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Is that a pun on him being a Jovian?
No. That's the name of his group. More specifically, the core group and not the associated allies.
Is she mispronouncing because she's a catgirl or something?
No, that's just a mistake. Thank you, corrected.
Frankly, it's a damned good thing that wore off after Ion left.
Actually, it's more that Ion totally overpowered Jordan.
Also one of the standard compulsions made her want to sleep with him? Even assuming she meant that platonically that seems odd.

Maybe catgirls bond by cuddling with friends or something and the compulsion was about being friendly?
No, it's more that being used for sex by her master is how she's spent most of her adult life. And he's compelling her to be 'helpful'.
Typos: "are" "built" "record"
Thank you, corrected.
The ring wouldn't translate euphemisms, and "sleeping with someone" is English, or at the very least Human. Since she is at least part cat, this was likely entirely non-sexual.

I mean, Zoat is messing with us 100%, but that doesn't exclude the possibility of it being sensible in-universe.
Though the euphemism doesn't exist in her language, it was obvious to her that it could mean that.
 
I must admit I'm rather uncomfortable with how nonchalant you people have been being in even joking about marking down Felicity on the shipping chart, given the incredibly rapey implications that would arise from her current state.
 
wait, theres a way to bring Assimilated people back to life?

In Prime continuity Larfleeze annoyed a goddess.

So she used her powers to resurrect every single one of his constructs.

Since Zoat doesn't care for Prime continuity the odds of him using that aren't high, though, but it's not impossible.

I am now picturing Paul not noticing when X'Hal flirts with him, so-

As Paul deals with X'Hal returning all his constructs to flesh and blood, his ring gives him a message "35 voice messages from X'Hal."

"Any of them not expletive filled rants?"

"Negative."

"Feel free to delete those then."

Paul looks up to the sun that X'Hal makes her home in 'Was it something I said?"
 
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wait, theres a way to bring Assimilated people back to life?

Shouldn't be any physical problem doing so. Recreate a clone body based on previous records or close-enough guesses; reduce the construct to a bodiless mind running on an emulated brain with the same structure as the physical one; overlay the orange mind-structure on the clone brain until they're running in sync, have the emulation gradually fade out and let the clone brain take over the job of running the mind full-time.

Theoretically, of course, all that could be bypassed just by saying "Ring, hold construct [person] in stasis for a moment. Now replace all their construct parts with the equivalent in normal matter (plus any necessary arcane or non-normal-matter components)." And you're done.

The concepts of 'self' and 'individual' are central to human psychology, mostly because evolution favors beings which can tell whether a grasping appendage is 'theirs' or not, but that doesn't mean they actually apply from the perspective of physics. Even the concept of 'soul' in this fic (or the greater DC universe) doesn't necessarily imply individuality - for all we know, souls can be xeroxed indefinitely. Or perhaps it's related to the Graven problem, whereby duplicating a metaphysical structure sufficiently closely makes the duplicates effectively start experiencing quantum entanglement, up to the point where they are exact duplicates and (from the perspective of the universe) the actual same item.

Which is another perspective issue. As noted in the interesting Methods of Rationality fic (hpmor.com if you want to read it), the universe does not believe in macroscopic objects or items - it has particles and fields. Magic-users in that story cast spells or effects which often target real-world items, because that's how humans think and interact with the world, particularly when they haven't had a scientific education. One of the great breakthroughs which occurs during the story is the ability to cast a spell on part of an object by mentally getting past the human perception of the object as a single item.

So from the perspective of our universe, at least, there is no such thing as Life, or a mind, or a person, except as a macroscopic pattern of particles and fields, which can be replicated to infinity without any special effort involved. Physically, we could build a machine which popped out as many replicas of any person as you might care to want. Whether this applies in the DC/WtR universe is a tad murkier, given the existence of such things as souls, the Source, gods of various power levels and abilities (some of whom are linked to specific domains or concepts), white power rings, effective incarnations of concepts, and all sorts of other weirdness.
 
Also one of the standard compulsions made her want to sleep with him? Even assuming she meant that platonically that seems odd.

Maybe catgirls bond by cuddling with friends or something and the compulsion was about being friendly?
being branded, she wants to help and please her Master(OL). She was formerly a slave and 'exotic dancer' in an area with a large number of both slavers and slaves, and the majority of alien races in DC seem to be at least physically similar/compatable, allowing inter-species sex (and sometimes romance, but in Vega there's a lot more of the former without the latter)

Well, "We're not here to fuck spiders" is both a figurative and literal saying in Australia, but Australia is around 26 Lightyears from Vega, so... What happens in space, stays in space, I guess.
no, no, no, it's 'What happens in Vega, stays in Vega.'
 
The logistics of diplomatic tourism.

"Don't worry about it."

"Okay!"
Seen a lot of horrifying things in this story but that is arguably the most disturbing.

To quote Florence: Emotionally, much better. Intellectually, I think I'm screaming.

STUPID!
Also suppress her desire to kill spiders. And you.
She wasn't a credible threat even when armed and striking from ambush. Also I'm pretty sure he can bring the Brand back up to full power literally with a thought.
 
Hey @Mr Zoat, first of all:
Thank you, corrected.
"So you're telling me, you had what was basically a Central Power BatteryAnd you lost it?"
In the above the 'And you lost it' still has color 'color' in the bb-code:
Code:
[color=color]And you [i]lost[/i] it[/color]

Also about this:
the epubs are the same in both cases, I just moved them all on one folder and gave a link to that. So it would be shorter and easier for you to pick just that if you wanted.
If you want both you could instead use:

epubs for Seasons 01-03 by @Chris6666 (up to episode 54) can be found on these MediaFire and GoogleDrive folders. Or alternatively:
Season 01 (Episodes 01-26) [MediaFire][MediaFire Alt. Formatting][GoogleDrive] (corrections added up to 10/05/2017)
Season 02 (Episodes 27-52) [MediaFire][MediaFire Alt. Formatting][GoogleDrive] (corrections added up to 10/05/2017)
Season 03 (Episodes 53-54) [MediaFire][MediaFire Alt. Formatting][GoogleDrive] (chapters up to 10/05/2017)

Shouldn't Chapter 53 be part of Season 2 instead of Season 3, narratively speaking, since SI hadn't left Earth yet?
I could do that but I chose to separate each Season at standard 26 episodes.
Besides even in television sometimes a Season ends at a cliffhanger so the first episode of the next Season is narratively the end of the previous one but it is still considered part of the new season
 
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Hey @Mr Zoat, first of all:


In the above the 'And you lost it' still has color 'color' in the bb-code:
Code:
[color=color]And you [i]lost[/i] it[/color]
Ah, oops. Looks like I just changed the main thread version.
Also about this:

the epubs are the same in both cases, I just moved them all on one folder and gave a link to that. So it would be shorter and easier for you to pick just that if you wanted.
If you want both you could instead use:

epubs for Seasons 01-03 by @Chris6666 (up to episode 54) can be found on these MediaFire and GoogleDrive folders. Or alternatively:
Season 01 (Episodes 01-26) [MediaFire][MediaFire Alt. Formatting][GoogleDrive] (corrections added up to 10/05/2017)
Season 02 (Episodes 27-52) [MediaFire][MediaFire Alt. Formatting][GoogleDrive] (corrections added up to 10/05/2017)
Season 03 (Episodes 53-54) [MediaFire][MediaFire Alt. Formatting][GoogleDrive] (chapters up to 10/05/2017)
Updated.
 
Shouldn't be any physical problem doing so. Recreate a clone body based on previous records or close-enough guesses; reduce the construct to a bodiless mind running on an emulated brain with the same structure as the physical one; overlay the orange mind-structure on the clone brain until they're running in sync, have the emulation gradually fade out and let the clone brain take over the job of running the mind full-time.

Theoretically, of course, all that could be bypassed just by saying "Ring, hold construct [person] in stasis for a moment. Now replace all their construct parts with the equivalent in normal matter (plus any necessary arcane or non-normal-matter components)." And you're done.
And at best you end up with a Hollow Man, and pretty soon a corpse. The ring can't supply the "necessary arcane" parts; and without that you don't have a functioning higher life form for long.
 
Hmm...I wonder.

Could OL create a biological body, and then brand it, having it tied to his desires and acting on such without actual sapience? (and thus, no cruelty)
 
Fortunately, she was willing to tolerate me flying her here.
So she let Paul carry her home?
"As expected." She reaches back awkwardly to remove part of her carapace armour. "Posturing and boasting. I know nothing more about what they are seeking in our treaty now than I did when I arrived. Perhaps less."
And as soon as she arrives she starts to get out of her clothes.
I attach constructs to her armour, pulsing the release mechanisms and lifting the pieces away.
Paul seen here helping her remove her clothes.
I deposit the Queen's personal belongings off to one side as she walks over to the mattress pad.
Clearing the bed.
"Same again tomorrow?"
Oh? Wondering if she still wants you by her side?
"That is likely." Her head rotates in my direction. "Why do they think that you are 'The Beast'?"
"I am not a porn actor! I have no idea what you're talking about"
Does that help you or hurt you?"
*puerile giggle*
"I'm really not The Beast."
Suuuuuuuuuuure
"I have an orange power ring. If I want something I just-" Not a lot on record about Spider Guild cuisine, but I hold out my right hand and create what is essentially an invertebrate salad with.. mould sauce. "-create it." I float it over to her, and she grasps the plate with four forearms. "I noticed that you hadn't eaten anything-" She looks cautiously at it for a moment, until her arm computer pings what I assume is a 'safe' signal. "-since we arrived, and there doesn't seem to be anything here."
Making her dinner, good going you!
. Mouth hole. It's surprisingly.. not quite as messy a process as I thought that it would be, though I can see that involving her manipulator appendages wouldn't be practical.
Go on, tell us more about how messy you thought her "Mouth hole" would be.
"One moment." I take two spell eaters out of my armour's pouches. One goes over Felicity's head-

"Thank you! I think it's beautiful."

-and I float the other over to the Queen,
Jewelry.
"How much sleep do you need?"
*puerile giggle*
"I am used to being attended at all hours. You will not disturb me."
"You can be as loud as you want, I don't mind."
I nod. "Alright. Felicity, what are your preferences regarding sleeping arrangements?"

She smiles cheerfully. "I would be delighted to sleep with you, master."
The Queen said it was fine! Go for it!
 
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I have another wonder. Can Superman be danner'd? If so, I wonder how much it would increase his strength and durability I wonder. I imagine Diana can not be due to her magical/titan/clay golem status.

I'm assuming no? I was under the impression that Danner just brought Kon's human bits up a notch....and the science of that just hurt my brain. I also wonder, now that Paul has an orange snake heart for a soul, rather than just being hollow....could he cast magic? On a small level mind you, for emergencies. Like when he got camped out on the crapper and ended up bound and burned by Firebrand. Having a few small level spells, perhaps escape themed or some sort of "get back!" shockwave. Just a thought.
 
I have another wonder. Can Superman be danner'd?
No, as he's not Human.
I also wonder, now that Paul has an orange snake heart for a soul, rather than just being hollow....could he cast magic? On a small level mind you, for emergencies. Like when he got camped out on the crapper and ended up bound and burned by Firebrand. Having a few small level spells, perhaps escape themed or some sort of "get back!" shockwave. Just a thought.
Yes, and you'll see some more exotic uses of the orange light in the future.
 
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