody thinks she's finally gone into 'default mode' for her and they comfortably forget(post-traumatic amnesia) her killer-competent side when she overturns local organized crime syndicates for fun, and settles old scores all over again.
It's contrast shock when she snaps into psycho mode.

SRoss wrote:

taalismn wrote:I'm not so monomaniacially anti-Minmei that I think she'd be still so utterly self-absorbed throughout her life.
If she'd been caught young enough, she might not have turned into Little Miss Relationship-Stringer.
And later in life it's been implied that she suffered HARD at the hands of Edwards and his gang; provided she doesn't just go catatonic and disappear off the storyline, I could see her becoming a different person. Whether or not she has enough life ahead of her to do anything with that changed life, though, is questionable. I mean, look at Rick, who wasn't much older than her, and he's not aged well, given the strain on him.
I think I mentioned the old indie comic from the days when HG was loose with the license and was letting the comics licensees run wild with the franchise into abomination territory. One of mention had a page or two of a late-life Minmei, clearly scarred, but a lot more sedate and composed, as the apparent head of a Torol-based music conservatory. It's the image I have most in mind for a UEsG Minmei.....has a life long enough to potentially overcome whatever Edwards did to her, find a man she can be comfortable with, and settle down to being competent at something rather than glamorous, and find usefulness rather than celebrity. She'll have her own cross-dimensional adventures, in ways that don't dredge up the past and don't require her to be the Minmei of the past.

In the same vein, I see Bloopers Minmei as a more comic take on UEsG Minmei, with a life of her own, some crazy adopted kids, and a very extreme bipolarism, ranging mentally and physically from the much put-upon self-centered man-seeking airhead of fancanon, then mutating into the uber-kickass, take-no-prisoners, don't-call-me-airhead Hulk-mei or pagan idol singer(it helps that her airhead phase lasts long enough that everybody thinks she's finally gone into 'default mode' for her and they comfortably forget(post-traumatic amnesia) her killer-competent side when she overturns local organized crime syndicates for fun, and settles old scores all over again.
It's contrast shock when she snaps into psycho mode.

Kinda like the T-shirt version.

Arnie100 wrote:Sinestro: "HOLY S**T!! SHE'S LOST HER FREAKING MIND!!"
Minmei: "I AM PERFECTLY FINE!!"

Arnie100 wrote:Luthor: "I think she's pretty mental...even for US..."
Sinestro: "She SCARES me..."
The Joker: "I could be mistaken...but I don't think she's all there..."
Harley: "I think she's COOL."
Luthor, Sinestro and The Joker:
Harley: "What?"

SRoss wrote:Nova: (Facepalming) "Ok who was the genius who put those two in the same cell?"

Everyone looks at Pvt. Doppler...