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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Toric_Arthendain" data-source="post: 1163721" data-attributes="member: 9833">The heroes quickly empty the casino of innocent victims and then usher the STAR squad in to take control of the fallen villains.  Many of the rescued civilians take time to stop and thank the heroes for helping them, even though it is obvious that most of them aren't sure who each hero actually is.In her search of the casino, Eve is able to determine that the villains had breached the vault but were apparently interrupted before actually taking anything by the heroes entrance into the building.As the villains are taken away, the couple remaining concious stare sullenly at the heroes, muttering curses and threats of revenge.Medical personnel take charge of the injured, treating the civilians before looking at any wounded heroes.Captain Maddicks eventually makes his way over to the heroes and asks for a report on exactly what happened inside.Before anyone can answer, in an instant, the heroes' surroundings disappear in a blinding flash of white light.  Everything around them turns pitch black, as if an obsidian shroud has suddenly fallen over them.  For what seems like eons, the heroes are trapped in a terrible state of non-being.  They are neither alive nor dead, but they are aware of the void that surrounds them.  So harrowing is this loss of everything save fear, even the excruciating burning of their empty lungs is a welcome reminder to cling to life.Those heroes unable to withstand the tortures of the icy vacuum of space suffer until near death.  At the last possible moment, warm, breathable atmosphere suddenly blankets the characters with no rational explanation for its presence.  The heroes settle onto solid ground, although some feel the ground rise up to them or simply materialize in the darkness.  Light begins to glow around them, revealing each other's presence nearby.  All heroes are completely healed of all previous injuries, the injured heroes glowing temporarily brighter during their healing.When the heroes finally get their bearings, they find themselves standing atop a flat, rocky asteroid about twenty feet square.  It and they float in a void illuminated by a dim crimson light emanating from an indeterminate source - it seems to come from nearly everywhere around them.  There is nothing else to see except for the dark void ahead of them that appears to be a black hole of some sort.</blockquote>

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