Thank you, corrected.
The SI is talking to someone who has just been ordered to work towards closing the Indigo Lantern Corps down. The result of him saying 'I'm not going to let you do that' is him fighting B'dg right now, and the Orange Lantern Corps fighting the Green Lantern Corps shortly afterwards in defence of people who have demonstrated the ability to evade detection perfectly well by themselves.
That should say 'Forevercar'.
That can't be good. Hopefully Paul will at least learn a few new tricks from whatever will happen to him.
Let the bets commence!
Good to see they're not completely helpless in the absence of a protagonist.
I rather suspect some part of their Narrative is bowing to OL's sheer heroic energy. Not that any of them would realise it, blind to the fourth wall as they are.Hey, it's a valid question. If your connection to the Source is on the fritz, of course you're going to be feeling a little mortal.
Not surprised they can feel the spooky place, attuned to the arcane as they are.
Well, it has to come from somewhere, after all.
Yeah, he's hardly Blacklightray. Though he'd probably be a bit of a stoner if he were.
For reference: The Great Darkness. And that 'fifteen years ago' could be referring to a Crisis...
It's absolute, stifling darkness. What do you think it does?
See, this is why you don't skip Basic training, rookie.
Oh, don't think so small, Bd'g. The entire race of this planet has the potential to tap into the Darkness...
Well, don't piss her off and you'll do fine.
Ha! Stuck with the cognitive hazard work, eh? Hope it's reflected in your paycheck.
That would be a safe bet, yes.
Good eye, Mooney.
Ah, OL. Always looking on the bright side of things.
...Honestly, what powers other than calling up visions and memories does Dreamer have in combat? And on that note, is her name really 'Dreamer'? What where her parents thinking, I wonder?
Yes, because they're just chemistry and physics. Nothing magical there.
And at least she's wearing more than her outfit during her Sinestro Corps days.
Just one of those walking plot device characters, I suppose. Existing to provide whatever exposition the writer needed to drop.
...As in 'she left' or as in 'she died'? Please, do be precise here...
Be careful what you ask for, OL, and how you ask for it...
And no doubt the shadows in the corners feel just a little bit deeper than they should be, hmm?
Someone's ego, most likely.
To be fair, for something like the Shadowlands, a black pit with no light at all would probably suffice.
At least they can cater to the curious. Though it's probably a very sobering experience.
Ah, might want to ask permission before you do that, OL...
Not necessarily. After all, the Shadowlands stifle the Emotional Spectrum...
...The book is yellow, isn't it?
It's LePaul.
Looks like someone's activated a trap card.
Whiz Wagon.
Thank you, corrected.
I'll see your five quantaloos, and raise you "he kills, ruins, or subverts the instructing entity in a way which shouldn't be possible with his current abilities."
Part of being a superhero is giving people the opportunity to prove that they're not as bad as you think they might be.
My guess is it's Peldak's fur. Whether truly or that's just a nightmare manifesting, we'll see soon enough.
Peldak doesn't have fur. She has scales.
That should say 'true'.
'Silent' Sound stages can be built like that. And apparently it is as unnerving as OL remembers it. Imagine it: feeling no sound in your ears, except the creaks and wetness of your own skull. It sounds decidedly unhealthy.
I don't think the Ring will be much use here. From what they said yesterday, its energy is effectively stilled in this absolute, overpowering dark.
Nothing but the sound of your own thoughts...
For all he knows, after all, only he's affected by this.
Another White Wolf-produced RPG reference, eh, OL? And entirely appropriate for this.
Probably has some innate ability to negate it selectively.
If somewhat gloomy.
To be fair, his Enlightenment has kind of reordered all his other emotional responses a bit.
Heh. Sounds a bit like the Shadowfells of Dungeons and Dragons. The plane of Shadow and darkness...
Perhaps it's not entirely visual. More another form of perception filtering into your mind.
And if OL is unsettled slightly, imagine how bad other people would have it...
Somehow, I don't think that's a way out, OL.
Floating island? Seems the sort of thing to expect in a place like this.
Inwards like gravitational lensing? Like what you saw that time when the Reach warped space on you? Or perhaps this place is just a little bubble of solidity shaped for OL's benefit...
Ah, the 'three strips of ribbon' approach to Fantasy ladieswear. Wonder if she uses double-sided tape or spirit glue to hold them in a modest position?
Yeah, not gonna work too well against OL. his mind isn't exactly what you'd call normal anymore.
More importantly, what happened to Peldak's Ring and Staff? Did Lyssa capture them, and hand them over to someone, or are they still here somewhere?
Yes, by taking the direct route right into the Evil alignment categories. Probably Lawful Evil, given her canonical attachments.
Not many options otherwise. Time for that metaknowledge, OL?
There we go. She's aligned with him, then, if not already a Corpsman.
Good reasoning. But it doesn't sound right...
I suppose this would be a good source of causing Fear. But how would you gather the Light produced?
Seems a little short-sighted, OL. Don't let your immediate goals obscure the long-term consequences...
Or die in the attempt? After all, i doubt allowing them entry to the Shadowlands isn't cheap, so to speak.
More that he can power through Fear through the limitless power of Want.
I doubt there's any water around, and you probably wouldn't want to drink it anyway.
Well, then. She's overconfident if she's just leaving him alone here. Then again, given his lack of resources...
Would be amusing if Simon Culp heard him, though. That might even be possible.
I suspect that Peldak also said she had overcome her fears, and then failed once tested with something that could suppress her Indigo power.