3629/Ringslinging 101

Ringslinging 101
Date of Scene:	11 January 2018
Location:	Sol System-- Asteroid Belt
Synopsis:	Kyle tries to give Jessica a leg up on Green Lantern school.
Cast of Characters:	Green Lantern (Rayner), Green Lantern (Cruz)

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Green Lantern (Rayner) has posed:
    Her new ring was most insistent. She -would- meet Green Lantern  Kyle Rayner, Deputy Green Lantern of Sector 2814 at a designated time and place. The designated time has arrived, and the place is here, in the midst of the Sol asteroid belt. She cannot miss him. He's the dark haired guy in the green force field. His uniform differs from the primary, and from hers. His energy is different as well. Hal has the dignified gray at the temples. This is a younger, less stoic lantern. He projects a certain energy and a different sort of intensity than the more experienced Lantern.

    His mask fades. "No point in keeping secrets, the rings can be obtuse about secret identities. Get used to everyone you know in space greeting you by your first and last names. As i understand it, the boss is going to get you up to Oa for training. When you get there, tell 'Wog he needs to swing by for a drink." His smile comes easily to his face. "I'm Kyle." his hand is offered in a firm, strong handshake. His grin is warm, "Welcome to the family. I'm thrilled to not be the rookie anymore."

    "Welcome to one of the most highly respected,  peacekeeping organizations in the universe. I am sure there is a lot of questions you have. I⦠am not the guy to ask those. I really want you to experience things, and i want you to tell me what you think afterwards. Then we can share our experiences. I do not want to give you my conceits and prejudices, okay? This is Ring Slinging 101. I am going to teach you how to be amazing. I mean that. I am pretty powerful. Hal is a living legend. I'm not telling you this to toot our horns, but to let you know that you are in good hands. We will help you bring out that special thing inside you. It's in there. We'll coax it out, and help you tend it, and we will be proud of you when you succeed." The energetic young man pauses. "And that is when.  There is no doubt in my mind that you will be amazing. You need to remember that. Remember i have faith in you. I have faith in the ring on your finger, sure, but i have more faith in you. Okay?"

    His grin is enthusiastic. "So wow me. Show me a construct!"

Green Lantern (Cruz) has posed:
Jessica Cruz's ring started talking about an appointment soon. She was in her home, trying to write a sequal to the diastrous novel she wrote recently when it chirped again. "Your presence is required in the Sol System Asteroid Belt." She sighs as she looks rather skeptical. She never went to space with Volthoom. "Alright... let me get away from my house a bit..." She steps away from the house, and then dons the uniform. "Take me there." "Affirmative. Transit time five minutse."

She stares in disbelief as he body glows bright green as she ascends into space. She held her breath at first, not sure how this would work, but when she can't any more (and Earth is fading into a dot), she takes a breath and realizes this is fine. Odd. She is quite sure that Volthoom would have her half-suffocatnig. As she passes Mars' orbit (Mars was distant), she just watches, and then arrives at the edge of the asteroid belt. She then homes in on the other green as she floats there, listening to the introduction. "Jessica Cruz," she states, taking your hand. "And... I can barely use this thing. The ring did the flight for me... I don't know how to do much with it..." She then looks down at her ring, scratching her head. "I don't know how to make a construct yet..." she whines, her voice shaky. This is very... intimidating. She didn't realize just how 'awesome' these two Lanterns were.

Green Lantern (Rayner) has posed:
    "Well, that's okay." Kyle is undeterred. Confused, maybe, but undeterred. "I'm not your official trainer. I'm really here to give you an edge, and let you fly into training knowing a lot, to make your life way easier than mine was." He gives her a wink.

    Kyle effortlessly floats. His ring lifts off his finger to float before him. "This ring is the most powerful weapon in the universe. Not because it is this ring, but because it is connected to your heart and mind.This ring makes your will manifest in emerald glory. It isn't so much as want something, and command it. You are the master of your own destiny. You are the captain of your own ship. You are the ruler of your mind. I will not tell you to banish fear. I think that is ignorant. Overcome. Overpower. Drive."

    His ring burns with emerald flames. "A whim. A thought. Yet more be sought. Awaken my mind, my will be wrought." Kyle recites the little rhyme and the ring flares to brighter life. There before them both green lines seem to sketch in the lines of a cylinder, affixed with knobs. It takes a fraction of a second, then floating before her is what looks like, for all the world, like a lightsaber. His is not even green, but actually black and silver. Kyle holds out his hand, and his ring obeys him and settles back on his finger. "Turn it on. Point it away from us both though." Should she do so, with the thumb switch there is a snap-hiss as the glowing green blade ignites. "That, Miss Cruz? That is a construct. That is my will, my dreativity, commanding the ring, which makes it real." His green eyes search out her own. His left brow quirks. "Imagine a sword?' he suggests.

Green Lantern (Cruz) has posed:
Jessica Cruz sighs softly. "Do you know my history?" she asks softly. "This isn't my first talking green ring. The first one was rather... less pleasant." She sighs. "It tried to rule me with fear - tried to scare me to death. Tried to do so many terrible things... I resisted... as best as I could, and finally it left me. It's like..." She thinks. "It's like being with an abusive boyfriend, then the moment you get the courage to dump him you start with a good guy. The rebound is shocking." She takes the cylinder as she holds it. "That's why I'm struggling... getting my mindset into the proper situation is... difficult. I don't even know how to focus my willpower like that..." She just lets go of the saber as she turns it off.

Green Lantern (Rayner) has posed:
    "I didn't ask." Kyle answers. It isn't said in a nasty way. "Everyone has trauma. I'm not downplaying yours, or saying mine is worse, or any of that bologna. What happened to you, well it happened. But it is not happening to you now." his smile is gentle. "So it has no power over you. You have power over it. Turn that trauma into will. Not anger. Not rage. Not even hope. Into Will. You -survived- that other ring. You are Jessica Cruz, Green Lantern." His hand grasps the light saber, and it fades away. "A Lantern's power flows from those experiences, from the strength of character that your life has given you. Own it. Use it. Be empowered by it."

    "Do not fight your ring. The ring exists as a conduit. It allows your heart and mind to flow into emerald creativity and power. Green is the color and the power of Will. Your will is all you are. It is the fulcrum of your emotions. It is your sense of self. It is you. Do not wish for it, that is too simplistic. Do no command the ring to make it, the ring lacks that power. You, Ms. cruz? You are the power. It is not just your mind, but your heart. It is all of you. Pour yourself into the ring. Flow with it. Push it out Show me who you are are. Show me a construct."

    He will not be deterred, the problem with dealing with Green Lanterns, she will discover, is that they are all willful. He has a mission; to give her a leg up in training. "Will it into existence. Shape it. Show me who you are. Show me your power."

Green Lantern (Cruz) has posed:
Jessica Cruz nods slowly. "A whim, a thought... yet more be sought... awaken my mind, my will be wrought..." she murmurs softly. She closes her eyes, focusing. The strength to resist Volthoom's terror. The will to trick it into doing heroic things... she imagines something simple... something green. Something alive. A flowering vine. She takes a deep breath, as her aura (and the mark around her eye) glow brighter... as she looks down... as a small vine is growing from her ring. "Hey..." she murmurs softly. "Look..." Her voice having a childlike wonder.

Green Lantern (Rayner) has posed:
    "Yaaaaaaaaaaaas!" Kyle whoops, pumping his fist with pure joy at the accomplishment. "It's a vine." He sounds fascinated. "You made a living thing. Well, a simulation of a living thing. That is a little harder than making a simple inanimate construct." The other Lantern is brutally honest with her. "It shows promise." He seems genuinely pleased. "That little vine? That little leafy, beautiful, delicate thing? It's power. It is complex. It is a very good sign. Most of our brothers and sisters will never make something as complex as that." Kyle points at the vine. He sounds dreadfully serious.

    "I'm not blowing smoke. Hal is a juggernaut, but he makes boxing gloves on the ends of tethers. Good in a pinch, i will admit, but you command reality, on some level. Shouldn't you bring a little light and beauty into the universe as well. We are the balance of the scales of the universe. We bring light to the dark places."

    Kyle points at her construct in a triumphant manner. "You have taken your first, wonderful steps into a bigger, scarier, and infinitely more beautiful universe. We are privileged. I have walked on planets no human has seen. I have dined with creatures that human eyes have not comprehended. I'm not trying to scare you. I want you to feel the joy in your heart that i feel. I want you to feel the majesty and the responsibility of that ring. Because know this Green lantern jessica Cruz. You are worthy of that power and that might. Use it justly. Use it wisely."

    His smile is quietly proud. "Now, Green Lantern." His voice lowers and he again challenges her. " Show me your power."

Green Lantern (Cruz) has posed:
Jessica Cruz smiles faintly. "Very well..." She gestures as the vine starts growing, imagining it - she had watched a lot of the Discovery Channel during her self-imposed exile as the vines start growing, expanding, following how they'd grow in nature. ONce she got the hang of it, she is able to deploy a large assemblage of vines rather quickly... one even coils around your ankle. "Volthoom was fond of eldritch abominations and spiky tentacles. I prefer the more elegant vines... I'm just imagining them alive and vibrant..." She is making a LOT of constructs in a short order.

Green Lantern (Rayner) has posed:
    "Yes. Yes!" it is a completely different aesthete from his own. Kyle works with metal and flesh. His constructs are different, but he is an artist. "Do more than imagine. Will it. You are the master, not your weirdo pervy ring." There is a hint of a laugh to his voice. "You are a natural." he remembers Alex, and how she would stoke his ego with little compliments. He doesn't blow smoke, or lie. Kyle Rayner uses a more powerful weapon. The truth. "Does your vine have flowers? Show me." His tone is coaxing. "Does the vine have thorns? Show me."

    "Even this evil ring? It needed you. It needed your power. This ring? The ring on your finger? It needs you to function too. It needs your light. It needs your mind. Your heart. But it is not yours to command. It responds to you. Just reach out with your mind, and make the universe obey you."

Green Lantern (Cruz) has posed:
Jessica Cruz nods. "The difference is... Volthoom wanted to feed on me - this ring simply wants to make me be my best." The vines are changing from the base up - as they are growing thorns and developing flowers in various shades of green - they are becoming wild rose vines - she didn't really realize that one was wrapped around your ankle as they changed. "I can't make the flowers not-green but this will do..." Thorns might dig into your ankle. "Just... life... seems the best choice to emulate."

Green Lantern (Rayner) has posed:
    The vines dig into his force field, certainly, and he registers that. "Color is aesthetics. I'm an artist by day. The corps and loss made me a warrior. Life is a good thing to emulate. It is indomitable, regenerating, eternal, beautiful, adapting. If your constructs emulate life, you will be a powerful lantern. Now, remove your vine from my ankle. It obeys your command. It is you. It is your will manifest. Make it move."

    Jessica is a superior pupil. Regardless, Kyle is pumped. Poor Jen will have to deal with a man who is very full of himself when he comes home tonight. "You are doing great. Can you make this vine grab that rock?' he points at an asteroid, floating there. About the size of a volkswagon.

    "Grab it, and smash it." His tone is still coaxing. "Show me your might, Deputy Lantern Cruz." the titles are to help pump her up, and hopefully give her the confidence, the will, to succeed.

Green Lantern (Cruz) has posed:
Jessica Cruz nods as the vines release you. "Sorry - hope it didn't hurt you. Forgot it was grabbing you when I changed them to rose vines." She focuses on the rock as the vines lash out, wrap around the rock. "Jessica uses Vine Whip. It's super-effective on Rock-types," she murmurs as the vines squeeze... and dig into the rock - it starts cracking... and breaks it in half. She then nods as the vines dissipate. She smiles as she looks at you. "Looks like I had it in me all the time... I've watched all the archive footage on you guys that I could sine getting my ring - there was something about energy blasts not involving constructs I've seen?" she asks. "It caught my eye for... well... I used to do all sorts of outdoors stuff - including hunting. I'm a good shot with a rifle or bow."

Green Lantern (Rayner) has posed:
    "That is elementary." Kyle reaches out with his right hand. "Same concept, but simpler. Reach out for your will and project it, raw, but untempered, at the target. Just blast it." From his right hand, a bolt of raw will lashes out at the smaller half. It is obliterated. Little chunks of rock tink off their green fields. He wrinkles his nose. "It's just not elegant. It's important. It's  a staple of your powers. But there is no⦠style." Kyle instructs her.

Green Lantern (Cruz) has posed:
Jessica Cruz smiles. "Not a fan of the energy blast?" she asks. She concentrates. "I take it that one's constructs are based on one's personalities... let's see..." A shotgun construct appears in her hands. "Yes... just like Ol' Faithful," she murmurs. "My favorite hunting rifle." She smiles faintly as she pumps the shotgun. She focuses as she fires... and a blast comes out and shatters the other half into smaller pieces. Not as strong as yours. She ponders. "Let's see..." She pumps the shotgun again, more out of habit as she focuses - and fires again. This time, several bolts come out, each striking one of the smaller rocks and obliterating them. She blows the end of the rifle off. "Perhaps... there is style even in this?" she asks, tapping the rifle barrel before it dissipates.