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With This Ring (Young Justice SI) (Thread Fourteen)

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Stsword said:
It's not a universe of all females. Power Girl is dating Jimmy Olsen and still had her father and uncle Zor and Jor of the house of El and was raised by Ma and Pa Kent, Steve Trevor is running around, Barbara Gordon still calls Com. Gordon dad, Raven and the teen titans still fight Trigon the Terrible, Duella Dent is still a Daddy's girl, and I believe that Lex in Lex Luthor still stands for Alexander not Alexandra.

It's just a world in which females take prominence in the superhero scene, just like there's a world where the Justice League is predominantly black, and a world in which the Justice Alliance is made up of a very ethnically diverse group of heroes.
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I didn't think it was all females, I got the impression that being a super required someone to be female. Which, might make Trigon's day... interesting if they entered the universe. Putting on a suit of (non-industrial) power armour and finding your gender wasn't the same might also be an interesting experience. :)

*mumble* *mumble* Morphogenic Fields *mumble* *mumble* Chaos Attractor *mumble* :)

(Scary super science gadgets - the Genetic Resequencer, which can change the genes in all someone's cells. What you don't tell the subjects is that part of the process renders them into a slurry of cells, to enable free access to all the biology, before resequencing... Then, hopefully, reassembly. :) I guess you hope they weren't too attached to their scars... And tattoos. :) )
 
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So the obvious reason to build an army of gynoids goes out the window, unless one thinks one of those giant pill bugs from outer space wants to put on a smoking jacket and play Hugh Hefner.
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The limbs of those Guardians appear to be rather tentacle-y, and unless hentai has been lying to me, betentacled space aliens are always into feminine humanoids.
 
Oh, damn. I just remembered that the Ame-Comi version of the Teen Titans is, like, a lot more horror movie themed and sinister.

Ah. Yes. The Teen Hellions.

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Where Raven is also a vampire and the group has no problems with her killing and feeding on criminals. (I forgot what the rest of their deal is. The whole group is pretty kill happy.)

And Power Girl aka Kara Jor-El decided that secret identities were stupid, so she just openly lives as an entrepreneur that reverse-engineers Kryptonian technology. With Ame-Comi Metropolis being a proof of concept for what cities could be with said technologies.

Though all we're really told about it is that it's a green city that's very ecologically friendly, and, looks-wise, it has the appearance of a Solarpunk city.
 
I don't know... Starfire, being the other girl in the CW teen titans has literally the worst appearance - she looks like a teenage prostitute. She looks even more like one than if she were wearing her normal skin-tight costume.
 
Tamaraneans tend to wear little clothing seeing as they absorb light to charge their powers like Kryptonians.

Plus Star wore what was essentially a v style bikini in the pre flash comics and in the n52 she wore a stripper outfit.
Her rebirth version did dress in a more modest way, a sports bra and a skirt, or shorts, or on occasion a once piece suit.

Blackfire doesn't wear such clothing because she didn't have flight powers for much of her life so she didn't need to wear so little clothing.

At least in the pre flashpoint comics.

In the n52 she may have always had her flight powers so they drew her wearing very little.

As for this version I don't know if she got her powers from experimentation.

I know her and Starfires relationship became strained in the shows comics because of the shit she did, though it wasn't as bad as the New Earth version.
At first they even seemed to like each other and Kori wasn't angry at her for giving her to the Gordanians, probably because she thought it was just a political move and not one of malice, something the comic version knew it wasn't because she was tortured and brutalized by Blackfire.

I'm assuming that Raul has made sure she doesn't do that shit here.

Her having control of Tamaran, the respect of her people for destroying their enemies, thus ensuring her leadership, plus Starfire didn't even want the throne and is probably happy that her sister is happy so chances of her trying to dethrone her are nonexistent, unless she does some stupid evil shit, but with Raul around that is unlikely.
 
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Where Raven is also a vampire and the group has no problems with her killing and feeding on criminals. (I forgot what the rest of their deal is. The whole group is pretty kill happy.)
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Sounds remarkably like a group of teenage monsters, that are difficult to empathise with, or care much about... A major part of (most of the) Teen Titans was that they were non-human, potentially monstrous, but they fought to maintain their humanity. Raven being a primary example, ahead of Cyborg and Beast Boy. This group sounds as though they pretty well fail that logic... Of course, I'd be prepared to be proved completely wrong. :)
 
Repetition (part 8)
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    • 4th January 2005
    11:44 GMT +9

    "Throw kni-"

    Two knives klink off-. Embed themselves in my construct shield.

    "-ves. Jump onto the wall to close-"

    Jade 32 jumps and then scrambles up the wall.

    "-the distance, then lunge."

    She stops moving, staring at me.

    I smile. "It's an interesting question, how much of our actions are the result of anything we might call 'free will'. You know metahumans with strange powers exist and while you think that everything you just did was of your own volition… Suddenly you're not sure."

    She climbs up the rest of the way and then stands on the edge of the roof, facing me.

    "Of course, if I can influence you, the most intelligent thing you can do is leave as quickly as possible. But since you're not going to do that, how about a commission?"

    Her mask tilts thirty degrees anticlockwise.

    "I have reason to believe that an evil god is abducting parallel universe versions of the two of us in order to pull apart the multiverse. I want to hire you to help stop him."

    She extends her right hand from her voluminous sleeve and rubs the tips of her thumb and forefinger together.

    I take a bag of gold coins precisely equal in value to what I paid my Jade for her help with Nabu out of subspace and toss it to Jade Junior. She catches it in her left sleeve… Somehow opens it and picks out a coin, scratching it enough to reveal the softness of the metal. Then she returns the coin to the pouch, draws it into her kimono for safekeeping and nods to me.

    I step forward and extend my right hand. She steps forward and-. Taps the sharp surface of her knuckle claws against my palm, making pointed eye to mask eye contact.

    "I'm sorry, but compared to an evil god, a girl with knives just isn't that scary."

    She jingles.

    "Because it was less trouble than using force."

    She nods, and actually takes my hand.

    "The version of you from my parallel is a lot more talkative." But you're enough like her that I can still transition-

    3rd January 2005
    21:46 GMT -5

    -us back-.

    I skip us backwards as a… The local version of Victor Stone appears to have.. merged with a transformed version of his APC and is recovering from being hit by a hulking green alien with a red power ring. He rebounds, wheels screeching against the tarmac as he evades the Red Lantern's punch, then deploys a mechanical shield to block its acid vomit attack.

    "Oh, I thought-"

    Jade steps into space, claws at the ready, as my alter ego emerges from his home in armour reminiscent of my… Third suit of armour? The last field non-power armour I bothered with.

    "-he'd have finished by now."

    A green-. Beastboy, turns into a roc and claws at the Red Lantern's face. Moving with surprising agility the alien grabs his left leg and slams him into a wall, stunning him.

    "How berserk are the local Red Lanterns?"

    He raises his left eyebrow for a moment, then raises his ring so that I can see it clearly.

    "Other than you."

    The local Koriand'r dives at the Red Lantern, hitting him? It? In the chest with both fists and driving it back for long enough for the cyborg-transformer to get enough time to charge some sort of energy cannon. A beam of scintillating blue-white energy leaps forth, completely missing the alien as he steps aside and punching through a nearby building.

    "Um. Should we-?"

    "No, they're nearly done. Despite appearances, Abysmus has a keen, tactical mind."

    "Azarath metrion zinthos!"

    Raven tries to hit him with a levitated chunk of wall, only for it to be met with a gout of red light before she can get any momentum behind it. Not only does the brick melt, but the spell holding it as well, a wave of distortion passing along it until-.

    "rRRRAAAAGH!"

    She bellows in rage, spasming in the air and.. gaining an extra set of red glowing eyes-.

    "Friend Raven!"

    Raven turns to focus on the local Koriand'r, black light boiling around her fists-

    "KAR EN TUK!"

    -and resolving into claws as she flings herself at her friend!

    "Oh, Infectious Rage is hard to inflict through someone else's magic."

    Koriand'r dodges the first two wild swings, but she's backed up against a wall with black claws biting into the brick at either side! She freezes for a moment, gasping in shock as Raven opens her mouth to vomit forth black fire! Koriand'r bends, grabbing the two claws and pushing downwards to slide out from between them a moment before the flames melt the brick!

    "They're.. children."

    "If Abysmus wanted to kill them then they'd be dead. But he does-"

    Abysmus grapples Super Cyborg, spitting acid at the armour covering the torso and ripping it off, exposing Mr Stone. Mr Stone uses his armour's secondary weapons to take a shot at Abysmus's face which forces him to back off for a moment, but then he's back on the offensive and Mr Stone can't do much more than block the blows on his forearms' armour.

    "-n't. He was a child soldier himself. He's sympathetic, particularly to Mr Stone."

    "Yes, he… Looks it." I take a moment to look at the devastation that has already been wrought on this city. "And you're not worried about the Justice League turning up?"

    He shakes his head. "No, they never come here."

    "They… Just leave their adolescent wards entirely to their own devices?"

    "Yeah. Not really sure why, but given all the people I kill it's really convenient. Shouldn't be-."

    "RRARH!"

    Abysmus -who was holding Mr Stone's mech over his head- stops still and tosses it aside. Then he breathes in and a red mist flows from Raven into his mouth. She drops to the floor, stunned, and Koriand'r runs over to check on her.

    Abysmus lumbers in our direction.

    "All done. We'll leave now."

    "Um, why?"

    "I was a distraction. My brothers and sisters were the kill-team. Killing the target is easier when his protection is busy."

    He turns away and shoots off into the sky, Komand'r and Angelika coming back with more Manhunter remains as he does so.

    "Let's see what Robin's got for us."
     
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    • 'evil god' not 'evil got'

    Also when Raven pins someone after being infected I thin it should be Kori and not Kom.

    The evil god is Krona, who belongs to a species of godlike beings

    Also think 'it as well' not 'it was well'
     
    Nice fight scene! I always enjoy seeing competent enemies.

    Quick question though, where did Paul get the gold from?
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    I take a bag of gold coins precisely equal in value to what I paid my Jade for her help with Nabu out of subspace and toss it to Jade Junior.
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    Darko said:
    He probably went on a little mining expedition to gather gold.

    Remember what Bill Cipher said when the apocalypse comes?

    "BUY GOLD, BUY"

    Ah, ah,ohhh... I really need to buy some gold now
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    Yeah, and with the jump cut he had the time to mine it quickly.

    I think there is gold deposits in Korea as well.
     
    Darko said:
    He probably went on a little mining expedition to gather gold.
    Remember what Bill Cipher said when the apocalypse comes?
    "BUY GOLD, BUY"
    Ah, ah,ohhh... I really need to buy some gold now
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    Sounds more like another guy who encouraged people to buy gold because the end times were coming soon and you should really get a nifty bunker to hide in for a few years until the worst was over.
     
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    4th January 2005
    11:44 GMT -5

    "Throw kni-"

    Two knives klink off-. Embed themselves in my construct shield.
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    Sigh... Honestly, Green Lantern is a public hero. Or heroes. You'd think it would be fairly common knowledge that Lanterns are practically immune to mundane weapons... Though as OL shows here, not completely immune...

    "-ves. Jump onto the wall to close-"

    Jade 38 jumps and then scrambles up the wall,
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    Wow, even when it's not his Jade, he knows her moves perfectly.

    "-the distance, then lunge."

    She stops moving, staring at me.
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    Translation: "Dammit, stop commentating my fighting style!"

    I smile. "It's an interesting question, how much of our actions are the result of anything we might call 'free will'. You know metahumans with strange powers exist and while you think that everything you just did was of your own volition… Suddenly you're not sure."

    She climbs up the rest of the way and then stands on the edge of the roof, facing me.
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    Yeah, that's not creepy at all, OL.

    "Of course, if I can influence you, the most intelligent thing you can do is leave as quickly as possible. But since you're not going to do that, how about a commission?"

    Her mask tilts thirty degrees anticlockwise.
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    "Keep talking, I'm listening."

    "I have reason to believe that an evil god is abducting parallel universe versions of the two of us in order to pull apart the multiverse. I want to hire you to help stop him."

    She extends her right hand from her voluminous sleeve and rubs the tips of her thumb and forefinger together.
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    "That's gonna cost extra, bucko."

    I take a bag of gold coins precisely equal in value to what I paid my Jade for her help with Nabu out of subspace and toss it to Jade Junior. She catches it in her left sleeve… Somehow opens it and picks out a coin, scratching it enough to reveal the softness of the metal. Then she returns the coin to the pouch, draws it into her kimono for safekeeping and nods to me.

    I step forward and extend my right hand. She steps forward and-. Taps the sharp surface of her knuckle claws against my palm, making pointed eye to mask eye contact.
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    "Okay, You got a deal. Not afraid of knives?"

    "I'm sorry, but compared to an evil got, a girl with knives just isn't that scary."

    She jingles.
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    "Most long-underwear types don't ask to hire me..."

    "Because it was less trouble than using force."

    She nods, and actually takes my hand.
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    "All right, let's go."

    "The version of you from my parallel is a lot more talkative." But you're enough like her that I can still transition-

    3rd January 2005
    21:46 GMT -5

    -us back-.
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    Was there ever any explanation for her silence? An old injury? Or maybe she's like Cassandra Cain? Or like Cuchulin asked, keeping incognito?

    I skip us backwards as a… The local version of Victor Stone appears to have.. merged with a transformed version of his APC and recovering from being hit by hulking green alien with a red power ring. He rebounds, wheels screeching against the tarmac as he evades the Red Lantern's punch, then deploys a mechanical shield to block its acid vomit attack.
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    Oh, great, it's turned into Pacific Rim, junior edition.

    "Oh, I thought-"

    Jade steps into space, claws at the ready, as my alter ego emerges from his home in armour reminiscent of my… Third suit of armour? The last field non-power armour I bothered with.
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    I suppose it's harder to maintain tech with a Ring that... Aggressive?

    "-he'd have finished by now."

    A green-. Beastboy, turns into a roc and claws at the Red Lantern's face. Moving with surprising agility the alien grabs his left leg and slams him into a wall, stunning him.
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    Ow. Hey, Garfield, take note: do not engage the super-strong guy in hand-to-hand combat when you are squishy...

    "How berserk are the local Red Lanterns?"

    He raises his left eyebrow for a moment, then raises his ring so that I can see it clearly.
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    Yeah, duh, OL. Admittedly, it's easy to assume you and your alternates are outliers of Ring ability.

    "Other than you."

    The local Koriand'r dives at the Red Lantern, hitting him? It? In the chest with both fists and driving it back for long enough for the cyborg-transformer to get enough time to charge some sort of energy cannon. A beam of scintillating blue-white energy leaps forth, completely missing the alien and he steps aside and punching through a nearby building.
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    Ugh, joy of a kids' cartoon's outlook on collateral damage...

    "Um. Should we-?"

    "No, they're nearly done. Despite appearances, Abysmus has a keen, tactical mind."
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    Eh, Never assume the big, muscular green guy isn't smart too. Consider 'Professor' Hulk. Or Ghazghkull Mag uruk Thraka...

    "Azarath metrion zinthos!"

    Raven tried to hit him with a levitated chunk of wall, only for it to be met with a gout of red light before she can get any momentum behind it. Not only does the brick melt, but the spell holding it was well, a wave of distortion passing along it until-.
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    And he's a mage too? A full package. Seriously, no surprise he's a senior Lantern.

    "rRRRAAAAGH!"

    She bellows in rage, spasming in the air and.. gaining an extra set of red glowing eyes-.
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    Ohshit! Danger, OL, Danger!

    "Friend Raven!"

    Raven turns to focus on the local Koriand'r, black light boiling around her fists-
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    Don't think the cooldown hug is gonna work here, Kory!

    "KAR EN TUK!"

    -and resolving into claws as she flings herself at her friend!

    "Oh, Infectious Rage is hard to inflict through someone else's magic."
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    So it's a standard Red Lantern technique? I guess it makes skilled opponents more likely to make mistakes...

    Komand'r dodges the first two wild swings, but she's backed up against a wall with black claws biting into the brick at either side! She freezes for a moment, gasping in shock as Raven opens her mouth to vomit forth black fire! Koriand'r bends, grabbing the two claws and pushing downwards to slide out from between then a moment before the flames melt the brick!

    "They're.. children."
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    Yeah, kind of excessive. I guess he's just playing around?

    "If Abysmus wanted to kill them then they'd be dead. But he does-"

    Abysmus grapples Super Cyborg, spitting acid at the armour covering the torso and ripping it off, exposing Mr Stone. Mr Stone uses his armour's secondary weapons to take a shot at Abysmus's face which forces him to back off for a moment, but then he's back on the offensive and Mr Stone can't do much more than block the blows on his forearms' armour.
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    Might convince the team to up their game. Beatdown like that? They're going to be eager to improve.

    "-n't. He was a child soldier himself. He's sympathetic, particularly to Mr Stone."

    "Yes, he… Looks it." I take a moment to look at the devisation that has already been wrought on this city. "And you're not worried about the Justice League turning up?"
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    Honestly a good question. Why aren't they here?

    He shakes his head. "No, they never come here."

    "They… Just leave their adolescent wards entirely to their own devices?"
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    And people thought using the YJ Team as deniable Black-Ops was bad?

    "Yeah. Not really sure why, but given all the people I kill it's really convenient. Shouldn't be-."

    "RRARH!"

    Abysmus -who was holding Mr Stone's mech over his head- stops still and tosses it aside. Then he breathes in and a red mist flows from Raven into his mouth. She drops to the floor, stunned, and Koriand'r runs over to check on her.
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    Huh, guess he's decided they've had enough...

    Abysmus lumbers in our direction.

    "All done. We'll leave now."
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    Huh, mission accomplished, eh?

    "Um, why?"

    "I was a distraction. My brothers and sisters were the kill-team. Killing the target is easier when his protection is busy."
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    ...ouch. Definitely a learning opportunity for the Titans... Doubt they'll take it though. Unless Raul wants to prompt them...

    He turns away and shoots off into the sky, Komand'r and Angelika coming back with more Manhunter remains as he does so.

    "Let's see what Robin's got for us."
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    And OL has no fucks to give, in the face of imminent multiversal disaster.

    Well. Local variants acquired. Time to be getting back to the dream-ruby realm? Hmm. Wonder what alternate Paul is next on the shopping list?

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    I thought this was Earth 32? Also, Full Stop rather than a comma?
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    ...being hit by a hulking green alien with...
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    ...missing the alien as he steps aside...
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    iamnuff said:
    Hitting raven with infectious rage is a hugely bad idea. Like just wow, that's how you get Dr Light'ed
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    Except that unlike Dr Light, Abysmus isn't a putz.
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    Change "got" to whatever it's supposed to be. My instinct says "god", but I don't remember the S.I. encountering an evil god.
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    Darko said:
    'evil god' not 'evil got'
    Also when Raven pins someone after being infected I thin it should be Kori and not Kom.
    Also think 'it as well' not 'it was well'
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    Chojin Patriarch said:
    Corrections:
    I thought this was Earth 32? Also, Full Stop rather than a comma?
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    ...missing the alien as he steps aside...
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    moralrelativity said:
    recovering -> recovered (?)
    then -> them
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    Thank you, corrected.
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    Sneaky hidden link is sneaky.
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    Sometimes I'm too sneaky. I don't think that anyone found the Thomas the Tank Engine link from a few days ago.
     
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