I think Ludivine auto avoids any non nat1 crit fail on transmissions
38 + 40 + 4 = +82 on a DC 150 action
Crit fail threshold is less than or equal to 75 without XP
Edit: relatedly, Jumba does also automatically avoid it if we wanted to put him on it, but I assume we want him on genetics stuff for the foreseeable future
Personal attention makes that like a 66% CoS by my probably wrong calcs.
Putting Ludivine on it with personal attention makes sense if my calcs are right, but let's consider putting her on personal actions like "Repair the Martian Robot" for things like loyalty and self-improvement before that.
"Alright, we managed to get through dinner, somehow..." Hego said as we watched Doofenshmirtz and Shego continue their meal. "Now we need to get the ride over to DEI headquarters ready. How's that going by the way Janus?"
"It's ready, just to your specifications." Came the response from over the phone. "But are you sure I'm necessary for this? Seems like a waste of my experte-"
"Yes it is necessary Janus now get it done!" Hego hung up on the eccentric scientist, some people right? He quickly checked in on everyone else before he got a call from Agent Russ. "Yes what is it Russ?"
"We have a problem." It's always something isn't it. "Got some troublemakers planning to make a move on them as they make their way to headquarters."
"How did they find out?" Hego asked. "Do I need head over to help?"
"We've got it handled here, don't worry about that." Came the response. "Just make sure nothing goes wrong, some of them might slip though and try something. I got to go, good luck!"
As the phone disconnected Kitsune grinned and ender her illusion, he just makes it so easy! As she giggled to herself a figure came up from behind. Agent Russ looked at her with an unreadable expression.
This is bad, this is very bad, thank God that Russ seems to have a handle on the situation, but what to do... He can't let anything happen, Shego would rush into any fight that breaks out and ruin the entire night! He's worked too hard to let things slip through his fingers now! He just needs a plan, something that would prevent a fight from breaking out in the first place, something like...
As the 'happy couple' left the restaurant they were greeted by an unusual sight. A specially made vehicle made for them, designed to be able to have a band play live for them as it drove, flanked on all sides by Mongol warriors riding freaking dinosaurs! At the head was Genghis Khan himself, towering over the both of them as he stepped forward and seemed to size Shego up, instinctively she stood straighter, ready to defend herself if necessary, before Temujin seemed to come to a conclusion and nodded to himself.
"Би зөвшөөрч байна," He said in his native tongue. "Тэр бол маш сайн сонголт."
"Ah..." Doof said to the resurrected warlord. "Thanks..."
The Khan looked at him with something approaching approval before he re-mounted and readied his men to ride. Without another word the two of them entered the vehicle and began to scenic drive to DEI headquarters. As they did so it began to rain, but they were protected by a glass dome that rose up as they drove on.
"You know what?" Doof said as they were driving. "This is a bit boring... I think I know how I can spice it up."
"Is it another musical number?" Shego asked, faking annoyance, but she was honestly beginning to enjoy it when he sings. Not that she'd ever tell him that.
"Yes another musical number, and I know just the one!" He jumps onto the platform where the band is playing and steps in front of the microphone. "Hit it boys!"
With that they began to play amongst the rainy streets of Danville, a tunt that was a little familiar but in a different style than normal.
Hey!
As always Doof is throwing his all into the performance, however due to the intimacy of the car it felt more like he was singing directly to her and her alone, instead of performing. But he can work with that!
You had my heart
And we'll never be worlds apart
Maybe in magazines
But you'll still be my star
A top hat and cane seemed to come from nowhere and he grabbed them, beginning to do a dance as he sung.
Baby, 'cause in the dark
You can't see my shiny car
And that's when you need me there
With you, I'll always share
This time around Doof was actually only paying attention to Shego as he sung, she actually looked quite beautiful in this light, where did that thought come from?
Because…
They passed though a part of town with extensive neon lighting, which provided a spectacular show of lights as they streamed through the watery glass. Hego was surprised, he wasn't planning on a musical number on the drive over, then again, perhaps he should have when Dr. D was involved.
When the sun shines, we shine together
You know I'll be here forever
Said I'll always be your friend
Took an oath, and I'll stick it out till the end
When they had passed the lights he began a tap dance, using the cane to do tricks as he continued to sing.
Now that it's rainin' more than ever
Know that we still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella
You can stand under my umbrella
Eventually before he continued to the second verse he kept back down to the seats and got a drink that Shego had poured for him at... when did she do that again? Why did she get him a drink anyway?
These fancy things
Will never come in between
You're part of my entity
Here for infinity
The closeness between them was even more obvious in the car, and Shego, to her horror, began to blush at how close his hace was to hers, just what was he doing to her?
When the war has took its part
When the world has dealt its cards
If the hand that's had is hard
Together we'll mend your heart
Thankfully for her Doof finished off his drink and returned to the stage and resumed his tap dance, she does haft to say for all his faults, the man can dance.
Because…
When the sun shines, we shine together
You know I'll be here forever
Said I'll always be your friend
Took an oath, and I'll stick it out till the end
Against her better judgment, she joins him up on the stage and joins in on the dance, if anyone says anything she'll kill them, but that can wait for another time, for now she's just going to do wat she always does. Enjoy herself.
Now that it's rainin' more than ever
Know that we still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella
You can stand under my umbrella
Oh under my umbrella
While she can't tap dance, Doof takes it in stride and begins to dance about her in in ways that show she's still involved and is the focus of the performance.
You can run into my arms
It's okay, don't be alarmed
Come here to me
There's no distance in between our love
He begins to literally spin around her, removing the top hat and spinning faster and faster in a pirouette, eventually stopping and tossing the hat and cane aside.
So go on and let the rain pour
I'll be all you need and more
The hat accidentally flipped some switch and the dome keeping the rain out begins to open, allowing the rain to fall on them both.
Because…
Good thing then that Kitsune fulfilled her end of the plan, and several brilliant fireworks of hers began to go off above them despite the rain, as if they weren't even effected.
When the sun shines, we shine together
You know I'll be here forever
Said I'll always be your friend
Took an oath, and I'll stick it out till the end
Doof continued his song, ignoring the rain altogether and the two of them continued to dance as they pulled up in front of the tower.
Now that it's rainin' more than ever
Know that we still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella
You can stand under my umbrella
Doof jumped up with the band as they reached their dramatic finish.
Umbrella!
And with that the song was over, Doof stopped for a moment to catch his breath as Shego finally realised they were both in the rain. Before she could fish something out Doof was already at her side, opening an umbrella for them to share as they walked in.
"Here you go, I'm not a liar after all."
No... She supposes he isn't...
Bit more complicated this time, the song I used is Umbrella, originally by Rihanna, however I used the cover by Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox, Casey Abrams and the Sole Sisters, intended to be in the style of a song from Singin' in the Rain. I wanted to use the title song from that but it's focused more on the music and performance, and not only is that hard to do in written form it would be difficult to do without copying the choreography verbatim. So I elected to use this since it had more lyrics to work with. As for what Temujin said it's intended to roughly translate to '"I approve" and "She is a great choice." Meaning that within the confines of this omake at least, Genghis Khan ships it.
"What? Drug trade? I've never heard of any drug trade. Hego? Who's Hego? By The way, you should know that one of my employees accidentally fired up an Inator that will affect the probabilities of everything in the entire world for the next two months. Things that are likely to happen will be more likely to happen, and things that aren't likely to happen will be less likely to happen. So uh... Don't try any long-shot plans?"
You quickly babble that out, sliding out of the booth.
"Oh! look at my wrist!" you mutter as an excuse. "I'm late for a very important excuse that I have to make up right now! I'll see you when you forget all about Hego fighting the drug trade! Which he definitely couldn't have done because you wiped them all out! This was a great chat! see you in two months! Bye!"
With that, you valiantly flee to your flying car and fly off into the sunset, taking care to try and forget what happened to the last flying vehicle that Shego was upset with.
---
Hego stepped out from behind the counter, polishing a glass with a wet rag in an attempt to, at the very least, spread the grease around more evenly.
"Well I think that went well."
Shego groaned, pinching her nose between her fingers. "What was that about… probabilities?"
"Ah yes." Hego said awkwardly, sitting down across from her at the table. "His latest evil scheme. Well. It might have been an accident, but that does not make it any less evil."
Shego stood up and began pacing. "Great. Thanks! That really makes me feel better about having to upend dozens of plans in the running all on account of probability going out to lunch for a couple months!"
Shego slammed a glowing fist into a table, sending splinters flying. Ned seemed about to say something, but then thought better of it.
"God, it's like Drakken 2.0! I'm not sure why I expected better from the man who let your big lug get high on Snowflame. Except oh, no, I can't even blame Doof for that, because I was the one who bent to your incessant whining!"
"Shego." Hego said professionally. "While I know you are still estranged from the glorious principles of goodness, I was still disappointed to learn that you had been conspiring with the doctor to hold me back from my sacred duty to battle evil."
Shego's eye twitched. "Sacred duty? What do you think this is, El Matador de Amor?! Nobody talks like that anymore unless they're doing a bit, and you can't even keep up a consistent theme. You never could! Even back in the day you couldn't decide if you wanted to be Mr. Incredible or a knight in saucepan armor."
"As a superhero, it is entirely necessary to-"
"No. No no no no no. You're not getting it. You still think this is some sort of game, like we were back in the golden age and everyone plays fair. You can't handle what it's like out there."
"Shego you know I can. I kept Team Go going for years-"
"You kept up appearances for years! I was the only thing holding you idiots together and you know it! After I left all you had were three slowly disappearing teammates and an empty hall of heroes. All that time of hiding out in your own 'secret lair', waving at crowds and kissing babies, can you name even one time that you actually made a difference?"
"What about that time I stopped the Dastardly Mathter?"
"Hego. You got upstaged by an actuary."
"While Mr. Stoppable may have landed the finishing blow, my indomitable moral support undoubtedly provided him with the confidence he needed to triumph over Ev-!"
Shego's eyes flashed as she quite literally grabbed Hego's face to stop him from speaking any further. She pulled him in close.
"You couldn't even beat a guy Ipaid to take a fall!"
"...what?"
Shego blinked as what she'd just admitted sank in. Then she let go of Hego and groaned.
"Uuuuugh. Did you ever wonder how it was a little too convenient that your villains always got tossed in jail by the end of the day? How none of their schemes ever ended up working? How all of their robberies were flashy, impractical, and just begging for a hero to kick them in the teeth?"
"Well, of course! Evil never triumphs forever! The Forces of Good always succeed, no matter the odds!"
"Because I told them to! The world doesn't work that way anymore Hego, probably it never did! Even back then it was annoying listening to you whine, so I slipped a couple losers a few thousand bucks, told them to take the fall, then paid their hospital bills while you rode the high of 'winning' for another week."
Hego blinked. "Do you mean…"
"That every one of your supposed 'victories' were all planned out ahead of time? Yeah. And some of them you still needed to be bailed out on!"
"That's not- it can't be! Then how would you explain all the good I've done over these past two years?!"
"Saving a bunch of cats from trees? Helping a couple old ladies cross the street? Showing up late to a cape fight that Doof's robot weirdo managed to handle? Ooh, wait, I know." she said, feigning surprise. "How about that time you tackled the guy who was robbing the liquor store?"
Hego was shocked into silence for a brief moment. "...No, Shego. You're wrong!"
"Am I really?" Shego sneered, apparently deciding to go all in. "What have you accomplished since you took up this hero gig? The oh so glorious title of manager of the worst restaurant of all time? I used to work for one of the most incompetent supervillains in the state, wasting my days tangling with a 'hero' who could face three of you blindfolded in junior high, and even back then I was more successful than you!"
"I…"
"The Golden Age is dead. It was dead before you were even born! You need to wake up, and stop living in the past."
Shego panted, her shoulders heaving, several years of built up frustration vented in a single moment. Hego stared open mouthed, slowly processing.
A moment passed. Then two. When the third moment passed, Hego's grasp tore chunks out of the table.
"You're wrong." He said bluntly. "You're wrong."
He left the ruined table behind and headed for the door.
"And I'll prove it to you."
There was silence in Bueno Nacho for a moment. Then, Ned spoke up.
"So, does this mean I'm closing?"
---
Hego has learned the truth about his previous 'supervillain' battles and has been inspired to train harder! New personal action unlocked! For the next turn, Hego will be unable to take any personal action but 'Train' in an attempt to better himself.
Shego has been told about probability going crazy! She didn't seem to be too happy about it, but it might be better than the alternative.
What have you accomplished since you took up this hero gig? The oh so glorious title of manager of the worst restaurant of all time? I used to work for one of the most incompetent supervillains in the state, wasting my days tangling with a 'hero' who could face three of you blindfolded in junior high, and even back then I was more successful than you!"
Well, she isn't wrong. He was actually better at manager role than at being hero. Though to be fare it was mostly sagedice fault.
Oh well this talk was destined to happen sooner or later.
Hego has learned the truth about his previous 'supervillain' battles and has been inspired to train harder! New personal action unlocked! For the next turn, Hego will be unable to take any personal action but 'Train' in an attempt to better himself.
Shego has been told about probability going crazy! She didn't seem to be too happy about it, but it might be better than the alternative.
Wow. Was... not expecting that. I really expected a collapse in relations with Shego, but it seems that it's... somewhat okay. Thanks Hego for taking some of the heat off of us!
Also, I expected Hego to lose his shit over something like this. Something like a large loyalty malus or something. If anything beneficial came out of this, I would have thought it to be him losing his Glory Daze trait. Was not expecting a new Personal.
Honestly, that might have been the best thing to happen outside of actual reconciliation. Shego managed to make him take things seriously and she got that massive pile of secrets off of her chest.
It's not so much what they have in common to me so much as what marco can provide. He dealt with star, who might as well have ad hegos general outlook in the shows canon, if targeted in a different direction. I think marco could probably do what he did with star, being a more down to earth person that can deal with hegos exenctricities while keeping up with him.
.....I wonder if we can get Hego to train with Khan while he's like this. Maybe it will go absolutely well or absolutely wrong. I just want to see the effect of that happening. Plus it could give Khan a good workout and more experience with super's.
.....I wonder if we can get Hego to train with Khan while he's like this. Maybe it will go absolutely well or absolutely wrong. I just want to see the effect of that happening. Plus it could give Khan a good workout and more experience with super's.
Welp, I think this is a win for us. Hego actually starts improving himself and Shego isn't that upset at us compared to what might have been. We should collab with her on something.
If he manages to get himself one and one that will actually help him improve, *sniffs* that mean's Hego is a official hero now. I imagining Hego screaming yes to heaven's when he gets one. And when he's done, we give him a cake say 'You Have A Nemesis'!......wait did we gave one to Russ yet? Also do we know Janna has one now with that gang from New York?
Welp, I think this is a win for us. Hego actually starts improving himself and Shego isn't that upset at us compared to what might have been. We should collab with her on something.
Getting her to collaborate in the Drug Trade is a DC90 action (might have gone up after the Probabilinator) and the ensuing "deal with the Drug Trade" action apparently would be DC190.
Assuming that this is a Martial option (which seems likely), it'd be her martial, Doof's martial and one hero's martial.
Shego was 72 Martial in S/O16. Doof is 20. Khan 55 (10+ points ahead of the strongest Martial hero known to be in Shego's payroll).
Theoretical roll would be 72+20+55+8. So that would be a 155 roll in a 190 difficulty action. Approximately 2/3 chances of getting it done before modifiers, which would push it to 3/4 chances.
That's pretty solid. Definitely outside critfail territory outside rolling 1 and almost guaranteed to get at least a bare failure.
It may crack open the Wasteland for further investigation. And Khan is probably smart enough to do pillage then burn.
Hego has learned the truth about his previous 'supervillain' battles and has been inspired to train harder! New personal action unlocked! For the next turn, Hego will be unable to take any personal action but 'Train' in an attempt to better himself.
Shego has been told about probability going crazy! She didn't seem to be too happy about it, but it might be better than the alternative.
...I kinda expected the situation to boil over give the mediocre-to-bad rolls we got for this Interlude, but I didn´t expect Shego to actually let slip that she *engineered* her brother´s "heroics" to keep Team Go away from *actual villains* who´d rip him apart without even blinking.
So things went good *enough* for us in that Shego now knows about both the Cartel pulling one over her with High Command and us having fucked over probability for the next two months in-game - and while she´s understandably pissed at us accidentially screwing over her plans with our schemes, she at least is prepared for it now and will hopefully manage to keep ahead of the tidal wave caused by it.
As for her running her mouth in the heat of the moment to Hego about his "heroics" being fake, we´ll have to wait and see what this new PA of his is about and just let him Train next turn to vent his frustrations over denying the possibility of his heroism being nothing more than a ploy of his current "evil" employer and his very own sister to keep him away from the really nasty stuff.
Welp, I think this is a win for us. Hego actually starts improving himself and Shego isn't that upset at us compared to what might have been. We should collab with her on something.
Would be up for teaming up with her on the Cartel front...especially since - according to some numbers crunchers - our odds to make it work aren´t that bad.
"Saving a bunch of cats from trees? Helping a couple old ladies cross the street? Showing up late to a cape fight that Doof's robot weirdo managed to handle? Ooh, wait, I know." she said, feigning surprise. "How about that time you tackled the guy who was robbing the liquor store?"
Well, technically it was a Double KO between Norm and Inquinator, so the latter was handling the former just as well as vice-versa, but I do get her point since Hego fighting (and hopefully defeating) Inquinator was our prime hope to sooth his heroism drive for the moment at the time.
Sorry if it's been asked before, but was it ever stated what exactly happened to Drakken? He obviously isn't in charge anymore but I don't think it was ever said what became of him.
Sorry if it's been asked before, but was it ever stated what exactly happened to Drakken? He obviously isn't in charge anymore but I don't think it was ever said what became of him.
