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The Fires of Anuria

@VoiDNoted, thanks for the update.

@NewSun

He's likely a better candidate than I am.

Also, added new classes: Medic & Magpie. Updated Goliath description. Will update Magpie image & add Stationary & Deployable units.

The Fires of Anuria

Species Name
Omega-Humana, frequently shortened to Omegas.

Species Description
Omega-Humanoids are digital life forms housed inside of a ball shaped head that can be connected to a variety of bodies. The original members of Omega-Humana had been Homo Sapiens liberated from aging bodies who had their consciousness digitized and transferred to metal bodies more or less compatible with their nervous systems. The result was that they lost the need for sleep, food, and, among other things, water. As long as their solar powered generators function, they can carry on with life. Unless the digital brain itself is damaged, their bodies can be repaired, or altered within certain limitations. As with humans, they can develop mental illnesses, with no accessible coders skilled to successfully fine-tune the mind. Unlike humans, if a digital backup of the mind exists, they can be restored to a prior state. They are capable of reproduction, but instead of genetic material, they conpositely produce a digital zygote program that can be downloaded into a body, with no biological-type development. As a result, they are as strong at birth as they will ever be. They can be given new bodies, so long as they are compatible, developing software compatible with life is not easy, cheap, or fast, but over the centuries many forms have been made. The only thing that is necessary to switch bodily forms is have the head manually placed in an appropriate position on the new body.

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Nation Name
The Empire of Fleshly Succession, often abbreviated as The EFS, is their chosen identity.

Nation Size
Seven Stars, with a population of Four Billion living and Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand in a repairable state.

Nation Description
Around 2460, mankind was faced by a plague that deteriorated genetic material rapidly. With hope to raising the dead, several alternatives to chryogenics were explored. As a result, dying or recently deceased individuals became liberated intelligences, placed in mechanical bodies, typically in return for a large sum of cash. Naturally, they differed from humanity and had various skirmishes before their production was legally halted on planet Earth, their differences too large to overcome.

Conveniently, they had no need for air, so they went to the moon, seized an International Space Station, and called it home before creating a factory to produce bodies for their young. Before long, they'd created a workforce that harvested the moon's natural resources to create their own fleet of starships. Exploring the cosmic sea, they made it to a distant star system, finding a planet of biologically based and primitive sentients. On this venture, they developed a more universal way of liberating intelligences that worked on non-humans.

The group of Omega-Humanoids, as they were then called, had previously been a true democracy. But following the introduction of the new species, it became a simple caste society, with liberated humans reigning. Naturally, the balance of power called for a leader of the ruling class, so the authority gradually shifted to the point where power was held by a central ruler. At this phase, in the year 2523, The Empire of Fleshly Succession was born.

The emperor himself has since developed a small set of goals: Obtain more power and influence, prove the ESF superior to similar electronic life forms, and develop as many physical forms as possible. To meet these goals, The Emperor has long been choosing to wage warfare with no end in sight.

Nation Involvement
They fight as a result of Imperial Command. An order existing partially because of a desire to consume the planet's resources, partially to analyze the wide range of technologies on the battlefield, and partially to show the Emperor's strength. As individuals, many of them fight because it's literally what they exist to do. On the other hand, some dreamy-eyed trainees want to come out as heroes that helped win the Century Slaughter. But others are afraid of being charged with desertion and suffering from the ESF's severe punishment. But as electronic life forms who existed to surpass human health, many see ending the conflict through conquest as the only realistic road to peace.

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Technology
The ESF, or even Omega-Humana as a whole, is a highly advanced race, given they are electronic life-forms. Their ability to program new types of bodies, convert other life-forms, and even resurrect themselves testifies to this. Their focus on alternate bodies and lack of typical biological needs has motivated them to create bodies of mass destruction instead of things like vehicles. From a certain perspective, even a basic humanoid body is a vehicle. In their alternate bodies, they manipulate various branches of technology and science to give themselves a militaristic edge.

Navy Description
The ESF consciously avoids use of star ships for battle, given that there is already a great amount of people who make such effective use of them that it would be foolish to compete. To this end, they've instead worked to produce simple, but effective ships made to protect their troops rather than take the enemy down.

Goliath Freighter

The Goliath Freighters exist in few numbers, but their value to the fleet is incomparable. The Goliath Freighters exist to transport massive amounts of ships at once, while also providing the greatest amount of safety that can be achieved outside the core of a planet.

The hull is literally a mile thick, covered with retroreflectors and solar panels to power the entire construct. A canopy of molten tungsten guards the next layer, which has liquid cooling fluids streaming all throughout for another mile towards the core. Then, radioactive hazard walls are scattered at various distances to penetrate the defenses of any invading forces crafty enough to reach that depth. Thick bedrock divides that hazard zone from the center which, if penetrated, is up to any onboard imperials.

Inside the walls, a mobile cityscape can be found, magnetically separated from the spinning hull to keep it stable. The vast landscape includes data centers, manufacturing plants, spaceports, and, surprisingly, parks. Each Goliath Freighter has a government agency of its own, still under imperial rule of course, that directs the maintenance and additional construction of them all.

Their breakneck speed rotation makes them ricochet most energy attacks, the retroreflectors redirect whatever they can back, and the hull's sheer volume and mass make it possible for it's exterior to be used as a giant grinder. Because of their massive size, they cannot be built on a planet, or they would never be able to leave the atmosphere. They must be assembled in a spacious empty region of space. At the moment, the requirements for their construction has led to only four being built, with a fifth in the works.

Daedalus Shuttle

The typical means of transport for mass quantities of Omegas is capable of holding up to ten thousand disassembled soldiers, while only the crew is fully assembled. They're heavily guarded, with a sturdy center to protect all the troops from enemy fire. What makes them rather unique is that the disassembled troops can quickly be put to use as operators of the shuttles wings, which break off to become fighter ships, which can divide into eight ships total.

Shadow Assassin

They are mostly used to patrol the empire, traveling in groups around the edge. The cannons fire off heavy plasmatic blasts rapidly through use of multiple guns sharing a barrel for precision, and to ensure each shot is as devestating as the last. An mounted assisted targeting turret locks onto enemies near or far while the pilot is trusted to guide its bombing system.

Chiroptadroid

Rather than being heavily armed, these ships main function is to inflict damage through crashing into the enemy. Their side mounted shields can face forward to protect them from fire before they impact. The resulting explosion is plasmatic, with napalm distributed for good measure. More often than they are used, they instigate a retreat. Because the very concept of them is their own destruction, they are usually remote controlled.

Air Force Description
The ESF fights its air battles with small, highly maneuverable combatants designed to exploit the weaknesses of aircraft. The troops are often too small to be recognized as a ship by machines, and may be confused for wildlife by a radar.

Gremlin

A body form that includes a winged jet pack, meant to fly onto the exterior of an aircraft before sabotaging it. One hands fingertips typically end in drills while lasers are projected from the other. Every edge of their bodies is razor sharp, making them dangerous to be anywhere close to if you're not protected.

Magpie

The Magpie form caters to the other units. It has a propeller mounted on its back and enables it to quickly take flight, with greater mobility than either the Typhon or Gremlin units. They generally lift supplies or other units and are effective at rescue missions, but they are lightly armed and often rely on protection from others, though their blade can act as a shield to their back when spinning. They are not meant to be removed, but with some minimal repairs, they can be placed back on. As a major function, the bottoms of their feet can drop hammocks so their arms are free.

Typhon

A gigantic form that stands around fifteen feet tall, they are designed to withstand massive amounts of energy and blunt attacks, the most effective way to destroy them is by crushing them. They are armed with missiles, flame throwers, napalm, and massive fists that can rip aircraft into pieces if given the chance.

Ground Force Description

Black Mamba

(Picture it in black)

This body form is slender and highly maneuverable, with a top speed of 25 mph. Each appendage ends in claws, while they also carry swords like katanas that can be electrified or superheated for extra effect. The head of the Omega inside is surrounded by a helmet with an opening resembling a mouth that can snap shut, dropping a row of 'fangs' onto anything reaching inside. Their mid-range attack is a blast of acid that can be shot out from a vent atop of the helmet.

Crocodile

A body form adapted for underwater combat and surveillance, the Crocodile forms can selectively alter their buoyancy. Heavy metal plating is stacked all over them, providing an advantage against most kinds of conventional firearms or laser pistols. They are strong enough to literally lift a ton and are typically armed with torpedoes.

Medic

Unlike most other forms, the medic is designed to repair. They are almost as durable as crocodile units while maintaining a smaller form, in case they have to enter a danger zone. It is a role given to veterans, never to rookies or as a first form because they are among the most important. Not only do they do repair work, but they are the only units trained to copy or restore memory/personality files. Accordingly, they are usually most abundant in data centers, as well as being the sole unit type with the authority to 'birth' new Omega-Humanoids. For this reason, anyone who harms a medic is subject to the worst of punishments.

Slug

An odd body form shaped by an electromagnetic field that maintains the generally humanoid shape of a gelatinous glob of molten heavy metals, while the head of an Omega is kept inside. The result is an extreme resistance to blunt force and close range attacks, but the electromagnetic field is a delicate and fragile system that can easily be interfered with by plasma.

Snipers

The short statured sniper form has two shoulder and four wrist mounted turrets that can lock onto separate targets. They are slender, camouflaged, and quiet. While the shoulder mounted turrets defaultedly fire conventional bullets, the wrist turrets can unleash plasma, incendiary bullets, or toxic darts, among other options that are usually selected on an individual basis. They also frequently carry rotary cannons, making them an excellent choice for the almost any position.

Common Armaments

Latch Drills

Much like seeds, they are cans that will attach themselves to a surface. But, instead of projecting something, they drill into whatever they land on, whether it's armor, a vehicle, or a door.

Seeds

Seeds are the bread and butter of the ESF infantry. They are small canisters with a side that grabs hold of whatever surface it touches, usually by manipulating ionic bonds, while the other side emits a precision pillar blast. Blade Seeds launch out a long thin metal spike that can impale most biological flesh, even piercing the hull of grounded aircraft, it will retract and push the spike forward until it runs out of power. Blaze Seeds, on the other hand, shoot out columns of white hot flame that last for ten seconds. Bullet Seeds fire out a stream of conventional bullets until they empty. A Gust Seed vacuums in air before becoming the eye of a cyclone. Lastly, a Spark Seed will eject another disc while a high voltage current passes between them.

Headquarters
The base of operations is a large complex, like an inverted tower, it is mostly underground. It's exterior walls are electrified and guarded by a team of Omegas called Terminus. In order to enter the base, the visitor must be disassembled and reassembled inside the building, this is to minimize the possibility of intruders seizing the facility. Inside, the commanding officers discuss tactics at the very bottom floor. It's walls are heavily durable, and a foundation literally made of titanium surrounds the entirety of the base, not counting the entrance. Those who know where to look can find it beneath the bed of a river outside the Desert Straits.

Persons of Importance
The Emperor, his name was long ago forgotten
Rezolv, the first Omega-Humanoid born electronically
Kyro, present head engineer for the design committee
Erojon, present general in charge of the forces on Anuria
Khill, Vezar, Lupus, and Scythe are the four admirals who control four separately operating armies underneath General Erojon

The Fires of Anuria

Only a few hours left until I'm off work to review all the new content in detail.

We can start up within a few days, promise! Hopefully in even less time.

On a side note, would anybody be interested in assuming the role of co-gm? I'd hate to get swamped and the extra help is always good.

@NewSun

I'd be interested, if for no other reason than to mine the experience, and I like this game so far.

The Fires of Anuria

@Nightrunner

I guess you could say they're a....

*puts on sunglasses over gasmask*

ghost in a shell

@Skepic

You could say that, yes, but the reference would be...

[Insert Lost Logo Here]

on me.

The Fires of Anuria

Indeed. Because the original specimens were human minds, and only sentient life forms can be converted, all their mental faculties are on par with humanity. Some will even wish they had flesh.

The Fires of Anuria

Species Name
Omega-Humana, frequently shortened to Omegas.

Species Description
Omega-Humanoids are digital life forms housed inside of a ball shaped head that can be connected to a variety of bodies. The original members of Omega-Humana had been Homo Sapiens liberated from aging bodies who had their consciousness digitized and transferred to metal bodies more or less compatible with their nervous systems. The result was that they lost the need for sleep, food, and, among other things, water. As long as their solar powered generators function, they can carry on with life. Unless the digital brain itself is damaged, their bodies can be repaired, or altered within certain limitations. As with humans, they can develop mental illnesses, with no accessible coders skilled to successfully fine-tune the mind. Unlike humans, if a digital backup of the mind exists, they can be restored to a prior state. They are capable of reproduction, but instead of genetic material, they conpositely produce a digital zygote program that can be downloaded into a body, with no biological-type development. As a result, they are as strong at birth as they will ever be. They can be given new bodies, so long as they are compatible, developing software compatible with life is not easy, cheap, or fast, but over the centuries many forms have been made. The only thing that is necessary to switch bodily forms is have the head manually placed in an appropriate position on the new body.

-

Nation Name
The Empire of Fleshly Succession, often abbreviated as The EFS, is their chosen identity.

Nation Size
Seven Stars, with a population of Four Billion living and Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand in a repairable state.

Nation Description
Around 2460, mankind was faced by a plague that deteriorated genetic material rapidly. With hope to raising the dead, several alternatives to chryogenics were explored. As a result, dying or recently deceased individuals became liberated intelligences, placed in mechanical bodies, typically in return for a large sum of cash. Naturally, they differed from humanity and had various skirmishes before their production was legally halted on planet Earth, their differences too large to overcome.

Conveniently, they had no need for air, so they went to the moon, seized an International Space Station, and called it home before creating a factory to produce bodies for their young. Before long, they'd created a workforce that harvested the moon's natural resources to create their own fleet of starships. Exploring the cosmic sea, they made it to a distant star system, finding a planet of biologically based and primitive sentients. On this venture, they developed a more universal way of liberating intelligences that worked on non-humans.

The group of Omega-Humanoids, as they were then called, had previously been a true democracy. But following the introduction of the new species, it became a simple caste society, with liberated humans reigning. Naturally, the balance of power called for a leader of the ruling class, so the authority gradually shifted to the point where power was held by a central ruler. At this phase, in the year 2523, The Empire of Fleshly Succession was born.

The emperor himself has since developed a small set of goals: Obtain more power and influence, prove the ESF superior to similar electronic life forms, and develop as many physical forms as possible. To meet these goals, The Emperor has long been choosing to wage warfare with no end in sight.

Nation Involvement
They fight as a result of Imperial Command. An order existing partially because of a desire to consume the planet's resources, partially to analyze the wide range of technologies on the battlefield, and partially to show the Emperor's strength. As individuals, many of them fight because it's literally what they exist to do. On the other hand, some dreamy-eyed trainees want to come out as heroes that helped win the Century Slaughter. But others are afraid of being charged with desertion and suffering from the ESF's severe punishment. But as electronic life forms who existed to surpass human health, many see ending the conflict through conquest as the only realistic road to peace.

-

Technology
The ESF, or even Omega-Humana as a whole, is a highly advanced race, given they are electronic life-forms. Their ability to program new types of bodies, convert other life-forms, and even resurrect themselves testifies to this. Their focus on alternate bodies and lack of typical biological needs has motivated them to create bodies of mass destruction instead of things like vehicles. From a certain perspective, even a basic humanoid body is a vehicle. In their alternate bodies, they manipulate various branches of technology and science to give themselves a militaristic edge.

Navy Description

Goliath

Their only purpose is to move without getting destroyed. They are larger than most starships, about a fifth of the size of Earth's moon. They are very unlikely to be destroyed in a single battle, because it is a spinning orb of metal that repels fire and transports whatever it allows to come on board. Despite its massive size, it has no weaponry, though massive damage could be caused by colliding with another ship.

Daedalus Shuttle

The typical means of transport for mass quantities of Omegas is capable of holding up to ten thousand disassembled soldiers, while only the crew is fully assembled. They're heavily guarded, with a sturdy center to protect all the troops from enemy fire. What makes them rather unique is that the disassembled troops can quickly be put to use as operators of the shuttles wings, which break off to become fighter ships, which can divide into eight ships total.

Chiroptadroid

Rather than being heavily armed, these ships main function is to inflict damage through crashing into the enemy. Their side mounted shields can face forward to protect them from fire before they impact. The resulting explosion is plasmatic, with napalm distributed for good measure. More often than they are used, they instigate a retreat.

Air Force Description

Gremlin

A body form that includes a winged jet pack, meant to fly onto the exterior of an aircraft before sabotaging it. One hands fingertips typically end in drills while lasers are projected from the other. Every edge of their bodies is razor sharp, making them dangerous to be anywhere close to if you're not protected.

Typhon

A gigantic form that stands around fifteen feet tall, they are designed to withstand massive amounts of energy and blunt attacks, the most effective way to destroy them is by crushing them. They are armed with missiles, flame throwers, napalm, and massive fists that can rip aircraft into pieces if given the chance.

Ground Force Description

Black Mamba

(Picture it in black)

This body form is slender and highly maneuverable, capable of walking on walls or uneven surfaces by manipulating ionic bonds, on foot they have a top speed of 25 mph. Each appendage ends in claws, while they also carry swords like katanas that can be electrified or superheated for extra effect. The head of the Omega inside is surrounded by a helmet with an opening resembling a mouth that can snap shut, dropping a row of 'fangs' onto anything reaching inside. Their mid-range attack is a blast of acid that can be shot out from a vent atop of the helmet.

Crocodile

A body form adapted for underwater combat and surveillance, the Crocodile forms can selectively alter their buoyancy. Heavy metal plating is stacked all over them, providing an advantage against most kinds of conventional firearms or laser pistols. They are strong enough to literally lift a ton and are typically armed with torpedoes.

Slug

An odd body form shaped by an electromagnetic field that maintains the generally humanoid shape of a gelatinous glob of molten heavy metals, while the head of an Omega is kept inside. The result is an extreme resistance to blunt force and close range attacks, but the electromagnetic field is a delicate and fragile system that can easily be interfered with by plasma.

Snipers

The short statured sniper form has two shoulder and four wrist mounted turrets that can lock onto separate targets. They are slender, camouflaged, and quiet. While the shoulder mounted turrets defaultedly fire conventional bullets, the wrist turrets can unleash plasma, incendiary bullets, or toxic darts, among other options that are usually selected on an individual basis. They also frequently carry rotary cannons, making them an excellent choice for the almost any position.

Common Armaments

Mole Cans

Much like seeds, they are cans that will attach themselves to a surface. But, instead of projecting something, they drill into whatever they land on, whether it's armor, a vehicle, or a door.

Seeds

Seeds are the bread and butter of the ESF infantry. They are small canisters with a side that grabs hold of whatever surface it touches, usually by manipulating ionic bonds, while the other side emits a precision pillar blast. Blade Seeds launch out a long thin metal spike that can impale most biological flesh, even piercing the hull of grounded aircraft, it will retract and push the spike forward until it runs out of power. Blaze Seeds, on the other hand, shoot out columns of white hot flame that last for ten seconds. Bullet Seeds fire out a stream of conventional bullets until they empty. A Gust Seed vacuums in air before becoming the eye of a cyclone. Lastly, a Spark Seed will eject another disc while a high voltage current passes between them.

Headquarters
The base of operations is a large complex, like an inverted tower, it is mostly underground. It's exterior walls are electrified and guarded by a team of Omegas called Terminus. In order to enter the base, the visitor must be disassembled and reassembled inside the building, this is to minimize the possibility of intruders seizing the facility. Inside, the commanding officers discuss tactics at the very bottom floor. It's walls are heavily durable, and a foundation literally made of titanium surrounds the entirety of the base, not counting the entrance. Those who know where to look can find it beneath the bed of a river outside the Desert Straits.

Persons of Importance
The Emperor, his name was long ago forgotten
Rezolv, the first Omega-Humanoid born electronically
Kyro, present head engineer for the design committee
Erojon, present general in charge of the forces on Anuria
Khill, Vezar, Lupus, and Scythe are the four admirals who control four separately operating armies underneath General Erojon

DC Universe: Age of Heroes (Dead)

<Snipped quote by Nightrunner>

Wanted to compliment you on the first post in a few days, it was well written and I'm really excited to see Aquaman on the surface with the rest of us. As soon as the collab between @Gowi and I is done, I will be moving the plot along with a meet up between our characters. I might do that as GL since it doesn't seem like Krab is coming back anytime soon, if it is okay with @BlackSam3091 I'll probably get Hal to bring Bats to Metropolis. Once we all meet up we will be attacking Brainiac's mothership ASAP.

Once we finish origins up, side-kicks will become available for applications. If anyone wants to take a shot at Kara,(Supergirl if you didn't already know), go right ahead. I'm officially releasing her to the public.

@Vandy

Thanks, V-Man. I appreciate the appreciation, it's kinda refreshing. But I'm enjoying it, just curious to see how this goes.

The Fires of Anuria

Hi, I'm Nightrunner. You can call me whatever. Friends have called me Night and NR, Runner too on occasion. I'm a decent writer, with definite sci-fi interests and concepts. I also sketch. But, I've never played in an NRP, and I'd like to try this one. It seems very polished and logically structured.

I'll likely have a sheet together soon. I just have to dwell on my ideas. Still, if all goes well, you'll have snagged yourself a new player.

DC Universe: Age of Heroes (Dead)

Justice League Origins

The Castle Foyer
The Lost City of Atlantis

The glossy orange scale mail Orin was wearing immediately registered in his mind as the poorest choice for a stealth mission. But fortunately, this was not the time for stealth, he'd already taken back his fortress, now was the time for action, to repel whatever invaders had come to his home. Hopefully, the colorful garb of an Atlantean military general in chief would inspire his troops rather than paint a target on his back.

"King Orin, the surface dwellers are outside the castle walls, the royal guard is holding them back as best they can, but they've quickly become overwhelmed and have had several casualties."

The King thought for a tense moment before opting to preserve the lives of his men. "Tell them all they have permission to retreat without penalty," he said, balancing his trident in hand before peeking through the peephole of his giant door.

The courtyard was a mess of clustered comrades landing endlessly fruitless strokes against the titanic machines. They were developed for the subaquatic conditions. Rather than having legs to stand on, they resembled mechanical 'mermen' with tails covered by sturdy yet flexible overlapping plates that trailed their slender, powerful torsos with tentacles and bulbous heads on their shoulders.

"Garth, execute the beached whale maneuver as many times as it will work," he confidently commanded his younger associate as he cracked the door, slipping through it and into his courtyard.

"Yes, my lord," he uttered as he closely matched the path of his king.

The two of them swam right up to the most exhausted looking lone guardsman, Arthur laid a heavy hand on his shoulder, relieving him of the battle. The behemoths' tentacles swished around Arthur, preparing to wrap him like an a boa would to a rabbit. But the efforts were countered by Orin thrusting his trident and snagging the tentacles in the spaces between it's points. To limit it's use of them, he spun his trident's handle, with the appendages reduced to spaghetti on a fork when the king forced the weapon into the soil beneath his feet. Taking advantage of the opening, Garth began to summon a skyward column of light that touched down on the grounded machine before spreading out into a bubble, trapping it in a pocket of air that proved debilitating to the aquatic war machine.

As it squirmed on the coral that took place of the grass found outside surface castles, the fight was made easier when by the fact that it was being crushed by its own weight. Focusing the power his whole soul into his fists, with every bit of resolve he could scrounge up, Arthur broke the hull of the machine, plunging his fist into its core and ripping out everything that felt important. Naturally, the jagged edges left scratches on his gloves, but they were designed for extreme protection. In a matter of seconds, a black stream of oil began to leak, so Orin stopped. One of the very reasons that Atlanteans despised surface dwellers, with complete rationality when you're unbiased about the subject, was the plague of black blood that had left a trail of death wherever the current would take it. He couldn't have that. So with the utmost haste, he snatched a nearby sponge from the seafloor and packed it into the breech.

As the sponge blackened, it still bled out like it was a bottle tipped upside down. A few of the royal guardsmen had their battle mages perform the same feat to the best of their ability. But they all were horrified by the liquid death that spouted from the metal corpses. Even though the tide had turned in their favor, Arthur was unwilling to be responsible for any amount of his subjects dying from toxic ingestion.

"Garth, you are now the leader of Atlantis. Forget my palace, find Vulko, and protect my people. I have to go," to protect the denizens of the deep, he was willing to risk his throne, even his life. "With Atlantis under attack, I have no choice but to get help. Metropolis' Superman would even be appreciated," he said, not realizing how much of the world was being razed by the invaders. But, at that, Orin pressed off, bursting through the water like a giant bullet. Within hours, he'd be on the coast of America.

Watching the king swim away, Garth was confused and shocked. He'd never set foot on dry land and hadn't a clue what Metropolis or a Superman was.

This Hurricane's Chasing Us All Underground

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