DC Modern - Timeship

 Achilles tells Elizabeth that she should just get married. She tells him that she has all the benefits of marriage without any of the complications. He doesn’t understand and tells her that she should get on with having babies. Edward and her grandfather have both made the same points, but she’s only 25 and not ready to pop out babies. 

Black Diamond shows up. He’s excited about a show called, Eyes of Gorilla City. Achilles is in it. They banter. He annoys Achilles who does not kill him. 

Chinatown now has the Triad working there. 

Achilles calls Mr. Terrific and explains the situation succinctly. Mr. Terrific tells him the Justice League will get on it. Achilles notes that he doesn’t sound very confident. Mr. Terrific assures him that since he’s the third smartest man in the world, he will figure it out. Achilles does not feel confident in his response. 

The group conducts research on the computer to see if there is a previous case in which the end of the world was imminent. There are several cases. They all find the villain and then destroy him. They don’t find the villain; the villain finds them. This event is not manifesting itself like the others where there were mini-crisis. 

Achilles thinks about possible living prognosticators: Madame Xanadu, WaveRider, and Lilith. He looks into the orb. Now the end is four months and twenty-seven days away. Madame Xanadu has had contact with Achilles in the past and is currently in New Orleans. 

Achilles, Akasha, Elizabeth, and Orichalcum hop into the plane and fly to New Orleans. The cards told her they would be there. The cards have also told her that the future is disappearing. She doesn’t know much, but she reads the card. “The Emperor reversed seems to be behind it. It’s somebody who is all powerful.” Achilles lists possible candidates. The cards cannot say which of them is the emperor. “The reversed Emperor is opposed by the Hermit, which is a character of contemplation, deep study, and scientific knowledge.” Achilles thinks this sounds like Orichalcum. Achilles asks how the hermit can defeat the emperor. Madam Xanadu indicates that a Legion may be needed to fight him. Alas, the Legion no longer exists. 

Mr. Terrific calls. He greets Hawkgirl and tells her she should be Hawkwoman.  “The future is indeed disappearing, but now it’s five months. It seems to be accelerating.  The future is now being destroyed; it’s being rewritten. More accurately, it’s being overwritten.” 

Mr. Terrific continues, “All the pieces of the templar are still there but in a different order. The players in the play are still there but playing a different role.” He also believes that it will eventually catch up to the now. Achilles asks a list of questions, but Mr. Terrific doesn’t have many answers. Hourman’s ship no longer goes beyond four months and twenty-three days. Hourman’s time ship is immune to being rewritten. It’s from the distant future. Elizabeth wonders if something can be taken from the ship that would allow them to also be immune to being rewritten. Mr. Terrific says no. Hourman is a static point in time. If the group can find another person who is a static point, they can try to send him beyond the veil of time. Right now, they plan to use Hourman to protect the present time. 

Orichalcum has figured out that the gift from Harmonia Lee would send her to a place that is protected from the time deletion, but if she exits the place, she will be rewritten. 

Achilles asks Madam Xanadu if she is a static point in time. She does not know. She turns the cards. A mad man, the unfortunate, the lost, and the insane are the four static points in time. Achilles could possibly be one. He asks if Hawkgirl could possibly be a static point; Madam Xanadu does not know. Achilles asks Madam Xanadu, “Based on what you know of the hero community, could you hazard a guess on who these people are?” She cannot. Achilles wonders if Psycho pirate is the madman. There is also pariah, who may be the lost. 

 Achilles asks Akasha if any of his mystic knowledge could give him information. Akasha and Orichalcum find it odd that it’s four and not three and five. 

Elizabeth investigates to see what she can find. One of the first things that pops up is insane Superboy. He is currently in a psi-cell in Ioa. 

Achilles uses the orb to find static points in time that are people. The Monitor’s records do not seem to discuss anybody who is a static point in time. 

Achilles directs Orichalcum to speak to her grandmother. Orichalcum does not feel comfortable speaking with Harmonia Lee. 

Achilles asks Madam Xanadu if Hawkgirl could be the unfortunate. Madam Xanadu thinks that if that were the case, it would be the unfortunates. Elizabeth has the sudden desire to ask a question, but she is uncomfortable asking it. Madam Xanadu picks up on this and asks her if she has a personal question. Elizabeth asks if Hawkman is already a part of her life. Madam Xanadu reads the cards and informs Elizabeth that one of the triad is already in her life. She is unable to tell Elizabeth which one has awakened.

Achilles looks into the orb to see when the wedding is now showing as taking place in three months and sixteen days. Hawkman is now waking up in three months and sixteen days. 

Achilles searches for the unfortunate one in the orb. He scans for some time, but he only finds one repeated reference with any kind of moniker. There is a little-known hero in Gateway city who has had some exposure to timelines. It is Donna of the Unfortunate name. 

Achilles hands Elizabeth his phone so that she can call Donna of the Unfortunate. Achilles leaves a voice message. 

Harbinger, Lady Quirk and Pariah explored the confines of what was the new universe. 

The orb believes Psycho Pirate is dead because Black Adam 3.5 years ago pushed the Medusa head through his skull. 

Elizabeth asks Orichalcum what they need to do to get Donna to the other side of the veil. You would take them to the end point and the end point would eventually take them. Then she would fix the timeline on the other side. If Achilles is one of the static points, they could try to go through with him. If he isn’t though, bad things would happen. 

Achilles calls Rachel but gets her answering machine. 

Orichalcum proposes that they use Quantum’s abilities to attach themselves to Achilles. Achilles wants to use Hourman’s timeship. He calls Mr. Terrific to ask permission to use the ship. 

The group returns to the mansion to pick up Katrina, Donna, and Quantum. They travel to Gotham City and pick up the time ship. They quickly reach the wall of time. It’s an imovable white wall coming towards them. Hourman slips out of the ship and says he will appear at the right moment. 

Preview of the weird temporal stuff that happened: 

Achilles remembers being an eternal hero from the war. He arose fifteen days after his Greek funeral. He’s run across Hawkman and Hawkgirl in at least four lifetimes beyond the Old West. One time it was Cinnamon and Nighthawk in the Old West. In one time, he was Vandal Savage’s general. Savage got jealous and eliminated him. He has intersected with Vandal Savage three more times. 

Elizabeth remembers two more Hawk lives. E will provide two, or I can create them. The known lives are the OG, World War II, Thinagard, the Old West, Mermadon, and ancient Krypton. 

Hawkman and Hawkgirl led the Mermadon’s home after the death of Achiles and the sacking of Troy. They were both killed when they returned home by Hath-Set who had usurped the ruler. 

Akasha – E needs to think. 

Orichalcum – can give herself an expertise science! of nineteen. She has been blending magic and science while making her suit. Bob can also invent some new memories where she had visitations by Harmonia Lee.