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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. Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    Thank you, corrected.
     
  2. moralrelativity

    moralrelativity Recovering pendant.

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    Makes sense. And it's certainly a quite plausible way for language to develop in the future if/when we have such things.
     
  3. Darko

    Darko Connoisseur.

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    He may be eccentric, but for all we know he could be a cunning business man.

    He's a high ranking member of an interstellar corporation so maybe he has some brains under all that insanity.
     
  4. Redhawk

    Redhawk Getting out there.

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    Can we just get a quick scene explaining how Dox came to the decision to give this guy a ring? I just can’t wrap my head around this.
     
  5. Kalem_Lee

    Kalem_Lee Well worn.

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    KNOW PAIN LUTHOR.

    KNOW PAIN.
     
  6. l---erddad---l

    l---erddad---l Wait, google can see this?

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    Especially since we already use "cybernetics" to refer to the cybernetic parts of a cybernetic entity, bringing it into the singular just makes sense.
     
  7. Idkusername

    Idkusername Versed in the lewd.

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    Can someone remind me what happened to the Light in the Paragon timeline? Are they still active?
     
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  8. Darko

    Darko Connoisseur.

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    Yeah they are and they may be active up to year 5.
     
  9. Ganurath

    Ganurath Apologizes For Nothing

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    Dox wants to know things. Sometimes, that means experimentation.
     
  10. Chojin Patriarch

    Chojin Patriarch Veteran Lurker

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    Oh, boy... Looks like I might have been optimistic about the ClusterCorps' view on synthetic rights... These guys are acting... Well, like slaves...

    He's thinking 'What sort of fly-by-night operation are these Aliens running?', I'd bet.

    I bet Lex can commiserate with him over the stupidity of some people.

    Ah, OL... Still haven't considered the possibility that Lex had a not-so-metaphorical gun to his head?

    You sound like a jilted lover, OL. What would the League say if they could hear you?

    And Lex, looking for all the angles as usual. Hoping for some inside info, I see, to get a jump on the competition.

    Oh, my. Now that's a declaration of 'I am so done with this shit...'. I'm sure he'll regret saying it later, of course. And I doubt Lex can offer anything he'd want enough to jump ships for.

    "Or were you just passing by and thought you'd drop in for coffee?"

    I note that's not a declaration of seniority, merely of age...

    ...Ah. :oops: Oooh... Awkward.

    Wow, such upwards mobility...Of course, most of the organic staff are in the same boat...

    Oh, you have no idea, Lexie boy... Wait until you meet the big gold cheese...

    And speak of the devil. I'm guessing he usually doesn't use his ring for anything... I haven't seen that kind of enthusiastic response since the first time Kon took his shirt off in front of OL...

    ...Blowing away the people you were about to do business with is generally not good practice, Goldie...

    Go on, OL, let him dig himself in deeper in Lex's opinion.

    I can just see him thinking 'oh god, what have i gotten myself into? This is worse than the Light...'

    ...No. No! Do not ask... With a name like 'fart apples'...

    He... does know he has to consciously include other people in Transitions?

    <facepalm> How did this guy even clear basic training? Did they even give him basic training beyond 'Want it, it happens.'?

    Shush! Don't interrupt his flow, this is bound to be hilarious! :p In fact, you should definitely record this.

    I can hear the clattering of their joints as it is...

    Poor guy... If he's lucky, he might get out of this without being scrapped...

    Does Manga Khan simply have a -20 to spot checks?

    "Why grandma, what a deep voice you have..." Though I picture the bot as having a light, slightly 'nerdy' tone...

    To be honest, I'm not sure how strongly connected the Synthetics are tied to their physical form... I presume some might be comfortable switching bodies like average humans switch clothes...

    In the background, Lex and OL share a Look. A Look of mutual pain about suffering idiots...

    Oh, thank Eris! We won't be stuck in a loop of back-and-forth for three chapters! Though I bet she's laughing her ass off...

    Oh gods, the stupid... It hurts...

    Oh, thank you, he might stop talking! OL's ring is probably running constant Wholeness Rightly Assumed just to preserve his sanity...

    Well, random customer service unit, it was nice knowing you... Throw yourself on his mercy and he might just bust you down to janitorial roomba....

    Ohhh, this is going to be a long conversation... He may have a penalty to Spot checks, but Manga Khan evidently gains +40 to Jump, when leaping to conclusions!:V I bet Lex is really, really wishing he hadn't come here right now...

    I'm pretty sure it's not spelt that way... But it might be an OL-ism...
     
  11. Darko

    Darko Connoisseur.

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    Lex must really be regretting trying to do business with Manga.

    I mean at least Savage tries to pretend that he's intelligent and not just some idiot.

    Eris must be suffering from stomach cramps right about now from all the laughter.
     
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  12. Z3r0Sama

    Z3r0Sama Not too sore, are you?

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    I almost forgot they were actually a thing with the Gravy timeline.
     
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  13. Old Knife

    Old Knife Not too sore, are you?

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    Eros or Eris?
     
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  14. Massgamer

    Massgamer Not too sore, are you?

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    Poor Lex, he is having his mental image of what he thinks should be a major leader in a galactic scale business shattered right before him. Just cause aliens have made it into space doesn't mean that galaxy isn't full of fools as well.
     
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  15. Darko

    Darko Connoisseur.

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    Lex doesn't exactly think all that highly of non humans in the first place, but even his low standards may be blown out the water with Manga.
     
  16. Ace Dreamer

    Ace Dreamer Questioning The Nature of our Realities

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    This is going about as well as I assumed it might...

    Reminds me of Vapula in the In Nomine tabletop rpg... A demon prince prone to SCIENCE! of the most drastic sort. A gentleman by the name of Moe Lane proposed a junior demon by the name of 'Sparky', who had the job of trying to ensure Vapula didn't do anything too destructive to Hell's purposes...

    You might wonder where the authors of 'In Nomine' got ideas like that? Well, if you look at Vapula in a more 'traditional' sense, you might start to work it out...

    (You know the bit about burning copies of the D&D rules in some US states? I don't know what they'd do with the In Nomine rules...)


    I got the impression that this was a re-branding of Banks's The Culture, and an attempt to collide it with comic book superhero-ing. I'm unclear how much DC respect the canon that the writers created, or whether they're (just) retcon-ing anything that doesn't suit the sort of stories they want to tell...
     
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  17. Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    I had a quick look, and there doesn't appear to be a standard spelling.
     
  18. Prince Charon

    Prince Charon Just zis guy, you know?

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    Agreed. Also why he decided to send this guy to Earth, since by Word of Zoat, it wasn't to be funny.
     
  19. Ngamer11

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    I am really curious about what must be going through Lex's head right now. Whatever expectations he had about this guy must have been completely blown away after meeting him face to face. I kinda hope this guy spills the beans about what happened on Rimbor. I can just imagine Manga Khan saying that he is surprised someone as powerful and reasonable as the Illustres would work with intergalactic criminals like the "Justice League" as a non sequitur.
     
  20. Darko

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    Well he was certainly blown away after his first encounter with him, quite literary I should remind you.
     
  21. Ace Dreamer

    Ace Dreamer Questioning The Nature of our Realities

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    Am I the only one who is wondering what the stock markets are looking like, after the arrival of Manga Khan? You might suspect Mr. Luthor takes... an interest in that sort of thing.
    I might wonder if there's a camera crew recording this encounter... Pretty sure a lot of news channels would pay well for that...


    Fun things for Eris to do... 'Borrow' the Inviolate Lex Luthor and Mercy Graves, post-story, throw-in a memory patch for the pair of them of the last couple of weeks of experiences of their local versions... See what happens next. :)
     
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  22. Darko

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    Lex from Inviolate would be shocked that a version of him is doing stupid Villain stuff without being manipulated by anyone.
     
  23. darkevangel10

    darkevangel10 Making the rounds.

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    Chassis is both the singular and plural, just pronounced differently to differentiate. Cha-see vs Cha-seez
     
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  24. Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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  25. Gladiusone

    Gladiusone Well worn.

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    Can I be reminded of why Paul is pissed at Lex?
     
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  26. JamesEye

    JamesEye Not too sore, are you?

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    I just broke out into giggles reading this. Manga Khan has to be my favourite character now haha. He reminds me of that superhero in Rachet and Clank or any borderlands comic relief.

    thanks for the laughs.
     
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    Breadnaught Experienced.

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    A while ago he made Lex an offer and tried to seduce him to the Light Side..

    "I agree with your stated goals. I want humanity to develop the schitzotech they've had access to for decades, progress and go to the stars. I don't want the Earth to treat superheroes as a crutch that stops people walking on their own. And I can do it without being a supervillain. Without being aparty to World Scale Child Murder! Join me, give us the other member of the Light and we can do this the right way!"

    "Nah, I'm fine with our current methods of achieving our goals. Thanks anyway."
     
  28. Idkusername

    Idkusername Versed in the lewd.

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    That's originally from a movie called DungeonMaster, which was then quoted and made famous by Mythbusters, and it has now somehow ended up on a BioShock image.*

    *Idkusername has not consumed any of the listed media and is not responsible for any inaccuracies
     
  29. Bolo

    Bolo Know what you're doing yet?

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    Wait I’m confused. Paul tells Lex he’s upset at him for Not going for his deal (doing shady things) doesn’t really get into cause reasons... Then tells him now is the best time make his best offer because to Paul.....?
     
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  30. DrThoth

    DrThoth I trust you know where the happy button is?

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    Because the mundane governments' lack of adequate preparedness (and coordination) for perfectly reasonable possibilities like contact with extraterrestrial polities seems to be due to the 'gormless passivity' (I think that's a quote from somewhere in this fic) encouraged by having superheroes around to deal with things like this.
    Competent and effective governments would clash too much with the general rationale behind idealistic and independent superheroism, so we basically never see any in most mainstream comics-based media.
     
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