Once again, there is NO DIFFERENCE between the two versions of Law and Order. You have the choice of which kind of activity it is purely to make things a little more flexible.
Also, neither Taylor nor Missy knows what the topic of the press conference is. They have assumptions, nothing more.
She's waiting on you to talk to your "people" and figure out if you can and will give her a Device or template. If you want to meet with her this week and give her a guarantee of one or the other, that's your decision.
Honestly, when Silently starts talking about plans and all I immediately flash back to this image...
That said it's mostly been a good thing so far (barring the one riot... and a bit of panicking and frustration at times), and it does keep things generally interesting...
Much better than a seat of the pants QM in my book.
Standstill has a C rank linker core. What do we want to do with her? Template her with IE or give her a device? With the rules having been changed rank C is nothing to sneeze at.
But we do still want to hand out the remaining templates. Will IE suit Standstill?
Also, thinking on it the action with Danny might be able to sit for a week. But I think the sooner we to crush the gangs trying to muscle in the better it will be locally.
So I think I'll be voting for the bone and sinners actions plus the PRT announcement as social.
She is used to support, and wants to be helpful to her friends and team mates, has a guardian beast to protect her, and wants to lose her original power to put the Standstill identity behind her. I think it is actually perfect for her.
With Cailleach confirmed for an Ice-type Mana Affinity, that leaves Standstill as the current obvious for Extinction Knight. She'll definitely appreciate the change in combat role compared to what her parahuman power does, and it pairs nicely with a Guardian of the Shield. And IAE will alleviate any worries about torn loyalties to Adept-villainy or PRT interference
that leaves Standstill as the current obvious for Extinction Knight. She'll definitely appreciate the change in combat role compared to what her parahuman power does, and it pairs nicely with a Guardian of the Shield.
With Cailleach confirmed for an Ice-type Mana Affinity, that leaves Standstill as the current obvious for Extinction Knight. She'll definitely appreciate the change in combat role compared to what her parahuman power does, and it pairs nicely with a Guardian of the Shield. And IAE will alleviate any worries about torn loyalties to Adept-villainy or PRT interference
Hm. Yeah, Extinction Knight may well be what she prefers. I'd say go with that. Should one of our social vote be that? Extinction Knight with Guardian Beast of the Shield to make sure she doesn't overextend. Sounds about right.
Are you sure you want both ears and tail? I can predict already that there will be three camps: people who don't want any cat features, people who will go for ears and tail, and people who would be okay with one but not both. I don't know the proportions for each, but that there will be these camps is more likely than not.
I would vote for tail only.
It's just much more interesting than ears. It's an entirely new appendage with huge range of motion. How much control Missy will have over it in the beginning? How hard it will be to master it?
Add to it all the shenanigans you can have with invisible (thanks to Dragon's illusion projector) tail. Missy may accidentally knock off something from the table with it, leaving everybody wondering what happened. Somebody may step on it and Missy will be forced to pretend everything's fine. Missy, Sam and Cat Sith may compare their tails, whose tail is longer/bushier/fluffier, and if Missy's tail fall short she'll pout and look for an upgrade.
As you can see, tail is an essential part of the character and everybody should have one. 🐈
Three ingredients of Harry Potter's ritual can be a metaphor for three main characters of this questline:
Bone of the father, unknowingly given. You will renew your son. -- Theo Anders is Kaiser's son, but he always was a disappointment. Unsuitable heir, but there is no other one.
Flesh of the servant, willingly given. You will revive your master. -- Cricket is the only survived cape of the Empire, and she's trying to revive the gang instead of doing literally anything else.
Blood of the enemy, forcibly taken. You will resurrect your foe. -- Calamity Witch obliterated the Empire, and now it's being rebuilt in her city instead of any other one. What is it, a plan of vengeance, a statement "we're not afraid of you", or just criminal stupidity?
I see three ways how asking the TSAB for help with Danny may ends:
- It's not possible to help him, period. Poor Danny, let's hope Queen Administrator likes him enough to halp (or let's hope it doesn't).
- There is a way to help him, but the Enforcers don't have a spell or technology for that (they have a battered military ship, not a hospital). Tim, Dragon and Lacey would need to work together to acquire and reproduce this spell/technology.
- There is a way to help him, but the Enforcers don't have a spell or technology for that and it can't be replicated by our team. We would need to organise Danny's transportation to Midchilda (which would be a delicious moral conundrum for me because I'm very much against sending anybody to the TSAB).
Bone of the Father – You have heard whispers of several new gangs taking up residence in Philadelphia despite the PRT's and the established gang's best efforts. One may be interesting than the rest. Be available if you need to help out.
Burn the Sinners – The Fallen made a BIG mistake ruining your vacation. The Protectorate should have the most information on them out of anyone, and you need that info to make the Fallen wish they had never been born.
Participate in Law and Order as a social event instead of as a subquest event.
Talk with Legend and Standstill about giving Standstill a Device or a Template. Make it clear Standstill can have one regardless if she stays in the Protectorate or not.
With Vista having given the Wards her notice, let's clear the air in regards to Standstill before it blows up.
[] Plan Future Hopes
-[] Daddy's Little Girl – It's been a while since you last checked on your dad. It hurts to see him and know that he doesn't and probably never will recognize you, but you should probably stomach the hurt and go to his nursing home.
-[] Burn the Sinners – The Fallen made a BIG mistake ruining your vacation. The Protectorate should have the most information on them out of anyone, and you need that info to make the Fallen wish they had never been born.
-[] Participate in Law and Order as a social event instead of as a subquest event.
-[] Social with Legend (and Standstill when applicable) about Standstill's situation. How she's being treated by others in the Protectorate is not good and the situation is untenable. An alternative to the current plan is Calamity Witch changing Standstill's power and Standstill being assigned as a 'liaison officer' or Protectorate Liaison to Calamity Witch and co. She'd effectively leave the Protectorate but as far as the Protectorate/PRT is concerned she's on detached duty. Which provides Standstill cover from accusation of turning coat again or running off.
I want to see if Danny can get better at all. And I want Taylor to stop avoiding the issue of Danny, rip the makeshift bandage off as it were to give way for proper healing. We need to talk to the Protectorate to get every bit of info needed on the Fallen. Participate in the time sensitive event, and lastly use the social slot to both recruit Standstill and help out Legend with the current issue with Standstill. Giving him a third option.
We really need to come up with a proper name for our group. Because we are slowly but surely becoming a powerhouse as a group.
Edit: Standstill's situation is relatively time sensitive. So we'd best get it out of the way now. We should be able to template her next week. And she should be able to be up to speed enough to participate in the last stages of the destruction of the Fallen.
This is my vote... If I later edit X's into the vote will it be counted?
[ ] Bone of the Father – You have heard whispers of several new gangs taking up residence in Philadelphia despite the PRT's and the established gang's best efforts. One may be interesting than the rest. Be available if you need to help out.
[ ] Burn the Sinners – The Fallen made a BIG mistake ruining your vacation. The Protectorate should have the most information on them out of anyone, and you need that info to make the Fallen wish they had never been born.
[ ] Participate in Law and Order as a social event instead of as a subquest event.
[ ] Social with Legend (and Standstill when applicable) about Standstill's situation. How she's being treated by others in the Protectorate is not good and the situation is untenable. An alternative to the current plan is Calamity Witch changing Standstill's power and Standstill being assigned as a 'liaison officer' or Protectorate Liaison to Calamity Witch and co. She'd effectively leave the Protectorate but as far as the Protectorate/PRT is concerned she's on detached duty. Which provides Standstill cover from accusation of turning coat again or running off.
I see three ways how asking the TSAB for help with Danny may ends:
- It's not possible to help him, period. Poor Danny, let's hope Queen Administrator likes him enough to halp (or let's hope it doesn't).
- There is a way to help him, but the Enforcers don't have a spell or technology for that (they have a battered military ship, not a hospital). Tim, Dragon and Lacey would need to work together to acquire and reproduce this spell/technology.
- There is a way to help him, but the Enforcers don't have a spell or technology for that and it can't be replicated by our team. We would need to organise Danny's transportation to Midchilda (which would be a delicious moral conundrum for me because I'm very much against sending anybody to the TSAB).
TSAB from what we know is really good at diagnosis, life support, but their actual treatment ability seems normal outside of magically accelerating healing. They got cloning of body and mind down to some extent if you tap into the Lost Logia(without continuity of experience), and some form of limited clinical immortality(the TSAB higher ups being brains in jars life extension).
So...basically not. Perfect Storm was our best bet, but you can't get data thats not there anymore.
The information IS likely still in the shard though beats me how you'd get it out without using Glaistig Uaine to reap and resleeve him.
@Follower of Jace I am almost certain it will not, the Tally counts forwards from the post which Silently uses to open the voting from what I've read and seen.
@Follower of Jace I am almost certain it will not, the Tally counts forwards from the post which Silently uses to open the voting from what I've read and seen.
[ ] Final Frontier – The Triumvirate Dynamic Duo is interested in what resources Earth Bet would have access to with convenient interdimensional transport. "Adventure of the week" format.
[ ] Bone of the Father – You have heard whispers of several new gangs taking up residence in Philadelphia despite the PRT's and the established gang's best efforts. One may be interesting than the rest. Be available if you need to help out.
[ ] Daddy's Little Girl – It's been a while since you last checked on your dad. It hurts to see him and know that he doesn't and probably never will recognize you, but you should probably stomach the hurt and go to his nursing home.
[ ] Burn the Sinners – The Fallen made a BIG mistake ruining your vacation. The Protectorate should have the most information on them out of anyone, and you need that info to make the Fallen wish they had never been born. [ ] Law and Order – The PRT has announced a press conference to show off their newest strategy to stop crime in your city. Are they planning to reveal magic to the world? Pop over and see what's up.
And TWO social activities:
[ ] Participate in Law and Order event as a social activity instead of as a main activity.
[ ] Hang out with another character(s). This is by definition a non-combat activity.
[ ] Go on patrol. You can vote for one non-Samantha character to join you if you want.
[ ] Explore somewhere on Earth Bet. A location must be included. You may bring 1-3 other characters with you.
[ ] Explore another world. If you do not select a world where Taylor has been or already knows about, one will be selected randomly.
[ ] Train, either in the real world or in Perfect Storm's simulator. SPECIFY which spell or skill to work on.
[ ] Write-in (subject to my approval)
I ask that you PLEASE use the yellow social vote if you want to do Law and Order as a social. Otherwise I can't guarantee that your vote will be counted correctly.
I figure we can do important plot stuff for a few days, then swing back around to get Laura/Key's decision, and explore the wonders of magic with Missy. Plotwise, obviously Burn the Sinners is one of my options, you dont just leave a group like that around to plot revenge and fuck up our shit later. Better to scourge them from all corners, salt the earth and leave no two stones left atop each other. In terms of the other options i think going to get resources is a better use of our time and helps negate the sting of stealing Missy from the PRT. Way better than gawking about the PRT announcing their Plan. Also giving them stuff might make it alot easier to turn around and ask for their
information on the Fallen.
Danny is probably the worst thing we can vote for really. It accomplishes nothing other than upsetting Taylor. Danny-her-father is dead, all thats left is a brain damaged stranger. We already have plenty of motivation to deal with the fallen, we dont need to depress Taylor on top of that. He doesnt even want to see us! Furthermore, the Privateers are dead to us, so his use in that area is also nil. I honestly cant understand why people want another angst session. And whats the best possible outcome? Danny somehow miraculously recovers but hasnt bothered to tell us? And what if that was the case? Taylor is free and independent right now... do we really want to go back to obeying Danny's wishes (or angsting over defying him)? Hell, even fixing him gives us a point of weakness, we are relatively isolated right now and the only people we care about either have the power to defend themselves or will soon. And do you really think hell be on board with us going after the Fallen?
Danny is a squishy thinker whos useless for our fighting style. Honestly i would expect the Protectorate to snap him up if they have not already, both because hed be really useful to them and to try and loop a chain around our necks. Better to leave that link broken.
Anyway even if you dont like the rest of my options, please remember to include the Neko one in your vote! We need over 50% to make missy a catgirl for great justice!
Its sorta implied in the talky bit above, but basically i figured the social would come after the quests, which would give a few days for laura to decide and missy's core to stabilize. So one event to find out what our friends have decided and to get that ball rolling on mage-ifying our friends if they decide to join us, and one vote to spend time with missy teaching her magic and getting some practice in.
Missy especially, just went through something traumatic, dosed herself with a powerful mutagen and gave up her powers after our vacation went horribly wrong... even though bad ends were avoided, i still feel like we should take some time to try to engender a wonder for magic in her, assure her that her choices werent merely the best in a bad situation but good for her on the whole. Magic, even just 'kids stuff' instead of busters, is pretty neato and i think taking some time to experiment with her (no not like that) new magic will help her get into a good headspace and pay dividends on later social votes with her.
God knows Taylor could do with being reminded that magic is good for more than practical applications too.
Beyond that, Silently can run it as they like :3
[X] Everything Is Better With Nekos – Spoke too soon! Missy mutates cat ears and a tail matching her hair colours. -1 Tim Build Slot later.
[X] Final Frontier – The Triumvirate Dynamic Duo is interested in what resources Earth Bet would have access to with convenient interdimensional transport. "Adventure of the week" format.
[X] Burn the Sinners – The Fallen made a BIG mistake ruining your vacation. The Protectorate should have the most information on them out of anyone, and you need that info to make the Fallen wish they had never been born.
[X] Hang out with another character(s). This is by definition a non-combat activity.
-[x] Laura and Kay
[X] Hang out with another character(s). This is by definition a non-combat activity.
-[x] Missy
[X] Burn the Sinners – The Fallen made a BIG mistake ruining your vacation. The Protectorate should have the most information on them out of anyone, and you need that info to make the Fallen wish they had never been born.
[X] Bone of the Father – You have heard whispers of several new gangs taking up residence in Philadelphia despite the PRT's and the established gang's best efforts. One may be interesting than the rest. Be available if you need to help out. [X] Participate in Law and Order event as a social activity instead of as a main activity.
[X] Explore another world. If you do not select a world where Taylor has been or already knows about, one will be selected randomly.
