In the Clocktower's crime lab

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He's not long gotten home from patrol, booted feet resting up on the workstation as he runs tests on the samples he took from Rey's body. Something about the manner of the gangster's death troubles him, but he's not sure why. Something about it just doesn't feel right, and over the years he's learned to trust his instincts.

He fidgets as he waits, scanning the BPD's crime scene reports, looking for a pattern. Something that'll jump out at him.

Something pissy this way comes

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Having completed her first exam with Dr. Cross and gotten formal confirmation, at last, that thirty home pregnancy tests weren't off-base, Lois waits until she and Clark are back in their Metropolis home to have that talk she mentioned to Pieter.

"Mid-September," she says with a sigh as she starts peeling off clothes to head for a hot bath. "That's the due date. He'll give something more specific later. He's Mr. Caution with me."

Breaking News

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NEW YORK CITY- In a speech today at Columbia University, President Lex Luthor announced a new initiative that would guarantee tax deductions for all college-bound students.

"America's strength is preserved only through knowledge, and we increase our knowledge only through the intelligence and experience of our people. To this end, I have drafted new legislation that will offer a tax deduction to all American families earning less than one hundred thousand dollars per year, that will refund fully one-half of all university or college tuition paid out in the form of a tax credit. This tax credit will even be applicable to students attending via scholarships and bursaries."

The speech was met with riotous applause.

House Republicans, however, are less enthusiastic about President Luthor's proposed tax credit...

Deep in hell

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There's new scars on John now. The most easily noticed is the one across his cheek that meanders a half inch away from his left eye. He almost came out of that conversation with an eyepatch but the demon that had gotten all frisky on him was now keeping company with a pit of flesh eating worms so it was all good.

Spreading the word about the contest and the prize was just about done. Demons weren't good at delayed gratification, actually John wasn't either, so some of them were trying to cheat and capture the mage and make him tell. Typically he'd have let Ellie's minions do this, since they were expendable and he couldn't give a rat's ass how many of them died, but he had more than one objective being out here and this gave him the cover to do what he needed to do.

There was a few people here in hell he could go to and build alliances for Ellie on her new seat of power and he was making a point of visiting them, and he'd needed a few moments for a chat with his dearly departed father who was rotting here as well. That would normally raise eyebrows since is was pretty well known how he and his dear old pop got on like. Especially seeing as how it was his fathers hate for his own son that had locked him in hell. But if he was out doing other errands it would be totally in character to come by and mock his father to cause him pain.

( Visiting hours in Hell )

After the JSA meeting

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As the crowd bustles out of the meeting room, Fate stops Hawkman outside the door.

"Do you have a moment, father?"

JLA Low Priority Wave

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A routine message goes out across JLA frequencies ...

"This is the Atom, up at the Watchtower, with a very rare 'all's clear'. At least for the moment. I'm taking a terribly dull monitor duty shift to update the agenda for the next meeting, so if active members haven't filed a status update this week, drop me a line.

"Also, just a reminder, today's Hal's birthday. Atom out."

On an island near South America

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Plans are nearing an end and Circe is pleased. Not only is that cow Aphrodite locked in the earth but she has stolen Atanea from the island of Themyscira without anyone's notice and offered her the tools to get her revenge, not only on the man that killed her lover but the rest of the women loving freaks that populated her island.

Atanea hadn't even had to be coerced she had happily agreed to do whatever Circe wanted to do as long as it would hurt Diana of Themyscira and the people who had taken her tribe of Bana Migdal in.

Supplimenting her with several of her own Amazon guards and weapons she made the agreement with her to give her everything she deserved as long as she killed the President of the united states, Lex Luthor. Once it was agreed she used her magics to send the small attack group to the White House. They were travelling a strange circuitous route through time and space that would make it appear that their point of origin was Themyscira just in case that meddler Dr. Fate was called in.

As she was wondering what her next step was she felt the magics binding the cow shatter and the earth elemental reclaim her body. With a cry of shock she fell to her knees. She waved off her attendees as they tried to help her, she needed to prepare for a guest...

It's good to be back

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I am glad I was able to go see Helena and let her know I was ok. That was the one thing I think I hated the most about the whole trip to guard Ra's and tour of the afterlife. There was all these people out there who wanted to know where I was and how I was doing and I really couldn't tell them.

Somewhere along the line I made friends even though I wasn't trying to.

I need to check in with Zatanna too, she's probably worried. But that leads to talking with Constantine...I made peace with things between us but he's still a jerk and I know talking to him will always be an exercise in patience.

I already checked in with Dad and Mom. Dad would have felt me leave the green so I figured letting him know I was still of the living would be a good idea. They were surprised that I wasn't as hostile as I normally am. Someday I'll tell them the story but not yet.

So Helena's friend Oracle told me the names of some of the people that I'm looking for and can sense out there. Animal Man, someone out in San Francisco with the Titans named Beast Boy and Fauna. There's a woman named Vixen and some guy named Bwana Beast out and around somewhere as well.

And somewhere I can feel someone with a connection to the Red that feels different from the others, he doesn't seem to fit location wise with anyone who I was told about so I think after Animal Man they might be next on the list to visit.