'realises'?
'from'
Wow, Oh El has learned some new vocabulary in the future, huh?
I lack familiarity with the source material so maybe there's something that would be more obvious if I knew, but my first guess is that the emperor wants to fabricate an undeniably good reason to disinherit Zorzal in favour of Diabo.
And it seems the praetorians are in the pocket of whoever arranged this foolishness. Honestly, to be expected when you come into the soon-to-be-former Crown Prince's territory showing off your assets. Might have known they'd be a trap from the start...
Wouldn't have been the first time a Praetorian Guard caught an emperor (or prospective emperor) unawares.
Honestly, just spraying sand in their face t speed would be enough...
I don't recognise the name, but I would assume it's akin to skunk spray in terms of nasty. <Googles> Ah, pepper spray of particularly high spiciness. Ghost Peppers, in fact...
That's one MILLION Scofields to the eyeballs. Ow.
Elven Archery for the win!
He's still young. He'll learn. Perhaps this will be a good object lesson in monitoring the whole field.
Understandable he'd fall back on asking OL for advice here. This is not a situation they would have predicted. Should have, but didn't.
At least once he has a direction to move, he wastes no time moving.
Might want to disperse that pronto, Last thing you want is a stampede in a busy street liek this.
Which is why she's so pissed, I expect. Not just the attempt on her life, but just as she declares her intentions towards Diabo?
Rude!Hard to believe she couldn't outrange a crossbow, given magic, but better to let it pass.
Excellent, he didn't even hesitate to check with OL. The lad has promise as an actual Emperor even without OL's advising.
The benefit of having a whole party of bad-ass female warriors. Everyone thinks they're eye-candy until they start tossing people through buildings or shooting arrows half a mile...
Ah, one of those patients.
Good move, she keeps aggravating matters, she'll bleed out before infection can take hold.
Making for one heck of a show, as well. Like some mighty wizard-king...
Probably pissed she has to let him see her like this. A warrior's pride, you know?
Adrenaline. Marvellously useful in actual combat, bit of a pain when you need them to sit still a second.
Oooh, so lewd!
And in public? I think she's just stunned by his blatant hand-holding.Probably didn't even take a single point of charge, not that he needs to worry on that front.
Ah, young love. Well, not on his part, or the Ring would have fritzed out.
Heh. I can just imagine Ring-OL rolling his figurative eyes.
I'm sure it won't be too hard to track down his employer.
Stripping them entirely naked should do the trick, their dignity or honour bedamned.
After all, why let a little assassination attempt spoil the party?
Ah, all neatly wrapped up.
Not bad, given that the guy is probably as tall, or taller than her, and likely looks heavier
...Ah, it's not about the quality of the catch, then.
Oooh, clam-jammed by the ersatz head-pat!
And he got to show his nigh-invulnerability in the process.
Thank you, corrected.
Apparently the crowd is patiently waiting for the assassination attempt to conclude. Or are enjoying the additional entertainment.
If that is how Apostles act I have to wonder what the gods were like back when they were embodied.
This paul is from 2012-2013.
The word 'rizz' also entered the popular lexicon on Earth 16.
Didn't Diabo say that they didn't have enchanted weapons when he was negotiating with the Japanese? Or was that just a case of discretion?
They don't commonly have enchanted equipment, and they're not all that good. The army the Japanese faced on the Saderan side of the gate had no enchanted equipment.
Well, that's certainly a word I never expected to see on this story.
This is incredibly funny to read.
Diabo is underestimating the stupidity of Zorzal, through it's likely either the Emperor or Tyuule setting him up.
Canonically, Diabo thought that his brother was an intelligent man who pretended to be an idiot because he didn't want to become the next Kati. He blamed his later stupidity on him becoming so used to pretending to be an idiot that it had become natural.
Missing end quote between away and she.
Thank you, corrected.
If he ended up in the YJ Abridged universe then I'm surprised Alfred didn't kill him.
I feel like it will more likely result in the child acting as something of a mini-Luthor.
Well, it's not every day you see a God of Conquest taking part in the American equivalent of a sausage sizzle. And hello there, Renegade, it has been some time, hasn't it? Meeting the community, I see...
Not that your 'pony' form is all that endearing anyway, what with the 'bat-winged horse' thing.
Ah, good to see he can't charm every child he meets... Despite his parental experience.
'Kids, huh?'
At least the kids will be enjoying the magical pony showing off. The adults... Depends on how they handle sudden Rainbooms.
Interesting. Part of his Conquest traits, sensing community leadership?
I see the 'Earth Angel' situation with that Supergirl resolved itself differently? At least, that's what the clues point me to? It's been so long since we had a Renegade segment, I think we all forgot his dangling plotlines.
Heh. Lex slumming it with the regular people? Wouldn't catch the Paragon's one doing that...
Presumably something to facilitate a safe pregnancy? Or at least prevent her demonic aspect getting starved while she plays 'human'?
...Was that a thing she was doing before?
Good to hear she's not doing it any more, though....Hey, some guys might appreciate a pregnant lady. I doubt the Renegade is one, unless it's Luna.
Like having cheat codes for the sort of social niceties that needs, eh?
Yeah, that old monkey brain has a lot to answer for...
Nice of him to couch the matter in terms she's more familiar with.
Worst case, she comes across as a little socially awkward. A common enough thing...
Ah, yes, that might be a going concern, especially if her relationship with the father is more than transactional.
Heh, an interesting counterpoint of nature versus nurture.
Wow, Hell must really be reorganising after the Renegade's interference... Or maybe he's just making a casual joke about them.
There's an angle Jack Kirby and all his successors writing the New Gods titles probably never considered. Well, not on the pages of the books, anyway.
The question is, is she courageous enough to make that change?
From Buffyverse stuff? That is an interesting connection.
Ah, this is going to backfire someday, I just know it.
Or at least if it does, it doesn't blow back on you...
Who knows, perhaps it's groundwork for a future Renegade-focused episode. Hopefully we remember this happened if it is.
Not true, Demons in the DC Metaverse can in fact be truely happy.
Shrooms aren't really a party drug, that's a good point.
'an'?
'building of alliances'
'uncertainty,'
Missing full stop? It could be a continuation into the godspeech, but the sentence structure doesn't seem to support that notion.
No, he forced a change patterened after a change that was occuring in Lex.
Challengerville was a town with thousands of inhabitants. Making it a memorial to the team that -despite their best efforts- failed to save them would be in poor taste.
Linda died, and with no Noriel around her will was enacted. That authorised Grayven to use her body for 'fucked up' magic.
Thank you, corrected.
