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

People would turn up looking for lunch. Who has time for that?

 

Isn't this the solution? She said there are 12 different tripwires on the dead man switch. Have Dox work on cutting 6, have Ranx work on cutting the other six.

 

Paul might take her word that there is a deadman switch, but he'd have to be an idiot to trust that she's telling the truth about anything else.

 

The problem isn't blocking the signals, it's finding, decoding, and perfectly spoofing them all.

Hell, if the Reach were smart, one of those is a quantum channel that can't be intercepted, decoded, or spoofed.

 

That's a *BLAM*-able offense.

 

Did you just quote Alucard?

 

Yea... There's a bit of a logic hole here... Subspace doesn't stop the flow of time... So those eggs should be dead when he takes them out.

 

Behold, the field in which Paul grows his fucks, and observe that it is barren.

 

I was actually assuming he'd done what Priest did with Malvolio, but I guess subspacing makes more sense. I don't remember him ever putting living things into subspace, though he must have tested it at some point; maybe the stasis field works to preserve them- less time-stopping and more analogous to cryogenic preservation. Either that or using the medical capabilities of power ring tech to keep them alive.

 

Also this seems kind of stupid of Paragon.

He basically just blew his trump card for a minor propaganda win. I mean yea nothing bad will come of it, because nothing bad ever does come from Paragons overconfident mistakes, but it still seems really stupid of him.

 

This was a breath of fresh air after all the explaining. Not that I don't love the explaining, but this was new.

 

This was far from a trump card, and the Reach has no idea how he did it or what he exactly did.

 

The second OL spilled the beans about Earth having time travelers, I cringed.

 

I was about to suggest "I'm the Illustres. I ain't gotta explain shit.", but A!Alucard's good too.

Thanks
Luc "Computer, Play Queen's 'Its a Kind of Murder'" French

 

Yes! That was beautiful! >

The Assimilator can suck it.

We should talk about, however, how Paul so casually interfaces with Sneck-Waifu these days.

 

Did he subspace them? Or did he toss them into a time-locked pocket universe that exists between seconds.

 

Who's Jade again?

 

I love it when he swears. It usually means he did something/is doing something/will do something awesome. The last time I remember him swearing was to Capo Scott, the same episode where he took down the founding members of the Justice League of Earth 12 (minus Batman).

That will send a powerful message. To the populace, that is proof that these guys can protect them from the monsters who've been holding their eggs hostage. For the Reach, it shows that they are severely underestimating the OLC,

Complete understatement. Mr Zoat, how much respect/fear does Paul's actions in this episode inspire in his Corps?

He said pocket dimension. He can do subspace on his own. A pocket dimension wherein he can actually drop organic sentient, especially eggs, probably required assistance from the Ophidian.

 

That was him channeling the Ophidian... Which is his Trump card.

Given nobody in DC has the power to create those that would be one heck of an author ex machina if true.

 

Well, teeth are being bared. I wouldn't exactly say they're smiles, but hey... As long as the Assimilator gets an education in what Humans can do? Worth it.

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...What the hell do these 'pharmaceuticals' do that they're worth this.. atrocity of science? Seriously, they'd better be great for getting a pure-breed Reach high as balls, or be a super-healing potion or something...

Which suggests that it's some quirk native to the species themself. Something more than purely biological functions... Magic.

So it's cheaper to hold the pre-natal offspring of an entire world hostage as you leech.. something out of them, than to try and reproduce it via highly advanced science? ...Just when you didn't think they could sink any lower...

Bitch, Humanity wrote the book on alternate approaches. No, seriously, you might want to get a copy of OL's comportment manual... Assuming they don't already have one somehow.

Because you mess up with Humans, we will kick your asses so hard your grandchildren will taste our boot-leather at the back of their throats. ...And no doubt she assumes he's exaggerating things...

They don't use magic.. yet. The last thing anyone needs is them getting the idea of it in their heads.

She only just caught that? Do keep up, honey. You're about to see just how bullshit Humans are...

Let's see what we can recognise... The god: Klarion and the Roanoke incident. The plant: Euanthe reforesting the Amazon? The AIs: Reddy and his siblings. Earth is a madhouse. Oh, it's not just the Source... The Life Entity is getting high off our existence, isn't it?

"No matter what the Reach threatens, we will overcome it. No matter how they bark and howl, we will bite harder." Yeah, that's a big propaganda theme that'll be running during the war, won't it?

And what gives you the impression you've stopped OL, bitch? Be ready to pick your jaw up off the ground...

On the whole, she's quite irrelevant, isn't she? The only problem is sending her back alive knowing what you've said about Earth... You've likely gotten their attention on the potential usefulness of Humanity...

And OL gets just a little bit more Clerical with his use of Orange Light. Calling upon Best Snek to work a spell of sorts? This gonna be good.

... ...

Oh, is that what you think just happened? Oh, I'm going to enjoy seeing her learn the truth... If only we could have video of that smug sliding right off the pasty lump she calls a face...

No-one important. They were only Reach after all.

And there we go. Are you going to need help with that jaw, dear, or can you get it yourself?

Because: fu-...

Dangit, you beat me to it! And I knew Jade was here somewhere! Of course, he'd know her particular emotional makeup from a galaxy away...

I see she's been moving up the ranks, if she's in command of the squad. Wonder if she was the one who got the killshot on the Scarab?

"Just give me an excuse, bug..."

Time to let the people know the good news.

And most people will be wondering what the hell is going on. Lots of fear... And then the hope begins to shine...

Short and sweet. And more than a little blunt...

I hate to say it, but let's not slap Murphy on the cheek? You know a statement like that would normally result in something exploding...

Okay. That happened. If it pays off, and all of the eggs come out of.. wherever he sent them intact, this will be a major coup for the NEMO forces. I gotta agree with the rest, it does feel a little 'out of left field' with this new ability... I do hope Jade asks him what the hell he did tomorrow so he can explain it to her (and by extension, us.)

 

That isn't something that he's ever tried to keep secret though, anybody who does any amount of intelligence gathering on him would find that out real quick. Even if they don't know the exact details, they would know that he is an extremely powerful lantern and a somewhat major threat. Given that the entire point of the mission was to make a big splash for propaganda, seems reasonable.

Enjoyed the Jade sass in there, not surprising she was on the squad that didn't need any help wrecking faces

 

It does. OL has been known to keep his cooking inside.

 

"It's magic. I ain't gotta explain shit."

 

How would the Assimilator have any manner of idea what Paul did, again?
Did she show any signs of havjng advanced magical knowledge or perception?
Did she have an array of high-tech sensors on her?

Paul's exotic energy shit isn't easy to analyze beyond "he did something".

That he was verly powerful for a Lantern was known to them before.
He didn't reveal any overt detail that'd be actionable for Reach, with this, however one spins it.

 

Maybe he planned that so that they'll either attack the Earth too early and get their shit stomped by all of the bullshit Earth has, or they'll start experimenting with Time Travel and end up fighting their future selves?

 

They were in a Reach building full of sensors and scanning equipment that was very specifically transmitting unimpeded.

And while yes, nothing will come of it because Zoat doesn't let Paragon's lack of forethought lead to any negatives, that doesn't change that he did it.

 

I'm honestly not sure if the Reach have advanced enough in studying the Emotional Spectrum to do something like that. It seemed like they studied how to beat Green Lanterns than actually subverting the Green Light of Will. So, they are adapting more to the organization than the thing that powers said organization.

 

Well that's odd.

The Reach couldn't duplicate or mess with the egg's nature because of alchemy.

But alchemy is so easy to duplicate that one doesn't need to know a single iota about magic to duplicate it.

After all, "I don't believe in magic" Wally was able to duplicate alchemy in his garage just by following directions.

Directions that ultimately came from reproducing Jay's "freak lab accident," in which no one intended anything at all to happen, magical or not.

 

The Reach obviously have much more robust 'I don't believe in magic!' aura than some hasty human. Still, it shows the right kind of mindset. Maybe they will "recruit" Wally as their Scarab this time around? Wallace West: The Flashy Scarab?