Vindictus
XENO
- Location
- Texas
A former villain that went legit, with the power of controlling vermin creatures- rats, mice, etc.
Vermin would have been their villain name, of course, so their new name would have to be something less... unsightly.
Constellations (Worm/Okami)
- Thread starter UnwelcomeStorm
- Start date
Vermin would have been their villain name, of course, so their new name would have to be something less... unsightly.
Silverias
Seeing is Believing
- Location
- Squiddy Places
That's actually WoG what Danny's power would have been if he kept QA, in canon of course.
Scify
It always starts with a lighthouse.
... If you're referring to Parian, then she's already in Brockton Bay.
Omake: Predictions
Meanwhile, in the Mayor's office...
"Reports, please."
"Lung registered some 300 ABB, err, Local 433 members as private security; the $45,000 in registration fees was paid in cash. They're in green and red silk vests; made by a local seamstress. The new security is actually friendlier and better behaved than the Boardwalk enforcers; I've got a few light patrols on antitheft foot patrols, and the rest of the officers and SWAT units from ABB territory have been reassigned to Merchant areas. E88's still laying low. Crime is down across the board," reported the police chief.
"Excellent. Fire?"
"Lung's walking the streets in his territory, being, well, helpful. Oni Lee is porting around the streets and the Sidewalks, also being helpful. Spitfire's out of town. Arson's down; regular fires are normal. On the medical side, ambulance calls are way down, primarily from reduction in crime. Hospitals report much less trauma and burn cases... and a higher percentage of insured patients."
"Amazing. Commerce?"
"Well, the PR flaks at the PRT can take their 'It's a Federal building, local taxes don't apply' and shove it. The area around the new shrine is getting four times the local visitors, and ten times the tourists. Turns out being able to safely see a villain, or even rivals and enemies, enter a bathouse or go to a tea ceremony is way more interesting than yet another Protectorate team. There's followon effects in hotels, food and beverage, tourist items, and best of all, Local 433 and its new market is buying 100% local, so craftsmen are getting work. We just had a Chinese potter set up next to some Japanese swordsmith, polisher, something shop near the shrine."
"Well, I don't see any choice, then. I'll nominate Lung at the next Chamber of Commerce meeting. He's managed to really help turn this city around," said the mayor.
"I hear making an offering at the shrine is also traditional," commented Commerce.
- Location
- The Great Beyond
- Pronouns
- He/She/They
Interesting idea, but the fact that we already have Coil in town means the feudalism experiment has already started, starring him.
Rodent? Hamster? Fur Force?
... Squirrel Girl?
- Location
- Europe
That is the cape from the second line, first line it´s cape might still come to BB.
I might perhaps not have been clear with that one.
kairuf
(Verified Kaiger) (Not the Siberian)
- Location
- The land of Potatoes
- Location
- lake city florida
cant we both sig it?
Kalaong
Extinction is approaching. FIGHT IT.
You really should link this stuff.
Omake: Poor Number Man
- Location
- sweden
Uuuugh, why must inspiration strike when these hands are so shit at writing?
Too late now, don't wanna just delete all of it.
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I gave the door two sharp knocks, careful not to create more indents on the wood.
"Come in"
"Number man have... you made any progress?"
The man in question was sitting on a office chair in front of a vast wall filled with numbers, maps and charts.
"Not really, no." Replied the man. He was a far bit from his usual self. Dressed in a dress shirt with its arms rolled up, his shoes discarded on the floor and his feet resting on a small table he had brought into his office.
"So you can't tell were the parahuman interference is coming from? I'm sorry for insisting but Contessa has said that the area has become very significant to holding society together after the fact." I walked up to him. His gaze didn't leave the wall.
"I am aware"
"Can't you find any-"
"There isn't any"
"...I'm sorry?"
"There is no interference, parahuman or otherwise that is any way, shape or form altering the economy of Brockton bay." He rose up from his seat.
"I have looked across the entire economy, compared the current trends to the prediction Contessa gave me. A significant boom in cash flow and growth, far exceeding the projected growth, which would have been a decline if you looked at previous years, that would occurs naturally."
"So someone-"
"But that has the simple explanation of the black market in the area shrinking and the money being pumped into the legitimate venues. In just a few years it is quite possible that Brockton bay, the Cape capital of the US, one of the cities we projected to be the best for the new parahuman feudal system based on its weakness and unhappiness, will become the economic crown jewelle of the East coast with the highest wealth per capita in the US. and it all makes complete sense. There is no hole, no sign of interference, unnatural stimuli or artificial improvement."
I took a few moments to wait and see if he had anything more to say before asking. "So... no capes? Watchdog hasn't been missing something?"
He have a sigh. "No, alexandria, there is nothing. The ENE's illusive duo are not manipulating the economy."
"Ok, thanks." I made my way out but stopped at the door. "Just... how is this possible? If they aren't using a power then, how?"
"That is what I'm trying to understand myself. It all checks out. Anyone could have caused it. Just, pushed over the right domino brick at the right place at the right time to cause maximum effect. Not that that is illegal, I checked for you, the report is on your desk."
"Thanks."
I closed the door.
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Don't read it, it's awful!
CaesriusPolybius
Worldgate Mechanic
- Location
- United States. Ish.
Nope. The Dark Side whispers temptation.
The light side whaps you upside the head comfortingly and gives you cookies.
Khaos
Baguette, wine and cheese
So as Assault predicted way back, we're sooo getting a hot spring episode, hopefully complete with interludes from multiple POVs from multiple different girls(Pancea, Purity, Tattletale, etc) as they all relax in the bath, all the while we'll have a classic peeping group trying to spy on them. The question now is:
Who is part of that group?
Dark Mage
Sanity is really overrated...
- Location
- Out of My Mind
The Bacchan Collective!So as Assault predicted way back, we're sooo getting a hot spring episode, hopefully complete with interludes from multiple POVs from multiple different girls(Pancea, Purity, Tattletale, etc) as they all relax in the bath, all the while we'll have a classic peeping group trying to spy on them. The question now is:
Who is part of that group?
Heh. Oh, Taylor.
Well. It is the nature of miko to work in the ways of their god, even if they don't know it.
Hell, honestly, Lung's not even all that wrong. Just... replace Miko with the one she represents.
(Also gee, what a strange coincidence that of the painted buildings, the one that needed to be intact was intact, while the ones that were going to get torn down anyway weren't?
Though @UnwelcomeStorm, it's a little weird that Taylor doesn't assume that the painted buildings are generally fairly intact. I'm sure she has to have noticed the effects of her anti-graffiti by now.)
Well. It is the nature of miko to work in the ways of their god, even if they don't know it.
Hell, honestly, Lung's not even all that wrong. Just... replace Miko with the one she represents.
(Also gee, what a strange coincidence that of the painted buildings, the one that needed to be intact was intact, while the ones that were going to get torn down anyway weren't?
Though @UnwelcomeStorm, it's a little weird that Taylor doesn't assume that the painted buildings are generally fairly intact. I'm sure she has to have noticed the effects of her anti-graffiti by now.)
That was your plan all along Ammy!?! To restore the ferry!?! GOOD DOG!
... why am I seeing Chessman and Armsmaster in the M/S cells screaming "GOOOOOD DOOOOG!" right now?
Silvercrystal
Some form of jewel?
- Location
- The Silver palace of Crystal
You know with the increase in legitimate businesses and a safer Brockton Bay.....
I find it kind of amusing watching people come to the same conclusions about the same story that those on the other site arrived at earlier (regardless if it was on SV or SB first, as it has happened here and in other stories)
Fanart: Keikaku means "plan"
- Location
- United States
Mean while, as everyone's running around trying to find out Taylor's angel in all of this, there's Ammy.
EDIT: Credit goes to my sister for making this for me.
EDIT: Credit goes to my sister for making this for me.
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munchkinomatic
Douchiest of Bags
- Location
- The land of Skepticism
So that's how the pair got Queen Administrator! They ninja looted the damn thing after several million Entities band up and took Squirrel Girl down like the mother of all raid bosses!... Squirrel Girl?
- Location
- Australia
I saw this mentioned on SB too, are they a "former" Yakuza organisation or something?
They're a Shadowrun Megacorp. They used to be (and probably still are to some extent, I can't remember off the top of my head) yakuza, but they decided that being a massively corrupt yet still legitimate megacorporation was better than being a criminal organization.