The stars shine bright every night above you. Sometimes they hide behind clouds. Sometimes they all show off in the clear. Just like you they are there to spread light in the darkness. Be someone's light no matter how cloudy it may be.
Monday, April 30, 2018
Rare Lexiconia - Petrichor
Petrichor: A distinctive scent, usually described as "earthy, pleseant, sweet", produced by rainfall on dry ground.
The Real Life Horror Tale of the Twisted “Co-ed Killer”
Ed Kemper is a genius, psychopath, and necrophile.
Edmund Kemper III, a psychopathic serial killer and necrophile who became known as “The Co-ed Killer,” was born December 18, 1948, in Burbank, California. He was arrested in April of 1973, at the age of twenty-four, after murdering six female students, his own mother, and her mother’s best friend.
Despite his relative youth upon capture, Kemper had actually committed his first two murders nearly a decade earlier. Kemper was an extremely intelligent child but he engaged in psychopathic behavior early on. For Kemper, this behavior included the torture and killing of animals, which is a common childhood practice among nearly half of all serial killers.
During childhood, Kemper was physically and emotionally abused by his alcoholic mother, Clarnell, who was divorced from his father. Clarnell frequently locked her son in a dark basement alone at night.
Not surprisingly, Edmund grew up to hate his mother and at the age of 14 ran away from home in search of his father in Van Nuys, California. After locating but being rejected by his father, young Edmund was sent to live with his paternal grandmother and grandfather in North Fork, California. Kemper claims that his grandmother, similar to his mother, was very abusive and he disliked her intensely.
In 1964, at the age of 15, Edmund shot his grandmother in the head allegedly just to see what it felt like. He then killed his grandfather, too, because he believed that his grandfather would be angry at him for killing his grandmother. Kemper was subsequently committed to the Atascadero State Hospital for the criminally insane. To his chagrin, he was released into his mother’s care in 1969 after less than five years of confinement and treatment. His juvenile criminal record was expunged.
As a young adult, Kemper stood six-foot-nine and weighed 280 pounds. He frequently thought about killing his mother by 1970 but was not yet ready to do so. The prospect of killing his mother without first perfecting his murder skills on others was too overwhelming for Kemper.
Between May 1972 and February 1973, Kemper embarked on a series of six shocking serial murders in which he picked up hitchhiking female students along the highway and then transported them to rural areas where he would kill and then decapitate them, and have sex with their corpses. He collected their dismembered heads in his apartment and would later have sex with them also.
Similar to other infamous serial killers such as Dennis Rader and the Zodiac Killer, Ed Kemper sought public recognition and acclaim for his murders. This led him to socialize and drink in a bar called “The Jury Room” with the very law enforcement officers who unbeknownst to them were pursuing him. His law enforcement friends began calling him “Big Eddie.”
Kemper finally realized his ultimate fantasy and killed his mother with a claw hammer and strangled her best friend on Good Friday 1973. After having sex with his mother’s decapitated head, Edmund Kemper casually telephoned the local law enforcement authorities to confess what he had done.
The police initially refused to believe him, thinking that their friend “Big Eddie” was just pulling a prank on them. After several follow-up calls and the disclosure of information that only the “The Co-ed Killer” would know, Kemper finally convinced the police that he was the man they sought. He was quickly arrested without incident and charged with eight murders in the first degree. Kemper was found guilty and given a life sentence because there was a stay on the death penalty in the U.S. at the time of his conviction.
Given his homicidal obsession with his mother, one might wonder whether killing her exorcised the demons that had tormented Ed Kemper throughout his life and finally provided him with a twisted sense of closure. As it turns out, the answer to this question is simultaneously chilling and fascinating.
Kemper was asked by a Cosmopolitan magazine reporter during a prison interview how he felt when he saw a pretty girl after killing his mother. He said, “One side of me says, I’d like to talk to her, date her. The other side says, “I wonder how her head would look on a stick.”
Edmund Kemper remains housed among the general prison population at California Medical Facility in Vacaville, California.
The inglorious atrocities of Edmund Kemper demonstrates just how loathsome the actions of a serial killer can be. Although the abuse he suffered during childhood was tragic and terrible, and while it offers some insights into his criminal pathology, Kemper’s odyssey of murder, dismemberment and sexual perversion still defies comprehension.
No hyperbole is required for his crimes to shock and horrify the public, yet the facts of Kemper’s murders are often misrepresented or exaggerated in their retelling by the entertainment media. There are numerous books, films, puzzles, poems, calendars and games that hyperbolize his story of murder and mayhem.
For example, he was portrayed as demonic freak in a slash and gore book titled The Lonely Head-Hunter: Ed Kemper and he has appeared as a supernatural monster in comic books. There is an Ed Kemper gothic horror necklace and locket for sale on the Internet. The 2008 horror film Kemper: The Co-Ed Killer is almost entirely devoid of facts.
As a result of his inaccurate and sensationalized depiction in the entertainment media, Kemper has been transformed into a cartoonish monster in the popular culture—similar to Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Tweets from the Last Blockbuster @loneblockbuster: Just found out my college roommate made partner. Rent From Justin to Kelly today.
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(The last Blockbuster in the US south of Alaska located in Bend Oregon)
(The last Blockbuster in the US south of Alaska located in Bend Oregon)
Sunday, April 29, 2018
Before I Slumber
If you are going to be weird, be weird together. I makes life more fun and builds a stronger relationship when you're being yourself together.
Whiz Kids (TV series 83-84)
I have completed my collection of all 18 episodes from the the 1983 TV series Whiz Kids. This series was never officially released to DVD so it made it a little bit more challenging to find all the episodes intact and in good view-able condition. This was a fun little series to watch growing up. I loved the cross-over between the Whiz Kids and Simon & Simon with a episode airing in each series Whiz Kids Episode 3 (Simon & Simon Season 3 Episode 5). Looking back on it now it seems corny and dated, but for it's time it was a great campy teen series.
Cast:
- Matthew Laborteaux as Richie Adler
- Todd Porter as Hamilton "Ham" Parker
- Jeffrey Jacquet as Jeremy Saldino
- Andrea Elson as Alice Tyler
- Melannie Gaffin as Cheryl Adler
- Max Gail as Llewellyn Farley
- A Martinez as Lieutenant Neal Quinn
- Madelyn Cain as Irene Adler
- Linda Scruggs as Ms. Vance
Richie and his teenage friends, Hamilton "Ham" Parker (Todd Porter), Jeremy Saldino (Jeffrey Jacquet) and Alice Tyler (Andrea Elson) routinely encounter mysteries which they attempt to solve using Richie's computer skills and Ralf's power, often tapping into other computer systems, corporate, governmental and private. The cases often involve money-hungry criminals working inside business corporations or government. Guidance is provided by Llewellen Farley (Max Gail), a reporter for the fictional newspaper the LA Gazette, whose stories are often exposés of crime and corruption. Farley has a cantankerous but mutually beneficial relationship with Lieutenant Neal Quinn (A Martinez) who is head of the local detective unit.
In most episodes, the three groups — the police (mostly led by Quinn), the media (usually Farley), and the Whiz Kids — all contribute to cracking a case and in bringing the criminals to justice. Their relationship is often conflicted, as Quinn must keep Farley from getting too much insider information, while Farley and Quinn both attempt to keep the teens out of danger. However, each case is never solved by one group alone, and they are all usually forced by circumstance to work together, each drawing from their own particular strengths and fields of expertise.
The Amazing Spider-Man (1977 TV series and classic movies)
Spider-Man TV Series
The Amazing Spider-Man is the first live-action television series about the Marvel Comics hero of the same name, although it is not the first live-action portrayal of the character, since Spider-Man was featured in a series of comedic short skits called Spidey Super Stories beginning in the 1974 season of PBS' The Electric Company children's educational program. The Amazing Spider-Man was shown in the United States from September 19, 1977 to July 6, 1979. Though it was a considerable ratings success, the CBS series was cancelled after just 13 episodes, which included a pilot film airing in autumn of 1977. None of the episodes were released on DVD, but almost all of them have been released on VHS. Despite its storylines being set in New York City (the character's hometown), the series was mostly filmed in Los Angeles.
Regular cast
- Nicholas Hammond as Peter Parker / Spider-Man
- David White as J. Jonah Jameson (pilot)
- Robert F. Simon as J. Jonah Jameson (series)
- Chip Fields as Rita Conway
- Michael Pataki as Capt. Barbera (pilot and first season only)
- Ellen Bry as Julie Masters (second season only)
Episodes
For their release in VHS format, several of the series's episodes were spliced together in pairs. For example, "Photo Finish Part 1 and Part 2" and "A Matter of State Part 1 and Part 2" were combined on one VHS tape and presented as a single movie-length episode. In order to smooth the jump between the two unrelated stories in each release, the production team filmed new bridging scenes set at the Daily Bugle and inserted them between the content of the two component episodes. These scenes were never broadcast, either in the series's original run or in any reruns.The pilot and two pair of episodes were released as movies internationally by Columbia Pictures as Spider-Man, Spider-Man Strikes Back, and Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge.
Season 1 consisted of 6 episodes and Season 2 consisted of 7 episodes.
Spider-Man Strikes Back (1978)
At the New York State University, one of Peter Parker's tutors has accidentally given three students all the materials they need to create an atomic bomb. The students use the plutonium to try to build a bomb in order to illustrate the dangers of nuclear power. While Peter Parker tries to find out what's happened, the police suspect him of the crime, and Peter has to deal with an attractive journalist named Gale Hoffman, who is determined to get an interview with Spider-Man after his well-publicized rescue of a suicide jumper.
In order to make their point, the students steal some plutonium from the lab. Spider-Man appears on the scene in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent the theft. But Spider-Man is seen by security guards and, naturally, is blamed for the theft. Meanwhile, in Switzerland, villain Mr. White reads a newspaper report of the theft and deduces that it was the students rather than Spider-Man who stole the radioactive material. He plans to relieve the students of their ill-gotten gains. He departs immediately for the United States with his monstrous henchman, Angel.
White has his henchmen steal the plutonium so that he can obtain his own version of the weapon. Spider-Man is forced defeat this scheming villain in order to stop him blowing up the World Trade Center. White kidnaps Peter, in an effort to locate the plutonium. When one of the students involved in the theft is admitted to hospital with radiation poisoning, Peter changes to Spider-Man to track down the plutonium. But White and Angel get there first. In the ensuing fight, Spider-Man has hurled off a twelve story building and plunges, seemingly to his death. He saves himself from his death dive by forming a net with his webbing. But in the confusion, White and Angel escape with the plutonium.
J. Jonah Jameson, the owner of The Daily Bugle, discovers that White has fled to Los Angeles and arranges for Peter Parker and Gale Hoffman to travel to the west coast in search of White. Mr. White demands $1,000,000,000 in return for not setting off the plutonium bomb in a heavily populated area. The authorities assume, wrongly, that he means New York. In fact, White plans to set off the bomb in Los Angeles at the time the President is giving a speech there.
Spider-Man finally tracks White to his lair and learns of White's plans. He locates the bomb and defuses it at the last second. But White escaped, and vowed that he and Spider-Man will meet again.
Spider-Man The Dragon's Challenge (1981)
Min Lo Chan, the Chinese Minister of Industrial Development, who happens to be an old college friend of J. Jonah Jameson, flees China and comes to the United States to locate three men who during the war approached him and offered him money for secrets about Mao Zedong, which he refused at the time. He stays with his daughter, Emily Chan who lives in New York City. But now it appears the incident is being investigated and he needs to find one of them quickly in order to verify his innocence.
He asks Mr. Jameson to help him find them, but he wants it done quietly because it seems that there are elements who want him convicted, so Jameson asks Peter Parker to talk to three ex-Marines on his behalf, but also to find them discreetly. However, it seems one of those elements is an industrialist, Zeider, who is among the ones being considered to build a power plant for the Chinese Government that is worth one billion dollars, and the industrialist knows that the official is considering another company but if he's convicted he knows that his successor will award the contract to him. So he sends Clyde Evans to make sure he doesn't find his witnesses or make sure he doesn't return to China alive.
As Spider-Man, Peter saves Min's life several times. Then Peter gets a line of the last of the Marines needed to clear Min's name, Professor Dent, who agrees to help. Along with Min, Peter and his own niece Emily, he flies to Hong Kong to testify. However, Zeider has Dent kidnapped to ensure his silence. With Emily's help, Spider-Man traces the kidnappers to Zeider. He captures Zeider, ensuring the safety of Dent's life. He then proceeds to prove Min's innocence.
Saturday, April 28, 2018
Before I Slumber
Enjoy each minute of every day. Don't take for granted any time you have. When others say you are wasting your time don't take it to heart. You are the judge of your time.
Gaming with wife
This evening's game of choice was Mortal Kombat XL. After several rounds between the wife and I it came down to her being the final winner of the evening. I myself started off with Scorpion, went to Lu Kang, and then finished with Scorpion. Saun shuffled around with several different characters, but finished me off using Leatherface for the final bought. Gaming with the wife is always a hoot no matter if I win or lose.
Marvel Universe watch list in chronological order.
Here is a list in chronological order of how to watch the MCU movies and series. This list does not include X Title related movies and series as well as Deadpool related items. Go ahead and stock up on your snacks, soda, pizza, lock the door and shut out the world for the next several days and veg to the MCU.
PHASE 1
- 1. Captain America: The First Avenger
- 2. Agent Carter (season 1)
- 3. Agent Carter (season 2)
- 4. Agent Carter (one-shot on Iron Man 3 DVD)
- 5. Iron Man
- 6. Iron Man 2
- 7. The Incredible Hulk
- 8. The Consultant (one-shot on the Thor DVD)
- 9. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer (one-shot on the Captain America: The First Avenger DVD)
- 10. Thor
- 11. Avengers Assemble
- 12. Item 47 (one-shot on the Avengers Assemble DVD)
PHASE 2
- 13. Iron Man 3
- 14. All Hail the King (one-shot on the Thor: The Dark World DVD)
- 15. Agents of SHIELD (season 1, eps 1-7)
- 16. Thor: The Dark World
- 17. Agents of SHIELD (season 1, eps 8-16)
- 18. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- 19. Agents of SHIELD (season 1, eps 17-22)
- 20. Guardians of the Galaxy
- 21. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2
- 22. Daredevil (season 1)
- 23. Agents of SHIELD (season 2, eps 1-10)
- 24. Jessica Jones (season 1)
- 25. Agents of SHIELD (season 2, eps 11-19)
- 26.Avengers: Age of Ultron
- 27. Agents of SHIELD (season 2, eps 20-22)
- 28. Daredevil (season 2, eps 1-4)
- 29. Luke Cage (season 1, eps 1-4)
- 30. Daredevil (season 2, eps 5-11)
- 31. Luke Cage (season 1, eps 5-8)
- 32. Daredevil (season 2, eps 12-13)
- 33. Luke Cage (season 1, eps 9-13)
- 34. Ant-Man
- 35. Agents of SHIELD (season 3, eps 1-10)
PHASE 3
- 36. Agents of SHIELD (season 3, eps 11-19)
- 37. Iron Fist (season 1)
- 38. Captain America: Civil War
- 39.Agents of SHIELD (season 3, eps 20-22)
- 40. The Defenders (season 1)
- 41. Agents of SHIELD (season 4, eps 1-6)
- 42. Doctor Strange
- 43. Thor: Ragnarok
- 44. Agents of SHIELD (season 4, eps 7-8)
- 45. Agents of SHIELD: Slingshot (season 1, eps 1-6)
- 46. Agents of SHIELD (season 4, eps 9-22)
- 47. Spider-Man: Homecoming
- 48. Black Panther
- 49. Inhumans (season 1)
- 50. The Punisher (season 1)
- 51. Runaways (season 1)
- 52. Agents of SHIELD (season 5, eps 1-10) – allowing for time travel craziness
- 53. Jessica Jones (season 2)
- 54. Agents of SHIELD (season 5, eps 11-19)
- 55. Avengers: Infinity War
Upcoming MCU projects (chronological order unknown):
- Cloak and Dagger (season 1) - June 7 (on Freeform)
- Luke Cage (season 2) - June 22 (on Netflix)
- Ant Man and the Wasp - July 6
- Daredevil (season 3) - TBA (expected 2018) (on Netflix)
- Iron Fist (season 2) - TBA (on Netflix)
- The Punisher (season 2) - TBA (on Netflix)
- Runaways (season 2)
- Captain Marvel - March 8, 2019
- Untitled Avengers film - April 26, 2019
- Untitled Spider-Man sequel - July 5, 2019
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 - TBA
Comic Book Spotlight - Secret Empire
Comic Book Spotlight - Secret Empire
*Be warned this spotlight contains spoilers and story line details
Issue 0
Since the incident at Pleasant Hill, Captain America's memories were rewritten by the sentient Cosmic Cube, Kobik who was manipulated by the Red Skull's clone into making Steve think he was a Hydra sleeper agent since World War II. As Chitauri forces launch a massive attack on Earth, Rogers is now head of S.H.I.E.L.D. where he is appointed head of Earth's defense forces during the assault. He dispatches Captain Marvel, the Ultimates (Blue Marvel, America Chavez, Spectrum), the Alpha Flight Space Program, the Guardians of the Galaxy (Star-Lord, Gamora, Rocket Raccoon, Groot), Hyperion, and Quasar to intercept the Chitauri outside Earth's atmosphere as Ironheart and her Tony Stark A.I. as Iron Man prepare an attempt to establish an indestructible forcefield around the planet. At the same time, the Defenders (Daredevil, Iron Fist, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage), Doctor Strange, Spider-Woman, and Cloak and Dagger oppose an assault by various members of Baron Zemo's Army of Evil. While Hyperion and Quasar are taken out of the battle by the Chitauri, Nitro explodes defeating the Defenders. The villains disappear upon the Avenger Unity Division's arrival. Just as the Planetary Defense Shield around the Earth is brought online, Rogers reveals his allegiance to Hydra as the Hydra Supreme by trapping Captain Marvel's forces outside of Earth's atmosphere. Meanwhile, all of Manhattan is imprisoned within the Darkforce Dimension after Baron Helmut Zemo uses the Darkhold to enhance Blackout's abilities. Iron Man sends a signal out to the other heroes to meet in Washington, D.C. as fast as they can.
Issue 1
Hydra's influence has spread to various facets of American society. Inhumans
now must submit to registration as soon as their powers manifest or
face arrest as seen when Hydra picks up a young man named Brian
McAllister upon being outed by a kid who bullies his younger brother. A
section of western California is rechristened "New Tian" for all mutants to reside. A hacker named Rayshaun Lucas is entrusted with key data by Rick Jones that Rick says will prove the truth about Captain America. Shaun successfully makes contact with the Champions (Ms. Marvel, Spider-Man, Viv Vision, and Hulk) accompanied by Ironheart and Falcon. The Champions lead him to a base in Las Vegas housing various heroes who make up a underground resistance to the HYDRA regime with the Resistance consisting of Hawkeye, Ant-Man, Black Widow, Giant-Man, Hercules, Quicksilver, Rescue, Stingray, Thing, Tigra, Wonder Man,
and others. Manhattan remains trapped in the Darkforce Dimension and
Carol's team remain trapped in space as she sends out a distress call,
asking for the help of any alien races. Hydra Supreme leads Hydra's
version of the Avengers consisting of Black Ant, Deadpool, Odinson, Superior Octopus, Scarlet Witch, Taskmaster, and Vision
who ruthlessly deal with the monster Krigorrath. At a meeting with the
Hydra Council, Hydra Supreme rejects the option to reaffirm control of
the populace through mind control. Rick and Sharon Carter,
who have both been captured, refuse to swear loyalty to Hydra. To make a
statement, Hydra Supreme has Rick sentenced to death by firing squad
and dispatches Hydra Helicarriers to raze the city of Las Vegas. Meanwhile, Hydra Supreme and Madame Hydra resume their search for the Cosmic Cube in order to undo the Allies' victory in World War II.
Issue 2
Having
received and analyzed Rick's data, Tony determines that the Cosmic Cube
used to alter Steve has been scattered around the world as shards,
speculating that they can restore Rogers to himself if they can bring
the fragments together. While Hawkeye agrees with this theory,
assembling a strike force of Mockingbird,
Ant-Man, Hercules, and Quicksilver to find the Cosmic Cube fragments,
Black Widow sets off to kill Rogers herself reasoning that even if
Rick's theory is true, the man Steve was would prefer to die than be
used in this manner. She finds herself followed by the Champions as she
establishes her version of the Red Room. In New York, Dagger fights to maintain light in the city, demons are running free, Claire Temple tends to the ill civilians, and the Kingpin
uses his political clout to provide supplies to the locals after saving
those in the church from the armed robbers that he killed trying to
raid the church for medical supplies. Hydra Supreme grimly reflects on
his recent actions where he revealed that he actually turned the final
decision for Rick's execution and the assault on Vegas over to Madame
Hydra. Zemo assures him of his value as a symbol. An unidentified woman
is being pursued through an unknown forest by the Serpent Society members Bushmaster, Puff Adder, and Viper
in the wilderness. They assault her until she is rescued by a haggard,
bearded man in a torn World War II-era army uniform who introduces
himself as Steve Rogers and states that he is trying to get home.
Issue 3
As this
"new" Steve Rogers escorts the woman he rescued through the forest, she
reveals she’s been poisoned during the resulting battle and is dying.
Steve reveals that his only memories are of what is implied to be his
basic training days. Meanwhile, outside the safety of Earth’s force
field, Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot try to enlist
representatives of the Skrulls, Kree, Brood, Shi'ar and Spartax empires that are on the Galactic Council
in helping against the Chitauri hordes and to break down the Planetary
Defense Shield and get rid of Hydra. Realizing they are now facing a
galaxy without human interference, the Galactic Council refuses aid and
attempt to kill the three Guardians as they flee. As Star-Lord tells
Captain Marvel what happened amongst the Chitauri attacks, Quasar is
still comatose. Back on Earth, Black Widow makes her way to a safehouse
owned by Boomerang who is now a crime boss in Newark, New Jersey. Boomerang is hiding Maria Hill
who is working with the criminal underworld to hide from the regime.
Hill and Widow begin training the Champions, pushing them to learn how
to kill. While the resistance seeks a Cosmic Cube shard, Hydra Supreme
is called away from attending a Hydra science fair alongside a reluctant
Sharon Carter by news from Kraken that another shard has been located
in Atlantis.
As Hydra's Avengers invade and destroy the Atlantean temple, they
discover that the shard they’ve tracked down is a fake planted by Namor
to keep them from discovering the real one. This is the second failed
attempt to recover a shard after an ill-fated mission into Wakanda
to retrieve another. Before Steve can take the failure out on Hydra's
Avengers, he receives word that another shard has been located.
Mockingbird leads the task force to find Sam Wilson. They come across the base of the Ultron/Hank Pym
hybrid who decides to give his "family" a warm welcome. As the new
Steve Rogers and the woman travel through the forest, the woman succumbs
to her injuries and dies. But before she passes, she promises Steve
he’ll find his way home if he “stays true to himself.” With a quick jump
back to Newark, Boomerang awakens to discover a bomb in his safehouse.
Though he survives the blast, a mysterious figure puts a gun in his face
demanding knowledge of his criminal enterprises and of the resistance.
Boomerang protests as it’s revealed that the figure is the Punisher who is now apparently in the employ of Hydra.
Issue 4
Confronted by Batroc the Leaper, Living Laser, and Whirlwind, the tattered Steve is assisted by figures who appear to be Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes,
who suggest that they stick together. It has also been suggested the
two characters coming to Steve's aid are the both recently deceased James Rhodes and Rick Jones.
Meanwhile, Black Widow is training the young heroes in interrogation
techniques. Even though the others argue that the victim is too
low-level to know anything, Widow kills the Hydra Agent when he attempts
to escape. Having tracked the next fragment of the Cosmic Cube, the
Underground and Hydra Supreme alongside the Hydra Avengers confront each
other, but are captured by the Ultron/Hank Pym hybrid, who forces both
teams to sit at a dinner table. During "dinner," Ultron reveals
information about the Hydra Avengers like Odinson working with Hydra to
reclaim Mjolnir, Scarlet Witch being possessed by Chthon,
and Vision being affected by an A.I. virus. Ultron argues that he is
doing this because the Avengers have become less of a family over the
years as so many of them jump to obey Captain America or Iron Man
despite past experience confirming that this is not always a good idea,
but Tony counters that the only reason the team failed as a family was
because of Hank's abuse towards Wasp.
Enraged, Ultron is about to kill everyone, but Ant-Man is able to calm
him down by arguing that Hank remains his own inspiration. Ultron allows
the Underground to leave with the fragment, arguing that neither side
should have an advantage over the other. Back in America, Hydra Supreme
has put Namor in a position where he will be forced to sign a peace
treaty that gives Rogers access to the Cosmic Cube fragment in Atlantis,
but Hydra Supreme muses that he is unconcerned about who will acquire
the fragments as he has an inside man in the Underground.
Issue 5
While
doing business with some men, Viper is told by a Hydra agent that they
have apprehended Black Widow. This is part of a diversion so that the
Champions can infiltrate a Hydra base. When Viper figures out that Widow
is planning to kill Hydra Supreme, Viper tries to persuade Widow to
join up with her enterprise. When the Champions find a comatose man much
to their confusion, Widow assures them that he is the person they are
looking for. Travelling together through the woods, "Bucky" and "Sam"
are accompanying "Steve." While on the Underground's transport, Ant-Man
sends Stinger the updates on the quests for the Cosmic Cube fragments. As Iron Man speaks with Black Panther,
he tells Tony that he is remaining neutral as Stark states that Hydra
will not rest until they have all the Cosmic Cube shards. When Black
Panther states that he can have Tony give him the Cosmic Cube shards
that he has, he declines and takes his leave. After recapping a fight
with the High Evolutionary and breaking into vaults, Ant-Man arrives with the Underground in Madripoor where they are attacked by the Hand, who are working for Hive. As Iron Man defeats Hive, Gorgon is knocked down by Hercules who turns into stone afterwards due to Gorgon's stare. When Iron Man frees Hydra's prisoner Shang-Chi, he reveals to Tony that he doesn't have the Cosmic Cube fragment anymore. A flashback reveals that Emma Frost stole it from an unconscious Shang. Hydra Supreme meets with New Tian's ambassador Beast
in the site where Mjolnir is. He demands that New Tian's leaders
surrender the fragment to him. While on a helicopter, Madame Hydra tells
Hydra Supreme that Chthon has become increasingly uncontrollable, the
A.I. virus made by Arnim Zola is still keeping Vision under control, and Odinson is still praying to Odin about his troubles where it was mentioned that Jane Foster
is trapped in an alternate dimension and that she and Doctor Faustus
can't subvert him. Back at the Underground, Giant-Man, Shaun, and Tony
reveal that they don't have a Cosmic Cube-tracking device. It is then
revealed that Mockingbird is Hydra's inside person as she gives the
signal for Hydra Helicarriers to strike. As Zola mentions that their
attacks won't bring down their defenses, the former Captain America
states that they will unleash their secret weapon. Back in the
mysterious forest, "Steve," "Sam," and "Bucky" encounter the Red Skull
who plans to take them "home." Back at the Hydra Helicarrier, Arnim Zola
tells Hydra Supreme that their subject in the vault is awake but
disoriented and that the procedure they did on him is temporary as his
condition will degrade quickly. After brushing off Arnim Zola's
concerns, Hydra Supreme Steve Rogers states that they need their subject
for a short time to bring the Underground down. When the vault opens,
it is revealed that the person that they are talking about is a
temporarily-resurrected Bruce Banner.
Issue 6
As the
other Steve Rogers is hanging from a rope tied to a tree, he finds
himself next to a rambling man. As the Red Skull takes the stranger
away, he tells Steve that his time will come soon. Back in a
Darkforce-covered Manhattan, Claire Temple and Cloak are trying to get
Dagger to light up. Doctor Strange arrives at a supernatural library in
order to find a spell that would set the city free. When Daredevil
attacks some men, Kingpin clears things up with him stating that the men
were taking supplies to Mercy General Hospital. Back in the mysterious
forest, Steve asks Skull where he is as Skull claims that they are in "Hell."
He also states that they are nothing but ghosts that are fading
remnants into death. The Red Skull then uses a barbed bat on Steve's
chest stating that the only path to peace is death. At the Red Room's
safehouse in Maryland, Nadia Pym, the new Wasp, is leaving upon
expressing her indignation the Champions want to talk Black Widow out of
killing Hydra Supreme. Miles Morales tells Widow to have hope. During
the siege at the Mount, Hydra Supreme asks Bruce Banner for his help
during the little time that he has left. Tony is sure that someone in
the Underground has tipped off Hydra. Mockingbird claims that
Quicksilver is working for Hydra in exchange for Scarlet Witch's return
while Quicksilver claims that Mockingbird led them on a wild goose
chase. Back on the Hydra Helicarrier, Banner rejects Hydra Supreme's
offer only for Rogers to reveal that he was talking to Hulk. Ant-Man
reveals that he is Hydra's mole and explains that Hydra is using his
daughter as leverage just as Hulk penetrates the fortress. As Thing
fights Hulk, Mockingbird snaps Hawkeye out of his guilt-induced daze in
order for him to help evacuate the Mount. As Giant-Man unleashes a set
of A.I.vengers to help in the fight, Hawkeye, Mockingbird, and the
civilian members of the Resistance run into Odinson who allows them to
board their jet. While Sam Wilson takes off, Mockingbird notices that
Tony hasn't left the base. As Iron Man prepares to leave, he is caught
by surprise by Hydra Supreme, who uses Ultron-derived technology on
Tony's armor to keep him from transferring himself elsewhere. While Iron
Man is stuck fighting Hydra Supreme, the A.I.vengers help in the fight
against the Hulk. As the final effects resurrection process start to
wear off, Hulk collapses the roof over the Iron Man and Hydra Supreme.
As Iron Man activates the Mount's "Clean Slate Protocol," he persuades
Hydra Supreme to remain behind so that he can apologize to him. Back on
the Hydra Helicarrier, Madame Hydra detects an unusual amount of energy
in the Mount and rushes in. As Tony expresses his grief and remorse over
what happened to Captain America after the first superhero civil war,
he states that he didn't want to fail at helping Captain America again.
Madame Hydra arrives and teleports Hydra Supreme away at the last
second as Iron Man explodes, destroying the base and killing Madame
Hydra. Back in Maryland, Black Widow hears about what happened at the
Mount. She informs the Champions about what happened and that they will
kill Hydra Supreme tomorrow.
Issue 7
Opening
at the Alpha Flight Space Station, Captain Marvel is receiving an
overall negative status report from Spectrum. While they are able to
make inter-dimensional supply runs and have found the location of the
Chitauri Queen Eggs, the waves of Chitauri and their Leviathans are
increasing in size and frequency leaving the technicians without enough
time to fix the severe structural damage to the station. Monica suggests
that America relocate the heroes and people trapped outside the
Planetary Defense Shield to an alternate reality given the Intergalactic
Council in their reality are unsympathetic to Earth's plight. Captain
Marvel rejects this idea stating the heroes were charged with a mission
to protect the Earth against the Chitauri invasion and they are the only
thing standing in the way if the shield were to go down for some
reason. Captain Marvel then turns her attention to a comatose Avril
Kincaid who we find out did survive being swallowed by the Leviathan and
was pulled out of the wreckage by Nova. Captain Marvel admits her fault
in the situation and the raising of the Planetary Defense Shield and
pleads for the new Quasar to wake up. Meanwhile, the Red Skull tortures
"Steve Rogers," claiming he is granting Steve "peace." Spider-Man and
Black Widow are about to proceed with their mission to assassinate Hydra
Supreme. Aware of Miles' supposed destiny of killing Captain America,
Widow locks the young Spider-Man in a Hulk-proof transport section of
her van and sets off to kill Rogers, rather than allowing Miles to
become a killer. Black Widow heads out to the rubble of the Capitol Building
in Washington DC and orchestrates her team to create a diversion which
will allow her time to assassinate the Supreme Leader. It is at this
moment we learn that the old man the team had rescued earlier was
actually the prison used to hold the Inhuman, Mosaic. Widow frees Mosaic
from the dying old man and he goes on to possess the Hydra Guards long
enough for Widow to aim for Hydra Supreme. Their diversion is
successful, but the Punisher arrives right before Black Widow can take
the shot and the two begin to fight. Spider-Man is still trapped inside
the Hulk-proof van as he has the idea of starting a fire and hoping that
one of the emergency evacuation mechanisms will be activated. Miles
escapes from the burning van and is on his way to the Capitol. Punisher
and Black Widow continue to fight until Widow stabs Punisher in the
shins. Punisher explains Hydra Supreme's overall plan to use the Cosmic
Cube is to put everything back to the "way it was." Not just the Axis
victory in World War II, but bringing back all of the dead as a result
of Hydra like Rick Jones, Jack Flag, and Castle's family. Black Widow
rejects this idea and sees Miles approaching Hydra Supreme, prompting
Widow to rush towards them. She fights her way through several Hydra
guards, but somehow gets between Hydra Supreme attempting to strike
Miles with the pointed edge of his shield. Black Widow is stabbed in the
neck, falls to the ground, and seemingly dies. Her death enrages
Spider-Man who shatters Hydra Supreme's shield with one punch. Miles
proceeds to pummel Hydra Supreme to a bloody pulp. Right before he moves
to impale Rogers on some debris, Wasp intervenes and dissuades
Spider-Man from killing Hydra Supreme by reminding him that he is not a
killer and that Black Widow did not want him to become one. The
Champions are subsequently arrested. Weak from the attack, Rogers asks
to be taken to Sharon on board the Hydra Helicarrier. On board, Hydra
Supreme reveals to Sharon his plan to set things right with the Cosmic
Cube and asks for her support while he is struggling with Madame Hydra's
death. Sharon replies by attempting to stab him in the throat with a
homemade shiv. She manages to prick Hydra Supreme's neck, but is stopped
by him before she can inflict any real damage. As the guards take
Sharon away, Hydra Supreme asks them to alert the Hydra High Council
that tomorrow they will declare war. Meanwhile, Red Skull is about to
deliver the killing blow to the other Steve Rogers. Before he can
strike, Steve sees the woman he tried to save. He realizes there is
still hope and evades the Skull's attack. Steve then tackles the Red
Skull and they both plummet off the cliff into the water below. Out in
Arizona, Hawkeye, Tigra, Giant Man, Mockingbird, Wonder Man,
Quicksilver, and those with them have survived Hydra's attack on the
Mount. Still, the team seems defeated and are now despondent upon
witnessing Black Widow's death. It is at this time that Sam Wilson takes
up the Captain America shield and mantle again and inspires the heroes
that they must go on for the war is not over yet.
Issue 8
While
sinking to the bottom of the river, "Steve Rogers" gets a glimpse of
light from the surface enough to break free from his ropes. In the
middle of a desert somewhere in Nevada, Rayshaun Lucas and Giant-Man are
burying the time capsule that the latter put together that has been
scheduled to reach the Alpha Flight space station and Manhattan in the
past. Once that's done, the message makes it to Manhattan and the space
station in the present where they are informed of Hydra's rule over the
United States while also informing them that most of the Cosmic Cube
fragments are in Hydra's possession. As Sam takes off in order to get
between the Earth and the dome, Iron Man and Hawkeye break into Crossbones and Sin's
super-prison to free their captive friends. On the Alpha Flight space
station, Captain Marvel is approached by Star-Lord and Rocket Raccoon
where they have plans for a Nullifier Bomb where they would use the
space station to detonate the charges. In the Darkforce Dimension, as
the Defenders wonder how they can help, Doctor Strange states that he
has obtained a spell which he learned in exchange for control over the Sanctum Sanctorum.
Miles above the oceans, Sam avoids Hydra jets. While he manages to
shoot one down, Sam is gunned down by the remaining jets and falls into
the ocean. Back in Manhattan, the spell appears to be having no effect
while Sam continues to sink into the ocean. On the Alpha Flight space
station, Alpha Flight, the Guardians, and the Ultimates have evacuated
with the explosives charged up to explode upon collision. Quasar awakens
from her coma and helps to take down the Planetary Defense Shield. With
the shield down, Captain Marvel flies to the location where the
Chitauri eggs are. Back at the super-prison, Maria Hill slips by Iron
Man and Hawkeye where she finds a brainwashed Blackout in his Pleasant
Hill identity of Bob Hofstadder. Hill kills Blackout, freeing Manhattan
from the Darkforce Dimension. After emerging from the ocean with the
remaining Cube fragment in his hand, Sam meets up with the other heroes
at the Triskelion
which includes those who were trapped in the Darkforce dome and those
trapped outside of Earth. Namor also arrives with a still-alive Winter
Soldier. As the Underground plans to spring into action, they know that
the battle is still in Hydra's favor with Black Panther still a captive
and Hydra Supreme having most of the Cosmic Cube fragments. Back in the
mysterious forest, the other Steve Rogers encounters the woman who Steve
identifies as "Sharon." After the woman disappears, Steve encounters
Kobik who states that they are all alone.
Issue 9
Upon
seeing the other Steve Rogers, Kobik breaks down in tears over regret
that her attempts to help people have ended in disaster. When Steve asks
if she is lost like she is, Kobik states that they are not as they walk
into the ruins of Pleasant Hill. At the Hydra Helicarrier above the White House,
Hydra Supreme is approached by Baron Zemo who has Black Panther as his
prisoner who is then taken away by guards, vowing revenge on Zemo. At
the Washington Monument,
Hydra's forces are fighting the Underground, Alpha Flight, the Avengers
Unity Division, the Defenders, the Guardians of the Galaxy, Hyperion, Star Brand, the original Spider-Man, the U.S.Avengers, the Secret Warriors,
the Ascendants, and Euroforce as Hydra's forces are backed up by the
Hydra High Council and the Hydra Avengers. On the Hydra Helicarrier, Emma Frost, Beast, and Sebastian Shaw meet with Hydra Supreme where Emma declares that New Tian will not bow to Hydra. Outside, Magneto
attacks the Helicarrier. While Frost, Beast, and Shaw fight the guards,
Arnim Zola tells Hydra Supreme that the Cosmic Cube shards they have
are enough for their weapon as they take their leave. As the X-Men
join the fight against Hydra, Odinson brings down lightning to strike
down the Hydra forces. This causes Taskmaster and Black Ant to defect to
the other side where they free the Champions and ask to put in a good
word for them. Miles Morales ends up webbing them up. Viv's presence
gives Vision the willpower to break free from the virus controlling him
and spread it throughout the Hydra Dreadnoughts, shutting them down.
After summoning a portal that brings Jane Foster back to Earth, Doctor
Strange goes to confront Chthon in order to cast him out of Scarlet
Witch's body after being knocked out by Thor. Sam Wilson flies Jane away
in order to retrieve Mjolnir. On the Hydra Helicarrier, Zemo goes to
awaken the Army of Evil from their stasis as Winter Soldier arrives in
time to free Black Panther and apprehends Zemo before he can awaken the
Army. Sharon Carter pretends to be brainwashed by Doctor Faustus as she
incapacitates him upon spiking his tea with a non-lethal toxin. As Black
Panther sneaks up on Hydra Supreme and Zola, a variation of the Iron
Man armor is equipped to Hydra Supreme in order to harness the almost
complete Cosmic Cube. In the ruins of Pleasant Hill, Kobik restores the
other Steve's memories, causing him to realize that he is the original
Steve Rogers, reduced to a mere memory within Kobik's mind. Steve looks
into a fountain and witnesses in horror what has transpired during his
absence. When Steve asks Kobik to help fix what she has done, she runs
away in fear as her mindscape quakes. As the remaining Hydra
Helicarriers are destroyed, Black Panther runs towards the heroes to
warn them as a blast knocks them to the ground, which is followed by the
arrival of an armored Hydra Supreme at the steps of the Capitol Building.
Issue 10
Hydra
Supreme orders the resistance to stand down as he claims that there is
nothing they can do to stop him and offers them to join Hydra. Logan
states that he won't get any support. As Hawkeye leads the heroes in
battle, Hydra Supreme blasts them with his newly acquired god-like
powers, successfully remaking the world in Hydra's image. He is then
approached by Sam Wilson still holding the last Cosmic Cube fragment
while Ant-Man and Winter Soldier watch. Sam gives Hydra Supreme the
fragment as Rogers also asks for his shield. As Hydra Supreme absorbs
the final Cube fragment into his armor, his use of the completed Cosmic
Cube is cut short thanks to a plan that the Underground came up with
that had Winter Soldier and Ant-Man shrinking in order to go inside the
Cosmic Cube to free the original Steve Rogers. Inside Kobik's crumbling
mindscape, the original Steve Rogers finds Kobik, cowering in a daycare.
Steve convinces Kobik to stand up and fight back. As the sky rips open,
Steve hears Bucky's voice as he grabs the Winter Soldier's manifested
hands. Back in Washington DC, Hydra Supreme comes to as Kobik emerges
from the portal undoing the changes that were done and bringing the
original Steve Rogers with her, who materializes as Captain America. The
two fight, which is witnessed worldwide. Hydra Supreme tries to lift
Mjolnir like he did during Hydra's rise to power only to fail because of
Madame Hydra's enchantment failing. Cap then snatches Mjolnir, which he
uses to knock Hydra Supreme out. After reuniting with his friends, Cap
gives the shield back to Sam and Mjolnir back to Jane. As Kobik restores
history to its natural state, she briefly sends the legacy heroes on a journey
through the "Vanishing Point," where they seemingly return in mere
moments. The heroes then celebrate their victory over Hydra. Several
weeks later, a sense of normalcy has returned to the United States;
wreckages are rebuilt, and a memorial is held for Black Widow and those
who died in battle. As the Inhuman prisoners are freed from New Attlian,
Brian McAllister reunites with his brother, Jason, where they find
their house vandalized. The next day, he finds the townspeople repairing
the damage. As Brian helps out in cleaning his house, Jason and his
friend, Marcus Festerman play on the street with an action figure of the
Sam Wilson version of Captain America.
Aftermath
As the United States is going through the healing process following the defeat of Hydra, a hooded figure sneaks into the high security prison known as Shadow Pillar where Hydra Supreme is the only inmate. The hooded figure arrives at Hydra Supreme's cell and is revealed to be Captain America who states that he is imprisoned there to await trial. While Hydra Supreme claims that he technically didn't commit any of the crimes he was accused of like gaining control of the country through the S.H.I.E.L.D. Act upon becoming its director, or being involved in the Planetary Defense Shield, or using the S.H.I.E.L.D. Act to previously pardon anyone involved with Hydra, Cap states that they will still find him accountable and will pay for the deaths of Black Widow, Jack Flag, and Rick Jones. At Black Widow's funeral, Hawkeye breaks down and is lead away by Logan and Mockingbird. In Madripoor, Winter Soldier is watching the funeral on TV as he is currently on the lead of an infamous general, who is the target of assassination. Someone snipes the general and Winter Soldier suspects that it might be Black Widow. Back at the Shadow Pillar, Hydra Supreme states that he didn't intend for those deaths to happen as he had intended for Rick to swear loyalty to Hydra and that he would've used the Cosmic Cube to resurrect everyone he killed. In New Tian, the United States Army is patrolling the streets as the buildings are demolished. When Emma Frost is prepared to declare war with what's left of New Tian, Beast reminds her that the United States are back to full strength as he consoles her. Frost states that nobody will remember what she has done for New Tian. Back at Shadow Pillar, Hydra Supreme claims that a Hydra-ruled world is the correct course of history and that the Allied Forces used it to win World War II where Cap reminds his twisted doppelgänger that the history in question was just one of Kobik's creations. In another location, the Punisher is attempting to atone for his involvement with Hydra by killing every Hydra agent he can find. Upon destroying an abandoned warehouse where some Hydra agents were hiding, Castle is being observed by Nick Fury Jr. who speaks over the comms that the Punisher is "ready." Back at the Shadow Pillar, Cap states that those involved with Hydra will answer for their crimes and even mentions that his appearance at Shadow Pillar is because he and Hydra Supreme haven't had time to talk. Cap also comments that his Hydra counterpart left a scar on the United States. Hydra Supreme counters that many people followed him willingly. Upon leaving when he hears the approaching guards, Cap warns Hydra Supreme that he'll be ready when he returns. Upon the guards entering, Hydra Supreme is chained up as one of the guards whispers "Hail Hydra" into his ear. Steve monologues about his visit where he also comments that even though he won the battle, the war still goes on.
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Before I Slumber
Your self image is not what you think people perceive you as, but how you see yourself. Once you realize the beauty that is "You" you will realize there will be those that want to be around you and love you for who you are and how you treat yourself. Don't ever be something other than you and love yourself for that and others will follow your actions.
Friday, April 27, 2018
Thursday, April 26, 2018
Avengers Infinity War (Movie Review - Contains Spoilers)
(*Spoilers and such!! Don't read if you don't want spoiled on the movie!!)
Seriously do not read this post if you don't want to read any spoiler, consider yourself warned because we discuss a ton of items directly from the movie in this article.
Review: Well first off it caught us off guard with Loki and Heimdall dying in the first few minutes of the movie. The humor a jokes were awesome especially Groot and Starlord's antics. The passing, or hinted passing of the collector was assumed to happen. Gamora knowing of the soul stone location was a nice story arc and Thamos sacrificing Gamora for the Soul Srone was very saddening. The return of the Red Skull was awesome. I loved how Thor kept calling Rocket "Rabbit" and the appearance of Eitir ported by Peter Dinklage. Banner in the Hulk buster armor was a given and nice to see as well as starting to see the internal conversations between Bruve and Hulk. Groot's contribution to Thor ' s new hammer was awesome to see as well as Thor using it in Wakanda. The fight on Titan was epic and brought tears to Saun's eyes for a bit. Vision ' s sacrifice was sad. When Thanos snaps his fingers and hero's start disappearing leaving Tony crying on Titan was the the most pivotal point in the movie. Starlord, Black Panther, Drax, Scarlet Witch, Spidie, several others, and then Groot vanishing brought tears to Saun. Now to wait and see if the complete the story line in the 2nd movie like the comic books and bring the characters back.
Saun added that it was the most action straight through for the whole movie more than she has seen in any other movie.
Even though it was upsetting to see several of the heros perish it was still a excellwnt movie and worth the watch and can not wait to see how and if they bring them all back in wnd installment.
Summary list of some characters that die.
Loki
Heimdel
Spider-Man
- Star Lord
- Black Panther
- Doctor Strange
- Nick Fury
- Teenage Groot
- Mantis
- Drax
- Bucky
- Scarlet Witch
We give this movie a 10 out of 10 stars.
Storyline
As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality. Everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment - the fate of Earth and existence itself has never been more uncertain.Adventure Journal - So what the frig is a Dwelf?
So what the frig is a Dwelf you ask? well let me tell the curious day that my life changed and the Elf stepped through the shroud and was no more.
There was a day when I looked over the posts in the square of Waterdeep while attempting to avoid the City Watch and the dark cloaked Waterdhavian. The City Watch aren't too happy with me for a little bit of a mishap and the Waterdhavian, well they just don't like unregistered magic users running amuck which my previous company of quest mates were. So for the time being I have been having to keep hidden and make ends meet how I can.
On this day in question I found a ad posted looking for a individual with crafty fingers and nimble toes that can help a party get through some treacherous paths. The parchment promises gold for all those involved that don't worry about the eye of Xanthar. Xanthar, well yeah I'm not to up on being killed or stalked by his band of theives, but I need the gold and the if the gold is good I won't be staying around Waterdeep too long anyways.
I went down to the Castle District and traipsed Rainrun street to the Yawning Portal Inn. I waltzed in and sat down at an unoccupied corner table. I decided to just lay the parchment I pulled from the post on the table just to draw some attention to get this thing started. I was eventually approached by a wizard that was only half the elf that would be acceptable, a human barbarian that looked like he had better days and had a lazy eye so I wasn't sure if he was looking at me or the oversized bar maid bent over the next table over, and a Dwarven bard which in my opinion was just an outcast that didn't know how to pick up a war hammer. The names of this traveling party are of no importance, due to the fact they do not deserve being remembered by them.
Jumping ahead a little we offered up our gold coins and once they were bit to ensure they were the true thing we descended down the mouth of the portal to the Underdark.
Fast forward a few days worth of traveling through the depths of the caverns we encountered a kobold gang. Things are going what would be called acceptable and then the bard goes and breaks his lute in a stumble and can no longer keep charming the kobold mage. Yeah and that ended up ending the breathing capacity of the axeless bard. Shortly there in the kobolds being close to all being defeated by some fancy knife work on my behalf, the barbarian's slash and smash techniques, and the wizard's magic missiles (which he insisted on making whooshing sounds to every time he blast one forth) decide to recede into the shadows once again to lick their wounds. The wizard decided that he would attempt to raise the bard back to the living. Myself I felt he was a dead weight, even when breathing. I sat and sharpened my daggers while waiting for the wizard to fumble through an old tome. I should have known something was up when the wizard was having troubles even pronouncing the name of the spell twice the same way. Yeah and the next bad idea was letting the wizard use one of my daggers as his athame for his little attempt at resurrection, but I just wanted to get this over with so we could eat and then quest on. Lets just say the spell went horribly wrong. The bard ended up all over the walls of the cave passage, doused the small fire we had, and ruined my last good traf of edible meat I had cooking for a refreshing meal. We were all knock out from the blast and I seemed to be the last one to awake. Stunned and attempting to gain my sense of what happened I see a look of complete shock and what seemed to be confusion or maybe fear on the wizard and barbarian's faces. Yeah it had to be bad if the barbarian was looking that scared. I looked down at my hands and could not see them directly. For some reason I had a huge beard on my once clean shaven Elven face. I brush down the beard and am shocked by the now pudgy fat fingers where I used to have long slender ones. What in Corellon's name! The spell the frig wizard read was from a Dwarven mage's books of spells and the half elf didn't know Dwarven so the spell went side ways badly. Some how the spell blasted the bard to bits and me to a stumpy, hairy stink, of a now half naked"used to be elf". My clothes are in tatters since I bulged out and distorted. I had to rummage through the bard's pack to find something half worth wearing so I didn't have to quest on naked.The quest was abandoned due to the death of the bard and the fact the barbarian went blitzburg on the wizard for killing the "fancy panted stumpy man that makes pretty sounds" go splat splat. Once we got back to the mouth of the portal and back to the Yawning Portal Inn we were approached by a cloaked human that approached me and asked, "Is it done? Is the Elf dead?" I took it that this human thought I was the bard. I advised him that yes it was but we left his body decaying as spider fodder. He hands me a cinch of coins and then disappears into the crowd. The barbarian slaps me on the back almost knocking me over and says "Yes! Now short fuzzy confused man buy meade!!" I give the barbarian half the coins and he drops the wizard and all the gear at a table and stomps off to quench his thirst at the bar. I sort through the gear and the wizard's belongings pack them into a satchel and slip out the door and into the darkness not looking back.
My life was just then no longer mine. My life was of someone else s coin. Who wanted me dead, Why couldn't remember all of my past before the day I read the parchment for the quest to the deep for gold? And where by a hairless gnolls uncle was I going to find some pant's that fit me at this hour of the night??
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