WorstMirari
the girl in blue
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I can't believe I've been behind for years and I caught up here of all places
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"Other revenants. Sometimes demons. I have no particular objection to killing a human while in this state, but by the same token I have no particular motive to do so."
Change "be" to "my" or something else that makes sense."I'm told that be behaviour becomes more lifelike after I rip out someone's heart and have this ring consume it."
Having to zoom in on each individual word to read is kinda annoying, but I'm not exactly hopeful that might change even if I ask.
I suggest switching to a lighter theme for a moment.Having to zoom in on each individual word to read is kinda annoying, but I'm not exactly hopeful that might change even if I ask.
but they really are not vampires, tho.Blond.
Is it bad I kind of hope one of the Scoobs in Sunnydale punched him in the mouth for being so utterly pedantic about not calling them vampires?
Thank you, corrected.
It's like punching a mattress. Made of stone.Is it bad I kind of hope one of the Scoobs in Sunnydale punched him in the mouth for being so utterly pedantic about not calling them vampires?
Thank you, corrected.
So... bedrock?
When debating fictional terms, there's an argument to be made (if still a pedantic one). When you're in that world, where that's what vampires are and always have been and the fiction was based on the real thing but got it wrong? No. They're vampires. When they've been dealing with this shit for literal thousands of years you don't get to swan in like you know better.
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Ah, Zaul. Always such a treat.
Heh, bet that's a surprise for Brian.
I have to admit, his deadpan politeness always puts a smile on my face...I look at the surprised blond man standing just behind her.
"Hello Brian."
Of course, just because he's dead, doesn't mean he's Dead-dead... This is the DC Universe, home to Death's Revolving Door as decided by popularity."It was a finger five minutes ago. All the.. systems said that it was dead."
"They were correct. I was dead. I'm still dead."
Ah, Zaul. Pedantic as every other Paul, and so matter-of-fact about it.That may not be clear. I pull back my lips to give them a look at my fangs.
"You're a vampire powerful enough to regenerate from a severed finger."
I restore my lips to their accustomed location. "Not exactly. I'm a revenant-. On the parallel where I contracted vampirism, it isn't a disease so much as a form of automated possession. I was set upon my a group of revenants, killed and infected. This ring-" I raise my right hand, not pointing it at them but just drawing attention to it. "-destroyed the demon that would have claimed my corpse and then used its power to reanimate me. The blood I had been fed as part of the ritual changed my body somewhat, but the regeneration came from the ring."
As evidenced by the lack of a Link.The woman nods. "Like Lantern Driq."
"Possibly. I don't know the man."
A not particularly nice goddess, so not anything to feel sorry about..."How are you with sunlight?"
"It's not a problem as long as I'm wearing a power ring. If I'm not, I catch fire." I frown slightly. "At least, I did last time I experimented. I drank the blood of a goddess recently and I'm not sure if that changes things."
"I mean, it was just sitting there, dripping and soaking into the ground..."The golden aura around her body intensifies slightly.
"… Which goddess?"
"She gave her name as 'Glorificus'. She was attacking a town and its defenders at the time, and after killing her leaving her blood seemed wasteful."
Moving about while dead is okay by anyone's standards.She considers for a moment, then runs a golden strobe over my body from her power ring.
"Are you alright?"
"Given that I'm dead, not by most standards."
And that alone should be ringing a few alarm bells if she's read her files."You've barely moved since I opened the door. You're facial movements aren't natural. And there's something… Off about your voice."
"I'm told that my behaviour becomes more lifelike after I rip out someone's heart and have this ring consume it."
Surprised there was no reaction at that, but I doubt Zaul is paying any particular attention right now anyway."Who the hell made a power ring like that?"
"Based on my recent experiences, I believe that it was Nekron."
"And you're just telling me that."
Yeah, I suspect anything about Nekron in the Guardian's files is gonna be lowballing it, just by the by... Unless the fallback plan is "Evacuate the universe ASAP.""Yes. Why wouldn't I?"
"My files say that Nekron wants to kill every living thing in the universe. Of course, those are files I got from the Green Lantern Corps. If you can prove that he's someone else they were slandering, we may reconsider our approach."
"Based on the behaviour of this ring, I believe that information is correct."
And it's kind of hard to care about what you're doing, without emotions..."But you don't have to obey him."
"Technically, I have never received a direct order from him. I don't know for certain that I could disobey if I did. The ring appears to encourage omnicidal behaviour without compelling it. As things stand, my behaviour is my own."
Yeah, probably a safer option..."Do you mind if we test that?"
"I don't think that summoning Nekron would be in your interests."
"With a wizard."
Though given how little he actually does with it, I suspect any charge lasts a long-ass time..."I'm not completely certain that I would 'mind' if you shot me in the head and incinerated my remains. Unless I've taken a heart recently I don't really feel things."
"Do you need hearts?"
"The ring would eventually run out of power if I didn't harvest hearts."
Yup, pegged it. Though he's getting by without things like translations, and only an emergency Environmental field, I bet."And how long will that take?"
"That depends on how much I exert myself. I can remain active for two months without recharging."
Though it's no coincidence that the Embodiments are all animal-forms of some sort..."Can you recharge from animals?"
"Animal blood is fine for my revenant physiology. However, the ring requires hearts filled with emotion. By definition, that requires mental complexity."
"Yes, that's what I just said.""And how do you normally recharge?"
"Usually, I take hearts from violent, predatory cannibals."
"Other vampires."
Eh... Not such a smart idea..."Other revenants. Sometimes demons. I have no particular objection to killing a human while in this state, but by the same token I have no particular motive to do so."
"Do you want to get that desire back?"
Only if his ring can eat the other ring's charge for itself, and that's bad..."I appear to appreciate it when I have it."
"Would having another ring help? We've got quite a lot."
Huh, she only just got to that point? Though I suppose talking to an animate, erudite corpse is a good distraction..."I am unfamiliar with gold rings, but I doubt it, since I lack the will in my default state to use them. I suppose that it may be possible for another to infuse me. Is that something which you know how to do?"
"I can't say that I do." She considers for a moment. "Why were you a finger?"
And she should immediately be on guard. Manhunters mean Maltusians..."I appear to be able to regenerate from any part of my body. When faced with destruction I threw my finger through a planar portal. The rest of me was then destroyed."
"What by?"
"A Manhunter robot. It could drain my constructs and ring, as well as being extremely strong and resilient."
He says it so casually..."Did you know what was on the other side of the portal?"
"No, though I assume that Time Trapper and Red Queen believed it to be a safe location. The Red Queen we were working with at least. The one who came through the portal was released by a Manhunter."
Called it, she was a mole!Her ring is at her mouth immediately.
"Corps Commander to all Lanterns. Detain Red Queen now."
Your facial movements aren't natural.
Nope.Is it bad I kind of hope one of the Scoobs in Sunnydale punched him in the mouth for being so utterly pedantic about not calling them vampires?
"It's not a problem as long as I'm wearing a power ring. If I'm not, I catch fire."
He maintained his consciousness after throwing his ring through a portal for a bit.How does he know this? Can he maintain consciousness without a ring? Could he keep going just on blood as 'not-a-vampire'?
Is it bad I kind of hope one of the Scoobs in Sunnydale punched him in the mouth for being so utterly pedantic about not calling them vampires?
Thank you, corrected.
No, that's because he's already had a link once in this story.
Except Nekron himself. And the life entity.Though it's no coincidence that the Embodiments are all animal-forms of some sort...
Thank you, corrected.
Haha, he is so unbothered by everything.
It's bad for him of course and I do feel sorry, but it's hilarious to read.
"All of existence appears to be in danger. I suspect I would be bothered by that if I was in a non-dead state"
Could you please post where you put that link?No, that's because he's already had a link once in this story.
I wonder if you could motivate him by pointing out Non-Existence =/= Death and Nekron probably wouldn't like it? I mean the dude wouldn't be Nekron anymore. He wouldn't be anything.
I mean, are you really surprised? He's British, they've been doing that for 400 years.When debating fictional terms, there's an argument to be made (if still a pedantic one). When you're in that world, where that's what vampires are and always have been and the fiction was based on the real thing but got it wrong? No. They're vampires. When they've been dealing with this shit for literal thousands of years you don't get to swan in like you know better.
EDIT: Thinking about it, this is probably the speech Giles gave him. But because he's both Paul and an emotionless Black Lantern, he was unmoved.
Maybe it would bother Nekron but this Paul is basically a dead flesh robot.
I mean, are you really surprised? He's British, they've been doing that for 400 years.
English. And they do it to the Welsh, Scottish, and Irish all the time; doing it to other British people is traditional by now.Yeah, but you're not supposed to do it to other British people! Them's the rules! The rules that British people made up!
That is… mildly yet intensely horrifying.
Paul is not the arbiter of nomenclature. The vampires of the Buffy-verse are called vampires by all parties. Thus their official and correct name is vampire. When Paul invents his own language he can rename them.