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There once was a boy from Null
Whose home was awfully dull
But then things turned tragic
So the boy learned some magic
And his life would no longer go lull

No, that doesn't seem to work... And "direful" is too many syllables. Lull... Ull... Aull, not a word. Bull, is an animal. Cull... Cull!

And he was no longer a cull.

Hmm, might be a bit too old English... Perhaps it could be reworked so that dull and lull switch places.

You sit up and put your not-so-comedic limerick about your ancestor away in your knapsack as you arrive into town. Jump City, hm? What interesting names these American cities have: Central City, Star City, and Metropolis, to name a few. Though, your ancestor did come from a place called "Null", which literally means "no value", so you shouldn't criticize.

You take your motorcycle off auto-pilot and grab hold of the handlebars. You slow down on the main street as you come to a red light. You wait behind some gaudy looking sports car, painted in bright colors and designs with neon lights glowing from underneath. Even through the slightly tinted windows, you can see the male driver and his equally gaudy lady friend in the passenger seat laughing it up as they listen to something with heavy bass.

The light changes to green, but the tuner doesn't move. The driver and passenger just keep laughing and talking.

"Excuse me!" you say over the bass dropping. "It's green! ... The light! Go! ... Hey! It's GREEN!"

The driver finally notices and pulls into the intersection, only for a car to hit it in the boot! Er, the trunk as Americans would call it. You use movement magic to grab both the tuner and the car that hit him, and pull them to a screeching stop. The driver and his lady are visibly shaken, and thankfully there was no one in the other vehicle to be harmed. Wait, there was no one in the other vehicle?

You look to the left, where the empty car came from. You see a large man in gold armor wrestling with... is that gorilla green? And there's a cyborg and a young man in green tights. Wait, the green gorilla is now a green rhinoceros! And the bloke in tights pole vaults with a bo staff to then throw small explosives at the golden man.

Green shapeshifter, a cyborg, and man in green and red... Are those members of the Teen Titans?

The golden man withstands the attacks from the three Titans, even a three-on-one tackle! He merely tosses them backwards in one big clump!

"Astarath, Metrion, Zinthos!"

A black aura grabs one of the golden man's foot and pulls it out from under him, making him fall flat on his back!

"You guys seriously couldn't handle Adonis on your own?" a young woman wearing a blue cloak angrily asks.

"He's got something special powering this new suit," Cyborg says to her and the other young woman with bright red hair and golden orange skin. "I think it's that generator KORD Industries lost just a few nights ago."

"There you are, Rae-Bae," this Adonis person says with a flex. "Was super rude of you to be so late, but I'll forgive you since you showed up. Now c'mere!"

Adonis then launches a golden fist and uses it to grab the woman in blue around the waist!

"Raven!" the others shout as the hand reels her in.

"Let go of me!" Raven says as she struggles.

"Maybe if you give me a kiss," Adonis grins.

A) Intervene with magic
B) Intervene with physicality
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E. Jerk it with Luigi
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A
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NeonOctopus posted...
forgot to say in opening post: any and all stupid wasted posts like that will never account for anything in this CYOA.
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A.

Send a mental missile, Mentok the Mindtaker style.
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A
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Malcrasternus posted...

Send a mental missile, Mentok the Mindtaker style.

isn't that more ESP than magic?

also sorry for the wait, wanted to see if anyone else would join in first

A

You take aim and focus your magical energies. You target the golden armor around the hand and try to pry it open with more movement magic.

"That won't work on me, Rae-Bae," Adonis says.

"That's not me," she says.

You use both hands on Adonis' mechanical hand and feel its strength resisting. Adonis looks around and spots you. It wasn't really hard for him to see you, everyone else cleared out.

"Hey, you trying to cut in, bro?" Adonis says. "You wanna go, bro?!"

Adonis turns and aims his other hand at you. He fires it like a rocket, you disengage movement magic to use barrier magic! The flying hand rams into your wall of magic energy, and you are relieved the wall held up against such force. Whatever is powering this man's armor is indeed incredibly powerful.

"Who is that?" Raven asks as she tries to look at you over her shoulder.

"I thought you knew," Beast Boy asks.

"Just because he's using magic doesn't mean I know who he is!" Raven shouts back.

Adonis puts more power into the fist, you feel it pushing against the magical wall. You wait until the wall is just about to break, then disengage it. You lean to one side and let the fist fly past you like a charging bull, then send a magical charge into the open arm dock.

"Hey! Don't put something in me without my consent!" Adonis shouts.

You feel like he would never heed those words himself...

"Inazuma!" you shout as you make the proper hand sign.

The magical charge explodes with lightning! The electrical energy fries the circuits in the cybernetic armor, disabling it.

"Uh oh," Adonis says as the hand holding Raven hostage loosens.

Raven uses her magic to pry it open all the way and she levitates out to hover in front of Adonis.

"U-Uh," Adonis says. "No hard feelings?"

"Astarath Metrion Zinthos!" Raven shouts.

Her black aura grabs his entire body, head to toe, and picks him up like a ragdoll. She then spins him around until the armor flies off in pieces, leaving nothing but a spindly twig of a man floating before her, upside down.

"This better be the last time you come around, you creep!" she growls at him.

From the sound of his slurred response, Adonis sounds more likely to vomit than to flirt. She then tosses him to the police, who just arrived. They swiftly cuff Adonis and take him away in their police car.

"Got the KORD generator!" Cyborg says as he holds up the glowing device.

"Thanks for the assist," Robin says to you as you coast closer to them.

"You're welcome," you say. "I would be disappointing my entire family back generations letting some duffer have his way with a lady."

"A what?" Beast Boy chuckles.

"Oh, I suppose a good equivalent in America is 'loser'," you say.

"Yeah that's definitely Adonis," Beast Boy laughs.

"Malchior?!" Raven shouts.

"Where?!" you say, looking behind you. "My forefathers knew this day would come--! ... Wait, he's not there."

"Raven, what're you talking about?" Robin asks.

"Yes, this man is not the Malchior the dragon," Starfire says. "Because, he's not a dragon."

Raven blinks and rubs her eyes.

"You... But those eyes..." she says, sounding confused. "They're just like in the book."
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"Book?" you ask. "What book?"

"I had a book, a story of a wizard who ended up fighting a dragon," she says, holding her head. "The Dread Dragon Malchior was inside the book, and tricked me into thinking he was the wizard, and... Wait, how do we know you still aren't him?! He could've learned how to take on an even more human-like form!"

"A more human-like form?" you ask. "What in Merlin's beard did that dragon manage to do as just a book?"

"It's a long story," she snaps at you. "Which you would know all about if you were him!"

"Raven, take it easy!" Cyborg says.

"Yeah, it can't be him," Beast Boy says, "we put that book on ice."

"Doesn't mean it couldn't have been thawed out and taken by someone," she counters.

"I'll prove to you I'm a human and not a dragon," you say quickly.

A) Show her more of your magic
B) Show her family photos
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Cartridge88 posted...

NeonOctopus posted...
forgot to say in opening post: any and all stupid wasted posts like that will never account for anything in this CYOA.

Hai Captain Anti-Fun.
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A.

Risky, but your magic sounds like it'd be more telling of your identity.
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B.

Pictures can't lie :D
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A) Show her more of your magic
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A

"I shall perform a magic that no cursed dragon could ever perform!" you say. "Revitalization magic!"

You look around at the plants growing on the sidewalks.

"Aha!" you say as you spot something. "See here? This tree, downtrodden from wood rot and dogs peeing on it. Now watch. Louperial Ral!"

With your white magic aura turning green, you wrap the old tree around with a thread of magic. The energy bonds with the tree and invigorates all the cells in it. The wood brightens and becomes firm, the branches rise and grow more leaves, and even the pee stains on the roots disappear.

"Wow...!" everyone but Raven says in awe.

"Well, you have a point that no cursed dragon could do that," Raven says. "But then, how? Malchior was sealed in the book and Rorek the Wizard lived on, but that was several centuries ago, maybe even a millennium. How could you look so much like him?"

"Because I'm his descendant?" you say in a way that points out the obvious. "I am in fact Rorek Null the Seventh."

"A descendant..." Raven says. "Of course... I'm... I'm really sorry."

"No, it's nothing to apologize about," you say. "Now, I've been meaning to ask this after you brought up Malchior, but a lot was happening what with you thinking I was Malchior, so I just didn't have the time."

A) How did you come to have Rorek the First's book?
B) What is this about making him human-like?
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A) How did you come to have Rorek the First's book?
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A
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A

"How did you come to have Rorek the First's book? My family lost that around the time of Rorek the Third's world travels, and we haven't heard word of it since."

"I don't really remember where I got it, either," Raven says. "I think I got it at some book store clearance sale, the place was closing down and I got a good deal on it and a few other books."

You laugh so hard that you double over and even tear up a little.

"I'm sorry," you say, "I just... I can't believe Malchior, Dread Dragon of the Dark Ages, only fetched peanuts!"

You laugh a little more before straightening up.

"So now, what was this about it being on ice?" you ask.

"Well, that's a totally different and even longer story," Beast Boy says. "Y'know, saving the world from the biggest super villain team up ever, that kinda stuff."

"Yes, I'm very aware of you, the Teen Titans, and your adventures," you say. "It's actually quite an honor to meet you."

"Well we are pretty big deals," Beast Boy says with a proud smile and puffed out chest.

"So what about you?" Cyborg asks. "Those are some impressive magic moves you've got there, but I feel like we should've heard about you from someone we know."

"Yes I do my best to keep a low profile," you say. "And those weren't so impressive, a lot of what I did was taught to me at a young age."

"Aw c'mon," Beast Boy says with a grin. "You short circuited that dork Adonis in like ten seconds flat."

"Yes, and you brought organic life back from the brink of decay," Starfire says. "That by all definitions is the impressive."

You modestly tug at your scarf and smile. Everyone else smiles in return but you can still sense tension from Raven.

"So then..." you say. "I should probably move on."

"What? No way!" Beast Boy says. "We should hang out and stuff!"

"No I couldn't possibly--"

"Aw c'mon," Robin says.

"I wouldn't want to be a bother--"

"It would not be the bother at all," Starfire says.

"Yeah, we should at least thank you for helping out," Cyborg says.

Beast Boy follows your sight line to Raven, who isn't looking at you in the slightest.

"Oh don't let her bad mood ruin the fun," Beast Boy says. "I don't, anyway."

Raven growls as she glares at Beast Boy, he's unaffected.

"See?" he says.

"If you four say it's alright," you say, "it would be rude to refuse."

"Alright!" Beast Boy says as Starfire cheers "Yay!"

"Let's head to Titan's Tower!" Beast Boy says, pointing to the giant T-shaped building on an island in the bay.

"Um, Beast Boy," Robin says. "Rorek only has a motorcycle."

"Oh don't worry about ol' Shadowfax," you say. "He's much more than a mere motorcycle."

"Umm... Alright," Cyborg shrugs.

The five Titans pile into the famous T-Car and lead the way down the street. As you drive, you can't help but glance at Raven. Mostly because you notice her glance back at you from the back seat.

You and the Titans approach the waterfront. The T-Car transforms its tires into jets and continues off the curb right onto the water. You activate the Levitation Magi-Drive and hover above the water just like the Titans' vehicle. You see them see you and give a little wave.

You arrive at Titans Tower on Titans Island and follow the T-Car into the garage. You see a red motorcycle, which must belong to Robin, and pull into the open space nearby.
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"You even have a flying motorcycle?!" Beast Boy says the second he gets out of the car. "That's so cool!"

"It doesn't fly so much as float," you say as you shut off the engine. "But yes, it is pretty cool."

You dismount as the other Titans exit their vehicle.

"My grandfather is the one who customized Shadowfax, actually," you continue. "He innovated a lot of magical technology and put it into this bike for the sake of my travels. For example... Shadowfax, stand."

The kickstand automatically flips out and Shadowfax sets himself upright.

"Ohh...!" Beast Boy and Starfire marvel.

"Speaking of your travels, what brings you through Jump City?" Robin asks.

"Nothing in particular," you say, "but it was a coastal city so I figured I could find a plane or cruiseliner that could take me across the Pacific."

"You probably should've tried Coast City up North then," Cyborg says. "Ferris Air has all kinds of commercial planes that can carry a motorcycle."

"Oh," you say. "Well, I'll consider heading up that way next."

"Where were you before this?" Robin asks.

"I went through Texas," you say. "Good people, but it was so hot and dry for a young Englishman like myself, I felt miserable all the way from Dallas to El Paso."

*grrrrrrgl*

Everyone looks at Beast Boy.

"I'm hungry," he says.

"Now that I think about it, I haven't had much in the way of breakfast," you say. "It wouldn't be too much to join you for a meal, would it?"

"Nah man, our treat!" Beast Boy says. "I'll whip up my world famous tofu pizza!"

"No!" the other four say.

"And not just because it's tofu on a pizza!" Cyborg says.

"Rorek the Seventh is our guest," Starfire says, "we should allow him to decide the lunch."

"That's very kind of you, Starfire," you say. "Well, taking Beast Boy's vegan tastes into account, how about we have..."

A) Chips/French fries
B) Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwiches
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A) Chips/French fries
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bump
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A.

Seems more in line with the titans.
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A

"Chips!" you say.

"Already got some," Beast Boy says as he pulls out a bag of barbecue flavored potato chips.

"Er, French fries," you say. "Why Americans call them 'French' is beyond me."

"That sounds even better!" Beast Boy says as he tosses the bag aside. "Wait, do you have Big Belly Burgers in London?"

"Oh, go get fries?" you say. "I was actually thinking of making them ourselves."

"Dude, you've got a lot to learn about American fast food," Beast Boy smirks.

"We do have potatoes we should get through before they go bad..." Cyborg says.

"Don't worry, I can restore potatoes as easily as trees," you say.

Everyone, except for Raven, shares a laugh as you all head to an elevator. As if the tension wasn't obvious earlier, it is even more clear Raven is holding in something when you're up close. You ride all the way up to the top floor and follow the Titans down a hall and to a double door. The doors open to reveal a large loft-like living space.

"Impressive," you say. "An open floor den, dining room and kitchen."

"Designed it ourselves," Cyborg says. "Alright, let's get on those potatoes!"

Cyborg and Beast Boy haul a literal sack of potatoes out from under the kitchen counter and opens it up.

"Got the peeler!" Cyborg says as he transforms his hand.

"Got the deep fryer!" Beast Boy says as he hauls the appliance from some cupboard. "Who's got the oil?"

"Uhh..." Cyborg says as he looks around. "Aw man, this is all we have?"

He pulls out a plastic jug and shows the oil is only a couple centimeters deep, or an inch in American Imperial.

"I have a way around that," you say.

You take the jug and bring it to the large sink. You pull a slip of Alchemy Paper out and use your pen to scribble the elements: water, and vegetable oil. You place the paper on the jug so that the circle lines up with the jug's spout. You then put the jug under the faucet and let water flow through the paper and become vegetable oil to fill the jug.

"Whoa...!" Beast Boy and Cyborg say.

"A bit of a cheap way around buying more oil," you say, "but why waste time and money when you have Alchemy?"

You let the jug fill up all the way before stopping the water and removing the paper. You hand the jug back to Cyborg, and he fills the deep fryer. Cyborg then peels the potatoes as the fryer heats up the oil. Once the potatoes are peeled, Cyborg passes them to Beast Boy, and Beast Boy takes care of chopping them.

You take a seat with Robin, Starfire and Raven and loosen your scarf. You notice Raven glance at you but quickly avert her eyes.

A) Confront the issue
B) Wait to ask someone when she isn't around
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A) Confront the issue
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Confrontation is risky, but asking someone else is a good way to add drama to the mix.

A.
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B
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A

"I'm awfully sorry, but I have to address the elephant in the room," you say.

"Huh?" Beast Boy says.

"No, not you," you say. "I'm referring to Raven and her awkwardness towards me."

"What do you mean?" Starfire asks as she looks between you and Raven.

"I'm sure Raven was trying to be subtle, but it's a bit obvious when she's the only one avoiding my gaze. Did I do something to offend?"

"No, it... it's not you," Raven says with exasperation. "It's how you look so much like your ancestor."

"You mean Rorek the First?"

"Yes," Raven says, as if a weight has been lifted from her.

"I'm not sure I follow," you say with a tilt of your head. "I know I have his sharp blue eyes and his snow white hair, but--"

"It's not just the hair and the eyes," Raven says. "Part of reading your ancestor's book was learning there was an evil, manipulative dragon inside. The other part was learning about him. Rorek the First, I mean. Where he came from, how he behaved, how he looked. You have his hair, his eyes, even his scarf!"

"Yes, my parents told me the scarf is both a signature look, and a bit of a comfort object. It feels odd not to have one."

"Maybe that's why you were hot in Texas," Beast Boy says.

"It's just," Raven says, face turning a little red, "there's that whole... long story thing..."

"Am I allowed to ask about this long story?" you ask. "I'm not on any particular shedule."

"Shedule?" Beast Boy says.

"Yes I know Americans like saying 'schedule'," you say. "My point is, is that I am in no rush to go anywhere. If it's a long story, I'm willing to hear it out."

Raven looks at you in the eyes, her own violet eyes trying to peer into your soul.

"I don't feel like telling you," Raven mutters.

A) Well that just makes you want to know about it more
B) Then you will leave it alone, for now
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A/ll the way
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B) Then you will leave it alone, for now

Yeah don't push Raven.
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B, I think it'd be better to pick it back up in private.
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B. Forcing it only makes people clam up.
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B

"Then as a gentleman, I will not pry any further," you say. "For the moment."

The others chuckle, Raven blushes as she frowns, and the deep fryer's timer rings.

"Fries are ready!" Beast Boy says as he dumps them out onto a huge platter.

Beast Boy sprinkles salt all over the chips/fries then brings it over to the table.

"Mmm, the fries of the French smell even better when made at home!" Starfire says.

"What's everybody having to drink?" Cyborg says as he goes to the fridge.

"Let's bust out the good stuff," Beast Boy says. "Root beer!"

Beast Boy pours glasses for everyone and brings them over before he and Cyborg sit down at the table.

"So then," Robin says, "tell us more about yourself, Rorek. You've told us about traveling through Texas, but where else have you been?"

"Well, this is the first time I've been through these United States," you say. "Much like Rorek the First and later Rorek the Third, I began my travels with the British Isles, learning both magic and life lessons; the magic lessons were always easier in my experience. While I could've spent years exploring the isles, I did move on to continental Europe, starting with France and then Germany. I actually struggled a few times in getting further than Ukraine, so I often returned home to start over."

"That mus've sucked," Beast Boy says as he munches fries.

"Yes, it did," you say. "Especially the fourth and final time. That's... a bit of my own 'long story'... But after a total of two and a half years struggling and failing, I finally had everything I needed to make it further than Ukraine, which included Shadowfax. Much of what my grandfather put in the motorcycle was out of necessity for my travels in modern day Europe."

"That must've been awesome, working together on that with your granddad," Cyborg says.

"Yes, yes it was," you say. "He passed down quite a bit of his 'gearhead' qualities to me in my childhood, especially during this phase.

"After getting past Ukraine," you continue, "I entered Russia and went the long way to get to China. I managed to kill two birds with one stone while I was there--"

"You killed birds?!" Starfire blurts.

"No, Starfire, it's a saying, an idiom," Robin explains. "He took care of two things at the same time."

Starfire calms down.

"As I was saying..." you say. "While in China, I made sure to visit some long time friends of the family and reconnect, as part of learning the Eastern magics for myself. From China, I went to Japan and completed reconnecting the East and the West."

"You learned... Eastern magic?" Raven asks.

"I actually used one example today," you say. "Inazuma, the beginning level lightning magic. Though, for being called a beginning magic--

"Lightning magic itself is difficult to even attempt because of the level of control it needs," she says, finishing the sentence.

"Exactly," you say.

Raven becomes self-aware, and pulls back again.

"I ended up going back to London because of the holidays," you continue, "and then after the New Year, I headed out again, going to parts of Europe I hadn't yet visited. I made my way to Spain and then, as part of another long story, I spent a day in Morocco before getting on a plane that took me to New York. Long Island, specifically."

"You didn't happen to go through Gotham, did you?" Robin asks tentatively.

"I did," you say, "but I did not meet Batman. If I had, I probably would've had a message for you from him."
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"Yeah that makes sense," Robin says, sounding relieved.

"So wait, you've got 'long stories'?" Beast Boy says. "Dude, tell us one!"

"Are you sure?" you say.

"Yeah!" everyone but Raven says eagerly.

"Well, alright then," you say.

A) Tell them the Central Europe story
B) Tell them the Morocco story
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B) Tell them the Morocco story
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B.
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B
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B

"The time in Spain and Morocco was an action-packed experience," you say. "I was just coasting along a nice Spanish highway, Autovía del Mediterráneo, otherwise known as the A-7. I passed through the lovely town of San Roque, found West of La Línea de la Concepción and Gibraltar.

"It was around here, the Cádiz Autovía CA-34 junction, that I noticed something wasn't right. Not with the roads, or the other vehicles, but something in the air. Something foul and menacing, on a strong magical level. I changed direction and followed the access road down to the port of Puente Mayorga. At this time, I felt the strange force making its way to a ferry, so I got myself a ticket for the same ferry. This ferry then of course crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and entered into Moroccan-- no, wait, we entered Cueta, which is Spanish territory, then crossed into Morocco by way of Belyounech."

You take a moment to have a couple chips/fries and drink some root beer.

"Anyway," you continue, "I eventually narrowed down the source of the disturbance a lanky, shaggy fellow I later learned was named Gary Lester. Poor Gary seemed to be strung out from some kind of narcotic use, but was pushing onward in search of something. Unbeknownst to me at the time, it was a young boy in Tangier that Gary was homing in on. Shadowfax has a good tank and efficient engine, so we managed to keep with Gary as he hopped from taxi to taxi."

"Is that because the tank and engine are magic?" Cyborg asks eagerly.

"No, my grandfather simply made it all incredibly high quality," you say.

"Oh..." Cyborg says, a little disappointed.

"I made it to Tangier without Gary becoming suspicious of me," you continue, "and he found the young boy. It would seem a strong, demonic presence was within the child, and as an albeit amateur conjurer and all around occultic magician, Gary felt compelled to help this boy. He worked to exorcise the demon known as Mnemoth, dark spirit of gluttony, things went to bloody shambles, and even after I stepped in with Containment Ward magic, the exorcism itself was so gruesome that, uh, the young boy... He did not survive."

Everyone is starkly quiet after that.

"I'm sorry for bringing the mood down," you say.

"No, it's alright," Robin says. "There've been times back in Gotham when Batman and I couldn't get away clean."

"You've never told me that," Starfire says.

"Well, some things are hard to share," Robin says.

"So, what happened with Muh-nemoth?" Beast Boy asks.

"Gary managed to seal Mnemoth in a special bottle, but not before the hellspawn established a mental link with Gary. I helped in strengthening the sealing ward on the bottle, but Mnemoth kept trying to drive Gary insane. While Gary was still coherent, he mailed the sealed core of Mnemoth to an address in New York associated with a friend of his, one John Constantine."

"So this Mnemoth is what brought you to the America?" Starfire asks.

"Yes," you say. "As it turns out, Constantine was not in New York, or at least at the address Gary remembered. It took my connections in the magical and occult worlds to contact Constantine on Gary's behalf, and the three of us converged in New York, only to find Mnemoth had been mistakenly released and then wreaked havoc in the New York neighborhood in the form of widespread hunger and panic. It took not only my magic and Constantine's, but a less than reputable rival in the form of Voodoo doctor, Papa Midnite.
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"Despite his easy-going name, Papa Midnite was a serious player in the New York occult network, and Constantine convinced him to help by pointing out how the starvation epidemic was bad for Midnite's business. It was here that we realized Gary's link to Mnemoth was both driving him mad but killing him from within. Papa Midnite proposed we use Gary as the new host for Mnemoth. I was the only one concerned for Gary's life, as taking the spirit in didn't go so well for the little boy. But Constantine knew it was the logical choice given Gary's psychic connection, and Gary himself felt he had to do this as a way to take responsibility.

"So the four of us went to the roof of Papa Midnite's night club and strapped Gary down into an old electric chair. Gary let in to his cravings for drugs, and the intense desire was like catnip to Mnemoth. Mnemoth swarmed to the scene in the form of mutated locusts, and covered Gary's body head to toe. Midnite and I performed various incantations while Constantine, being Gary's friend, was the one to literally carve the Power Patterns of Binding into Gary's skin. I struggled to stomach the whole scene, but in the end, Mnemoth was sealed inside Gary, putting an end to the hysteria and hunger. Gary's body, on the brink of death, was then sealed behind a brick wall in the basement of the club so that no one could get to him and release Mnemoth from the corpse. Then after that, I moved on through the states until, as you know, I passed through Texas and arrived here in California."

A few more quiet moments pass by. To your surprise, Raven seemed capitvated by the story, fascinated perhaps.

"Dude," Beast Boy says. "Heavy stuff."

"Yes, it was," you say. "This all happened months already since now, but it still weighs on the mind."

A) Lighten the mood with a story of theirs
B) Lighten the mood with a story of your family

btw, that story about Mnemoth and Constantine is canon DC comics continuity, but with Rorek VII inserted
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A.

Break off now. Might make Raven approach you later on.
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A
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A
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A

"How about we change the mood with a story from all of you?" you say. "I'm sure you have many more light hearted stories."

"There was actually this one time early on," Beast Boy says. "This villain known as the Puppet King sent us all, well, these puppets--"

"Oh, that time," Robin chuckles.

"--and the puppets were great," Beast Boy says, "but he used them to take over our bodies!"

"How did you get free?"

"Well, Raven and Starfire were actually lucky, they got body swapped instead," Beasty Boy says.

"Really?" you say.

"Yes, it actually became a great experience for the bonding of friends," Starfire says. "Raven and I found deeper understanding of each other after we learned about each other's bodies."

"Umm..."

"Uhh... Starfire," Raven says, turning a little red. "I think you need to rephrase that..."

Starfire looks confused, then contemplates what she said. For about a minute. Then her eyes widen and she turns red herself. You do your best not to smirk or snort a laugh.

"The point Starfire is trying to make is that once she and I understood each other's powers," Raven says, "we managed to hold the guys at bay long enough to destroy the magic marionette controller, and thereby break the Puppet King's spells."

"Remarkable," you say.

"That time with Larry was actually pretty crazy, too," Cyborg says.

"Larry?" you ask.

"A Fifth Dimensional being whose real name was Nosyarg Kcid," Robin groans. "He was a super annoying superfan of mine who almost wrecked reality just to play hero with me. In the end, he helped fix things when a motorcycle riding thug named Johnny Rancid became superhuman, but it was still a hassle fixing things after that."

"If he was a Fifth Dimensional being, why was it difficult to fix things?"

"He broke his 'magic finger'," Robin groans.

"Interesting."

"Y'know what," Beast Boy says, "I still think the time Raven's powers went rogue and made the most realistic horror movie experience ever was the best."

"Beast Boy...!" Raven growls.

"What?" Beast Boy shrugs with an eyebrow raised. "It was awesome! Once we realized it wasn't real."

Raven scowls at Beast Boy, but he is again unaffected.

A) Ask for more details on this particular adventure
B) Let them continue reminiscing
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A. Shake her up a little.
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A
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for those reading but not voting, let me clarify something. when I told NeonOctopus not to make such a waste of a post, I literally meant no derailing/trolling choices like "Jerk it with Luigi" or anything else that doesn't in some way try to relate to the story.

if you want to do a hybrid vote like "A+B", "A then B", "B then A" etc. or even "C, [something OP didn't think of]", feel free to. just don't try and make a mockery of this story like CE did years ago when I tried this the first time.


A

"Could I... get more on this particular adventure?" you ask.

"No..." Raven groans.

"Totally!" Beast Boy says. "Okay, so it started innocently enough with us taking down this total dork called Control Freak. He was making a mess of this video rental store, thanks to the power of this super TV remote he made. So he was like, 'You don't have this thing I really like! Raaar!' and brought all kinds of stuff to life!"

"Scientifically created animation magic," you say. "Quite intriguing."

"Trust me, it isn't as 'intriguing' when living candy tries to snack on you," Cyborg says.

"That was actually kinda funny," Robin says. "Especially when you ate them all and threw up right after."

"That does sound pretty funny," you say.

"Anyway," Beast Boy continues, "after we stopped Control Freak, I noticed Wicked Scary was out on DVD."

"Oh I heard about that one," you say. "I believe it got a 10 out of 10 on every horror rating forum and website around."

"And it earned every point!" Beast Boy says. "We got the DVD for free as thanks for stopping Control Freak, and watched it that night! Super scary, so much fun! But... The only one not honest about how scared they were was Raven."

"Oh?" you say rather coyly as Raven frowns.

"Oh yeah," Beast Boy nods. "So, everyone went to bed after that, only for us all to be scared awake by a scream up here in OPs. Oh, by the way, we call this whole loft 'OPs'."

"I see," you nod.

"So we all gathered here," Beast Boy continues. "But none of us screamed. Then lights went out, and we all kinda jumped, and then boo! The monster from the movie was there!"

"Whoa!"

"Yeah, 'whoa'!" Beast Boy says. "We run away, ditch the monster for a moment, and I'll admit I teased Raven a bit too much about being scared and she kept denying. But I paid for it by getting grabbed by the monster and pulled into some kinda creepy dark void, so I totally missed the rest of the fun."

"Funny guy goes first, right?"

"Right!" Beast Boy says. "My man!"

Beast Boy holds out the "bro fist", you return it.

"With Beast Boy indisposed," Cyborg says, "we ended up in the basement. Robin was actually the first of us to realize what was going on, but then these creepy shadow tentacles came out of a wall, grabbed him, and brought him into that same void."

"I was abducted by a horde of evil rats," Starfire says with surprising cheer.

"Then it came down to me and Raven," Cyborg says, "and we got to the elevator just before I was suddenly snatched away by something. It happened so fast, not even I could really register what grabbed me."

"Which then left Raven all alone," you conclude.
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"Yes," Raven sighs. "I got back up to ops, but not before black water flooded the elevator and forced me out. Everything converged on me. The tentacles, the rats, the monster from Wicked Scary, and I had to admit I was afraid. I was afraid, but then I also found the courage to stand up to the monsters. They all went away, and I woke up later with everyone back in our dimension, and Robin explained it to everyone that it was my powers that caused everything."

"Yes, I was curious when Beast Boy started with that detail," you say. "How does that even happen?"

"My powers are linked to my emotions," Raven says. "A lot of the time I keep my feelings in check so that my powers don't become unwieldy, but that night I learned that I also had to be honest with myself about my feelings or else something like that could happen again."

"This actually created some rather humorous mishaps while I was in control of her body during the Puppet King episode," Starfire giggles.

"It was pretty funny how you blew up that crosswalk signal," Raven says.

Everyone shares a chuckle here.

*HONK HONK HONK* An alarm starts blaring from the ceiling.

"Aw man," Beast Boy says. "Why do criminals always have to ruin the fun?"

The large television screen turns on to broadcast an area in the city, where chaos is being caused by...

"Brum?" you say.

"Brum?" the Titans repeat.

"Uh, yes," you say, "he's... He's a British children's television character. As you can see, he's a yellow 1920s Austin 7 'Chummy', who is a living car similar to America's Speed Buggy or Herbie the Volkswagen Beetle. But, what is it doing alive in this world?"

"Let's not worry about that right now," Robin says. "Teen Titans, Go!"

The five of them hurry off as you watch Brum bash his way through a storefront window.

"Hey, Rorek!" Robin says. "Let's go!"

"Huh? O-Oh! Alright."

You hurry after them and return downstairs in the Titans garage. You hop on Shadowfax while Cyborg, Beast Boy and Robin hop into the T-Car. Starfire and Raven fly as you all head back out. You cross the bay and follow the T-Car into the downtown area and find Brum burning rubber in the intersection.

A) Tame Brum with magic
B) Tame Brum with physicality
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B.

Kinda want to see what he's physically capable of.
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B) Tame Brum with physicality
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B.

And just a small detail, but I'm pretty sure it's "Azarath Metrion Zenthos."
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B
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DrizztLink posted...

And just a small detail, but I'm pretty sure it's "Azarath Metrion Zenthos."

I double checked, it's Zinthos.


B

You ride ahead of the T-Car and get alongside Brum as he makes donuts on the road. You have Shadowfax drive himself as you climb up onto the seat. You then jump from Shadowfax to Brum and get into the driver's seat.

"Brum, stop this!" you shout as you grab at the steering wheel and slam a foot on the brake pedal. "Don't you remember that time in the Big Town, when you helped that little girl get her doll and balloons back?! Or when you helped that lost little girl?! You were just a half-scale replica back then, but still!"

Brum resists you, or rather he's much stronger than you. The Titans move into position, but then something jumps into the fray from a roof top!

"Oakie Doke?!" you shout as you recognize the acorn-headed man wearing a poncho consisting of one giant leaf over a pair of red short pants.

"Who?!" the Titans ask.

"He lived in a tree and was friends with woodland creatures!" you say quickly. "Whoever summoned Brum to make sixes and sevens of the city streets must have deployed him, too!"

The evil Oakie Doke glares at the Titans as he sends an army of squirrels and sparrows at them! Beast Boy transforms into a wolf to chase off the squirrels while Robin uses a repellent spray to ward off the birds.

"NOOT NOOT!"

A giant clay penguin slides in and knocks Cyborg and Starfire aside!

"Pingu?!" you shout. "Not you, too!!"

Oakie Doke goes hand-to-hand with Robin, and somehow Oakie Doke knows kung fu... Beast Boy is still scaring off squirrels, and Pingu swings his large flippers at Starfire as she flies around and shoots energy bolts at him.

"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!" Raven says.

She grabs hold of garbage cans and slams them into Pingu from all sides. Starfire and Cyborg combine energy attacks to blast through a trash can and into Pingu. When the smoke clears, the metal of the can is embedded in Pingu's clay body, but he is overall unaffected as he stands up.

"NOOT, NOOT!" Pingu shouts as he pulls the large metal shards out of himself with both flippers.

"I'm sorry about this, Brum," you say.

You climb up over the windscreen and onto the front of the car. You focus both your magic and your chi into your fist then punch through the bonnet, right into the gearbox. You then jump off Brum and onto Shadowfax, leaving the Chummy to lose control and crash into a fire hydrant. The hydrant breaks off and water shoots into the air. It rains down on you as everyone else, even the gang of squirrels, looks over at the crashed car.

"Just who the bloody hell has been pissing around with British kids shows?!" you shout.

"Aw keep ya wig on, ya little prat," someone says from the rooftops.

You look up to see a red-headed man with a rather Beatles like bowl cut, square-framed glasses and a Union Jack suit jacket.

"Mad Mod!?" you and the Titans shout in surprise. "Wait. You know Mad Mod?!"

"I know him from stories my grandfather told me," you say. "How do you five know him?"

"He's tried like at least two times to enslave us and even all of America," Robin says.

"But each time he started as an elderly man," Starfire says. "How is he youthful again?"

"The irony of being transferred to a correctional facility in Florida," Mad Mod says. "I found the Fountain of Youth! Bottled as much as I could before making my way here!"
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"I knew letting the U.N. try and sort out the Brotherhood of Evil was a bad idea," Robin mutters.

"So what's with the British '90s kids phase?" Beast Boy says. "You got kids we don't know about?"

"Pff, like I'd want a brood of monsters throwin' wobblers an' wiping their bogeys on my pants!" Mad Mod scoffs.

"Huh?" Beast Boy asks.

"He hates kids," you translate. "But how did you manage to summon evil doppelgangers of these characters?"

"With this!" Mad Mod says as he holds up a demented-looking television remote.

"Control Freak's controller?!" the Titans say.

"So that's what it looks like," you say.

"Titans!" Robin shouts. "Split up! Once we get the remote, we can stop these kids' characters gone bad, but we also have to keep them from making more of a mess in the meantime!"

A) Go after Mad Mod and the remote
B) Contain Pingu and Oakie Doke
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