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Zatanna | TFLN

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That's correct- the music becomes quite sinister when I start to exit the pyramid in order to face it. An effective deterrent and perhaps a bluff intended to keep me trapped here. In your expert opinion, is this entity likely to possess powers that differ from its fictional counterpart?

I watch a great deal of late-night movies. And I like desert scenery.

Sorry this took so long, visitors crashing at my place

[renildaeh]

That tracks.

To answer your question, though, I'd lean towards it being WYSIWYG. I figure someone that into the minutiae of the movie is probably just making a rote copy, but I can't rule out them trying something cute.

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Hmm. In that case, I will engage it before it makes a dent in the local Khulan population.

I don't suppose I can ask you to conjure me up if you do not hear from me in five minutes?

[renildaeh]

You most certainly can.

I could also lend a hand more directly if you need.

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In this case, due to the unknown nature of my opponent, I would prefer to have a secret weapon of my own. Some remote assistance would be best.

Please start your countdown now.

[ And as per the rules of narrative causality, he does not, in fact, reply in five minutes. ]

[renildaeh]

[ And she does set a timer, but she doesn't expect him to actually need an emergency extraction. ​It's J'onn for Christ's sake, he hits as hard as Clark and has a bag of tricks bigger than Bruce does, a graboid isn't even remotely in his weight class ...

[ Yet minute after minute ticks on by, and by the three minute mark, she's starting to get a little bit concerned.

[ By four minutes thirty, it's clear that's something has gone wrong, even though she can't fathom what.

[ At five minutes: ]

nno'J, raeppa!

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[ There’s some resistance to J’onn’s appearance. Something trying to keep him where he is, but it’s not strong enough to prevent it.

So, in a dramatic puff of smoke that slowly dissipates to show the state he’s in, J’onn arrives. Or, one would presume it’s J’onn. It’s actually a green graboid, with the signature red X around it, the big blue cape of his actively trying to restrain the wormy Martian, which is a tall order at the moment. This is because his clothes are actually a symbiotic creature called a zo'ok, and his is a good little zo'ok indeed, who knows that if J’onn were to squish a beloved friend like Zatanna he’d be sad for years.

And it was not the target of the curse… of the weregraboid!^* ]

please insert your own flash of lightning and dramatic musical swell.