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

[Lord Ernest]

Thanks, good to know. Although the face on the left armour looks more silly than scary to me.

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Oh, I agree. The helmets need some change or redesign; Karen-Nightwing's looks like a silly Power Ranger helmet, while Kara-Flamebird's looks as goofy as a mook villain in said Power Ranger show. But the armors/costumes themselves I really like.

Do you mean "untestable"?

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Detestable: adjective; deserving intense dislike. In this case, Noriel.

I don't think I misspoke, no, unless you're referring to something else or making a joke that flew over my head.

 

[Stsword]

DC had a storyline going into Flamebird a bit.

Flamebird is the Kryptonian goddess of destruction.

But not destruction as in entropy but rather destruction as a catalyst for growth and change- It's her job to burn the old shit so new, maybe better, shit can take its place.

The Maker, the Kryptonian god of creation, adored her. Not romantically or anything, the Maker is even the one who set up Nightwing and Flamebird.

One day the Maker made his magnum opus, his most beautiful, his most perfect creation, a monument to how much he loves the Flamebird.

He proudly shows it to the Flamebird. Her response was basically "Oh, Maker, it's beautiful. You should be so proud, it's magnificent. BURNBURNBURNBURN!"

"NOOOOOOO! What are you doing?"

"I'm burning it so you can make new, better things in the future."

"No, please, anything but that, it's my most perfect creation, my monument to my love for you!"

"Don't be a silly billy, you'll make even better creations in the future and then I'll burn those too! It'll be AWESOME!" <Winsome smile>

And that is when the Maker went insane and eventually showed up as a Superman villain.

I'm not sure if Flamebird ever got why the Maker got so upset. To be fair, her burning his stuff so he can make new stuff had always been the entire premise of their relationship and their duties in the Kryptonian pantheon.

 

[Someguy Somewhere]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that had a 'penguins don't belong there' moment.

 

[Mr Zoat]

Yep.

I call her Loriel because she's in Linda's body.

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Makes me think of the shampoo.

 

[mastermenthe]

Makes me think of the shampoo.

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maybe its Lorial, maybe its Maybelline

 

[Mr Zoat]

20th July 2013
18:40 GMT -5

"You don't have to come."

Kara shakes her head as we land in front of the Hall of Justice. "If you're not going to leave the robots with me, I can't really carry on training."

I lead the way up the steps, noting that there are far fewer tourists around than there used to me. Kara's getting a few puzzled frowns from passers-by, but that's probably because she isn't dressed like a 'proper' Supergirl rather than any real hostility.

"No playing with the robots without a referee. They could injure you."

I exhale slowly out through my nose as I see the two Peace Operatives on duty outside the Hall's main entrance. Tours have been suspended since the Anti-Life broadcast happened, and I don't know if they'll be resumed. We hadn't started them back up because we were using it for living accommodation for auxiliaries and for the storage of dangerous materials. Now that they've left and the material has been moved to permanent storage -or used by Batman- they could reopen it… I mean, it's not like the Watchtower has stopped being their real base.

"No they couldn't."

Instead, we have guards. Not visibly armed or armoured, but tough enough to shrug off anti-tank munitions and strong enough to put their fist through the hull of one in retaliation. Or just send a message to Brother Eye and disintegrate it.

"Alright, they could injure a penguin. And then what would you do?"

She looks away for a moment as we go through the front door. "Do they taste good?"

"I'm not sure, but 'literally free range' isn't a mark of quality. I'm not sure how kryptonians react to Earth parasites, but since I have do desire to have to fight 'Supertapeworm' perhaps we should just leave the rest of the flock to morn."

She snorts with laughter.

"I want to say 'that wouldn't work', but viruses exchange genetic material in nature. It's not likely that Earth microbes would absorb kryptonian photopotentia, but it's honestly not impossible. I'm just not sure what the result would be."

…

"Did Zor-El have time to give you immunisation injections for Earth diseases?"

"Ah… No, but I'm not human. I was just.. joking about the genetic exchange; they shouldn't be able to survive long enough in my body for that to happen."

"And yet, you can eat Earth food and breathe Earth air. And Superboy can exist."

She stops walking, and I follow suit. "Ah… Is that something I actually need to worry about, or are you just trying to wind me up?"

I shake my head. "I wouldn't worry about it. If LexCorp hasn't managed to do it in their laboratories, the chance of it happening by accident must be infinitesimal."

She shudders theatrically, rising off the ground and flying towards the meeting room which the League members are occupying. "Okay, so when we're done here I'm going to spend the day building a bio-filter for myself."

I transition ahead and wait at the door, Kara swooping down the corridor a moment later.

"You don't actually have to come, you know."

"Kal's here, and I think I'd.. feel better about working besides him. Until I find my feet."

"Okay, but that will put you in close proximity to Nori-El for an extended period."

"Please don't pronounce it like that." She glances at the door, then back to me. "Are you going in?"

"Putting off the evil hour." I press the 'request entry' button. "And I meant 'into this meeting'. It-."

The door opens and Kal-El walks out, smiling as he sees Kara. "Hey, Kara. Good to see that you're all better."

"Hey, Kal. I'd.. like to help you today, if that's alright."

His smile widens. "That's great, Kara. I'm doing river clearance in Central Asia today, and the time will pass a whole lot faster if I've got someone to work with."

"Not fighting robots today?"

He shrugs. "Honestly, I haven't had to do much fighting since the Life Broadcast. It's nice, actually."

"Clearly I misjudged your training requirements."

I get a mild frown, but he decides to let it go. "It's not complicated. I'm sure you'll pick it up quickly."

She shrugs. "I'm… Volunteering to do what needs to get done, not what I feel like doing." She smiles, making a small punching gestures with her right hand. "Let's get dredging!"

"Hah-okay."

They fly up towards the roof exit, leaving me with the open door.

And I walk in.

Alan, Diana, Scott Free, Dr. Balewa and… Oh my.

Out of the weak illumination of his space station, the yellow glow is… Not more intimidating. I mean… He had yellow on his belt, so a yellow sigil on his chest overlaying the bat symbol didn't look all that strange. It actually made him easier to see, and there have been various depictions of Batman that have yellow on their chests anyway.

Seeing him in the light of the office is honestly more disturbing. It's the element of incongruity. Regular Batman barely works in a boardroom. Glowing Batman looks-. Like Zebraman, except also actually menacing.

Is that how I look to people?

I close the door behind me and take a seat at the end of the table. And… I think…

I pull Larfleeze's ring off my right ring finger and lay it on the table in front of me. And then I pull my own ring off my left ring finger and put it down next to the other ring. And then I lean back slightly.

"So…"

"You'll need those."

"Just making a point." I lay my left hand on my ring, making a weak connection. "What for?"

"What Mister Atom and I have been doing."

He raises his right hand slightly, and a data pulse flies from his ring to mind…

Analysis. Economic, social, demographic, religious… Predictions on… Everything. Enumerated and justified, fully referenced…

"Ah."

"I didn't become this because I enjoy it. I'm doing it because-."

"We…" I nod slowly. "Do actually need it."

 

[Vaermina]

Analysis. Economic, social, demographic, religious… Predictions on… Everything. Enumerated and justified, fully referenced…

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General reminder here that predictive modeling is never accurate in comic book universes.

In fact, it is so never accurate that the only time you ever see it is when a hero or villain is using it to try and justify taking stupid extreme actions.

 

[Darko]

"No they couldn't

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Maybe "No, they"

I shake my head. "I wouldn't worry about it. If LexCorp hasn't managed to do it in their laboratories, the chance of it happening by accident must be infinitesimal

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So we'll be seeing Supertapeworm in the future.

"Okay, but that will put you in close proximity to Nori-El for an extended period

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Honestly wondering if some ancient member of the House of El came to Earth and inspired the El connected to the Abrahamic faiths, or if said ancient Kryptonian took the god's El name as their family name.

Is that how I look to people

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I guess it depends on the people.

The yellow light on the other hand probably looks anything from creepy to absolutely terrifying to everyone, since it's basically fear energy.

 

[DAT_NOOB]

"We…" I nod slowly. "Do actually need it."

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Oh, so Paul isn't allowed to talk about the Justice League taking over the world because the Justice League is actually taking over the world.