Post by Superman on Oct 24, 2012 4:08:38 GMT -6
Players: Agent Orange
Location(s): Vega System; Okaara
Plot Summary: The master of greed is informed of a new item that should be his.
Unknown to the many living their lives on the blue and green marble known as Earth, over twenty light years outside of the Milky Way, deep within the Vega star system, there is a planet scarred by millennia of war training on its surface. The planet is quiet, scarcely inhabited, and home to the orange light of avarice. Beneath planet Okaara's surface, under deep running canyons and jagged valleys, tucked away secretly in her darkest and most secluded cavern rests the being known through the star system as Agent Orange. Amongst heaps of stolen treasures, discarded bones, and many more trinkets the owner of the orange light lay curled upon an altar of mostly useless junk.
"Mine....mine....mine." Larfleeze whispers in his sleep between piggish snores as the tusks of his snout carelessly dig into his altar surface and his slender arms desperately choke the orange power battery held closely to his chest. In the darkness and quiet of Larfleeze's lair there comes a sudden snap. The sound seems distant and bounces off the walls in an echo that seemingly originates from everywhere at once. Immediately the Beast of Okaara is awakened. Orange flames arise from his power ring and the battery he holds in a death clutch. The flames shoot outward and form into thousands of constructs; all fallen enemies of Agent Orange's who had tried stealing his treasure from him. The constructs fly with great speed throughout the cavern, searching for the intruder that had tried sneaking up on Larfleeze. Agent Orange doesn't sleep for two weeks after this incident though his constructs find nothing.
The third week finds Larfleeze sitting alone in the bowels of Okaara, casually counting his loot that overflows his dwelling. "Mine. Mine. Mine. Also mine."[/color] The number of objects hardly matter as everything within his realm is of Larfleeze's possession. The orange light, the avarice corps, even the entire Vega system. "All mine." In the midst of his brand of counting Agent Orange suddenly stops, his black and orange eyes glance around the cave that is his and he feels something strange. "Not....mine?"[/b] He senses it; feels it and smells it. "But will be mine!"[/b] With a thrust of his ring bearing arm Larfleeze slings an orange chain construct through the air, intent to capture someone or something that does not belong.
The motion is quick to be seen but Larfleeze's construct is destroyed and the presence he feels grows stronger. "Who? Who are you?"[/b] Agent Orange narrows his eyes, squinting to make out the figure that lingers in the darkness. "Unimportant. I have something to say that you will care much more about." The figure in the shadows speaks with purpose and an absence of fear, also with an accent that is not familiar to the Vega System.
Larfleeze, the One-Man Corps, is skeptical and suspicious of this person but his uncontrollable greed makes him curious as well. "Then speak what you have come to speak. Give me what it is you know." The words almost come out of their own will, Larfleeze unable to go without possessing with another holds. "You are familiar with Sector 2814, you have had dealings with the Green Lanterns of that sector." The voice seemingly without body speaks calmly. "Green Lanterns," Larfleeze hisses at the mention of the GL Corps. "There is something there you would like to possess; unlike anything you have ever had."[/i]
From the darkness shoots a beam of blue energy which then spreads wider and creates a holographic image. It is Earth, Larfleeze remembers it from the Blackest Night and glowers at the image. A rather small planet rolls around toward Larfleeze's face, it is labeled as New Krypton. "This new planet, this New Krypton can be yours for the taking. It is inhabited by strong warriors, so strong that even the Guardians themselves would not be able to so easily stop them." The words and the holographic image entice Larfleeze. Still hugging his power battery with one arm his other reaches out to crab that shining marble that is New Krypton. "Miiine."
"No. Not yet. These people are strong but misguided and would easily be overthrown by you and your constructs, but there is an issue." The hologram before Larfleeze begins to shrink back and change right before the creatures eyes, transforming from a map of planets into the form of a single man. "Their champion. He is the strongest, the most invulnerable, the toughest. Superman can hinder your conquest if given the chance."[/i] The holographic Superman spins in front of Larfleeze, insulting Agent Orange with his heroic and defiant pose with his balled fists on his hips. "You must first kill Superman, and then New Krypton will be yours."
"MINE!" Larfleeze punches through the hologram and causes the program to shut itself off, returning the cavern to its original darkness. A smart person, a worried person, would question this strangers motives. They would wonder why they were getting this information for seemingly nothing in return. They would be cautious and untrusting of this person they did not know and could barely see. Larfleeze is all of these things, but as he holds tightly onto his power battery greed and greed alone overpowers him. He wants New Krypton. He needs New Krypton. He deserves New Krypton. And if all he has to worry about is killing Superman? Then so be it.
Around Larfleeze orange creatures begin appearing one by one at first, then ten at a time, then thousands until the entire cavern is filled and brightly lit orange from the bodies of constructs from those Larfleeze has slain and made a part of his Corps. He had made a pact with the Guardians long ago to never let the orange light of avarice shine outside of the Vega system, but that deal died long ago. "New Krypton." Larfleeze snaps his snout with a hiss before shooting straight up into the roof of his cavern and bursting out through the surface of Okaara. With thousands of constructs on his six Larfleeze begins his journey for New Krypton.
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