Guide RP - adminisnakker

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 12:13 AM

it is, by alexandria, though she has some justification - trying to keep things safe and stable so we dont have anti parahuman bigots making things worse (edited)

there was talk of some kind of 'cape registration act' a long time ago and you can imagine how well that would have gone

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 12:15 AM

Oh.

Well.

Trevor BOT 05-Apr-21 12:15 AM

"They actually have a tinker doing some freelance work for them, so they'd probably be willing to take you on, if you like."

"The NEPEA-5 laws are hell, or so I hear."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 12:17 AM

doesnt tinker work break down at an accelerated rate compared to normal tech, generally speaking? there are exceptions, but those tend to be by people who break the rules of tinkering

like, armsmaster has to spend half his time awake doing maintenance or something

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 12:18 AM

"I thought tinker tech broke down over time."

Trevor BOT 05-Apr-21 12:18 AM

"Yeah, that's why they keep the tinker on, so he can fix stuff up."

"They're experimenting with a new shelter design. It's build deeper, but it uses teleporters to get in and out. No big doors to tear at."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 12:20 AM

sounds like it'd be good for leviathan, but just leviathan - behemoth could crack those open like eggs or use em like a pressure cooker, and tinkertech + simurgh is Big Yikes. good for leviathan tho, which helps in a town on the bay with a massive aquifier

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 12:21 AM

Yeah.

I guess that's why it's experimental.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 12:21 AM

yeah, makes sense

you're pretty specialized though, your power is basically custom made for hero work

cute and marketable, plus easy villain takedowns generally speaking

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 12:22 AM

Maybe aside from how long it takes the bugsnax to wear off.

And the reproduction thing.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 12:22 AM

well yeah but its not like you're about to bring those up just anywhere

and the 'wear off' thing is a pro, means you can prolly make em waltz in to turn themselves in whenever while its on em (edited)

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 12:23 AM

Good point.

It would be nice if I had some control over when it wore off.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 12:23 AM

you can try seeing if you can make it wear off on battery

or lee

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 12:24 AM

I've been getting background radiation by way of stress from Battery, which isn't...

I've tried, but I don't know how.

If I can at all.

It occurs to me that I was insanely lucky that Battery got the right limb replaced. If it had been any other limb, we'd both be kinda fucked.

...

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 12:25 AM

you can make devices for that

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 12:25 AM

Huh. I just had an idea for how to make something to control that.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 12:25 AM

snaktivator yeah

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 12:25 AM

Yeah, I can.

If not for the New Wave meeting, I'd get on that as soon as I could.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 12:26 AM

it could also be that bugsnax prioritize missing limbs and injuries to encourage eating more of them

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 12:26 AM

...

That would make sense.

"That'd be good against Leviathan, if he ever decided to come."

Trevor ↩️

Reply to: "They're experimenting with a new shelter design. It's build deeper, but it uses teleporters to get …

Trevor BOT 05-Apr-21 12:27 AM

"Oh, absolutely. Fortress does good work."

"And I'm not just saying that because I work for them."

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 12:29 AM

"It must be nice to have a job you seem to like so much."

"The Wards sound like a good deal to me, but Dad's not very enthusiastic about them."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 12:29 AM

seriously, hes getting slightly into commercial advertisement levels of 'boy i sure love my job'

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 12:30 AM

I mean, if he's faking it, he's going a good job at it.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 12:30 AM

hes been a cape for a while

you get good at acting

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 12:30 AM

At least he legitimately seems to like working for Coil, if that's even a compliment.

Point.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 12:31 AM

well, its gonna be awkward when we eventually take him down

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 12:31 AM

Yeah.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 12:31 AM

did i mention he gets a cloning vore monster at some point

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 12:31 AM

He what.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 12:32 AM

he hires on the travellers, a group of simurgh bombs from earth aleph, which includes one of the worst case 53s ever who's like a mini endbringer (edited)

which you can hard counter due to bugsnax being made for vore

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 12:33 AM

At least that's something I can deal with.

Trevor BOT 05-Apr-21 12:34 AM

"From what I hear, the Wards are pretty restrictive."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 12:35 AM

well yeah, its about learning the ropes and controlling your power, when it could potentially get people hurt or killed if you fuck up

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 12:35 AM

"I mean, it's for teaching kids to use their powers safely right? The Protectorate isn't so bad, for example."

Trevor BOT 05-Apr-21 12:35 AM

"Still. How many years of restrictions to deal with is that?"

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 12:36 AM

like, two

Trevor BOT 05-Apr-21 12:36 AM

"If it were me, I could probably grin and bear it, but..."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 12:36 AM

besides, you're used to grinning and bearing stuff - see all of fucking high school

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 12:36 AM

"I'm used to grinning and bearing things, at least."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 12:37 AM

you made it two years in here you can do that in the wards

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 12:37 AM

"It's just two and a bit years until I'd graduate, anyway."

"I've had a lot worse than a few restrictions."

Trevor BOT 05-Apr-21 12:37 AM

"Guess so."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 12:38 AM

hes making one hell of a pitch to join coil's team

Trevor BOT 05-Apr-21 12:38 AM

"It wouldn't be my first choice, but you do you."

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 12:38 AM

Yeah.

I guess Coil really wants me under his thumb.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 12:38 AM

i cant say im too surprised

coil's probably used alt timelines to see what happens if you die, and given he cant take out the potential ellisburg maker without your bugsnax likely going ballistic, the next best option is having you under his thumb

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 12:40 AM

I guess so.

If he didn't want to kidnap and drug a little girl, maybe I'd feel bad for him.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 12:41 AM

he's kind of a ruthless ass - shot his commander on the ladder out of ellisburg because the guy slowed him down (edited)

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 12:42 AM

Well shit.

The more I learn about Coil, the less I like him.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 12:42 AM

it tends to be like that with him

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 12:42 AM

Oh, looks like it's time to go home.

Yeah.

I guess I should ask Dad about Ellisburg, now.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 12:43 AM

probably - though you could also wait until after the meeting (edited)

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 12:43 AM

Good idea.

Don't want to bring up bad memories before then.

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 01:09 AM

Well, here we go.

Lady Photon BOT 05-Apr-21 01:10 AM

"Snaktooth, good to see you."

"And you'd be her father, correct?"

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 01:11 AM

lady photon, nice

Danny BOT 05-Apr-21 01:11 AM

"Danny Hebert, nice to meet you."

Lady Photon BOT 05-Apr-21 01:11 AM

"Likewise."

"Well, if you'd like to come inside?"

Danny BOT 05-Apr-21 01:11 AM

"Please."

Brandish BOT 05-Apr-21 01:12 AM

"Snaktooth, you're here. Right on time."

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 01:12 AM

"Call me Taylor, if you like. My dad is Danny."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 01:12 AM

(brandish looks like a karen. im sorry i dont make the rules)

(lol)

Pika 05-Apr-21 01:12 AM

(Good. That was on purpose.)

(Lol)

(You didn't make the rules, I made them)

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 01:13 AM

(yup)

Brandish BOT 05-Apr-21 01:13 AM

"Taylor, then. You can call me Carol, Mrs Dallon, or Brandish, whichever you prefer."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 01:14 AM

professional, yet kinda friendly, nice

she may have experience with this, or something rehersed

Lady Photon BOT 05-Apr-21 01:15 AM

"Same here, I don't mind which names you use for me, it's all one and the same at this point."

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 01:16 AM

"Mrs Dallon and Mrs Pelham, then."

Brandish BOT 05-Apr-21 01:17 AM

"Well then, let's get down to business."

"You've been outed."

"At some point in your life, there's going to be someone who wants to use this against you."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 01:18 AM

most likely coil

Lady Photon BOT 05-Apr-21 01:20 AM

"New Wave actually had it lucky on this end. Since all of us have powers, we didn't have to worry about any family members being hurt in the crossfire."

"But you don't. Your father, for one."

Danny BOT 05-Apr-21 01:21 AM

"Don't worry about me, I can hold my own in a fight. Used to be a PRT trooper."

Brandish BOT 05-Apr-21 01:22 AM

"Even so, if a particularly determined villain decided that they wanted their hands on your daughter, you'd still be easy leverage against her, combat skills or no. You should know exactly how dangerous capes can be, if you were a member of the PRT."

Lady Photon BOT 05-Apr-21 01:23 AM

"Which is why we, as New Wave, are willing to offer any help Taylor might need in her situation, whether it's expertise, backup, or a support net."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 01:24 AM

oh nice, thats delightful to hear!

could maybe get some actual combat training from them

Lady Photon BOT 05-Apr-21 01:24 AM

"If you really wanted, New Wave has agreed as a group that we'd be willing to take you on as a member, if you weren't joining the Wards."

Brandish BOT 05-Apr-21 01:28 AM

"Of course, New Wave isn't the Protectorate or a corporate team - being a member is both part-time and any income you'd get would be from donations and charity events. If you wanted to devote yourself fully to heroism, the Protectorate would be a better career path."

"With our focus on accountability, you'd also be held to higher standards in some places than the Protectorate would hold you to."

Malaki 05-Apr-21 01:29 AM

...accountability huh (edited)

Lady Photon BOT 05-Apr-21 01:30 AM

"This is just one option, of course. We wanted to put it on the table, in case you wanted something more than just picking between the Wards and striking out on your own."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 01:33 AM

definitely an interesting offer, and you'd be well-placed to help deal with a few of the issues new wave's jr members suffer from, particularly panacea and glory girl, but if i recall we went over some reasons why not to join earlier

in the middle of considering the wards, ironically enough

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 01:33 AM

We did?

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 01:34 AM

nope, brain fart

Malaki 05-Apr-21 01:34 AM

I wouldnt know i was def sleep durin thos talks

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 01:34 AM

we just brought em up as an option

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 01:35 AM

And discounted it because they were probably a family-only team.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 01:35 AM

yep, but it seems that doesnt hold up now

Malaki 05-Apr-21 01:35 AM

It's not family only

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 01:35 AM

Which puts them on the able again.

Table*

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 01:35 AM

so, pros and cons

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 01:35 AM

Pros.

Support.

No power testing.

Local.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 01:36 AM

*minimal power testing, i think they do a little homebrew stuff

Malaki 05-Apr-21 01:36 AM

Cant force u outa BB

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 01:36 AM

Yeah.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 01:37 AM

not exactly scientific process with them

panacea is also on the team

cons

may have to spill the beans over the most dangerous aspects of your power

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 01:39 AM

Especially with the 'accountability' thing.

Them letting me join their team seemed to be something they were debating over already.

If I spring this on them...

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 01:40 AM

new wave on the dallon side is nuttier than a fruitcake at times - flashbang has depression, brandish has a very black and white view of everything and is kind of neglecting panacea, panacea is killing herself slowly with the healing, and glory girl is accidentally making it worse by being a collateral damage barbie with a worship me aura

Malaki 05-Apr-21 01:41 AM

Also if this universe is actually following parahuman lore and isnt an AU panacea is actually evil

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 01:42 AM

i still doubt that that's an actual set in stone thing

shes like 15 rn, shes like 21 at the 'deep end' point

Malaki 05-Apr-21 01:44 AM

...Ward had some upsetting retcons

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 01:45 AM

I'm going to assume that Panacea is the better version here.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 01:45 AM

for the best

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 01:48 AM

I gotta admit, I am worried about the drama.

Would the Wards have this much drama?

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 01:48 AM

probably not, no

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 01:49 AM

Drama is the kind of thing I'd rather avoid here.

Malaki 05-Apr-21 01:49 AM

Mostly cause nobody in the wards is in a relationship with another ward

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 01:49 AM

clockblocker's dad has cancer, vista wants to fight more serious threats, kid win has dyscalcula, gallant is an empath, browbeat has a few psychological issues he's dealing with, i think aegis is normal enough

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 01:50 AM

Ah.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 01:50 AM

thats the worst i can think of

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 01:50 AM

Well, I guess all parahumans would have problems of some stripe.

I wonder if bugsnax can cure cancer?

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 01:50 AM

id imagine it may take a lot

Malaki 05-Apr-21 01:50 AM

Browbeat is supposed to be getting therapy it's the whole reason his parents put him in the Wards

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 01:51 AM

Oh, the Wards offer therapy?

Malaki 05-Apr-21 01:51 AM

Yes

They are required to (edited)

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 01:51 AM

oh yea you can get therapy if you join em. psychological counseling and stuff

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 01:51 AM

Also, I'm not sure if 'giving someone a lot of bugsnax' is a great idea.

So I might put a pin in that idea.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 01:51 AM

yeahhh...

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 01:52 AM

Another thing is the part-time vs full-time thing.

Do I want to be a hero full-time, or is there something else I'd rather do?

Honestly? I have no idea what other job I'd be interested in.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 01:53 AM

thats fair

Malaki 05-Apr-21 01:54 AM

...journalism?

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 01:54 AM

I had a vague idea of studying lit in college and getting a job like Mom's, but that was more a 'oh, if I have to pick something' decision.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 01:54 AM

honestly i think full time heroism would be the point you bring up if you turn em down

Malaki 05-Apr-21 01:54 AM

Ye

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 01:55 AM

noting that you appreciate the offer and that you understand its a big deal and all

Malaki 05-Apr-21 01:55 AM

But honestly both the wards and the NW would have issues with full time heroing

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 01:55 AM

I'm not sure I have the people skills to do journalism.

I assume that joining the Wards would lead me into joining the Protectorate when I'm older.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 01:56 AM

they have programs for that yea

Malaki 05-Apr-21 01:56 AM

See, ur thinking of real journalism

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 01:56 AM

The Wards have a trust fund, right?

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 01:56 AM

yee

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 01:56 AM

For college?

Malaki 05-Apr-21 01:56 AM

And not things like...resturaunt reviewing

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 01:56 AM

i think just in general, tho i wouldnt be shocked if it was going into a college fund

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 01:57 AM

I feel like being the restaurant reviewing cape would be a little gimmicky.

Besides, I don't really know my way around fancy food, despite my power.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 01:57 AM

this is getting off topic

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 01:58 AM

Right. New Wave, pros and cons.

Malaki 05-Apr-21 01:58 AM

I feel it's kinda on topic but ye

Cons drama...just so much drama on the dallon side

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 01:58 AM

Which I'd rather avoid.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 01:58 AM

yeah, i mentioned it earlier

you could probably disarm a few ticking time bombs without fully enmeshing yourself in it

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 01:59 AM

Probably.

Even if I didn't join, I'd probably still spend time with them.

Malaki 05-Apr-21 01:59 AM

Pro most of the kids on the otherside are either adults or high school seniors iirc

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 01:59 AM

yee

Malaki 05-Apr-21 02:00 AM

So a bit in ur age range without being insufferable

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:00 AM

panacea is 15, glory girl is 17, shielder is 14, laserdream is 19

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:01 AM

While the Wards could pick up younger kids. I think the current youngest member is Vista at 13?

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:01 AM

like you said earlier though you'll be interacting with them regardless, just less normally vista's like 12

turns 13 this year i think

Malaki 05-Apr-21 02:02 AM

Yeah vista's also second most experienced ward right now

First is tied between a few wards iirc

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:03 AM

It occurs to me that Dinah might have to follow me into whichever of these I pick.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:03 AM

browbeat is 16, chariot joins up later as part of coil's plans, gallant's like 17-18, kid win is like 14-17

let's not get dinah to leak her ID as one of the most powerful thinkers out there

Malaki 05-Apr-21 02:03 AM

14-17 is a big ass range

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:04 AM

true

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:06 AM

So.

At the moment, I'm leaning towards the Wards over New Wave.

Malaki 05-Apr-21 02:06 AM

Fair

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:07 AM

Valid, same

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:08 AM

"I feel like I'd rather make hero work a full-time career, so I'll probably be joining the Wards, but thanks for the offer."

Brandish BOT 05-Apr-21 02:08 AM

"Of course."

Lady Photon BOT 05-Apr-21 02:08 AM

"Either way, we'd be glad to help out a new hero."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:09 AM

Definitely down for that tho, you could get a lot out of a friendly relationship with them

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:10 AM

"Thanks! I could definitely use some advice from people with experience in being outed capes."

Lady Photon BOT 05-Apr-21 02:10 AM

"We're here to help if you need us, Taylor."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:11 AM

Generally I'd start with asking how to manage the social side of things, then go from there

There's other starters tho

Malaki 05-Apr-21 02:12 AM

Huh, genetically modified yeast to add vitamins to ur bread...sorry distracted yeah totally good idea to have a good relationship with fellow heros

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:13 AM

I guess I'll spare you the minutiae of all of this.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:13 AM

Ty

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:13 AM

Oh. Wow. There's a whole lot of laws on parahuman power use.

Malaki 05-Apr-21 02:14 AM

Yeah

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:14 AM

Mhm, tis important

Malaki 05-Apr-21 02:14 AM

Most of them prolly came from lawsuits

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:14 AM

And what I'm getting is that, since I have no identity, idiots might be tempted to provoke me into using my power so they can claim parahuman assault and sue me.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:14 AM

Preeeetty much

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:15 AM

Also, having trouble holding down jobs due to NEPEA-5.

Not due to anything in the laws themselves.

Some places just really don't want to risk hiring a parahuman and having to go through audits.

Malaki 05-Apr-21 02:16 AM

See that's so the prt doesnt have major competition for national hero teams

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:17 AM

Of course, there's always the looming threat of people coming after me when I'm unprepared. At least I have minions to help me in that case.

Oh, there's plenty of corporate teams.

The Protectorate is just the big government team with the powerful capes backing it up.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:18 AM

Could bring up what Trevor said about 'that tinker working for fortress constructuons' if you thought it was a good idea

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:19 AM

It sounds like Fortress Construction just knew their way around the NEPEA-5 laws.

Malaki 05-Apr-21 02:19 AM

...did they tho? Or did coil cheat the audit using timeline bullshit

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 02:19 AM

Why not both

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:20 AM

But providing 'unique goods and services' seems to be the best way to get through NEPEA-5.

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 02:20 AM

They know their way around it and coil is sneaky around to cover any openings

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:20 AM

Its plausible he just knows how to run a biz

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 02:20 AM

It’s Coil

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:20 AM

As long as I were to sell things that can't be replicated by normal people, I'd be set.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:20 AM

Yeah, and coil isn't just sneaky

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:20 AM

How would Coil use timelines to get around laws?

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 02:21 AM

He is successful running his mercenary teams not because he is a good commander but because he savescums until he finds a way

Malaki 05-Apr-21 02:21 AM

Idk

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:21 AM

Hiring lawyers in spare timelines

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 02:21 AM

Also that

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:21 AM

He does work for the pet as a commander too you know

Prt

Mobile ffs

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 02:21 AM

Wasn’t he a consultant

Why is a consultant doing field work?

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:22 AM

Oh yea oops

Malaki 05-Apr-21 02:22 AM

Yeah he is

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:23 AM

The conversation has moved on to how open to be about my powers.

The advice here seems to be to not flaunt them in any way.

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 02:24 AM

Reasonable

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:24 AM

sorry back, being mobile makes all my thinker brain cells shrivel and die

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 02:24 AM

Your bugsnax are scary

Malaki 05-Apr-21 02:24 AM

Honestly the less people know about ur powers the better

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:24 AM

So no, say, riding a scoopy banoopy to school, or having minions with me in class.

Malaki 05-Apr-21 02:24 AM

Exactly

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 02:24 AM

If anyone eats them and transforms into your minion then what?

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:25 AM

Yeah.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:25 AM

well, if nothing else, scoopy banoopy rides can wait for patrols

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:25 AM

Yeah.

I can't wait to get something big enough to fly on.

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 02:25 AM

Mhm

There was a large flying Bugsnax?

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:26 AM

be careful what you wish for, this stuff spawns in your room, in your house

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 02:26 AM

I remember the Queen at the end but that was an unholy combination

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:26 AM

...can you hybridize bugsnax

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:26 AM

I have no idea.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:26 AM

worth investigating later

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:27 AM

Yeah.

Well, this has been helpful. I'm glad we arranged this meeting.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:27 AM

all in all, it do be like that, ye

dont forget to swap contact deets with any part of new wave interested in keepin touch via text or cell or anything like that

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:28 AM

Of course.

Dad got us both cell phones on the way here for that sort of thing.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:28 AM

nice

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:29 AM

I mean, I already have the phone that came with Discord, but I can't exactly tell Dad about that.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:29 AM

mystery phone

Malaki 05-Apr-21 02:29 AM

Just remember to not have them on while driving (edited)

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:29 AM

...dick thing to bring up, why would she ever even consider that

Malaki 05-Apr-21 02:29 AM

Not even sure if discord phone can make calls

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:29 AM

or danny, for that matter (edited)

moving swiftly along from that unpleasant topic

you should probably talk to danny about the whole ellisburg thing when you're home, rather than in the car ride or anything

set things up so he's as comfy as possible

maybe work on dinner together or something

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:32 AM

Yeah. Good idea.

Well, dinner is made.

"Dad... mind if I ask you about something?"

Danny BOT 05-Apr-21 02:34 AM

"Sure thing, Taylor."

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:34 AM

"You left the PRT a bit after the attack on Ellisburg, right?"

Danny BOT 05-Apr-21 02:35 AM

"..."

"I did."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:35 AM

oh boy

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:35 AM

"Do my minions...?"

Danny BOT 05-Apr-21 02:35 AM

"No! Of course not!"

"Nilbog's monster were... it's hard to describe."

Malaki 05-Apr-21 02:36 AM

Less cute

Danny BOT 05-Apr-21 02:36 AM

"They were abominations."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:36 AM

yeah that one was a low bar to clear

Danny BOT 05-Apr-21 02:36 AM

"Nilbog had gone off the deep end, and his creations showed as much."

"You make cute food bugs with silly names. Nilbog makes babies with spider legs and pin-point teeth. There's a pretty clear difference."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:37 AM

oh jesus fuck

yeah, definitely a good difference there

Malaki 05-Apr-21 02:38 AM

...also harder to infect people

His shit was microbial iirc

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:39 AM

he put people in weird flesh sacks he personally made for resources (edited)

Malaki 05-Apr-21 02:39 AM

Oh gross

Danny BOT 05-Apr-21 02:39 AM

"Besides, you don't have the risk of spreading super-plagues."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:39 AM

yeah, nilbog's power is gross

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:40 AM

"And I'm only limited by the number of minions I get overnight."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:40 AM

...do you wanna be up-front about all aspects of your power with him?

Danny BOT 05-Apr-21 02:40 AM

"That too."

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:40 AM

...I don't know.

I've already told him about the mind-control thing, but...

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:41 AM

might be better he learns now in a safe, controlled environment, with assurance you wouldn't go that far unless apocalyptic circustances definitively required it

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:41 AM

Yeah.

"..."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:41 AM

it could come out as something messier down the line

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:42 AM

"It's not just that. There's another way I can get minions."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:42 AM

preface

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:42 AM

Preface?

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:43 AM

you don't want him going in with the slightest assumption you'd actually actively go out and do this or might have done so already

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:43 AM

Right.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:43 AM

like 'to clarify, not a method i'm even considering allowing happen, hence terrariums' (edited)

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:44 AM

"I've never done it and I sure as hell never will, but if someone eats enough of my minions, they turn into more of my minions."

Danny BOT 05-Apr-21 02:44 AM

"..."

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:44 AM

He looks... emotional.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:44 AM

makes sense, its an unpleasant thing to hear

Malaki 05-Apr-21 02:45 AM

Still cuter than Nilbog

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:45 AM

it takes a lot of minions to body mass to get an effect like that, its not like someone's gonna transform after eating 3

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:45 AM

"It's part of why I want to join the Wards. Oversight."

"I'm never going to use this part of my power. The rest is more than enough on its own."

Danny BOT 05-Apr-21 02:46 AM

"..."

"Thank you for trusting me enough to tell me this."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:48 AM

well, that genie's out of the bottle now. hopefully it goes well, there

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:48 AM

Yeah.

"Thank you for not thinking the worst of me because of my power."

Danny BOT 05-Apr-21 02:49 AM

"You're my daughter. There's no way I'd ever do that."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:49 AM

this sounds like a moment that calls for hugs

SFX and/or Camera BOT 05-Apr-21 02:50 AM

*Whump*

Danny BOT 05-Apr-21 02:50 AM

"Oof."

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:50 AM

"Thanks, Dad. I love you."

Danny BOT 05-Apr-21 02:51 AM

"Love you too, Little Owl."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:51 AM

daw

you should probably mention, the weird plants dont actually do anything other than grow condiments btw. a small clarification, but i bet he had a good amount of chocolate yesterday

Malaki 05-Apr-21 02:51 AM

Man, missed the spot on the bingo card

So close

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:52 AM

"By the way, those plants outside are totally safe. They don't do any of the weird stuff my minions do."

Malaki 05-Apr-21 02:52 AM

Not sure why

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:53 AM

"Even though I can control them manually, my power comes with a lot of stuff that I can use to capture or train my minions."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:53 AM

it... may be reproducible given its all pretty simple

except snaktivator and stuff

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:54 AM

"I have a minor tinker power on top of everything else, though it's not very strong."

Danny BOT 05-Apr-21 02:54 AM

"Is there anything you want to make? I know a friend who could help get the stuff you'd need."

Malaki 05-Apr-21 02:55 AM

Like...tinker 1 or 2 i wanna say

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:55 AM

"Actually yeah, there was something I wanted to make."

Malaki 05-Apr-21 02:55 AM

Most of that stuff is wood and rope right? Only a few need a whole lotta crap to make

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:56 AM

"If someone with a missing body part eats one of my minions and the effect goes to the right place, they could get the limb back."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:56 AM

snakscope, buggy ball, trip shot, snakgrappler

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:56 AM

"I want to make something to control that effect, so I could use it for healing."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:57 AM

obviously, not about to head down to the hospital and just start shoving stuff in people's throats, but its good for emergencies

like when battery got her leg blown off

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 02:58 AM

"It seemed like the kind of thing that would be useful in an emergency."

Danny BOT 05-Apr-21 02:59 AM

"Sure thing. Just write up a list of what you need and I'll see what I can do."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 02:59 AM

weirdly enough a snaktivator can customize your body parts to any bugsnak you've ate in the past

well, snakkified ones

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:00 AM

Huh.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:00 AM

it might be able to do nonsnak ones? idk

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:00 AM

...I hope not.

Unless it was just cosmetic, in which case, certainly.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:01 AM

im just thinking about shapeshifting snax tbh (edited)

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:01 AM

There's not meant to be a real distinction between them or something, right?

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:01 AM

its all snak matter in the end lol

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:02 AM

It would be great to be able to turn all of my Kweebles into Bungers or something. Much more useful in a fight.

It's a shame I still haven't figured this one out.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:02 AM

i guess this is your research curve

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:02 AM

Yeah.

Well, one more command attempt, and I'll go to bed.

Should I try to push harder on this one?

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:04 AM

make sure all the bugsnax are locked up

and maybe let danny know youre gonna try to make sophia turn herself in again with a harder push (edited)

depending on the backlash, all critical stuff

but yeah, push harder once prepared

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:05 AM

Right. Got it.

Dice Maiden BOT 05-Apr-21 03:06 AM

(Command III: 66 +- 15 = 81)

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:06 AM

(WOO)

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:06 AM

Turn yourself in.

Shadow Stalker BOT 05-Apr-21 03:07 AM

#

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:07 AM

that did it!

time to text armsmaster

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:08 AM

IND.Snaktooth: I was able to tell Stalker to turn herself in, but I couldn't hit her as hard as I had Lung and Bakuda, so I'd need to try again if I wanted to give more commands.

Armsmaster BOT 05-Apr-21 03:09 AM

PHQ.Armsmaster: Excellent. We'll be ready to take her in as soon as she arrives.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:09 AM

thank god

may as well keep the fairy lights up for now, in case sophia cant turn herself in for whatever reason

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:10 AM

I think I've grown to like them, actually.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:10 AM

hell yea

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:10 AM

We might as well keep them.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:10 AM

wonder if you'll be able to lean harder into the aesthetic

make the house feel a bit cozier

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:11 AM

That sounds good to me.

Also, Dad did get that painting. I thought he was joking.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:11 AM

ooh, nice

what's it look like?

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:13 AM

It's one of those abstract paintings.

A lot of blacks and whites.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:13 AM

neat

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:13 AM

He says it's meant to be a dog? But I don't see it at all.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:14 AM

that looks weirdly familiar

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:14 AM

Huh.

Malaki 05-Apr-21 03:14 AM

Yeah it does

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:15 AM

How the FUCK is this a dog painting.

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 03:15 AM

That it does

Yeah it has the leg and his muzzle is near the floor

Looks like a dog sniffing a forest

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:16 AM

see the round bit towards the top?

thats its ass

i think

Malaki 05-Apr-21 03:16 AM

I see the dog ears in the white in the middle

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:17 AM

Oh. Oh!

Malaki 05-Apr-21 03:17 AM

Yeah

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:17 AM

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:17 AM

ohhh

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:18 AM

Dog!

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:18 AM

doggo

Malaki 05-Apr-21 03:18 AM

goD (edited)

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:19 AM

Anyway, time to go to bed.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:20 AM

what a good note to end the day on

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:20 AM

Yup.

Scorpenyo BOT 05-Apr-21 03:23 AM

"Sssssss..."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:23 AM

oh no

taylor wake up

Malaki 05-Apr-21 03:23 AM

Hah, what a name

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:23 AM

taylor please wake up

Scorpenyo BOT 05-Apr-21 03:24 AM

"Ss?"

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:24 AM

god i hope her room isn't on fire now

Malaki 05-Apr-21 03:24 AM

Yeh i like ur name little...guy?girl? Scorpian

Scorpenyo BOT 05-Apr-21 03:24 AM

"Sss."

Malaki 05-Apr-21 03:25 AM

Yeah...hey dont set taytay's house on fire please

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:25 AM

scorpenyos come on fire by default i think

Scorpenyo BOT 05-Apr-21 03:26 AM

"S."

Malaki 05-Apr-21 03:26 AM

Hmm dang

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:26 AM

hopefully something goes off if everything catches alight

Malaki 05-Apr-21 03:26 AM

Not ur fault little fella, room just isnt built outa stone

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:26 AM

@Taylor

Malaki 05-Apr-21 03:27 AM

https://youtu.be/qQvIAs-nPSo

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:27 AM

taylor you might die if you dont wake up, so please wake up

Scorpenyo BOT 05-Apr-21 03:27 AM

"Sssss?"

"S."

"..."

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:28 AM

Good morning.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:28 AM

you got a potentially flaming scorpion

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:28 AM

...There's a flaming scorpion curled up in a ball on my floor.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:29 AM

thank you for minimizing the damage scorpenyo

Malaki 05-Apr-21 03:29 AM

Aww, u made him feel bad

Scorpenyo BOT 05-Apr-21 03:29 AM

"Ss."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:29 AM

i think its safe to put em out

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:29 AM

It looks like it pulled a sheet of plastic under itself so it didn't set the carpet alight.

There's plastic melted into the carpet, but it's better than the alternative.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:30 AM

that is a very good scorpenyo

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:30 AM

Time to dunk this guy in water.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:30 AM

it likes cheese, so maybe treat it afterwards

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:30 AM

I might put it in one of the terrariums with a build-in pond.

That sounds good to me.

Malaki 05-Apr-21 03:30 AM

Yup

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:30 AM

that sounds like a smart idea

ya did good you funky little food creacher

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:32 AM

I got some cheese seeds with it, so I'll plant those and give it a hunk of regular cheese.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:32 AM

that works

i dont know if any scorpenyos on snaktooth island ever got solid cheese

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:32 AM

I could melt it beforehand, or make a cheese sauce.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:32 AM

yee

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:33 AM

And it's the last school day of the week.

Tomorrow is when I said I'd go on a patrol, though it might also be when I join the Wards.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:34 AM

depends on how ward introductions go ig

i did think of a way to sidestep potential issues with flamin hot bugsnax - if you ever get a sodie, keep em in your room

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:35 AM

That sounds good to me.

Well, school.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:35 AM

heres hoping all goes well

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:35 AM

It seems so. Same as yesterday.

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 03:36 AM

Mhm

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:36 AM

Trevor wanted to hang out again, but we're just making small talk.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:36 AM

i wonder if you'll be able to poach him from coil down the line

if he makes a play for dinah, maybe

would require a bodycam or something tho, he'd recognize the look of coil's mercs

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:37 AM

Hopefully.

Speaking of Dinah, she made an open offer that I can call her for questions any time I like, as long as she doesn't have too bad a headache that day.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:38 AM

oh, that's awful nice of her

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:38 AM

So, if anyone can think of anything...

I guess it's her way of thanking me.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:40 AM

i got nothing especially critical for the moment that i can think of

we already know about big threats - too much chaos in the bay draws in leviathan, coil gets echidna aka the cloning vore c53, so on and so forth

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:40 AM

Yeah.

Though, if I ever make a plan, I can double-check it with her.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:41 AM

yee

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:42 AM

School's out with little trouble.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:42 AM

oh! odds of having a successful career as a hero with your current options (edited)

could probably rephrase that to something better

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:43 AM

Sure.

Maybe 'Odds I'll be satisfied with the Wards'?

Or 'Odds of success with the Wards'.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:44 AM

odds of career satisfaction some number of years in the future with wards/protectorate (edited)

Malaki 05-Apr-21 03:44 AM

Yeah that's better

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:44 AM

How many years?

Malaki 05-Apr-21 03:45 AM

How old r u

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:45 AM

lets say, 10 years down the line

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:45 AM

15.

Right.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:45 AM

...shit, that reminds me, we gotta kill jack slash

Dinah BOT 05-Apr-21 03:45 AM

Dinah: 77.294%

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:46 AM

oh, hell yea! glad for that prediction

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:47 AM

That definitely sounds good to me.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:48 AM

that also implies you'll have more success than not

or are more likely to, at any rate

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:48 AM

Taylor: Will you be joining a team too?

Dinah BOT 05-Apr-21 03:48 AM

Dinah: Odds are better if I stay close to you. I'll join the Wards too.

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:49 AM

Taylor: I still haven't decided whether or not to join for sure.

Dinah BOT 05-Apr-21 03:49 AM

Dinah: Well, whatever you choose, I'll follow you.

Dinah: If you don't mind?

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:50 AM

Taylor: I don't mind.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:50 AM

i am reminded once again that you could probably build your own independent team if you wanted

assuming you found enough indie capes

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:51 AM

I could.

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 03:51 AM

Yep

But will you?

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:52 AM

I don't know.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:52 AM

wards are currently most viable

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 03:52 AM

Now the question you should?

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:52 AM

It's just me and Dinah right now. I'm outed and she's a pure thinker. We're both soft targets.

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 03:52 AM

Which wards even if brockton bay can offer protection

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:53 AM

Maybe if I'd run into an independent cape in the last week, but I'm not sure if we can afford to try that.

If we're Wards and something happens to us, that's a one-way ticket for an Alexandria to the face to whoever did that.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:54 AM

point, yea

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:54 AM

If we don't have anyone else on our team aside from just the two of us, we don't have any protection.

Well, New Wave did offer to help.

But Coil for instance could probably evade New Wave.

So it's risk vs reward.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:55 AM

yeah, probably - he did tie up the city responders originally to kidnap dinah (edited)

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 03:56 AM

Yep

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:56 AM

Safety vs Freedom. That's what this is.

And how hard the hammer would come down on me if people find out what my power can do.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:57 AM

prrrretty much

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:57 AM

I have no idea which would be better for me.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:58 AM

if only the power didnt have the 'convert people into tons of bugsnax' factor

Taylor

I have no idea which would be better for me.

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 03:58 AM

Freedom

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 03:58 AM

Why freedom?

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 03:59 AM

Well how confident are you of hiding the bugsnax true nature?

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:59 AM

being indie would make it easier, but not 100% easy, to hide it

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 03:59 AM

And how bad you think would the protectorate react if you are part of them?

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 03:59 AM

it coming out while in the prt, with a history of responsibility with the power, could lessen the issue

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 04:00 AM

Exactly.

And they'd have confidence that they'd have control over the issue.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 04:00 AM

besides, armsmaster may be able to do something about that using snaktivator tech

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 04:00 AM

Then will you face the music directly or run away? (edited)

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 04:01 AM

why are you framing it like some kind of dramatic confrontation thatll end with her getting a kill order or birdcaged

dinah ran the numbers, her odds of being content with the wards/protectorate are high

which means things are liable to go well

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 04:02 AM

Yeah with the current situation

Which can change

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 04:02 AM

...we asked for 10 years down the line

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 04:03 AM

We all know thinker powers can be unreliable at that large timeframe

For a multiple of reasons

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 04:03 AM

dinah's one of the most powerful precogs on earth bet

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 04:03 AM

And she is still under the restrictions

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 04:03 AM

yes, but saying 'nah her powers trash' is also bad

she was able to map scion causing the apocalypse (edited)

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 04:04 AM

Oh no, her is reliable to a certain extent

But that far away i wouldn’t trust anything but the cheating that is PtV and even it needs constant modifications to work

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 04:05 AM

Do you have quotes to back this up?

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 04:05 AM

i do, i can grab em from the wiki

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 04:05 AM

She did but it was vague

Really vague, only that the world would end

And that Jack slash had something to do with it

Which is a testament to its potency

But it was a frame of 2 years

Not 10

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 04:06 AM

Dinah has the ability to see the likelihood of something occurring in the future, which her power resolves into a percentage chance. She does this by perceiving trillions of possible universes and sorting them into groups based on a single event. At Coil's insistence, Dinah also demonstrated the ability to pick out a single timeline and interpret it, which was used to see a future where Crawler did not kill her, Coil, and the Travelers. It allowed them to find a situation where they could escape and then employ it.

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 04:06 AM

Hold on, what?

Hours, Minutes, Seconds ↩️

Reply to: she was able to map scion causing the apocalypse

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 04:06 AM

jack slash is the most dangerous master on earth bet

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 04:06 AM

Oh yeah Zion is a genocidal alien

Zion is scion real name

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 04:06 AM

What?

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 04:07 AM

Yeah the source of powers also

Pika 05-Apr-21 04:07 AM

(Note that stressing her out may reduce her performance.)

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 04:07 AM

Don’t worry for now

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 04:07 AM

alright, lets take this from the top rather than bombard you with scattershot

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 04:08 AM

Well, I'll just ignore that uncited claim and move on.

Lucky_Plucky21 ↩️

Reply to: Oh yeah Zion is a genocidal alien

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 04:08 AM

For the better

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 04:08 AM

yeah

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 04:08 AM

Just go on we can have shattering revelations after this situation

Either way

Pika 05-Apr-21 04:09 AM

(Shattering revelations would probably need to come after she has more power and a proper support system)

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 04:09 AM

(Fair enough)

Your bugsnaxed capes conserve their power? (edited)

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 04:10 AM

they keep their power, yes, shadow stalker was able to phase through a wall, lee could teleport

Pika 05-Apr-21 04:10 AM

(This is why I like using inserts, bc they won't flip their shit and immediately escalate their stakes when they learn about things too beyond their scope)

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 04:10 AM

And they listen to you without problems

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 04:10 AM

no

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 04:10 AM

Shame

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 04:10 AM

im pretty sure taylor would have ethical issues there too if she could (edited)

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 04:10 AM

But well protectorate is your best bet then

Limina Idling | Hours

im pretty sure taylor would have ethical issues there too if she could (edited)

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 04:11 AM

Cape Illuminati

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 04:11 AM

I'm honestly a little glad they don't obey everything I say.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 04:11 AM

drop the revelations

Taylor

I'm honestly a little glad they don't obey everything I say.

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 04:11 AM

But they listen

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 04:11 AM

no

Pika

(Shattering revelations would probably need to come after she has more power and a proper support system)

Pika 05-Apr-21 04:11 AM

(Taps the sign)

Malaki 05-Apr-21 04:11 AM

(That cant stop me cause i cant read)

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 04:11 AM

it takes a lot of work and by default they dont listen

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 04:12 AM

Well the CI would still be happy

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 04:12 AM

They disobey more often than not.

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 04:12 AM

Fair enough

But yeah join the wards

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 04:12 AM

lets not make taylor paranoid about getting kidnapped by the cui when thats incredibly unlikely

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 04:12 AM

Who said anything about CUI (edited)

I said CI

Cape Illuminati

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 04:13 AM

...

they could just grab the yangban's brainwashing thinker

good grief

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 04:13 AM

Yep

Pika

(Shattering revelations would probably need to come after she has more power and a proper support system)

Pika 05-Apr-21 04:13 AM

(The sign is there because it would ruin all the plotlines I have set out because "why would Taylor care about X when Scion is blah blah blah", ruining any enjoyment I'd have writing the RP.)

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 04:13 AM

And don’t forget Slug Man

(No problem she doesn’t have to believe us)

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 04:14 AM

(...bruh)

(that's not how this works)

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 04:14 AM

Either way

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 04:14 AM

(either she listens to us or we have no credibility)

(there is no in between)

Pika 05-Apr-21 04:14 AM

(This is lower stakes. Street level. Taylor isn't going to be worrying about Cauldron and shit.)

Limina Idling | Hours

(either she listens to us or we have no credibility)

Pika 05-Apr-21 04:14 AM

(^^^^^^^^^) (edited)

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 04:14 AM

(Fair enough)

Dinah’s, 10 years a long time don’t know if it will stay that way but joining now would be closer to her prediction so better (edited)

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 04:16 AM

given her power crunches trillions of different potential timelines, and is based in opinion for this one, itd take life changing shit by a particularly pissed off precog to alter that (edited)

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 04:16 AM

Or triggers

All the precogs are affected by them

At least human ones

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 04:17 AM

shes at a threshold of strength that i would think she could map those

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 04:17 AM

Nop

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 04:17 AM

this is in dinah's wiki: limits to Dinah ability: can’t see accurately points of interaction with power immune capes, precogs, situ change Thinkers. Limited sight past points of interaction. these are ‘stoppers’

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 04:17 AM

Not even PtV can, she needs to adjust

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 04:17 AM

ptv isnt dinah's power

just like ptv isnt simurgh

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 04:18 AM

Hours is citing their sources, so I'm more inclined to believe him right now.

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 04:18 AM

Fair enough

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 04:19 AM

Anyway.

We got off topic.

Malaki 05-Apr-21 04:19 AM

I mean we can site on the cape illuminati, just not a good idea to release info on them

Pika 05-Apr-21 04:19 AM

(Do I need to tap the sign)

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 04:20 AM

(Please Stop Doing This. it doesnt just kill the enjoyment of pika)

Pika 05-Apr-21 04:20 AM

(Sorry, it's just 4 in the morning and I'm kinda tired rn)

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 04:20 AM

(Let’s just move on, not Illuminati or genocidal aliens)

Malaki 05-Apr-21 04:20 AM

(Sleep dammit)

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 04:20 AM

(And no problem pika) (edited)

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 04:20 AM

(you should prolly sleep tbh yea)

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 04:20 AM

(^^)

Pika 05-Apr-21 04:20 AM

(Yeah probably)

(Gn)

Malaki 05-Apr-21 04:21 AM

(Gn)

Lucky_Plucky21 05-Apr-21 04:21 AM

(GN)

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 04:21 AM

(gn)

Pika 05-Apr-21 05:15 PM

(Now I gotta remember which day of the week it is lol)

(Friday after school)

(And Taylor's ~Magically~ forgotten any of the worse spoilers)

randomhuman44 05-Apr-21 05:18 PM

(woo) (street level time)

Pika 05-Apr-21 05:18 PM

(Lowkey tempted to do a longer writeup of my reasoning for not wanting high-level spoilers)

randomhuman44 05-Apr-21 05:19 PM

(yes but you see, why write a longer writeup if it just boils down to 'it sucks the fun out of it')

Pika 05-Apr-21 05:21 PM

(Good point)

(Eh, I have enough shits to give at this point in time to give it a shot)

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 06:32 PM

I lost track of what we were talking about.

I think we were talking about whether the Wards was better or worse than staying independent.

randomhuman44 05-Apr-21 06:35 PM

I think we mostly decided Wards are a better choice...? I wasn't around for a while though because I was asleep. I've only skimmed the previous posts.

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 06:35 PM

I think so too.

randomhuman44 05-Apr-21 06:36 PM

Oh, before I forget. When you get a chance could you ask your dad whether he knows a Colin Wallis? I wanna know why Armsmaster was acting like he knew your dad.

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 06:36 PM

Oh, that's right, he was, wasn't he?

Wait, is that Armsmaster's real name?

randomhuman44 05-Apr-21 06:37 PM

Yep. We are Wiki, revealers of personal secrets

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 06:37 PM

Well then.

Uh, I guess I'll ask, then.

"Dad?"

Danny BOT 05-Apr-21 06:37 PM

"Hm?"

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 06:38 PM

"I don't suppose you know someone named Colin?"

Danny BOT 05-Apr-21 06:39 PM

"Well, there's one person I do know with that name."

"A few months ago, I saw a guy staring out over the Bay from one of the abandoned wharfs."

Pika 05-Apr-21 06:40 PM

(Brb)

randomhuman44 05-Apr-21 06:40 PM

(I can't believe you would do this in the middle of dramatic story)

randomhuman44 05-Apr-21 06:54 PM

(also, I am sleping now)

Pika 05-Apr-21 06:54 PM

(Gn!)

(I was called away for supper)

(Nan got everyone chocolate bunnies with bells around the necks, so I now have three bells in my hair)

(My head jingles whenever I move it)

Danny BOT 05-Apr-21 06:57 PM

"I thought I'd ask him why he looked so forlorn, and we ended up talking about the state of the Bay."

"Apparently, he was being made to take a week off because of some weird regulation at his job, so he had a lot of free time he didn't know what to do with."

"I thought I wouldn't see him again after the week was up, but he kept coming to talk."

"It's... just nice to have someone to talk to like that, I guess."

"Also, it doesn't hurt that he's-"

"Uh..."

"Well, anyway."

"Why do you ask?"

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 07:59 PM

welp. i picked the wrong night to go to sleep

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:00 PM

I guess so.

So uh

Dad's met someone who may or may not be Armsmaster's civilian identity.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:01 PM

i just woke up so im gonna take a hot sec to comb my brain for plausible reasons as to how the fuck you know armsmaster's secret ID

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:01 PM

Random told me.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:01 PM

well yeah but its not like you talk about brain discord

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:01 PM

Ah, right, what to tell Dad.

I could just say that I heard him mention the name offhand?

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:02 PM

could claim you heard the name somewhere and was wondering if the DWU had brought on someone new yea

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:02 PM

He said he knew him for several months, so it's not totally implausible.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:02 PM

ya

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:02 PM

"I vaguely remembered you mention the name, and I was curious."

Danny BOT 05-Apr-21 08:03 PM

"Oh, I did? Well, now you know what that was about."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:03 PM

ah, nice

seems like that worked

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:04 PM

It would've been awkward if it didn't work.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:04 PM

god yea

ill admit i have no clue what day or hour it is on your end rn lol

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:04 PM

It's just after dinner on a friday.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:05 PM

ah, right, nilbog convo

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:05 PM

Yeah.

That was yesterday.

Nothing's really happened today, to be honest.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:06 PM

it be that way sometimes

...i just had a thought that requires fryders

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:06 PM

Well, better nothing than something bad.

I have two left. What's the idea?

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:07 PM

the prt might try to market you as sexy cause of the catsuit and marketing being cursed sometimes

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:07 PM

...Oh no.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:07 PM

so, easy to tear off cloak, anyone?

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:07 PM

Why the hell would they pair that with my minions, of all things?

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:08 PM

hell if i know, its like rule 34 of the internet

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:09 PM

...

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:09 PM

im sure theres wackos that make simurgh porn and stuff like that, its just one of those things i wouldnt be surprised by the image team working with the look (edited)

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:09 PM

Well, if they try that, I'm putting my foot down.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:09 PM

yeah thats fair

on one hand, getting marketed as the hottest thing since toasted bread to everyone in your age group, but on the other, same thing

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:11 PM

I really don't have the looks for that.

Honestly, if anything, I'd be a more goofy ward, probably.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:12 PM

they'll probably be marketing you as that, but dont discount anything

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:12 PM

If I discount it, it's because I'm going to object the hell out of it.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:12 PM

you had so much raw charisma that as a villain in the story, you were leadin schools full of complete strangers to help you

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:12 PM

...

I don't see how that equates to 'catsuit'.

Well, moving right along from that.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:13 PM

charisma + hot outfit = imaging, yikes

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:13 PM

I was planning to properly join up over the weekend.

I'm just wondering whether saturday or sunday would be better.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:13 PM

saturday, cause dinah

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:14 PM

RIght.

Point.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:14 PM

be sure to text her tomorrow

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:14 PM

I have to watch out for her too.

Taylor: I've decided that I'm going to join the Wards tomorrow.

Dinah BOT 05-Apr-21 08:15 PM

Dinah: I know. I'll be there.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:15 PM

please tell me dinah didnt give herself a headache figuring out exactly when to show up

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:15 PM

Taylor: You didn't give yourself a headache, right?

Dinah BOT 05-Apr-21 08:16 PM

Dinah: I need to be in top shape for tomorrow. Would I give myself a headache over that?

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:16 PM

sensitive trigger for her power, we gotta fuss over her a lil

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:17 PM

Taylor: Your power is sensitive, and you're in a delicate position. I just want to make sure that you're alright.

Dinah BOT 05-Apr-21 08:17 PM

Dinah: Thank you.

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:18 PM

I was thinking of spinning some fryder silk into ropes and sheets before I went to bed.

Get some samples in case anyone wanted them.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:19 PM

good idea - i recall some theater gear has easy breakaway clasps, could use something like that for the cloak

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:19 PM

That could work.

If I make the cloak out of fryder silk, I'd probably want to pick up some dye for it.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:20 PM

navy blue or white both work (edited)

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:20 PM

Though, for all I know, the Wards merchandising people could just veto any ideas.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:22 PM

they're more liable to help you than hinder you - image control is really only super-strict with probationary wards

i dont know how the fuck shadow stalker got away with her image in the face of them, but is what it is

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:23 PM

Good to know.

Well, I've made some cords and sheets.

I might go to bed early, make sure I get enough sleep.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:24 PM

fair

im still considering costume stuff, and i just realized you have the 'make people hungry' colors i saw on the internet once

Yellow and orange are colors that make people feel hungry. The color red is associated with emotion and passion. So when one sees red combined with yellow and orange, they become passionately hungry.

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:25 PM

Ha.

You know, that's an idea.

Sunset colors.

Oh, it's the morning.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:26 PM

welcome to the waking world

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:26 PM

Good to be here.

Well, today's the day.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:27 PM

today is the day

maybe text armsmaster that you and another indie cape you know will be coming in today

then ask dinah if she wants to come in together with you

if nothing else, you two can ride scoopy banoopy to the prt building

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:30 PM

Right.

Taylor: Should we come in together?

Dinah BOT 05-Apr-21 08:30 PM

Dinah: Yes please.

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:31 PM

Taylor: When should I pick you up?

Dinah BOT 05-Apr-21 08:32 PM

Dinah: If you leave at 9:30, you'll be able to pick me up and get to the PRT Building at 10.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:32 PM

ah, good idea, that leaves time for breakfast

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:32 PM

Yeah.

IND.Snaktooth: Dad's convinced, and I'm planning to join the Wards today. There's another cape, a precog, who'll be coming with me to join as well.

Armsmaster BOT 05-Apr-21 08:34 PM

PHQ.Armsmaster: I look forward to seeing you.

Awake 05-Apr-21 08:35 PM

Coil's probably gonna be losing his shit because Dinah's gonna have PRT backing now

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:35 PM

on top of your backing

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:36 PM

Yeah.

Well, it's time to go pick up Dinah.

Dad's going to be getting to the PRT HQ separately from me and Dinah, who'll be riding the Scoopy Banoopy.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:37 PM

nice

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:38 PM

...I can't say that with a straight face.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:38 PM

good

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:38 PM

Scoopy Banoopy.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:38 PM

scoopy banoopy

bunger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Irzay0hSqD8

Viktoria Magrey

[BUGSNAX] All Bunger Sounds! +Subtitles

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:39 PM

That sounds like Bunger, alright.

There's a reason I usually don't let them make noise.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:40 PM

you should let them make noise, theyre adorable

like, let scoopy banoopy talk

Scoopy Banoopy BOT 05-Apr-21 08:40 PM

"Scoopy... Banoopy..."

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:41 PM

It sounds like a depressed old man.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:41 PM

that is not the voice youd associate to scoopy banoopy so its kinda wacky

helps the whole 'funny jokester' image

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:42 PM

I'm not sure if I'd have any other choice, image-wise.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:42 PM

exactly! so why not lean into it?

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:43 PM

Well, it's not like I can do anything else, really.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:43 PM

just remember that mouse protector is plenty effective

Dinah BOT 05-Apr-21 08:43 PM

"Hi, Snaktooth."

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:43 PM

Yeah.

"Hey, Dinah. Are you ready to go? I have a spare mask if you need it."

Dinah BOT 05-Apr-21 08:44 PM

"I have one of my own, but yours looks nicer."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:44 PM

did you bring any other bugsnax? might be a fun distraction if she has a strabby cooing at her or smth

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:45 PM

I brought all of them along, actually.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:46 PM

ah, heck yea

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:46 PM

I'm leading a merry procession down the street.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:46 PM

this has gotta look fun

im still imagining that musical number lol

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:47 PM

I'm not making them sing yet.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:47 PM

yet

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:47 PM

...

Well, anyway, we've arrived.

There's uh, a lot of tourists.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:48 PM

i think news spread on pho that you were arriving

marching band of bugsnax down the streets

and you're fairly new, so be prepared to be a celebrity for a bit

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:50 PM

Probably.

Armsmaster BOT 05-Apr-21 08:50 PM

"Snaktooth. I didn't think you'd bring a whole procession along."

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:50 PM

"I wasn't sure who to bring, so I brought everyone."

Armsmaster BOT 05-Apr-21 08:51 PM

"Well, it might make things a little crowded, but I'm sure we can cope."

"Who's your friend?"

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:52 PM

time to see if dinah's thought of a name for herself

Dinah BOT 05-Apr-21 08:52 PM

"I haven't picked a name. Um..."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:52 PM

cassandra work for the moment? she can bring it up with image later (edited)

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:52 PM

"Maybe Cassandra for now?"

Dinah BOT 05-Apr-21 08:53 PM

"Cassandra will do."

Armsmaster BOT 05-Apr-21 08:53 PM

"Well then, Snaktooth, Cassandra, if you'd come with me?"

Dinah BOT 05-Apr-21 08:53 PM

"Mhm."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:54 PM

onwards, to fame and glory

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:54 PM

Okay, Dad's here, and so are Dinah's parents.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:55 PM

well, dinah's parents are definitely gonna have to listen now

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:55 PM

I won't go over all the details of everything, but I'll sum things up.

It seems like Dinah's parents got her brain scanned, and she was able to prove that she had powers that way.

We're going over contracts at the moment.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:56 PM

thank god danny's here, im sure he's sharp with this stuff

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:56 PM

Dad's fighting tooth and nail to make sure I get a good deal, don't worry.

Apparently, he got a copy of the standard contract to a lawyer sometime beforehand.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:57 PM

holy shit

nice

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:58 PM

Dad apparently knows one of the PRT troopers here. Lady, is what she goes by.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:58 PM

cant say i recall her

glad to hear he knows the troops here tho

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 08:58 PM

Her name badge reads 'Piggot'.

Yeah.

Pika 05-Apr-21 08:59 PM

(Brb, gotta commute soonish)

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 08:59 PM

...emily piggot

that's the director

(godspeed)

unrelated but im listening to scoopy banoopy voice lines and

with all the emotion of a man who has watched someone he loves murdered in front of him: scoopy banoopy

Awake 05-Apr-21 09:07 PM

Your dad knows

I'm

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 09:07 PM

mhm

danny is ridiculously well connected

Awake 05-Apr-21 09:08 PM

Makes sense if he was at ellisburg actually

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 09:08 PM

yeah

honestly i wouldnt be surprised if he was the guy thomas calvert shot while tryina get the hell out

Awake 05-Apr-21 09:08 PM

.

I stg

Coil, realizing the fact he shot him trying to go faster is biting him in the ass all these years later

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 09:10 PM

so the karma isnt quite instant but its present lol

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 09:29 PM

Dad also apparently knows Piggot's husband, 'Bean'.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 09:31 PM

omg

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 09:33 PM

Do you know him?

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 09:34 PM

no, just surprised she got married

she's got health concerns and the job seemed like her life in a shellnut (edited)

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 09:34 PM

Nice for her, then.

She does? She seems fine to me.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 09:34 PM

huh. last i recall she got stabbed in the kidneys by one of nilbog's monsters or something

danny mightve saved her ass there

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 09:35 PM

Maybe.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 09:35 PM

its not like everything is gonna be how we expect i guess

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 09:36 PM

It seems so.

Well, Dinah and I are officially Wards!

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 09:37 PM

conglaturations

Awake 05-Apr-21 09:37 PM

Congrats

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 09:37 PM

soon you get to meet the rest of the wards

with your army of bugsnax

theyre gonna love it

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 09:37 PM

Yup.

Well, first, we've got to meet the director.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 09:38 PM

..wait, if piggot is a trooper, then we dont know who the director is

Awake 05-Apr-21 09:39 PM

Oh shit alternate timeline

I stg Thomas Calvert is director

Piggot BOT 05-Apr-21 09:39 PM

"Hey, Bean."

SFX and/or Camera BOT 05-Apr-21 09:39 PM

*Smooch*

Thomas BOT 05-Apr-21 09:39 PM

"Hey, Lady."

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 09:40 PM

...then who's coil?

Awake 05-Apr-21 09:40 PM

Either he's still Coil, or it's someone else

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 09:40 PM

You think Calvert's not Coil?

Awake 05-Apr-21 09:40 PM

All I know is I was Thinker

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 09:40 PM

thomas calvert was planning on getting rid of his coil persona when he became director

he's director here, so why is coil a thing

Pika 05-Apr-21 09:40 PM

(Sunbro stole the thinker brain cell)

Awake 05-Apr-21 09:41 PM

(Mom said it's my turn with the thinker brain cell)

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 09:41 PM

Maybe his plans are different?

Awake 05-Apr-21 09:41 PM

Or maybe Coil doesnt exist here at all

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 09:41 PM

no, dinah confirmed coil exists

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 09:41 PM

Dinah mentioned a Coil.

Awake 05-Apr-21 09:41 PM

Ah

Shit

We can always ask her later

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 09:41 PM

could ask dinah the odds that thomas calvert is coil yea (edited)

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 09:41 PM

So, either Calvert is batting for both teams, or Coil is someone completely different.

Awake 05-Apr-21 09:42 PM

I mean, very well could be

Someone else got the power or something maybe

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 09:42 PM

so, a little context taylor: some powers come in vials that can be passed to whoever

Awake 05-Apr-21 09:43 PM

Coil's is one of those

So it's very viable someone else is Coil

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 09:43 PM

yeah

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 09:43 PM

Well shit.

And we have no idea who it could be.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 09:44 PM

they likely run fortress constructions so

Awake 05-Apr-21 09:44 PM

Yeah, they seem to be running the same schtick as Calvert Coil

So either it's him or someone similar enough

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 09:44 PM

i doubt calvert could run the prt, the criminal underworld, and a major business at the same time without having a stress-based breakdown

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 09:45 PM

Point.

Awake 05-Apr-21 09:45 PM

Even with dual timelines, yeah

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 09:45 PM

So, Coil is someone else.

Hell.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 09:45 PM

it's worth checking with dinah later

Awake 05-Apr-21 09:45 PM

Most likely. We'll still need to confirm later

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 09:45 PM

just to be certain

Awake 05-Apr-21 09:45 PM

He is bond villain in the original chain of events

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 09:46 PM

Yeah.

Awake 05-Apr-21 09:46 PM

Could very well have passed most of the criminal underworld managing to a competent enough lieutenant or someth

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 09:46 PM

Well, at least Director Calvert is probably clear.

Awake 05-Apr-21 09:46 PM

Yeah

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 09:48 PM

So. Things are going pretty well.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 09:49 PM

at least there's that

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 09:49 PM

Director Calvert keeps tapping his prosthetic leg against the ground. He seems a bit nervous.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 09:50 PM

ellisburg

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 09:50 PM

Ah.

Right.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 09:50 PM

seems he went through hell too

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 09:50 PM

Yeah.

Awake 05-Apr-21 09:50 PM

Oof and he doesnt know the darker parts of the power yet

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 09:50 PM

He also seems rather...

What's a good word for it?

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 09:51 PM

high-strung?

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 09:51 PM

Insufferable.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 09:52 PM

if i recall rightly, piggot refused to be healed due to lowkey anti-parahuman sentiment from parahuman resources abandoning her at ellisburg, and it left her with something of a negative view of parahumans in general. could be something similar happening here

or he could just be a bit of an insufferable snake

Awake 05-Apr-21 09:52 PM

Probably some of both

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 09:52 PM

Ah.

Awake 05-Apr-21 09:53 PM

Again, he was Coil in another timeline. There's still that foundation. Which means you probably should be a bit cautious

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 09:54 PM

Right.

So, would this timeline's Coil be someone who was already a bit villainous, then?

Awake 05-Apr-21 09:55 PM

Given they were going after Dinah. Probably at least somewhat.

Limina Idling | Hours 05-Apr-21 09:55 PM

probably yeah

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 09:55 PM

So, that narrows down the list some. They need to already be villainous.

Awake 05-Apr-21 09:56 PM

And non-Cape too, or vial cape, probably

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 09:56 PM

Right.

Awake 05-Apr-21 09:56 PM

Trying to think of any named individuals who'd fit the bill

Taylor BOT 05-Apr-21 09:57 PM

Well, in the meantime, I'll be meeting the Wards.

SFX and/or Camera BOT 05-Apr-21 09:57 PM

*Door alarm beeps*

Aegis BOT 05-Apr-21 09:58 PM

"Hey, you're Snaktooth and Cassandra, right? Welcome to the Wards!"