Rope Trick thought he had a handle on the West End's usual slew of issues. Over the years, criminals had become more perceptive of hidden ropes tied here and there, but even that helped the cause. Wary criminals go slow. The fewer nightly incidents, the better. And then there were weird crimes. Nothing worthy of the "super" category (even though Superpedia did include the West End's gallery). But some underworld actors had abilities way beyond the norm. Brick was one such case. It was Rope Trick's doing that drove a wedge between the gangs and the hulk, preventing their natural convergence into a super-powered heist machine. Arsonist was another weird case, the closest both Rope Trick and the Seed Bomber had to a nemesis. His fire was an effective countermeasure to whatever hardware arsenal Rope Trick had, and an ever-present danger to urban plants. That night, Arsonist came up again. “Call me Pyroclast now!” the tall, shaggy man shouted from the roof of a red-brick project
Supervillains for the Better Future (Pacifist 1) by Katemare, literature
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Supervillains for the Better Future (Pacifist 1)
The fact that the assembly looked more like a support group than an official meeting hinted at its humble origins. Just a few decades ago, in a room much like this one, those present were only starting out their careers of evil and crime. Except nowadays they were not quite “present”, but “tele-present”. No one could afford anymore to appear in the same place as other high-ranking supervillains. The opportunity would be too great for the numerous rivals and nemeses to squash the whole bunch: exterminate multiple threats in a single precise strike. No, those in the room were teleconferencing via screens and crystal balls, astral projecting, phasing in from a side reality, running a local mind copy, using robot bodies and magical constructs or just plain phoning in. The only members present fully and bodily were the interpreter for Queen Zambia; a newcomer--the invulnerable hulk called Brick; and him . . . “Welcome to the 34th annual gathering of Supervillains for the Better