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by Green-Lightning
Sat May 27, 2023 3:42 pm
Forum: The Writing Room
Topic: Scarlet Shield Crossovers
Replies: 11
Views: 6029

Into the Omniverse, Part 9: Home Sweet Home

January 15, 2022 2:29 pm Redford, Michigan Universe: 84 “Tell me when to stop everything,” Traveler said quietly. She stood with Scarlet and Oni just outside the church sanctuary, looking in as Kenzie and Jen finished their wedding vows at the far end of the room. The situation was surreal for Scarl...
by Green-Lightning
Mon May 22, 2023 1:37 pm
Forum: The Writing Room
Topic: Scarlet Shield Crossovers
Replies: 11
Views: 6029

Into the Omniverse, Part 8: Run Runaway

February 25, 2011 9:27 pm Detroit, Michigan, Corporate States of the Americas Universe: 84D Huddled in a dark alley, Kayla Jacobs pulled the ratty old blanket tighter around her as she wondered for the hundredth time if maybe she shouldn’t have run away from home. She would be warm there and have pl...
by Green-Lightning
Mon Mar 27, 2023 6:24 am
Forum: The Writing Room
Topic: Scarlet Shield Crossovers
Replies: 11
Views: 6029

Into the Omniverse, Part 7: Monster Mash

October 31, 195X 5:22 pm Summer’s End, a town near the Ontario-Quebec border Universe: 195X “But I fight monsters!” a girl’s voice insisted as the mixture of soft, golden light and gray mist surrounding Scarlet began to dissipate. “Doctor Pumpkinstein! Zepingles! Ro-Man! Do any of those names ring a...
by Green-Lightning
Sat Mar 04, 2023 12:01 pm
Forum: The Writing Room
Topic: Scarlet Shield Crossovers
Replies: 11
Views: 6029

Into the Omniverse, Part 6: We Got the Beat

August 8, 1962 11:58 am An unnamed city Universe: Dell The world that appeared around Scarlet and Oni was, at first glance, reasonably familiar. More so than most of the others they had been to since leaving their own, at least. They stood on a typical city sidewalk facing a coffee shop. The words M...
by Green-Lightning
Tue Jan 17, 2023 10:45 pm
Forum: The Writing Room
Topic: Scarlet Shield Crossovers
Replies: 11
Views: 6029

Into the Omniverse, Part 5: Power Mad

The planet Kern Universe: Kern-Verse “I want Major Maestro here in five minutes,” Scarlet heard someone say as the haze began to clear, “or the Mayor is the first hostage to die. Is that clear enough for you or do I have to limit myself to one-syllable words?” The speaker, a woman dressed in red, lo...
by Green-Lightning
Mon Nov 07, 2022 11:55 am
Forum: The Writing Room
Topic: Scarlet Shield Crossovers
Replies: 11
Views: 6029

Into the Omniverse, Part 4: Wild Wild West

As Kenzie waited for the haze to clear she could feel changes happening around her. Oni’s fingers, intertwined with hers, became smaller and the angle of the arm and hand the fingers were attached to lowered as the demonlike figure became human again. She wondered why Jen had chosen to change when t...
by Green-Lightning
Sat Oct 22, 2022 11:15 am
Forum: The Writing Room
Topic: Tales from the World of Scarlet Shield
Replies: 20
Views: 12777

The Millennials, Part 6

October 12, 2014 2:33 am Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility Detroit, Michigan Dennis groaned as he was shaken awake. “Wakey, wakey, Heckler,” he heard the burly night shift guard say. The physical and emotional abuse Dennis received because he was smaller and weaker than most of the other inma...
by Green-Lightning
Mon Aug 01, 2022 6:41 pm
Forum: The Writing Room
Topic: Scarlet Shield Crossovers
Replies: 11
Views: 6029

Into the Omniverse, Part 3: Midnight Maniac

November 6, 1971 10:22 am Los Angeles, California Universe: Skywald The third time the haze enveloped them, Scarlet Shield had been flying with Jen in her arms. Without warning she found herself standing still on a flat, level surface as a man spoke nearby. “After Jack’s death,” the man said, “I dec...
by Green-Lightning
Sat Apr 23, 2022 5:10 pm
Forum: The Writing Room
Topic: Tales from the World of Scarlet Shield
Replies: 20
Views: 12777

Tuesday Afternoon

April 17, 2046 4:07 pm Washington, DC Life is all about how you look at things. Take what’s happening here and now for example: I’m in the middle of a fight with a villain who calls himself Emperor Akala. We’ve fought before and he’s no pushover but believe me, calling himself “Emperor” is a major c...
by Green-Lightning
Sat Feb 19, 2022 2:27 pm
Forum: The Writing Room
Topic: Scarlet Shield Crossovers
Replies: 11
Views: 6029

Into the Omniverse, Part 2: Smoke on the Water

A Wednesday in June, early in the twentieth century Shortly before sunset The Strait of Dover near the Essex coast, England Universe: HGW Scarlet Shield looked around through the vanishing haze, first to assure herself that Oni was still with her then to determine their location. They were alone nea...
by Green-Lightning
Fri Feb 04, 2022 4:12 pm
Forum: The Writing Room
Topic: Scarlet Shield Crossovers
Replies: 11
Views: 6029

Into the Omniverse, Part 1: Long, Long Way from Home

Sometime after the 20th century Midday The planet Mars Universe: Fox The gray haze surrounding Kenzie and Jen quickly dissipated to reveal a forest. At least Kenzie thought it might be a forest, or maybe a jungle. The trees she saw were all leafless, as if in mid-winter. Winter in Michigan usually m...
by Green-Lightning
Tue Jan 11, 2022 8:05 pm
Forum: The Writing Room
Topic: Scarlet Shield Crossovers
Replies: 11
Views: 6029

Prologue, Part 2: White Wedding

January 15, 2022 2:17 pm Redford, Michigan Universe: 84 Finally, it was the big day. Kenzie and Jen were moments away from walking down the aisle together so that they could say their wedding vows. As they stood waiting at the entrance to the church sanctuary, Kenzie peeked in at the guests sitting ...
by Green-Lightning
Sat Dec 25, 2021 8:23 am
Forum: The Writing Room
Topic: Scarlet Shield Crossovers
Replies: 11
Views: 6029

Prologue, Part 1: One Simple Question

September 18, 2021 10:52 pm Detroit, Michigan Universe: 84 Burning Rome was filled to capacity: fifteen hundred people cheering, laughing, making out, drinking, smoking or vaping various substances (some of which were even legal), recording or livestreaming on their phones as the band played. Kenzie...
by Green-Lightning
Sun Dec 19, 2021 3:36 pm
Forum: The Writing Room
Topic: Tales from the World of Scarlet Shield
Replies: 20
Views: 12777

Meet the Band

October 4, 2014 4:48 pm Redford, Michigan “Is that the place?” Kenzie asked, pointing at a house about half a block away. The garage door was open but they were still too far away to see in. “Yeah,” Jen answered as she glanced at the writing on the page she had taken from Kenzie’s notepad, “that’s t...
by Green-Lightning
Fri Dec 17, 2021 1:07 pm
Forum: The Writing Room
Topic: Scarlet Shield Crossovers
Replies: 11
Views: 6029

Scarlet Shield Crossovers

An Unexpected Gift December 6, 2021 2:08 am Redford, Michigan Universe: 84 Was that the doorbell? Kenzie thought as she opened her eyes. Rolling over, she took her glasses from the nightstand on her side of the bed and put them on, then grabbed her smartphone, looked at it and groaned. Who would ri...