Vorpal_Sword Wrote:In a world where everyone is accompanied by an animal-shaped extension of their own soul, people develop a lot of different ways of interacting and thinking about each other. This is a bit of meta/background description of how the Leverage team thinks about and interacts with other people's daemons.

tealruby Wrote:Lanternette Ramona Quimby reaches out to Green Lantern about a difficult matter concerning the group’s membership and asks how the Corps handles similar situations. Hermione provides examples of Lantern infractions and punishments, though neither assume ‘banishment to the anti-matter universe’ is an option for the infringing Lanternette.

TheInkredibleKaptainKaiju Wrote:“The Grayskull lineage has guided Eternia for countless years,” said D’vann. “For every He-Man that exists outside of our family, the stability we have spent so long working to create grows ever more fragile. If we do not put a stop to it soon, I fear our power over the planet will destabilize. The people will lose faith in our legacy, and the alliances I forged will fracture like rusty chains.”

The computer, represented only by a white, diamond-shaped emblem on one of the screens, pondered this claim. “The people of Eternia look up to He-Man,” she assured him. “So long as someone holds the Sword of Power, the planet will remain united, no matter who that is.”

But D’vann was not convinced. “In the short term, perhaps. But how long until the public begins to believe that the Grayskulls are not necessary? How long until they believe that just anyone can wield the Sword of Power?” He stood up, beginning to pace. “We need to find a way to regain the public’s loyalty, one that will ensure that the position of He-Man will not be taken by any…subversives.”

Understood, my king. What did you have in mind?

The Great Computer ran a few calculations. “Understood, my king. What did you have in mind?”

The king-who-wasn’t-king examined his body duplicates floating in their vats. “I am only one man. Although my power stretches across the world, my influence can only reach so many places at once. What I need is an army–one that is unquestioningly loyal, but who brings hope to the people of Eternia. And I have a theory of who the central controller for this army can be. White Diamond?”

“Yes, sire?”

D’vann brought up some files on the computer. “This is a project I commissioned some time ago. It is a collaboration between some of Eternia’s finest scientists and sorcerers, able to transform energy into physical matter–in other words, hard light. While it was originally intended for rapid construction projects, I feel that it would take little effort to alter the technologies to create an endless legion of peacekeeping robots, controlled by a central master. And that master, I believe, should be you.”

Vorpal_Sword Wrote:Tara Cole owes Sophie too much to give anything other than her absolute best to filling Sophie's spot on the team. But how can a fox ever work with a bloodhound?

Or, The Runway Job, with daemons.

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Notes:
According to my documents history, I have had the first two scenes of this written since May 2022. I hadn't realized people were still so invested in this AU, but since you seem to be... you've all inspired me to finish this up and get it posted. If you're not familiar with the episode, I recommend reading a brief plot summary before reading this since I don't explain much. I hope you enjoy.

Title is from "Tasting the Wild Grapes" by Mary Oliver:

The red beast
who lives in the side of these hills
won’t come out for anything you have:
money or music. Still, there are moments
heavy with light and good luck. Walk
quietly under these tangled vines
and pay attention, and one morning
something will explode underfoot
like a branch of fire; one afternoon
something will flow down the hill
in plain view, a muscled sleeve the color
of all October! And forgetting
everything you will leap to name it
as though for the first time, your lit blood
rushing not to a word but a sound
small-boned, thin-faced, in a hurry,
lively as the dark thorns of the wild grapes
on the unsuspecting tongue!
The fox! The fox!

(11-03-2025, 06:02 AM)Norgarth Wrote: Scattered Seeds - Explorer (Battletech) by Primemountain 2 chapters
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/scattered-seeds-explorer-battletech.1265368/page-2#post-116561681
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/scattered-seeds-explorer-battletech.1265368/page-2#post-116563421

(11-03-2025, 11:07 AM)classicdrogn Wrote:

(11-03-2025, 06:02 AM)Norgarth Wrote: Scattered Seeds - Explorer (Battletech) by Primemountain 2 chapters
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/scattered-seeds-explorer-battletech.1265368/page-2#post-116561681
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/scattered-seeds-explorer-battletech.1265368/page-2#post-116563421

Don't recall seeing this one before - can you give a quick summary?

(11-03-2025, 05:32 PM)Jinx999 Wrote: ... A more realistic than usual PHO thread,...

(11-03-2025, 07:40 PM)robkelk Wrote:

(11-03-2025, 05:32 PM)Jinx999 Wrote: ... A more realistic than usual PHO thread,...

I assume from context that you aren't talking about the Vietnamese soup, or the airport in northwest Alaska. "PHO"?