Well we know that gods don't get much respect, so maybe their priests also don't get it.
And one out of two isn't bad!
Rich enough to offer to finance a project for Lex Luthor and tell him he'd want to see receipts.
No, though it's pretty rare
I think you might still be younger than I was when you started this story, or not much older.
How often does Zatanna use this spell? Because I imagine overuse could have adverse side effects. Also, that should say 'sets'.
Does this mean they now believe Ahri'ahn is behind this? Or are they only going to attack the zombies?
Probably more than she should.
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Oh, ho? A Chapter of third-person omniscient involving Zatanna's perspective? This is a rare treat. can't write first-person all the time, after all. And it looks like she hasn't been idle in her research process.
I suspect he likes to be able to see their emotions as he talks. Even without looking deeper, he can sense the most surface-level spikes, after all. And it ensures that he's talking to the person he needs to rather than some flunky...
...Though I doubt Sandy would fob something like this off on anyone else.
Wouldn't be much use unless it was a compilation of much older documents. ...Which it probably is, given the comment. Maybe they wanted people to exercise their minds while they studied?
And really, having him personally obligated to you can be as terrifying as his anger. Because he takes that shit deadly serious.
And given that even small quantities of it can be like a powerful, reusable narcotic, it's likely people take considerable care with it if they know what they're doing.
Since by its nature, the Dreaming and its essence are so capricious that the spell might not do want you want by the time you finish casting it.
And by eliminating what it isn't, you get closer to what it might be.
Nice of her to be polite even with the apparent misunderstanding.
Ah, what some archaeological scholars wouldn't give for that spell...
Still interesting, given the people involved.
...Self-duplication spell? Because I suspect that's more than a few people's fantasy.
Not impossible, given how many OL and Nommo just fought. I'm guessing OL hasn't thought to update them yet, has he?
The skeleton alone would save a lot of energy spent on structural integrity.
The drawback of having another you to talk to is that because you think the same way, you tend to agree with each other a lot.
...That's just a little bit depressing. At least she's getting contact with other supers her age with the Team, at least?
I shudder to imagine how weak a foundation that would be, even if it hyper-compressed instantly...
...Or he recalled it from wherever it had been sent back in the day.
That seems to be the biggest question. Ahri'ahn has a very specific idea of what Atlantis should be like, and he or someone else is trying to make it be the way he wants it to be.
Which would be a modest part of why she's so reviled, I expect.
Short of asking him directly, it's hard to guess at that sort of thing.
The atlanteans have had three thousand years or more to adapt to the situation. The biggest objection they have is that he doesn't seem to be accounting for any of it, because 'that's not the way we did it.'
...What if he's so mad he isn't even aware that he is? Some subconscious part of him is doing all these things? Because a mage that old (actively living or not) is bound to have some very peculiar quirks.
As far as he's concerned, maybe the clay zombies are protection? A contingency in case of external threats.
...What happens if one of her doesn't decide to merge? I mean, both of her think the same way, but... That would be a very strange battle of wills.
Ah, repression and willpower. Always useful for overcoming psychological problems... (Not entirely, really.)
Right, from one end of the trouble to another.
It could be something kept deeply hidden from the mainstream. Some mystery cult working on their own plans...
Right. Magic time. Split again, or...
...Ah, the magical equivalent of reverse image search. Modern wizards!
Hmm... Interesting that it's so small. Some personal journal no-one ever bothered to inspect before, I wonder?
That depends on what it's influencing people to consider joyful.
Let's hope they aren't jumping the gun here... But everything does point to this being bad stuff.
So he's half-perfect for elseworlds and oddities like timeline zigzagging. The other half of elseworlds stories generating fangasms and acclaim when things line up closely with existing canon, character behavior, etc. Or he'd be fun for fanfiction, though that kind of snobbish attitude would really hamper building up a fan following.
Either this entire line should be italicised, or 'She knew-'
'they'
'nods'
'not a photograph'
'she'
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I think that should say 'no'.
There is a chance it wasn't accidental as well and instesd Ahri'ahn, when researching how to raise Atlantis, found out about her (if he didn't already know her) and resurrected her to assist him with all of this.
Always important to know because no one stays dead in superhero settings.
I take it he's adopted some modern infrastructure in the year or two since Jivan entered his apprenticeship. Unless the computer is powered by a tiny storm elemental or some such, and linked to the outside world by sympathetic magic internet.
In a way, it's a modern kind of magic. Click the thing, it does a thing. Most people don't know squat about the programming and calculations and communications done behind the scenes to make their Facebook appear in their browser, or whatever they're doing...
Heh, like an indulgent grandfather. I see he's enjoying himself now.
Ah, of course it's a local site. Not sure things like Google even exist in the DC-internet. It's hard to actually search for that sort of thing, it just brings up official and fansites for DC the company.
Because the world is far more connected these days, and you cannot squat in your valley forever, elder. Satellite scans can probably detect it from thousands of miles above, beyond the range of any concealment spell. Or if they work on it, then software can recognise errors in the geography where it is concealed. Better to manage knowledge of your existence yourself, than let someone else do it.
Ah, the social media generation. The next age of superheroes is going to be an online one, I suspect.
Heh. Little kids around people they don't know. I doubt it's the first time he's seen anyone as dark as Nommo, but it's not impossible. Plus if he's in his fabulous superhero outfit...
Well, making a mist is a decent superpower, especially if they can control other kinds of vapour or even aerosols...
...Right, performing even a simple spell like that in the presence of both the ruler of the country and his heir might have been a little much. Good thing you have OL to vouch for you.
Ah, children's questions. I wonder if he's expecting to be sent off to study or something so 'the grown-ups can talk'.
Well, he's certainly up on his world affairs. Though I suspect his magical training was far along enough for him to have been aware of it.
It's good to see he's mellowed out a bit since his first run-in with modern superheroes.
How cute, he's trying to seem mature.
Interesting choice to start off with a little small talk like that.
Too much hassle to be in charge, eh? Or just a general sense of 'people can govern themselves without me poking my nose in.'
I suspect it was a case of just missing each other, taken on the scale of decades rather than minutes.
A good point. The world was a lot less open then, more compartmentalised by the nature of ancient kingdoms to prefer smaller territories to some degree.
I wonder what the sub-continental nations will think of learning of a powerful magical nation hidden away between their borders? If nothing else, Rama Khan's bearing and character might appeal to some cultures.
Heh. Sidestepping the courtesies with direct action. His right as their host.
As good a cover as any for the League's investigation. After all, considering the upheavals it made when it rose, just imagine the trouble if it sinks a third time.
And that should be significant to him, certainly.
Adom is probably still recovering from his ordeal during the Anti-Life, and setting matters right within the region.
He's a little kid, he's probably gonna find the violence cool.
Because there is a definite distinction between the two. Knowing how it's done will make it easier for it to be undone.
Ah, lured by the pretty face and golden locks. Many a man's downfall.
That would have been an interesting alternative setting. But she was just too damaged to make a happy family.
Founding members of what the wiki calls the 'League of Ancients'. Sounds like Rama Khan got lucky.
Ooh, good thinking, OL. Never assume someone is dead until you confirm their body is properly dead. And even so, there's always necrourgy.
The League of Ancients, as seen in the 'Obsidian Age' story arc of Justice League. Sela, the Anointed One and Tezumak were an african warrior demigodess, a sort of proto-superman from a pre-abrahamic hebrew faith and an ancient South American blood-powered warrior, respectively.
Not necessarily.
Found another error. That should say 'if'.
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Yes, basically.
These guys plus Adom. I also shifted them back 2000 years so that they were closes to the end of green North Africa.
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Goodness me I hope not.
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I'm hoping any influence she has on her son is minimized, since I doubt she'll rethink her worldview any time soon.
Yikes...Is she having daily fits screaming about her religious beliefs to Jivan?
