Mr Zoat
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Thank you, corrected.
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*chance instead of change
Should that be images instead of imagines?
Thank you, corrected.
You know, this might have had some impact if we have any fucking context to this.
On the spine.Sure. I mean, with a name like, 'Spine Rider,' I'm sure all it wants to do is give OL a big warm hug.
Should I assume that 'ploin' is another word for 'pear,' in this context?And things have gone ploin-shaped. Combat time! At least we know what they want exploded now.
Don't be so sure just yet. The Sheeda are bug people after all, and we haven't seen who's in charge yet...At least the first person to attack OL with butterflies wasn't Skitter in a crossover event.
So he can win this one!
OL wasn't kidding when he said that Sivana Sr. could best be compared to a high explosive with "point toward enemy" painted on one side.Squire is entirely right to be skeptical of 'working with' Sivana despite the many advantages he beings to the situation.
Yes. It's a nod to All-Guardsmen Party, a Warhammer 40,000 roleplaying game story. All Guardsmen Party. Imagine a group of soldiers, fresh from a horrible meatgrinder of a military campaign being 'recruited' by the setting's unholy fusion of the CIA, the Jedi order and the KGB with a layer of religious fanaticism smeared on as glue. Hilarity ensues and missions usually go 'ploin-shaped' with amusing regularity. It's a good read.Should I assume that 'ploin' is another word for 'pear,' in this context?
dont forget their "inquisitorial transport".Yes. It's a nod to All-Guardsmen Party, a Warhammer 40,000 roleplaying game story. All Guardsmen Party. Imagine a group of soldiers, fresh from a horrible meatgrinder of a military campaign being 'recruited' by the setting's unholy fusion of the CIA, the Jedi order and the KGB with a layer of religious fanaticism smeared on as glue. Hilarity ensues and missions usually go 'ploin-shaped' with amusing regularity. It's a good read.
Plus, Ploin is just such a funny-sounding word...
OL isn't British enough to like teaTo be fair they borrowed 'ploin-shaped' from the HERO OF THE IMPERIUM himself Ciaphas Cain, and his rather....interesting life spent sporting a fancy hat and sash in the name of the Emperor.
Wonder if OL would like a nice bowl of Tanna, or he'd just make that taste like Black Currant as well.
When was that again?I'm legitimately shocked at how much good taste this thread is showing.
Since he gave Zatanna a Sororitas costume, maybe he can give Jade an Inquisitor one...
You know. For Valentines Day.
Isn't happening on my end, but I'm on a phone so that might be why.Should most of the entire chapter be in italics?
Edit: I took a screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/cckU5eK.png
It's looking perfectly fine to me, but them I'm on an iPad, so maybe it the browser causing problems.Isn't happening on my end, but I'm on a phone so that might be why.
Well played.Should most of the entire chapter be in italics?
Edit: I took a screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/cckU5eK.png
Thank you, corrected.
That could have gone extremely poorly. You really need standard procedures for this kind of situation...Fastmovingpossibleconstructbypasspunch!
The Spine Rider lunges at me and I'm not sure exactly how much contact its swords need in order to control someone. But its small size means that it can't reach my actual skin through my right gauntlet even if it got the angle exactly right and as it explodes around my knuckles I assure myself that it isn't going to get the chance.
Of course he's not paying much attention to the dangers..."The cocoons aren't butterf-"
All across the wasteland Spine Riders pull themselves free and fly at us!
"Fascinating."
...And with good reason it appears. Fricking super-scientists.Dr Sivana moves his mech into the largest concentration, samplers darting out and grabbing any who fail to evade in time. Several are attempting to attack his cockpit but his grins to himself as they fail to penetrate his force field and are electrocuted by it. Some of the more enterprising ones are going for the joints of his suit's limbs, but at the moment he appears to be perfectly safe.
No danger in the latter's case, plenty of it in Beryl's. Get on it, OL.Beryl is not safe, dodging and diving wildly as she attempts to leave the area. She's swinging her baton more to force them to fly more cautiously rather than as an actual focused attack, which seems perfectly sensible to me. Ordinarily she could just fly away, but the Spine Riders have wings, there isn't any cover in the air and she clearly doesn't want to find out whether to not they can bypass a kinetic barrier.
Linda is effortlessly flash-frying any that bother approaching her, her wings at full extension and billowing in plumes of fire.
And now he has designs for anti-construct blades? That'll come in handy sometime, Mister Chekhov.I clap my arms against my chest where I briefly acquired some sheeda passengers and smear them against my cuirass. Filaments reach out and pick up one of their tiny swords, and my magnified view shows me the.. circuitry covering the surface. That will be… Useful. I wonder if the construct-disrupting effect is an absolute, or it only worked because the construct was relatively weak? I generate construct armour around myself and… Yes, their swords are leaving an impression, but they're not able to just ignore it.
Good show.
She's got a point. OL's getting a little too detached at times...I fly at full speed towards where Beryl is panicking in a controlled sort of way, throwing up a construct dome around us-
"Nice of you to remember!"
-once I'm in position.
Seriosuly, Beryl, powered armor is not against any kind of Superhero's code. Batman uses powered armor when needed..."Sorry. The first one cut through my barrier and I wasn't sure this would hold. Is now a good time to upsell you on personal protective equipment?"
She ignores me. "So these are Spine Riders, huh? Surprisingly… Pretty. I wasn't expecting the wings."
Toasty! Good to see she can cut loose when needed."Doctor, have you got enough?!"
"There's no such thing as too many samples!"
"But there is such a thing as diminishing re-"
Flame washes across the scrubland and incinerates all in its path. Spine Riders burn, their wings disintegrating first and dropping them into the burning brush.
"-turns. Supergirl, explain."
Indeed. The town is definitely not colatteral damage, regardless of Sivana's opinion."They are converging on the town."
Oh dear. Neither Garth nor Leonid are well-positioned to deal with an attack like that. Garth has his water armour which should keep them out, but I've got no idea whether they'll bypass Leonid's toughness or not. And Garth's not all that fast…
"Good call."
Don't give him that look, Doctor. He is a superhero.Dr Sivana awkwardly clumps his mech around in a circle so that he can look at us. He doesn't look all that happy.
"Find them and burn them. Minimise collateral damage. Orange Lantern to Tempest and Starfire-."
Information pulled from OL's memory, or Sivana's first-hand knowledge? Wonder if they knew, if it was the latter."Tempest here."
"We've found Spine Riders and they're heading your way." With surprising speed, given that they're using butterfly wings. "Kill them. If you see anyone behaving out of character, their preferred attachment-."
"The back of the neck. I remember the briefing."
Dangit, Escort Missions are always hardest with uncooperative NPCs..."Supergirl is coming your way." She twists in the air, wings flaring as she heads in their direction. "I'd-. Getting people inside would probably help a bit." Americans. Projectile weapons and zombie films are not a good background for dealing with the victims of Spine Riders. "But the police and local gun owners won't."
"Are you heading back?"
Dr Sivana's mech clunks towards the mine entrance.
Do you want to risk these things getting a hold of League members? Imagine Batman with a Spine Rider... Imagine Superman..."Not unless it's essential. I still need to keep an eye on Doctor Sivana. Call me if you're losing control of the situation."
"I understand."
Do we need additional force? It…
At least they're not going to have a forest fire..."Fascinating."
Darn it.
The fires around us die for lack of fuel, and Beryl's already got a gas mask on. I spread out my shield and make is semi-permeable, letting new air in by keeping the worst of the smoke out.
That is a scary thought. We're lucky he even escaped in the first place..."Doctor!"
Beryl follows as I march towards the mine entrance. "Why are we following him?"
"Because we can't let the sheeda mind control him. Bluntly, losing the town would be better. You know how much damage he's done, and as far as he's concerned that was all incidental. If the sheeda have him when the harrowing happens he'll do a lot more than that."
And given the general Evillness of their culture, does it really matter?"… Fine." She looks back at the burned scrubland as we enter the mine proper. "How intelligent are those things we're killing?"
"I really don't know."
Ew. Also a scary thought."Look here-."
"I genuinely don't know. They've got enough magic about them that I can't see whether they've got complex desires or not. Given their size I'd guess not, but I really don't.. know…"
A short distance inside the mine I see torn medical waste bags, dried blood-. Ring, check? Dried human blood and other fluids smeared on the surrounding rock. Someone brought that here? Active Spine Riders hiding in hospitals?
Priorities, Doctor. Intel first, killing second, unless you're at risk...Beryl spots it too. "Someone's been busy."
There's a clunk as Dr Sivana's mech opens up further, legs lengthening at the cost of armour around the central trunk. He uses the extra height to grip the ceiling and floor, keeping weapons pointing deeper into the mine.
"So it appears. I'm rather eager to find out who."
TIme to show Sivana what a Lantern cutting loose looks like."Do the sheeda eat human flesh?"
"They didn't seem fussy when I was with them, but in the far future where would they get any? But if they were trying to adapt to human physiology… Now there's an idea."
I walk under his cupola and then accelerate to a march.
"We need this dealt with now. I'm taking point."
Thank you, corrected.Correction: 'but he grins'
Correction: 'make it semi-permeable'
Isn't happening on my end, but I'm on a phone so that might be why.
It's basically part of a running gag.It's looking perfectly fine to me, but them I'm on an iPad, so maybe it the browser causing problems.
No, I meant 'when was valentine's day?'...Valentine's Day 2012 I believe. He got a noise marine get up for himself, and together they went to go convince Games Workshop to not be awful and adapt his Ophidian-derived update.
Too sleepy for link right now
I'm guessing that would be the day that Jade got extremely disappointed, about four days before Paul decided to play with Sheeda.
To be fair, he'd be far from the first guy to forget a date that is important to his significant other, it's just that forgetting Valentine's Day is an unusual and extreme outlier compared to 'the anniversary of our first date' or whatever (which is sometimes disputed as to which one counts as the first).I'm guessing that would be the day that Jade got extremely disappointed, about four days before Paul decided to play with Sheeda.