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A Finely Honed Blade [Worm/Kara no Kyoukai | Garden of Sinners]

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Does that mean, if the correct circumstances are met, Taylor could "accidentally" mind-whammy the Slaughterhouse 9 right from beneath Jacky boy?

Not likely to happen, I know, but the thought is funny.
 
ensou said:
QA is Best Shard.

...No, but really. There's a reason that it was the last shard to be released by Zion, and one of the largest and most crippled ones. It's because it's so important. Hell, it was what Zion used to organize his shards, and once he tossed it away he couldn't reconfigure any of them.

QA excels at what it's doing here, and I'd argue it's even closer to the true purpose of the shard than Taylor's canon power was. Broadcast simply communicates and projects. QA organizes, she administrates. There's no comparison.

Granted, Jack Slash got an offensive power from Broadcast --his knives--, and had Taylor not gotten her Eyes they'd be in totally different categories. But yeah, Taylor's definitely the stronger one in terms of mind-fuckery and recruiting ability.
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And with that comment, one of my dreams has been fulfilled, now if the paladin trying to destroy me is successful I may perhaps not go after him and kill him after coming back from the dead, again.
 
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Taylor-chan's Funhouse of Friendship by globalwarmth
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    • crystalwatcher said:
    Does that mean, if the correct circumstances are met, Taylor could "accidentally" mind-whammy the Slaughterhouse 9 right from beneath Jacky boy?

    Not likely to happen, I know, but the thought is funny.
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    Taylor-chan's Funhouse of friendship.

    Cherish:

    "NOPE, nope, nope, nope! I left dad for precisely this reason!"

    Crawler:

    "hey Taylor, can we go fight some more?"
    "but you don't regenerate from my cuts! you just grow around them, that cant be good."
    "it hurts so good"

    Mannequin:

    (carefully combing Taylor's hair)
    "not that I don't appreciate the gesture, but when did you have the time to design a beauty salon arm attachment and the self replenishing tea kettle?"
    (clicks and clacks as he nods with his head just so)
    "Yeah I bet your daughters would have liked them too"

    Bonesaw

    ( sobbing noices while big sister holds her and sings a lullaby)

    Shatterbird:

    "hey T wanna go to the sandcastle competition in the beach?"

    "You're on!"

    Burnscar:

    (drinking hot chocolate by the fireplace)
    "you know, this is the first time I've sat by the fireplace and actually felt... warm inside since the asylum. Thank you"

    "Lets make it more often then"

    Jack:

    [ded]
     
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    • Hi I'm somewhat new here and I must say good story so far.:)

    Question how do you think the QA shard is reacting to the MeoDp and how do you think Zion will react to Taylor? (after all Taylor is an avatar of an even greater entity, The Root.)
     
    When Broadcast Met QA by UltimateGrr
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    • >.>
    <.<

    I regret nothing. You, however, may soon be regretting everything.

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    Some time in the distant future, when Jack and Taylor meet.

    In the depths of space, two chunks of interdimensional space whale had something of a conversation while their hosts battled it out on the mirror of the world below them. The conversation involved depths of meaning no human observer could ever hope to truly fathom, but if they could, the conversation would have gone something like this...

    BROADCAST: Yo, Administration! Long time no see! Finally got a host, I see.
    ADMIN: Yup, and my host is totally gonna fuck yours up!
    BROADCAST: Ha! Mine's been at this game a long time Admin. He's not gonna go down to some two -oh hold on a second, need to use my function here. GO GO GADGET EXTENDO-BLADE! Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah. Jack's been at this for years Admin. Your girl is just another bump in the road for him. How's she gonna beat old Jackie boy?
    ADMIN: I have no idea. AND IT'S AWESOME!
    BROADCAST: ...wut?
    ADMIN: No, no. Here watch this. Watch real close now...You watching? 'Cause you seriously -
    BROADCAST: I'm watching, I'm wat- hold on again. GO GO GADGET EXTENDOOOOOOHHHH MY GOD WHAT THE FLIPPING FUCK NUGGETS WAS THAT?
    ADMIN: I HAVE NO IDEA! BUT IT WAS AWESOME!
    BROADCAST: THAT WAS NOT AWESOME! THAT WAS THE VERY OPPOSITE OF AWESOME! I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN MORE PAIN THAN I AM IN RIGHT NOW! NOW WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?!
    ADMIN: I HAVE NO IDEA! BUT-BUT I HAVE NO IDEA HOW SHE DOES THAT, AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW SHE DOES THAT, AND NOBODY ELSE I TALKED TO HAS ANY IDEA, WHICH MEANS MY HOST HAS SOMETHING NEW, WHICH MEANS SHE'S AWESOME, AND THE NEW STUFF IS AWESOME, AND I'M TOTALLY AWESOME FOR MAKING HER MY HOST!
    BROADCAST: I'D BE MORE HAPPY FOR YOU IF I WASN'T IN SO MUCH PAIN RIGHT NOW! And now Jack's dead. Fuck. Where the fuck am I gonna find another host like him? *frustrated sigh* Just...just fuck you, Admin. Just fuck you. I'm seriously regretting that I came over to say hi.
     
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    • UltimateGrr said:
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    Aaaaand now I'm imagining Shard interactions in Essence. Thank you. Just...thank you.
    Broadcast: *Poke, poke* Hey.
    QA: ...
    Broadcast: *Poke, poke* Hey, Admin.
    QA: ...
    Negotiator: What is happening, my people? Negotiator is in the ha-ouse!
    QA: ...
    Broadcast: Oh hey, Negotiator.
    Negotiator: Broadcast, my main man, long time no see!
    Broadcast: *Poke, poke*
    Negotiator: Eh...what're you doing?
    Broadcast: Administrator is ignoring me. *Poke, poke* Hey! Admin! Why are you ignoring me?
    Negotiator: I'd ignore ya, too, if you were pokin' me that much.
    Broadcast: S'not just me, though. Every [Shard] I've talked to says Admin's being unusually quiet. *Poke* HEY! ADMINISTRATOR!
    Negotiator: Lemme try. *Ping* Hey, Admin! Been a while, eh? I know our hosts are besties, but I've been busy reaping some pretty glorious data, so I haven't been talkin' to ya. My bad.
    QA: ...
    Negotiator: Hello! Admin? Anyone in there?
    Broadcast: See?
    Negotiator: Maybe she's just really focused. I mean, have you seen her host? Totally tearing it up!
    Broadcast: I dunno, though. Doesn't she seem a little...different to you?
    Negotiator: Now that ya mention it, I think she's a little...redder than I remember. Yo, Admin, you been experimenting with electromagnetic refraction? I wouldn't mind being purple myself.
    Broadcast: I'm fine how I am. I'll let my host do the painting thing.
    Negotiator: Stick in the mud.
    QA: ...SaVE...tHe WOrlD...
    Negotiator: Dafuq?!
    Broadcast: I think I'm gonna be sick.
    QA: PrOTecT...MANkiNd...
    Negotiator: Whoa! How did she even...?
    Broadcast: Jack, turn around! Jack, RUN! RUN, Jack, YOU IDIOT!
    QA: ELIMINATE ALL THREATS TO HUMANITY'S SURVIVAL.
    Negotiator: What is this I don't even!
    Broadcast: It's! It's reaching through the gap!
    QA: MONGRELS! You dare lay claim to the King's people? Unforgivable!
    Negotiator: Th-that's impossible! Where the hell are you even connecting to?! It's like a giant...!
    QA: [VALHALLA]
    Negotiator: ...Oh. Oh, wow. Admin, how did you...?
    QA: [CONVERSION. DEFECTION. ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US.]
    Negotiator: I...need to go iron my dog. Talktoyoulater, okbye!
    That wound up a bit more serious than I meant it to halfway through. Then again, Essence is meant to be a very serious story. As evidenced by Sophia's Bad End within the first ten chapters.
     
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    globalwarmth said:
    what. where. link?
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    An Essence of Silver and Steel. Basically, Alaya (aka "The Red Shadow") coops QA and turns her into a gigantic, pseudo-Grail when Taylor hits her trigger event, giving Taylor access to the powers and Noble Phantasms of every hero on the Throne of Heroes. The oneshot is in my signature, but the full story only exists as a pair of snippets in the ideas thread. I'm still stuck a bit, on account of never having read Worm myself, so without assistance from a wise and knowledgeable lorekeeper, it'll take a while to go anywhere.

    EDIT: On the other hand, here is where you can find some more info. Some of the ideas I spitball around won't be used, and some will be altered in the final product, but it should be worth a gander, if you just want to see what I'm talking about. The Sophia Bad End section is actually already posted there in its mostly-finished form.
     
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    ensou said:
    I can already say that Jack Slash and the S9 aren't going to be a thing
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    Aww, really? There goes that Omake idea that i'll never get around to writing.

    It mostly just involves Jack showing up at Taylor's house in the morning eating cereal.
     
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    Since Taylor's QA is more potent than Jack's Broadcast, what are the chances that people, specifically the PRT and Protectorate, will notice Taylor's Master/Thinker power? I mean, Jack has been active for years and despite countless encounters and thinkers going through every bit of information they haven't been able to notice that he has a Thinker/Master power. Another thing, can the QA affect Alexandria? It's been a while since I read Worm, but I do remember that since her mental faculties are offloaded to her shard, she is essentially immune to Master powers such as the Simurgh. In which case, Taylor negotiating with her might prove very problematic.
     
    blitzxs said:
    Since Taylor's QA is more potent than Jack's Broadcast, what are the chances that people, specifically the PRT and Protectorate, will notice Taylor's Master/Thinker power?
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    If it works anything like Jack, there isn't a way to detect it, unless maybe Glaistig Ulaine gives some esoteric explanation you're able to make sense of.

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    Another thing, can the QA affect Alexandria?
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    It depends, if it works by enhancing Taylor herself, yes it would work on Alexandria (though Alexandria would have a good chance of resisting). If it requires messing directly with Alexandria's brain, then no, it wouldn't.
     
    blitzxs said:
    Since Taylor's QA is more potent than Jack's Broadcast, what are the chances that people, specifically the PRT and Protectorate, will notice Taylor's Master/Thinker power?
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    Little to none. To them, it would just look like someone building a really well-organized group of people. If they even give her enough attention to look at the matter. Investigating and worrying about the S9 vs investigating and worrying about the new-ish ABB are kinda on totally different scales, yeah.

    Lisa's only noticed Taylor's empathic sense so far, and she's a pretty good Thinker. And it was only because Taylor was able to tell what she was feeling even while she was hiding it completely.

    So uh. Yeah. QA's a subtle, sneaky bitch.

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    Another thing, can the QA affect Alexandria?
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    Nope. She's working like the Simurgh here, messing with brain chemistry. Taylor would be super uncomfortable with Alexandria, cause she'd feel like this giant black hole where a person should be (and where she can feel one position-wise), but isn't. Much worse than her reaction to Regent and his pseudo/conditioned sociopathy.
     
    Noticing the mental influence is likely to be made more difficult by virtue of the social Thinker aspect of her power. She's got a bunch of fanatically devoted friends, but that makes sense because she's got super best friend powers that help her be a really good friend. If that's reciprocated, then that isn't weird. QA just happens to be pushing at this from both ends.

    ensou said:
    Nope. She's working like the Simurgh here, messing with brain chemistry. Taylor would be super uncomfortable with Alexandria, cause she'd feel like this giant black hole where a person should be (and where she can feel one position-wise), but isn't. Much worse than her reaction to Regent and his pseudo/conditioned sociopathy.
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    What I got from this is that Alexandria is a bitch because she's immune to the Power of Friendship.
     
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