Revealing of who is what & A Ice Drop finally used

"Yup." Max sat down with a drink in hand. Actual scotch that could currently affect him. "I did a few stupid things when first starting out. I was an actual goody two shoes if you could believe it." He downed the drink, already reaching for the bottle again to fill it back up. "But I learned the hardway after that. Very next Dimension I went, full Sin. Understood the other side of the tracks so to speak. Definitely opened my naive mind a little."

"The repcusions of that is what exactly?" Slade grabbed the bottle from him. A quick smell almost made him dizzy. "This is.. mixed with pure spirit energy. Where the hell have you been hiding this?!"

"Heh! Special occasions." Max slapped his leg leaning back in the chair. Helena's eyes studying him intently. "What is it?"

"Nothing." She shook her head a little. A smile coming on. "Refreshing seeing you like an ordinary person. Hopefully, we do not have to due this all the time to get you there."

"Not at all. Just.. oh I see what you are saying." Max moved his fingers around creating a small spell. Slowly a few drinks appeared. A mix of various colors and smells moved about the room. Each one tantalizing to the senses. "Extremely potent and will make you feel things you never have before."

"Like what?!" Atlanna picked up a sea green one. It smelled of fresh corals and lavender. Taking the smallest of sips, she flushed as the energy course through her body. "To good!" The former Atlantean Queen gripped the bottle tightly as she sat back down. As if it was the most precious thing in the world.

Good thing Orm was still in a meditative state and her two youngest were asleep with the other youngins.

Visions started to assault her soul. In an instant, Atlanna went on a soul walk. Or Astral Projection if you want to call it that. The visions were that of a friend of Max's that later became a disciple in life. A young Magician. These were her memories of events that were important in her life. Before death claimed her anyway.

"Can I keep this Max?" Atlanna did not want to part with the bottle. "Please."

"It is fine by me. But you can only take a sip once a day at the most. You are literally communeing with a part of another's soul." Max explained. "It is an old practice that I have worked to fix over the years. Before, it was ghastly to do. But consenting people making them when they are alive is an amazing way to preserve memory."

"So each of these bottles has that?" Slade held a golden one up. Looking through from the bottom revealed nothing. "Looks like apple juice."

"That is one from my sworn brother from the previous Dimension." Max wondered if Slade would consume it after hearing that. The mercenary didn't even flinch at the statement. "He married my sister and had a few kids with her right around the time we made that."

"Your sister?" Slade arched a brow at him.

"My sister in that Dimension." Max said quickly. "I have a brother from my Home Dimension name Leonardo. Several Dimensions I have been to, I have had siblings to help things along. Sworn brothers and sisters are those with no blood ties of course. Spirit ties yes, and mental ties."

"Caldabog was a good one." Gaia said in a whisper. "Would have made a good Honor Guard." Seeing everyone was more than ok, she looked out longingly before departing. "I am going to check on matters to keep the plans going. No sense for a hiccup from getting to lax."

*Shine!* A flash of light, and Morgan Le Fey was gone as well.

"Should have spent more time cultivating than planning." Nissa grumbled. "But at least Gaia gave me this." In her hand was a red seed. A Blood Blossom Flower. "Feed it blood and watch it grow. Makes a great plant to replace damaged organs."

"Gross." Oswald face scrunched up. "I am going to bed. To much excitement for one night." Walking off, Edward and Corbin went with. "A hand of poker before we call it completely gents?"

The two smiled in agreement. Wanting to win back some of the money they lost before.

"Uggh!" Big Harvey sat up. Looking the worse for wear but a bright look in his eyes. "Max.. man that was not pleasant. Remind me never to mess with Destiny." No one said anything as that was kinda impossible really. He realized what he said after a moment. "Oh right.... well shit. Gonna need to round the boys up a little tighter."

"This power is a lot." Orm had recovered pretty well. His magic flowing freely almost. Seeing his mother so content, he wondered what happened. "Teacher, what is going on with my mother?"

"Oh, a bit of special training is all. Can't have you surpassing her so easily, now can I?" Max raised a glass up before downing in one go again. Placing the glass on the table, his spirit energy cycled once cleaning his body sysytem. "In sync once more. Better than flux state."

"I want to fight you right now." Grail grumbled. Already dressed in full battle attire. "You are vastly stronger than last time." Her voice almost in a snarl. She was more angry about those close to Max that surpassed her in cultivation despite her being stronger than them. Specifically Harleen who she viewed as a fool and to soft for her own good. "Show me how much you have hidden from me!"

*Woom!* A straight jab went out the warped the environment. Someone was already on the move to disrupt the attack.

"Now now.." Vera deflected the blow easily. Grail eyes shrunk in surprise. The two sparred before but the difference was always close. This was not even trying. "..I think it best if we tussle a bit!"

Circulating her blood energy, Vera punched the air. This created a passageway that took the two away. For some reason, she wanted to get Grail away from her father. A sixth sense if you will warning her things would go dark if the two sparred currently.

"Well, that was bound to happen." Mala floated next to Max. "That Ice Drop.. is still mine yes? Not going to try and dissuade me after current events?"

"Nope." Max shook his head. "Whenever you are ready to claim it, it is yours. It has matured enough I think."

"Good." Mala surveyed the room then shrugged. "Then like that other me in the Scenario, let us do it." She flew off with Max in an instant.

Atlanna coming out of her stupor smiling. Seeing Max gone she turned to Slade.

"What is it?" Slade gave her a serious look. "Not more bad news right?"

"Yes and no." Atlanna want to speak her theories to someone. Considering Slade's closeness with Max, it seemed a perfect choice. "2 left. That means if he and Mala become close that will be another gone if she separates from him. How many male's have been close that have left his side?"

"That.. I cannot say really." Slade decided his words carefully. "I can say Bruce was one of them."

"How important are the seven for each?"

"Ugghh. Really important." Selina sat up. Stretching a little as the energy settled in. "It was a bad idea getting the same cultivation manual as him. But I can still make it work." She rubbed her neck looking over to Atlanna. "Each person that gets close can represent and Aspect of ours. That is how Max is doing it. Once they are to close and then leave, it counts as a failure. A failure of each Aspect and.. our Cultivation will start to crumble. Or a reverse in ourselves."

"So was I." John said walking over to sit down near them. "It changed when we saved my mother that day. My actions did more than I realized with Max. I disobeyed and made the situation worse. Max still hasn't told me how though. Said I should worry about it to much. It was getting handled."

"I was one of the females." Zatanna said cooly. "Didn't happen until recently really. I think it was still hanging on before we asked Gaia how to break a contract."

"Tch." Orm was ticked and didn't mind showing it. "Is it a trust thing or something else?"

"It is an Aspect thing. Charity which use to be Mercy. She is now something more so it passed to someone else. Chastity, which use to be Circe/Cheetah that passed over to Morgan Le Fey. Claire represents Temperance that he cannot interfere with anymore. Pamela represented Diligence after Paige Monroe was no longer viable. But it left Pamela and moved onto Harley. Which ended after her wish that forced a change in their relationship to soon."

"I didn't know." Harleen grumbled. "Not like he was able to tell us this." She pouted looking away.

"What about you?"

"I represented Patience. Which was failed after I left due to fear." Selina said only a little ashamed. "The other two are Kindness and Humility. And both have been met already by everyone."

"Kindness and Humility.. wait a moment." Atlanna felt a few things sink in to place. Moving her fingers into a quick spell, a copy of Max's Aspects appeared with images in them. Each of those mentions filling a portrait. "The images are more than one in them."

*Wiggle!* Inside Humility, Maxima, Nissa, and Jane appeared. The three face each other then turned away. Repeating the process every few seconds. Atlanna was suprised that she couldn't control the spell anymore. It acts of its own accord.

"Jane is keeping the course. As well as her .. siblings." Slade announced. "Maxima has a way to go as well as you Nissa. As we witnessed in the Scenario that things are a lot different. We are further along and vastly different than before. While being much younger at that."

*Wiggle!* Inside Kindness, Raven could be seen and someone they did not recognize. As they discussed what it meant, 6 more appeared with a 7th trying to form. The spell burst apart after a bit of a struggle.

"Well.. that was something." John mumbled. "What could that mean really?"

"A few guesses that can wait for later. I would be happy to provide them for you... if you dare to hear it." Everyone turned to the new speaker. Teth-Adam had entered the room while they were discussing things. "You have skipped over those who are tied to his Aspects of Sin."

"Which I am assuming are all male." Helena said as matter of fact. She received a nod from him. "Slade won't mention who is what."

"For good reason." Slade shrugged. "But you forget, you took on his Wrath. Made a declaration even. What do you think that will do in the end?" Everyone turned to Helena remembering hearing about that or hearing from someone else about it. "Max has a lot of anger inside. All tucked away and waiting to break out. He is a powder keg waiting to explode against the enemy."

"Or a friendly if not careful." Harleen said. "Hopefully the former. He did say something in space needed to be ripped apart completely. Maybe after he and Mala are done doing the do, he will go and take care of it?"

"No, it will be released here on Earth." Lyssa said. The alien was in her human form currently and decided to speak up after a good chance. "Max said very explicitly that the age of Heroes and Villains is starting. And "Fear" will inhabit a good bit of people. Causing a lot of decisions to end badly."

"And the Lanterns.. what will they do?" Slade questioned intently. Considering a good powerbase of their forces were Xenos and Demons did not sit well when it was all brought to the table. But recruitment and training were slow amongst the humans on earth. "Max' lanterns. Not the otherones."

"We will do as he ordered. Continue patrolling and bringing Dark Justice to our Sectors and watch out for threats that are heading to Earth. IS that not enough?"

"Yes, yes it is." Atlanna answered. "We just need to get stronger as well." She got up and moved to the table that Max summoned the drinks on. "These are all high-grade Magic Elixers. Max said only a sip a day. Meant to be shared with everyone in happiness. Glad he made it on all three fronts anyway."

"All three fronts?" Orm asked.

"Mind, Body, and Spirit she means." Claire grumbled stepping out a mirror made of flames. "Max is in the DemiTitan state in all three. But no energy. The amount of energy is used to make something inside him. What.. I have know idea."

"What will happen after he recovers all the energy?" John couldn't imagine how much energy that would be. And what it would be used for. 'Inside is that Tartrus Prison, so what could be so big he needs all that energy for?'

"He will break through into Titanhood." Claire weaved a few spells around her body. Seals forming one after the other. "I think.. we are in danger."

"Danger of what?" Mercy peeped after not say anything for a while.

"Blackest Night." Claire was not looking forward to the dead rising up. "Max's focus is on something else since pushing Blackest Night back some. A bigger threat that can not be stalled only prepared for. I do not find a pleasant idea. "Max is actually scared for once."

"Then we buckle up and prepare for it." Slade said sternly. "Not like we are pushovers even before meeting Max. Oh, congrats on your breakthrough by the way." Claire gave a small smile. But she was still shaken from her time in Max's pocket dimension. So much that she did notice she aged over a full year. "We get everyone that is at Champion state stabilized and help them with their Aspect choices. How hard can it be?"

"Hard enough that Max is millennia old and still finds new information about them." Harleen quipped. This earned her a glare. "Just stating facts. Since we are moving in that direction with things, guess I should reveal some more strength. "I should find some to represent my Aspects."

*Woosh!* Blue and pink mental energy swirled around the room. Her spirit and blood energy was not that high, but her Mental was enough to do real damage. Like, enslave an entire city scary.

"Well.. doesn't that just beat all." John mumbled. "You are going to college to be some kind of psychoanalysis right?"

"Among other things, yes." Harleen answered brightly. "Have to make sure to keep mental state for everyone high. A few of you are slipping. Even Max if you didn't notice. Think it is great he split from Morgan. Despite the trouble it causes. I do not like her intentions.."

"Considering you power, you could just rip through her mind." Claire grabbed an elixer for later. "Unless you are scared."

"Not scared, just respectful. And I promise Max not to do that to our people." Harleen grumbled out. "Not a crazy person jeez."

The conversation turned a little more friendly and playful after that. Max's inner circle steeping into a more serious role about things for the future. But for now, they would unwind and have fun.