BlueMangoAdea
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Impeccable logic, sir.
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Impeccable logic, sir.
It's pretty unlikely. I was offended by their dreadful cultural appropriation.
Paul is still that oblivious guy he was at the start of the story.
Eh, we used to be pretty close. The the Second World War happened.There is something amusing about a Japanese guy essentially being a teaboo.
Obviously I'm not offended by it when my country does it. That would be ridiculous.
If they didn't want us to take it, they shouldn't have left it there.Obviously! After all you Brits did it with style and panache as well as when it was the classy thing to so.
They might have been able to stop you, you know. If not for your cunning use of flags.If they didn't want us to take it, they shouldn't have left it there.
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Dude. You are fucking English. Your country stole the statues from off the frigging Greek Parthenon itself and had them carted off to your national museum. Plus, the whole imperialism thing.
Well, that's a very English attitude, indeed.Obviously I'm not offended by it when my country does it. That would be ridiculous.
Hadn't considered that, but it fits.If he was offended by cultural appropriation, he would have said "offended by their cultural appropriation - dreadful!". This reads to me as a complaint about its quality. He's British, as you say. They mastered the art in the modern day and he is offended at the Nasuverse' slapdash approach to it. Dreadful cultural appropriation, indeed sir.
Well that's what you get, fucking around with those wimmin.Not sure how familiar you are with Fate, but Diarmuid's sexiness is actually a superpower of sorts (the result of a magic blessing in his youth, I believe), though one responsible for a lot of the tragedy in both his life (his liege lord's wife fell in love with him and geased him into running away with her, which eventually and semi-indirectly led to his death) and death (summoned as functionally a ghost familiar, his summoner's fiancee fell in love with him too, which caused a fair amount of strife).
Eh, we used to be pretty close. The the Second World War happened.
Thank you, corrected.
Ah yes, first priority, the qwadian heresy, I mean, I understand I wouldn't want to piss them off either, but still.And-. Qwa-matter weapons in the hands of aliens? That's Qwardian heresy! Ring, tell Lantern Kalmin!
Compliance.
And alert local government.
Compliance.
"I have abilities no other Orange Lantern possesses. You would study my techniques and ways of thinking with the aim of developing them yourself. I want to see if that's even possible without bonding with the Ophidian."
And-. Qwa-matter weapons in the hands of aliens? That's Qwardian heresy! Ring, tell Lantern Kalmin!
chuck -> chunk
The scarab tries to repair it by shifting armour from the back, but Lantern Gozzi has already flanking it and fired directly at the parasite.
The scarab-matter disintegrates in a wave of orange, leaving us with a heavily injured local man.
Well, now. Already looking for a proper sidekick, OL? I'd say a Coluan has the best intellectual chance of learning your advanced skills... It's just a matter of also having the emotional character...9th July 2012
00:33 GMT
"How would you feel about becoming my acolyte?"
I mean, seeing what OL goes through on a daily basis will give you a slightly skewed version of the average Lantern's day-to-day affairs... But could you really bring yourself to give up this power?Lantern Gozzi frowns at me as we watch the business premise of our target.
"In what sense? I will remind you that haven't decided that I want to remain an Orange Lantern yet."
It's not a well-known fact that he can see deeper emotional elements than most levels of empathic vision, isn't it?"I don't think you'd have come all this way if there was any doubt. Peace time administration not your thing?"
Her eyes narrow slightly. "You know."
Let's hope that 'all-knowing' air doesn't turn her off, OL. I know you do like feeling the smartest guy in the room, but that's not necessarily a good approach to a Coluan...
I mean, the way she puts it, it does sound that way, doesn't it? More likely, she just enjoyed the level of challenge and one-on-one partnership..."I liked having the direct working relationship with Amalak that we had until now. It's been… Varied. Negotiations with governments and pirates, administration and combat. With Vega at peace and his organisation switching to policing… The work is becoming more simple while also requiring that the two of us spend less time working together."
"Are you romantically interested in him?"
So, she perfectly happy working in close proximity to a superior officer. A natural Dragon, it seems?"No. It simply… Suits my sense of place. And he's holding onto the hope that there's a surviving female of his own species that he could mate with. And you presume to offer what I had with Amalak."
"Something like that. I'd suggest talking to him about it directly-."
Though I bet she'd be so much better for it with a Blue Ring. Pity Kalmin's asking such a high price to make one."He encouraged me. The various surviving Vega powers are quite eager to have a way to monitor you. Princess Koriand'r had seemed like the best choice, given your interactions to date."
"Princess Koriand'r is invested in Tamaran. The place needs her there."
I'm sure he'll miss your easy handling of complex data and excellent management skills. But if he can find enough people to handle those jobs, well..
Nothing naughty, of course. Jade would have his balls, multiple times!She pauses for a moment.
"And what does being your acolyte involve?"
Mastering the shit OL has is more a matter of heart, and possibly of soul..."I have abilities no other Orange Lantern possesses. You would study my techniques and ways of thinking with the aim of developing them yourself. I want to see if that's even possible without bonding with the Ophidian."
"You would provide me with all pertinent information?"
Assuming she doesn't go full Brainiac on him, at least... Seriously, there are so many ways this could go wrong..."I provide anyone who asks with all pertinent information. I'd be coaching you."
"And then?"
Presumably Dox would prefer having the additional resources of a second Orange Light Shaman... But if she doesn't want to, well..."You'll be an Orange Lantern with the ability to travel anywhere in the universe at any time. You can hang around me, move to Earth -which has a highly varied work environment- or travel from Lantern to Lantern helping them with their work as the mood takes you. Or just pursue your own projects."
"And fighting the Reach?"
And that is a big, big 'If...' Still, as OL says, knowing others can manage to gain his abilities? That's beyond any material worth."It's worth a ring to learn that others can develop the ability to do what I do. I'd like it if you stuck around, but you shouldn't consider yourself obliged to. And… Speaking from personal experience, how you feel about the idea now may not be how you feel about it afterwards."
"If we are successful."
As long as you're not going to shut down when all hell inevitably breaks loose. ...What? OL's involved, you know the explosions are coming."Yes. If. But it sounds like you were looking for an alternative to working for Amalak anyway."
"Perhaps we should continue with this mission. It will give me a better idea of what it would be like."
Brace yourself...I nod. "Fair enough. Do you want to take the lead? I suspect that you've interrogated more people than I have."
She frowns. "How much experience do you have?"
Earth is a great place for power-levelling. As long as you don't go insane in the process."I got my ring about two years ago."
"Y-? A-?" She blinks, her eyes unfocused. "I had assumed that it took longer than that."
Never assume, and especially never declare something like that. The universe will take it as a challenge."It's been an interesting two years. Vega was comparatively uneventful compared to my homeworld."
"I will take the lead." She flies across the rocky wasteland towards the smelting plant light construct armour enveloping her. "There should not be significant defences. Light infantry weapons at worst."
Barely one chapter till the shooting started. Nice."Seems like a reasonable conclusion, and scans report it. Unfortunately-"
An energy beam bursts through the planet and hits her in the chest!
And this, padawan, is why you have heavy non-construct armour available. What if that blast had been any larger?"-the Reach can interfere-"
Another shot as Lantern Gozzi hurtles out of control through the air, her armour glitching as she tries to bring herself back under control. I lasso her and generate a plasma shield generator construct.
Called it. Beetle in the field. Now to see how easily OL slaps it down..."-with ring scans. Fortunately, neural impacters aren't even-"
A scarab warrior flies out of the hole, oversize qwardian weapon on its hands. Horns, so a local boy/girl. Might still be possible to assimilate it, since it's not a Reachian. It fires again, the beam of energy striking my plasma field and achieving little. The weapon then -oh that's interesting- shifts shape into what looks like a rapid-fire-.
Qwa-bolts?! Where the hell did they get a piece of Weaponer tech? ...<Looks upthread> Sure that's this timeline? I can't honestly remember...I deactivate the plasma screen and move as the qwa-bolts chew through the rock, converting everything within the blast radius to vapour and radiation! Shield and accelerate!
The drifts of exploding dust slow to a crawl.
Nice to see he has his priorities straight...And-. Qwa-matter weapons in the hands of aliens? That's Qwardian heresy! Ring, tell Lantern Kalmin!
Compliance.
Yes, I think they'd like be be informed of a skirmish being fought in the vicinity of a major shipyard...
This won't take long...Empathic vision shows a definite spike in concern in the smelter plant, though that might just be a result of the explosions rather than an admission of guilt.
Speaking of explosions, I should probably do something about that.
Well, Crumblers have become something of an Orange Lantern trademark, haven't they? It's only natural they'd have plans to counter them...I form two railgun constructs and load crumbler rounds, the second being destroyed by a qwa-bolt even as the first fires-. And the scarab warrior staggers slightly, its body-morphed point defence systems shooting my round so that all that hits it is the kinetic force.
Not a bad response. Top marks.
No... The kabooms that result tend to qualify as city-killers at the minimum...The scarab reacts to my attack, extending the armour from its arms to cover the gun as best it can. It's a little awkward; scarabs aren't designed to carry external weapons like this. But it will reduce the impact of kinetic attacks. And… Perhaps directly targeting a device storing qwa-matter isn't the best idea anyway.
The joy of not using conventional matter for your weaponry: No wasting time shifting mass or configurations...I reform the destroyed railgun, orange light flowing into shape as the scarab warrior tries to bring its gun back on target fast enough to stop me. This model appears to be faster than others I've encountered. Not by enough though, as the second railgun joins the first in rapid-fire mode. The scarab is forced to morph stabilisers to prevent the repeated impacts knocking it around, and the shots are edging closer as the point defences can't quite keep up-.
And that'll be a mission kill. Bonus points for the rookie. If they work this well together all the time, things are going to get Rationally straightened out through the power of Jolly Cooperation.A chuck of its left shoulder evaporates and the point defence laser mounted on it loses speed. And then my shots start hitting him, armour being erased from the chest and gun cowling. The scarab tries to repair it by shifting armour from the back, but Lantern Gozzi has already flanking it and fired directly at the parasite.
TIme to see how well she handles healing? After all, he's bound to have all manner of useful information on the Reach's activities in-system...The scarab-matter disintegrates in a wave of orange, leaving us with a heavily injured local man.
Excellent.
Have we seen a Lantern destroy a Scarab while leaving the host (relatively) unharmed before? That seems like a sophisticated technique, but I can't remember for sure.
Well, now. Already looking for a proper sidekick, OL? I'd say a Coluan has the best intellectual chance of learning your advanced skills... It's just a matter of also having the emotional character...
I mean, seeing what OL goes through on a daily basis will give you a slightly skewed version of the average Lantern's day-to-day affairs... But could you really bring yourself to give up this power
Though I bet she'd be so much better for it with a Blue Ring. Pity Kalmin's asking such a high price to make one.
I'm sure he'll miss your easy handling of complex data and excellent management skills. But if he can find enough people to handle those jobs, well..
Never assume, and especially never declare something like that. The universe will take it as a challenge.
And this, padawan, is why you have heavy non-construct armour available. What if that blast had been any larger?
Qwa-bolts?! Where the hell did they get a piece of Weaponer tech? ...<Looks upthread> Sure that's this timeline? I can't honestly remember...
Thank you, corrected.'I haven't'
'plant, light' add a ,
Maybe 'be any'
'oversized'
'flanked it'
No, that's fine.
The Qwa weapon on the random encounter does feel painfully reminiscent of being accosted by bandits with full glass equipment in Oblivion. Like, if you have equipment that valuable, why are you out in the middle of nowhere roughing up peasants for pocket change?Honestly, this is the fun of heading through low-level side-missions with a high-level character: walking through combat encounters with almost no difficulty...
Need quarters to do laundry.why are you out in the middle of nowhere roughing up peasants for pocket change?
"How would you feel about becoming my acolyte?"
Lantern Gozzi frowns at me as we watch the business premise of our target.