Well, now we might know where Black Mage got his signature spell...I mean, if hope can be made into a weapon...
With This Ring (Young Justice SI) (Thread Twelve)
- Thread starter Mr Zoat
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I have to wonder...Hey, Pushkin interlude will actually pay off now!On the other hand, Captain Cornwall no longer is on the list, so uh, sorry Rob.
Is it because he becomes associated with the Orange Lanterns instead of the League, possibly even outright joining them? They'd find a magic-user useful, and he's been a pretty consistently orange personality from the beginning in the constructive way OL likes. He wants more powers and abilities, and to do good with them.
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You know, I'm so conflicted over that show. On one hand its a nice show, and its 3d so its one of the only places we get a good look at things like Larfleeze, the Orange Fountain, etc. Artistic comic illustrations are nice, but unless they're really well made you can't really get a good sense of the actual shape and structure of some objects.
On the other hand, WTR has set my expectations for lanterns and lantern-fiction so high that I somewhat doubt any official material meets it.
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No, it's powered by burning love for fuel, not hope.
BM's Hadouken is blue.
It all makes sense.
I wonder if he got access to the arcane research notes then. Ie "Lord of X" ascension, enlightenment, soul-crafting tattoos.
nmWarden
Webcomic Glutton
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Paul helped make a love elemental. Could we make a Qwa-Energy ghost, thus bringing back the fear elemental Fate killed? I'm trying to figure out if there is a special power like Orange Lantern avatars/ghosts or unbreakable Love crystals. Something like "Fear never dies" meaning that one can physically bring people back to life with yellow light? Yeah this is quite the stretch.
Too bad the Black Light is a thing in comics and here...and too bad Grayven's wielding a yellow ring.
Collegiality (part 2)
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- Hampden Park
23rd August
12:33 GMT
"Controller Hin-."
"Ah, my Illustres!" Hinon beams as she sees me. "I understand that we're playing host to a Qwardian Weaponer now."
"Yes, I-."
"I wanted to check, because I had been under the impression that you were going to cooperate on an arrest with Lantern Gardner. Was I mistaken?"
"No, b-."
"You are aware that the Qwardians served as the Anti-Monitor's army during the Great Crisis, yes?"
"Yes, b-." I frown. "Wait, how do you-?"
"Did you know that I fought him directly myself? By my reckoning I came to within a nanometre of being snuffed out and having retroactively never existed. So please understand that I'm less than pleased about this."
"It was-."
"And now Dox tells me that you're going to Oa." She sighs. "The Guardians. Really. You thought that was a good idea?"
I wait a moment, in order to see if she's finished this time. Nothing. Okay. "Would y-?"
"And this Ragnar fellow. Is there some rational reason why we're also playing host to a serial killer of the less impersonal variety?"
"Is there-?"
"What exactly does he bring-?"
My rings flare as the Scold's Bridle construct appears over her head. "Do you intend to let me answer your questions at any point?"
She gives me a decidedly unimpressed look.
"In the order in which you asked them. I have invited former Chief Weaponer Kalmin to join the Corps. Under the agreement you signed on behalf of the Controllers, I have the authority to do that. Removing the 'wild' Orange Lantern from his homeworld was a simple matter. Taking him on a mission to Qward -which was something Guy agreed to quite eagerly, the Guardians do like to keep an eye on the place- allowed me to get a better sense of how he behaves, to earn his loyalty and allowed Lantern Tui to investigate his past conduct. I was fully aware of the Qwardian people's loyalty to the Anti-Monitor, though I should inform you that it's nothing like uniform. But the Anti-Monitor hasn't been seen for quite some time, and if he does then we're in a rather better position to find out about it than Kalmin is. I will want to talk to you about the Crisis later. Kalmin is a dangerous individual, but he's nothing like as dangerous as the Anti-Monitor. I have some rather pointed questions to ask the Guardians myself, and the last thing they're going to want is for me to inform their Corps what really happened to depopulate Sector Six Six Six. As such, I imagine they'll make an effort to be cordial and in the interests of future cooperation I will return the favour. Ragnar has demonstrated the ability to use an orange power ring in combat. He isn't an.. ideal candidate, but he's capable and sane after two months."
We stare at each other for a moment, then I allow the construct to evaporate.
She flexes her facial muscles for a moment. "Well."
"Ask an uncivil question, get an uncivil answer."
She frowns slightly. "I couldn't break your construct."
"I wouldn't be much use as an Illustres if just anyone could break my constructs."
"Eckhc-cuh!" She looks indignant. "Anyone? Do I need to remind you who made that ring?"
I raise my right hand. "Krona? No, I hadn't forgotten. Do you think it's likely to come up?"
Her eyes narrow. "Paul, this is serious. The Guardians may react extremely badly to a mortal with a command of the spectrum quite as good as you have."
"Guy decided to be open with them after the confrontation with Oceanus. He briefly used his higher order abilities on Qward, and I'm sure that he'll include that in his report. I'm more worried about him than I am about me. Besides, if they didn't want Humans being good at spectrum manipulation then they shouldn't have…" I spread out the four fingers of my right hand one way and the three longer fingers of my left the other.
"Do you know what happened to the last place they did that to?"
Nothing that I remember from the comics, but on the basis that Earth was referred to as the Fifth World… "Split in two, becoming Apokolips and New Genesis. The one before that… It's basically abandoned, with the last few inhabitants keeping tabs on Mageddon, isn't it?"
"And the one before that? And the one before that?"
"I… Destroyed..? I assume..?"
She looks away for a moment. "It's something of a relief to learn that you don't know everything. I am older than your world's gods, and some of the things I have seen in my time…" She smiles unhappily up at me. "Though I suppose you've got that to look forward to." She reaches up slightly and straightens my robes. "The Guardians are good people, but they weren't good at.. flowing with the circumstances before, and I doubt that they've gotten better since. They.. were friends and colleagues. Now… I'm not sure who they are. Just don't get yourself stuck in a sciencell."
I bring my hands to my chest, trapping hers between them and my chest. "I'll do my best. Thank you for your concern." She nods, not trying to pull her hands away. "You're not angling for an invitation, are you?"
"No."
"Because-."
"Don't worry, I'm not. I don't think that one of us being there would make things any better. You're not going to Zamaron as well, are you?"
"You said that you wanted me to talk to Nadia Safir-."
"I think… Put that on hold?"
I nod. "It's on hold."
"And I'm pretending not to notice that you didn't mention the redoubtable Mister Alan Scott when you were explaining to me why Kalmin is here."
"I appreciate that. And I'm pretending not to notice that you haven't agreed to tell me about the Crisis yet."
"Pray I never have to."
"No!" She snatches her hands back. "I worship a goddess of chaos. Praying to her about something like that is the worst thing to do!"
Hinon squeezes her eyes closed and turns away. "Oh… Shoo, you tiresome man. Tell Dennap she has my blessing to keep you in the sciencells for a few weeks."
"I'll be sure to do that!"
She half looks back, then waves her right hand irritably. I think I'm dismissed.
Alright then. Onwards to Oa.
12:33 GMT
"Controller Hin-."
"Ah, my Illustres!" Hinon beams as she sees me. "I understand that we're playing host to a Qwardian Weaponer now."
"Yes, I-."
"I wanted to check, because I had been under the impression that you were going to cooperate on an arrest with Lantern Gardner. Was I mistaken?"
"No, b-."
"You are aware that the Qwardians served as the Anti-Monitor's army during the Great Crisis, yes?"
"Yes, b-." I frown. "Wait, how do you-?"
"Did you know that I fought him directly myself? By my reckoning I came to within a nanometre of being snuffed out and having retroactively never existed. So please understand that I'm less than pleased about this."
"It was-."
"And now Dox tells me that you're going to Oa." She sighs. "The Guardians. Really. You thought that was a good idea?"
I wait a moment, in order to see if she's finished this time. Nothing. Okay. "Would y-?"
"And this Ragnar fellow. Is there some rational reason why we're also playing host to a serial killer of the less impersonal variety?"
"Is there-?"
"What exactly does he bring-?"
My rings flare as the Scold's Bridle construct appears over her head. "Do you intend to let me answer your questions at any point?"
She gives me a decidedly unimpressed look.
"In the order in which you asked them. I have invited former Chief Weaponer Kalmin to join the Corps. Under the agreement you signed on behalf of the Controllers, I have the authority to do that. Removing the 'wild' Orange Lantern from his homeworld was a simple matter. Taking him on a mission to Qward -which was something Guy agreed to quite eagerly, the Guardians do like to keep an eye on the place- allowed me to get a better sense of how he behaves, to earn his loyalty and allowed Lantern Tui to investigate his past conduct. I was fully aware of the Qwardian people's loyalty to the Anti-Monitor, though I should inform you that it's nothing like uniform. But the Anti-Monitor hasn't been seen for quite some time, and if he does then we're in a rather better position to find out about it than Kalmin is. I will want to talk to you about the Crisis later. Kalmin is a dangerous individual, but he's nothing like as dangerous as the Anti-Monitor. I have some rather pointed questions to ask the Guardians myself, and the last thing they're going to want is for me to inform their Corps what really happened to depopulate Sector Six Six Six. As such, I imagine they'll make an effort to be cordial and in the interests of future cooperation I will return the favour. Ragnar has demonstrated the ability to use an orange power ring in combat. He isn't an.. ideal candidate, but he's capable and sane after two months."
We stare at each other for a moment, then I allow the construct to evaporate.
She flexes her facial muscles for a moment. "Well."
"Ask an uncivil question, get an uncivil answer."
She frowns slightly. "I couldn't break your construct."
"I wouldn't be much use as an Illustres if just anyone could break my constructs."
"Eckhc-cuh!" She looks indignant. "Anyone? Do I need to remind you who made that ring?"
I raise my right hand. "Krona? No, I hadn't forgotten. Do you think it's likely to come up?"
Her eyes narrow. "Paul, this is serious. The Guardians may react extremely badly to a mortal with a command of the spectrum quite as good as you have."
"Guy decided to be open with them after the confrontation with Oceanus. He briefly used his higher order abilities on Qward, and I'm sure that he'll include that in his report. I'm more worried about him than I am about me. Besides, if they didn't want Humans being good at spectrum manipulation then they shouldn't have…" I spread out the four fingers of my right hand one way and the three longer fingers of my left the other.
"Do you know what happened to the last place they did that to?"
Nothing that I remember from the comics, but on the basis that Earth was referred to as the Fifth World… "Split in two, becoming Apokolips and New Genesis. The one before that… It's basically abandoned, with the last few inhabitants keeping tabs on Mageddon, isn't it?"
"And the one before that? And the one before that?"
"I… Destroyed..? I assume..?"
She looks away for a moment. "It's something of a relief to learn that you don't know everything. I am older than your world's gods, and some of the things I have seen in my time…" She smiles unhappily up at me. "Though I suppose you've got that to look forward to." She reaches up slightly and straightens my robes. "The Guardians are good people, but they weren't good at.. flowing with the circumstances before, and I doubt that they've gotten better since. They.. were friends and colleagues. Now… I'm not sure who they are. Just don't get yourself stuck in a sciencell."
I bring my hands to my chest, trapping hers between them and my chest. "I'll do my best. Thank you for your concern." She nods, not trying to pull her hands away. "You're not angling for an invitation, are you?"
"No."
"Because-."
"Don't worry, I'm not. I don't think that one of us being there would make things any better. You're not going to Zamaron as well, are you?"
"You said that you wanted me to talk to Nadia Safir-."
"I think… Put that on hold?"
I nod. "It's on hold."
"And I'm pretending not to notice that you didn't mention the redoubtable Mister Alan Scott when you were explaining to me why Kalmin is here."
"I appreciate that. And I'm pretending not to notice that you haven't agreed to tell me about the Crisis yet."
"Pray I never have to."
"No!" She snatches her hands back. "I worship a goddess of chaos. Praying to her about something like that is the worst thing to do!"
Hinon squeezes her eyes closed and turns away. "Oh… Shoo, you tiresome man. Tell Dennap she has my blessing to keep you in the sciencells for a few weeks."
"I'll be sure to do that!"
She half looks back, then waves her right hand irritably. I think I'm dismissed.
Alright then. Onwards to Oa.
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- Madness realms
The more that woman talks the less I like her.
tgojeff
(Verified Pinwheel)
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- Los Angeles
At this level I'm pretty sure we can just call Paul a minor Avarice elemental.
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Ah, she's fine, dealing with Paul just makes everyone a bit weird.
Shame you couldn't have known about Volthoom.
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The more she talks, the more I like her.
What can I say, I find snark endearing.
tgojeff
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Also, just followed this link. Post, how did you even come across something so obscure? Also... kinky
I think of him as the Ophidan's mortal Avatar.
Typos:
"a"
"stare", "evaporate"
"I'm"
Cherico
Machine
I used to GM games that had people like Paul in them.
I completely understand why she's like this.
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Okay, I've had trouble figuring out the onomatopoei before, but
What?
tgojeff
(Verified Pinwheel)
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I am legitimately curious what you mean by that?
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In this story, no. Maltus.
Not necessarily. By default, yes, it does, but in the comics they were able to build portals to take them from Qward to Earth and Qward to Ungara.
The time and effort required to make rings is also a limiting factor. The Guardians would rather keep a reserve in order to replace losses and use any left over to expand rather than give a few Lanterns a second one.
Interest? No. But there's a good chance that he'll drift into membership if he gets his head together.
Because neither are currently serving members.
The talkative monk who lives in Power Ring's power ring? Sure, he knows about him.
Someone who wrote a book about them did an interview on Radio 4.
...this raises so many questions. So many freaking questions. Well, now we have to worry about the Psycho Pirate, although Animal Man should probably have that incident under control. Hinon is awesome as always, though.
tgojeff
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Paul put a construct medieval ball gag on her.
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Thank you, corrected.
It's sort of an enraged splutter. If we ever meet I'll make the noise for you. And thank you for pointing out the lack of a full stop.
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Yes but that wasn't her spitting it out, she talked before that point.
Ohhhhhhhhhhh, okay, that makes sense.
Also, in your defense, I think "whaw" is perfectly understandable. Sort of a "wow" mixed with a exhalation. Your onomatopoei can be hard to understand sometimes but is actually quite good.
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HanEmpire
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Can someone give me a short overview of what they're talking about here?
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