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

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Bigking321 said:
Sigh...

Nice job time traveler. Using future knowledge without taking into account that you even existing here makes your future knowledge unreliable.

Plus assuming you know everything because some people told you stories.

Boo.
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Making wild leaps of logic with very little evidence other than your own intuition and immediately jumping to violence while whole-heartedly assuming you're in the right and have the full picture? She's a proud and proper X-man, born and raised
 
Bigking321 said:
Sigh...

Nice job time traveler. Using future knowledge without taking into account that you even existing here makes your future knowledge unreliable.

Plus assuming you know everything because some people told you stories.

Boo.
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If he's based on Sentinel tenchology she's actually right because its a closed timeloop sort of thing with it being based on trojan filled sentinel technology from the future.
 
Mr Zoat said:
16th June 2012
19:38 EST

Huh.

I stare up at Aaron's face, which… Okay, he doesn't show emotion much, but I think that… Works, for me-. Him, works for him. One of his hands is around my back and the other's holding mine because someone decided that a war robot needed to know classical dance and he's looking at me-.
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Heh, sometimes you need to relax by cutting a rug. No, Aaron, not with a laser! 😅 But I could see this being part of Doctor Stack's socialisation training. I'm sure Aaron can also do a dashing round of Disco moves, given the Doctor's age.

And then the music changes to modern dance music, and he looks away, towards the speakers.

"My training doesn't include modern dance. Do you wish to… Improvise?"
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Please don't. For all we know, you'll start dancing like Commander Shepard. And we all know how bad he/she/they dances.

"No, that's-. That's okay. Let's go get a drink or somethin'."

Because I'm getting a little hot. I dunno if Aaron's really all that attractive or it's just something about actually being able to touch him-.
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Hopefully it's not because of a cooling issue in Aaron's systems. Given that the X-Series don't necessarily seem to have been intended to wear clothes...

"I could probably access the sound system if you prefer-."

I take a step back and tug him towards the drinks table. "Not a good idea. Forge put it together."
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For reference: Forge. To sum up: Spontaneous invention of extremely advanced tech. Also a native American Shaman.

"And I should not disrespect your classmate by altering his work?"

"No, he seems like the kinda guy who'd add anti-robot defenses."
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Certainly would expect anti-hacking defences, if he'd thought to include it.

"The perhaps I should attempt to gain access later. It could be useful training."

"They could be lasers."

"In that case, it could be extremely useful training."
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Maybe you could consult with Forge, ask him about training devices. I'm sure he'd be very interested in you.

We reach the table, and there's Mr. Summers keeping an eye on things-. Aaron's staring at his glasses-. Oh God.

"I was not aware of there being other-."

"Mister Summers isn't a robot. He just needs those glasses to stop his eye blasts. He can't turn it off otherwise."
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Not a teenage Scott, then, like 'X-Men: Evolution'. Haven't seen this show, so...

"Ah. Cyclops. Yes. My briefing files only show him in costume. I'm afraid that my own 'optical blasts' are only dangerous to small insects."

"Be pretty useful out in the country." I take a cup and ladle punch into it-. "Oh. Do you drink?"

"I don't need to, but I can go through the motions in order to blend in. Would that be helpful?"
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I shudder to imagine how he empties whatever container he stores consumed material in. At least he isn't at the 'My robot brain needs beer.' stage.

I look around-. Oh, here we go. "Let's go with 'yes'." I offer him the ladle and brace myself-. He ignores the ladle and reaches out with his right hand-. And two of his fingers… Telescope out, one going into the punch bowl and the other into a cup. There's a… Really quiet pumping? Noise? And the cup starts to fill up.
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Okay, that's kind of gross. He's sticking his fingers in the bowl... I know they're gonna be clean-ish, but still, the look of it.

"Ah."

"W-what are you doing?"

"Some of my preparatory material suggested that it was common to add alcohol to prom punch bowls. I thought it would be wise to check."
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...Actually a sensible precaution. Especially when members of the party involve people with superpowers.

"Have they?"

"Yes."
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And they managed it under Cyclops' piercing gaze? I'm almost impressed.

Then how come Mr. Logan hasn't caught it? He-. He's not here today, because Uncle Steve invited him bowling.

"How much? Do we need to-."
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Aw, that's amusing. The two old soldiers hanging out.

"A single cup per hour is unlikely to result in significant intoxication." He-. He squirts the punch out of the finger pointed into the cup, then picks it up once it's full. "Would you like to investigate?"

"No. I don't want-"
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Still gross. Hopefully no-one noticed that.

"Anne Marie."

"-trouble. Hey Rachel."
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Oh, this is gonna be fun. One of the strongest telepaths on Earth in any era?

Rachel Summers. Looks like a young Jean Grey, because she's her time travelling daughter from the future. Looks good, actually has a useful power, treats everyone like she owns us because apparently that's a thing in the future and has some sort of problem with me. And Calvin, who likes hanging out with her because he likes hanging around powerful people so he can copy them and barely talks to me because duh. And Kitty, who's actually okay. Usually. But now she's giving Aaron weird looks. Actually, they're all doing that.
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Plus Mimic and... I assume she's going by Shadowcat, skipping the earlier, sillier codenames.

Great.

Rachel puts her hands on her hips. "Who is this?"
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Ah, she's playing the role of queen bitch of the school, huh?

Aaron faces her, and I try and work out what I've done to provoke full-bitch mode. "He-."

"Her name is Anne Marie. She goes to school here."
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Thank goodness for his awkward social skills. That non-sequitur might have disrupted her train of thought nicely.

Huh? Oh, he-. He didn't think she was actually-.

"Who are you?"
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Remember, Anne-Marie, he has limited social experience, mostly with older men who he already knows and have predictable social quirks.

"I am Anne Marie's date. Hello. It is interesting to meet you all."

Here comes the bitch-face… "Your name."
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Please use the human name, please use the human name...

"Aaron Stack. And you are Rachel Summers-."

"I don't know who you are." She's really glaring. "Why don't I know who you are?"
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Ah, yes. His robot brain is immune to telepathy.

"I am being home schooled-."

"I'm a time traveller. I heard Mom and Dad's stories about everyone they used to know. They never mentioned you."
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Girl, you do realise their stories aren't all-knowing and all complete? AS varied their experience with the super-powered community, they can't have met everyone.

"Ah."

"Well?"

"It's a good job that Kang didn't know of your existence. He would certainly have prioritised you over Captain America."
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Fortunately, Avengers villains don't generally poke their nose in X-Men business, and vice-versa.

"And I can't read your mind, and from the way Rogue's grabbing your hand I guess you're immune to her power too."

"I am full of very useful devices."
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Ah, yes, the Imposter...

Calvin's head jerks like he's just realised something. "Forge? Why are you-?"

Calvin-. His whole face come off! It sort of folds to the side, and there's bare metal and circuits underneath! He's feeling his head with his hands and trying to work out what's happening-.
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Which is pretty much what the X-Series look like under the skin. Best seen with Earth-X Machine-Man.

Aaron actually frowns. "X-Fifty? I was told that you were-"

Rachel scowls. "Machine-Man."
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Ah, you've heard of him. And evidently nothing good.

"-destroyed. And I am increasingly uncomfortable with the dichotomy implied by the hyphenated-."

Rachel's skin flickers as she thrusts out her arms, and Aaron gets thrown across the room!
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And here comes the superpowered fight. Not a villain, but everyone involved has kind of walked the line.

I stare at her. "What are you-?!"

Mr. Summers strides towards us. "Rachel, what do you think you're-?"
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Little slow there, Slim.

"He's a Sentinel! An infiltrator!"

Mr. Summers sighs, because I know she's had outbursts like this before. "Rachel, he's clearly not a giant robot! You can't-!"
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Oh, right. There was a period in the comics when Aaron did have Sentinel technology in him. 😅

"That was uncomfortable." Aaron comes upright, pushing aside a couple of guys who went over to check on him as his… Arms and legs extending, and his hands popping open into giant claws! I didn't know he could do that-! But I guess if he's a combat robot, he'd have to have weapons. "And now I am forced to interpret this as a combat situation."
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Please don't. I'm sure your tuxedo has taken enough damage as it is.

Guess it wouldn't be a school for gifted youngsters without some kind of misunderstanding when someone new shows up. You know, the whole 'Welcome to the X-Men <name>, hope you survive the experience!' gag. Not that I expect him to become a team member. But perhaps he could benefit from some outside schooling... 🤔
 
Vaermina said:
If he's based on Sentinel tenchology she's actually right because its a closed timeloop sort of thing with it being based on trojan filled sentinel technology from the future.
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Paul would have checked for that sort of thing, and made sure that any bits of sentinel tech don't come back to bite everyone in the ass.

Besides, not all sentinels are evil. There's a few examples I can think of who turned against their programming and helped the X-Men.
 
Mr Zoat said:
The perhaps I should
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"Then perhaps"

Mr Zoat said:
look around-. Oh, here we go. "Let's go with 'yes'." I offer him the ladle and brace myself-. He ignores the ladle and reaches out with his right hand-. And two of his fingers… Telescope out, one going into the punch bowl and the other into a cup. There's a… Really quiet pumping? Noise? And the cup starts to fill up
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Now I'm picturing the aliens peeing from their fingers in Scary Movie.
Mr Zoat said:
Then how come Mr. Logan hasn't caught it
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He may have put it there.
 
Mr Zoat said:
"Why don't I know who you are?"
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A lack of omniscience seems to be the fundamental problem.
Secondary problems include: Thinking you know everything, teenage arrogance and general stupidity.

Big question is whether Aaron has the good sense (and good tactics) to immediately call in backup or if Paul will only learn about this when the fleeing bystanders are noticed.
 
Vaermina said:
If he's based on Sentinel tenchology she's actually right because its a closed timeloop sort of thing with it being based on trojan filled sentinel technology from the future.
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While Zoat can certainly do what he likes, and has, traditionally Machine Man wasn't based on Sentinel technology.

He did however become infected with Sentinel nanites like the human Prime Sentinels in his 1999 series X-51.

So presuming that Rachel isn't being robophobic here, it's possible she's reacting to something that didn't happen yet and thanks to time travel might not even happen after all.

For anyone curious, while infected he was attacking mutants on sight, chose to self destruct rather than risk losing control to the Sentinel programming, but then managed to fight the Sentinel programming (It manifested as Bastion) in the center of his mind in a fight to the death.

And then the Celestials picked him up (Who are also the Monolith aliens from 2001 a Space Odyssey) and everyone forgot about his Sentinal nanites, including, I suspect, the Marvel writers.
 
It's been 11 minutes since this date started, based on the timestamp here and the last update. Wow, Rogue doesn't get to enjoy anything. Poor Aaron, so much for "worried and excited." There's gotta be hints of his new feelings in this chapter, what he thinks about this interruption, but what those might be…?
 
Are there any Universes with an SI Paul and a native version of Paul around?
 
CrazyNoVa said:
Paul would have checked for that sort of thing, and made sure that any bits of sentinel tech don't come back to bite everyone in the ass.

Besides, not all sentinels are evil. There's a few examples I can think of who turned against their programming and helped the X-Men.
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How would he have done that when Marvel Tech high ends far far above anything a Power Ring can detect?
 
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