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With This Ring (Young Justice SI) (Thread Fourteen)
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Istaran
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It would be pretty funny if they were invading Earth, but I do feel like they are sane and informed enought they should prefer quarantining Earth rather than invading it.
Maybe block Paul's attempt to get their entertainment archives for fear it will promote tourism, resulting in coincidental disasters.
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Last we checked in on Hyathis she was using the new computer power to finally win the war in her home system. And then she mentioned (I think) finally having the resources to move on Thanagar. We'll see if anything comes from it.
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IIRC Thanagar has been doing a major military buildup for a while now. Remember how they were going through more Nth metal than they supposedly had?
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7th September 2013
21:30 GMT
"I am so sorry!"
I rotate my delightfully pain-free right arm as Bleez metaphorically hovers next to me. "Bleez, don't worry about it. It's a salutary lesson on the fragility of the unaugmented human body."
Jade didn't look even slightly concerned, which would bother me more if I wasn't perfectly capable of summoning my rings back to me, or even tapping into… The orange light directly.
Darn, should have tried that.
"You're now on a very short list of people who've dislocated my right arm."
"Yeah, but the others are going to be supervillains! That's not a list I want to be on!"
"Just my mother, actually."
Bleez blinks rapidly. Jade looks at me quizzically. And even the barwoman is staring-.
"Not like that. She picked me up by my arms and span me around a few times, and on the last one my arm came out of its socket. We went down to the local hospital and a doctor shoved it back in. Honestly, I don't even remember it."
The three women relax slightly. I point to the barwoman with my right hand.
"Don't think I didn't see you paying attention."
"Not to you. My daughter's a fan of 'Lady Bleez'." Who now gets her full attention. "You got a new album coming out?"
"Ah… I'm working on one now, but it probably won't come out for, like, a year? Maybe two?"
"I'll save up for noise cancelling headphones."
Bleez nods. "So she can hear the sound better?"
"Sure. You all done drinking? 'cause if you catch a downdraft I'm gunna close up."
I smile innocently. "Do you have any fruit juice?"
"Ah." She blinks. "Sure."
She pulls a small bottle of something purple out from behind the bar, removes the cap with her thumbnail and plonks it down in front of me.
I pick it up, give it a sniff… Smells kind of floral and sugary. I shrug and give it a taste… Huh. It's actually nice, in a slightly bland an inoffensive way.
"Didn't realise that you were underage."
"I'm not."
"Then why are you drinking that?"
"It's a cultural thing."
Jade regards me with mild curiosity. "How is it?"
"Probably not worth importing, but pleasant enough."
"In that case, remind me to order one of those next time we come here."
"I'm sure the maggots are very healthy."
The barwoman flares her wings slightly. "Not really. This is pretty low quality stuff, honestly. I'm not sure they're even alive."
"Your mother's recipe?"
"Yeah. She should stick to stuff she's actually good at, but soldiers will drink it."
"Huh. Well, thank you for not trying to bilk the tourists, but I'd have been happy to pay for better quality stuff."
Jade shaker her head, sliding her tankard to the side. "That's fine. I'll take one of those fruit juices."
"You will? Uh, fine." Another bottle makes its way over the bar, and Jade picks it up and the barwoman turns her attention to Bleez. "You want anything?"
"Shaarch?"
"You really think we carry that here?"
"Better quality blurn?"
The barwoman moves away, heading for the kitchen area. "I'll see what I can do."
I give her a moment to get out of our immediate vicinity. "Jade, find anything?"
"They're planning for a major war."
"Are we?" Bleez looks around. "Just because an alert got called, that doesn't mean-."
"They're calling up lizarkons."
"Oh. In that case, yeah, we're going to war. Who with?"
"I don't know. Can you think of anyone?"
"No?" / "Hyathis."
Bleez thinks for a moment, and then nods slowly. "Oooooh. That's why we were getting put in a glide pattern by Culture and Doctrine."
"Well, it's why I was. I don't know what they've got against the two of you. Any idea why they're going after her now?"
She wing-shrugs. "I dunno. Did you give her any super weapons lately?"
"No. I haven't been back there for a while, actually. And usually, when one of the Antares belligerents gets an advantage, the others gang up on them. That's why no one's managed to win."
"Then maybe it's just… Unfinished business?"
Jade appears to realise something. "They've made a deal with the other powers."
"I mean, that's just about possible, but what's changed? They could have done that the moment they reorganised their government after the Equalizing Plague was cured."
She nods. "Do we need to find out?"
"Preventing huge numbers of deaths would be nice, but strictly speaking, no."
"Um." Bleez's wings are slightly unfurled. "Can we..? Maybe not commit espionage against my government?"
"Alright, we can-."
"Here you-" The barwoman marches back in with a cask- "-go." -which she puts down in front of Bleez.
"Um. I didn't bring an axe?"
I form an x-ionised blade and slice the top off for her.
Both thanagarian women stare at me.
"What?"
Bleez wing-shudders. "See, wrestling is a friends thing, but opening a cask like that..? That's… Ah…"
I turn to Jade. "Sorry."
"It's fine."
21:30 GMT
"I am so sorry!"
I rotate my delightfully pain-free right arm as Bleez metaphorically hovers next to me. "Bleez, don't worry about it. It's a salutary lesson on the fragility of the unaugmented human body."
Jade didn't look even slightly concerned, which would bother me more if I wasn't perfectly capable of summoning my rings back to me, or even tapping into… The orange light directly.
Darn, should have tried that.
"You're now on a very short list of people who've dislocated my right arm."
"Yeah, but the others are going to be supervillains! That's not a list I want to be on!"
"Just my mother, actually."
Bleez blinks rapidly. Jade looks at me quizzically. And even the barwoman is staring-.
"Not like that. She picked me up by my arms and span me around a few times, and on the last one my arm came out of its socket. We went down to the local hospital and a doctor shoved it back in. Honestly, I don't even remember it."
The three women relax slightly. I point to the barwoman with my right hand.
"Don't think I didn't see you paying attention."
"Not to you. My daughter's a fan of 'Lady Bleez'." Who now gets her full attention. "You got a new album coming out?"
"Ah… I'm working on one now, but it probably won't come out for, like, a year? Maybe two?"
"I'll save up for noise cancelling headphones."
Bleez nods. "So she can hear the sound better?"
"Sure. You all done drinking? 'cause if you catch a downdraft I'm gunna close up."
I smile innocently. "Do you have any fruit juice?"
"Ah." She blinks. "Sure."
She pulls a small bottle of something purple out from behind the bar, removes the cap with her thumbnail and plonks it down in front of me.
I pick it up, give it a sniff… Smells kind of floral and sugary. I shrug and give it a taste… Huh. It's actually nice, in a slightly bland an inoffensive way.
"Didn't realise that you were underage."
"I'm not."
"Then why are you drinking that?"
"It's a cultural thing."
Jade regards me with mild curiosity. "How is it?"
"Probably not worth importing, but pleasant enough."
"In that case, remind me to order one of those next time we come here."
"I'm sure the maggots are very healthy."
The barwoman flares her wings slightly. "Not really. This is pretty low quality stuff, honestly. I'm not sure they're even alive."
"Your mother's recipe?"
"Yeah. She should stick to stuff she's actually good at, but soldiers will drink it."
"Huh. Well, thank you for not trying to bilk the tourists, but I'd have been happy to pay for better quality stuff."
Jade shaker her head, sliding her tankard to the side. "That's fine. I'll take one of those fruit juices."
"You will? Uh, fine." Another bottle makes its way over the bar, and Jade picks it up and the barwoman turns her attention to Bleez. "You want anything?"
"Shaarch?"
"You really think we carry that here?"
"Better quality blurn?"
The barwoman moves away, heading for the kitchen area. "I'll see what I can do."
I give her a moment to get out of our immediate vicinity. "Jade, find anything?"
"They're planning for a major war."
"Are we?" Bleez looks around. "Just because an alert got called, that doesn't mean-."
"They're calling up lizarkons."
"Oh. In that case, yeah, we're going to war. Who with?"
"I don't know. Can you think of anyone?"
"No?" / "Hyathis."
Bleez thinks for a moment, and then nods slowly. "Oooooh. That's why we were getting put in a glide pattern by Culture and Doctrine."
"Well, it's why I was. I don't know what they've got against the two of you. Any idea why they're going after her now?"
She wing-shrugs. "I dunno. Did you give her any super weapons lately?"
"No. I haven't been back there for a while, actually. And usually, when one of the Antares belligerents gets an advantage, the others gang up on them. That's why no one's managed to win."
"Then maybe it's just… Unfinished business?"
Jade appears to realise something. "They've made a deal with the other powers."
"I mean, that's just about possible, but what's changed? They could have done that the moment they reorganised their government after the Equalizing Plague was cured."
She nods. "Do we need to find out?"
"Preventing huge numbers of deaths would be nice, but strictly speaking, no."
"Um." Bleez's wings are slightly unfurled. "Can we..? Maybe not commit espionage against my government?"
"Alright, we can-."
"Here you-" The barwoman marches back in with a cask- "-go." -which she puts down in front of Bleez.
"Um. I didn't bring an axe?"
I form an x-ionised blade and slice the top off for her.
Both thanagarian women stare at me.
"What?"
Bleez wing-shudders. "See, wrestling is a friends thing, but opening a cask like that..? That's… Ah…"
I turn to Jade. "Sorry."
"It's fine."
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Did he swing the blade with his arm(s)? Or did Paul just open it with a construct strand for the muscle? Because I get the former being sexy, while the latter… no.
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"women"
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So what would the stake of a war with Hyathis actually be? What would Thanagar or Hyathis be looking to achieve?
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As I thought, she's quite distressed at the damage she inflicted. Even though it's only going to last as long as it took him to get his Rings back. And yes, this OL is quite fragile compared to some alternates. His power comes in other forms.
Maybe next time you do something foolish without your Rings.
You think OL is that sloppy that that many people have gotten past all his other defences?
...And so are a lot of we, the readers.
buh-wha?Huh. childhood can be a crazy time, huh?
Technically, yes. But i don't know how popular it'll be, given it's based on Earth music, if I remember right.
Ah, I see she has opinions about her daughter's taste in music.
Dammit, now I'm getting such an Aethyta vibe from her. Older veteran who still has contacts in the service...
Oh, no... Purple Stuff...
What, do you want someone with impaired decision-making in charge of a Power Ring?
Plus OL likes to do contrary stuff in conventional situations.
I'm picturing some sort of weak grape cordial.
...You mean they're meant to be live and wriggling?
Soldiers will drink anything that can get them drunk, really. If it tastes good, that's a bonus.
Not a fun of chewy drinks, eh?
Got to love drink names that sound like random throat-clearing sounds.
With or without wriggling seasoning?
Well, good to have that guess confirmed.
Gee, nice to see her being so realistic about it.
Definitely a likely culprit, yes.
Guilt by association, I suppose. Part of his party, so part of his retinue.
Oooh, boy. Somehow, I think she's made a big enough racket to get the attention of the neighbours, then.
Or Hyathis has overcome them. Wasn't she in a strong position last time we saw her?
Or the Hyathis angle could be wrong. Yes, it seems likely, but it could always be something else.
At least not in earshot of the public, anyway.
Ah, a to-go pack? Handy.
Why do I get the feeling that's a big social gaffe in their warrior culture?
I bet it reads as 'fetching a drink for your life-partner'.
Not the first time he's done something embarrassing in front of her.
OL just sending all the wrongest signals, eh? It can be excused as not knowing the significance of the action, but Bleez is gonna remember that. Also, the way he cut the top of probably makes it harder to reseal for later storage, though I don't know how big a 'cask' is in this context.
I was picturing the future equivalent of a two- or three-litre jug...
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Thank you, corrected.
It's not that it's sexy, it's that it's possessive.
Americans use 'z'.
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Fun story. I'm sure it's been said, but I quite like the anecdotes scattered throughout the story, it's realistic and I feel like I don't see it too often in other stories.
Glide pattern is a good one. I've been liking these thanagarian chapters, fun to see their somewhat alien culture.