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Magical Girl Escalation Taylor (Worm/Nanoha)

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[X] Take to the air and see what's going on. Most capes can't fly, so this will give you the best vantage point. Just don't get caught transforming!
-[X] Then prioritize. Are these attacker(s) going after civilians? If not, then why are they here?
 
[X] Take to the air and see what's going on. Most capes can't fly, so this will give you the best vantage point. Just don't get caught transforming!
-[X] Then prioritize. Are these attacker(s) going after civilians? If not, then why are they here?
 
[X] Take to the air and see what's going on. Most capes can't fly, so this will give you the best vantage point. Just don't get caught transforming!
 
[X] Go with Laura to check the entrance. If this is an attack by a villain, that is likely where they are coming from.

Because this has to be a diversion of some kind.
 
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"There is a cartoon that came on late last night that she refused to let me watch. I am curious as to the reason why."

A late night cartoon? It likely is just a rerun of something old, so what is Dragon's problem with it? "Do you remember the name of the cartoon?"

"It was called South Park."

This time you do laugh. Of course that would be the cartoon Dragon wants to protect her mind from. An evil thought crosses your mind. «Go ahead and unlock the parental controls for her. Turn them back on in an hour.»
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We have unleashed Pandora's Box. Fun Times ahead for Dragon's attempts to keep track of Ziz.
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That startles a snort out of Laura, and it continues and morphs into laughter. You join in after a moment, and when the other girl catches her breath she wipes tears from her eyes. "Now that is an opinion I can agree with—"

The sand beneath your feet trembles for a split second, and the sea explodes as ribbons of purple light cross over each other and form a solid wall of undulating purple and pink. The ribbons crest over your head towards so many more that are coming from all around the resort, and when they meet in the air right above the buildings they form a complete dome. It is impossible to look out, and you suspect it is just as hard to look in.
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Taylor: "I was trying to relax for a change, and now some asshole's asking for a Solar Wrath straight to the face. :anger:"

[X] Shepherd the civilians to safety. Getting them to leave the beach won't be hard, but keeping them from panicking will be more difficult.
 
[X] Take to the air and see what's going on. Most capes can't fly, so this will give you the best vantage point. Just don't get caught transforming!
-[X] Then prioritize. Are these attacker(s) going after civilians? If not, then why are they here?
 
[X] Take to the air and see what's going on. Most capes can't fly, so this will give you the best vantage point. Just don't get caught transforming!
-[X] Then prioritize. Are these attacker(s) going after civilians? If not, then why are they here?
 
[X] Take to the air and see what's going on. Most capes can't fly, so this will give you the best vantage point. Just don't get caught transforming!
-[X] Then prioritize. Are these attacker(s) going after civilians? If not, then why are they here?
 
[X] Go with Laura to check the entrance. If this is an attack by a villain, that is likely where they are coming from.
 
I like how this chapter went :V Possibly better than the other vote, if only for confusing signal transmissions. Eagerly awaiting post-vacation interludes for any number of reasons.

[X] Go with Laura to check the entrance. If this is an attack by a villain, that is likely where they are coming from.

Taking to the air requires us to transform (possibly risky) and also be a big sparkly target up in the air (that hasn't always gone well). Shepharding civilians also probably requires a transformation to make them listen to us (or have a way to help prevent stampede) and also doubles down on the issue of "Why is calamity witch in another state? Lets speculate!" (Though, one expects that wouldn't get too far past TinMother).

Do we have any speculation what the dome is? Would Calamity Witch be able to tell if it WAS a recursion field (I expect we wouldn't have screaming civvies) , cuz that was first guess xD ? At any rate, dome implies either an area of effect at the building scale (all the more reason not to leap into the air) or a desire to conceal whatever is going on (and since cape villainy is semi-common, is there a known big hero that might respond locally, or big villain with nemesis? Or high value target worth the secrecy?)
 
[X] Go with Laura to check the entrance. If this is an attack by a villain, that is likely where they are coming from.

Unless we're careful with how we do this, we're going to have to answer some pointed questions, afterwards.
 
[X] Go with Laura to check the entrance. If this is an attack by a villain, that is likely where they are coming from.
-[x] Use telepathy to tell Samantha, Dragon and Cassiel what you think you've seen so far (purple energy dome surrounding resort) and where you're headed.
 
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[X] Go with Laura to check the entrance. If this is an attack by a villain, that is likely where they are coming from.
 
X] Take to the air and see what's going on. Most capes can't fly, so this will give you the best vantage point. Just don't get caught transforming!
-[X] Then prioritize. Are these attacker(s) going after civilians? If not, then why are they here?
 
[X] Go with Laura to check the entrance. If this is an attack by a villain, that is likely where they are coming from.
 
Silently Watches said:
You catch her throwing a glance at your legs – probably just a glare because of how easily you are running, you tell yourself
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"You tell yourself" —hm. Maybe Taylor's starting to get half a clue
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In vino veritas. Between your eyes and her words, you know which one you trust, and your sympathy goes out to her for how much of her life she must have to hide away just to keep herself safe.
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Good logic, not the right conclusion (or the whole "hiding it from the gang" thing is in addition to Laura being in denial)
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"You could always give me a call if you want." Laura whips her head around to stare at you
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L: I'm too busy caping to date
T: Hey, wanna date cape together?
L: What
T: Call me

Jokes aside, even though Taylor is just trying to make friends, Laura probably thinks Taylor is hitting on her.

From Laura's perspective:
"talking with Kayleigh" —strike 1
Asking about Laura's dating life—strike 2
"Call me if you wanna cape and chill" strike 3!

Of course, Taylor's oblivious and is probably just happy to have a friendly cape to beat up criminals with.

[x] Go with Laura to check the entrance. If this is an attack by a villain, that is likely where they are coming from.
-[x] Use telepathy to tell Samantha what you think you've seen so far (purple energy dome surrounding resort) and where you're headed.

There's at least one idiot with their phone out instead of running. Even if you aren't caught transforming, a Thinker could piece together your ID with enough clips of the same event. Also, if CW shows up too quickly, a villain just needs to pull flight records to find out who came from Philly.

There don't seem to be any active hazards on the beach, and Taylor can't help much with evacuation unless she transforms.

RPG rules, don't split the party (well, we're already split, but you get what I mean). If Laura goes alone, she'll have to rely on her phone (probably jammed) to communicate. If Taylor follows along, she can at least keep some of the others updated through telepathy. Very important if Laura/Taylor find out tactical info.

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RE: "Take to the air then prioritize"
This plan looks good on the surface (getting info on the situation before acting) but there are drawbacks
  • Risk to civ ID—someone seeing/recording Taylor transforming or wondering why CW showed up so quickly
  • Flying makes CW an obvious target, and I'd expect a villain capable of sealing off an area this large to have anti-air precautions.
  • Letting Laura go alone is risky—if cells are jammed she can't call for help if there are multiple villains, etc.

Aerial scouting is usually pretty smart, but realistically there's not going to be many places for a villain to set up at a beach resort. I'd rather check the entrance and find nothing before risking a transformation
 
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[x] Go with Laura to check the entrance. If this is an attack by a villain, that is likely where they are coming from.
 
[X] Go with Laura to check the entrance. If this is an attack by a villain, that is likely where they are coming from.
-[X] After locating the villians Instantly wreck them with high powered spells. No pussy footing around.

We are here on VACATION.

Anyone who interrupts vacation deserves all the doom we can pile on them. Also we just superficially fucked up a Endbringer. Lets not let that be a one time thing. Its CALAMITY Witch.
 
[X] Go with Laura to check the entrance. If this is an attack by a villain, that is likely where they are coming from.
-[X] After locating the villians Instantly wreck them with high powered spells. No pussy footing around.
 
[X] Take to the air and see what's going on. Most capes can't fly, so this will give you the best vantage point. Just don't get caught transforming!
-[X] Then prioritize. Are these attacker(s) going after civilians? If not, then why are they here?
 
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