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

"I've forged rings before. It didn't cause me any harm. It should be fine; just keep your focus."
I didn't think Paul has forged rings yet. He forged a lantern and also pulled Kronos' ring out of the Holden of Avarice, but making a new ring with all the functions that Malthusian imbue in their rings I don't think Paul has done that yet.
 
21st January 2013
16:09 GMT


I try scanning him, only to have his personal shield baffle my effort. Touching him-.

Jade starts to reach out, then stops herself and drops her hand.
I rather suspect any defence Kalmin has is likely to be somewhat inimical to organic matter. So best to poke him with a long stick. Like, say, a ten-foot-pole. Or better yet, a twelve-foot-pole, just in case the traps have an eleven-foot radius. :D

Trying to touch him when he's got a force field I don't recognise active would be a bad and quite possibly terminal idea. It's eaten through the bit of the… Deck? It's… Is this stone? But only a little way, because Kalmin's far too capable technologist to set a disintegration field to 'just keep going' unless that's useful.

"Dead?"
That would be awfully convenient, but I doubt they're that lucky.

Orion doesn't sound particularly concerned.

"I can't tell. His shield-."
The joy of being a paranoid omnicidal genius. Being able to passively kill anyone stupid enough to try and offer aid is probably a bonus for Kalmin.

"Ah, I'd almost forgotten that Weaponers could sense the machines of war, if they were powerful enough."

News to… Me. "Draan Del Daar, would you mind explaining?"
...I mean, it's not improbable. Much in the same way that Maltusians have a natural knack for using Spectrum energies.

"I didn't invite a Weaponer into a maltusian's workshop. You can hardly blame me if he suffers some ill-effects."

"Right. I thought that your workshop was the room on the surface."
Or at least a bespoke work site for the Ring-making.

"At my age? That's barely a foot locker."

"So..? Where do you want us?"
...The whole moon is basically his armament storage facility, isn't it? Besides the ancient alien super-weapon it's made from?

Guiding lights appear along the corridors ahead.

"This way. Leave the Weaponer there or bring him; it makes no difference to me. Though I imagine that he might find it quite interesting, if he regains consciousness."
Assuming he doesn't insist on disintegrating you for the offence.

Yes, yes, we're being betrayed.

I try scanning through the surface of the moon, and get nothing. The corridor behind us has firmly closed.

Hm.
Erdammeru's shielding probably not making that any easier, is it?

He's a maltusian. He doesn't have any material desires that he can't meet himself. Members of the actual Controller faction compete for influence and renown through taking positions and proving them viable. That's why Hinon has seniority at the moment and the guy who founded the Darkstars is number two. Killing useful assets reduces that, and while I doubt that killing us would actually trouble him, he wouldn't do it as a result of acquisitiveness. I don't think that I have anything that he wants. If he was interested in the orange light there's an Orange Central Power Battery sitting in the open for him to look at. It's advertising for unaligned maltusians anyway, no one's going to stop him studying it or connecting himself to it.
That's what happens when a person has the power to be a post-scarcity civilisation in their own right, and millions of years of practical experience. Hence Draan's apparent love of Science! for it's own sake.

Turns out that I can't guess the motives of a being millions of years old.

Ah, crumblers under the floor that's under Kalmin, cut through and pick him up… Yes, that worked, and now I can carry him along. I-.
Sadly, until he turns off the 'whatever-it-is'-field, that's about all they can do. Heck, it might be the only thing keeping Erdammeru's defences from killing him outright.

"I should have known that we would face betrayal."

"Yeah, I feel the same way."
To be honest, you probably thought you could trust him, OL. Let that be a lesson to you.

Jade turns her helmet my way. "You weren't expecting it?"

"It's just… So illogical." I turn to Orion. "Up to you. He's clearly up to something crazy, but I don't know what and I still want that ring. If you say 'no', I'll do my level best to return you to New Genesis at once."
...You're still hoping he plans to make the Ring and let you guys have it?

He regards me cautiously. Measure of a Man.

He keeps regarding me. Once Bitten, Thrice Shy.
I can imagine even OL sweating a little under that gaze.

Then he turns towards the path. "No. We will finish this. If this is mere mummery than I will merely express my displeasure at his gamesmanship. If he acts against me, then he will not leave here alive."

He powers my his astro-harness and shoots down the corridor.
At least you'll get a chance to take your annoyance out on someone today, Orion.

"After he..? Makes the ring?"

"There are plenty of other maltusians, Paul."
Who haven't locked into Orange Light specialisation yet?

"It's a specialist-. Shall we?"

She nods, and we accelerate after Orion with Kalmin floating along like a trailer.
If weapons-boy turns into dead weight if you need to haul ass out of there... Leave him behind. :sneaky:

"It's a specialist subject. Most power ring specialists either stayed Guardian or are Controllers because that's where the specialty gets used. There are actually only three on Maltus who could make a red ring within a reasonable timeframe, and the others are even more neurotic. And so far, he hasn't actually done anything to us other than be a bit cagey and annoying."

"Do you think that's all he'll do?"
...More neurotic? Good grief.

"Not in a million years."

We catch up with Orion, and… There isn't really a lot to say. Ring scans are returning nothing at all helpful. The walls look like they're made of stone blocks, but since we've got air and gravity-.
Suspicious, but not unreasonable, being inside a moon and all.

"Draan Del Daar, this isn't some sort of maltusian bachelor pad, is it? The design is very gothic but-."

"No. It doesn't like being changed."
I mean, some people like that sort of aesthetic. Though that 'It doesn't like being changed' is rather telling.

"'Maltusian bachelor pad'?"

"I know they breed like pandas, but the core motivating factors of organic life must be in there somewhere."
I mean, even having sex with every sapient species in the galaxy would probably get boring eventually.

"I've long since moved beyond such things."

"You know, a few years ago I more or less shut down my sex drive so that I wouldn't be distracted from my work." I shake my head. "It's not a good idea."
Though everyone did get some laughs out of how dense you were being about the romance thing.

"Again, speak to me when you are a million years old. Ah, you've arrived."

There's a door of… Some sort of highly sophisticated material that I can't scan. It splits into twelve sections, each sliding into the surrounding wall to reveal a short corridor leading to a metal-lined chamber. Two… Troughs? Of glowing redStuff, sit on either side of a ring-forge, the contents looking like a cross between a liquid and a construct.
...Motherfucker. That's the Butcher's Blood, isn't it?

Did he..? Already have this?

Orion is incensed. "If you already had the Butcher's essence, why did you send us on that quest!?"
At least now we know who sent the Free Lancers after it for certain.

"Because you could absorb what was left, and create a link between yourself and the Butcher Entity. It will improve the quality of the ring."

"Then why are you not here?"
...All that side-questing... For a +1 to a skill check? <facepalm>

"I am here. Just… Diffuse. I will be overseeing the process, but I will need you to carry out some of the physical actions."

Orion turns to me. "Lantern, is that plausible?"
...You mean they're breathing him right know? ...Ew. :eek:

"Krona was punished with dematerialisation, so that's something that maltusians can undergo and survive. Hinon implied to me that a ring forged for a specific person will respond better, but she's never said anything about one I make being better for me."

"That is because I do not precisely feel rage or hatred any longer, while Hinon Hee Hannanan continues to feel avarice. Age takes its toll, even on us."
I mean, on one level, you can customise the programming, if nothing else. But i suspect your skill bonus isn't high enough to trigger the masterwork bonuses Hinon meant.

"I've forged rings before. It didn't cause me any harm. It should be fine; just keep your focus."

Orion nods, and flies over to the forge.
And just like Kalmin, it comes down to someone beating molten emotion into a Ring shape. How... Fitting.

Ironically, doing this manually, pounding and beating on the Ring matter with a hammer, seems somehow appropriate for a Ring of Rage. And Orion can make sure that there's no hidden traps or protocols tucked away, if he's surrounding it with his Godhead. On the other hand, a Ring this bespoke won't be much use for mass production. Not that OL planned to do so, I suppose.
 
I didn't think Paul has forged rings yet. He forged a lantern and also pulled Kronos' ring out of the Holden of Avarice, but making a new ring with all the functions that Malthusian imbue in their rings I don't think Paul has done that yet.
He made comment earlier about being able to make rings (and it not being that secret that he can). Readers commented on it at the time and the conclusion we came to was that it just happened off screen.
 
...I mean, it's not improbable. Much in the same way that Maltusians have a natural knack for using Spectrum energies

Plus it's Qwardian tech, so he'd know.

You mean they're breathing him right know? ...Ew. :eek:

Draan: How does it feel to have my essence inside of you?

Everyone: Please...stop...

And just like Kalmin, it comes down to someone beating molten emotion into a Ring shape. How... Fitting.

I mean, in the comics a Guardian made a ring like that.
 
21st January 2013
16:09 GMT

This combined with what ever is going down with Lysis, Power Ring, and Sinestro is very close to tipping off the edge from Double Triple Cross and tumbling right down into a massive Xanatos Gambit Pileup.

Of course, being the only reasonably sane man, Paul's going to have to un-pileup the gambits just so that anyone can get some productive work done.
 
So I would like to point out that we still don't actually know if this maltusian got the Blood from the Free Lancers. For all we know he's had it for a long long time and the Lancers are completely unconnected and currently in the process of selling it to someone else.
 
This combined with what ever is going down with Lysis, Power Ring, and Sinestro is very close to tipping off the edge from Double Triple Cross and tumbling right down into a massive Xanatos Gambit Pileup.

Of course, being the only reasonably sane man, Paul's going to have to un-pileup the gambits just so that anyone can get some productive work done.
Sane reasonable Paul is the one in JLAU without a Power Ring.
 
Butcher's Blood (part 21)
21st January 2013
16:18 GMT


Thin tron lines glow red as Orion raises and lowers the hammer, his jaw tense.

"You must focus on each part of your anger and hate. Remember each slight and abusing. Picture them clearly as you swing the hammer."

Given that he's had no training for this or experience with a power ring, Orion's current record of five unified strikes seems pretty reasonable to me.

"Your manners try my patience."

"Then get angry! There is no need to contain yourself here, godling. Use your passions to fuel your labours!"

Orion brings the hammer down with a little more force this time, but the tiny fragment of ring that had already been created shatters from the mismatch of emotion.

Ping.

Orion's jaw trembles for a moment as the red dust evaporates from the force, but he takes a moment and then raises the hammer once more.

I'm not sure that's the best approach. I'd start with a skeleton of things that make him angry now, and build more complex things from there. But I don't know anything like as much about the red light as I do the orange. Or maybe he's just trying to wind-

Jade taps my left gauntlet.

-Orion up?

She continues to tap… Morse code.

Did he get the red material from the Free Lancers?

Hm. It would make a certain amount of sense. I assumed that they used the gates to get to Sector Five One Nine Seven, but Draan Del Daar could quite easily have moved them himself. And while this system's detection network is pretty darn good, we've never tested it against a hostile maltusian. He could teleport them to this highly shielded underground base without being spotted.

So it's possible. Can I gather more information?

Ping.

I can't see through the walls. More limited scans aren't showing me any traces of their emotions or biology. What..? Else..?

It's his motive again. If he was sending the Free Lancers anyway, was it a fluke? They definitely got to Volkreg before we did. Did he hear that I was asking Kalmin about other rings? Was me doing this just a happy coincidence as far as he was concerned? I mean, Hinon's been making waves, so it's… Not out of the question. Except… I saw orange from him earlier, but no red.

Ah. The red images were slightly different in each location. It might be possible to use empathic vision on them directly to get an idea of whether they're from the places we visited. And it they are…

Ping.

Then I'll be justified in questioning him more aggressively.

It might disrupt what Orion's doing, but given his current success rate I doubt that it will make much difference. Alright. Crank up the empathic vision and see what I can-

The bull lowers its horns and charges and RIP and TEAR and PAIN!

-seeow.

Ping.

That was… Pretty similar. The rampant bull featured pretty strongly, but then again, when would the Butcher not be rampant?

I tap back 'Uncertain, but probably'.

"I am hitting the forge as you insist."

"Any fool can hit a forge with a hammer! I need you to hit it with your soul!"

Ping.

"You want me to..?"

Ping.Ping.

"You're a new god, aren't you?"

"Very well, then." RIGHTEOUS FURY!

The hammers begins glowing a faint red as he strikes the anvil once again.

"I will show you." DIVINE CHASTISEMENT!

Ping ping ping.

"The full extent of my rage!" GODLY WRATH!

The hammer lights up, tron lines shining with blinding light! The forge glows as well, and I can see whatever it is in the troughs flowing to the forge in a series of flickering, rage-filled images.

Jade jerks away, hands clenching into fists and her body crouching slightly as she tries to keep it from affecting her. I'm-.

I'm. No Ophidian. But I… I'm not feeling angry myself. Why aren't..?

I raise my right arm, empathic vision turned up. I can't normally see myself in the way I see other people, but-. Ah. Red light swirls andIt's trying to attach itself to me but it isn't finding anything to attach to before flowing away, drawn to the far angrier Orion and... Jade.

Does this happen when I make a ring? That could be a problem.

Ping.

I turn away from Orion, who continues to swing his hammer with greater ferocity even as he completely loses his rhythm.

Ping!

"That's the spirit! I can nearly feel it myself!"

"Jade?"

"It's-. Making me think of all the things you do that make me angry."

"Normally, I'd be happy to talk about them and see if we can resolve the-."

Her helmet comes up so she can make eye contact through our visors. "That's one of them."

"The underlying issue, but as Orion said, anger feeds anger."

"What keeps it out? Tell me!"

Ping!

In her case? I'd like to say love, but I'm a little more self-aware than that. Given her life to date, not fear or compassion-. Alan. She always seemed relaxed around him, even when he was wearing his ring.

"Hope. Your emotions are the way they are as a reaction against your father. Embrace the idea that you can be a new person. Remember how you-" She nods. "-feel around Alan. Hold on to that."

"It's not… Easy."

Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!

"INFERNAL DEVICE, CEASE YOUR INCESSANT SQUAWKING!"

Orion uses his left hand to rip his Mother Box from his belt and hurl it-.

I try to use a construct to catch it, but it's too slow to form. Instead I activate my armour's flight system and catch it.

Ping.

"I'm sure he didn't mean it."

Orion tosses his hammer into the wall, cratering it up to the handle!

"I MEANT EVERYTHING!"

And then his face starts to… Change.
 
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16:18 GMT


Thin tron lines glow red as Orion raises and lowers the hammer, his jaw tense.

"You must focus on each part of your anger and hate. Remember each slight and abusing. Picture them clearly as you swing the hammer."
I presume Orion isn't doing the thing to Draan's satisfaction, then. Sadly, I get the feeling this will only cause Orion to get angry at them, rather than reflecting on his own stimuli... Talk about failing your 'Assist Other' skill checks. :p

Given that he's had no training for this or experience with a power ring, Orion's current record of five unified strikes seems pretty reasonable to me.

"Your manners try my patience."
Heh. No-one likes a backseat driver, huh?

"Then get angry! There is no need to contain yourself here, godling. Use your passions to fuel your labours!"

Orion brings the hammer down with a little more force this time, but the tiny fragment of ring that had already been created shatters from the mismatch of emotion.
Honestly, that might end up with Draan getting more anger than they expected.

Ping.

Orion's jaw trembles for a moment as the red dust evaporates from the force, but he takes a moment and then raises the hammer once more.
"I know he's annoying, Sweetie. But I think he's honestly offering good advice." At least Orion isn't rage-quitting the process.

I'm not sure that's the best approach. I'd start with a skeleton of things that make him angry now, and build more complex things from there. But I don't know anything like as much about the red light as I do the orange. Or maybe he's just trying to wind-

Jade taps my left gauntlet.
And I suspect the Red light would not benefit from such a structured process. It always seemed more spontaneous and impulsive, every other time I've seen it. Or laser-focused, in the case of Geoffrey Talbot.

-Orion up?

She continues to tap… Morse code.
Ah, not trusting words with Draan floating about freely like they are.

Did he get the red material from the Free Lancers?

Hm. It would make a certain amount of sense. I assumed that they used the gates to get to Sector Five One Nine Seven, but Draan Del Daar could quite easily have moved them himself. And while this system's detection network is pretty darn good, we've never tested it against a hostile maltusian. He could teleport them to this highly shielded underground base without being spotted.
And I see Jade's made the same deduction us readers have been, though our estimate is based on the law of narrative simplicity. You know, don't introduce more elements than you plan to thread into the story.

So it's possible. Can I gather more information?

Ping.
"No, Sweetie, not quite it. Maybe we can let the valve open a little?" And OL is taking the guess seriously. Occam;s Razor, after all.

I can't see through the walls. More limited scans aren't showing me any traces of their emotions or biology. What..? Else..?

It's his motive again. If he was sending the Free Lancers anyway, was it a fluke? They definitely got to Volkreg before we did. Did he hear that I was asking Kalmin about other rings? Was me doing this just a happy coincidence as far as he was concerned? I mean, Hinon's been making waves, so it's… Not out of the question. Except… I saw orange from him earlier, but no red.
That may be why they asked you to do this: Preparing the subject to provide a channel for the Rage Draan can no longer bother feeling.

Ah. The red images were slightly different in each location. It might be possible to use empathic vision on them directly to get an idea of whether they're from the places we visited. And it they are…

Ping.
"Still not right, Sweetie. Let's try... Put your feelings about Him into it?" Careful, OL. Remember what happened last time you poked the Red Light? And the headache?

Then I'll be justified in questioning him more aggressively.

It might disrupt what Orion's doing, but given his current success rate I doubt that it will make much difference. Alright. Crank up the empathic vision and see what I can-
About all Orion's doing right now is producing a lot of sound and fury, signifying nothing. But he is getting angrier and angrier...

The bull lowers its horns and charges and RIP and TEAR and PAIN!

-seeow.
...I bet even the Ophidian has a headache now. Hello there, Butcher. At least you know it's the real thing now?

Ping.

That was… Pretty similar. The rampant bull featured pretty strongly, but then again, when would the Butcher not be rampant?
"Look, Orion, Sweetie... Maybe it's something about the way you're hitting it?"

I tap back 'Uncertain, but probably'.

"I am hitting the forge as you insist."
And the anger is starting to rise, I see. Maybe that's why this isn't working: Orion is still trying to keep it leashed, instead of channeling it down his arm and into the stuff.

"Any fool can hit a forge with a hammer! I need you to hit it with your soul!"

Ping.
"Huh. He might have a point, Sweetie. Maybe we've been going about this the wrong way?"

"You want me to..?"

Ping.Ping.
"Well, it is based on rage... So maybe we can let the leash slip a little, just this once."

"You're a new god, aren't you?"

"Very well, then." RIGHTEOUS FURY!
Ah, it looks like things are about to get loud. In more ways than one. :sneaky:

The hammers begins glowing a faint red as he strikes the anvil once again.

"I will show you." DIVINE CHASTISEMENT!
Yeah, the leash is out of his hand, the Red Dog of War is barking...

Ping ping ping.

"The full extent of my rage!" GODLY WRATH!
"Oh, dear, oh dear, oh dear... This is going to be so bad for someone. Everyone brace yourselves..." ...And someone is going to feel the Dog's bite.

The hammer lights up, tron lines shining with blinding light! The forge glows as well, and I can see whatever it is in the troughs flowing to the forge in a series of flickering, rage-filled images.

Jade jerks away, hands clenching into fists and her body crouching slightly as she tries to keep it from affecting her. I'm-.
The one drawback of letting fly with this much fury... Let's hope it's limited to just this chamber.

I'm. No Ophidian. But I… I'm not feeling angry myself. Why aren't..?

I raise my right arm, empathic vision turned up. I can't normally see myself in the way I see other people, but-. Ah. Red light swirls andIt's trying to attach itself to me but it isn't finding anything to attach to before flowing away, drawn to the far angrier Orion and... Jade.
Enlightenment has all your inputs capped with Orange Light, I guess. That's why external effects slide right off you.

Does this happen when I make a ring? That could be a problem.

Ping.
"Uh-oh!" To be fair, it apparently does take absolute focus on the emotion, just as said way back when. It's just that OL's focus is already absolute, so he doesn't notice it from the inside.

I turn away from Orion, who continues to swing his hammer with greater ferocity even as he completely loses his rhythm.

Ping!
"Sweetie, focus! Don't let the Dog rule you!" Oh, this could be bad. He's going full ham...

"That's the spirit! I can nearly feel it myself!"

"Jade?"
...She must have a good hold of herself, given she's not trying to tear someone's throat out with her little finger right now. (And she probably could, being a ninja...)

"It's-. Making me think of all the things you do that make me angry."

"Normally, I'd be happy to talk about them and see if we can resolve the-."
...OL, slamming the button until it breaks is not how to deal with it.

Her helmet comes up so she can make eye contact through our visors. "That's one of them."

"The underlying issue, but as Orion said, anger feeds anger."
A flame needs fuel, after all.

"What keeps it out? Tell me!"

Ping!
"Orion! Let's try to bring it down a notch, Sweetie!"

In her case? I'd like to say love, but I'm a little more self-aware than that. Given her life to date, not fear or compassion-. Alan. She always seemed relaxed around him, even when he was wearing his ring.

"Hope. Your emotions are they way they are as a reaction against your father. Embrace the idea that you can be a new person. Remember how you-" She nods. "-feel around Alan. Hold on to that."
Seems like the best option. Everything else can fan the flames the Red Light is sparking.

"It's not… Easy."

Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!
"Orion! It's too much! Stoooop!" Oh, boy. I think this might get messy...

"INFERNAL DEVICE, CEASE YOUR INCESSANT SQUAWKING!"

Orion uses his left hand to rip his Mother Box from his belt and hurl it-.
I mean, he probably has her tinkling in his head nearly all the time, given his innate rage, but in this case...

I try to use a construct to catch it, but it's too slow to form. Instead I activate my armour's flight system and catch it.

Ping.
"Owie." ...Familiarity is breeding contempt. And contempt is fuel for the fires of Rage.

"I'm sure he didn't mean it."

Orion tosses his hammer into the wall, cratering it up to the handle!
Orion, don't you say it! There are some things you can't take back!

"I MEANT EVERYTHING!"

And then his face starts to… Change.
...It's time, folks! Baha Men, hit it! :D

...And the Red Dog of War is loose. Let's hope he's not too rabid to forget what he's supposed to be doing. Because that Red Ring still needs forging, before he tries to rip out the throat of the disembodied Draan Del Daar. ...And I get the feeling he could manage it, in this state. Let's just hope they can get the leash back on him afterwards, though.
 
He brought along an Indigo Lantern who looks a bit like an octopus. Presumably he can do hope, and I haven't seen his face on any wanted posters so I have plausible deniability.
What did he look like post transformation?

I started my journey with an X-com/MLP crossover fanfiction,
What was the crossover setup? Alien invasion of Equestria? Ponies finding themselves stranded on Earth during the X-Com era?

Honestly, Lantern Grayven, I just want this to be over. If you ever encounter your reality's version of Sinestro, please omit this from your records.
Poor Sinestro emulation.

"I'm not totally sure that he's dead, but I suspect that Nylor Truggs killed him and a bunch of other people with his robots. And despite his skills, Ra's al Ghul isn't-. Wouldn't be anything like as useful as Kalmin."
Someone refresh my memory. I remember that in the very early chapters Paul sniped Ra's al Ghul, observed how he was brought to the Lazarus Pit, then destroyed it and sniped him again. What happened to Ra's al Ghul after that? And how was Nylor Truggs involved. Sorry, but it's all so long ago.

Honestly, I remember the destruction of the Light in the Renegade story, but many of the details from the main story elude me right now.

[Gestures towards the Story Only thread]

Somewhere in there.
Are you sure? I don't remember any Nylor vs his employees situation.
 
Someone refresh my memory. I remember that in the very early chapters Paul sniped Ra's al Ghul, observed how he was brought to the Lazarus Pit, then destroyed it and sniped him again. What happened to Ra's al Ghul after that? And how was Nylor Truggs involved. Sorry, but it's all so long ago.

Honestly, I remember the destruction of the Light in the Renegade story, but many of the details from the main story elude me right now.
As Sportsmaster was apprehended, an offscreen competition for his replacement was held. The winner was whoever could get rid of Ra's, as Paulphidian's actions stripped him of all his usefulness to the Light. Truggs won, so he became the Light's middleman for a good while.
 
Yeah, that would be his rage face.

Poor Mother Box, hope he apologizes to it later.
Well, that demands a bit of Gunny Hartmann...



Now that I think of it, if there's any human who could wield a red ring without losing control and/or just failing to operate it properly, it'd probably be a Marine drill sergeant who's been stuck doing that job for the past decade-plus and is just done with all the fuckin' boots he keeps getting sent every 13 weeks... yeah, they're damned good actors (it's impossible to actually be that pissed off 24/7), but there's a huge amount of concentrated, distilled, long-festering Hate that builds up beneath the surface from all the frustrations involved!
 

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