Re: Mad, Beautiful Ideas
How about this: a pharmaceutical biochemist, who occasionally samples some of his inventions, has a bad reaction to one of them and goes on an acid trip. In his 'vision', he sees the Greek gods and is commanded to accept his true power and help save the world. When he awakes, he finds that he has super-speed and a few other Powers. He designs a costume and begins patrolling the streets of Vegas as Oracles!
So, herald of the gods, or fortunate survivor of a mutagenic hallucinogen? Only Oracles knows for sure!