Okay, so it looks like the capes were drugged to nullify theirs powers. And no mind control so far. Hmm. Does that mean Evelyn isn't involved in any of this and is really on board with bringing the capes back? Or she just changed her tactics?
Oh no, she's definitely involved, the narrative doesn't make sense for her not to be. Not to mention the intrigue check when Hego noticed the drink was opened already also points her her trying to drug him and failing.
 
I don't think that's a decision we should make without doof there...

...or at all really. Doom is genuinely pure evil with no redeeming qualities I can think of.

We can work with lots of other kings no problem. Even those that have really bad things on their records.

But doom is one of the one's we should impede however we can.

Bill as well but we don't know he exists and could easily destroy everything if we screw up.
 
Doom's peace offer would at most mean a temporary cessation of hostilities. We're not going to stop supporting Toon rights and Doom's not going to stop hating us for that, and I don't think I would trust him even against the sorts of enemies that'd normally be enough to set aside grudges for.

EDIT: Besides, I suspect the only reason Doom is doing this is that he's forgotten about the existence of Russ.
 
Well crap. I really wanted to recruit him in the future, but i guess that's not a option anymore.
Glowing helmet may indicate screen slavery.
Anyone knows who that was supposed to be?

I think this is Ron Stoppable dad.
Ron's dad is an actuary. I think that's Roddy doing his "collab with Smarty Mart" action.
Eyy called it that this was our chance to bury the hatchet with Doom.
First, as Mirage pointed out, she has no guarantee of being able to convince Doof to give up on a grudge. Second, do we want to bury that particular hatchet? In character, we know he's a bigot who's institutionally oppressed toons and (if we can take the clown shoe as both non-sapient and indicative of his general behavior) had a habit of semi-publicly torturing friendly animals to death just to prove that he loves executing toons I guess. Out of character we know he framed Roger Rabbit and Bonkers Bobcat for murders he committed, and without the conveniently comprehensible motivation of greed we see from the likes of Shego or Glomgold. Dude's in it for pure love of the game, but doesn't bother to follow the rules. A dangerous combination.
 
Well to be fair, the murders he committed in Who Framed Roger Rabbit were in service of creating a freeway, he's a Toon of vision and eclectic tastes in what that vision should be. That said, he also really enjoys murder, thinks it's downright hilarious.
 
Doom wants to make peace, Liv is interested in our insect-controlling instead of our genetics, Edna is tearing us apart without even doing anything, and it seems Screenslaver is making her move.
My response to those in order:
1) You murdered the Valiant Brothers, framed two innocent toons, and are a genuine, sadistic psychopath. Screw you
2) I am immensely concerned by this, is anyone else immensely concerned by the fact "Liv" wants access to a hive mind rather than a cure for genetic diseases?
3) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4) Battle stations, people! Go for the headgear!
 
Well, flubbing the Edna roll kind of sucks and Liv is definitely suspicious but other than that we did alright... I think.

I'm curious about how the plan might have adapted these various changes to the world
 
First, as Mirage pointed out, she has no guarantee of being able to convince Doof to give up on a grudge. Second, do we want to bury that particular hatchet? In character, we know he's a bigot who's institutionally oppressed toons and (if we can take the clown shoe as both non-sapient and indicative of his general behavior) had a habit of semi-publicly torturing friendly animals to death just to prove that he loves executing toons I guess. Out of character we know he framed Roger Rabbit and Bonkers Bobcat for murders he committed, and without the conveniently comprehensible motivation of greed we see from the likes of Shego or Glomgold. Dude's in it for pure love of the game, but doesn't bother to follow the rules. A dangerous combination.
I just said that I was right about the convo option with Doom being a possible avenue to burying the hatchet.

Wasn't throwing my hat in the ring as to whether we should or not.

I actually agree with you.

But it's a matter of whether the collective can focus and agree upon making a concerted effort to take him down. Otherwise we've just got this kind of pointless cold war rivalry.

As far as the rest of the update goes, real disappointed talking to Drakken lost by such a slim margin.

As far as the Amara convo goes - actually didn't go quite as predicted, it seems to be leading to the same result of an easy/free collab. Though given what we know and the focus of her attention... think we might actually have been better off not having said conversation. Unless it was a fakeout to distract from the true object of her desire aka the genetic research - don't see why she would fake/deflect interest though. Maybe something happened that has changed her goals? Don't see why she'd be making the San Fran monsters though, were that the case.

Still, there's a lot of tidbits of info to unpack there. Possible hint that if we want to beat the rest to unlocking superpowers, then we need to tackle that again straight away (still drives me nuts that Cat undid all that). Also possible that we might be seeing the superpowered equivalent of a clone army if I'm reading this right...
 
...Well, I wanted to give a more in-depth analysis today, but kinda lost time, so I´ll keep it brief:

- Doom can go hug a cactus with his offer to bury the hatchet. Him and us are *ideological opposites*, with him criminalizing Toons and having them executed on the slightest of offenses while we are doing our level best to reaching actual equality for them - us doing anything that could be seen as "making peace" with him would be an utter betrayal of one of our powerbase´s main pillars and just not worth it at all.

Trust me, I am willing to overlook *a lot* of philosophical differences for the sake of pragmatism, but I am not indulging that wannabe-genocider any more than I ABSOLUTELY have to. So yeah, hopefully we can somehow manage to have him soak up the brunt of the damage that´ll soon be flying around.

Sure, he´s undercover right now, but he´s still a Toon who could make him shrugging off pain at least somewhat believable.

- While Lizzy running her mouth about the possibilities of "mind control" is a bit annoying, I don´t really mind the otpion to collab on some genetics issue with Sycorax. So I´ll take it

- Hm, so someone is rendering the Supers here unable to fight...intriguing deviation from Evelyns normal fare, if she´s still up to her old plans.
 
"Mayor Doom is not a Super, dear." Edna replies dismissively. "Not rated for live combat. What, you think he's going to trip on the edge of a vat of acid while doing paperwork in city hall?"

"A very amusing image." Doom agrees humorlessly.

"Well who knows, maybe a supervillain will pull a classic kidnapping gambit. Have you ever been kidnapped, Mr. Doom?" Mezmerella interjects languidly.

"My position is not without its dangers, but so far, I have been lucky."

Involuntarily, Drakken shudders.
Just a coincidence, or does Edna perhaps know about Doom?

Not sure what was with the emphasis there at the end, or Drakken shuddering. Anyone have any ideas?
"He worked with what I gave him, given the short notice." Mezmerella preens. Aggressively.
Loved this little bit of characterization.
"Honestly, it's just so frustrating! It doesn't look like anything I've ever seen, and I've stolen from the best of them! All metal and glass and… see through. Sorta like ehhh, tube of lipstick or something. I don't like it. Doesn't even want to interface with anything we've got. I even tried those weird plugs, you know, the ones from Japan or England, nothing!"
Did Draken and co. possibly find Eva?
Whether it was facing down an army of automatons or saving a… kitten from a tree
Looks like Hego's working through his PTSD, though he's clearly far from over it.
Intrigue Check: Is anything wrong?
DC 100/120 needed
54+31+3+29=118
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Uhhh... Bill?
 
I'd be willing to TELL Doom we buried the hatchet, but not, ya know, do that. He's a serial killer who commited genocide for a quick buck, I don't trust him to not horribly screw us over if we try and deal with him. Sure, pretty much every faction is out for themselves first and foremost, but Xanatos and Shego at least won't betray us because it's funny. Plus, ya know, some things matter more than money. We've made toon civil rights a big part of our brand, we employ a lot of Toons (hell, our literal first unit was a Toon), working with Doom would make us look like a massive hypocrite and tank our PR in that area.
 
On the subject of buying the hatchet with Doom, I don't trust him to not act against us once Russ is back, I'd sooner trust Glomgold not to shank us over a wheat penny. The only hatchet burying I'm willing to actually do with him is if we burry said hatchet into his spine.
 
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