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Deep fried pineapple is quite good too.
Alchemical Solutions [Worm/Exalted] Thread 23: We Wonder Where Who Wanders When Watchers Wane
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Evil Atlas
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The most applicable reference I can remember for her tastes is this:
And honestly, while that tells me she'd probably be open to it, it's not conclusive. I'd vote for the middle ground, where (assuming the pizza is well-made) she's perfectly willing to eat it, but isn't gushing over it. It's just another pretty good pizza. Unless she makes it, in which case it basically has a Master rating.
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And honestly, while that tells me she'd probably be open to it, it's not conclusive. I'd vote for the middle ground, where (assuming the pizza is well-made) she's perfectly willing to eat it, but isn't gushing over it. It's just another pretty good pizza. Unless she makes it, in which case it basically has a Master rating.
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sainen
Elder Lich
a really good Ham and pineapple Pizza is sweet(pineapple) and savory(meat, herbs in the tomato sauce, the crust) , so it sounds right up her alley.
And thus it's pretty conclusive.
After caramelization theres going to be zero sour, decently sweet and very savory Mmm.
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As someone who prefers tea to coffee and likes sweet and savory foods but can't stand anything spicy (although, unlike Taylor, I'm perfectly fine with sour) but, as previously mentioned, strongly dislikes cooked pineapple, I feel the need to say it's not conclusive.
Not really.
The Protectorate used to have a program to handle precisely situations like this: MIRIS, which supported rogues.
It's been largely downsized for various reasons.
In it's place they basically enroll everyone they can get on the Protectorate's rolls:
If you are someone who doesn't really trust the government not to pressure you into service, (see the terms of service of the US military reserve)Ballpark figure by Wildbow said:
not hooking up with the fuzz seems like a good idea. Because while it's not official PRT policy to strongarm people, I'm sure there are stories about individual officials pushing the envelope as far as they think they can get away with.
For example, see the interaction between Tagg and Dinah in canon.
Given that Taylor was involved in meaningful, extended interaction with mortals(Colin, Riley, Accord, Martin, Piggot, hostages), should this have been a concern though?
Yes.
I don't really see Taylor with food prejudices any longer, even if she previously had them. At least not regarding food she had a hand in making.
After all, she made edible bugs as a prank, and that was before her Omnitools got upgraded.
That said, canon has been quoted suggesting she liked sweet and savory foods. Which is pretty conclusively in favor of pineapple lovers.
Can't see why she wouldn't. Chicken and pineapple is life.
Can't imagine how people stomach anchovies on pizza though; it's the only time I almost didn't finish my purchase.
Might not necessarily be their idea.
Bastard Son is a big swinging di....member of the Elite. And the Elite are more or less cellular, with broad lattitude between divisions, just with Uppermost as senior peer. He doesn't take many orders from other people, just suggestions. Think of how the American Mafia is run; it's controlled by a group of peers, not by a single boss
The Commission (mafia) - Wikipedia
So yeah, there might be multiple agendas in play; some might want him to expand, some might want him to come a cropper.
Alchemicals are not exactly typical of other Exalts.
Their physiology is explicitly different. Y'know, they don't age, don't need to breathe, and won't die of starvation, and are born as adults.
And the text of the Alchemical charm Champion Network Node treats Alchemical memory as accessible as computer memory.
That said, Eidetic Memory is a canon merit in Scroll of Heroes. Designed for organics, I think.
Note that I'm no apologist for organized crime, and don't have an organized idea of how the Elite work here.
But this is what we know of the Elite:
They don't necessarily take control of parahumans for crime, they take control of crime in order to get control of parahumans. It's as much an ideological thing now as it is a profit-driven thing. After they got screwed by Congress, there is some rationale there.
For example, this what is WB said about Agnes Court:
It's a very broad scale.Discord said:
Canary is probably in the jurisdiction of one of the more legit people.
Bastard Son allegedly bases out of Las Vegas, which has gotten increasingly bare-knuckled with Strangers and Thinkers out for a payday.
Not that Las Vegas hasn't always been a mob town.
Fair enough.
I quote:
I'm not saying it's Cauldron, but it could be Cauldron.
Either as part of building their profile on the Assembly, or putting a troublesome but potentially useful parahuman in geographical proximity for us to perform percussive rehabilitation work, or even as their helping us by giving other villain factions in the area something else to worry about other than the PRT while we spend effort rebuilding; the Elite are usually a stabilizing force.
After all, Accord was a longtime Cauldron contractor. Taylor knows they had dealings after he mentioned the Coil situation.
I would not actually be surprised to find that one of Canary's favors to Cauldron might be involved in what record company she signed up to.
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Point of order: INT + LORE is Academic Knowledge.
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Pointing this out because, given as Saki is going to end up with high Lore due to the needs of her shard, you might want to calibrate accordingly.
I can't find explicit evidence of Alchemical memories being perfect; just circumstantial, in the way elder Alchemicals use their own humanscale avatars, and in the fluff for the Alchemical computer charms. Whether they can actually access the memories casually is a different matter, I suppose.
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Evil Atlas
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I just didn't want to say it's conclusive because while we know she likes sweet food and savory food, she may not like them mixed, which is what pineapple pizza is. So it could still go either way.
@Gromweld
As the Twins remember where they are on vehicles, all you have to do is carry a vehicle with you that they have been on before, and they can find their way to you at any time. A vehicle in this case can mean anything from a pagoda/rickshaw to a car to a train carriage to an aircraft/dropship.
Taking Saki to an Endbringer fight then becomes a matter of sending a Dragonship she's been on before, and then making a phone call, at which point she teleports aboard, and teleports somewhere else in line of sight six seconds later. Or, if you want to be more dramatic, air-dropping a personnel pod into a battlefield, and then she emerges with Grasp, and promptly starts teleporting people in.
Alternatively, for Sakura, it means every major Estasian resource expedition will have a vehicle she's familiar with. Multiple collapsible rickshaws.
Jump in every couple of days for a check-in and supplies. Or if they have a sorcerer/someone who can send messages over distances, the moment they run into opposition, they send a message and she ports in reinforcements.
Allows them to deploy and maintain multiple resource expeditions at the same time while keeping a military force back in the cities.
Shard-hack:
As the Twins remember where they are on vehicles, all you have to do is carry a vehicle with you that they have been on before, and they can find their way to you at any time. A vehicle in this case can mean anything from a pagoda/rickshaw to a car to a train carriage to an aircraft/dropship.
Taking Saki to an Endbringer fight then becomes a matter of sending a Dragonship she's been on before, and then making a phone call, at which point she teleports aboard, and teleports somewhere else in line of sight six seconds later. Or, if you want to be more dramatic, air-dropping a personnel pod into a battlefield, and then she emerges with Grasp, and promptly starts teleporting people in.
Alternatively, for Sakura, it means every major Estasian resource expedition will have a vehicle she's familiar with. Multiple collapsible rickshaws.
Jump in every couple of days for a check-in and supplies. Or if they have a sorcerer/someone who can send messages over distances, the moment they run into opposition, they send a message and she ports in reinforcements.
Allows them to deploy and maintain multiple resource expeditions at the same time while keeping a military force back in the cities.
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Surprise Evocat is probably a little broken, yes.
Gromweld
Learning By Mistake
We all learned a little bit about each other! I count this as a win.
I'd forgotten this, so nice work finding this reference! Seems fairly conclusive, so for our story Taylor is at least not opposed to pineapple on pizza. Given that she can effectively make even a glass of water with a slice of lemon in it a spiritual experience, Taylor wouldn't turn down a Hawaiian pizza if she herself had made it.
Kinzey: "It's just like in my Japanese annie-mays!"
Hey, I'm not knocking that the idea that Protectorate/PRT membership isn't for everyone, I'm just shedding light on Taylor's current mindset: "THE APOCALYPSE IS HERE, EVERYONE IS NEEDED IN THE FIGHT." Paige has a power that could be extremely useful for helping maintain order as things get more chaotic, so Taylor is frustrated that she's not only wasting her potential but also potentially endangering civilians with her reckless/untrained/unexplored power usage.
Remember: you can only lose a single point of Clarity in a 24-hour period through mortal interaction.
Ah, fair. However, that calls out even more the fact that Alchemicals don't have perfect memory: Eidetic or Photographic memory would definitely be something to call out in the description of Alchemical physiological quirks.
Since Autochthon was designing the Exaltations for humans, Alchemicals should generally be treated as human-like as possible except when explicitly called out in the rules. Were I running a normal game, as a GM I'd say that the merit would be purchasable by Alchemicals as well.
You spoiled my surprise. Oh well.
Oops.
Blame Agents of Shield, which was on last night as I was negotiating the living room.
I'll be more circumspect next time I have a brainwave.
Gromweld
Learning By Mistake
Regarding the full chapter... make a new thread? Or just keep this thread until the story ends?
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We must reach Z!
But possibly make the new thread after the arc ends?
RoninSword
Sky God
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You mean when the arc ends, not the story, yes?
It just seems like there is actually quite a bit more of the whole story to go.
It just seems like there is actually quite a bit more of the whole story to go.
This scene specifically:
Seems like the sort of thing a Siege Pagoda might be involved in, before being joined by his principal.
Extra points if he's humming Ride of the Valkyries on his way down.
As for the question? Finish the arc, and then start a new thread. Tradition!
Unless it becomes too much of a bother, of course.
Gromweld
Learning By Mistake
I am angry that I am stuck on this last part, and keep getting interrupted by work so I can't quite finish it yet.
However, I will make my commitment here, just so you know I mean business: My new PS4 Pro arrives tomorrow, and I will not touch it to play the new God of War until this chapter is done.
If you want to start discussion for the upcoming vote, one of the options will be whether we stick to the deal with the Elite, or go hard and try to root them out. Worth noting is that Director Uriel is ambivalent, as he understands the upper-brass of the PRT being somewhat fine with the Elite helping keep villain populations in check... but since it's Bastard Son, he's not very keen having this specific Elite cell in his city.
In the meantime, have this one-line blurb from the final part of the chapter:
[INDIGESTION]
+1 XP for the Assembly if someone guesses what's going on there (before I post the Chapter). One guess per person. It's probably not what you first think.
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Shouldn't Uriel know that BS is part of a roaming cell, and that he stays only to clear out the local villains before another cell moves in?
There are reputational benefits for keeping one's word, and being known for keeping one's word.
And it's not like Philly hasn't tolerated some rather detestable gangs before; see the Street Kings.
Of course, our deal only covers a week, and Aisha is unleashed on a hapless planet in three days.
Plus, cross the line and get the Moonsilver dropped on you in short order.
Probably not Vision of Vengeance, who was the last person to give Iris indigestion.
So Iris ate something.
I'll make a wild guess at the swap of Rhode Island/Earth Savage having somehow accelerated the Essence draw from Autobot's space, filling Iris up faster than anticipated. Hence the indigestion.
And it's not like Philly hasn't tolerated some rather detestable gangs before; see the Street Kings.
Of course, our deal only covers a week, and Aisha is unleashed on a hapless planet in three days.
Plus, cross the line and get the Moonsilver dropped on you in short order.
And I was about to hazard a guess of bad pizza /jk
Probably not Vision of Vengeance, who was the last person to give Iris indigestion.
So Iris ate something.
I'll make a wild guess at the swap of Rhode Island/Earth Savage having somehow accelerated the Essence draw from Autobot's space, filling Iris up faster than anticipated. Hence the indigestion.
Barnes
Laughing on the outside, laughing on the inside
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Would that be Iris, commenting on the time he 'nommed Taylor back in chapter 8.7?
Okibruez
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RoninSword
Sky God
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- Canada
I will be quite upset if Iris spends his accumulated charge again.
lancelot
Completely worth it
My guess is Ball Boy eating something that didn't agree with him.
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I'm wondering if this is Lord Grasp, though he doesn't tend to use all-caps or brackets. Still, it might be something to do with Saki, especially if her prison-charm gets an usual workout.
