Mr Zoat
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<Facepalm> Ugh, you'd think things like this would be simple basic training, but nooo, the Guardians want expendable cops...I frown. "Rayner, can you feel your ring?"
"N-."
"Oh, and is that motley of yours armoured?"
"No. I can't feel it and it's not armoured. I don't think I could get any armour on Earth that would stop a gordanian blaster."
Yeah, I don't think we want to see the ring piss off to find a new wielder this soon.Sadly, the closest New Gods have to a 'Jesus Christ' is standing next to me and wearing red, yellow and green and fiddling with his multi-cube. But how is this man still alive?
"Yes, if only you had a device which allowed you to travel to other worlds in search of better equipment. Rayner, I don't care if you want to be a prat when it's just your life at risk, but you're on a team with my brother and I'm not happy about you imperilling him. Here."
Since The Renegade hasn't got as good a relationship with Icon and Rocket, no Kinetic Barrier belt, eh? Then again, it wouldn't do too well against Gordanian beam weaponry anyway.A basic plasmic shield generator attaches itself to his waist.
Methinks Kara's perceptions are a little biased..."You know, Kara tried to tell me you were faking the whole 'alien warlord jerk' thing, but you really weren't, were you? You're an alien, a warlord and a jerk."
"Yes, healing you and upgrading your equipment. What a jerk. Scott?"
Yup, having a wide-open connection to your soul kinda makes it easy to locate you, wouldn't it? You'd think these people would've heard of firewalls?"I think I got him." He nods to himself. "The other Grayven is preventing me from directly tracking his location, but this is an Apokoliptian ship. It's designed to allow the New God commanding it to feel the whole thing."
Just close enough for a paddling, eh?I nod. "And you and your Mother Box can track it back?"
"… No. But I can set up a boom tube that can take us right to him, wherever he is."
Barda pats the head of her mega rod against her left palm. "How close?"
"About ten feet away."
Grayven-50 is far too overconfident for that, even with his close encounter with an Emo-Bomb chunk of Anti-life.Hm. "We'll be surrounded, reinforcements will be upon us sooner rather than later and he can just boom tube away again."
"No, I can stop that. Not.. usually my thing, but 'freedom' includes the freedom to take the consequences. He could run on foot, but I don't think he will."
Well, now. Wonder if this Kyle has the same potential as the pre-flashpoint one...No, me neither. I raise my hands slightly, examining my rings. If we go through Rayner will die. Without a ring, he's basically useless even as a human shield. "Rayner, how good are you at focusing your fear-"
Lantern Grayven?
"-or your avarice?"
And since you're proficient with Ring usage, this would be the second-best option. Best would be securing his own Green ring, but..."'Huh' and 'don't know'." He follows my gaze. "Wait. Do you-?"
"You can't fight like you are."
Ha! Like trying to hack a 50's mainframe."Hang on." Scott fiddles with the multi-cube a little more. "Oan technology should stand out. It's the only major thing around here that isn't designed to conduct God Speech."
Rayner and I watch him for a moment while Barda starts pacing. A moment later his proddings become less sure.
"Which.. also means that there's nothing to connect to it."
"Time to power-level that skill, then... Or just cheat."I shake my head. "Rayner, can you do remote ring control?"
"Yeah, close up. Not from the other end of a huge starship."
Heh. I rather doubt that happened in this universe. Even if Tommy Callaghan existed... Would Bueno Excellente?I sigh faintly and then step towards him, laying my hands on his shoulders. He looks a little puzzled, particularly when I make a point of rubbing them.
Screwed if you do, screwed if you don't. Better to take the option that ups your combat potential anyway."Er… You wanna tell me-?"
"Scott, is him calling the ring enough for you to trace it?"
"Maybe. It might let Grayven know we're here, but since we're going to be moving anyway, I guess that doesn't matter."
Heh, Empowering an ally (if not a vassal yet.)"I'll boost your calling ability. On two?"
He frowns faintly, then nods. "One, two."
Stalwart Retainer's Determination.
"Tastes like almonds... And metal! Whoahoho!"
Of course. Keeping a trophy of Conquest where he can see it probably empowers him a little.Rayner gestures towards one of the walls with his right hand.
"Scott?"
"Not.. sure. I think the ring's in the same place Grayven is."
...Ew.I nod. "Makes sense. Can he use it himself, or have someone else use it? Maybe.. by cloning Rayner's skin to make a glove?"
Shoulda specialised, but nooo, you had to splash the upgrade points around."Why are you asking me about the interactions between New Gods and power rings." He points at my hands. "I'd have thought that you'd be the expert."
"Jack of all trades, I'm afraid. Haven't really studied the interaction in any detail. Last time someone took one of my rings I stabbed them until they gave it back."
It's called 'being a pain-in-the-ass to channel enough Will'. Seriously, Green Arrow tried it once and damn near gave himself an anuerysm."Hm. Well, I expect that the Guardians of the Universe would give it better security than that, but there's still a cachet in wearing one. Particularly to species from Vega."
Boy, this Barda really doesn't like him, does she? Or is she like that with everyone?"Alright." I nod. "Rayner, get your ring back as fast as you can. Barda-."
"Don't tell me what to do."
"I will attack targets of opportunity. You hang back and keep an eye on everything while your good lady wife does as she feels appropriate. All s-?"
Next time, practice more with the Green Light, kid.There's a quiet puff sound as an object-. As Rayner's ring punches through a wall and lands on his finger.
I release his shoulders as construct armour flows over his body. "Good enough?"
"Ask the other Grayven. Watch Scott's back?"
Lock and load.He nods. Right then. Sword of the Fallen as a finisher, daiklave, fusion cannon as a chaff dispenser. Cast Down the Rival.
Scry-and-die time!Barda takes position as close to me as she can stomach and then-
Boom!
-the tube opens and I'm charging through. Grayven's on a command dais head of us and to the left-
If he wasn't ash, I'd say give that guy a promotion...I take a blaster shot to the left shoulder as one of the more on the ball gordanians takes a shot. My return shot incinerates him and the three standing next to him.
Oh, dear. Did The Renegade's attack on Apocalips drive them to throw in with Grayven-50?
Oh, hell! He's got the Omega Effect, at least in part? this fight just went end-game!Grayven's eyes glow for a moment, then a beam of red energy zigzags through the air. I counter by dumping a lump of steel directly into its path. The steal is vaporised when the omega beam hits it, the blast exploding across the room with enough force that I need to reinforce my armour to avoid being knocked back. Barda throws her mega-rod at Bernadeth, who darts aside and draws a short sword. Most of the explosion past, I leap at my alter ego , daiklave slashing at his eyes. He activates his armour, causing it to expand to cover his entire body in solid metal plates, then steps forward, using the thick armour of his left forearm to expertly turn my blade aside.
I raise my gun to shoot him in the face as he fires his omega beams again.
He frowns faintly, then nods. "One, two."
Stalwart Retainer's Determination.
"Oh Whaw. Ring, get over here!"
He nods. Right then. Sword of the Fallen as a finisher, daiklave, fusion cannon as a chaff dispenser. Cast Down the Rival.
This is bad, very bad. Very, very, very bad. Seriously, only kryptonians and Batman have reliably resisted Omega Beams before... And there's a serious lack of either in this fight.
Slight error here, JLAU Omega Beams go through anything that's not a living being.Grayven's eyes glow for a moment, then a beam of red energy zigzags through the air. I counter by dumping a lump of steel directly into its path. The steal is vaporised when the omega beam hits it, the blast exploding across the room with enough force that I need to reinforce my armour to avoid being knocked back. Barda throws her mega-rod at Bernadeth, who darts aside and draws a short sword. Most of the explosion past, I leap at my alter ego , daiklave slashing at his eyes. He activates his armour, causing it to expand to cover his entire body in solid metal plates, then steps forward, using the thick armour of his left forearm to expertly turn my blade aside.
I raise my gun to shoot him in the face as he fires his omega beams again.
Okay, panic was premature. but it's still nasty shit, and Grayven-50's probably got Gordanians armed with Radion weapons, knowing that Scott, Barda and the Renegade are running loose...I doubt Gravy would have any issue with grabbing a Gordonian to use as an alien shield like Batman.
Anyway, Grayven's omega beams aren't as impressive as daddy dearest's.
And being a jerk about it."You know, Kara tried to tell me you were faking the whole 'alien warlord jerk' thing, but you really weren't, were you? You're an alien, a warlord and a jerk."
"Yes, healing you and upgrading your equipment. What a jerk. Scott?
I think he should be using more his orange ring
Now, let the best Conquest win!
Slight error here, JLAU Omega Beams go through anything that's not a living being.
Hence Batman having to dodge it by throwing a parademon into it's path.
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Thank you, corrected.
They did, then Darkseid died...
Oh, so then you retconed their ability to punch through non-living matter.
Could someone explain to me what the Omega Effect actually is? Darkseid's use of it always made me conflate it with Anti-Life usage. I vaguely recall an Alpha Effect as well.
There was also a quote referring to Darkseid as the 'Tiger-Force', which I've always wondered was a reference to something or not.
Should be 'stream'?His head jerks back as the steam of ions hits home, but he manages to redirect the omega beam, the glowing red lines hitting my fusion cannon construct-.
Eh, DCAU Kryptonian, you ain't.Construct, destroying it with enough power left over to severely abrade the armour protecting my right arm. I know that Kal-El could take hits from Darkseid 50's omega beams without being disintegrated or disabled so I.. ssshould be able to do the same. But let's not take a chance.
Heh, literally ringing his bell.Two hammer constructs slam into his head, first from the left and then from the right as I fabricate a quick-drying super adhesive. Kal-El disabled Darkseid 50 by covering his eyes and causing a flashback into his skull, and even if I can't replicate that blinding him would be pretty darn helpful. The hammers fade and fracture as they hit him, so I create a third and bring it down on.
How Exalted of him.He intercepts it with the back of his right hand, obliterating it with casual ease. I stab my daiklave forwards, point aimed once more at his eyes, but he claps his hands around the flat of the blade and holds it in place. Resistance is Futile.
Missing Full Stop.He presses, but the blade survives his effort even as I fail to push it forward
Indeed. He's been Conquest longer, in this universe. (Yes, I know, no Mantling...)I could invest power in it and try and push through, matching my soul against his. But while my rings give me adaptability I'd be astonished if he didn't have the edge in raw power. And-
Surprised his hand didn't get stuck there, but 'quick-drying'...-the daiklave blade snaps, Grayven 50 smiling faintly as the shards fall to the ground. His smile obscured a moment later as I spray his face with my adhesive. I pull my hilt back and -no point keeping it- drop it to the floor as he swings for my face with his left fist. I turn the blow aside as he tries wiping the gunk coating his face off with his right, failing as it flexes under his fingers.
No leverage. Short of wresting him into a chokehold, super-strength is kind of useless here.Okay, with all that armour his face is the only obvious vulnerable spot. Try using the Sword of the Fallen? No, not yet. I use my temporary hold on his left arm to pull him closer and strike his abdominal armour with my right knee. Ugh, the force of the hit lifts him slightly off the ground, but I'm pretty sure that his armour took all the damage. He's not braced against anything, striking isn't going to work.
'Grayven'. Also, right in the face? Ow.Red slight seeps out from the thinner bits of Garyven 50's facemask as ohshit. The covering atomises as a point blank graaagh!
Oh, god, he's quoting movie Bane. What's next, 'I didn't see Life until I was a man.'?"You may use the Anti-Life, but I was born to it. Moulded by it."
Man, that's twice now he's gotten his face beat in Universe-50. He's gotta stop coming here.My face is on fire, every nerve screaming! Eyes blinded or gone. I haven't quite fallen but my stance-.
Oh, boy. He's gone Murderface Prime. "Give me your face!""I was getting tired of seeing my face on someone else's skull."
Situation Now All F'd Up. Time for drastic measure, methinks.He walks calmly towards me, negligently grabbing a guard rail and throwing it to intercept a smash from Barda that would have crushed Bernadeth's skull. Rayner is using his armour to protect him as he takes pot-shots at targets of opportunity, though I see his personal force field shimmer as Doctor Impossible works out the green laser trick. Scott's taken cover from the fire from the remaining gordanian marines and trying to do something with his Mother Box.
'an'. Also: seriously ow.I take a minigun out of subspace and fire directly at Grayven 50's face, solid slugs hitting his still-glowing eyes and causing him to blink and cancel the omega bolt he was preparing. I step forward, and odd feeling coming from my flensed face and my nervous system tries to interpret input from exposed muscles and bone. As we're in near-Earth space my mana siphon will work to reassemble me, but I'm sure that I'm looking the worse for wear right now.
Damn, how thick is that armor?As we close the distance Grayven 50 reaches out and grabs the barrel of my gun, the motor fighting briefly against New God strength and burning out as the muzzle deforms under his fingers. I reach down with my left hand, draw the Sword of the Fallen and stab him in the chest as he smiles, confident in his victory. The Sword pierces his armour easily and-
"Too short a blade."
-doesn't reach his skin beneath before the hilt catches. I jerk it back just before he can bring his right hand down in an attempt to disarm me. Slash, and it turns out that the thick armour on his bracers is enough to prevent me striking his flesh there too. Still makes his head the only viable target.
...Okay, now that's just being cheeky.Then his helmet extends up from his gorget and covers his head as well. Aside from the two glowing red wells which mark the location of his eyes.
'him'.Before he can fully adapt to his new visual field I take an iron beam out of subspace and smack his around the eyes with it before firing a heat beam, melting it onto the front of his new helmet. Doesn't look like it's really sticking, but it should buy me a moment.
Ugh, this is almost as annoying as the pirate fellow with the 'everything-proof' armor.I've got a small radion blaster, but much like how the thanagarian fighters had to blast through my construct armour in order for it to do anything, this armour… Definitely has some non-Apokoliptian elements. I switch my heat beam to a cold beam construct and fire it at his chest as he pulls off the lump of semi-molten metal and throws it at my face. I ignore it as-. No frost build up, his armour is-.
Well, I suppose if you could tank it, you could wear him down... In a few hours...He half-turns to block the shot, interposing his right bracer as I move the construct to keep the puncture in sight. An omega beam lances out of his eye slits and destroys the construct but I'm already changing tack, punching him in the face plates the moment the beam fades away. I - won't - penetrate - it - but - it -doesn't - appear - to - have - a - self - repair - func-.
Seriously, channeling the Omega Effect through his fists? Impressive, but a dick move!There's a click from Grayven 50's bracers. The one I stabbed doesn't really do much, but the other has an unsettling red glow-.
"Agh!"
Whatever healing my face had managed is undone as Grayven hammers his left fist into my face! Not a full-on omega beam but ow! My vision goes for a moment as it disrupts the constructs I'm using to see with, and I fly to the side to dodge any follow up attack as I reinstate them.
Too late for that, methinks...People coming through the boom tube… Granny Goodness. Right, construct armour covering my face and Apokoliptian armour, he's clearly Grayven, let's have her-.
Welp, Called it, Granny has thrown her support behind him. Ugh."Good. Kill my brother, the traitor and the Lantern. I'll finish the imposter."
He intercepts it with the back of his right hand, obliterating it with casual ease. I stab my daiklave forwards, point aimed once more at his eyes, but he claps his hands around the flat of the blade and holds it in place. Resistance is Futile.
I could invest power in it and try and push through, matching my soul against his. But while my rings give me adaptability I'd be astonished if he didn't have the edge in raw power. And-
"But insufficient." Unstoppable Advance!
Whatever healing my face had managed is undone as Grayven hammers his left fist into my face! Not a full-on omega beam but ow! My vision goes for a moment as it disrupts the constructs I'm using to see with, and I fly to the side to dodge any follow up attack as I reinstate them.
"Is that it?" "It appears that I am the superior manifestation of Conquest."
he hammers fade and fracture as they hit him, so I create a third and bring it down on.
and is tryingScott's taken cover from the fire from the remaining gordanian marines and trying to do something with his Mother Box.
Thank you, corrected.Should be 'stream'?
Missing Full Stop.
'Grayven'. Also, right in the face? Ow.
'an'. Also: seriously ow.
'him'.
The Sword of the Fallen is basically a big knife.
Thank you, corrected.
Because he's more concerned of the other Grayven getting the Sword off him and killing him with it. As such, he doesn't actually want to have to do a whole lot of work with it, given that he doesn't have a particularly high skill level.So... Why didn't renegade begin slashing out armor plates with the sword of the fallen? It's the thing best able to cut through the armor, and slicing channels through the upper surfaces, before landing a firm punch or construct strike on the compromised section would likely be good enough to knock out a massive section of the armor.
Because he's more concerned of the other Grayven getting the Sword off him and killing him with it. As such, he doesn't actually want to have to do a whole lot of work with it, given that he doesn't have a particularly high skill level.
Adom was trained to fight with shield and mace, and he gave up using both in his empowered form.Has Renegade tried implanting swordsmanship skills via G-Gnome telepathy? I imagine Teth-Adom may have some experience in that field, if Diana wasn't willing.
The Renegade has no desire to give Mr Near ideas on how killable he is.At this umpteenth time of extreme physical mutilation and blinding, Renegade should probably look into whether he's being metaphysically cursed or something; he should also stop being so overconfident- you'd think Harry Near would advise him about that, assuming there are available and accurate records of Renegade's constant near-deaths. The apparent, and more importantly neverending, hubris is either just a persistent character flaw or a hazard of being a god of conquest (or both).
"Good. Kill my brother, the traitor and the Lantern. I'll finish the impostor."
He should replace them with permanent construct eyes at this point. It would also give him an advantage because he can always change their quality to his desires, and they'd probably look cool.Grayven is starting to be like "MY CABBAGES!". Except, you know, it's his eyes.
"WHY IS IT ALWAYS THE EYES?!"