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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. transhumansage

    transhumansage Versed in the lewd.

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    so where did the "sword of fallen" can kill everything.

    and I see you are not a fan of the new forces introduced in dc. mind if I ask why? also is perpetua and umbranx real in your fic?

    does this apply to humans as well? or a human without a soul? also would she die because of the tattoo or because her sisters don't want her there? I am not really familiar with that arc tbh
     
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  2. DAT_NOOB

    DAT_NOOB Accused of writing in a far away land

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    crisis on two earths animated film has kryptonite as a multiversal constant
     
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  3. Ardy

    Ardy I trust you know where the happy button is?

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    So... not the tattoos, but betraying Hell.

    yeah okay, when Paul got them demons would tear him apart.

    good try! You’ll get one eventually!
     
  4. Stsword

    Stsword Versed in the lewd.

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    You hardly need the Sage Force, when DC has the Area of Madness.

    That produced the American Scream, and is the power source for Shade's Madness Vest.
     
  5. Threadmarks: Guys from Gotham (part 3)
    Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    "Huh."

    It's kind of impressive, really. The days when only a few companies could produce this sort of equipment are in the dim and distant past. Still, I'm a little surprised that so many of these fairly specialist medical device manufacturers exist in Gotham.

    "Yeah, it's not just WayneTech anymore." Richard sets the computer to look for patterns of ordering, and I smile at the idea that Batman clearly has access to data sources that I don't, casually breaking laws I'm semi-obliged to pay attention to these days. "With Gotham's crime rate being a bit less crazy these days, plenty of other companies are setting up here."

    "I imagine that rent and labour costs are still below-average."

    "Gotham's got a bit of a niche workforce."

    "Ex-gang members?"

    "Sometimes. But there's a surprising number of specialists around. Chemists, logistics experts, middle managers…"

    "Chemists? Drug manufacturers?"

    "Sometimes. But Joker and Scarecrow don't make all of their own product."

    "Crane didn't? I thought it was a point of pride with him?"

    "He made the doses he uses when he fights, but he couldn't make enough for his big attacks all by himself. And anyone who's ever worked with him takes lab safety really seriously."

    "He's still-" I turn, looking in the general direction of the twisted strands of light which mark out Arkham Asylum and looking for the pattern of beating, interwoven threads which define Doctor Crane. "-in Arkham, right?"

    "Last time I checked. Which was about six hours ago. After the last big breakout Batman had an independent surveillance system added in."

    "Yeah, he's still there."

    He glances back and sees where I'm looking. "I didn't realise you could see that far. I thought it only worked with your normal vision."

    "Arkham's only… Seven miles from here? If it wasn't for all of the stuff in the way, you could see it from here."

    "All the people in the way aren't a problem?"

    "It blurs the detail, but Doctor Crane has a distinct shape." I turn back to him. "Did Batman tell you to pump me for information, or are you taking the initiative?"

    He smiles. "What, I can't be a little curious?"

    "I don't know. Is what I just said going on the bat computer?"

    "Not until I can test it objectively."

    I snort. "If you want to test me objectively, you can just ask."

    "Yeah, but it's more of an accomplishment if I set things up without you noticing."

    I snort again, but it's more of an amused snort this time. "We're not going to have to talk to Napier about this, are we?"

    "Why would the Joker worry you?"

    "I've been struggling to come up with reasons for not killing him. So long as I'm not in close physical proximity, it's easy to just push him from my mind."

    "He's insane and in a secure hospital?"

    "But he's never going to get better, is he?"

    "He might. Weren't you going to talk to Melinoë about that?"

    "Melinoë doesn't so much heal the insane as.. stop doing it. And she didn't have anything to do with him."

    "So who's the Greek god who cures madness?"

    "Apollo, probably."

    "Isn't he the one you..?"

    "Yes." I look up at the screen. "Any leads?"

    "Too many. None of the equipment they had is all that special. And whoever is backing Kaligari was smart enough not to buy everything from the same place."

    "I don't suppose that there's anyone else who uses Smilex? I mean, how rare is the stuff?"

    "Most people think of it as something the Joker uses as a weapon, but-" He pulls up some statistics on narcotic usage. "-low concentration versions have been sold on the streets since… Well, before the Joker got a hold of it."

    "So whoever commissioned this batch doesn't need to have had anything to do with the Joker?"

    "Joker kind of eliminated the other suppliers. There might be some of them still around, but they'll be hiding pretty well."

    I look at the search summary. Hm. Hundreds of buyers who could have assembled all of the equipment. Ring, start checking those addresses.

    Compliance.

    "So how would you follow up on this?"

    The ring creates a grey ring in my head, the colour gradually turns to orange as it checks that real companies exist at the stated locations. It's not taking all that long.

    "If you'd been a bit quieter, we could pick up the guys that Kaligari was using to carry out the robberies. Honestly, that's still probably the best option. It's that or interview someone at every one of these companies."

    "Done."

    "I know you can teleport, Oh El, but I don't think you talked to them all that quickly."

    "No, I was just checking if every company listed as a buyer genuinely existed. Three are no longer at their delivery addresses and have been listed as 'closed', two with suspiciously short lifespans."

    I connect an orange wire to the batputer and pipe over the analysis.

    "And the identities of the owners…"

    "Lawyer. I know the firm; they've set up front companies for the Penguin a few times."

    "Are the companies dodgy like 'tax planning' or are they actually illegal front companies?"

    He smiles at my use of the word. "Dodgy."

    "How is Mister Cobblepot these days?"

    "We haven't caught him doing anything major. Hm." He thinks for a moment. "It might be worth paying him a visit. He won't want Smilex on the streets any more than we do."

    "Because he isn't in that market?"

    "Him and the Joker never really got along. Think you can visit him without killing him?"

    "Think you can get into a place that sells alcohol without getting carded?"

    "Pretty sure I can pull it off."

    "Are you going to get into trouble with Talia about this?"

    "Only if you don't finish all of the analysis work she was running first."

    "Okay. Give me… About a minute?"
     
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  6. Flux Casey

    Flux Casey The Colonel

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    Hm. There's definitely two sides to this that I see thanks to this update. One the one hand, yes "Batwoman" is being an obstinate prat not using the incredible resources at her disposal out of misplaced pride. But at the same time it's pretty clear OL is absolutely slumming it. There are a thousand and one more important things he could be doing. And importantly, some of those things are those that other people can't do. For all his eye-rolling, Talia and Robin certainly would have this handled just as well (if a little slower) if he left it alone.

    Solving street level crime is apparently how OL masturbates.
     
  7. thebishop8

    thebishop8 Umm, ackchyually...

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    You have "in" at both ends, you might want to remove one.

    A space is needed in between these lines.
     
  8. Lazurman

    Lazurman That Others May Fap

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    Space needed between-
    Edit: Curses, I stayed up til 1:30am to do this, but noooooo...
     
  9. w34v3r

    w34v3r Versed in the lewd.

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    Alternatively he just sees it as something to keep his mental hands occupied while he chats with Robin.

    Some people don't small talk well without some form of social lubricant.
     
  10. Chojin Patriarch

    Chojin Patriarch Veteran Lurker

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    Heh, Gotham is actually cleaning up its reputation?

    There can't be that many former goons in Gotham, surely.

    Pretty sure he doesn't take kindly to copycats, any more than Joker does.

    Impressive, especially considering he's not using the Honden directly.

    Surprised he didn't have one after the first big breakout...

    I'm reminded of the LEGO Batman games' open world, where you can walk from Wayne manor to Arkham in a couple of minutes tops...

    Why not 'D: All of the above'?

    Heh, he is still a teenage boy, after all.

    Out of sight, out of mind. And less temptation to put a railgun bolt in his skull.

    Goddess of Madness. Not of Sanity.

    So no help coming from that front anytime soon.

    Broken line spacing here. And I'm surprised whatever Weirdo is behind this is so sneaky.

    Probably looted from whatever program created it as an anti-depressent in the first place, eh?

    Like I said, he hates copycats. Diluting his 'unique brand of humor', maybe?

    Seriously, if Lanterns were able to involve themselves in street-level stuff more often, crime would be much tougher...:D

    And OL proceeds to give him the Look. You know, the 'leveled brows, half-lidded eyes' Look of 'are you serious?'

    Seriously, Batwoman's being foolish to pass up this assistance...

    Ah, one bit of savviness...

    Even Cobblepot has standards.

    Such confidence. But he basically is a ninja...

    Ah, bro outing. Chance to build up some reputation score with the batfamily...

    I have no doubt this will turn out well... But lead to another string of odd occurences...
     
  11. transhumansage

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    heh. batputer. I once saw a bat-throne in a supergirl comic
     
  12. Vaermina

    Vaermina Well worn.

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    I am going to guess you didn't realize "sigil" is the proper name for Paul's soul tattoo. :D

    This tells me you should go and read Hellblazer before continuing trying to counter my points on the issue.
     
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  13. Tzeentch

    Tzeentch I trust you know where the happy button is?

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    Well, that's going to be fun!

    PAUL: Word of warning, that blond kid that you've got as a runner has an aura that resembles that of a hungry shark and a vulture's.

    COBBLEPOT: Eh, the young are always ambitious. Makes them work even harder. But he'll soon learn his place if he knows what's good for him, I've no fear of that.

    PAUL: ...If you say so.
     
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  14. Ganurath

    Ganurath Apologizes For Nothing

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    Later, OL had to resuscitate Mr. Cobblepot after his arrival provoked a heart attack.
     
  15. Imperator Pax

    Imperator Pax Talon Master

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    Yes, but Talia is basically a warrior princess so its kind of expected
     
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  16. Flux Casey

    Flux Casey The Colonel

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    Sticking his oar in happened long before Robin entered the picture. This whole thing started with him intruding on someone else's work, ignoring a more or less polite request from the police to butt out and then tweaking Talia's nose repeatedly. Fair that he was absolutely correct in pointing out her high horse has a bum leg, but he's still very much punching down here.

    ... Sigil just means magic symbol, bright spark. Any magic symbol.
     
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  17. Ardy

    Ardy I trust you know where the happy button is?

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    I'm guessing you don't realize that she just slashed the first of the fallen in half?

    Also citation for the sigil comment
     
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  18. Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    Thank you, corrected.
     
  19. Handlewithcare

    Handlewithcare Versed in the lewd.

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    I had the same thought about OL wasting his time, punching below his weight.

    But one, all of this is costing very little time at all, two knowing his luck this is connected to something greater and three why wouodn't ue be allowed to have a little fun?
     
  20. Mquz

    Mquz Versed in the lewd.

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    Kind of the only thing she could be talking about there. It was my first interpretation on seeing the strip he posted. Though I was assuming that that just means that it makes her an easy target to find while in hell or something. Paul was too.
     
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    Mquz Versed in the lewd.

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    Hm... is Zoat borrowing one of the few things from New 52 that somewhat made sense... multiple Jokers operating at the same time?

    Also, now that we’re somewhat on the subject, anyone see the new Joker movie yet? Is it good? Cause the critic and audience reviews are split - 70 vs 90 %like they are with a lot of DC movies. And none are very clear why except that possibly it’s depressing.

    ... Is this a bad place to ask?
     
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  22. Senevri

    Senevri Not too sore, are you?

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    Hm. Would be kind of interesting if OL does kill the Joker, and it does end up being a horribad idea.
     
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    Massgamer Not too sore, are you?

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    Couldn't OL brand and ask Kaligari? Or is there a law against that now?
     
  24. AidanMorgan

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    It might be a poor place to ask but by Jove you're getting an answer anyway because that movie was fan-fucking-tastic but like be prepared to lose sleep because it's just that uncomfortable real world kind of disturbing in that nothing about it smacks of impossibility but it's got a bunch of those bits of reality everyone likes to pointedly not think about.
     
  25. Flux Casey

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    Now that I think more on it, I'm pretty sure he isn't doing it for fun. He just got back from Vega, his first big independent victory. He went there, helped solve most of their major problems and when he went back he was given the run around for as long as possible and when that stopped working was told to his face he was neither needed nor wanted and that he should just fuck off. OL might have an understanding of his desires but a hit to his pride like that must have stung. So... Fine, he'll go home. Help out in his own back yard, so to speak... Only for people to politely tell him to get lost there too.

    And so begins the "go fuck yourselves, I'm helping whether you like it or not" attitude. First hint of condescension from Talia? "Allow me to inform you exactly how big my dick is so you'll take me seriously." He is getting increasingly pissed at people ignoring and looking down on him and is acting out because of it.
     
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  26. Handlewithcare

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    That is an interesting possibility and makes a lot of sense too.
     
  27. Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    No. He also hasn't ever cut his face off.

    It would have always been against the law because Kaligari is a human.

    Or at least, it's been illegal for as long as it's been illegal for everyone else.
     
  28. TheMidnightRook

    TheMidnightRook Well worn.

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    Well, I admittedly haven't seen it yet, but from a lot of what I've seen, the split between critics and audience reviews has little to do with the quality of the film and a LOT to do with reasons that would be a Rule 8 violation to delve into.
     
  29. Parzival094

    Parzival094 Your first time is always over so quickly, isn't it?

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    What did he do to Apollo?
     
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    jonasquinn I trust you know where the happy button is?

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    The movie is fantastic, the only reasons it gets bad reviews from some people is because it deals with a lot of uncomfortable things that people prefer not to think about and, like all movies with even some aspect of moral ambiguity, people got bent out of shape about how it "encourages violence"
     
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