LoH/story/Emergent Behavior
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The dialogue in the first panel was originally from the Schism: Handhold MegaBrawl. It was added here in order to improve the continuity of the story.
| Megabrawl Story: The Schism: Handhold | |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Help from Above|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Aloysius Zeroth: This is even worse than I suspected -- -- Worse than even Shimmerstorm led me to believe! |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Help from Above|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Aloysius Zeroth: She brought me here from the 80s to show me that The Schism was not just a threat in my time. -- Show me that The Schism is a threat to this reality's very existence! |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/The Schism: Handhold|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Aloysius Zeroth: It is tearing its way into our reality through holes in at least three different points in the timeline. Agents have done their best to create that hole in this time -- |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/The Schism: Handhold|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Aloysius Zeroth: The actions -- sometimes necessary actions -- have created openings in other times. But we are going to need everyone to focus on the task at hand. |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Team Spirit|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | The Crime Blotter: Did someone say "everyone"? Devastatrix: This is not the time for personal differences! |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Team Spirit|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | The Southside Sentry: Let's slap this hand back to where it came from! Shimmerstorm: And hope we are all ready for when and where the rest of it tries to come through. |
| Beginning of Issue | |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Cover Fire|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Aloysius Zeroth: Welcome to the frying pan! The proverbial fire is right behind me. |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Cover Fire|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Aloysius Zeroth: The Schism is grinding Hong Kong beneath its heel. At a critical point in the history of what you know as The Genesis Squadron. |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Cover Fire|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Aloysius Zeroth: The person you know as Moxie's powers have just emerged. And there are forces in play trying to capture her ... again. |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Cover Fire|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Aloysius Zeroth: You have been brought back further in the timeline to help save her ... ... and for your experience fighting The Schism. |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Cover Fire|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Aloysius Zeroth: I am going to put out this grease fire over here. You find Moxie. |
Killer Queen[edit]
| Beginning of Fight: The T-Generates | |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Moxie: Genesis|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Aloysius Zeroth: Moxie has burst free from her captors with her powers in full bloom. She was originally captured by the Triad enforcers, The Red Poles. |
| Beginning of Fight: Scarlet Tiger | |
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The Scarlet Tiger: Your fighting style seems very familiar child. Confirm what I already suspect in battle and I will point you in the right direction. |
| Beginning of Fight: Red Poles | |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Bank Shot|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | The Scarlet Tiger: While The Red Poles kidnapped Maureen Xie... She is now being chased by the T-Generates. |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Bank Shot|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | The Scarlet Tiger: Find them and you will find her. Though truth be told, I am not sure she needs your help. |
| Beginning of Fight: Moxie: Genesis | |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Outer Strength|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Moxie: I have had a very... Strange day. |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Outer Strength|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Moxie: I appreciate your help with that menagerie. But right now I just want to be left alone. |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Outer Strength|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Moxie: And I am prepared to use this newfound power. On anyone who stands in the way of that. |
| End of Fight: Moxie: Genesis | |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Welcome Wagon|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Moxie: You convinced me that I have to learn how to use these powers. And to seek out the others like me that you mentioned. |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Welcome Wagon|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Moxie: I overheard some talk of a secret lab from my kidnappers. They said something about a Dr. Tessera. |
Tangled Web[edit]
| Beginning of Fight: Codename: Sidekick | |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Codename: Sidekick|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Codename: Sidekick: You have an appointment to see Dr. Tessera, pal? Codename: Sidekick is the only patient she is seeing today. |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Codename: Sidekick|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Codename: Sidekick: You can have a seat in the waiting room... Or the emergency room. Makes no difference to me. |
| Beginning of Fight: Codename: Soldier | |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Codename: Soldier|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Codename: Soldier: My young protege feels that his role comes with an obligation to banter. I am Codename: Soldier and we do need to "question" the doctor. |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Codename: Soldier|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Codename: Soldier: We were the subjects of a program conducted by Dr. Tessera To create enhanced soldiers for when the Cold War started heating up. |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Codename: Soldier|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Codename: Soldier: The program was unceremoniously shut down when the funding ran dry. They tried to shut us down as well. It made us angry. |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Codename: Soldier|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Codename: Soldier: I am afraid we must turn you away today. One way or another. |
| Beginning of Fight: The T-Generates | |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/The T-Generates|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Tiger T-Generate: Hssssssssssssssssss! Gorilla T-Generate: Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! |
| Beginning of Fight: Aloysius Zeroth | |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Zeroth: Genesis|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Aloysius Zeroth: I just asked you to help find Moxie. I have to ask you to leave Dr. Tessera alone. |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Zeroth: Genesis|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Aloysius Zeroth: Or tussle with me long enough to ensure her escape. |
Rage in a Cage[edit]
| Beginning of Fight: Red Poles | |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Bone Crusher|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Aloysius Zeroth: I had an interesting discussion with a member of The Red Poles. They work for The Three Harmonies, he runs an underground fighting ring. |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Red Poles|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Aloysius Zeroth: If you can prove yourself to him he may be able to tell you about Dr. Tessera. Red Pole: So you think you're a fighter? |
| Beginning of Fight: Dimetrodon: Cage Fighter (1) | |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Dimetrodon: Cage Fighter|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Dimetrodon: Dimetrodon Fight! |
| Beginning of Fight: Dimetrodon: Cage Fighter (2) | |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Dimetrodon: Cage Fighter|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Dimetrodon: Dimetrodon Fight! |
| Beginning of Fight: Dimetrodon: Cage Fighter (3) | |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Dimetrodon: Cage Fighter|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Dimetrodon: Dimetrodon Fight! |
Three-in-One Stooges[edit]
| Beginning of Fight: The Undone | |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Zeroth: Genesis|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Aloysius Zeroth: If The Schism makes its way through into this reality... Dr. Tessera, and everything else in this world, will cease to exist. |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/The Undone|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Aloysius Zeroth: The Undone have scurried through where reality has been ruptured. And The Schism cannot be far behind them. |
| Beginning of Fight: Billy Stopless: Genesis | |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Billy Stopless: Genesis|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Billy Stopless: Mr. Zeroth has sent me to "ask" you to come fight with us. He tells me not to take "no" for an answer. |
| Beginning of Fight: Red Poles | |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Red Poles|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Red Pole: We hear you have been asking about Dr. Tessera. Our boss says he has some information for you... |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Red Poles|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Red Pole: If you can get past us with your head on your shoulders to hear it. |
| Beginning of Fight: The Three Harmonies | |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/The Three Harmonies|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | The Three Harmonies: You are trying to find Dr. Tessera? You are looking at her handiwork. |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/The Three Harmonies|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | The Three Harmonies: As our mouths screamed in agony she mockingly called us The Three Harmonies. Beat us in combat and we will tell you where to find her. |
| End of Fight: The Three Harmonies | |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/The Three Harmonies|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | The Three Harmonies: If you need to make some money we could always use someone with your skillset. It is not a bad life. Do a little collection work during the day, fight in the evenings. |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/The Three Harmonies|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | The Three Harmonies: Ah, yes, Dr. Tessera. She has another lab set up not far from here. But I would hurry if I were you. You are not the only person looking for her. |
Genesis and Genesis[edit]
| Beginning of Fight: The Abyss: Genesis | |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/The Abyss: Genesis|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | The Abyss: You have not responded to Billy's coercion or Zeroth's persuasion. The Abyss welcomes the challenge of a willful adversary. |
| Beginning of Fight: Helios: Genesis | |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Helios: Genesis|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Helios: This. Ends. Now. If you can withstand the fury of Helios you are free to do as you please. |
| End of Fight: Helios: Genesis | |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Helios: Genesis|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Helios: Do what you must for the time being... ...but your help will be needed if this threat is as dire as Zeroth fears. |
| Beginning of Fight: The T-Generates | |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/The T-Generates|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Tiger T-Generate: Hssssssssssssssssss! Gorilla T-Generate: Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! |
| Beginning of Fight: Dr. Tessera | |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Dr. Tessera|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Dr. Tessera: Welcome my child -- and know that I mean that quite literally. Although I do not recognize you. |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Dr. Tessera|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Dr. Tessera: I thought I knew all my "children". But you seem more evolved. Another generation of our children perhaps? |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Dr. Tessera|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Dr. Tessera: My "dear" Zeroth keeps so many secrets... Come closer and let me look at you... |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Dr. Tessera|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Dr. Tessera: And by "look at you" I mean open you up with a scalpel. And see what secrets you contain. |
Abominations Unite[edit]
| Beginning of Area: Abominations Unite | |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Shadowplay|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | The Abyss: Are you done with your little diversion? Helios: We are getting stomped out here! |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Arch Villainy|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | The Abyss: Literally! Helios: And this cosmic appendage appears to have some additional boots on the ground. |
| Beginning of Fight: Dr. Tessera | |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Scientific Method|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Genesis Squadron Member: Dr. Tessera and The Three Harmonies have both decided to roll the dice on a new reality. And are doing everything they can to keep us from stopping The Schism. |
| Beginning of Fight: The Three Harmonies | |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Close to the Chest|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Genesis Squadron Member: Hard to blame them for wanting a do-over. The pair of them are grotesque mosaic experiments far removed from their human origins. |
| Beginning of Fight: Schism: Footfall | |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Last Stand|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Genesis Squadron Member: This thing is leaving footprints across the city. Let's track it down and turn that leg into an oversized end table! |
End of Issue[edit]
The last panel dialogue was originally in the Schism: Footfall megabrawl. It has been added here in order to complete the story.
| Megabrawl Story: Schism: Footfall | |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Cover Fire|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Aloysius Zeroth: Are you done scratching your itch? You probably found more questions than answers. |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Cover Fire|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Aloysius Zeroth: Let's deal with the task you came back to the time to deal with in the first place! Save the hard looks for later -- |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Arch Villainy|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Aloysius Zeroth: If there is a later. If The Schism manages to make it through into our reality... |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Last Stand|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Aloysius Zeroth: Then we may very well end up having never existed. The Genesis Squadron was formed to prepare for another threat. |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Welcome Wagon|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Aloysius Zeroth: But they have barely had time to get to know each other. Much less how to work as a team. |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Schism: Footfall|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Aloysius Zeroth: We need to find every able body to join this battle. And if we can somehow overcome pretty steep odds... |
| [[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Cover Fire|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]] | Aloysius Zeroth: ...You will live long enough to carry a grudge. |