A Conjuror's journey
ChildishChimera
A umbran summon
- Location
- New York
[x] Offer her to undergo some gene modification first. She seems interested in the tech, and it will make her more powerful
-[X] Depth Perception
-[X] Bio-electric Skin
-[X] Adaptive Bone Marrow
-[x] Study her condition during her treatment
We still haven't taught her how to fight off mental threats having her get angry won't help
-[X] Depth Perception
-[X] Bio-electric Skin
-[X] Adaptive Bone Marrow
-[x] Study her condition during her treatment
We still haven't taught her how to fight off mental threats having her get angry won't help
PieceThruWar
Not an eldritch abomination
- Location
- The Server Farm
Didn't notice this part of the edit until now. Did you mean vivisecting aliens or the daedra, because they'd probably be Ok with either.
There are multiple reasons the Daedra haven't overrun Nirn(the elder scrolls planet.) or Mundus(the realm that Nirn is in.). First off is that at one point in time they were actually free to do as they pleased on Nirn and it was a terrible time for the mortals that didn't worship them and even the worshipers were constantly at odds with one another due to conflicting faith and Daedric squabbles. With all Daedra being free to do as they liked, none could exert full control over Mundus due to the others impeding their efforts, this is what is happening between Hircine and Mehrunes Dagon in Halkeginia because of your actions. Eventually one of the human slaves owned by the Heartland High elves, also known as Ayleids, came along and decided to revolt. Her name was Alessia and with the help of Morihaus the demi-god forefather of Minotaurs, Pelinal Whitestrake the insane(possibly time-travelling cyborg) knight with the most extreme hatred of elves ever, and Akatosh the Dragon god of time, she eventually managed to unite mankind into the first empire. Akatosh aided her by making her dragon-born and arranging a covenant so that as long as one of the dragon-born wore the red diamond(aka CHIM-al adabal) and maintained the 'dragon-fires', he would prevent large-scale daedric interference in Mundus.
Unseelie
(Verified True Fae)
- Location
- Tír fo Thuinn
I read it as vivisecting the daedra, didn't even consider the other option. (Do we have any living aliens?)
PieceThruWar
Not an eldritch abomination
- Location
- The Server Farm
Not at the moment, Hyperbeam and plasma covered wreckage isn't very conducive to survival. You do still have that suspicious woman that was captured in Spain.
- Location
- St. Petersburg
Er, what was that about?
Spain was our first mission, but the only woman I remember was the one that was ripped from the inside by a Chryssalid. I don't think that can be called a 'capture'.
PieceThruWar
Not an eldritch abomination
- Location
- The Server Farm
There was a woman making a trade with a Thin man. You found her when you decided to chase the fleeing sectoid.
Consenting Patients? Malpractice? Never Heard Of It.
PieceThruWar
Not an eldritch abomination
- Location
- The Server Farm
Looking down at your apprentice, you grin. "I see that you have taken an interest in Moira's work."
Completely forgetting your previous remark, Louise's eyes widen as twists her way out of your grip. "What? No, I can to check...er..." Looking over her shoulder as Espinoza's tank is cycled to the other side of the room where a group of scientists gather behind a privacy screen. Gulping, she nods vigorously. "Yes, It's just so very... fascinating... this Djinn stuff."
Holding back your smirk at her forcing herself to agree, as if you couldn't figure out her true reason for being here, you pretend to believe her. "Good, good... Well then, I was going to do it first, but considering how interested you are, I suppose I can let you have the honor."
"Wha-?" "Excuse the sudden change of plans, Moira, but I'd like to allow my apprentice here to take my place this time." You say, ignoring the confused pinkette. Vahlen gives you a questioning glance before shrugging and entering a new set of information into the computer.
"I didn't agree to this!"
"I suppose that's fine." The geneticist says as an empty pod opens up. "Though considering her size and age, I won't allow her to take the skeletal reinforcement mod. It's simply too risky to apply to a developing skeleton without more study and I will not have my competence questioned because of any malignancies."
Vahlen orders you out of the room and you hear Louise's indignant squawk as the doctor prepares her for the procedure. Several minutes later, you are allowed back into the room and see that your apprentice sleeping in a cylinder of orange fluid with a minimal set of clothing to protect her modesty. Giving the doctor a questioning look to mirror her own, you begin to use your limited Mysticism skills to attempt to devine the cause of the girl's affliction.
"I may not care for such frivolous things, but most countries in this world have strict laws when it comes to minors, hopefully a set of gym clothes won't cause any complications." She explains in annoyance. "Now, why was this necessary?"
Sighing, you turn your attention to the doctor. "The Commander and I believe Louise might be under outside influence."
"Mind control?" You nod. "Wonderful, I've been hoping for an opportunity like this! Perhaps a brain scan could help us understand what changes are being made by the alien's ability. I'll need to transfer the Meld chamber to the interrogation room... Raymond should be able to arrange a mobile power supply and transport system." Sucking her teeth in annoyance, she mutters, "What I wouldn't do for a chance at direct access."
Shaking your head as she devolves into mumbling and typing on her datapad, you continue your attempt to diagnose Louise. While not your best skill, you still know plenty about Mysticism that this should be a simple task. Which is why it's frustrating to you that you can't find anything wrong with the girl. If it were an Illusion effect, you could simply fortify her defense with your own or cast and absorb effect until you drained enough away to remove the mind control. The fact that you can't find any outside magicka or even changes to her mind, while not directly helpful to the situation, at least inform you that whatever is influencing her isn't constantly there or magical in origin. Not that you really thought the aliens used magic after the sectoid's attempt to control you.
Status: Healthy
Magicka: (640/650)
Choose:
[] Run the gauntlet of potential spells on her. Absorb magicka, Resist Magicka, Fortify Illusion, Banish/Dispel Daedra, Dispel Magic, Reflect, Silence, Soul Trap.
[] Let Vahlen handle it.
[] Hop in a pod for your own gene-mods.
[] Write in.
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A/N: All options have risks, as does Louise sitting in a tube of nanomachines designed for fusing things while wearing wearing clothing. I always assumed that the outfit X-com soldiers wear into the tank in game is for rating purposes, as Meld is known to fuse organic and inorganic materials even when detrimental to the patient.
Completely forgetting your previous remark, Louise's eyes widen as twists her way out of your grip. "What? No, I can to check...er..." Looking over her shoulder as Espinoza's tank is cycled to the other side of the room where a group of scientists gather behind a privacy screen. Gulping, she nods vigorously. "Yes, It's just so very... fascinating... this Djinn stuff."
Holding back your smirk at her forcing herself to agree, as if you couldn't figure out her true reason for being here, you pretend to believe her. "Good, good... Well then, I was going to do it first, but considering how interested you are, I suppose I can let you have the honor."
"Wha-?" "Excuse the sudden change of plans, Moira, but I'd like to allow my apprentice here to take my place this time." You say, ignoring the confused pinkette. Vahlen gives you a questioning glance before shrugging and entering a new set of information into the computer.
"I didn't agree to this!"
"I suppose that's fine." The geneticist says as an empty pod opens up. "Though considering her size and age, I won't allow her to take the skeletal reinforcement mod. It's simply too risky to apply to a developing skeleton without more study and I will not have my competence questioned because of any malignancies."
Vahlen orders you out of the room and you hear Louise's indignant squawk as the doctor prepares her for the procedure. Several minutes later, you are allowed back into the room and see that your apprentice sleeping in a cylinder of orange fluid with a minimal set of clothing to protect her modesty. Giving the doctor a questioning look to mirror her own, you begin to use your limited Mysticism skills to attempt to devine the cause of the girl's affliction.
"I may not care for such frivolous things, but most countries in this world have strict laws when it comes to minors, hopefully a set of gym clothes won't cause any complications." She explains in annoyance. "Now, why was this necessary?"
Sighing, you turn your attention to the doctor. "The Commander and I believe Louise might be under outside influence."
"Mind control?" You nod. "Wonderful, I've been hoping for an opportunity like this! Perhaps a brain scan could help us understand what changes are being made by the alien's ability. I'll need to transfer the Meld chamber to the interrogation room... Raymond should be able to arrange a mobile power supply and transport system." Sucking her teeth in annoyance, she mutters, "What I wouldn't do for a chance at direct access."
Shaking your head as she devolves into mumbling and typing on her datapad, you continue your attempt to diagnose Louise. While not your best skill, you still know plenty about Mysticism that this should be a simple task. Which is why it's frustrating to you that you can't find anything wrong with the girl. If it were an Illusion effect, you could simply fortify her defense with your own or cast and absorb effect until you drained enough away to remove the mind control. The fact that you can't find any outside magicka or even changes to her mind, while not directly helpful to the situation, at least inform you that whatever is influencing her isn't constantly there or magical in origin. Not that you really thought the aliens used magic after the sectoid's attempt to control you.
Status: Healthy
Magicka: (640/650)
Choose:
[] Run the gauntlet of potential spells on her. Absorb magicka, Resist Magicka, Fortify Illusion, Banish/Dispel Daedra, Dispel Magic, Reflect, Silence, Soul Trap.
[] Write in.
[] Let Vahlen handle it.
[] Give her permission to probe Louise's brain.
[] Hop in a pod for your own gene-mods.
[] Write in.
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A/N: All options have risks, as does Louise sitting in a tube of nanomachines designed for fusing things while wearing wearing clothing. I always assumed that the outfit X-com soldiers wear into the tank in game is for rating purposes, as Meld is known to fuse organic and inorganic materials even when detrimental to the patient.
- Location
- Dual citizen of SV&SB
....Maybe they are made of used up meld?
WyrmofFrost
One whose Muse delights in being coy
- Location
- USA
- Pronouns
- He/His/Him
lore as in canon stuff or fanfic stuff? I can recommend a great fanfic series that takes itself seriously for the most part but don't know much about any actual professional novels.
Cybandeath
Lord Darkness, and Representative of Mad Science
- Location
- The United States of America
[X] Let Vahlen handle it.
-[X] Give her permission to probe Louise's brain.
--[X] Hop in a pod for your own gene-mods.
-[X] Give her permission to probe Louise's brain.
--[X] Hop in a pod for your own gene-mods.
- Location
- St. Petersburg
Eh, if she can magic away extra limbs or whatever side effects her spells cause, she could handle a set of gym clothes melded with her skin.
As for the scan... if it isn't always there, could we implant something that would allow us to trace the moment they contact Louise, and hijack the connection? If they don't use magic, they might not be prepared for this either. Might be worth it to run the idea through Vahlen...
As for the scan... if it isn't always there, could we implant something that would allow us to trace the moment they contact Louise, and hijack the connection? If they don't use magic, they might not be prepared for this either. Might be worth it to run the idea through Vahlen...
Unseelie
(Verified True Fae)
- Location
- Tír fo Thuinn
Couldn't they just put something over the glass instead of directly over her skin?
PieceThruWar
Not an eldritch abomination
- Location
- The Server Farm
That would have been an option if she had known why you suddenly decided to have Louise go first and had time to have such a system made, instead she was forced to make due with what was available. Military personnel are usually less body shy after basic training, meaning a privacy screen on each pod wouldn't be considered a necessity when their limited resources were being used to build the things. There is also the fact that you would want to visually confirm that nothing is going wrong when incorporating such a new procedure.
Unseelie
(Verified True Fae)
- Location
- Tír fo Thuinn
Privacy screen...
Just stick some paper over the important bits on this one pot.
- Location
- New Mexico
[x] Run the gauntlet of potential spells on her. Absorb magicka, Resist Magicka, Fortify Illusion, Banish/Dispel Daedra, Dispel Magic, Reflect, Silence, Soul Trap.
-[x] If they don't use magic, they might not be prepared for it:
--[x] after scanning her, lay a trap/ward in her mind for them, if possible.
--[x] if you can do it, make it so you can control them, but you'll need a "fuse" so they can't overwhelm your mind.
-[x] Allow Vahlen to set up remote sensors; they were able to detect your magika, so they might be able to detect the aliens's remote communication.
-[x] Talk with Cattleya; make sure she knows about Louise's abrupt indisposition.
-[x] If they don't use magic, they might not be prepared for it:
--[x] after scanning her, lay a trap/ward in her mind for them, if possible.
--[x] if you can do it, make it so you can control them, but you'll need a "fuse" so they can't overwhelm your mind.
-[x] Allow Vahlen to set up remote sensors; they were able to detect your magika, so they might be able to detect the aliens's remote communication.
-[x] Talk with Cattleya; make sure she knows about Louise's abrupt indisposition.
ChildishChimera
A umbran summon
- Location
- New York
[X] Let Vahlen handle it.
-[X] Give her permission to probe Louise's brain.
--[X] Hop in a pod for your own gene-mods.
-[X] Give her permission to probe Louise's brain.
--[X] Hop in a pod for your own gene-mods.
nmWarden
Webcomic Glutton
- Location
- Texas
I'll take a look at anything worth recommending. Give me a link or a name.
WyrmofFrost
One whose Muse delights in being coy
- Location
- USA
- Pronouns
- He/His/Him
Xcom fics by Xabiar. He has a 3 part series still going strong on fanfiction.net. over a million words by this point. First one is called Xcom:The Hades Contingency
TwistedJester
Tired Lurker King
- Location
- Hell
[x] Run the gauntlet of potential spells on her. Absorb magicka, Resist Magicka, Fortify Illusion, Banish/Dispel Daedra, Dispel Magic, Reflect, Silence, Soul Trap.
-[x] If they don't use magic, they might not be prepared for it:
--[x] after scanning her, lay a trap/ward in her mind for them, if possible.
--[x] if you can do it, make it so you can control them, but you'll need a "fuse" so they can't overwhelm your mind.
-[x] Allow Vahlen to set up remote sensors; they were able to detect your magika, so they might be able to detect the aliens's remote communication.
-[x] Talk with Cattleya; make sure she knows about Louise's abrupt indisposition.
-[x] If they don't use magic, they might not be prepared for it:
--[x] after scanning her, lay a trap/ward in her mind for them, if possible.
--[x] if you can do it, make it so you can control them, but you'll need a "fuse" so they can't overwhelm your mind.
-[x] Allow Vahlen to set up remote sensors; they were able to detect your magika, so they might be able to detect the aliens's remote communication.
-[x] Talk with Cattleya; make sure she knows about Louise's abrupt indisposition.