Great Beyond Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 A question inspired by this thread that I decided to spin off into it's own question: So in the middle of a fight, your character has been blasted by an Embigening Ray and is now suddenly 50 feet tall. It looks to be a long term change ("Don't be silly! It's a grow ray, not a grow and shrink ray! I have to go build one of those" says the mad scientist creator), and now you have to spend the next week as the amazing colossal character. And of course to make matters worse, it was during a fight so you're all costumed up. You can't really switch back to your secret ID (if applicable) without blowing the ball-game. So, what do you do for the week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 Re: Guliver Syndrome part 2: The Amazing Colossal Character! Uncle Slam goes to the statue of liberty for a photo op, and because Ellis Island is home to a handful of PRIMUS scientists who can probably get the job done faster. Also, they've got a few devices they can use to temporarily shrink him. So until there's a cure, there's a stopgap. Anthem would become a little paranoid. She's afraid that simply going to the bay and sitting in the water would kill a lot of unfortunate wildlife. So she'd probably go to the old closed down dustbowl of a town of Mirror. Little does she know their "tourist ghost town" motif, that doesn't draw much tourism, is actually a cover for a viper operation. So she'd stumble over some viper operatives inevitably. And perhaps quite literally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clonus Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 Re: Guliver Syndrome part 2: The Amazing Colossal Character! Riptide would move into the ocean for the duration to avoid stepping on things. Hellfire would stand in place, too terrified to move until she collapses from exhaustion unless someone tells her what to do. The Wizard of Oz Incorporated would try to build a way to return himself to normal size by using his handheld to remotely operate Tin Man, his robot battlesuit. T.N. Lung would destroy Tokyo. (I keed.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcan Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 Re: Guliver Syndrome part 2: The Amazing Colossal Character! I'd briefly consider climbing the nearest skyscraper and swatiing planes from the sky... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendou Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 Re: Guliver Syndrome part 2: The Amazing Colossal Character! To post what I'd said when the question first came up in the other thread: Pyrie doesn't have a secret identity, so that part isn't a problem. The problem she'd have is that she's now six and a half times taller than she was, which means she needs 275 times the already ridiculous amount of food she needs to sustain her high-temperature metabolism. So she's going to try and round up a constant supply of food until someone (anyone!!!) can shrink her back to normal size. To continue the idea and take into account her powers and the problems therewith: Given her constant radiating of heat, she suddenly becomes a major fire hazard downtown, and would have to retreat to somewhere more open (and less flammable). So she's probably spending the next week or so in Death Valley, receiving constant airlifts of food until someone can figure out how to get her back to her proper size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drhoz Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Re: Guliver Syndrome part 2: The Amazing Colossal Character! Vitus would find this exceedingly annoying - so no changes there. Fortunately there's plenty of abandoned warehouses downtown so he wouldn't have to sleep out in the open. Unfortunately, he wouldn't be able to practise his hobbies - beating drug dealers etc to death late at night - either. Perhaps he should take up golf instead? With unsuspecting moblords as the ball? Zero would be very unhappy - he does not like being conspicous. He'ld probably go sit in a corner of the Edge team's converted warehouse and conduct all his superheroics by remote telepathy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hfergus Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Re: Guliver Syndrome part 2: The Amazing Colossal Character! Volt: Is retired and could hide out in the base for a week if needed without being missed. He would not mind it too much. Olorin: Has no secret id. Might enjoy it for a bit, but can reverse it at will(actually, takes a bit of prep, but only hours). He'd use it at least once to intimidate someone. He lives in the base, so that's not a problem. The little booger may go between big (in public) and normal (in private) just so people do not know he can. Black Tiger: Would swear a lot. Has secret id, but no close friends and is a private detective in his secret Id. Could hide out in the base for a week and not be missed. Probably would stay in the base unless a crisis occurred. Futurian: Also has no secret id and lives in the base. Would enjoy it entirely too much. "You are in Big trouble now." "Larger than life! The new improved, larger Futurian." "Such a small time crook." Etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wormhole Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Re: Guliver Syndrome part 2: The Amazing Colossal Character! Wow, I never would've dreamed that thread would spawn a sequel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Re: Guliver Syndrome part 2: The Amazing Colossal Character! Wow' date=' I never would've dreamed that thread would spawn a sequel. [/quote'] I said the same thing about the Police Academy movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Re: Guliver Syndrome part 2: The Amazing Colossal Character! Firestorm would use it as a publicity stunt and make some 50 foot woman B movies. It fits right in with American Angel's golden age schtik, It would probably be a popular issue. It would make Dragon Jane more powerful. Could she still fly, I wonder ? Her wings would grow too, but would physics allow flight ? Of course I realize real physics make winged flight impossible for humans, but with the ambient magic in the comic book world, would a 50 foot woman with a colossal wingspan fly ? She'd need a lot of room. And the resulting gales would make messes, blowing stuff everywhere. For Wicca it would be yet another wrinkle in the mystery that is her life. She could probably cast a spell to reverse it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metaphysician Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Re: Guliver Syndrome part 2: The Amazing Colossal Character! Microman II: Would just shrink himself back down. Worst case scenario, he's stuck at normal size, but as he has fairly sophisticated shrinking, even that is unlikely. Hermes: Given that he *was* the team scientist, being 50 feet tall would be inconvenient for figuring out a cure. Would probably have to return to his homeland and get someone like Minos to cure him. Mereneptah: Is a spy. Who is now fifty feet tall. He would hope and pray White Crane can reverse the effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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