Handlewithcare
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Ah, she's dumb but cute and has some neat abilities. Recruit her for the team.
Why? Because she is a woman?
Kill her and take the time juice.
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Ah, she's dumb but cute and has some neat abilities. Recruit her for the team.
Because all of his constructs and orange light in general gets dispersed in a certain radius around her. Which means he can't brand her as far as I'm aware.So... Why doesn't Paul just end this instantly by branding her like he did Melmoth?
Those are construct.Because all of his constructs and orange light in general gets dispersed in a certain radius around her. Which means he can't brand her as far as I'm aware.
Melmoth wasn't expecting to be attacked, and certainly wasn't ready to fight a lantern. This opponent picked this fight on purpose, with equipment she deemed sufficient to the task. She's missing some crucial information, but she's at least properly prepared, as opposed to being ganked in her home.So... Why doesn't Paul just end this instantly by branding her like he did Melmoth?
"Our records show that Harold Jordan is Earth's greatest Lantern during this era. You are this era's greatest Lantern, therefore-"
"Thank you."
"-you are Harold Jordan."
LA MAGOS DEL TIEMPOOOOOOOOO
Also OL's Time-traveling diagnoses seems a little premature. I think some kind of exotic weapon that can project other versions of it's self would also fit everything he has observed so far. It does violate conservation of powers though, so it could go either way.
he is studying her. which is what i would do.So... Why doesn't Paul just end this instantly by branding her like he did Melmoth?
To be honest, I doubt she'd know the difference between accents, unless they've been studying local data in that much detail. And going by her approach, they haven't.26th June 2012
18:47 GMT
"Do not lie to me, human scum!"
"Former test pilot Harold Jordan is older than me-" By roughly six years. "-and American. I'm of British origin. You can tell the difference by comparing our accents. What colour Lantern do you think Harold Jordan is?"
Heh. They know about Lanterns, but not that they come in different colours? Evidently someone in their intelligence division screwed the pooch on this. When their boss hears about this, they'll be the ones getting screwed."Colour-? He's a Lantern."
"Until a little under two years ago the only Lanterns operating on Earth were green. I -obviously- am orange. If you believe Harold Jordan to be a Lantern then presumably you know which colour."
Well, nice of her to say so. But if their intel is that good, surely it would include names? I'm betting the intelligence division is just someone popping back briefly, grabbing a few newspapers and bouncing home.There's a very definite pause.
"Our records show that Harold Jordan is Earth's greatest Lantern during this era. You are this era's greatest Lantern, therefore-"
Oh, boy, is she thick... Single-minded to the point of stupidity.
To be honest, it's hard not to. I mean, that outfit? Assuming it's baring cleavage, that's a big old guide for any piercing weapon, right into her heart.
"No, no… These things happen." I exhale quietly. "Do you want me to… Get another Lantern? I'd hate for you to have wasted your-"
There's a spear in my chest.
"-time..."
Either she's really, really quick, or there's something more going on.That looks bad. I extend filaments to assimilate it, only for it to vanish is a swirl of green.
The spear Aeres is holding hasn't left her hand. She didn't move to throw it or lunge with it. Another Sheeda under some sort of invisibility ward? Possible, but my ring is monitoring local air currents which should give me warning if someone tries that. My spell eater is still at zero usage. Not sure, but a small hole in my chest isn't much of a problem these days.
Bitch, please. He's...The only unfortunate thing is that I can't see any focused 'spear Orange Lantern' desire in the Honden. Or any duty-related impulse that appears to have that as an obvious consequence. Some members of the League of Shadows have desires that feel a little like that, but the spear wasn't their usual weapon of choice.
"Do you fear me now?"
...Had that happen. Seriously, poking holes in him isn't going to do much, unless you somehow hit a ring. And even then, he has spares."Six months ago an angel shoved a burning sword through my skull, while I was in hell and defended by an army of demons. I'm sorry, but no matter what you do you're not going to get the emotional reaction you're looking for."
"Through your skull?"
...Seriously? Retroactive attacking? So, she stabbed at him, and it goes back in time, where she's seen him standing. That's... Honestly clever."I got better. Look, if you can't identify me correctly, does it not logically follow that you might-?"
I blink and she's lunging, forcing me to transition aside! Her weapons glows green for a moment and then vanishes as she raises her hands, runes flicking into being-.
She's fast, certainly. Unless it's some automatic defensive instinct. Or maybe she's a little out of sync, and could see where it went before he'd even loaded?I fire an energy pulse just to check-. Yes, immune to constructs, but my railgun construct has formed and I fire a mage slayer-.
Her spear reappears is a green flicker and she cuts my round in half-.
And I'm assuming at least one ring is still tucked inside his body? Just as a precaution, in case of unhanding.Temporal manipulation. She can stab backwards in time. The colour matches the goo Melmoth was using. Presumable she has a limited quantity with her, which means that any stab that doesn't kill me is a wasted shot. A hit to my brain might kill me, but I just told her that it didn't keep me head. The only way for her to disable me would be to cut off all three of my rings and if she wanted to kill me then she'd have to follow up immediately.
Don't get too bogged down in poking her, OL. You have other things to be doing than playing 'poke the curiosity'.Alright then.
I manipulate light without creating a laser construct, sending rays of orange light at her. Her spear blurs -darn, no green glow- as she turns them aside, the relatively weak rays heading towards the sky above or the ground below. I don't think she's actually moving at super speed, she's just got some sort of super-enhanced reflexes and accuracy. Fine. This time I create lasers, moving them to surround-.
Have to wonder if the weapon's temporal displacement is fixed-duration or not. Does it stab exactly X seconds ago? How long does it remain deployed? I mean, If nothing else, this will be interesting data to present to Doctor Sivana senior.Three of my filaments are severed by a green glowing spear while her weapon remains in her hands. I generate more lasers to replace them in an attempt to force her future self to leave it in the past for longer while I fire the ones she's not disrupting at her. She twists, spear turning aside some shots while she physically evades others, future-spear ensuring that she always has an escape.
Remove oxygen.
Some manner of sustenance effect, presumably. Her body's probably built to recycle oxygen inside her lungs, for a limited time at least.A wave of orange passes through the air, oxygen molecules vanishing as they pass. Aeres doesn't react to my action, instead lunging at me once again. No obvious supply of air in her armour, and I don't know Sheeda runes well enough to know which ones are doing the job. Alright, lack of air's clearly not a problem and there goes the spear.
That would be interesting. Does it force itself to activate, whether she'd want it to or not, if she's aware of it making a thrust? Because choosing not to (or being prevented from doing so) would cause a temporal paradox, if it has a fixed span it operates in.I send out a wave of orange, transmuting nitrogen gas into phosphorus. With no oxygen present it doesn't ignite immediately, and she appears to ignore my effort in favour of manoeuvring to get into position to sent her spear into the past. Is she only capable of sending it back for a limited amount of time? What happens if she doesn't? I'll monit-
Warning! Spell eater temperature increasing.
-or.
Evidently she waited until she could see him clearly before thrusting. I'm impressed she wasn't bothered by the fire, though.I throw out a network of orange strands and return the oxygen. Flame engulfs me to no effect: the hot as burning phosphorus my construct armour and my power armour and designed to take much hotter attacks than this. I momentarily can't see what's happened to her, though-. That gives me an idea. It's a bit primitive, but given that my tattoos should be obscuring-
The spear hits me in the left thigh, and it's gone before I can grab it.
Heh. And it'll give you a good deal of data on how her spear works. If she stabs one, you know she'll have to aim at that one, and can try to interfere.-me from her magic, just-. Heal, using hologram decoys might work.
I take three projector drones out of subspace as the phosphorus burns out, my outline shuddering as three of me go in different directions. Actual me goes invisible, the orange strands linking the three of them happening to pass through the volume of space containing me.
And if she does? Even more data for the analysis.Aeres doesn't seem to have been unduly bothered by the heat, parrying a hopeful volley of laser beams before flying-. The spear disappears and she fades from view.
But I'm still watching the air currents in minute detail, and monitoring where she'll have to go to make her temporal thrusts. This time the construct laser is broad enough that she shouldn't be able to parry it. Not if her parry ability works like I think it does.
Ah, hitstun. The bane of many a boss fight. For both sides, too.And there and fire!
A flash of green and-. I hit her while her spear was in the past. She flickers back into visibility, a few very slight signs of damage visible on her armour.
Damn elemental immunities...And electrolaser.
Lightning flashes and… Arcs around her as her spear reappears. Alright, I suppose that electricity is something she would probably be warded against.
Heh. Checking off weaknesses. Too bad she's resistant to direct scanning effects. No 'Libra' for you. I suppose the encounter features randomising code, so no checking a playguide...Left hologram gets a time travelling spear through the head, and the decoy correctly displays what would happen if that happened to me. It stills in the air, and I stop projecting orange light to allow all four of us to play possum.
So that's a 'no' to electricity, heat, oxygen depravation and light. Next are cold, kinetic damage and gravity.
Shoulda gone with a wider beam. or laid a trap field, like Captain Cold loved to. Though that does take a bit more skill than OL might have.Drone 2 goes into contingency mode, creating a hologram orange spear and charging while I remove a stealthed cold gun from my equipment harness. Aeres moves her spear to a 'guard' position while the distraction swiped at her head, the third drone switches to light-chaff generation and I take a shot-.
Which a spear appears from the future to parry.
Okay, next thing.
This is getting kinda weird. They can tell that he's the best Lantern alive, possibly in the Universe, yet no one in the future remembers him? Even Brainiac V didn't recognize him - he established a whole Corps that sends Lanterns to every part of the Universe, and is recruiting from other Universes. Why doesn't anyone remember him? I'd remember a demigod wielding the power of avarice itself that established a Corps full of people wielding avarice powers than say, Batman, who, while influential, was ultimately a guy in a bat costume.
This is getting kinda weird. They can tell that he's the best Lantern alive, possibly in the Universe, yet no one in the future remembers him? Even Brainiac V didn't recognize him - he established a whole Corps that sends Lanterns to every part of the Universe, and is recruiting from other Universes. Why doesn't anyone remember him? I'd remember a demigod wielding the power of avarice itself that established a Corps full of people wielding avarice powers than say, Batman, who, while influential, was ultimately a guy in a bat costume.
I think it's because she was literally created for this purpose. So she's having difficulties even thinking that her entire purpose for existing is false. As such, she'll try to twist everything to fit what she was created to "know" and believe. Maybe Paul should see if he can completely break down her world view and then build it back up to something useful? He could also do that to Beulah after showing her that angels aren't all they're cracked up to be.Oh, boy, is she thick... Single-minded to the point of stupidity.
...Seriously? Retroactive attacking? So, she stabbed at him, and it goes back in time, where she's seen him standing. That's... Honestly clever.
Thank you, corrected.'dare to' separate them
'weapon'
'presumably'
This sentence feels wrong.
'are designed'
No. Construct armour and power armour are.
Why? Because she is a woman?
Kill her and take the time juice.
It just works.
"Our records show that Harold Jordan is Earth's greatest Lantern during this era. You are this era's greatest Lantern, therefore-"
"Thank you."
"-you are Harold Jordan."
I know the Sheeda are evil and all, but what does Harvesting actually do? They are from far in the future. They harvest what from the past? Resources?
He could also do that to Beulah after showing her that angels aren't all they're cracked up to be.
Why would it matter whether you use construct laser or actual physical laser? Wouldn't the end result is the same: an actual laser beam.
All Paul needs is some Luck and Instinct and he should be fine.
He was eventually able to get through to Overgirl, though that did require her meeting a version of herself who was happy in a reality where the Nazis lost. I just want to see him get through to a zealot and have the zealot change and grow as a person like Overgirl has. Also, she might be an interesting addition to the Team.I... honestly don't think Beulah would give a shit no matter what she witnessed. She's a zealot - there's nothing more to it. And even if she did give a shit she could always rationalise it as a) a trick played by that heathen abomination or b) an outlier/traitor to the Host ("No trueScotsmanAngel would do such a thing.").
Remember she's not exactly an innocent person and has most likely participated in the genocide of other civilizations and species when the Sheeda Harrowed the past.
Though the Team does have Canis, who has done far, far worst things.
I just want to see him get through to a zealot and have the zealot change and grow as a person like Overgirl has.
OL, look out! Something tells me that Sheeda's trouble and never wins fights!"Well that's dumb... My attack that will always pierce the heart was disrupted by a metaphysical critical roll on a D20."
I'm still trying to repress that entire plotline (it's mostly working) - because RL people generally don't work like that
OL, look out! Something tells me that Sheeda's trouble and never wins fights!