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  • Morning, Still Dinosaurs

    Morning, Still Dinosaurs

    By Chase Chapley

    We didn’t get much sleep last night.  I couldn’t get comfortable, and neither could most of the people here.  We’re just not used to sleeping in our dinosaur bodies.  Even so, my colleagues and I thanked our hosts and decided to leave before breakfast.  It felt like no one else slept well either, and we didn’t want to intrude anymore than we already had.

    There was an eerie calm out on the streets.  We didn’t see the Dino Army anywhere, but perhaps we had strayed beyond their perimeter.  There were people out, but some had apparently just slept in the streets themselves.  A large 100-foot long dinosaur blocked an intersection, so we had to double back around the block to get around him (or her).  When we began circling the block, we ran into a Dino Army T-Rex on patrol.  Ducking into an alleyway, we waited until he passed us by and then continued.

    We didn’t have a plan in mind.  One of my colleagues started talking only in grunts, and I found myself twitching my head around faster than normal and trying to scratch the cement with my talons.  Further down the street, it was clear that other people were changing as well.  People are either roaring and snapping at each other or eating the leaves off of trees and small window plants.  It feels like we’re growing into dinosaurs from the inside now.

    Then we turned another corner, and suddenly, there were hundreds of Dino Army officers walking down 16th Avenue, heading towards Grainger Tower.  Something is starting to happen.  There was a lull in the action after the Peace Force entered the Tower and the blue light flashed over our heads.  Did the Peace Force get captured or worse?  If they can’t help us, then who can?

  • Riot Breaks Out on 24th Street

    Riot Breaks Out on 24th Street

    By Chase Chapley

    A riot broke out on 24th Street moments after five members of the Peace Force flew overhead to Grainger Tower.

    When people cheered for the Peace Force, the atmosphere was jubilant and rowdy.  Several people taunted the Dino Army raptors and T-Rexes, which led to an altercation.  They started fighting, and people joined in against the Army.  More raptors and T-Rexes entered the fray and further escalated into a riot.

    Hundreds of people poured into the street and began attacking the Dino Army.  A pair of brachiosauruses was called in and quickly leveled everyone and everything in their way with a few sweeps of their gigantic armored tails.  This destroyed the fronts of several buildings and even broke the pavement underneath their feet.

    People jumped onto the brachiosauruses and attempted to bite into their sides.  A few managed to bite them, but they were easily brushed off.  When they shook the people free from their backs, the brachiosauruses began stomping on the people.

    More of the Dino Army entered the riot, this time from the sky, dropping small explosives onto the people.  This eventually dispersed the crowd.  The Army, now with space to move, viciously assaulted any and everyone in their paths.  The people began to retreat once a Dino Army T-Rex ripped out the throat of another (human) T-Rex.  The raptors swarmed the remaining masses, and the riot died down after nearly 30 minutes of mayhem.

    I don’t have the words to describe what I just saw.  Many people just died.  I won’t even speculate how many.  The worst part was how easily the Dino Army won this battle.  They were clearly outnumbered.  It didn’t matter.  They overpowered us, and people died.

    Do not engage the Dino Army for any reason.  Find somewhere safe and stay there.  We can only hope that the Peace Force can end this madness.

  • Peace Force Seen Flying to Grainger Tower

    Peace Force Seen Flying to Grainger Tower

    By Chase Chapley

    Moments ago, members of the Peace Force, who were also transformed into dinosaurs, flew over Downtown and entered Grainger Tower.

    At first, I thought I was seeing things when a dinosaur flew overhead.  It seemed like a pterodactyl or some other flying dinosaur.  But it didn’t have wings.  It went so fast that I didn’t get a good look at it.  I asked a colleague who was standing next to me if he saw it, too.  We both agreed that we saw something, but today being what it was, who could say exactly what.

    Then we saw four more wingless dinosaurs fly overhead, and then it was clear.  This was the Peace Force.  Five of them at least.  One of them was glowing yellow, so maybe that was Cloud Walker.  It’s impossible to tell who was who, but it was clear that the Peace Force was taking the fight to the Dinosaur Queen.

    Everyone in my vicinity cheered, the happiest they had been all day.  I must admit to being relieved as well.  It had been hours since we were all transformed, and if we non-powered humans could move around just fine, then surely the Peace Force could as well.  I wonder if the Dinosaur Queen did something to trap them.

    But as soon as the crowd cheered, the Dino Army started harassing us.  A few shoves and snarls here and there mostly, but now, I can hear a fight underway one block away from me.  About three or four people are in an altercation with several Dino Army raptors and a T-Rex.  This feels like a riot is about to break out.

    More to come.

  • ‘We Will Stop Her’

    ‘We Will Stop Her’

    By Chase Chapley

    The Peace Force has finally released a statement on the “Dino-Day” incident.  It reads as follows:

    The Peace Force, while affected by the Dinosaur Queen’s magic, is working on how to best stop her evil plot.  Many of our members have either grown too small or too large to use their powers effectively without causing more harm than good.  Our greatest minds are formulating a way to both stop the Dinosaur Queen and to safely reverse her magic.

    We have not faced this type of scheme before, so please remain calm.  We will stop her.  In the meantime, stay with your friends and family.  Work with your neighbors.  Most importantly, stay safe.

    Thank you.

    So far there has been no sighting of Adonis, Titana, or any other Peace Force member.  No word has come from any of the Amazings, whose tower was taken over by the Dinosaur Queen.  Without further knowledge, it’s impossible to say what types of dinosaurs they have transformed into, if at all.  It’s also impossible to say how growing “too small or too large” has affected their powers since many of their powers are based within relation to their human sizes.  If Adonis were 100 feet tall, how much stronger would he be, for instance?

    Until then, it’d be best to heed their advice.  Stay safe.

    More to come.

  • Titana Defeats Hellena at Bayland

    Titana Defeats Hellena at Bayland

    titanahellenafightwebBy Packie Williams

    Supervillain Hellena was back in New Romford today, jumping several miles in just a few jumps before being defeated by Titana at Bayland Amusement Park.

    Hellena, an alternate timeline version of the superhero Titana, had apparently stolen something from ATOM Labs this morning.  NRPD and ATOM Labs are keeping quiet as to what the item was, but it was small enough to be carried by hand in a metal container.  After stealing the item, Hellena proceeded to jump several stories into the air (as she cannot fly) towards downtown.  She landed first just outside of PFHQ and then in the middle of the New Avenue and 4th Avenue intersection, causing pile-ups in the dozens in every direction.  Titana flew in from the north and knocked her alternate self into the Bayland Amusement Park.

    Witnesses reported that the two Amazonian princesses talked for several minutes before they fought.  They destroyed several small game stands and the carousel before ending up on the Ferris Wheel.

    Hellena’s fighting style was erratic and very limber, according to Diana Price.  “She was doing all these weird backflips and contortions.  She must have a super spine to do this stuff.  And then her breasts flopped out of her costume.”

    “I don’t know what world she came from, but superwomen need to support their girls like everyone else.”

    Despite her wardrobe malfunction, Hellena proved formidable for several minutes until Titana threw baseballs from a bottle-knock-down game at her.  Eventually, she went down with a fastball to the face.

    Titana waited for the NRPD to arrive and arrest Hellena.  She spoke with an office and flew away with the container in hand.

    Bayland Amusement Park closed for the rest of the day and indefinitely until repairs can be made.

  • Quinton School Nanites Keep Building

    Quinton School Nanites Keep Building

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    By Buffy Bolivar

    The nanites of the Quinton School for Young Superheroes appear to keep rebuilding the campus, long after they’ve rebuilt the buildings that were destroyed last week.

    Pop Man attacked the school last week, exploding several buildings on campus, and was eventually arrested.  When reached for comment on the attack, Professor Stratosphere remarked that he infused the architecture with nanites, or microscopic robots, that would rebuild any structure within days.  Apparently, that time has come and gone, yet the nanites keep building.

    “Well, they do seem rather rambunctious,” said Professor Stratosphere.  “Of course, I’m monitoring them, but they seem to be adding gargoyles and spikes and such to the buildings.  They were never in the original blueprints, but they’re building them.  Adds a gothic quality to them.  Might raise tuition prices.”

    As to why they keep building, the Professor was still investigating.  They use the atoms from their surroundings to replicate the structure they rebuild, and the Quinton School sits on top a hill rich in many types of rock.  He could not estimate when they would stop.

    The Muskrat, who is the new headmaster of the school, could not be reached for comment as he was on a Peace Force mission in Quebec.

  • PF-Atlantis Meeting Wrap-up

    PF-Atlantis Meeting Wrap-up

    By Stan Hopewell

    MornAs the Peace Force-Atlantis Meeting wrapped up tonight, a few more details have started to emerge.

    First, Speedster eventually made it to the meetings, but no one saw her enter.  From all accounts, she was fidgeting when she did sit down, which distracted everyone, human and Atlantean alike.  She was asked to leave by a Peace Force member, and she did.  Again, no one saw her exit.

    Second, the levels of pollution the Atlanteans wanted were, naturally, very low compared to the U.S. numbers.  The Atlanteans felt that the U.S. was going back on their word to reduce water pollution levels to 3% by 2020, and they were also still upset about last year’s oil spills that destroyed their kelp farms and marlin hunting waters.  The U.S. officials maintained that was an aberration and that they will continue to lower their pollution levels.

    Third, most intriguingly, an alternative was being proposed to the Atlantis Underway.  The plan to build a 1,500 mile underwater highway and/or high-speed rail line didn’t garner much attraction from the U.S. due to its high cost.  The Atlanteans were, by and large, not too fond of the idea either.  Instead, another project, the Atlantis Elevator, garnered more interest as it would cost considerably less money to build.  Essentially, it would be a giant freight elevator built from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean to sea level about halfway in between Atlantis and the eastern seaboard.  Freight ships would sail to the elevator which would essentially be a port for the exchange of cargo.  Whether or not the White House goes for the idea is unknown.

    No matter what happens in Washington, attendees came away feeling productive.  Next year’s meeting is already being planned as a two-day event.