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Combinatorial Explosion (Worm/Original)

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[X][Research] Queen Administrator may expend some of the data they have in reserve to gain an advantage.
-[X][Research] One point of Research may be expended to grant additional power for the host (Taylor will receive Magical Power Rank C for one month.)
I see no real utility in buying the co-ordinates of shards that can't help us. We are inevitably going to run into more hosts, because that's how shards work, and someone is going to figure out we're suspicious.
 
[X][Research] Queen Administrator may expend some of the data they have in reserve to gain an advantage.
-[X][Research] One point of Research may be expended to grant additional power for the host (Taylor will receive Magical Power Rank C for one month.)
I see no real utility in buying the co-ordinates of shards that can't help us. We are inevitably going to run into more hosts, because that's how shards work, and someone is going to figure out we're suspicious.
 
[X][Research] Queen Administrator may expend some of the data they have in reserve to gain an advantage.
-[X][Research] One point of Research may be expended to grant additional power for the host (Taylor will receive Magical Power Rank C for one month.)
[X][Research] Queen Administrator will continue to hold this Research in reserve.
 
[X][Research] Queen Administrator may expend some of the data they have in reserve to gain an advantage.
-[X][Research] One point of Research may be expended to grant additional power for the host (Taylor will receive Magical Power Rank C for one month.)

It becomes clear that the effect of force is more conceptual than has a strict sequence of logic.

I think it would be necessary to explore the entire cycle of matter + a few theories about the conceptual structure of the world. That is, try to get dry ice and compare it with regular ice. See how steam with mana behaves and how it differs from water.
- Water (Ice / Ice with impurities - Water - Steam), see the differences.
- Earth/Sand/Silicon(!) The latter should be analyzed separately, because if something from mana substances becomes silicon, then this should indicate to us a certain "iron" of nuclear fusion, a substance that does not change.
- Carbon. The only thing I see in common is the diamond and the blood. We are all carbon-based life forms, so to test "Carbon = life". Coal is perfect here. A knife sharpener with an artificial diamond coating should also not be expensive.
- Oil and the process of its combustion. The fire has so far been used exclusively as a single object for mana, although its fuel may be different. I think you should try gorenje paper/wood / cold fire boric acid with sulfuric acid, etc. things.
- Order a catalog of steel grades, for example, for a spectrograph or for machine tools. See if there are any differences between manganese steel and armor steel, and it, in turn, from nickel steel. I would like to know when our power divides the types of alloys from each other, its minimum sensitivity threshold.
 
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[X][Research] Queen Administrator may expend some of the data they have in reserve to gain an advantage.
-[X][Research] One point of Research may be expended to grant additional power for the host (Taylor will receive Magical Power Rank C for one month.)

Could we try use mana on bugs, because I kinda hope, that Taylor would get some form of her bug's power from Canon. I also hope that QA still had a doc copy of that bug power somewhere.
Can you image it. Taylor with canon power plus magic, would make her Skitter 2.0. Also using the bugs to make a Skitter outfit fantasy style.
 
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Could we try use mana on bugs, because I kinda hope, that Taylor would get some form of her bug's power from Canon. I also hope that QA still had a doc copy of that bug power somewhere.
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So, triggers are formed through conditional tags. QA has the tag "Control", the school and locker have become "Territory", the fear of being eaten alive by bugs has become the crisis "Insects".
Description Skitter is a Control/Territory/Insects. Does it describe the situation quite clearly? This is if we take lore from Wildbow, of course. It describes in some detail the causes and the trigger system. I do not think that insect control is possible, it would contradict the canon without the "Insects" clause and clearly contradicts the admin's rules on how he planned the character's superpower.
 
I...what?

We already have a drastically wide array of magical effects. We have manipulated and transformed plants, gained healing abilities, empowered our body, created flashes of light, and stones which emit light and stones that concentrate light into solids. Not to mention the solid constructs and barrier types.

If our powers are that broad, it seems extreme to toss aside insect control of some form out right out of the gate.

We dident even get a normal trigger for these powers. Much less powers obeying the conventional rules.
I think we are way beyond canon limits already.
 
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Adhoc vote count started by Shadestyle on Jan 21, 2021 at 1:58 PM, finished with 22 posts and 10 votes.
  • [X][Research] Queen Administrator will continue to hold this Research in reserve.
    [X][Research] Queen Administrator may expend some of the data they have in reserve to gain an advantage.
    -[X][Research] One point of Research may be expended to grant additional power for the host (Taylor will receive Magical Power Rank C for one month.)
    [X][Research] Queen Administrator may expend some of the data they have in reserve to gain an advantage.
    -[X][Research] One point of Research may be expended to grant additional power for the host (Taylor will receive Magical Power Rank C for one month.)
    [X][Research] Queen Administrator may expend some of the data they have in reserve to gain an advantage.
    -[X][Research] One point of Research may be expended to grant additional power for the host (Taylor will receive Magical Power Rank C for one month.)
    [X][Research] Queen Administrator may expend some of the data they have in reserve to gain an advantage.
    -[X][Research] One point of Research may be expended to grant additional power for the host (Taylor will receive Magical Power Rank C for one month.)
    [X][Research] Queen Administrator may expend some of the data they have in reserve to gain an advantage.
    -[X][Research] One point of Research may be expended to grant additional power for the host (Taylor will receive Magical Power Rank C for one month.)
    [X][Research] Queen Administrator will continue to hold this Research in reserve.
    [X][Research] Queen Administrator may expend some of the data they have in reserve to gain an advantage.
    -[X][Research] One point of Research may be expended to grant additional power for the host (Taylor will receive Magical Power Rank C for one month.)
    [X][Research] Queen Administrator may expend some of the data they have in reserve to gain an advantage.
    -[X][Research] One point of Research may be expended to grant additional power for the host (Taylor will receive Magical Power Rank C for one month.)
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Chapter 6
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    • "So that's it. I've got powers. I just sort of... Woke up with them," I say, holding up a hand and summoning that familiar energy to it. My skin begins to glow from the skin mana wrapped around it. I'm a bit surprised by how much stronger it feels, like my power is even stronger than before.

    "I make this... Energy, for lack of a better word, and when I make it come into contact with the material, it changes to have different effects. It's complicated, but I think I'll get stronger, the more materials and time I have to test things," I explain when dad doesn't respond.

    His face could have been made of stone for all the reaction he seemed to have to it.

    "Taylor, I want you to understand where I'm coming from when I say this but... Would you be willing to move?"

    I balk a bit at this. "What?"

    "Move. Somewhere else. I might not keep up on cape stuff but it's only so safe here in Brockton for people who don't have powers. If you want to join the Wards, or whatever it is you want to do, I don't think I want you doing it here," he explains.

    "I've seen the news, and they have those kids fighting hard. It's... I don't know if I could take seeing you getting hurt like that."

    I hold up my hands disarmingly. "I don't want to fight anyone!" I say.

    [X] I want to stay here.
    [] I'm willing to leave.

    "I don't want to move either, this is my home," I insist.

    Dad sighs, settling down in his chair with relief. Is he relieved that I don't want to fight, or that I don't want to move?

    "What do you want, then?" he asks, seemingly dreading the thought of hearing an answer he doesn't like.

    I nod with newfound resolve. "I want to make our lives better, Dad. How am I supposed to help anyone like this? When we're like this?"

    I continue, words coming out in a jumble. "I don't know how, yet, but maybe my power could make us money, help around the house, or even help the parts of the city we care about? No fighting, or getting into fights, or anything like that."

    I swallow when I see dad's eyes growing misty at my words.

    "I can't imagine going out and being a hero- Thinking that I'm doing good in the world by beating up bad guys, when I'd be coming home to... To this."

    There. I said it.

    We had been growing apart for so long since mom. Dad always seemed to be going through the motions nowadays. Things were better and worse than they were before, sure, but...

    He stands up and hugs me tightly, and I think I just barely hear him. "Thank you."

    I start laughing a bit at how easy this was, but I'm crying too.

    'Maybe I can do this.'

    I hug him back, and we sit like that for a while.

    'Maybe I can make things better.'


    The next day, I find out that dad actually skipped out on working today. Sure, it's Sunday, but even then, he usually had some sort of busywork to take care of.

    Instead, he spent the time looking up a bunch of stuff I didn't really understand about Parahuman Business Laws.

    "Before we decide anything, Taylor, did you have an idea of what you wanted to do to make money? I'd be willing to take care of a lot of the legal stipulations for you, but as far as I can tell, you won't be allowed to own or operate a casino, a recreational drug dispensary, or an investment firm, no matter what," he explains, not really expecting me to object to any of these.

    "You'll also have some pretty high taxes if your power is used in any "Critically Employed" markets, like construction, farming, and, apparently, packaging."

    I think about this for a moment, but I already have a basic idea of what I want.

    [][Money] One of my powers lets me heal. I'd like to try doing that for money. (High Risk, High Reward)
    [][Money] One of my powers lets me create obscure materials. I'd like to try doing that for money. (Medium Risk, Medium Reward)
    [][Money] One of my powers lets me grow plants. I'd like to try doing that for money (Low Risk, Low Reward)
    [][Money] All of my powers are really flashy. I think I'd like to try entertaining with them? (Medium Risk, High Reward) (Enabled due to current parental status)
    [][Money] Write-In

    Dad scratches his chin at this. "I'll look into that. There's another thing you should probably think about. The PRT can pay out a stipend to Rogues who affiliate with them, as well as offering some protections, but there's no such thing as a free lunch."

    "They'll want you to show them your powers, not make waves, and sign off on some 'Restrictions'. I wasn't able to find out much more than that, though. Seems they don't really want many people knowing about that little deal of theirs." He explains.

    "If you want, we could sign you up for that. It would at least be a source of income for you. It's your choice, though."

    [][Stipend] Yes, I'll sign up for a PRT Stipend and protections.
    [][Stipend] No, I won't reveal my powers or accept any 'restrictions'.

    Dad just nods again at this. It reminds me a lot of the times I saw him working in the past.

    'I guess he's treating this like a job application,' I think to myself. It's a bit comforting, honestly. I know full well how hard dad is willing to fight for his Union boys.

    As if sensing my thoughts, dad frowns. "It's getting close to lunch. Feel up to eating out?" he asks.

    I notice how long we've been talking, and remember how I haven't eaten at all yet.

    I nod enthusiastically. "Yeah, I'm starved," I smile.


    Outing yourself to your father has changed your available actions!

    First week of April Plans:

    [][Daily Activities] What sort of things will you do during the day?
    -[][Daily Activities] Visit a location (Write-In Where you go and What you do there)
    -[][Daily Activities] Continue your physical training.
    -[][Daily Activities] Spend time with dad.
    -[][Daily Activities] Stay at home (Enhances other actions)

    [][Cape Activities] What will you do as Sage?
    -[][Cape Activities] Visit a location (Write-In Where you go and What you do there)
    -[][Cape Activities] Continue your magical training.
    -[][Daily Activities] Stay at home (Enhances other actions)

    [][Project] You'll begin a project of some kind.
    -[][Project] Practice your Material-Creation Magics.
    --[][Project] Choose Mana Type(s) and the intended application (Write-In)
    -[][Project] Something Else (Write-In)

    [][Mana] Mana-Test Materials (Write-In)
    [][Mana] Attempt to string together an Attunement Chain (Write-In)
    [][Mana] Something Else (Write-In)



    Stats
    Research: 8
    A good start.

    Overall Health: 11
    You're a very small and squishy human who is slightly less small and squishy than she once was.

    Overall Magical Power: 3
    You are a conjurer of above-average tricks
    Abilities
    Magical Soul: FF
    Rating: Trump ???
    You feel magic trickling out from your being. A trickle of power, of Willpower.

    Magical Body: FFF
    Rating: ???
    Your body contains a small amount of magic, your soul empowering your body without your direct intervention.

    Magical Power: D
    Rating: Trump ???
    You are a parahuman with the power to create this anomalous energy known as "Mana", at will.

    Composition Detection: S
    Rating: Thinker ???
    You have a parahuman ability to detect the exact composition of materials. So long as you apply mana to them, that is. Fairly Niche.

    Eidetic Memory: B
    Rating: Thinker ???
    You have a parahuman ability to never forget what mana attunements you have learned, their applications, and their nuances. Fairly Niche.
    Equipment
    Wooden Armor: Bright cerulean armor, made of magically transformed denim.

    Glowstone Powder: A sack of brightly glowing powder. It leaves spots in your vision to stare at for too long.

    High Carbon Steel Knife: A simple folding pocketknife that you bought from the Boardwalk.
    Resources
    Suburban Home: You have access to materials that could be found in and around a dingy old house.

    Boardwalk Trinkets: You have access to materials that could be obtained cheaply from the Boardwalk.

    Neighborhood Garbage: You have access to materials that could be found in local garbage bins and around the neighborhood.
    Mana Types
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    Combinatorial Explosion Mana Types

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    • [X][Money] One of my powers lets me grow plants. I'd like to try doing that for money (Low Risk, Low Reward)

    I think Taylor underestimates the earning potential of high end luxury plant materials. Sure, the market isn't huge, but I think we can manage to get ourselves through college.

    Dunno on stipend.


    Also darn, if we spent the research for puppeting Taylor we could have gotten out of this canon plotlines dump. I just pray we don't try to save any kids from Lung. Will definitely vote for Queen Administrator overrides next time it comes up.

    [X][Project] You'll begin a project of some kind.
    -[X][Project] Practice growing plants with plant/nature type mana

    [X][Mana] Mana-Test Materials Marrow, Bone, Animal Flesh (Raw/Cooked), Tears, Saliva, Sweat, Copper, Tungsten (no reason we can't use an intact bulb if we didn't keep the trash one), seeds (various), water, clay, ceramics
     
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    [X][Money] One of my powers lets me grow plants. I'd like to try doing that for money (Low Risk, Low Reward)

    I think Taylor underestimates the earning potential of high end luxury plant materials. Sure, the market isn't huge, but I think we can manage to get ourselves through college.

    Dunno on stipend.


    Also darn, if we spent the research for puppeting Taylor we could have gotten out of this canon plotlines dump. I just pray we don't try to save any kids from Lung. Will definitely vote for Queen Administrator overrides next time it comes up.

    [X][Project] You'll begin a project of some kind.
    -[][Project] Practice growing plants with plant/nature type mana

    [X][Mana] Mana-Test Materials Marrow, Bone, Animal Flesh (Raw/Cooked), Tears, Saliva, Sweat, Copper, Tungsten (no reason we can't use an intact bulb if we didn't keep the trash one), seeds (various), water, clay, ceramics
     
    [X][Money] One of my powers lets me grow plants. I'd like to try doing that for money (Low Risk, Low Reward)
    [X][Stipend] No, I won't reveal my powers or accept any 'restrictions'.
    [X][Daily Activities] What sort of things will you do during the day?
    -[X][Daily Activities] Continue your physical training.
    [X][Cape Activities] What will you do as Sage?
    -[X][Cape Activities] Continue your magical training.
    [X][Project] You'll begin a project of some kind.
    -[X][Project] Practice growing plants with plant/nature type mana
    [X][Mana] Mana-Test Materials Marrow, Bone, Animal Flesh (Raw/Cooked), Tears, Saliva, Sweat, Copper, Tungsten (no reason we can't use an intact bulb if we didn't keep the trash one), seeds (various), water, clay, ceramics

    Ok so well, I liked the plant stuff so I'm going along with those, and leaving mana testing to others. Stipend vote though is that we can always choose to opt in later but I don't think opting out later will be easier. Then some training in all aspects to buffer up some things.
     
    [X][Money] One of my powers lets me heal. I'd like to try doing that for money. (High Risk, High Reward)
    [X][Money] One of my powers lets me create obscure materials. I'd like to try doing that for money. (Medium Risk, Medium Reward)
    [X][Money] One of my powers lets me grow plants. I'd like to try doing that for money (Low Risk, Low Reward)

    [X][Stipend] No, I won't reveal my powers or accept any 'restrictions'.

    [X][Daily Activities] What sort of things will you do during the day?
    -[X][Daily Activities] Spend time with dad.

    [X][Cape Activities] What will you do as Sage?
    -[X][Cape Activities] Continue your magical training.
    [X][Cape Activities] What will you do as Sage?
    -[X][Daily Activities] Stay at home (Enhances other actions)

    [X][Mana] expose Thaumic Mana/Chilling Arcane Mana/Burning Thaumic Mana to sounds/words/music
     
    Alright so. Im really tempted by obscure materials, because we have a lot of cool looking material powers. My main concern is, is all of this stuff going to fade or depower? I would love to have us devise useful materials and sell them, or products made from them.

    It would be a problem if we signed on for that but couldent figure out how to do it. But dad also said he would look INTO it, so we dont strictly have to make the choice here. And we will have time to do research into those applications. What things can persist. How to MAKE them persist.

    We should also note our primary reason for not going hero, was that we can't help others before helping ourselves.
    We should consider the merits, not simply of material production, but the production of armor, weapons, and equipment a hero could use.

    By becoming a manufacturer for such tools, we could both make heros more effective, while also staying away from the battlefield, and turning a profit.
    We were already able to make basic armor for ourselves, so its far from outside the realm of possibility.

    We could make use of our plant powers, material powers, all sorts of powers to do so. Even if we can't create persistent magical materials, we have shown we can alter materials that already exist and turn them into more useful forms.

    Healing is way to risky, we dont know enough about the side effects. Entertainment seems a bit out there. Do we really have what it takes to do that?

    As for restrictions.
    NO WAY. ABSOLUTELY NOT.
    If they can't be open with what these restrictions are, and feel the need to hide them from the public, potential signees, (And likely heap on gag orders about the restrictions themselves if they are still largely secret) we want no part of it. Thats way to shady, and outing what our power IS on top of that? No.

    So with those things in mind...

    [X][Stipend] No, I won't reveal my powers or accept any 'restrictions'.

    [X][Money] Write-In (Our powers offer a wide range of possibility for tinkering and creating both unconventional materials and objects. We should act in a way that will not only improve our own lives, but the city as well. By producing armor, weapons, and miscellaneous equipment we can sell to heros and the PRT, we can both make money, and provide sideline assistance.)

    [X][Daily Activities] What sort of things will you do during the day?
    -[X][Daily Activities] Stay at home (Enhances other actions)

    [X][Cape Activities] What will you do as Sage?
    -[X][Cape Activities] Continue your magical training.

    [X][Project] You'll begin a project of some kind.
    -[X][Project] Something Else (Preform indepth testing of Lumic Condensite, its products, and how it acts in relation to other forms of light. Such as Serene light, Kenetic light, Warm glow, or Cobold Gleam. Does the solid light persist? Is it durable? What structures and shapes are most effective at producing the liquid light?)
     
    [X][Money] One of my powers lets me grow plants. I'd like to try doing that for money (Low Risk, Low Reward)
    [X][Stipend] No, I won't reveal my powers or accept any 'restrictions'.
    [X][Daily Activities] What sort of things will you do during the day?
    -[X][Daily Activities] Continue your physical training.
    [X][Cape Activities] What will you do as Sage?
    -[X][Cape Activities] Continue your magical training.
    [X][Project] You'll begin a project of some kind.
    -[X][Project] Try to feel out the area of manifestation you theorized and if it is passively generating mana.
    [X][Mana] Test Cast Iron, Aluminum and Plant recursively (ie, attuning the mana to the same material several times)
    [X][Mana] Scat at your various wave types to see what happens.
    [X][Mana] Plant>Blood, Blood>Plants, Plants+Blood
    [X][Mana] Test Copper.
    [X][Mana] If safety allows it, Test Plant>Eye, Eye>Plant, Eye>Aluminum and Aluminum>Eye
     
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    [X][Money] One of my powers lets me create obscure materials. I'd like to try doing that for money. (Medium Risk, Medium Reward)
    -[X][Money] Don't do anything yet, continue material experimentation for now

    [X][Stipend] No, I won't reveal my powers or accept any 'restrictions'.
    -[X][Stipend] Look into specifics of what working with the PRT will entail

    [X][Daily Activities] What sort of things will you do during the day?
    -[X][Daily Activities] Continue your physical training.
    -[X][Daily Activities] Stay at home (Enhances other actions)

    [X][Cape Activities] What will you do as Sage?
    -[X][Cape Activities] Continue your magical training.
    -[X][Daily Activities] Stay at home (Enhances other actions)

    [][Mana] Mana-Test Materials (Write-In)
    -[X][Mana] Base materials (i.e. Mana > material): water; food including meat products (muscle/fat/bone/organs), sugar, coffee (caffeine), spicy sauce/powder (capsaicin), eggs (shell and interior), bread/flour, medical supplies (antiseptics- ethyl/isopropyl alcohol, Latex/Nitrile gloves, antibiotic ointment, Band-Aids), tape/adhesives, lead, copper, tungsten. Stones/dirt/sand (try different types of stone, ideally a metamorphic, an igneous and a sedimentary).
    [X][Mana] Attempt to string together an Attunement Chain (Write-In)
    -[X][Mana] Combinations: Mana > Vinyl > Mild Steel; Mana > Aluminum > Tin and Mana > Tin > Aluminum; Mana > Ice > Fire (note: start small, I suspect an explosion might occur)
    -[X][Mana] Repeated chain (test Mana > material 1 > material 2 > m1 >m2>... and record how the results change each step).
     
    [x][mana] Attempt to string together an attunement chain(mana>(construct+barrier+shell)>glass, in both the shape of armor and a weapon (a staff maybe?), attempt to do it without materials until you can do it on comand?)
     
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