Not... really. Mostly because you separated the sentences; an alternative could have been:
She not relying on them for power. She just copied how they do things.
The timeline where billions of people weren't killed on Earth, the Reach is falling apart, and Darkseid got his ass kicked so hard it turned red.
Don't forget his new Kryptonian and divinely empowered servants.
I understand them to be pretty directly power level = birth order. Death Destiny Dream Destruction, the twins, and then baby sister Delirium. There's a distinct split between the elder three and the younger three, and it's unclear where Destruction falls but probably in the weaker half.
No, this is a Britishism. Doesn't work in colonial English but it's fine as long as you chant Rule Britannia under your breath the whole time you read it.
Most likely, the intruder has some very good stealth systems. Good enough to go unnoticed by automatic sensors, or to spoof friendly IFF codes. Now, the matter comes down to are they actually friendly or not? Which is why the Renegade is here, I take it.
'Probably better not to embarrass the staff.' And maybe stop by later and give them a reminder to be more vigilant.
And damn if I didn't immediately picture something akin to Bayverse cybertronian craft. Then again, their 'reconfiguration' seems more like showing off as much as any practical purpose...
Immortal Man in Darkness. A Chinese fighter pilot bonded to an experimental alien spacefighter. The Renegade Awakened him as a favour, if I remember right. Mostly because the bonding usually killed the pilot of the craft eventually.
Heh. Enjoying his upgrade, I see. I bet his bosses are enjoying the reduced outlay in pilot costs.
Quite a bit like a cybertronian to some degree then, except more fleshy than mechanical.
I mean... Did he have any family outside of the Great Ten? No lovers, no next-of-kin... And I suppose if he needs feminine company, the officers can provide discreet subjects.
In other words, if he's sneaky... Or presumably they're calibrated not to ping him specifically.
Ah, so not just a casual visit. To be expected.
But not so far he can't make an attack run, I assume. So, definitely here on business.
And slower to respond, if he does turn hostile. Even if they're going to a combat ready state now, it might be a minute or two before anything can launch.
Not like he'd try to hide if he wanted a meeting.
'Do try not to yell too loudly, I'm sure his people are a little sensitive.' Presumably any guards will be outside the room.
At least he's trying to be polite about this.
Ah, The party feeling a little annoyed that they aren't getting a share of the pie? Stuff them, they have a space-capable force.
Ah, yes. The Renegade did provide aid on that front, didn't he? Enabling the general to shut off his shape-shifting armour...
Sadly, Unicorns and Qilin are not the same thing. There's a lot of similarities, but they occupy entirely different mythic roles.
A noticeably different species, yes. Though I expect he's joking... Mostly.
Ah, I thought so. Presumably they expected to have a larger role in the organisation than they received.
That bad, eh? You'd think the party could be somewhat discreet about planting spies.
Very equanimous of him. 'Yes, we know you're going to spy on us. Just don't be dicks about it and we'll tolerate it.'
From the looks of it, someone above his head is playing games.
Sounds like the selection committee needs some oversight.
No doubt he intends to have personal words with whoever's getting in the way.
Ominous. And I wouldn't be surprised to find someone would consider that option viable.
So, the next lot will be more subtle than the hammer of those so far.
...newly remade drive system present...
...for which I am grateful.
...having them get suborned later counts?
"I will ensure that their career trajectory matches that of their sponsor."
Thank you, corrected.
Maybe he just washed them a lot.
Why do I feel like he is incredibly embarrassed right now?
Any robes will fade in time, and Destiny's had his for a whole lot of time.
I was rereading and found an error. That should say 'a'.
Thank you, I've added a link.
Thank you, corrected.
What app would you recommend for reading on a phone that preserves the formatting? I've been using eBoox, but it sets all text to monochrome.
Dox would be so annoy that the literal manifestation of Destiny/Future/Fate erase his subordinate
but it not like he could complain if it happen, what the heck can he even do, complain at Destiny
Who, if Mr Zoat plays everything straight, will just write you into his book and call it a day.
I'm reminded of an issue of 'The Sandman' where some of the Dreaming folk tell stories, and Eve speaks about her predecessors as Adam's Wife, in particular the unnamed second one, who was built system by system while Adam watched. Unsurprisingly, he wanted nothing to do with her... People's bodies are surprisingly complex and messy things.
Yeah, I don't think anyone other than Mera wants to see the King's 'little fish' anytime soon.
So, the Kahndaqi gods smoothing the sinking process. presumably Atum, god of strength, is playing Atlas to some degree, easing the continent down like a mover gently setting down an awkward boockase.
Never mind the difficult process of desalinating the vast amount of silt left on the surface so that it can be used as farmland and forest. And probably a lot of help from Green magic to get said crops and forests growing in any reasonable time...
It takes a lot of effort to reconfigure that many people quickly, as she claimed back while under the Ahri'ahn disguise.
Just a little nudge away from the things she didn't want you thinking about, and everyone went along with it, mostly...
The surviving runestones, no doubt. Uprooted from where they'd been placed and gathered here to be 'defused', well away from the city... Logical, certainly.
In order to remove the sympathetic magic 'hooks' the original Ahri'ahn-made spell placed into every Atlantean's soul?
To be fair, I suspect a lot of people would happily shed their aquatic forms. Some of them, well, Sephtian recounted his issues finding compatible romantic partners who weren't related to him...
Ha. Of all the people to be asking that... Given how many times OL has modified himself for some mission or another. Although he has an easier time of it than the Atlanteans.
Oh? Gonna show off that not-quite-perfect Manta-form?
Sephtian's got to be wondering where he's going with this, certainly.
Ah. Effectively adding about ten years of aging. And before you mention accounting for the time passed here, keep in mind that his default state is always his peak fitness of 'late-teens/early-twenties', with no signs of deterioration.
A bit less muscle, a little more padding... And so many more things under the skin.
I'll bet this part was hard to write about, just a little...
Yeah, you'd be amazed how much foreign matter builds up in the body these days...
And to be honest, the senses can be reproduced with magic, I suspect.
If I remember correctly, the only issue is a slight dependence on moisture against the skin. Aquaman's classic 'can last one hour out of the water' weaksauce weakness, basically.
Ooh, that could be quite the project. And there's an example of it with the Fish-eater boys' transformations.
Ah, sounds like Orin's got his pipes back. That didn't take long/
He did get quite the promotion under Gamemnae, after all, and I imagine they'll try to maintain that advancement in the manufacturing process they developed.
Straight down to business, eh, no time for even pants? Hopefully Mera had the sense not to watch the whole process, though.
And I can't help suspect some Atlanteans will feel she's evading her just punishment by being insane.
She has been through quite a lot, much of it the result of her own actions...
YEs, quite brave, and extremely foolish. Entirely in OL's character. Though in this case, it wasn't his choice...
A fresh batch of Mage-slayers would probably be a nice starter, plus re-ratifying the contracts with NEMO. But that's for the future.
Ah, Destiny wasting no time, I see.
Fortunately he can't be ret-gone'd away. Far too many changes to the timeline because of him, and some of those changes would prevent that sort of temporal erasure anyway thanks to timeline-splitting.
...the power of Delirium or the despair getting to her. (Unless said despair is so significant it deserves the capital...)
