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Paul gave them to Athyns for safekeeping when going to confront Sparta. Athyns isn't going anywhere near Sparta.
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Paul gave them to Athyns for safekeeping when going to confront Sparta. Athyns isn't going anywhere near Sparta.
I like this guy, finally someone behaving rational and genre-savvy in this arc."Lantern." Doctor Impossible shakes his head, his hands moving over the console. "She's not that rational. Just fight it out and sort out who was right later."
Which raises the questions of how the Controllers took them down once deployed. The 'powerful weapon' option, I suppose. Or did they just not give a fuck and let them run riot in the local area?
Ah, the Conspicuous CG effect again. I'm betting the New God device is meant to serve as a control system for the Sun-Eaters. And lets mere mortals bridge the functionality gap between them and a Maltusian in order to use the factory controls.
Ah, so that's how they got it. Surprised he doesn't use a Hush Tube, though. Guess he didn't have all the materials needed to build one.
Maltusians are godlike beings so they may have also been able to overpower these things
The Ophidian moves around me, becomes the area around me, living as the desires of the panicking people.
We better fix it then, hadn't we?
I step
"Look, I don't know what's going on, but you can still mend your relationship with your Ascendants. I'm happy to help out with whatever's going wrong on-."
"Lantern." Doctor Impossible shakes his head, his hands moving over the console. "She's not that rational. Just fight it out and sort out who was right later."
"That's-."
Sparta leaps at me, arms outstretched!
It was there when I posted.
Hey Zoat? What was that song Pauphidian was randomly playing?
Hey Zoat? What was that song Pauphidian was randomly playing?
About sitting down with your inner demons for coffee or something?
Because it's one of the places with defenses that could likely kill the Ophidian if triggered.Knowing your power ring was about to be useless is there any rational reason not to bond with Ophidian to take care of this before the people/world dies?
"Look, I don't know what's going on, but you can still mend your relationship with your Ascendants. I'm happy to help out with whatever's going wrong on-."
"Lantern." Doctor Impossible shakes his head, his hands moving over the console. "She's not that rational. Just fight it out and sort out who was right later."
"That's-."
When even an Apokiliptan says you are cuckoo for coco puffs, you're in a bad place.
Earlier, I made a comment about Vaermina always being contrarian, even if it supports Mr. Zoat and the story. This is an example of that.Because it's one of the places with defenses that could likely kill the Ophidian if triggered.
He probably would, if he had access to his power ring.Or he just needs a distraction while he does his tech thing, and a calm discussion wont reliably give him one. Paul's gettin' played. Throw her in a frictionless bubble and move forward, Lantern.
"dependent"they might be leaching the power but they're not dependant on it
Thank you, corrected.
The blackness retreats and Sparta glares at me as if she wishes she could erase me with the intensity of her stare
Karrakanians, don't care about Minosyss, saving that telling the fighting between demigods ruin it would have extremely uncomfortable cultural overtones. Athyns might go for it, but without the gods… Why not just go back to Karrakan and use the Seeds he has?
"Is this easily breakable?"
"It exists in more dimensions than your mortal mind can comprehend, so… No, not really."
"Imma punch it."
move, voiding her first slice and swinging my left fist at her arm.
Thank you, corrected.
Started watching the first episode of series 4. A month to Mars? None of the local Lanterns prepared to give you a lift?
Maybe Mars set up interdiction fields.Thank you, corrected.
Started watching the first episode of series 4. A month to Mars? None of the local Lanterns prepared to give you a lift?
Of course, using something doesn't mean she's any good at it, unless her divinity includes some manner of 'instant expert' ability. Still, with the bad Doctor here, this fight will be tough as hell.11th September 2012
21:17 GMT
I calculate her path and move to evade, then everything goes black-. It moved, the edge of the cloud moved-. I cringe in my armour as a lightning bolt hits my energy shield that isn't designed to handle that and dart back out.
Sparta's suspended in the air-. Aero-discs, she's using-.
And confirmation Doctor Impossible is in control of the Sun-Eater, then.She draws a sword and slashes at me, and this time I dodge left and try flying past her off-hand. She tries turning, but it's clumsy. The Karrakanians didn't use aero-discs, so… I suppose she hasn't had much practice? She's dropping into the black-.
The black retreats, still covering the cavernous depths of the factory but giving her enough space to regain her aerial balance.
Encounter Balance, of course. With all the tricks OL has built into his armour, Sparta alone would be a much lesser challenge."Careful Sparta; my control isn't that good."
"What are you even here for?"
Well, at least she's playing easy-to-deal-with. Full frontal assaults against a more manoeuvrable opponent? Evidently she's in no mood to fight smart.Sparta snarls and then flies straight at me. I use my armour's cameras -caveman mode- to check, then fly for the empty space above me-. Then abort and dodge right as the dark cloud surges inward.
"Don't bother, Lantern. She's not-."
Probably a measure of control lag, as the New God device interprets the command and translates it into the impulses a Maltusian would impart onto the control terminal..."I meant you."
New God technology works fine in here, but as I weave around the extruded tendrils of the Sun Eater I note that the owners can't necessarily capitalise on that. Sparta actually clips-
Be glad you've got the armour at least. I'm sure it's full of many useful devices..."Agh!"
-the Sun Eater as she tries to follow me but can't corner sharply enough. She comes out squinting and with her left arm trembling. Okay, a lot stronger than me, not sure how tough. If my rings were working I wouldn't worry about a New God sword, but that's not where I am now. My shield gives wide-spectrum protection but is far weaker than what I'm used to.
That would require that he work out how to use the Seeds. And perhaps it's not actually possible? I doubt Sparta wouldn't be above lying about the ability of the Seeds to do so.The blackness retreats and Sparta glares at me as if she wishes she could erase me with the intensity of her stare.
What's their goal here? Kill me and hold the planet hostage for the other Seeds? But the… What do I call them now? Karrakanians, don't care about Minosyss, saving that telling the fighting between demigods ruin it would have extremely uncomfortable cultural overtones. Athyns might go for it, but without the gods… Why not just go back to Karrakan and use the Seeds he has?
Now that, we can agree on. Just consider the Renegade's flashier battles..."Now why would I tell you that?"
"I've lived with Canis Minor for months. New Gods love to grandstand."
Great, she gets a healing factor. As for the Doctor, let's just hope he's not read the Evil Overlord List..."Some of us understand deferred gratification."
Can I actually hurt Sparta? Well… Probably-. No, arm and eyes look like they're back to full effectiveness. I stripped out the crumbler gauntlets to add this energy shield so I'd just be punching, and I suspect that she's a lot better at that than me.
Oh, that asshole. He's either telepathic...
...Or he's just real good at reading people. Well, as long as he's not so good at it that he can tell what you're going to do before you do it...-vulnerable, due-. I didn't take out the telepathic shields. If he was that-.
"I'm not telepathic, people are just-"
...He shouldn't be that hard to deal with. I doubt he's got many of the physical enhancements some New Gods gain.I dodge around the command platform, keeping Sparta from being able to lunge or swing effectively as she awkwardly follows me.
"-predictable."
And what happens if it breaks? Do the Sun-Eaters go wild or will they go back to sleep?Up onto the command platform, Doctor Impossible taking a few slow steps away from me, barely paying me any attention at all.
"Is this easily breakable?"
Seriously, what are you even the New God of, anyway, Doc? Convoluted Plans? Supervillain Dickery? Ill-advised Taunting?"It exists in more dimensions than your mortal mind can comprehend, so… No, not really."
"Imma punch it."
Wait, you're seriously thinking about letting him punch your ace-in-the-hole?Sparta lands and deactivates her aero-discs, crouching slightly and drawing a knife in her left hand. Doctor Impossible holds up his right in a 'halt' gesture.
"No, wait, this could be instruct-"
...I take it back, he's not the Anti-Mister Miracle, he's the Anti-OL. Like, all of OL's worst character traits turned up to eleven.She charges with a silent grimace and I move, voiding her first slice and swinging my left fist at her arm.
"-ive. Never-"
True. Letting a super-strong foe with a grudge get their hands on you, just ends with you getting cleaned up with a mop.She takes the hit but doesn't appear hurt, cutting at my armour with her knife while she turns to face me again. I pull my arm aside to avoid her weapon. I want to get a better feel for her strength before trying the 'correct' way of dealing with a sword wielding opponent without using a weapon, which would be getting inside her reach. Because if it turns out that she's that much stronger than me I'd just die with no way to escape.
"-mind."
Heh, handling aggro like a boss. Not bad for a skill monkey.Back up, back up, see if she's berserk enough to attack Doctor Impossible's equipment. Light on the feet, use the armour's flight system and servo muscles to move faster than I should be-.
She tries a shallow slashes and I slap aside the flat of the blade with my right gauntlet. Yes, you're going to have to commit more than that.
Oof, I don't see that improving her mood any."Doctor, why not just cut your losses?"
Sparta comes at me, sword blade held near vertical and dagger ready to stab anything I use to turn it aside. Not much space to back away into, but she's thinking like an infantryman. I wait until her muscles tense for a sword swing and then rotate and drop, spinning myself to kick her legs. She spots what I'm doing a little too late but tries jumping over me anyway, meaning that rather than taking out her shins I just kick her feet hard enough to make her spin and slam face-first into part of the Seed control system.
Hmm... If Sparta wins, he gets the Sun-Eaters. I suppose if OL wins, he'll just fuck off with the Seeds he has for later study, and probably Sparta as well...He shrugs lazily. "Because I don't see myself losing anything either way."
Move, back away-. She kept the sword but lost hold of the dagger, grab it. Sparta's back on her feet and more cautious while Doctor Impossible is still unconcerned.
Of course he's not dumb enough to stand anywhere near the fight...Probably won't work but fly back and stab him-. A hologram.
"Really?"
Never assume, OL. I doubt it's anywhere that simple.New visual location, sonic scan shows… Sound coming from somewhere else, but that's probably not where he actually is either.
"Sparta, I don't think he's actually here. Why don't you just give up?"
Goddamn invisible enemies...
No doubt he's already slipped out of melee range. And that's assuming the knuckle-dusters aren't some kind of ranged weapon that just lets him punch from a distance...Now he's wearing knuckle dusters which radiate dark blue strands, and must be at least somewhat close to where he appears to be.
"Amazing what they can do with drones these-"
That better be some kind of feint, OL...This time I advance, marching towards Sparta as she extends her blade towards me in an attempt to keep me out of dagger range.
"-days."
"Ah-ah, no tricks, Lantern..."She makes a small slash and I slap the blade aside hard before flying into her with fist extended! I hit her face but I don't hear anything crunch, so I wrap my left arm around her right to try and force the sword into the machine-.
Gah!
Yes, the joy of a double-team boss fight... Unless you can outsmart them and trap them together to be pummelled... Well, it's gonna hurt.
Uh-oh, is that good for you, or for OL?Uses the distraction to throw me into the air! I stabilise and-. And Doctor Impossible tilts his head back, closing his eyes.
"It's too late."
Shit. Upside: Backup. Downside, he brought the Seeds. Just what the Doctor wanted.Sparta glares at him. "What do you-?"
Athyns marches out of the blackness, six Seeds attached to his armour.
Seriously, what are you even the New God of, anyway, Doc? Convoluted Plans? Supervillain Dickery? Ill-advised Taunting?
...I take it back, he's not the Anti-Mister Miracle, he's the Anti-OL. Like, all of OL's worst character traits turned up to eleven
She charges with a silent grimace and I move, voiding her first slice and swinging my left fist at her arm.
Thank you, corrected.
No, that's the sword fighting term for what he did.