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

Discussion in 'Creative Writing' started by Mr Zoat, Jan 27, 2019.

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  1. Darko

    Darko Connoisseur.

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    I think it signifies that the person is really focusing on their willpower.
     
  2. Ganurath

    Ganurath Apologizes For Nothing

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    Needs more threadmark.
     
  3. BlueMangoAdea

    BlueMangoAdea Alive. For now.

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    Hm. Who to take. Diana and Donna, given their origins. Kon worships a Titan. A magic expert?
     
  4. Chojin Patriarch

    Chojin Patriarch Veteran Lurker

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    ...Ah, for a moment I blanked on this 'announcement' Onik made. But I presume it involved the former Abbot's 'corruption' by the Yellow Ring. Yes, I rather imagine things got a little confused and concerned amongst the government then. You have my sympathy, then, my good fellow...

    Yes, I can imagine him needing a moment for it to sink in.

    No, OL, that's only for when you're around. Presumably she hopes for you be slightly better than the rest of the idiots.

    See, now that is useful advice. Indeed, she may look old and doddering, but even a few minutes will disabuse people of that notion quickly enough.

    ...I'm sorry, do you really think the planet isn't unruly enough?

    Well, since you and Malvolio's Central Lantern are basically both here... I guess it saves a trip. Not that she particularly needs to worry about travelling...

    Having, if memory serves me correctly, worked on the Orange Light Fountain with Krona? And presumably the Green Central Battery on Oa.

    Indeed. Any Karaxian not having issues with any of this would probably need to be functionally sociopathic in terms of emotional responses...

    Really, OL? Now is not the time to see if he's a fan.

    He's management, OL. He doesn't need to know things, that's what the juniors are for.

    I love that he's that blunt about this. "I don't have time to break down screaming right now. Maybe later..."

    Ah, lending their personal weight to press home that the Spider Guild should not be pulling any shit. Pity the current leadership can't keep that in mind.

    To be fair, I doubt she needs one. Anything strong enough to threaten a Maltusian would likely roll over anything less in the way.

    Wonder how many are visiting the planet right now? Given the Green Light connection...

    To swing their big political dicks, I would assume.

    But would the Spider Guild have paid attention to a treaty for long without the tacit threat of several Guardians being there?

    Well, mass rioting over the peace treaty, anyway. I bet the devout Lanternists were celebrating piously over their presence.

    ...And that will be Hinon, no doubt.

    Show some consideration, dear, he's only human, after all. He's not omniscient.

    Duty calls. I'm sure she knows how it is.

    Heh, letting her keep busy while OL's away.

    I bet the Oan Central Battery and the Orange Central battery make similar landmarks in the emotional planes...

    Probably not the first time she's experienced the realm of Will's World. Assuming that's comparable to OL's Greediport.

    Eh, she's done Green. Probably found it dull.

    Well, that's a cue to get Donna and Diana on board if nothing else. Road trip for the Team ahead, I wonder?

    Well. The factory world for the Sun-Eaters. This should be very interesting. And it's populated by the Titans of Myth, too. I presume they've recently moved in, and looking to make nice with the Controllers. I wonder if they've heard about OL's unique relationships with the Olympians yet? Should be amusing to see how they take him...
     
  5. Ngamer11

    Ngamer11 Experienced.

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    How would the Greek gods react to Paul telling them that some Titans have taken over a planet? Also, did they escape Tartarus, or are they some of the Titans who were never imprisoned in the first place or something?
     
  6. Sceptic

    Sceptic Critical Irrationalist

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    Is your wind a southerly, or a nor' easter?

    Nah, surely that makes too much sense.
     
  7. Darko

    Darko Connoisseur.

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    I think her hopes will not be fulfilled.

    This is Paul.

    Nothing us too unruly for him.

    Or just very chill.

    And so soon after renegade had his adventure with our two favorite Amazons.

    And we may be seeing some of those Titan Seeds.

    Which I'm assuming will be something like New Gods.
     
  8. Darko

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    Apparently in canon Zeus banished them to a moon across the universe, but they managed to influence an alien society to worship them.
     
  9. Vaermina

    Vaermina Well worn.

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    It's greatly amusing how Dox and now Hinon keep trying to sideline Paragon.
     
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  10. Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    Extraordinary mental focus.
    Thank you, corrected.
    [mutter]It was there when I posted it.[/mutter]
     
  11. ZzzSlothzzZ

    ZzzSlothzzZ The Giver of warm hugs

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    Im voting for this guy

    Well shit
    *runs and hides*
    -shitstorm ensues-

    I like Hinon, she says what we're all thinking
     
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  12. Bud-E

    Bud-E Stand up so I can push you down!

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    Wait canonically from this story the Titans are all sealed away on earth. Was there a mass breakout while Paul was away?
     
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  13. Darko

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    No, I don't think so.

    In the comics the Titans were banished into space by Zeus and eventually took over the planet.

    The planet where they are now was apparently some kind of nexus for dimensional travel.

    I'm thinking that maybe the Titans somehow used the nexus to spread their influence there.

    They're probably still bound in Tartarus, but Old Gods in this fic can create avatars to interact in the mortal universe, so maybe the Titans there are avatars, while their greater selfs are still trapped.
     
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  14. Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    He's a special adviser.
    No.
     
  15. Pinklestia

    Pinklestia Well worn.

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    And has way too many bosses!

    Did he never see Office Space? Having way too many bosses is trouble because is freaking impossible to please all of them!
     
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  16. Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    No.
     
  17. Steelplaza

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    Technically OL didn't talk to Hinon at all. Dox was the one who told him Hinon was coming, and he didn't ask Dox if she was bringing an escort. But then Dox might not have known.

    Ah, the Titans of Myth on an alien world built to create and imprison Suneaters. Yes, that would- (Eyes focus on early part of the article.)

    Wait, what was that....

    Awkward! Hinon's hands are probably clean since she's been sleeping far beyond "millennia ago" but you have to wonder about the other Orange Light Controllers.
     
  18. Doccer

    Doccer I trust you know where the happy button is?

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    The what now?
     
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  19. Darko

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    Zoat either kept that part or he changed it so that the Controllers were fair and didn't enslave them but may have had a relationship like they do with the Clickers, having them serve them by helping their society in some manner.
     
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  20. Darko

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    In this story a Light Fountain is what a Central Power Battery technically is.

    It's basically a device that forms a connection with its respective emotional plane and draws power from it.

    A CPB is what's put around it to better regulate said power as well as to connect to the rings.
     
  21. Pinklestia

    Pinklestia Well worn.

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    To sum up, THE OFFICE COMEDY that was COPIED SO MUCH THAT'S NOT THAT FUNNY ANYMORE. But still quite hilarious if you haven't seen an Office comedy anymore.

    The protagonist main problem is that not only his bosses abuse their power but that he has EIGHT of them.

    *Looks at Oh El

    Yeah Zoat you definitely should see Office Space.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space
     
  22. MagnumForce

    MagnumForce Making the rounds.

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    I've been thinking to myself recently, "Man, I like the parts of this story set in space yet also miss the Team a little."

    Now we can have the Team go to space, or at the least a part of it,
     
  23. Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    ...
     
  24. PDV

    PDV Revelation That Uncertainty Is Itself An Answer

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    Better guess: it's a dimensional nexus, so there's no reason for them to be the titans from this dimension.
     
  25. Alasnuyo

    Alasnuyo I am always here

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    Huh, so it's Paragon's turn now to deal with space Olympians.
     
  26. NightmareWarden

    NightmareWarden Versed in the lewd.

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    Missing god speech.

    :( please…?
     
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    Mr Zoat

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    11th September 2012
    09:54 GMT


    Okay. So. Prior to Hinon's faction of Guardians leaving and joining the Controllers, the existing Controllers were pursuing other options as far as megaweapons went. One of the more notorious examples of their system-killers of choice were the sun-eaters.

    I actually remember them from the comics, where one tried eating Sol and it took Parallax-Jordan killing himself to finally get rid of the thing. And another, where a member of the Legion of Superheroes… Ferrous Lad? Died, stopping it reaching an inhabited system. And I think Animal Man used one to gain stellar navigation and faster than light flight once.

    In reality, they're nothing like that common. Once Hinon's faction joined the Controllers, they policed their stray pets properly rather than just letting them wander off. And their chosen storage site was a naturally occurring dimensional warp in the system containing the planet Minosyss. That dimensional warp has caused the matter in the system to display all sorts of anomalous properties, one of which is to make the innate matter manipulating powers of the maltusians… Unreliable.

    And to get around that while still extracting what they wanted from the place, they decided that the thing to do would be to enslave the entire population.

    Fortunately, that was a… Long time ago. The place has recovered, the descendants of the slaves have… Yeah, it was over a billion years ago. It's about as relevant as that time the proto-Moon hit the proto-Earth is to most humans. We know it happened

    The better educated ones know it happened, I should say.

    But there's no emotional weight to it.

    But, yes. Dimensional weirdness makes most forms of faster than light travel unreliable, so they don't have external trade. They don't have the fuel resources to build an industrial society themselves, so… There they are. Certainly not a bad place to live, the occasional physics anomaly aside.

    The current rulers are a bit of a mystery. They flew in on what is basically a city built into a hollowed-out half-moon a couple of decades ago and took over pretty quickly. That was our first clue that the place is thaumically active. The Darkstars' best guess was that they were New Genesians, but it's the wrong part of the galaxy for them and… While the people of New Genesis aren't above being openly worshipped, they usually don't directly rule worlds under their protection. These people are doing just that, through a bureaucracy of local collaborators. No idea why they want to talk to me, but if N.E.M.O. can get a few dozen more magicians out of it then it's time well spent.

    Not… Totally sure why Hinon wants me to pick up a staff… Sure, you can find someone like just about anyone somewhere on Earth, but school is back on so basically everyone on the team is unavailable. Except Canis, but… No. Amon could probably get the time away but I wouldn't want to undermine Adom's authority by offering him a place on the mission when he's supposed to be doing something else. Angelika? Not sure that a group of demigods would have the same instinctual respect for her that they would for someone who felt like them.

    Diana and Alan are reasonable choices, except that I know Diana's working overtime on diplomacy to try and keep world governments working to repair the damage done by the Sheeda attack. Alan, on the other hand…

    "Illustres to Blue Lantern Alan Scott."

    My ring blinks. And then blinks a little more. And-.

    "Yeah? Oh, hey, Paul."

    Alan manages a wan smile, but he's clearly distracted.

    "Are you free? I can call back."

    "Sorry, son. Some crazy-. Cultist types broke into one of the Sheeda arms dumps. It's an all-hands for the Justice League."

    "Understood. Don’t let me keep-"

    His face vanishes.

    "-you."

    That could well require the team's attention as well. Ah. Euanthe's busy with Brazil, Queen Hippolyta… Maybe? But she'll probably want a staff of her own and that… Might be a bit much for Themyscira.

    Starting to think that turning up on my own would be the best idea. But Hinon specifically said…

    Who the heck do I know who… Isn't…

    I

    step out and then

    11th September 2012
    12:56 GMT +3


    appear inside the Temple of Hades, waving at the surprised-then-resigned priestesses as I fly for the doorway to Erebos. Down down down down... Despite having died, this bit doesn't feel any different. Though it is at least faster now that I've stopped worrying about being insufficiently reverential, though transitioning is still right out.

    And out. Palace that way, and as I gain height I can still see the queues heading into the courtrooms. I'm a little surprised that Hades hasn't set up temporary accommodation or something, though I suppose that they don't really need it. Now, where would-.

    "Lantern!" / "Oh, Lantern!"

    Two women dressed richly in Greek fashion hail me from the walls, and I fly towards them. They want me for something, and I need directions. Can't say that I recognise either of them, either from past visits or from the statues on Themyscira.

    "Ladies. What can I do for you?"

    The shorter one covers her mouth with her right hand as the taller one laughs.

    "You can apologise for not coming to see us sooner!"

    "I'm.. sorry, but this is Erebos. And I have no idea who you are."

    "Ah. Then I will introduce myself. I-" She puts her right hand on her chest. "-am Gaudia."

    Not 'gaudy' in the modern English sense. Her jewellery is actually quite modest. Rather, she's a minor goddess, representing guilty joys. Which-.

    "Which makes you Aporia."

    Who I would have chosen as my patron goddess if 1) I was selecting on the same basis as I told Kon to select his patron and 2) I'd heard of her at the time.

    "It does indeed. You haven't died again, I trust?"

    "No, I'm here to ask Princess Melinoë to accompany me on a diplomatic visit. Do you-?"

    "Oooooh."

    Aporia lowers her hand as she and Gaudia giggle.

    "Do you know where she is?"

    "We were going to see her now." Gaudia masters her expression, though Aporia can't stop herself grinning. "She has busied herself recording the novel fears and paranoia of our new residents, but I'm sure that she'll make time for you."

    "Glad to hear it. Lead-."

    "Though there is one thing we would like to know in return."

    "And what might that be?"

    "What do a couple of sadly underappreciated goddesses have to do to persuade you to… What was the phrase?"

    "'Put a ring on it'?"

    "'Put a ring on it', yes. We both have an excellent understanding of desire." She raises her eyebrows and regards me accusatorially. "Why have you ignored us so?"
     
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  28. Coda

    Coda Versed in the lewd.

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    Huh.

    Is it a good idea to give a power ring to a god?
     
  29. Fouredged

    Fouredged Experienced.

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    Yes. It's a WONDERFUL idea!
     
  30. ZzzSlothzzZ

    ZzzSlothzzZ The Giver of warm hugs

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    For a second there I thought it had been taken over by the CIS.:eek:
    False alarm...

    I blame Bad Batch Halfway through atm
    Got Star Wars brain on.

    Well space is all :V there so if it were going to happen somwhere that isnt Earth
     
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