- "Thank you," Vina says as she absorbs her power.
"I'll take his CPU..."- Sinestro tosses her a gold-and-red sphere, taken from Amazo's head.
JimBob frowns. "So... The plan is to take scads of power from the AMORAL dude, and give it to the EVIL dude? No offense, of course, Sinestro..."- "No offense? NO OFFENSE, you say, you puling worm? I will SHOW you what happens when you OFFEND the DIGNITY of the MIGHTY SINESTRO --"
And he breathes red fire! Actual red fire!
WHich just sort of hangs there, floating in the air, with evil red eyes glaring out of it. Like a neon sign advertising a demon-themed Chinese restaurant.
"Not that I can be offended by the chance judgment of a flexible man in a sailor costume," Sinestro says in a much calmer tone. "The Red Lantern energy carries with it a certain ... irascibility ... which does not comport with my future plans. I suspect it will not adhere to anyone not already riven with rage, so I leave it here, to dissipate. Unless one of you would like to sample the flames of wrath?"
"No, I did not think so."
"Now I depart, to continue my program of subversion. No doubt our paths will cross again. And when they do, the nightmare monster coiled at the base of your dreams will find out what happens when he threatens Sinestro of Korugar!"
Roy says, "Uh, where did THAT come from? Any of you guys have a nightmare monster at the base of your dreams? C'mon, show of hands ..."
Vina pockets the CPU (maybe the Hawks have a personal safe in with their equipment?).
ReplyDelete"He might be referring to something in the Korugaran religions or even their understanding of psychology. I wouldn't worry about it too much.... Hey, I wonder if any bystanders got hurt when this went down?"
She flies to investigate.
One thing she is not doing is giving the CPU to President Luthor. Maybe it's her hippie upbringing, but something about his suited self strikes a false note with her.
And, darn. She realizes she never got the dark wig and is still her natural platinum blonde self.
JimBob stretches a hand behind Quinn and holds it up, making it appear as though he has his hand up.
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