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The.The Anti-Life is still all around, but it's less tied to the spiritual energies of they Grey
Thank you, corrected.
Didn't...? Didn't these 2 have a conversation almost exactly like this but in reverse? She said she wasn't interested in women and described why she seemingly killed exclusively men? Then tell Paul about Eithane's feelings for him? And that she was trying to help translate the whole plant to meatway that suggested that she didn't exactly get human interactions but thought it might be something I'd enjoy."
"And… Did..?"
"No. But you've spent a lot more time with her than I have, and you're more on her wavelength."
The last of the fungoids tramp through the pale grhole in space.
"If you think she needs advice on the meatspace aspect, I'm happy to wingman for you."
"So.. I'll have something to not go crazy for."
"Yes indeed. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to pacify the fungoids and you-."
"I need to rebuild the Green with Euanthe. I.. guess that works for a date?"
Those words are basically anti-anti-life.
Except it is also a verb that means "to cause to happen" (instead of "to modify")...It helps me remember that 'effect' is only a noun and the result.
Except it is also a verb that means "to cause to happen" (instead of "to modify")...
No, she corrected his presumption that she only killed men because she liked women. She killed the people she killed because she hated them.She said she wasn't interested in women and described why she seemingly killed exclusively men?
No, she corrected his presumption that she only killed men because she liked women. She killed the people she killed because she hated them.
"No, no, I mostly killed men because they were the leading polluters and industrialists, and because it was easy because I could control their minds. I… When I was Poison Ivy, I found the idea of any sort of physical intimacy with any… Meat, revolting. Any flirting was just… Contempt for their… Meat-ness."
She didn't crusade because she really liked pollution.Was it truly hatred or just something colder in pursuit of her crusade?
My point is, secondarily that you did not establish that she liked women but ONLY that she killed men because she hates the pollution they are responsible for and likely would have killed women of they were the CEOs responsible instead, and primarily it just seems like you are rehashing the very same conversation here (but in reverse?) like you somewhat forgotten that you've already had it. Seems strange.No, she corrected his presumption that she only killed men because she liked women. She killed the people she killed because she hated them.
Well, there seems to be a lot less people in the world so maybe the fact that plant yields are less won't cause that much mass starvation?
My point is, secondarily that you did not establish that she liked women but ONLY that she killed men because she hates the pollution they are responsible for and likely would have killed women of they were the CEOs responsible instead, and primarily it just seems like you are rehashing the very same conversation here (but in reverse?) like you somewhat forgotten that you've already had it. Seems strange.
Plants do a lot more than just feeding people or animals and without them doing those things at their best a lot of damage will happen.
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True, but I think that under most circumstances, each planet's version of the Green isn't connected to other versions on other planets.I kind of feel like I should point out here that The Green is a universe wide force.
True, but I think that under most circumstances, each planet's version of the Green isn't connected to other versions on other planets.
Yeah, I'd think there'd be a number of active magical traditions on Earth 16 that made use of some aspects, and might contact the Grey to make them more potent, among other things."Odd wizards and druids. Sometimes we go into the world and meet people. It's confusing."
They.
will turn the Earth into a war zone, as those enslaved to Mannheim fight against the people ruling everywhere else. This… Pattern has already begun to emerge as strong-willed brutes dominate those around them." He shakes his head in frustration. "Because why not
That is an utterly horrible plan..."It seems that if a person acts as a New God, the Lowlies will instinctively treat that person as one. Even if they are not the source of the Anti-Life broadcast."
"Even if they're not a New God?"
"So it appears."
I can't help but smile. "So the League are going to act like New Gods. In order to stabilise their home cities."
Euanthe has certainly gone up in the world. Does this make her a peer or superior to her own mother, Gaia? Also, I really hope more people who respect the Green will in turn respect Paul due to his role in Euanthe's ascension."Things don't go the way they should. They go the way they go. And if you're here, and they're not… If you're doing the job and they're not… Hail Queen Euanthe of the Green."
At that she stops, turning back to me with her hard wooden head staring at me.
"Queen. Eldest sister. I have grown much since we first met, and I wish with all my heartwood that I had never left Grandmother's glades. I wish I could run carefree through field and glen, troubled only by faun or woodman. I wish I could be so simple once more. But if there is no one else, then I must."
Consort Pamela Isley of the Green? Or maybe she can go with one of the more recent aliases she took in the comics: Queen Ivy?"Well…" I look over to the tree, where Dr. Isley is checking its health. "You don't need to do it on your own."
I think the issue is that Riddler and Batman are failing to track down what exactly they need to destroy to stop the effect at the source.That is an utterly horrible plan...
Like, just blowing up the transmitters is a better plan then that...
Shortly after..."I've never tried to work out what a strong-willing plant would be like. Or what would motivate one to become strong-willed."
...He stumbles over the answer.
Which could take some time even after they end the broadcasts. Looks like Earth-16 may be a gloomy place for the next while, no matter what. Hopefully, it recovers quickly, even without the Narrative power of Status Quo.31st December 2012
19:59 GMT -3
"I did not realise that you were capable of such subtle manipulation."
Dr. Balewa walks through the Grey, hands shimmering faintly as he does his best to ward the plane against the influence of the Anti-Life. It turns out that it's currently impossible to block it, and the best he can do is limit it's influence. At least until we can work out how to purge the Earth's thaumosphere completely.
So, all that orange last chapter was kind of an off-the-cuff idea? Maybe you should do the 'flying by the seat of your pants' thing more often, if it works out this well."I just worked it out. But I don't think that I can get better than this."
"Could Lantern Gardner do the same thing?"
...So, turning plants into scrabbly things that survive no matter what you do to root them out. Pretty sure there's already a few plants like that."Maybe. I don't know. I think that the mental process involved might be antithetical to the green light, but I could be wrong. I've never tried to work out what a strong-willing plant would be like. Or what would motivate one to become strong-willed."
"Adversity, I think."
So, that bad, huh? Still, if it saves humanity from utter domination at the hands of Darkseid's agent, then needs must, whatever the cost to their personal beliefs..."The fungoids seemed a bit too fatalistic for it to work for them. What have I missed?"
"We heff… A plan. It is not a plan which makes me… I do not like it. But it is all we heff."
So, what, you're going to have him counter-broadcast Freedom? How... American."Okay? What don't you like about it?"
"The Anti-Life encourages people affected by it to behave according to certain patterns. Scott Free spoke to us of the Lowlies of Apokolips."
Huh... Oh, I see where this is going. And no wonder Doctor 'Non-interference' Mist is so against it...I nod.
"It seems that if a person acts as a New God, the Lowlies will instinctively treat that person as one. Even if they are not the source of the Anti-Life broadcast."
Then again, Lowlies probably have a severe penalty to opposing Bluff checks.
At least with the League doing it, you know the people they're commanding will be better protected. Because there are some real monsters out there who are probably capable of managing it...I can't help but smile. "So the League are going to act like New Gods. In order to stabilise their home cities."
"It will turn the Earth into a war zone, as those enslaved to Mannheim fight against the people ruling everywhere else. This… Pattern has already begun to emerge as strong-willed brutes dominate those around them." He shakes his head in frustration. "Because why not?"
And that's what's got Balewa grumbling? That they're having to take advantage of it?"Because.. the things that usually stop people doing things like that are suppressed by the Anti-Life. Morals aren't important. Righteousness and piety are… Lies. Lies, before the unmeetable stare of Mannheim."
"Yes."
Though much of it is contingent on Apokalips sitting back and waiting..."Can they cope?"
"I don't know. I don't know." He shakes his head. "We think thet the robot will need some time to repair itself. Members of 'Task Force X' are being sent to hunt and destroy the helmets where they are stored and made. We can hold. If they are not reinforced from Apokolips, we can hold. And… I heff no better answer."
People like members of the League's families, eh? Understandable, and if they know their loved ones are safe, they'll be more focused about rescuing everyone else."I've still got a few hours left. Is there anything else I can do?"
"Betman wants you to gather information. To see what the rest of the world is like. There are… Only so many people who can risk taking part in this mission. And there are people whom we wish you to bring to a place of safety, and to relay messages."
On the other hands, those who have already succumbed might switch sides, especially if they aren't running around with Justifier helmets on..."There aren't enough Justice League members… Even if you include the entire trainee team, there aren't enough to righteously dominate more than a tiny portion of Earth. Are people being nominated?"
He nods sadly. "There is a list of superhumans whom we think can do what is necessary. Not all will be protected… Outside what is offered by their new role."
Blame the one responsible for forcing this situation to come about in the first place, Doctor. Just picture the dumbfounded look on Mannheim's face when his control collapses... And maybe picture yourself punching that face afterwards."If that's the best you can come up with, then it's probably the best option that there is."
"It is a failure on my part."
Well, halfway back to the real world.We'll soon see what happened there..."But think how much worse it would be-"
We step through the green portal in the air leading back into the Green, and Dr. Balewa closes it behind us once we're through.
Up to and including moving with unnatural haste and grace?"-if you hadn't joined the Justice League."
The area around the portal is a maze of thorns, thick and dangerous. They look like the wall outside of Brasília, but in an even more elemental place I'm going to assume that they're even less constrained by mundane matter.
It's a start, I guess?We stop and wait for a moment, then the thorns shift aside to give us access to the rest of the Green.
It's… Better?
There's grass, and t-. Ah.
And in the process, leaving the city a barren wasteland of concrete and bare earth? I suppose it's even more inhospitable now, then.The didn't try rebuilding the Green from scratch. They shifted Brasília here. Yes, if they put all the Green energy they could into the city, then shifting in here would be the best way to restore the locus. There's a haze of mist in the air, but now it's regular water vapour in the manner of a damp jungle during summer and not doom spores.
And in the distance, outside the limits of the city, I can see my tree, now by far the tallest structure here.
Yes, where are the proper defenders of the Green? They seem to be derelicting their duty, if they allowed this to happen...It's… A sound decision, and Euanthe appears to have demilitarised the place enough that the plants look leafy and fruitful. My only concern is where Swamp Thing is and where the Parliament ended up, because either could form a back door, and… I don't think this is something that we could repeat.
"I will see to the wards."
Whoops. Looks like their IFF recognition still needs a little work."I'll find Euanthe."
I rise into the air, then freeze as plants shift into a defensive posture, flowers and leaves vanishing and hardened seedpods emerging. I raise my hands.
I half picture one making the 'I'm watching you' gesture, even though they don't have eyes. Or hands."Friends, plants. Friends."
I wait, uncertain if they're… Considering it, or if they're reporting to Euanthe for review, or… Something along those lines. After a few moments they relax slightly, leaves still in a defensive posture. But the offensive parts return to their 'at rest' mode, and I take that as a sign that I can move. I go up, trying to-.
So, more or less in full Kurnothi mode? Interesting to see the fertile feet on display, though.Ah. There she is.
I fly at speed towards the grass field outside the city limits that Euanthe is walking through. She's in her combat body, antediluvian thorn armour on display and blades at the ready. Where she walks, plants of various kinds emerge from her footsteps, a wave of growth which spreads in all directions.
I suppose it's as good a landmark as any. Wonder if it's going to grow orange flowers..."Euanthe?"
She ignores me, walking… In the direction marked by my tree.
Casualties of an unexpected, unwanted war, sadly.I drift after her, watching the plants springing up in her wake.
"The souls of trees, ancient and primal. And now… They are gone. Mortality, even in the eternal Green."
Well, until someone higher-ranked shows up, you're elected."I'm sorry."
"I would not weep for a single tree, a single bush, but this… I don't have words, I don't have… Thoughts!" She shakes her head in anguish. "I don't know if I can make it again, if I can bring the souls of plantkind here and make them home. Dryads are near-meat, near-Red. It shouldn't be me who has to-!"
Huh. Could be that the Anti-Life hit them hard... Could be that they fled in the face of it..."What happened to the Parliament?"
"I don't know. They didn't come to me, didn't stay to die with their charges. The Great Champion is in the world somewhere and I don't know where."
Yeah, OL does sound a little crazy, doesn't he?"Things don't go the way they should. They go the way they go. And if you're here, and they're not… If you're doing the job and they're not… Hail Queen Euanthe of the Green."
At that she stops, turning back to me with her hard wooden head staring at me.
OL, you inveterate troll. Quit matchmaking, and let them find each other naturally."Queen. Eldest sister. I have grown much since we first met, and I wish with all my heartwood that I had never left Grandmother's glades. I wish I could run carefree through field and glen, troubled only by faun or woodman. I wish I could be so simple once more. But if there is no one else, then I must."
"Well…" I look over to the tree, where Dr. Isley is checking its health. "You don't need to do it on your own."
At least with the League doing it, you know the people they're commanding will be better protected. Because there are some real monsters out there who are probably capable of managing it...
Giant Laser Beam From Space all the Alliance of the Just buildings down to the bedrock first.I think the issue is that Riddler and Batman are failing to track down what exactly they need to destroy to stop the effect at the source.
It may not be the machine from the beginning of this event, or any of the things the Alliance has built the couple of times things they were building have popped up in the story.
...So, turning plants into scrabbly things that survive no matter what you do to root them out. Pretty sure there's already a few plants like that.
Yikes. They want to turn Earth into fiefdoms of "benevolent warlords", really?
One, drawing attention to 'we're protecting this planet' will make people wonder why you're protecting it.And I still don't get why the Reach has priority over protecting the Life entity.