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

It's nice to see little moments like these to remind us that while Paul's way of thinking is alien, he still has enough of a sense of humor to make jokes like this.

Maybe he should consider buying Domino's Pizza, that way the joke will actually be accurate and he'll be free to use that line in literally any context he wants.

If he did that Guy would be making calls from half way across the universe for a pizza, and paul would have to greedyport it over otherwise it'd be late and he'd get it free.
 
If he did that Guy would be making calls from half way across the universe for a pizza, and paul would have to greedyport it over otherwise it'd be late and he'd get it free.

Thus, Paul would have no choice but to expand the franchise across the universe, thus making Domino's Pizza an intergalactic franchise. After that, he could do the same to Cadbury too.

And after he becomes the universe's first Multidecillionaire thanks to all the money he'll make, Paul could then buy every other popular fast food franchise on Earth and merge them with his, and then he would become the greatest fast food mongul in Sector 2814.

And after that, he can then buy every popular fast food chain that exists in the universe and expand his horizons ever further.

Maybe the Sybarite would do something like that.

Imagine the possibilites!
 
Thus, Paul would have no choice but to expand the franchise across the universe, thus making Domino's Pizza an intergalactic franchise. After that, he could do the same to Cadbury too.

And after he becomes the universe's first Multidecillionaire thanks to all the money he'll make, Paul could then buy every other popular fast food franchise on Earth and merge them with his, and then he would become the greatest fast food mongul in Sector 2814.

And after that, he can then buy every popular fast food chain that exists in the universe and expand his horizons ever further.

Maybe the Sybarite would do something like that.

Imagine the possibilites!
Honestly, it was more of a callback to when he did the same thing with Speedy. I don't even like Domino's that much.

The Christmas Pizza is surprisingly nice, though.
 
We're All Mad Here (part 17) New
18th July 2013
13:52 GMT -5


I find my eyebrows raising as I stare at the image of the Peace Agent's masked face as it floats over my ring.

"Come again?"

"While I have no record of those two operatives being given another task, they are allowed to act on their own initiative. Despite what some people on the internet think, we aren't a hive mind or anything like that."

"But they would have reported the change in activity, wouldn't they?"

"Usually, yes, but there isn't a hard and fast rule. Their A.I. support unit should remind them if they forgot, but there are reasons to delay in making such a report."

"They're in costume. I doubt that they could infiltrate somewhere."

"Orange Lantern, I'm here to organise, not to second guess the behaviour of loyal Operatives in the field. It's perfectly possible that they just went to relieve themselves."

I.. look past him toward Tuppence. She shrugs.

"Not unless they've got scan proof toilets. And according to Tuppence they reported receiving orders."

"Those didn't come from us, but it's possible that either Batman or Mister Atom gave them orders directly. Or they just didn't want to tell Miss Beresford what they were doing. We discourage particular attachment but personality is permitted."

"Okay, but Peace… Operatives? Haven't been deployed very long. There's only so much that testing can do compared to the real world. Could you put out a message asking them to report in as soon as they can? Just… Just sending you a message to let them know that they're alright."

"If it puts your mind at ease Orange Lantern, of course."

"Thank you. Orange-."

"How is your search going, if I may ask?"

"Oh, we found some weird Apokoliptian globe device. Canis had a look but we're not really sure what it does. There's a possibility that something came out of it so he's got Brut trying to sniff whatever it was out."

"And you found that during your search for The Question?"

"No, that's a follow up on the situation with Jarvis Tetch. I said I'd give The Question a week and it's been two days. Do you have information that there's an active threat to him?"

The Peace Agent hesitates. "We have a.. degree of concern, that the spiritual energies of Hub City might be disrupted by your reconstruction efforts, and that may in turn have an adverse effect on his mental state. I wasn't sure that we should tell you in case it caused you to delay your efforts; getting Hub City working really is the most important task in front of you at the moment."

I nod slowly. "I see what you mean, but… As far as I understand it, that shouldn't be a problem. If anything, the restoration of the population would make the city spirits happier and more purposeful."

"But the phenomenon is not well understood. And in any case, rapidly changing spiritual energy flows combined with his fragile mental state after being so intimately exposed to the Anti-Life could increase the chance of an adverse reaction."

"No. That's true, and you could be right. I'll track down a magician and ask them to check."

"It.. seems to me that directly locating The Question would be easier, but you're the man on the spot. I am simply here to assist you."

"Alright, well, thank you for the notice. Orange Lantern out."

I lower my-.

"He's ly'n."

"No shit." Tuppence blinks in surprise. "I don't know what's going on with them, but I've been concerned since I found out that they exist." I sigh quietly. "But in the interest of being thorough, did you check the toilets?"

She gestures towards the north. "Ah checked thuh portapotties. They wuz headed the wrong way anyhow."

"Right. Did they tell you their names?"

"Ah'm here to work an' get paid, not t' make freynds."

"Okay. Let's hope they had driving licenses, then."

Ring, go through every database you can get and try and get facial matches. Who were they before they got their brains zapped?

Working. Best matches found.

Ah… That's… A problem. Both of them were Justifiers. Not members of the Alliance of the Just, just violent criminals they used extra helmets on.

"Tuppence, did they give any sign that the brainwashing was anything less than completely effective?"

"Huh?"

"Did they say anything about their lives before joining the Global Peace Agency?"

"Not when ah were list'n'n."

Ring, phone Kai.

Compliance.

"Hey. Lantern, that you?"

"Yes. I'm sending you a couple of pictures. Do you recognise these people?"

"Just a sec… Yeah. Yeah. I… Worked with them a couple of times. Haven't heard anything about them recently."

"They joined the G.P.A.."

"Huh. Good they're turning their lives around, I guess."

"Except they've wandered off and I can't find them. Can you get me a list of their contacts?"

"Not… Really. I know the guys I worked with a lot, but when we were all… You know… We weren't exactly sharing personal stuff."

"That's fair. Do you know anyone who would?"

"Heh. Mannheim, maybe? Whatever happened to him, anyway?"

"Since it turned out that he was effectively super-Justified, he was released and is doing socially useful work."

"Him too? Damn. Huh."

"Problem?"

"Just… Kinda figured he was to blame for everything… But… I mean, I did things while I had that helmet on… I don't…"

"A lot of people did."

"But if Mannheim just had it worse, and it wasn't really him…" He exhales slowly. "I don't know how I feel about that."

"Alright, thank you for your time. End."

Tuppence has her hands on her hips. "Whut naw?"

"I start looking in earnest, and you get back to work. Good day."
 
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The Peace Agent hesitates. "We have a.. degree of concern, that the spiritual energies of Hub City might be disrupted by your reconstruction efforts, and that may in turn have a adverse effect on his mental state. I wasn't sure that we should tell you in case it caused you to delay your efforts; getting Hub City working really is the most important task in front of you at the moment."
That should say 'an'.

"Except they've wondered off and I can't find them. Can you get me a list of their contacts?"
That should say 'wandered'.

"Since it turned out that he was effectively super-Justified, he was realised and is doing socially useful work."
That should say 'released'.
 
"But the phenomena is not well understood. And in any case, rapidly changing spiritual energy flows combined with his fragile mental state after being so intimately exposed to the Anti-Life could increase the chance of an adverse reaction
Good point.

If he's suddenly filled with so much happiness then he may become addicted to it, or it may potentially damage his ability to feel happiness without magic.
 
18th July 2013
13:52 GMT -5


I find my eyebrows raising as I stare at the image of Peace Agent's masked face as it floats over my ring.

"Come again?"
Oh, looks like he's going to get the runaround, huh? because I doubt whatever they said is so surprising he couldn't believe his ears. Given the stuff he's seen, only truly novel things would surprise him anymore.

"While I have no record of those two operatives being given another task, they are allowed to act on their own initiative. Despite what some people on the internet think, we aren't a hive mind or anything like that."

"But they would have reported the change in activity, wouldn't they?"
And I'm not sure how they could have received any information on a worksite except through their own implanted comms.

"Usually, yes, but there isn't a hard and fast rule. Their A.I. support unit should remind them if they forgot, but there are reasons to delay in making such a report."

"They're in costume. I doubt that they could infiltrate somewhere."
...Unless they choose to power down and have incognito clothing.

"Orange Lantern, I'm here to organise, not to second guess the behaviour of loyal Operatives in the field. It's perfectly possible that they just went to relieve themselves."

I.. look past him toward Tuppence. She shrugs.
...At the same time? Besides, I suspect their enhancements would make that a minimal priority.

"Not unless they've got scan proof toilets. And according to Tuppence they reported receiving orders."

"Those didn't come from us, but it's possible that either Batman or Mister Atom gave them orders directly. Or they just didn't want to tell Miss Beresford what they were doing. We discourage particular attachment but personality is permitted."
Which makes it suspicious that Batman or Atom are handing out secret orders to random agents.

"Okay, but Peace… Operatives? Haven't been deployed very long. There's only so much that testing can do compared to the real world. Could you put out a message asking them to report in as soon as they can? Just… Just sending you a message to let them know that they're alright."
Just in case something is amiss and they're operating without clear orders. If they skip a requested check-in, that's extra sus.

"If it puts your mind at ease Orange Lantern, of course."

"Thank you. Orange-."

"How is your search going, if I may ask?"
...Because of course they're pushing him to find the Question.

"Oh, we found some weird Apokliptian globe device. Canis had a look but we're not really sure what it does. There's a possibility that something came out of it so he's got Brut trying to sniff whatever it was out."

"And you found that during your search for The Question?"
Okay, guys, I know the Question can be a bit disruptive when he has a thing on the go, this is getting a bit excessive.

"No, that's a follow up on the situation with Jarvis Tetch. I said I'd give The Question a week and it's been two days. Do you have information that there's an active threat to him?"

The Peace Agent hesitates. "We have a.. degree of concern, that the spiritual energies of Hub City might be disrupted by your reconstruction efforts, and that may in turn have a adverse effect on his mental state. I wasn't sure that we should tell you in case it caused you to delay your efforts; getting Hub City working really is the most important task in front of you at the moment."
Okay, that's a reasonable concern, given his supposed shamanhood. But unless he's empowered by Hub City being damn shitty, I don't think improving it is a bad thing.

I nod slowly. "I see what you mean, but… As far as I understand it, that shouldn't be a problem. If anything, the restoration of the population would make the city spirits happier and more purposeful."

"But the phenomena is not well understood. And in any case, rapidly changing spiritual energy flows combined with his fragile mental state after being so intimately exposed to the Anti-Life could increase the chance of an adverse reaction."
Now that is a bit more of a worry. He could go deep into the 'The purpose of Aglets is sinister' level of tin-hattery.

"No. That's true, and you could be right. I'll track down a magician and ask them to check."

"It.. seems to me that directly locating The Question would be easier, but you're the man on the spot. I am simply here to assist you."
Better to have multiple opinions when this sort of thing is involved.

"Alright, well, that you for the notice. Orange Lantern out."

I lower my-.

"He's ly'n."
Yes, I'm amazed the construct didn't smell of bullshit.

"No shit." Tuppence blinks in surprise. "I don't know what's going on with them, but I've been concerned since I found out that they exist." I sigh quietly. "But in the interest of being thorough, did you check the toilets?"

She gestures towards the north. "Ah checked thuh portapotties. They wuz headed the wrong way anyhow."
Just crossing the 't's and dotting the 'i's.

"Right. Did they tell you their names?"

"Ah'm here to work an' get paid, not t' make freynds."
You can do both. Though given their 'minimum personal attachments' rule, I doubt they would have reciprocated much anyway.

"Okay. Let's hope they had driving licenses, then."

Ring, go through every database you can get and try and get facial matches. Who were they before they got their brains zapped?
Assuming they didn't change too much between then and now. Some version of OMAC, the entire body is like a different person, face included.

Working. Best matches found.

Ah… That's… A problem. Both of them were Justifiers. Not members of the Alliance of the Just, just violent criminals they used extra helmets on.
Worrying indeed. Perhaps the conditioning wasn't effective enough, or someone else managed to access their controls...

"Tuppence, did they give any sign that the brainwashing was anything less than completely effective?"

"Huh?"

"Did they say anything about their lives before joining the Global Peace Agency?"
Whether pride or signs of remorse? Admittedly pride would likely be incompatible with the OMAC conditioning.

"Not when ah were list'n."

Ring, phone Kai.
Seeing if he knew them? Good plan.

Compliance.

"Hey. Lantern, that you?"

"Yes. I'm sending you a couple of pictures. Do you recognise these people?"
Thank goodness for the ubiquity of smart phones. Imagine if he was on a landline. 😏

"Just a sec… Yeah. Yeah. I… Worked with them a couple of times. Haven't heard anything about them recently."

"They joined the G.P.A.."

"Huh. Good they're turning their lives around, I guess."
That remains to be seen.

"Except they've wondered off and I can't find them. Can you get me a list of their contacts?"

"Not… Really. I know the guys I worked with a lot, but when we were all… You know… We weren't exactly sharing personal stuff."
Right. Troublesome, but not unexpected.

"That's fair. Do you know anyone who would?"

"Heh. Mannheim, maybe? Whatever happened to him, anyway?"
Not really common knowledge, then, is it?

"Since it turned out that he was effectively super-Justified, he was realised and is doing socially useful work."

"Him too? Damn. Huh."
Effectively community service, really.

"Problem?"

"Just… Kinda figured he was to blame for everything… But… I mean, I did things while I had that helmet on… I don't…"
A sentiment many who wore the helmets seem to share. It's hardly anything unusual.

"A lot of people did."

"But if Mannheim just had it worse, and it wasn't really him…" He exhales slowly. "I don't know how I feel about that."
It depends on how willingly you went along with what the helmet made you do, really.

"Alright, thank you for your time. End."

Tuppence has her hands on her hips. "Whut naw?"

"I start looking in earnest, and you get back to work. Good day."
And all the while, the Peace Agents overseeing him are grumbling about 'Can't he just follow orders?'

The plot grows ever more tangled, it seems. Pressure to find the Question, despite all signs he'll turn up when needed. Stonewalled over his concerns about OMACs. Circumstances trying to divert him from Tetch... It's like one hand doesn't know what the other is doing, sometimes. The joy of rushing a system into active service so quickly.
 
Ah… That's… A problem. Both of them were Justifiers. Not members of the Alliance of the Just, just violent criminals they used extra helmets on.
"Heh. Mannheim, maybe? Whatever happened to him, anyway?"

"Since it turned out that he was effectively super-Justified, he was released and is doing socially useful work."

"Him too? Damn. Huh."

"Problem?"

"Just… Kinda figured he was to blame for everything… But… I mean, I did things while I had that helmet on… I don't…"

"A lot of people did."

"But if Mannheim just had it worse, and it wasn't really him…" He exhales slowly. "I don't know how I feel about that."
At this stage I would check on him personaly if he isnt involved in this new mess. As a source or somebody using him. And no long range scan but actualy going to him to see if he is still were he is supposed to be?
 
it's strange, everyone goes from not giving a shit about The Question to all of a sudden being really concerned about him.

i wonder if it's because they're worried that the Question, as both a street shaman and detective, has sniffed out what's really going on with these Peace Agents.

also, let's not forget that the former villian and world-conquest seeker Mr. Atom has been given a global network of unquestioningly loyal foot soldiers. i wonder if he's feeling confident enough to make a move, or if he has the ability to operate outside of Batman's observation.
 
it's strange, everyone goes from not giving a shit about The Question to all of a sudden being really concerned about him.

i wonder if it's because they're worried that the Question, as both a street shaman and detective, has sniffed out what's really going on with these Peace Agents.

Good point.

His street shaman thing could prove very, very useful.

Plus, there probably aren't that many types of shaman around, so they may not have a defenses against them.

also, let's not forget that the former villian and world-conquest seeker Mr. Atom has been given a global network of unquestioningly loyal foot soldiers. i wonder if he's feeling confident enough to make a move, or if he has the ability to operate outside of Batman's observation

Damn, we were so focused on Batman going evil that we forgot about Mr. Atom.
 
I find my eyebrows raising as I stare at the image of Peace Agent's masked face as it floats over my ring.
'of a Peace'?
"Oh, we found some weird Apokliptian globe device. Canis had a look but we're not really sure what it does. There's a possibility that something came out of it so he's got Brut trying to sniff whatever it was out."
'Apokoliptian'
"But the phenomena is not well understood. And in any case, rapidly changing spiritual energy flows combined with his fragile mental state after being so intimately exposed to the Anti-Life could increase the chance of an adverse reaction."
'phenomenon is'
or
'phenomena are'
"Not when ah were list'n."
'list'n'n'?
or
'list'nin'?
 
Even if you are a rogue AI or evil Batman or whatever, it goes to show how hard it is to keep track of every detail.

These Justifier-Peace Agents were needed for something, so send of them off to it. No need to make excuses to Tuppence— she's no one important and doesn't have any supervisory authority over them. Except she's suspicious and believes that Orange Lantern will take her seriously and has his power ring number. Now OL is asking questions, and if you try to make any specific claim about where the Peace Agents have gone, you know he'll immediately go over to confirm. Where ever they actually are, the Peace Agents are up to something you do not want to show to OL. Or maybe it's just not a good idea to dangle former Justifiers in front of OL, now that he's actively investigating "what happened to the former Justifiers".

Life is hard, isn't it?
 
I am somehow just now realizing that Question's disappearance may be more purposeful than anyone thinks. He's exactly the type of guy to somehow have figured out the Justice League is taking over and the ways in which that could go very very badly. Dude probably reasonably thinks the Peace Operatives are going to throw him in a metal box or something once they catch him.
 
Hey, Mr. Zoat, I have a question concerning orange enlightenment and cloning. Remember a while ago, when Paul got killed by the Reach and then he came back in a backup body, which caused him to temporarily lose his orange enlightenment?

Would the same thing happen if he got body-swapped with someone? Or would Paul keep his enlightenment?
 
Hey, Mr. Zoat, I have a question concerning orange enlightenment and cloning. Remember a while ago, when Paul got killed by the Reach and then he came back in a backup body, which caused him to temporarily lose his orange enlightenment?

Would the same thing happen if he got body-swapped with someone? Or would Paul keep his enlightenment?
Didn't it happen because the method used was a Qwa bomb that the Reach acquired from the Qwardians? A unique and exotic energy that borders on magic and essentially obliterated his soul? I was left with the impression that if the Illustres didn't have such a "special" soul structure and composition he would have been done there. But he managed to gather all his separate soul pieces to reconstruct himself and that's how he reacquired his Enlightenment.

In which case, conventional death or changing bodies wouldn't affect his Enlightenment, significant damage to his soul would, I think.
 
Harem Tragedy (part 7) New
Early Winter, IC 690

"Dame Bozes, are you well?"

And the sad thing is that he's not even asking in a schadenfreudian way. Diabo is genuinely concerned about her wellbeing, because… Because a slanted report to the Senate could ruin everything? Because he doesn't want to make an enemy if she decides to blame him for her hardship? Because he doesn't want her to throw up on him and get his uniform dirty? All of those are in the mix, but they're all bound up in the bundle of instincts and fears that make up Diabo that it's a little hard to tell which has precedence at any one time. The only thing I'm really sure about it that it's not compassion because I'd feel that due to it disrupting our connection.

"Yes-. Thank you-. Prince-. Diabo-."

A disadvantage of this setup that I hadn't considered: by the rules of this reality I am a god, which means that prayers directed to me personally or to the concept of Ambition do actually come to me. There's no sort of obligation to do anything about them… Not a 'built-in' obligation at least, but since Diabo became my chosen I've had a dramatic increase in prayers and visitors. And yes, it's mostly from people hedging their bets, and being on Diabo's finger means that I can't have the sort of one-to-one discussions I used to have with the few people who visited my temple. But while I can bend dreams enough to grant visions and I.. think I've been of some assistance, a brief prayer with no real focus behind it isn't going to attract my attention.

On the other hand, when someone's greatest ambition right now is to land safely, it's easy enough to hear when it's crowding out every other thought.

"While I would never disclose a prayer by one person to another without their express permission, I will observe that you don't look very well."

Dame Bozes makes an effort to control her bilious stomach.
"I have never… Had the privilege… Of riding with wyvern knights."

"My brother Zorzal insisted that we tried riding one once. He was.. twelve, I think? He loved every minute."

"And… You..?"

"My vomit knocked an equites off his feet and I couldn't eat for two days. This dragon is actually a good deal more stable."

Her expression suggests that she doesn't believe him. "More stable?"

"Oh, yes. It's the difference between riding a horse and riding a wagon, except that the horse has two legs."

"Would that not..? Fall over?"

"As I remember it, it felt like it was falling over the entire time. And that was just flying at one elevation; climbing and diving were far worse." He glances back at her, smiling reassuringly. "Don't worry; if your stomach betrays you then you won't have done anything that I didn't do."

"But all of the-. The reports from Alnus Hill say that you made this dragon dive down in front of the Japanese army."

"I did. But when I did that I was mostly thinking about my position in the Empire, not about how much I wished that I'd never left the ground."

I could interject there, but there's no advantage to doing so and it really was his decision. I was actually a little impressed that he was able to maintain a shield through the Japanese bombardment. And it looks like Bozes is a little impressed-.

Ah.

She thinks he means 'his duty to the realm as a prince', not 'securing my position'.

I take a moment to extend my awareness down, to where the ships of the bombardment fleet are beginning their slow crossing. The ships of the first wave are smaller, lighter and faster, and we'd rather have their departure unobserved… By naval units that might be able to arrange to have them met on the far shore. The bombardment fleet should be able to blast apart anything they meet… Unless the gun crews completely mess things up, which could happen. I expect that a ship or two will be sunk before 'friendly fire isn't' gets embedded in the minds of their captains.

And speaking of the captains, they were actually fairly upbeat and enthusiastic about the whole thing. In the Saderan Empire, the most prestigious positions are infantry commands. Naval commands usually go to members of the junior nobility or bastards, and as a result they've got something to prove and an enthusiasm for anything that could increase their prominence. Before Diabo, the navy would have been limited to landing the troops who would attack the city from the land. But he's given them the ability to attack a fortified city directly and they know it.


"Prince Diabo?"

"Hm? Oh. I apologise. I've been watching for some sign of enemy fleet movements."

She snorts. "What could they do?"

"Based on what we know of their fleet?" He looks around. "Given how high up we are, the only thing that they could hit us with be a scorpion, and they would need a very lucky scorpion shot indeed to hit us. But my concern is something that we don't know about."

"Like what?"

"That's the point: we don't know about it. Everything our spies tell us says that their force is well within our ability to best, and it is only the difficulty in maintaining our supply lines that has prevented an attack like this being made in years past. But they know that also. We know that our black powder weapons have radically changed the calculus but so far as they know, this is simply an overbold prince trying to do what his forebears could not."

"Then they will be overconfident."

"I hope so. Because there is nothing about the gates which stops them opening in other nations, and there is no wisdom special to me which prevents others doing what I have done. I do not want to be the overconfident one. Kati was overconfident."

She smiles. "Piña was right about you."

"In what way?"

"She once told me that Prince Zorzal could confront a barbarian horde alone and be completely sure that he'd win, while you could confront an unprepared enemy on the back of a dragon and be sure that you'd lose."

He frowns. "When did she say that?"

"About seven years ago. We were talking about-." Her eyes widen and her cheeks colour slightly. "Ah, that doesn't matter."

Hm. I suppose that anyone wanting their daughter to court a prince might well suggest talking to his half-sister. And said half-sister might well encourage her friend if said friend were actually interested.

Diabo hesitates for a moment.
"Do you want to practice a dive while we're too far away from anyone to see it? I doubt that anyone would even hear your screams from so far away."

Her momentary relief about not having to talk to Prince Diabo about what his sister's been saying about him rapidly gives way as her mind processes what he just said. Her eyes drop down to the harness holding her in place, and the broader straps and chains holding the saddles in place around the dragon.

"Have-? These been tested?"

"I've used them since just after I returned from Japan. They will hold, and if they don't then I will catch you myself."

I hear her renewed prayer as her pride refuses to allow her to fail to live up to the standards of the most hesitant prince. But she manages to nod.

Diabo looks a little surprised, but then takes a firmer grasp of the reigns.


"Very well. Dive!"



Well, at least she didn't hit an equites-


"EYUK!"

-but perhaps it would have been best to check that Giselle wasn't following us first.
 
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Hey, Mr. Zoat, I have a question concerning orange enlightenment and cloning. Remember a while ago, when Paul got killed by the Reach and then he came back in a backup body, which caused him to temporarily lose his orange enlightenment?
That happened because most of 'him' wasn't in the body whose perspective on events we got.
Would the same thing happen if he got body-swapped with someone? Or would Paul keep his enlightenment?
So if that happened, he'd keep it because his consciousness was intact.
 
"My vomit knocked an equites off his feet and I couldn't eat for two days. This dragon is actually a good deal more stable

Well it is bigger so there's more room.

Plus you control it.

Zorzal confront a barbarian

"would confront"

We, at least she didn't hit at an equites-

"EYUK!"

-but perhaps it would have been best to check that Giselle wasn't following us first
At least now she knows that dragons have downsides.
 

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