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CYOA is a Chalice of Regrets: A Worm SI Quest

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Sole Purpose said:
[x]Disengage
-[x]Use lightning to create bright flashes
-[x]Use gravity to pull up the ground, create a whole lot of dust
-[x]Use our butterflies as decoys.
-[x]Get out of there

We could easily become the most feared Endbringer. Not because we kill lots of people, but because nobody can fight against us without making things worse. We turn up in a city, the heroes show up, we copy their powers and cause untold destruction. Eventually they'll just stop coming to fight us, leaving the population defenseless and afraid.
Additionally, if we back out now, we become somewhat unpredictable.
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That sounds good.

As long as it's the civilians themselves that fear us, i'm satisfied. Still, i currently prefer my original plan, as it guarantees that our first ever appearance will go down in the history books as most apocalyptic.

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If too many people vote for other plans, i might switch over in order to make sure we put fear into them.
 
[X] Hover above the direct centre of the city, destroying things with lightning and generally causing panic.
-[X] Kill a few parahumans and destroy property, but don't go too far - Job enough that they have hope of victory.
-[X] Whilst this occurs, form a cloud of condensed power above your head.
--[X] As time drags on, have the giant circular cloud expand, growing ever more powerful the larger it gets.
---[X] Once the cloud is large enough to annihilate the city, drop it on everyone's head.
----[X] Now that everyone vulnerable to your attack is dead, leave the ruined city and orbit the earth, at the height of most cloud cover.

I really dislike the squeamishness of the voterbase here. Come on! It's an Endbringer quest, not a 'vaguely-palatable-flying-kaiju' quest! Make UnwelcomeStorm regret the situation!
 
[x]Disengage
-[x]Use lightning to create bright flashes
-[x]Use gravity to pull up the ground, create a whole lot of dust
-[x]Use our butterflies as decoys.
-[x]Get out of there
 
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Interlude: Gathering Clouds
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    • Interlude: Gathering Clouds

    It was only by pure luck that Dragon was able to notice the emergence. She had been directing one of her suits back towards the boarder from a mission in the United States when at one moment it was clear blue skies, the next clouds gathered unnaturally fast and began to fill the air with static. Refocusing her sensors to compensate, she for a brief moment thought that the Simurgh had appeared just a few miles away. However a rapid check of her sensors showed both that it had not moved from its last recorded spot in orbit, and that while the being before her was indeed very tall and pure white, its body shape was very different. Then as Dragon watched it began to, there was no other word for it SHED a multitude of white insects that began to take flight into the air even as the lightning intensified. Before she could even begin to think on what to do next the lightning in the air began to jump from one insect to another, until finally it was let go straight at her position. The last thing the suit saw as it tried and failed to dodge was the brilliant flash of light before everything was fried.

    With the suit destroyed Dragon immediately began to call up and re-purpose some of the programs and devices that she used to track Leviathan when it emerged on land, and what she saw was disheartening. Roughly where she had lost contact with her suit a massive lightning storm many kilometers wide was now in place, and of greater concern was that it was moving in the OPPOSITE direction of the prevailing winds in the area. It was a matter of moments to plot a trajectory of which direction the storm and its source was moving, and several major cites were directly in its path.

    ---
    Legend was just about to sit down to dinner when The Cellphone rang. Not his personal one, or even his Protectorate issued one. THIS phones number was only known to less then a half-dozen people, and it ringing could only mean trouble. He excused himself and opened it up, putting it to his ear with mild dread at what might be to come. He was not disappointed when the voice of Contessa filtered through loud and clear, with just four words before she hung up.

    "There is a Fourth."

    His Protectorate phone began to ring, in the unmistakable tone of the Endbringer Alert.
     
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    • tricholysis said:
    I really dislike the squeamishness of the voterbase here. Come on! It's an Endbringer quest, not a 'vaguely-palatable-flying-kaiju' quest! Make UnwelcomeStorm regret the situation!
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    Eh. If this was 'play an Endbringer straight up' I'd be sitting here plotting nefariously how to maximize our Endbringing.

    It's not, it's 'Unwelcome Storm CYOA into being an Endbringer', and we are outright on the shit list of the other Endbringers.

    Full context is not 'it's an endbringer quest', in short.
     
    [X] Hover above the direct centre of the city, destroying things with lightning and generally causing panic.
    -[X] Kill a few parahumans and destroy property, but don't go too far - Job enough that they have hope of victory.
    -[X] Whilst this occurs, form a cloud of condensed power above your head.
    --[X] As time drags on, have the giant circular cloud expand, growing ever more powerful the larger it gets.
    ---[X] Once the cloud is large enough to annihilate the city, drop it on everyone's head.
    ----[X] Now that everyone vulnerable to your attack is dead, leave the ruined city and orbit the earth, at the height of most cloud cover.
     
    So if the above interlude is not enough indication, I am one of the people asked by Unwelcome Storm to write interludes and keep her on her toes.

    We have a few bits and pieces of her story and mechanics, but those are up to her to reveal. However I invite you all to look a little closer at the last story post. Most of you are missing something important, something UnwelcomeStorm can do that (almost) no other Endbringer can do.
     
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    [x]Disengage
    -[x]Use lightning to create bright flashes
    -[x]Use gravity to pull up the ground, create a whole lot of dust
    -[x]Use our butterflies as decoys.
    -[x]Get out of there
    Adhoc vote count started by Hangwind on Jun 3, 2017 at 4:27 PM, finished with 61 posts and 36 votes.
    • [x]Disengage
      -[x]Use lightning to create bright flashes
      -[x]Use gravity to pull up the ground, create a whole lot of dust
      -[x]Use our butterflies as decoys.
      -[x]Get out of there
      [X] Blow up and destroy enough part of the city to satisfy the Destructive Impulse.
      -[X] Full on lightning blast and get rid of those pesky lasers!
      -[X] Start copying defensive powers to protect yourself
      -[X] Start creating gravity wells to throw a bunch of people around and wreck the opposition
      -[X] Start copying Thinker abilities and spread familiars with Thinker powers to get more info on the defenders.
      -[X] After DI is satisfied, retreat to a safe place to recover.
      [X] Hover above the direct centre of the city, destroying things with lightning and generally causing panic.
      -[X] Kill a few parahumans and destroy property, but don't go too far - Job enough that they have hope of victory.
      -[X] Whilst this occurs, form a cloud of condensed power above your head.
      --[X] As time drags on, have the giant circular cloud expand, growing ever more powerful the larger it gets.
      ---[X] Once the cloud is large enough to annihilate the city, drop it on everyone's head.
      ----[X] Now that everyone vulnerable to your attack is dead, leave the ruined city and orbit the earth, at the height of most cloud cover.
      [x]butterfly writing "STOP I'M GOOD I PROMISE"
      -[x] initiate first contact
      [x] Form the sentence: All your base are belong to us.
      [x]Disengage
      [x]Disengage
      -[x]Use lightning to create bright flashes
      -[x]Use gravity to pull up the ground, create a whole lot of dust
      -[x]Use our butterflies as decoys.
      -[x]Get out of there
      --[x]
      [x]butterfly writing "STOP I'M GOOD I PROMISE"
      -[x] initiate first contact
      --[x] Look, i am just periodically compelled to engage in acts of terrible destruction, just like the other Endbringers.
      ---[x]...I'l fight the other Endbringers.
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    UnwelcomeStorm said:
    Power Nullification didn't quite make the cut either, but who knows? Maybe I'll run into Hatchet Face and ruin everyone's day forever.
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    Damn, we're not going to be the most obnoxiously OP Endbringer ever. Oh well, that means mission one is to find Hatchet Face.

    UnwelcomeStorm said:
    I hope they bring me a fruit basket as a welcoming gift, but it will probably be filled with death.
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    Stuff like this is why I love your stories.

    [x]Disengage
    -[x]Use lightning to create bright flashes
    -[x]Use gravity to pull up the ground, create a whole lot of dust
    -[x]Use our butterflies as decoys.
    -[x]Get out of there
     
    Making my own unofficial tally so far:

    Disengage - 16
    Destroy enough of the city to placate the Destructive Impulse - 11
    Hover over city, destroying and causing panic - 6

    Note that Hangwind and Painfulldarksoul have made votes on page 7 but then instead of editing those votes, they made another post with their changed vote...

    Chaosbrain said:
    I can't quite put my finger on what it reminds me of until someone posts a picture of Mismagius, Pokemon #429 in the most up to date 'dex.
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    Is Endbringer!UnwelcomeStorm connected to the internet? Time to troll the PHO.

    Penguinmuster said:
    Unwelcomestorm can speak, if that "ow" is any indication.
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    Good deduction!

    Planning ahead, one of the big goals I want to propose is making our own cult, as Power Mimicry would allow us to significantly boost our strength if we have a few parahumans that would follow us around. Enemies of our cult can be targeted when we are "compelled to engage in acts of terrible destruction", so we can advance our own goals in spite of that flaw.
     
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    We are an Endbringer. We have a biological (as far as we can be called biological) drive to cause Conflict. Not all conflict must be rooted in killing.

    I propose, should we make a successful escape and leave a favorable impression while avoiding murdering anyone, we start up a sort of...parahuman demolition derby/obstacle course/fight club or any other kind of contest in order to promote conflict. We're gonna have to cause destruction at some point. May as well be on our terms.
     
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    Lazurman said:
    We are an Endbringer. We have a biological (as far as we can be called biological) drive to cause Conflict. Not all conflict must be rooted in killing.
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    Uhh. Not exactly.
    UnwelcomeStorm said:
    You have chosen Worthy Opponent! You will periodically be compelled to engage in acts of terrible destruction, just like the other Endbringers
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    According to this byword definition of ''acts of terrible destruction, just like the other Endbringers'', yes, we do and will have to kill a shit ton of people.
     
    [X] Hover above the direct centre of the city, destroying things with lightning and generally causing panic.
    -[X] Kill a few parahumans and destroy property, but don't go too far - Job enough that they have hope of victory.
    -[X] Whilst this occurs, form a cloud of condensed power above your head.
    --[X] As time drags on, have the giant circular cloud expand, growing ever more powerful the larger it gets.
    ---[X] Once the cloud is large enough to annihilate the city, drop it on everyone's head.
    ----[X] Now that everyone vulnerable to your attack is dead, leave the ruined city and orbit the earth, at the height of most cloud cover.
     
    taovkool said:
    According to this byword definition of ''acts of terrible destruction, just like the other Endbringers'', yes, we do and will have to kill a shit ton of people.
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    I'm pretty sure as long as we give Eidolon a fight so he can give himself a pat on the back later because if he wasn't there things would have been a lot worse, we can choose how to preform our ''acts of terrible destruction". Yeah, we might end up killing a lot of people, but that doesn't have to be our goal.
     
    taovkool said:
    Uhh. Not exactly.

    According to this byword definition of ''acts of terrible destruction, just like the other Endbringers'', yes, we do and will have to kill a shit ton of people.
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    Actually, 'destruction' doesn't necessarily mean 'kill people.' We could show up, blow out any electronics, pester the parahumans with their own powers, and generally make a mess without having to out right kill shit tons of civilians. In fact, seeing as one of our powers is to copy other powers, we become significantly less dangerous to non-powered people, as they could just hide in a shelter until we leave. (Unless we went out of our way to kill them)
     
    Sole Purpose said:
    Actually, 'destruction' doesn't necessarily mean 'kill people.' We could show up, blow out any electronics, pester the parahumans with their own powers, and generally make a mess without having to out right kill shit tons of civilians. In fact, seeing as one of our powers is to copy other powers, we become significantly less dangerous to non-powered people, as they could just hide in a shelter until we leave. (Unless we went out of our way to kill them)
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    So Behemoth kills heroes, Leviathan destroys regions, Simurgh perverts hope, and UnwelcomeStormbringer... makes recovery impossible?

    That's such an evil tactic. I love it.

    Using the assembled capes' powers to target local utilities, every city becomes similar to Brockton Bay after Leviathan. Without deaths or severe structural damage or even surface damage, but every circuit and fuse is fried, every water main is destroyed, every radio tower is totalled, all internet connections severed, and all roads broken.

    The Endbringer that leaves beautiful cities intact, but uninhabitable and unrepairable.
     
    [X] Hover above the direct centre of the city, destroying things with lightning and generally causing panic.
    -[X] Kill a few parahumans and destroy property, but don't go too far - Job enough that they have hope of victory.
    -[X] Whilst this occurs, form a cloud of condensed power above your head.
    --[X] As time drags on, have the giant circular cloud expand, growing ever more powerful the larger it gets.
    ---[X] Once the cloud is large enough to annihilate the city, drop it on everyone's head.
    ----[X] Now that everyone vulnerable to your attack is dead, leave the ruined city and orbit the earth, at the height of most cloud cover
     
    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.

    Inkling said:
    So Behemoth kills heroes, Leviathan destroys regions, Simurgh perverts hope, and UnwelcomeStormbringer... makes recovery impossible?

    That's such an evil tactic. I love it.

    Using the assembled capes' powers to target local utilities, every city becomes similar to Brockton Bay after Leviathan. Without deaths or severe structural damage or even surface damage, but every circuit and fuse is fried, every water main is destroyed, every radio tower is totalled, all internet connections severed, and all roads broken.

    The Endbringer that leaves beautiful cities intact, but uninhabitable and unrepairable.
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    That... actually sounds incredible, now that i think about it.

    What if we alternated though; One month we might destroy a city, the other we might leave it pristine. Other times we could leave it in shambles, or do things that throw a different spanner in the works. The populous beforehand will never be able to guess what we will do to ruin their city - They will just be forced to adapt unsuccessfully to what remains (Whether that be a crater, an empty ghost town, a city that no longer functions or a maze of gravity wells that lead to deathtraps.

    All they know is that at the end of the day, their city will be lost to them, and they can do nothing about it.
     
    Inkling said:
    So Behemoth kills heroes, Leviathan destroys regions, Simurgh perverts hope, and UnwelcomeStormbringer... makes recovery impossible?

    That's such an evil tactic. I love it.

    Using the assembled capes' powers to target local utilities, every city becomes similar to Brockton Bay after Leviathan. Without deaths or severe structural damage or even surface damage, but every circuit and fuse is fried, every water main is destroyed, every radio tower is totalled, all internet connections severed, and all roads broken.

    The Endbringer that leaves beautiful cities intact, but uninhabitable and unrepairable.
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    Yeah, pretty much. Could even go out of the way to not kill people, as long as we break the city, make it uninhabitable. Given that a thunder storm just follows us around, we could sit still and resist attacks while the city floods, adding even more problems for them to deal with. If we don't kill people, we could create a refugee problem, or even micro nations in condemned areas.

    Edit: We can be more akin to a natural disaster than an endbringer. An endbringer can be fought against. A thunderstorm? A hurricane? Not so much
     
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    [x]Disengage
    -[x]Use lightning to create bright flashes
    -[x]Use gravity to pull up the ground, create a whole lot of dust
    -[x]Use our butterflies as decoys.
    -[x]Get out of there

    We sort of just woke up. No reason to try and kill people unless there is actually a compulsion.
     
    Something to keep in mind everyone is we can just pretend to be a case 53 or something else entirely, and since we do not exactly consider OURSELVES end bringers but still human we should not have any thinker problems telling people we are otherwise.
     
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