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

Don't worry, everyone! Superman is just doing what he usually does and is trying to see the best in people. He wants to give the Daxamites the benefit of the doubt, but once Superman sees that they're racist enough to give Frieza a run for his money, I'm sure he'll come around.
 
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Don't worry, everyone! Superman is just doing what he usually does and is trying to see the best in people. He wants to give the Daxamites thr benefit of the doubt, but once Superman sees that they're racist enough to give Frieza a run for his money, I'm sure he'll come around.
[Considers what he just wrote]

In a manner of speaking...
 
Cappare (part 9) New
26th July 2013
20:05 GMT +3


Lantern Coutara nods slowly, leaning on the balcony railing of the balcony facing Kara 2's crystal palace. "He does not speak of his parents often. Is this inconveniencing you greatly?"

"Greatly? No. The nice thing about working with genuinely good people-" Who've been slapped upside the head a time or two. "-is that once they've actually gathered all of the relevant information they'll probably make the correct decision. They might just be a bit snitty in the mean time if it looks like impropriety has happened."

I generate a construct clipboard and attach my draft of a Maltusian emancipation form.

"This isn't an adoption form, but a formal agreement that you're keeping an eye-."

"I want to adopt him." She regards me carefully. "Is that allowed?"

"It's a little more difficult. Since his parents are both alive, we would-"

She looks up.

"-have to-." Ah-. "Hold on a moment. Aside from the fact that I don't really want my Lanterns murdering people, that would make you look like you were in the wrong."

She stares at me for a moment, then dips her eyes and nods.

"As far as an adoption goes, it would be necessary to prove that his natural parents were completely unfit. Now, since we're not exactly obliged to operate under American law here, there's a good deal more wiggle room than there would be in an actual court. We just have to convince whoever the League decides to assign to investigate that it's probably true."

"And if we cannot?"

"Then we have to convince them that he's better off with you, but allow his natural parents some contact. Of course, none of this is actually binding; there's nothing stopping you grabbing him and flying back to Maltus."

"Would it would make things difficult for you?"

I smile wryly. "Things have been difficult for me before. I'd live. But…" I hold my hands out to the side, my orange glow intensifying. "Things should work as they should work. Lantern Yat should be your son, rather than that of the parents who so oppressed him. Therefore, we should work through the steps necessary to make that how things are."

"You… Are not giving me an order."

"True. I'm not. My path is not necessarily your path. I understand that, and I understand that as a mother you will put your child first, ahead of abstract philosophical principles." I lower my arms, and reduce my glow. "And I cannot fault that. Consider what you want. Make a-"

"Mum's here?"

"-decision."

We both look up at Lantern Yat. Then Lantern Coutara looks to me for permission. I point my right hand and her and then swing it towards him

"She.. is."

He blinks. "Huh. I didn't.. think she'd ever leave Daxam."

Lantern Coutara beckons to him. "Come down here."

He does, and… He's flying using his daxamite powers, and not his ring. That would explain why I didn't notice him. And super hearing would allow him to hear us from miles away, which wouldn't help with secrecy. Lantern Yat lands in front of Lantern Coutara, looking slightly nervous.

She bends down slightly and hugs him-.

Her environmental shield goes out, and so do the glowing pits where her eyes once were. It seems to make Lantern Yat feel a little better as he hugs her back.

I look around for Lantern Taranna, and… She and Kara are painting each other's nails next door, while Bleez is trying to find a film she likes. Ah, how wholesome.

"So..?" Lantern Yat looks at me. "Do I-? Should I go talk to her?"

"Yes, but not right away. I think we can leave that until tomorrow." He nods nervously. "Unless you want to talk to her right now, in which case I'm happy to escort you to her."

"Uh. No."

"Right then." Lantern Coutara's eyes reappear. "I'll leave you to make yourselves at home while I continue to deal with.. this."

Lantern Yat releases Lantern Coutara. "Should I have..? Stayed? On Daxam?"

"Did you want to stay on Daxam?"

"No. And I didn't want Dad to kill Mister Tessog."

"Then you shouldn't have done. This wasn't a momentary impulse on your part; if it was then I'd have counselled you to think about it for a bit. This is clearly something you were set on." He nods awkwardly. "Then there's nothing else to say, really. You weren't wrong to pursue your own goals, but that doesn't mean that there aren't negative consequences to doing so. You just have to deal with those as well So: I'll speak with your natural mother, let her vent her spleen at me, and you can see her tomorrow. Alright?"

He nods slightly awkwardly, looking… Quite a bit younger than he has at any other time I've seen him. Coutara looks vulnerable as well, but… I've seen her more vulnerable. And her ring is glowing brighter, but in a… Controlled way. She's nowhere near making the mental shift that Xalitan did, but I'd be surprised if she didn't come out of this more powerful.

I

step out,

reappearing a short distance from the daxamite ship. Roy's ship is docked, and Lantern Stewart is-.

My ring blinks.

"Illustres here, go ahead."

Lantern Jordan's face appears. "'Sodam Yat'."

"
I thought you were on a break."

"Yeah, until I heard the name. Did you seriously recruit a guy called 'Sodam Yat'?"

"
Yes? What of it?"

He opens his mouth slightly, then closes it again. Because he's got a record of the prophecy which Abin Sur was given by Qull. I've got no idea whether or not Abin Sur shared that with anyone… But it is nice to know that Jordan bothered checking.

"Nothing."

"
It didn't sound like-."

"Just… Drop it."
He sighs. "The daxamites have asked for Green Lantern arbitration."

"
Okay? So, who gets that job? Lantern Stewart?"

"Normally it would be one of their Sector Lanterns. But one of them's a recruit going through basic and the other's in the middle of stopping a war."

"
That doesn't answer-."

"Guy's your friend, I'm out of hours, John's still sore about you stealing his ring that time and Savenlovich owes you over that whole Star Conqueror thing. That leaves Arisia."

"
Ah-."

"It'll be good training for her. Jordan out."
 
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Dude. Let it go. It's been two and a half years. It's kinda ridiculous that you're still holding onto someone disarming you. Once. When you were mind controlled.

You lost nothing.
Will and Stubbornness make holding onto feeling way better

Green lantern are smack dab in the middle of the color for a reason
 
Lantern Jordan's face appears. "'Sodam Yat'."

"
I thought you were on a break."

"Yeah, until I heard the name. Did you seriously recruit a guy called 'Sodam Yat'?"

"
Yes? What of it?"

He opens his mouth slightly, then closes it again. Because he's got a record of the prophecy which Abin Sur was given by Qull. I've got no idea whether or not Abin Sur shared that with anyone… But it is nice to know that Jordan bothered checking.

"Nothing."

"
It didn't sound like-."

"Just… Drop it."
He sighs. "The daxamites have asked for Green Lantern arbitration."

"
Okay? So, who gets that job? Lantern Stewart?"

"Normally it would be one of their Sector Lanterns. But one of them's a recruit going through basic and the other's in the middle of stopping a war."

"
That doesn't answer-."

"Guy's your friend, I'm out of hours, John's still sore about you stealing his ring that time and Savenlovich owes you over that whole Star Conqueror thing. That leaves Arisia."

"
Ah-."

"It'll be good training for her. Jordan out."
I kinda wish we could've seen Jordan's reaction to learning Paul recruited a person who was in a prophecy heard by Abin Sur. I'm disappointed in Stewart as I thought he'd be professional enough to get over something that Paul did to him two years ago due to Stewart being mind controlled. Also, I'm assuming Arisia is going to mess everything up and Paul will have to pick up the pieces.
 
Can anyone provide me a refresher on what this 'prophecy' is that was alluded to?

Qull told him that the Green Lantern Corps would be destroyed by the Empire of Tears, the Children of the White Lobe, the Weaponers of Qward, and Ranx the Sentient City, who would unite to destroy the Corps. Sodam Yat, hailed as the ultimate Green Lantern, would struggle valiantly, but would fall to the lobespawn, while Mogo would be the last Green Lantern, destroyed when Ranx detonated a blinkbomb at his core.
 
26th July 2013
20:05 GMT +3


Lantern Coutara nods slowly, leaning on the balcony railing of the balcony facing Kara 2's crystal palace. "He does not speak of his parents often. Is this inconveniencing you greatly?"

"Greatly? No. The nice thing about working with genuinely good people-" Who've been slapped upside the head a time or two. "-is that once they've actually gathered all of the relevant information they'll probably make the correct decision. They might just be a bit snitty in the mean time if it looks like impropriety has happened."
The problem with that expectation is that you have an accurate read of their characters. After three years, I would hope he would, but given that he can still be surprised by things they've done, there's always the possibility of an unexpected outcome.

I generate a construct clipboard and attach my draft of a Maltusian emancipation form.

"This isn't an adoption form, but a formal agreement that you're keeping an eye-."
If Maltus doesn't have such a law, I wonder which nations he might be modelling it on...

"I want to adopt him." She regards me carefully. "Is that allowed?"

"It's a little more difficult. Since his parents are both alive, we would-"

She looks up.
Careful how you word that, OL...

"-have to-." Ah-. "Hold on a moment. Aside from the fact that I don't really want my Lanterns murdering people, that would make you look like you were in the wrong."

She stares at me for a moment, then dips her eyes and nods.
...Good, headed that bad end off at the pass. I would not be surprised if he felt that desire rising up.

"As far as an adoption goes, it would be necessary to prove that his natural parents were completely unfit. Now, since we're not exactly obliged to operate under American law here, there's a good deal more wiggle room than there would be in an actual court. We just have to convince whoever the League decides to assign to investigate that it's probably true."
And with any luck, they'll damn themselves by their own words if they spout the really bad xenophobic Daxamite doctrines.

"And if we cannot?"

"Then we have to convince them that he's better off with you, but allow his natural parents some contact. Of course, none of this is actually binding; there's nothing stopping you grabbing him and flying back to Maltus."
Indeed, short of having Superman or another full-strength Kryptonian or Daxamite adult pry the Ring off Sodam's finger, there's little to no way to keep him here or on Daxam if he doesn't want to be. And I suspect he'd object violently to that approach.

"Would it would make things difficult for you?"

I smile wryly. "Things have been difficult for me before. I'd live. But…" I hold my hands out to the side, my orange glow intensifying. "Things should work as they should work. Lantern Yat should be your son, rather than that of the parents who so oppressed him. Therefore, we should work through the steps necessary to make that how things are."
At worst, he'd have to stay away from Earth for a while. Until the League cooled off...

"You… Are not giving me an order."

"True. I'm not. My path is not necessarily your path. I understand that, and I understand that as a mother you will put your child first, ahead of abstract philosophical principles." I lower my arms, and reduce my glow. "And I cannot fault that. Consider what you want. Make a-"
Honestly, ordering an Orange Lantern to do something only works so well, if they aren't inclined to follow that order...

"Mum's here?"

"-decision."
Ah, the big moment. What to tell him?

We both look up at Lantern Yat. Then Lantern Coutara looks to me for permission. I point my right hand and her and then swing it towards him

"She.. is."
Even as young as Sodam is, he probably noticed that hesitation.

He blinks. "Huh. I didn't.. think she'd ever leave Daxam."

Lantern Coutara beckons to him. "Come down here."
Yeah, this is a conversation that deserves comfort hugs.

He does, and… He's flying using his daxamite powers, and not his ring. That would explain why I didn't notice him. And super hearing would allow him to hear us from miles away, which wouldn't help with secrecy. Lantern Yat lands in front of Lantern Coutara, looking slightly nervous.
Should have expected that, really. He is under a yellow sun, his inborn powers coming in full force, much as Clark's did as a boy.

She bends down slightly and hugs him-.

Her environmental shield goes out, and so do the glowing pits where her eyes once were. It seems to make Lantern Yat feel a little better as he hugs her back.
Willing to let herself be blind for a few moments, if it means showing him how strongly she feels about him, eh? Though I don't expect that was entirely a conscious surge of love.

I look around for Lantern Taranna, and… She and Kara are painting each other's nails next door, while Bleez is trying to find a film she likes. Ah, how wholesome.

"So..?" Lantern Yat looks at me. "Do I-? Should I go talk to her?"
That would have to be Fun Kara, of course. I can't imagine 'grumpy' Kara-Sixteen relaxing that much like it's a sleepover.

"Yes, but not right away. I think we can leave that until tomorrow." He nods nervously. "Unless you want to talk to her right now, in which case I'm happy to escort you to her."

"Uh. No."
He's gone months without wanting to, that's not going to change this quickly.

"Right then." Lantern Coutara's eyes reappear. "I'll leave you to make yourselves at home while I continue to deal with.. this."

Lantern Yat releases Lantern Coutara. "Should I have..? Stayed? On Daxam?"
It would have left him on a very different path. A more stubborn path...

"Did you want to stay on Daxam?"

"No. And I didn't want Dad to kill Mister Tessog."
And right you were. But actions have consequences, no matter how well-intended...

"Then you shouldn't have done. This wasn't a momentary impulse on your part; if it was then I'd have counselled you to think about it for a bit. This is clearly something you were set on." He nods awkwardly. "Then there's nothing else to say, really. You weren't wrong to pursue your own goals, but that doesn't mean that there aren't negative consequences to doing so. You just have to deal with those as well So: I'll speak with your natural mother, let her vent her spleen at me, and you can see her tomorrow Alright?"
Wouldn't be the first time he's had to play whipping boy for an angry person. And it'll let him get an idea of what she really wants.

He nods slightly awkwardly, looking… Quite a bit younger than he has at any other time I've seen him. Coutara looks vulnerable as well, but… I've seen her more vulnerable. And her ring is glowing brighter, but in a… Controlled way. She's nowhere near making the mental shift that Xalitan did, but I'd be surprised if she didn't come out of this more powerful.
Definitely more protective, certainly.

I

step out,

reappearing a short distance from the daxamite ship. Roy's ship is docked, and Lantern Stewart is-.
...Keeping watch? Most likely option.

My ring blinks.

"Illustres here, go ahead."

Lantern Jordan's face appears. "'Sodam Yat'."
Ah, Hal. Nice to hear from you. Going to get off enforced break anytime soon? Or is this more 'Take a week off, man, you're dead on your feet!'

"I thought you were on a break."

"Yeah, until I heard the name. Did you seriously recruit a guy called 'Sodam Yat'?"
Because Hal is such a workaholic, he does desk work on his days off... 😏

"Yes? What of it?"

He opens his mouth slightly, then closes it again. Because he's got a record of the prophecy which Abin Sur was given by Qull. I've got no idea whether or not Abin Sur shared that with anyone… But it is nice to know that Jordan bothered checking.
Heh. Not much chance of his prophecy playing out quite the way it would have. I mean, Sodam might one day take up a Green Ring. Or face the same fate as an Orange Lantern instead. Prophecy is not so easily foiled, after all.

"Nothing."

"
It didn't sound like-."

"Just… Drop it."
He sighs. "The daxamites have asked for Green Lantern arbitration."
Logical enough. They probably expect the Greenie in charge to rule in their favour without too much convincing, because of dumb reasons.

"Okay? So, who gets that job? Lantern Stewart?"

"Normally it would be one of their Sector Lanterns. But one of them's a recruit going through basic and the other's in the middle of stopping a war."
And neither of them would have more than a summary of the details to go off, barring a long period of questioning all involved.

"That doesn't answer-."

"Guy's your friend, I'm out of hours, John's still sore about you stealing his ring that time and Savenlovich owes you over that whole Star Conqueror thing. That leaves Arisia."
And even she's a little sus on impartiality, plus she's also quite young and inexperienced.

"Ah-."

"It'll be good training for her. Jordan out."
Oh, joy. This promises to be messy.

So, then. Time to meet the mother and her escorts. Let's hope she can remain reasonably civil while she discusses this with OL. I get the feeling this will be a big deal for Arisia, though. A boy younger than her, who wants to continue being a space adventurer despite the wishes of his parents? That's already going to make it hard to be impartial...
 
Sodam yat has always been known as the strongest green ring wielder... But thats because you don't usually get a lantern with a kryptonian powerset.

However if you make him the first dual ring wielder (green /Orange)he might actually be that.
 
He opens his mouth slightly, then closes it again. Because he's got a record of the prophecy which Abin Sur was given by Qull. I've got no idea whether or not Abin Sur shared that with anyone… But it is nice to know that Jordan bothered checking.
Interesting to think that Hal could know, if he asked Guy, that the OLC has Ranx in their fold. Now with Sodam Yat, could he possibly convince the Guardians that Paul will fuck up his Corps so bad that it will end up also destroying the GLC?

Doesn't seem like that big of a reach as long as the prophecy is taken somewhat seriously. Which, admittedly, is the hardest part.
 
tomorrow, alright?"
/
tomorrow. Alright?"
Thank you, corrected.
What does Jordan being out of hours mean?
League members and affiliates are only supposed to work a certain number of hours a week to stop them working themselves to exhaustion. Green Lanterns are known to be stubborn about this.
Dude. Let it go. It's been two and a half years. It's kinda ridiculous that you're still holding onto someone disarming you. Once. When you were mind controlled.

You lost nothing.
To be fair, this is just Lantern Jordan's opinion and is not necessarily reflective of reality. Jordan has other reasons to want Arisia working somewhere where he isn't.
 
It's a little more difficult. Since his parents are both alive, we would-"

She looks up.

"-have to-." Ah-. "Hold on a moment. Aside from the fact that I don't really want my Lanterns murdering people, that would make you look like you were in the wrong."

She stares at me for a moment, then dips her eyes and nods.

It's nice to see that she really loves him, but this bit on Paul's part is an important reminder for an Orange Wielder.

Not that I wouldn't cheer if she did it, but it would definitely make her look like the villain.
 
excellent update. it's good to see Paul operating as a leader to his Corpsmen here, and with what seems like a little extra metaphysical orange-y zest.

i'm way, way out of the comics loop, so i had no idea what this prophecy was referring to- but it's neat that Ranx was part of it and has already been subverted away from that path, maybe.

would someone mind refreshing me on Ranx here? correct me if i'm wrong: he's a sentient war planet, recruited through his desire to have a crew manning him, and i think i remember he has hanger bays/etc for building/launching/repairing spacecraft. is that what he does for the OLC? i guess i always assumed that he would be a base for the OLC and Dox to operate out of, but i also know they instead have quarters on Maltus. so what is Ranx's current status in the OLC?
 
excellent update. it's good to see Paul operating as a leader to his Corpsmen here, and with what seems like a little extra metaphysical orange-y zest.

i'm way, way out of the comics loop, so i had no idea what this prophecy was referring to- but it's neat that Ranx was part of it and has already been subverted away from that path, maybe.

would someone mind refreshing me on Ranx here? correct me if i'm wrong: he's a sentient war planet, recruited through his desire to have a crew manning him, and i think i remember he has hanger bays/etc for building/launching/repairing spacecraft. is that what he does for the OLC? i guess i always assumed that he would be a base for the OLC and Dox to operate out of, but i also know they instead have quarters on Maltus. so what is Ranx's current status in the OLC?
He wasn't anything like big enough to be considered a planet; more of a small hollow moon. As an Orange Lantern he's been explanded into a shipyard and command hub, and derives immense satisfaction from it.
 
Qull told him that the Green Lantern Corps would be destroyed by the Empire of Tears, the Children of the White Lobe, the Weaponers of Qward, and Ranx the Sentient City, who would unite to destroy the Corps.

Hilarious thoughts:

1. The SI has two of those four working for him.

2. The Empire of Tears, a multi-galactic empire that runs on magic, is pretty cool.

Paul when he hears about the interstellar civilization running on magic. :)
Evil demonic magic. 😭
 
I kinda wish we could've seen Jordan's reaction to learning Paul recruited a person who was in a prophecy heard by Abin Sur. I'm disappointed in Stewart as I thought he'd be professional enough to get over something that Paul did to him two years ago due to Stewart being mind controlled. Also, I'm assuming Arisia is going to mess everything up and Paul will have to pick up the pieces.

I'm sort of reading this as Jordan doing some lifting on the backend to get Arisia into this position deliberately - many of these reasons are theoretically disqualifying but as you note they fall apart pretty readily if you know what happened. The question of whether that's meant to harm or help Paul, or harm or help Arisia, or some combination of both remains open.

Seriously, out of hours? He's a glowing space cop. Anyone besides Paul would smell a rat here lmao.
 
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