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legionnpcs ([personal profile] legionnpcs) wrote in [community profile] thelegion2017-07-05 10:48 pm

HEIST OF THE CENTURY - Modplot

[The video snaps on. It’s Ferro, and even through his iron mask it’s easy to tell that the boy is disturbed.]

So, uh. After, you know. Blue Rose dropped in. And vanished. After that, I felt like I needed to visit the Hall Of Fallen Heroes and, you know. Pay my respects to her and our other friends.

[He clears his throat and glances around.]

Um. All of the statues are gone. It’s supposed to be impossible, only Legionnaires have access to the memorial hall, but, well. Take a look.

[He sweeps his camera across the room. It’s a peaceful area, meant for solemn remembrance It’s also completely empty. The pedestals that the massive golden statues stood on are still there, but none of the statues, not Monstress, not Element, not Blue Rose, are present. He refocuses on himself.]

Judge Beeny, Mr. Allen, could you come down and sweep the area with your, uh. Forensics stuff? I’m not trained for that, you might find something I missed.

[They won’t, but it would be good to do a sweep anyway.]

I did find these, though. They were on a saucer in the middle of the room.

[He holds up four cards with question marks on the back. One of them just has pictures. Another says ’ Even if I said that it was the Opal of Earth, you wouldn't understand the gravity of it.’ The third says ’ Even though I fell on Judgement Day, I came back. It took much longer than three days, in my case.’ And the final card says ’ Some revered me like a god. To others, I was a waste hauler. To all, I mean something.’]

I’m no good with riddles. I always just turned the magazines upside down to get the answers. Can any of you make sense out of this?
steelandtemper: (22)

[personal profile] steelandtemper 2017-07-07 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
Carper, noun, one who complains or finds fault querulously or unreasonably. Could also be someone who fishes for carp, I suppose, but I just searched a few hundred thousand separate historical sources and it's not attested anywhere.

[Cortana: like having a dictionary that sometimes calls you an idiot.]

Anyway, probably not smart to get too literal on any of this and assume that last clue refers to an actual sanitation worker. What about that Superman guy? He ever do anything that could be described as taking out the trash?
circusbat: (Default)

[personal profile] circusbat 2017-07-07 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Not impossible for it to be somebody who complains. The green question mark could mean something too, unless that's just part of his calling card.

[He shifts a few things.]

It could also be something else. A carper is also a fisher. And there was a hero by the name of Fischer back in my time: Scott Fischer. He died young of leukemia, though, so maybe that's not what we're going for.
rushing_by: (Hmm)

[personal profile] rushing_by 2017-07-09 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
Any heroes from your time that would be associated with fish?
circusbat: (Default)

[personal profile] circusbat 2017-07-09 10:35 am (UTC)(link)
[And THAT takes Dick a moment because he can't believe he forgot the obvious one.]

Aquaman. Actually, could be any of the Aqua family, but Aquaman is the most obvious.