Possibly granted independence, if it's fully intelligent, in which case it'd be missed like John Constantine: an absent friend that Paul has fallen out of touch with.
Fascinating. But is he truly creating a Ring, or merely a construct shaped like one? Or are the two things basically the same, just with the former ending with the construct becoming corporeal matter? Ah, the mysteries of the Spectrum...
I'd be curious as to whether the Guardians, Controllers and other Spectrum-aligned Maltusians have so intense a glow in his empathic vision. He's never commented on it with Hinon, so presumably their saturation is either much less than or far more internalised than Malvolio's..
On the up side, you do know that you manage to work it out eventually. Assuming OL still remembers the future-him encounters clearly enough.
And to be fair, if his mother's husband was aware that he was... illegitimate, the name he chose may have been some manner of subtle reminder of her actions. Who knows?
Admittedly, that doesn't mean he didn't own one, merely that he didn't use it. It probably sat in his subspace pocket, ignored, once he mastered the Ring.
Ah, so the recharging thing was more of a religious thing. Not necessarily of any faith, merely a Zen-style oneness with the universe... A bit like a Maltusian, letting the Light flow through him, shaping it briefly with his Ring before releasing it back into the stream.
...Hmm... Could the Rings of Enhanced Will OL had to deal with not long ago been inspired by Priest and Malvolio's achievements? I wouldn't be surprised of the Guardian who designed them heard of the two and decided to try mental realignment to accomplish that end...
He's got a point. Consider the state of your soul-stuff, OL. It's less than two years old, in total, since you were basically hollow when you arrived here... And yet look at what you can accomplish.
That would have made for some interesting Ring Log-files for the Guardians if they ever looked...
Not everyone has the benefit of a Zen Master Lantern teaching them personally, you know...
He'd probably still do that after a thousand years, Malvolio. Such is the prerogative of a Teacher: Messing with their student.
Heh, there's a fact that surprises nobody...
Something which most of the Guardians seem to live by... Ganthet and Sayd seem to be more mindful of their troops' well-being, thankfully.
It's about control. Making the Central Power battery was likely intended to lock the Green Light under their control. And to be fair, it basically has. Everyone using it makes use of a Ring to do so. The fact that Malvolio has been able to effectively create a fork of the battery will probably tick them off to no end once they learn of it.
Honestly, Guy may like the Corps, but that doesn't mean he has to like the Guardians too. 'Too many sticks up their asses, most of them', that sort of thing.
Yeah, if he's going to be nudging the Ophidian, best not to have any other light too near...
This is going to be fun...
The joy of treading new ground without a map.
Given he's likely the only person who can casually shut a ring off, I expect he gets called in when someone does go full Larfleeze...
Or at least something that thinks it's you. Given the quirky nature of your soul, who knows what'll actually happen?
Oy, leave the flirting for later, you two.
What better guide for this than the embodiment of all Avarice, after all? I suspect she can sniff out any desire near-instantly...
Now, what's he got? An actual ring, or merely a lump of metal shaped like one?
Huh. Well, at least he got it back. I guess the desire he tugged on was his regret for having lost it...
Oh, for... Is it Priest, or another Lantern? Or a local warlord who was a little upset about Malvolio's return?
Clearly, Paul needs to realize that he can have more charge whenever he wants.
Well, i suppose we did already know that Alan and Blue ring Paul could hope for a recharge.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light
I suspect the difference between the two is akin to looking at a sun and a Dyson swarm.
I have dubbed a potential para-elemental plane of Fear the "hypercube of fear," based on the assumption that it would have many layers and would feel inescapable.
Just to give juping off point/ my 2c
Tgere was that comic of the Ophidian telling Larfleeze that he has spent so much time in the Orange that he doesn't really need his ring to control stuff anymore.
Opening a hole in space and pulling something out is one thing. Opening a hole in space and stabilizing it so that you can pull stuff out whenever you want is a step up.
Is that why you're not supposed to talk about
Well... That's because it's not actually made out of Elementary Color...
I think that was supposed to be theoretical. In actual practice it's a lot harder than Paul thought it would be.
