No promises generally, but I did go back and rewrite that whole encounter.
I expect those of the Light without the ability to simply leave Earth or counteract the Anti-Life somehow are holed up in deep bunkers somewhere. Still, if it keeps them from getting up to mischief...
Best to remember that trick, OL, you're going to have to do it again, a lot.
Evidently so, and presumably angry at the Dhorians.
Because even if she is a super-strong young woman, she is still a young woman, and rather slender in places.
Pins and needles of a sort, perhaps? Guess they Gonged her when they brought her aboard, and it has only been a couple of hours tops.
But if it involves punching people, you'll be his first choice. Eiling's a little too violent.
To be fair, if she was Gonged, I doubt she had the luxury of looking around when they lugged her in here.
Because why would you have the thing keeping captives in their cells shut off if interfered with?
I mean, some peoples might think otherwise, but the Dhorians? I don't think so.
Just ignore Truggs, he'll wear himself out. I doubt he can contribute in any meaningful way beyond snark.
If he does that, feel free to freeze his testicles. It's not like it'd be permanent.
Let me guess, you think he has some trick to help out? And really, I doubt he's going to stop /Wave'ing at you.
Gee, how nice. Tell me, those nice bio-modded lungs of yours up to countering that?
Yes, yes. Do catch up to the point where you have a relevant and useful observation?
What, you don't want to break something after what the Dhorians put you through?
...He didn't suggest it to Mannheim, did he? OL, feel free to cold-gun his meat-and-two-veg yourself...
I wonder if OL can work out how to torture someone with their greatest fear by talking to Truggs long enough?
God, I can already see his smug grin. And I want to put a brick through it.
Or better yet, leave off with the winding up and keep your observations limited to useful things.
Stop fishing for information, Truggs. You do realise your continued survival is an optional objective here?
Ah, so it's not just OL he likes to wind up. He's just a mouthy tw@t. With little survival instincts.
This guy isn't worth the effort. Besides, OL has first claim on the eventual arse-kicking.
...Can you discreetly arrange to leave him behind when you leave?
Just asking.Yes, he seems to grab the villain ball at every opportunity and hump it like it's his girlfriend.
And then they'd get dragged right back into the situation they just got out of, and this time the Dhorians won't be overconfident.
I get the feeling they were expecting to be taking live samples home.
...Great, looks like this is going to turn into an escort mission...
OL no longer has that sword, the angels destroyed it. Also I don't think he knows about the reincarnate bit.
OL knows about it. That's why he had the authorities look out for someone with "Theo's" description after he made mincemeat out of the First of the Fallen.
Paul had the perfect opportunity to kill Truggs. Why in the name of all sanity, sense and logic would he not take it?
Because his plot armor is stronger then LePaul's.
Unfortunately for the SI, the Angel Kings destroyed his version of the Sword of the Fallen.
Calling one? He could. There's a chance that it would fly off the finger of an Orange Lantern in space or in combat and get them killed, or that it would take a long time to arrive. Even dragging an Orange Lantern along wouldn't exactly be quick.
Because 'he annoyed me' isn't a good reason to kill someone, and while Truggs is a murderer he's nothing like as bad an Mannheim.
No, that's correct.
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You know, I was JUST wondering about him...
Clever way of dealing with that!
Thank you, corrected.
It... Wasn't that hard. I write one on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, two on Saturday and two on Sunday. And what I wrote had little to do with the version I originally envisaged.
Ah, Luna and the Renegade have found themselves in Dream-Baghdad? Though they're visiting in different circumstances to OL and his group, I rather imagine many of the details are the same. At least they're wise enough not to visit a bazaar while they're there.
...She wears it well, though. Perhaps you can convince her to make a copy for the bedroom, Renegade.
I expect he's thinking of her as a supernatural spirit rather than a mundane woman. And those deserve cautious respect.
Well, he certainly raised it to greatness. Just not in the way you thought he meant, eh, Caliph?
He may well have gone too far, with the stripping away of the dreams. Leave a little of the magic, enough to let them remember the wonder...
Given some of his other weaknesses in the comic, I'm not surprised he's a little loosey-goosey with the laws.
And I suspect that's a matter of self-deception to allow him that little sin.
Goodness, Renegade. An unexpected reaction to the Caliph's actions. Something hitting you right in the Godhead?
A little something of your other passenger lingering, Renegade?
Pfft. You'd think they'd notice the sound of that heavy wood cracking...
And so he's probably also diplomatically skilled enough to be tactful about mentioning it. Especially if said guest also fixed it.
Yeah, believing in the old gods of Kahndaq might well count, yes. But don't let that stop you.
Hoo boy, is that going to be a meeting and a half.
Ah, a portal directly into Ahri'ahn's dream-realm? I expect that's how they got to meet him so easily.
Heh. Given that Dream himself is like the third-oldest of the siblings that are the embodiments of those rules, I would say so.
Well, that can be dealt with, given the opportunity to get close enough to him...
On the less optimistic side, I suspect Ahri'ahn would have felt that little power move, and is suddenly very concerned.
...Are you talking about yourself, Renegade, because that doesn't sound much like you.
And It often is conflated with the Prescence.
Heh. Good point. I suspect most peace achieved by Apokalips is the peace of the grave. And even that might not be guaranteed.
Even if said principles so sound a little childish to some ears.
Well, he's in the clear now to plant a boot up Ahri'ahn's ass.
If he puts it just the right way, perhaps.
True, being directly empowered by his gods, and having a more or less direct line to them, would make it tricky.
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Thank you, corrected.
That version of Baghdad had enough foreigners in it that it didn't strain Ahri'ahn to change a few particulars.
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