I don't think he is.
Thank you, corrected.
It's not really relevant. New Gods grow in power by forcing others to act in accordance with that New God's nature. Specifically fleeing here doesn't really do anything; the SI achieved an objective and Mannheim wasn't specifically trying to stop him. The fact that he's successfully oppressed a pantheon is more significant, and even that isn't as big a deal as literally putting them on tap.
The only reason i'm not giving you the stink eye right now is because you correctly placed this story in the SFW section of the forum.
Ah, working with the bondage Eldar gladiators not proving pleasant, P'ol? At least you're done suffering through their presence for now. Hopefully their efforts didn't go unrewarded, and you got some useful information out of the devices they were working on...
In other words, more comfortable than a slightly springy slab of wood.
Honestly, you're not missing much. Tau females don't have much to show off, regardless of what /tg/ Memes would have you believe. (Admittedly, the first example is an Ethereal, but still...)
Ah, the joy of not having reached Enlightenment.
All tall, and slender, and bending over unnecessarily-like...
'Skimpy' does not do the term justice in some cases.
And the more skilled they are, the less they wear. outside of some thigh-high boots and strategic armour, the best may as well be naked.
Well, someone was being distracted, but it wasn't them, shall we say?
Heh. Good to see her experience with humans is starting to pay off in understanding him.
Imagine having to sit there watching as an entire troupe of super-models in body-paint parade about around you... Eldar or not, that's got to be straining (..on his pants!)
Given how hard they fall into the uncanny valley, you'd really have to be a xenophile to want them. Or a horny, heretical degenerate.
Honestly, P'ol, I know you SIs can be dense, but...
I mean, he wouldn't say 'no' if you offered...
Probably a reasonably comfortable position for a Tau, given they're digitigrade ungulates. That is, they walk on hoof-like feet.
Heck, he had to go before the homeworld's High Council to make his case for that, among other things.
Kind of impressive, really. Guess the old herd-animal instincts kick in oddly sometimes.
Hey, he's not the first Paul to date a mother, at least.
Bit of an awkward question, especially for someone who might not have had that much experience in this sort of discussion before.
At least there's the promise of some nice, old-fashioned canoodling involved.
Well... that was before the Ethereals, I suppose...
Though I suspect they're more likely to occur out on the borders of Tau space rather than the inner sphere expansions. Less oversight, more fraternisation between castes...
Yeah, I could see that. Not having some on the natural instincts of one of your parents' castes, yet not fitting into the other either.
I'm sure you never actually ask her to do anything she wouldn't want to do. Heck, you can probably feel it if she's not into it anyway.
Hey, some would say 'Flat is Justice!' Others do like a little padding in the right places.
Heh. I wonder if that would make other humans react more positively to her too. Never underestimate the power of blueberry orbs.
Well, I see P'ol intends to make good on that promise.
Ah, true love can bloom.
Oh, my... </takei>
"Oh, no, the Geu'la rogue is about to have his way with me! Whatever shall I dooo?" "...I can just leave, you know." "Noooo..." Ah, living the dream. And giving us quite the entertaining show in the process. Wonder if that'll turn up in 'In Praise of Eros'... At any rate, he's making slow progress on his other project, I suppose. Maybe he needs someone a little more proficient with psycho-reactive systems... Pity such talents are in short supply.
Not unless he also gives them cat ears and a fluffy tail.
Thank you, corrected.
It's not his fault, elves are meant for lewdness.
I mean... That's kind of his own fault given he goes around mindbreaking them...
That should say 'lucky'.
So... He's just going to run away and let Mannheim eat an entire pantheon of gods under the idea that's so long as he gets rid of the Anti Life he can just fix things...
He needs to prepare his plan in order to confront Mannheim at all. Plus, it's not like he was close to the members of the Aztec pantheon.
Ah, a new episode. And from the title, it looks like they'll have to go ahead with OL's plan, come hell and high water. Also, looks like Nuala's going to need to, like, soak in a bath of healing potions at this rate.
No time to explain, just follow orders and haul ass.
I'm guessing Wally's been too busy to brew, or they've been chewing through them in short order.
It'll at least keep her alive, hopefully.
And was apparently succeeding, by the looks of it.
Might not stop him raiding other divine realms, but rebuilding it will at least slow him down.
Hope being the operative word, since you don't know how any of this worked.
Oh, the Orange Light can manage that easily enough. Might burn a lot of charge depending on the arcane content of her biology, but...
Yes, well, 'healing' ray, not 'regeneration' ray, after all.
Do you want to pay the toll for getting them to use it, though?
What with her having been on the outs with the Queen for quite some time. Turns out choosing not to use a glamour is a bit offensive to the Lady.
Erebos is also likely cut off, in that case.
And given how much work everything needs to be rebuilt, healing one person is a worthwhile start.
...Ooh, right. Reminds me of Final Crisis, where a dying Darkseid went 'fuck it' and tanked Earth's everything.
The hard part is trying to prepare for the unforeseen in such cases.
Oh, right. He was on his own for quite a while there.
I still suspect she was a later addition to the Pantheon, and thus low on the totem pole compared to some of the more well-known deities. And there's probably not much room for advancement in these things.
In over his head and struggling to stay afloat. Not the best place at this stage.
Then again, he probably has whatever passports the gods used to get around quickly. Because I doubt they had to walk the mountain of razor-sharp glass or any of the other trials if they wanted to go somewhere.
Japan's divine corporation is probably too wary to be taken in. The American heartlands, though... They're probably already conquered.
Good question, Rob. At best, it's a setback they can overcome.
Ah, there's the problem. All this was to get to Melinoé. And with the Olympians unreachable...
Why do I get the feeling this will be one of the things Bats dislikes OL for in future?
...Yeah, that trip is going to be tricky.
Robert clenches his fists, and the stones of the walls reach out and grab them.
Except what happens when Mannheim becomes an old god who can draw power from his believers?
great! So we've just run in a circle. Boy I sure am I glad we went on this adventure, and got to meet interesting new characters like *looks at smudged notes* "smocxoptl" and "shmeep" who appeared in 'DC comics: adventures in zogworld'.
"The yellow lantern candidate hunt didn't pan out. Gonna have to get Bruce to do us a solid here. Where is he, by the way?"
Thank you, corrected.
'behind us'?
'converges'?
Thank you, corrected.
Yes. I definitely didn't forget that he exists.