rgorman@telusplanet.net wrote:

Quoting DB Sommer <sommert@connecttime.net>:

 

ostentatious tattoos decorating their bodies. All had at least a
dagger 
strapped to their belts, along with a number of less bloody
instruments, 
such as truncheons and blackjacks. All were implements of pain, and
each 
man appeared strong and rough enough to have inflicted such on any
who 
would irritate them.
   

Ooh.  Ugly sentence.  Ugly, ugly.  Take the bad sentence away, mommy,
it scares me.  
 

% That is quite awful. We'll replace it with a normal sounding one.

The men were busy as they urged a group of women toward the only
wooden 
sailing vessel tied to the docks, its sails unfurled as though it
would 
leave at any moment. 
   

So I guess there's no actual wind then?  
 

% No. It's ornamentation. It's a high tech pirate vessel.

The women�s hands were bound together and gags
 

were 
forced in their mouths, preventing any noise from leaking out. Each
was 
forced to wear a set of longer iron chains clamped to their ankles,
   

Ah yes, the comic book version of the slave trade.   
 

% Actual it's just that loon Kraken and his image thing. Hence why his 
vessel has sails. And he dresses like an sixteenth century pirate and 
makes his crew do so as well. And uses a pistol instead of a machine 
gun. And has no sense of humor.

And just which one might you be?�

�Daredevil, the Man Without Fear,� he said. �And you�re Commander 
   

He introduces himself as the Man Without Fear?  That's just tacky.  
 

% He thinks it makes him sound cool.

meters of distance between he and his foe, Kraken�s heartbeat was 
excited, as though he was about to launch an attack regardless of
the 
distance. An errant memory crossed Daredevil�s mind, one of a time
in 
China when Swordsman held exactly the same pose.
   

Didn't he anticipate an opponent's move the same way last episode?  
 

% Nah. He fought a mandroid last time out. He might have done it against 
mind-controlled Ranma, though.

accomplished 
working as a team, like those two losers did when they two-on-one�d
you.�
   

Y'know, when Captain Japan tries to sound like Steve Rogers, for some
reason he ends up sounding more like Billy Batson.  
 

% He might have his heart in the right place, but he's no Steve Rogers.

Kraken sneered at the unspoken threat. �Don�t be stupid, you land
bound 
twit. I know you super heroes don�t go around torturing people for,
Agh!�

The flat of the blade met Kraken�s head, a discharge of electrity
following.
   

Does that mean the blade shocks him?  Because that probably happens 
at the same time as the flat hits him.  
 

% I'll make that clearer. And that it didn't scramble Kraken's brain any 
worse than it already was.

Onsokumaru started weeping, �It�s so unfair. She was a major babe.
Why 
did she turn on us?�
   

Given that he's not anatomically complete I'm wondering what the big
interest in babes is.  
 

% He's from Shinobuden 2X2, and he is capable of forming a body from his 
mass. God knows what sorts of hentai doujinshi's exist with him in them. :(

 

to unleash the weapons concealed on their persons. Any singleindividual

his 
side. There were intakes of breath around the table, though Matsuo

resisted the urge. No one had expected Youji Kudou, Aya Fujimiya.
Ken 
Hidaka, or Omi Tsukiono, 
   

I have no idea who any of these guys are, but I suppose it doesn't
matter.  
 

% The Knight Hunters/Weizz Krouse (I know I'm misspelling that). Bishie 
fangirl series, and one of the most lame I've ever seen.

the so-called �Snakeroot� of the Hand, to
 

�Hey, guys, we�re back, and we brought this!� the blond Youji,
declared, 
throwing a skeleton of a man on top the table. It made a clunking
noise, 
the weight of the skeleton chipping some of the table surface. �We

couldn�t remove the head. Did you know his entire skeleton is made
of 
adamantium? Stuff�s fused together, too.�
   

Gee, I wonder how he could walk.  
 

% And produce red blood cells. But we ignore physics in the favor of the 
escapist fantasy of it.

�That doesn�t make me gay!� Ken shouted.

�It doesn�t?� Aya asked.
   

Ken doesn't kill Aya for that.  Curious.  
 

% He's a friend. And maybe Ken likes him. And he's not gay. :)

true. It had been decided that the Snakeroot was too unstable to
keep 
around. No matter how nicely you treated a rabid dog it would try
to 
bite you. 
   

would bite you.  
 

% This was intentional on my part. In Matsuo's mind, he would kill the 
rabid dog when it tried to kill him.

Aya said, �He had just fought and killed two men, one called Creed
and 
the other called Cyber. He was so weakened from the fight that not
even 
his healing factor could overcome our attacks.�
   

So much for the New X-Men.  
 

% No plans for any version of an anime X-Men here. The cast is plenty 
full enough as it is. Although the Snakeroot came and went quick enough 
so they aren't going to clutter anything up.

Now it was Youji�s turn for his eyes to take on a distant glaze.
   

Shouldn't be a separate paragraph.  
 

% It was. Formatting appears bad with this copy I sent. :(

Daredevil was so startled he nearly fell off the edge of the pool
table.

Stick shook her head sadly. �Listen to me, boy, any relationship
with 
someone named Elektra is bound to end in tragedy. 
   

Well, that or hot incest action.  
 

% Nah. Mousse has no relatives here. No incest.

% And stop booing, you people. Sick and twisted all of you are.

The �Halfway Scraper� was a slang term for a partially completed 
skyscraper that stood in a low scale area of Tokyo. Plans had
called for 
it to be the centerpiece of a new financial district that would
restore 
the area, but funding for the building fell through when it was
revealed 
they were being backed by an outfit called the Secret Empire, 
   

You know considering that superheros and supervillains have only
recently popped up, it's amazing how long the various comic book
conspiracies seem to have been around.  
 

Actually there have been some organizations which stood against evil, 
some of which had super powered beings or at least flashy superheroes. 
SHIELD when it was allowed to be effective, AEGIS and the Gatekeepers. 
Sir Denis Nayland Smith and the Royal British Library's Division of 
Special Operations, Previous incarnations of Kagura Security. Various 
World War I and II superheros, though their mortality rate tended to be 
a bit higher since some of the more powerful heroes didn't come into 
existence. And none of it was as high profile as the recent 
proliferation of superpowered beings now making their presense known.

�I don�t kill people,� Daredevil pointed out. Something was
bothering 
him, but he couldn�t quite place it.
   

Of course that doesn't mean he can't help her do the killing.  
 

% But not intentionally.

the 
odds switched into Daredevil�s favor. With his skills he was
confident 
he could defeat two normal people, assassins or not. 
   

Daredevil is overly impressed with his penny-ante super-power.  
 

% They're the only ones he's got.

% Thanks for the comments. They are really appreciated.

DB Sommer

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