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

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Wait, Hawk and Dove? Weren't they part of the Lord of Order/Chaos cosmic balance? Their patrons offered keeping other LoO/C away from earth by their presence to keep Grayven satisfied.

Shouldn't John be making their empowerment impossible? Or has John Constantine gone for a Wander outside reality?

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They didn't get empowered in the SI timeline due to Constantine.

The Renegade remembered roughly what empowered them, and if you gave him a while to think about it then he might come up with T'Charr's name.
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Mr Zoat said:
"We are demonstrating the effectiveness of a partnership between Order and Chaos. The two brothers have different temperaments, and yet they work best together. They cover one another's weaknesses and complement one another's strengths."

"And you're just giving them power. You have no plans to come to Earth yourselves."

T'Charr nods. "And our having this compact with them will prevent other Lords entering your realm, just as if we were present in person."
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…wait, don't tell me Constantine granted them power?
 
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22nd September 2013
17:32 GMT -5

Ah, the armoury. Haven't… Actually been back here for a while-.

I look around.

"Arsenal, where-?"
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Ah, they moved his stuff out? Man, that feels kind of sad. I mean, he pretty much has moved out of the facility, but surely someone could have made use of the equipment. Then again, given the rotating membership, they probably needed the space.

"Storage."

"Ah."

He shrugs. "Sorry, but you weren't working here and I needed the space."
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Power armour support equipment probably does take up space, especially if it isn't built into the infrastructure already.

I exhale slowly. "It's fine."

There's a power armour cradle-.
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Ah, for Arsenal's gear, of course.

"How did you get my old armour reliquaries out of here?" I glance back at the door, checking that it hasn't gotten bigger-. No, same size.

"Oh, ah, I got Ghia'ta to move them. Zatanna shrunk hers down to doll house size and took it home. Yours is in one of the storage rooms."
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Subspacing them, of course. Good to know Zee got her Sororitas-pattern armour in hand, though.

The neophytes are starting to bunch up behind us, so I move further into the room. Roy heads over to his power armour work station and takes position-.

"Did you design that yourself?"
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I imagine he cribbed notes from OL's designs, and other power armour users known to the League.

"Yeah! I mean, it's based on F One pitstop tools and-" Outer plates unlock and are removed by robotic armatures and slotted into storage compartments for maintenance. "-a bunch of power armor animations I watched. Rocket Red helped out a whole lot." Then more armatures deploy with wheel guns to detach the interior mechanisms. "Way easier than putting it on myself."
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As long as you can be sure the system knows where you are at any moment, because one armature moving in the wrong place and you've got a busted limb.

Toyman walks over to get a closer look. "That isn't bad."

"Thanks."

"I could improve it."
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Yes, well, you've probably got all sorts of anime-inspired armour designs floating around in your head. Hardsuits, landmates and ACPAs, just for starters.

"Of course you could. You're a kid genius and I never even went to college."

I'm not sure what sort of response Toyman was expecting, but it looks like that wasn't it.
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Probably assumed the 'jock' would get offended and defensive.

"If we're finished for the day, I could work on that now?"

"No thanks. I'd rather have something that I know how to fix."
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And that's a good reason not to modify it. It'd be a hassle if the designer went rogue and couldn't repair it.

"I could build another machine to repair it."

"Is that a machine I could repair with High School shop class?"
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I assume Hiro managed to work his way up from machine shop tech by making the machinery to make more advanced machines...

"No."

"Then thanks, but I think I'll keep going like I am now."
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Plus, it'd be such a security risk.

Timothy ambles over, take everything in as the rest of the glass spread out across the room. "I could find some gnomes who could help you. So long as you just want it repaired."

"What, like those guys in-" He steps out as the last of the pieces of the armour are removed. "-Switzerland? Wouldn't they just steal the whole thing?"
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I see Roy's been keeping up on the mission reports.

Timothy blinks. "You've actually-? You've met gnomes?"

"No, I… Missed that mission."
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Fortunately. Although an arrow guy probably wouldn't have been essential anyway.

"Aldorf warren. I'm not sure how far the Swiss authorities got before the Anti-Life hit."

"They're the ones who worshipped that.. dragon, aren't they?"

"Drakul Karfang."
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And good riddance to her. I hope the warren didn't get too badly hit by Anti-Life.

Risk turns away from feeling up one of my old railguns. "You fought a dragon?"

"I was part of the team that killed a dragon, yes."
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OL made man-portable units? No doubt Roy is making good use of them.

"Sweet. Are there any other left?"

"Not as far as I know, and you'd need full biological and chemical protection gear before you confronted it."

"Why? Is it fireproof?"
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Besides, there's no need to assume all dragons are bad guys.

"No, but it turns out that some dragons can breathe mind-altering chemicals. If I could have everyone's attention, please!"

They turn away from whatever caught their attention and face me.
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Like kids in a candy store.

"For those of you who don't have an innate flight ability? Inertia belts are available." I gesture to the spare lockers which sit open against the wall. "They also-" Hawk and Risk are already hurrying over to grab theirs. "-come with manuals. Now, I trust you not to do anything too stupid-" Dove tilts his head back for a moment. "-but to be clear, practice somewhere where there aren't other people for you to fly into at the speed of sound."
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And for goodness' sake, read the damn manual!

Hawk stops. "Wait, what?"

"Hawk, if you ran into someone going as fast as you can, what would happen to them?"
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Something akin to being hit by a truck, I would imagine.

"They'd get… Pretty badly hurt?"

"Do you think it's different if you're flying?"
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If anything, he'd hit harder, because all that force would end up directed into a smaller point of impact...

"Uh… No?"

Dove walks up to him and lays his right hand on his brother's shoulder. "Hawk, I want you to know that I'm proud of you. You've made real progress."
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Ah, the innocent ribbing of brothers.

Hawk brushes his hand off. "F-. … Get lost."

Risk has already gotten his on-. And so has La'gann, who looks at me for confirmation. "Is this the same belt that I wore before?"
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I don't see how they'd have improved on it any. It's a mature technology.

"Exactly the same."

He smiles and activates it, floating into the air and carefully drifting over-.
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At least one of them can handle it fine. Hopefully he can help the others get used to it between classes.

My construct barrier is already covering the valuable equipment when Risk copies the motion La'gaan used to activate it. He shoots up into the ceiling, the inertia field flaring at it absorbs the kinetic energy of his impact. But he hasn't changed his posture, so he sort of slides across the ceiling, then drops slightly, and then slams into it again. This time he gets turned around and heads towards the machine I built Artemis to make new crumbler arrows. He slams into the construct barrier, and I clamp him in place.
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Ugh, the equivalent of jamming the car in gear, hitting the accelerator and not letting up. At least neither he nor the stonework will take much damage.

"Deactivate it if you please."

"Uh. Urh. How?"
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See? This is why you read the manual before getting on the bike, kiddies.

"Press the button and twist the dial the other way."

"Right, right." He presses and twists, it deactivates, and I set him on the ground. "Good ceiling!"
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Maybe he needs the belt in training wheels mode for a bit...

"Yes, we all tested it at least once while we were learning for the first time. The manual's not that long, you can manage. If any of you actually manage to cause significant property damage because you can't be bothered to read it, you lose belt privileges. If you actually hurt anyone, you lose program privileges. Clear?"
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That would be impressive, given how idiot-proof the belts are. Sadly, there's always a better idiot.

A round of nods, and Dove and Argent go and pick up their manuals while leaving their belts where they are. Aztek picks up both, but doesn't look impressed. "How will this help me defeat the Evil One?"
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Does your armour have innate flight? What if they can disable that? Backups are always useful.

"It shows you that you can improve your effectiveness by adding equipment. Don't limit yourself merely to mastering the abilities already at your disposal. The Justice League computers have lists of every type of equipment we've ever encountered. If you want to augment your arsenal with something else, look it up."
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Though check with people before you go yoinking something, especially if it's got a drawback.

Always helpful when the rookies get to improve their gear. Flight belts, proper armour, even handy weaponry for those without personal energy projection. Nothing like force multipliers when you can reasonably expect to end up fighting alien invasions, demonic lords or cosmic horrors someday. Best to prepare for it even if it never happens...
 
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