Project: Gamer Ver. 2 (Young Justice/Gamer/Multicross OC)
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If she is socially stunted then Dinah has the social abilities and maturity of a teen.
Jinx did the responsibible thing and tried to talk things with her adopted mother.
Said adopted mother blamed the person who saved Jinx from the streets and who has saved Jinx life many times.
At the very minimum Dinah should be aware that the only reason Alchemist is taking a tutor and parenting role is because Dinah is not.
And is not like Dinah lacks the time or money.
She could take a break from anything but getting therapy to Player One and others and still have several hours a day to actually act like a mother.
But nope, she is acting more like an older sister that a parent.
Gaia is more insane that Alchemist, thanks to her stupid murderhobo children literally driving her crazy.
Basically being responsible for yourself and or others. That's it, that's the big fucking mystery. That's what "adulting" really is about. If you aren't taking care of yourself as much as you can, and you don't have health problems, then you are not acting like an adult.
Is not owning a house or a car, or getting a driving license or even having a job.
Is responsibility, hence why people prefer the whole car/job/house/ driving license thing.
Dinah is playing at being responsible but even my two parents, who worked all day, paid more attention to me that Dinah does to her adopted daughter. Heck even when my mom died and it was just my father he paid more attention to me that Dinah does to Jynx.
And that's sad.
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Frescko
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Not too sure about Dinah, but Jinx is definitely socially stunted for a few reasons such as:
Growing up homeless in Gotham, being shunned as a meta, likely dropping out of school, spending her free time time training or fighting for her life, growing up in DC universe, Ect.
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I'm trying to remember whether the story has it that "Dinah proactively offered to adopt Jinx, act as her guardian, and take care of her, because she liked the girl and wanted to help her" or "Dinah got it dropped on her (by other League members) as the thing which someone really ought to do and Dinah was best placed to do". One of these things - like "act as a therapist to Young Justice even though you're not fully trained, because nobody else is competent or trustworthy" is more stressful than the other.
Also, I agree with the earlier comments that a parent's first reaction to "hear child is in danger" -> "remove child from danger then work out what to do next" is understandable. Granted, both sides degenerated into a screaming argument and Dinah should have had more self-control than Jinx, but it is understandable.
Looking at Jinx's life, if Dinah and Alchemist are effectively Jinx's guardians, then Alchemist is the Fun Guardian and Dinah is lumbered with being the Stern (Not Fun) Guardian. Small wonder Jinx prefers hanging out with Alchemist.
(I'm not saying Dinah is guiltless: I just see the situation as being unmaintainable for all involved. Jinx, Dinah, and ultimately Alchemist too.)
Also, I agree with the earlier comments that a parent's first reaction to "hear child is in danger" -> "remove child from danger then work out what to do next" is understandable. Granted, both sides degenerated into a screaming argument and Dinah should have had more self-control than Jinx, but it is understandable.
Looking at Jinx's life, if Dinah and Alchemist are effectively Jinx's guardians, then Alchemist is the Fun Guardian and Dinah is lumbered with being the Stern (Not Fun) Guardian. Small wonder Jinx prefers hanging out with Alchemist.
(I'm not saying Dinah is guiltless: I just see the situation as being unmaintainable for all involved. Jinx, Dinah, and ultimately Alchemist too.)
Given what happened to Player 1, I'm starting to think that might be exactly what we just saw.
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Why yes, yes he did. Black Blade of Disaster, the dimensional rift in the shape of a mentally controlled flying sword. As opposed to the Sphere of Annihilation, which is the same thing but as a sphere with a diameter of said sword's length. Both, like Gate, are 9th level DnD spells.
And in the process of figuring that out he got close to making Kaleidoscope.
Exactly how many wizards have the spell slots to experiment with intentionally, repeatedly, miscasting a 9th level spell?
Terra's "Dude. WTF?" is well justified. The spellcasting bonuses and resistances from those rings and ear studs he's wearing are insane.
The latter:
And the stress of being under-qualified for the very high expectations and also overworked, circa chapter 100, shortly after Bitterblack Island and Alchemist's transmigration to his current body:
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Ah, so that's the real problem, Dinah was basically forced to do the adoption. No wonder things have gone downhill.
Right then, then might not be confirmation, but it's definitely enough to convince me. Wonder if his recent experiences are going to lead to Alchemist trying to compensate for this sort of thing going forward.
Lycanthromancer
The Arcane Fuzz
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It might just perfect the crate itself.
If Al really wanted to perfect a large amount of a substance, it'd be better if it were all together in one vat.
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For people with Cure and Esuna (everyone Al has taught magic to), it would be more useful to item world the chemical formula of the medicine. Or detailed instructions on the manufacturing process. Then send the results to universities and hospitals and Doctors Without Borders.
Better than universities, or DwB. Publish it online, make it freely available, buy advertisement to MAKE people talk about it, and ensure traction.
Open-source is ever, and always best. Can't monopolize, or scalp people if everyone and their dog can replicate it. Has the benefit of ensuring that the market will almost certainly provide a quality product, as barriers to competition begin as low as possible.
Open-source is ever, and always best. Can't monopolize, or scalp people if everyone and their dog can replicate it. Has the benefit of ensuring that the market will almost certainly provide a quality product, as barriers to competition begin as low as possible.
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"Sell ya a door Learn gull," Czly/Celly for short
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As a rule, the Item World works on a single item. Multiple iterations of Disgaea include a consumable called Phoenix Pill, for example, which like (almost) anything else, you can go into and improve, but you do it one pill at a time, just like any other single-use consumable or armor/weapon gear (though, as a counterpoint, it also has things like Hamburgers and Ramen that are a collection of ingredients and for the latter includes the bowl, though being magic I suppose it works by the concept of "one thing" rather than a physical parts count. It would have to to be usable on guns and the Mech Suit armor, for that matter.)
Some versions also include spell scrolls, which IIRC cannot be entered - from an in-universe perspective, entering a recipe card would probably improve the card itself, not the recipe written on it. Likewise, Disgaea D2 has Book as a magic-stat-boosting weapon type, but IW them just increases how much of a stat increase they give (ie the quality of the book itself) not how quickly your proficiency with them increases or what spells you learn from it.
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Spell: Codespeak
Project: Gamer Ver. 2 Alpha Build Sidestory: Spell: Codespeak
Alternative title: The Dude Abides
Disclaimer Me Do: I own nothing you recognize. And most of what you don't recognize, I still don't own.
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Shrike liked the whole team thing her mom had helped her get situated on.
She did miss Speedy, yeah, but the guy threw a tantrum and left when Artemis had suggested the idea. He seemed to really hate the idea of taking orders from the Justice League...
Or maybe it was just Green Arrow? She really wasn't sure. There seemed to be a whole host of issues there and she didn't know where to start to get them untangled.
"Yo!" Alchemist, that bastard, shouted into the common room. It distracted her from her schoolwork, the significantly more advanced material her new school demanded she complete for proper placement. "I'm not feeling like cookin' tonight. Who wants some O'Shaughnessy's?"
"Sweet!" Robin shouted back.
"I could totally go for a burger." Player One responded. "Can I get a large number two with a root beer?"
Artemis turned around on the couch and saw Alchemist had a notepad open in hand while he stood in the doorway.
"Absolutely can. M'gann?" Alchemist turned slightly to the green-skinned martian, butchering her name. Like usual.
"Uh... Do they have chicken sandwiches?" The redhead fumbled for a moment before continuing when Alchemist nodded to her. "Then I'll take that and, uh, fries? Oh, and a chocolate shake!"
"...I would like a burger and fries." Karen spoke up, softly. "And can I have a lemonade?"
"I'll take a Caesar salad." Artemis finally decided, electing for a more varied option. "With an extra five-piece chicken finger?"
"Got it, got it. Number two with beer, chicken and chocolate, number one with lemons, one knife-salad and a fistful of chicken. Robin, dude?" Alchemist turned slightly towards the boy.
"Dude! Du-dude, sweet." Robin fired back, his words completely unintelligible. "Sweetness, dude."
"Du~ude." Alchemist responded, writing something down on his notepad before turning towards Speedy.
"Sa-weet, dude." The redhead told him, his face serious. "Dude-dude-dude, dood."
"Sweet." Aqualad chimed in before Alchemist could turn to him. "Su-we~et."
"Da-dude." Alchemist nodded, moving on.
Artemis turned to Megan and Penny, her eyes wide in confusion.
"...What the hell is going on?" She asked, hoping one of them could make sense of the dudes and sweets that Kid Flash was rapid-firing at the man.
"I... I have no idea." Megan told her, the Martian's eyes rapidly swapping between. "It's not just what they're saying- They're thinking like this, too!"
"How does that even work?" Penny asked, just as confused as the other girls.
Except maybe Power Girl. Artemis could barely make out heads or tails of that one.
The gaggle of girls turned around as Superboy told Alchemist a single, solid 'Dude' and the mage turned to leave.
"What the heck was that?" Player One asked, her question directed to the room at large. "You guys weren't- You weren't talking! It was just a whole lot of 'Dude' and 'Sweet', that didn't make any sense!"
"What are you talking about?" Robin asked, a subtle grin on his masked face. "It made perfect sense. Alchemist asked what we wanted, we told him."
"No!" Megan denied, poking the Boy Wonder in the chest with one finger. "You didn't tell anyone anything! It was just-just-just two words! Over and over again!"
"Dude?" Kid Flash asked, placing one hand on Robin's shoulder.
"Dude." Robin responded, a small shake of his head.
"Dude?" Speedy didn't quite shout but he had to raise his voice to be heard from across the room. Kid Flash turned and shook his head at the cryogenically stunted boy. "Sweet."
"That's not a language!" Penny shouted, clearly frustrated. "You're just saying 'Dude' and 'Sweet' over and over again!"
"...Girls." Superboy shook his head.
"I know, right?" Robin turned away from Megan and headed over to sit with Superboy and Speedy. "They just don't get it."
"There's nothing to get!" Shrike shouted, more frustrated at being blown off rather than whatever craziness the boys had come up with...
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Earlier...
"Alright, so." It had taken some doing but Alchemist had managed to get all of the boys together without the girls finding out. "I've been thinking-"
"Did it hurt?" Kid Flash fired off in an instant.
"Only a little." Alchemist answered before continuing. "I've got access to a spell that will let us all learn to speak a unique, magical language."
"What would be the point of this?" Aqualad asked, leaning forward in his chair and placing his elbows on his knees, his joined hands under his chin.
"Operational security is the excuse I'll be using if it's brought up." Alchemist told him before he brought out a copy of a video.
'Dude, Where's My Car'
"Honestly, though?" Alchemist grinned, mischief in his eyes. "Sometimes, it's just fun to mess with people."
"...I'm in." Robin's expression matched Alchemist's. A worrying sign on a good day.
"Fine." Superboy just seemed disinterested.
Extracting him from his conjoined twin had been a hassle and a half.
"Whatever." And Speedy was equally disinterested, or at least that was how he chose to act.
Kid Flash and Aqualad simply nodded when Alchemist looked at them.
"Alright..." The wizard held a diamond in his palm as he thought on the spell. Codespeak wasn't a complicated spell, he could probably learn it normally...
But he doubted he could convince the boys that he wasn't trying to mess with them if he actually had to use the material components, a rune-inscribed piece of paper placed under the recipients tongues.
The diamond dissolved into ashes as the spell took hold, burning a new language into the minds of those present.
"...Dude." Alchemist brought a hand up to massage his forehead, failing to reach at an ache deep inside of his skull.
"...Sweet." Aqualad agreed, doing the same.
Alternative title: The Dude Abides
Disclaimer Me Do: I own nothing you recognize. And most of what you don't recognize, I still don't own.
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Shrike liked the whole team thing her mom had helped her get situated on.
She did miss Speedy, yeah, but the guy threw a tantrum and left when Artemis had suggested the idea. He seemed to really hate the idea of taking orders from the Justice League...
Or maybe it was just Green Arrow? She really wasn't sure. There seemed to be a whole host of issues there and she didn't know where to start to get them untangled.
"Yo!" Alchemist, that bastard, shouted into the common room. It distracted her from her schoolwork, the significantly more advanced material her new school demanded she complete for proper placement. "I'm not feeling like cookin' tonight. Who wants some O'Shaughnessy's?"
"Sweet!" Robin shouted back.
"I could totally go for a burger." Player One responded. "Can I get a large number two with a root beer?"
Artemis turned around on the couch and saw Alchemist had a notepad open in hand while he stood in the doorway.
"Absolutely can. M'gann?" Alchemist turned slightly to the green-skinned martian, butchering her name. Like usual.
"Uh... Do they have chicken sandwiches?" The redhead fumbled for a moment before continuing when Alchemist nodded to her. "Then I'll take that and, uh, fries? Oh, and a chocolate shake!"
"...I would like a burger and fries." Karen spoke up, softly. "And can I have a lemonade?"
"I'll take a Caesar salad." Artemis finally decided, electing for a more varied option. "With an extra five-piece chicken finger?"
"Got it, got it. Number two with beer, chicken and chocolate, number one with lemons, one knife-salad and a fistful of chicken. Robin, dude?" Alchemist turned slightly towards the boy.
"Dude! Du-dude, sweet." Robin fired back, his words completely unintelligible. "Sweetness, dude."
"Du~ude." Alchemist responded, writing something down on his notepad before turning towards Speedy.
"Sa-weet, dude." The redhead told him, his face serious. "Dude-dude-dude, dood."
"Sweet." Aqualad chimed in before Alchemist could turn to him. "Su-we~et."
"Da-dude." Alchemist nodded, moving on.
Artemis turned to Megan and Penny, her eyes wide in confusion.
"...What the hell is going on?" She asked, hoping one of them could make sense of the dudes and sweets that Kid Flash was rapid-firing at the man.
"I... I have no idea." Megan told her, the Martian's eyes rapidly swapping between. "It's not just what they're saying- They're thinking like this, too!"
"How does that even work?" Penny asked, just as confused as the other girls.
Except maybe Power Girl. Artemis could barely make out heads or tails of that one.
The gaggle of girls turned around as Superboy told Alchemist a single, solid 'Dude' and the mage turned to leave.
"What the heck was that?" Player One asked, her question directed to the room at large. "You guys weren't- You weren't talking! It was just a whole lot of 'Dude' and 'Sweet', that didn't make any sense!"
"What are you talking about?" Robin asked, a subtle grin on his masked face. "It made perfect sense. Alchemist asked what we wanted, we told him."
"No!" Megan denied, poking the Boy Wonder in the chest with one finger. "You didn't tell anyone anything! It was just-just-just two words! Over and over again!"
"Dude?" Kid Flash asked, placing one hand on Robin's shoulder.
"Dude." Robin responded, a small shake of his head.
"Dude?" Speedy didn't quite shout but he had to raise his voice to be heard from across the room. Kid Flash turned and shook his head at the cryogenically stunted boy. "Sweet."
"That's not a language!" Penny shouted, clearly frustrated. "You're just saying 'Dude' and 'Sweet' over and over again!"
"...Girls." Superboy shook his head.
"I know, right?" Robin turned away from Megan and headed over to sit with Superboy and Speedy. "They just don't get it."
"There's nothing to get!" Shrike shouted, more frustrated at being blown off rather than whatever craziness the boys had come up with...
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Earlier...
"Alright, so." It had taken some doing but Alchemist had managed to get all of the boys together without the girls finding out. "I've been thinking-"
"Did it hurt?" Kid Flash fired off in an instant.
"Only a little." Alchemist answered before continuing. "I've got access to a spell that will let us all learn to speak a unique, magical language."
"What would be the point of this?" Aqualad asked, leaning forward in his chair and placing his elbows on his knees, his joined hands under his chin.
"Operational security is the excuse I'll be using if it's brought up." Alchemist told him before he brought out a copy of a video.
'Dude, Where's My Car'
"Honestly, though?" Alchemist grinned, mischief in his eyes. "Sometimes, it's just fun to mess with people."
"...I'm in." Robin's expression matched Alchemist's. A worrying sign on a good day.
"Fine." Superboy just seemed disinterested.
Extracting him from his conjoined twin had been a hassle and a half.
"Whatever." And Speedy was equally disinterested, or at least that was how he chose to act.
Kid Flash and Aqualad simply nodded when Alchemist looked at them.
"Alright..." The wizard held a diamond in his palm as he thought on the spell. Codespeak wasn't a complicated spell, he could probably learn it normally...
But he doubted he could convince the boys that he wasn't trying to mess with them if he actually had to use the material components, a rune-inscribed piece of paper placed under the recipients tongues.
The diamond dissolved into ashes as the spell took hold, burning a new language into the minds of those present.
"...Dude." Alchemist brought a hand up to massage his forehead, failing to reach at an ache deep inside of his skull.
"...Sweet." Aqualad agreed, doing the same.
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You know is stuff like this why Player One took so long to explain things and ask for help.
Krazyfan1
Worrying for the future.
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Imagine if she finds out that he ISN'T butchering her name...
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Fixed that for you.
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I now want this to be canon, just for the fact that I wanna see Batman, Superman, Flash and J'onn pull this off in a meeting!
After all, as Alchemist said, sometimes it's just fun to mess with people.
After all, as Alchemist said, sometimes it's just fun to mess with people.
I am sorry about that. It -was- meant to be annoying in a kind of stupid way, based off of the scene in 'Dude, Where's My Car' which is... Not a high-brow film.
It could serve a legitimate purpose but it was intentionally executed in the dumbest way possible.
Well... This is sidestory, not apocrypha.
Which reminds me, I need to doublecheck where I placed Scholar's Touch...
Basically it's a scene that fits into the story but wasn't important enough to get a proper chapter segment.
I figured I'd try a few things like this to showcase the less combative uses of Al's magic and to also connect more with the DC cast and setting.
WeirdRatThing
Contains Red Dye 40
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I'd like it more than once if possible