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

That should say 'an'.

 

So don't go pushing your luck, Sportsmaster. His rep with the league is already a bit unsteady, I don't think killing you would make it that much worse. Especially if you do something foolish that forces him to defend himself...

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Honestly, I don't think he ever viewed them with that kind of love. Or any at all. They were assets to him...

And if he's like this with the other Leaguers, I suspect some of them won't have a problem with him ceasing to exist.

After all, Crock is still useful right now. When he ceases to be useful, well...

Ah. I see. He thinks he's got some kind of dirt on OL that he thinks will be embarrassing to come out, huh?

Blackmailing a man who has or can get anything he wants? Pointless.

...Yeah, Jade and Artemis would probably like their father being dead, but it's honestly more trouble than it's worth actually doing it.

Oh, that name's going to just stick around forever, isn't it? No matter how much Waller or whoever ends up commanding Task Force X insists, it'll still be called that...

Admittedly, it'd be a DC so high that you'd need to be a God to manage it, but he could be persuaded.

...Not that OL would ever let you within a hundred feet of using an Orange Ring unless you were a Construct Lantern...

No greater goal than getting rich? That can't be the sole reason.

I'm reminded of Emil Blonsky's subplot in the MCU hulk movie. The old soldier who wants to fight for the thrill of it, but his body's slowing down... It's why he went for the knock-off Soldier serum and then the hulk-blood... I doubt OL would ever let Crock have anything like that, though.

A pity he wouldn't get on well with certain leadership elements...

Ha! Way to string him along, OL. Get his hopes up with that prize only to 'nope' it away.

Because next time, he won't rescind his kill-on-sight protocols.

I think those problems might settle themselves once those responsible realise things have settled down...

Just a matter of the right people on the right places.

I hate to agree with Vaermina, but what happened to the alien ship in orbit you captured? I know you sent others packing but isn't there at least one? Or are you considering that amongst the insufficient League assets?

More people than you have. Unless you're willing to look for outside help...

Bottom of a deep hole looking up, it looks bad right now. Just start climbing, though.

You need more than doctors right now.

All right. Going to request aid from NEMO, or at least supplies? Food replicators, perhaps?

I bet Dox saw this coming and made sure they'd be available.

...Doesn't sound like the best idea to leave it laying around, even with someone as tightly controlled as Dox...

I assume he wants the Atlanteans to try and get through to their cities' leaders and get them to bring down their shields. Which would at least give the League access to more mystical routes of support. I have a feeling Dolmen Gates will be in very high demand soon. Meanwhile, it'll be a matter of getting national capitals back on their feet to get their infrastructure back into action...

 

I don't understand this didn't Paul restore Batman's brain to how it was before?

 

Sportsmaster is impressed at the lengths Paul was willing to go to finish the job. That's something a professional like him can appreciate.

 

Paul does not have to recruit Sportsmaster himself. He could place a note to file and drop hints with Dox or someone else.

Personal issues tend to mess with logical situations. You do not have to like your coworkers, but you do realize they can play an important part. That aside, fuck Sportsmaster.

 

a professional asshole, you mean

 

Thank you, corrected.

Most people can't eat space ships. It could be used for some transportation I suppose, but it doesn't fix the underlying problems and isn't anything like enough to patch over them itself. Did you have something specific in mind that it could be used for?

 

Huh. How much greed would you need to be able to turn Earth-16's surviving surface population into Bismollians?

 

You'd have to think that... 'Bismollian' existence was superior to all other forms of human existence and that all humans being 'Bismolliam' in some way was essential for your goals.

It would be a stretch for most people.

 

’an unusually’

 

Sounds like he needs to contact the Green Lantern corps and ask them to bring a few cities worth of rations, water purification tablets, and easy-to-recharge transport vehicles. The client races for the Controllers (plus mass-produced translation devices) could be a good option too.

And how do you help keep people emotionally stable, instead of flickering between highs and lows? Hire a bunch of Tamaraneans for human resources and support roles. They have experience with destroyed infrastructure, and they love Paul. Maybe some of that squid race and the blind-your-women species too, though they'd need translators. Disaster relief should be a thing on alien worlds which are 15 minutes into the future in terms of technology.

 

Do the Guardians know about the life entity, and therefore would it be safe to ask them to prioritise restoration of Earth?

I kept expecting Paul getting Anti-Lifed twice in this campaign to have some blowback to the OLC, perhaps transmitting an infection to Dox or Hinon.

Did Sportsmaster hear Sinestro's name st any point, and might he now be tempted to reach out in that direction?

 

Thank you, corrected.

 

They are aware, as in this story, they're the ones who put it in Earth in the first place. They also hid it 4 other times before Earth, with the previous location now being known as New Genesis and Apokolips. This story blended the origins of the New Gods and the Life Entity so that the latter's presence is the reason as to why Earth is the "Fifth World" and New Genesis and Apokolips are collectively known as the "Fourth World".

 

Yeah, with civilization collapsing there are bound to be a lot of warlords popping up.

Now that's an insult to weasels.

"hates"

Are she and Hades still memory wiped?

If not then are they getting divorced?

I know Hades was hopeful that the memory wipe could help, but I doubt it would since if he reverts to his old personality then he may be too cold and distant for her.

Plus once they regain their memories Persephone could still choose to have the divorce even if she liked the time they spent together since that would probably not fix her living in fear and misery for thousands of years.

I'm not sure if Swamp Thing is even alive right now.

When Paul met with Eutanthe, she told him that she couldn't find him.

I think she took his place.

 

She went beyond that. It was mentioned that the Parliament of Trees went silent after the Anti-Life infected the Green, leading Paul to declare Euanthe the Queen of the Green, a title she begrudgingly accepted. If Swamp Thing is still around, that makes Euanthe his boss.

 

I doubt she'd be able to keep the position if the Parliament pressed the issue.

 

It happens sometimes.

There was a store in my hometown that's been closed for over a decade now, but everyone still refers to the place by its old name, even after a new one opened up there.

Heck, the bus I take to work has a paper printed out about which locations it goes to and it has the old name of the store.

Ir he's at least liking the fact that one of the good guys did something so horrible.

We all hate doing that.

Fortunately they're wrong most of the time so we don't feel disgusted.

Paul's not exactly at the best head-space right now.

 

I kinda hope they're really gone, since Paul could ask Euanthe for a favor if he really needs one, and that favor can be something big if she's in charge of the Green.

 

Though it would be preferable if they're still around since they may know more about how to fix the Green and with the aid Paul gave them, they could also grant him a favor.

 

Why? A single motivated orange lantern could make all that.

 

Because Green Lanterns are superheroes who can help via miraculous abilities as part of their temporary deployment, and I figure they could come anyway as guards if a Guardian is sent to inspect Earth.

This will take months to stabilize, and Paul knows that certain repetitive tasks (fixing Gotham) can't be brute-forced with his Orange light enlightenment. Yes, Paul or another lantern could materialize supplies. But delivering them, talking to people who won't hoard them, setting up supply lines, and so-on isn't a task for a single lantern or a speedster. This will take months and require near-constant supervision in many different parts of the world.



As an aside, I wonder if there are any more cloned bodies of Paul with deadmans-switches ticking down. Also, given what Batman said about the superheroes with Apokalypse tech in their brains, I wonder if Question and the others will pull through. Could Scott Free call a New God doctor for them now that Earth has been purged?

 

Is Barda on Apokalips now?

 

Thank you, corrected.

As far as the SI knows.

One more clone left.

As far as the SI knows she's on Earth somewhere.

 

Okay, made a couple of modifications.

 

Missing full stop.

 

Thank you, corrected.

 

I'd wager Mr. Atom's greatest fear is not being able to fulfill his purpose. He was built for it, and it's clear from what we've seen of him that he genuinely wants to fulfill it. But if something were to prevent it...

 

Decided to reread things from the start, and got side tracked wiki walking.

So, OL stated a couple of times that the League members don't get paid, thought so too until recently. But apparently according to WoG they do. It does make sense. They get a ton of funding and well, they're probably smart enough to realize that most people aren't billionares and still got bills to pay.