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Emergence 2.6

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Salt Flats
July 25, 2010
13:21 MDT

Robin glanced over at Psycho Pirate mid-backflip in shock, Kid Flash running past him with the villain’s golden mask in his grasp along with the plutonium, as an angrily screaming Genesis launched himself at the psychic, lower body glowing as he screamed out the words, “Power Strike!”

His limb struck with a small explosion of force, the glow intensifying for a single instant as the blow hit home. Sneaker sole met the now-unmasked villain’s nose with a crunch of cartilage and a spray of blood, the already weakened villain dropping like a stone.

Genesis dropped to the ground in an unsteady landing, grinning triumphantly with one hand pointing down at the villain.

“Ha-HA! Not so fun when it’s you bleeding, huh? Ow…” The boy paused for a moment, stumbling himself as his right hand went to clutch his opposite shoulder, rivulets of scarlet easily visible as they slowly ran down the blue of his costume.

The Boy Wonder rushed over with speed worthy of Batman’s sidekick, coming to a quick stop on the nuclear plant’s grass by sliding like a baseball player and quickly bound Psycho Pirate with a pair of fold-out handcuffs. That completed, he glanced up at his jumpsuit-clad teammate in confusion. “Dude, kicking P-Pirate in the face like that? A bit much! The guy doesn’t even have powers.”

The other thirteen-year old gaped, letting go of his currently gaping wound to properly gesture to it. “He stabbed me! In the shoulder! My favorite shoulder! Just because his stupid mask didn’t work on me!”

“Feels kinda petty, though,” Robin replied back, jumping to his feet.

Genesis fought the urge to say something insulting, simply gritting his teeth and replying. “Justice is petty!”

“Umm…” Miss Martian shook her head, the psionically-sensitive girl still looking somewhat unsteady as she tried to recover from the trance Psycho Pirate had put most of the team through. “I don’t think that’s accurate.”

“It also seems rather unheroic,” A groaning Aqualad spoke up, the Atlantean glancing back to note that Superboy was still completely out of it.

“HE. STABBED. MY. SHOULDER!”


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Observed: Psycho-Pirate

Psycho-Pirate (Roger Hayden) Lv 12
Wielder of Medusa’s Mask

A Caucasian male of average height, strength, and ability, Roger Hayden would be completely unremarkable if it weren’t for both his insanity and his ability to wield the Medusa Mask with the ease of its original creator. Although, that raises the question; when did Medusa ever wear a mask… or control emotions, for that matter?

Ability Gained!

Resistance: Piercing Lv 1
The thrust or stab is risky because it can kill and yet not stop.
Reduces piercing or stabbing damage by 0.5% with every level from attacks less than 100% of your health. (1%)

Resistance: Piercing Lvl Up!
1→2

Resistance: Slashing Lv 1
The cut and slash is useful because it will stop but not kill.
Reduces slashing or cutting damage by by 0.5% with every level from attacks less than 100% of your health.

+ 300 XP

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