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With This Ring (Young Justice SI) (Thread Twelve)

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Ramenth said:
Are you still doing the thing where you post both the main story and the renegade version in the same thread without clear differentiation? The story only thread was... complex based on that and the relatively little differentiation it was given.
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*sigh* well, I suppose I guess that no matter how often we cover this in the main threads, it doesn't show up in the Story Only threads, but it seemed fairly obvious to me.

Okay, here's how it works. At the start of every story segment there are 2 things to check, both color coded.

1) The Episode title. If it's WHITE, the episode is Paul/Paragon-verse focused, if it's RED it's Grayven/Renegade-verse focused.

2) the Time/Date stamp. Again, if it's WHITE, that segment is happening on Paragon side. If it's RED, it's taking place on Renegade side. If it's BLUE, it's following the Blue Lantern Paul from the Crime Syndicate Earth. Additional colors may show up in the future for other Paul variants.

Mr Zoat said:
Shouting 'You're wrong and stupid' isn't a particularly good way to get people on side.
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Indeed, look how many potential friends that tactic has cost Grayven. :drevil:

Vaermina said:
*points at the life entity*

Humans have had something helping them since the dawn of their species. :lol

Heck look what Ion exposure did to the Guardians after a few million years.
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this is an interesting point.
 
Jamie Roberts said:
Oh, of course, how could I forget? Your mother is Comics!Starfire... Who let that woman raise a kid?!
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Wow. Worst brokeback pose ever.

Norgarth said:
1) The Episode title. If it's WHITE, the episode is Paul/Paragon-verse focused, if it's RED it's Grayven/Renegade-verse focused.

2) the Time/Date stamp. Again, if it's WHITE, that segment is happening on Paragon side. If it's RED, it's taking place on Renegade side. If it's BLUE, it's following the Blue Lantern Paul from the Crime Syndicate Earth. Additional colors may show up in the future for other Paul variants.
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It seems to be more complicated than that. It looks like it's "white means it's whichever character (Paragon/Regenade) is the star of this episode. If it's red, it's the other one." @MrZoat Was the red time/date in this post a mistake or do I have it right how it actually works?

EDIT. Nope, looks like it was just a mistake. White is consistently paragon and red is renegade.
 
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Ganurath said:
You say that like it's an argument in favor of fucking demons to make humanity immortal.
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Satanus: "And now with the First and my rivals out of the way, and with humanity seduced by the offer of immortality we shall conquer the Earth! Go forth my demonic legions!"

Demon #1: "Can't...move...too....tired..."

Demon #2: "Worn...out..."

Demon #3: "Legs...Numb..."

Satanus: "There may have been a flaw in this plan."
 
Mr Zoat said:
"The Muse Calliope is being held against her will in the home of the author Richard Madoc. A cursory examination suggests that he's been raping her for inspiration."

"Hera. I'm on my way."

"Thank you. Orange Lantern out."

Mister Madoc's home is a detached building located in the Monterey Heights area. Not hugely expensive, but certainly indicating someone who is quite comfortably off. He's made good money on… Three extremely popular novels, a poetry collection and a play? They even let him direct the film adaptation. Whoever green lit it liked it so much they didn't even try and do the usual author rip off. I think Wallace told me that he went to see it. Three Oscars.

We actually did training on how to handle rape survivors. I'm not sure how much of it applies to multimillennial demigoddesses… Ring, notify local police and request assistance.

Notification sent.

I want to wait until Diana gets here so that she can be the one Calliope sees first. I remember thinking once that the correct response to situations like that was counter intuitively one of joy, as the fact that I know about it means that I can make it stop while if I remained in ignorance it would still be going on. It turns out that like many things that are philosophically true it doesn't bear out in reality. What to do in the mean time? Certainly, there are all sorts of horrible things I could do, up to, including and beyond killing the feculent piece of Human-shaped excrement. But, no. That's just not the sort of person that I am.

Giant orange claws manifest in the air around me and then rip through the roof and external walls of his bedroom. I don't chuck them away as that would just make a mess and endanger life. Instead, as Mister Madoc wakes up and stares up at me in terror I deposit the rubble gently into his garden. Lights in several neighbouring houses come on as I drift closer. He's… He's got his notebook out. Ring, disintegrate.

Compliance.

There's an orange flare as it crumbles to nothing.

"Whu-? Who the hell are you!?"

"I'm Orange Lantern two eight one four. I'm here-."

"What have you done to my house?"

"I'm here to arrest you for kidnap, rape and false imprisonment." Orange manacles appear on his arms and legs and hoist him into the air. "I will be handing you over to the local police just as soon as they arrive. In fact-." I create a large orange sigil in the air over the house. "-I'll mark the location for them. Oh, and ring?" I look at my left hand. "Notify all the newspapers, would you?"
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Dude just be glad Paul didn't kill you.
My_Game_Account said:
A little surprised the ring did not short out from the anger.
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Paul's anger and avarice are both focused on this guy by which I mean destroying him.
 
Mr Zoat said:
22nd February
13:19 GMT +3

I reappear in the Senate building, almost exactly where I left. The debate has carried on without me, but it comes to a halt as they notice me. "Sorry about that."

Menalippe smiles indulgently down at me. "You show an impressive dedication to duty. Were you able to find our missing Muse?"

"Yes. She's… Diana's.. looking after her in the embassy at the moment."

"I do hope she didn't cause you too much trouble."

"That's not… I wouldn't, um…" My eyes drop to the floor for a moment. "The police will want a statement.. but under the circumstances I don't think they'll actually need her to testify."

Hippolyta's face hardens. "What happened?"

"It turns out... Muses can be... Compelled, to provide inspiration. Her original abductor has.. died, and her most recent… Her most recent captor is in police custody." I feel a slight impulse to apologise on behalf of all men. I know that not all rapists are men and not all victims are females, but by far the majority are. And of the women I'm looking at, any who weren't born on the island would most likely have been on the receiving end when Herakles overran the old city.

"What will happen to him now?"

"He will be detained until a trial can be convened… Given Diana's interest I imagine it will be held sooner rather than later. There's no realistic prospect of him being acquitted… Under the California Penal Code rape is punishable by between three and eight years imprisonment per.. incident. Given the… Situation.. she was in, I don't imagine he'll ever be released."

She showed surprising resilience, actually. When we went into the.. dungeon, I made a point of keeping back, but Diana had me remove the collar and clean… Clean her, with the ring. She recognised Diana and she didn't.. shy away from me. I know from the thing with the League of Shadows that power ring scans are admissible as evidence, and no jury would listen to anyone questioning a sworn statement from Wonder Woman. The CSI people can make do with pictures of her cell. She even came to watch Mister Mudoc being taken into police custody, though she clearly wasn't in any state to speak to anyone.

Though that might have been because of the sheer number of people around. I got the exact level of attention that I wanted. It turns out that when someone affiliated with the Justice League requests police assistance they come in loaded for supervillain. I got to meet San Francisco's Special Response Team, a whole chunk of the city got cordoned off and there's no way anyone missed who was being taken away. A few journalists followed the police, which also gave me the opportunity to explain why he was being arrested. Or, 'it is my understanding that he will questioned regarding', but they spotted Diana leading Calliope away from his house. Doubt it'll make the morning papers but it will probably be… Are there still afternoon editions? And on their websites as soon as they can wake a journalist up to write the article.

This really isn't something I… No, it would have been terrible whenever it came to light, but I hope that Clyemne isn't going to try to-. "And what else?"

No, she is. "I'm sorry, but with Calliope free and the perpetrator arrested and being held awaiting trial, my.. involvement is over. If you are interested in how the American legal system works, I'm sure that Diana-."

"Princess Diana."

I pause for a moment. "I'm sorry. Of course. I'm sure that she would be happy to explain it to you."

"Imprisonment for the remainder of his life? Is that all?"

"Rapists tend to be extremely unpopular with other inmates, but that is the extent of the court-mandated punishment, yes."

"He will not be executed? Or gelded?"

"In the United States, some areas execute murderers, and I believe that treason can be punished by execution in some cases. Rapists are not executed. Removing body parts would be considered 'cruel and unusual' and thus prohibited by their constitution for any offence, regardless of the severity. I'm… Really not the best person to ask about this."

"How long was Calliope subject to assaults from these brutes?"

"The only one able to answer that question would be her, and I didn't think.. putting her to question immediately was the right course of action. But… Most likely, on and off for the entirety of her disappearance."

There's a collective intake of breath. Menalippe blinks as she tries to get her head around the idea. "There are people who would dare to treat a goddess such?"

"There is no deed so foul that someone somewhere won't commit it. And we're going to try to avoid telling people that she is a Muse." Menalipps shakes her head in incomprehension. "If it became public knowledge that raping a Muse gives you supernatural inspiration, I'm concerned that other people-."

Clyemne jumps to her feet. "And this is the nation that you wish us to have further contact with? One where such men-."

"Are punished for the crimes they have committed. No one other than the two people who were holding her knew that she was there. I don't know how they got her into the country, but that will be investigated. She was held in either an isolated place, or in a cell designed to prevent sound from escaping. There are procedures for hunting for kidnap victims but no one knew to look for her. Once I did, she was free inside ten minutes. When information of what happened spreads, everyone who hears about what happened will condemn the perpetrators. What more do you want?"

Clyemne glances along the row of her fellow Senators and then back to me. "I want their names."

I blink and shake my head. "Okay... Erasmus Fry and-."

"No!" Menalippe is staring at Clyemne, her eyes wide. "Do not answer her!"

Clyemne glares right back. "It would only be just. Do you truly not believe that the gods would have an interest?"

"I'm sorry, I seem to be missing something?"

Menalippe keeps staring Clyemne down. "The senator wishes to call the Furies down upon them."

I squeeze my eyes shut. "Oh, no, don't do that."

"You see! This-!"

"Don't do something that would make me feel obliged to protect that bastard. I don't know what the exact right punishment for his crime is, I doubt there is one. But life imprisonment seems to be… At least not completely unreasonable."

Clyemne break eye contact with Menalippe to look down at me with distaste. "You would protect this man?"

"Yes. That's my job. There is no.. grave injustice, no colossal and overwhelming need which requires us to throw out every existing law of civil society! You don't get to call in arcane life forms to murder a man because you're unhappy with the sentence the courts pass!"

Hippolyta stands. "And you will not discuss committing murder against a foreign citizen in this chamber. You are overstepping your bounds, senator."

Clyemne's mouth tightens as she gets her anger under control. A moment passes before she nods in acquiescence. "I apologise, my Queen. My disgust got the better of me."

Queen Hippolyta nods, then turns to me. "Under the circumstances, I think a break in proceedings is appropriate. Paul, you have our thanks for liberating Calliope." I bow. "For better or worse, you have given us a great deal to think about. We will reconvene in one hour."
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The Amazons are pissed and this asshole is screwed even if he does get out.
 
eaglejarl said:
Wow. Worst brokeback pose ever.



It seems to be more complicated than that. It looks like it's "white means it's whichever character (Paragon/Regenade) is the star of this episode. If it's red, it's the other one." @MrZoat Was the red time/date in this post a mistake or do I have it right how it actually works?

EDIT. Nope, looks like it was just a mistake. White is consistently paragon and red is renegade.
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It's a red episode title because it's a Renegade episode, but the timestamp is white because it's a Paragon update.
 
dhasenan said:
Of course, the US justice system emerged in the aftermath of our civil war to replace slavery, so it's not exactly modern. But it is the justice system we're talking about.
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Actually, we're talking about a legal system, no justice necessary. A disappointing difference, to be sure.


And to anyone who might still be surprised about the Amazon response to this issue, recall that in many ways they are basically gender-flipped Spartans who worship gods with slightly different portfolios - like the fact that they regard the opposite gender as mostly useless and completely beneath them; being enraged with the underclass dominating a divinely-empowered member of the true gender is very in-character.
Although at least the Spartans didn't leave their entire breeding population on the borders of their territory. FFS, how they didn't die out before they did I'll never know....
 
Zeus should become a superhero ala Booster Gold.
He needs sponsors! And gadgets! And a talk show host!
And he should get all the new young honeys.


Because that's the "in" thing now.


Also he needs a new portfolio.
King of the Sell Outs is available.


Lastly. He should run for office.
In greece.

Pluto/Hades would fucking freak.
 
Jamie Roberts said:
Oh, of course, how could I forget? Your mother is Comics!Starfire... Who let that woman raise a kid?!
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She has one of the better reasons for an outfit like that. Her culture doesn't have a nudity taboo (and maybe not a sex one either, I forget). She probably only wears that much to protect our foolish human sensibilities.

Actually, on that note, there are surprisingly few alien cultures who lack a nudity taboo. Especially for the more durable species who don't actually need clothes for protection from the weather/predators/other people.
 
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Maping said:
She has one of the better reasons for an outfit like that. Her culture doesn't have a nudity taboo (and maybe not a sex one either, I forget). She probably only wear's that much to protect our foolish human sensibilities.

Actually, on that note, there are surprisingly few alien cultures who lack a nudity taboo. Especially for the more durable species who don't actually need clothes for protection from the weather/predators/other people.
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The character does have a reason.

But the character is written that way so that there's an excuse to draw a basically naked woman in ridiculous poses.
 
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