Falling Forever(Worm x HL/Portal)

[X]Accept the Challenge, this girl needs to be shown who Emma's true BFF is.
-[X][Plan]Don't activate anything visibly tinkering, but use your outstanding mobility and agility to dance around her. Float like a butterfly Taylor, and sting like the great Ali. Not too hard though, just get her on the ground and knock the wind out of her. And keep her there until she gets the message.

[X]Accept the Challenge, this girl needs to be shown who Emma's true BFF is.
-[X][Plan]Don't activate anything visibly tinkering, but use your outstanding mobility and agility to dance around her. Float like a butterfly Taylor, and sting like the great Ali. Not too hard though, just get her on the ground and knock the wind out of her. And keep her there until she gets the message.

[X]Accept the Challenge, this girl needs to be shown who Emma's true BFF is.
-[X][Plan]Don't activate anything visibly tinkering, but use your outstanding mobility and agility to dance around her. Float like a butterfly Taylor, and sting like the great Ali. Not too hard though, just get her on the ground and knock the wind out of her. And keep her there until she gets the message.

Sure, could be fun?

[X]Accept the Challenge, this girl needs to be shown who Emma's true BFF is.
-[X][Plan]Don't activate anything visibly tinkering, but use your outstanding mobility and agility to dance around her. Float like a butterfly Taylor, and sting like the great Ali. Not too hard though, just get her on the ground and knock the wind out of her. And keep her there until she gets the message.

Always love these early Taylor v. Sophia throwdowns.

[X]Accept the Challenge, this girl needs to be shown who Emma's true BFF is.
-[X] Let loose and enjoy being enhanced. Have fun. Try some impossible moves. Get a little too excited and accidentally let your improved hands and feet come out to play. Make a new friend by speaking the language of fists to discuss the sweet science.

[X]Accept the Challenge, this girl needs to be shown who Emma's true BFF is.
-[X] Let loose and enjoy being enhanced. Have fun. Try some impossible moves. Get a little too excited and accidentally let your improved hands and feet come out to play. Make a new friend by speaking the language of fists to discuss the sweet science.


[X][Aspect] Cape nerd capers
[X][Aspect] With Ribbon Cables On Her Wrists And Wires In Her Hair: Taylor has learned to explain away the results of her kind of play – to teachers, classmates, and Emma, sometimes all day long. If only she didn't have to quite so often, her father wishes. (QM: I'm seeing social, madness, personality, AND skill in this concept, and can be used for and against Taylor rather easily in multiple contexts. This is pretty strong, what an Aspect is supposed to look like.)
[X][Aspect] Friend Till The End(times)
[X][Aspect] Living Up To A Clarketech Legacy: Distinct from the Heiress versions in that it implies that not only is she using what she's inherited well, but also that she can contribute. Clarketech over Tinkertech because, as I'm sure she will point out if she has this high concept, some of the things she's using were invented before tinkers existed. It's all reproducible. It's not science if you don't write it down.
[X][Aspect] Realistic Idealist
[X][Aspect] Giant Dork
[X][Aspect] Young and Bright
[X][Aspect] Heroic Destiny
[X][Aspect] A Hero's Instincts
[X][Aspect] Expert Tactician


[X][Stunt] Multitool Multitasker
[X][Stunt] Pressure? What Pressure?--helps with emotional stress
[X][Stunt] Data collection
[X] Stunt] Write That Down!: because if you do write it down, it must be science. We're not messing about here. Everything is a chance to learn and grow.
[X][Stunt] Rationalize: doing the wrong things for the right reasons? Nope. Something something social/emotional defense something something.
[X][Stunt] Until It Works: Taylor always hates to leave a puzzle unsolved. The longer it takes and the more frustrated she gets, the more she can accomplish. Her attempts to use this strategy on her fellow human beings have proven less successful.
[X][Stunt] Research: Spend time in a library or other repository of knowledge to gain phantom ranks in a relevant Idea skill for the purposes of a single roll.
[X][Stunt] Midair Portal Shenanigans!--Needs a better name?
[X][Stunt] Stealth Stunt
[X][Stunt] Aim Stunt

If anybody missed it, I have a Discord server up for flashvoting now. I had to edit it in, so anybody who clicked in before I did missed it. See end of the chapter for details.

Bailey Matutine said:

[]Accept the Challenge, this girl needs to be shown who Emma's true BFF is.
-[] Let loose and enjoy being enhanced. Have fun. Try some impossible moves. Get a little too excited and accidentally let your improved hands and feet come out to play. Make a new friend by speaking the language of fists to discuss the sweet science.

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I like this idea. Did not see coming.

[X] Accept the Challenge, this girl needs to be shown who Emma's true BFF is.
- [X][Plan] Try to knock her down, don't hit her hard or let her hit you. Should she knock you down, get back up, remaining chipper and resilient. Don't show anything visibly Tinkertech-y, but feel free to dance around her with all the skill your enhancements give you. Show off! Enjoy yourself!
- [Q][Joke] If she really pisses you off, politely invite her to come to Aperture as a test subject after the fight is over.

The indented Stunts/Aspects are ones I care less about. Also, they're roughly sorted with my most preferred toward the top and my least preferred toward the bottom.

[X][Aspect] With Ribbon Cables On Her Wrists And Wires In Her Hair
[X][Aspect] How You And I Are Wired
[X][Aspect] Born With A Silver Screwdriver In Her Mouth
[X][Aspect] Motormouth Gearhead
[X][Aspect] Thinks on Her Feet

[X][Stunt] You Made It Do What?
[X][Stunt] Until It Works
[X][Stunt] Sprint
[X][Stunt] Not over yet
[X] Stunt] Write That Down!

[X]Accept the Challenge, this girl needs to be shown who Emma's true BFF is.
-[X][Plan]...later. You came here to catch up with Emma, not to have a random duel with her new friend whose name you don't even know. And seriously, what's going on with Emma? This is weird. You must investigate. But after you've caught up, strange girl, yes we can have a pointless fight. And when you do...
-[X] Let loose and enjoy being enhanced. Have fun. Try some impossible moves. Get a little too excited and accidentally let your improved hands and feet come out to play. Make a new friend by speaking the language of fists to discuss the sweet science.

Aspect votes:
[X][Aspect] Giant Dork
[X][Aspect] The Determined
[X][Aspect] Realistic Idealist
[X][Aspect] Let's bee friends
[X][Aspect] Chatterbox
[X][Aspect] Inseparable Bonds Of Friendship: Finally, an aspect for the strong friendship between Taylor and Emma, and the fact that nothing and nobody can come between them. Good for anything where teamwork and coordination is important, and possibly useful to justify showing up when Emma needs Taylor, or to justify Emma showing up when Taylor needs her.
[X][Aspect] Kind-of-Tinker-but-not-really
[X][Aspect] Meh, I can take her
[X][Aspect] Thinks on Her Feet: (for skill w/ mover abilities) She likes to move it move it! (you said you wanted puns)(yes I did, now go to the corner)
[X][Aspect] Common Sense: This one is seriously powerful. It literally helps us make good decisions, while also helping us convince other people NOT TO BE STUPID! (lolyarite)

Stunt Votes:
[X][Stunt] Not over yet--helps with resisting pain
[X][Stunt] Keep it Coming--helps with endurance
[X][Stunt] Pressure? What Pressure?--helps with emotional stress
[X][Stunt] Empathy Stunt
[X][Stunt] Acrobatics Stunt
[X][Stunt] Aim Stunt
[X][Stunt] Constitution Stunt
[X][Stunt] The Sweet Science
[X][Stunt] Will Stunt
[X][Stunt] Martial Stunt

I think Beacon's got a good thing going there, so I'll join in.


[X] Accept the Challenge, this girl needs to be shown who Emma's true BFF is.
- [X][Plan] Try to knock her down, don't hit her hard or let her hit you. Should she knock you down, get back up, remaining chipper and resilient. Don't show anything visibly Tinkertech-y, but feel free to dance around her with all the skill your enhancements give you. Show off! Enjoy yourself!

[X][Aspect] With Ribbon Cables On Her Wrists And Wires In Her Hair
[X][Aspect] How You And I Are Wired
[X][Aspect] Born With A Silver Screwdriver In Her Mouth
[X][Aspect] Motormouth Gearhead
[X][Aspect] Thinks on Her Feet

[X][Stunt] You Made It Do What?
[X][Stunt] Until It Works
[X][Stunt] Sprint
[X][Stunt] Not over yet
[X] Stunt] Write That Down!

[X]Accept the Challenge, this girl needs to be shown who Emma's true BFF is.
-[X][Plan]Start out vomiting a wall of words along the lines of 'fighting is bad' while Taylor formulates a plan in her head, in case Sophia forces the fight. When she inevitably does, stick to the 75th percentile of human speed for popping light hits on Sophia, dodging all along, but ramp up to 85th percentile if forced.

As a side note, if Sophia decides to cheat by stealthily using her powers, well... Taylor's new parts use electricity, right? Any phased part of Sophia that intersects with any part of Taylor will be shocked back into solidity. This would out Taylor to Sophia, at least to a small degree.

Aspect Voting

[X][Aspect] Cape nerd capers
[X][Aspect] Motormouth Gearhead: like Chatterbox, but it plays better with adding in Gearhead. She'll talk your ear off about her wonderful devices that she knows inside and out.
[X][Aspect] With Ribbon Cables On Her Wrists And Wires In Her Hair: Taylor has learned to explain away the results of her kind of play – to teachers, classmates, and Emma, sometimes all day long. If only she didn't have to quite so often, her father wishes.
[X][Aspect] Friend Till The End(times)
[X][Aspect] Living Up To A Clarketech Legacy: Distinct from the Heiress versions in that it implies that not only is she using what she's inherited well, but also that she can contribute. Clarketech over Tinkertech because, as I'm sure she will point out if she has this high concept, some of the things she's using were invented before tinkers existed. It's all reproducible. It's not science if you don't write it down.
[X][Aspect] Munchkin-in-training
[X][Aspect] Dead Mom; Distant Dad
[X][Aspect] Realistic Idealist
[X][Aspect] Slayer of Champions: refers to Taylor's tendency to beat foes that should be much more powerful than her
[X][Aspect] Has a Parent with a Past

Stunt Voting

[X][Stunt] Midair Portal Shenanigans!--Needs a better name?
[X][Stunt] Bullet Time--Helps with reflexes
[X][Stunt] Write That Down!: because if you do write it down, it must be science. We're not messing about here. Everything is a chance to learn and grow.
[X][Stunt] Family Friends: aka, the most powerful of teenaged maneuvers: get an adult.
[X][Stunt] The Sweet Science: Allow Idea to help you out in Melee.
[X][Stunt] You Made It Do What?: Technology does strange things for young Taylor. Can use gadgetry as if it were something completely different.
[X][Stunt] Until It Works: Taylor always hates to leave a puzzle unsolved. The longer it takes and the more frustrated she gets, the more she can accomplish. Her attempts to use this strategy on her fellow human beings have proven less successful.
[X][Stunt] Acrobatics Stunt
[X][Stunt] Aim Stunt
[X][Stunt] Empathy Stunt

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conantheimp said:

As long as make sure to change out of your clothes you should be okay as well.

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Forgot the 'you'.

conantheimp said:

Four-post king-size bed

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Isn't it called a four-poster?

conantheimp said:

Why you would ever wear a gigantic fur overcoat is beyond your, though.

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'beyond you'

conantheimp said:

Naturally, you a good hour and a half enjoying the unlimited hot water and your new bath.

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There are multiple mistakes here I'm not even going to bother pointing out.

conantheimp said:

From the air, your HUD could easily find a root for your destination portal

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Route.

conantheimp said:

She had on a strange sets of sneakers, a brand Emma didn't recognize.

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Set.

conantheimp said:

Emma never get the chance.

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Got.

[X]Accept the Challenge, this girl needs to be shown who Emma's true BFF is.
-[X] Let loose and enjoy being enhanced. Have fun. Try some impossible moves. Get a little too excited and accidentally let your improved hands and feet come out to play. Make a new friend by speaking the language of fists to discuss the sweet science.

conantheimp said:

As long as make sure to change out of your clothes you should be okay as well.

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as you make sure

conantheimp said:

Eventually, you have to get out bed.

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out of bed

conantheimp said:

Why you would ever wear a gigantic fur overcoat is beyond your, though.

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beyond you

[X]Accept the Challenge, this girl needs to be shown who Emma's true BFF is.
-[X] Let loose and enjoy being enhanced. Have fun. Try some impossible moves. Get a little too excited and accidentally let your improved hands and feet come out to play. Make a new friend by speaking the language of fists to discuss the sweet science.

[X][Aspect] With Ribbon Cables On Her Wrists And Wires In Her Hair
[X][Aspect] Friend Till The End(times)
[X][Aspect] How You And I Are Wired
[X][Aspect] Living Up To A Clarketech Legacy
[X][Aspect] The Determined
[X][Aspect] Heir to Khepri
[X][Aspect] Multitasking Master
[X][Aspect] Thinks on Her Feet
[X][Aspect] Born With A Silver Screwdriver In Her Mouth
[X][Aspect] Dead Mom; Distant Dad

[X][Stunt] Not over yet
[X][Stunt] Midair Portal Shenanigans!
[X][Stunt] Rationalize
[X][Stunt] The Sweet Science
[X][Stunt] Until It Works
[X][Stunt] Write That Down!
[X][Stunt] Sprint

[X][Stunt] Aim Stunt
[X][Stunt] Martial Stunt
[X][Stunt] Idea Stunt

[X]Accept the Challenge, this girl needs to be shown who Emma's true BFF is.
-[X][Plan]Don't activate anything visibly tinkering, but use your outstanding mobility and agility to dance around her. Float like a butterfly Taylor, and sting like the great Ali. Not too hard though, just get her on the ground and knock the wind out of her. And keep her there until she gets the message

Aspects:


Stunts:

[X]Accept the Challenge, this girl needs to be shown who Emma's true BFF is.
-[X] Let loose and enjoy being enhanced. Have fun. Try some impossible moves. Get a little too excited and accidentally let your improved hands and feet come out to play. Make a new friend by speaking the language of fists to discuss the sweet science.

[X]Accept the Challenge, this girl needs to be shown who Emma's true BFF is.
-[X][Plan]...later. You came here to catch up with Emma, not to have a random duel with her new friend whose name you don't even know. And seriously, what's going on with Emma? This is weird. You must investigate. But after you've caught up, strange girl, yes we can have a pointless fight. And when you do...
-[X] Let loose and enjoy being enhanced. Have fun. Try some impossible moves. Get a little too excited and accidentally let your improved hands and feet come out to play. Make a new friend by speaking the language of fists to discuss the sweet science.


[X][Aspect] With Ribbon Cables On Her Wrists And Wires In Her Hair
[X][Aspect] How You And I Are Wired
[X][Aspect] Born With A Silver Screwdriver In Her Mouth
[X][Aspect] Motormouth Gearhead
[X][Aspect] Thinks on Her Feet
[X][Aspect] Friend Till The End(times)
[X][Aspect] Giant Dork


[X][Stunt] Until It Works
[X][Stunt] Write That Down!

I just realized, we can go to the moon! We have to do this at some point. We've got to ask GLaDOS to set up a vacuum room and a space suit for Emma so we can go up and jump around on the moon.

And later, we can take the Wards to blow their minds, Vista especially would be super op up in space.

Gino said:

I just realized, we can go to the moon! We have to do this at some point. We've got to ask GLaDOS to set up a vacuum room and a space suit for Emma so we can go up and jump around on the moon.

And later, we can take the Wards to blow their minds, Vista especially would be super op up in space.

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Not like there's much up there other than whatever's left of Sphere's moonbase, though...

Twei said:

Not like there's much up there other than whatever's left of Sphere's moonbase, though...

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You seem to be missing the point.... you go to the moon to go to the moon!

And later, we should totally build a whole massive super visible moon base to taunt Earth from orbit.

With a giant winking cat face looking down on everyone.

For reasons.

*puts on a moustache*

Oh, what a fine Quest you have running here! I think I shall leave a vote!

[X]Accept the Challenge, this girl needs to be shown who Emma's true BFF is.
-[X] Let loose and enjoy being enhanced. Have fun. Try some impossible moves. Get a little too excited and accidentally let your improved hands and feet come out to play. Make a new friend by speaking the language of fists to discuss the sweet science.

I hope to see this continue with merriment and science, but for now I have to go iron my cat! Goodday!

[X][Aspect] Cape nerd capers
[X][Aspect] With Ribbon Cables On Her Wrists And Wires In Her Hair: Taylor has learned to explain away the results of her kind of play – to teachers, classmates, and Emma, sometimes all day long. If only she didn't have to quite so often, her father wishes. (QM: I'm seeing social, madness, personality, AND skill in this concept, and can be used for and against Taylor rather easily in multiple contexts. This is pretty strong, what an Aspect is supposed to look like.)
[X][Aspect] Friend Till The End(times)
[X][Aspect] Living Up To A Clarketech Legacy: Distinct from the Heiress versions in that it implies that not only is she using what she's inherited well, but also that she can contribute. Clarketech over Tinkertech because, as I'm sure she will point out if she has this high concept, some of the things she's using were invented before tinkers existed. It's all reproducible. It's not science if you don't write it down.
[X][Aspect] Realistic Idealist
[X][Aspect] Giant Dork
[X][Aspect] Young and Bright
[X][Aspect] Heroic Destiny
[X][Aspect] A Hero's Instincts
[X][Aspect] Expert Tactician


[X][Stunt] Multitool Multitasker
[X][Stunt] Pressure? What Pressure?--helps with emotional stress
[X][Stunt] Data collection
[X] Stunt] Write That Down!: because if you do write it down, it must be science. We're not messing about here. Everything is a chance to learn and grow.
[X][Stunt] Rationalize: doing the wrong things for the right reasons? Nope. Something something social/emotional defense something something.
[X][Stunt] Until It Works: Taylor always hates to leave a puzzle unsolved. The longer it takes and the more frustrated she gets, the more she can accomplish. Her attempts to use this strategy on her fellow human beings have proven less successful.
[X][Stunt] Research: Spend time in a library or other repository of knowledge to gain phantom ranks in a relevant Idea skill for the purposes of a single roll.
[X][Stunt] Midair Portal Shenanigans!--Needs a better name?
[X][Stunt] Stealth Stunt
[X][Stunt] Aim Stunt

*A faint voice from the corner*

[X][Aspect] Whatever it Takes
[X][Aspect] Realistic Idealist
[X][Aspect] Munchkin-in-training
[X][Aspect] Heir to Khepri
-I want to see what this does
[X][Aspect] Slayer of Champions: refers to Taylor's tendency to beat foes that should be much more powerful than her
[X][Aspect] Nascent Queen of Escalation
[X][Aspect] If Knowledge is Power...
[X][Aspect] Expert Tactician
[X][Aspect] Common Sense: This one is seriously powerful. It literally helps us make good decisions, while also helping us convince other people NOT TO BE STUPID! (lolyarite)
[X][Aspect] Mysterious Guide: Sometimes Taylor feels a mysterious urge, a push toward a course of action, almost as if a mysterious group of people was subconsciously influencing her... (The idea with this is that it's an Aspect that can be used in any situation, but is specially limited in a meta way, like via points that can be earned by making IC choices and stuff. Probably not good, but an interesting idea I had.)
-I want to see what this does
[X][Stunt] Pressure? What Pressure?--helps with emotional stress
[X][Stunt] Rationalize: doing the wrong things for the right reasons? Nope. Something something social/emotional defense something something.
[X][Stunt] Deceive Stunt
[X][Stunt] Empathy Stunt
[X][Stunt] Bullet Time--Helps with reflexes
[X][Stunt] Midair Portal Shenanigans!--Needs a better name?
[X][Stunt] Keep it Coming--helps with endurance
X][Stunt] Until It Works: Taylor always hates to leave a puzzle unsolved. The longer it takes and the more frustrated she gets, the more she can accomplish. Her attempts to use this strategy on her fellow human beings have proven less successful.
[X][Stunt] Stealth Stunt
[X]Accept the Challenge, this girl needs to be shown who Emma's true BFF is.
-[X][Plan]...later. You came here to catch up with Emma, not to have a random duel with her new friend whose name you don't even know. And seriously, what's going on with Emma? This is weird. You must investigate. But after you've caught up, strange girl, yes we can have a pointless fight. And when you do...
-[X] Let loose and enjoy being enhanced. Have fun. Try some impossible moves. Get a little too excited and accidentally let your improved hands and feet come out to play. Make a new friend by speaking the language of fists to discuss the sweet science.

...

"Also, how long to I have to stay here?"

[X]Accept the Challenge, this girl needs to be shown who Emma's true BFF is.
-[X] Let loose and enjoy being enhanced. Have fun. Try some impossible moves. Get a little too excited and accidentally let your improved hands and feet come out to play. Make a new friend by speaking the language of fists to discuss the sweet science.

[X]Accept the Challenge, this girl needs to be shown who Emma's true BFF is.
-[X][Plan]Don't activate anything visibly tinkering, but use your outstanding mobility and agility to dance around her. Float like a butterfly Taylor, and sting like the great Ali. Not too hard though, just get her on the ground and knock the wind out of her. And keep her there until she gets the message.

ASPECT

[X][Aspect] Motormouth Gearhead: like Chatterbox, but it plays better with adding in Gearhead. She'll talk your ear off about her wonderful devices that she knows inside and out.

reminds me of ruby

[X][Aspect] With Ribbon Cables On Her Wrists And Wires In Her Hair: Taylor has learned to explain away the results of her kind of play – to teachers, classmates, and Emma, sometimes all day long. If only she didn't have to quite so often, her father wishes. (QM: I'm seeing social, madness, personality, AND skill in this concept, and can be used for and against Taylor rather easily in multiple contexts. This is pretty strong, what an Aspect is supposed to look like.)

[X][Aspect] Friend Till The End(times)

[X][Aspect] Living Up To A Clarketech Legacy: Distinct from the Heiress versions in that it implies that not only is she using what she's inherited well, but also that she can contribute. Clarketech over Tinkertech because, as I'm sure she will point out if she has this high concept, some of the things she's using were invented before tinkers existed. It's all reproducible. It's not science if you don't write it down.

[X][Aspect] Realistic Idealist

[X][Aspect] Let's bee friends
remember kids you can't spell a friend without fear

[X][Aspect] Meh, I can take her

[X][Aspect] If Knowledge is Power...

[X][Aspect] How You And I Are Wired: When others were baffled by technology, Taylor knew just how to make it sing. Of course that's how it works – isn't it obvious? If only other people were wired the same way.

[X][Aspect] Mysterious Guide: Sometimes Taylor feels a mysterious urge, a push toward a course of action, almost as if a mysterious group of people was subconsciously influencing her... (The idea with this is that it's an Aspect that can be used in any situation, but is specially limited in a meta way, like via points that can be earned by making IC choices and stuff. Probably not good, but an interesting idea I had.)

STUNT

[X][Stunt] Multitool Multitasker
[X][Stunt] Not over yet--helps with resisting pain
[X][Stunt] Pressure? What Pressure?--helps with emotional stress
[X][Stunt] Midair Portal Shenanigans!--Needs a better name?
[X][Stunt] Bullet Time--Helps with reflexes
[X][Stunt] Data collection
[X][Stunt] Write That Down!: because if you do write it down, it must be science. We're not messing about here. Everything is a chance to learn and grow.
[X][Stunt] Family Friends: aka, the most powerful of teenaged maneuvers: get an adult.
[X][Stunt] You Made It Do What?: Technology does strange things for young Taylor. Can use gadgetry as if it were something completely different.
[X][Stunt] The Sweet Science: Allow Idea to help you out in Melee.