Science
If you're reading this, omae wa mo shindeiru.
- Location
- Killeen, TX
Yup, I meant 18.
No you didn't, I was mentioning that that was the event being referred to.
With This Ring (Young Justice SI) (Thread Twelve)
- Thread starter Mr Zoat
- Start date
- Status
No you didn't, I was mentioning that that was the event being referred to.
Empiricist2
Let's play doctor!
- Location
- Baton Rouge
Makes sense in context =/= not creepy
- Location
- Canada
What's creepy about it exactly?
The Froggy Ninja
The Blade Will Never Die
I don't know. That's exactly the kind of gossip I'd spread about the cake man. Probably without evidence. Just for fun and because in this hypothetical I run a reputable superwatch blog and have gone mad with power.
- Location
- Somewhere!
- Pronouns
- She/Her
It's usually a little bit odd to speculate about the sexual or romantic tendencies of an actual person. You didn't get into any detail but still, it feels weird.
Empiricist2
Let's play doctor!
- Location
- Baton Rouge
Basically what Nemomarx said. Creepy may be too strong a word though.
- Location
- USA
I don't know about that. We've seen (secondhand) that a lot of characters have been speculating about Paul's sexuality in the story. Are Artemis/Donna/Karon/Holly/etc creepy?
Date Night (part 17)
- Location
- Hampden Park
31st March
17:02 GMT +8
I sigh, then lower myself into the seat across from the hulking monstrosity opposite me. "Fabiao. Been a while."
He doesn't.. look too badly injured, but his hardened epidermis makes it a little hard to tell. The facility we're in isn't equipped with a power suppressor but the sheer weight of titanium-tungsten carbide chains on him should do the job about as well.
"Yeah man."
He sounds.. utterly miserable, which given what happened isn't too surprising. The accent is different too, as I'm listening to him through the ring's translation effect rather than his strongly accented English.
"So I… Assume that Bane went to visit his father after all?"
He tries to nod, but his heavy metal collar means that he can't complete the gesture. "Yes. Perdición wanted to talk to him in person. I don't…" He looks past me to where Colonel Fang is giving him a look of total contempt. "I don't know exactly what he wanted-" He tries to shrug and fails again. "-but he is the boss."
"He was the boss."
You'd think August Colonel in Iron's voice would be metallic. Raspy. But it isn't. There's a distortion from where his mouth isn't quite as flexible as an unaltered Human's mouth would be, but otherwise he sounds pretty normal.
Fabiao looks up at him for a moment and then looks away. "Yeah. The woman in the green dress shot him with… Like a crossbow? I thought it was a plasma weapon but the… The arrows? They stuck in him and stayed there."
"Ghost Fox Killer. It's an arcane weapon."
"Is she a superhero?"
"No. She's a superfunctionary. That means that she works for the Chinese government rather than being independent. Which in turn means they're happy for her to use lethal force against dangerous opponents."
"Were those.. people with her..? The see through ones? Were they ghosts?"
"Yes. She harvests the souls of the evil to use as a power source. I'm a little curious as to how you survived."
"You can't pay me enough to die for you. There were police, soldiers, Chinese super-. Superfunctionaries. When Perdición died, I just knelt down and put my hands up."
I half turn. "Was the Socialist Red Guardsman pulling a sickie?"
"I was concerned about bringing a radiological hazard to a densely populated area."
"Right." I turn back to Fabiao. "Obviously, I notified the Chinese authorities that you might be heading their way after we met in Gotham. They really don't like people with superpowers committing crimes in their country."
"Yeah man. I noticed."
"I'm somewhat sympathetic to your position, but I'm still not entirely clear on why you asked for me."
"What? You think I should have called a lawyer? I know America puts people like me in Belle Reve. I don't know what the Chinese do with us."
"For metahuman criminals who resist arrest, they usually summarily execute them. Since they're actually holding you, there's a prison camp out in the Gobi Desert. I imagine you'll get… You haven't committed a serious crime in China, so…" I turn back to Colonel Fang. "Five years' hard labour, followed by deportation?"
"Eight. He was in the company of an international fugitive. And then I imagine that the Americans will want him after he has served his sentence."
I turn back, nodding. "You're looking at Felony Murder for Gotham-."
"The old lady?" I nod. "That was Truggs, man. We were going to hold her hostage, maybe ransom her. Then he just pulled out some weird looking pistol and shot her."
"He admitted to similar murders before. But felony murder just requires them to prove that you might reasonably have suspected that someone could die during your crime, and I'm afraid that breaking into someone's house to commit a robbery counts. Then you've got the drugs smuggling, illegal entry to the country and.. Taiwan's going to want you and any other survivors over the attack on the Rhelasian peace conference."
He sags as much as his restraints allow him. "I'm done, man."
"On the other hand, you did hand yourself over willingly." I raise my hands slightly, rings glowing as I take a detailed scan of his physique. "And I did promise." Two fat beams of orange light strike the centre of his mass and flow across his body.
I hear a scrape of metal behind me as Colonel Fang folds his arms across his chest. "He isn't worth your time."
"That's… Not the point."
"He is undoubtedly a murderer many times over. His surrender prevented me killing him immediately as I did the other two like him, but I know him for the scum he is. The only reason he is still here is because he mentioned your name and the Chinese government considers itself in your debt for Roanoke Island. And for compelling the Physician to accept our authority."
I lower the rings and the light cuts out. Fabiao looks himself over. I could have done a full purge of his system, restored him to a Human baseline physique. But he told me in Gotham that his plans for the future involved keeping his enhancements, so I limited myself to healing the rifts in his skin and performing minor fixes on all of the other damage the Venom Buster did to him. He actually came out of it okay compared to Mister Huang. The changes to his brain were fairly minimal. He probably didn't get much worse than headaches. I guess the late Bane Dorrance knew his stuff.
"Eh. Thanks, man."
I get up and walk out of the room, Colonel Fang following a moment later. There's quite a lot of activity in the police station as Xeno-Team soldiers rub shoulders with Hong Kong police and both try to avoid Ghost Fox Killer's ghosts.
"Obliged or not, I'm still not sure why you showed me that."
"I imagine that my superiors would rather repay you by reducing the punishment of an inconsequential thug than something important."
I nod. "King Snake?"
"Dead. The police had him under observation for his links to the gangs. The presence of the Great Ten expedited matters."
I suppose I could… No.
"I suppose it would be the nice thing to do, but to be honest? He's committed some very serious crimes and I think he should be punished for them. Eight years hard labour?" Colonel Fang gives me a sidelong look, then nods. "Sounds a little excessive to me, but China has much less of a supervillain problem than Britain or the States. Do as you see fit."
"Hm." There's approval in his eyes. "Had he tried to fight on, the lives of several of my men would have been lost to the criminals. And his potential utility is obvious. We may consider offering him employment."
"You want to bring him into the Great Ten? Really?"
"The Physician is a murderer. And you clearly have suspicions regarding Socialist Red Guardsman. Mister Matos has self discipline and power. We may be able to make use of him."
"What would he get out of it?"
"Better food, better conditions. And we would quietly repatriate him to Brazil at the end of his sentence instead of extraditing him. Or allow him to stay on in honourable service, if he so chose."
"That sounds reasonable. And I think he'll probably go for it." I hesitate for a moment. "Just curious… Can I assume that if those responsible for Roanoke Island found themselves in your custody, you would give them to Ghost Fox Killer as well?"
"Naturally. They are not fit to draw breath."
"Hm. Something to think about."
17:02 GMT +8
I sigh, then lower myself into the seat across from the hulking monstrosity opposite me. "Fabiao. Been a while."
He doesn't.. look too badly injured, but his hardened epidermis makes it a little hard to tell. The facility we're in isn't equipped with a power suppressor but the sheer weight of titanium-tungsten carbide chains on him should do the job about as well.
"Yeah man."
He sounds.. utterly miserable, which given what happened isn't too surprising. The accent is different too, as I'm listening to him through the ring's translation effect rather than his strongly accented English.
"So I… Assume that Bane went to visit his father after all?"
He tries to nod, but his heavy metal collar means that he can't complete the gesture. "Yes. Perdición wanted to talk to him in person. I don't…" He looks past me to where Colonel Fang is giving him a look of total contempt. "I don't know exactly what he wanted-" He tries to shrug and fails again. "-but he is the boss."
"He was the boss."
You'd think August Colonel in Iron's voice would be metallic. Raspy. But it isn't. There's a distortion from where his mouth isn't quite as flexible as an unaltered Human's mouth would be, but otherwise he sounds pretty normal.
Fabiao looks up at him for a moment and then looks away. "Yeah. The woman in the green dress shot him with… Like a crossbow? I thought it was a plasma weapon but the… The arrows? They stuck in him and stayed there."
"Ghost Fox Killer. It's an arcane weapon."
"Is she a superhero?"
"No. She's a superfunctionary. That means that she works for the Chinese government rather than being independent. Which in turn means they're happy for her to use lethal force against dangerous opponents."
"Were those.. people with her..? The see through ones? Were they ghosts?"
"Yes. She harvests the souls of the evil to use as a power source. I'm a little curious as to how you survived."
"You can't pay me enough to die for you. There were police, soldiers, Chinese super-. Superfunctionaries. When Perdición died, I just knelt down and put my hands up."
I half turn. "Was the Socialist Red Guardsman pulling a sickie?"
"I was concerned about bringing a radiological hazard to a densely populated area."
"Right." I turn back to Fabiao. "Obviously, I notified the Chinese authorities that you might be heading their way after we met in Gotham. They really don't like people with superpowers committing crimes in their country."
"Yeah man. I noticed."
"I'm somewhat sympathetic to your position, but I'm still not entirely clear on why you asked for me."
"What? You think I should have called a lawyer? I know America puts people like me in Belle Reve. I don't know what the Chinese do with us."
"For metahuman criminals who resist arrest, they usually summarily execute them. Since they're actually holding you, there's a prison camp out in the Gobi Desert. I imagine you'll get… You haven't committed a serious crime in China, so…" I turn back to Colonel Fang. "Five years' hard labour, followed by deportation?"
"Eight. He was in the company of an international fugitive. And then I imagine that the Americans will want him after he has served his sentence."
I turn back, nodding. "You're looking at Felony Murder for Gotham-."
"The old lady?" I nod. "That was Truggs, man. We were going to hold her hostage, maybe ransom her. Then he just pulled out some weird looking pistol and shot her."
"He admitted to similar murders before. But felony murder just requires them to prove that you might reasonably have suspected that someone could die during your crime, and I'm afraid that breaking into someone's house to commit a robbery counts. Then you've got the drugs smuggling, illegal entry to the country and.. Taiwan's going to want you and any other survivors over the attack on the Rhelasian peace conference."
He sags as much as his restraints allow him. "I'm done, man."
"On the other hand, you did hand yourself over willingly." I raise my hands slightly, rings glowing as I take a detailed scan of his physique. "And I did promise." Two fat beams of orange light strike the centre of his mass and flow across his body.
I hear a scrape of metal behind me as Colonel Fang folds his arms across his chest. "He isn't worth your time."
"That's… Not the point."
"He is undoubtedly a murderer many times over. His surrender prevented me killing him immediately as I did the other two like him, but I know him for the scum he is. The only reason he is still here is because he mentioned your name and the Chinese government considers itself in your debt for Roanoke Island. And for compelling the Physician to accept our authority."
I lower the rings and the light cuts out. Fabiao looks himself over. I could have done a full purge of his system, restored him to a Human baseline physique. But he told me in Gotham that his plans for the future involved keeping his enhancements, so I limited myself to healing the rifts in his skin and performing minor fixes on all of the other damage the Venom Buster did to him. He actually came out of it okay compared to Mister Huang. The changes to his brain were fairly minimal. He probably didn't get much worse than headaches. I guess the late Bane Dorrance knew his stuff.
"Eh. Thanks, man."
I get up and walk out of the room, Colonel Fang following a moment later. There's quite a lot of activity in the police station as Xeno-Team soldiers rub shoulders with Hong Kong police and both try to avoid Ghost Fox Killer's ghosts.
"Obliged or not, I'm still not sure why you showed me that."
"I imagine that my superiors would rather repay you by reducing the punishment of an inconsequential thug than something important."
I nod. "King Snake?"
"Dead. The police had him under observation for his links to the gangs. The presence of the Great Ten expedited matters."
I suppose I could… No.
"I suppose it would be the nice thing to do, but to be honest? He's committed some very serious crimes and I think he should be punished for them. Eight years hard labour?" Colonel Fang gives me a sidelong look, then nods. "Sounds a little excessive to me, but China has much less of a supervillain problem than Britain or the States. Do as you see fit."
"Hm." There's approval in his eyes. "Had he tried to fight on, the lives of several of my men would have been lost to the criminals. And his potential utility is obvious. We may consider offering him employment."
"You want to bring him into the Great Ten? Really?"
"The Physician is a murderer. And you clearly have suspicions regarding Socialist Red Guardsman. Mister Matos has self discipline and power. We may be able to make use of him."
"What would he get out of it?"
"Better food, better conditions. And we would quietly repatriate him to Brazil at the end of his sentence instead of extraditing him. Or allow him to stay on in honourable service, if he so chose."
"That sounds reasonable. And I think he'll probably go for it." I hesitate for a moment. "Just curious… Can I assume that if those responsible for Roanoke Island found themselves in your custody, you would give them to Ghost Fox Killer as well?"
"Naturally. They are not fit to draw breath."
"Hm. Something to think about."
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Well he did bake a fruit cake which is typically considered a type of food produced during the holiday season particularly around Christmas thus making that statement literal. Also an aside calling someone a Fruit Cake generally means that you are implying said person isn't right in the head which makes I do believe makes this a triple entendre.
Unless of course I'm getting my terminology incorrect.....
Finagle007
[Verified Great Old One]
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
Bane is dead...?
I... wasn't expecting that.
No, Paul! Don't go down the Renegade route!
I... wasn't expecting that.
No, Paul! Don't go down the Renegade route!
Ashaeron
Lurker in the Abyss
Paragon and Renegade: not so different, in the end. Two sides of the same coin.
Silveraith
Argent Phantasm
- Location
- Terra Atlantus
I enjoyed this segment enough to like it. I'm somewhat surprised how much I agree with their outlook on super-criminals.
- Location
- Canada
But the Renegade gets shizz done!
Also, I like the fact that all versions of Paul consider international cooperation to be a major bonus. Really helps set him and his alts apart from the standard roster.
It may even become a part of the "Inter-dimensional Variant" planning of the Bat Family. 'If one spots a Paul-Lantern, be ready to face a more unified Planetary Super-Force', sort of deal, even if they are only personally beholden to him, I am sure an inter-planetary/dimension threat would see any Paul-Lantern calling in as many favours as he feels necessary to counter the threats.
- Location
- Canada
But he's not even talking about Zoat directly, in fact he didn't even say the SI was one, just that people on earth 16 might think that because of how he acts and even if it was directed to Zoat it wouldn't be an insult considering his age.
You're really looking for offence for no good reason, it's kinda silly in 'à la SJW needing a cause' sort of way.
Karuadin
Vago Mundo
The peace conference took place at Taipei, the capital of Taiwan.
Massgamer
Advance toward the Future
- Location
- The Future
Well that is what happens when you try to be a super villain in China as a mostly baseline human again.
Pauls' actions have caused the death or permanent removal of several villains now in general.
Course the power vacuum left behind by the dead super villains might encourage more new ones to show up later.
On another note Batman has another of his rogue list to cross out.
Wonder how that would work with a Lord of Chaos in general.
Might mean that Paul could possibly count on the Great Ten to help when he has to deal with Klarion again.
- Location
- Hampden Park
Thank you, corrected.
Super strength and good tactical skills is great, yeah. And against someone like, say, Batman you could do a lot of damage. But against other people with superpowers? Especially if those people can use lethal force? You gonna get wrecked.
Really, the only thing keeping a lot of villains alive is that the heroes don't kill. And China doesn't play that shit. That's why they've got such a smaller problem with villains even though with their population there should be far more.
Of course it's also the direct cause of several of their more horrifying human rights violations, so yeah, mixed bag.
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- Location
- Wishing I was somewhere much colder, I asssume.
Yeah, I don't get why people seem to keep forgetting this.
Paragon Paul and Renegade Paul are the same person, or at least they were before they entered the DC universe. Renegade Paul had a really shitty day before this happened, so he had a bit more bile and anger in his system when he got his power ring. Things spiraled out from there.
I imagine Renegade Paul is based on the whole "It only takes one bad day." thing I think...the Joker says?
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Mizu
Software Developer
- Location
- Victoria, Australia
reasonably suspect that someone
Hm. Going from supervillain grunt to potential Chinese superpowered soldier after a prison sentence seems quite a bit better than going from said sentence to death or more imprisonment in another country.
- Location
- Oblivion
*smacks Paul with a trout"
Bad Paul, no handing the ancient evil sorcerers an easily mind controlled new minion.
Ganurath
Literal Enthusiast
- Location
- A Valid Location
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I don't think that Ghost Fox Killer would take kindly to such talk about her age, moral integrity, or methodology. She's a young obedient necromancer, if anything.
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