14754/Dog Days Come Early This Year

Dog Days Come Early This Year
Date of Scene:	23 April 2023
Location:	Flushing Meadows Park
Synopsis:	Krypto gets debugged. The day is saved by friendship... actually telekinesis.
Cast of Characters:	Billy Batson, Marie-Ange Colbert, Jon Kent, Franklin Richards

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Billy Batson has posed:
The god Pan, formerly of Olympus floats on his cloud, composing a song and thinking aloud, "I am Pan a poor apostate

Cast from Olympus

Branded: renegade.

For causing just a little rumpus

I was narced by that boor Shazam

Decried for my clever trick

Time to show him who I am

And cause panic for that big pr... DOGGY!" Actually no one can hear him at the moment.

The doggy in question is a pure whits and short haired lab or near enough. That's not remarkable. His flying is and the red cape is a dead giveaway. Krypto, last god boi of Krypton circles a locally famous Schwarma truck and floats up to the cook and makes with the big eyes. In his defense, it is good Schwarma.

In fact it is Shazam's go to for a quick bite. As he comes in for a landing he spots Krypto. "Hey... I'm pretty sure your owners do not want you to be begging for food. Or Supergirl or Power Girl or Superwoman." He raises a fist and a bolt f lightning rockets up and forms an S-Shield in the sky. Well, it's sort of an S.

Krypto is not impressed. He goes back to begging. Shazam... relents after a moment. "Pita for the mooch of tomorrow, and a couple kebab platters for me, and two orders of falafel... oooh a large diet soda please!" He gets the order and he and Krypto adjourn to a table to eat. Super tail wagging!

Marie-Ange Colbert has posed:
The 'S' isn't exactly a summoning circle for seers...

...so it's a fortunate thing that fate tells Marie-Ange Colbert where to go. She felt she might be needed somewhere, for something, so she got dressed, took her deck, and started making her way out into the city. It's not the first time she's done this, so using her cards for directions is nothing new to her... and it hasn't led to particularly bad things before. The last time she did it, it led her right to Jenny hanging out with Harley Quinn. /That/ was a night she still hasn't forgotten.

This time? She suspects the tall man wearing the lightning bolt might just be the reason she was called forth. ...and is that a dog? "Busy saving the day, Monsieur Shazam?" she calls out, the slightest of teasing in her tone. Saving his appetite's day from /hunger/ at least!

Jon Kent has posed:
Lightning crackles in the shape of the emblem sigil of the House of El.

A sigil that Jon can literally see miles away.

It's not Superman. Or Power Girl. Or Supergirl. Or Superwoman. It's Superboy who comes in, appearing as a blur until he finally slows himself to a stop, to which he approaches slowly until his flight comes to a steady standstill. He's wearing his suit, as if prepared to save someone, but he seems overjoyed when he sees Krypto.

"Krypto! Hey boy."

He comes to a descent until red-booted feet touch the ground and he steps up to the white superdog to give him the biggest hug in the world and some good ear-scritches for the goodest boi of Krypton. "I've been looking everywhere for you. You know you probably shouldn't leave the Fortress too often." He tells Krypto. "But I won't tell Superman if you don't." He winks at Krypto, before he lifts his eyes to look at Shazam and Tarot.

"Hey you two. Thanks for finding Krypto. I take it the lightning was you?" He asks Shazam curiously with a kind smile. "He loves Pita bread. Good call."

Billy Batson has posed:
Shazam grins. "Oh for gods' sake... these fries are ice cold..." he says, grimacing.

Krypto's eyes flash red for a moment and steam comes off the fries.

"... You really are a good boi!" He gives the dog a pat on the head, and a piece of lamb."

"Oh hey guys! Yeah I found Krypto bumming food from the truck. We decided to have a bite. Join us, I bought too much as usual." Shazam tosses another piece of lamb to Superdog. "More of a Supper Dog right now..." Supper dog chews on a pita.

Pan watches the scene unfurl and decides to give his gadfly a whirl. "Go my pet, infest that doggy. Drive him nuts, make them buggy. Make him a terror to anyone in a cape. Let my little trick take shape." Marie might feel a tickle of danger.

Marie-Ange Colbert has posed:
"And Monsieur Superboy, too! You know this chien?" she asks, curious. "Krypto... but I thought that was... money... sort of?" Poor Marie. The proud(?) holder of several DoopCoinz thanks to somebody talking her into the investment a year or so ago, who still barely knows what they're for. Attention then turns to Shazam, "How did you know I was hungry, Monsieur? I will--" Marie pauses in mid-sentence. There's something wrong here. Something that she can't /quite/ put her finger on... turning her eyes away from her friends and the dog, her hands instinctively reaching for the velvet pouch that holds her cards. Maybe dinner with friends wasn't exactly what the cards had in mind...

Jon Kent has posed:
"I think you're thinking of Krypto as in Cryptocurrency. Krypto, in this context, is short for my ancestral home planet...Krypton." Superboy tells Marie with a kind smile. Though he shrugs his shoulders softly, turning his attention to Shazam. "He's the best boy in the world and I will die on that hill." Jon smiles at Shazam, grinning brilliantly.

He stands up tall after giving Krypto the ear-scritches. "I would love to. I'm famished. It's...really hard to do what Superman does sometimes." he chuckles, rubbing the back of his neck, though he looks almost...defeated? Deflated? Hard to tell.

But he seems largely unaware of anything that might be happening to or around Krypto. Magic isn't his slice of pie.

He does smile to Marie. "Yeah, he's my dog." He pauses. "Well, he's my family's dog. I'm his favorite though."

Billy Batson has posed:
Shazam nids. "It must be hard having a successful father, going into the same business. But you'll find your own way, I'm sure. I never knew my father. I have a few people who stand in..."

And... Pan's gadfly does his work! The good boi is suddenly a raging animal, leaping at Shazam. Shazam gets between him and Marie as Krypto goes for the throat and two mighty hands stop him. Shazam digs a furrow into the ground burried up to his knees. "Holy Moley! What'd I do?"

Franklin Richards has posed:
Can prob be heard before he is seen, as he comes sailing through the air backwards though the shield flickers around him to show it is there. "AhhhhH!" as he sails through a black portal that just appeared in the sky closing after he falls through. With a Umph, he lands on he ground then is silent again. Hopping up he looks around one way then the other. "You little..." he searches around a bit then under a car. Not realising the others are around he hops back up, and yells into the sky. "Not funny!" and shakes his fists.

Turning the boy looks dressed in head to toe fantastic four mech. From his hat to his shoes they were all blackk, and blue with the little four, though his shirt today was Ben, 'It's Clobberin' time' words written beneath it. He glances around a bit, still looking the wrong way. "It looks like he didn't send me through time.. Where the heck did he send me that is so desolate and hopeless.." and chuckles a bit. "Must be back to New York."

He grumbled, and fiddled with his watch, to verify his visual readings, to makee sure he was correct focused on that for now, and not the others even if some were staring at a young man that dropped from the sky.

Jon Kent has posed:
"WOAH!"

Superboy has no idea what just happened. One second, Krypto was this amazing dog. Next? He's trying to literally tear Marie's head off. Add in a Kryptonian's strength in a canine body? It surely has the strength to do so. Shazam manages to save her life, and Superboy is moving with intent, trying to grab Krypto's waist and pull him off of Shazam and hopefully straight into the ground.

"Krypto! Bad dog! What's gotten into you?!" Jon doesn't understand magic. Can't perform it, doesn't really like it all that well unless it's in a show form, but this? This is...weird. Krypto would never just attack someone. He'd probably just bark.

Billy Batson has posed:
Shazam feels jaws clamp on his wrist. Ah something new, blood. He hasn't bled since his last fight with Juggernaut. Shazam doesn't fold. That's his advantage, he got hurt plenty on the streets. His free hand charges up and Krypto gets a taser punch to the nose. Krypto yips and releases, then turns on Jon. Shazam feels the little trickle of something from the dog. Jon, may hear the bug buzzing in his dog's ear. Franklin can hear the dog's tortured thought right now. Bad dog but buggy thing is making him do this... Shazam favors an injured forearm and goes defensive for a moment. Figure things out. Jon can hold him off.

Franklin Richards has posed:
Turning around, and seeing this he grins. No-one saw that he was clear, and turns he snaps his fingers changing his outfit to a normal t-shirt, and jeans the disguise no-longer needed he smiled as he walked upon the scene their misfortune is his luck. He frowns, as he see'Shazam, "Oh no he might of gotten the taste of blood." he looks at the dog, and says.. "Whats wrong buddy, it seems like your having a bad day." though he speaks english animals could understand him, but he prefer to talk to plants as they were more stable.

He also looks at Shazam, and the frozen Marie, asking Shazam, "Hey man are you okay? That looks like it hurts." he reaches into his pocket to pull out a antiseptic spray, and a bit of cloth. "When you travel with the Fantastic Four you learn to always have stuff like this." he explains a bit embarassed.

Jon Kent has posed:
Superboy has no idea how hard Juggernaut can hit.

Rao-willing? Jon will never find out. But, all the same, Superboy has Krypto tightly in his hand as the Dog yaps and barks towards Jon, though he can hear something. "There's something in his ear!" His eyes seem to focus, as if trying to see through Krypto's ear canal.

Jon can hold him down. He'll struggle a bit, because that dog is /STRONG/ but Superboy's strong too. His eyes glow red.

Maybe he can incinerate it without hurting Krypto? "Hey, your hand okay?" He asks Shazam. Then he blinks. "Hey! Good to see you. Sorry man, Krypto's acting weird, I think he got some kind of ear bug - literaly."

Billy Batson has posed:
Shazam walks forward to assist. He grabs Krypto's ear and lifts it up, ignoring the snarls. "I can see something. It's wiggling in deeper... Frankie, can you Tee-Kay it out? It feels magic. I think we should take it alive."

Superstrength? Invulnerable, lightning, whatever the Tartarus Tee-kay is? Pan looks worried, if an unseen being can look anything. These brats have serious powers, to rival the Champion. Only they work together too! Pan prepares to get out of the kitchen. He wafts away. The bug let them slay. Oh fuck the rhyming already! Cloud, don't fail me now.

Gad Fly . o O (You sonuvabitch!)

Shazam nods to Franklin, Let's tend to this poor dog first, I'll be fine shortly."

Franklin Richards has posed:
Franklin frowns, and yells at Shazam, "Don't touch it.. Cover Conor's ears, and don't open your mouth again." he looks at the two to see if they see what he is getting at. Using Tk he stands a bit back looking for the substance the thing that was not supposed to be where the dog was standing infront of him. Blood, Skin, wax, No... He reached harder, and after finding it he tried to rip it out as the dog could take it if Jon could barely hold on to him.

If he can remove it he will hold it in a little ball of a shield, but if not he thinks the idea is good so will keep trying. Either way he looks at the two. "If it roots, Krypto is going to be in trouble."

Billy Batson has posed:
Shazam says, "It's magic. It crazed him but... it doesn't seem to be embedded. He looks at the little creature, a cross between a chigger, locust and less savory bugs. "We need a container for it. I'll take it to the Rock of Eternity and imprison it. How's the doggo? What kind of rat would use a dog against us? A very good dog."

"OKay guys, you're going to get a quick tour of Eternity."