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>>5939841
>Pencils: Frank Miller. Inks: Klaus Janson. Colors: Lynn Varley
>Alt-Text: The word “Where?” written on snowy ground by Superman’s heat vision.
>Dialouge Samples: Frank Miller[1] Mark Russel [2]

-In fire.

BRUCE: Crime Alley.[1]

The Batboat pulls in from the harbor.

DICK: Bruce! Be careful.
____
A cool breeze caresses your cape. The gritty concrete of the Monarch Theater roof crunches underfoot.
You soak in the air of your birthplace for what may be a final time, then turn to the unstoppable force before you.

SUPERMAN: After I was threatened with that...rock, I intended to give you space. There were bigger threats to handle, other people to help. I couldn’t focus on you just because I was the one in danger. But when I saw you take over an island, I felt...
BATMAN: Scared?
SUPERMAN: Concerned. For the people here. Justice is important to me. Taking over like this...
BATMAN: Justice is a myth. Sold to us by the men with boots on our necks so we don't stand up. Consequences are real.[2] Like thousands of people rising against the government and companies that treated them like cattle and trapped them into a slum.
SUPERMAN: You know I’m no friend of the government. They made that crystal you’re hoarding because they know I wouldn’t let them bully the people of this planet anymore. And I can’t let you do that either. If you cross the line...
BATMAN: Are you here to threaten me?
SUPERMAN: I’m here to talk. You messaged in good faith. I don’t trust what you’re doing here, but I won’t escalate the situation.

>The Batman/Superman Story Part 2
>Vote Title: Steve Cuden
“I need your help with something.” (Write-in)

>The Feud Between Batman and Superman
>Vote Title: Edmond Hamilton
If you don’t want to escalate, leave Gotham. You don’t want a fight with me.

>Who Would Win?
>Vote Title: Joe Kelly & Jack Kelly
I don’t trust you either. *Trigger your Kryptonite traps to incapacitate Superman, starting a fight.*

{You may vote for any number of options. The one with the highest total votes wins.}

Welcome back to Batquest, everyone.
I am experimenting with a new citation format. It

1. Now uses Wikipedia style numbers to better show which lines are based on the work fo which writers
2. Is counting paraphrases and direct adaptation of lines as samples even if its not the same literal text.
For example, the original Mark Russel line was
"The truth is... there is no such thing as justice. But there are sometimes...consequences."
Even though I didn't use those exact words, it felt like a cheat since it was clearly pulled from that book.

Of course, I am always open to feedback so here is a sub-vote

> Keep the new citation format
>Use the old citation format (and use annotations to explain which lines are for which writers
>Other (write-in)

>>5939851
>Personally I prefer the old style as it reads more like a comic or a stage directive. But I've come to accept that you are a weird and wacky storyteller, with an admirable focus on credit where it is do, so you do you. I can deal.

>>5939845
>Batman and superman story part 2.

"I don't trust you either Superman. You are a force beyond control and reckoning save a little green rock. However, My issues are mine, and the Mission is all that matters.

Waller is attempting to destroy the Batman by attacking his image, that of the champion of the people by reducing him to a corporate thug. It's clever, she always was.

Instead, I intend to ignore their main offensive and counter strike by exposing Ressce as the riddler. Tit for Tat. I require help."
that's my grand plan. If we can expose Nigma as the riddler, then his lawsuit will fall through completely. But it can't be the bat to bring him in, since that's an evident conflict of interests.

>>5939860
+1

>>5939851

>>5939851
also,
>Use the old citation format
That's my preference, but this is fine if it's what you prefer.

>>5939851
While I think it's a nice thing to strive for it's best addressed at either the start or end of posts instead of in the middle. An asterisk and other special characters could be a good indicator instead of bulky brackets, beeing a [1] at the end of a sentence is kind of clunky. Wikipedia decreases the size of these citations and elevates them. They're also meant to be clickable, but these obviously aren't clickable.

>>5939845
You know what, I kind of like >>5939860 's plan and will +1 it.

>>5939860
+1 yeah this is a solid plan

>>5939851
I for one like this new citation method

>>5939869
With comic books, you can have stuff like THIS!* but not in quests because of the way posts flow on a imageboard format. I've gotten used to the QM putting his citations at the start of posts so I get to conveniently see them alongside the post image. He could still TRY to break up his posts so that the dialogue greentext citations are at the bottom of his posts, but then he'd have to also put them past the player vote greentext options as well. I can imagine it still working in a way where it feels like every update post is itself a comic book page, with the dialogue citations at the bottom. On the other hand, I like having all the citations in one place. Moving the art ones down to the bottom with the text ones and AWAY from the post image they're all about, is absolutely stupid and would make the post formatting WORSE in my eyes.

Ultimately, the QM has 2 options for the dialogue citation placement
>at the top of the post with the other citations, as usual
>at the bottom of the posts, after the dialogue and text body of the update, and after the player vote prompts

[* See it in Batman Beyond issue #47!]

>>5939851
>>5939869
But the vote title citation being right below the vote titles? Now THAT I love
Speaking of formatting, the OP can use red text, blue text, other green text, bold, and italics. Maybe Hypercrisis Bro can benefit from trying those out somehow in his citation methods, but those formatting bounds [red]like this[/red] also occupies post character amount, don't they? Like how spoiler tag ones do? I forgot how it worked

>>5939878
They do take character count but it's not too many. A dozen or so on average.
Apologies I am finding it hard to understand what you are suggesting.
Could you perhaps mock up an example so I could get what you are recommending?

>>5939880
OK so let's take this for example: >>5939845
Look at the way you have it there, as is
Now look at what I'm going to do below this line
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>>5939841
>Pencils: Frank Miller. Inks: Klaus Janson. Colors: Lynn Varley
>Alt-Text: The word “Where?” written on snowy ground by Superman’s heat vision.

-In fire.

BRUCE: Crime Alley.[1]

The Batboat pulls in from the harbor.

DICK: Bruce! Be careful.
____
A cool breeze caresses your cape. The gritty concrete of the Monarch Theater roof crunches underfoot.
You soak in the air of your birthplace for what may be a final time, then turn to the unstoppable force before you.

SUPERMAN: After I was threatened with that...rock, I intended to give you space. There were bigger threats to handle, other people to help. I couldn’t focus on you just because I was the one in danger. But when I saw you take over an island, I felt...
BATMAN: Scared?
SUPERMAN: Concerned. For the people here. Justice is important to me. Taking over like this...
BATMAN: Justice is a myth. Sold to us by the men with boots on our necks so we don't stand up. Consequences are real.[2] Like thousands of people rising against the government and companies that treated them like cattle and trapped them into a slum.
SUPERMAN: You know I’m no friend of the government. They made that crystal you’re hoarding because they know I wouldn’t let them bully the people of this planet anymore. And I can’t let you do that either. If you cross the line...
BATMAN: Are you here to threaten me?
SUPERMAN: I’m here to talk. You messaged in good faith. I don’t trust what you’re doing here, but I won’t escalate the situation.

>The Batman/Superman Story Part 2
>Vote Title: Steve Cuden
“I need your help with something.” (Write-in)

>The Feud Between Batman and Superman
>Vote Title: Edmond Hamilton
If you don’t want to escalate, leave Gotham. You don’t want a fight with me.

>Who Would Win?
>Vote Title: Joe Kelly & Jack Kelly
I don’t trust you either. *Trigger your Kryptonite traps to incapacitate Superman, starting a fight.*

{You may vote for any number of options. The one with the highest total votes wins.}

>Dialouge Samples: Frank Miller[1] Mark Russel [2]

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See? I forgot to delete it from the top so I had to repost this

>>5939883
If you were to do something like that, it would seem to me that the credits and citations should be bolded or italicized or something rather than greentexted, to avoid visual confusion with the nearby vote options.

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>>5939845
>Pencils: John Romita, Jr. Inks: Danny Miki. Colors: Alex Sinclair.
>Alt-Text: Comic art of Batman and Superman facing each other on a roof. Their capes blow in the wind. Superman is in a costume similar to the one he wore in the 1940s.
>Dialogue Sample: 1MvjWfDU

BATMAN: I don’t trust you either. You have maximum power and minimal control. The only thing keeping you in check is a pound of rock I keep in my closet. But the mission takes priority. There is a government agent named Amanda Waller. She’s plotting against me. The lawsuit with Reese is a part of that. They're pushing a conspiracy I work for Wayne, destroying my image because she can’t stop me physically. If I move on The Riddler openly, it plays into her hands. But you’re a neutral party. If you stop him, the city will be safe, the mission can continue.

The alien touches his ear.

SUPERMAN: Andi, what do you know about Coleman Reese?
LOIS: *I swear I’m picking codenames next time* Mostly nothing. Before Waynetech a LexedIn profile that can't be more than a year old. That’s it. No socials, not even a yearbook.

The mortal god stares in the distance. Your body language training tells you he’s lost in thought. But this is no human body.
He's looking for something.

SUPERMAN: I can’t find him. If he knows how to hide from me-
BATMAN: There’s no way he’s a civilian.
SUPERMAN: The amount of superscience Riddler has is too dangerous to be out in the wild... Rest assured, if Reese is on this planet, my people can find him.
LOIS: Oh, I didn’t know I was “your people” now. Do I get a nametag?

Superman furrows his brow.

BATMAN: Take this.

You toss him a portable Bat-Signal.

BATMAN: It’s a bit easier than fire from heaven.
SUPERMAN: I’ll be in touch

He flies off. The sonic boom shakes the aged windows of the movie hall.

>Phantom Riddles, Part One
>Vote Title: Mark Waid.
Follow Superman on his hunt for The Riddler with Lois

>Crime Bible: Five Lessons of Blood
>Vote Title: Greg Rucka & Eric Trautmann.
Follow Batman on his meeting with Abbot and A’daire.

>>5939992
>Phantom Riddles, Part One

>>5939992
>Five Lessons of Blood.

Also
>Prepare a "gift" for compliance.
Good work should be rewarded. I'm just drawing a blank on what exactly we should reward him with.

>>5940046
+1

>>5939992
>You toss him a portable Bat-Signal.
>BATMAN: It’s a bit easier than fire from heaven.
>SUPERMAN: I’ll be in touch
5 dollars says he'll deconstruct it offscreen exactly how Bats did to his own Super Watch thingy

>>5940307
On second thought...

>>5939992
I'm still backing >>5940046 but NO to the gift
>BRUCE: I can’t encourage my own worship. The power of The Bat has to be greater than any one man. If this turns into a cult of personality, I‘m just another rich man ruling the peasants
I want to back up these words with actions. The Narrows' independence and freedom from the corpos and exploitation should be its own reward. A gift would appeal to Abbot and A'daire, yes, but it would set expectations and give an inch that they might be tempted to take a mile on afterward at Batman's expense.

>>5939992
>Phantom Riddles, Part One

>>5939992
>Phantom Riddles, Part One
I want to see what Supes is up to.

>>5939992
>Phantom Riddles, Part One

Locking for Phantom Riddles. update today .

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>>5939992
>Directors: Dave Fleischer & Steve Muffati. Animation: George Germanetti, Steve Muffati & Frank Edres.
>Alt-text: Screencap of animated Superman from “The Mechanical Monsters” flying and using his supervision.

You continue your radio conversation.

SUPERMAN: Lois, did you find anything else?
LOIS: Well “Andi” may have been stumped, but World’s Greatest Journalist Lois Lane wouldn't let that stop her. I looked up the white paper for “The Box” tech. It has just enough detail to show off how smart Reese is without giving away the secret.
SUPERMAN: He’s an egomaniac.
LOIS: You costume types tend to be. Errr. No offense. I doubted anyone with that big a head could stay totally in the shadows, so I asked Friday to see if anything online matched the coding style of The Box.
SUPERMAN: Friday talks to you?
LOIS: He’s made of metal and lives at the North Pole, who else is he gonna talk to? Santa Claus? But that’s not the point. Turns out the coding style of The Box is a perfect match for the E.Nigma hacker group. They were all over the net ten years ago, but they suddenly disappeared, right about the time code with their trademark “flare” shows up in military hardware.
SUPERMAN: Reese was recruited from E.Nigma.
LOIS: Reese was E.Nigma. A one-man coding army, paperclipped to do the feds dirty work. And when I cross-referenced the code with recent shitposts...

Supercorp Satellites beam you a webpage. No machine on Earth can read the radiowaves, but your eyes aren’t a machine.

SUPERMAN: Great Scott! There a thousands of posts. Hundreds of usernames. He’s been online constantly... just to praise himself.
LOIS: Told you he has an ego problem. Which is why I just posted a Le/x/ thread calling him a lowlife scumbag who can shove his penny bin puzzles up his-
SUPERMAN: Ah! You don't need to say it, I'm reading it now. Where did you learn language like that?
LOIS: Never get into an insult fight with an army brat. Now I just wait and...
MOCKINGBIRD !!TeC14048: You low-value, worthless insult to intelligence! If you ever met the Riddler he could end your pathetic existence just by THINKING at you hard enough! Did you see what he did to those loser paper pushers? He could track your IP and have you in a deathmaze before you could figure out how to spell his name!
LOIS: Got him. He probably thinks he’s safe behind his VPN and firewalls.
SUPERMAN: Those don’t work on someone who can see wi-fi. I’ll have a word with him on how to talk with respect.
LOIS: Thanks boyscout.
SUPERMAN: No. Thank you. And Friday too. Tell him I’ll spend more time with him.
SFX: FWOOOSH!!

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>>5941933
>Pencils & Inks: Travis Moore. Colors: Tamra Bonvillian
>Alt-text: Comic art of a shocked Riddler caged by rebar bars thrown from the sky.
>Dialogue Samples: Anonymous. George Putnam Ludlam.
>Sound Effect Samples: Mark Waid.

RIDDLER: Listen here you little shit...
BLOCKBUSTER: Mr Reese?
RIDDLER: I’ll have you know...
BLOCKBUSTER: Mr. Reese.
RIDDLER: For the last time! I’m THE RIDDLER. Mr Reese was an alias. I know that may be a big word for a Chem Major but that means NOT REAL.

The superstrong chemist sneers.

BLOCKBUSTER: We got a radar alert.
RIDDLER: It’s just a bird or a plane. Now leave me alone. I’m in the middle of a serious CBI operatio-
SFX: CRASH!

You burst through the ceiling of the formerly secret base.

SUPERMAN: The Riddler, I presume?
BLOCKBUSTER: That’s him alright.
RIDDLER: Don’t just stand there you glorified gorilla. Hit him!

Riddler reaches for an alarm, but a blast of your heat vision melts the button.
A man who can lift a pickup trucks swings at you, and you swat him away like an insect.

BLOCKBUSTER: Owww... Yeah, that jerk isn't worth this. I'm just gonna lay here, cool?

You focus on The Riddler.

SUPERMAN: I can’t let you use superscience to hurt people. I need you to turn over this technology. I’ll have to take it if you don’t.
RIDDLER: And what would a muscled-up alien know of technology?
SUPERMAN: Plenty.

You scan his lab with your Supervision. Its worse than you thought.
You studied humanity's deadliest weapons so you could best keep the undeveloped species from dooming themselves.
You recognize the waveforms. This lab has a connection to the world’s nuclear arsenal.

SUPERMAN: You used The Box to get every country's nuclear codes.
RIDDLER: I would have gotten a lot more if it wasn't for Wayne.
SUPERMAN: That’s why you claimed he hired Batman.
RIDDLER: Heh! Wow, you are behind the curve. Its boring being the smartest person in the room.
SFX:THP THPP THPPP THP THP

Before he can blink, Riddle finds himself caged in by a wall of rebar you pulled from the ground.

SUPERMAN: Being mean isn’t the same thing as being smart.


With Riddler contained, the keys to the deadliest force on earth lay before you.

>The Quest For Peace
>Vote Titles: Christopher Reeve, Lawrence Konner & Mark Rosenthal.
Humanity can’t be trusted with this kind of power. Use the codes to disable every nuke on Earth.

>The Man Who Could Cause Catastrophe
>Vote Title: Len Wein.
Reprogram the codes so only you can use them. The leaders of these countries are dangerous and out of control. Seizing their doomsday devices keeps the planet safe.

>The Man Who Could Cancel Catastrophe
>Vote Title: Len Wein

Destroy the machine. No one person should have this much power.

{Vote for any number of options you are comfortable with. The option with the highest total votes wins.}

>>5941944
>The Quest For Peace
They can and will make more of course, repurpose the deactivated ones. Let's not kid ourselves that they wouldn't. But this sends a message. This carries weight and meaning by itself. And that's what works.
>The Man Who Could Cancel Catastrophe
But I'm also up for cucking Riddler and Waller out of this

Also here you go QM. You might need this eventually
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuVBoz1FrU4

>>5941954
+1

>>5941944

>>5941963
Think we could disable all nukes THEN destroy the machine? We could still do a combination of options here, or is there something preventing us?

>>5941944
>The Quest For Peace

>>5941933
>secure trip just to show off
What a faggot. I wonder if the "TeC14048" means anything. Probably does but I don't want to bother deciphering it.
>he could end your pathetic existence just by THINKING at you hard enough
This gives me Navy Seal copypasta vibes of all things

>>5941944
>Listen here you little shit...
>I’ll have you know...
Can't beat the classics
>big word for a Chem Major
Big talk coming from... what did Riddler major in again? Probably some meme field that wouldn't make any money if he wasn't doing completely unrelated illegal things instead

>>5941944
>Disable the nukes + destroy the machine.

>>5941967
Functionally, disabling the nukes and destroying the machine would be the same as just disabling the nukes, because the machine wouldn't have anything to control with the nukes shut off.
The choice between those options is between going to the pre-Riddle status quo of nuclear states, or setting earth back to ground zero nuclear arsenal wise.

>>5941990
I disagree. I see destroying the machine as preventing them from undoing Superman's work, or trying to circumvent it by tinkering with the machine or system directly after he's left. They can always make a new one of these "controls ALL the nuke codes worldwide" things again somehow, but the destruction of this one is an extremely annoying setback for the ones behind this. Disabling the nukes and the codes has a much wider real world impact on the outside. Destroying the machine simply puts a stop to what Riddler and Waller and the rest are doing here.

Am I seeing it wrong then?

>>5941944
>The Quest For Peace
>The Man Who Could Cancel Catastrophe

This is an interesting little choice here. There will be truly consequences no matter what we do.

>>5941996
Building new nukes would entail building new nuclear control systems, especially after noticing *how* those nukes were destroyed.
In this scenario, disabling all the Nukes renders the control device useless, as Riddler and co. would have to make a new one for scratch for any new nukes that were built.
Think of it as the key to a totalled car.

>>5941999
I see. Either way it seems we're going with disabling the nukes. Hideo Kojima is laughing somewhere in the world

>>5941978
>what did Riddler major in again?
I'm not sure it's ever stated in the mainline comics if he earned a degree, but it's often implied he didn't. In his original origin he was a carny who cheated his customers. In Infinite Frontier he was the bastard son of a prestigious college's headmaster who never graduated due to a psychotic break over his father and teacher's treatment of him and his subsequent murder of a professor. In Batman TAS, he was a computer programmer who essentially created fulldive VR. In the newest Black Label title, he's a forensic accountant.

>>5941967
>>5941990
>>5941996
I'm down for doing both, even if destroying the machine is purely a symbolic gesture.

>>5942010
>often implied he didn't
Blockbuster wins without doing anything
>never graduated due to a psychotic break over his father and teacher's treatment of him and his subsequent murder of a professor
One of Riddler's origins is almost the same as Fugo's? I didn't expect that connection of all things
>destroying the machine is purely a symbolic gesture.
Supes is into those. Let's do it

>>5941957
Also god, and even references Batman!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjqqRlgzv6c

>>5941996
We should do it anyway and leak the news to the world. Put wallers feet to the fire

>The Man Who Could Cancel Catastrophe

>>5941944
>The Quest For Peace

Would like to see a superman that shakes up the status quo at least some of the time.

>>5941954
>>5941963
>>5941963
>>5941972
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>>5941998
>>5943574
Locking for The Quest for Peace. Update today.

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>>5941944
>Art: Evan Cagle
>Alt-text: Comic Cover of Batman being embraced from behind by a Bat-like demon.
>Dialogue Samples: Charles Hoffman & William Dosser

SUPERMAN: Friday, activate override codes, full disable.
RIDDLER: What are you doing?!
SUPERMAN: Your machines are based on Kryptonian science, there’s nothing they can do that I can’t undo.

You place your hand on the console and feel a warmth flowing through you into your suit.
You’ve never even seen Krypton but your body tells you this is the feeling of home.

FRIDAY: Full shutdown in 52 minutes.
SUPERMAN: Your machine is finished. And the world’s nuclear arsenal with it. Good ridd-
RIDDLER: Speaking of riddles, I have one for you: You see me in the bottom, but never in the ground. I'm in every blossom but in roses, can't be found.
COMPUTER: Launching all missiles.
SUPERMAN: "Boom!"

You fly up instantly. Riddler can wait his sinister booby trap can’t.
All these missiles will be paperweights in less than an hour, but if you can’t stop them all before then, billions could die.
You know you’re fast enough. You have to be.
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DICK: Do you have to accept this meeting?
BRUCE: You’re the one who told me about it.
DICK: That’s before I heard it was gonna be with an army of Hex Girl wannabees.
BRUCE: Gotham City has 13 “Religion of Crime” covens. We took over one, the other 12 will want answers.
NIGHTWING: The other 12 have crime bosses for preachers and turn people into fish.
BRUCE: We’re criminals too, Dick, and an orca is an aquatic, marine mammal.

His glare tells you now isn’t the time for a biology lesson.

BRUCE: Intelligence is our most powerful weapon. Showing up to this meeting will help us get to the bottom of what Black Mask and these cults are all about.
DICK: Okay. Assuming I think this is a good idea, which champion of the Narrows will be making an appearance?

>The Kane Affair
>Vote Title: Grant Morrison
Go as Bruce Wayne. As “The Son of Kane” you have a mystical appeal among the covens. Bruce Wayne has also been supplying The Narrows and The Children of the Bat with much-needed supplies. The criminal element of the other covens will be less on guard when speaking with Bruce than they would Batman.

>The Knight, Death, and the Devil
>Vote Title: Grant Morrison.
Go as Batman. As “Barbatos” you are a legendary figure of terror and liberation. You captured Dagget, seized his assets, and led the battle to take back The Narrows. Batman will be more intimidating than Bruce Wayne.

>>5944568
>The Kane Affair
Kek at the '66 reference with Batman imparting pointless little factoids. I see you there, THB.
Hex Girls are canon? Mystery Inc is somewhere out there, confirmed.

>>5944568
>Kane affair

Dunno how much wayne should be mixed up in all this, but I am operating under the assumption we meet mask too.

>>5944568
>The Kane Affair
The prevailing public theory due to Waller's plot is that Batman works for Bruce Wayne. Therefore, Bruce going as himself works better

>You see me in the bottom, but never in the ground. I'm in every blossom but in roses, can't be found
We feel like solving this one? Anyone?

>>5944716
It's the letter "B." "B" is in both "bottom" and "blossom," but does not appear in "ground" or "rose." This may be referring to Riddler having a Plan B - that is, a backup plan.

>>5944568
>The Kane Affair
We need them to speak freely.

>>5944727
I fucking kneel

>>5944739
>>5944727
Just re-read the post and alternatively, Superman already said the answer.

He says "Boom," the letters of which are in both words, too. "BOttOM" and "BlOssOM." There are layers here.

>>5944778
>"Boom" also starts with the letter B
>>5944069
I fucking KNEEL at this writing autism. I am floored

>>5944568
>>The Kane Affair

>>5944806
>>5944727
>>5944716
Locking for The Kane Affair. Update today.

>>5945781
(Update delayed because ibam bro feeling well. )

>>5947069
Get well soon! Hope it's nothing serious.

>>5947069
Been a bad year for that, it seems. Feel better soon, QM!

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>>5944568
>Art: Anton Furst
>Alt-Text: Sketch of a worn-down gothic cathedral.

BRUCE: Bruce Wayne will be making an appearance. Batman was built for the shadows. I’m bringing these people into the light.
___
The old church is rundown, but when warmed by the masses of your people, it's a functional capital for The Narrows.
With only fifteen bodies in it, it's almost as cold as the snowscape outside. On one side of the table, you Abbot, and A’daire.
On the other, the heads of Gotham’s 12 other covens, including crime lord Black Mask.

BLACK MASK: Well, well, well. Silver Spoon decided to go slummin’.
ABBOT: Watch your mouth, Sionis
BLACK MASK: It’s Black Mask! I killed my false face a long time ago. Can your “Son of Kane” say the same?

He leans across the table to mean mug you, but a metallic arm pulls him back.

SHARD: Ignore him, Abbot. He is a thing of bluster and vanity. Not fit to join a coven, let alone run one.
BLACK MASK: You wanna start shaking things up too, Shard? I know a big fish that would love to use that arm as a toothpick.
A’DAIRE: Enough! We are the keepers of The Black Faith—disciples of Cain. We will not bicker as children.
BLACK MASK: Oh, so we’re all faithful now? Is that why you took over a whole Island without Manaheim’s sayso?

Bruno Manaheim. Heir to a smalltime Metropolis crime family.
He recently became involved with “Intergang,” a federation of organized crime centered on superscience.
You’ve been so focused on Riddler you haven't paid much attention to them, though it's no shock Black Mask is involved.

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>>5947853
>Pencils: Christopher Jones. Inks: Terry Beatty. Colors: Heroic Age. Charcater Design: Jeff Matsuda, Dave McCaig, Jon Suzuki & José López.
>Alt-Text: Comic art of Bruce Wayne looks angrily at Black Mask, a man wearing a skull-shaped mask. Both wear business suits and appear as they did in The Batman (2004)
>Dialogue Sample: Bob Kane

A’DAIRE: Manaheim is the Shepard of the Faith, not its God. The word of Cain led us to Barbatos. Barbatos led us to liberation.
BLACK MASK: Oh yeah, I heard about how the big bad Bat
BLACK MASK: (mock-preacher voice): Led the people to salvayshun!
BLACK MASK: But why was he busting up my operations if he’s so down with the cause? And why am I talking to his whitebread employer instead of him?
BRUCE: I don’t employ Batman. He works for the people of Gotham, like I do.
BLACK MASK: Yeah, I saw your handouts. This ain't a charity ball, Wayne. I give the people the power of the future. You’re handing out government cheese.
SHARD: The fool speaks truth. I have bled and shed for the Faith. As Cain did before me. Your donations are no sign of dedication.

She says that word like it's profanity.

ABBOT: He is the son of Kane. The Twice-named whose blood anointed the holy land. nonbeliever.
SHARD: Then why is Daggett’s skull not split upon this table? Why did you stop at taking his paltry coin? Why did you not march on Crime Alley and rip down his castle in fire and blood?!
BRUCE: The people of The Narrows and The Alley have billions to their names now. They’re being trained. Preparing for the war to come.
SHARD: And what do you know of war? You’re a pampered child lashing out at the world. Throwing toys and gold at the shadows so you can imagine you are one of us. You. Are. Not.
BLACK MASK: The tin can is right. You wanna play ball, “Son of Kane?” Then play ball. Mr. and Mrs. Furry over here are supposed to take imports for Intergang. Is your Batfriend up to the task?
BRUCE: You want us to import mutagen.
SHARD: We demand you to bring in the lifeblood of our liberation.
A’DAIRE: The judgment of The Son of Kane is his own. He will serve the faith as he sees fit.
BLACK MASK: I don’t think Boss Bruno will like hearing that.

>Brotherhood of the Bat
>Vote Title: Doug Moench
Agree to work with Intergang. You can’t afford a gang war right now. If you control the importation of mutagen you can keep it from getting in the wrong hands.

>Shadow City
>Vote Title: Don C. Cameron
Tell the other Covens to stay out of The Narrows. You don’t have the resources to stop the other Covens yourself, but you can keep them out of your turf.

>Batman - Gang Boss
>Vote Title: Bill Finger
Demand all Gotham Covens secede from Intergang. You are the Son of Kane, you stand with Barbatos. You have demonstrated physical, financial, and spiritual power. The Narrows Coven joined The Children of the Bat, the superstitious lot of the other covens will as well.

{Choose 1 or more. The option with the most total votes wins.}

>>5947871
>Batman - Gang Boss

>>5947871
>Brotherhood of the Bat

>>5947883
I dunno' anon... It's one thing to work with criminals, but to invite influence from NON-GOTHAM gangs?

>>5947871
>Brotherhood of the Bat
This is SPECIFICALLY for mutagen control and prevention. The mutagen fucks with people too much. Black Mask won't like us being against it, after that event with the church and with Batman there too. But the mutagen is vile, too vile. We want the people of Gotham to stay themselves first. Maybe after the rich and the manipulative are ousted and the parasites are ridden, there can be slow and controlled mutagen use for evolution or whatever Ivy might want to call it... but not now. Not when the mutagen is a poison. Plus gang war will result in mass casualties. As much as it's powerful, Batman should NOT be a gang leader for long.

>>5947887
I'm only in it for the "mutagen control" bit. It follows up previous efforts to keep it in check throughout the quest since it was introduced with Man-Bat. Otherwise I'd be all in on the Batman - Gang Boss option as the "Gotham first, for the people of Gotham", because that ties into Batman working with the Narrows and disenfranchised and low-criminal poverty elements, as the weak and downtrodden victims of Gotham's elite and controlling predators.

>>5947890
>>5947889
If we crush all he other gangs and dominate Gotham, though, no mutagen will get in without us authorizing it... Nor will any gangster be permitted to murder wantonly or the lie, with us controlling what crime mafiasos are 'allowed' to do without immediate blacklisting from underground connections.

>>5947887
Basically, I don't like Batman being too much of a criminal on his mission quest. I'm willing to go through with it because actually making Gotham a better place for people requires taking out those with the money and the evil, and the Narrows vastly intensifying in quality of life is a big step forward.

>>5947896
OK fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine

>>5947871
Changing vote from >>5947889 to
>Batman - Gang Boss
Outside influences in Gotham = BAD

>>5947871
>Gang Boss.
Outside interfering in gotham? You know that's a beating.

"Barbatos and I are not employer and employee, we wish to serve the people of Gotham. But we share opinions on a few topics. The foremost is that Gotham's problems will be solved by gothamites, Not foreigners. Break your ties."

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>5947976
>>5947897
>>5947896
>>5947889
>>5947890
>>5947887
>>5947883
>>5947873
Locking for Batman- Gang Boss. Rolling for intimidation. Higher numbers are better.

>>5949135
Update today.

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>>5949135
>>5949137
Nice!

>>5949135
>8/10 intimidation
Nice. Even if there's a couple coven leaders not as floored, they can't deny having third parties in Gotham takes power from themselves too. Outside parasites and venture capitalists and rich madmen are the ones fucking things up the most too, like Daggett

>>5949137
Are you OK?

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>>5947871
>Pencils: Doug Mahnke. Inks: Tom Nguyen. Colors: David Baron. Letters: Ken Lopez. Script: Joe Kelley.
>Alt-Text: Comic book page of Superman flying after a nuke headed toward a city. He flies closer to the nuke while reaching out, the images zooming in on him with each panel. The last panel is a close-up of Superman’s face with the flames of the nuke reflected in his eyes.
>Sound Effect Sample: Joe Kelley

BRUCE: It doesn’t matter what Boss Bruno thinks. It matters what the people of Gotham need. Right now they need protectors. They need food and shelter. They need to get out of this cage we call the society they were born in. What they don’t need is replacing one ruling class with another. I know Intergang is powerful, but they are powerful because of us. No Boss, false-facer or army can stand against us if we stand united. As Gotham. So what’s it going to be? Are we going to bend the knee to some guy across the Bay, or are we going to show them what this City can do?

Black Mask gets out of his seat, walks inches from your face, and stares you down with bloodshot, unblinking eyes.
Then he drops to his knees.

BLACK MASK: Wayne-sama. I kneel!
BRUCE: Get up. The only thing we bow to is the mission.
SHARD: And what is that?
BRUCE: Saving this city.
____
Save the cities. Have to save them all.

SFX: BOOM!

1,267 bombs left. You’ve never gone this fast. You can feel your skin cells atomizing from the friction.

SFX: BOOM!

982. It’s not enough just to beat the nukes to their targets.
If they get too low, the shockwaves from you flying down will kill thousands.

SFX: BOOM!

532. You’ve lapped the planet two dozen times. Maybe more. You’re not sure.
Calculating the optimal path takes almost all your focus. You can’t make a mistake. Can’t fail, can’t...

SFX: BOOM!

230. No. Remember what Dr Schwartz said. Do what you can. Help who you can.
You’re a part of this big beautiful ball, it doesn't rest on your shoulders.

SFX: BOOM!

18. There we go. Almost done. Just have to sweep the East Coast one more time. DC. Opal City. Metropolis.

SFX: BOOM!

One more. You can make it, just over Goth-

SFX: FFSSSSHHHHHH-

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>>5951252
>Art and Script: Jock. Letters: Clem Robins
>Alt-Text: Comic art of a massive EMP explosion over Gptham city.
>Sound Effect Sample: Jock
>Dialouge Sample: Matt Reeves, Peter Craig & Mattson Tomlin

BRUCE: The mission is-
SFX: -FFOOOOOMMM!!

The Cathedral shakes, its wrought iron bones scream in pain.

BLACK MASK: What the hell was that?!
BRUCE: The lights are out!
ABBOT: Shreck and his power plant blacked out the city!
BRUCE: No. I installed off-grid generators. This is an EMP.

You take your Bat-Gamma Survey Meter from a storage crate.

BRUCE: A nuclear attack. The radiation’s too far away to be lethal but the entire city will have its power out.
SHARD: Disgusting. The greatest tools of death ever forged and they use them to hobble us like a pack-mule.
BRUCE: We’re not hobbled. Whoever did this wanted to hurt us. Devastate our city. Destroy our people by plunging us into shadow. But they don’t know. We are the shadows. The people will be scared. Predators will be stalking. And our attacker will be planning our next move. You claim to be followers of Cain? You’ve studied the Book of Crisis? Well, the Crisis is here. It’s time to act.

>The Case of the City of Terror
>Vote Title: Bill Finger
Protect the people. In times of crisis, bad-faith actors rise. You must defend the people of Gotham from harm.

>War in the Streets
>Vote Title: Cary Burkett
Attack the CBI. The blackout and chaos will be the perfect opportunity to strike against Waller, Riddler and the CBI. You have to end their threat once and for all.

>The Silent Night of the Batman
>Vote Title: Mike Friedrich
Liberate Gotham. Corrupt politicians. Brutes with badges. Wealthy parasites like Shreck. The people of the city have lived under their boot too long. This blackout will let those villains seize more power, commit more atrocities. Together, you and the covens must do for Gotham what you did for The Narrows.

>One Dark Knight
>Vote Title: Jock
Distribute aid. You have fuel cells at the cave. Emergency food and water stores. UHF radios. First aide material. The City will suffer. It needs healing.

>Death-Gamble of a Darknight Detective!
>Vote Title: Gerry Conway
Investigate the attack. With your shielded equipment you can figure out what caused this. Other people might know what’s going on. You need to as well.

>>5951253
{This will be a two-part vote. In the first vote, choose how many missions you want to do. You can say any numbers or range you are comfortable with.
(For example, you can vote “2” “1 or 5” or “Anything between 2 and 6.”)
In the second vote, you will be given a limited pool of resources and vote on how to split those resources between a number of missions based on the results of the first vote.
The more missions you take on, the farther you have to spread the resources.
The more resources a mission has, the more likely it is to succeed.}

>>5951014
The answer to that is "No, but I'm working on it."
A delay that huge shouldn't happen again and I apologize to the readers and players for such a long delay.

>>5951253
>Protect gotham
>Provide aid
>Attack the CBI.

This is our best shot to hit Waller openly. No shadow games bullshit, just a direct strike on the infiltrating element with forces she foesnt know we have yet.
Also damn it Roman, why are you such a hilarious goofball?

>>5951257
>"No, but I'm working on it."
An impressive line worthy of Batman

>>5951253
>BLACK MASK: Wayne-sama. I kneel!
It would be hilarious if Black Mask, for all his villainy, actually becomes the Vegeta to Batman's Goku. Wait, Superman's the Goku to Batman's Vegeta. Wait, what were we doing again? Man I miss Toriyama already

>>5951253
backing >>5951286, so
>The Case of the City of Terror
Gotham comes first. Screw crisis actors and bad faith plants and saboteurs
>One Dark Knight
Gotham comes first. Everybody in this church is a citizen of Gotham, and we need to help the people around us like Batman helped the Narrows
>War in the Streets
And the blows will rain. I wonder how Batman will react once he finds out that Superman stopped thousands upon thousands of missiles worldwide... that only happened because of Riddler and Waller's machine.
Now this makes me wonder what would have happened if Superman destroyed it immediately instead of disabling it only for Riddler to go "sike!" and do it anyway. I wonder how Waller feels about the nukes all being launched WORLDWIDE, and all the nations of the world scrambling to find out why it happened under their noses and out of their control. I bet Waller will pin it on Superman, and then the entire world becomes set against him... except for the Bat and his city, the only place that DID get nuked. Or maybe she'll run damage control and aim her wrath at Riddler for even pulling what he did without her say-so. The thing secret intelligence types like this probably hate the most is people making large messes for them to clean up like the glorified spooky jannies they are. And this? This is one hell of a mess the Riddler made.

>>5951255
I did not read this, but I stand by my vote

>>5951329
>>5951286
>>5951328

To clarify, the first vote is how many[/ib] missions we are going to do.
The second vote is to see which ones we go on. I don't think its fair to have people vote on options if they don't know how many missions we are taking on.

>>5951253
>2

>The Case of the City of Terror
>One Dark Knight
Current objective, SURVIVE.

>>5951253
>Three missions:
>>The Case of the City of Terror
>>War in the Streets
>>One Dark Knight

>>5951286
Supporting this, essentially. I'm >>5949165 on mobile, btw.

>>5951257
I'm sorry to hear things have been rough, HB. Thank you for coming back.

>>5951253
>4
>leave out Darknight Detective

>>5951416
This is me. Just realized >>5949165 was also a mobile-post.

Locking for 3 Missions.

You have 13 squads. Each player choose 3 Missions they want to go on and how many Squads they want to assign to each mission.
The more squads you assign to a mission, the higher it's chance of success. *

*For each mission, I will roll a d6. If the number of Squads you assigned to that mission is HIGHER than the mission's number you accomplish the mission. This means a Mission with 7 squads assigned to it is automatic victory.

The three missions that have the most total squads assigned to them will be chosen, and I will average everyone's squad numbers and apply then to those missions.
>>5951528
>>5951449
>>5951416
>>5951413
>>5951329
>>5951328
>>5951286

>>5951709
>The Case of the City of Terror
4 squads
>War in the Streets
7 squads
>One Dark Knight
2 squads

My rationale: The CBI is the biggest threat and also the removal of the CBI is what we staked our alliance (and thus legitimacy) upon. The protection of people from crime is what Batman as an individual/enterprise is best suited to, and focused upon. Providing aid is the least dangerous and least urgent, and has the fewest people who would object to it or try to prevent it.

>>5951721
+1

>>5951721
We're doing this to get at Waller and Riddler and CBI overall. If our guy Turner shows up, things might get dicey. If he finds out about the nuke code machine existing, and Riddler launching them all to get one over on Superman, Turner's disgust at Waller will absolutely boil over enough to defect entirely to Batman's side

>>5951721
Support.

>>5952160
Did you have a Squad distribution in mind? I average the numbers so even if you are outvoted 3-1 your vote still has influence.

>>5952236
I'm >>5951774 on mobile, so my vote is unchanged. I was simply commenting on the plot situation

Rolled 3, 6, 5 = 14 (3d6)

>>5951721
>>5951774
>>5951774
Rolling for this lineup

First roll is for The Case of the City of Terror

Second for War in the Streets

Third for One Dark Knight

>>5952277
The Case of the City of Terror is a success by 1 point.
War in the Streets is a success by 1 point.
One Dark Knight is a failure by 3 points.
Update this weekend.

>>5952279
Whew. That was a pretty good spread cuz those two we got had just enough squads
Sucks for the civilians though

>>5952290
We were spread thin, and we can only do what we can do. Keeping the streets safe and the CBI out was key. Any aid we provided, they would have undermined or sabotaged if they were still around (in the CBI's case) or preyed upon and infested with corruption (for nonaffiliated crime syndicates). We'll provide aid ASAP, once we have control.

>>5952277
Fighting the CBI only won because we put 7 squads on it to ensure success, and the dice fucking pulled a 6 on us over it. Waller really REALLY pulled out all the stops, but Batman and the Religion of Crime covens miraculously won. I hope this is made apparent in the plot narration and story events somehow, because it writes itself.
Also we barely won protecting the people by 1. We were spread so thin the aid failed and got sabotaged, but Gotham's people still stand.

>>5952290
>>5952300
You were right on the money with your plan to put 7 squads on War in the Streets. It was the only thing that got us the victory over that 6 maxroll.

>>5951709
Update is in progress. it is larger than usual and taking a bit more time

>>5954900
Thank you for the update, QM.

I have finished writing the update. Once I am done formatting it I will post it. Sorry for the delay.
I will try to minimize many very large updates without vote requests to break them up.

>>5957242
Get hype!

>>5957242
If it's anything like the sequence with Batman and Turner versus Waller's group, then this will be exciting. I'd rather not have too many updates like this for YOUR own sake, QM

>>5957242
Hey, no need to apologize. I'm sure it's worth the wait.

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>>5951253
>Pencils & Inks: Joëlle Jones. Colors:Jordie Bellaire
>Alt-Text: Comic cover of Batman on a Horse, an embroidered Bat-logo pattern is behind him.

You stand before a warehouse, looking over your makeshift army shivering in the unnatural cold.
From all over the city they came to the Narrows. But what started as a meeting for intimidation, has become a rally for liberation.

BATMAN: I thank you for coming here. More than that, Gotham thanks you. Across those waters, our land is burning. Our people are crying out under the lash of those who value comfort and greed over humanity. The night is full of predators, but we will teach them how to be prey. The law of this world is a bludgeon, a tool for the elite to rule us, but I was raised on a different law. The law that life is precious. The law that we’re obligated to defend it and preserve its quality. The law that when innocence is threatened, no matter if it's by a gang, a badge, or a politician, you step in to save it. We’re united by faith, and tonight we’ll share that faith. Not in a heaven to come after death, but in a future worth living for, here and now!

While the crowd cheers you enter the warehouse and emerge with several broncos, led by your black steed.

APOCALYPSE: NEIGH!
BATMAN: Easy Apocalypse, our herds ride together tonight. Anyone who knows the saddle, come forward. We’ll be the vanguard. The Narrows and Bowery covens will distribute aid. Nightwing will guide you to the storehouses under Kane Bridge. The Southside, Old Gotham, Cauldron, and Burnside Covens are on safety patrol. We protect the people with our lives.
BLACK MASK: And what about the rest of us, chief?
BATMAN: We go to war.

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>>5957349
>Building: Goldstone Noodle. (https://goldstonenoodle.com/) Director: Carol Banker. Production Design: Ian Brock. Art Direction: Khanh Quach. Art Department: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt11265782/fullcredits/art_department?ref_=m_ttfc_14 Cinematography: Fraser Brown & Boris Mojsovski. Script: Richard Hatem & Geoff Johns
>Alt-Text: Picture of a Chinese food restaurant at night named “Excellent Gotham Golden Noodle House.” It is surrounded by dēnglóng paper lanterns.
>Dialouge Sample: Steven Grant
>Content Warning: Racism

The Excellent Gotham Golden Noodle House is one of the last bastions of old Chinatown.
It withstood gang wars, the gentrifiers on the Southside Tourism Board, and government occupation.
Now it might fall to teenagers with bricks.

JANET DRAKE: Please, stop! We don’t have any food left!
BROTHER OF THE WHITE NIGHT: Maybe if you bred less you wouldn’t have that problem!

The kid throws a brick, and you swat it away with your cachcaba.

NIGHTWING: We’re all just trying to get through the night. Why don’t we put the bricks down?

The “leader” of the gang steps up. He’s barely out of middle school.
What’s even the goal here, tryouts for the Aryan Brotherhood?
They’re just scared kids lashing out at people they were told are the enemy.

BROTHER OF THE WHITE NIGHT: They’re hoarding! Just like they always do when shit goes down. They probably SENT this bomb!
NIGHTWING: I’m here to help. There’s a food station at the Narrows.

You turn to the shopkeeper.

NIGHTWING: For everyone.

The “brothers” move closer, bricks held high.

BROTHER OF THE WHITE NIGHT: Tell us where it is!

You look inside the restaurant, it has an entire family in it.
You could take these wannabees with an injured chest or while keeping the bystanders safe.
But you can’t do both. Not alone at least.

DAISY: WHINNY!

An army of Coven acolytes surrounds you, led by Sister Flay on horseback. The brothers drop bricks. You hope only literally. You smile.

NIGHTWING: Allow my friends and I to safely escort you there.

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>>5957361
>Alt-Text: Comic art of The Bat-Signal, a spotlight, that projects a Batlogo, in the night sky above Gotham City.
>Pencils: Ramon Bachs. Inks: Nathan Massengill. Colors: Jason Wright

Countless history books, postmortems, and government files would be written on what happened in Gotham this night.
None would be true. The only truth would be in the hearts of the city.
The hearts of the people who saw heard the hoof steps crashing through the streets, melting away violence like the snow they trampled.
Atop Apolcaypse, you expected to see mayhem, but in every neighborhood you galloped through you saw The City coming together.
Sharing food, putting out fires. Keeping each other safe. And when that fails, there’s you.

FRANZ: AHHH! Let me go.

He struggles against your lasso, as his intended victim runs away.

BATMAN: Stop screaming and listen. We’re not police, we’re not judges. Tonight, we are the law. I’m going to tie you to that lampost. You’re going to stay on that lamp post. And you’re going to remember that, unlike the cops and the courts. We’re not letting you get away with this. Understand?
FRANZ: Y-Yes.

You mount your animal ally and your posse moves on.

BLACK MASK: Why didn’t you ice the thug?
BATMAN: Lethal force is for enemy combatants, not immobilized garbage like Paris Franz. We’re warriors, not executioners.
BLACK MASK: Holy-

You follow the mobster's gaze and see your emblem carved into the sky by a spear of light.

BLACK MASK: Are we doing that?
BATMAN: No. Stay here. I’m seeing who is.
___
You land on the roof the spotlight is beaming from. You’re prepped for battle, but are greeted with a scaley bear hug.

CROC: What up, Bats!
BATMAN: Croc! You’re free.
CROC: I had some help.

He points to Agent Turner and Chase. You put your hand on your holster.

CHASE: Easy, cowboy. We’re here to help.
TURNER: After you had your ego trip and chased Riddler headfirst into a cop van, we went underground. Then the bomb dropped.
CHASE: CBI protocol for an EMP attack means all assets will be transferred to a bug-out base for evacuation. I memorized its coordinates.
TURNER: This will be a chance to hit them back, and stop whatever Waller and Riddler have planned.
BATMAN: Why should I trust you, Chase? You’re not the rebel type.
CHASE: I joined the CBI to stop freaks like you from getting themselves and civilians hurt. Waller’s gone off the rails, she might as well be wearing a cape and mask herself.
BATMAN: An alliance of convenience, then. We take down Waller and you go back to your jobs.
TURNER: Not me. When this blows over...

He puts on a high-tech Tiger Mask.

BRONZE TIGER: I have a different fight.
CROC: We’re good then. I see your rodeo army, let’s crack some fed heads.
CHASE: We’re not killing anyone. We break into the base, get Waller and her intel, and get out.
BATMAN: My people will act appropriately. Make sure you do the same.

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>>5957364
>Art: Joe Quinones
>Alt-Text: Peacemaker, a muscular man with a helmet, gun, and a dove shaped chest guard, Stands in front of a neon United States flag with an Eagle on his arm.
>Dialouge Samples: Michael Jai White, Scott Sanders & Byron Minns. Marv Wolfman and George Pérez.

BLACK MASK: Eat lead, coppers! HAHA!

He stands on a generator and fires rounds of bullets. You pull him down.

BATMAN: Stay in cover and conserve ammo! Bat-smoke!

You throw a gas pellet and advance, the smoke keeping you out of sight.

BLACK MASK: We’re calling our attacks now? Sweet! You think I should do it too? I could be like “Gun!”

Turner joins you in the smoke, knocking out several former allies.

BRONZE TIGER: SUEY! Some teammate... SUEY! You got there.
BATMAN: Black Mask is under control, all the covens are.
BRONZE TIGER: Cults, monsters, and aliens. It really is a New Earth.
BATMAN: Chase said the main tent is to our left.
BRONZE TIGER: Cover me!

He barrels through the agents like a whirling dervish.
Your suppressing fire keeps the shooters away and any who get in close range meet his claws. Chase yells from a hill.

CHASE: Something’s wrong! They’re fighting too hard to defend canned food!

Then the sounds hits. A screech like a bird with a freshly wrung neck. EMP resistant jetpacks! Seven armored soldiers rocket from tents firing on you from the skies.

BRONZE TIGER: Peacemakers! They’re not even allowed in The States!

You sprint from cover, running toward Apocalypse, their saddle has your last hope. The Peacemaker rounds riddle your armor, they kiss you with bruises that ache as you open the saddlebag.

BLACK MASK: Jeez Bats, this better be worth it.

You pull out a large cannon and fire.

BATMAN: It is.

The missile arcs through the sky goes straight for the Peacemakers, and misses. A bat-shaped smoke cloud fills the sky.

BLACK MASK: We’re screwed!
PEACEMAKER: By the powers granted by contract with The United States Government, the Pax Institute orders you to surrender!

Black Mask stands.

BLACK MASK: I give u-

You pull him down.

BATMAN:
Wait for it.

It starts slow, like the first drops of rain on a spring evening. Then it swells until the ground itself is shaking with living thunder.

Gotham Heights, Robinson Park, Bristol, West End, Otisburg, Tricorner, Old Gotham, and the Finacial District all unified in a hurricane of meat and gristle.
And Lassos.

ORCA: YAH!!

The Dolphin-woman throws her rope with superhuman strength, snarring a Peacemaker by the leg.

PEACEMAKER:
Stop! By the order of- AHHH!!

She swings him into the other Peacemakers, knocking them to the ground. They look up and see themselves surrounded by dozens of your allies.
BLACK MASK: You might wanna give up now. No shame is surrendering. Uh, right Bats?
CHASE: Let your trick-or-treaters tie them up. We need to see what the Peacemakers were guarding.
Your Bat-Gamma Survey Meter goes off. The radiation isn’t lethal, but it is intense.
BRONZE TIGER: My god!

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>>5957376
>Art: Gene Ha
>Alt-Text: Comic cover of a skinny emaciated Superman wearing a body suit inside a metal tube

You enter the tent. Inside is a metal tube glowing with a sickly green color. Within the tube is Superman, but not as you know him.
His skin is pale, his physique thinner, and his eyes dimmed. Green crystals are plugged into the tube's exterior.

SUPERMAN: Save them. Have to save them.
CHASE: This chamber is powered with Kryptonite.
BRONZE TIGER: This doesn’t make sense, how did they even catch him?

You unplug the Krystals and store them in your lead-lined utility belt. The green light fades away.
After a few seconds of silence, Superman takes a breath and smashes through the metal tube.
He’s still strong, but he seems... off.

SUPERMAN:
Did I stop the missile?
CHASE: You mean the EMP attacks?
SUPERMAN: So it didn't land. I got all of them
BRONZE TIGER:
All of them? There were multiple nukes? And you stopped them?!

That explains how he was weak enough to catch.
Your studies on “Kryptonite” and skin samples you collected from Clark showed his biology digests radiation.
Large amounts of it disrupt this process. Poisonous light. The weakened champion staggers up.

SUPERMAN: I’m okay for now, but we have to stop them.

He puts on a brave face, but even with the Kryptonite away, he’s still nowhere near full power.
He’s far stronger than a mortal man, but no longer godlike.
Your experiments show that high doses of solar radiation will help him recover, but if you reveal this treatment he’ll be able to heal if you ever attack him with K Radiation.
Can you risk undermining your own leverage?

>Son of Sun
>Vote Title: Zack Snyder
Give Superman Solar Radiation. Your Kryptonite arsenal will be less effective against him in the future.

>Knight of Night
>Vote Title: Zack Snyder
Don’t tell Superman about your Solar Radiation. His powers will be weaker than normal for the next few days.

>>5957376
>BLACK MASK: We’re calling our attacks now? Sweet! You think I should do it too? I could be like “Gun!”
This line is pure gold. Sometimes I forget he's the reason Nightwing got hurt and Ivy had to be mutated to survive. Roman would probably shrug and go "hey it was bound to happen" not knowing how comic book fated Isley was. Even in a /co/ quest on 4chan it's been a miracle we kept her unmutated for this fucking long. Speaking of Nightwing, it'd be hell on Bats if he and Black Mask make up over the mutagen church incident and both start quipping together at Batman

>>5957384
>Son of Sun
Return the good turn he did us. We sought his aid to stop Riddler and get at Waller, and he stopped all those nukes too. He might not be a Gothamite, but he still did all he could to save it. In this night of aid and brotherhood, it is only right we do this.

>>5957384
>>5957407
Besides, I bet Supes will find out about the solar radiation on his own time. This act itself sends him a direct message, but a good one

>>5957384
>Son of Sun

You did Good Superman. And while not of Gotham, I'm not going to forget its friends.
>>THIS IS HOW FRIENDSHIPS START

>>5957384
>Son of Sun
Drink up, we got a city to save

>>5957384
>Son of Sun
After that stunt you just pulled? We owe you this much, Clark.

>>5957384
>Son of Sun
"Don't make me regret this, flyboy."

>>5957450
>>5957433
>>5957419
>>5957415
>>5957407
locking for Son of Sun. Update today.

>>5958665
Hey OP, remember when I gave you that idea to have a baseball moment or sequence so Batman can be baseball bat man? Here's another idea: At some point, Nightwing calls Abbot and Adaire "Abbot and Costello" in one of his quips

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>>5957384
>Director: Sam Liu. Character Designs: Jeff Johnson, José López, Thomas Perkins & Lesean Thomas based on designs by Ed McGuinness, Dexter Vines & Dave Stewart. Storyboards: m.imdb.com/title/tt1398941/fullcredits/art_department?ref_=m_ttfc_9 Background: m.imdb.com/title/tt1398941/fullcredits/animation_department?ref_=m_ttfc_12
>Alt-Text: Animated image of Batman holding Superman on his shoulders.
>Dialouge Samples: Frank Miller. George Putnam Ludlam.

BRONZE TIGER: He look a bit off to you guys?
BATMAN: He’s a living solar battery. The radiation cut off his fuel source.
CHASE: Great. You can just pop him in your bat-tanning bed and call it a day. ... You actually have one, don’t you?
BATMAN: Something like that.

You let Clark brace himself on your shoulders.

BATMAN:
Rest up, soldier. You’re with us now.

You exit the tent and hear a city in chaos. You know Dick will help where he can, but he doesn’t have enough people.
Across your city, the cold and hungry are fending for themselves. For those millions, you can’t give them safety.
You can only offer vengeance.

CHASE: Your base is up the river, how are you going to help him?

You snatch a jetpack from the pile Orca collected from the Peacemakers.

PEACEMAKER: Hey! That is official Pax Institute property under contract to-mffff

You gag the glorified mercenary and strap on the pack.

BATMAN: How’s your flying?
SUPERMAN: I feel like I could leap a tall building but I don’t think I could stay airborn.
BATMAN: That should be enough anti-gravity for the pack to carry both our weights. Hold on tight.

As your newfound ally grabs your shoulders you address your team.

BATMAN: Orca’s in charge. Save this city. Save these people.

The two of you blast into the night, on a straight course to The Cave.
____
When the Manor alarm went off, you retreated to the Cave.
The cavern had been a bomb shelter even before its current owner started his crusade, you knew you would be safe.
You can't say the same for Dr Isley.
The life support systems were all EMP shielded but when the power went out, something in her... changed.
Her pulse, breathing, and even waste production, all slowed to a crawl. As if the human in her was dying.
Your time with the Castor Oil Dragoons taught you how to keep a person alive, but you fear you’re no longer dealing with a person.
All you can do is keep calm and follow the plan. As for Dr Isley, her fate is in the hands of a higher power.

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>>5959491
>Alt-Text: Comic art of several tree figures in the Mbaeverá forest. They are different ranges of human-like, all having faces, some having arms and legs.
>Pencils: Rick Veitch. Inks: Alfredo Alcala. Colors: Tatjana Wood
>Dialouge Sample: Rich Veitch

Green. Glorious bountiful green. For several days you have been in the emerald embrace of sensations there are no words for.
As if something as crude as a mouth could ever capture the divinity you are experiencing.
But then you felt a sharp pain stab your very soul.
Your overloaded with the screams of a trillion exploding cells, cut from life’s tapestry by a cruel mockery of the sun’s warmth.
Now you feel a cold. Not the serene stillness of winter, where seeds wait to spawn anew. But the sterile nothingness of death with no birth.
A taste only Man could provide. You burn from this cruelty, and your pain summons a guide.

BOG VENUS:

No words are spoken. You are far beyond the chaotic chatter of the animals.
Your roots are entangled with a life older than everything you know yet close enough it feels like a sibling.
The red meat she sprouted from was a healer. One that knew plants as you did.
Communed with the green even with her clumsy bones and mortal skin.
And when that shell decayed as all do, what was left became Bog Venus.

IVY:

Where? What? Why? The vestiges of your mammal brain fire a thousand questions.
Bog Venus stands firm as the forest she grows from.

BOG VENUS:

Yes. You know now. There are no individuals in The Green. You are in the presence of The Parliment of Trees.
Champions from all ages, reborn to serve the great circuit that girds the planet. You are to be of their number.
You shall shed your Red prison and embrace life as an Elemental. But what champion will you be?

>Passion’s Fruit
>Vote Title: Andy Helfer
You are The Fruit. Nourishment. Growth. Life. The world is deprived starved and poisoned. You must be the Garden, sustaining life and wellness for all.

>Roots and Leaves
>Vote Title: Jody Houser
You are The Root. This world is dying. Death brings life. As the flower consumes the rot and decay of animals so must you grow a new world from the ruins of Dead Earth.

>Thorns
>Vote Title: Stephanie Phillips
You are The Thorn. The planet is overrun. The mammals with their tools and weapons have overstepped their bounds. Growing past their limits and threatening to consume all. To preserve the planet, they must be culled to the proper level.

{Choose one or more. The option with the most total votes wins.}

>>5959492
>Passions fruit
>Root and leaf

Isley is a healer, so staying true to that is fine.
But the second option also fits our crusade.

>>5959492
>Thorns

>>5959492
>Passion’s Fruit
>Roots and Leaves

Ivy got funding, space, time, encouragement, and help. Everything a plant girl with not a lot of good research opportunities and grant money needs to grow. Batman and Nightwing fought every step of the way alongside her. From a meta perspective, it took a LOT of effort to keep her from her fate. But even in a /qst/, fate can be a bitch. Unlike that, Ivy isn't as much of a bitch as in canon thanks to all the factors.

Anyway, I don't think Thorns fits with all the character development she went through. If this were similar to canon, I would roll with that for it being fitting. Passion's Fruit works because Ivy got into all this for a reason. She knows how bad Gotham and this world is because of the status quo. But that status quo is not there by itself. Others with power seek to make it unbreaking for them. This world is dying, huh? Would it still be dying if it wasn't being actively choked? Can't Ivy's roots erode the monolith and bring it down from under them? Why not? So that's why Fruit works best, in addition to the care she received from Batman/Nightwing. I want Roots as secondary because she's still Ivy despite being lighter than her canon version, and this Batman is different too. And besides, I always thought being anti-tech was stupid if you're a plant researcher and you used tech to get any results and to keep yourself employed. And plants need animals to survive and propagate too. What, you wanna kill all the bees because insects aren't plants? Enjoy having almost zero pollination. What, you want only plants to exist? Eventually plants will evolve and you might get plant humans later somehow. Then they'll create tools and society, and you'll be okay because their flesh and skin are green and not red pink? Isn't that racist? lol I'm rambling here

Basically our Ivy is good, and despite her core character cynicism she should not forget the good done for her sake, even in this critical moment.

>>5959492
>Passion’s Fruit
Hero Ivy time. This is the fruition (heh) of all we've been working towards!

>>5959492
>Passion's Fruit
We can fix this.

>Roots and Leaves
Or if we can't, we can start over.

>>5959586
>>5959605
>>5959741
>>5959671
Locking for Passion's Fruit. Update today

I have lost my laptop so there will be a bit of a delay. Update should be today.

>>5961354
Oh shit! Sorry to hear it, QM. I hope it turns up.

>>5961354
How do you lose a laptop?

>>5961384
I was practicing driving and had my laptop in my bookbag in case I got a call and had to do some work.
I almost turn into the wrong lane and in the chaos, I swap drivers seats with my partner who was the person I was doing my driving practice with. We drive back to my condo and when I check the car, the bag is gone.
Somehow someway (the mechanics still confuse me) it fell out or something.

>>5961389
Oh.That can't be good. Do you have a way to track the laptop, or is it gone with the wind?

>>5961480
Tracker for some reason has it's last update on 3/24. which is odd since I was using it this morning

>>5961564
That is weird, yeah.

>>5961641
It might be the VPN. I turned it off but the tracker still isn't showing up, which I believe means it's not on the internet. (That suggests to me it's lying on the ground somewhere, or someone took it but haven't logged online yet)


Full disclosure, I am in a bit of emotional distress about all this, I don't think I will update tonight. I know this thread and quest has had a great many delays but I will promise you I have no intent to abandon this quest and I believe I can reach a satisfying confusion of this story arc for everyone.

>>5961678
>I am in a bit of emotional distress about all this
I'd be surprised if you weren't. Losing something like that isn't easy, especially if the work you had on it wasn't backed up. We can wait as long as you need. Your real life comes first.

>>5961678
What the other anon said. Focus on you first. We'll be here.

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>>5959492
>Pencils: Jon Bogdanove. Inks & Colors: Dennis Janke.
>Alt-Text: Superman smiles with long flowing hair. He glows with energy.
>Dialogue Samples: Grant Morrison. Steve Perry. Dwayne McDuffie. Jeph Loeb.

IVY:

The answer is clear. The Green began with nourishment.
Ever since a clumsy cell tried to consume your blue-green forerunner and instead was blessed with the gift of the sun, the goal of The Parliament of Trees has been to provide for this brutal realm.
The soft-celled savages that claim to rule the Earth must be dealt with. They are in the wilderness and they need a garden.
It’s a cold world. They need warmth
___
BATMAN: We’re coming in hot!
SFX: CRASH!

You’re trained in jetpack piloting, but practice never had a class for carrying 100 kilos of semi-floating alien weight.

BATMAN: We landed in the courtyard. We’ll have to walk to the Manor.
SUPERMAN: This is Wayne Manor. You’re Bruce Wayne!
BATMAN: You didn’t find out? Even after I discovered who you are?
SUPERMAN: Revenge, as they say, is a sucker’s game.
BATMAN: Who says that?
SUPERMAN: My therapist. I highly recommend it.
BATMAN: *hh* You too?
SUPERMAN: Doubt all you want, but they helped me see that getting back at you or Pa wouldn’t help me. Any energy spent on you would be effort I could dedicate to my own dream, making a better world.
BATMAN: And what if vengeance makes a better world?
SUPERMAN: Vengence is like 2 am street meet from a food cart you’ve never been to. It might feel good at the moment, but there's no nutrition when it sets in your stomach.
BATMAN: Your therapist tell you that too?
SUPERMAN: Nope. That’s a Clark Kent original. When this is all over we should hang out. I know a burger place in the city with the best fries on the East Coast. And the shakes are so thick, they’re to die-
SFX: CHK-CHK

Alfred steps from the shadows, a Benelli M4 Super 90 pointed at your chest.

ALFRED: Halt. And Identify yourselves.
SUPERMAN: Your butler guards your house with a shotgun?
ALFRED: You told him I’m your butler?
BATMAN: We need to get to the solar batteries.
ALFRED: Of course. Though I will note your changing of the subject. I didn’t come out in the middle of the night and engage in the continental obsession of gratuitously racking a shotgun to be called a “butler.”
SUPERMAN: I like this guy. I’m Superman. *hnng*

They shake hands as Superman winces.

ALFRED: Alfred “Beagle” Pennyworth. Now let’s get you to medical attention. I haven't lost a patient from this planet, I shan’t treat one from yours any differently.
___
You and Alfred lift Superman into the Bat Sun Chamber.

SUPERMAN: You tested this right?
BATMAN: When used on your skin cells they showed a 300% growth rate.
SUPERMAN: Of course you have my skin cells.
BATMAN: Are you ready for this?
SUPERMAN: Yup. Let’s save the world.

You flip the switch and the power of the sun bathes the cave.

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>>5963517
>Art: Mikel Janín
>Alt-Text: Poison Ivy sits on a throne of plants. She is surrounded by vines, leaves and thorns. Her hair is decorated with leaves and flows up like a crown.

IVY:

Sun! Light! LIFE! You feel it all around you, its force so potent you can taste it even in the realms beyond. This is what you needed.
The final jolt to shed the last scrabs of your meaty prison. Isley is truly no more. Poison Ivy shall save the world.

BOG VENUS:

Your predecessor bids you farewell. In time, you will join her here permanently. For now, the Earth needs your salvation.
You will make it better.
____
BATMAN: Do you feel any better?

The alien grins, and floats to the roof of the cave. He does several loops before landing.

SUPERMAN: Does that answer your question?

You grin back.

BATMAN: Show off.
SFX: RUMBLE
BATMAN: That’s coming from the Batclinic!
SFX: CRASH!!!

Hundreds of vines burst through the cave floor and penetrate its roof. Moonlight shines through the hole.
As the vines grow into the sky you see someone standing in their center- Dr Isley!

BATMAN: Ivy!
IVY: Fear not. The world’s savior is here. I shall remake this poisoned land into something…divine.
BATMAN: Wait!

Your cry goes unheeded. The vine keeps growing, taking your erstwhile ally into the night.

SUPERMAN: I can fly after Ivy, but the Riddler’s still out there. I can’t go after both at the same time.

>A Walk in the Park, Part One
>Vote Title: Greg Rucka
Follow Ivy and have Superman go after The Riddler. You know Ivy the best, you can reach her.

>The Enigma
>Vote Title: James Windeler, Patrick Kevin Day & Shanon Ingles
Go after The Riddler and have Superman go for Ivy. You need to take down The Riddler yourself.

>Phantom Riddles, Part One
>Vote Title: Mark Waid
Leave Ivy alone and go after The Riddler with Superman. The Riddler is the highest threat and you can probably trust Ivy.

>The Battle
>Vote Title:Jeph Loeb
Go after Ivy with Superman. She’s a member of your team and you can’t leave her behind. You can face The Riddler later. United.

{Choose any number. The option with the most total votes wins.}

>>5963520
>The Battle
First proper team-up!

>>5963520
>The battle

With Superman, we can get this task done quicker.

>>5963520
>The Battle
Let's get this done fast. The Bat lair isn't made for sunlight. What's that about a Bat tanning booth specifically made for Superman? Pfft, I'm sure it's nothing...

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>>5963517
Alfred's continued sass is an enduring reason to love the old dog.

Also, Batman's constant struggle to avoid returning to therapy. Courtesy of my friends

>>5963879
Nice touch with the Superman logo. This is my first quest fanart. Thank you to you and your friends.

>Script:RPPPVVK4. Art: Friends of RPPPVVK4
>Alt-Text: Three-panel comic. Panel 1: Nightwing, Poison Ivy, and Superman saying "Batman you need therapy." Nightwing is drawn with exaggerated buttocks. Panel 2: Batman staring in silence. Panel 3. Batman says No.

>>5963884
if we're doing credit properly, it's
Art: Lolzor99
I'm not gonna be a fag about riding coattails, so that's sufficient.

>The Battle

>>5963850
>>5963535
>>5963694
>>5963921
Locking for The Battle. Update today.

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I hope you're OK OP
Have this cool Bats

>>5966230
I am still alive and stuff. sorry for the delay. gonna work am update tonight

>>5967042
Thanks for the update, OP. Take care!

>>5967055
>>5966230
>>5963921
>>5963889
>>5963850
>>5963694
>>5963535
I intend to post an update tonight. In the spirit of full disclosure, I cannot in good faith promise consistent updates for the remainder of this quest.
Do note that this is the final act, and there are around ten or so updates left in my outline. That being said, please share your wishes in a vote .

>Finish this chapter in this thread (and a fourth thread if bump limits run out) even if the updates are inconsistent
>Put the quest on pause and return when I feel I am able to commit to a daily or bidaily update schedule
>Continue the current quest on a weekly update schedule.

You may choose more than one. The vote with the highest total options will be my choice.

>>5969071
>Continue the current quest on a weekly update schedule

>>5969071
>Continue the current quest on a weekly update schedule.
>Finish this chapter in this thread (and a fourth thread if bump limits run out) even if the updates are inconsistent
Whatever schedule works for you is fine by me, HCB.

>>5969071
>>Finish this chapter in this thread (and a fourth thread if bump limits run out) even if the updates are inconsistent

>>5969091
+1

>>5969091
>Support

>>5969427
Really committing to the comic asthetic with weekly updates, eh Hypercrisis?

>>5969071
Gonna +1 >>5969091 here. I would rather you not try to force yourself onto daily/bidaily even after a break, since life might interfere again or you might just get burnt out on it.

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>>5939841
>Script, Pencils & Inks: Matt Wagner. Colors: Sean Konot. Letters: Dave Stewart.
>Alt-text: Comic art of Superman flying through the sky and holding Batman in a harness. Batman looks grumpy. An insert panel shows Superman unlatching the harness from its handle.

Batman: Ivy’s one of us. We can’t leave her behind. We go after her. We get through to her. We take down Riddler. Together.

Superman: Sounds like a plan. My senses are still a bit muted but that pollen of hers is hard to miss. She’s making a beeline for-
Batman: Robinson Park. It's the highest concentration of plant life in the city.

He smirks.

Superman: Who's the show off now?
Alfred: I regret to inform you that the Batplane is far from operational. The EMP strike interrupted its repairs.
Superman: How warm’s your suit?
Batman: It’s automatically climate-controlled to the optimal human temperature of 310.15K. Why do you ask?

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>>5970567
>Pencils: Jim Lee. Inks: Scott Williams. Colors: Alex Sinclair.
>Alt-Text: Comic panel of a close-up of Superman’s face. His eyes are glowing and ivy vines surround him.
Dialogue Samples: Robert Kanigher. Grant Morrison.
SFX: FWOOOOOOOOOOOOSHHHH!

You grip tightly to your Bat-Superman Harness as you blast through the sky.
You prepped for this situation, but that's not the same as feeling it.

Superman: Doing okay, there?
Batman: Just fine. The park is below.

You land in a realm time forgot. The air is thick with oxygen and pollen. Vines coil across lamposts like lovers.
Concrete walkways are overgrown with lichen.

Superman: This place is incredible. I’m seeing cellular complexes I’ve only theorized about.
Ivy: I’m glad to find an admirer of my work.

An ethereal voice whispers through the branches. You feel it just as much as you hear it.

Batman: What are you doing here, Ivy?
Ivy: Saving the world. Like we’re supposed to. It's not enough to tear down the “civilization” that descecrated this planet. We have to build something better.

She reaches out and a fruit tree spawns from the soil.

Ivy: The Green speaks to me. I see through every stem. I hear through every flower. This city has fallen to darkness! While the bloody ones fight amongst themselves we all starve.
Batman: The city was falling to Chaos! The Covens and I had to…
Ivy: Covens? You’re working with those pillagers?
Superman: Maybe I should handle the talking. Dr. Ivy. We’re on your side. We want to save this city, too. Let’s work together.
Ivy: I…don’t know you. But we’ve felt you. Your warmth flows through our phytochromes.
Superman: You can trust us. I-what’s happening?

Vines crawl across his skin. Aerial roots snake through the primary colors of his alien outfit.

Superman: Rapid growing microflora. Clever. The park is so full of it, I didn’t notice the spores on me.

He’s calm but almost immobile. You reach for him and find your boots stuck to the floor.

Ivy: How do you like my lichen? I tried decades to perfect the Asterochloris blend in a lab. Now I can do it just by breathing.

You struggle in vain as the organism covers your suit. You look on as Ivy stares at Superman.

Ivy: You know, Batman, lichen is neither plant nor fungus. It is a fusion. The fungus provides protection and the algae nutrition. Combined life. We can do the same, Superman. I can feel the sun inside you. You will power Earth’s Green Utopia.

You can't move. You’ll have to solve this issue with not with gadgets or combat, but words.

>Superman Unchained
>Vote Title: Scott Snyder
Try to snap Superman out of it. He’s stronger than he thinks he is. You know he’s healed enough to break free.

>Fruit of the Earth
>Vote Title: Greg Rucka
Tell Ivy that you and Superman agree with her, but that you can only help her willingly.

>Human Nature
>Vote Title: A.J. Lieberman
Tell Ivy the mutagen has warped her mind and that remaking the world in her image by force is wrong.

>>5970571
{Choose one or more. The option with the most total votes wins.}

>>5970571
>Fruit of the Earth
>Superman Unchained
Welcome back, QM!

>>5970576
+1

>>5970571
>Fruit of the earth
>Superman unchained.

We would be hypocrites to deny force. This batman uses every trick in his city, including gangs.

But Ivy, you are not building anything better, you are abandoning the people of Gotham to the dark and the predatory. Help us get rid of Waller, Help the Mission step forward and when the crisis has past, we can turn our attention to building Harmony with men and foliage.
You know Me and Dick, have our convictions to the Mission ever waivered? Have we ever dismissed a branch as not worth the efforts rather than something that must be done later?

>>5970921
Just off the top of my head, waste desposal could be revolutionised for plastic and sewage, with both our companies of supertech and wayne corp we can push the medicines world wide. Crops and fertilisers can be magnified and spread.

This will have political pressures and economic turmoil but we can oush through it.
And all it takes is keeping a promise.

>>5970922
Cleaning the Gotham River a big enough project to achieve? Cut off the waste dumping factories? Do you think eventually, Gotham can be beautiful and a bit greener, while still remaining Gotham? I feel the pain of all those allergies triggering though...

>>5970571
>Fruit of the Earth
>Superman Unchained

We have a job to do, so let's all stay on the same page, okay?

>>5970576 is me and, if this is going to end up a two-way tie, I'll go Fruit of the Earth. Free association is key!

>>5971137
> Free association is key!
Social Anarchist Bricks, Stacies, and Chads rise up !


>>5971133
>>5970921
>>5970576

I'm feeling good and the options are computable so we're doing another double dose.

Locking for

>Fruit of the Earth
>Superman Unchained

Update coming tomorrow in a new thread with the new (at least) one update per week schedule.

This thread archive

https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/2024/5939841/

>>5974892
Thanks for running, QM! See you next thread.