Obloquy
CrossMyHeart And HopeToDie, StickANeedleInMyEye
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With This Ring (Young Justice SI) (Thread Twelve)
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Mockingly-Tricky
Ketchup Enthusiast
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- Happy Funtime Candyland
It's 3 am where I am right now.
I just binge read the entire story for 8 hours straight.
It was worth it.
I just binge read the entire story for 8 hours straight.
It was worth it.
...Like... the entire-entire story? Because I think you might have just set a new record for words read per minute.
dhasenan
always lowercase
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- She/Her
It's only 3500 words per minute -- a bit less than thirty seconds per post.
Falling Action (supplementary, Renegade option)
- Location
- Hampden Park
Zamaron.. time?
"Hello there. My name's Grayven, and-." The one on my right raises her spear slightly, firing a bolt of energy at me. I interpose the Star Sapphire, which flares momentarily as it greedily sucks the energy down, momentarily brightening before dimming once more.
I think I felt something.
The two hybrids recoil, the tips of their spears dipping slightly.
"As I was-." I lower my right hand. "As I was saying, my name is Grayven. I come in… I come in peace, and I seek an audience with Queen Aga'po."
"And I'm Hal Jordan. I'd like an audience too." Construct armour appears around him, as does a baseball.. bat..? "Peace is kinda optional."
The hybrid on the left narrows her eyes. "An Apokoliptian and a Green Lantern. What could the Queen possibly have to say to you?"
"You recognise the… Ah… The Star Sapphire, I take it?" They subtly glance at one another. "Do you want it back? Because that can…" I feel dizzy for a moment. I try not to let it show. "That can happen."
The one on the right turns her attention to where Jordan floats at my side. "And you?"
"I want a word about what that stone did to Carol."
"And why should we indulge you?"
The bat floats out in front of him and he takes it in a two handed grip. "Because from what I can tell, those spears are much less effective than power rings."
I wince, my eyes creasing up and my head tilting back. "Jordan, not… Not the way." How do I..? "If she won't.. s-see us, we'll just go. But… Your creed. 'Life.. without love… Is heresy'."
The one on the left… Their faces are relatively inexpressive. Perhaps a little curiosity? "There is far more to our creed than that."
"But it is in-. It is in there, yes?" I maintain eye contact for a few moments. "I was f-. I was f-f-f-f-f…" Come on, Grayven. "Forcibly exposed to the Anti-Life. I no longer feel anger. Or hope. Or compassion. Worst… Worst of all, I feel no love. I am here… To beg for help." I drop to my knees. Yes, I'm still taller than them, but it's the thought that counts. "Please."
They stare at me for a few seconds, then the one on the right stamps the butt of her spear on the ground, causing violet light to spiral around her. Her eyes flash violet as well. Not as.. efficient as how power rings do it. I frown. Do they..? Just..? Not know how to make them?
Corpsman, I must inform you that I have neither seen nor heard of either a Zamaron or one of their agents using a power ring. As such, it is certainly possible.
How..? Sure..?
Kalmin's research into power ring technology was exhaustive. He uncovered no record.
Jordan lands lightly on the ground next to me. "Now why couldn't you be that polite to us?"
"I didn't want…" No. Come on. "I was establishing… Establishing the image of myself as someone who dis-disliked the League. Better… Do that by being rude than… Than actually fighting you."
"You weren't exactly friendly before that. I mean, Wonder Woman-."
"Stood there like a lemon when Mister Zatara went to put the Helmet of Fate on his head. Can you..? Imagine.. it? Being trapped in a featureless void for months. Perhaps years or decades?"
He nods. "Sounds like Hell."
"That was what… What finally stopped me idealising you people. Why… Even now. I don't plan on… Having much to do with you."
"You say that like we'd want anything to do with you."
"Weren't… Weren't slow to help… With the Light. Or.. to come here."
"I just wanted to pay off my debt as fast-" The violet lights disappear, right hybrid turning to look at her companion. "-as I could."
"The Queen will see you. Follow us."
They turn, rising slowly into the air as they do so. I clamber to my feet-
"Those dresses really don't leave much to the imagination, do they?"
-and… Try to…
That weak?
I activate the aero-discs on my boots and float after them, Jordan already having taken the lead. In fact, he's… Going to try making conversation with them, having dismissed his bat and armour. Never bothered to find out whether he and Carol Ferris are a couple-. For a moment I flashback to Jade waving her knife at me… But it's just a memory, slightly faded in importance by the constant repetition. And the fact that I can't even remember what loving her felt like. Can't miss what you can't remember.
Not helping. Distract yourself. I look out across the Zamaron city. Nothing in Father Box's database gave it a name. They may have built it here, or taken it with them from Maltus. I'm seeing plazas, part stone and part violet crystal, connected by stairs of the same material. A little further away are buildings… Housing? Workshops? Father Box didn't think that the Zamarons got out all that much, though given the hybrid population they must get out at some time. I don't… See a Central Power Battery… Oh, that's interesting. The city is built onto rock, but the rock itself is floating well above the planet's surface. I wonder why? I see other hybrids sparring with those crystal spears under the direction of an old school Zamaron. One hybrid looks.. younger than the others, though given her Maltusian heritage that doesn't necessarily mean anything. She looks up as we pass, staring at us in fascination until some remark from her overseer draws her attention back to her training.
Hmm. I seem to remember from the comics that Zamarons preferred Korugarian men as mates. Given how they look… Unnaturally tall blue skinned Grey type aliens… Not sure what the men see in them. Or maybe 'stretched women fetishists' are the Korugarian equivalent of furries..? No, that doesn't make sense, Korugarians never had those body proportions while the ancestors of Humans were fur-covered. Odd. And most of the hybrids appear to fit a particular physiotype, so either they're all half-Korugarian or that's just what part-Zamarons look like regardless of sperm donor.
Hm. Sinestro, do you find-?
I am not going to dignify that with a response.
Fine. I hold out the Star Sapphire, trying to get some sort of response. No. Nothing.
"Hey, I was just-!" There's a flare of violet energy and Jordan comes flying backwards, one of the hybrids glowering at him with her spear part-raised. He stabilises next to me. "Huh. Tough crowd."
"Is this..? Negotiating strat-. Strategy?"
"Kind of. Can't deny they're pretty hot, though."
"Their armour is… Weak. Their weapon, unwieldy."
"Not everyone can have two power rings, Grayven."
"Can I..? Take it that… You and Ms Ferris are no longer… Involved."
For a fraction of a second he gives me a sidelong look. "Didn't work out. Secret identity… All that time away…"
I nod, as our escort fly towards a large structure I presume to be either a palace or a meeting hall. "I understand. But perhaps… Let me take the lead here?"
"Hello there. My name's Grayven, and-." The one on my right raises her spear slightly, firing a bolt of energy at me. I interpose the Star Sapphire, which flares momentarily as it greedily sucks the energy down, momentarily brightening before dimming once more.
I think I felt something.
The two hybrids recoil, the tips of their spears dipping slightly.
"As I was-." I lower my right hand. "As I was saying, my name is Grayven. I come in… I come in peace, and I seek an audience with Queen Aga'po."
"And I'm Hal Jordan. I'd like an audience too." Construct armour appears around him, as does a baseball.. bat..? "Peace is kinda optional."
The hybrid on the left narrows her eyes. "An Apokoliptian and a Green Lantern. What could the Queen possibly have to say to you?"
"You recognise the… Ah… The Star Sapphire, I take it?" They subtly glance at one another. "Do you want it back? Because that can…" I feel dizzy for a moment. I try not to let it show. "That can happen."
The one on the right turns her attention to where Jordan floats at my side. "And you?"
"I want a word about what that stone did to Carol."
"And why should we indulge you?"
The bat floats out in front of him and he takes it in a two handed grip. "Because from what I can tell, those spears are much less effective than power rings."
I wince, my eyes creasing up and my head tilting back. "Jordan, not… Not the way." How do I..? "If she won't.. s-see us, we'll just go. But… Your creed. 'Life.. without love… Is heresy'."
The one on the left… Their faces are relatively inexpressive. Perhaps a little curiosity? "There is far more to our creed than that."
"But it is in-. It is in there, yes?" I maintain eye contact for a few moments. "I was f-. I was f-f-f-f-f…" Come on, Grayven. "Forcibly exposed to the Anti-Life. I no longer feel anger. Or hope. Or compassion. Worst… Worst of all, I feel no love. I am here… To beg for help." I drop to my knees. Yes, I'm still taller than them, but it's the thought that counts. "Please."
They stare at me for a few seconds, then the one on the right stamps the butt of her spear on the ground, causing violet light to spiral around her. Her eyes flash violet as well. Not as.. efficient as how power rings do it. I frown. Do they..? Just..? Not know how to make them?
Corpsman, I must inform you that I have neither seen nor heard of either a Zamaron or one of their agents using a power ring. As such, it is certainly possible.
How..? Sure..?
Kalmin's research into power ring technology was exhaustive. He uncovered no record.
Jordan lands lightly on the ground next to me. "Now why couldn't you be that polite to us?"
"I didn't want…" No. Come on. "I was establishing… Establishing the image of myself as someone who dis-disliked the League. Better… Do that by being rude than… Than actually fighting you."
"You weren't exactly friendly before that. I mean, Wonder Woman-."
"Stood there like a lemon when Mister Zatara went to put the Helmet of Fate on his head. Can you..? Imagine.. it? Being trapped in a featureless void for months. Perhaps years or decades?"
He nods. "Sounds like Hell."
"That was what… What finally stopped me idealising you people. Why… Even now. I don't plan on… Having much to do with you."
"You say that like we'd want anything to do with you."
"Weren't… Weren't slow to help… With the Light. Or.. to come here."
"I just wanted to pay off my debt as fast-" The violet lights disappear, right hybrid turning to look at her companion. "-as I could."
"The Queen will see you. Follow us."
They turn, rising slowly into the air as they do so. I clamber to my feet-
"Those dresses really don't leave much to the imagination, do they?"
-and… Try to…
That weak?
I activate the aero-discs on my boots and float after them, Jordan already having taken the lead. In fact, he's… Going to try making conversation with them, having dismissed his bat and armour. Never bothered to find out whether he and Carol Ferris are a couple-. For a moment I flashback to Jade waving her knife at me… But it's just a memory, slightly faded in importance by the constant repetition. And the fact that I can't even remember what loving her felt like. Can't miss what you can't remember.
Not helping. Distract yourself. I look out across the Zamaron city. Nothing in Father Box's database gave it a name. They may have built it here, or taken it with them from Maltus. I'm seeing plazas, part stone and part violet crystal, connected by stairs of the same material. A little further away are buildings… Housing? Workshops? Father Box didn't think that the Zamarons got out all that much, though given the hybrid population they must get out at some time. I don't… See a Central Power Battery… Oh, that's interesting. The city is built onto rock, but the rock itself is floating well above the planet's surface. I wonder why? I see other hybrids sparring with those crystal spears under the direction of an old school Zamaron. One hybrid looks.. younger than the others, though given her Maltusian heritage that doesn't necessarily mean anything. She looks up as we pass, staring at us in fascination until some remark from her overseer draws her attention back to her training.
Hmm. I seem to remember from the comics that Zamarons preferred Korugarian men as mates. Given how they look… Unnaturally tall blue skinned Grey type aliens… Not sure what the men see in them. Or maybe 'stretched women fetishists' are the Korugarian equivalent of furries..? No, that doesn't make sense, Korugarians never had those body proportions while the ancestors of Humans were fur-covered. Odd. And most of the hybrids appear to fit a particular physiotype, so either they're all half-Korugarian or that's just what part-Zamarons look like regardless of sperm donor.
Hm. Sinestro, do you find-?
I am not going to dignify that with a response.
Fine. I hold out the Star Sapphire, trying to get some sort of response. No. Nothing.
"Hey, I was just-!" There's a flare of violet energy and Jordan comes flying backwards, one of the hybrids glowering at him with her spear part-raised. He stabilises next to me. "Huh. Tough crowd."
"Is this..? Negotiating strat-. Strategy?"
"Kind of. Can't deny they're pretty hot, though."
"Their armour is… Weak. Their weapon, unwieldy."
"Not everyone can have two power rings, Grayven."
"Can I..? Take it that… You and Ms Ferris are no longer… Involved."
For a fraction of a second he gives me a sidelong look. "Didn't work out. Secret identity… All that time away…"
I nod, as our escort fly towards a large structure I presume to be either a palace or a meeting hall. "I understand. But perhaps… Let me take the lead here?"
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Stratagemini
Totally a Fire Ferret.
- Location
- Central Park
- Pronouns
- He/Him/They/Them
Well, all that Yellow cannot be good for him
That would be why he is here.
Grayven is honestly coming to the Zamarons in what is possibly the best position - he needs Love restored to him, but because it will be a great undertaking just to do that they probably won't try to include the 'and kill people' parts.
(Or it's because the Star Sapphire is... not exactly the best way to access the Violet Light, and they don't intend the 'True Love is Yandere' effects. We shall see!)
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Hal was pretty cool last update.
It's almost nice to see that he's still kind of a brute-will idiot sometimes.
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Cornuthaum
Be kind to each other.
- Location
- Austria
- Pronouns
- He/Him
A good father.
Indignity is nothing compared to not being able to love your children.
rkyeun
Cabbitus Maximus
- Location
- ◕ ‿‿ ◕
I will not dignify
I am not going to dignify
- Location
- Florida
The yellow is at least keeping him balanced (even if it's on a knife's edge). If he didn't have it, he'd fly solely on greed, and we've seen how that turns out (I'm looking at you, Larfleeze). As it is, the fear yanks him back from something he shouldn't do with the greed, but the greed keeps him moving forward. It's rough.
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Well fuck you too, Jordan. Grayven can be an abrasive jackass and his values don't completely mesh with the League's, but that doesn't make him any less of a hero than you are. Hell, considering that he's responsible for kicking off the world-wide destruction of the Light with the League none the wiser until he came and told you, I'd say he's done more good for the world at large than a few of your comrades have.
You know, I really hope that this whole Anti-Life ordeal mellows Grayven out, and when it's over he takes the opportunity to sit down with the League and have a long talk about their respective beliefs and methods. An actual discussion, with point-counterpoint and reasoned debate with citations of evidence. For all that they may not see eye to eye with him on some things, being in an antagonistic relationship with them is not something conducive to protecting and improving the world.
Mind you, I fully expect him to still be abrasive with them, but have it be more of a playful back and forth with both sides tweaking the other instead of him trying to get a rise out of them whenever they meet.
- Location
- Hampden Park
Thank you, corrected.
- Location
- texas
I was wondering if Zoat meant half-korugarian.
Although it was never clear to me if their mating with them was actually mating or just a polite way of saying they were sex toys in green lantern.
Since little things like species mean nothing to Maltusian science, maybe Prof Sala Nisaba will show up, the human descendent of the Babylonian Oan Istar.
Although it was never clear to me if their mating with them was actually mating or just a polite way of saying they were sex toys in green lantern.
Since little things like species mean nothing to Maltusian science, maybe Prof Sala Nisaba will show up, the human descendent of the Babylonian Oan Istar.
- Location
- Australia
hybrids
- Location
- Minnesota
I find it kind of interesting that Grayven is the first of the two versions of the SI to meet with non-Guardian Maltusians, considering he blew off the idea, while Paragon has been planning on it from the beginning.
Mizu
Software Developer
- Location
- Victoria, Australia
seek an audience
hybrids sparring
staring at us in fascination until some remark from her overseer
HanEmpire
Delicious
Whelp, if negotiating get rocky... hello new lantern corps?
Expect the unexpected.
Paragon kills planetary heroes. Renegade politely begs an alien civilization for their aid in love.
Renegade recruits a unicorn pony from the Land of Friendship to do his magical research! Paragon is the semi-official agent of Discord (not the pony kind this time!)
Really, by this point it is less 'Paragon' vs. 'Renegade' in the Mass Effect sense. It's at least as much 'Serious Business' vs. 'Warlord-Jester'
It will be... interesting if the Zamarons have had so much trouble with their agents going, 'It's Still Love If I Have To Tie Them Up' just because they didn't have Ring-tech, and could be more along the lines of a pink Sinestro Corps with some help. And a totally unexpected alternative to the Controllers, but still introduced with each step making consistent sense.
- Location
- United states
Don't know why you are bashing Jordan considering that Grayven has pretty much been an abrasive, antagonistic asshole to everyone just because he disagrees with them. If he wasn't such an asshole he would probably be completely willing to work with him. Just look at Paragon Jordan who didn't vote againt Paul to join the Justice League and actually seems to respect him even if he disagrees with how he does things.
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