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

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Mr Zoat said:
Yep, still the plan.
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Huh, thought that was just the Stars Crossed ending, what with him shouting his name at the source wall to get rid of the anti-life infection. Interesting.

Also I'm guessing the following isn't true anymore

"A sequel isn't impossible, but only because I'll be in such a groove at that point I couldn't imagine doing anything else."

-Mr. Zoat, 2014.
 
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Ardy said:
Huh, thought that was just the Stars Crossed ending, what with him shouting his name at the source wall to get rid of the anti-life infection. Interesting.

Also I'm guessing the following isn't true anymore

"A sequel isn't impossible, but only because I'll be in such a groove at that point I couldn't imagine doing anything else."

-Mr. Zoat, 2014.
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It still isn't impossible, but I'm also toying with the idea of learning how to make Hearts of Iron submods.
Zig said:
Technically not contradictory, but still kind of weird.
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I'll modify it.
 
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Mr Zoat said:
That's because there isn't really anything to set them off. The history they know doesn't mention him, their time machine isn't working... They're living their cover at this point, watching history diverge more and more from what they know. I do have a plan for them, but at the moment they're not really doing anything.
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That's got to suck for them.

Mr Zoat said:
Quite true, but at the moment Darkseid is... Not 'enjoying' exactly... Deriving satisfaction from the way Kalibak is being driven slowly crazy by Grayven's successes. He's not going to take any active measure until that's resolved. In the other direction, Grayven is levelling up Earth until it can actually help him fight Darkseid.
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I would be interested in seeing the Renegade beat Kalibak into the ground before Boom Tubing him back to Apokolips.
 
Does the Legion of Superheroes know about the changes Time Trapper OL made to how time works in the local cluster of universes? Are those changes the reason they can't go back to their original universe since it should still exist right?
 
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Does the Legion of Superheroes know about the changes Time Trapper OL made to how time works in the local cluster of universes? Are those changes the reason they can't go back to their original universe since it should still exist right?
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The ones that Paul met should know what he told them, while the ones in the Renegade timeline would have no idea and no way to learn of it.
 
Mr Zoat said:
Wait, what?
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I got stuff confused. Sorry about that. For some reason I thought that their magic house was in Britain and that they used to live in New York, but don't anymore. I remember stuff about her being in a different time zone from the main team. Am I massively conflating stuff with how it's going for Cornwall Boy? Or is my only mistake that I didn't know that she's an immigrant originally from the US?

Edit: I feel like I'm having a Mandela Effect moment. I'm reading the story the second time through (some of the chapters for the third plus time) and I was always convinced that the Zataras had a connection to Britain. I even remember that thing about Zatanna dropping out of school in the wake of Fate's defeat and that newly freed Giovanni blamed that on Paul's example. And there was that thing about John being partially at fault for the death of Giovanni's wife. Now I am completely questioning my recollection of things...
 
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Psychoprompt (part 21) New
20th April 2258
09:17 G.M.T. -5

"…can't promise anything with a longer duration than that…" Thomas McMahon, deputy editor… Sub-editor? One of those, of Universe Today, shrugs at Mayan. "We'll have to see what the reader engagement is like."

Mayan nods. "I would be happy to reach any quantity of people, but I do understand that is not a viable financial proposition for your company."

"Honestly, if we do end up extending your contract, it's probably going to be because of an increase in minbari readership. Right now…" He shrugs. "Alien columnists aren't going to be a draw to most of our human reader base."

"There are minbari who read-"

I don't need to be here. I should just leave them to-.

Wait.

Before you ask, yes, that was definitely external. / We should go downstairs. / We don't need to be here. / Shaal Mayan is a grown woman, and the angles are wrong for an amateur sniper.

Huh. Not just me, then.

"-Universe Today?"

Mr. McMahon nods. "Usually minbari who've moved away from the Federation. We're the only human news organisation who've got any full time correspondents on Minbar, and apparently getting information out of you people is like pulling teeth."

Scan… Where did I feel like doing? The lobby. Scan the lobby. Anyone surprising?

Mayan sits forwards slightly. "I was unaware that any human news organisations had representatives on Minbar."

Oh look, another Psi Cop. Scan his records-. Wait, sending me a suggestion like that is very illegal without a warrant, and I know they don't have one. Who is he?

"Yeah, see? I think awareness that journalism exists is what's holding us back from increasing our minbari market."

A file appears in my mind. Jason Ironheart, apparently. Not a Psi Cop, but an instructor at the Psi Corps Academy. No legitimate reason to talk to me, as far as I can tell. Unless they still think I'm a telepath and have decided that a teacher would be a better avenue of approach than a police officer.

I sit up slightly, drawing Mayan's and Mr. McMahon's attention. And look at Mayan, mirroring his body language! "I'm sorry, there's a minor matter I have to attend to."

Mayan looks a combination of frustrated and disappointed. "Again?"

"Something different this time." I stand up. "Excuse me."

Out of the office, internal cameras there and there, office half-full, step around the corner to break line-of-sight and move to the bottom of the stairwell, then step out and walk towards the man sitting in the waiting area behind the… Copy of Universe Today.

If I go outside and wait in the car park-.

Really? / Overconfident.

So instead, I sit down opposite him and create a privacy field generator construct.

I only have to wait about ten seconds before he lowers his newspaper. "Can I.. help you?"

"An explanation for the telepathic assault would be nice, Mister Ironheart."

He tenses up at the mention of his name, then appears to notice the privacy field. "How-?"

I smile, tilting my head slightly to the left.

"How do you know who I am?"

"I'm afraid that as a public servant your employments records are publicly available information. A little facial recognition to sort through them all, and here we are. The assault, Mister Ironheart? I'm sure that the Psi Cops assigned to my case are quite capable of interrogating you, if you'd prefer."

"No. I'm-. Sorry. I wanted to meet up somewhere… Private."

"I've protected Shaal Mayan from five assassination attempts since we've arrived on Earth. I do not want to leave her alone for too long. What's this about?"

"I need to get off Earth."

"I'm not running a passenger liner, Mister Ironheart. I haven't even decided where I'm going next-"

The Nest.

"-and-"

I don't recognise that voice.

We'll talk later.

"-so I'm going to need a little more information than that."

"I wanna go wherever Lyta Alexander went. I know you made her disappear-."

I grin. "Heh-heh. Oh yes, this doesn't look like entrapment at all. I told-."

"It's not-. I was part of a secret Psi Corps program to try to increase my power. It… Worked, and-"

"Ah, neat."

"-I learned that the program was actually intended to create telekinetic assassins."

I nod. "Those could be useful."

"To assassinate the political enemies of the Psi Corps."

Oooooh. That could… Be a problem. If… True, and not associated with any other government assassination program… Because I'm sure that Earthforce has agents specialising in that sort of thing. But if the telepath regulatory authority is carrying out assassinations…

His eyes widen as I drop the privacy screen.

"Hm. Okay, look. If you want to go on holiday, I don't mind giving you a lift."

He frowns. "L-? She's on holiday?"

"Mm. I would of course need to apply for a visa for you. Please make sure that you have all pertinent documentation with you, particularly if any of it relates to criminal activity. They'll likely want you to declare it in advance."

"I don't.. know…" He looks away, thinking it over. "I can get it, but we'll need to leave right away."

"Certainly, Mister Ironheart. Let me know when and where you'd like to be picked up, and I'll be there in a jiffy."

"Right." He nods uncertainly. "…thanks."

"Not at all, Mister Ironheart. I hope you enjoy travelling with us. Now, if there's nothing else, I really should get back to Mayan."

"No, ah… That's it. How much notice are you going to need for-? To pick me up?"

"Well, more is better, of course, but whatever you can manage is fine. I'm not planning on leaving Earth anytime soon, so go at your own pace."

"Alright." He gets up, and I rise with him. "I will. Thanks. I wasn't sure you'd be able to help-. But this is a huge.. for me."

I shrug, and say the line. "I guess I just like helping people."
 
Oooh, Ironheart hitching a ride with 'Underwood' instead of going to B5 and running into Talia? Now this is a pretty big ripple.

...and this is absolutely going to bring down Bester on everyone's heads.
 
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