Guide RP - nebulous-dusk

CodeRR 15-Jun-21 03:46 PM

(>.>)

Pika 15-Jun-21 03:47 PM

(¯\_(ツ)_/¯) (edited)

CodeRR 15-Jun-21 03:49 PM

(When ever your ready)

randomhuman44 15-Jun-21 03:50 PM

(cool)

Lucky_Plucky21 15-Jun-21 03:50 PM

(Ye) (edited)

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 07:29 PM

A girl lays in her bed, sleeping peacefully.

Her eyes snap open.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:30 PM

welcome to the party, miss

Awake 15-Jun-21 07:30 PM

Wake up and. Smell the ashes.

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 07:30 PM

"What's going on? Who are you?"

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:31 PM

interdimensional texting. call me hours

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 07:31 PM

The girl shoots to her feet, staring at the floating screen in front of her.

Awake 15-Jun-21 07:31 PM

I'm Sunbro

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:31 PM

and it looks like you're starting out with a gamer interface, maybe

Malaki 15-Jun-21 07:32 PM

And I am Tired

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 07:32 PM

"Are those your codenames? You're capes? What did you do?"

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:32 PM

ehh. we aren't earth bet people

Malaki 15-Jun-21 07:32 PM

Codenames she says, naw just usernames

Awake 15-Jun-21 07:32 PM

Nah just interdimensional jackasses

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:32 PM

but you're likely gonna be a cape pretty soon because of us

take that as you will

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 07:32 PM

"I'm already a cape."

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:32 PM

bugs?

Awake 15-Jun-21 07:32 PM

What's the date, Ms Hebert?

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 07:33 PM

"What are you talking about."

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:33 PM

...maybe take a look in the nearest mirror

Malaki 15-Jun-21 07:33 PM

What is the date

Awake 15-Jun-21 07:33 PM

What is the day today? June 5th, March 10th

Oh wait

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:33 PM

just in case. i have a suspicion as to whats going on

Awake 15-Jun-21 07:33 PM

Unless you're not Taylor

Malaki 15-Jun-21 07:33 PM

2011?

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 07:33 PM

"It's the 24th of June. 2013."

Awake 15-Jun-21 07:34 PM

In which case: Rip, body swap

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 07:34 PM

"Why do you think I'm Weaver?"

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:34 PM

because that's what you look like on here

one sec

Awake 15-Jun-21 07:34 PM

Your icon and name is her

Malaki 15-Jun-21 07:34 PM

Awake 15-Jun-21 07:34 PM

Wait are you Colin

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 07:34 PM

"How do you know my name."

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:34 PM

we're very familiar with this story and how it ends

Malaki 15-Jun-21 07:34 PM

Cus it is almost always u

Arsenal?

Awake 15-Jun-21 07:34 PM

So Defiant in Weaver's body. Great

Uh. Might wanna check a calendar. Or computer.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:35 PM

mostly tracked taylor, but you ended up coming up in an interlude

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 07:35 PM

"..."

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:35 PM

so, good news, colin: you have another chance to punch saint in his tiny little ballsack before he nukes dragon

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 07:36 PM

Taylor's eyes flick around the room, falling on a mirror. She strides up to it, and...

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Pika 15-Jun-21 07:36 PM

(Celestial Dawn hasn't happened in this continuity)

(Like Queen of Hearts in Fool's Deck)

(Since this is a Celestial Dawn reboot)

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:36 PM

(wiped away the slate)

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 07:36 PM

"..."

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 07:37 PM

She lays a hand on the mirror's surface, and her reflection matches her.

Malaki 15-Jun-21 07:37 PM

Second time i've seen this, way too many Grown ass men getting their brain squeezed into a teenage girl

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:38 PM

bodyswaps are common things we end up trying to work around

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 07:38 PM

Taylor looks back to the blue screen in front of her.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:38 PM

also

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 07:38 PM

"You're familiar with this sort of situation?"

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:38 PM

danny hebert may be here

so, try typing?

Malaki 15-Jun-21 07:38 PM

So...Gamer!Colin?

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 07:38 PM

"That would be an issue."

The Sun God | Hours ↩️

Reply to: danny hebert may be here

Malaki

So...Gamer!Colin?

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:39 PM

it's possible this is a forge situation, i recall pika's had gamer elements in it

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 07:39 PM

Taylor presses a finger against the screen experimentally.

Taylor

"You're familiar with this sort of situation?"

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:39 PM

very.

Malaki 15-Jun-21 07:39 PM

Yeah so i've seen enough fanfiction to see various grown ass men, not specifically you, posses this particular teen

GUI BOT 15-Jun-21 07:40 PM

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 07:40 PM

Fanfiction hardly seems like a reliable source.

Malaki 15-Jun-21 07:40 PM

U'd be suprised

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:41 PM

not when it comes to our world

Malaki 15-Jun-21 07:41 PM

Especially when ur reality isnt as messy as reality

Everything is too neat

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 07:41 PM

Taylor flicks the scroll bar up to see the messages she missed and smirks.

The Sun God | Hours ↩️

Reply to: so, good news, colin: you have another chance to punch saint in his tiny little ballsack before he n…

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:42 PM

(ehehehehe)

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 07:42 PM

You say you have information on my world.

Malaki 15-Jun-21 07:43 PM

We already knew ur name Colin

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:43 PM

we know scion's true name, the boogeymen proping things up, how everything ends, dragon's true nature

Awake 15-Jun-21 07:43 PM

Gold morning, you dating dragon, etcetera

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 07:43 PM

I see.

Awake 15-Jun-21 07:43 PM

We also know the entity's whole shtick and the why of it

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:44 PM

we also know of threats you likely havent even heard a peep from, such as the tinker 15 who's still planning things out rn

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 07:44 PM

Taylor runs a hand across her head, and curses when her fingers get tangled in her wavy locks.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:44 PM

maybe put those locks in a bun

ha, thats a fun sentence

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 07:44 PM

You can see me too?

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:44 PM

not exactly

we get descriptions, text, and the rare image

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 07:45 PM

Taylor looks around the room for a hint of a viewer.

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 07:45 PM

I see.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:45 PM

one moment

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 07:45 PM

"..."

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:46 PM

so, yeah

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 07:46 PM

You asked about the date. I've time travelled?

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:46 PM

look out a window. you're probably in the bay

it'd be an easy enough check

Malaki 15-Jun-21 07:47 PM

Check if u got both arms

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:47 PM

not to mention, i'm fairly sure even the building you're standing in wouldve been wrecked or ramshackle post-gm

Malaki 15-Jun-21 07:47 PM

Then u def time travelled

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 07:48 PM

Taylor leaves her room and pads, barefoot, down to the front door.

She opens it to an intact street in an intact city.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:48 PM

note that you don't have cybernetic temperature management and its probably chilly as fuck out there

Malaki 15-Jun-21 07:48 PM

Time travel

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 07:49 PM

Clad in only pyjamas, she stares out into the once-wrecked city.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:49 PM

hell of a thing, aint it?

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 07:49 PM

*Sigh*

Malaki 15-Jun-21 07:49 PM

Close the window b4 u catch pneumonia

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 07:49 PM

She pulls the door shut with a click.

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 07:50 PM

"Fuck."

Malaki 15-Jun-21 07:50 PM

Ye

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:50 PM

why don't you take a glimpse at the tv, see if your original power is still intact

Pika 15-Jun-21 07:50 PM

Also, Taylor's house was destroyed in Gold Morning iirc

She makes note of it

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:50 PM

say hi to pika, btw, she's helping facilitate this connection i believe?

Pika 15-Jun-21 07:51 PM

?

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:51 PM

its a guesstimate ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Pika 15-Jun-21 07:51 PM

Anyway

Malaki 15-Jun-21 07:51 PM

Oops?

Pika 15-Jun-21 07:51 PM

Time travel, most likely

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 07:51 PM

Most likely.

Pika 15-Jun-21 07:52 PM

I'm kinda busy with prepping for a roleplaying thing, so I won't chime in much, but I'll be around

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:52 PM

nice

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 07:53 PM

Taylor runs her hand through her hair and hits a snag, again.

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 07:53 PM

*Sigh*

Limina Idling | Hours

maybe put those locks in a bun

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:53 PM

once again, i make this suggestion

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 07:53 PM

Good idea.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:53 PM

its probably easier than dealin with the biggol hairball

Malaki 15-Jun-21 07:54 PM

Wash it first...shit ur gunna have to shower in a teenage girl's body

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 07:54 PM

Taylor goes back to her room, poking around until she comes across a box of hair ties.

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 07:54 PM

Don't remind me.

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 07:55 PM

With practised ease, she pulls her hair up into a bun.

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 07:55 PM

"That's better."

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:55 PM

just dont think too hard about it

aint like you had much choice in the matter

Malaki 15-Jun-21 07:55 PM

...how do you know how to put ur own hair i to a bun?...man i wish i had that much hair

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:56 PM

im assuming letting it grow out when he was younger

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 07:56 PM

I helped Dragon to do up her hair sometimes, and I've had practise in manipulating parts of my own body.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:57 PM

i do have a very important pertinent question, though - tinkers kind of just see the world with an endless well of ideas on improving it, yea? are you still seeing things like that?

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 07:58 PM

"..."

I'm not.

Malaki 15-Jun-21 07:58 PM

Shit...and the bugs?

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:58 PM

well, the good news is, you're likely now a trump

a la eidolon meets hero [or just eidolon] by way of dauntless

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 07:58 PM

Taylor grits her teeth and stares at the floor, one hand gripping the back of a chair.

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 07:59 PM

No bugs.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:59 PM

(and so the bun came undone)

Malaki 15-Jun-21 07:59 PM

Ok so yeah Hours is prolly right

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 07:59 PM

Taylor spits out another curse and pulls her hair back up.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 07:59 PM

the question is whether this is the celestial forge or the collaborative forge we made

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 08:00 PM

Forge...?

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:00 PM

it's a sort of term that sprung up

the celestial forge came first, with an assortment of powers, items, etc. from multiple universes far beyond your own 10^80 in your chunk of the multiverse

other 'forge'-style collections came up, and the collaborative forge is one we made for fun

Malaki 15-Jun-21 08:01 PM

I gotta dip, the temptress that is sleep is beckoning, and i am a cheap whore for quality sleep

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:01 PM

thats understandable, gnite

GUI BOT 15-Jun-21 08:03 PM

[Forge Menu]

[Perks:] [Jump Recording] ... [Uncapped] ... [Integration] ... [HUD/UI] ... [Guild System] ...

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:03 PM

oh hell yeah

menus

that's a lot more Quality of Life than most forges get

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 08:04 PM

Taylor stares at the second screen in front of her.

GUI BOT 15-Jun-21 08:06 PM

[(Additional notes for out-of-context individuals:)]

[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-BuFywg2-PLgs88W8t4zS-UlO6v3Gx5zxnlsCn4DkBY/edit?usp=sharing]

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:06 PM

ooh, that's handy

clickable format for everyone on our side: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-BuFywg2-PLgs88W8t4zS-UlO6v3Gx5zxnlsCn4DkBY/edit?usp=sharing

Perks

Status Banked CP: 100CP 1. Hours 2. Code 3. Pika Jump Recording (Personal Reality Supplement) (200CP) 4. Lucky 5. Sunbro 6. Generic Gamer Uncapped (Generic Gamer) (0CP) Integration (Generic Gamer) (0CP) HUD/UI (Generic Gamer) (0CP) Guild System (Generic Gamer) (100CP) Status Banked CP...

Original message was deleted or could not be loaded.

Pika 15-Jun-21 08:06 PM

Pinned a message.

Better pin that rq

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:07 PM

looks like you got the collaborative forge

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 08:07 PM

'Collaborative Forge'?

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:08 PM

it's a bit like the celestial forge described earlier, but whereas that happens to have a singular focus - crafting - and a lot of perks supporting that, ours are... well, kind of all over the place

as stated before, they were made more for fun than anything else

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 08:08 PM

You made whatever this is? For fun? Who are you?

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:09 PM

one of the people apparently having provided you a list of potential powers to gather over time

i'd say im pretty surprised, but jumpchain things tend to get picked up by people with the power to make those powers and items more than a fun exercise in writing

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 08:10 PM

"Ah."

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:10 PM

jumpchain probably warrants its own explanation

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 08:10 PM

So this was just a list of hypothetical powers, then.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:10 PM

yep, but it's getting used for something a bit more legitimate, now

to begin to summarize jumpchain, we'd probably need to dig into how the multiverse actually works vs how bet thinks it works, so lets just go with a blanket explanation of 'everything that could happen hypothetically has happened and likely will continue happening in some universe somewhere' - i think the term for that theory is... quantum something

cant recall it

but a lot of this stuff is based on fiction from our world

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 08:12 PM

"..."

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 08:12 PM

Taylor gives the screen an incredulous look.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:12 PM

the documentation, at least

ive actually wrote a few jump docs myself, one of which ended up going to use in my part of the collaborative forge, but i digress

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 08:13 PM

This 'jumpchain' is a fan project, is that correct? Malaki mentioned fanfiction.

(Fanfiction (derogatory))

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:15 PM

from what we've been able to tell thus far, through live interactions with people in multiple universes, this whole quantum shebang is as close to correct as we're gonna find in our lifespan and that's quite correct, though looking at the scale of it all with a proper understanding of how the whole 'all hypotheticals are real' thing goes, it's pretty... wide-reaching in its effects

in a typical story featuring a jumper [distinct from a forger, the term for people who get forges rather than a proper jumpchain] a person gets an initial budget of 1000 choice points to buy powers with, and 10 years to affect a setting they're stuck with, before being given a choice: continue, stay, or go home (edited)

wash rinse and repeat if they continue, at which point the perks and items start stacking up for absolutely insane effects, like someone being able to field strip advanced alien gear that's detonating in their hands to upgrade their own equipment

a forger works similarly, but a bit differently too, usually confined to one setting and getting gradually rising amounts of cp in increments of 100, which are spent to collect perks and items at random

they also have a set list they get their perks from, from multiple documents at once as compared to a jumper being constrained to one at a time (edited)

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 08:19 PM

Taylor continues to poke around the house, keeping an eye on the message box as new messages pop in.

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 08:20 PM

You're saying I'll be getting more powers over time?

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:20 PM

yep, pretty much

eidolon by way of dauntless

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 08:20 PM

Taylor, at this point, has stopped in her tracks.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:20 PM

only you won't be limited to three at a time

or four, rather, i suppose

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 08:21 PM

Two years ago, I would've believed that something like this is the best thing that could've happened to me.

"..."

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:21 PM

kind of overwhelming, i understand

youve already had reason to come into doubts about your own judgement, which is probably a healthy thing for anyone in certain amounts

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 08:22 PM

She shakes her head as if to clear away the thoughts and starts moving again.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:23 PM

im pretty confident that you'll at least try to maintain the awareness to not end up flubbing it too hard

even if you didnt, there's perks for that

lol

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 08:24 PM

"..."

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:25 PM

they also come without typical parahuman drawbacks

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 08:25 PM

This isn't connected to the passengers?

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:25 PM

it wont come with massive trauma, a conflict drive supported by an alien parasite, blackboxed tech nobody else could even hypothetically maintain... none of that

admittedly some of the powers are based on passengers, i slipped reverse engineering based on dragon into one of my constellations, and there's an omni-tinker power in there too for 800 cp

but no, you shouldn't have a shard attached to your brain right now

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 08:27 PM

Noted.

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 08:27 PM

Taylor picks up a note from the dining table. 'Work emergency - had to get in early. Will be back late. Dinner is in the fridge. Love you.'

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 08:28 PM

"..."

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:29 PM

danny's got a hard time being present for taylor, no matter how much he cares. it's kinda how the shadow stalker shitshow causing her trigger happened, in part, though im pretty sure he'd go ballistic if he knew

bad for family dynamics, better for slipping under the radar

you could probably get out of having to deal with taylor's school life via the notebook she kept, if you like

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 08:31 PM

I've no intention of attending high school again.

The minimum age for a GED is 16 in New Hampshire, yes? I wouldn't know for this state.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:32 PM

taylor's pretty close to the age she can take the GED, i believe, yeah

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 08:32 PM

No, you're not from Earth Bet, are you?

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:32 PM

well, im still from earth, even if it aint bet, lol

yall are still somewhat close to what'd be recognizable on this end of things, though aleph is probably a better comparison for us

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 08:35 PM

I see.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:38 PM

i should warn you about some things in the forge some of the options in there are a bit more... iffy than others you can get actual people out of there, pika ended up putting 'elven slaves' as one of the options a potential collaborative forger could get because itd be uncomfortable for them and that seemed funny at the time. other examples are far less egregious, but still pretty noteworthy, such as your own personal island with people working for you in my part of the forge. there's also perks that allow you to directly affect your mind, one such perk letting you alter your own moral compass and how people perceive you morally. others arent nearly as bad, such as wisdom and intelligence boosters, perfectly clear judgement in hindsight, etc etc, but it can get fucked up some perks out there may also connect you with. very dubious entities not native to the bet multiverse, to put it lightly and ive got a whole constellation of perks under transhumanism (edited)

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 08:39 PM

"..."

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:40 PM

generally, the worse mentally affecting perks are ones that can be toggled on and off, though there are a few otherwise. i know of a perk out there, not sure whether its in the forge or not, that turns you into an archetypical mad scientist

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 08:42 PM

This isn't increasing my confidence in this forge thing.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:43 PM

im gonna be up front with you, it can get fucked up enough to deserve a warning label

however, like many capes, it's mostly about how you use it

like, as is you have unlimited potential growth in any particular facet from one of your perks

you also get recordings of what goes on around you

you could probably leverage that into something decent enough on its own

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 08:45 PM

Of course.

Do you know if there's a chance of Weaver coming back to her body? Or is she gone for good?

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:46 PM

no clue, but i put low odds on her coming back to this body

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 08:46 PM

For that matter, how much do you know about my general situation aside from the forge?

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:46 PM

beyond your history and what we've discovered thus far? not that much

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 08:47 PM

I see. So, aside from the forge, you're as clueless as I am.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:47 PM

we have a timeline of how things went originally but any number of variables could send things cartwheeling out of control

such as taylor hebert not saving the undersiders by rotting off lung's dick

that's part of why malaki wanted you to check the date earlier, im sure

[btw, might be worth it to eat breakfast if now's a good time for that. non-cyborg stomach]

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 08:49 PM

Taylor pauses. One hand ghosts across her stomach.

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 08:49 PM

"Dammit."

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:50 PM

im pretty sure you won't need to eat, sleep, or even breathe with time

but for now, breakfast

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 08:50 PM

That's good, at least.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:50 PM

theres also the possibility you'll get food that provides supernatural boosts to your own abilities

gamers are bullshit, and you've got facets of that system rn

i regret saying that with uber and leet in town

lol

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 08:51 PM

".."

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:52 PM

well, there should be something to snack on for the moment, but you'll probably need to be out of the house when danny comes back

school day and all

assumedly

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 08:52 PM

Taylor moves over to a calendar before anything leads her off on another tangent.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:52 PM

ah, time, right

whats it look like?

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 08:54 PM

It's the 11th of April 2011.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:54 PM

.

fuck.

well that aint good

Malaki 15-Jun-21 08:55 PM

In the wise words of somebpdy somewhen, fuck em

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:55 PM

so, undersiders, maimed, possibly dead, but on the bright side, dinah alcott kidnapping delayed question mark

Malaki 15-Jun-21 08:55 PM

Sleep continies to alude me

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:55 PM

rip

Malaki 15-Jun-21 08:57 PM

While they weren't exactly deserving of death they sure as hell werent no angels

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 08:58 PM

So things are already diverging.

Damn.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 08:58 PM

im just worried about the echidna threat cropping up early due to coil hiring the travelers and that whole ziz bomb mess

Malaki 15-Jun-21 08:58 PM

It was bound to happen

...check her basement for a bunch a spiders

If theyre there Tahylor still somehow triggered, and u undid that somehow (edited)

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 09:00 PM

Taylor looks around the house until she finds a trapdoor. The trapdoor swings open easily, revealing a staircase beneath it.

Down the stairs is a basement. A swarm of spiders with red backs swarm out in the sudden light.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:00 PM

shit

...well, things are on track as they were before, it looks like

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 09:02 PM

Taylor curses and snatches up a can of bug spray, blasting it at the black widows.

In the living room, a clock strikes 12.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:02 PM

power hour

?

Malaki 15-Jun-21 09:03 PM

Fuuuuck looks like Taylor/Colin is the first reverse trigger

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:03 PM

i mean, its possible to destroy a corona

its possible this method of time travel caused a massive seizure that damaged only that part of taylor's brain beyond functionality

or it could just be gone, wiped out by the forge

GUI BOT 15-Jun-21 09:04 PM

[Forge roll: 3. Nebula: Pika.]

Pika 15-Jun-21 09:05 PM

(MY DICE ARE SIMPING FOR ME TOO. WHY.)

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:05 PM

(oh my god)

GUI BOT 15-Jun-21 09:07 PM

[Forge roll: 2. Constellation: Teaching.]

[Forge roll: 33. Perk: I See This Spark In You (600CP).] [Perk cost exceeds banked CP. Perk not purchased.] [You have 200CP.]

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:09 PM

well, that's a shame

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 09:10 PM

Taylor swipes away the screens.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:11 PM

you should probably get dressed and head down to the library, review the local cape scene. its been years, after all, and it's... hm. not out of date, because that implies we need a newer version rather than an older one

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:12 PM

Good idea. I'm confident in my memory, but it would be good to refresh it either way.

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 09:13 PM

Taylor goes back to her room and, after some consideration, pulls a hoodie and some pants on over her pyjamas.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:13 PM

stayin warm, i see

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:14 PM

"..."

Yes.

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 09:15 PM

She sighs and pushes her way out the door.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:15 PM

hey, before you get too far, you did shut the basement, yeah?

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:16 PM

I did. Your camera didn't pick up on that?

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:16 PM

nope, it missed it, last we saw of the basement you were blasting black widows with bug spray (edited)

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:16 PM

Ah. Good to know.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:16 PM

seems we dont get everything

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:16 PM

Good.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:17 PM

yeah no offense but i dont want to see a detailed essay on you trying to take a crap or something gross like that lol (edited)

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 09:17 PM

Taylor, feeling very out of place, pulls open the library door.

She spots a free computer and slides into the seat.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:19 PM

and now, to see how things are looking in town

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:19 PM

It seems to be the same as what I remembered.

Lung's wiki page lists him as arrested, currently.

The edit that added that was just a few hours ago.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:20 PM

excellent

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:21 PM

"..."

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:21 PM

the less things have deviated, the better control over the situation we'll be able to exert

pros of technical precog

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:22 PM

I suppose so.

Either I arrived while Weaver was asleep after she went out, or my past self was able to capture Lung.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:24 PM

i'd be a little surprised if it was the latter, the former seems likelier

probably for the best, idk how you'd take lung as is

wait.

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:25 PM

Which means that Bakuda would be after me and my past self would be holding a grudge against me.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:26 PM

im illiterate, i misunderstood what you meant by past self. with the proper definition in mind, could go either way tbh

though i doubt the undersiders wouldn't be mentioned if it was the latter

lung probably would've at least killed regent

Awake 15-Jun-21 09:26 PM

I mean. Touching bases with current Colin might be smart. He has the lie detector

Could deal with the grudge and resource issues in one fell swoop

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:27 PM

the question is how to do that in a believable manner, given your powers are definitely not bug control

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:27 PM

That would be an issue, yes.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:28 PM

...hm. had a thought, did you ever get called in to deal with a biotinker named jozef duris before? because in some variants of your universe, instead of his passenger, he gets the celestial forge, original variant

Awake 15-Jun-21 09:29 PM

(OH it's the collab forge

)

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:29 PM

and part of the text with one of your perks implies other out-of-context abilities around the place

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:29 PM

Carnegie, you mean?

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:30 PM

hes a pretty decent guy when not having a bad reaction to meds + trigger event

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:31 PM

He wasn't such a decent guy when he was mind controlling people.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:31 PM

im gonna go ahead and pin that on passenger influence. im pretty sure shadow stalker would've have caused taylor to trigger were it not for hers

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:31 PM

He'd made self-replicating minions that could inject different drugs into people. We'd had to put him down before he could do any significant damage.

For what it's worth, I'm sorry about your loss.

If we could afford to get every cape the help they needed, the world would be a better place.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:32 PM

agreed. here's hoping that's an option, in due time

but backtracking a little, my thought was that it's possible that you might've ended up in an alternate continuity like that. and joe with the CFv1 ends up taking down a threat preemptively that turns out to be worse than the endbringers

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:33 PM

Ah.

Scion?

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:34 PM

not quite scion tier but 'multiple simurgh' tier

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:34 PM

"Why am I not surprised..."

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 09:34 PM

Taylor's head thunks against her desk.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:35 PM

tl;dr part of flechette's cluster, march, who's batshit insane with a timing thinker power as her primary and a delayed omni-dimensional explosion

she's boogeyman-dangerous, and acts like a force multiplier for people around her to boot

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:36 PM

"Flech- ah, Foil."

I see.

How soon will she become this threatening?

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:38 PM

she ended up getting dauntless out of his time stop bubble, which resulted in him having a 'broken trigger' and becoming an endbringer-lite this is post-gold-morning action, so she's not an imminent threat in that 'multiziz' regard, but her boogeyman-tier danger level is omnipresent, especially since she throws other thinkers for a loop (edited)

even in death, scion screws us over

what a jackass

i can say that with scion up, it'd be safe to pop that bubble

when it comes up i mean

ive gotten derailed tho

when exactly did you guys end up taking down 'carnegie'? cause if we can find a report on that, we can confirm whether or not he had a natural trigger or ended up with the CF

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:44 PM

I believe I used a tranquilliser to get his victims out of the way, then Miss Militia used a sniper rifle to shoot him in the head.

He was some manner of wet tinker and biochemical tinker. He could create minions and use chemicals to manipulate other people into doing his bidding.

Malaki 15-Jun-21 09:45 PM

...Josef?

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:45 PM

Yes, this is about Jozef Duris.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:46 PM

medical and neurological, essentially 'make friends' and 'change your mind' turned into horror movie terms. nilbog meets heartbreaker by way of bonesaw is how he described how it looked

Malaki 15-Jun-21 09:46 PM

Yeah

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:46 PM

Carnegie. Named for the author of How to Win Friends and Influence People, if I recall.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:46 PM

of course he'd name himself like that, ha

smh

we're trying to determine whether or not he underwent his original trigger or got the CF in an attempt to find allies, to catch you up

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:47 PM

A bit of dark humour on the part of the PRT, actually.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:47 PM

ah, that makes sense

Malaki 15-Jun-21 09:47 PM

He triggered cause he realized no matter how hard he tried he couldnt fix his life problems, and as with wat is natural with triggers the powers he got jist made the problem worse

The poor fuck

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:48 PM

I'm very much aware of how tinker triggers work.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:48 PM

still, depending on the timing, we may be able to reach out, assuming he didn't get a necessary takedown

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:48 PM

"..."

Either way, I'm sorry for your loss.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:49 PM

ah. so it went as it did before, huh

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:49 PM

Yes.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:49 PM

well, that's a shame, but probably unfortunately necessary

onwards to other plans

Malaki 15-Jun-21 09:50 PM

Damn. Without passengers fuckin his brain he's...pretty decent (edited)

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:50 PM

Well, it's too late for him now.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:50 PM

think other people would've time travelled too, colin?

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:50 PM

I don't know. It's a possibility.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:51 PM

might be worth putting out a post somewhere asking if anyone has a copy of the 'rise of khepri' trilogy, or somesuch

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:51 PM

Khepri?

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:51 PM

ah. guess that that term got slapped on taylor only after all the dust settled.

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:51 PM

Ah. The thing that Weaver turned into?

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:52 PM

yeah

im trying to think of oblique terms to refer to gold morning, that one came to mind

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:52 PM

Though if other people came back from the same point in time as me, they wouldn't know the name either.

Malaki 15-Jun-21 09:53 PM

Mention a moment that's publicly know during GM?

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:53 PM

hm... something that sufficiently makes it clear it's gold morning, then maybe references the big tinkertech cannon?

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:53 PM

Or a list of names that haven't shown up yet.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:53 PM

also an idea

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:54 PM

Mine, Weaver's...

Malaki 15-Jun-21 09:54 PM

Mention Aiden maybe?

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:54 PM

foil

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:54 PM

The other three Endbringers...

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:54 PM

aiden triggers after gold morning

i think

Malaki 15-Jun-21 09:54 PM

But Taylor and her posse knew of em

Pika 15-Jun-21 09:54 PM

No, Aiden triggered shortly before GM iirc

He showed TT a drawing of his 'dream', and that's how she figured out the Scion thing.

Malaki 15-Jun-21 09:55 PM

Perfect

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:55 PM

definitely not of the scale we're looking for, i dont think, though

Pika 15-Jun-21 09:55 PM

Or something along those lines.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:55 PM

there were a lot of capes in GM and 'chicken little' is easy to wrongly assume is about the story by the same name

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:56 PM

Though, it sounds like he wouldn't be known to very many people.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:56 PM

yeah, that's also true

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:56 PM

Khonsu would be a much more well known name.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:57 PM

sticking with the three new endbringers and big global faces is prolly a good idea

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:57 PM

I'll make posts about that on several different social media platforms in case someone responds.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:57 PM

excellent

just, stay on guard. im pretty sure number man survived the apocalypse

and his clones

Pika 15-Jun-21 09:58 PM

Shit, I'm p sure he survives to the end of Ward too

Malaki 15-Jun-21 09:58 PM

He did, but died later due to March

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:58 PM

doesnt he get car bombed in ward?

Malaki 15-Jun-21 09:58 PM

Car bomb killed him

Pika 15-Jun-21 09:58 PM

Ah, I stand corrected, then. I was under the impression that he had an interlude in arc 20.

Malaki 15-Jun-21 09:58 PM

Wait not march

Fedorable

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 09:59 PM

she had a vision yeah

Malaki 15-Jun-21 09:59 PM

I thought fedorable did it while she was in school

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 09:59 PM

Either way, he was alive when the dimensional ram exploded.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:00 PM

and im pretty sure other villains were too

hell, didnt jack get grey boy'd?

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:00 PM

He did.

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:00 PM

Yeah

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:00 PM

let's hope we can do something a bit more lethal than that this time around

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:00 PM

That, I can agree with.

I spent enough time hunting him down the last time around.

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:01 PM

Fuck he was just left in the loop

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:01 PM

oh btw! jack's a thinker/master on par with ziz. only against parahumans though

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:01 PM

Yes, Golem had worked that one out.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:02 PM

thought i should mention, in case the detail got buried under the absolute tomfuckery that happened after he got grey boy'd

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:02 PM

It's good to check.

Is there anything else that would need to be done while I have internet access?

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:03 PM

check out cape news in other cities?

local ones, like boston and new york

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:03 PM

Already done. Everything is as I remember.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:03 PM

ah, nice

hm.

maybe snag the defiant pho account

if its not already on there

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:04 PM

I don't see myself having a use for it, but good idea.

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:04 PM

Look for half decent local pizza

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:04 PM

PHO isn't a service I anticipate using when I could make something better myself.

"..."

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:04 PM

you may need to stay independent to go after the harder targets, which means managing your own pr

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:04 PM

"Right."

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:05 PM

idk what guild registration looks like

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:05 PM

Good food isn't a priority right now, but I'll make a note of it.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:05 PM

gettin hungry, then?

maybe swing by fugly bob's when you leave

or.

actually wait there was dinner in the fridge at the hebert household

forgot about that

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:06 PM

I'd need a recommendation from a current member.

The Sun God | Hours ↩️

Reply to: idk what guild registration looks like

And I'd need to be over 18.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:06 PM

so, not happening

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:06 PM

Not in a resonable timeline

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:06 PM

not without time travel

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:06 PM

Unless I can return to my normal body somehow.

Well, I suppose I would have to make a new one if only information was sent back.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:07 PM

it may be occupied. see if armsmaster has been patrolling?

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:07 PM

...God u know what's worse, Jackslash setting off GM actually gave yall time to prepare, cus instead of just immediately blowing up all earths he went slow

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:07 PM

Cape Watch: Brockton Bay thread points to yes.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:07 PM

nice

so, we know that at least

you may be able to rig up a multi-body system eventually

though i foresee my transhumanism tree maybe making that worse

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:08 PM

Yes, that would be feasible now, wouldn't it?

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:08 PM

a lot of things are feasible now

i explicitly included two powers in my forge that could let you potentially solo scion, though it'd take a lot of lucky rolls to unlock access to those

at which point you'd have the supporting perks to take on scion

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:10 PM

...if Taylor...shit wish we knew her PHO acount stuff so we could log in and meet with Tt, if just to get the money so we could buy a half decent laptop

...where did they meet up?

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:10 PM

i mean

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:10 PM

Tattletale would notice immediately that something was up.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:10 PM

colin could just do some work in an IT store or smth, danny might know a guy

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:10 PM

Better to avoid her.

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:10 PM

Right like a Radioshack

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:11 PM

Assuming I get another tinker power to start with.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:11 PM

hell, odd jobs might help you make the dosh you need for a good laptop

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:12 PM

Well, if there's nothing else, I'll be heading back to Weaver's house.

I can ask her father if it comes to it.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:12 PM

yeah, true

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:12 PM

Odd job market prolly aint too flush in BB

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:12 PM

true

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:13 PM

Requires trust see

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:13 PM

I wouldn't know, I never had to bother with mundane employment.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:13 PM

thankfully, danny happens to be a fairly well known person among the dockworkers

its why i jumped to him knowing a guy who knows a guy

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:13 PM

Useful.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:14 PM

if i recall hes manager or smth? head of hiring?

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:14 PM

Well, I'm home.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:14 PM

welcome back

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:14 PM

Head of Hiring sounds familiar.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:14 PM

checked

'He is an able administrator and negotiator however, and occupied a high stress position at work as head of hiring.'

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:14 PM

Daniel Hebert head of the dockworker's union hiring dep

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:15 PM

Right.

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:15 PM

Man has a temper a mile wide

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:15 PM

doesnt show it to taylor tho, not without some serious pressure

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:15 PM

And never at her

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:16 PM

For instance, finding out that his daughter is essentially dead and a man twice her age is wearing her body.

I'll be careful.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:16 PM

you may be able to lie your way out of that

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:17 PM

Right that'd prolly get him pissed, luckily he's not in the best headspace to notice anything off

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:17 PM

Ah.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:17 PM

triggers having mental effects is common, after all

so if youre kind of off with the whole 'parahuman' thing going on, he might rationalize

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:18 PM

Let's hope.

Well, for now, there's not much I can do aside from waiting until the forge activates again.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:18 PM

it activated at noon, so maybe it does at midnight too?

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:18 PM

That would make sense.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:18 PM

if so, you should probably sleep before then

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:19 PM

*Sigh*

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:19 PM

hey, at least this time becoming functionally a noctis cape won't cost you an arm and a leg

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:19 PM

I didn't miss having to sleep more than 6 minutes a night.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:20 PM

just time

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:20 PM

Silver linings.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:20 PM

in the meantime, dinner

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:20 PM

Yes.

Leftover Chinese food, it seems.

Well, it beats instant ramen.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:21 PM

my stomach hates the idea of instant ramen for some reason

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:21 PM

Ah college food

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:22 PM

yet for some reason, theres a whole jump dedicated to it...

wonders never cease

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:22 PM

...

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:22 PM

or maybe horrors?

yeah that sounds right

lol

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:23 PM

Eh there are jumps for several universes that are entirely pornografic and nothing else (edited)

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:23 PM

Were any of those used?

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:23 PM

Maybe?

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:23 PM

entirely pornographic? not on my end

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:23 PM

U got shogoth shape shifting in there? (edited)

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:24 PM

technically modded skyrim is nsfw but thats technically and i didnt use those perks

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:24 PM

Noted.

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:24 PM

If there is shogoth shapeshifting and it isnt from lovecraft then it is from a porn universe

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:24 PM

(Damn. Coulda made ten by ten more interesting...)

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:24 PM

(JKBNKJLLKJNMBJ)

oh hey, that reminds me. theres a perk in mine that makes implants and such unhackable

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:25 PM

It allows for u to perfectly mimic any material as long as u know the composition and have the mass for it

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:25 PM

Useful.

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:26 PM

...which one? Cause yes to both honestly

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:26 PM

there's also a perk that turns you into an ai, could be interesting with dragon

V1 (600 CP) (Fortuna): You get 35 stat points, Custom Shell, and a line of robots and ships based on you will be created. You get to choose a domain. You have supernatural skill in things relating to the domain and you gain the power to rule over it. Other gods with the same domain can counteract you. You also get a unique ability relating to your domain, in the same level of power as Artemis' ability.

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:26 PM

Both of them.

"..."

The Sun God | Hours ↩️

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SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 10:27 PM

Taylor stares at her hands in contemplation.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:27 PM

it's an alt form too, so you could toggle it back and forth

best of both worlds

(hes actually considering the 10 by 10 now lol)

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:28 PM

I'm not quite sure how to react to that.

Pika 15-Jun-21 10:28 PM

(Perhaps)

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:28 PM

600 cp perks are insane in their scale, and that's a tame one

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:29 PM

U could cum where no man has ever experienced an orgasm ever b4

Truly a testament to our kind

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:30 PM

"..."

Pika 15-Jun-21 10:30 PM

(That "..." was half disgusted, half...) (edited)

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:31 PM

If you're quite done talking about my sex life...

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:31 PM

to be fair, the ai thing wasnt about that. just might open whole new avenues of communication and collaboration in the future

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:32 PM

Yes, well, i read alot of fanfiction

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:32 PM

"..."

*Sigh.*

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:32 PM

in some ways, malaki is perfectly suited to this. in others, porn

lmao

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:33 PM

*Longer sigh*

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:34 PM

Yall sum prudes

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:34 PM

to be fair, there's a time and a place for horny

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:34 PM

Also i havent slept in nearly 24 hours

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:34 PM

you should probably fix that

yeets you into a pillow fort

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:35 PM

I tried, yall too interesting

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:35 PM

thank

but still, consciousness is not healthy to maintain for that long

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:36 PM

Yeah well neither is obesity but i aint doin anything about that either

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:36 PM

fair enough

im just kind of browsing through my forge's perk list, refreshing myself on what all's there

colin, it may reassure you to know, i made a part of it explicitly with safety and precautions in mind

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:37 PM

That's good to know.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:37 PM

it includes measures that can resurrect people

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:37 PM

...who wants to suddenly get into crochet?

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:38 PM

what

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:38 PM

Crochet

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:38 PM

what inspired this

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:39 PM

Watchin ppl weave

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:39 PM

ah, fair

so, colin

one of the fun things about jumpchain is that wording matters a lot

if its in a doc that a power works like this or that, it has to work like this or that

so flubbing making a one-up item a one-up can make things pretty interesting

theres an item called 'black hedron' - well, more a sort of superstructure, really - that can offer unlimited resurrection to ya

so long as it stands, i assume

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:43 PM

"..."

I hope these claims can be backed up when they come.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:44 PM

same

i'd be kinda disappointed if it got nerfed, its another 600 cp one

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:44 PM

Shit, taylor is already on bakuda's radar

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:44 PM

.

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:44 PM

I'm aware.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:44 PM

well thank god you aren't a bug controller then

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:44 PM

I just realizec

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:45 PM

Just as long as I use a different costume, I'll be fine.

The Sun God | Hours ↩️

Reply to: well thank god you aren't a bug controller then

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:46 PM

you'll probably need to, given the first one taylor had is kinda villainous

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:47 PM

Alxso covered in spiders prolly

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:47 PM

I could've painted it, if need be.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:47 PM

possibly filled with spider eggs

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:47 PM

Well, I'd rather not wear her costume either way.

Too much history there.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:48 PM

yeah, thats fair

Awake 15-Jun-21 10:52 PM

I'm excited for when you get to my forge honestly

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:52 PM

same hat

GUI BOT 15-Jun-21 10:52 PM

[Forge rolls: 1. Hours' Nebula.] [Forge rolls: 15. Warfare Constellation.] [Forge rolls: 14. Sentinel.] [Sentinel costs 0CP. Perk purchased.] [You have 300CP left.]

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:52 PM

YESSS

Awake 15-Jun-21 10:53 PM

You can end up getting AI form

Oh nice

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:53 PM

No more sleep?

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:53 PM

mass effect tech and biotics, with implants, and a free specialization, fuck yeah

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:54 PM

I don't know what that was, but it felt like a dozen pinches. What was that?

Awake 15-Jun-21 10:54 PM

Biotics, implants that give you powers

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:54 PM

Benign tumors and space magic rocks

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:54 PM

you just got a bunch of sci fi implants with exotic elements included, plus probably vague memories of being a magic sci fi engineer...

actually hey wait a fucking second this sounds really familiar

lmao

also, you may have gotten another class on top of that because of it costing points

GUI BOT 15-Jun-21 10:56 PM

[Sentinel (0CP) (Mass Effect)] [You are permitted to take one class and one specialization for free.] [Sentinels are tactical support specialists. Gifted with biotic potential and trained to use technology skills, Sentinels can thrive in a variety of situations, using their abilities to support their allies or to armor up and rush headfirst into battle to meet their enemies themself. However, they aren’t skilled in the use of weapons. You could freeze or burn things with technology skills to make up for it.] [Valkyrie (0CP) (Mass Effect)] [Asari are fierce, graceful warriors. They are incredibly powerful natural biotics. The asari excel at hit-and-run tactics to ruthlessly eliminate their opponents from the battlefield. You can damage an entire area simply by being there, dash around using biotics at a speed that is faster than the eye is able to track, and can heavily blast things in melee range sending them flying assuming you don't just blow them apart.]

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:56 PM

.

or maybe im illiterate

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 10:56 PM

I went from 200CP to 300CP, so I don't think it cost anything.

And all the costs are listed as 0CP.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:57 PM

it also comes with one get of symphony of vanderloo or... some appearance booster, i believe

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:57 PM

Huh..u have an alien space babe alt form?

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:57 PM

on top of subdermal translation implant

Malaki 15-Jun-21 10:58 PM

Civie Omnitool

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:58 PM

you may also have the equipment to go with the class

(https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z1nDiCBhKv8vf_DhWcuBiV2lg2w4hFEV/view)

Mass Effect - Jumpchain CYOA.pdf

Limina Idling | Hours

it also comes with one get of symphony of vanderloo or... some appearance booster, i believe

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 10:59 PM

Mark of the Vanderloo/Symphony of Hale, thats what it was

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 11:00 PM

There's only one free perk listed in the GUI, and it's Symphony of Hale.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:00 PM

hm. might be because it shows up elsewhere...

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 11:00 PM

Nothing about a subdermal translation implant.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:01 PM

i do find that strange, given my nebula in the forge was made with freebies in mind

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 11:01 PM

Odd.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:01 PM

it even mentions in the title of the doc its on that those arent listed with the rest

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 11:02 PM

Is there a precedence of only getting one free perk per purchased perk?

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:02 PM

or. shit is this a wording tripup

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 11:02 PM

Precedent *

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:02 PM

not much of one

generally if a jump you buy a perk from has freebies you get all the freebies

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 11:03 PM

So, without more information, it seems like there's something else going on.

Also, it's 8PM at the moment, so it seems to be a 8 hour cycle, not a 12 hour one.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:04 PM

a limiting factor. great. exactly what we need, with the city heading into the bombing run

at least there's that?

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 11:04 PM

I suppose so.

Silver linings.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:05 PM

so, how's it feel being able to make tech that's an age above the current tech base from a different angle?

Pika 15-Jun-21 11:07 PM

(*Desperately googles info on this stuff*)

("Wait, it includes making tech, not just using it?")

(Does "trained to use technology skills" mean making as well as using?) (edited)

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:08 PM

(given you can level the tech skills up, id say yeah, but its nowhere near as talented as a pure engineer since the focus is split)

(like there's electronics knowledge involved and such)

(plus tech armor)

Pika 15-Jun-21 11:08 PM

(Ah, noted)

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 11:09 PM

It's very, very different.

This feels more like I actually have the knowledge innately, instead of a passenger feeding it to me.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:10 PM

you do

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 11:11 PM

Thankfully, I don't believe I actually have new memories.

Just new skills.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:11 PM

instead of an on-the-go ideas feed, you get a dump of experience with this particular perk glad to hear the memory fuckery hasn't gone on before you get Remember Me's technology to manage it

from what it seems, the engineering side could probably actually use some work

still, instant superpowers, based on fucking around with mass

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 11:13 PM

You seem like you know what's going on with this. Would you mind giving a run-down?

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:14 PM

i've played the game it's from, but i never dug too deep into the lore, so you'll have to gimme a minute to start pulling up wiki articles

actually, hey, might be a good time to see if links work for you

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 11:14 PM

I don't need to know the history of this, just what it can do.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:15 PM

https://masseffect.fandom.com/wiki/Sentinel in that case, this may help

Sentinel

Sentinel | Mass Effect Wiki | Fandom

GUI BOT 15-Jun-21 11:16 PM

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 11:16 PM

It works.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:16 PM

yesss

glad about that

ok, so you can probably read up on all that, follow the hyperlinking to abilities

as for what your new space powers are run off of, https://masseffect.fandom.com/wiki/Element_Zero

Element Zero

Element Zero | Mass Effect Wiki | Fandom

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 11:17 PM

I suppose there's no easy summary of everything, then.

Pika 15-Jun-21 11:17 PM

(This is a cry for help, Hours)

("Toss your enemy through the air with this biotic blast." how far? How hard?)

(;^;)

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:18 PM

tech armor, fucking with gravity, pulling a ranged clockblocker, making barriers, hacking, sci fi first aid, cryogenic tech effects, overloading stuff, and it'll likely grow stronger as you get used to it

(i know throw bodily flings people)

Pika 15-Jun-21 11:18 PM

(At least half the shit is behind level barriers)

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:19 PM

(lift has people writhing in the air for like 10-15 seconds, and comboed with throw has knocked people out of the battle arena when i played)

(warp i just use like a hitscan fireball, it feels like it does damage with the weight it has in visuals even if it just doubles damage and weakens stuff)

(cryo blast temporarily freezes people for like 12 seconds or so, overload ruins anything short of a large mech or proper geth it feels like)

(tech armor i just keep constantly up unless i want to take out a group of enemies im in the middle of, ill literally wander into the middle of their forces)

Pika 15-Jun-21 11:22 PM

(So Warp is a debuff, then?)

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:22 PM

(Rip your enemy apart at a molecular level. Stop targeted enemy from regenerating health. Weaken armor. Recharge Speed: 8 sec (Shepard), 16 sec others Damage: 250 Duration: 10 sec)

Pika 15-Jun-21 11:22 PM

("Rip apart" didn't really sound like a "debuff" sort of thing)

(Oh okay, so it's an attack with debuff)

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:23 PM

(SO THATS WHY IT FELT LIKE IT WAS DOING DAMAGE)

Pika 15-Jun-21 11:23 PM

(Is it ranged? AOE?)

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:23 PM

(BECAUSE IT WAS DOING DAMAGE)

Pika 15-Jun-21 11:23 PM

(Touch range?)

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:23 PM

(ranged, single target)

(hitscan basically)

(all these powers are ranged)

(except hacking)

Pika 15-Jun-21 11:23 PM

(Good to know)

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:23 PM

(and technically tech armor)

(cryo and overload are aoe)

(projectile for cryo, hitscan for overload)

(throw and lift are projectile)

(aoe or not depends on upgrades, you unlock aoe after a while i think)

Pika 15-Jun-21 11:24 PM

(Current mood:

https://tenor.com/view/patrick-star-spongebob-squarepants-wow-mindblown-gif-13169052

)

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:25 PM

(barrier is like tech armor but without detonating it, bonus shields ig?)

(and stasis is ranged clockblocker hitscan for like, 10-15 sec or so)

Pika 15-Jun-21 11:26 PM

(

https://tenor.com/view/patrick-star-spongebob-squarepants-wow-mindblown-gif-13169052

)

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:26 PM

(apparently medicine unlocks a neural shock ability i forgot about)

Pika 15-Jun-21 11:26 PM

(...)

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:27 PM

(looks like its a hitscanner)

(no AOE)

Pika 15-Jun-21 11:27 PM

(I'm just going to. Make some things harder for him to access for a while.) (edited)

(I had to google what hitscan meant.)

(Lol)

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:28 PM

(rip, this feels like an ominous sign of things to come)

Pika 15-Jun-21 11:28 PM

(Hopefully this one is just above average in hard to get a nice info summary on)

(The voice perk is easy to understand)

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:28 PM

(i mean, its an entire video game class)

Pika 15-Jun-21 11:29 PM

(Exactly)

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:29 PM

(on top of that, one that had a few iterations)

Pika 15-Jun-21 11:29 PM

(Better than a whole magic system, but worse than the average) (edited)

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 11:31 PM

A click sound comes from the front door.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:31 PM

and that's danny

Danny BOT 15-Jun-21 11:32 PM

"I'm home."

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 11:33 PM

Mr Hebert has bags under his eyes and walks like there's a half-ton weight across his shoulders.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:33 PM

he looks like hes in pretty rough shape

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 11:33 PM

"Welcome home, Dad. Long day?"

Danny BOT 15-Jun-21 11:34 PM

"Yeah."

"Some gangsters were kicking up a fuss. ABB."

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:35 PM

oof

Danny BOT 15-Jun-21 11:35 PM

"I had to come in to help with the fallout."

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:35 PM

yikes. hope that went as well as it could

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 11:36 PM

"I hope that went as well as it could."

Danny BOT 15-Jun-21 11:36 PM

"I suppose so. Nobody got seriously hurt."

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:36 PM

thats good to hear

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 11:37 PM

"That's good to hear."

"Silver linings."

Danny BOT 15-Jun-21 11:37 PM

"Harder and harder to see, these days."

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:37 PM

that seems to be the term of the day lol

Danny BOT 15-Jun-21 11:37 PM

*Sigh*

"Sorry to dump all of this on you."

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:38 PM

i mean, you did ask

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 11:38 PM

"I mean, I did ask."

Danny BOT 15-Jun-21 11:39 PM

*Tired huff*

"I suppose so."

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:39 PM

any chinese food left for him?

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 11:40 PM

"There's still some of the Chinese food left in the fridge."

Danny BOT 15-Jun-21 11:40 PM

"Already ate at work."

"...Thanks."

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:41 PM

well, looks like he's in a slightly better mood now

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 11:41 PM

"No problem."

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 11:43 PM

Mr Hebert nods drowsily and heads upstairs.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:43 PM

well, that went alright!

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 11:44 PM

He didn't seem to notice that his daughter was dead in all but name, which I suppose counts as a success.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:44 PM

the longer we can manage to stave off that crisis, the better

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 11:44 PM

Agreed.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:45 PM

if we're lucky, taylor did end up coming back in time

some of my perks may allow a bodyswap

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 11:45 PM

If we're unlucky, she died.

And if we're very unlucky, she got sent into my body to be sent to die against Scion.

If my body even survived.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:46 PM

you survive gold morning normally, im certain you will this time around too

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 11:46 PM

I suppose my cybernetics saved me from the dimensional ram detonating, then??

? *

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:47 PM

probably, all i recall is that in the epilogue of the follow up story to what happened to lead up to GM, you and dragon are together and dragon is, if not already unshacked, then mostly so

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 11:47 PM

Ah, good.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:48 PM

tbfh a lot of stuff ends up surprisingly okay despite all the general chaos of the parahuman scene

vista survives everything, as do most of the brockton bay wards, i believe, though a few require resurrection

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 11:49 PM

Do you think Dragon would've been able to come back too?

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:49 PM

oh absolutely

if i recall rightly you ended up pulling some insane chessmaster ploy with a backup version of Dragon to fuck up Teacher (edited)

Limina Idling | Hours

oh absolutely

Pika 15-Jun-21 11:50 PM

(*Looks at Dragequin in Celestial Dawn*)

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 11:50 PM

Good.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:50 PM

oh also saint dies horribly

in that i believe he ends up crashing a ship he stole from dragon like an idiot

SFX and/or Camera BOT 15-Jun-21 11:51 PM

Taylor smirks.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:51 PM

yeah turns out that asshat was a teacher plant

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 11:52 PM

Oh, I'm very aware how Teacher was playing him.

He gave a full confession.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:53 PM

very glad to hear yall had that

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 11:53 PM

Tattletale was there while that was happening.

Her commentary was...

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:54 PM

enlightening?

horrible?

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 11:54 PM

Very representative of my thoughts on the man.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:54 PM

yeah thats valid

nobody likes saint

Pika 15-Jun-21 11:55 PM

Context: She kept interrupting his spiel to call him stupid.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:55 PM

mklop[lknmkloknm mklkmn mkokmn

i think she was being honest rather than trying to seem like the smartest person in the room

at least in that particular instance

hahaha

Pika 15-Jun-21 11:57 PM

“Well,” Saint said. “Blah blah blah...”

>

“Stupid,” Tattletale said.

>

“Necessary. You wanted to hear about Teacher, not me. Blah blah blah...”

>

“Stupid,” Tattletale said.

>

Saint shot her a glare, then said, “He’s always about the long-term, thinking big. Blah blah blah...”

>

“Nonprofit mercenaries,” I said.

>

“No earnings, money laundered and then issued to charities. Blah blah blah...”

>

“Stupid,” Tattletale said.

>

“Will you stop that?” Saint growled.

>

“Moron. Idiot.”

Cut most of Saint's speech

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:57 PM

haaa

Pika 15-Jun-21 11:57 PM

“Dumb, dumb, dumb,” Tattletale murmured.

“Stupid,” Tattletale said.

“Poor baby,” she said. “I genuinely feel sorry for you. You had no idea at all.”

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:57 PM

wait

nonprofit mercenaries

nonprofit mercenaries????????

what the fuck

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 11:58 PM

He donated all his profits to charity.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:58 PM

id ask what kind of drugs burnt his brain out that bad but i think we know

Taylor BOT 15-Jun-21 11:59 PM

It was because he didn't want Teacher getting a cut of his profits.

He already had all the money he needed.

Limina Idling | Hours 15-Jun-21 11:59 PM

huh. didnt consider him having a bank account set up by teacher in advance for the bullshit he pulled

i just kind of pictured him doing a 9-5 on top of being a paranoid son of a fuck

walks into the office with a bigass cybernetics tattoo on his face

'hey bob hows the kids?'

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:00 AM

It was their deal - Teacher gets 5% of their earnings, after costs.

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:01 AM

man. we really need to deal with teacher early once brockton bay isn't going to Implode

SFX and/or Camera BOT 16-Jun-21 12:01 AM

One corner of Taylor's mouth quirks upwards.

The Sun God | Hours ↩️

Reply to: 'hey bob hows the kids?'

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:02 AM

I'm going to kill that bastard, don't you worry.

The Sun God | Hours ↩️

Reply to: man. we really need to deal with teacher early once brockton bay isn't going to Implode

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:03 AM

hm. once we free dragon, she could probably just have a drone run into the outer wall of whatever cell he happens to be in, boom, instant vacuum

then pop goes that weasel

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:03 AM

I'd need to break some of her restrictions first, but that would be plausible, yes.

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:04 AM

here's hoping you end up with omni-tinker in a reasonable timeframe

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:04 AM

Or any similar powers, yes.

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:05 AM

question

what time is it on your end

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:05 AM

10PM now.

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:05 AM

you may wanna snooze

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:05 AM

*Groan*

I didn't miss sleeping.

But you're probably right.

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:06 AM

well, think of it this way, you may wake up with some brand new incredible superpower

so its just skipping some of the wait

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:06 AM

And I'd prefer to be awake if it were to have consequences I wasn't ready for.

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:06 AM

..ok fair point

dang it colin, im trying to trick you into briefly enjoying sleep!

lol

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:07 AM

It's been a while since I last enjoyed sleep.

SFX and/or Camera BOT 16-Jun-21 12:08 AM

With that, Taylor strips back down to her pyjamas and crawls into bed.

She begins to drift in and out of consciousness, sleep slowly claiming her.

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:10 AM

"G'night... Dragon..."

"Zzz..."

GUI BOT 16-Jun-21 12:18 AM

[Forge rolls: 5. Sunbro's nebula.] [Forge rolls: 2. Resident Evil constellation.] [Forge rolls: 20. Trap-Maker's Guide (50CP).] [Perk has purchased.] [You have 350CP left.]

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:19 AM

oh thank god

that is a bullet DODGED

SFX and/or Camera BOT 16-Jun-21 12:21 AM

Taylor begins to stir.

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:21 AM

"..."

"System... alerts...?"

"System, alerts?"

"! Where-!"

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:22 AM

deep breath

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:22 AM

"...Ah."

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:22 AM

all is fine right now

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:23 AM

I hate not having my implants.

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:23 AM

we can fix that with time

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:23 AM

Ideally, yes.

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:23 AM

one of the perks from mass effect actually gives you a ton of em, filed under transhumanism

well more than one

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:24 AM

I'll want to inspect them myself, but if they're safe, that's something to look forward to.

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:24 AM

i'd be shocked if a perk implanted stuff that was gonna kill you

this is coming from the guy who wrote one of the more negative perks out in jumpchain

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:26 AM

Sure, until one of them turns out to have a bad reaction with something the original creator hadn't thought of.

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:26 AM

ok, fair point there, but there are perks that work out those compatability issues

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:27 AM

Either way, I don't want anything putting other people's technology into my body until I've had a chance to see how it ticks..

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:27 AM

understandable

SFX and/or Camera BOT 16-Jun-21 12:28 AM

Taylor tugs aside the covers and steps onto the floor by the bed. One of her feet bumps into something.

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:29 AM

you got some stuff overnight, dodged a bullet from the source material

SFX and/or Camera BOT 16-Jun-21 12:29 AM

She looks down to see a book and a rugged backpack.

The book - Trap-Maker's Guide - is what it says on the tin.

The backpack is packed with useful trinkets - matches, a torch and solar charger, a notepad and pen...

The backpack itself is a sturdy thing. Taylor glances at the purple-stained bag on the other side of the room, before hoisting the new one onto the bed.

She trudges out of the room, memories of nights filled with useful work instead of sleep taunting her.

Danny BOT 16-Jun-21 12:35 AM

"Morning, Taylor."

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:35 AM

"Good morning, Dad."

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:35 AM

and breakfast time

wonder if yall got any bacon

Danny BOT 16-Jun-21 12:36 AM

"You're using the shower first?"

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:36 AM

"Mm."

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:36 AM

ah. heres hopin the camera stops

Lucky_Plucky21 16-Jun-21 12:36 AM

Good morning

And yeah that something to hope for

SFX and/or Camera BOT 16-Jun-21 12:37 AM

Time passes.

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:37 AM

ok thank god

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:38 AM

Sounds like it skipped for you, then?

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:39 AM

yep

Lucky_Plucky21 16-Jun-21 12:39 AM

Ye

SFX and/or Camera BOT 16-Jun-21 12:39 AM

Taylor finishes her breakfast - oatmeal - and walks out the door.

Danny BOT 16-Jun-21 12:40 AM

"Have a good jog."

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:40 AM

"I will."

Current plan is to look around some pawn shops, see if I can find anything I can use.

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:43 AM

good idea, though be careful

gangs likely have ways to pick up on tinkers

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:43 AM

I'm well aware of how to find new tinkers, don't worry.

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:44 AM

glad to hear it

Dice Maiden BOT 16-Jun-21 12:45 AM

(Encounter: 78)

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:45 AM

may be worth swinging by the library briefly to see if anyone's seen your posts

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:45 AM

Good idea.

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:45 AM

you'll wanna keep your thumb on the pulse for that one

i also just had a horrible thought

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:46 AM

What?

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:46 AM

that being that if anyone got dropped in the body of one of the s9, theyre fucked in a pretty major way

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:46 AM

I don't envy anyone that happens to.

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:46 AM

especially if they kept their power and imported into jack, because then the whole gang would implode instantly

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:46 AM

Better to face them separately than together.

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:47 AM

true, but i dont envy the person who goes up against crawler after he and siberian had a face off

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:47 AM

There's still ways of dealing with him.

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:47 AM

yeah, i recall. glass bomb and all that

just worryin, ykno?

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:48 AM

It's good to be paranoid, don't worry.

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:48 AM

jack at least keeps them kind of predictable, and while id be more than happy with him dead, that starts to raise a whole host of other worries

optimally, the 9 are taken out in a fell swoop, but reality is rarely so clean

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:49 AM

Jack's death would be worth the resulting chaos.

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:49 AM

agreed

i just don't look forward to the whole 'bonesaw releases apocalyptic plagues' thing that might happen

though hopefully if it came to that scion would step in and Unexist her

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:50 AM

It would still be better than Scion destroying all human life.

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:51 AM

yeah. still suboptimal though

actually wait

that wouldnt stop him

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:51 AM

Yeah. Still better ways of taking out Jack.

I know, but we'd have more time to prepare.

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:52 AM

jack sets off the apocalypse early, it happens years down the line without him, so. time bought, assuming apocalypse plagues fail yea (edited)

sorry my brain seems to be dying lol

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:52 AM

Exactly.

Understandable.

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:53 AM

it is summer where i am and i s2g i need an air conditioner in my skull or something

Lucky_Plucky21 16-Jun-21 12:53 AM

Probably

CodeRR 16-Jun-21 12:53 AM

Yikes. Makes me love central air in my apartment

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:54 AM

i am literally in front of an air conditioner right now

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:54 AM

Something to cool your blood down would be more efficient.

Less worries about air circulation touching parts of the head it's not meant to touch.

CodeRR 16-Jun-21 12:54 AM

...fair

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:54 AM

...why does it sound like youve given this thought

...wait you did cybernetics, which involved bits of your head, nvm

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:55 AM

Because I have.

Some of the components I used needed a cooling system, and I had to pick a place to put one.

If I can use it to regulate my temperature, all the better.

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:56 AM

oh, thats pretty smart actually

i like it

CodeRR 16-Jun-21 12:56 AM

Yeah it does

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:57 AM

multifunction and clever to boot

SFX and/or Camera BOT 16-Jun-21 12:58 AM

A smile tugs at the corners of Taylor's mouth.

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:58 AM

Well, it's my power, after all.

Was.

*Sigh.*

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 12:59 AM

with luck, you'll be able to outdo your old inventions by an order of magnitude, then revolutionize earth bet's tech sphere

and give ziz a big middle finger while you're at it

CodeRR 16-Jun-21 12:59 AM

Hm...this reminds me I need to look over my nebula again to check things, more because for future implants you have planned

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 12:59 AM

I'm looking forward to it.

The Sun God | Hours ↩️

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That sounds like a good plan.

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Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 01:00 AM

hey, while we're at it, could share a few perks we're hyped for

SFX and/or Camera BOT 16-Jun-21 01:01 AM

Unknown to Taylor, a girl around her age is staring in her direction from where she's sitting.

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 01:01 AM

Sure.

SFX and/or Camera BOT 16-Jun-21 01:01 AM

The girl hurredly packs up her bag, getting ready to leave.

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 01:01 AM

i think you may have tattletale in there with you (edited)

SFX and/or Camera BOT 16-Jun-21 01:02 AM

One hand clutches her head in pain.

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 01:02 AM

girl your age is about to run out, holding her head

well, your body's age

man that feels weird to say

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 01:02 AM

I was about to say.

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 01:02 AM

is she blonde?

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 01:03 AM

I can't see her.

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 01:03 AM

ah, hm

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 01:03 AM

The only blonde girl I see looks too old to be Tattletale.

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 01:04 AM

hm. in that case, maybe keep an eye out for anyone leavin, and keep an eye out for sight lines?

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 01:05 AM

I see someone who matches the description. Brunette.

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 01:05 AM

dinah alcott?

wait no shes like 12

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 01:06 AM

It looks like her. The version of her I knew from two years in the future.

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 01:06 AM

...

well, might be worth having a chat with her

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 01:06 AM

Agreed.

"Dinah."

Dinah BOT 16-Jun-21 01:07 AM

"..."

"...way..."

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 01:07 AM

'way'?

hm

'away'?

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 01:07 AM

"I didn't catch that."

Dinah BOT 16-Jun-21 01:08 AM

"Go away."

"I don't want you anywhere near me."

Limina Idling | Hours 16-Jun-21 01:08 AM

this might be a case of mistaken identity

Taylor BOT 16-Jun-21 01:08 AM

"I'm-"