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

There's the red lantern version in the Teen Titans universe who went on murder dates with... Whoever it was he was dating. Blackfire, maybe? It's been a while.
Yes. Though they ended up married, and he calls her Komand'r.
And the Warhammer Fantasy one who was dating someone high up in one of the darker factions.
The dark elf sorceress was thoroughly resocced, and Queen Khalida's faction aren't really all that bad.
 
How is the invincible Paul powering his ring again?

Did he make a "compatible power source" scan and the ring directed him to the enhancements that were used to create Eve and her siblings? Does he have the same matter manipulation as Eve, but he is using his ring AI to more easily control them?
 
I don't think any of the others are dating genocidal psychopaths.
Well there is the one in a relationship with the goddess Hel. And the one having kids with a goa'uld queen. And the one that goes on murder dates.

The one from Nazi Earth is the closest that comes to mind.
Oddly I think he is one of the very few that didn't acclimatise to their new culture. Even after they stopped torturing him he seems to have a position of 'outsider looking in' rather than integrating.
 
Slightly more blood coming out now, because the needles haven't come out and they're still pretty sharp. Not sure why the sword didn't just go through him. Perhaps their toughness is more to do with some sort of energy field? Or..? Super-elasticity of some sort?
Given what I've seen and what I know about their smart atoms, I'd say compatibly to Sayians and Kryptonians they're strong by being dense motherfuckers. Hard to damage, resilient to on going damage, and unlike Sayians that get stronger with battle damage Virtrumites low key adapt to whatever tries to kill them. So long as they survive they seem to gain a small amount of resistance as their smart atoms adapt to not being damaged.
Still put them 3rd strongest though.
Now how did you get x-ionisation in this section of the multiverse?
 
Well there is the one in a relationship with the goddess Hel. And the one having kids with a goa'uld queen.
And her host.
And the one that goes on murder dates.
No, after they joined the Justice League they stopped killing people so that it would be a challenge again.

Of course, it's amazing what you can live through.
Now how did you get x-ionisation in this section of the multiverse?
Traded samples of superhuman tissue to Jevek Jos Jar.
 
Did Mr. Freeze make it through the anti-life? What about his wife?
 
Goo-Goo G'joob (part 7) New
1st July 2013
11:46 GMT -5

"So..?"

"E-h…" Beryl makes a sound a little like someone's choking her while she yawns. "This isn't really my thing."

"Um. When you say that, do you mean that you've got something better to do, or-."

"No! No. I mean, yes, but no."

"You're.. too young for Vicar of Dibley, aren't you?"

She snorts. "No no.. no.. no no…"

"Yes." / "Yes."

We both chuckle quietly. Ah, I've missed being able to make pop culture references and have the people around me understand what I'm talking about. I mean, I only bat one in three with British people, but that's more than I get here. Here, I got the whole team staring at me when I said that I had no idea who Uncle Oswald is.

"My Mum liked it, and she got me watching it when they did repeats."

"And now I feel even older. Thanks, Squire. Thanks a lot."

"Maybe my Mum's just really young. You've never-. Ah."

"Team mates and their families, Squire."

"Right. Thank you. I know you'd do a better job than the N.H.S., I just hadn't put it together."

"Long day?"

"Long five months. I've been.. organising things. Finding bottlenecks in supply chains, working out the most efficient ways to get things up and running."

"Are you working with Batman and Mister Atom?"

"No. Ugh, it's-. I just don't know enough to work at their level. And-. Do you know Asimov?"

"About half my bed time stories growing up were Asimov."

"Hari Seldon thought he could predict everything over the long term, and-."

"And one powerful telepath threw the whole thing off, because psychohistory can't predict the actions of individuals because he incorrectly assumed that those didn't matter over the long term."

"Because they don't, except when the individual is so powerful that they can throw history off track on their own like the Mule. Or you. Or Superman. Or a bunch of other people. Bloody Second Foundation don't know how easy they had it."

"So..?"

"So I can tell you all about Hub City, and the building work, and the way people will probably respond to what you're doing, but because there's no established cultural mechanism for Dolmen Gates I can't predict what's going to happen. Not exactly."

"And the 'more important' bit?"

She sighs. "I could learn more if I visited Hub City, but they're using me like Mycroft Holmes here. I can't really justify taking the time away."

I nod to myself. "Not overworking you, I hope?"

"Dodge the Working Time Directive for something as trivial as an apocalypse? Don't be daft."

"Okay, well, thanks for hearing me out. I'll-."

"I did get time to watch your interview."

I take a deep breath in, and then slowly let it out.

"How bad?"

"Depends what you mean by 'bad', really. I wouldn't worry about Batman."

"I would."

"Look, he's the one who's been trying to get governments to sign something so they can't throw a fit about what the League is doing when this is all over. As far as I can tell, your interview improved perception of the Bills by a little. Fewer people freaking out about it, and fewer people listening to them because it was you, the 'I can't talk about the Justice League taking over the world' guy."

"At least they're not talking about the cake."

"No, they were."

"The giant naked statue?"

"I don't think anyone really knows about that."

"Small mercies." I frown. "Ah, 'Bills'?"

"The Justice League works all over the world, doesn't it? Must be a right pain, having to deal with two hundred different legal systems. So just about every government that-. Well, that's functioning and is enforcing laws, is getting the same sort of Bill to approve. I think Mister Atom did the work rewriting it to all their different legal codes. It uses his phrasing in places."

"Huh. I.. guess he's been in communication with them and trying to hash out a standard code of conduct for a while, then."

"Probably. The U.N. Charter wasn't really supposed to be used for a situation like this. Mostly because no one ever thought something like this would ever happen. And even some of the countries that didn't want the Justice League arresting criminals in their territory want help getting their economies working again."

"Do you know when it's getting finalised?"

"They wouldn't be leaking it if it wasn't basically done. Given how much work we're doing, I'm pretty sure Batman actually would leave anyone who didn't pass the legislation at this point high and dry until they bucked their ideas up."

"Knowing what I know about the tar-like progress of Bills through the American legislature, is that really enough time?"

"You know how you said that the Justice League was taking over the world?"

"I am not allowed to talk about the Justice League taking over the world."

"Right, see, that. And while I think you think that that should wind politicians up, they all know what would happen if Superman stood against them in a recall election and none of them want to try it."

"I can't see him doing that."

"Batman threatened them with something that got them moving, and that's my best guess. You talk to him more than I do."

"I.. don't think I'll ask. Not unless you really want to know."

"No, I'm fine not knowing."

"Alright, that's… That, then."

"Okay, talk-."

"Um. How's.. school going?"

"Did you just make a social enquiry?"

"Yes. I… I realise that I sometimes fall out of touch with people and I'm trying to do better. How are things, Beryl?"

"Um… Okay, then."
 
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"So..?"

"E-h…" Beryl makes a sound a little like someone's choking her while she yawns. "This isn't really my thing."
Squire! Oh, it's been a while since we've seen this lovely British lass on-screen. I would presume her natural talent for information analysis is getting a workout during all this, so she hasn't seen much in the way of action.

"Um. When you say that, do you mean that you've got something better to do, or-."

"No! No. I mean, yes, but no."

"You're.. too young for Vicar of Dibley, aren't you?"
Heh. I have to wonder how much of OL's cultural reference pool applies here in a DC universe, given the variations seen so far. Different iconic shows, different memes and jokes... I shudder at the idea of a world without 'Monty Python', though. Better to assume it's identical unless otherwise noted.

She snorts. "No no.. no.. no no…"

"Yes." / "Yes."
They probably even made the same facial expression, straight from the show.

We both chuckle quietly. Ah, I've missed being able to make pop culture references and have the people around me understand what I'm talking about. I mean, I only bat one in three with British people, but that's more than I get here. Here, I got the whole team staring at me when I said that I had no idea who Uncle Oswald is.
I have to assume that's something uniquely American. It'd be like me making an Agro reference or something.

"My Mum liked it, and she got me watching it when they did repeats."

"And now I feel even older. Thanks, Squire. Thanks a lot."
Remember, teenager/near-adult in 2013. I doubt she was born any earlier than 1994 at the earliest. And we are now a quarter-of-a-century into the 21st Century. Anyone else feeling old now? 😨

"Maybe my Mum's just really young. You've never-. Ah."

"Team mates and their families, Squire."
Ah, pointing out he's given everyone's families a medical once-over? Nice of him, but given that they're his in-group, emotionally satisfying.

"Right. Thank you. I know you'd do a better job than the N.H.S., I just hadn't put it together."

"Long day?"
Long month, more like.

"Long five months. I've been.. organising things. Finding bottlenecks in supply chains, working out the most efficient ways to get things up and running."

"Are you working with Batman and Mister Atom?"
Useful talent. Even if it's just looking over the numbers and seeing patterns of delays or corruption.

"No. Ugh, it's-. I just don't know enough to work at their level. And-. Do you know Asimov?"

"About half my bed time stories growing up were Asimov."
That would make for some peculiar dreams, I wouldn't wonder.

"Hari Seldon thought he could predict everything over the long term, and-."

"And one powerful telepath threw the whole thing off, because psychohistory can't predict the actions of individuals because he incorrectly assumed that those didn't matter over the long term."
Naturally, when single individuals can bring considerable power to bear on the universe... I'm guessing they never envisaged the possibility of it, so didn't run the numbers.

"Because they don't, except when the individual is so powerful that they can throw history off track on their own like the Mule. Or you. Or Superman. Or a bunch of other people. Bloody Second Foundation don't know how easy they had it."

"So..?"
Never really got into stuff like Foundation. I'm much more of a 'space opera' guy than a 'hard sci-fi' guy. Give me woosh-bang-kapow laser fights over dry philosophical musings any day... 🤔

"So I can tell you all about Hub City, and the building work, and the way people will probably respond to what you're doing, but because there's no established cultural mechanism for Dolmen Gates I can't predict what's going to happen. Not exactly."

"And the 'more important' bit?"
That makes sense. Can't predict the impact of something with no data.

She sighs. "I could learn more if I visited Hub City, but they're using me like Mycroft Holmes here. I can't really justify taking the time away."

I nod to myself. "Not overworking you, I hope?"
Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock's sedentary older brother. An agent of the British Crown posing as an auditor, and the instigator of several adventures... A fair comparison to Squire, in some respects, such as analytical prowess...

"Dodge the Working Time Directive for something as trivial as an apocalypse? Don't be daft."

"Okay, well, thanks for hearing me out. I'll-."
As if superheroes have the luxury of sticking to sensible business hours...

"I did get time to watch your interview."

I take a deep breath in, and then slowly let it out.
Heh. I bet he's been getting that a few times whenever he consults his coworkers...

"How bad?"

"Depends what you mean by 'bad', really. I wouldn't worry about Batman."

"I would."
And well he should. The man does seem to hold him to a higher standard of behaviour, for a start.

"Look, he's the one who's been trying to get governments to sign something so they can't throw a fit about what the League doing when this is all over. As far as I can tell, your interview improved perception of the Bills by a little. Fewer people freaking out about it, and fewer people listening to them because it was you, the 'I can't talk about the Justice League taking over the world' guy."
Well, that's better than expected. Amusing that his casual musings can have that level of impact on the world.

"At least they're not talking about the cake."

"No, they were."
He's never going to live that down, is he? If things go amusingly well, his equivalent of the Legion of Superheroes will probably call him 'The Cake Man?' someday.

"The giant naked statue?"

"I don't think anyone really knows about that."

"Small mercies." I frown. "Ah, 'Bills'?"
Plural? And at least the world won't have to worry about such a detailed recreation of his improved body. Surprised he hasn't removed it yet.

"The Justice League works all over the world, doesn't it? Must be a right pain, having to deal with two hundred different legal systems. So just about every government that-. Well, that's functioning and is enforcing laws, is getting the same sort of Bill to approve. I think Mister Atom did the work rewriting it to all their different legal codes. It uses his phrasing in places."
Oh, joy. That must have taken him quite a while. A couple of minutes at least. 😄

"Huh. I.. guess he's been in communication with them and trying to hash out a standard code of conduct for a while, then."

"Probably. The U.N. Charter wasn't really supposed to be used for a situation like this. Mostly because no one ever thought something like this would ever happen. And even some the countries that didn't want the Justice League arresting criminals in their territory want help getting their economies working again."
Of course they do. Though good luck keeping them out, especially when Batman had the bright idea of using their sidekicks as a spec-ops team.

"Do you know when it's getting finalised?"

"They wouldn't be leaking it if it wasn't basically done. Given how much work we're doing, I'm pretty sure Batman actually would leave anyone who didn't pass the legislation at this point high and try until they bucked their ideas up."
That sort of social pressure would be very effective, when it means missing out on international aid in reconstruction and a chance to get their hands on the sort of new technologies OL is encouraging.

"Knowing what I know about the tar-like progress of Bills through the American legislature, is that really enough time?"

"You know how you said that the Justice League was taking over the world?"

"I am not allowed to talk about the Justice League taking over the world."
He's been very insistent about his inability to talk about it. Including the likelihood of it being an actual thing or just a misunderstanding or hyperbole.

"Right, see, that. And while I think you think that that should wind politicians up, they all know what would happen if Superman stood against them in a recall election and none of them want to try it."

"I can't see him doing that."
And in most cases, he wouldn't be legally eligible anyway. Even in America, it'd come down to 'was he born in an American territory?' and I don't know if that's true here or not.

"Batman threatened them with something that got them moving, and that's my best guess. You talk to him more than I do."

"I.. don't think I'll ask. Not unless you really want to know."
Probably for the best. I bet it involved Empathic Vision letting him know what they feared most, though.

"No, I'm fine not knowing."

"Alright, that's… That, then."
And what do you do if you learn he did something that you might have to prosecute him for to do it? I mean, I doubt he did, but still...

"Okay, talk-."

"Um. How's.. school going?"

"Did you just make a social enquiry?"
What, is it a crime to ask a friend how they're doing?

"Yes. I… I realise that I sometimes fall out of touch with people and I'm trying to do better. How are things, Beryl?"

"Um… Okay, then."
Yes, it probably is as odd as she seems to think it is.

A pleasant catch-up session, given it's basically a five-minute chat with Beryl as she does other stuff. Still, it's starting to become clearer that the bills they're presenting would seem to be something that ultimately works against OL's long-term goals of making humanity stronger as whole and as individuals... I suppose we'll see how it ends up triggering that reaction he showed at the end of last episode.
 
And even some the countries that didn't want the Justice League arresting criminals in their territory want help getting their economies working again."
Insert "of" between "some" and "the".

Also, probably worth checking if the statue is still there. I can imagine it being used as the framework for the next version of Finality Man.
 
There was an early-ish arc where OL got a ring call from Alan and it showed up as a multi-story orange head coming out of his ring iirc.
 
I missed Beryl. She was fun and we didn't get much about her.

Hope she doesn't have a breakdown
 

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