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

It's interesting seeing Super Mutants who are in control of their faculties legitimately want to make more Super Mutants. I've always viewed Super Mutants as victims who are usually too far gone to truly understand their actions. Then again, my first serious Fallout experience was FNV when I was like 15 and I spent a lot more time talking to Lily then I did to Marcus.

 

The Shi invented that in Fallout 2.

No. They were being created by the Master. The east west coast didn't have any 'wild' super mutants.

Sterility wsn't intentional pre-War. They were trying to develop a cure for the New Plague and ended up with feature bloat once the military got interested in using it to enchance soldiers. The Master didn't even know about it.

The first. The Unity of Austin was already part of the Texas Economic Union before it was conquered, and they were well aware that Keats peacefully advocated for super mutant conversion. While the old Republic of Shady Sands wasn't ever targetted by the Master's army, a lot of major settlements in the NCR were. Allowing them to start converting people -even volunteers- is not politically acceptable.

 

So, since you aren't aware of what they are, Chojin.

Cazadores are Tarantula Hawk Wasps that have been deliberately mutated by a mad scientist, becoming enlarged to the point that they're roughly the size of a large dog. (Think a Great Dane.)

In real life, the wasp they're based on is the one that stings a tarantula to paralyze it, drags it to a burrow, and lays an egg on it that will eventually hatch into a larva. Said larva will then burrow inside of the tarantula and devour it from the inside, deliberately ignoring vital organs to keep the tarantula alive for as long as possible.

Despite this gruesome aspect of their life cycle, adults are actually nectivorous and will eat flowers and fruit. Hell, they're even known for getting drunk on fermenting fruit. They're also not an aggressive wasp species and it's rare that they'll actually sting outside of the whole egg laying thing. That being said, their sting is one of the most painful of all insect stings.

Of course, that's the wasp they're based on. Unlike the originating insect, the Cazador is extremely aggressive and quite happy to attack people in swarms.

Oh, and this is what they look like.

 

Just realised this is a new branch story......

 

Have you forgotten about the Institute super mutants? They were created by the Institute and released into the wild, and IIRC at least some of them managed to figure out how to "reproduce" by infecting baseline humans with their blood.

 

Sorry, got the wrong coast. That should have read west coast. Though in actual fact the Institute only started studying FEV in 2178, so there weren't any wild super mutants on the east coast prior to the Master's death either.

 

Incorrect, there were Supermutants around Appalachia due to a combination of groundwater contamination and other things.

 

Do we have a timeline on Vault 87 super mutants?

 

Full Fallout timeline here.

 

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'all of the'

'avenues of'

Still pissed at Sephtian, eh doc.

'onto the'

'reports indicate'

 

I like this guy.

 

Thank you, corrected.

 

Looks like Paragon has completely forgotten the rules of the Evil Overlords list in his drive for power.

 

If I really knew anything about Fallout and cared about those versinos of Paul, I wouldn't feel like this nerf is lasting too long. If the Fallout and Marvel interludes had been switched, I wouldn't feel so frustrated that this is still going on.

I'm looking forward to a merger with the best snek, and that's really the only snake I can tolerate him handling, and while I joked about Jade blowing up Reach suns (yeah, I know that's not her style), best snek would have no problem with that.

I mean, when best snek collapses the Reach homeworld into a series of five blackholes (because one isn't enough, and six is a waste of her time), they might learn that you don't mess with her boy toy.

 

So, lots of poking and prodding with assorted technological and thaumatological instruments. I hope you're not stuck wearing the usual backless tunic they usually give people... You've had enough embarrassment for today (and it's a shame we missed the fun...)

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Yeah, no Orange Lantern would ever be so much as one iota less than perfect health for their species, unless some physical trait is so ingrained it's part of their self-image....

"That's between you and your priest, I'll tell you now."

Uh, OL, did you ever share your baseline data with anyone?

Well, that's one thing to bite you in the ass, eh? Lesson learned: Always have off-site backups!

Welcome to the world of Earth Bullshit^tm... One of the most physiologically diverse species in the universe, rivalled only by New Gods and a few others... Thank you, White Light Entity.

I cane see it... Things like skin capable of resisting the pressures of the Ocean depths, lungs able to extract oxygen from water and air alike, eyes able to see clearly in ocean depth or surface alike? Understandable, since they're apparently human-plus. Fully functional fish, cetacean or even crustacean bits stuck on a mammal body? Bloody wizards, no sense of right or wrong!

A minor inconvenience for OL. Little trickier for the people studying him, though. There's only so much space, after all. Maybe they can develop contact sensors they can read from a distance!

So... Best Snek took her heart back when he got Qwa'ded? Because that would be the biggest source of Orange Light i can think of...

Ah. So, his current soul doesn't quite have the right adaptors at the moment? Looks like he might need to get some upgrades...

For one thing, it's easier than more esoteric subjects. More fun, too.

Of course, now he has to work out how to do it safely from the same starting point. The last thing we need is Gozzi going Cake-Man on the galaxy.

See, OL. This is why you need to get regular check-ups. You're flying blind into some of the craziest parts of Orange Light Shamanhood.

Because if he's going to have to do the fleshy weather balloon thing again somewhere else, he's gonna need some time to work up to that, I think...

Probably smeared across the system with the rest of his Subspace stash, depending on whether he had it stashed locally or not.

Make sure to give her your Subspace keys. Don't want the pocket to go into security lockout mode...

I hope he didn't have anything else valuable in it... Can you imagine losing all your treasured stuff because someone wanted to play around with a substance that can wipe out universes in large enough quantities?

Teacher's pet.

"Eeee! Sempai Noticed me! ...Eh-hem. No-one saw anything, did they, Ring?"

Oooh, that's a big downer. Until he gets back in Best Snek's good books, he's locked out of her house.

As long as she doesn't go all Orange Twilight on the entirety of Reach space, at least...

Her reaction will probably be more along the lines of "My Agent! Who has scraped your paint job! I will destroy them!"

Only by introducing her to the concept of 'Do Not Want'. The question is whether she'd accept that excuse again.

Because losing a potential war asset and the Illustres of the Corps shouldn't get in the way of SCIENCE!

Be honest, OL: How many smart-arse responses did you have to bite back there?

Aw, we missed the fun part? Oh, well, I hope we get to see him calling up Best Snek and letting her get her righteous indignation on. Let's just hope that she does actually recognise him. Although it could be funny if she's fully aware of all this and goes "Wholeness Rightly Fucking Assumed" on his soul... With an admonition of "What took you so long, my Agent?"

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Double Space.

 

I can see Ragnar and other warrior types leaving their scars on their bodies.

They're probably healed enough that they don't impede them, but they're still there.

Blame Ahri'ahn, the bloody bigot.

If they did I think they'll just decide they were mistaken.

It's just too unbelievable.

It's also why Clark's disguise works in a way.

I mean Superman, a godlike being with an ice palace, works as a reporter?

If you tried to tell this to someone in universe they may laugh you off since it sounds so absurd.

Now I'm thinking of the violet version in Twilight.

We both know he'd have asked a similar question to someone else.

 

I mean, he did ask nicely.

 

Thank you, corrected.

 

When Paul was enlightened he likely would not have been at all offended and in fact would have been the one suggesting it. No pause or glare.

 

That's how devious the Reach plot was. They blew up his memory of the Evil Overlords list.

 

What are you talking about now? What has Paul done/neglected to do that you feel is so disastrous this time?

 

The problem with escalation is that it only works if you have the ability to escalate far enough beyond the other guy that there is nothing they can do about it.

Paragon can't.

The Reach can match Black Hole for Black hole, and now they have Qwa matter weapons which could kill Entities given how Zoat described Qwa matter working.

Okay, that's fair.

Evil Overlord List Number 28.

No matter how tempted I am with the prospect of unlimited power, I will not consume any energy field bigger than my head.

 

I'd ask for a second opinion

...

Wait a moment. Didn't Athlanteans look completely human under a ring scan despite having obviously non-human features? I remembered it because it was nonsensical.

Hah! They want to do Science! to him. I like this doctor person.

 

Unless my classical education fails me, there's also one about how turning into a snake never helps.

 

I previously predicted this would be about OL's Metaphysical state. I take that back. I think this is going to be about OL and Ophidi-chan's relationship.

 

More cake incoming!

 

I'll be honest Paul, the author was getting pretty tired of your shit with the white color quotation marks. It was fine for a few thousand words, but it's been ages now and this one forum is really annoying to try to constantly fix all the tiny color issues.

Thankfully it's not so bad that he decided to flat out replace you completely with a different version of yourself, but just accept it as having been put on notice.

Please avoid special fonts and various colors for at least two to three chapters for best results.

 

Oh, boy. Time for the Return of the Cake Man.

 

Honestly? That's kind of how I expected all of this to end when it started. OL going to talk to the Opidian, and her going "What? No, that's all wrong."

And then just diving into him like a disgruntled plumber. "I just fixed this! How did you muck it up again?"