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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. moralrelativity

    moralrelativity Recovering pendant.

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    shoots -> shoot
     
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  2. Chojin Patriarch

    Chojin Patriarch Veteran Lurker

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    More Ascendant Gpodspeech:
     
  3. Alasnuyo

    Alasnuyo I am always here

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    New God conceptual action enhancers are all kinds of bullshit.
     
  4. Darko

    Darko Connoisseur.

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    If these are New Gods and not just ordinary demigods then they'd be connected to the Source so they may be able to bypass your tattoos, like the Angels.

    Or the New God tech is doing it.

    So very similar to the Angels.

    Missing a . at the end of the first paragraph.
     
  5. Chojin Patriarch

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    Lucky for you, OL. Better get recharging quick, though. You've little time to spare, given how aggressive this Gun-dummy is being. And even if they're taking wild shots, they will track you down sooner or later.

    Something of an oversight, but Titans are typically associated with larger concepts anyway. Primal things like Sun, Sea, Thought or Memory. Less elemental than their Priomordial parents, but not as specialised as their children would probably be. I'd bet that one of Coeus and Phoebe's children would become deity of the Medical profession...

    Ah, yes, those pesky divine blessings interfering with the Ring's ability to manipulate their biology...

    Slowly chipping away at its energy reserves, eh? I suppose the Gun-dummy is willing to tear apart the ship to get you, their superior's anger be-damned....

    Because if they lose interest and go join the assault on New Cronus.. That's going to be messy.

    Thinking too mundane, OL. Remember, New God technology is tied to the soul, and yours? Probably a big orange beacon to their senses...

    Not giving any thought to using it? Though I suppose it'd be as useful against Gun-Dummy as it would be against you. Small, fast-moving targets are not the easiest to track...

    Definitely tracing the energy use, then.

    The longer it takes, the better.

    The Soul, man. The joy of ignoring the New God skill-tree by focusing on the Corps plotlines.

    And there's no guarantee it'd do anything to them, given their agility. Recharging would definitely be a good idea.

    Finally. Brace yourself for the ouch...

    Ah... That explains the full oath, then. Security lock on the Charging process.

    :confused: ...Does that mean all the times OL charged without an oath were basically like using a smartphone without a lock passcode? ...Makes sense.

    Well, I suppose once the damage is done and the nerves have died off...

    Either taking a moment to savour your presumed fear at being cornered, or wary of what you might do because of it.

    Only needs a second or two more, after all... Then you get to show them what a Lantern at full charge can do...

    Disguising the recharge process, make them think you're panicking? Clever.

    Not a wasted action, eh? All that RTS Micro-management practice coming back... Hmm, what would the Corps think of the Human Resources game, I wonder?

    If you assume that much energy flowing would be like chaff, or a smoke bomb... Or perhaps a flash-bang into their higher perceptions.

    Because New God bullshit. That's one way to deal with the turrets, though: drown them in targets, and shoot them while they're confused...

    Sooner or later, you're going to get the hang of that properly. But then, you never did like melee.

    Likelihood: low. But who knows, maybe they're actually got a brain in that skull... Instead of muscle.

    And that's why you don't let an unfamiliar enemy run and hide, Gun-dummy. Never know what they're going to pull out of their bag of tricks given the time. Still, better a stupid enemy than a clever one. The question now is, will they do the smart thing, or the 'heroic' thing?
     
  6. Rebu

    Rebu hey, little Anna, you're the one

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    "Stand down. Final warning."
     
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  7. Darko

    Darko Connoisseur.

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    Not really.

    Paul seemed to heal and impregnate them easily enough.

    I think he meant that the blessings don't heal serious injuries like lost limbs and any healing magic they may have also can't do it.

    Also to the Source, like Angels, who could track him.

    To be fair he hasn't had too many dealings with New Gods.

    He once mentioned a Lantern saying their oath helped them bring out the emotion.

    Or 'villainous' thing, since they're villains.

    Though to Sparta's forces they're probably heroes.
     
  8. Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    Thank you, corrected.
     
  9. Soul Shocker

    Soul Shocker Not too sore, are you?

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    Hmm, couldn't you recharge the ring off feeding on the Larfleeze ring charge?
     
  10. Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    Yes, but that would shut off Larfleeze's ring as well which... Could be bad.
     
  11. Bud-E

    Bud-E Stand up so I can push you down!

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    What happens when Larfleez's ring shuts down.
     
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  12. Ryumancer

    Ryumancer Dragons Are Romance

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    Presumably, OL gets shot because he just turned off the things he was making shields with.
     
  13. Bud-E

    Bud-E Stand up so I can push you down!

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    Doesn't OL have a second ring?
     
  14. Ngamer11

    Ngamer11 Experienced.

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    They're talking about getting charge for the second ring by transferring some power from the first one. Doing so in combat is unwise, as that leaves you vulnerable.
     
  15. Coda

    Coda Versed in the lewd.

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    Did you find the answer satisfactory? XD
     
  16. Soul Shocker

    Soul Shocker Not too sore, are you?

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    That just means he should get 3 rings :p

    One to charge while chanting, 2 to shield with.
    Take A off, leech of the chanted one, Defend with B.
    Chant C again, refill B, defend with A.
    Rechant C for 300% charge and no downtime.

    Heck, 3 rings may be optimal for everyone to have uninterrupted power. You don't even need AI for that ring.

    Also, is there a copy function for AI? No reason why we can't copy the program into Larfleeze's ring right?
     
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    w34v3r Versed in the lewd.

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    The big problem there is that at this level of the game the fact that the ring is Larfleeze's might matter to an A.I. imprinted into it.
     
  18. Threadmarks: Sungate (part 29)
    Mr Zoat

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    Various parts of their armour glow in quick succession as I prepare for a new att-.

    "I yield." "I strike my colours."

    Their armour dims, and I feel a certain… Presence, vanish from the material.

    "Accepted." I float back slightly, dismissing most of my offensive constructs. "You will remove any remaining weapons, though under the circumstances you can keep your armour for now."

    My new prisoner -the voice was feminine, but let's not make assumptions with aliens- hesitates, then begins decoupling their gun's harness from their armour.

    "Good effort, by the way. You did noticeably better than the other two Ascended I fought today."

    Their helmet momentarily turns to the spear I discarded and the sword I'm still holding. Ah, that was probably insensitive. Though with warrior cultures that isn't always the case so long as you make it clear-.

    "They both fought bravely, but their tactics were inferior."

    They let the removed parts of the harness fall to the deck, then remove what looks like an equipment harness. That appears to be all of the readily detachable parts of their armour. I reach out with orange strands, connect them to my metaphysique and then subspace them.

    "Why do you not complete the ritual?"

    "An ongoing misunderstanding. I'm not a god or titan. I just look a bit like one. I have no idea what ritual you're referring to."

    "Oh."

    "If it's important to you, you can talk me through it once this battle is over."

    "No, that's-. No."

    "Right then. I'm going to be busy destroying this ship, so please fill me in with what you think this fight is about."

    "What?"

    I send strands out, draining through the gun's shield and attaching myself to the gun itself.

    "I was visiting New Cronus on an unrelated matter when your attack started. I've only heard their version of events, and while I doubt that hearing yours will change things greatly it might affect the resolution I suggest."

    Okay, the gun seems… Reasonably responsive. I can make it traverse, that's… The control to deploy it, but the system appears to be damaged. Power comes from there… Huh. There doesn't appear to be anything stopping it firing internally.

    "Or you can remain silent, but I will point out that doing so may be contrary to the interests of your faction."

    "What lies did they tell you?"

    "Don't… Know."

    With a creak and a scream of twisting metal, the gun comes free from its cradle, construct cabling maintaining the link to its fuel reserves and power source.

    "Beyond a passing familiarity with some of Rhea's other descendants, I know nothing about what she did after leaving Earth beyond what they told me. Feel free to give me your version while I kill this ship."

    "If you're not one of them, why do you-."

    Charging the gun… Seems straight forward enough, other than the tron lines. But I doubt that-.

    "Stop! Please, stop."

    "I take it this will work, then?"

    "The other Ascendants have already boarded New Cronus. The remaining crew are all mortal!"

    "So it will definitely work, then. I'm not seeing that as a-"

    Construct cradle for the gun, point it towards where I… Think I felt the commands coming from. The tron lines covering the gun are fully orange at this point, glowing brilliantly as I prepare to actualise my desire to bring about destruction.

    "-bad thing. War is all about killing because you couldn't accept an alternative."

    "What alternative could we accept?!"

    "I don't know. It doesn't matter to me, and I would suggest that it will soon not matter to the crew of this ship, either."

    "They murdered Grandmother Rhea for her power!"

    "Ah. You believe that they gained those seeds by killing her, contrary to their claim that she died after creating them. What evidence do you have?"

    "Their power-."

    "I know of two demigoddesses brought to life after a titan infused clay with their power. What they say that Rhea did is possible, though it's true that they could be lying. Brace."

    "W-?"

    I fire and oh that's a bit spicy! The gun annihilates everything in its path… Yeah, yeah, I can see through a cylindrical section of hull… Not quite into open space, as the ship is quite long, but I can see sparks and lights going out, so I assume that I'm closer to achieving my objective than I was.

    My prisoner was slammed against the interior wall due to not bracing.

    The gun's recharging, doesn't look like anyone can respond…

    "When I say 'brace', brace. Do you have any evidence?"

    "I-." The New God picks themself up. "I don't-. Will you allow the ship to yield?"

    "That's actually my preferred option. Can you arrange it?"

    "Ah…" They take a look at the white hot hole I just shot in the ship's interior. "I can see no way for them to survive. Yes. But… I will have to use my divine essence."

    "I'm not stopping you."

    "And yours. The crew will need to feel my submission."

    "I have no idea how to do that, but if you just want me to plug myself into you then I can do that."

    I release the hellwraith construct lantern.

    "If she does anything suspicious, eat her soul."

    "Yes, Master."

    The gun indicates that it's fully charged. It would probably be more helpful in the current battle if I just fired a few more times, turned this ship into a wreck and then left. But I'm trying to wean myself off genocide.

    I extend filaments and attach myself to the New God, the orange forcing out the turquoise from their armour.

    "Does that work?"

    "Yes. I will speak to them now."

    "Good. Do-. What's your name?"

    "Thiva."

    "Make sure that they understand their position, Thiva. I'd rather they live, but I'm not wedded to the idea."
     
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  19. The Unaligned Player

    The Unaligned Player Agony that desires to meet Extinction

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    As any moral combatant entity generally should be.
     
  20. DrThoth

    DrThoth I trust you know where the happy button is?

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    I assume Thiva is an original character? I'd have expected a link otherwise, though I don't remember if there was one for Sparta.

    I'll have to reread after this episode is over since I might be forgetting something, but I'm confused why Rhea needed Titan Seeds if she was reproducing (relatively) conventionally and has a bunch of (new) divine/semi-divine descendants.
     
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  21. Darko

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    And probably feel like one.

    'when your attack'

    Remove 'I suggest'

    Seriously Paul?

    What's with you and doing things you don't understand to alien chick's?

    The Spider Queen wasn't enough?

    'times'

    'off of'
     
  22. Ngamer11

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    It's good to get confirmation that they thought Paul was a god or titan. I wonder what she thinks he is now?

    And now we get their justification. I like how Paul basically goes "And?" when told that there are no New Gods on the ship right before he probably kills a lot of them.

    Now I hope this will keep her obedient, as she probably has no doubt in her mind that her soul will be literally eaten if she isn't.
     
  23. Darko

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    She probably wanted a version of her first family to live and be free again.

    Those seeds were portions of their power, so any new Titans she created would have the power of her brothers and sisters instead of just being regular gods.
     
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    Handlewithcare Versed in the lewd.

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    I mean, for a god/titan there may be no distinction between "giving birth" and "being dismantled for pieces of power".

    Also, yeesh. Pauls super pragmatism is cool but also kinda creepy. Being wholly rational is unnatural for us humans.
     
  25. DrThoth

    DrThoth I trust you know where the happy button is?

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    I think this is a good time to bring Diana in, or at least borrow her Lasso, though I'm not sure what the travel times for those will be. I don't think it's out of the question for Paragon to take the Lasso through the Honden, but that might have a lot of weird side-effects, maybe a bit like when Diana held the Spear of Destiny in the Silver City and projected truth, only here it would be everyone suddenly realizing or acting on their 'true desires' or something.

    What's the Lasso's origin in this setting? Is it the Girdle of Gaea or blessed by Hestia (or both?) I'm wondering how feasible it is to create a modern arcano-technological derivative.
     
  26. Vaermina

    Vaermina Well worn.

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    Why does he think a Hellwraith actually has the power to do that to a demigod?
     
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    hkim Know what you're doing yet?

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    What matters is whether or not she thinks that.
     
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    And there endeth the one-on-one. Along with the steady stream of Godspeech trash-talking, it seems. Time to tease out some intel, then. Hopefully by whatever code of honour they use, they'll be cooperative in hopes of a cheap ransom...

    Very sensible, given the ordnance that's likely still filling the local space.

    ...Who were likely friends, I suspect. And whose weapons you used to beat her into submission...

    Unfortunately, said tactics were largely old-fashioned. Which tend to struggle in the face of modern military doctrines. Still, she was smart enough to surrender.

    ...Ritual? Hmm. Something Sparta indulges in, or some part of their native culture?

    Do I detect a hint of embarrassment and disappointment in that voice, ma'am? Hoping for a glorious death in battle, and your power going on to join a greater warrior's?

    Definitely something rather unpleasant for the defeated, then. Presumably the forceable removal of her Demi-Godhood.

    I like that. She's expecting him to be fully aware of what's going on, and he's all, "Huh?"

    Like maybe persuading Sparta to not try and commit deicide and familicide upon the Titants.

    Yes, it probably is damaged, OL, given you rammed that spear into the barrel... I suspect there's also a matter of overcoming its own machine spirit... Which you may have trouble with, lacking the appropriate spiritual parts needed to wrestle with it. :p

    True, for all he knows, their entire story about Karrakan was them spinning a tale and they were defeated conquerors fleeing a foe in the mood for vengeance...

    Though can you leave off any imprecations about the Titans' parentage (other than Rhea), threats of violence and assorted other hateful comments? Just to save time, you know...

    Ah, there we go. It seems he's getting the hang of hot-wiring New God systems now.

    Good to know he's probably walking around with the safety off. And when Mr. Safety is off, Mr Gun is not anyone's friend. Of course, given his position, that's good.

    So what you're saying, honey, is that he can casually wipe out the entire crew without breaking a sweat.

    Flashbacks to Early New God Renegade... All that dark grey and orange... As for his opinion on War, yeah, that sounds about right.

    And right about now, she's realising that, no, this Man is not entirely right n the head... By her people's standards at least.

    To be fair, they could both be right, it's just a matter of the timing of the events involved. Was the creation of their Seeds contributory to the lady Rhea's demise, as it were... Or merely a side-effect of it?

    To be fair, that's probably not the craziest origin in Greek Myth anyway. Pandora, for example, is typically given a similar birth, merely empowered by the Olympians rather than a Titan or Primordial.

    ...And despite it being rather unlikely due to the energetic nature of the blast, I can't help but picture a shocked crewmember peeking their head past the still-sizzling edge of the hole in confusion...

    Probably because anyone close to the passage of the blast is now experiencing what being barbecued pork feels like.

    ...After that demonstration, I rather suspect they'd be happy to, assuming anyone with command authority is still intact enough to offer their surrender.

    ...Is this going to be a case of 'Look away, this will be a little embarrassing.'?

    Ah... Slight problem there.

    Phrasing, OL! ,,,Though looking at Sparta, if this lady is anything like that, it'd probably be pleasant.

    Wonder what the lady thinks of that little display. Then again, it's probably more familiar than anything else OL has doen thus far.

    To be fair, it's bad enough that you have to think of it like that. Genocide should never be the first option, or anywhere above dead last.

    ...Just be very careful about what you say, hmm? Considering the number of guns, both figurative and literal, to your head right now.

    Cute name. Better than calling her Gun-dummy. Even if she was fighting a bit like a Gundam...

    Given that Thiva seems to operate under some manner of honour code, I doubt she'll try to betray OL at this juncture. Especially given that if she doesn't, he'll simply start taking pot-shots with that Beam Rifle wannabe. Still, if it means the battleship is effectively removed from the fight, that's a lot of pressure off New Cronus' defenders.
     
  29. Bud-E

    Bud-E Stand up so I can push you down!

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    Ah, shit! now Paul has to figure out who's lying.
     
  30. Vaermina

    Vaermina Well worn.

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    She should be able to see it's power level given she can use Godspeech.
     
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