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

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Mr Zoat said:
"I am not sure that I want to go back to Tamaran. The Citadel will probably just-."

"Oh, don't worry about them. I killed most of them. Tamaran is actually rebuilding now."

"Oh. Then I will be happy to return home."
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Lol every time someone new gets exposed to OL's sheer insanity. "Oh I already liberated your planet and genocided your oppressors like a year or two ago, you'll be fine."
 
Signaller said:
What happened to Alan's original ring after he swapped over to Kalmin's blue ring and lantern? Can someone check to see if it has the yellow weakness, and if so, is it somehow infested with some of this yellow fear crystal material?
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He never swapped rings. Kalmin made a blue lantern that connected to his old ring and basically reinstalled an AI, database etc while swapping it to Blue.
 
Mr Zoat said:
"On the twenty fifth of November we had another talk with the other people researching the subject. John managed to make contact with a Lord of Chaos who was more insane than malevolent and got a much better idea of how they work from him. Essentially, they start as mortal magic users and connect themselves to another Plane of existence. That link replaces the one most people have to the universe around them, granting them far more raw power but also granting them signature weaknesses. Klarion's link was moderated through Teekl. When I stole her, he was forced to cut himself off from the Plane of Chaos in order to stay here. And find another source of magic power. That told us that Klarion was vulnerable to relatively conventional attack. It also told us how to replicate the process."

"On the sixth of November I began actively pursuing the Ace of Winchesters, with the aim of furthering my understanding of arcane weapons. On the tenth, I purchased it. I imagine that you've all read my report on the incident, so I won't go into it. On the eleventh, I recovered the Star Sapphire from the Moon."
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December; that poor old lady died in December.

Mr Zoat said:
"Under English law, Nabu was not a person. Under the 'Foul Witchcraft and Maleficent Practices Act' of fifteen ninety eight he would be defined as a 'baleful and malevolent spirit or spectre', and guilty of 'using unnatural magics to influence the minds of good Christian men to act contrary to their nature'. Not only can I not be prosecuted for killing him, the Church of England owes me either twenty crowns, or an acre of good grazing land and seven Sheep. And even if he were a person, he used lethal force to resist a legitimate arrest. I doubt that you would get a conviction, and that's if you were stupid enough to take it to trial."
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He should have asked for this to be enforced, just for the looks on faces. Alas, secrecy.
 
Psychoprompt (part 28) New
30th April 2258
22:02 G.M.T. -5

"But that doesn't make any sense."

Kelsey's… Actually holding my hand. I don't think… Anyone's held my hand since my grandparents decided that I could be trusted to walk by myself.

"Does it?"

"Ah-. What doesn't make sense?"

She glances up at me for a moment to make sure that I'm paying attention, and then returns her focus to the path in front of us. "So if the machines can't get solar power, and it's in the future so the can't use fossil fuels, why don't they use nuclear fission? Is it supposed to be far enough in the future that they've used up all of Earth's fissionables?"

"Ah… Do you want me to spoil the next film?"

"I don't know. Are we going to see the next film?"

"I've found copies of all four films." Which surprised me. Apparently they made a fourth at some point? I'm not sure why. I mean, I want to assume the best of the creators but I'm pretty sure that the story ended after film 3 and given the time delay it whiffs a little of a low effort cash in on former glory.

She glances up at me again, smiling. "That wasn't what I meant."

"Ah, well, I like the first two, and I've never seen the third one. But I…" I sigh. "When I was very young my mother made a point of ensuring that I understood that just because I find something interesting, that doesn't mean that other people do. So if you want to see something else, or do something else… I don't want to seem like I'm leaning on you to watch a film series you're not particularly interested in."

She… Leans into me. "I meant, do you want to go on another date?"

"Yes, absolutely. And… If you want to pick the activity-."

"I'd like to see the second one."

"Ah…"

"Is it.. not good..?"

"Ah, no, no, it's… Good..?"

"Are you sure?"

"Ah… I'm not sure if a film with a sex scene in it is second date material..?" I shrug awkwardly.

She snorts. "Really?"

"Um."

"I think I'll survive."

"Okay then." … "So, spoilers or not?"

"Is power generations a big part of the story, or is it just the background?"

"It… Comes up at one point, but I suppose it's mostly background. While it is quite a long time since the A.I.'s took over, it's never explicitly stated that other forms of energy aren't available. Even if they had used up all the fissionables, there's still geothermal."

"Right. And there's no way they could just be feeding liquidised human to other humans. There'd be energy loss each generation."

"Ah. No, you see, you're making a dangerous assumption there."

"I am?"

"Yes. I didn't.. spot it myself either. But if the conceit of the film is that we're living in a virtual environment, how do you know what real physics are? Your school just taught you the system's basic physics engine. You won't experience real physics until you leave the matrix, so for all you know the machines run on chi or mana or something."

"Huh…"

"Or entropy might not be real at all, just another sign of the depressive tendency inherent in the human mind."

"Or psychic 'energy'."

"Or anything. Or the human brain could be the most cost-effective regulator system for something."

"But why wouldn't they just go into space..? Or is.. space not real either?"

"Maybe they did, and a few are sticking around because it takes a long time to build infrastructure. Or they just really hate humans and sticking around is the whole point."

"But what do you think?"

"I think the writers didn't think about it too hard."

She exhales sharply through her nose in agreement. "So when's a good night for you?"

"Mayan's going to need me to proofread her work tomorrow… Monday?"

"I can do Monday. What exactly are you and.. Mayan..? Doing?"

"Journalism. Or if you want to know what our personal relationship is, we're friends. Minbari don't date outside of their species, and I've accepted that."

"Did you ask?"

"The subject came up, and she was polite but direct. Oh, but I… Wanted to ask…"

"Mm?"

"This isn't a conflict of interest for you, is it?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, I know that I… Am or was the subject of a Psi Corp investigation, and you're a Psi Cop…"

Her hand tightens, and her skin chills. "You… Knew about that?"

"Yes, of course. You were in that advert a few years ago, when you were a cadet."

"I was in the background!"

"You had a line."

She cringes slightly, which… Given the advert, is pretty fair. But at least her hand starts going back to its normal temperature. "How did you even see that!?"

"I looked up stuff on Psi Corp, because it's such a new thing for me. The website had all of their old adverts archived."

"Ah… Unless my boss has a change of heart, you're not being investigated. Unless you know where Jason Ironheart is, and I don't think-."

"He was on Babylon Five last time I saw him. I gave him a lift, since I was heading that way?"

She stops, pulling her hand free as she turns to face me. "Are you serious?"

"Yes? Is..? That a problem?"

"He's wanted for murder and espionage."

"…oh."

"You didn't know that?"

"I know it now."

"Seriou-? It was all over the news."

"I don't watch the news much." I shrug awkwardly. "It keeps referencing things I've never heard of."

"What exactly happened?"

"He… Walked up to me, said he'd heard of me from Psi Corps internal gossip and asked if I could give him a lift. I figured, okay, getting on the good side of someone in Psi Corps would be a good idea after the mess of my last interview…" I shrug. "He said something about travelling on, and that was over a week ago…"

"Damn it.

"I didn't know he was a murderer at the time , I thought he was just bumming a free ride."

"Right, I need to report that right now." She steps away from me, towards the road. "Taxi!"

Call taxi.

"So..?"

She looks back. "So?"

"Are we still on for Monday..?"

"I don't know! I think dating an Accessory After The Fact might be a conflict of interest!"

"But can you let me know?"

"I-." She exhales heavily as a taxi pulls up. "Yes, I'll let you know."

30th April 2258
22:28 G.M.T. -5
Kelsey

"You see?" Bester smiles smugly at me, and I can barely keep from rolling my eyes. "I told you it was worthwhile."
 
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