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The King Of New Genesis, Highfather.Batman really has gone off the rocker hasn't he. I wonder if Batman will ever become like his old self again. Is there anyone who can pull him out of his current mindset?
The King Of New Genesis, Highfather.
I can see it now. OL drops Batman on the floor, and requests Highfather to restore what OL broke, in the same vein as restoring the assimilated constructs.
And then Batman turns the table on OL and requests Highfather fix OL's orange light corruption.The King Of New Genesis, Highfather.
I can see it now. OL drops Batman on the floor, and requests Highfather to restore what OL broke, in the same vein as restoring the assimilated constructs.
I seem to recall that the Illustres tried to investigate the club or something like a long time ago, might have been while he was mixing with the magical british crowd or when he was looking for Constantine? And the answer for why he didn't continue is that he left it with Batman to investigate? Maybe Bats was too busy or the magic hindered the investigation? But it has been a long time, I might be misremembering too.
When the group was in Minions ultimately dealing with the Terror Thing, they say the group responsible is a secret sect of the Free Mason's. Rocket even mentions having faced a Morris Dancer assassin.
And then the Ophidian eats Highfather.And then Batman turns the table on OL and requests Highfather fix OL's orange light corruption.![]()
I'm guessing you aren't aware that Highfather is one of the few beings in DC comics that have a history of kicking the ass of the emotional entities.
I think you're talking about the Tate Club.I seem to recall that the Illustres tried to investigate the club or something like a long time ago, might have been while he was mixing with the magical british crowd or when he was looking for Constantine? And the answer for why he didn't continue is that he left it with Batman to investigate? Maybe Bats was too busy or the magic hindered the investigation? But it has been a long time, I might be misremembering too.
Stroggification is a bitch"Mind editing is the last part of the process. We got him out before they got that far."
I can't imagine the transformation process is entirely pleasant to be interrupted like that. Those ones may need some medical attention when you defrost them. But more importantly, all squad members are safe.16th October 2013
13:49 G.M.T.
From the observation deck I look over the dozens of rows of animation suspension tanks that it shouldn't surprise me that the Sivanas own. Most contain an OMAC, a few contain… What I suspect to be an OMAC part-way through reverting to whoever they were before they were changed. In addition to the four Darkstars -and I decide to restrain myself from hugging Jade- there are a couple of people I suspect were OMACs before they were changed back.
While I don't think the original species of the original Mongul was ever named, Earth-16 uses the species name of 'Warzoon.' Though that's more than likely made for the series. Whatever the originals were, they were definitely powerhouses.One is human. The other is a large yellow-skinned individual who resembles Mongul. I don't actually know what his species is called, but Mongul is super strong and super tough, and the record I have been able to access state that Mongul was overthrown in a violent revolution.
Again, be very careful with that, as I expect Brother Eye will be very interested in who stole a bunch of Eye's personnel.Thaddeus comes up alongside me. "It will take a while for us to process all of them. Georgia and I will be focusing on reverse engineering the machinery which converted them in the first place."
Georgia gives her brother a mild scowl. "I will be studying their connection to 'Brother Eye'. I'm hopeful that we can use it to infiltrate Batman's data architecture."
Oh, they are absolutely looking forwards to the challenge."Careful with that. He's using both power ring and New God technology."
They both grin. "We know." / "We know."
Her team are no doubt sniggering amongst themselves at the mock formality.Jade finishes talking to the Monguloid and turns to look up at me. I raise my right hand in greeting, and she rises off the ground and flies towards me, halting on the other side of the railings.
"Illustres."
"Darkstar Senior Agent. Had a busy morning?"
Good. Private, armoured and probably shielded too. Just in case anything serious starts.She nods. "I should brief you. There's a room we can use one level up."
I nod and drift upwards, letting her take the lead… Ah, it's like the room Beautia and I occupied before I activated Mr. Atom Mark 2. Along the catwalk, through the door and into the workshop, Jade closing the door behind us.
Probably not the most comfortable moment, given the armours.She looks… Slightly awkward. "I know-."
I step forwards and kiss her, and I feel some of the tension leave her as she kisses me back. And then we stay standing there, with our arms wrapped around each other.
Please, be quick but detailed. There's probably unwanted attention looking at what they left behind even now.But… We do have to have a conversation about this, and I pull away.
"So… What happened?"
That was quick. And evidently they did not like what they found."We found out where Batman was getting his recruits. I didn't think that we should wait."
"You..? Found out after you left this morning?"
Which might be a little hard to believe. Although OL didn't say anything about the possible weapons used..."Yes. And you said that you didn't want to be told what we were doing."
"I didn't, but it might have been useful to know before Batman sent me to investigate, and I had to pretend that I don't know what LEGION disintegration charges look like."
...It won't be too hard for forensic teams to notice the specifics."We made it with Tuttle's technology, but…" She nods, eyes tightening slightly. "The yield is the same. I thought it would be best if it had a blast radius that everyone was familiar with."
"You're probably right, but I put records of all standard NEMO munitions in the League's database just in case we had anything they might find useful."
Which might mean fighting Batman and Mister Atom, Brother Eye and an army of OMACs.She nods. "So we might get found out."
"So he might call me in for an explanation. How close are we to needing to take direct action?"
Twice might be pushing their luck. This is an investigative stage, not a full-on subversion operation."We did this morning."
"Are you..? Planning on doing it again right away? Because you have my support but I'd like-."
Especially the League members who are going to be very concerned why the unusual Lantern colours are fightign each other."Thank you."
"I'd like a little warning so I can work out what I'm going to tell everyone."
Especially the obvious alien. Warworld hasn't been near Earth yet, has it? So whatever species he is shouldn't have been in contact with Earth at all yet.She thinks it over for a moment. "No. Not.. yet. I want to finish interviewing all the OMACs we captured, and then we'll need to find out how they ended up here. And then we'll have to follow up on that."
"Okay. But… If they're outside of his Sector… Do you want me to stick around for that?"
Since assisting Beautia seems to mostly involve heavy lifting, and they can manage that with a few burly lads and forklifts."Are they expecting you back?"
"I don't have any particular task assigned to me."
Well, at least he's being upfront about the possible distraction.She regards me with mock-scepticism. "Myra can spare you?"
"Of all the people it's worth being jealous of, the poor woman responsible for governing Hub City isn't one of them." Ah… "Though.. since Beautia's research program is turning into a rollout, I might also be spending slightly more time-"
...You have seen Beautia Sivana, right? So hot even the straight women and gay men tend to take a second look...Jade shifts her weight to her right hip, raising her eyebrows.
"-time with her."
"Now why might you feel the need to warn me about that?"
Boy, that would have been an interesting alternative to see. Not really urgently, but someday."Because she's an attractive woman I went on a date with once." She nods. "And if you had flat out turned me down, I might-" I nod. "-well have considered dating her."
"I did flat out turn you down."
Is that just in this universe, or..?"No, you said 'not right now'. That was the best result I'd gotten from a woman."
"Oh?"
Not without invoking dirty jokes about white woman and pets... Could probably sub in something about things that run on batteries?"Melinoë called me an idiot, Selina said I wasn't old enough and Donna implied that she might say yes if every other man was dead and there were no-." I frown. "What's the equivalent phrase to 'and there were no sheep' for women?"
"There isn't one."
...At least for this timeline. In one with a little more common sense..."Maybe the Amazons have got one."
"At least Mom wasn't on the list." I nod. "I'm waiting for 'she wasn't'."
"Honestly didn't occur to me."
I'm sure she's happy about that inside, but really, they do need to focus on work right now."Oh."
"But returning to the subject of work, what led you to realise that Batman's recruitment practices were a cause for concern?"
It's not often someone uses the 'real name first' gag on him."We couldn't tell where they were coming from. They're supposed to be volunteers, but people don't exactly rush to get their minds erased. So we started looking for people who wouldn't be missed; homeless, prisoners, orphans, things like that. Finding Darren Blake was a fluke-." I frown. "Faceoff, was a fluke." Oh, that's what that feels like. "We managed to follow him to the facility where he was being transformed."
Seems a bit risky. What if they find someone who can manage to break free while empowered before the mental layer is applied? Then again, with all OMAC empowerments being controlled by Brother Eye... I suppose that makes an acceptable safety mechanism."He seemed to be himself."
"Mind editing is the last part of the process. We got him out before they got that far."
Presumably because they can overcome tiredness and work much longer hours per shift."Facility workers?"
"There might have been some originally, but it was all OMAC operated by the time we got there."
So run off a few dozen quick rounds of bacon, eggs and toast? Some of those folks are probably gonna be hungry..."Right." Hm. "I was preparing a meal for your team. Given the number of people you've recovered, I think I'll have to get back to it."
"I am a little hungry. And that'll give us time to do the census."
I nod. "I'll be interested to find out how the aliens are getting here."
If you're talking about that time he tried to get every ring, then I'll remind you that that's New 52, and Zoat dislikes that.I'm guessing you aren't aware that Highfather is one of the few beings in DC comics that have a history of kicking the ass of the emotional entities.
Wouldn't that have implications for species less capable of metabolising the local thaumosphere intensity?They both look up at me. "He's using aliens." / "He's using aliens."
When they have a solid case file. Anytime before that will result in a stalled investigation.Wouldn't that have implications for species less capable of metabolising the local thaumosphere intensity?
And for today's chapter, at what point is it worth getting the GLC involved?
From the Beginning!I left this story to sit for a while… now where the hell do I start![]()
IIRC then during the chapters where Grayven dealt with the Caligula Club you gave a brief Word of God that Paul only vaguely remembered the club from the comics and he hadn't bothered to investigate because he thought it seemed too cartoonishly evil to possibly be real.
Finding Darren Blake was a fluke-." I frown. "Faceoff, was a fluke." Oh, that's what that feels like. "We managed to follow him to the facility where he was being transformed."
I'm more worried about loss of trust in the Justice League leading to people flocking to Lex or other members of the Light.Oh, great. When this is over and all the forcibly conscripted OMACs are liberated, they'll probably all join up with Anarky's group, or whatever remains of it just to spite Crazy Steve.
Either where you stopped, or -jumped up elementals help you- the beginning.I left this story to sit for a while… now where the hell do I start![]()
Wasn' Mongul the being who enslaved Mother of Mercy? Flying abiut in some sort of massive city ship? Or did he resort to that because he was overthrown?but Mongul is super strong and super tough, and the record I have been able to access state that Mongul was overthrown in a violent revolution.
Yes.
I think you're thinking about the SI's encounter with Mongal.
He built up the Dread Horde (canon DC name) because he was overthrown.
Uh, sorry, work decided to send me to set up a trade show stand despite the fact that I've never done that before. Ended up getting home a little late.Also there is still the post I quoted about the double Euanthe-Ivy dialogue.