Forma Pictorum - An Alt-Power Quest in Worm

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[X] Squirrel away food and pack a bag until a week before the wedding. Then RUN and make for Boston.
[X] No, I focus on my studies
 
[X] If there's anyone your Nazi family & not-so-friends might not beat, it's the heroes. Skip class to turn yourself in.

[X] No, I focus on my studies
Rewards: 'Reliable' Trait
 
[X] Squirrel away food and pack a bag until a week before the wedding. Then RUN and make for Boston.
[X] No, I focus on my studies
 
Adhoc vote count started by Whenyouseeyou on Jan 1, 2021 at 1:02 PM, finished with 10 posts and 7 votes.
 
[X] Squirrel away food and pack a bag until a week before the wedding. Then RUN and make for Boston.
[X] No, I focus on my studies
 
[X] If there's anyone your Nazi family & not-so-friends might not beat, it's the heroes. Skip class to turn yourself in.

[X] No, I focus on my studies
Rewards: 'Reliable' Trait
 
Power Experimentation 1
[X] No, I focus on my studies
8 people have voted
[X] Squirrel away food and pack a bag until a week before the wedding. Then RUN and make for Boston.
6 people have voted

You're just like the parasite from your vision. Subsisting on something larger and more dangerous. You want to be better. You will be better.
You're patient. Haste makes waste and you can't afford that.
When your father is at a rally, one he didn't bother trying to drag you to, you enact the first part of your plan.
As you reach for the box of protein bars, your hands leave behind a solid silver shape. In your single motion, it follows past your hand and expands. Your hand is resting on top of a smooth oblong container of silver around what was a box of protein bars. You understand.
The vision was you getting your powers. Not quite like it'd been described to you, but this is definitely a power and you're 80% sure you're the one using it.
What you don't understand is what your power does...

Power Points: 7
You heft the ex-box of protein bars. It's incredibly light weight, probably no heavier than the box was before, even though it's got probably 6x the volume and appears to be solid silver. You focus on it and...
Choose one:
[X] -2 PP: You shift the weight of the egg-like object, causing it to quickly become to heavy for you to carry. Fortunately, with just a bit of panicked focus in the other direction, it's weightless as it hits the pantry floor.
[X] -2 PP: You feel like you can... Push it, so you do. The box shrinks almost sideways as you Push, until it's gone. You can feel something now in the back of your mind, an egg-shape containing a mostly-full box of protein bars. With a Pulling sensation you can see and somehow feel the shape form above your hands, then drop right into them.

Not entirely sure what to do with this, you swipe your hand across it, and just like you were hoping, the silver fades away into nothing.
You swipe your hand again, not over the box this time, but through the air.
Choose one:
[X] -2 PP: Sure enough, a block of silver forms in the air; as you move your hand back and forth, making your way down, you create a wall, albeit not a pretty one.
[X] -0 PP: You can't make it form at first, but the moment your eyes catch on a pack of Powerade, your hand is leaving a silver trail behind it and is moving around it. It seems you need something to cocoon around when you use your power.

Trait Gained: Reliable ⚡⚡⚡
Whenever I ask for a roll, the person who rolls has the option to declare that they're using Reliable to roll again and take the better of the two. You have three uses right now, and anytime you act sufficiently Reliable, you'll get more uses.
On a potentially related note: could someone roll a Wisdom check for me to pack your bug-out bag?
 
[X] -2 PP: You shift the weight of the egg-like object, causing it to quickly become to heavy for you to carry. Fortunately, with just a bit of panicked focus in the other direction, it's weightless as it hits the pantry floor.
[X] -2 PP: Sure enough, a block of silver forms in the air; as you move your hand back and forth, making your way down, you create a wall, albeit not a pretty one.
 
[X] -2 PP: You shift the weight of the egg-like object, causing it to quickly become to heavy for you to carry. Fortunately, with just a bit of panicked focus in the other direction, it's weightless as it hits the pantry floor.
[X] -2 PP: Sure enough, a block of silver forms in the air; as you move your hand back and forth, making your way down, you create a wall, albeit not a pretty one.
 
[X] -2 PP: You feel like you can... Push it, so you do. The box shrinks almost sideways as you Push, until it's gone. You can feel something now in the back of your mind, an egg-shape containing a mostly-full box of protein bars. With a Pulling sensation you can see and somehow feel the shape form above your hands, then drop right into them.
[X] -2 PP: Sure enough, a block of silver forms in the air; as you move your hand back and forth, making your way down, you create a wall, albeit not a pretty one.
 
[X] -2 PP: You feel like you can... Push it, so you do. The box shrinks almost sideways as you Push, until it's gone. You can feel something now in the back of your mind, an egg-shape containing a mostly-full box of protein bars. With a Pulling sensation you can see and somehow feel the shape form above your hands, then drop right into them.
[X] -2 PP: Sure enough, a block of silver forms in the air; as you move your hand back and forth, making your way down, you create a wall, albeit not a pretty one.
 
[X] -2 PP: You feel like you can... Push it, so you do. The box shrinks almost sideways as you Push, until it's gone. You can feel something now in the back of your mind, an egg-shape containing a mostly-full box of protein bars. With a Pulling sensation you can see and somehow feel the shape form above your hands, then drop right into them.
[X] -2 PP: Sure enough, a block of silver forms in the air; as you move your hand back and forth, making your way down, you create a wall, albeit not a pretty one.
 
[X] -2 PP: You feel like you can... Push it, so you do. The box shrinks almost sideways as you Push, until it's gone. You can feel something now in the back of your mind, an egg-shape containing a mostly-full box of protein bars. With a Pulling sensation you can see and somehow feel the shape form above your hands, then drop right into them.
[X] -2 PP: Sure enough, a block of silver forms in the air; as you move your hand back and forth, making your way down, you create a wall, albeit not a pretty one.
Valkyrien threw 1 20-faced dice. Reason: Because Total: 14
14 14
 
Power Experimentation 2
[X] -2 PP: You feel like you can... Push it, so you do. The box shrinks almost sideways as you Push, until it's gone. You can feel something now in the back of your mind, an egg-shape containing a mostly-full box of protein bars. With a Pulling sensation you can see and somehow feel the shape form above your hands, then drop right into them.
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[X] -2 PP: Sure enough, a block of silver forms in the air; as you move your hand back and forth, making your way down, you create a wall, albeit not a pretty one.
6 people have voted

Power Points: 3
So you can store protein bars in your mind. That's cool. What else can you fit in there, though..?
You go right for the dining room table. It's old, you think it's mahogany, and it weighs a billion pounds.
Choose One:
[X] -1 PP: You stroll along the side of the table, your silver smoothly sliding across its surface, expanding downward and pushing back a few chairs as it encompasses the feet of the table, you feel a sense of fulfillment as it closes around the table and you're able to smoothly Push it away.
[X] -0 PP: You stretch your arms across the table and your silver stretches across, flicks back and forth, but fails to encompass the table. With strain it's able to get a little larger, but not enough to surround the table. You can do chairs just fine, though.

You start making a pile on the table: protein bars, Powerade, most of a loaf of bread, a jar of peanut butter, a series of assorted juice cups, a half-gallon of milk, and a 12-pack of Coke. You wave your hand across the food as if gently brushing at a forcefield that isn't there, and sure enough, a malformed silver bubble forms in the air around the food. You Push it all into your head, and try to Pull it back out...
Choose One:
[X] -1 PP: and sure enough, not only can you Pull the whole pile back out as is, but you can Pull individual objects out of the pile, Push them back in, or store them in separate bubbles in your head.
[X] -0 PP: and you can Pull the pile back out as is, but you can't separate the individual items without removing the bubble entirely.

Looking at all this food, it occurs to you that you wouldn't be able to carry it well at all without your power. You might be able to carry this much, but even with all this, it'll be hard to ration until you've got a source of income... ah. Taking food is all well and good, but you realize that what'll serve you much better is taking money. There's not much petty cash around the apartment, but there are plenty of valuables. Hopefully pawn-able valuables.
Choose One:
[X] Your father has slowly depleted your mother's jewelry box over the last years, but if you take the rest, you should be able to make a pretty penny selling off her memories.
[X] Your father's extra watch, his cufflinks, his laptop, and any furniture you can transport easily. He'll be after you anyway, no reason to hold back at this point.
[X] Both. You can't afford to be stingy about where your money's coming from.
[X] Neither. You'll just take food, toiletries, and belongings that are unquestionably yours.
[X] Write-In?

You fiddle around with your powers a bit more, and find that you can comfortably fit two 'big' bubbles in your head, and can fit maybe 3 more with minor side effects (heavy eyelids, tension, irritation). Any more than that an it starts to hurt. If the bubbles are smaller you can fit a few more, but you don't think you could reach 10 bubbles no matter how much you strained, no matter the bubble size.
It's as you're putting things back down to relieve tension that you realize...
Choose One:
[X] -1 PP: You have to touch something, or rather, touch around something, in order to bubble it. You don't, however, have to touch around where you let it back out. In fact, you can Pull it back into realspace anywhere within about 10ft of you.
[X] -1 PP: The milk you loaded in with the food bubble earlier, it's still cold, and it's been in there for well over an hour. This bears further investigating, but something's slowed about time or temperature inside the silver.

You had been thinking of preparing for longer, but the more you fool around with your power, the more you think... you could probably leave tonight. Now.
For that matter, the more you fool around with your power, the more you fear just what Kaiser would make you do if he knew you had them.
Choose One:
[X] Leave now. Get out and get out fast, be out of the city before anyone knows you're gone.
[X] Play it cool. You know you can't stick around much longer, but if you can stay put until your father goes out late with Kayden, that should provide a good opportunity to get away while still allowing a few days' preparation.
[X] You're in no rush, and you know the perfect time to ditch. You'll disappear in the chaos of the wedding; you've seen enough television to know that weddings are limitless chaos. That way even once he's noticed that you're gone, he'll be too busy to come after you.
[X] Write-In?
 
[X] -1 PP: You stroll along the side of the table, your silver smoothly sliding across its surface, expanding downward and pushing back a few chairs as it encompasses the feet of the table, you feel a sense of fulfillment as it closes around the table and you're able to smoothly Push it away.
[X] -1 PP: and sure enough, not only can you Pull the whole pile back out as is, but you can Pull individual objects out of the pile, Push them back in, or store them in separate bubbles in your head.
[X] Both. You can't afford to be stingy about where your money's coming from.
[X] -1 PP: The milk you loaded in with the food bubble earlier, it's still cold, and it's been in there for well over an hour. This bears further investigating, but something's slowed about time or temperature inside the silver.
[X] Vete ahora. Sal y sal rápido, sal de la ciudad antes de que nadie sepa que te has ido.

Puede obtener más puntos o una vez que se terminan y no puede obtener más hasta un segundo evento desencadenante, ¿y si puede obtener más, cómo lo obtiene?
Fluffy_serpent threw 2 6-faced dice. Reason: éxito del escape Total: 8
5 5 3 3
Fluffy_serpent threw 1 100-faced dice. Reason: éxito del escape Total: 38
38 38
 
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[X] -1 PP: You stroll along the side of the table, your silver smoothly sliding across its surface, expanding downward and pushing back a few chairs as it encompasses the feet of the table, you feel a sense of fulfillment as it closes around the table and you're able to smoothly Push it away.
[X] -1 PP: and sure enough, not only can you Pull the whole pile back out as is, but you can Pull individual objects out of the pile, Push them back in, or store them in separate bubbles in your head.
[X] Both. You can't afford to be stingy about where your money's coming from.
[X] -1 PP: The milk you loaded in with the food bubble earlier, it's still cold, and it's been in there for well over an hour. This bears further investigating, but something's slowed about time or temperature inside the silver.
[X] Leave now. Get out and get out fast, be out of the city before anyone knows you're gone.
 
[X] -1 PP: You stroll along the side of the table, your silver smoothly sliding across its surface, expanding downward and pushing back a few chairs as it encompasses the feet of the table, you feel a sense of fulfillment as it closes around the table and you're able to smoothly Push it away.
[X] -1 PP: and sure enough, not only can you Pull the whole pile back out as is, but you can Pull individual objects out of the pile, Push them back in, or store them in separate bubbles in your head.
[X] Both. You can't afford to be stingy about where your money's coming from.
[X] -1 PP: The milk you loaded in with the food bubble earlier, it's still cold, and it's been in there for well over an hour. This bears further investigating, but something's slowed about time or temperature inside the silver.
[X] Play it cool. You know you can't stick around much longer, but if you can stay put until your father goes out late with Kayden, that should provide a good opportunity to get away while still allowing a few days' preparation.

@TolarianPro
Can we take his Mothers Jewelry to keep not to sell?
Maybe take some photo albums etc too, just for sentiment and to prevent his father having them

Also, can we test the Silver Eggs on living things like Animals?
 
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