The Dionysus Club pulsed with music and strobe lights. The dance floor in the center pit undulated like waves, while other patrons watched from the bar or from tables and chairs around the outside....
2023-04-10 12:36:31 +0000 UTC View Post[Theme Song — “Hātofurusurottoru” by Gunpowder Audition — Full Throttle Heart, season 1]
[Montage of Truck-kun fighting the Undead Legions of Liquid Shadow]
“Evasion successful,” TINA announced.
Within the cocoon of the Fast-Response Drone, Emmett breathed a sigh of relief. The rumbling around him slowed as the drone entered the tunn...
2023-04-05 13:17:10 +0000 UTC View PostSerenity flew back to Summit station number three, an unmarked mid-sized office building on the upper end of Belport’s Eastside. She didn’t know if Hunter was behind her. She didn’t really ca...
2023-04-04 13:05:30 +0000 UTC View PostEmmett stood frozen, staring out the window at the cape hovering just outside.
Clara didn’t lower her weapons. “State your names first.”
A second shadow rose up beside the first, ...
2023-04-03 12:36:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe surgery on Emmett’s arm took a little over half an hour.
Even though Dr. Venture hadn’t mentioned any risks to his prosthetic, Emmett was still anxious when the metal sheathing was re...
2023-03-31 13:15:54 +0000 UTC View PostBetween Emmett’s excitement for his quick-connect system and his senioritis, Emmett’s Friday classes positively dragged. It took all his willpower to focus on his lectures that morning.
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2023-03-31 12:40:24 +0000 UTC View PostLachlan had been ready for a quiet Thursday night in when he got the text:
UNKNOWN 10:36 PM: Immediate assignment. Report to testing ground.
So much for that....
2023-03-30 20:59:02 +0000 UTC View PostVenture brought out two more modifications. The first was a thin metal box a little under a foot long and the second was a short cylinder. Emmett recognized them immediately as the impact shield an...
2023-03-30 13:08:07 +0000 UTC View PostEmmett and Clara met Dr. Venture in the biolab—section 006. Compared to the rest of the bunker-like aesthetic of the lab, the biolab looked almost like a hospital room. Except that the sterile wh...
2023-03-29 21:44:15 +0000 UTC View PostEmmett walked out through the last corridor by himself.
A few twists and turns later, he stepped out into a large, cavernous room. Darkness receded as he entered, light emanating from the squ...
2023-03-29 13:06:56 +0000 UTC View PostOn Thursday morning, Emmett hit the snooze twice on his alarm. By the time Emmett actually got up for class, he was running late. He grabbed a granola bar and his backpack.
He did so quietly,...
2023-03-28 19:40:18 +0000 UTC View PostAthena used her forcefields to smash the van and the remaining crates. Then Emmett followed her back up to the roofs, using her invisible platforms instead of his broken whip.
They sprinted a...
2023-03-28 12:32:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe sun was setting over the skyline of Belport, and superheroes were running across the roofs.
Emmett Laraway was one of them.
Emmett ran across the rooftops, leaping across alleys wit...
2023-03-27 19:44:06 +0000 UTC View PostDr. Venture leaned on the table of the hub in section 004. He’d given up on work for the day, and was reviewing drone footage from Clara and Emmett’s run in with Porcelain and Lock.
Ther...
Monday morning classes went alright enough, in that Emmett managed to stay awake for them. Dr. Venture’s reassurance about success at being a super only lasted so long, and multiple times Emmett ...
2023-03-26 21:59:35 +0000 UTC View PostEmmett didn’t go back to the apartment that night. More Fast-Response Drones arrived on scene to evacuate Clara and Emmett and take them back to the lab.
Apparently, their fight had attract...
2023-03-26 16:11:55 +0000 UTC View PostThe double doors burst off their hinges. The force sent the doors cartwheeling across the warehouse’s giant room. They slammed into the opposite wall, half-embedded and sticking out.
Fast-R...
2023-03-25 23:33:03 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a slight lurch as the Fast-Response Drone stopped. The mesh inside loosened around Emmett, and a moment later, the doors opened. Cold night air rushed in, and Emmett grit his teeth.
Dr. Venture stared at the wall monitor, watching the view from Clara’s exosuit camera and the view from the Fast-Response Drone intently. It was nearly to Emmett’s apartment and would pick him ...
2023-03-24 19:06:09 +0000 UTC View PostBy the time they finished the makeup tutorial, it was 3 A.M. Saturday morning. Clara suggested he stay the night in the med-bay, but Emmett wanted nothing more than to get home and sleep in his own...
2023-03-24 14:14:21 +0000 UTC View PostEmmett had no desire to be confined to a hospital bed again. Despite the dull pain all across the front of his body, he sat up on the edge of the bed.
Meanwhile, Clara and Venture stared at h...
2023-03-24 01:00:23 +0000 UTC View PostIn Emmett’s mind, he’d never left the abandoned warehouse.
There was another flash of light as a duplicate of Porcelain detonated. Emmett managed to cover his face in time, but pain seare...
2023-03-23 10:50:47 +0000 UTC View PostClara spun around, using a mixture of punches, kicks, and kinetic blasts to dispatch duplicates of Porcelain. Her targeting HUD flashed red in the corners of her vision, alerting her to duplicates ...
2023-03-22 18:08:42 +0000 UTC View PostEmmett sprinted after Clara to the armory, section 004, feeling like his heart was beating in his throat. Not only was he finally getting to go after Porcelain, he was going to see the armory.
<... 2023-03-22 14:19:58 +0000 UTC View PostEmmett and Clara spent the day training in the Gray Room. Any other day, it would’ve been a nice change from the earlier—getting lectured by Dr. Venture about the nature of trust, waiting, and ...
2023-03-21 19:45:17 +0000 UTC View PostEmmett barely slept at all Thursday night. Between everything that happened with Paragon and Amarque’s accident downtown, then talking with mom on the phone, and waiting for Lock to come home, Em...
2023-03-21 12:40:47 +0000 UTC View PostTruck-kun drove through the dark forest, its tires deftly weaving around trees and over their thick roots. Its headlights pushed aside the oppressive darkness and the rumble of its engine pushed as...
2023-03-20 18:41:17 +0000 UTC View PostParagon. Savior of the World.
His presence alone was enough to send villains running. He was nigh-invincible and his strength was without limit. Fast enough to catch bullets and outrun missil...
2023-03-20 10:59:47 +0000 UTC View PostEmmett managed to push himself up on shaking arms and legs to face his enemies across the alley.
Green Mask leaned against the wall, arms crossed overtop of his dark green tracksuit. “You s...
2023-03-19 17:11:26 +0000 UTC View Post