Vaermina
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The obvious is they are too big and traveling too fast for him to do that.Yeah, um. I sort of forgot about that.
I'll come up with something.
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The obvious is they are too big and traveling too fast for him to do that.Yeah, um. I sort of forgot about that.
I'll come up with something.
I remember Paul subspacing some pretty big stuff in the past, so I dunno about that stopping him, but the speed sounds like a feasible reason. Has he ever subspaced something that was moving at (presumably) dozens of kilometres per second?The obvious is they are too big and traveling too fast for him to do that.
Keep in mind, for the effects feared we should be talking a schoolbus sized chunk of solid metal traveling at hundreds of kilometers a second.I remember Paul subspacing some pretty big stuff in the past, so I dunno about that stopping him, but the speed sounds like a feasible reason. Has he ever subspaced something that was moving at (presumably) dozens of kilometres per second?
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No, because he's already matching velocity. Could be that the plasma field the heat is generating would make it difficult to attach a tether, or the Spiders using interdiction fields that block subspace.I remember Paul subspacing some pretty big stuff in the past, so I dunno about that stopping him, but the speed sounds like a feasible reason. Has he ever subspaced something that was moving at (presumably) dozens of kilometres per second?
A few hours later:"Certainly. Thank you for this opportunity. I'm sure that I can find something productive to do while you're away."
12th December 2012
06:55 GMT -5
Kal-El nods. "Sounds like things went well, then."
"I achieved my political objective. But that wasn't the point. Would you have done that?"
More than likely, but it's still a skeevy idea to think about. Reading about it is a lot different to actually witnessing the results."I…" And I'm rather pleased to see him think his answer through better than he used to. "I wouldn't have handled it quite like that, no. But I can't say that I've ever had to deal with something quite like that before." He looks mildly constipated for a moment. "Do they really eat people?"
"You did read the report I wrote-"
And why do I picture the reports reading like these chapters, minus any incriminating thoughts OL might have?"Good Lord, yes."
He smiles as he says it, but it's more than a little strained.
OL doesn't do compliments all that well, sadly. They're often backhanded."-where I said they were number three on my hit list? Also, I'm glad that you're reading my reports and appreciate the effort you've made to improve yourself."
"I'm not sure that came out quite right, but I'll take it."
And at least Superman is trying to improve himself. I fancy some of the League are still running on their old methods."Normally I'd.. just ignore that jab, but… I do actually mean it. I don't want you to think that I'm going to hold a grudge forever or anything. If you hadn't started reading reports then, yes, we wouldn't be having this conversation, but you're too good a person to reject sound advice."
"Alright." He nods. "Thank you. What happened next?"
As if OL would particularly care, when he's so proud of his student for levelling up?"Xalitan isn't enlightened, but he's reached a level of skill where we're calling his training a success. Dox wants him to go to the front lines so that we can better assess exactly how much better he's gotten, then he'll form part of our training cadre. We've already circulated documentation to the rest of the Corps on what we did, so hopefully the ones with the most initiative will use that to improve their own training."
"Ah, good, but I meant 'what happened next to Chugragah'."
I expect more than a few of them are going to be out of business very shortly. And likely imprisoned too."With a heady combination of fear and gratitude, the Strand Elders acquiesced. I brought the Queen over the next day, they had a fairly civilised chat about how to switch from an import economy to an export economy, and they were kind enough to hand over all of the contact information for their merchant contacts."
"The slave traders."
Naw, OL isn't going to go after them himself. That's scrub work, not an Illustres' job.
And Kal-El's probably bracing for the inevitable explosion. Kind of expected when OL is involved in... Pretty much anything."No." I shake my head. "No. I left that to the Green Lantern Corps. They're not major military powers and can be handled by police. Besides, I'm trying to be less violent at the moment."
"Blue Lantern mentioned something about that. That… Seems like a big departure for you."
Heh, easy to assume, isn't it? Most of the Leaguers would be morally opposed to that kind of all-powerful organisation, honestly."It is."
"Were the Justice Society International really that bad?"
Admittedly, in that particular case, he felt so bad that he began to suffer from dissociative multiple personality disorder..."No. But for me, there's no distinction between wanting an end and wanting the means. Like… I imagine that if you really had to kill someone, you'd do it, but you'd probably feel bad about it afterwards."
"I'm… Not sure what you mean by 'had to'. I suppose there are some things… Some fights where I couldn't risk holding back. And if that happened, then… Yes. I would feel bad about it."
I'm not sure Dinah would appreciate the scale of some of the things OL does, and Guy's Enlightened perspective would be... different."That's not what I meant. But okay. The point is, I wouldn't. Usually, that requires all sorts of mental hoop-jumping or actual psychosis. For me, it doesn't. So if I think an end is worth going for, I don't worry about the means. Morally, I mean. Obviously I worry whether they're really the best way to achieve that end."
"That's a little worrying. Are you still talking to Guy and Dinah?"
I mean... He's broken in a useful way. Do you want to mess with that? It'd be like getting Batman therapy."Not in the therapeutic sense."
"Do you think maybe you should?"
Very much a lesson in 'be careful what you wish for, you might get it...'"No. As a result of my exposure to the orange light, my thought processes are too different from human baselines for a normal psychiatrist to apply their knowledge to. My point is that the JSI showed me that something I thought was desirable might not be. They were a well-organised world-spanning superhero organisation, ruthless when it was useful to be and friendly when it wasn't. They were exactly what I was advocating for."
"And it didn't look so good when you saw what it was actually like."
Honestly, if his goals weren't so far-reaching, he'd likely be a lot more mercurial. Worringly so. Like Larfleeze-classic."Exactly. It probably achieves more good in the long term… Or even the medium term." I shake my head. "But I still don't want it, so I'm having a bit of a rethink."
"That sounds like a good step to take. You certainly gave me a few things to think about. It's nice to know that you're not so set in your ways that you can't take a step back."
Well, since you have an opening, what with Kon shifting into more of a Wonder Boy role, Mitchell not yet ready for prime-time and Kara not overly interested in the job..."Right, so I've got a request. You're probably the.. second most Golden Agey superhero I know. It's not an approach that comes naturally to me, and I'd appreciate the opportunity to study hw it works for you."
"You…" He raises his eyebrows. "Want to be my sidekick?"
Don't take that as an insult. After all: Second place works harder.
And I doubt the Wizard would appreciate OL 'corrupting' Billy with things like realism or self-doubt."Captain Marvel is the most, but I'm concerned that I'd have an undue influence on him."
"What about Diana? Or Alan?"
Never have truer words been spoken."Both killed people during World War Two. Also, they both like me more than you do."
"You're a… A lot to take in."
And how much sleep does a Kryptonian actually need? Honestly, an adaption akin to a catelepsean node is something I'm amazed kryptonian bio-engineers didn't add to their species.
Though there will be more people looking up at the sky and going 'what's that?'"I make my own hours. I can spend my entire day in Metropolis without any difficulty, just hanging around until 'a job for Superman' turns up."
"You realise that you being here is going to mean that there won't be as many of those as usual?"
Better than leaving him in the wind, I suppose. Who knows what he'll get up to left to his own devices?"Prevention is better than cure. Look, if you don't want me to hang around, that's fine. I get it. I've got far too big a body count to act surprised. But I'm.. strongly considering changing my modus operandi by addressing the behaviours that concern you, and will happily follow your directions."
He takes a slow breath.
Says the young man known as 'Cake Man' to most of humanity. There are probably tribes in the deepest depths of nowhere who would recognise him as 'Cake Man'. Even if they didn't have the foggiest idea what a cake is."And you'll do what I say."
"I've dealt civilly with unrepentant Nazis, the biggest arsehole in my Corps and serial killing cannibals. I can follow instructions from you. As long as it's not something stupid like 'get a civilian identity'."
Ooh, that's going to be awkward. OL hanging out in Lex's city? The man will be chewing his teeth going paranoid over his presence."No, I think the boat already sailed on that one. Alright. I've got things to do-"
Go to work, which isn't something that he's going to mention in the open in the open. Even if Lex Luthor almost certainly knows, plenty of other intelligent criminals in Metropolis don't.
Heh, I can imagine him praying 'Oh, lord, please don't make me regret this...'"-right now, but I'll check in with you in a few hours. Okay?"
"Certainly. Thank you for this opportunity. I'm sure that I can find something productive to do while you're away."
He exhales slowly then nods, before turning and flying away.
Go to work, which isn't something that he's going to mention in the open in the open. Even if Lex Luthor almost certainly knows, plenty of other intelligent criminals in Metropolis don't.
"how"
I think that should only be said once.Go to work, which isn't something that he's going to mention in the open in the open.
The best order he could give..."And you'll do what I say."
"I've dealt civilly with unrepentant Nazis, the biggest arsehole in my Corps and serial killing cannibals. I can follow instructions from you. As long as it's not something stupid like 'get a civilian identity'."
ah shit"Certainly. Thank you for this opportunity. I'm sure that I can find something productive to do while you're away."
Thank you, corrected.
Ohh boy. He's so streesssed. Can't even imagine what's going through his mind.
It was previously spelled 'Chughraghahh'.
Says the young man known as 'Cake Man' to most of humanity. There are probably tribes in the deepest depths of nowhere who would recognise him as 'Cake Man'. Even if they didn't have the foggiest idea what a cake is.
IN this timeline isn't Lex already neutered because all the other geniuses are getting subsidies and alien tech to play around with?Alternatively, Lex will approve of OL.
Since there's all of the power...and it's NOT in an alien.
Good for Xalitan, but I would totally advocate to promote him officially to Honor Guard, to show the rest of the Corps with a defined rank how advanced he is. At the very least after his stint in the front lines. And it will also communicate that the Illustres' methods are definitely effective and not mysticism and mumo jumbo.
I think she might work with Grayven but I doubt she'd be as receptive to Paul. For an ancient and mysterious witch, she's all about force so any diplomatic attempts will likely be met with hostility and malice.I wonder if either Paul or Grayven are going to recruit Thessaly, Earth needs magic users willing to teach and he recruited Kalmin so an ancient high-tier magic user, part of a coven that actually scared the greek gods, and is able to live a quiet life for long periods of time seems like the perfect manager for the Kordtech Department of Magic and Making Physics Cry
No. The most she's getting is a reference as Circe uses her name.I wonder if either Paul or Grayven are going to recruit Thessaly, Earth needs magic users willing to teach and he recruited Kalmin so an ancient high-tier magic user, part of a coven that actually scared the greek gods, and is able to live a quiet life for long periods of time seems like the perfect manager for the Kordtech Department of Magic and Making Physics Cry