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

I'm betting it's the usual campfire stories involving monsters, killers and all of those things.

Granted, to them these stories are mundane.

 

"because the Founding"

 

Paul does that to people he's indifferent too, as well.

Sometimes people he likes.

Occasionally loved ones.

...He's a remarkably antagonistic protagonist.

 

He's an asshole.

 

Thank you, corrected.

Thank you, corrected.

 

Hobbies don't have to be productive.

 

’escorted to’

 

Ahaha, I bet the Caliph is starting to realize what he bit off first with Paul now with Sandy casually mentioning the deal he made. Though this chapter did make the point that perhaps it's best that Sandy rescued Alan instead of Paul.

Now I'm really curious what Dr. Mist is up to

 

Thank you, corrected.

 

Yeah, that was a really good response. Props to him! Or rather, to Mr Zoat!

 

I was dreaming that I was reading this story, so when I woke up I decided it was a sign I should catch up. I had completely forgotten that I had left off when the group was going through the Dreaming. Coincidences, uh?

I think that should be "that".

 

Pretty sure they're wrong, then. Using "ben" to designate a patronym is Hebrew (and Yiddish, and probably Aramaic...); the Arabic is "bin".

Good to see nominative determinism isn't a flawless predictor.

 

Hey Zoat, random question for a crossover I was thinking of. If the SI was offered knighthood by the queen of the modern UK, would they accept it? Would they care? How about if one of his friends asked them to play nice?

 

Door's

Considering it was mixed in with a bunch of "ibn"s I'm pretty sure it was meant to indicate a cultural difference for that particular ancestor.

EDIT: It's "bar" in Aramaic. "Barabbas" was "son of Abbas".

 

Is the same Queen still in charge of the UK on Earth-16p? I know there were some major changes on Earth-16r, but I'm not sure what's going on with 16p.

 

Thank you, corrected.

Why would he be getting one? Usually a knighthood is awarded either for a lifetime of public service or a lot of big political donations.

 

Did... Did the Demon Constantine just get Constantined? Should I lower my opinion of his competence or nominate Dr. Balewa for sainthood?

 

"like our"

Of course.

"comes to the fore"

 

Is Dr. Mist asking for the Dreams this man stole or what he actually Dreams?

 

I was thinking killing an endbringer in a worm crossover or something, something unambiguously positive for the world

 

Whahahaha did he really expect something light?
What else does he have to offer?

 

The first one.

 

Pretty neat interaction here. Always nice to see different cultures interacting such that both are acting completely reasonable by their own standards, but want different things, yet neither is portrayed as wrong. A more typical portrayal would be "these wicked heathens insist on carrying out their barbaric and evil custom, let us stop this terrible deed", but that's far less honest and less interesting than assuming good faith on both sides and considering possible compromises.

 

My respect for Dr. Mist is through the roof right now, lads. He just outplayed The Demon Constantine, practically without doing anything! Top tier stuff, seriously.

 

I mean, Dr. Mist just utilized the fact that any Constantine's worst enemy is inevitably themselves. Mist didn't even bargain in bad faith, he just gave Demon Constantine enough rope to hang himself with.

 

The former, I reckon. The man is, literally, a dream-person. I think he was able to drain Alan because Alan was present with his body. Travelers come here and it looks like Al-Wujud is a native who scams them. So I doubt he can “emit” dreams of his own.


I think that Alan has a good collection of memories centered around awful people tripping themselves up like Constantine did here. If he was in a better mood, he’d probably chuckle at the end of the chapter. As it stands, he just has to decide what type of fist he wants to use for that punch.

 

This is incredibly accurate.

 

Yeah, traditional law as laid down by the Prophet is super-harsh. You might have heard of the 'for robbery, you lose your hand' thing, as it's such a common trope... Sadly, any discussion of it outside of the story's context might get rule-8'd, so I'll just say, 'when in Rome...'

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Yeah, I suspect Al-Wujud knows just how deep in the latrines he is: Up to the chin and sinking fast.

Now, whether that party can pay, well... I'm sure some vindictive examples have asked for the impossible...

And Al-Wujud would very much prefer it didn't, of course. Why do you think he's sweating musket balls?

Given how much the merchant's probably been selling these dreams for, I don't doubt it qualifies.

Gee' who'd have thunk?

Assuming he can manage to keep his business, once all his victims take their pound of flesh (And for some of them, they may well make that literal.)

At least, any any large kind of scale... I'm sure there were some who were too valuable to kill.

'Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth', and all that. Like I said, some of his victims won't be feeling nearly so merciful as you, Alan.

Eh, better to see punishment of some kind...

Nice of you to check. After all, Al-Wujud may have nothing of use to you. Except that oh-so-punchable face.

Hush, you. Just sit quietly, and bend over when told to, would you kindly? Just be glad Alan's such a nice guy.

I mean, it's not like there's a shortage of options presenting themselves...

...I mean, that would prevent any re-offending. And being a Dream, it might not even be fatal.

It's certainly not going to leave him on even footing with his competitors, certainly.

Honestly, some nice, back-breaking work probably looks good right now. Given the alternatives.

Now, whether that would work on him? Well, see what he does six months to a year after that finishes...

So, will you be giving him the punch now, or wait until he's gone over his inventory? Probably best not to concuss him beforehand, after all.

...Oh, right.

Sounds like they've met before. Wonder if the good doctor ever visited Baghdad around, say 790 AD or so?

Oh, yeah, he did, didn't he? What was the activation code for that seal, again, Caliph?

Honestly, I'm surprised OL wasn't on guard for shit like that. Guess he believed the Demon really wanted to help them...

Outplayed. Pure perfection from the Enlightened one.

Which he hasn't exactly earned, given his actions thus far. Thin Ice, buddy.

It'll be interesting to see where this is going...

...Ah, I think I get it. There's probably a dream of someone who's navigated their way to the Tower in there, and if they used the ropes to share it...

Don't worry, the fireworks will be minimal. I hope...

Well, what good timing for the Doctor to reappear. Why do I get the feeling he was just waiting for the right moment to show up, like a proper DMPC wizard? Also, don't think we didn't notice that he said nothing about where he's been or what he did after being separated... At least now the party has what they need to get moving (or will soon) so they can get back on track. Tough luck for Uns Al-Wujud, though. Maybe he shouldn't have been such a sleazebag.

 

Mohammed -peace be upon him- probably

Why is Paul suddenly so differential? He usually doesn't give a toss about gods while standing in their home and suddenly he cares about Islam?

Also, damn, Mist. You scary.