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CYOA is a Chalice of Regrets: A Worm SI Quest

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so here is my idea on what to do between destructive impulses probably not that good but I am just going to post it anyway it came to me when kingreaper mentioned conquering so perhaps we can start taking care of Africa parahuman warlords problem it would allow us to practice our powers and get used to killing when the destructive impulse happens if we our not allowed to satisfy it by just destroying buildings and infrastructure or is the African warlords fanon it has been awhile since I read Worm
 
Well, we'll probably have to put what to do with Taylor on a vote. Not the end of the world if we choose not to involve her.

Shifting topics, is there anything else we should add to the to-do list?
 
Wiser Guy said:
We have the power to make butterflies, but we can't make insect butterflies? Besides, Taylor could control crabs, lobsters, and krill as well, so it just has to be close enough.
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Its similar to the same way you wouldnt expect Regent to be able to mess up a swarm clone, or Skitter to control a robot drone bug. They may look similar but they are not the same type of things. Skitter controls simple creatures like insects and crustaceans. US produces crystals/rocks that are in the shapes of butterflies.
 
HavocKeeper said:
Get an in with Cauldron. I don't care if everyone here hates them, if we can convince them that we aren't lying we can tell them several things that would increase their odds against Scion. And also fix the Eidolon problem, which might or might not stop destructive impulse.
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Ah, I needed that before bed. Thanks!
 
I doubt we can truly convince anyone that we are not out to destroy everything like the other Endbringers, but we could show up to a fight against Leviathan/Behemoth and fight them. We would be copying cape powers and be very useful there.

The issue is that Behemoth would wrestle us for control of the lightning.

And we should avoid Ziz.

Edit: Can't think straight right now, will form opinion latter.
 
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HavocKeeper said:
#1. Rude. If you think it's a bad idea, tell me instead of posting a laughing gif.
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Well, I mean, we hate them for a reason, and posting laughing gifs is a fairly standard reaction to ideas we think are self-evidently dumb. And it's a pretty good quality gif.

But really. They're the opposite of useful in literally any situation down to getting ourselves a coffee, which we will proceed to stare at forlornly.

Meanwhile, we could one-two-three him the first time our DI goes off; head over to wherever Fletchett is, and if I'm not forgetting locations then she's right there so we might as well grab the Butcher too, then use our dimension piercing, auto-aiming swarm of Dire Butterflies of Death to make a nuisance until he pops over, at which point we introduce the two. Boom.

Then half the planet melts from unregulated shards noodling all over everybody.
 
I'm pretty sure that if Cauldron finds a better plan than what they're going with, they'll do it. They aren't especially dumb, or evil, just limited by circumstance and human failliabilty.
 
So here's the thing guys. We're gonna need to figure out what kind of long term goal we want to have, while being aware that we are one of the Nightmares of Humanity, a monster that heralds death and destruction, a creature of slaughter and despair. A bringer of the end of the age of civilization.
An Endbringer, if you will.
Playing 'nicey nice', trying to minimize our damage, however you want to phrase it? That's not an option.
There are going to be days (about once every couple months) when we just pick a city and ruin it's day. Capes will die. CITIES will die. Because of us. This is going to be a part of the story.
We can't not do this. We are literally compelled to, because of a specific trait we have. (The Worthy Opponent Flaw requires us to do this. We aren't getting rid of it.)

So if we want to spin it even halfway nice, we're going to have to accept that the net result will, at best, be 'Not directly the cause of the end of the world' and possibly 'showed up at the final battle.'

At least, if we don't try to minmax and make this silly as all get out.
If we're going that route, I'm all in favor of
A: Calling our butterfly-eyes butterfleyes.
and B: Trolling literally everybody with them. The things you can do with a bunch of autonomous eyeball-bugs that also manifest whatever powers you're currently 'near' should not be understated.
 
Okibruez said:
So here's the thing guys. We're gonna need to figure out what kind of long term goal we want to have, while being aware that we are one of the Nightmares of Humanity, a monster that heralds death and destruction, a creature of slaughter and despair. A bringer of the end of the age of civilization.
An Endbringer, if you will.
Playing 'nicey nice', trying to minimize our damage, however you want to phrase it? That's not an option.
There are going to be days (about once every couple months) when we just pick a city and ruin it's day. Capes will die. CITIES will die. Because of us. This is going to be a part of the story.
We can't not do this. We are literally compelled to, because of a specific trait we have. (The Worthy Opponent Flaw requires us to do this. We aren't getting rid of it.)

So if we want to spin it even halfway nice, we're going to have to accept that the net result will, at best, be 'Not directly the cause of the end of the world' and possibly 'showed up at the final battle.'

At least, if we don't try to minmax and make this silly as all get out.
If we're going that route, I'm all in favor of
A: Calling our butterfly-eyes butterfleyes.
and B: Trolling literally everybody with them. The things you can do with a bunch of autonomous eyeball-bugs that also manifest whatever powers you're currently 'near' should not be understated.
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More like once a year, actually. Since there are three other endbringers.
 
Nah. Remember that they don't necessarily go in sequence. The normal Endbringers have specific rules that were, IIRC:
Once every, roughly, 3 months.
Each Endbringer does not attack twice in a row.
Each Endbringer has a method of attack. After either a preset amount of damage is received or the attack is completed, the Endbringer leaves.

Next, remember that those? Are only self-imposed rules set by the Simurgh. She preferred to make a show of it, but all 3 of them are holding back a LOT of power.
We don't necessarily count under those rules. But we'll just have to wait and see.

Edit: On the note of holding back: I propose we not flaunt, explain, or even remotely indicate our Gravity Control exists; let them think that the power sponging, lightning, and 'flight' are our only ones.
That way, we have an ace in the hole. (And the best aces in the hole are the ones noone knows you have.)
 
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matthew badger said:
I've seen so many goddamn 'friendbringer' fics/quests by now that i'm sick of them. Please can we actually act like an endbringer and inflict terrible devastation on the world - And no, destroying unoccupied land/buildings does not count as devastation.

I want the SI to become feared by everyone who knows of them - Heck we should become the most feared endbringer! Finding excuses to do good deeds will only diminish that.
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Uh what fics/quests are you even talking about?
 
HavocKeeper said:
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#1. Rude. If you think it's a bad idea, tell me instead of posting a laughing gif.

#2. I never said it would be easy, or even viable, but it's something to at least try. At this point I'm throwing ideas at the wall.
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Sorry. I just have some insider information that makes what you said funny, not that it was a stupid idea.
 
Wiser Guy said:
We could convince Taylor to join our cause (possibly by force), and she could become a decent lieutenant that can guard our territory with our minions while we are away.
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We're an Endbringer. Even fucking Bonesaw thinks we're dangerous to fuck with.

chocolote12 said:
But really. They're the opposite of useful in literally any situation down to getting ourselves a coffee, which we will proceed to stare at forlornly.
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You can argue that they didn't do a great job of preparing for Scion, but at the end of the day, they're still the super-Illuminati. They have a metric fuckton of resources, can make capes, and have Contessa.

Chaosbrain said:
Sorry. I just have some insider information that makes what you said funny, not that it was a stupid idea.
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...? I'm not sure what Cauldron could be doing against us specifically, that they aren't already doing against the other Endbringers.
 
Okibruez said:
Edit: On the note of holding back: I propose we not flaunt, explain, or even remotely indicate our Gravity Control exists; let them think that the power sponging, lightning, and 'flight' are our only ones.
That way, we have an ace in the hole. (And the best aces in the hole are the ones noone knows you have.)
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I agree with keeping our Gravity Manipulation on the low down. It lets us just outright kill people with no save, and Endbringer Cores work off of very careful gravity manipulation as well, which means we can interrupt them with all the subtlety of a boot in a toothpick castle.
 
chocolote12 said:
I agree with keeping our Gravity Manipulation on the low down. It lets us just outright kill people with no save, and Endbringer Cores work off of very careful gravity manipulation as well, which means we can interrupt them with all the subtlety of a boot in a toothpick castle.
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I don't think we will be able to keep gravity on the low down given that the disengage plan that won has UnwelcomeStormbringer using it to escape

EDIT: Nevermind the pulling up ground to create a distraction could cause them to think it is telekinesis
 
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Here's a random bad idea that might be worth discussing: Mimicking Noelle's power.
Why bother recruiting parahumans when we can make an army of our own?
 
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I'm reminded of a quote in the earlier endbringer quest that seems relevant:

"Are we actually going to kill people or just hug them gingerly?"
 
matthew badger said:
"Are we actually going to kill people or just hug them gingerly?"
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Yes, we are going to kill people. Stop whining about it already.

...Sorry. This entire thing is starting to really irritate me with how people keep on bringing stuff like that up. Just please... wait until the destructive impulse, our character isn't a psychopath to start killing everyone right now without it.
 
It's almost like people didn't bother to read who the character actually is or something.

I mean, unless they're trying to subtly indicate that they think Unwelcome Storm is a serial killer or something?
 
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