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I'm liking what the Extinction Knight tree has brought us.
I'm liking what the Extinction Knight tree has brought us.
«You will have time to luxuriate in this feeling later. Right now, we must find you a weapon with which to fight. Something you can manipulate through my telekinesis with ease.» The angel laughed. «In fact, I have the perfect idea.»
The fairy snickered at her, and the world abruptly slowed down. «If I might borrow terminology from you, I am the fucking Simurgh. The future is my bitch.»
Returning her attention to the people trying to hurt her, she blinked as they kept moving at half speed. They also had echoes or something similar in front of them that they looked like they were chasing down. She asked for this, Laura reminded herself, and pulling off more of the sheets wrapped around her chest and head she cast them out to wind around the ankles that were going to be where she was aiming. A tug dropped several of them onto the hard tile floor.
Edit: We really can't afford to let the Fallen be now. We need to hunt down that magic capable cape and put the rest of the Fallen in the ground. We need to make a call with Legend or Alexandria.
Of the capes who escaped, one of them (one of the locals) had a clairvoyance power keyed to people he "tagged". Similar to Mouse Protector's powers, but Thinker not Mover. The other local was the one holding up the barrier.
I don't have any such interlude planned, but if anyone wanted to write it as an omake, I could certainly canonize it if it's good enough. *hint hint*
*winces* Unless she receives immediate surgical treatment she's probably going to bleed out on the ground in short order. We might need to relabel Non-Lethal to Less-Lethal at this point.
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This is pretty much the best possible time to waste a spell pick on a spell we hope never to use, and in the process unlock that oh, so tantalizing second cross training.
Arc 14 starts with two social events before the arc-specific quests come into play. We'll continue with the 2 quest events and 2 social events per week method we used in arc 9.
Would Missy demanding LCM be a quest event or social event?Arc 14 starts with two social events before the arc-specific quests come into play. We'll continue with the 2 quest events and 2 social events per week method we used in arc 9.
I can just imagine how that might go:
Actually neither. See, events have fallen into place for me on that one because at the very start of this arc, you voted for Tim to experiment with the Mutagenics skill. That means that he gets a chance to show off what he's done. Then you got the crit fail that will make Missy jump onto getting magic no matter the cost. So, uh, yeah. You don't have to do anything for her to make the demand.
We never have given the group a name. If you get another mage or two, I'll probably put that in as a vote.she can probably score an invite to… i forgot the group name, but CW&co
*snrk* Oh god that would go so poorly for Jotunn that he wouldn't even try. That's near enough every kind of bad he could possibly pull on, all at once.My only concern is if Jotunn would be enough of an asshole to use Kayleigh as a way to keep Laura in WH
Honestly, taking out another chunk of the Fallen (preferably the Master and Thinkers) and publicizing it would segue nicely into building up a reputation to tell everyone to fuck off and play nice or Calamity Witch with a twitchy trigger finger will either erase you or make you wish you were dead from all the pain she'll inflict on you in the process of blasting you unconscious.I can just imagine how that might go:
"Alexandria, I need everything you have on the Fallen."
"Why?"
"They ruined my vacation, and I intend to End them before they double down on Stupidity."
"*eyes Legend speculatively before sighing and turning back*...Okay then."
Honestly, Taylor's identity as CW doesn't really matter if its public or not at this point. PRT and the Protectorate won't want to alienate someone who's been so beneficial to them and who can throw down with the Fallen while massively outnumbered. Not to mention being able to cause near unprecedented damage against Endbringers.Oof, I think in the back of my head I knew Laura's situation with WH was complicated, and this interlude made me face palm.
Laura will probably have questions for Taylor after this, and if she's willing to open up, she can probably score an invite to… i forgot the group name, but CW&co
My only concern is if Jotunn would be enough of an asshole to use Kayleigh as a way to keep Laura in WH. I mean… Taylor would definitely put him down if he tried, but that wouldn't erase any trauma Kayleigh/Laura go through. Not to mention how guilty Taylor would feel if something happened to either of them.
After this mess, I'm SUPER ready for a social arc. I suspect we'll still be getting into plenty of conflict though:
- fallout from Missy being Mastered
- identity stuff — at the minimum, the PRT will be able to ID Taylor as CW
- CW shouldn't face actual punishment, but the public will be wary of how powerful she is
- Not sure who would bring it up, but Taylor and Laura have a lot to talk about
Poor Taylor's going to wish we had a "raze the Fallen" arc instead.
As for Kayleigh with Laura... well, Jotunn isn't a idiot, he knows that he'll bring the wrath of Calamity Witch down on himself and Winter Hill if he tries that
Which is why we hit her from well beyond any range of retaliation. 5 miles up in the air with targeting assistance of Dragon should do. Solar Wrath spam should take down anyone she could have near her. And ask Dragon to commit her Dragon Flight to help with the destruction of the Mathers branch.The primary issue with dealing with the Fallen is Mama Mathers. Taylor and Sam are immune to her, but she is likely always surrounded by who knows how many capes.
He already has such a contract. He's actually getting paid more than Lacey is because he was willing to negotiate on his salary.Mac should be continuing his healings and if he's at all smart he should get some contract going with the hospitals to provide healing for a reasonable rate.
Not in general, but I think we should do it later.Anyways, folks, anyone have any objection to trying to draw Mac and Epoch officially into our group? With Dragon's budget, Epoch won't have to worry about funds, and pretty soon Calamity Witch's reputation will become a shield against villains.
Because parahumans in general are created through Suffering, while Mages are not. An important distinction to note.Didn't she already say she wouldn't want to be a parahuman if given the choice after seeing how it is in part from Laura? Why would she view being a mage any different?
Calamity Witch wouldn't even be in his top 3 concerns if he messed with Kayleigh. She might be his most powerful enemy at that point, but she wouldn't be the most damaging.
Didn't she already say she wouldn't want to be a parahuman if given the choice after seeing how it is in part from Laura? Why would she view being a mage any different?