It doesn't seem like he knows Paul's there, the tattoos block magic-based senses. It's also not clear how much of the Fate fight's aftermath is public knowledge, though maybe Simpson can get into the Justice League's servers with technopathy.
...I'm just going remove all the size tabs, to make this commentary easier for everyone to read...Oh-ho, so this might still tie into the possible Machine God awakening, then. Perhaps Simpson wants to set himself up to possess the framework as it comes into its godhead, so he becomes the driving personality... In which case, Earth would be fucked.
Indeed, many a tale of that here and there in fiction. And they are indeed the lucky ones. The unlucky ones? 'Fate Worse Than Death' might well be a good description for many.
Some holiday...On the upside, she might well be able to annoy the cultists into surrender as a sort of reverse Stockholm Syndrome...
That he did. Simpson... Isn't really very good at the whole demonic bargaining thing, is he?
And that is the sort of logic you'd expect from someone dumb enough to get on the worse side of John Constantine. (Since even his good side is kind of bad...)
No, OL, that is not a cue to consider him for Orange Lantern membership...
Ugh, he's basically dangling a blank check in front of her... The one thing better than a simple carrot for getting a Constantine interested...
Oh, she'll bear watching in the future. Didn't John get his mystical start about this age? And now she's had a taste of the supernatural, it's going to be harder to convince her to give it up...
Ah, talking himself up, eh? I'm pretty sure Mammon still has enough of a hold over him to be able to rein him in.
...He's not entirely wrong. Most demons are truer to their urges and instincts than humans are...
Heh. I suppose it's a good thing for 'evil' Lawyers to have a good in with Hell. The nasty ones would end up there anyway, so why not have a fast-track out of the tortures?
I expect there are hidden clauses, enforced by magic, built into every demonic pact and contract... It's just that so few people bother to read the fine print.
...Because it's more fun to watch their contractees damn themselves by their own hand?
Ah, he's not a complete idiot, then.
Interesting. Presumably word of John Quinn's ownership of the Helmet of Fate (and thus its presumably effective status as a Lord of Order) hasn't spread far yet. It is amusing to see Constantine feared by those who would have dismissed him as a mere hedge-wizard before...
<sigh> Dangit, he's really set on getting that figurative signature down on paper, isn't he? I guess you only lose your pact-making cherry once, so you may as well make it special.
And what's to stop the cultists deciding to have a little.. fun with her in the meantime, eh? I doubt they know to fear the Constantine name...
Of course, he says nothing about anyone working for him... I see he's got the 'exact words' part of pact-making down to a T...
...And I see she's heard enough from John to know to be very precise in dealings with demons. Still, trying to lead him on into a situation where they can get their hands (or Constructs) on him is risky.
Oh, right, these guys are here. Almost forgot about them.
Assuming he gives two shits about them anyway. Simpson doesn't strike me as one to give much thought to cogs in his plan unless they fuck up bad.
Ah, I was hoping to see them stunned, paralysed and stacked like firewood as each group came in...
What? It's an amusing image.Good catch. Never sign anything with a demon, figuratively speaking, until you've read the fine print and gotten assurances.
Indeed. He's coming across as willing to say anything to get his deal.
Clever. Pin him down here for OL to snag more easily... After all, he's shown he can Brand demons easily enough, even when incarnate.
Ah, teenagers. Sceptical to a fault.
Note that's not a definite yes. Clever girl, weaving in loopholes. And Simpson's so inexperienced in pact-making, he seems to have missed it...
Pentagram optional, I suppose.
Is it unpleasantly like being drunk?
<sigh> Dangit, he's really set on getting that figurative signature down on paper, isn't he? I guess you only lose your pact-making cherry once, so you may as well make it special.
Indeed. Even Satanus hated having to deal with him when he was just a street magician.
In this very episode.
Blue Devil got retconned in that story. The lawyer won the case, but because there was critical information he didn't have he couldn't get the level of compensation his client wanted.
She is a true Constantine alright. This is a classic Constantine plot, if with better backup and support than they usually have (i.e. the fact that she has any).
To be fair, John often has backup.
Paul is almost as scary. Or even more so he has alot more backup.
I wonder how powerful theFirst, Second and Third of the fallen were compared to Constantine: Lord of order and chaos.
So, is it a Constantine thing to Order an extra large stupid with stupid sauce?
If not for the green, your avatar makes me think of Diggory making out with Potter.