Commerce City, glorious American beacon of business and model metropolis for the world, is under the constant threat of supervillains. The police are either too helpless, incompetent, or smart to oppose the dastardly madmen (and madwomen) that would unleash havoc on the lives of the millions of commuters that call the city their home. Are there any heroes that will heed the call and defend Commerce City for free.
The spacebound heroes cluster around Billiards Boy, carefully placing a hand on some part of the pool player's costume. Last time BB had simultaneous physical contact with so many people was at a really good party.
Billiards Boy strikes the ground with his glowing cue and there's a flash of light as the stick becomes ten times as brilliant. No momentum is felt, but the planet earth swiftly drops from the superheroes' feet. In less than a second Commerce City is a gray dot on the eastern seaboard, stretching out green and blue beneath them. The Earth is a fist-sized globe, the moon a silver quarter around it. They're swallowed by the sun, which shrinks and becomes a slight and steadily fading ember in the distance.
Stars whip by in an effect almost as impressive as a Star Trek screensaver. Though the heroes are hanging in naked space, so far the trip seems successful as there is no sign of suffocating, being flash frozen, or exploding.
Charade loses all poise and holds her hand in front of her mouth to see if she can feel her breath on it. Slack jawed and blank eyed she travels past stars millions of years old.
7 chipmunks twirlin' on a branch, eatin' lots of sunflowers on my uncle's ranch. You know that old children's tale from the sea.
The StarCue wielder gulps hard and looks behind him as earth falls away into the void of space. "It never did this before, I promise you that. It wasn't until Space JFK showed up and I touched his power source in the ship did it charge up." He turns back looking forward, "DUCK!" He screams as the group flights right at a small asteroid that zooms barely of the heads of the group. Luckily for the group the space rock zips by without making contact. "That was close!" He closes his eyes trying to see how much further they have to go."
"He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom." - Gandalf
J.R.R. Tolkien, Council of Elrond, The Fellowship of the Ring
The sun is no longer visible - if it is, it is but one of countless stars in the rear view. A star directly ahead grows larger and brighter. It must be HQ's solar system. The journey seems close to an end.
Shouting at those hanging on, "Please buckle your seat belts, and put your tray table in their upright and locked position. Brace for a landing... I've never done this before, it could be worse than one of The Sparks!!!" He tenses up as the star grows closer and closer. Man I hope we don't all die.
"He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom." - Gandalf
J.R.R. Tolkien, Council of Elrond, The Fellowship of the Ring
Where you land is based on BB's pool shark roll. And the result is:
2 + 1 + 4 = 7
Ok, so the fun begins!
Planet Hq approaches almost instantly, the immense disc filling their vision. Before they can more than glimpse a pretty world with green land and blue water they smash into the ground at high velocity.
BAM-WHUFF!
Sand rains down on the heroes as they stand in a crater a foot deep. While they hit at high velocity the force seems to have only impacted the ground, not them.
After ensuring that, no, they aren't flat stains the space explorers take in the world around them. This area of Hq seems to be a jungle. Tall trees, similar to palms stand around them. Ferns and creepers fill the ground. A main difference from Earth though is the colorization - all the leaves are stark white, and most bark appears green or blue. It could be something from a Dr. Seuss book. The air smells like cloves.
Billiards Boy examines his starcue. The glowing is gone - apparently whatever energy it stole from Space JFK's ship was used up by the interstellar trip. Will it return them home?
Billiard's screams as the group slams into the sand, "We're all gonna die! ARRRRRRRRRGH!"
BAM-WHUFF!
Billiards Boy isn't dead, he double checks his cue and balls, and then checks the Starcue and his billiard balls. "Oh thank God we aren't dead! Or if we are, you are the ugliest set of angels I have ever seen." He smiles as he fixes his hair and dusts himself off. "The Starcue is out of juice...." He glances around, "Where the heck are we?"
"He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom." - Gandalf
J.R.R. Tolkien, Council of Elrond, The Fellowship of the Ring
