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

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See, this is why I think OL needs his own spaceship. There are times when it's just more convenient. Long trips where he'd like to nap or study and can't greedport or when bringing passengers.

Oooooo, idea. What if, while not being magical itself, Nth metal requires magic to make, so they have to secretly suppress any magic use on Thanagar so the general population doesn't catch on and spill the beans.

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It sounds like it was an experimental craft considering the risk of opening holes to parallel universes. From that they probably wouldn't want to keep the specs on it in case someone tried to capture it.
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They use bleed generators for power so maybe it was an early version of the tech before all the kinks were worked out?
 
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It's nice to know that Nth metal has competitors in some areas, at least. The stuff is so crazy sometimes that it's a mystery why no one has launched a campaign to steal the recipe from the Thanagar.
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Most likely multiple someones have tried. I don't think much of the life expectancy of anyone trying to steal a Thanagarian state secret.
 
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So what's the timeline on this? Daniel has not become Dream and Calliope was still imprisoned, but Lucifer has given up Hell. Lord Morpheus has got to be still around.
 
Valiran said:
*raises eyebrow*

Because the world is a military dictatorship, or is it something else?
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Militaristic nationalistic elitist oligarchy.
Queshire said:
It sounds like it was an experimental craft considering the risk of opening holes to parallel universes. From that they probably wouldn't want to keep the specs on it in case someone tried to capture it.
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No no, there were on there. They just got wrecked when the ship and its crew did. It only works at all now because Chay-ara was a very clever woman indeed, and knew how to rebuild some of the systems.
 
LostPath said:
So what's the timeline on this? Daniel has not become Dream and Calliope was still imprisoned, but Lucifer has given up Hell. Lord Morpheus has got to be still around.
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I don't think things are going to play out like they did in Sandman, since Hector Hall is still alive and part of Daniel's life, and unlike other aspects of the setting, this change can't be attributed to the SI. My personal interpretation of the Endless as we see them is that they're multidimensional beings, and the Morpheus we see probably chooses a different version of Daniel to be his successor. But as I said, this is mostly my headcanon so I could be mistaken.
 
Wing and Dagger (part 3)
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    I knock on the door of one of the offices KordTech New York is temporarily working out of. Ted is rushing the construction and keeping as many people working as he can, but some of the arcane engineering simply can't be done anywhere else. The company's insurance policy allows him to effectively give anyone who can't go back to work a year off with pay -something I suspect that his insurance provider is seriously regretting- but Kara appears to be happy with a computer and an office.

    On her own.

    "Kara?"

    "Come in!"

    I push open the door as she turns back to her monitor.

    "I see you've fully embraced isolationism."

    "What?" She looks up again and I fan out my hands to gesture to the room. "Oh, no, it's just that-"

    "Empath."

    "-I…" She sags slightly.

    I walk across to her desk, generate a construct chair opposite her and sit down, leaning forwards. "Talk to me, Kara."

    "Did.. Kal..?"

    "Kon, actually. It came up when we were talking about Match."

    Her eyes dart away. "He needs a different name. How do you think he'd feel about Mon-El?"

    "I think he'd feel that it was displacement activity. Kara, why are you living in the Fortress? If you want something that reminds you of Krypton I can-."

    "Could you..?" Her eyes come back to my face for a moment. "Switch to English?"

    Ring.

    Compliance.

    "Is this okay?"

    She nods, then looks away again. "I don't.. want to be reminded of Krypton." I frown. "Kal's Fortress isn't what Kryptonian houses look like."

    "I know, it's a prefab or a military bunker."

    "I'm not… Krypton's gone. I know that. But…" She pushes her chair back, stands and then slowly flies over to the window and looks down on the street below. "You all look so much like us. Sometimes, when-. Someone.. talks to me, and it takes me a moment to remember why they're not speaking Kryptonese."

    "Given how much of the spectrum you can see now, don't we look different?"

    "If I'd spent any time under a yellow sun on Krypton you probably would. And… Honestly?" She turns around, pulling a pendant out from under her blouse. She opens the clasp and.. reveals a lead inner surrounding a small piece of gold kryptonite which causes her to drop to the ground. "Batman made it for me while I'm learning to control my powers-."

    "I could make a device to filter the sunlight to block the wavelengths which give you powers. It would be safer than carrying a radioactive rock around with you."

    "Then how would I get vitamin D?" Ah-. "That was a.. joke." She closes it. "I keep my 'powers' off most of the time-"

    Ring, detailed medical scan. Is she causing herself long term damage?

    "-because hearing and seeing.. everything-"

    "I could make something to-"

    "-is too much, it's too distracting."

    "-reduce that."

    The results of my medical scan appear in my brain. Unlike green kryptonite which will give you cancer if you get enough exposure, gold kryptonite barely interacts with organic bodies at all. Though she's not otherwise unwell, the predictable reduction in organelles has occurred in many tissues. While short term exposure just stops them working, she's actually killing them across large parts of her body. Not every one in every cell, but after a certain point…

    "Kara, I strongly advise you to stop using that. If you keep using it, it will no longer be safe for you to ever be exposed to Earth's sunlight."

    She nods, her attention returning to the street. "What about if I keep it on permanently?"

    "That will kill you more slowly, but those organelles are a functioning part of your body. They work all the time, not just when you charge your powers."

    "Okay." She turns back to me, pulls the chain over her head and bunches it up in her right hand. "I wasn't.. actually trying-."

    "It's risk-taking behaviour, Kara. Not just being human-level squishy, but carrying around a piece of radioactive rock."

    I hold out my right hand and she passes it over. Subspace for you.

    "Okay, new plan."

    "Hm?"

    "I suggested that you could use your higher maths qualifications here. I thought it might help you find a place in human society, but clearly that's.. the problem. You fit in.. too well. And also not well enough."

    "If-" She shrugs. "-you say so."

    "This weekend, a few friends and I are going to Thanagar. And while thanagarians do look like.. kryptonians with wings, about a quarter of Thanagar's population are lizarkons, which is a species of humanoid reptiles. Now, we both know that your father wanted to send you to Xudar…" I shrug. "Perhaps he was right, and being somewhere with more advanced technology would be better."

    "I don't.. think it's that simple."

    "And then there's socialisation. Did you study art on Krypton?"

    "No. Kryptonian aesthetics was more about function than-."

    "Perfect. How do you feel about starting now?"

    "I don't…" She shakes her head. "Know?"

    "You said that things were too familiar. I'm hoping that things becoming a little more unfamiliar will help. Also: Thanagar?"

    "Are you going to let me say 'no'?"

    "Maybe. Are you going to?"

    "I…" She looks back at her monitor. "When, exactly..?"

    "Either Friday evening or Saturday morning, all being well."

    She bows her head slightly as she thinks it over. Then she looks up. "Okay. Yes, I'd like to go."

    I beam. "Excellent. Now, come along. We've got to visit the Hawks and get a cultural briefing pack."

    "Right now?"

    "Yes."

    "But-. Okay." She nods. "Let's go."

    "One thing first." I walk up to her, wrap my arms around her and pull her to my chest. For a moment she tenses. "When you feel like this, don't keep it to yourself. Alright?"

    She relaxes. Slightly. "Okay."
     
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    "-because hearing and see.. everything-"
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    "-because hearing and seeing.. everything-"
    (Unless she's cuttign off mid-word, in which case 'see-..' is appropriate)

    Though she's not otherwise unwell, the predictable reduction in organelles has occurred in many tissues. While short term exposure just stops them working, she's actually killing them across large parts of her body. Not every one in every cell, but after a certain point…
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    So, if she keeps this up, she'll permanently make herself weaker than Kal-el, if she ever reached full charge.

    I hold out my right hand and she passes it over. Subspace for you.
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    And off to the mantelpiece with you, Mr Chekov.

    And damn, Kara needs Hugs. All the hugs. Introduce her to Lantern Ratchet (the huggy tentacle-boy) for almost-enough hugs-dakka. It's easy to forget she's outlived most of her race...
     
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    "-because hearing and seeing.. everything-"
    (Unless she's cuttign off mid-word, in which case 'see-..' is appropriate)
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    Thank you, corrected.
    Though she's not otherwise unwell, the predictable reduction in organelles has occurred in many tissues. While short term exposure just stops them working, she's actually killing them across large parts of her body. Not every one in every cell, but after a certain point…
    So, if she keeps this up, she'll permanently make herself weaker than Kal-el, if she ever reached full charge.
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    Not exactly. It would make her weaker in the medium term, but she would eventually recover.
     
    'Kryptonese' doesn't sound right.
    I dunno, part of it is the fact that it's basically the equivalent of saying that humans speak 'Earthese' and part of it is just that the word looks wrong.

    And yeah, that discussion with Kara could have done with a little more listening, or some more back-and-forth.
    It feels like Paul just decided what they were going to do, with minimal input from Kara, which isn't really a solution to her issues.
     
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    "I suggested that you could use your higher maths qualifications here. I thought it might help you find a place in human society, but clearly that's.. the problem. You fit in.. too well. And also not well enough."

    "If-" She shrugs. "-you say so."

    "This weekend, a few friends and I are going to Thanagar. And while thanagarians do look like.. kryptonians with wings, about a quarter of Thanagar's population are lizarkons, which is a species of humanoid reptiles. Now, we both know that your father wanted to send you to Xudar…" I shrug. "Perhaps he was right, and being somewhere with more advanced technology would be better."
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    Paul... Stop trying to play like you know what you're talking about and have Kara see Guy, who's an actual psychologist...

    Because this? This is just going to make things worse for her.
     
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    Paul... Stop trying to play like you know what you're talking about and have Kara see Guy, who's an actual psychologist...

    Because this? This is just going to make things worse for her.
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    I'd recommend putting her in contact with someone who can relate to her situation, but...

    I can't think of any Citadelians who'd be inclined to do Paul any favors at the moment.
     
    "So, I just finally resolved an unhealthy relationship created by not setting boundaries while dealing with an emotionally needy teenaged girl. What should I do next?"

    He's basically treating her like a sub in need of a master. I see no possible way this can go wrong.
     
    iamnuff said:
    'Kryptonese' doesn't sound right.
    I dunno, part of it is the fact that it's basically the equivalent of saying that humans speak 'Earthese' and part of it is just that the word looks wrong.
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    'Kryptonese' is comic canon... Sometimes, and reflects that it's a synthetic unification-era language.
     
    Vaermina said:
    Paul... Stop trying to play like you know what you're talking about and have Kara see Guy, who's an actual psychologist...

    Because this? This is just going to make things worse for her.
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    having Guy solve a problem is never any ones first thought.

    Because Guy is kind of an ass so you forget that he's an ass who actually is good at some stuff.
     
    iamnuff said:
    'Kryptonese' doesn't sound right.
    I dunno, part of it is the fact that it's basically the equivalent of saying that humans speak 'Earthese' and part of it is just that the word looks wrong.
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    Well what it's saying is that Kryptonians had a single unified planetary language, or at least a highly dominant lingua franca. It's the equivalent of saying people from France speak French...which they do.

    Also apparently "Kryptonese" is one of the actual terms for the language in-universe. (The other being "Kryptonian", which while probably better in a vacuum can, in actual real-world useage, quickly run into the 'My son, the planet, or me?' issue.)
     
    That's the reason I like how nationality is dealt with in French grammar : "le Kryptonien" is the guy, "le kryptonien" is the language, "kryptonien" is what the object is from.

    I don't get why English wants to capitalize everything.
     
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