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Hm. Begin passive interception of local communications.
Is Gravyen Fifty here already?
Besides, never know when you'll need a dimensional portal.Sunset scurries along behind me as I stride in the direction of my 'reinterpretation' of the portal generator Mr Wayne 50 used to break me out of gaol last year. It hasn't been a high priority. My work here and on Tamaran keeps me more than busy enough without worrying about parallel universes as well. I only really built the thing in case… Lynne ever wanted to go back. Some day. Perhaps to visit her grandparents, or… Other relatives? I'll have to look into it when I'm there.
Something else, indeed. Half-truths are great lies."Yes. But I don't know that he's from here originally. He could be Grayven Fifty. Heck, I'm not sure that this universe is really the one I originally came from, so he could be Sixteen and I could be… Something else."
Like a blockchain connection, sort of?"Don't get too excited; I think that's to do with how we're linked to the Source. I doubt that alicorns work in the same way." I stop as the Apokoliptian technology built into the bulkhead confirms my identity. "Though… It could be because Scott came here, and… Our souls touched…"
Make sure they haven't blundered into another disaster, that sort of thing.Though… Huh. Okay, Scott and Barda know I was faking. Fakingish. But the rest of their team probably don't. So I either need to get a message to him that the others won't pick up on, or link up with the remaining Lords again and get an update from them. That.. sounds more sensible, actually. And it will be nice to see them again, see how they're getting on.
Unless you'd like to fling yourself into interdimensional space without protection."-that magic transportation systems tend to have. And we don't have Equestria's coordinates."
Heh. Much better to have hands, yes.I'm also planning to use this to give myself the ability to re-enter Equestria as a biped if the pony thing doesn't work out.
Something in leather perhaps? With shoulder spikes and a black cape?"Fine, but I don't know what conditions are like on the far side, I'm a known would-be alien conqueror and you're not properly equipped."
Ah, so it's not just the Justice league. She's going to learn the hard way to do so.I regard her in puzzlement. "Did you actually read the mission report?"
...And suddenly the title of the episode makes sense...A-ah-h. "Okay, I'm happy to have you along, but you need to read the file and you need to get some armour. I helped their new global-tier super team gain acclaim by going full alien hamlord conqueror, so we can't expect a positive reception."
...Did you just leave her in a locked room? Ha!-boom tube opens up. Now, that.. should open up in the Chihuahuan Desert, so there's not much chance of me being spotted. Still, need to move quick. I jog through the portal as Sunset tries to work out how to magically hack the bulkhead door that can only be opened by a New God.
Indeed!
How long has it been since he's just flown anywhere, I wonder?Nearest settlement of any size is… Las Cruces. Can't use hush tubes from here, boom tubes would risk drawing attention. Low level flight it is, then. I rise a short distance off the ground and begin flying north.
Assuming there's no secret spy-software in this parallel's internet that immediately lets Batman know about certain search keywords.A detailed examination will have to wait until we reach Las Cruces. Internet cafes are still a thing, aren't they?
There's a chime from the bulkhead and I demand it's obeisance.
Clearly separated quotes and responses? Who are you and what have you done with the real Chojin?
Indeed. I think in the morning, i'll go through and change my older posts to the same format. It won't matter much to us now, but it might make it easier on future readers.Clearly separated quotes and responses? Who are you and what have you done with the real Chojin?
Thanks, much more readable.
I believe that was one of renepauls fears aswellEverytime it gets brought up that RenePaul identity is being overwritten by Grayven the more it reminds me that this is one of my personal horror nightmares. Losing ones self-identity and sanity is a fear of mine.
Much more readable. Thanks.
Not really. The SI's mage slayers are magic items. That particular restriction is only a big problem with really powerful items, not minor ones.Is it just me or does Renegade put way more magic items in his subspace storage than Paul does? It's probably murder on his charge reserves...
He is going to Equestria in a few months.He's pointedly not thinking about darkseid and the possibility that he'll need it to run away from him if he attacks before he's ready, isn't he?
Lateral compared to any of the four standard dimensions. I thought that was well-implied by the reference to going to a different parallel.
For all we know, they DO happen very frequently. I specifically pointed out that the probability of it being a change that you would even notice would be very low -- the divergence could be somewhere you'll never perceive or interact with.If the cause for the divergence is still a change in the past that propagated chaotically (and just so happened to end up with almost everything the same) you'd still be likely to find other changes of similar magnitude at a similar frequency, or more probable changes at much higher frequencies. And a change from "a" to "e" is one of many, many possible changes of that sort of magnitude, so if that happened even once, then in all likelihood switches happen very frequently. Frequently enough that I'd suspect that it'd be rather noticeable, because small objects would be slightly changing positions around you thousands of times per second like something out of the quantum realm.
Not really. The SI's mage slayers are magic items. That particular restriction is only a big problem with really powerful items, not minor ones.
He is going to Equestria in a few months.
He may have. He may have.Doesn't Paul have all of the magic items that he carries around have a feature that makes them less draining to carry related to being 'off' when not in earth's magical fields? That definitely made it *seem* like it's somewhat larger than that.
No.I'm curious about how the green light priests work in general, and particularly whether there are actual green light using mages in there order,
Like a Lantern Corps?more detail about the philosophies they teach and so on.
It's a shame that Paul hasn't gotten much in space that will help the team or league...
I'll try and put another one in this episode.
Taking the binding chains out of subspace takes more power than I really want to spend, but the new generation sort of cuts out when not in contact with the Earth's arcane fields and so isn't quite as bad.
Yep, though I'm not sure how much of the rest of his stuff has that feature.He may have. He may have.
I'm assuming that you're referring to a Word of Zoat I've long since forgotten here.
No.
Like a Lantern Corps?
I'll try and put another one in this episode.
Various things updated. Not sure how many links are the same, mind.
I missed this one.There wasn't really much doubt, but my smile grows a little at the news anyway. "-of in excess of one thousand individuals as well as lesser offences too numerous to mention. Though it is likely that we will never know the precise magnitude of your evil the law demands only one sentence. Captain!"
Colonel Fang bows to the bench and then barks an order.
You missed this.... Captain Fang looks at me briefly before his eyes drill into Tao, who cringes slightly in response. I take my place just behind him and place a hand on his shoulder where Kon's body prevents Captain Fang from seeing it.
...and this.**Savage, Klarion, Red Guardsman, One Deadly Bother and August General in the meeting hall.
Should be General, obviously.Colonel Fang nods politely. "Miss Wayland."
She bows again, a little nervously. "Congratulations, General Fang. Missus Hu."
Wait a moment. If all it's done is make the water a solid unit. Ring, subspace it.
Should that be 'than I'm used to'?
And when you killed your own sliced up your own pet Demon with a sword-."
If the ring is transmitting the message directly into Paul's brain, shouldn't Amalak's text be orange?Ring, is Amalak wearing a communication device?
Confirmed.
Anything you feel like contributing, Commodore?
Keep me alive and I will reward you well.
"Orange Lantern Two Eight One Four reporting for duty, sir."
The sense of yellow I'd been getting from our audience noticeably dips. Ring-based facial analysis -of the humanoids anyway- suggests curiosity and wonder. Perhaps they think the Controllers were expecting me? At least I don't appear to be seeking a fight.
…
How long is he going to-?
"Come."
There's a faint rustle from his robes as he turns, floating just above the ground. That's it? 'Come'? Well. Alright then. I come to my feet and raise my lantern high with my left hand.
"Ophidian. Return."
"Yes, my Agent."
She twists in the air, shrinking as she comes closer. The Controller slows in his passage, turning his head slightly to catch a glimpse of the Embodiment of Avarice flying back into my personal lantern.
No, he's not looking at the lantern. The lack of pupils makes it hard to tell-.
He looks away again.
My lantern flickers as the Ophidian completes her entry, some of the air cars around us resuming their journeys. Most seem content to watch me follow my nominal superior inside the Controllers' building. Through the entrance and… From this side there isn't a door. Very nice.
"I was hoping for a little more than an 'interesting'. You did get the ship I-."
"It was the property of the Guardians of the Universe. I assume that the wooden boxes were part of your species' funerary traditions."
Should plane be planet?
"If you're missing that Apokoliptian flavour we could beat each other with pain sticks for a while…
I should stop coming up with explanations for contradictions so you'll be forced to come up with your own.
He may have. He may have.
I'm assuming that you're referring to a Word of Zoat I've long since forgotten here.
"You know how useful my subspace storage is. Now, everyone can have it. Just have a load of these lined up somewhere, dial the rune-tag and voila! You can make them small like in this rifle, or handbag size or whatever size. And I can store arcane artefacts without wiping out my power reserves. Here, you want a go?" I move the two mini Gates over to her.
What I thought was greatest about that bit was that Sunset was completely unsurprised that Grayven just left her in a locked room without a key or an unlock code or anything. She just immediately started working on picking the lock, without comment. Just shows the kind of relationship they have.
'Spaghetti posting' isn't banned on this site, and I'm having a little trouble working out which of my lines your lines are a response to.Yep, though I'm not sure how much of the rest of his stuff has that feature.
Shame.
I mean, they can *help*, but it's more about the helping them help themselves than anything. He mostly doesn't seem to have acquired anything that would help empower his teammates...
Thanks!
Did the Hawks ever end up upgunning?
Will try to do in the future.'Spaghetti posting' isn't banned on this site, and I'm having a little trouble working out which of my lines your lines are a response to.
...Sort of? Paul doesn't have access to anything like New God technology from the looks of it, and there's probably a lot that he could get out of original research in areas like glow tech (no ring / lantern glowtech, like the earmuff things that block focusing of desire), qwatech and magitech (though he'd probably have a hard time finding anyone who has expertise on magic in the vast majority of the universe).The SI already has a massive database of alien technology. There isn't really anything -apart from Adam Blake's physiology or the psions' research on X'Hal- that he could get from space that he doesn't already have. The Earth already has better technology than almost everywhere else anyway, the problem is humans not using it.
One of the things that Paul talked about during the Leagues performance review was that the Leagues hawks were just using nth metal melee weapons and nothing else. I don't *think* that they ended up doing anything there, since the 'honor duel' that hawkwoman had with Paul after Nabu seemed to just show her using those alone.
hell there are like five internet cafes in my city.
As far as I remember, he mostly said that the Hawks should focus on the things covered by their pre-Earth background. That Hawkman should be more involved in criminal investigation and Hawkwoman should focus on space defences. Thanagar doesn't really have much in the way of low lethality weapons.One of the things that Paul talked about during the Leagues performance review was that the Leagues hawks were just using nth metal melee weapons and nothing else. I don't *think* that they ended up doing anything there, since the 'honor duel' that hawkwoman had with Paul after Nabu seemed to just show her using those alone.