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

[Ardy]

That probably takes more ring power than the MC currently has to work with given his own limitations.

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He can now recharge (slowly) without a lantern.

 

[GigaVanguard]

Though since the Japanese national age of consent is 12, that part might not actually be illegal.

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The excuse me? I'm sure it's higher in every single prefecture so it doesn't actually matter, right?

 

[Steelplaza]

My assumption would be that for Sailor V, the local-OL being her "boyfriend" means she's hugged him a few times, they might have gone out to eat, and she's maybe kissed him on the cheek.

All of you are talking about her age in legal terms and such, but based on her behavior in the show she really is at the emotional maturity level of a 14 year old. That is, she loves the idea of having a boyfriend and would enjoy hanging out with a mature boy who is nice to her, but she doesn't feel remotely ready for anything actually sexual. Given the attitude of typical Paul-SIs, I doubt he would initiate anything unless she dragged him to it by the hand.

I mean, we can still see it as kind of skeevy, but there's no point in talking about the law if they haven't actually done anything sexual.

 

[Nervaqus987]

Mamoru being dead doesn't mean shit.

Because resurrection is a thing that can occur and the person who does it is very much inclined to bring her boyfriend back from the dead.

And even if Usagi can't or won't for whatever reason, Neo-Queen Serenity a thousand years from now may decide to reach back in time and jiggle the timeline to revive him.

See, for example, what happened with Sailor Pluto who died due to her restrictions* and Neo-Queen Serenity retroactively reincarnated her twenty years in the past so that she would have a happy and full life before Meioh Setsuna could show up and become Sailor Pluto once again like someone whose D&D character died and was replaced with a suspiciously similar substitute.



*OG Queen Serenity: "And to you, Sailor Pluto, I entrust the guardianship of the Doors of Time."
OG Queen Serenity: "Don't ask where I got them."
Pluto: "So my job is to protect and manage the timeline?"
OG Queen Serenity: "No, your job is make sure no one uses them to fuck with time. If you fuck with time, you die."
Pluto: "So no altering the timestream, but can I do anything else with time?"
OG Queen Serenity: "If you so much as stop time, you die."
OG Queen Serenity: "Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to fuck with the time space continuum."
Pluto: "Rules for thee and not for me, huh?"

 

[CrazyNoVa]

*OG Queen Serenity: "And to you, Sailor Pluto, I entrust the guardianship of the Doors of Time."
OG Queen Serenity: "Don't ask where I got them."
Pluto: "So my job is to protect and manage the timeline?"
OG Queen Serenity: "No, your job is make sure no one uses them to fuck with time. If you fuck with time, you die."
Pluto: "So no altering the timestream, but can I do anything else with time?"
OG Queen Serenity: "If you so much as stop time, you die."
OG Queen Serenity: "Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to fuck with the time space continuum."
Pluto: "Rules for thee and not for me, huh?"

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Wait, are those restrictions actually canon?

I get that the author might not want Sailor Pluto to completely break the story with her time powers, but what's even the point of giving a character time powers if you won't let them use those powers in the story at all?

 

[Vaermina]

See, for example, what happened with Sailor Pluto who died due to her restrictions* and Neo-Queen Serenity retroactively reincarnated her twenty years in the past so that she would have a happy and full life before Meioh Setsuna could show up and become Sailor Pluto once again like someone whose D&D character died and was replaced with a suspiciously similar substitute.

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That's not what happened.

Pluto died in the Silver Millennium and was reborn along side the rest of the Sailor Scouts. That's the Meioh Setsuna the team encountered after Pluto's "death". The Pluto that died was the one from Silver Tokyo which had encountered and befriended Chibi-Usagi.

 

[Mr Zoat]

The excuse me? I'm sure it's higher in every single prefecture so it doesn't actually matter, right?

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Yes, every single prefecture has a minimum age higher than that. So you'd need an area of Japan that wasn't part of a prefecture, like how there are areas of the United States that aren't part of a state. Or maybe Japanese territorial waters or something.

I mean, don't, obviously.

My assumption would be that for Sailor V, the local-OL being her "boyfriend" means she's hugged him a few times, they might have gone out to eat, and she's maybe kissed him on the cheek.

All of you are talking about her age in legal terms and such, but based on her behavior in the show she really is at the emotional maturity level of a 14 year old. That is, she loves the idea of having a boyfriend and would enjoy hanging out with a mature boy who is nice to her, but she doesn't feel remotely ready for anything actually sexual. Given the attitude of typical Paul-SIs, I doubt he would initiate anything unless she dragged him to it by the hand.

I mean, we can still see it as kind of skeevy, but there's no point in talking about the law if they haven't actually done anything sexual.

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She didn't even do that much. The most she did was treat some of their missions like dates. Naturally, he didn't notice.

 

[Ardy]

She didn't even do that much. The most she did was treat some of their missions like dates. Naturally, he didn't notice.

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Oh God, is the first he's going to hear about him being in a relationship going to come from the SI??

 

[Lurking Shade]

Wait, are those restrictions actually canon?

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More or less. Her actual restrictions are: She can't leave her post. She can't allow anyone to time travel. And she can't disrupt the flow of time or she dies.

 

[Nervaqus987]

Wait, are those restrictions actually canon?

I get that the author might not want Sailor Pluto to completely break the story with her time powers, but what's even the point of giving a character time powers if you won't let them use those powers in the story at all?

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Yep.

Canon.

In fact, she dies in canon when she had to stop time during the Black Moon arc. After which, Neo-Queen Serenity retroactively reincarnated her

 

[CrazyNoVa]

More or less. Her actual restrictions are: She can't leave her post. She can't allow anyone to time travel. And she can't disrupt the flow of time or she dies.

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So she's just stuck there doing nothing for all time, and hennshe gets cool time powers, but she can't use them or else she dies? That sucks balls. Again, what's the point of giving someone time powers if they can't even use them? Seriously, what was Queen Serenity thinking?

In fact, she dies in canon when she had to stop time during the Black Moon arc. After which, Neo-Queen Serenity retroactively reincarnated her

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So, she got killed for basically doing her damn job? What the hell, Queen Serenity? If Queen Serenity is so anal about people with time powers, then why even bother giving people time powers at all?

 

[Mr Zoat]

19th November 1995
14:13 GMT +9

Three out of the five Guardians walk away, having resumed their civilian forms and wanting to return to their families. That means that I'm left with Moon, Venus, Other Me and the cats. Artemis is lying in Venus's arms, which… Seems a little odd for an intelligent creature to do, but for good friends who've been through a lot… I suppose that it makes sense. Moon's cat Luna is standing on a nearby wall, glaring at me.

"Alright, Mazikeen, Sandro and I will be leaving just as soon as we've got a lead on Angelica. I don't suppose that you've got any sort of transplanar tracking technology, do you?"

Moon blinks. "Transwhat?"

I close my eyes for a moment, then look at the rest of the huddle. Venus shakes her head, Artemis blinks owlishly, Other Me-.

"Sorry, I… I've had enough trouble keeping this ring-" He raises his left hand. "-charged. I tried investigating the planetary fortresses, but the first one I looked at still had functioning defences. There might be something there, if Metalia didn't completely destroy them."

Venus taps Artemis on the head, prompting him to look up at her and then turn to me.

"I don't remember having anything like that. Queen Serenity might have had a spell that could do that, but I never saw her perform it. Sorry."

Moon frowns thoughtfully for a moment, and then turns to Luna. "Luna, do you know anything about that?"

Luna keeps glaring at me, then raises her right forepaw and points it at. "What is he!"

I narrow my eyes slightly. "I'm the reason why you're not in Metalia's dungeon right now. And what I am doesn't matter if I'm just going to leave."

"Hey!" Moon glares at Luna, who is completely unaffected. "Luna, be nice!"

Luna growls, fur puffed up and tail lashing.

I generate a construct cat carry case around her, and then transmute a physical one to replace it.

She looks around her new enclosure, and then tries clawing at the door. The carbon nanotube reinforced tungsten doesn't get damaged in the slightest. "Hey! Let me out of here!"

"Alright, I'll assume-" Guardian Moon looks a little concerned about the cat case for a moment, but when she sees that it's not actually hurting Luna she smirks at her pet's discomportment. "-that she doesn't know anything either. Is there anything I can do to help before I leave?"

"I-." Other Me starts to speak, then stops and looks away.

Ah, yes, I know that feeling. I'd hate asking for help too, and he really wants a safe way to recharge, and knows perfectly well that continuing to feed on dark energy isn't an option. But he's torn between asking and just trying to work something out himself. Because trading is one thing, but just asking for a favour you can't pay back…

"I could make you a personal lantern, but it would take a while and wouldn't be as effective as an actual maltusian one."

His eyes widen. "You ended somewhere with maltusians?"

I nod, shrugging. "It made getting started a lot easier. I got a personal lantern handed to me inside a day. " I fabricate a copy of my training manual and offer it to him. "I wrote this to help with the training of new Orange Lanterns. You might find it useful."

He nods, taking it and sending it into subspace.

"You might be able to learn to feed off the Silver Crystal. It might take a while, but the orange light is pretty good about consuming-."

"Absolutely not!" Luna tries to glare at me, but the bars rather diminish the effect. "The Silver Crystal is the property of the Moon Princess!"

"I'm pretty sure that the Moon Princess is dead..?"

Guardian Moon frowns at me. "Hey!"

"I'm sorry, I know that Shinto doesn't have a belief in reincarnation, but if we accept the Buddhist view, then you're still a new person who is supposed to add to your soul's total wisdom. You're not her, whatever you share with her. And anyway…" I smile. "Strange cats distributing sticks is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical feline ceremony."

The Japanese girls and alien cats look confused, while Other Me snorts with laughter. "You can't expect to wield supreme arcane power just 'cause some mangy moggy threw a stick at you!"

Luna scowls. "Hey!"

Venus looks confused. "Huh?"

Other Me shakes his head. "It's from a film. I'll show-. I'll show it to you later."

Guardian Moon blinks. "I can't?"

"Mazikeen took the 'royal family only' spell off, so anyone can use it. And… Have you ever really thought about what you're doing? You're some Japanese girl who a cat gave magical powers to because you're genetically identical to someone who died thousands of years ago. Do you think that maybe getting some training with the police or military might have been a good idea?"

Venus nods. "I used to train with the British police's Armed Response Units. And… Honestly? Having a whole organisation who could give me information and back me up was really useful."

Other Me nods. "I noticed that British politicians got a bit upset when Venus and I started acting as superheroes. Monopoly on legitimate use of force, you know. It might be worth you speaking to someone in the Japanese government as well in case they decide that you're… Somehow partially responsible for what happened."

Moon's eyes widen. "But I wasn't."

"Yes, we know that, but after global catastrophes governments aren't very rational. Beryl said that she was going to speak to the Canadian government, so that conversation is going to happen. It would be a good idea to get ahead of things."

"Okay. I guess I'll ask… Rei or something."

Other Me girds his loins and huffs. "I… Would appreciate it if you could make me a personal lantern. You're right: using dark energy isn't-. It's a terrible idea. But I don't want to give this up."

Hm. "Actually, there might be an easier way. One moment."

I look out into the universe, searching for… Orange light use, or something similar enough that I can-.

There! I move

"…trouble me ever again!"

To where a woman… In a golden costume that looks a bit like what the Guardians wear fires a energy blast at another young women. Her target disintegrates almost immediately, a crystal… Smaller than the Silver Crystal and orange in colour falls to the ground.

"Splendid."

Gold Woman turns to me with an expression of surprise. "What?"

I tether the crystal and

step out, returning to

Japan, holding the crystal out to Other Me. "Here you go. This might make things easier."

He takes it, nodding as his ring recharges. "Thank you. That will do very nicely."

 

[CrazyNoVa]

There! I move

"…trouble me ever again!"

To where a woman… In a golden costume that looks a bit like what the Guardians wear fires a energy blast at another young women. Her target disintegrates almost immediately, a crystal… Smaller than the Silver Crystal and orange in colour falls to the ground.

"Splendid."

Gold Woman turns to me with an expression of surprise. "What?"

I tether the crystal and

step out, returning to

Japan, holding the crystal out to Other Me. "Here you go. This might make things easier."

He takes it, nodding as his ring recharges. "Thank you. That will do very nicely."

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OH, SHIT! DID PAUL JUST STEAL SOMETHING FROM SAILOR GALAXIA?!

He needs to get the hell out of this universe ASAP!

 

[BlackCoat13]

Okay, I know basically nothing about Sailor Moon and even I know that was boneheaded. I miss the old pre-Boss Smiley Paul who knew better than shit like that. Just make him a lantern! You know that it works just fine!