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With This Ring (Young Justice SI) (Thread Fourteen)
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I'm not sure how many care, but in the comics Sandy is actually a silicon instead of carbon based life form in "human form."
Maybe it was watching Star Trek as a kid, but I've always liked seeing that kind of thing in fiction.
Maybe it was watching Star Trek as a kid, but I've always liked seeing that kind of thing in fiction.
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Not a bad workout. Pity you don't get to see where you're going, only where you've been. I'm surprised they're having to row, though, given that a river flows. Though that would be metaphorically giving themselves up to the whims of the current... Whereas rowing implies purpose, and progress towards a destination.
Doesn't mean it's not good exercise. Even if he only acts as an extra during training sessions or the like...
Right, still reluctant to acknowledge his empowered aspects.
I expect the number one no-no would be super-strength and/or super-speed. Just on pure mechanical advantage.
I'd make a crack about the ladies liking that, but that would imply sand in places sand should never be.
Ow.His humanity is largely in his head. Don't ruin it for him, OL.
And I'm suddenly reminded of Asterix comics where Obelix the mighty is rowing. Picture a rowboat hopping along like a rabbit, if you can't picture it.
Good, it's a terrible
No headier high than the adrenaline of fighting for the right thing.
Yes, you've had to beat the spit out of a few, OL.
If the river is a metaphor for travel, I'd be surprised if there were anything beyond a treeline.
...Define safe. I wouldn't go poking around, though.
I imagine it would be very painful...
Well, that's not terrifying at all, nosirree...
So... Pretty much any Lantern, then. Especially a Greenie, who could just determination their way through.
Something good, or something bad? Or is he too inexperienced to tell the difference?
...Because there's always rapids or a waterfall. Representing unexpected obstacles.
Just remember: don't pay the ferryman, not until you reach the other side.
Nice work, Alan. He's probably the most powerful member of the party here, what with the ties between hopes and dreams...
You know, just in case.
I appreciate the levity, doc, but now's not the best time.
Well, he's probably right. Ever had a dream where you're cruising around underwater?
...And then they find themselves sailing straight down with no problem, because gravity is subjective here.
Right then, a narrative shortcut. Yay for metaphors.
Something a bit like this, then? But with a bit of kaleidoscopic tessellation?
Congratulations on your restraint, OL. It seems he's a bit of a troll in his old age.
'Not good', you say. Any other boats at the docks might have harsher words.
As told here, in the story 'Ramadan'. They've, quite literally, entered a city in a bottle.
But in this place, that goes doubly so, since it's a distillation of the sort of things you'd see in '1001 Arabian Nights'.
And so the scene shifts, into the sort of magical Arabian city you'd have seen in Disney's 'Aladdin'. Let's hope they can dodge the swindling merchants and lurking thieves long enough to find their way on to their next stop. Wonder if they'll pass through another little private patch of the Dreaming as they go? Fiddler's Green, perhaps, as one of the more benevolent loci...
As the wiki writes it, that's 'Haroun', unless OL is misremembering...
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Thank you, corrected.
You have no idea how long it took me to realise that they had one small set and just had her walk on from different directions.
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It's interesting that Sanderson is apparently immune to cancer. Does that mean that he undergoes some sort of healing when he transforms, or that his seemingly-normal body is actually still unusual in some way?
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So... They've come to a far away place where the heat is intense, where its flat and immense, where the winds from the East and the sun's from the West where the caravan camels roam...
In a city where enchantment runs rampant, are they going to hop a carpet and fly?
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Thank you, corrected.
Might just mean that it wouldn't kill him if he stayed sand the whole time.
It's barbaric, but hey, it's home.
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BTW Mr Zoat what happened with this:
Is that still on or did the whole thing with Hephestian delayed it?
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Paul may also be the most powerful since dreams are also desires.
As if Paul still has a right to complain about people trolling him.
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It's still on.
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ever since i saw it used in The X-Files, it's always stuck with me. one of those concepts that are far out but not as far as it seems at first.
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I was rereading parts of the story and found this error. That should be spelled Stacy's instead of Stacey's.
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Thank you, corrected.
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I also was rereading and was wondering: Since Kalmin would kill anyone non-Qwardian using a Qwa-weapon how did the SI get Wonder Woman a Qwa-Sword as a gift from his return. He said it wasn't "A prize of war or anything, it's a custom job". Did Kalmin make an exception?
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He probably had it made alongside the blue lantern he gave to Alan in the Paragon timeline. And i thought he had a problem with Qwa matter being in the hands of outsiders, not weapons. They are called the weaponers for a reason.
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He's a pain to write.
I'd have to reread the whole region.
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Agreed, Dr. Balewa is a gem.
The Dream is fun so far, with the twisty rules.
As for rowing, I'm guessing Sandy doesn't have a weakness to water. But the innate flexibility being what he is probably gives him, and if he has the ability to reformat his body even when not sand- yeah, I can see that giving him an advantage if he has enough reach. Though that also depends if he's sweep or scull rowing.
The Dream is fun so far, with the twisty rules.
As for rowing, I'm guessing Sandy doesn't have a weakness to water. But the innate flexibility being what he is probably gives him, and if he has the ability to reformat his body even when not sand- yeah, I can see that giving him an advantage if he has enough reach. Though that also depends if he's sweep or scull rowing.
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Because of the accent?
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False Dawn (supplementary, Renegade Option)
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8th November 2012
14:18 GMT +1
I look around Magnificus's repurposed workshop, my eyes skipping over the positron beam projectors that deployed in response to my arrival. In the middle distance I can hear the sound of a dozen welding torches working, knowing Magnificus mounted on the end of multiple robotic arms.
I raise my right hand to my mouth.
"Magnificus! You've been skipping your therapy sessions and I want to talk about it!"
"I don't need therapy! I need to work!"
Ah, darn it.
"Would you mind if I come a little closer?!"
"Do what you like!"
I nod calmly, fold my arms behind my back and walk slowly in the direction of his shouts.
Careful, Lantern Grayven. A man like Magnificus Sivana should not be underestimated, even irrational as he is.
Yes, I know.
And yet you came yourself. Alone.
This is my responsibility. The buck stops with me.
Yes, and I'm glad that you realise that. What I mean is that you didn't send one of your many more empathetic employees. Or a pony. I may not see the appeal myself, but they appear to be of great comfort to emotionally wrought humans.
I don't think that's what he needs.
At some part, the door to the electronics workshop has been… Removed? Torn off? Cannibalised for parts? Not sure. The point is that it's not there, and I get a clear view of the… Jetsons flying saucer thing that he's working on. Several hatches on the underside have been opened up, and two robot arms are spot welding… Additional modules that look like they're going to be mounted on the hull.
"Looks like it's going well."
"Yes." Magnificus walks in, heavily reinforced canister of something under his left arm and a weirdly glowing pistol in his right hand. "It's nearly complete. Once I add the suspendium and mount the time drive modules, I'll be gone."
"So it is a time machine, then?"
"I spent my eighth birthday in the Silurian era, making fish with bony jaws to confuse future paleontologists. I may just be copying Father's work, but at least I'm doing something-." His pistol snaps up, pointed precisely at my face. "Stay back!"
I nod, raising my hands and planting my right foot firmly back on the ground.
"There's nothing you can do to stop me."
I nod again. "When are you planning to go?"
"Before they die. Turret mode." He releases the pistol, and its grip unfolds into an anti-gravity flotation device. "Before any of them die. I'm not going to be the last Sivana."
"Alright, but the Sheeda destroyed your family's holiday home during your annual family get-together. It wouldn't have done that if they weren't there. You'll need to get them out between it hitting something vital and the place disintegrating."
"I know that! I don't need you-! I don't need you trying to explain temporal manipulation to me."
He crouches, laying the temporal manipulation module down on the floor and picking a panel up from the floor. That gets moved to one of the saucer's lower hatches, then he reaches inside and starts connecting the interior cables to the panel's sockets.
"And then, when Mom and Thaddeus and my sisters are safe, we can go and pick up father. And then-. And then we'll be fine again."
"I saw your father die, Magnificus."
"A hologram. Or if it wasn't the first time, it will be after we've changed things."
"Magnificus, I'm a New God. I know when a living person is sacrificing themselves for-."
"MY FATHER WAS FOUR FOOT FIVE! HE HAD ARMS LIKE PIPECLEANERS! WHY THE HELL WAS HE ANYWHERE NEAR THE SHEEDA!?"
He stopped working while he shouted, but I watch him take a calming breath and rededicate himself to his work.
"Because he wanted to kill her himself, I imagine."
"He was a scientist and mechanist. If he-." Magnificus sniffs. "If he wanted to kill her, he could do it with an army of super robots."
I nod slowly. "Probably. So why do you think he-?"
"He didn't want to live anymore. With the others-. Others dead, he didn't want to stay alive himself." He slumps, his hands dropping to the floor. "I needed him. Why wasn't I enough?"
"I don't know, Magnificus. I'd… Guess that he… Thought you could cope without him, but that I might make a mess of things if he wasn't there in person."
"He could do this more easily than I can? Why isn't-? Oh-."
He thrusts his hands into the hole in the saucer, then makes the final connections and slots the panel into place.
"Is this machine your own work?"
"No. I just renovated it. I never-. I mean, it's a time machine. I understand how it works, but I don't-. There's nothing… Until now, there hasn't been anything that I've wanted a time machine to do."
"Magnificus, you do know that the Sheeda had time travel technology too?"
"Yes, of course." Another panel gets the same treatment, only slightly faster. "I was listening when father explained where he went."
"He didn't try this. Do you think he just overlooked it?"
"I don't know why he did it!"
He closes the panel and plugs in the suspendium module before moving around to the near side.
"I don't know why he didn't try this, I wasn't in-. I wasn't in any state to ask him, but I'm going to try, and you're not going to stop me."
I nod slowly. "You're right. I won't. I hope that you're successful, Magnificus. Your mother and your twin seemed like good people, and I'm sure the younger two grow on you." I cautiously hold out my right hand as the drone gun hums unhappily.
He plugs in the second module, reaching inside to press a button and then turns back to me as the saucer activates. He watches me for a moment or two, then walks closer and takes my hand.
"I'll be back."
Then he lets go, climbs into the saucer and with a shimmer of light the saucer's gone.
And then it's back, panels torn away and smoke rising from the interior! I lunge forward, grabbing the dome and tearing it off before reaching inside and heaving Magnificus clear! He's beaten and bloody and the one eye that isn't swollen shut isn't focusing properly. I take a firm grip and then run from the workshop as the suspendium modules go critical and something very strange and organic-unfriendly happens to the saucer.
I prop Magnificus up against a wall, purple healing ray out and firing at his face. He's a Danner enhancile so he shouldn't need it, but I don't want to take chances. After a moment he stirs, his eye focusing on me.
"Why? Why can't I-?"
I sit down next to him and wrap my right arm around his shoulders.
14:18 GMT +1
I look around Magnificus's repurposed workshop, my eyes skipping over the positron beam projectors that deployed in response to my arrival. In the middle distance I can hear the sound of a dozen welding torches working, knowing Magnificus mounted on the end of multiple robotic arms.
I raise my right hand to my mouth.
"Magnificus! You've been skipping your therapy sessions and I want to talk about it!"
"I don't need therapy! I need to work!"
Ah, darn it.
"Would you mind if I come a little closer?!"
"Do what you like!"
I nod calmly, fold my arms behind my back and walk slowly in the direction of his shouts.
Careful, Lantern Grayven. A man like Magnificus Sivana should not be underestimated, even irrational as he is.
Yes, I know.
And yet you came yourself. Alone.
This is my responsibility. The buck stops with me.
Yes, and I'm glad that you realise that. What I mean is that you didn't send one of your many more empathetic employees. Or a pony. I may not see the appeal myself, but they appear to be of great comfort to emotionally wrought humans.
I don't think that's what he needs.
At some part, the door to the electronics workshop has been… Removed? Torn off? Cannibalised for parts? Not sure. The point is that it's not there, and I get a clear view of the… Jetsons flying saucer thing that he's working on. Several hatches on the underside have been opened up, and two robot arms are spot welding… Additional modules that look like they're going to be mounted on the hull.
"Looks like it's going well."
"Yes." Magnificus walks in, heavily reinforced canister of something under his left arm and a weirdly glowing pistol in his right hand. "It's nearly complete. Once I add the suspendium and mount the time drive modules, I'll be gone."
"So it is a time machine, then?"
"I spent my eighth birthday in the Silurian era, making fish with bony jaws to confuse future paleontologists. I may just be copying Father's work, but at least I'm doing something-." His pistol snaps up, pointed precisely at my face. "Stay back!"
I nod, raising my hands and planting my right foot firmly back on the ground.
"There's nothing you can do to stop me."
I nod again. "When are you planning to go?"
"Before they die. Turret mode." He releases the pistol, and its grip unfolds into an anti-gravity flotation device. "Before any of them die. I'm not going to be the last Sivana."
"Alright, but the Sheeda destroyed your family's holiday home during your annual family get-together. It wouldn't have done that if they weren't there. You'll need to get them out between it hitting something vital and the place disintegrating."
"I know that! I don't need you-! I don't need you trying to explain temporal manipulation to me."
He crouches, laying the temporal manipulation module down on the floor and picking a panel up from the floor. That gets moved to one of the saucer's lower hatches, then he reaches inside and starts connecting the interior cables to the panel's sockets.
"And then, when Mom and Thaddeus and my sisters are safe, we can go and pick up father. And then-. And then we'll be fine again."
"I saw your father die, Magnificus."
"A hologram. Or if it wasn't the first time, it will be after we've changed things."
"Magnificus, I'm a New God. I know when a living person is sacrificing themselves for-."
"MY FATHER WAS FOUR FOOT FIVE! HE HAD ARMS LIKE PIPECLEANERS! WHY THE HELL WAS HE ANYWHERE NEAR THE SHEEDA!?"
He stopped working while he shouted, but I watch him take a calming breath and rededicate himself to his work.
"Because he wanted to kill her himself, I imagine."
"He was a scientist and mechanist. If he-." Magnificus sniffs. "If he wanted to kill her, he could do it with an army of super robots."
I nod slowly. "Probably. So why do you think he-?"
"He didn't want to live anymore. With the others-. Others dead, he didn't want to stay alive himself." He slumps, his hands dropping to the floor. "I needed him. Why wasn't I enough?"
"I don't know, Magnificus. I'd… Guess that he… Thought you could cope without him, but that I might make a mess of things if he wasn't there in person."
"He could do this more easily than I can? Why isn't-? Oh-."
He thrusts his hands into the hole in the saucer, then makes the final connections and slots the panel into place.
"Is this machine your own work?"
"No. I just renovated it. I never-. I mean, it's a time machine. I understand how it works, but I don't-. There's nothing… Until now, there hasn't been anything that I've wanted a time machine to do."
"Magnificus, you do know that the Sheeda had time travel technology too?"
"Yes, of course." Another panel gets the same treatment, only slightly faster. "I was listening when father explained where he went."
"He didn't try this. Do you think he just overlooked it?"
"I don't know why he did it!"
He closes the panel and plugs in the suspendium module before moving around to the near side.
"I don't know why he didn't try this, I wasn't in-. I wasn't in any state to ask him, but I'm going to try, and you're not going to stop me."
I nod slowly. "You're right. I won't. I hope that you're successful, Magnificus. Your mother and your twin seemed like good people, and I'm sure the younger two grow on you." I cautiously hold out my right hand as the drone gun hums unhappily.
He plugs in the second module, reaching inside to press a button and then turns back to me as the saucer activates. He watches me for a moment or two, then walks closer and takes my hand.
"I'll be back."
Then he lets go, climbs into the saucer and with a shimmer of light the saucer's gone.
And then it's back, panels torn away and smoke rising from the interior! I lunge forward, grabbing the dome and tearing it off before reaching inside and heaving Magnificus clear! He's beaten and bloody and the one eye that isn't swollen shut isn't focusing properly. I take a firm grip and then run from the workshop as the suspendium modules go critical and something very strange and organic-unfriendly happens to the saucer.
I prop Magnificus up against a wall, purple healing ray out and firing at his face. He's a Danner enhancile so he shouldn't need it, but I don't want to take chances. After a moment he stirs, his eye focusing on me.
"Why? Why can't I-?"
I sit down next to him and wrap my right arm around his shoulders.
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Sigh. I feel for Magnificus. It was obvious to Renegade that the Sheeda must have somehow hardened their excursions against outside interference enough that even Sivana senior couldn't break it. Magnificus must have known too but Grief makes us fools.
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Muscular man, time travel. It's an older code, but it checks out.
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Well that was just depressing.
"is on the of multiple"
You kinda do need therapy.
"need"
"to the place"
That didn't stop him from going up against a demigod.
Well he wanted to kill them up close and personal, and he didn't want to live.
"is on the of multiple"
You kinda do need therapy.
"need"
"to the place"
That didn't stop him from going up against a demigod.
Well he wanted to kill them up close and personal, and he didn't want to live.
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at -> of
spend -> spent
(but time travel is involved so who knows?)
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"Why wasn't I enough?"
Oh, ouch.
I'd say it was because your father felt like he owed them revenge and he knew one of the best Sivanas would survive.
Oh, ouch.
I'd say it was because your father felt like he owed them revenge and he knew one of the best Sivanas would survive.
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Except the Sheeda didn't build their time machine and had no idea how it all worked.
A fact Zoat seemingly forgot.