I would be surprised if so given how quickly the assimilation progressed. It could just be that the Old God has a link to its cells (wouldn't be surprising) and it felt the attack. Or it could be one or several of the Supertown New Gods coming down to fuck with the Primitives, since we just heard they're going crazy and picking fights.
And where Old Gods are concerned, petty little things like mere science are of no significance... Let's hope that whatever OL might be planning, it doesn't accelerate the awakening, or New genesis might be in peril.
Which isn't great, but if Roy keeps treating the symptoms, OL can work on speeding up the process. I guess Aarden and Mantis get to play guinea pigs.
I suspect whatever you plan to do, he'll be fine standing. The news on the other hand...
Just like pulling off a band-aid. Don't let them psyche themselves up for the pain... Just yank it off fast.
Why do I get the feeling the regular bench might have struggled with his weight anyway? Presumably he's much heavier than he looks to go with his stone powers.
Good, yes. Eminently logical conclusion.
So, filtering his blood, collecting the cells and converting them without affecting him? That'll be tricky.
In other words, until the heat death of the universe. Or the Orange Light runs out, whichever comes first.
I think by that time, you'd have other things to worry about anyway.
Though it can be a bit disconcerting to see part of yourself transforming into Orange Light. That's not likely to happen with a New God though, given their resistances.
How about not assimilating the cells of an Old God, and just, you know, filtering them into a secure container? Then again, bringing them together may have bad results.
Logic would suggest that the point of emergence, if it's singular, would be equidistant between the Primitives and the Bugs. If there's multiple, you may have bigger issues.
I doubt technology would so easily affect something called an Old God. Maybe divinely-empowered technology, but even then, it would be an uphill battle.
I still say assimilating it is a bad idea. Collect, fine, but what happens when the cell-constructs die and re-enter the Ring?
Surprised he can't feel a tickle, but the initial effect is minor.
And that could easily be attributed to the unfamiliar medical device.
Brave, but risky. They haven't even determined if this will work.
To some degree, filtering his blood would be easiest, as well as any non-vital cells that may be infected.
All living things should. I think what you mean is 'How strong is their connection?'
Wonder if the Bugs have castes other than Forager and Warrior? Well, besides Queen and Consorts, obviously.
I'd say something about hunting sophont beings, but they are New Gods. It's likely they didn't even care that the Bugs are thinking beings. Especially if they've never had peaceful contact.
Logical enough.
Ah, trouble in Supertown? Wonder what this could be...
Not lethal fights? Just... Punchy arguments? Sounds like Orion might be leaking a bit...
Yes, I don't see a rookie Lantern being able to do much here. Far above her figurative pay-grade.
And she probably isn't proficient enough to directly infuse people with Green Light to maintain calm and focus. If that's even a thing.
Ah, sounds like you may have poked the proverbial sleeping bear, OL.
And he never even stopped to consider that him trying to assimilate parts of an Old God might wake that Old God up fully.
Thank you, corrected.
I don't think you can try to do something accidentally. He's trying to assimilate what's there, and it might accidentally have that result.
Thaddeus Junior recently got to 0th base.
Well the only penetration that may happen is if one of them stabs the other, but it's at least something.
Does anyone have any idea what Arsenal could be referring to?
The water for sure, then. Probably the cells are spread throughout the local water table. I'm guessing OL will hand the source of the earthquakes off to someone else. One guess who...
Unless she has powers relating to the earth and stone, she'll probably be more use in Supertown breaking up fights.
If Troia heard that, she'll be whipping out the lasso and throwing blessings like candy, I bet.
At least this way she can coordinate with human teams.
I see he's continuing this foolish course. Not taking it as granted that the earthquakes started when he did.
And not in the 'Mass Effect' sense, either. It's a perfect planet, too perfect, outside of the roaming tribes...
A garden in the truest sense, then. With a few weeds here and there, but ultimately shaped and cultivated by the New Gods.
Hoo boy. And if it is Orion getting a bit wild, letting out the Red Light... That's on OL too.
Nothing they can't craft themselves, then. So wood, flint and simple metals. Not going to do too much against an Old God, even in their empowering hands.
Mere skirmishes, eh? Probing attacks of annoyance not really meant to do more than keep a conflict rolling along.
He's made that abundantly clear just by his attitude, if they have any empathic sense.
I mean, it works for them just fine. If they're happy, they're happy. It's only his own feelings on it that make him so grumpy at them...
The joy of the Maltusians literally doing it all on their way up the tech trees.
Ah, light dawns. Perhaps trying to destroy the cells of an Old God the way he was...
...Wasn't the best idea he's ever had.
Don't worry, gents, everyone feels that way around him after a while.
On the upside, stopping now will let him actually go and do something about the trouble he's started.
I'm sure her place of power is sturdier than a mere brat of an Old God rolling in his sleep. Still, to be nice...
Honestly, once is probably one time too many for most people. Not that most get a chance to get better from it.
Ah, trading barbs about death. Benefit of being very hard to keep dead.
Good, that'll help the Bugs. Honestly, surprised he doesn't have multiple stowed to dole out. Unless he's being very cagey about doing so. No telling what they could end up doing with it.
Because of course he's not alone. No doubt he left a pheromonal 'hold here' trace when he met OL.
At least it'll be in good hands while Mantis gets to be a superhero for a bit.
Well, that was pretty likely. She's probably endured worse rattles over the years, minimal seismic activity or not.
Presumably Roy's still hanging around the Primitive village, keeping people healthy.
Eh? Now what could Roy have found out there?
...That's quite interesting. And deeply unsettling. Annoyingly, it appears to have distracted OL, though...
Extraneous 'the'
'Earth'
Thank you, corrected.
followed my pheromone
Not necessarily.
Thank you, corrected.
Moon Knight would like to know your, and your drones', location.
Heh. Clearly Shiney heard something was afoot with Twilight. I'm guessing she's been spotted here and there in town during her mad teleportation marathon. And I get the feeling he's not happy about it.
Surely he's well aware that anything could set her off. Though given the Renegade is lurking around, it's an easy guess to make that he's somehow responsible...
Hey, in that case, not completing the loop could well have had dire consequences. Not sure what, but she's smart enough not to take the chance.
Yeah, even he knows that's bad. It wasn't technically you pointing it out, just leading her to realise... Ah, what's done is done, and now they have a panicking Alicorn to deal with.
Nice to see that threw him for a bit of a loop.
But do you really want to suffer the feedback if he has to break the shield? Or force the bluff and see if you can crush his head?
She's got plenty of space, and seems to be trying to occupy every bit of it simultaneously.
Even with an Alicorn's stamina, she's got to get tired sooner or later, and that's when the errors can creep in. Don't really want to take the risk she 'disappears' after teleporting inside a rock or something.
Then she gets to relax a bit every now and then when she gets cravings?
She has had less-controlled teleporting spasms before, mostly when she was 'carrying' the other Alicorns' magic during the Tirek affair. And even then she got control of herself pretty quickly.
In other words, it could be days yet of her being here, there and everywhere. Good plan...
Hopefully it doesn't take long, given how far and wide she's been roaming.
That's going to be hanging over her head for a while, isn't it?
Slightly adversarial these days, with a high likelihood of romance at some point when the tension rises too high? Or just her being 'I fluffed up, and I'm... S-uh... S-uhhh...' kind of tongue-tied.
Hopefully they're not making too much noise, one way or the other.
Dealing quite permanently, if I remember right. I guess the remaining Changelings have been keeping themselves in polite, neighbourly order.
That's got to sting a bit, but he was never really a war leader, after all.
At least he can see his mistakes, accept them and hopefully learn from them.
It might go down smoother that way, though. Still, bitter medicine is often more effective.
I hope so, given the Crystal Empire has to stand on its own hooves out here, alliance with Equestria or not.
Not a General Failure, but not a total success either. Kind of what you'd expect of someone who'd never been in anything more violent than a playground tussle until his wedding day.
If canon plays out, then yes, the foal will be quite the handful.
Oh, that will be even more of a handful one day.
Bit of metaknowledge showing awkwardly for once, perhaps? Been a while since he had to hold any back, though. or it could be a reasonable guess, based on New God reproduction...
If they were mundane, they'd likely be more likely to ascend by accident, though. Or suffer horrible inferiority complexes because they aren't as 'powerful' as their mother...
"Certainly, Grayven. Best not to disturb the peace and quiet with the usual tube..." No time like the present, of course.
Sensible. I bet they appreciate the quick trip back to base.
Ack, flashbanged by a panicked Alicorn!
...Ooh, that's a worry. Hopefully one dart would serve to calm her down a little, if nothing else...
...Okay, better to have her safely out, and probably enjoying some quirky dreams while she's there.
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