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

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Is that really a smart idea? I understand that it's possibly quicker and that they're on a time crunch, but it's still way too risky.

And Paul understands how to do something that others take weeks if not months to do in mere minutes.

Magic-sense of some sort perhaps?

Ow.

That he'd never be able to rock that cowboy hat as well as a real cowboy.

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He should probably add more shock absorbing materials to make sure he doesn't break anything again.

Surprise?

Huh, is it due to his connection to the orange light or something else?

I really like how creative you've written Vykin to be with his powers in the last few posts, magnetokinesis is a very versatile power.

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That was quite wholesome.

Yes, Paul, morally.

That's nice. I'm assuming "huggle" is a "hug-huddle"?

Wonder what that means.

Things in Shadowland don't have shadows? Who would've thought?

Oof.

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I've decided to regularise the word. It's not hypocrisy when I do it.

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That should say 'used'.

 

"While it's on"

Maybe they thought you weren't worth it, or thought letting you live in despair knowing you can't do anything was a suitable fate.

"portable water"

 

Sorry, LePaul had to run off into space to help fight a war instead of staying around and freeing the most important planet in the universe from the Anti-Life.

 

'Potable water' is correct, as it means water that's safe to drink.

 

Probably a good option, given how long it's been since he's had what his body consider real food. Honestly, something more drinkable might have been good, but if he wolfs it down too fast, it'll go to waste when his gut decides it's too much... So a chunky soup might be best.

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Small bites, remember. Your stomach will thank you... And probably your intestines too, later.

Easy assumption to make. All that high-tech and exotic stuff in one place? Star Labs sites do seem to look like pinata to supervillains.

Ah, the old 'complacent bystander' instinct of Superhero universes in play. 'Oh, it'll be fine. A superhero'll turn up soon.'

Preferably well-vetted ones, I hope. After all, surely it's easy to change costumes and stage a few 'rescues' to pose as a hero to get into places like this.

More likely internalising and accepting the 'lessons' of the Anti-Life. Turncoats in your midst and you didn't even realise.

...Unless you have a metaphorical life-preserver to help keep you afloat. Like Enlightenment.

So it's not 100% effective, then. He's slowly sliding down into the abyss, even as the figurative crampons of the regulator hold him in place.

By that point, the secure vaults would have been corrupted too.

Not even necessarily following Anti-Life orders. After all, in this universe, seeing a person in a colourful costume is likely to invoke the same relief as seeing a police officer or firefighter. ...Depending on the colours, anyway...

So he was stuck more as an observer and junior staff manager...

Give him a moment, OL. Surely this is dredging up bad memories.

Honestly? Americans seem more inclined to follow a charismatic person with a nice suit and a friendly smile... Just look at people like Maxwell Lord or Lex Luthor.

It's likely they had no orders concerning those not affected. Or they assumed you'd succumb eventually.

Especially depending on how personal-space-invasive the connections are.

...OL, he just said he hasn't been inside in a month. I doubt the secure areas are visible through the windows.

See? And while keeping it where it was is easy, it's not necessarily what Mannheim would want. Perhaps he wants to hang the strange stuff on the walls of his throne room.

Chance of them actually working... Next to none, then.

Again with the question you already know the answer to.

Best not to ask directly about the Mask, even if Carlyle isn't likely to talk if captured.

...Out of curiosity, how's he been managing the other end of the digestive process? I doubt the Museum's facilities are working, so...

A crate of water bottles and military rations might make a fine parting gift, perhaps.

Of course, trying to leave makes it more likely he'll get captured. Especially if OL stirs the hornet's nest.

All right, OL's got a way in to STAR Labs. I don't fancy the chances of making it actually work, but at least he's well-equipped enough to go loud if needed. So, he gets inside, checks whether or not the Mask is still there, swipes it if present and gets out. Hopefully without leaving a trail of destruction that will make it clear what he was there for. Easy-peasy.

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He hiss-laughs with feigned humour.

Shouldn't have been allowed in."

"America. Americans.

 

Potable water.

'Potable' from the Latin potare, which translates to "to drink".

 

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’un-American’?

 

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I wonder if Paul's pseudo-Godspeech is similar to his actual voice or not.

I guess the absence of Lyssa Drak lets his ring scan it?

Interesting that he has an accent despite his ring's translation. Unless he should have an accent according to the ring.

Mini-Infinity Man? Isn't that a bit disrespectful?

Sneaky Paul.

You can probably chalk it up to them using Shadowlands magic along with some arcane tech.

What's the translation for this?

Could the Yellow infusion be reversed somehow?

Wonder what they think about a "mortal" being able to somewhat use Godspeech.

Speaking of Godspeech, how do you always manage to find it? I doubt you always have the entire text of the post selected or highlighted

Assuming they just don't use robots.

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That must get annoying at times.

Uh oh.

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You're welcome.

Well, it might be better to tell people like Batman, for example, so that he can prepare.

You should play Skyrim too some day. Although, a Morrowind crossover would work as well.

"Oobix" might work, although they could probably use their teeth to produce the [click] in "Ub-[click]".

Yep, just as I thought. Thanks for the reminder.

Heh.

 

I have a user script installed in my browser that shows invisitext (That is, text set to colour 'Transparent') in a black mouse-over box when reading. It effectively makes it's presence known but leaves it optional to read.

'Xenforo Invisitext Handler' is a typical name for them, if you want to look it up, though how to install it varies by browser. Not sure if it even works on a mobile phone, though.

 

Prepare for what, and how, exactly? Most of the things that trip or fuck them over are things that the Illustres doesn't know if they exist in this universe and as such has to verify them. He can't just tell them about Infinite Crisis when that doesn't seem to apply, or Jason Todd's death, the guy isn't even Robin; so why come out and say "yeah, where I come from you guys are characters in comic books"? I disagree with SIs that do that kind of stuff.

If needed, he usually provides information if a situation appears similar to something that he knows and that he can corroborate. And I believe he also told Controller Hinon when she specifically asked for how he knew stuff, for example, so I don't see the need to just tell anyone.

 

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Let me know when they fix the bugs.

Well, flying would be legal. That's nice. But I don't know what Daedra the SI would have to make a deal with to keep his ring, and there aren't really enough medium scale enemies to occupy him. This is a game that regular characters can complete in under three minutes.

 

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Did Infinity Man send her to wherever the base of operations for the Yellow Lantern corps is, or to Lysis?

Heh.

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Speaking of which, does Paul wear it on his left hand because he's left-handed, or is it a more refined way of wearing a ring?

Short answer: Yes.

Who?

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If I remember correctly, he puts it on his left hand with the sigil facing inwards so that it won't be too obvious to those who aren't aware of who he is that he's wearing a power ring.

 

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That won't end well for anybody on the receiving end of Batman's wrath.

Do you have a picture? I can visualize it, but I'm not sure if it's what you're describing.

"Access denied. Access denied"

Oh? He's enlightened too?

Lmao. Crag probably thought Paul did this intentionally, little does he know that it was just another average Tuesday for Paul .

He's either confused at what seems to be a friendly gesture for some reason, or that Paul just threatened him.

I doubt he even shows up as a human any more, probably more like a "snake man" or something.

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Huh.

While I do agree that he probably shouldn't tell anybody willy-nilly, he should still probably give some information about possible threats in this universe.

There is a mod for that which fixes almost every bug in the game. Although if you want Bethesda to fix it, you're better off playing Morrowind.

It would be fun for a post or two nonetheless.

While I do know that he has the sigil face inwards to obscure the fact that's he wearing a power ring, I wanted to know why he wears it on his left hand. And besides, who on earth is going to wear armour with the sigil of the Orange Lantern Corps and not have a ring?

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I believe he puts it on his non dominant hand so that if he were to instinctively grab something and someone reacts by incapacitating/dismembering his hand, his ring hand would stay uninjured/attached.

 

I find the inevitability of oblivion quite peaceful, actually, assuming some kind of afterlife doesn't exist.

Natu would most likely look at him weirdly if the latter did show up.

Since the last time, the ring said, "Zon Nar" was in reference to Lysis attempting to charge the ring without modifying it first and the word "Zon" was repeated here, I'm going to assume that "Zon" means "Access" and so "Zon Nar" most likely means "Access denied" and "Zon tak" means "Accessing fear", which would make sense seeing that the ring most likely still operates on Indigo Tribe code.

Just because he's a bad guy, doesn't mean he's a bad guy.

 

Should probably be 'at the start' here.

 

Nam-Ek.

They've had years. If they can't be bothered to even pay the fans for fixes they've already made, I can't be bothered to buy it.

It would probably be a few posts of him wandering around with no idea what's going on, then running out of ring power and doing a normal blind Morrowind run. If he actually remembered Morrowind, he'd fly to Dagoth Ur and assimilate the Heart of Lorkhan. After that, play preblivion while trying to fix the Empire?

Just to be different, really. Green Lanterns wear them on the right.

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I professes extreme doubt in concerns to his ability to actually do that.