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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. Vaermina

    Vaermina Well worn.

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    Well, that was certainly easy.
     
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  2. Handlewithcare

    Handlewithcare Versed in the lewd.

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    I hope that Diana, as the Almost-Goddess of Truth, realises that THE CAKE IS A LIE!

    Also, that was really anti-climactic. I expected more from a jaunt in the Dream.
     
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  3. Darko

    Darko Connoisseur.

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    Wouldn't be the first time.

    The wizard he and Quinn 'fought' in Gotham comes to mind.
     
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  4. Vaermina

    Vaermina Well worn.

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    Also the Motherstar.

    Honestly? I am starting to think Paragon may have reached his endpoint and we should switch to a different Paul as the main character.
     
  5. Darko

    Darko Connoisseur.

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    Technically Paul didn't fight that one, she just died on her own.
     
  6. Chojin Patriarch

    Chojin Patriarch Veteran Lurker

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    Because she was probably the hottest woman he'd ever met, and didn't wear much (Phantom lady would have been another one he'd remember for those reasons...)

    Getting definite trophy room vibes here. I wonder what each represents? Is the cake a Portal reference?

    What the hell, man? I hope you know what you're doing.

    Yeah, this is not a place you want to be having any closed doors between you and the exit...

    And now I wonder what the heck it might be, that he took such an interest in it?

    And depending on the geometry of the place, you may end up smashing in circles... Also: That's awful close to Righteous Face-Punching, OL. You really have gone native.

    Great, so you just aggro'd every mob in the instance. Hope you can tank, Johnny.

    For a second, I wanted to call 'Hulk Smash!'... But given the setting...

    ...This is probably Brute, of the Dreaming. And now I know why Mr Zoat liked my post calling it, a couple of days ago.:D

    Great opposition for someone with just super-strength... But Diana is also damn smart, with decades of tactics to call on.

    And that's what got him and Glob in trouble back when Dream was imprisoned.

    Looks like they're pulling another 'Dream Stream' gag. But this time, they're in charge and Sandy gets to be the battery. And there's Melinoë. I hope that transformation is only temporary...

    **Took you long enough, Pavlos... Now get me out of this calamari!**

    Taking a chance there, KF. You're hoping he's conscious enough to not sandblast you?

    And he recognises the speedster style. :rolleyes: Must be the lightning bolt and running fast.

    And here's Glob. That whistle, I believe, would be a device to summon some protector, likely a patsy calling himself Sandman...

    <Bugs> Boy, he ain't too quick on the uptake, is he? What a maroon. </Bugs>

    I take it he's been in that bottle for a while... Long enough to regain some focus, but not all of it.

    Make himself turn him and his buddy in, huh? Hopefully Morpheus puts a tighter leash on them this time.

    Well... You can excuse Dodds for making that mistake, given the screaming and flailing...

    Ah, looks like Diana's done with Brute. That didn't take long.

    **I'm still blaming you, Pavlos.**

    Far too long, methinks. I wonder if he'd be amenable to joining the Team? He may look adult, but... HE's been locked in glass containers of one form or another for some seventy years now. He's going to need help adjusting.

    Yeah, kind of awkward if she can't actually drink the potion. I don't think Persephone would be happy with having a pseudo-sea creature for an offspring... That's more Poseidon's thing.

    "About damn time. Do you know how hard it is to think straight with five brains?"

    Ah, he's acting immediately on that whole directive OL gave him, huh?

    Boy, those two Dreams just don't do the whole 'learning' thing, do they? I wonder how many times a century Morpheus has to smack them back down when they pull this con... At any rate, a brief audience with the King of the Dreaming, and they can be safely on their way home.

    Atop each plinth is an object...
    ...an unusually large wrench resting...
    ...while the other is a sort of..
    "W-wonder Woman?" He shakes his head. "How.. long was I in..?"
    Remove the 'I'.
     
  7. Queshire

    Queshire Not too sore, are you?

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    So what's up with the wood shavings?
     
  8. Phrexia Unbound

    Phrexia Unbound Oooh...that's good.

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    Might be Brother Power The Geek-16
     
  9. Darko

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    Getting some Golden Boy vibes right about now.

    "And I still love you, Pavlos"

    Given some of the myths on how their children can be born, Persephone may not be all that upset that her daughter has been turned into something that doesn't look human.

    Well, she may still be upset, but mostly that Paul dragged her into his brand of madness, and not so much the transformation.

    No they do not.

    I'd say a lot.
     
  10. Idkusername

    Idkusername Versed in the lewd.

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  11. Darko

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    It's extremely unlikely that the magic wasn't affecting him, seeing as he was essentially passing through the thing.

    And before you say the only spells on the portal were its 'create a portal' and 'maintain portal', remember that I said another spell could be 'protect traveller', that directly affects the traveller, since the thing having such a spell makes sense.

    Yes Paul goes through magical places without the spell eater going of, but those places probably don't tend to directly affect him like the ankh portal.

    What voodoo restraint are you talking about anyway?
     
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  12. ChiChi

    ChiChi I trust you know where the happy button is?

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    though Sandy will need?
     
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  13. Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    No, those are both corrrect. The upright refers to the vertical straight bit and the prison is the glass case the wood shavings were trapped in.
    Thank you, corrected.
     
  14. Idkusername

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    It's the difference between spending time at camp to get used to lower oxygen levels while mountaineering, while the other is simply carrying an oxygen tank and rebreather.

    Why would the spell to protect the traveller be on the traveller and not the portal itself?

    And I meant restaurant, not restraint. I'll edit my original post.
     
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  15. moralrelativity

    moralrelativity Recovering pendant.

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    That's another thing I like about this story. It's not ever-escalating boss fights. Sometimes the team wins easily because they're prepared and competent. No fuss.
     
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  16. Darko

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    Because the spell could have been designed like that. Maybe as a precaution in case the one on the portal fails.

    I don't think the restaurant had all that much magic aside from that whole food blessing thing and the zombies. Plus the food would have been the only thing to directly affect him.

    I think he took off his spell eater when he ate there, to properly taste the magic food, and the tattoos he has already disrupted the effects the food had in him, not completely, but they did.
     
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  17. Diraniola

    Diraniola I trust you know where the happy button is?

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    You say that like they're already out of the Dream.
     
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  18. Senevri

    Senevri Not too sore, are you?

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    Haven't you met 2020? Everything is cake.
     
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  19. Chaoswind

    Chaoswind Lord of nonsense

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    Would be funny if these guys had trapped the dreams of the mother star (she was complaining about its absence) and that is why she died. And now that their realm has collapsed her dreams will be released and either the mother star will revive or a new one will appear. Would tie up nicely with the fact that Morpheus hasn't done his side of the bargain under most sensible interpretations thus it would be fun if he shows up and takes the mother star as a pet.
     
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  20. Darko

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    Can this be how Jarro comes into existence?

    I really hope so.
     
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  21. Ngamer11

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    I second that. Paul with a pet Jarro would be nice. Although, since he knows they are sentient, maybe he would take them as his ward instead, as Paul might find the term pet too demeaning to use for another sentient in a non-playful way.
     
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  22. Darko

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    Agreed.

    It's about time paragon started adopting some kids.
     
  23. Baladar

    Baladar Know what you're doing yet?

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    Classic Morpheus!

    ”I’ll help save the girl if you go and restore this other guy’s body.”

    The two are trapped next to each other, the girl is transformed, and the guy is cool with an altered body is okay with it.

    “See if I hadn’t told you to restore him, she’d still be a starfish.”
     
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  24. Idkusername

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    That's just poor design. It's much easier to account for a constant, i.e. the portal, than the various individuals who will travel through it. Especially people who are in Fate's caliber. Case in point, OL.
     
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  25. Darko

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    It could just be an extra layer of security and precaution in case something goes wrong with the spell on the portal.

    The person that created the portal spell could have been a believer in redundancies.
     
  26. Ardy

    Ardy I trust you know where the happy button is?

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    Jarro will need a tiny mask to protect their secret identity, of course.
     
  27. Darko

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    He can get help from Batman and Robin for that.

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    Maybe Paul and Bruce can bond over their adoption of orphans.

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  28. Mr Zoat

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    There will be no Jarro.
     
  29. Darko

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    You utter bastard.
     
  30. Vaermina

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    It's too late, you already left Batman alone with a Starro.:p
     
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