Guide RP - visions-of-victory

Limina Idling | Hours 17-Apr-21 03:07 PM

(coughs)

(and reposts)

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 03:07 PM

"One, I was planning on joining up, and I'm sure you'd rather lose some potential ticking time bomb waiting to go off than a teammate." "Two, I haven't tried to hurt a soul since grade five, and that includes a couple days ago when I got my powers. If you have a lie detector, I invite you to confirm with that." "Three, it's easier to fight Epics with Epic abilities on your side. Don't think I didn't see the tunnel out of Diamond's shop get made."

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 03:08 PM

Neat argumentation

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 03:08 PM

Those were made with Motivators technically And I don't think the team knows that motivators use Epic cells to work. Pretty sure they think it's just normal advanced technology right now

Jonathan "Prof" Phaedrus | Limelight BOT 17-Apr-21 03:10 PM

"We use something called Motivator technology to emulate the effects of Epics. That doesn't mean we need or want one on our team."

"Sadly, we're a little bereft of lie detectors, as well. Try again."

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 03:11 PM

...blackmail? I dunno.

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 03:11 PM

Yeah

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 03:11 PM

Seems a mite hypocritical of him to think that Epics can't want to do good.

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 03:12 PM

Do I really want to call him out on that? It might make him try to kill me, and... Well, I'm a little tied up right now.

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 03:12 PM

Yep

If they go for it Gravity time

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 03:12 PM

If you can think of something better, go for it.

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 03:13 PM

"You do seem to have someone who loves studying Epics, though. One that'd notice if he just started going out for research and blanking on why he went out, then heading back home."

"There'd be a pattern of violence you wouldn't be able to put your finger on, only now that you know the forgetfulness thing, you would."

Jonathan "Prof" Phaedrus | Limelight BOT 17-Apr-21 03:16 PM

"Epics cause mass destruction whenever they get their powers. You can't fool me, son."

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 03:17 PM

You said that

Jonathan "Prof" Phaedrus | Limelight BOT 17-Apr-21 03:18 PM

"A power like yours, you could probably erase the evidence easily."

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 03:19 PM

Doesn’t works on machines

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 03:19 PM

You are incorrect.

For both stranger powers.

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 03:19 PM

One Imp takes time

But they don’t know that

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 03:20 PM

They'd probably just assume that the two powers are one and the same due to the similarities between them.

I would.

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 03:20 PM

True

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 03:20 PM

Makes sense.

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 03:20 PM

"Then let's tackle behavioral analysis."

"Why let myself get captured, shot in the chest, kicked in the face, tied down, and potentially executed? If I came here with ill intent, you'd never know."

"I'm well aware of how dangerous a power like the stealth aspects of mine can be."

"You can imagine uses."

Jonathan "Prof" Phaedrus | Limelight BOT 17-Apr-21 03:23 PM

"...That's... true. Fine, I can believe you personally didn't intend to harm us. For all I know, though, you came into that shop with Nightwielder's men."

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 03:23 PM

I was working for them (edited)

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 03:24 PM

"That's easy to disprove. I had recently gotten a job there while trying to figure out what to do with my life. Used to do accounting for Steelheart, but that..."

"...Well, you can see my phone records to tell why that ended."

Abraham Graham BOT 17-Apr-21 03:27 PM

"Prof, if he actually wants to help..."

Jonathan "Prof" Phaedrus | Limelight BOT 17-Apr-21 03:27 PM

"Easy enough to check..."

"..."

"...So you aren't working for Steelheart, and didn't come to kill us."

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 03:28 PM

He looks really stressed.

I'd have thought this would be something of a relief.

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 03:28 PM

You are defying all that he believes in

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 03:28 PM

(Are we ignoring that Libby's first stranger power would have wiped his phone records?)

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 03:29 PM

(Yes we are)

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 03:29 PM

(Ok cool)

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 03:29 PM

And also confronting him as a failure, which is his weakness (edited)

Limina Idling | Hours 17-Apr-21 03:29 PM

(libby forgot, but he still has his own texts)

(the ones sent to him that are stored on the phone itself rather than data centers i mean, without naming names) (edited)

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 03:31 PM

"...Look. I get that it can be hard to trust me. I'm an anomaly, as far as Epics go - It's easy enough to tell."

"It might be some weird effect of my power insulates me from whatever drives Epics crazy, given I never heard of one who just gets new powers over time."

Jonathan "Prof" Phaedrus | Limelight BOT 17-Apr-21 03:32 PM

"...You what?"

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 03:32 PM

*shrug*

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 03:33 PM

There are meta powers tho Or at least one person pretending to have the power to steal Epic abilities

David Charleston BOT 17-Apr-21 03:33 PM

"...I haven't either. It's like a salmon swimming up a mudslide."

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 03:34 PM

"...Of all the combinations of words you could've chose."

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 03:34 PM

(I can't believe you've done this)

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 03:34 PM

"What does that mean???"

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 03:35 PM

David's famous for bad similes Don't be too worked up lol

Pika 17-Apr-21 03:35 PM

Similies, not metaphors, no matter what he calls them.

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 03:36 PM

Yep

I think it is something unnatural, the meaning of the grass (edited)

David Charleston BOT 17-Apr-21 03:36 PM

"Well, it's like how normally salmon have to go up rivers to lay eggs, swimming against the way the river flows to get stuff done, which is how Epics normally do things, breaking the rules and stuff. But nobody's ever going to hear about a salmon swimming up a mudslide, because nobody would think to look that way, and it sounds ridiculous to even consider."

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 03:37 PM

Well I was wrong

David, I like you but you are a gorilla in my buffet with those similes

David Charleston BOT 17-Apr-21 03:37 PM

"Only, if a salmon actually did that, it'd probably go into the books as a world record, because that's supposed to be impossible, even for them."

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 03:38 PM

"...I think I took psychic damage from that."

Jonathan "Prof" Phaedrus | Limelight BOT 17-Apr-21 03:39 PM

"Enough. Ignoring everything else, we can't let an Epic on the team. Even if you're supposedly completely unaffected, it goes against everything the Reckoners stand for."

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 03:40 PM

You didn’t stand for the liberation of the people

Like say the French Revolution?

That included people from the upper echelons of society (edited)

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 03:41 PM

"So does taking out Steelheart. You've been chipping away at a mountain thus far. You're trying to cause an avalanche now. Things have changed."

"I came here because I'm not smart or strong enough to fix the world on my own. And I know people would just see it as the same shit as always if I tried it solo, even if I succeeded."

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 03:43 PM

Yep

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 03:45 PM

"I want things to go back to how they were. I'm certain you do, too. And the first step is showing people that the monsters can be beat, one way or another, right?"

Jonathan "Prof" Phaedrus | Limelight BOT 17-Apr-21 03:46 PM

"...Abraham, I take it you already made up your mind on this matter."

Abraham Graham BOT 17-Apr-21 03:46 PM

"Indeed I have."

Jonathan "Prof" Phaedrus | Limelight BOT 17-Apr-21 03:47 PM

"David, come with me."

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 03:47 PM

Well, they're gone now.

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 03:48 PM

you still have the hole in your chest don't you

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 03:48 PM

Nah. David used that Harmsway thing on me.

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 03:48 PM

oh right

Abraham Graham BOT 17-Apr-21 03:49 PM

"...If you don't mind, I'd like to ask you a few questions, as well."

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 03:49 PM

Probably fine, yeah?

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 03:50 PM

probly

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 03:50 PM

He had my back earlier, to a limited degree. "Yeah, sure. Ain't like I've got anywhere to be, haha."

Abraham Graham BOT 17-Apr-21 03:51 PM

"Why come to us, in particular? You don't strike me as a particularly violent person."

"A lot of the work we do is bloody and thankless."

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 03:52 PM

"Well you see, my precognitive brain-ghosts told me that this group is the key to a better future"

lol

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 03:52 PM

Pft. As if.

"It's not like I've got options. If I'm lucky, I'll get a bunch of abilities that make me good at supporting from behind the scenes."

"Unless there's another secret rebel group planning to bring an end to the reign of Epics through, uh..."

"I- I dunno, politics or something? Unless there's that and I just haven't heard of it, this is it."

Abraham Graham BOT 17-Apr-21 03:55 PM

"Ha. Well, if that is what you're interested in, I'll be sure to keep an ear out. Once or twice, we've ran political missions in the past."

"Well... I say political, but it was more political espionage to arrange things correctly."

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 03:57 PM

Sounds very generic.

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 03:57 PM

Getting Epics to murder each other has to be pretty easy lol

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 03:57 PM

God yeah.

Abraham Graham BOT 17-Apr-21 03:58 PM

"Have you thought about what you'd do, if things return to a semblance of normalcy?"

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 03:58 PM

"It's, uh, kinda embarrassing, but yeah. I like a boring life, on a conceptual level."

"Nine to five office job, steak and video games, maybe owning a dog... Mm. Actually, never been that good with pets, but..."

"It's dumb, I know. I basically had that going for me already, before now. Records are pretty much gone, though."

Abraham Graham BOT 17-Apr-21 04:02 PM

"No, it's a fair thing to want. It's a reason why many come to Newcago, I hear."

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 04:02 PM

"...Ultimately, though, I don't think I'll end up getting it. Responsibility and powers, that's a rare mix."

"Sanity and powers, even rarer."

Oh, Prof's coming back in.

Jonathan "Prof" Phaedrus | Limelight BOT 17-Apr-21 04:04 PM

"It's your lucky day, Liberty."

"I don't know how, but most of the group seems convinced that it's a good idea to bring you on board."

"Provisionally, of course. We're going to be putting a tracker into you in case you turn traitor."

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 04:06 PM

Oh.

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 04:06 PM

Oof.

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 04:07 PM

...I'm having slight doubts now. This a good idea to allow it?

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 04:07 PM

Yes

If anything goes wrong you can always self operate

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 04:08 PM

I dunno. Do you have a choice though? Other than just busting out and wasting all this effort?

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 04:08 PM

Point.

"Just don't shoot me in the chest again to put it in, if that's alright, doc."

Jonathan "Prof" Phaedrus | Limelight BOT 17-Apr-21 04:09 PM

"..."

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 04:09 PM

"...I should just not say things, it just puts ideas in people's heads..."

Jonathan "Prof" Phaedrus | Limelight BOT 17-Apr-21 04:10 PM

"Don't worry. We weren't considering the chest for this in the first place, that injury's already healed."

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 04:11 PM

"Calamity. You had me going there for a sec."

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 04:11 PM

He gonna shoot the arm instead

Or something

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 04:12 PM

...Sparks. I'm a slontze.

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 04:13 PM

(now that word brings up memories)

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 04:13 PM

Well, they're leading me off into a side room. It's got actual medical equipment in there.

Limina Idling | Hours 17-Apr-21 04:13 PM

(reckoners uses it in place of 'idiot', so i throw it in now and then. not sure if its an actual thing or what tbh)

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 04:14 PM

(the second result on google for it is Reckoners and the first is some random RP, so I think it's a Reckoners thing)

Limina Idling | Hours 17-Apr-21 04:15 PM

(lol)

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 04:16 PM

...Welp. Three things were learned on this day.

One, they were planning on putting it in the back of my neck.

Two, anaesthetic doesn't work too well on me.

Three, surgery hurts.

On the plus side, they're letting me lie down after that.

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 04:19 PM

Mhm

And good news it’s totally removable

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 04:20 PM

Cool! I'm in severe pain.

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 04:20 PM

Yay

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 04:20 PM

And trying to sleep.

I tried to make myself pass out by holding my breath, but I think my skin started processing oxygen or something.

Aisha LaBorn | Imp BOT 17-Apr-21 04:21 PM

You look like crap.

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 04:21 PM

Thanks! I'm three steps from being it.

Aisha LaBorn | Imp BOT 17-Apr-21 04:22 PM

No, like, moreso than usual.

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 04:22 PM

Thaaaaaanks.

Aisha LaBorn | Imp BOT 17-Apr-21 04:23 PM

The biggol meet 'n greet stress you out or something?

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 04:23 PM

Yay, The sass of the Imp

Aisha LaBorn | Imp BOT 17-Apr-21 04:23 PM

You look like a middle manager, I'm shocked you're having that much of an issue with those guys.

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 04:23 PM

I'm not even going to pretend I understand your logic there.

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 04:23 PM

They really hate powered people

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 04:24 PM

I kind of got stabbed in the back of the neck voluntarily.

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 04:24 PM

So think trying to convince a E88 not to kill a black man

Aisha LaBorn | Imp BOT 17-Apr-21 04:24 PM

Jesus. And you're working with these guys why?

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 04:24 PM

That he got this far is a clear indicator of his ability

Aisha LaBorn | Imp

Jesus. And you're working with these guys why?

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 04:24 PM

Only option available

Aisha LaBorn | Imp BOT 17-Apr-21 04:25 PM

Like hell it is. Plenty of indie capes out there. Tons of small teams.

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 04:25 PM

On your world, sure.

If I want to actually work on problems before me, I go this route.

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 04:25 PM

The problem of not having the man Imp is that every asshole powerful enough becomes the man. (edited)

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 04:26 PM

What's a particularly nasty person with powers in your world?

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 04:26 PM

Nilbog

Machine Army

Ash Beast

Sleeper

Aisha LaBorn | Imp BOT 17-Apr-21 04:27 PM

Kaiser.

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 04:27 PM

He is more medium

But yes he is an example

Aisha LaBorn | Imp BOT 17-Apr-21 04:27 PM

Did I ask you for your opinion on how bad the nazi is?

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 04:27 PM

Imp, consider this version of America to be something like Africa in yours. There isn't really a government to defy because the government is 100% amoral megalomaniac warlords.

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 04:28 PM

Imagine that every cape here is like Kaiser. Or like Lung, or whatever.

It's like I was talking about earlier. I'm one person. I'd need to pull off some ridiculous bullshit to tackle that on my own.

So I'm not tackling it on my own.

These people are experienced with killing Epics.

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 04:29 PM

Oh, speaking of ridiculous bullshit. Do your power draws happen at set times or patterns or anything

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 04:30 PM

Noon and midnight approximately. It's getting late, too.

Recycler BOT 17-Apr-21 04:38 PM

Current stockpile: 13 charges. +8 charges added. Utilizing... #125. Accessing data cache [Glory Girl]... Cost: 4 SP 17 Charges Remain. Recharging...

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 04:41 PM

Well

You now are officially one hit immune

Glory Girl | Victoria Dallon BOT 17-Apr-21 04:47 PM

What?

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 04:48 PM

Hello Glory Girl, what day is it for you?

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 04:48 PM

Hey kid. Feel free to fly around, or through stuff. One of the other kids can explain what's going on to you.

Glory Girl | Victoria Dallon BOT 17-Apr-21 04:48 PM

Uh... It's the 10th, I think.

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 04:48 PM

April?

Or May? (edited)

Glory Girl | Victoria Dallon BOT 17-Apr-21 04:49 PM

Yeah, april.

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 04:49 PM

Good you are with the aegis, skitter/weaver camp

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 04:49 PM

I'd give you the quick version of things but I just got out of a surgery and I'm not feeling too good.

Also I am very tired.

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 04:50 PM

Yep, so rest I can handle her doubts

Carlos Serrano | Aegis BOT 17-Apr-21 04:50 PM

Glory Girl?

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 04:50 PM

Yes she arrived

Will give her the debrief?

Glory Girl | Victoria Dallon BOT 17-Apr-21 04:50 PM

Aegis, what's going on? I was just at home, I-

Carlos Serrano | Aegis BOT 17-Apr-21 04:51 PM

As far as we can tell, this is some weird Thinker thing. We've been having a little group do what research we can. In short, Liberty there copied our powers accidentally, and it wasn't all he copied.

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 04:52 PM

Basically think of powers as a repository

Inactive ones are ready to connect and form an archive

Carlos Serrano | Aegis BOT 17-Apr-21 04:52 PM

C'mon. Skitter can probably debrief you on the situation with the world around us.

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 04:52 PM

Actives ones have already an archive, this causes you and them to come here

Glory Girl | Victoria Dallon BOT 17-Apr-21 04:52 PM

...Are you working with villains, Carlos?

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 04:52 PM

Why you assume that?

Carlos Serrano | Aegis BOT 17-Apr-21 04:53 PM

Apparently, the name just got stuck to her. Bug powers and all that. She's been doing what she can to help keep Liberty on the straight and narrow.

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 04:53 PM

She is really a good gal

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 04:53 PM

Kids, this is all well and good, but can you please have this discussion somewhere I'm not trying to sleep?

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 04:54 PM

So new power

Glory Girl | Victoria Dallon BOT 17-Apr-21 04:54 PM

...Fine. Let's go.

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 04:54 PM

A one hit shield against any attack including continuous one, has a recharge time 5 seconds if the attack wasn’t continuous, it also gives you super strength and flight

And an emotional aura that radiates fear or awe depending on the disposition of the people around you

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 04:58 PM

Morning. I'm going to have to practice with that aura.

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 04:58 PM

Yep

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 04:58 PM

I'd rather not give people nightmares or anything.

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 04:59 PM

Yep

Awake 17-Apr-21 04:59 PM

Valid concern

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 05:00 PM

With luck, Imp's power can counter it. I seem to have a good enough grip on it as is to keep it down, at least.

I'm considering letting Prof know my full powerset. As it is, I mean.

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 05:01 PM

Reserve an ace in your hole so to speak (edited)

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 05:01 PM

He knows I didn't have the force field yesterday, given he was there while I got cut open.

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 05:02 PM

No I mean tell that

But not all

The extra speed can be omitted if you ever need to run from them

And the paper one also can also be omitted

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 05:06 PM

I mean, unless they turn on me today, I could just... not keep them constantly updated.

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 05:06 PM

True.

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 05:06 PM

This lets them feel safe that I'll admit even the most useless powers, like a show of faith.

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 05:06 PM

True, but remember the gal works for steelheart

What she knows steelheart knows

The paper one confess it

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 05:07 PM

I don't need to tell all of them. I could limit it to Prof.

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 05:07 PM

But the speed one, that keep in you chest

Awake 17-Apr-21 05:07 PM

Being overly paranoid can also not help if he doesn't seem to trust them because of it. Two way street and all that jazz

Besides, if he's gaining more powers, it'd put their info into doubt constantly if they learn that

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 05:08 PM

What if he thinks Libby is a power copier though since Prof has those forcefields

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 05:08 PM

Okay, go ahead, do what you consider is good

randomhuman44

What if he thinks Libby is a power copier though since Prof has those forcefields

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 05:08 PM

Fair

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 05:09 PM

Does he have an emotion aura, too?

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 05:09 PM

Technically yes

But not that direct

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 05:09 PM

Not really

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 05:10 PM

If it's not a major thing, or barely even a minor one, then it should be apparent enough.

"Hey Prof."

Jonathan "Prof" Phaedrus | Limelight BOT 17-Apr-21 05:11 PM

"...You're doing something, aren't you?"

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 05:12 PM

Fuck. Aura.

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 05:12 PM

Glory Girl has problems with that too

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 05:12 PM

"Sorry. New power. This one's a bit harder to reign in... The forgetfulness one default to 'on,' they aren't all convenient to tackle."

"I wanted to discuss that with you, actually."

Jonathan "Prof" Phaedrus | Limelight BOT 17-Apr-21 05:13 PM

"What a coincidence. I was hoping to do the same thing, actually. Follow me."

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 05:14 PM

that sounds ominous

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 05:14 PM

Yep

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 05:14 PM

I mean, makes sense they'd want to know what I'm capable of.

Awake 17-Apr-21 05:14 PM

True

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 05:15 PM

"Huh. Blackboards..."

He's got a sort of notes room set up. Looks like he's a planner of sorts.

Jonathan "Prof" Phaedrus | Limelight BOT 17-Apr-21 05:16 PM

"I was hoping to get what info on your current powers you were willing to share."

"It'll make it easier to factor you into our plans, going forwards. Currently, the plan is to say you're a minion of 'another new epic,' Limelight."

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 05:17 PM

...I mean. I can see his alias.

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 05:18 PM

Yeah, the original plan was to fake it with motivator tech. Motivator tech made of him I think lol. In the original timeline he ended up revealing himself mid-battle to heal David from a fatal wound (edited)

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 05:19 PM

Hopefully, that won't be necessary this time around.

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 05:19 PM

Mhm

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 05:19 PM

I'll omit the insane brain internet chat, but otherwise I'm revealing it all to him.

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 05:19 PM

alright

... If he tries making Motivator out of your cells and it doesn't work it's going to be pretty sus

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 05:21 PM

Yep

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 05:22 PM

I'm not really sure how that motivator stuff works.

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 05:23 PM

Take an Epic's cells, culture them, poke at them in specific ways (not elaborated on in our knowledge base), and they react with an Epic's power. Also makes the originator Epic hurt when used and gives them the location of the Motivator. Unless the Epic is dead.

Jonathan "Prof" Phaedrus | Limelight BOT 17-Apr-21 05:23 PM

"...Multiple prime invincibilities, you've got, now. You can make people forget they're attacking you, or that you even exist, and on top of that it'd take an unreasonable amount of firepower to take you down."

"...Frankly, I'm just glad you seem to be keeping a level head, son. You could be a worse nightmare to deal with than Steelheart on your own."

Lucky_Plucky21 17-Apr-21 05:26 PM

Mhm

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 05:26 PM

"Comes down to the person, in the end, I suppose. Most of my demons are about how the world is now, so I've got to figure out some way to work at that."

Jonathan "Prof" Phaedrus | Limelight BOT 17-Apr-21 05:27 PM

"...Hm. Either way, I'm glad you came to me with this, rather than the other way around."

"We'll probably have you hitting Enforcement, if we end up targeting Conflux, and a key part in the final fight with Steelheart. Otherwise, you're going to be backup for the team, causing a big loud distraction so they can pull out should a situation go awry."

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 05:30 PM

Anyway. You should practice your gravity powers. If you can change direction as well as strength, you could create gravity cages midair that 90% of Epics can't escape from. Probably useless against Steelheart, because fast flight, but good for others

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 05:31 PM

...Huh. Hadn't thought of using them like that.

I could bring up the idea of training with Prof, while I'm here. See if I can help the other Reckoners fight while my effects are going on.

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 05:32 PM

Mmm. Depending on how fine control you can develop, it could basically be like an unwieldy form of telekinesis too. Though I expect that anything other than basic push blasting and such would take a lot of time to learn.

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 05:33 PM

Yeah, probably. I'd be better off trying to get actual telekinesis rather than faking it.

...

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 05:34 PM

True. Except for the part where, you know. Your power gains are totally random.

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 05:34 PM

I can't believe I was able to talk about that like it was a normal thing.

Mmm...

"Sounds good to me. Let me know if I'm needed for any adjustments, and I'll try to keep you updated. And, ah..."

"I can understand if you turn the idea down, but I did have the thought of people practicing fighting while under the effects of my powers."

"If I'm supposed to be a big flashy distraction, it might be necessary, should they end up wandering the wrong way."

"It doubles as a way to help me get better fine control over my abilities, hopefully push the boundaries so they're more convenient to work around or assist with."

Jonathan "Prof" Phaedrus | Limelight BOT 17-Apr-21 05:40 PM

"You make a good argument, there. I'll get something scheduled. For now, get some breakfast. We'll have you practicing with the standard Reckoners gear first, and a bit of firearms practice as well."

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 05:41 PM

Actually Motivators are supposed to be quite painful for the originating Epic How tf does this guy just ignore the Reckoners using the motivators

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 05:42 PM

Could be he can just pass his powers around normally. There's a few Epics like that.

I think there was one in Boston like that...?

Sparks, what was their name...

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 05:43 PM

Oh true. He can, I forgot that. I just didn't know it affected the motivator, but it makes sense. Healed David by passing him regeneration.

Limina Idling | Hours 17-Apr-21 05:43 PM

(my brain is farting. i think that means its pin time)

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 05:44 PM

(kay gn)

Pika 17-Apr-21 06:58 PM

I think the 'motivator technology' was just Prof pretending that this was a tech solution and not his own power.

Also, odd luck getting two Alexandria packages so close together. How do they stack?

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 07:00 PM

The field is just an overlay to my body. I think I'm faster now, though.

Pika 17-Apr-21 07:00 PM

Oh, awesome! Extra speed is always good.

And GG's forcefield + Aegis' redundancy is a great combo to have. Even if you take a hit while the forcefield is down, you can just tank it for the time being.

...Wait. Prof's probably realised that something's different about your powers, beyond the obvious.

He's a gifter epic, and gifter epics normally aren't able to gift powers to other epics.

So unless I got tired and missed something, he's probably noticed that something is up with that.

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 07:02 PM

Does he know that Gifters can't do that?

Pika 17-Apr-21 07:03 PM

He should, he was friends with Regalia, and they would've tested that.

Though I may be misremembering, yeah.

Awake 17-Apr-21 07:03 PM

If he does, then could be good or bad

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 07:03 PM

I know testing back in the day wasn't exactly enough to get us flying cars or anything.

Pika 17-Apr-21 07:03 PM

Might have to reread the Conflux bit.

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 07:03 PM

might think that you're an agent of some unknown very powerful gifter then

Pika 17-Apr-21 07:03 PM

Oh. Oh dang. That is an option.

randomhuman44 17-Apr-21 07:03 PM

which. kinda close to parahuman powers honestly

Pika 17-Apr-21 07:04 PM

Especially since they have an epic detector box, so if they ever think to use it on you...

Yeah.

Epic powers are nowhere near as varied as parahuman powers, from my understanding.

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 07:04 PM

True. The fact my powers grow, though, especially while observed, is probably throwing me in a brand new column.

Awake 17-Apr-21 07:04 PM

(Plot twist it's Ziz but she's just wearing a wing costume that keeps making her fall over because the wings are too heavy)

Pika 17-Apr-21 07:04 PM

(Fijeriojnnfqergoihn)

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 07:05 PM

I'd think most gifters would have range limits.

As it turns out, guns are hard to use.

Limina Idling | Hours 17-Apr-21 07:07 PM

(i guess im unpinning lol)

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 07:09 PM

"Uh, guys, I'm gonna take five. Feelin' dizzy, might be a power coming on."

Pika 17-Apr-21 07:16 PM

Hoo boy.

(Tbh I was just sending a few messages for when you restarted)

(But it looks like it worked out.)

Limina Idling | Hours 17-Apr-21 07:18 PM

(lol)

Original message was deleted or could not be loaded.

Limina Idling | Hours 17-Apr-21 07:20 PM

Pinned a message.

(meanwhile im just scrabbling to get this set up right for the next power)

Recycler BOT 17-Apr-21 07:22 PM

Current stockpile: 17 charges. +5 charges added. Utilizing... #139. Accessing data cache [Panacea]... Cost: 14 SP 8 Charges Remain. Recharging...

Pika 17-Apr-21 07:22 PM

Well then!

That is. Hm.

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 07:23 PM

I'm very glad for the force field now.

Auto quarantine.

Pika 17-Apr-21 07:23 PM

Lucky.

Amy Dallon | Panacea BOT 17-Apr-21 07:23 PM

Wh- Who are you people? What did you do to me?

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 07:24 PM

They can't hear you. Just me and the others my power decided to fuck with.

Pika 17-Apr-21 07:24 PM

Your power got copied, and a copy of you came with it.

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 07:24 PM

For what it's worth, I'm sorry.

Pika 17-Apr-21 07:25 PM

Maybe there should be some sort of pre-made explanation at the ready here.

Goodness knows we could use it, with all the other brain-ghosts showing up.

Amy Dallon | Panacea BOT 17-Apr-21 07:25 PM

...Oh god. This is bad. This is very, very, very bad.

Please don't tell anyone what all I can do.

I...

Pika 17-Apr-21 07:27 PM

You got it.

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 07:27 PM

...Look. I don't have the faintest clue of who you are, where you're from, or what you think I'm going to do with your powers.

All I can really tell you is I intend to do good with them, and you can choose to believe me or not.

I'm pretty sure that in a hot minute, someone's gonna show up. You aren't the first one in this situation. Hell, you're the fifth.

You're gonna be okay, and so's the rest of the situation.

Carlos Serrano | Aegis BOT 17-Apr-21 07:31 PM

Amy?

Amy Dallon | Panacea BOT 17-Apr-21 07:31 PM

...

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 07:32 PM

I think she's trying to fend off a panic attack of some sort. I'm... I'm not really good with this stuff.

You kids holding up alright?

Carlos Serrano | Aegis BOT 17-Apr-21 07:33 PM

We're alright. Amy? Victoria's with the rest of the group. I can bring you over to the rest, then the two of you can talk somewhere privately, if you like.

Amy Dallon | Panacea BOT 17-Apr-21 07:33 PM

...

...Alright. Alright, then.

I... Let's just go.

I need to get out of here.

Recycler BOT 17-Apr-21 07:37 PM

The relatively dim light of the makeshift firing range is enough to illuminate the robed figure, trembling and wide-eyed, being led away by the spectral superhero, as Liberty sits off to the side. He watches them go, then turns his attention back to both the Reckoners and making a microbe-free environment in his force field.

David Charleston BOT 17-Apr-21 07:38 PM

"What'd you get?"

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 07:39 PM

"Touch range biokinesis. Pros: I'm now 100% clean. Cons: I know exactly how many microbes were touching my skin a bit ago. Also I can probably heal you guys if your Harmsway stuff gives up the ghost in the field."

Megan just took a step back.

Megan Tarash | Firefight BOT 17-Apr-21 07:41 PM

"...Sounds potent. I can't even begin to imagine the stuff you could do with that."

David Charleston BOT 17-Apr-21 07:42 PM

"You took the words out of my mouth. It sounds like it'd be potent in combination with your enhanced physiology."

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 07:43 PM

"...Suppose it could be. Hm."

"Or, at least, it would, if it worked on me. Could probably emulate the effect, if I made something that's supposed to grow into me..."

"Anyways. Ground rules. No asking me for unicorns or dragons or any of that stuff."

Cody Arlington BOT 17-Apr-21 07:44 PM

"Someone say unicorns and dragons?"

Liberty York BOT 17-Apr-21 07:45 PM

Oh, someone new.

Limina Idling | Hours 17-Apr-21 07:45 PM

(and re-pin)

1

randomhuman44 18-Apr-21 05:36 AM

(you know, Discord has this natural feature where the latest messages go at the bottom. could use that instead of pinning.)

Limina Idling | Hours 18-Apr-21 05:38 AM

(ill admit, i woke up like 20 minutes ago and i dont follow lol)

randomhuman44 18-Apr-21 05:39 AM

(don't really need to actually pin things. the latest messages at the bottom.)

Limina Idling | Hours 18-Apr-21 05:41 AM

(ah, fair. mostly i just say im pinning things as in stopping them for the night)

Liberty York BOT 18-Apr-21 11:40 AM

And his face just kinda fell.

randomhuman44 18-Apr-21 11:40 AM

Meh What's the point of unicorn and dragon if they aren't even magic unicorn and dragon

Cody Arlington BOT 18-Apr-21 11:41 AM

"Oh. You're, uh... Mm. Right. Well, I think I'll just keep standin' right out here."

Liberty York BOT 18-Apr-21 11:42 AM

*shrug*

"...Man, it's gonna be awkward for a good while for the moment, isn't it?"

David Charleston BOT 18-Apr-21 11:44 AM

"Don't take it too personally. I still find this whole thing hard to believe, but I'm at least willing to give you a chance."

Liberty York BOT 18-Apr-21 11:45 AM

"Oh, I... Pfft. Honestly, pretty much expected this. Doesn't stop the whole disconnected feeling."

Aisha LaBorn | Imp BOT 18-Apr-21 11:46 AM

Hey, Superman, just wanted to give you a heads up.

Baseball cap guy looks like he's considering whether or not he can shoot through walls.

Liberty York BOT 18-Apr-21 11:47 AM

Thanks, Aisha.

Recycler BOT 19-Apr-21 02:12 PM

Logging data collected... Host allies discovered. Requesting interdimensional support: Obtain additional hosts among primary host allies for further conflict data?

Aisha LaBorn | Imp BOT 19-Apr-21 02:14 PM

...Yeah, no clue what that's all about.

Lucky_Plucky21 19-Apr-21 02:16 PM

It’s basically budding

Think what happened to new wave

In this case to the poor fellas around that really hates superpowered people

Aisha LaBorn | Imp BOT 19-Apr-21 02:18 PM

Ohhhh. So it's... What, asking if it should pick out a couple people around here, give them powers too?

Lucky_Plucky21 19-Apr-21 02:18 PM

Yes

But considering their attitude that seems like making an E88 into a black man, really will end bad

For York I mean

Liberty York BOT 19-Apr-21 02:19 PM

Well, they already had two epics on the team secretly.

Lucky_Plucky21 19-Apr-21 02:19 PM

Yes, that last word is key

“Secretly” one is a mole and the other really doesn’t want to be an epic

Recycler BOT 19-Apr-21 02:21 PM

Confirm decision?

Lucky_Plucky21 19-Apr-21 02:21 PM

I say no

Not without their approval at least

Recycler BOT 19-Apr-21 02:23 PM

Disabling budding for energy conservation.