While that's actually fairly insightful, my first reaction to this chapter was "ugh, pony-girl and Misa."
I like renegade, but those two characters just slaughter any interest I have in whatever he's doing.
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While that's actually fairly insightful, my first reaction to this chapter was "ugh, pony-girl and Misa."
I like renegade, but those two characters just slaughter any interest I have in whatever he's doing.
Frustratedbuffal
"I shaved my balls for this?!?"
Gravy and the biscuits!*
*Scones for those poor wretches not fortunate enough to be born in America.
*Scones for those poor wretches not fortunate enough to be born in America.
Lynne: "Why do you keep using mango body wash?"
Grayven: "So Miss Shimmer isn't tempted to bite someone without super-durability."
Bat-Shimmer: (gnaws on Grayven but can't break his skin)
Miss Ayame: (writing fanfic about 'Ogre Lord and the Vampiress')
Hestia&theCourt
Turns out we're plural too.
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- In transition
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Lynne: "Ew, no! None of that!"
Miss Amane: *ignores Lynne*
Lynne: *swirly eyes* Stop that. Now.
aeqnai
Nerdy Homu
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- Laniakea Supercluster
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- She/Her
- Location
- Argentina
You would be surprised how many team names have been used before or are used for more than one team. If is a single word of general use, it cannot be copyrighted.
Hence the British show Avengers and the superhero team of the same name.
Grayven Incorporated it is.
Wait when Jade finds out!
"Why does your superhero team got the name of a company?"
"Because we are a company, we even pay taxes and I don't even care to evade them with offshore accounts."
"Aren't you basicaly able to mine asteroids for precious metals?"
"We also get paid so I don't saturate the market with valuable metals and lower their value too much. Besides, naming my company Conquest Enterprises would be a bit tacky, don't you think?"
"And that's why you named one of your other companies Xanatos Enterprises?"
"Oh that's the one I co- own with Lex, is basicaly a a way to legaly push the agenda of the Light and make money. Also we made Vandal Savage Ceo so he screws up and we have an excuse to get rid of him. He had to accept, me and Lex are the ones providing him with clones of himself to eat."
"He eats his own clones? What the fuck?"
"Is that or eating his own children, long story."
"Fine, now kiss me you big Dofus."
****
Grayven is lucky Jade eventually will forgive him for basicaly "adopting" three teen girls. Even if only one counts as a daughter.
Empiricist2
Let's play doctor!
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- Baton Rouge
Thanks. I actually haven't done many lately, just didn't feel like it, but I plan to do some more sometime this week. Still have the second half of the first episode through about when Artemis joined to do in addition to the past ~month.
Grayven's Furries. They all dress up as animals.
Although I do have a certain preference for Gravy and the Biscuits. I'd be mildly disappointed if Lynne or someone doesn't cheekily give him lots of biscuits. With gravy.
Ganurath
Literal Enthusiast
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- A Valid Location
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- He/Him
...Oh, man.
Grayven: Cheerleader, because he has the outfit.
Iname: So And So, because of the confusion over this and that.
Lyenne: What's Her Face, because it ends with Ace.
Shimmer: The Ugly One, because equines have different beauty standards.
Grayven's the leader of the Teen Girl Squad!
Grayven: Cheerleader, because he has the outfit.
Iname: So And So, because of the confusion over this and that.
Lyenne: What's Her Face, because it ends with Ace.
Shimmer: The Ugly One, because equines have different beauty standards.
Grayven's the leader of the Teen Girl Squad!
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- USA
I am reminded of this hilarious but disturbing comedy clip on youtube about furry superheroes
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- texas
And humans in DC 1 million are minimum telepathic enough to have a telepathic internet, which I imagine would help integrating telepathic kids.
In DC 1 Million they decided Superman needed a primer on the big things that went down from 21st century to 853rd century, so they found one of his peers to give him a crash course- Platinum of the Metal Men.
Platinum didn't have a good time, first of all, she's the last survivor of the Metal Men, and she's not hooked up to the telepathic internet, which in the future of DC 1 million everyone is hooked up to, barring crooks with their own shadow economy and unabomber style hermits, so she's been rather lonely.
Supe's companion however basically pressed record in his head and uploaded Platinum's storytelling onto telepathic youtube and she finds herself bigger than the Beatles "Please, share more stories with us."
A Star Reborn (supplementary, Renegade option)
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- Hampden Park
14th April
17:45 GMT -6
"…realise this is a silly reason to contact you."
"Oh no, Mister Grayven. It was necessary to test your system and of all of us I am least likely to be distracted from my work."
"Yes, but that's not why I picked you." I exhale, not quite able to look at his screen. Okay, yes, that would make sense. He designed the communication system we Light members use to contact one another for official business, using it to contact him is the logical thing to do in case any problems arise. But that wasn't why. "Ever since our last meeting, I… I can't get the fact that no one knows your name out of my head. It's been bugging me."
"I see."
"I've tried getting the rolls for every university that's had a student from southern France for the last fifty years, I've tried examining your old haunts and trying to get a genetic sample… I even tried going back to Gorilla City and asking the residents-."
"Sacred blue, Mister Grayven."
"I know. They were neither pleased to see me nor inclined to be helpful. Eh, they couldn't really describe you and I wasn't prepared to ease off on my mental defences for them to try showing me telepathically." At least Lynne enjoyed the trip. "So there's really only one way for me to find out left." Well. Other than have Chester rip it out of the Ultra-Humanite's mind I suppose, but there's no guarantee that he knew.
"And what would that be, Mister Grayven?"
"Brain, will you please tell me what your name is?"
He pauses for a moment. "Mister Grayven, is that a Wizard of Earthsea reference?"
Ah? "Sort of. I mean, I don't need you to tell me in order to leave the building."
"You have read it?"
"Yes, while I was on Earth Prime. I wasn't.. massively impressed, but it held my attention at least." I think my dad read it to me for a bedtime story. I may have tried reading it again later, I don't really remember. I've been reading Enid Blyton's Adventure series to Lynne. I don't think she's really.. developed her own tastes yet. That and the fact that we spend most of our time together meant that shopping for her birthday party was a bit tricky. Fortunately, I have a personal shopper with super speed. "Soo… Will you tell me, please?"
"Of course, Mister Grayven. It is Doctor Marcel Durant."
…
"Oh."
"I am sorry if it is not a great revelation. I did not choose my name. I would say that The Brain suits me somewhat more."
"Yeah, I think I agree with you th-."
Lex Luthor's screen activates. "Grayven, I'm-" There's the tiniest hesitation as he spots that the Brain is online as well. "-glad that you're there. We may have a small problem."
"Is it a problem which requires the attention of the entire Light, Mister Luthor?"
"No. In fact, I would have just handed it over to our enforcer."
Hm. "Oh yeah, who is that at the moment?"
"After you killed the last two, the position has remained vacant."
Ah. That. I frown. "Seems like an important job to remain unfilled."
"It will be on the agenda at our next meeting, Mister Grayven. It was decided that it would be best to wait until the new members were confirmed."
"Fair enough. So, what, we'll be deciding between David Hyde and Slade Wilson?" Wasn't really surprised that he extracted himself from custody, though I was a little disappointed.
Lex inclines his head slightly. "They are the leading candidates, though there are one or two others that may be worthy of consideration. Is there anyone you wish to nominate?"
Chester doesn't have the planning skills, Vera hasn't fully acclimatised… I have been meaning to track down Scandal Savage -or whatever her real name is- but I don't have any information on her career. "No, not really. So, why were you calling?"
"One of our secure storage facilities has failed to respond to a check in attempt. Given the nature of what we are storing there, the matter was escalated to me immediately. I dispatched a security detail, and they report that the place is now empty."
"Don't keep us in suspense, Lex. What were you keeping there?"
"Among other things, the exotic remains which the Shadows recovered from STAR Labs during the Roanoke Incident."
"And.. what do they do?"
"It formed the basis of the mind control technology which Mister Klarion used to control the Justice League, Mister Grayven. That, the technology provided by Professor Ivo and Mister Klarion's own magic made for a most potent combination."
"Did wonder where you got that from." I glance back towards the door. I kept one myself, but with everything that's gone on I haven't had the time to study it in any detail. I think the League kept the rest, though I seem to remember Wallace saying something about keeping one as a souvenir. "Do you want me to track down the thief myself? Shouldn't take all that long."
Lex nods. "I was hoping that you would volunteer your services. I'll forward you all of the information we have been able to gather on the creature."
Yes, and then you'll feel obliged to answer when I ask about the Genomorphs, so that works for me… Wait a moment. "Creature?" I frown. "I thought all you had were more of those mind control chip things?"
"Not all of the creature's flesh was consumed creating those. It showed truly remarkable regenerative properties. That was why we kept studying it."
!!!
"You had a living alien in your possession?"
"We were not able to confirm its origin, Mister Grayven. It may indeed be of extraterrestrial origin-."
"No, I know this species. They're called 'Star Conquerors', and at their peak they mind controlled the inhabitants of three Space Sectors. That fight was the last time the Green Lantern Corps really took their gloves off. Do you know how big the one you got your sample from was?"
"I believe Ocean Master said it was something like thirty meters along its longest axis."
"Okay. Okay, that's.. less scary. If it was one of the really big ones…"
"It is interesting to see you so discomported, Mister Grayven. How much of a threat do they pose?"
"I'll send you my files. The closest equivalent in Human popular fiction would be a telepathic Morning Light Mountain from the Commonwealth Saga. If we can contain it quickly, not much. If we can't, if it makes contact with one of its larger kinsmen, very much. Grayven out."
I cut my connection and send Sinestro's files on the species before heading to the door. Blast, what a crap time for it. I'll need to grab… Eh, Chester's still in no fit state... I'll see if Jean's awake. She and a G-Gnome or two-.
"Master!" I look down at the 'thump'. Miss Amane is genuflecting to me, face pressed against the floor. "I have failed you! Please, forgive me!"
…
…kay..?
Miss Shimmer and Lynne follow along behind her, Miss Shimmer looking more than a little nervous. "We.. couldn't come up with a strategy that didn't just result in lots more people dying."
Miss Amane looks up, tears shining in her eyes. "Master, please tell us what we are supposed to do!"
"Miss Shimmer. What did you come up with?"
"Ah…" She ducks my gaze. "If… We thought that if Linn stunned each war band and Iname killed the leaders, that might be enough to convince the rest to back off."
"I don't see a big pile of heads. Did you just leave them there?"
"But we'd have to kill hundreds of people! And that's not even counting the government officials who covered it up for so long! And that might not even have worked!"
I nod, smiling pleasantly. "Oh, so you were paralysed in the face of-?"
"It wasn't possible." Lynne is frowning slightly, as if she's been thinking hard and has just realised something. "The war has been going on for years. You must have known that we wouldn't be able to come up with the right solution in a few hours."
"I would have been surprised."
"Hey!" Miss Shimmer looks irritated while Miss Amane looks like she just got a reprieve from death row.
"If there even was a right answer. In the real world, there may well not be a good solution. Or if there is, the information you would need to make it isn't available. Deciding that there must be a right solution and refusing to take any action until you find it is a rather daft way to proceed. But a few hours was a ridiculously brief target for me to give you. Lynne, well done for standing up to me. But the three of you need to keep studying. I do expect a solution eventually, and more people die while you delay."
17:45 GMT -6
"…realise this is a silly reason to contact you."
"Oh no, Mister Grayven. It was necessary to test your system and of all of us I am least likely to be distracted from my work."
"Yes, but that's not why I picked you." I exhale, not quite able to look at his screen. Okay, yes, that would make sense. He designed the communication system we Light members use to contact one another for official business, using it to contact him is the logical thing to do in case any problems arise. But that wasn't why. "Ever since our last meeting, I… I can't get the fact that no one knows your name out of my head. It's been bugging me."
"I see."
"I've tried getting the rolls for every university that's had a student from southern France for the last fifty years, I've tried examining your old haunts and trying to get a genetic sample… I even tried going back to Gorilla City and asking the residents-."
"Sacred blue, Mister Grayven."
"I know. They were neither pleased to see me nor inclined to be helpful. Eh, they couldn't really describe you and I wasn't prepared to ease off on my mental defences for them to try showing me telepathically." At least Lynne enjoyed the trip. "So there's really only one way for me to find out left." Well. Other than have Chester rip it out of the Ultra-Humanite's mind I suppose, but there's no guarantee that he knew.
"And what would that be, Mister Grayven?"
"Brain, will you please tell me what your name is?"
He pauses for a moment. "Mister Grayven, is that a Wizard of Earthsea reference?"
Ah? "Sort of. I mean, I don't need you to tell me in order to leave the building."
"You have read it?"
"Yes, while I was on Earth Prime. I wasn't.. massively impressed, but it held my attention at least." I think my dad read it to me for a bedtime story. I may have tried reading it again later, I don't really remember. I've been reading Enid Blyton's Adventure series to Lynne. I don't think she's really.. developed her own tastes yet. That and the fact that we spend most of our time together meant that shopping for her birthday party was a bit tricky. Fortunately, I have a personal shopper with super speed. "Soo… Will you tell me, please?"
"Of course, Mister Grayven. It is Doctor Marcel Durant."
…
"Oh."
"I am sorry if it is not a great revelation. I did not choose my name. I would say that The Brain suits me somewhat more."
"Yeah, I think I agree with you th-."
Lex Luthor's screen activates. "Grayven, I'm-" There's the tiniest hesitation as he spots that the Brain is online as well. "-glad that you're there. We may have a small problem."
"Is it a problem which requires the attention of the entire Light, Mister Luthor?"
"No. In fact, I would have just handed it over to our enforcer."
Hm. "Oh yeah, who is that at the moment?"
"After you killed the last two, the position has remained vacant."
Ah. That. I frown. "Seems like an important job to remain unfilled."
"It will be on the agenda at our next meeting, Mister Grayven. It was decided that it would be best to wait until the new members were confirmed."
"Fair enough. So, what, we'll be deciding between David Hyde and Slade Wilson?" Wasn't really surprised that he extracted himself from custody, though I was a little disappointed.
Lex inclines his head slightly. "They are the leading candidates, though there are one or two others that may be worthy of consideration. Is there anyone you wish to nominate?"
Chester doesn't have the planning skills, Vera hasn't fully acclimatised… I have been meaning to track down Scandal Savage -or whatever her real name is- but I don't have any information on her career. "No, not really. So, why were you calling?"
"One of our secure storage facilities has failed to respond to a check in attempt. Given the nature of what we are storing there, the matter was escalated to me immediately. I dispatched a security detail, and they report that the place is now empty."
"Don't keep us in suspense, Lex. What were you keeping there?"
"Among other things, the exotic remains which the Shadows recovered from STAR Labs during the Roanoke Incident."
"And.. what do they do?"
"It formed the basis of the mind control technology which Mister Klarion used to control the Justice League, Mister Grayven. That, the technology provided by Professor Ivo and Mister Klarion's own magic made for a most potent combination."
"Did wonder where you got that from." I glance back towards the door. I kept one myself, but with everything that's gone on I haven't had the time to study it in any detail. I think the League kept the rest, though I seem to remember Wallace saying something about keeping one as a souvenir. "Do you want me to track down the thief myself? Shouldn't take all that long."
Lex nods. "I was hoping that you would volunteer your services. I'll forward you all of the information we have been able to gather on the creature."
Yes, and then you'll feel obliged to answer when I ask about the Genomorphs, so that works for me… Wait a moment. "Creature?" I frown. "I thought all you had were more of those mind control chip things?"
"Not all of the creature's flesh was consumed creating those. It showed truly remarkable regenerative properties. That was why we kept studying it."
!!!
"You had a living alien in your possession?"
"We were not able to confirm its origin, Mister Grayven. It may indeed be of extraterrestrial origin-."
"No, I know this species. They're called 'Star Conquerors', and at their peak they mind controlled the inhabitants of three Space Sectors. That fight was the last time the Green Lantern Corps really took their gloves off. Do you know how big the one you got your sample from was?"
"I believe Ocean Master said it was something like thirty meters along its longest axis."
"Okay. Okay, that's.. less scary. If it was one of the really big ones…"
"It is interesting to see you so discomported, Mister Grayven. How much of a threat do they pose?"
"I'll send you my files. The closest equivalent in Human popular fiction would be a telepathic Morning Light Mountain from the Commonwealth Saga. If we can contain it quickly, not much. If we can't, if it makes contact with one of its larger kinsmen, very much. Grayven out."
I cut my connection and send Sinestro's files on the species before heading to the door. Blast, what a crap time for it. I'll need to grab… Eh, Chester's still in no fit state... I'll see if Jean's awake. She and a G-Gnome or two-.
"Master!" I look down at the 'thump'. Miss Amane is genuflecting to me, face pressed against the floor. "I have failed you! Please, forgive me!"
…
…kay..?
Miss Shimmer and Lynne follow along behind her, Miss Shimmer looking more than a little nervous. "We.. couldn't come up with a strategy that didn't just result in lots more people dying."
Miss Amane looks up, tears shining in her eyes. "Master, please tell us what we are supposed to do!"
"Miss Shimmer. What did you come up with?"
"Ah…" She ducks my gaze. "If… We thought that if Linn stunned each war band and Iname killed the leaders, that might be enough to convince the rest to back off."
"I don't see a big pile of heads. Did you just leave them there?"
"But we'd have to kill hundreds of people! And that's not even counting the government officials who covered it up for so long! And that might not even have worked!"
I nod, smiling pleasantly. "Oh, so you were paralysed in the face of-?"
"It wasn't possible." Lynne is frowning slightly, as if she's been thinking hard and has just realised something. "The war has been going on for years. You must have known that we wouldn't be able to come up with the right solution in a few hours."
"I would have been surprised."
"Hey!" Miss Shimmer looks irritated while Miss Amane looks like she just got a reprieve from death row.
"If there even was a right answer. In the real world, there may well not be a good solution. Or if there is, the information you would need to make it isn't available. Deciding that there must be a right solution and refusing to take any action until you find it is a rather daft way to proceed. But a few hours was a ridiculously brief target for me to give you. Lynne, well done for standing up to me. But the three of you need to keep studying. I do expect a solution eventually, and more people die while you delay."
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Thank you, corrected.
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- Australia
They're starfish aliens.
And the update is titled A Star Reborn.
Heh.
daimahou
Hear... Feel... Think...
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- 「 」
Only 'M' has a different URL in 'Mountain' where 'ountain' has the link to the Commonwealth Saga again.
Morning Light
Mountain
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- Oblivion
I would say they were fucked, but it's a Grayven interlude.
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- Hampden Park
Thank you, corrected.
Grayven doesn't remember that.
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- texas
Huh, three space sectors. How large is that compared to nine galaxies?
I'm just wondering if Grayven thinks he's dealing with DC's answer to the facehuggers when he might dealing with Starro the Conqueror and what is basically his very own starro corps.
I now have the mental image of Ace squeezing a starro to her chest asking Grayven if she can keep him, only for Grayven to tell her that she's still too young to make a pet out of a intergalactic empire.
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The FAQ said:
I will not be using Corbi the Credit Stealer.
Good thing too.
He's a point source of failure for the Starros, one which would not last very long in a world with Green Lanterns and nascent New Gods.
Or even just magic.
The Grayven side is getting early warning about there being a Star Conqueror on the loose. So they're automatically less screwed than the paragon side.I would say they were fucked, but it's a Grayven interlude.
Wait. This is happening to Paul too?!
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