Kat Jumpchain 7 DC Occult

Jump 7 DC Occult
Starting Location: Gotham
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Source: Half-Blood
History: Child of the Endless
Perks:
*Twisted Sister (0)
*Dark and Troubled Times (0)
*Blessings without end (Death, Delirium, Despair, Destiny) (300)
*Brute Force (200, Discount)
*Carefully Chose Words (300, Discount)
*Thirteen (300, Discount)
*Highway to hell (200, Discount)
Items:
*Fountain of Youth (400)
Companions:
*Happy-go-lucky Goth (100)
*Jumper Brigade X 2 (100)
Drawbacks:
*Bad Dreams (+100)
*Top hat troubles (+100)
*Really need at tan (+100)
*Adoring Fan (+600)

Scenarios:

Days of Vengeance
Reward:
* Real Magic – Spirit magic(400)
*Sleight of hand (100)
*Spear of Destiny

Hell in a hand basket
Reward:
*Magic Sensitivity (100)
*Back to Basics (200)
*Plant Control

Companions:

Lux/Nicholas
Source: Natural
History: Modern Day Merlin
Perks:
*Magic Sensitivity (0)
*Sleight of hand (0)
*Greatest magician of the Age (0)
*Real Magic (200, Discount)
Equipment
*Cloak of Levitation (100, Discount)
*Library of Eternity (300, Discount)

Pacman
Source: Empowered
History: Enchanted
Perks:
*Twisted Sister (0)
*Magic Sensitivity (0)
*Real Magic (0)
*Back to the Basics (0)
*Mark of the beast (0)
*Brute Force (200, Discount)
*Down the Rabbit Hole (300, Discount)
Equipment
*Sword of Night (100, Discount)

Journal 7, Entry # 1

It’s strange actually for me to have a parent I actually want to make happy. In one Jump I had a great Father but had to go through hell and back to finally be able to meet him.

In this world my mother is Death the endless, a fundamental force of the universe. Strangely enough for the incarnation of death Mom is a great mother. She has probably been one of the coolest and most loving parents I have had. Apparently my father was a cancer patient that fell in love with her. She took a shine to him too and his last wish was that there was something of their love to continue on after him.

So when mom asked me a favor. Of course I was happy to do it. For most kids they might have to take out the trash, they might have to do the laundry, for me apparently I had to go kill some immortal demons in hell.

It’s over and done with and I still don’t understand why it had to happen. Usually Mom is pretty cool with immortals since they will eventually come to her one day. Honestly if I had to guess I would say this was more of a test for me. It was laid out like a logic puzzle. Each of the demons could only be killed under certain conditions. The Fire demon needed his 3 generals to die first. The ice demon needed 3 ice sculptures in his castle melted by the Fire demon’s heart and the Plant demon… well I wasn’t given that. I guess that was part of the test to figure out.

Strangely something about this hell interfered with the powers and skills I had obtained from other worlds. Though the things I had trained in myself weren’t affected. I was still pretty stealthy and my combat skills weren’t bad either. I even had a little magic since I had trained with Nicholas.

Anyways as it was hell and swarming with demons I chose to sneak my way through most of it. I snuck through the part that looked like Dante’s Inferno. I made it into the castle and with some patience I was able to find the Generals, wait until they were alone and kill them with a sword I had borrowed. This put things on high alert though but I still managed to make it back to the fire demon and use the fact that he was now jumpy to distract him with a thrown rock and kill him. I don’t like killing honestly but I did what I had to do. Anyways I took his heart and snuck out.

The Ice Demon was harder; I had to trek through a winter wonderland of death and pain again hiding where I could. I made it to the Ice Palace, found the statues and avoided dying to a trap. With that out of the way I melted the statues.

This is where things got difficult because the Ice demon knew where the statues were and knew when he wasn’t immortal so I was greeted by him and a half dozen of his cronies. Thankfully these demons weren’t great fighters because I was able to use them against each other. I find most things with super strength just come to rely on that strength more than actually learning how to properly fight.
Anyways I made it through the minions and the Ice demon summoned an Ice storm that made it hard for me to see or move since the floor was slippery. Thankfully though the Ice demon chose to do me the favor of charging at me with his Ice spear, I caught it in time to redirect the force to flip him over and pummel him unconscious while he was stunned. With that done I removed his heart in case I needed it because I didn’t know what I needed for the plant demon.

Now the Plant demon’s domain was a pain to deal with. It was a Jungle, which in and of itself wouldn’t be bad but there were a bunch of sentient plants that you couldn’t tell were sentient until you got too close.

Still somehow I made it to the Ziggurat at the heart of the Jungle.

I snuck around again until I found three great trees at the heart of the Ziggurat. Figuring this was it I tried to use the heart to freeze them but it didn’t work.

By that point I was a little frustrated so I tried to hack them down with my sword. These trees were tough. I was only able to nick the one but then it withered and died. It turned out you needed a mixture of blood of the fire and Ice demons to create a poison. Well with those to take care of That just left the plant demon and a bunch of other demons…

Things had gotten chaotic when I killed the plants but I managed to avoid being pinned down in the room with the trees. I hid again and waited outside it, sure enough the Plant demon came with his soldiers. He was furious and terrified. I waited for things to calm down just a bit and then used what little magic I had. I needed fire, lots of it. One of the cool things about magic is though everything has a price, some things are breathtakingly cheap. After all, magic doesn’t care if you summon a weird mixture of chemicals. It doesn’t have much of a cost… so I summoned a bunch of chlorine trifloride in the room. Chlorine Trifloride burns. It burns things that aren’t supposed to burn like water. Maybe it was a little overkill and I did feel a bit bad when I heard the screaming but the screams didn’t last long. It’s funny I know they were demons and likely evil as hell but I regret doing that to them. Honestly at the time I just wanted as much fire as possible for as little energy as possible.

I was relieved when I was teleported to moms Realm. She greeted me with a big hug; she thanked me for doing the favor for her. She told me she had actually asked on behalf of a mutual friend. I was about to ask who when I felt energy flowing into me. I kind of recognized the energy actually… It actually made me wonder what the connection between mom and my benefactor is…

I asked her about my benefactor but she told me that I should ask her directly. I have kind of been hesitant, also my memory in between worlds is… foggy at best.

We had a nice talk, mom mused about my trips to some previous worlds I had been too. Of course she would have seen those. She is death. She didn’t seem weirded out by me having previous incarnations at all.

Eventually though I had to go I realized my companions were probably concerned since I was taking so long. I did a quick spell from my new ability to clean my clothes of all the demon blood. I really must say this version of me has interesting taste in clothes as I am now in a gaudy stylized tuxedo and top hat like a stage magician. Though to be fair I have to agree it was better than what I originally planned the shroud and scythe look had been overdone also Mom took a bit of offense to it

Anyways I soon found myself in a Coffee shop in Gotham. It only took me a moment to find my companions. I wonder how many people I nearly gave a heart attack to by popping in like that. Strangely when I got there Mom was already there chatting with them.

They were surprised to find out who she was because she had introduced herself as Didi a friend of mine.

At first I thought Mom was just messing around, I mean being in multiple places at once is child’s play for her, it's part of her job. However as she explained it she was sort of a mortal Avatar created to hang out with me on my journey. Cool I am actually happy though a little concerned about her. Things get a little crazy at times. I guess I’ll be training her in martial arts and Nicholas can train her in magic to protect herself.

Anyways when you appear out of nowhere in the middle of a busy business it tends to draw attention. Since I would rather not have that, I chose to take my order to go and went home with my companions.




Journal 7 Entry # 2

Today was a hard day, There are no two ways about it. I thought my little trip to hell was going to be the low point of my week. Boy was I wrong. First I had a nightmare of the time before I started my journey. I was alone and dying in that damn alley crying out for someone to save me but no one came.

Nicholas eventually woke me up because I was crying in my sleep. I was grateful for that and we were about to begin our day when suddenly The Spectre ripped the roof off of our Apartment. It should be mentioned that we live on top of a skyscraper and the fucker towered over it. So we had the wrath of God incarnate shouted at us that magic was evil and he was there to cleans the universe of it or something to that effect.

He said he had come to pass judgement on me. It was at that point I was sure I was going to die. This is the Spectre, a being who’s only limits are those he dreams up.

I clicked into survival mode and grabbed everyone around me which was Didi and Nicholas. I knew it was probably futile but if I could make a jump to Mom’s realm I might have a chance.

Then Pacman stepped up and decided to be a big damn hero. He shouted for me to go as he flew up to try punching out the spirit of vengeance. It didn’t take a genius to know this wasn’t going to end well for him but Nicholas was also shouting for us to go. I went; I didn’t really have a choice in the matter.

We arrived at Mom’s realm. I was… distraught. I’ll be honest I always have considered Pacman more of a rival than a friend but him choosing to go out the way he did and the fact he did it for us messes me up quite a bit.

However I don’t have much time to process all of this as almost immediately as the damn Spectre appeared.

At that moment honestly I was sure I was dead again. Without a single word he immediately tried to strike us down with some blast of energy.

Suddenly my mom appeared between us and the blast died out before it reached her.

I think that is the angriest I have ever seen Mom and I think even Spectre was taken aback. She banished the Spectre from her realm and told him he wouldn’t be allowed to return until it was his time.

She then turned to check to see if we were ok. I was… upset as I explained that we had to leave Pacman behind and that Spectre had probably killed him.

She assured me that he was still alive. She guessed that the Spectre had been in such a hurry to get to me, he hadn’t bothered to finish him.

I went back to earth for a moment, it took me a couple minutes to find Pacman. He was under some rubble. I managed to get him out and help him heal up before headed back to Death’s Domain.

I actually wasn’t surprised that we weren’t bothered by the Specter at that time as I suspected mom had put a spell on me to make me untraceable with magic.

Once back in her domain I asked mom what in the hell was going on. She told me that the Spectre was without a host and the guidance they provided. In his loneliness he had fallen for the newest incarnation of Eclipso the fallen angel of Vengeance who was in the body of a woman. She had convinced him that magic was the root of all evil. It broke the laws of god and even though magic was used in his own creation the Spectre ate it up.

She also informed me all the heavy hitters like the Phantom Stranger and Dr. Fate had already been disabled. She told me that if I wanted I could wait this out in her realm but I likely wouldn’t like the world I would return to once this was over.

I asked a few more questions about the Spectre. It turns out this wasn’t the first time he had caused trouble. Usually the Presence would send out the Archangel Michael Demiurgos to rein him in.

So I headed to heaven… Let me just say this. The place is too damn bright. It was like staring into the sun but worse.

Anyways after creating some sunglasses for us we approached the gates of heaven. The angels didn’t want to let us in; they said everyone was busy and heaven is closed for the time being.

That wasn’t going to do… I told them I was here on business for my Mother. I am not sure mom would approve of throwing around her name but Didi her avatar seemed fine with it.

Anyways they told me that the Presence was busy regardless. I asked if I could speak to Michael. They said sure since it was for death the endless.

Anyways I had to wait a while but eventually a giant blond angel came out. He told me he was Michael, he was aware of why I was there and that he knew it was not on behalf of my mother but myself that I had come.

I explained that things were not so simple. It wasn’t just me at risk anyone remotely associated with Magic was likely going to die if he or the Presence did nothing.

He flat out told me that wasn’t his concern. He merely wished to carry out his father’s will. I asked if this was his father’s will and he admitted that he didn’t know. It took everything I had to persuade him. I pointed out that as everyone had said the Presence was busy right now and the Specter was taking some very dramatic steps without anyone’s guidance. I also pointed out he was swayed to this by an evil being the former Spirit of Vengeance.

I laid out my case as best I could … In the end grudgingly Michael agreed to rein in the Specter until the Presence wasn’t busy.

He asked or rather told me that we were to accompany him on this journey.

We teleported to where the Spectre was. He was with some woman in purple who presumably was Eclipso. Michael immediately banished her to somewhere calling her fallen one.

There was an argument that ensued between the Spectre and Michael. The Spectre pleaded he was doing the right thing and that Michael had been taken in by my serpent tongue. Eventually the Spectre lost his patience and tried to strike at me with an energy blast.

That was a mistake as Michael blocked it and the fight was on. I would love to say I helped but it was really all I could do to keep myself and my companions alive in the fallout of that battle. Michael eventually won and told us this matter was settled and we could leave. He disappeared with the unconscious Spectre

At that point we are all kind of emotionally exhausted, Didi suggests we head back to Mom’s realm.
Not really knowing why I decide to.

Mom greeted us and congratulated me on successfully ending the threat of the Spectre and handed me what turned out to be the spear of Destiny. I feel new power rush in to me with that and I ask her if this was another of those things that my benefactor and her set up?

That’s when she casually demolishes my whole world view by telling me I was the one who chose those two things. I chose the trip to hell and I chose to face the threat of the Spectre…

Now I vaguely remember sometimes taking drawbacks. It’s kind of foggy my time between worlds. Apparently a lot of the bad stuff that happened to me was my own fault. I mean I know for most people that a lot of the bad stuff that happens to them is due to their own choices but this was a little literal for me.

Mom patted me on the head and told me not to worry about it too much. I had done a good job and should go get some rest.

We wound up crashing back at my Castle. You would think having a castle would be awesome and it kind of is but it doesn’t have electricity or indoor plumbing. I mean magic kind of can take its place but it’s more effort.



Journal 7 Entry # 5

Today was a good day. We finally got my apartment fixed up. It’s funny but things involving magic tend to be a lot more complicated than expected. People think you say a few words and wave your hands and everything comes back together. Honestly it took a lot of math, looking at photos so we knew exactly where things were and a lot of coordination which was tough with 3 people but it’s done.

That alone is pretty good but I did something I have been meaning to do for a long time.
A few worlds ago I had a pet rabbit named Bugs. I also created a part kryptonian symbiotic entity as an experiment and bonded with him. It turned out to bond with him a little too well though and we couldn’t remove it without risking it going nuts.

Anyways Bugs was never really helpful in the super hero stuff. He was an ordinary rabbit even if he had the powers of a Kryptonian but he was my pet. The first one I ever had and I loved having him and caring for him. Eventually though time catches up with everyone. Bugs got old and got sick. However because he was bonded with the Symbiote it was too dangerous to let him pass on and if I am honest I didn’t want to let go.

So all through my travels since then there has been a small cryogenic chamber where bugs rested in my warehouse. It always made me sad when I would see it there.

However today that ended. I have within my warehouse now the literal fountain of youth, something that would make one eternally young.

I was a little nervous and sad as I took Bugs out of his container. I had to move quickly because I was worried the sudden awakening might cause him harm. I was also a little sad about this, after this things would never be the same Bugs would be an entirely different being.

Well I set him in the fountain and he flew right back out coughing and sputtering. He asked me if I was trying to drown him. Then he seemed to realize that I could understand him and he could understand me.

We talked for a long time. I explained to him what had happened to him and what had happened since he went to sleep. The little guy has taken to perching on my cleavage. I am not sure what to think of that. I offered him my shoulder but he said he is happy there, it’s soft and warm.

Anyways in my travels I have made many friends and said goodbye to many who were dear to me. Today I got one back.


Journal 7 Entry # 8

Life is like a pendulum in a lot of ways. One day can be good, the next can be terrible. Today I think my Pendulum got stuck on terrible.

It turns out I have a fan, Fans can be annoying especially if they are overzealous like this one. The real problem is though that she is a 5th dimensional imp. She even dresses in my old owl costume from when I was a teenage hero (She calls my current costume a bit too gaudy…)

Anyways she loved my past adventures and apparently thinks that my current ones haven’t measured up. She said she was disappointed I didn’t fight the Specter… Not that anyone in their right mind would mind you.

Anyways I know a thing or two about 5th dimensional imps, I know about Mr. Mxyzptlk and I have met Batmite… anyways Jenny as we call our new friend has decided to liven things up so I can relive some of my greatest adventures.

So far I have fought My Stepsisters and Stepmother from the fairytale world where I was a queen, the second one. Anyways that turned into a big brawl right in the heart of Gotham. So they turned into dragons and started to try and kill me but really all they succeeded in doing was breaking stuff and endangering people. Now it turns out with my friends and my new powers they weren’t all that tough… what they were was vindictive bitches and as soon as they started to lose they started to target innocents. Again this is in Gotham so that drew out the Batfamily pretty quickly. It was nice to see this version of them again, I am not that close with them.

Anyways this got me a talking to from Batman, He wanted to know what was going on and when he found out, suggested I find a way to get rid of my new friend as quickly as possible. He also suggested while she is with us maybe we should leave the city and go somewhere a little less crowded.

Jenny at least seemed pleased; she seems to be like a Michael Bay fan. She loves explosions and action.


Jump 7 Entry # 10

When Bruce lent us this cabin in the woods far away from civilization to use while we had a 5th dimensional imp as a guest a part of me hoped for peace and quiet. I know with a 5th dimensional imp that’s a lot to hope for but I hoped at least whatever she put us thru wouldn’t be too much of a problem.

I encountered my clone today. Apparently Jenny had sent my companions away and dropped her in the woods as a surprise for me. I am getting to hate surprises.

Anyways there were lots of traps and dodging god knows what she had as gadgets to try and even things between us but… I don’t know. Something about doing this again all these years later, I wasn’t scared, I wasn’t angry, I was just annoyed.

This was the enemy that brought me closest to death, the one that made me cry like a little girl after giving me a humiliating defeat that to this day I have never forgotten. Still all these years later with as much as my powers have grown it was like the dragons all over again… a nuisance.

I suppose I should be happy, I’ve grown. I’ve gained in power and experience through gifts and my own hard work… but I guess I really wasn’t in this for the power.

I defeated my clone finally. She was tricky but it was inevitable. Instead of having her whisked off back to our old world or doing something mean like dropping her in hell. I just dropped her off in a nice quiet plane I was intending to use for a vacation one of these days.

Jenny… poor Jenny seems frustrated and disappointed, I actually felt bad. Like any fan she wanted to see me relive some great victories and get revenge for some humiliating defeats. I sat her down and we had a hard talk. I explained in this dimension things change and people change and while I was certain to find challenges suited to me in this world, I may have outgrown those challenges of my past. It was tough to get her to understand at first she suggested making them stronger so they would be more of a challenge but I eventually broke it to her that it still wouldn’t mean as much as the first time I fought them.

Context matters, back then I was fighting to help other people, to make the world a better place. Death matches like she was creating quickly become boring.

She then asked me a question I didn’t expect but should have. What are you fighting for now? I didn’t have a good answer. It’s funny but I have family now and friends. I would gladly fight if one of them were endangered but really I kind of just want to enjoy the experience.

When I was younger and in a tight spot I used to think what Batman would do in that situation. It saved me a lot of times but now I’ve come to realize I’m not Batman. Bruce will be doing this until time or circumstance forces him to stop, he is trying to fill a hole that can never be filled and make sense of something senseless with all his might.

I just want to be happy and… I guess I am. I’m happy after all these years and adventures I’m pretty happy. It’s strange that I guess it took our discussion to realize that.

Anyways after our discussion Jenny seemed disappointed but she also seemed to understand. She gave a sad smile and said her goodbyes.

With that my friends were returned and Jenny left. Something tells me she won’t return at least not for a long while. It’s funny for all the trouble she put us through. I can’t be angry at her, she wasn’t a bad Kid.



Jump 7 Entry # 15

Wow… today… today was a day that’s for sure.

We had just gotten back from our vacation when Mom showed up for a visit. It’s kind of odd seeing Mom and Didi interact. They are understandably very similar.

Anyways while she was there she asked me if I wanted to help her for the rest of the day with her job.

I said sure being a Psychopomp for a day sounded interesting. She took my hand and we left.

Now It’s kind of tough to describe most of this because I was told later a lot of it was happening at the same time and this was the best I could make it out with my brain. I saw the full spectrum of life really. I saw babies that would never get a chance. I saw Old people surrounded by friends and family. I saw just ordinary people who had accidents and other people who were the victims of violence. The last ones were a bit hard for me but I had a job to do.

We helped people accept they were dead, some like an old man who had no one left were happy because it meant reuniting with loved ones or like the Sad girl who had lived a tough life was grateful she could finally rest.

Some at first were scared, confused or angry we did our best to soothe those emotions. Mom was amazing; she knew everyone and befriended almost everyone.

It was in a way a beautiful experience helping so many people.

Then there came the last one which Mom told me was a special one. One she needed my help with. At first I didn’t understand, she needed my help?

Then we found ourselves in a familiar Alley and things hit me like a ton of bricks. She said her powers in this world were limited and she needed some help with this case.

There in that alley was a very familiar little girl bleeding out from a wound to her stomach. She was crying out for help, for anyone and saying that she didn’t want to die. She didn’t realize she had already passed away.

My emotions were understandably quite turbulent but I pushed them aside as best I could and forced myself to smile and went and greeted the child that needed my help. I knelt beside the girl and told her everything was going to be alright, I caressed her forehead and asked her if it still hurt.

She was a little thing only 12 years old, skinny from being underfed, she had a rough life.

She blinked when she realized that it didn’t hurt anymore and smiled slightly.

I helped her up trying to pay no mind to the still body left behind.  She was confused and looked slightly scared. I told her that everything was going to be ok.

She out and out asked me if she was dead. I gave a sad smile as I felt tears starting to flow my cheeks that yes she was dead but it would be alright.

I gave her a hug and told her things would be better now.

Soon the alley faded and I recognized the place, it was the place where I went every time one of my trips to these worlds ended. I saw my Benefactor waiting, this time not for me. I told the girl to go to her. She was a bit hesitant at first but slowly carefully she did.

Slowly the scene faded away and I was back with Mom…. All the pent up emotions came out at once. Anger, pain, sadness, fear they all poured out of me in ugly sobs. Mom hugged me tightly and I am not sure how long she held me but it felt like a while.

Afterwards I felt drained… drained of everything. Numbly I asked if I was dead. Mom smiled gently and told me that yes in one world I had died, that I would never again return there. It’s funny that the world had offered me nothing but pain but the news saddened me.

I asked her why I didn’t remember this, why had I not remembered. She said that for my own good it was decided that some things would be concealed for now. I started to remember the time now, the beautiful woman who found me in that Alley and escorted me. I remembered thinking she looked familiar. Mom told me she wouldn’t remember what happened exactly until she was ready.

I asked what now, what do I do now? She said this part usually waited until after the jump but I was ready. All of this was because I was ready for it.

Once again we found ourselves before my Benefactor who greeted me warmly with a smile.
She asked me the usual question that I never remembered answering until now. Did I want to stay in this world or Go on to the next.

I answered I didn’t know. I didn’t know anymore. She then offered to send me back to any one of the worlds I had visited since I couldn’t return to my world of origin.

It’s funny I had my answer out almost before I realized it. I choose the first world I had ever been sent to. She nodded. She finally introduced herself to me before I left and said that Her name was Karen. She had once been a traveler like I had but had a horrible relationship with her benefactor. Long after her travels she had grown in power enough to reach between worlds though she was a bit new at it so she reached out to Mom who had more experience for help. Together they had heard the cries of a small child who needed them but they couldn’t help her until she had passed into Mom’s realm.

She said she was happy I had found what I needed and that I even though I didn’t get my spark she considered this a success.

So that’s it for me. I think I’ll settle down now with Nicholas and have a family. There should be enough in that world to keep Pacman busy and Bugs and Didi should be happy there too.  In the end it was a long journey but for all it’s trials, triumphs and defeats I have to say it was a good one.