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With This Ring (Young Justice SI) (Thread Fourteen)
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"Please state the nature of the Kryptonian emergency."
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That's almost verbatim the denial and reasoning General Zod used. Wonder if it's an implanted reflex to keep from looking closer.
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The original Brainiac in the comics was Coluan, not a Kryptonian AI.
And he was hardly weak.
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Calling it now, this was a Boss Smiley plot
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That's entirely debatable. It's entirely possible Smiley's reach is more "setting" oriented
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12th August 2013
21:52 GMT
No g-lusca has travelled by zeta tube before, and in any case the part of the Fortress of Solitude with the zeta tube in it isn't big enough for the tank to fit inside. I'm not.. completely sure that transitioning would be entirely safe, so I'm just flying north at high speed with my cargo.
G-Lusca tanks are big, containing not just the gigabrained genomorph itself, but also the fluid purification machinery, feeding system and emergency backups. G-Lusca can hibernate, but on dry land they can't do much more than squirm weakly and they're not much more manoeuvrable in water.
Honestly, that whole thing makes me a little uncomfortable. It's like they deliberately created something that would spend its entire life in a tank, unable to care for itself. But looking at its desires it's perfectly content where it is. The usual positive associations with physical activity humans have just aren't there; it isn't human, and the genomorphs are good enough at bioengineering that they can create new genomorphs who have desire structures which relate to their function.
They're… Inhuman. Intentionally.
The g-gremlins have six small horn nubs, rather than the two horns that g-gnomes have. They also lack the mouth fronds and have slightly more powerful fingers. But it's clear that they're based on the same design. And they appear to be asleep.
"Are they alright?"
The new g-pooka who got assigned to this job blinks at me.
**Are YYou alright, big boy?**
Huh?
She… Wiggles her posterior, tail flicking from side to side to emphasise the motion.
"Yes, thank you? I was asking because-."
**Could you be MMore alright?**
I shake my head. "What are you doing?"
**I am a free human-equivalent BBeing. I can engage in intimate BBehaviour.**
"You literally can't. Your species is asexual."
**Genomorphs are GGestalt telepaths. G-Pooka like me are VVery empathic.**
"You can experience pleasure when your partner does?"
She blinks twice, then nods.
"And it's not external, because you're a gestalt telepath and so you experience that neural function as if it's your own." Another nod. "And you're definitely not a g-succubus who made an illusion to sneak out on this mission?"
**I cannot make the SSort of illusions that they can.**
"Do the other g-pooka do this-?" Ah. "This is a joke."
**[ROFL]**
I hiss quietly. "Don't, we're about three miles up and I'm not sure that I'd want to catch you."
She grips her perch with her toes and-. And slaps her scrawny hindquarters with her right hand.
"I thought that g-pooka were serious when on professional jobs?"
**YYou should not have made an emergency request. It takes time for g-pooka to CCalm down. I AAm too young to not joke.** I allow the environmental shield around her to flicker, briefly exposing her posterior to the arctic chill. **EE!**
"So am I. Orange Lantern to Jor-El. Please open the cargo door."
"Certainly."
I fly the tank inside and set it down on the crystalline floor. "Is this close enough?"
The g-gremlins wake up, twitching slightly as they shake off their lethargy. The g-pooka's horns shimmer for a moment, the g-gremlin's stubs glowing in response.
"They're not sure. NNew types of machine mind require time to adapt to."
The nearby plinth lights up with Jor-El's image. "Does this make it easier? You have almost my full attention."
Her horns glow again, and she nods. "They are WWorking on it. Please stand by."
"Did you ever knowingly encounter a telepath when you were alive?"
"Other than the thought-beasts, no. Though that may well just have meant that the telepath knew what they were doing."
"How confident are you that there were no aliens on Krypton during your life?"
"One human visited us. That is how I first heard of Earth." I generate a construct image of Jack Knight. "Yes, though he was younger at the time. Is he telepathic?"
"No. Anyone other than him?"
"No, but I believe that my father covered up his brief visit. And if he could do that, anyone on the Science Council could have done the same thing."
"Were there aliens on Krypton during the Kryptonian Empire?"
"A few, sometimes. Usually as part of a diplomatic visit where we would display our unrivalled supremacy in an attempt to persuade them to yield without armed conflict. None lived there."
"Did they get counted in and out?"
"I don't know. And I don't think that's an issue of my memory being altered. The history of that period wasn't my preferred reading."
I want to ask him what was. I want to prod him about allowing me to clone him a body again. I-. Don't.. have time. And I know that he doesn't care; that he expects to be treated as a useful object.
"Would there be any surviving records?"
"I doubt it, unless Har-Zod stored them on Xenon. I doubt they would help. There were no telepathic species within the bounds of the former Kryptonian Empire, and so far as I recall none in the area-."
"That's not TTrue."
The g-gremlins are staring at… The wall, in what I assume is the direction of Jor-El's core intelligence. The g-pooka on the other hand is looking at his holographic projection.
"You have found an edited file?"
"No. You have a MMind. It isn't hard to AArrange your thoughts so that you do not connect the ideas. I can restore IIt?"
"Do so."
The horn stubs of the g-gremlins flicker as they work, and then Jor-El's face grows grim in recognition.
"Ah. Yes. It seems that my memories had been edited. There was a telepathic species we encountered. They were called the empireth, but by the standards of the martians or the few telepaths your species has produced, their abilities were slight."
"Did the organic Jor-El know one?"
"No-." The g-pooka shakes her head again. "Yes. How did I forget-? Lyla, her name was Lyla. She was on Krypton when it exploded."
"You're sure?"
"There was no way off."
"Except the Phantom Zone."
21:52 GMT
No g-lusca has travelled by zeta tube before, and in any case the part of the Fortress of Solitude with the zeta tube in it isn't big enough for the tank to fit inside. I'm not.. completely sure that transitioning would be entirely safe, so I'm just flying north at high speed with my cargo.
G-Lusca tanks are big, containing not just the gigabrained genomorph itself, but also the fluid purification machinery, feeding system and emergency backups. G-Lusca can hibernate, but on dry land they can't do much more than squirm weakly and they're not much more manoeuvrable in water.
Honestly, that whole thing makes me a little uncomfortable. It's like they deliberately created something that would spend its entire life in a tank, unable to care for itself. But looking at its desires it's perfectly content where it is. The usual positive associations with physical activity humans have just aren't there; it isn't human, and the genomorphs are good enough at bioengineering that they can create new genomorphs who have desire structures which relate to their function.
They're… Inhuman. Intentionally.
The g-gremlins have six small horn nubs, rather than the two horns that g-gnomes have. They also lack the mouth fronds and have slightly more powerful fingers. But it's clear that they're based on the same design. And they appear to be asleep.
"Are they alright?"
The new g-pooka who got assigned to this job blinks at me.
**Are YYou alright, big boy?**
Huh?
She… Wiggles her posterior, tail flicking from side to side to emphasise the motion.
"Yes, thank you? I was asking because-."
**Could you be MMore alright?**
I shake my head. "What are you doing?"
**I am a free human-equivalent BBeing. I can engage in intimate BBehaviour.**
"You literally can't. Your species is asexual."
**Genomorphs are GGestalt telepaths. G-Pooka like me are VVery empathic.**
"You can experience pleasure when your partner does?"
She blinks twice, then nods.
"And it's not external, because you're a gestalt telepath and so you experience that neural function as if it's your own." Another nod. "And you're definitely not a g-succubus who made an illusion to sneak out on this mission?"
**I cannot make the SSort of illusions that they can.**
"Do the other g-pooka do this-?" Ah. "This is a joke."
**[ROFL]**
I hiss quietly. "Don't, we're about three miles up and I'm not sure that I'd want to catch you."
She grips her perch with her toes and-. And slaps her scrawny hindquarters with her right hand.
"I thought that g-pooka were serious when on professional jobs?"
**YYou should not have made an emergency request. It takes time for g-pooka to CCalm down. I AAm too young to not joke.** I allow the environmental shield around her to flicker, briefly exposing her posterior to the arctic chill. **EE!**
"So am I. Orange Lantern to Jor-El. Please open the cargo door."
"Certainly."
I fly the tank inside and set it down on the crystalline floor. "Is this close enough?"
The g-gremlins wake up, twitching slightly as they shake off their lethargy. The g-pooka's horns shimmer for a moment, the g-gremlin's stubs glowing in response.
"They're not sure. NNew types of machine mind require time to adapt to."
The nearby plinth lights up with Jor-El's image. "Does this make it easier? You have almost my full attention."
Her horns glow again, and she nods. "They are WWorking on it. Please stand by."
"Did you ever knowingly encounter a telepath when you were alive?"
"Other than the thought-beasts, no. Though that may well just have meant that the telepath knew what they were doing."
"How confident are you that there were no aliens on Krypton during your life?"
"One human visited us. That is how I first heard of Earth." I generate a construct image of Jack Knight. "Yes, though he was younger at the time. Is he telepathic?"
"No. Anyone other than him?"
"No, but I believe that my father covered up his brief visit. And if he could do that, anyone on the Science Council could have done the same thing."
"Were there aliens on Krypton during the Kryptonian Empire?"
"A few, sometimes. Usually as part of a diplomatic visit where we would display our unrivalled supremacy in an attempt to persuade them to yield without armed conflict. None lived there."
"Did they get counted in and out?"
"I don't know. And I don't think that's an issue of my memory being altered. The history of that period wasn't my preferred reading."
I want to ask him what was. I want to prod him about allowing me to clone him a body again. I-. Don't.. have time. And I know that he doesn't care; that he expects to be treated as a useful object.
"Would there be any surviving records?"
"I doubt it, unless Har-Zod stored them on Xenon. I doubt they would help. There were no telepathic species within the bounds of the former Kryptonian Empire, and so far as I recall none in the area-."
"That's not TTrue."
The g-gremlins are staring at… The wall, in what I assume is the direction of Jor-El's core intelligence. The g-pooka on the other hand is looking at his holographic projection.
"You have found an edited file?"
"No. You have a MMind. It isn't hard to AArrange your thoughts so that you do not connect the ideas. I can restore IIt?"
"Do so."
The horn stubs of the g-gremlins flicker as they work, and then Jor-El's face grows grim in recognition.
"Ah. Yes. It seems that my memories had been edited. There was a telepathic species we encountered. They were called the empireth, but by the standards of the martians or the few telepaths your species has produced, their abilities were slight."
"Did the organic Jor-El know one?"
"No-." The g-pooka shakes her head again. "Yes. How did I forget-? Lyla, her name was Lyla. She was on Krypton when it exploded."
"You're sure?"
"There was no way off."
"Except the Phantom Zone."
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Shouldn't the pooka's sentences have two ** instead of quote marks.
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That should say 'there'.
Hello obscure Superman antagonist. I can't wait to see how she'll be adapted here.
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Their -> there
[EDIT] Damn, ninja'd.
Editing quotes on mobile phone takes way to long XD...
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Ah, they're quite large, then. Probably not as big as, say, Dune's Third-stage Navigators, but big enough that their tank can compare in size to a human being, then. Which makes them quite heavy due to all the fluids inside, eh?
So their 'brain' is slightly bigger than a human's. And I can't help but picture a human-sized cylinder with a suitably-large octopus in it now...
If it wants to experience physical activity, it can feel what the others do through the network. Meanwhile, It gets to sit back, relax in its tanks with all its needs cared for and occasionally think hard now and then...
Not much for them to do until they get to the Fortress, after all. They're not going to go poking around OL's Rings out of curiosity.
I don't know why, but the second I read that, I heard her in the voice of the Mighty Nein's teifling girl...
Huh, not all g-Pookas are created alike, eh?
There's diplomacy, and then there's this. Dial it back, honey.
Sure, but this is hardly the appropriate time for that. You're on the clock, you know. Show some decorum.
Just like the g-Lusca tapping others' physical senses, she's talking about feeling what other people do?
Probably surprised that he caught on so quickly.
So you say...
...Ow. Yeah, I bet that feels like getting screamer-bombed through a set of headphones via random-play.
Cheeky!
You're not the only one who can joke, sweetie. Sort yourself out before you get frostbite of the ass.
I don't think she's going to receive very pleasant feedback on the customer satisfaction survey.
Speaking out loud for the benefit of anyone other than OL, I see. For instance, the Jor-El engram, who's probably harder to communicate with telepathically.
Hopefully it doesn't take to long. I assume they can manage it eventually, since there's really only so many ways to process data.
Pretty much a given there. But questioning him is probably helping the g-Gremlins understand his processing routines.
Jack Knight, younger son of Ted Knight. His little road-trip in space (and time!) to assist William Payton took him to a period before Krypton's destruction, thanks to a time-warp...
No interjections from the genomorphs, so they're either still dialling in, or this is truthful. And sounds like something the Council would do, at that.
I can almost hear the sarcasm in his voice at the arrogance displayed by that attitude. I can also almost imagine his doing hand-motions to accompany the statement...
Well, everyone's got their favourite historical periods. I lean more towards the 'Three Kingdoms' era of China, for instance, thanks to 'Dynasty Warriors'.
And honestly, I think the engram prefers it this way. I'm sure he can access humanity's internet easily enough, so he's never going to be bored, certainly.
Ah, finally, they peg something as inaccurate. So there was a telepath on Krypton at some point.
I wonder if the g-Gremlins actually think that way, treating people's minds as computer databases...
I suppose a program of that complexity would be almost identical to a living mind, complete with interlacing subsections and the potential for 'accidental' misremembering.
I mean, there's probably quite the spectrum of telepathic capabilities. Not everyone can treat other races' minds like open books. Some might, at best, be able to nudge people into a certain decision...
And there we go! This definitely seems like a likely culprit.
...And it all becomes clear!
So, a minor Superman villain from the early Noughties. I assume she manipulated Jor-El into putting her into the Zone, possibly at the same time Zod's group were imprisoned and took the opportunity of them releasing the inmates to escape. Meaning she probably mind-whammied them into not noticing her as she slipped away... And may be at large with stolen kryptonian powers...
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One of a very short list of people to have raped Superman.
Since the g-pooka isn't communicating telepathically, no.
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12th August 2013
21:57 GMT
"Great."
I shrug at Lantern Jordan's face as it floats above my ring. "Better to know before it blows up in our faces."
"She didn't blow up the planet, did she?"
"I don't see how she could have done. The original borehole closed up centuries ago, and there's a limit to what telepathic intrusion can cover up. If she tried drilling down someone would have detected it."
"Wasn't Jor-El taking samples? What if she stuck something in the sampling robot?"
"Then…" Ring, run the numbers? "She could have made the planet she was standing on blow up about three years early, if she already knew what was going on and how to make it happen, which she probably didn't."
"Okay, so we need to find out if Zod or Ursa knew this 'Lyla' woman-. What did she look like?"
"Pale skinned humanoid female with purple hair and purple tattoos all over her shoulders and the outsides of her legs. But since she's capable of telepathic illusions, she could look like anyone at the moment."
"Does that include Zod and Ursa?"
"Ah… No. I don't think she could keep up with the g-gnomes or the g-lusca."
"But she could be anyone else."
"Not you. Green rings require too much mental focus. Even if she took one from a Green Lantern, she'd barely be able to use it."
"But she could be you?"
"Uh… Orange rings are very user friendly. She wouldn't be as good as me, but she'd probably be able to use it to a basic level. Don't… Know about violet rings."
"So she could be anywhere on Earth, or Tartarath, or Xudar. Could she be invisible?"
"I don't know."
"How about her people's government?"
"How about them? I mean, semi-seriously, when was the last time you submitted a tax assessment?"
He frowns. "Last year? Oh, Batman hooked me up. Officially, I'm a private security consultant. John got the same thing. But I get what you mean; they're not going to know what every single member of their species is doing. And it was forty years ago."
"Empireth society is usually pretty friendly. Maybe you could send Arisia to ask them?"
He doesn't seem too keen. "I don't really wanna risk her getting picked up by their version of the C.I.A. if Lyla was a spy." He jerks his head away… Listening to someone? "You are? How-? Oh, right, thanks." He turns back to me. "Superboy can go with her. Apparently he got Metis to bless an amulet or something?"
"You could all learn from his example."
"Hey, you got brain-blasted too."
I cause his camera angle to pull out a little, so that he can see more of my armour. "Yes, because my tattoos interfere with the amulets. I upgraded my light armour to include a telepath baffle instead." … "Of course, as far as you're concerned it could be a telepathic illusion, so… Don't put too much faith in it."
"Right." He looks away again. "Superboy, Arisia, you get that? Okay." He turns back to me. "So are you headed back?"
"No, because there's one more place she could be."
"In the Phantom Zone? Why? I mean, if she wanted out she could just have asked. You didn't even know she was there before you checked Zod's memories. I don't even think we've got anything to hold her on now."
"If she was an intelligence asset, she might be practicing professional paranoia. She might not even be exactly aware of how much time has passed. And… Depending on how much she was nudging Dru-Zod, she might be partially responsible for Timaron, which is a pretty good reason to hide."
"I guess. Was Har-Zod affected?"
"No, he's clear. He died a long time before this became an issue."
"Right. Any advice on tracking her down?"
"Don't you run exercises like this with Martian Manhunter? It's basically the same thing."
"Hey, you don't need to-. Okay, no, we don't."
"Oh. Um. Use your telepaths to confirm that someone isn't the infiltrator then keep at least two people watching them at all times. Two can vouch for the third. Redo it if anyone is out of contact."
"She could just walk off."
"Suspicious as this is, if she was just doing corporate espionage then it really isn't our problem. If Dru-Zod confirms that she wasn't controlling him… Like you said. If we don't have anything on her then we don't need to find her."
"Yeah, I… Guess…" He nods. "You got someone there in case things go wrong?"
"A g-pooka."
"Are they authorised-?"
"They can already see inside our brains, and I had to bring this one to the Fortress of Solitude to check up on Jor-El. What exactly are you afraid they'll find out?"
"I guess… Yeah. Okay, send me a message as soon as you're out."
"Will do. Orange Lantern out."
I lower my ring, and step slightly nervously into the danger zone of the Phantom Zone projector.
"II just turn the dial?"
The g-pooka has its tail wrapped around the dial and I back up-.
I narrow my eyes as the g-pooka giggles.
"I know how to turn the DDial and move the switch. How long SShould I leave you in there for?"
"Let's say fifteen minutes. Remember, the dial isn't perfect for locating the target. Make sure that it's me, and if you need help ask Jor-El or ask him to call someone in."
The g-pooka salutes with both hands and its tail.
"Alright. Send me-."
And then I'm nowhere.
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"Great."
I shrug at Lantern Jordan's face as it floats above my ring. "Better to know before it blows up in our faces."
"She didn't blow up the planet, did she?"
"I don't see how she could have done. The original borehole closed up centuries ago, and there's a limit to what telepathic intrusion can cover up. If she tried drilling down someone would have detected it."
"Wasn't Jor-El taking samples? What if she stuck something in the sampling robot?"
"Then…" Ring, run the numbers? "She could have made the planet she was standing on blow up about three years early, if she already knew what was going on and how to make it happen, which she probably didn't."
"Okay, so we need to find out if Zod or Ursa knew this 'Lyla' woman-. What did she look like?"
"Pale skinned humanoid female with purple hair and purple tattoos all over her shoulders and the outsides of her legs. But since she's capable of telepathic illusions, she could look like anyone at the moment."
"Does that include Zod and Ursa?"
"Ah… No. I don't think she could keep up with the g-gnomes or the g-lusca."
"But she could be anyone else."
"Not you. Green rings require too much mental focus. Even if she took one from a Green Lantern, she'd barely be able to use it."
"But she could be you?"
"Uh… Orange rings are very user friendly. She wouldn't be as good as me, but she'd probably be able to use it to a basic level. Don't… Know about violet rings."
"So she could be anywhere on Earth, or Tartarath, or Xudar. Could she be invisible?"
"I don't know."
"How about her people's government?"
"How about them? I mean, semi-seriously, when was the last time you submitted a tax assessment?"
He frowns. "Last year? Oh, Batman hooked me up. Officially, I'm a private security consultant. John got the same thing. But I get what you mean; they're not going to know what every single member of their species is doing. And it was forty years ago."
"Empireth society is usually pretty friendly. Maybe you could send Arisia to ask them?"
He doesn't seem too keen. "I don't really wanna risk her getting picked up by their version of the C.I.A. if Lyla was a spy." He jerks his head away… Listening to someone? "You are? How-? Oh, right, thanks." He turns back to me. "Superboy can go with her. Apparently he got Metis to bless an amulet or something?"
"You could all learn from his example."
"Hey, you got brain-blasted too."
I cause his camera angle to pull out a little, so that he can see more of my armour. "Yes, because my tattoos interfere with the amulets. I upgraded my light armour to include a telepath baffle instead." … "Of course, as far as you're concerned it could be a telepathic illusion, so… Don't put too much faith in it."
"Right." He looks away again. "Superboy, Arisia, you get that? Okay." He turns back to me. "So are you headed back?"
"No, because there's one more place she could be."
"In the Phantom Zone? Why? I mean, if she wanted out she could just have asked. You didn't even know she was there before you checked Zod's memories. I don't even think we've got anything to hold her on now."
"If she was an intelligence asset, she might be practicing professional paranoia. She might not even be exactly aware of how much time has passed. And… Depending on how much she was nudging Dru-Zod, she might be partially responsible for Timaron, which is a pretty good reason to hide."
"I guess. Was Har-Zod affected?"
"No, he's clear. He died a long time before this became an issue."
"Right. Any advice on tracking her down?"
"Don't you run exercises like this with Martian Manhunter? It's basically the same thing."
"Hey, you don't need to-. Okay, no, we don't."
"Oh. Um. Use your telepaths to confirm that someone isn't the infiltrator then keep at least two people watching them at all times. Two can vouch for the third. Redo it if anyone is out of contact."
"She could just walk off."
"Suspicious as this is, if she was just doing corporate espionage then it really isn't our problem. If Dru-Zod confirms that she wasn't controlling him… Like you said. If we don't have anything on her then we don't need to find her."
"Yeah, I… Guess…" He nods. "You got someone there in case things go wrong?"
"A g-pooka."
"Are they authorised-?"
"They can already see inside our brains, and I had to bring this one to the Fortress of Solitude to check up on Jor-El. What exactly are you afraid they'll find out?"
"I guess… Yeah. Okay, send me a message as soon as you're out."
"Will do. Orange Lantern out."
I lower my ring, and step slightly nervously into the danger zone of the Phantom Zone projector.
"II just turn the dial?"
The g-pooka has its tail wrapped around the dial and I back up-.
I narrow my eyes as the g-pooka giggles.
"I know how to turn the DDial and move the switch. How long SShould I leave you in there for?"
"Let's say fifteen minutes. Remember, the dial isn't perfect for locating the target. Make sure that it's me, and if you need help ask Jor-El or ask him to call someone in."
The g-pooka salutes with both hands and its tail.
"Alright. Send me-."
And then I'm nowhere.
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I feel like he should have told more people he was doing this and brought in extra backup to the site.
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Indeed. Imagine if she'd managed to pull off her comics plan: Mind-whammy Superman into thinking she's his wife, steal his powers, and try to conquer Earth. Not that she'd get far on the latter part, given all the people she'd have to deal with.
And really, what benefit would it gain her? Then again, why was she on Krypton in the first place? Looking to 'borrow' some kryptonian powers, maybe?
Even with Jor-El advising her, too, since he was the foremost expert on the 'exploding planet' matter at that time, wasn't he? I mean, other geologists might have been curious, but as we saw, they probably didn't have Jor-El's data.
Which means have someone with counter-telepathic capabilities at hand while looking for her, then.
And I suspect copying a pregnant woman might be a bit beyond her... Both in ability and in willingness.
I don't think that was quite what he meant, OL. Although the Green Light might help him resist any intrusions she might attempt through sheer stubbornness.
Though the risk of mental contamination overload is a thing. Or she could try to copy the Ring's effects.
The question should be 'if she's hiding her presence, how long could she stay that way?'
True, non-public cape identities don't exactly bother with taxes... Except maybe the Joker.
Huh. That's actually surprising. Then again, Batman. Of course he's going to be prepared on that front. Presumably he also provides a stipend to all League members discreetly that their mundane identity can access.
Handy. He should get more of them for the Team.
True, that. But OL reacted faster to overcome it. Most of those present defaulted to 'face-punching' mode.
Even he's aware of how paranoid this is probably making people, huh?
If she got out on the moonbase, she's stuck there. Tartarath, possibly under telepathic illusion? Basically stuck there. Xudar? The bulk of the team handling this is there, so she'd be found right quick. The Doomsday would be able to detect her with internal sensors, surely.
...I'll admit, I didn't consider that. It's likely she could theoretically affect people from inside, explaining the mental whammy when Zod got out. But why stay there instead of slipping out alongside Zod and Ursa?
Especially once she finds out about the trial. I seriously doubt she wants to become a defendant.
...Did you actually check anyway? Or just assumed his engram was unlikely to be affected?
OL, you know they generally don't take action unless pushed to. Even training.
Right, properly paranoid, yes. Ideally, have two telepaths handy as well, separated and protected, just in case.
At least they can check with Zod easily enough, he's right there. Just ask if he remembers a woman with purple hair and tattoos, then see if the genomoprhs get a ping for altered memories.
Albeit a slightly flighty one. But hopefully she can stay on task long enough. And Jor-El can watch her.
Hey, everyone's got dirty little secrets that they feel are disastrously huge, even when they aren't, mister 'I came from an alternate universe'.
So he's seriously going in there? Why not just search from outside first?
Jor-El, you wanna give her the crash course? Or was he covering that while OL checked in?
Her hands aren't that dextrous? Or it's just for fun.
Annoyingly, she's got no g-troll backup. Maybe a Superman Robot or something at the ready in case Lyla is strong enough to overcome her...
Oh, boy. Hopefully he doesn't soak up too much of its mystical properties with his soul-filler tattoos.
A bit of a jump in logic to assume Lyla didn't get the heck out of the Zone at some point while they were checking parolees. Though I don't know how strong her powers are against inorganic minds like the Engrams. Still, better to sweep and clear the possibility of her lurking within, especially if she can affect people from inside.
Zig
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Is there any reason he couldn't step out to get back to reality if things go wrong?
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I'm curious if Paul can exit the Zone with his ring.
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Given what we saw in the link, this feels like a massive underestimation.
Its canon to Earth 16 that not even Boom Tubes can get into the Phantom Zone without help.
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I have absolutely no idea how those mechanics would interact. And neither does Paul.
Regardless, when taking a trip into a dimensional prison letting people know you're doing it seems prudent in case something happens like you getting stuck there somehow.
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That's canon to season 4 of YJ.
Zoat is only following season 1 and 2 of YJ.
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Thank you, corrected.
That wasn't quite it. The people of that version of Kandor regarded Superman as a god. She regarded taking his power as apotheosis, and was eager to meet her fellow gods and generally have a better quality of life than what aliens were allowed in the intensely xenophobic Kandor.
In this story, Green Lanterns do actually get paid for being Lanterns. Most others either have jobs or are rich enough not to need them.
Just for fun.
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this is an enormous aside, but in this universe, is Parallax trapped in the Green Central Power Battery? i can't remember if its ever come up before.
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This is the real reason Paul is going in person. His character sheet was never updated with the Phantom Zone splatbook.
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