Hero Journals

Miyoko told me to meet her at 9:00pm at Paragon Dance Party. That gave me a couple of hours to get ready. I phoned ahead to Icon to see if they could work me in, and they said they could, as long as I kept it simple. I bounced over to my apartment, took a […]

It’s a murky day today, raining and wet. I don’t wear the cape on rainy days, it gets waterlogged and heavy, and makes leaping strange. I called a contact, and he told me that I was the focus of a bunch of precogs’ dreams. That never bodes well. They see me stopping a war, and […]

Lately it seems everywhere I go, there are members of the Freakshow. It also seems they usually want to try and hurt me. If you haven’t heard of the Freakshow, consider yourself lucky. They’re nuts. And dangerous. And destructive.

((Originally posted 21 June 2005, on the City Of Heroes forums in the “Are you talking about U-Mann? I know U-mann …” thread.)) An amazing man, our Ultraamann. Have you met Velvet Sheathe? You know, the seven foot tall, fearless, mostly naked sword-wielding blue cat-girl who claims to be his queen, yet is never seen […]

Okay. I’m a hero. An official, card-carrying hero. It’s my job to put myself in danger to try and keep the various forces of evil – and Paragon City has plenty! – at bay. That doesn’t bother me. I knew what I was getting in to, and it’s what I want to do. Sometimes, though, […]

Machinst considers why he does the job he does.