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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. mastermenthe

    mastermenthe Mint Thistle

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    Paul wants to get the Red Lantern project going more than he wants to repair the ash-apocalypse.
    Once the Butcher's Blood is retrieves, Orion will be securely in the uncaring hands of the Controllers for his Red Light Forging session, and Paul's desire to fix the ash-apocalypse will be free to rise to the top of the list, as he is otherwise waiting for Controllers to finish their part.
     
  2. BR549

    BR549 This is filth! FILTH!!

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    ...assuming, of course, that the 'off-world arms merchants' weren't playing the warring Dals against each other on Atrocitius' behalf, considering the GL:TAS backstory...
     
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  3. mastermenthe

    mastermenthe Mint Thistle

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    Atrocitus isn't a thing yet in this timeline.
     
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  4. BR549

    BR549 This is filth! FILTH!!

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    So far. But this could very well be where he makes his debut.
     
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  5. Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    I try to portray the Green Lantern Corps as imperfect but competent. As such, they're successfully keeping tabs on an entire planet.
     
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  6. Vaermina

    Vaermina Well worn.

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    As far as LePaul knows he isn't.
     
  7. Ngamer11

    Ngamer11 Experienced.

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    I can't remember where, but I think Mr Zoat confirmed that Atrocitus isn't active yet.
     
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  8. ForeverShogo

    ForeverShogo Not too sore, are you?

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    Shouldn't he be active? Paul's arrival interrupted what would have been the death of Razer's wife, and her death triggered a potent enough rage to summon a red ring and get him recruited by Atrocitus.
     
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  9. Darko

    Darko Connoisseur.

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    He basically confirmed it in the post above.
     
  10. Threadmarks: Butcher's Blood (supplementary, Renegade Option)
    Mr Zoat

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    21st January 2013
    10:37 GMT


    I close my eyes and tilt my head back slightly as the bar room toughs form a semi-circle around me.

    "This is such a cliché."

    "This is a private party."

    I open my eyes, eyebrows raised. It was the bloke with the horns. "Better."

    "And we're going to need to see some ID."

    Ah, okay? I shrug, then take my Denver driving license out of subspace and hold it out.

    The chap with the horns blinks with two sets of eyelids, then snarls.

    "That wasn't what I meant."

    "What, I can't use a driver's licence as ID on this planet? I know the age is a question mark, but with one thing and another I genuinely don't know-."

    "Member ID."

    I put the licence into my equipment harness. "I'm not a member. Look, I just-."

    "Then you can leave. You're not the right type."

    I look down, and then back up. "These are dress shoes. What's the problem?"

    A few more patrons are paying us attention, and most of them have their primary manipulator appendage close to their preferred weapon. I decided to come in here without a disguise, and as such am considerably taller than the bouncers. That might be why they're hesitating, but between the inverse square rule and their guns they might think that they've got it handled. Nothing about my appearance screams super strength.

    "Take the hint. Go get a drink somewhere else."

    "Oh, I don't drink. I'm here to do business. See, I got-" I left my case up and pop the lid. "-fungible goods to trade."

    Hands close around hilts and grips.

    "I wasn't sure exactly what you people take for stuff like this, but I thought that a few kilos of rare earth metals would probably do?"

    "Heh." A slovenly-looking… Individual of indeterminate reproductive capacity gets off their stool, hand gun pointed at my face. "And what'd'you think the chance of you walking out with that is?"

    It's a great feed line, and I know that the correct response is: brandish weapon and say 'better than average'. But Jordan made it clear that he doesn't want to make it harder for local police to monitor these people, which means not painting the walls with their digestive enzymes.

    "I don't want to walk out with it. I'm here to trade it."

    "Gaan." The horned chap makes a calming gesture, and I can see the added tension in him. "We've got this. Head back to your table."

    "I think the payday's worth the heat." Gaan looks around as the crowd encroaches. "And I think that's the majority opinion."

    I nod. "He's right." I reach into the case, take out a small bar of neodymium and toss it across the room. "Fetch."

    There's a clunk as it hits the ground, and three people turn and take a step towards it. Gaan turns to glare as soon as he hears their boots stand down. "He's got a case full of that and you're chasing one?"

    I nod approvingly as they retake their place in the wilding mob. "You're surprisingly well disciplined for pirates. You've completely defied my expectations." I look at the one with horns. "And you're on MP duty?"

    "Security. And we're not on your side."

    "Understood."

    I take a gun out of subspace, a popular local plasma-based squad support weapon. Eyes widen slightly as I hold it casually in my right hand.

    I then point the barrel at my left palm and pull the trigger down. Florescent purple plasma lances out and strikes my flesh… And does nothing. Once I've got enough of them staring I release the trigger and send the gun back into subspace, flexing my left hand as a thin film of smoke rises from it.

    Slowly, their attention moves back to my face, and I give them all a nice friendly smile.

    "So..?"

    "Get over here."

    A shadowy figure in a shadowy corner raises his voice slightly, prompting the security chief to look around. A certain amount of the wind leaves the sails of the rest now that the boss has expressed an opinion, but Gaan doesn't seem to want to let it go.

    "But-."

    The security chief takes a step closer to them. "Let it go, Gaan. Come on. He just took a whole fuel cell like it was a joke. What's your plan, here?"

    Gaan looks decidedly sour, but shakes their head, holsters their gun and returns to their seat.

    I smile politely. "Right, thank you, I'll be with your boss. Excuse me."

    I accelerate the parting of the crowd with both hands, creating a path for myself towards where this crew's leader sits. He looks up at me through the sub-par lighting of the venue, his expression studiously blank.

    "Grayven."

    Did Original Grayven ever have any dealings with him? I don't remember doing so, but it's quite possible that his people encountered the Black Circle at some point.

    "Amon Sur." I generate a construct chair and sit, facing him. "Pleased to meet you."

    I place my case on the table and push it towards him.

    He shrugs. "Who do you want dead?"

    "Nah. If I wanted someone killed, I'd just do it myself. I'm here for information. Personal information."

    He snorts contemptuously. "Anything I knew about my father's missions is years out of date. Not that he told me much."

    "It's about your sister."

    He frowns, but he's paying attention.

    "I've been trying to find out what happened to Iroque, but after she was apprehended she appears to have disappeared. Your father definitely took her alive, but I haven't been able to find any record of her being incarcerated anywhere in the Sector. Or executed."

    "His ring wouldn't let him do it himself."

    I nod. "Yes. Do you remember the period?"

    "Yes. I remember when he visited home, afterwards."

    "Did he seem different at all?"

    "No." He shakes his head. "I don't know. He wasn't home enough for me to have something to compare it to. He-." His eyes narrow. "He seemed… Calm. Weirdly calm. I thought he just… Didn't care…" He shrugs. "I guess shock affects people differently."

    "Or something else."

    He straightens up in his chair. "I don't usually ask about other people's business, but that was my sister. What's going on?"

    "I think he moved her to an off-the-books facility. Do you know if he ever kept any sort of… Journal? On paper, not on his ring."

    "I might. And I want to know where the bitch who killed my sister is right now."

    I smile and nod. "How would you feel about looking into it together?"
     
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  11. ForeverShogo

    ForeverShogo Not too sore, are you?

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    Curious why she keeps being referred to as Trankelle. I thought the character that killed Abin Sur's daughter was named Iroque?
     
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  12. Someguy Somewhere

    Someguy Somewhere The Critical Fumbler

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    So anyone placing bets on which Paul gets the rainbow first?

    With Grayven having Talbot around for Red he's ahead a red ring, with Paragon having Alan's Blue. Both sides can nominally ask for aid of a Green from one of their local lanterns with Grayven having asked about a blue prototype that the guardians are working on. They both have a local violet to ask, but Grayven does have his own yellow while OL's got a tentative agreement for one on loan. With OL's hunt for red there, it looked like Grayven's pulling ahead on the hunt for The Tribe.
     
  13. Darko

    Darko Connoisseur.

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    In the n52 that's true, but in the pre-flashpoint comics she didn't seem to have a name.
     
  14. Chojin Patriarch

    Chojin Patriarch Veteran Lurker

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    ...Not something you see too often these days with the Renegade. Guess that's what comes from being eight feet tall, built like a brick shithouse and wearing armour with clearly advanced systems. And yet...

    To be honest, this doesn't seem the kind of party you get invited to without at least one murder on your record...

    Hey, they did ask.

    Now, see, I hear that, and I can't be sure if that means he's just got two strange eyes, or four regular ones. :D

    To be fair, who around your local town is going to try to card you?

    Ooh, rude. Anyone else, that'd earn you a punch in the jaw. but the Renegade is trying to be nice here...

    Especially if you have your shirt on. I wonder how they'd respond in the face of an eight-pack that looks like chiselled stone slabs? :p

    ...I really hope that term translated well. Don't want them thinking you're selling mushrooms. :V

    ...Assuming they're as valuable here as they are on Earth. A fun note: 'Rare Earth' doesn't refer to actual rarity... It's more to do with the scarcity due to difficulty of extraction and consolidation of the specific materials.

    "...Always some mutha-fudda trying to ice-skate uphill..."

    Gaan may be a greedy asshole, but it's nice to see they don't want him getting his head twisted off. :p

    ...And every pair of eyes is torn between watching it tumble through the air, and watching the Renegade...

    I bet if they don't stay in line, they get to be an example of why you do. A particularly messy example, at that...

    Just trying to not have to clean up the inevitable mess, eh?

    ...And you idiots were going to try to shank that? :rolleyes: Should have let them, goat-man. Clean out the dumb ones.

    What's the bet one or two are now wishing they'd worn their brown trousers today?

    Well, the master has spoken. Will the dogs listen?

    Yeah, unless you can burn hotter than plasma, you're not walking out of a fight with him.

    So, now the customary dick-waving contest is out of the way...

    ...Time to get down to business.

    Ah, the nephew of Sinestro. And one of his most iconic recruits. Perhaps there's a chance to poach him...

    ...You look at a man like the Renegade, and assume he needs someone else to kill a person he wants dead?

    Sadly true. Not every Green Lantern's family was close to their Lantern member...

    Boy, Abin sure got busy for someone who was hardly ever home, didn't he?

    Some would call that a sad oversight, but the Guardians do it for a reason...

    I'm betting Amon was very interested in knowing if his sister was avenged, after all.

    And given how strong his Willpower was, I doubt he'd have let himself feel anything else until he had to...

    "You had my attention. Now you have my interest."

    Huh. That could be an awkward meeting between the Indigo Tribe and Amon...

    Well, this promises to set loose all manner of butterflies. Wonder if Amon Sur will still end up joining the Sinestro Corps after this plays out... Or if he'll end up with a different coloured Ring. I mean, he is a prime candidate for Indigo, given their usual selection criteria. And at least the Renegade isn't getting bogged down in sidequests for this mission. Joy of being willing to skip the 'playing nice' roles. ;)



    A certain amount of the wind leaves the sails of the rest...
     
  15. Vaermina

    Vaermina Well worn.

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    I don't see the Guardians actually giving Grayven a Blue ring.

    Not the least because Ganthet wasn't supposed to be making a Blue Ring and Lantern in the first place. So Grayven informing the other Guardians about it should have gotten the project shut down.

    And even if it somehow didn't. They would want the ring to find someone on its own. Not whoever Grayven selected.
     
  16. RoninSword

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    Grayven already asked one of the Green Lanterns to go directly to Ganthet about his Blue Ring Prototype. That ship has sailed.
     
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  17. Darko

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    I mean if the person is on renegade's level or bigger then he may want someone else to finish then.

    Or he doesn't want to be connected to the thing.
     
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  18. Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    Because I couldn't find her canon name when I searched for it. Changed.
    Yeah, but the Green Lantern comics sort of ignored Nu52 for a while after it happened, so I'll give it a pass. If for no other reason than that they had the good sense to ignore it.
    Thank you, corrected.
     
  19. Bud-E

    Bud-E Stand up so I can push you down!

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    It wasn't "good sense" the writer for the Green Lantern book at the time is the main writer for the New 52. So it was less ignoring the huge status-quo change across the DCU and more everything I wrote is unaffected and will continue on like normal cause I said so.
     
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  20. Lord Ernest

    Lord Ernest At the End...

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    Essentially, he flipped everyone else's table and threw everyone else's toys, but for himself he said "Nah, I'm good!"

    From what I gathered, however, it kinda trickled in eventually, so it kinda got Nu52'd at the end as well.
     
  21. Radix

    Radix Not too sore, are you?

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    To be fair, Green Lantern also skipped over post-Crisis. They haven't actually rebooted since the original in the Silver Age.
     
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    MadMarx420 Not too sore, are you?

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    Odd question but what is Highfather the New God of?
     
  23. Ngamer11

    Ngamer11 Experienced.

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    I think the Renegade's Godspeech called him Monarchy.
     
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    Bud-E Stand up so I can push you down!

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    In DC comics canon I don't think it's ever been definitively said what Highfather or even Barda are the New Gods of specifically.
     
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  25. JeanEricVillon

    JeanEricVillon Getting out there.

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    Yay! No corrections, this is the right usage.

    Competent pirates, how unusual!
     
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    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    Really-?

    I mean, yes, of course it was!
     
  27. Coda

    Coda Versed in the lewd.

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    neodymium
     
  28. Doccer

    Doccer I trust you know where the happy button is?

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    Boss.
     
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    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    Thank you, corrected.
     
  30. Bloodheart

    Bloodheart Not too sore, are you?

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    TEN MILLION VIEWS someone get the party hats and streamers congratulations to Me Zoat for absolutely crushing it here in qq.
     
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