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Calibration (BAHHSCQ/Sanctioned)

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ROTH963 said:
Scion is pretending to be a human, he sucks at it
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I am pretty sure at least some people think that "Totally Taylor Hebert" is human, even beyond mere momentum of assumptions. I mean, sure, at least one person thinks that she is a demon, and she sparked a bunch of antagonist infiltrator memes, and The Crafting Club is ready to accept that she is a magical princess from some magical land, and there are likely entire message boards we will never see who are absolutely certain that she is a tentacle monster, but, uhh...

Well at least I don't think that Anna sees anything inhuman about having a communications array capable of scouring nations integrated into your body? She could totally be worse at pretending to be human!
 
Aunty Shi Ping said:
I am pretty sure at least some people think that "Totally Taylor Hebert" is human, even beyond mere momentum of assumptions. I mean, sure, at least one person thinks that she is a demon, and she sparked a bunch of antagonist infiltrator memes, and The Crafting Club is ready to accept that she is a magical princess from some magical land, and there are likely entire message boards we will never see who are absolutely certain that she is a tentacle monster, but, uhh...

Well at least I don't think that Anna sees anything inhuman about having a communications array capable of scouring nations integrated into your body? She could totally be worse at pretending to be human!
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Alivaril said:
QA's nicknames granted by Valkyries include, but are not limited to: Pure-chan, Jun-chan, Junko-chan, Eldritch-chan, Chaos-chan, Witch-chan, MIC-chan, Witch of Chaos, Military-Industrial Complex, 273.15 Valkyrie Cores in a Trenchcoat, Tiny Goddess of E-War, Perfectly Human Hebert, The Final Sysadmin, and Xeno Ex Machina.
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I half-suspect that upon learning about QA's, the cycle, and vague apocalypse in the future the Valkyrie community would let out a sigh of relief and just continue trying to milk their newest cadet for useful tech. UNOMI has proven it's not as stupid or shortsighted as many authority figures.

I mean, for all most people know the cycle ends in either thousands of years or it's outright broken. Let's deal with the people shooting us in the face right now.
 
AmbiguousAngle said:
I mean, for all most people know the cycle ends in either thousands of years or it's outright broken. Let's deal with the people shooting us in the face right now.
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Or they misunderstand and think that a "cycle" is just one round of testing (which it is), and that when the "cycle" ends they kill all the participants (which they do), erase all evidence of the "cycle" (also true) (the Valks may think they rebuild/restore/renovate Hell's Hand), and find some new test subjects (correct) (read clone new people/brainwashed (or mindwiped) slaves test subjects), and start again with new resources and weapons (again true but not what they might think), repeat ad infinitum.

All technically correct (the best kind of correct) but OH SO WRONG.
And I don't think that the Valks actually know how long a "cycle" lasts, and if they ask QAylor how many "cycles" she has participated in and she says "hundreds" or maybe even "thousands".

So many chances for misunderstandings. :D
 
I understand it was an omake, that particular line just felt like it very accurately expressed the idea.

I personally consider the threadmarked apocrypha as a parallel timeline/alternate reality/(insert preferred term here).
 
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Mini-Bloopers: Valkyrie Core Kai
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    • New Calibration post should be up tomorrow or Sunday. I'll also post a new Blake Belladonna planeswalker quest (extremely tentative title: Revolution) somewhere in that window if I'm not talked out of it. It took barely any time to knock out the OP and some essential quest stuff, so I suspect that the muse might be foaming at the mouth fond of the idea. (EDIT: Quest is up. There's also another link to it on the next Sidestory.)


    "Wait, I thought this story wasn't getting any more crossovers?"

    "They're non-canonical bloopers. It's not like it counts."


    Disclaimer: This is a parody. READ THE FUNKING QUEST!

    ~

    "You're an alien!"

    "I'm an alien."

    <am i an alien?>

    "Probably!"

    ~

    "I have a kid!"

    <i'm socially awkward.>

    """""""""""""""Oh, she's adorable!"""""""""""""""

    ~

    <I'm here to help you.>

    <Aren't we enemies?>

    <Nobody watched Valkyrie Core.>

    ~

    "Dodge!"

    "HOW!?"

    ~

    "This place is boring!"

    "Is that an Antagonist pod?"

    "WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!"

    ~

    "My name is–" Monica

    "Cultist-chan!"

    Featuring Cultist-chan: The Dread Summoner​

    "My parents are dead!"

    ~

    "Taylor's Friend killed the Zero!"

    "And she's outta commission. What are the odds?"

    "Put her in... the pod."

    ~

    <Wait, am I immortal?>

    <I don't know. Let's see.>

    ~

    Valkyrie Cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...​

    "...This has how many subscribers!?"
     
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    • Sorry but I have seen so many fanfics blatantly steal jokes from TFS that this only got an aggravated sigh from me. I know this is just a silly reference but seriously, there were so many fanfics that copied DBZA dialogue and didn't even credit them for it that it now just annoys me lol.
     
    Dreameater2579 said:
    Someone give a list of crossovers
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    Er. The omake was a parody of Dragon Ball Z Kai Abridged. Calibration is just Sanctioned/BAHHSCQ.

    Zo-Kel said:
    Sorry but I have seen so many fanfics blatantly steal jokes from TFS that this only got an aggravated sigh from me. I know this is just a silly reference but seriously, there were so many fanfics that copied DBZA dialogue and didn't even credit them for it that it now just annoys me lol.
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    Nobody is holding a gun to your head and demanding that you enjoy it, mate. :p

    EDIT: Sorry, I realized after sleeping that this was rather rude of me. But yeah, bloopers tend to be hit-or-miss.

    V01DRei said:
    *Squints suspiciously*
    have you been reading 'Devourer of Worlds'?
    (Or, as I like to refer to Blake there: 'Devourer of Words')
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    Read and reread, past tense as of... jeeze, it's probably been about a year by now. I'm stockpiling chapters these days so I can binge without going through withdrawal. I like the nickname, though!

    (Highly recommend that fic/quest to anyone who hasn't read it. Hold It In is also pretty good.)

    Anyway, Blake as a choice was totally unrelated to Devourer of Worlds. Among numerous other changes compared to Ignition, the new quest will be restricted to 3 planes, which should also help with some of the past problems.

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    Alivaril said:
    "...This has how many subscribers!?"
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    Several more (people following me) as of posting the above omake, incidentally.
     
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    Carrnage said:
    Well it wouldn't be uncommon for people to just not think of subscribing (which can be done easily by clicking someone profile pic and then clicking "follow") unless reminded.
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    I figured that was it, yeah. That or people not wanting to miss out on the quest. Either way, I'm not complaining!

    In other news, an Episode Preview bit that didn't fit the theme of the bloopers:



    For all the human knew, QA could've been discussing human-chosen model organisms such as mice.

    ~ ~ ~​

    Doctor Angelica Rayne was glad that Taylor seemed more comfortable discussing her past via a secured channel instead of standard speech. It made it easier for the therapist to conceal her horror. They needed to find these people and try them for all the human rights violations ever. In fact, the UN should revise their list of human rights because Hell's Hand seemed to have found a number of new and terrible methods of violating rights that hadn't been codified yet.
     
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    Why are you starting yet another story? I mean, it's your decision, but I can't help but see it as a bad idea. Your most popular stories thus far have plenty of potential, but they'd really benefit from faster pacing or more regular updating. Fast, consistent updating helps stories and quests grow a heck of a lot.
     
    Alivaril said:
    New Calibration post should be up tomorrow or Sunday. I'll also post a new Blake Belladonna planeswalker quest (extremely tentative title: Revolution) somewhere in that window if I'm not talked out of it. It took barely any time to knock out the OP and some essential quest stuff, so I suspect that the muse might be foaming at the mouth fond of the idea.
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    Completely out of the left field but now I'm wondering how would QA + Taylor would react to the world of "Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town" and Lloyd Belladonna crazy antics or even making a scenario where Menagerie in RWBY is the Last Dungeon Boonies and all the Shenanigans would arise from it.

    (Totally not because I saw the word Belladonna, Totally!)
     
    SaltyWaffles said:
    Why are you starting yet another story? I mean, it's your decision, but I can't help but see it as a bad idea. Your most popular stories thus far have plenty of potential, but they'd really benefit from faster pacing or more regular updating. Fast, consistent updating helps stories and quests grow a heck of a lot.
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    To be blunt: because I've been having an awful lot of trouble working on those even when I try to force it, to say nothing of the absolute hell that is trying to rewrite further content after an attempt to force it leads to garbage writing or something otherwise unusable. That's part of why you frequently keep seeing me continue to update Calibration even with partially finished INW updates, or vise-versa—it's just plain easier and more enjoyable to work on some projects at certain times.

    (I actually have partially done updates for most or all of my stories, but finishing them... ;-; )

    In other words, I figure that starting something new is a better choice than letting this multi-month semi-hiatus continue.

    EDIT: I've been sitting on the 'Walker idea since New Years, and it hasn't exactly gotten less intrusive. I finally gave in today to see if humoring it would make it GTFO like happens with some of the stuff in my snippet thread. Instead, I managed to get the OP out and a ton of normally-painful quest background parts done in just a few hours.

    EDIT 2: Also, GMing and writing are learning experiences and I feel like I can do better. <.< >.>
     
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    Alivaril said:
    (Highly recommend that fic/quest to anyone who hasn't read it. Hold It In is also pretty good.)[\spoiler]
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    Is it worth reading yet another Jaune pov? Cause I'll be honest, while I'm always looking for more RWBY fics, I've kinda grown to loathe the guy.

    Also, well enough reason to start something new. Just...well, I doubt anyone has to remind you of how much time and energy ends up going into QMing a quest.
     
    I, for one, am excitedly looking forward to the new Planeswalker quest, for however long it runs for. Alivaril writes fun stuff and I don't begrudge him hopping around to whatever he can write effectively.
     
    serapheus said:
    Also, well enough reason to start something new. Just...well, I doubt anyone has to remind you of how much time and energy ends up going into QMing a quest.
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    Too late. @Nixeu already did, and I'm goin' ahead with it anyway. :V


    For those worried: I actually think that it's more likely to help me write Ignition. INW and Calibration have helped push each other forward due to their similarities instead of despite them — they're close enough to give me ideas and encouragement for the other, but different enough to not step on each others' toes* and provide an alternative for me to work on when I'm having trouble with one. (*EDIT: Which I realize might be hard to tell, but INW would likely have hit a total roadblock if I hadn't worked on Calibration as well.)

    Overall, there are major differences in scale and setting details. Getting to Jade's level is effectively an outright wincon for Blake; she wants to see the faunus prosper and that's essentially the quest goal. For Jade, it would be Tuesday.

    EDIT: Admittedly, I should probably continue this conversation in the new thread once it's posted.


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    Designated prey bounced through the air while Epona watched. She did not utilize any of her ranged weapons as that was not the purpose of the exercise. The prey was to be captured intact, and a with a minimal amount of collateral damage. These criteria prevented Epona from simply shelling her surroundings with thermal weaponry.

    An ordinary Terran creature would need to tense and compress during its preparations to leap. Epona was not so confined. The Friend sent a pulse of force through her back legs, adjusted the angles of her wings mid-flight, and bit down upon the feathered toy dangled by her Person.

    "This was the best idea." "Pony hardware, cat software?" "Cats being tiny eldritch entities? That checks out."
     
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    Alivaril said:
    Designated prey bounced through the air while Epona watched. She did not utilize any of her ranged weapons as that was not the purpose of the exercise. The prey was to be captured intact, and a with a minimal amount of collateral damage. These criteria prevented Epona from simply shelling her surroundings with thermal weaponry.

    An ordinary Terran creature would need to tense and compress during its preparations to leap. Epona was not so confined. The Friend sent a pulse of force through her back legs, adjusted the angles of her wings and flight, and bit down upon the feathered toy dangled by her Person.

    "This was the best idea." "Pony hardware, cat software?" "Cats being tiny eldritch entities? That checks out."
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    I like how that implies that Friend Threat Assessment begins with their most powerful weaponry and then they work down until they find the right amount of firepower for the task at hand.
     
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