Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine
Bet that the Prof's career choice isn't sitting too well with a certain individual...
Somewhere deep in the Infernal Realms, the damned soul of the one who had been,
in life, known as Samuel Arkane watched through a mystic window as his descend-
ant Tobias Arkane -- "that useless do-gooder" as Samuel had begun to refer to his
descendant as these days -- once again used his mystic powers not to work evil
upon the world (or even for selfish, personal gain), but to help others. When Tobias
had first found Samuel's hidden cache of mystical lore, Samuel had had hopes that
his descendant would be as ambitious and selfish -- and yes, as evil -- as he him-
self had been in life.
But it was not to be.
Instead, Tobias chose instead to waste (in Samuel's opinion) his inheritance, using
his newly-acquired mystical powers to help his fellow man. Samuel could only watch
in appalled disgust as his descendant did only good with his powers, day after day,
until he could watch no more. In frustration, Samuel closed the mystic window and
began pacing back and forth for several long minutes, before stopping and looking
at where the window had been.
"Tobias Arkane, I did not bequeath my mystic heritage to future descendants of my
bloodline just to see it wasted by someone like you. Since you refuse to use my
legacy as it should be used," Samuel said, his eyes flashing with an unholy light,
"I shall have to take matters into my own hands."
With that statement, Samuel Arkane turned and, striding into the darkness of the
Infernal Realms, began to laugh -- a terrible, cruel laugh...
Major Tom 2009