Part 1 - Ring Around the Rosie

[wieldtherainbow]

The briefing was, well, brief, given the complicated situation they were being thrust into. Stacy tried to give them as much as she could but apparently her intel on this universe was rather limited.

For this reason, they were dumped rather unceremoniously on a vast planet, with grassy green fields, the dropship that dropped them off retreating on autopilot and disappearing back into the transdimensional ether. It was a lovely planet at the very least, with vast deep blue skies, teeming with vegetation, but oddly, they all would likely find themselves dealing with the unnerving inkling feeling that they were somehow being watched. There were no sentients or even animals in site, however.

The only thing they could do right now was wait. They had been told that they would be found, that they would be offered rings, taken into these different Corps of people, and they they needed to make sure the war ended in a way that didn't devastate life in this universe.

That was something of a tall order.

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[wieldtherainbow]

||Jamie Hemeros of sector [unknown]. You have the ability to overcome great fear. Welcome to the Green Lantern Corps. Your ring will guide you to Oa where you will be instructed in the proper use of your newfound powers as Green Lantern of sector [unknown].||

[wieldtherainbow]

"Will-power-based energy constructs, primarily," explained John Stewart. "Only there's a lot more than that. The rings are pretty versatile."

[poorlycopingstrategist]

Overcome great fear? Jamie'd never overcome anything in his life, particularly not fear. And while he'd been known to dig in his heels on occasion, he wouldn't exactly have thought of willpower as something he possessed in any great quantity. "Is it possible for these things to, y'know. Make mistakes?" he asked, eyeing the ring skeptically.

[wieldtherainbow]

"If the ring chose you, it chose you," said the pink alien. "Even Green Lanterns that went bad like Sinestro had what it took as far as willpower goes."

[poorlycopingstrategist]

"I'll take your word for it," Jamie conceded, still dubious. Maybe he could learn to fake it. "So how does it work? And what all am I supposed to be able to do with it?"

[wieldtherainbow]

"You'll be learning that from me, poozer," said the pink alien again. "Name's Kilowog and I'm the head trainer of the Corps. Don't worry, by the time I'm done with you you'll know what your ring can do inside and out."

[wieldtherainbow]

John Stewart showed off his ring's power by building a complicated construct that looked a bit like some kind of high-tech artillery canon.

"Your constructs are as powerful as you will them to be, and the only thing they're really limited by is a lack of will or imagination. There are some limitations in power based on will--destroying a planet, for instance, would be beyond the power of a ring because of the amount of willpower required--but almost anything you can imagine can be created as a construct and the rings can produce all different types of energy and effects, like the ability to heal us up faster than we can heal on our own."

[poorlycopingstrategist]

Jamie was tempted to think that training under a huge pink alien who looked like he could bench-press a Gojulas couldn't be any tougher than serving under the erstwhile General Chacon, but that would probably be tempting fate. He drew himself up, not quite at attention, and tried to look more as though he were taking all this to heart. "Yessir. I hope I don't disappoint you, sir."

And then John Stewart was creating heavy weaponry out of nothing but minty-green willpower and despite himself, Jamie had to admit that was pretty impressive. Healing powers would undoubtedly be handy, too. And he could definitely see the advantages in being able to fly, like all the Corps had been doing when they first showed up. Stewart was right - the rings did sound versatile.

"Do different constructs take more energy than others? And is it just our emotions that power the rings, or do they need some other energy source to keep them going?" They'd seemed to be moving around pretty well under their own power before they'd latched onto people, after all.

[wieldtherainbow]

Kilowog seemed pleased at the sir'ing and show of respect.

"The larger and more complicated a construct is, the more concentration it takes," John explained.

Kilowog cut in, "John here has some of the most complicated constructs in the Corps, but it's easy for him."

"I'm an architect," John explained. "Doesn't take much concentration for me to think up something complicated. As for power, we all recharge our rings from power batteries we keep, usually once a day, more if we've had to use them heavily. Those power batteries draw from the Central Power Battery on Oa, which draws power from the emotional spectrum itself. The rings are powerful but they do have limitations, and the people bearing them have limitations, too. How each Lantern deals with those is usually unique."

"What he means to say is everyone has their own style of ringslinging," Kilowog went on.