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So... Grayven has gone full on Nazi Scientist...
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So... Grayven has gone full on Nazi Scientist...
He's not doing a psychiatric experiment, and he's not doing mass-production safety trials at this point. He's researching still, and so he HAS to interview his volunteers in order to collect information about how it's working. It's possible there may be a bit of placebo effect due to this, but sorting that out is something for later.Doesn't telling him about the changes mar the test results? Or is this just for the audience?
You know, this is going to make it rather hard to find the nonstandard updates in the index. Always before, the Renegade parts in normal chapters, or SI parts in Renegade chapters, as well as other various Paul's P.O.V.'s have been clearly marked in the indexes. Now, both are present in one installment, and the fact that a Renegade? snippet appears here is not noted in the chapter index or threadmarks...
Yeah, might be worth changing the thread mark / reposting the second part of the chapter separately.You know, this is going to make it rather hard to find the nonstandard updates in the index. Always before, the Renegade parts in normal chapters, or SI parts in Renegade chapters, as well as other various Paul's P.O.V.'s have been clearly marked in the indexes. Now, both are present in one installment, and the fact that a Renegade? snippet appears here is not noted in the chapter index or threadmarks...
Y U DU DS BRO?
Well, technically, he's just taking one particular brand of mass-market chocolate very seriously. But, yeah, it is his chocolate so he cares deeply about it.
I agree with that in the general case with the improvements Paul is making to the world. However, I fail to see a plausible link between Cadbury's being a better version of itself and that having any impact on chocolate for everyone else.Which generally helps improve chocolate for everyone else even if they don't favor the same brand of chocolate.
Kraft buys Cadbury's -> cheap Cadbury chocolate is worse -> Companies don't have to compete on quality of cheap chocolate -> companies compete on price with Kraft, making taste worse.I agree with that in the general case with the improvements Paul is making to the world. However, I fail to see a plausible link between Cadbury's being a better version of itself and that having any impact on chocolate for everyone else.
Speaking of... I kind of want to see Zoat come up with an original minor villain that wouldn't exist in any other DC canon without Paul being there. Like, buying Cadbury's leads to an angry unionizer becoming Chocolate Man / Kraftsman (sort of like condiment King, but it's all artificial garbage, and therefore more dangerous) - with the goal of ruining Cadbury's forever....
Maybe have Kraft be run by Egghead.
Is Rayner going to be mad that Paul corrupted his student so fast?
Because he was the one earth green lantern not listed as carrying extra gear.
You know, this is probably what got her past the tipping point.
5 green ( 3 regular and 2 recruit)
Yeah, this is part of why a lot of aliens in the know find Earth disturbing.Not all the Lanterns in Sector 2814 are on Earth, for the record.
Yeah, pretty much.
Eh, it's always subordinate to Earth in most people's minds (Sailor Moon notwithstanding.)Beryl catches the newly relaunched Dairy Milk with Biscuit as she walks across the battlements of Sheldrake Castle, smiling as she realises what it is. "How was the moon?"
"Grey, dusty, in orbit around the Earth. Usual moon stuff."
"You know it's technically a dwarf planet."
For reference, that's the pont of orbital rotation of two large-mass bodies in mutual orbit."The barycentre is under the Earth's surface. If it wants to be its own planet then it's free to leave. Ready?"
And she's so used to Ring transition that she doesn't even react. Boy, rookies to the team have a lot of experiences to look forwards to, don't they?"Yes, let's get this-"
I attach a filament to her head and transition-
18th February
07:00 GMT -6
-us to the St Roche zeta tube. While I could have gone right to Mount Justice -it's not like our principal enemies don't know exactly what we use it for- I feel that a minimal effort to keep random tourists from visiting all the time is worthwhile.
"-show on the road."
One case where a Silent Mode is not needed...She steps lightly into the zeta tube-
"Recognized, Squire, B One Five."
-and I follow her through.
18th February
08:01 GMT -5
"Recognized, Orange Lantern, B Zero Six."
With lots of random disappearances and hilarious confusion, no doubt.Batman's briefing isn't for another half an hour, and we'll be splitting up into sub-teams for planning after that. Actually carrying the mission out could be an all-weekend thing, which makes me very glad that I got out of returning to school. I really don't know how the others manage it.
Thank goodness. For now. Hopefully OL can dissuade her from any ambitions in that respect..."Arisia, right? I'm Squire. Pleased to meet you."
Beryl walks over to greet our team mate, who smiles politely back at her. Unlike Ghia'ta, Arisia is living off-base. I'm… Aware of the relationship between her and Jordan in the comics, but I.. don't think anything like that is happening here. Given that she's wearing an actual uniform rather the corset and miniskirt that she ended up wearing in the comics I'd guess that she's still in wide-eyed fangirl mode rather than actively trying to seduce him.
I hope so, anyway.
Definitely. gotta build that reputation bonus with new NPC Allies, after all.Living out of the mountain is probably a good choice for her. Unlike Ghia'ta, Arisia can actually pass as human; I've seen plenty of fake tans producing stranger shades of skin than that and her hair covers her ears pretty well. With us being on separate teams yesterday and her and Jordan leaving the moment we were all back we didn't get much of a chance to talk, which is something I need to fix.
I'm sure she's had plenty of words from Kilowog and Jordan about that. No need to remind her..."Like-" Her eyes alight on me for a moment, then she gives Beryl her full attention. "-wise."
"Aren't you one of the Green Lantern trainees who attacked Paul when he visited Oa?"
She looks away awkwardly. "That.. was a mistake."
Might want to shave some of that teenage aggression down a peg..."'Attacked' might be overstating it. I assume that Kilowog and Jordan have gotten your construct strength up a little since then?"
"Do you want to find out?"
Ring glow… Yes, that's a little bit brighter than when we met -I'm not going to think 'fought'- on Oa, and I'm sure that it'll be easier to focus in a scheduled training spar rather than a random encounter like our original meeting.
Which I bet he still wishes could have been otherwise."I will have to get an idea of what you can do, but this isn't really the time. Did Jordan tell you about our regular all-Lantern training sessions?" She nods. "Are you coming along, or does he want to make sure that you're up to it first?"
"I'll be there."
"Good show. Alan's wanted to teach someone for a while, but he couldn't teach me when I was first starting and-."
Ah, Beryl. So observant. As for Arisia, she's in for a treat. and a lesson or two."What-" Beryl is looking at my left hand. "-happened to your third ring? Did you recruit someone again?"
"Not exactly. I gave it to Ghia'ta to experiment with. The Zamarons were rather down on the orange light and I want her to learn that it isn't as toxic as she's been led to believe. Now, Lantern Rrab, the reason why I wanted to talk to you before we get our marching orders today is that I want to go over your equipment."
And there's her first lesson: Tool, not Weapon."Equipment? I only needed armour for low gravity training because I wasn't allowed to use my ring. Power rings are the most powerful and adaptable weapon in the universe."
Second lesson: Earth is Bullshit Crazy.I raise my left hand and flare the two I'm still wearing. I had wondered why she only wanted a minimalist setup yesterday, but I assumed that was because she didn't have time to train with something more sophisticated before we were due to start.
"Yes. Rings.. alone.. aren't enough on Earth. You remember the armour I was wearing on Oa?" She nods. "It shouldn't be too hard to fit you out with something like that. Solid protection against a wide variety of attacks, several useful integrated systems and as a Lantern you can store it in subspace when you're not using it. You'll also need a spell eater, or some other form of magic protection."
This isn't a fashion show, Recruit. Altering the size would alter the capacity...Arisia glances at Beryl, who nods and pulls her own amulet out of her tabard to show her.
"Does Graxos have a native magic tradition? I've never visited."
"No it.. doesn't. But I've been enough in Hal's fil-. Ah, Lantern Jordan's files to take it seriously. Can you make one fit a bracelet?"
Eh, the burn is a good warning of magical attack."Bracelet, no. Bracer, yes. But a necklace might be better; magic artefacts take a lot of charge to move into or out of subspace and if it starts to overheat you might need to get it off quickly."
"Do you have a version which doesn't catch fire?"
"You just want me to take my shirt off, don't you?""Certainly. How do you feel about tattoos?"
"W-? Why?"
Beryl nods at me, grinning. "You should show her."
She wants to see what's so fascinating, doesn't she? At least he asked this time. I remember that time he doffed his shirt without warning and dazed a couple of young ladies. (Don't ask for a chapter reference, I don't remember it that well.)"Beryl, I'm in a relationship."
"You wear less on the beach. Come on, everyone should see your tattoos at least once."
I sigh quietly, then look at Arisia. "Do you want to see my tattoos?"
"Um. Yes?"
And I think he just got Arisia's interest in more ways than one, there.I subspace my shirt and jacket. "I'm not sure if the people who did these-" She's staring intently. "-could make them work on an alien, but they're what I use to throw off basic ring scans and they work on normal magic tracking as well. So anyway; spell eater, and I want to start getting you used to heavier armour and training to use conventional weapons."
Jacket back on and ignore Beryl's disappointment. I don't think that she's in danger of becoming Zatanna Mark 2 so much as expressing a health interest in the other sex as is perfectly normal for a young woman of her age, but I'm still not.. entirely comfortable with the situation.
Seriously, her family must be badass for so many lanterns. Also telling that so many were recruited in such a short time..."I don't know about armour. Lanterns usually-."
"Arisia, how many members of your family have died in the service of the Green Lantern Corps?"
Her face grows sombre. "All of them. My grandfather, mother, father and uncle have all died for the good of my Sector."
And this is where OL rolls out the construct display racks of armor and weapon designs..."You're on my team now. Part of mine. Which means that keeping you alive is my responsibility. Orange Lanterns wear armour and you will too because your death is not acceptable to me. Four members of your family are dead and Earth is more dangerous than your Sector. You might be some sort of one-per-generation power ring genius who doesn't need it but most people do. Guy Gardner wears armour and carries a sidearm, as do Lantern Stewart and Lantern Savenlovich. Do you think you're better than the Host of Ion?"
She takes a thoughtful breath. "No. Okay, I see your point. What do you have in mind?"
Wait since when was Savenlovich a lantern? is something screwy going on?
a Death World is a place where the environment and native animal are out to get you, giant animal, super plant and hyper weather make a Death World
She got the position when Hal and Guy were promoted to Honor Guard. It made Paul all nettled because Alan didn't get it.Wait since when was Savenlovich a lantern? is something screwy going on?
a Death World is a place where the environment and native animal are out to get you, giant animal, super plant and hyper weather make a Death World
by this metric, Earth isn't a Death World, our native life is pretty tame, there only a few place where super/arcane predator/plant exist, weather is pretty mild, super weather rarely happen
Earth is a place where the random weirdo you pump into on the street can just get super power/learn magic/make super tech after a bad day and a week searching the net and reading some book they found on a yard sale
the greatest warrior in the universe go here to get their ass kick by weirdo in costume
Earth not dangerous, the sapient humanoid species live on Earth are dangerous
what do you even call a place like that
Wait since when was Savenlovich a lantern? is something screwy going on?
a while back paul was annoyed when alan was passed over for herWait since when was Savenlovich a lantern? is something screwy going on?
i think we make joke about Earth being space Australia at some point