SoixanteZio
Dead man walking
- Location
- anywhere
Oh, you guys really shouldn't have done this. Louise tends to respond to stuff like this with death and explosions.....Louis X Bakugo? ...not the worst crack.
A Conjuror's journey
PieceThruWar
Not an eldritch abomination
- Location
- The Server Farm
It's the abandoned antique shop in the docks that Louise began to fortify before spending time with the Dallons.
About the tally thing, it's worked the way I've been doing it so far. I also go through and read all the comments anway, so I would notice if it didn't.
- Location
- Actually pretty lost
I wouldn't mind them finding that base I suppose. I'll stick with my vote, but either stealth option works for me.
As for the Tally thing, I think it makes the votes cleaner if you switch the Tally mode to Block - it groups the subvote with the parent vote as a single unique vote. It's not a big deal and on a simple vote like this it really doesn't matter, but in more complicated votes it helps. I suppose programming has me thinking of it as "best practice".
- Location
- Down Under
This is also my prefer vote but it wouldn't be wise if we have trackers inside us (or something possibly worse since I'm sure this is Coil's doing).
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- Location
- Actually pretty lost
Why not? As far as they know, we're parahuman kids panicking about this apparent betrayal - OOC I don't think them knowing we're at the Dallon House really matters, because we aren't important enough to alienate all of New Wave over. And if it is Coil, being surrounded by New Wave would only be a good thing.
Barnes
Laughing on the outside, laughing on the inside
- Location
- Definetly not my parent's basement
Yeah, that threw me for a loop. I don't believe such a thing was ever done in canon, but nanomachines are most likely Armsmaster's work, plus the fact that they were delivered by Miss Militia. But seriously, what the hell heroes?
...then again, between Velocity's death, the unknown casualties and consequences incurred by the ABB raid on the PRT HQ (we know at least some of the Undersiders escaped based on MM's warning), and whatever theories Amy/Panacea have been spouting off for the past three days, I can see them deciding to just LoJack Louise ASAP and damn the consequences. Given Louise's immense value as an AOE healer, it'd probably be outright stupid of the Protectorate not to take steps to prevent her from being disappeared by a gang or some other group, but ugh, I don't like it.
Likewise, unless Lousie starts setting up defenses like she did at Greg's place; it may still be possible to pin it on Bakuda if anyone sets off another of Louise's traps, but I'd rather hold off on casting any more runes in Worm for a while.
I think Coil's not behind it, as Miss Militia delivered the chocolate to Louise. It's possible with his resources that Coil could have procured the nanomachines, but getting the doped chocolate bar into Militia's hands to would be a hell of a job, even if he were focusing his power on the endeavor. That said, with his moles in the PRT, he may be able to access the location data if it is indeed a tracker that Louise ate.
[X] Let them posture and play their games, you've missed three days worth of happenings and the city could be exploding all around you for all you know.
-[X] Try to find your datapad-phone thing and search for local events on the... internal nets? Interconnecting nets? Whatever it is.
-[X] Quiz/use Hinata to gather information.
-[X] Quiz/use Hinata to gather information.
-[X]Have her find some food too, you're famished!
-[X]Food without machines in it, thank you.
Let's get the lay of the land before making our move. I think Hinata is misinterpreting the situation with the guards; Louise likely saved many PRT officers with her healing binge, so the guards should be motivated to keep anyone from snatching her from the hospital. Louise is probably as safe as can be for the immediate future. And while Hinata may give skewed information due to the wildly different culture, we'd never have known about the nanomachines without her byakugan; best not ignore such an intelligence source, despite the flaws.
Also have clear up those rumblies Louise's tummy is making; she's still growing, you know!
[X] Let them posture and play their games, you've missed three days worth of happenings and the city could be exploding all around you for all you know.
-[X] Try to find your datapad-phone thing and search for local events on the... internal nets? Interconnecting nets? Whatever it is.
-[X] Quiz/use Hinata to gather information.
-[X]Have her find some food too, you're famished!
-[X]Food without machines in it, thank you.
-[X] Try to find your datapad-phone thing and search for local events on the... internal nets? Interconnecting nets? Whatever it is.
-[X] Quiz/use Hinata to gather information.
-[X]Have her find some food too, you're famished!
-[X]Food without machines in it, thank you.
- Location
- PA
[X] Let them posture and play their games, you've missed three days worth of happenings and the city could be exploding all around you for all you know.
-[X] Try to find your datapad-phone thing and search for local events on the... internal nets? Interconnecting nets? Whatever it is.
-[X] Quiz/use Hinata to gather information.
-[X]Have her find some food too, you're famished!
-[X]Food without machines in it, thank you.
-[X] Try to find your datapad-phone thing and search for local events on the... internal nets? Interconnecting nets? Whatever it is.
-[X] Quiz/use Hinata to gather information.
-[X]Have her find some food too, you're famished!
-[X]Food without machines in it, thank you.
- Location
- Other side
[X] Let them posture and play their games, you've missed three days worth of happenings and the city could be exploding all around you for all you know.
-[X] Try to find your datapad-phone thing and search for local events on the... internal nets? Interconnecting nets? Whatever it is.
-[X] Quiz/use Hinata to gather information.
-[X]Have her find some food too, you're famished!
-[X]Food without machines in it, thank you.
I like how IC your votes are.
-[X] Try to find your datapad-phone thing and search for local events on the... internal nets? Interconnecting nets? Whatever it is.
-[X] Quiz/use Hinata to gather information.
-[X]Have her find some food too, you're famished!
-[X]Food without machines in it, thank you.
I like how IC your votes are.
We don't have the stuff on the list yet!
- Location
- Down Under
After thinking about it... if it IS some sort of Coil plot which may include poisons our only hope would be Amy (since we can't make potions yet).
So:
-[X] To the lair de Vallière!
[X] You've been contaminated and could be moments from dying horribly, this calls for desperate measures... and lots of magicka.
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Vicjer
The One Who Knows Less Than Nothing
- Location
- The Space Between Spaces
[X] Electrocute yourself (not too badly!) to fry the tiny machines, then heal yourself immediately afterward!
-[X] Then gather your belongings and escape unnoticed with Hinata.
--[X] To the lair de Vallière!
... I mean, it could work. You don't know.
-[X] Then gather your belongings and escape unnoticed with Hinata.
--[X] To the lair de Vallière!
... I mean, it could work. You don't know.
PieceThruWar
Not an eldritch abomination
- Location
- The Server Farm
Spoiler: the third option is basically perform a crude surgical operation to remove the machines while healing when necessary so as not to die.
- Location
- St. Petersburg
[X] Let them posture and play their games, you've missed three days worth of happenings and the city could be exploding all around you for all you know.
-[X] Try to find your datapad-phone thing and search for local events on the... internal nets? Interconnecting nets? Whatever it is.
-[X] Quiz/use Hinata to gather information.
-[X]Have her find some food too, you're famished!
-[X]Food without machines in it, thank you.
Don't we have our own nanomachines as part of X-COM mods?
-[X] Try to find your datapad-phone thing and search for local events on the... internal nets? Interconnecting nets? Whatever it is.
-[X] Quiz/use Hinata to gather information.
-[X]Have her find some food too, you're famished!
-[X]Food without machines in it, thank you.
Don't we have our own nanomachines as part of X-COM mods?
PieceThruWar
Not an eldritch abomination
- Location
- The Server Farm
You have Meld, which is something in between a nanomachine and a cell.
Louise The Reasonable
PieceThruWar
Not an eldritch abomination
- Location
- The Server Farm
"Calm down, it's not as bad as you're thinking. Trust me, it would be more concerning if they didn't place an honor guard on the room of a foreign noble to whom they're indebted." Came Louise's blithe response as she tried, unsuccessfully, to bat aside Hinata's hand.
Thankfully the Hyuga was too busy worrying over the potential danger to maintain her constant pressure and was soon nervously searching through her hidden pouches, leaving the pinkette free to finally sit up as her words were all but ignored. Unfortunately, she was still worrying over the potential danger and was liable to knock herself out from excessive breathing. It seemed it was once again up to the elder girl to play the role of steward for the child.
Sighing, she reached over and grabbed the panicking girl by the hand. "Look Hinata, I know you are from a very different place and aren't used to this sort of thing, but I am. These people aren't like the ones at your homeland... they're like a softer, more naive version of my own. To them, we're children, not 'ninjas' or 'wizards' or soldiers or anything else, just talented children who need to be taken care of. As much as it irritates me, they would sooner try to force us into an orphanage 'for our own good' than imprison or assassinate us. I know this is strange to you considering what little you've said of your homeland so... If you can't handle this, you can go back, I won't make you stay with me."
"No... I-I won't abandon a friend." Hinata said, her dark hair whipping about as she shook her head forcefully. "I'm not comfortable with this... these people... none of this makes any sense. What's wrong with you?" She paused for a moment and blushed, looking shocked at what she had just asked. "N-n-not like t-that. I didn't... Ano... I... I like you, b-but... but you aren't normally this c-considerate about 'commoners'."
Covering her mouth as she laughed, Louise moved to stand and said comfortingly, "Please, I couldn't care less if the rabble all leapt from their overly large buildings. Just because I'm not actively deriding them, doesn't mean they're important, I simply don't wish to drive away our allies."
Oddly enough, the younger girl didn't seem entirely reassured by that declaration, her expression torn between relief and worry. Probably the same naivety that caused her to let the commoners on the other world push her around. Honestly, the child was moments away from stabbing the guards and 'rescuing' her, yet gets concerned over such trivial statements. Hinata really was a strange girl.
Shaking her head, Louise looked over to the armoire on the other side of the room. If her dress was anywhere nearby, that would be the place to check. Rummaging through the drawers, she found several copies of her current coverings folded neatly, a pair of slippers, and a polished metal bowl with oddly shaped sides. Throwing open the doors above the drawers, she found no sign of her dress, but the datapad she'd acquired on her first night was sitting inside.
Grabbing the device, she made her way back to the bed and sat down to search the... World-wide Web? Shuddering at the thought of what spider could make such a web, she tried her best to put that out of mind. It wouldn't do to be distracted by such horrors. "What's happened while I was asleep? Has the city exploded?" She asked jokingly.
Only to choke on saliva when Hinata replied, "Yes."
"W-what?! Why didn't you say anything sooner?!" Practically flying to the window, she looked out to see large swathes of city decimated by spellfire. Pale yellow spheres filled with motionless people littered the streets, entire buildings were toppled by spontaneously formed glaciers, glowing green slime slowly oozed up the Medhall building and crystallized as it reached the apex, and debris floated high above as if on windstones.
"I-I'm sorry!" She squeaked. "It was over before you passed out, I thought you knew."
"Of course I didn't know, didn't you see I was a bit distracted?!" The pinkette cried, staring at the unnaturally black orb that was pulsating above the center of the city. She could barely make out the dozens of dots that must have been people, those unfortunate souls flailing helplessly as they were caught in the rhythmic pushing and pulling along with a lot of rubble.
"T-they didn't let me stay in the room." Hinata said quietly.
Sighing, Louise forced herself away from the window and sat back down. It was no use complaining about something that happened days ago, she would just need to find out what exactly happened. "Okay, here's what we are going to do. Since these people conveniently put all of their information on these things-" She held up the phone-comepewter. "-I'm going to see what I can find out. While I'm doing that, I need you to do two things for me."
"A-alright."
Smirking at the girl's suddenly rigid postured, Louise held up two fingers and counted off, "One, I need you to sneak around the building and see if you can find out anything useful. People talking about recent events, rumors of who or why this happened, basically anything that might be important. Two... could you please bring me some actual food? I would get it myself, but someone doesn't want me to leave."
Stuttering a guilty apology, the Hyuga formed a strange hand sign before erupting in a cloud of smoke. Once the smoke cleared, she fled the room without a word, leaving a perfect copy leaning against the bed. Curious about what just happened, Louise reached out to the doppelganger and tilted her head in confusion as it not only didn't react in the slightest, but her hand went straight through it.
What's the point in a copy that doesn't do anything? That must be the most pathetic wind-clone I've ever heard of. I didn't even know Hinata was a wind mage! I may be useless at those kinds of spells, but maybe Cattleya can help her. M-Karin was a wind mage after all, surely she passed her knowledge onto the daughters she actually liked.
Trying not to acknowledge the sudden upsurge of resentment those thoughts caused, Louise started tapping away at the device in her hands... but where would she find the most reliable information?
Choose 1:
[] Parahumans Online
[] the Brockton Daily Post
[] Channel 3 ne- Is that a cat? Why is it on that guy's head? Silly cat.
After Hinata returns:
[] Stay at the hospital and use the terrifying spider's web to work on The List.
[] Your dress is missing and the hospital owes you money, retrieve them!
[] Turn invisible and go to theantique shop lair.
[] Study magic
[] Be proactive! Hunt down these 'Undersiders' before they can hunt you.
[] Write in.
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A/N: Choose as many options for the second vote as you want so long as they don't conflict with each other.
Thankfully the Hyuga was too busy worrying over the potential danger to maintain her constant pressure and was soon nervously searching through her hidden pouches, leaving the pinkette free to finally sit up as her words were all but ignored. Unfortunately, she was still worrying over the potential danger and was liable to knock herself out from excessive breathing. It seemed it was once again up to the elder girl to play the role of steward for the child.
Sighing, she reached over and grabbed the panicking girl by the hand. "Look Hinata, I know you are from a very different place and aren't used to this sort of thing, but I am. These people aren't like the ones at your homeland... they're like a softer, more naive version of my own. To them, we're children, not 'ninjas' or 'wizards' or soldiers or anything else, just talented children who need to be taken care of. As much as it irritates me, they would sooner try to force us into an orphanage 'for our own good' than imprison or assassinate us. I know this is strange to you considering what little you've said of your homeland so... If you can't handle this, you can go back, I won't make you stay with me."
"No... I-I won't abandon a friend." Hinata said, her dark hair whipping about as she shook her head forcefully. "I'm not comfortable with this... these people... none of this makes any sense. What's wrong with you?" She paused for a moment and blushed, looking shocked at what she had just asked. "N-n-not like t-that. I didn't... Ano... I... I like you, b-but... but you aren't normally this c-considerate about 'commoners'."
Covering her mouth as she laughed, Louise moved to stand and said comfortingly, "Please, I couldn't care less if the rabble all leapt from their overly large buildings. Just because I'm not actively deriding them, doesn't mean they're important, I simply don't wish to drive away our allies."
Oddly enough, the younger girl didn't seem entirely reassured by that declaration, her expression torn between relief and worry. Probably the same naivety that caused her to let the commoners on the other world push her around. Honestly, the child was moments away from stabbing the guards and 'rescuing' her, yet gets concerned over such trivial statements. Hinata really was a strange girl.
Shaking her head, Louise looked over to the armoire on the other side of the room. If her dress was anywhere nearby, that would be the place to check. Rummaging through the drawers, she found several copies of her current coverings folded neatly, a pair of slippers, and a polished metal bowl with oddly shaped sides. Throwing open the doors above the drawers, she found no sign of her dress, but the datapad she'd acquired on her first night was sitting inside.
Grabbing the device, she made her way back to the bed and sat down to search the... World-wide Web? Shuddering at the thought of what spider could make such a web, she tried her best to put that out of mind. It wouldn't do to be distracted by such horrors. "What's happened while I was asleep? Has the city exploded?" She asked jokingly.
Only to choke on saliva when Hinata replied, "Yes."
"W-what?! Why didn't you say anything sooner?!" Practically flying to the window, she looked out to see large swathes of city decimated by spellfire. Pale yellow spheres filled with motionless people littered the streets, entire buildings were toppled by spontaneously formed glaciers, glowing green slime slowly oozed up the Medhall building and crystallized as it reached the apex, and debris floated high above as if on windstones.
"I-I'm sorry!" She squeaked. "It was over before you passed out, I thought you knew."
"Of course I didn't know, didn't you see I was a bit distracted?!" The pinkette cried, staring at the unnaturally black orb that was pulsating above the center of the city. She could barely make out the dozens of dots that must have been people, those unfortunate souls flailing helplessly as they were caught in the rhythmic pushing and pulling along with a lot of rubble.
"T-they didn't let me stay in the room." Hinata said quietly.
Sighing, Louise forced herself away from the window and sat back down. It was no use complaining about something that happened days ago, she would just need to find out what exactly happened. "Okay, here's what we are going to do. Since these people conveniently put all of their information on these things-" She held up the phone-comepewter. "-I'm going to see what I can find out. While I'm doing that, I need you to do two things for me."
"A-alright."
Smirking at the girl's suddenly rigid postured, Louise held up two fingers and counted off, "One, I need you to sneak around the building and see if you can find out anything useful. People talking about recent events, rumors of who or why this happened, basically anything that might be important. Two... could you please bring me some actual food? I would get it myself, but someone doesn't want me to leave."
Stuttering a guilty apology, the Hyuga formed a strange hand sign before erupting in a cloud of smoke. Once the smoke cleared, she fled the room without a word, leaving a perfect copy leaning against the bed. Curious about what just happened, Louise reached out to the doppelganger and tilted her head in confusion as it not only didn't react in the slightest, but her hand went straight through it.
What's the point in a copy that doesn't do anything? That must be the most pathetic wind-clone I've ever heard of. I didn't even know Hinata was a wind mage! I may be useless at those kinds of spells, but maybe Cattleya can help her. M-Karin was a wind mage after all, surely she passed her knowledge onto the daughters she actually liked.
Trying not to acknowledge the sudden upsurge of resentment those thoughts caused, Louise started tapping away at the device in her hands... but where would she find the most reliable information?
Choose 1:
[] Parahumans Online
[] the Brockton Daily Post
[] Channel 3 ne- Is that a cat? Why is it on that guy's head? Silly cat.
After Hinata returns:
[] Stay at the hospital and use the terrifying spider's web to work on The List.
[] Your dress is missing and the hospital owes you money, retrieve them!
[] Turn invisible and go to the
[] Study magic
[] Be proactive! Hunt down these 'Undersiders' before they can hunt you.
[] Write in.
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A/N: Choose as many options for the second vote as you want so long as they don't conflict with each other.
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Barnes
Laughing on the outside, laughing on the inside
- Location
- Definetly not my parent's basement
[X] Channel 3 ne- Is that a cat? Why is it on that guy's head? Silly cat.
[X] Stay at the hospital and use the terrifying spider's web to work on The List.
[X] Your dress is missing and the hospital owes you money, retrieve them!
[X] Study magic
[X] Stay at the hospital and use the terrifying spider's web to work on The List.
[X] Your dress is missing and the hospital owes you money, retrieve them!
[X] Study magic
- Location
- Other side
[X] Channel 3 ne- Is that a cat? Why is it on that guy's head? Silly cat.
[X] Your dress is missing and the hospital owes you money, retrieve them!
[X] Turn invisible and go to the antique shop lair.
[X] Study magic
Normally the idea of being treated like a child would throw Louise into a rage. She's either maturing as a character, or those were nefarious mind bending nanomachines. We're going to regret not prematurely purging them, aren't we?
[X] Your dress is missing and the hospital owes you money, retrieve them!
[X] Turn invisible and go to the antique shop lair.
[X] Study magic
Normally the idea of being treated like a child would throw Louise into a rage. She's either maturing as a character, or those were nefarious mind bending nanomachines. We're going to regret not prematurely purging them, aren't we?
- Location
- Down Under
[X] Channel 3 ne- Is that a cat? Why is it on that guy's head? Silly cat.
- [X] Stay at the hospital and use the terrifying spider's web to work on The List.
- [X] Your dress is missing and the hospital owes you money, retrieve them!
- [X] Study magic
- - -
We really should get around into gathering items for status cures sometimes soon (not for the commoners but for our own personal stock).
I believe we are.
- [X] Stay at the hospital and use the terrifying spider's web to work on The List.
- [X] Your dress is missing and the hospital owes you money, retrieve them!
- [X] Study magic
- - -
We really should get around into gathering items for status cures sometimes soon (not for the commoners but for our own personal stock).
I believe we are.
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PieceThruWar
Not an eldritch abomination
- Location
- The Server Farm
That's irrelevant because this time it was her idea to use her childish appearance to her advantage. It may be annoying and degrading, but she isn't going to explode someone for thinking what she wants them to.
[X] Channel 3 ne- Is that a cat? Why is it on that guy's head? Silly cat.
[X] Stay at the hospital and use the terrifying spider's web to work on The List.
[X] Stay at the hospital and use the terrifying spider's web to work on The List.