Chain 176: City of Heroes

Chain 176: City of Heroes

Location: The Storm Palace
Identity: Drop-In
Drawbacks: [+500] Podge Hodge, Medicom Woes

[50/1500]   Presence
[250/1500]  Mu Mastery
[Free]      Electric Mastery
[1050/1500] Time Manipulation
[1200/1500] Day Job
[1300/1500] Medicine
[1500/1500] Conspiracy ASSEMBLE!!

So... apparently Sovereign was somehow not a name taken here. (At least, not in the main timeline.) And... perhaps as an affectation from the previous jump, I kept it for use here.

There's not a great deal that can be said here. I got a better feel for the abilities I had, since I could use them without Hiro throwing a fit every time, as well as learning to pair it with more local abilities for finer control in battlefield control, enhancing allies and hindering enemies. The local Murian elements were... interesting, but kind of pointless in the greater scheme of things. It felt more like a very developed easter egg than anything.

On the plus side, however, having a device that literally projects a Medicine Beam is pretty handy.

Also, the Conspiracy went all-in and played hero this time around, it was pretty hilarious. Some of them were just going face-heel-face turns against each other to keep them occupied, which... confused many of the heroes, until they realized that every time they robbed a bank, it was empty and everyone inside had been warned in advance as a given testing scenario was run. And other such quote-unquote "crimes" that really weren't at all.

So what if my enemies constantly came back? And occasionally teamed up. And pulled an Evil Eight. And then an Eviller Eighteen.

That's what I have friends for.

And when they think they have an evil army, and the evil army turns out to be the ENTIRE Conspiracy that turns on them in their moment of triumph... well, I don't think justice can be any more poetic than that.