New Enemies

I need some..
Yes, I said that. I just realized that ever since Lavender joined my team, I no longer have any archenemies.. All my friends have archenemies, most of my gang members have archenemies, some of my family members have archenemies.. I'm the only one who doesn't anymore.

Am I complaining?
No. But it does get tiresome going to defeat some villain and having them swear revenge on the person standing beside you. I'm like: "Wut? No death threats for me?..." Granted, I can't die.. But a little wishful thinking wouldn't make me feel left out.
I'm not going to go place a wanted add in the newspaper or anything, but just in case, how does this sound?

WANTED: Archenemy

Must be sarcastic, smooth-talking, smart, dangerous, exercises restraint- scary restraint; like could but not gonna.. Twisted honor factor is always fun, kinda likable but mostly scary, good reason for being evil, more dastardly then grand theft- but not murder. NO EVIL SCIENTISTS! Cannot be related to me or anyone I know, wouldn't hurt if you were tall and good looking for intimidation purposes.

Submit your tract record to --- this address and await duking-it-out auditions.

Lloyd out!

Introducing ~ BuddyPoke Style!

Alright, alright, alright, ALRIGHT ALREADY!!

 

 Phew.... Okay, the Mythical Gang wants to be introduced on my blog... They've been nagging me about it for, like, EVER!.. But I don't have a camera present and it would take too long to draw profiles for you, so I sent every member of the group to my new favorite facebook game: BuddyPoke- And told them to make themselves outta 3D buddies.
This is what they came up with-- Granted, these are not exact likenesses due to BuddyPoke not having every required feature available, but they had enough to get the basic idea across. I've posted the Mythical Buddies below, as well as some information about the gang member that they represent. I've also listed what was wrong with the design. Enjoy!

Lavender

Nickname: Lav

My Ex-Archenemy. 

Lavender is what some people call "a mutant", most people would say "a freak", and I affectionately refer to as "a gifted human being with superhuman abilities".
She can create super energy shields of any size that will return any force inflicted on it ten-fold to sender, sorta like a rubber ball. She started her career as a villain mostly because of her family: Like me, every single person in her family is also a mutant. She was once the leader of a super villain group called The Purples. She is the daughter of the elusive villain aristocrat, Sonic Thunder, and the step-daughter of a super lawyer called MindsEye. She has a step-brother and a half-sister who are also mutant villains.

If I had to describe Lavender using personality traits only, she would be;

Pushy, emotional, prideful, sassy, head-strong, spicy, affectionate, and flirtatious toward cute guys. She often plays 'better-then-thou' and pretends to be snobby. In a phrase: "She's smooth as cream, even when she's working against you." ~ Miss Stacy, Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel

BuddyPoke anomalies: This one is pretty good. Lav's real uniform is actually all just one shade of purple. Only the left sleeve is lighter then the rest because the fabric over that arm is kinda see-through. 

Genovia

Nickname: Gen

My Young Justice friend.

Genovia comes from mars-- Yup, she's a little green martian... Only she's not little.. She's about the same size as a regular human teenager. She was one of the first Mythical Gang members, and frankly, she has a lot of abilities: Superhuman strength, speed, senses, mentality, and endurance, Shapeshifting, Hypnosis, Telekinesis, Density alteration, Longevity, Healing factor, Flight, Telepathy, and something weird she calls Martian Vision.

Do these powers sound familiar?.. Then you must be a Justice League fan, for in fact, Genovia is the daughter of the renowned Martian Manhunter, AKA J'onn J'onzz.

Gen is a little harder to describe personality wise, but she's mostly:

Serious, quiet, compassionate, contemplative, eh... Sorta motherly. She's the mature one who prefers a diplomatic solution over fighting, I guess you could say.

BuddyPoke anomalies: Oh dear, oh dear, where to begin? For starters, her eyes turned out green for some reason; they're supposed to be orange- without pupils or eye whites. She only has one revealing stripe on the lower half of each of her thighs. She also wears full-sleeves, with one diamond shaped hole on either shoulder. On her left shoulder, she should have some funky-looking dark green marking that she got from another dimension after doing a heroic deed-- ((I'll tell you that story later.)) 

Fairy

Nickname: Fair

Our friendly neighborhood Invader.

Fairy is also a mutant, but she's a mutant alien. Her original race were a bunch of eggy white, black, and red Invaders who are allergic to sunlight.. Funny thing is: Poor Fairy can shoot sunlight from her fingertips. So to her people, her powers are basically lethal.

Fairy came with the conquest group to Mars, and later, to Earth- Having stowed away both times. She was never sympathetic to her people's war-like ways, and was actually just searching for a place where she could belong. She joined the Mythical Gang shortly after the Justice League vanquished the alien invasion and was later was able to take on a human form with fairy wings- Hence her name.

Fairy can definitely be described as a generous, confident, care-free girly-girl.

She's a fashionista: Loves to shop, always has just the right outfit (ie. for herself and others), totally into facials and makeovers, looks her best 100% of the time-- Come to think of it, she may be the only one in the group who still looks fabulous even after a huge battle.

BuddyPoke anomalies: Well, for starters, she has yellow pixie wings. Also, Fairy never wears her hair like that- It's always in a braid. As far as her outfit goes, it's pretty well done, only she wears a white shoulder shawl-thingy and the grey on her boots should be pointed knee gaurds.

Dragon

Nickname: Drag

A tom-boy in someways more then others.

Dragon is not a mutant alien, but she is an alien who has somehow been mutated. She comes from very different kind of alien world where all girls are gryffin-like and all guys are dragon-like, but through some freak of nature, she and her twin brother Gryffin came out in reverse: A gryffin-like guy and a dragon-like girl.... I guess with that being the case, it is safey assume that Dragon must look very manly and her brother very girly on their planet- To us on Earth though, they look normal

Anywhoo, I rescued the both of them from drowning after their hijacked spaceship crash landed in a swimming pool. They escaped their home world on (would you believe) Dragon's wedding day, trying to save her from being forcefully wed to the king.. The creep later followed them to Earth-- Another long story that I'll eventually get around to telling you.

To describe Dragon, I would used the terms: Tom-boy, head strong, go-getter, firey, somewhat snarky, and dare I say aggressive.. But only on bad days.

Her abilities include a killer screech, fire breath, flight, very strong razor sharp claws, superhuman strength, speed, agility, endurance, and longevity and keen senses. 

BuddyPoke anomalies: o.o;; Pretty much everything... Her hair is longer then that, she has webbed ear-fins, and a dragon's wings and tail. There is no white stripe on her torso at all, and the red on her uniform only covers her stomach, not her chest. Her belt should also have a yin & yang symbol on it, as should the sides of her boots.

Gryffin

Nickname: Gryff

Currently, the only boy in our group.. How sad.

Gryffin is Dragon's twin brother. He was the one who initiated the escape from their home world in order to save his sister from an arranged marriage.
I think of all of us, Gryffin has done the most growing up: Going from a very wimpy, immature peacock boy to a strong and handsome teenage heartthrob. While he admits that being the only boy in a group of super girls is tough sometimes, I think he's turned out all the better for it- Especially considering the fact that he's starting to take an interest in girl's now... ((He insists I add::)) "If you're looking for a charming guy who is more considerate then most, and knows how to be a proper gentleman when in a ladies presence, then give [Gryff] a ring"-- Beware though, we're kinda like a little family, so me and the girls are a bit possessive over him.. ;)
Describing Gryffin in a few words is easy: Affable, playful, easygoing, carefree, goofball, and always cheerful, but I'd be lying if I said he isn't kinda arrogant and lazy sometimes.
Like Dragon,  his abilities contribute to his names sake: Killer screech, lightning breath, flight, very strong razor sharp talons, superhuman strength, speed, agility, endurance, and longevity and keen senses.

BuddyPoke anomalies: Surprisingly, this is actually pretty spot on- Except for the obvious fact that he has feathered wings, a lion's tail, and his ears are feathered.

Phoenix

Nickname: Fee

Our human-like fireball.

Phoenix is neither alien nor mutant, but she ain't human either even though she has a human form. We're talking about the embodiment of the element of fire- Basically a fireball with a soul. Phoenix naturally has every single fire ability you can think of: Controlling fire, fireballs, even being immune to burns and heat- You name it, she's got it! Like the legendary creature for which she is named, she's pretty much indestructible. She'll just vanish into ash whenever she's supposedly killed, only to roar to life in an fiery blaze a minute later.

Her only weakness is water- ((Why let that out of the bag?.. Because the only people who'd actually care, already know.))

She was the third member to join the mythical gang, and to be honest, she's the brains of the entire outfit. We each contribute to the technology we use by applying our knowledge where it's needed, but Phoenix is the one who throws it all together. She's the one who created my speeder!

Personality wise, she is: Hot-headed, strong willed, independent, and optimistic.. Sometime short of temper,  but what else would you expect from an immortal ball of flame?

BuddyPoke anomalies: Again, sorta spot on, but not exactly. Her hair does stick up, but not like that. She wears dark red gloves, and the symbol on her chest in really a fiery bird.   

Me.

Well, the boots don't come up high enough.

                                                             

Ex-members: 

Ah yes, Mythical Gang drop outs... We have those, yes indeedee. 

 

Unicorn

Uni was the youngest member in our group. She doesn't really have any powers, but she is a mutant. She decided super hero life just isn't for her, and perused an ice-skating career instead. She was an orphan when I first met her, but her coaches have long since adopted her... She's very happy with them and writes regularly.
Sweet, compassionate, and soft-spoken.. Superhero life really wasn't for her.

BuddyPoke anomalies: Perfect... Only she's missing the little horn that sticks out of the top of her head- Hence her name.

Jack-In-The-Box

Nickname: Jack

Jack was literally the first member of the Mythical Gang.. He was with me before we even became a gang. I first met him on the streets of Gotham City-- But I already told you that story. Though he didn't have any powers, he was definitely my favorite and we even dated at one time.
He didn't look like a twisted clown boy when I first met him; the Joker did that to him somehow after shooting me, which was actually when I first got my powers.. ((I don't think I'll ever tell you that story.. It's intense))
He used to be charismatic and cheerful, but... Well, I dunno. He just slowly became solemn, bitter, under confident, mistrusting toward even me, completely grey aura, just such a drag. Stopped smiling, never laughed. I think he lost his emotional marbles. He left the Myth Mansion and never came back, even stopped contacting me. When I asked him what the deal was, he said he couldn't tell me because he was protecting me.... How do you deal with a person like that?
I used to be sympathetic and understanding, but after repeated blow-offs, I stopped trying. I admit nowadays when we do actually talk, I'm not the friendliest person in the world toward him.

BuddyPoke anomalies: His boots have curly toes and are mismatched.. His face is also more colorful then that, but this works.

And that's everyone!
Now when I tell you a story, you can actually enjoy it. Hip-Hip-Hurrah!!
I'll draw more accurate pictures and post them later. Hope you liked this entry even though there weren't very many laughs, but hey, when are facts fun?

Lloyd out!

My First Adventure [Reminiscence Edition]

ACHOO! ... Yup, that was me.. I'm sick with a cold today.
You'd think that with instant healing abilities I'd be immune to this kind of stuff, but strangely, that's not the case. Granted, I recover from it quicker and it never seems to get as bad with me as it does with other people, but I can still catch it and give to someone else.
I actually graciously ended up sharing with my germs with my whole family just by breathing! I must be the nicest person ever.. *sarcasm* ACHOO! ...

Shout out and a helpful hint from the villains:

"Do NOT go crime fighting when your sick! We don't want to catch whatever it is that you got."

Sick heroes reply:

"Then take the day off.. Otherwise me and my army of germs are coming after you!"

You know, this actually reminds me of the last time I had a cold-- Not the last time I was sick, mind you, just the last time I had a cold.. I seem to recall it being a good 7 or 8 years ago. 

-QUE FLASHBACK-

Though I was sneezing and sniffling up a storm that day, I was eager to try on my new home-made super suit. Imagine for a moment: A brand new hero of 11 or 12 years- No powers yet, but a very shiny blue suit, happily wandering the sunny streets of Gotham City looking for trouble... It goes without saying that I found it pretty quickly. To be precise I was almost run over by a laughing lunatic in bad makeup, going 80MPH in a School Zone... What a dork!

I only just make it out of the way, thanks in part to a force which sprung from the other side of the street and knocked me over, screaming: "LOOK OUT!". We fell pretty hard on the sidewalk, in safety for the most part, but we ended up skinning three of our knees and a eyebrow, plus an elbow.

"Are you alright?" The black haired boy asked, looking at me. He was as dirty as Aladdin with twice the street-rat feel, but cute and about a year older then me. So despite having been well educated in 'Don't talk to strangers', I replied with a "Thanks for saving me, but my knee hurts."
I thought 'stangers' only applied to grown-ups... Oh ho ho ho..

Silly me. Kiddies, let me clarify: 

Don't talk to anybody you don't know, no matter how old, unless your parents are present and paying very close attention. 

(Rule not only applies, but triples in Gotham City)

You'll live longer, suffer fewer broken hearts, and even less social mishaps where you make bad friends and end up getting arrested. Why am I stressing this? Because Jack seemed like a cute enough kid; Harmless and handsome.. What I didn't know at the time was he was a foot solider for some gangster guy named Yellow Jacket. Very bad, bad, bad guy.

Anyway, back to my story:

The boy stood up with ease and offered to help me up, introducing himself as Jack. Not yet having a code name, I introduced myself by my real name- A name which I shall not reveal on the internet. The pain of a knee that has hit a cement curb pretty hard is one I have not experienced in a long time, but will not soon forget. I didn't want to stand on it. Jack let me brace myself against him as I limped my way up on one foot and resisted the urge to cry.

"Maybe you should get to a hospital." Jack suggested.

"No, I'd rather just go home." I moaned. Pain and a green nose are an awful combo!

"Okay, where do you live?" Jack asked. I pointed in one direction, but the first hobble that way made me realize that walking home was not going to happen.

 "Do you have a phone?" I asked Jack. 

 He shook his head, "No, but I know where a pay phone is."

"I don't have any money." I sniffled, feeling my nose start to run. As a little kid, I began to worry that I would be hurt and lost forever.

"I do." Jack said. What happened after that is pretty foggy because it was so long ago, but we did a lot of talking on our way to that phone- Which, I think, is when I figured out he was an orphan struggling to make ends meet by playing gang-foot solider. I don't think I took that as seriously as I should've. I mean, I knew it was bad, but I didn't freak out. I actually recall making a very innocent and childish offer:

"I'm a super hero, you know. I'm gonna have a team and headquarters of my very own someday. Why don't you become my second-in-command and live there with me? We'll fight crime together!"

Probably not in those exact words, but something like it... He was pretty little himself, so he agreed.

That's when the trouble started. 

Mr. Yellow Jacket's cronies found us and chased us around the city! Between Jack and I, we managed to outsmart them: Between pushing barrels on them, sneezing in the face of one guy who thought he had us, jumping over parked cars, and tripping another dude into the drink while we were passing it... We eventually ended up hiding in the phone booth we'd been looking for:

....Just kidding. While it did look pretty weird, it didn't look like that at all.
If we had found that one though, it might explain why my only friends are a bunch of aliens... Hmmm.. *shifty eyes* Jack passed me the first coin and I slipped it into the socket, waiting for the operator to pick up, but instead, a maniacal laugh sounded on the other end.

"Congratulations on finding my secret stash! You now have 24 hours to figure out what to do with this little gift, or else, bye-bye city!" It cheered.

And boom! Millions of silver coins spewed out of the slot and buried the two of us. "Hey ---! I think we're rich!" Jack cheered after getting over the initial shock. I grabbed one of the coins and turned it over in my hands. It was thicker then a coin should be, and had the Joker's face on it instead of a US President. 

"Hey, I've seen him before... He's the guy who almost ran us over." I said.

Jack leaned over and took a good look. "Oh yeah, he is." he said.

"So who is he?" I asked.

"He's called The Joker.. He's one of Batman's enemies." Jack explained.

"Perhaps it was stolen from the bank." I said, turning the small coin around in my hands. 

"Maybe we should return it!" Jack suggested.

"Good idea!.. They'll be so happy." So we gather all the strange coins into a wagon and start hauling it toward the bank. An alley cat saw us and yowled, then darted away as we passed. We didn't think much of it then, because it wasn't until years later that I realized:

-QUE BRIEF OVERVIEW-

ACHOO!!! As it so happens, that was actually the very first time I met Batman. You see, I tried to give the Joker Coins to the banker. He handed over us as many bags of gold as he could get his hands on, then fled in a cold panic. Being children, Jack and I figured that the Joker Coins were actually worth millions, so we went around the city paying people with Joker Coins- They all reacted with the same kind of excitement the banker had... We thought we really had hit the jackpot !
 I suddenly had enough to buy my expensive mansion and Jack, no longer needing money for food, announced to the whole world that he was quitting his work with Yellow Jacket.

What we were unaware of  was that earlier that morning, the Joker had challenged dear ol' Batman to a game of hide-and-seek. He hid millions of really tiny bombs in a certain place and had given Bats 24 hours to find and disarm them.. Batman had been searching for our Joker Coins all afternoon. He later discovered Jack and I had them and probably came to kindly confront us about it-- But when we saw him, we fled like guilty little robbers... Especially since we had been graciously distributing the Joker's Coins all over the city, in a way, doing the Joker's dirty work for him.

What?
Batman is a scary guy! And his serious ways of getting what he wants translates as cruelty to a young mind.
In those years I thought of Batman as nothing more then a straight-faced meany with a huge ego who kissed every single girl he came in contact with.... Catwoman (who Bats is inlove with), Poison Ivy (who kisses folks to kill them)- It made no difference to me. I was convinced that he wanted to kiss me.

-QUE IMPATIENCE & DESIRE TO END BLOG ENTRY-

Long story very, very short: He chased around Gotham City for a long time with unknown intentions as we ditched the coins at every possible turn we could, thinking perhaps he wanted them because they were so valuable.. It's humorous when you think about it.
In the end, the Joker was very sore at us for spoiling his prank [Trust me on this, he told me so much, much later].. but he could never find us.
We escaped never once coming in contact with Bats, who in turn got and disarmed all the Joker Coins. ACHOO!

Ironically, Bats and I would meet a few years later after I started the superhero biz officially, and the long complicated love-hate relationship between the always laughing, hyper-active, clutzy, small town teen and the stiff-upper-lip, "better-then-thou", dignified, city vigilante would begin...
But that's quite a different story.. And one you're gonna have to wait for.
I'm sorry this one didn't have more details, but I AM under the weather and it WAS a very long time ago.. I remember the next one much better.
Till then- ACHOO!!

Lloyd out!

The Avenger's Mascot!

The Avenger's Mascot!

Be afraid evil-doers. One look at this is enough to send anyone over the edge into Heroism-On-Steroids!

Lloyd out!

Lunar Eclipse & Update!

Imagine that! A partial Lunar Eclipse at 5:00 AM, and I was lucky enough to see it even though I had no clue what was going on- Thank goodness for the modern conveniences of the internet to tell me.. At first I was kinda freaked out because the moon was crescent, and I saw for myself it was full not 5 hours earlier. Before I really lost my mind in panic of course, my galactic moderator sister Galexia ran to her computer and typed in both "eclipse" and today's date. Viola! No call for alarm.

A cheese loving alien had NOT taken a bite out of our beloved green cheese rock.
An maniacal evil villain had NOT decided to blow up half the moon.
Or throwing the two theories together: An evil alien race space ship was NOT in the way, blocking the view.
All was well, just a partial Lunar Eclipse. I'm so happy I got to see that! I even took pictures.

-will add later-

Now, as for what I was doing wide awake at 5:00 o-clock in the morning;

I'm actually looking through teenage super-hero applicant files in search of a new member fr the Mythical Gang. Our dearly loved Unicorn decided she was sick and tired of crime-fighting and wanted to pursue a more natural career in ice-skating. Her adoptive parents agreed, and poof! Job opening on the Mythical Gang.

If you know anybody, feel free to post. =)

Lloyd out!