Smog and Brimstone

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At the corner of Hollywood and Vine, the ground begins to tremble on an early summer evening - the hardy native Californians ignore the tremor at first, accustomed to such things living this close to the San Andreas fault. The hissing gasses and wave of heat might be ignored as well - after all, this is where movies are made - but the follow-up is all too real.

Demons begin to pour forth from the fissure that quickly forms - their twisted, red-black bodies bending unnaturally as their charred wings expand, feeling the freedom of the air for the first time in age untold.

Hell on Earth begins here.

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[http://users.livejournal.com/_bird_of_flame_/]

"Well, I was hoping there would be something a little more local. Warriors is a bar in New York and Bludhaven is on the East Coast too." Flamebird looks at him a little worriedly.

"I'm sorry, I just met you, so I'm not all that comfortable with the idea of jetting off to your base."

[zauriel1971.livejournal.com]

"Wise," said Owlman, "How about drive-through and head to a local park? I can turn on the cloak so we appear invisible and no one would bother us - you know onlookers trying to figure out what my Owling is? Does that work better? Or can you think of something else?"

He surveys the scene one last time, some craters form impacts, smoke, little fires being put out by firefighters, and people being taken off to hosptial in ambulances. It looked pretty cleaned up. Then in the centre of it all he saw Zauriel talking to Dr. Fate, Phantom Stranger, and Spectre - freshly broken from Asmodel.

"Who are those guys with Zauriel and Spectre?" he asks Flamebird.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bird_of_flame_/]

"Or you could leave it somewhere else and we could just eat on top of a building somewhere." Flamebird points to the surrounding buildings, for a brief moment, "The helmet guy is Doctor Fate... I don't usually get involved when big magic is going on . That's way above my pay gra-"

"Hey. Wait. Did you say Bludhaven?"

[zauriel1971.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, Bludhaven, that's where I operate usually. So Dr. Fate huh? I think the guy in green is Spectre, but who's the guy with the trenchcoat and hat?"

He stops to think about it, then says, "So the top of a building somewhere is good - what are you in the mood for? McDonald's? Subway? Chinese? Pizza? Back in Bludhaven, there is a great wings spot. By the way, why the interest in Bludhaven?"

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bird_of_flame_/]

"I have no idea. I didn't even know who the guy in the green was. I'm sure if you really want to know, you could ask them."

Flamebird reaches up and rubs at her forehead for a few moments, "No real reason. Jsut reminded me of someone I hadn't heard from recently. Look, I'll go get something and you can go get something and we'll meet up there in an hour. Okay?"

[zauriel1971.livejournal.com]

"Sounds good."

Owlman looks around at whats still in operation. He sees a McDonald's, changes to his civies, and gets an Angus burger combo, changes back to Owlman, and heads to the rooftop to meet Flamebird.