Chojin Patriarch
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Ooh, a little side-trip into the depths of the Thanagarian Intelligence Service, eh? More evidence that the cultist's little show was more than it seemed, no doubt. And an interesting thought: Would the kind of issue he's suffering be like a bum knee for a human, and about as awkward to move with?
And would seem like suspiciously quick timing. Any sane security force would have him and other politicians in secure lockdown for a couple of days, just in case of follow-up attacks.
Unless they're so inept that success would be unlikely even with all the chips on their side. Then it's time to dispose of them.
Ah, so it was an inside job, all right. I doubt the lot of them were all agents, but, like I suggested previously, a few good agents in the right place...
And now we get to meet those agents' bosses, eh?
Or he knows how to delegate better.
When OL is involved? When would they ever? OL is something you plan around, not for or against. Like a stage hazard in the Great Game of espionage.
A clean-up of anyone they don't already have in their pocket. Never know when a secret society fomenting unrest could be useful...
More importantly, would she feel the need to do anything with that proof? After all, I'm sure it would make great blackmail material at some point.
And for good reason. You got what you wanted. Better not to push your luck, since next time OL visits, he might not be in as helpful a mood.
Hmm... Now what do they think of her ideas, I wonder?
Ah, good, they're not opposed to the plan. Merely indifferent. A good way to get rid of potential disruptive elements, after all.
Probably got enough on his plate right now, for a start. I bet he's been popular amongst the engineering community for his metamaterial knowledge.
'Unusual', he says. The fellow has a way with understatement. But then, he probably takes the Hawks' reports with a spoonful of salt.
As Mr Zoat's Word of Zoat suggests, they're more like C'Tan, then. Beings of energy that can inhabit bodies of Nth metal as avatars, and have latched onto Thanagar like leeches.
Yeah, you never pull shit like that in your home biosphere, after all. Because whatever Hephaestus is thinking of, it's evidently rather hard on the scenery.
Which is not unexpected. We know magically active worlds are rare, after all. I bet there aren't a lot across the whole galaxy.
Woof, I can see that plan getting a hard 'no'.
Never has that old idiom been clearer: "In times of crisis, where wise men build bridges, foolish men build barriers..." (To paraphrase...)
Heh. Such is the burden of the old, eh? To remember the worst times, where the young have never known them...
Heh. Vulcan being a little hungrier for something new, eh? That could get him in trouble, someday, I bet.
Not the first time someone's dicked with his stash, after all. Remember the Sivana family visit?
Looks like OL at least took measures to keep his stuff more secure. Though I feel they're overestimating the average Orange Lantern, based on the greatest among them... Still, better to prepare for the worst and be pleasantly surprised, than the opposite.
I'd make a crack about flying too close to the sun, but he'd probably misinterpret it in some way.
Well, how enlightening. Possibly the worst kind of antagonist: A patriot with a cause he believes in. And not because of blind faith, but a rational estimation that his people could be better, and what he's doing is for their benefit. I'd say it'd be satisfying to see that kind of hubris laid low, but it's the sort of task that would result in a lot of suffering for people other than him alone. Perhaps we'll see it someday...
