- Pronouns
- He/Him
The core runes sound like they're inspired by Wuxing, being the five elements associated with it.
DoofQuest- a Disney Villains Victorious CK2-Style Quest
- Thread starter Made in Heaven
- Start date
- Crossover
KnownParadox
Not a sphere
- Location
- Canada
Well yeah I know TOH didn't invent the concept of ofuda, but when it's the only disney series I know with something like it, I take note.
- Location
- Germany
Permanent loyalty for one of our three longest-serving Operatives (not counting LM anymore, since they got the boot and they probably wouldn´t see things as them having served us anyway) is always nice.
Ewwwww...let´s just hope that this doesn´t blow up in our face down the road and prepare to have stern talk with our wayward son - it´s okay that he wants to do his own thing for a bit to vent his admittedly justified frustrations with our conduct with him, *but not like that, young man!*
Hm, since he rolled just shy of the best third of results, that one should be leaning towards the positives, I think.
Aside from that, after checking his sheet I had a thought:
Currently he´s suffering a permanent -10 Loyalty from us snubbing the US government with stuff like that whole "Sovereign dictator of Doofania" malarkey. So it´s reasonable to assume that us Rejoining next turn would nix or at least reduce that malus and probably push him over the 50 Loyalty threshold by itself (independent of whatever boni "Dark Comedy" might net us), meaning that from then onward he *might* be more willing to divulge his deepest secrets, which hopefully will avert him getting snatched permanently by the Dream Queen.
So definitely another reason for Rejoining alongside being able to benefit from disaster relief without Doof raising a stink (seriously, even genuinely sovereign nations wouldn´t mind another nation helping out after a big tragedy, so what´s his problem?)
...Seriously? He fell just short of finishing his training only to pester us on that Moai quest?
*sarcastic clap*
Excellent comedic timing, Dennis...
Not bad at all, although that Progress does leave me worried...
Damn, normally I wouldn´t mind that +1 Diplo at all, but we´re on a seriously tight schedule with those tunnels because of NDs looming attack
Of all the dang times...
Thanks, I´ll be taking that
...Oh dear...
...Lemme guess, Alan: You depleted your luck reserves of the next decade to bare-fail last turn and now we´re stuck with you being shat on by Fortuna again?
...very well...
...Not quite "hair from the butt of a skunk", but effectively what I joked about - not that I mind the results (not at all!), but me being accidentially proven right still amuses me.
I´ll definitely take that temporary Loyalty bonus to work on buffing out that little dent we made by lobbying her at spywork against her wishes.
...I both want and don´t want this to be Waldorf & Statler...wonder what these two would give Kermit stat/trait-wise...
*shrugs*
Better than nothing...
...Say, can we put them as a heroball on NAs as well? If so, them *my god, these stats*...
Did that count for its appearance during our Moai quest already or is that one still to come?
If the latter, then *shit!*
...We just gave Genghis Khan the know-how of properly dealing with the modern corporate world...*What have we done???*
KnownParadox
Not a sphere
- Location
- Canada
The New Man project might be one of the potentially most beneficial projects we have, alongside AI and the ODI, and since we just completed a major step in AI, that leaves potential room for us to get going! Potentially after the ODI though. It'll be a party, we can get Doof, Janus, Jumba, Lizzy, Liv, and who knows who else on it. I like the cut of that Obake guys jib.
Understandable, things get kind of freaky
He is at 35 Loyalty now, which is nice, another 5 then we can bossman for a few turns at a higher loyalty brakcet
Norm isn't very good at heroism it appears.
Oh boy this interlude is gonna be interesting
Damn it Dennis, one more turn
Janna now has Base 20 Magic, 32 with Feldrake. Once she gets herself a Focus she should be a perfectly average caster.
TOM HAS POSITIVE LOYALTY-I REPEAT TOM HAS POSITIVE LOYALTY
Lizzy has a whopping 5 dimplomacy now, enough to go neutral when her trait procs!
21 and 16 martial, which translates to 29 martial on quest, If they can't take the action again it might warrant them going on the quest with Wendy instead of Lizzy.
Oh boy... Chaos Chaos Chaos. Glad to see they kept their business relationship though.
...At the very least I think 20+ Normally get them out of the worst result range
Ey! Might be good to let Cruella start a clothing Brand next turn, if we can spare the Stewardship.
hmmm... based on the title I wanna say maybe Uncle Deadly?
KEEP PRACTICING MINIONS
Well that is Ominous. But also YAY WE GOT RID OF THE MALUS!
Stratagemini
Totally a Fire Ferret.
- Location
- Central Park
- Pronouns
- He/Him/They/Them
So... Now that Khan is up and running, can we put him in charge of our fast food division to fight in the franchise wars?
KnownParadox
Not a sphere
- Location
- Canada
He would fit very well, he's just adapted fully to the modern day I think, and this is currently the only thing that's been described as a war. I think we should do it. For various reasons but also because it would be very funny.
Sure, his stewardship isn't the strongest but a 22 isn't something to scoff at. Plus I'm sure his martial stat will compensate.
- Location
- Germany
That and I expect at least some Corpo Actions in a field described as a WAR to have some kind of Martial fallback action, so...
- Location
- Hyperborea
KnownParadox
Not a sphere
- Location
- Canada
With the expected raise to Khan's stats, especially intrigue, this might not be as far as you might think.This is technically a cyberpunk setting, isn't it?
Martial and Intrigue together aren't typical stats to use in a corporate setting, but Khan isn't a typical guy, and this is the Franchise WARS. The time of swords is over, now is the time of knives.
Argidoll
And hast thou slain the Jabberwocky?
- Location
- Dreamland
This is an element of us reconciling the existence of dozens of different magic systems within Disney's canon. Different systems will operate with different rules, and in the case of elemental ones, different magic systems use different elements. Owl House uses Ice, Light, Plant, and Fire as its four core glyphs, while WITCH uses the traditional western elements plus Quintessence, which represents life. None of these are invalid, even if they may be incompatible. They just work on different rules, as do the Morganians, as do the Merlinians, as does the Russo Wand.
Long story short, all the different systems work, they all approach a variety of core principles from different angles. Wizards argue a lot about which system is right, of course, but in practice it's not uncommon for extremely talented wizards to basically develop personalized magic systems. Generally, the more power a character can throw around the faster and looser they can play with magic in terms of making reality do things because they want it to. The most extreme example of this is the Mewman queens, all of whom had so much power at their disposal they literally just made up their own spells on the fly and then occasionally remembered to write them down for posterity.
There's more to it, but that's the gist.
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LET'S BURN DOWN MARK BEAKS' HOUSE AGAIN!
Underdog Emiya
God-Emperor of Underkind
- Location
- Brazil
- Pronouns
- He
Maybe we'll get lucky, and the rocket we're bout to light will hit his house?
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Does anyone remember if the QMs have said anything about Wasabi having the specialty for the ODI?
Interlude: Terror and Abhorrance
- Location
- Pennsylvania
"We were somewhere around Goodsprings on the edge of the desert when the sugar began to take hold."
Rizzo the rat looked over at his driver. "Uh, whuzzat?"
"We had two bags of chocolate peppermints, seventy-five packs of tic-tacs, five sheets of high-powered candy dots, a salt shaker half full of pixie sticks, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored gummies, jawbreakers, chocolate, peanut butter... and also a quart of lemonade, a quart of lemon-lime, a case of root beer, a pint of smile dip and two dozen candied apples. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get locked into a serious sugar collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can."
"Gonzo-"
"But the only thing that worried me was the Smile Dip. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of Smile Dip, and I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon."
"Gonzo, what the heck are you talking about?!?"
The beschnozzed… whatever it was driving the car turned to regard Rizzo from behind reflectively sunglasses. "That's Doctor Gonzo, to you, Rizzo Duke."
"My last name is the Rat."
"Oh, Really?"
"Yes, it's German. Now answer the question!" Rizzo demanded with a slight twitch.
"Okay okay, sheesh. I'm a muckraking investigative reporter now. I find the filthy, dirty heart of the Las Vegas dream, and I create brilliant, genre-annihilating avant-garde journalism that exposes the truth behind our society."
"Mmmh. Like what?" Rizzo asked through a mouth full of candy.
"Well I dunno. I was thinking I'd eat all this candy and then see what happens."
"Mmmh, good idea."
"Care to join me?" Gonzo asked politely.
"Waaaay aheada ya." Rizzo replied, polishing off the chocolate and spraying crumbs all over Gonzo's Hawaiian print shirt.
"Rizzo!" Gonzo shrieked. "That was supposed to last us until Vegas!"
"Well it's not lasting until Sloan, I'm sorry to say. Benny will just have to deal."
Gonzo groaned, adjusting the floppy white hat on his head. "Well, what's left?"
"Uhhh." Rizzo replied, digging through empty cans and discarded wrappers as the car hurtled through the desert. "We're still got the Smile Dip." He replied, holding up two packets.
Gonzo stared at them for a moment.
"Well, why not?" He asked, ripping the package open and tipping it back in time with Rizzo. "I see no legal or safety repercussions that could result from this."
"Exactly, pal. Bottoms up!" Rizzo cheered as he toasted his companion with ominously pink powder in hand.
There was a long, long moment as consciousness expanded, or perhaps contracted, rather like their pupils.
"Gonzo." Rizzo hissed urgently.
"What?"
"We have to move now." Rizzo said, body shaking slightly.
"What?" Gonzo asked hazily. "Why?"
"We can't stay here! This is rat country!"
Gonzo blinked. "What?"
"I see my in-laws!"
"Taking evasive maneuvers!" Gonzo replied, slamming his foot onto the pedal and accelerating wildly. The blasted waste of the desert flew by in a blur, due partially to the triple digit speed and mostly to the Smile Dip. The sun was smiling, the birds were singing, and Gonzo didn't like it. He was never a fan of Love Handel.
"Is the wheel supposed to turn like that?" Rizzo asked urgently.
Gonzo pulled back on the wheel and discovered that it had detached from the car in a burst of butterflies. "I'm gonna say… probably. Oh, hey look at the size of that caterpillar!"
"It's coming at us awful fast." Rizzo pointed out.
"Maybe it's friendly!" Gonzo replied. "Hello Caterpillar!"
===
Darkness and pain slowly gave itself over to light and more pain.
"Uuugh- what happened?" Gonzo mumbled, rubbing his forehead as reality swam back into focus.
"Oh my gosh are you guys ok?!?" A voice said. A blurry form came into being over Gonzo's head, and he struggled to perceive it.
"Gonzo, I think I might still be hallucinating." Gonzo heard Rizzo say.
"Why's that?"
"I see a talking frog."
Gonzo paused for a moment. "Rizzo, you're a talking rat."
"I am?" Rizzo asked. "Oh yeah that's right, I am! What about these spines, are they normal too? Ow!"
Gonzo plucked one of them out. "It would appear not, Rizzo."
"Gonzo, is that you?" the ranine voice asked.
"K-Kermit?" Gonzo replied as the frog finally swam into focus. Gonzo sat up to see his convertible completely totaled, crashed into an out of place saguaro. Steam rose from it. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm on my way to Vegas for a company retreat." Kermit replied, still concerned by the way Gonzo's nose was bending. "When I saw you guys crash right in front of me!"
Gonzo grabbed onto his nose and yanked hard until it approximated the correct shape. "Retreat?" He said nasally before his passages readjusted. "What, for Doc Hoppers?"
"No Gonzo, he got bought out! I work for DEI now."
"Really???" Gonzo beamed. "That's great! We figured out you'd escaped the gulag when we got arrested and you weren't there, but we didn't hear from you until those Hopper ads started."
===
"Erm, hi. I'm K-ker… ker… Kermit th-"
"Say the line, Frog!"
"I'm Kermit the Frog, and I have legs!" Kermit wailed. "Do you like legs? Then… then…"
Doc Hopper butted into the frame, grabbing Kermit by the legs and holding him upside down.
"Then come on down to Doc Hoppers, where you can get 'em by the bucketful. Doc Hoppers. It's hip-"
"A-and it's hoppin'." Kermit said lamely, still upside down.
Doc Hopper dropped him.
"Aaah!"
===
Kermit shuddered. Rizzo looked hungry.
"Anyway. What are you two doing here together?" Kermit asked.
Gonzo shrugged. "Oh, we've sort of been a double act since 1992."
"No, I mean why here."
"Oh." Gonzo replied. "Well, I'm on the hunt for the evil at the heart of americ- wait a second."
"Yes?"
"The evil at the heart of America! Why didn't I see it before! It's so obvious!"
"What, capitalism?" Rizzo asked.
"No, not that!" Gonzo replied, grabbing onto Kermit's shoulders. "DEI. Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated. This is the angle I'm looking for!"
"Angle?" Kermit asked.
"Sounds obtuse." Rizzo interjected.
"Kermit." Gonzo put his arms out to beg. "Can we pal around with you again? This is the big break I've been looking for, I know it."
"Mmmmh." Kermit's mouth furrowed. "Well. Technically I don't think I'm supposed to pick up hitchhikers in the company car."
"We're not hitchhikers!"
"You know us!" Rizzo added.
"Well… I… suppose…"
"Oh Kermit thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!" Gonzo pulled the frog into a tight hug, sending his legs flailing. "Oh, you won't regret it. This calls for a celebration."
Gonzo looked back towards the wreck of his former car.
"Do you think there's any Smile Dip left?"
===
Kermit has gained the traits:
The Great Gonzo: Gonzo's work is… provocative. The positive and negative effects of Opinion are stronger on actions Kermit is assigned to.
Rizzo the Rat, ltd: Rizzo is an invertebrate businessrat who is always working an angle, frequently at the expense of the point of the exercise. Rizzo has a chance to generate 1 funds on any national action Kermit attempts equal to four times the critical failure chance of that action (4 x crit fail %).
Rizzo the rat looked over at his driver. "Uh, whuzzat?"
"We had two bags of chocolate peppermints, seventy-five packs of tic-tacs, five sheets of high-powered candy dots, a salt shaker half full of pixie sticks, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored gummies, jawbreakers, chocolate, peanut butter... and also a quart of lemonade, a quart of lemon-lime, a case of root beer, a pint of smile dip and two dozen candied apples. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get locked into a serious sugar collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can."
"Gonzo-"
"But the only thing that worried me was the Smile Dip. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of Smile Dip, and I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon."
"Gonzo, what the heck are you talking about?!?"
The beschnozzed… whatever it was driving the car turned to regard Rizzo from behind reflectively sunglasses. "That's Doctor Gonzo, to you, Rizzo Duke."
"My last name is the Rat."
"Oh, Really?"
"Yes, it's German. Now answer the question!" Rizzo demanded with a slight twitch.
"Okay okay, sheesh. I'm a muckraking investigative reporter now. I find the filthy, dirty heart of the Las Vegas dream, and I create brilliant, genre-annihilating avant-garde journalism that exposes the truth behind our society."
"Mmmh. Like what?" Rizzo asked through a mouth full of candy.
"Well I dunno. I was thinking I'd eat all this candy and then see what happens."
"Mmmh, good idea."
"Care to join me?" Gonzo asked politely.
"Waaaay aheada ya." Rizzo replied, polishing off the chocolate and spraying crumbs all over Gonzo's Hawaiian print shirt.
"Rizzo!" Gonzo shrieked. "That was supposed to last us until Vegas!"
"Well it's not lasting until Sloan, I'm sorry to say. Benny will just have to deal."
Gonzo groaned, adjusting the floppy white hat on his head. "Well, what's left?"
"Uhhh." Rizzo replied, digging through empty cans and discarded wrappers as the car hurtled through the desert. "We're still got the Smile Dip." He replied, holding up two packets.
Gonzo stared at them for a moment.
"Well, why not?" He asked, ripping the package open and tipping it back in time with Rizzo. "I see no legal or safety repercussions that could result from this."
"Exactly, pal. Bottoms up!" Rizzo cheered as he toasted his companion with ominously pink powder in hand.
There was a long, long moment as consciousness expanded, or perhaps contracted, rather like their pupils.
"Gonzo." Rizzo hissed urgently.
"What?"
"We have to move now." Rizzo said, body shaking slightly.
"What?" Gonzo asked hazily. "Why?"
"We can't stay here! This is rat country!"
Gonzo blinked. "What?"
"I see my in-laws!"
"Taking evasive maneuvers!" Gonzo replied, slamming his foot onto the pedal and accelerating wildly. The blasted waste of the desert flew by in a blur, due partially to the triple digit speed and mostly to the Smile Dip. The sun was smiling, the birds were singing, and Gonzo didn't like it. He was never a fan of Love Handel.
"Is the wheel supposed to turn like that?" Rizzo asked urgently.
Gonzo pulled back on the wheel and discovered that it had detached from the car in a burst of butterflies. "I'm gonna say… probably. Oh, hey look at the size of that caterpillar!"
"It's coming at us awful fast." Rizzo pointed out.
"Maybe it's friendly!" Gonzo replied. "Hello Caterpillar!"
===
Darkness and pain slowly gave itself over to light and more pain.
"Uuugh- what happened?" Gonzo mumbled, rubbing his forehead as reality swam back into focus.
"Oh my gosh are you guys ok?!?" A voice said. A blurry form came into being over Gonzo's head, and he struggled to perceive it.
"Gonzo, I think I might still be hallucinating." Gonzo heard Rizzo say.
"Why's that?"
"I see a talking frog."
Gonzo paused for a moment. "Rizzo, you're a talking rat."
"I am?" Rizzo asked. "Oh yeah that's right, I am! What about these spines, are they normal too? Ow!"
Gonzo plucked one of them out. "It would appear not, Rizzo."
"Gonzo, is that you?" the ranine voice asked.
"K-Kermit?" Gonzo replied as the frog finally swam into focus. Gonzo sat up to see his convertible completely totaled, crashed into an out of place saguaro. Steam rose from it. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm on my way to Vegas for a company retreat." Kermit replied, still concerned by the way Gonzo's nose was bending. "When I saw you guys crash right in front of me!"
Gonzo grabbed onto his nose and yanked hard until it approximated the correct shape. "Retreat?" He said nasally before his passages readjusted. "What, for Doc Hoppers?"
"No Gonzo, he got bought out! I work for DEI now."
"Really???" Gonzo beamed. "That's great! We figured out you'd escaped the gulag when we got arrested and you weren't there, but we didn't hear from you until those Hopper ads started."
===
"Erm, hi. I'm K-ker… ker… Kermit th-"
"Say the line, Frog!"
"I'm Kermit the Frog, and I have legs!" Kermit wailed. "Do you like legs? Then… then…"
Doc Hopper butted into the frame, grabbing Kermit by the legs and holding him upside down.
"Then come on down to Doc Hoppers, where you can get 'em by the bucketful. Doc Hoppers. It's hip-"
"A-and it's hoppin'." Kermit said lamely, still upside down.
Doc Hopper dropped him.
"Aaah!"
===
Kermit shuddered. Rizzo looked hungry.
"Anyway. What are you two doing here together?" Kermit asked.
Gonzo shrugged. "Oh, we've sort of been a double act since 1992."
"No, I mean why here."
"Oh." Gonzo replied. "Well, I'm on the hunt for the evil at the heart of americ- wait a second."
"Yes?"
"The evil at the heart of America! Why didn't I see it before! It's so obvious!"
"What, capitalism?" Rizzo asked.
"No, not that!" Gonzo replied, grabbing onto Kermit's shoulders. "DEI. Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated. This is the angle I'm looking for!"
"Angle?" Kermit asked.
"Sounds obtuse." Rizzo interjected.
"Kermit." Gonzo put his arms out to beg. "Can we pal around with you again? This is the big break I've been looking for, I know it."
"Mmmmh." Kermit's mouth furrowed. "Well. Technically I don't think I'm supposed to pick up hitchhikers in the company car."
"We're not hitchhikers!"
"You know us!" Rizzo added.
"Well… I… suppose…"
"Oh Kermit thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!" Gonzo pulled the frog into a tight hug, sending his legs flailing. "Oh, you won't regret it. This calls for a celebration."
Gonzo looked back towards the wreck of his former car.
"Do you think there's any Smile Dip left?"
===
Kermit has gained the traits:
The Great Gonzo: Gonzo's work is… provocative. The positive and negative effects of Opinion are stronger on actions Kermit is assigned to.
Rizzo the Rat, ltd: Rizzo is an invertebrate businessrat who is always working an angle, frequently at the expense of the point of the exercise. Rizzo has a chance to generate 1 funds on any national action Kermit attempts equal to four times the critical failure chance of that action (4 x crit fail %).
GONZO MY BELOVED
oh and Rizzo is here to.
oh and Rizzo is here to.
Oh hey it's Gonzo!
…quick, how do we get Kermit to 25% chance of critical failure?
Kermit on an Auto-Pass learning with Max has a 14% CF chance
We'd need another source of 11%
KnownParadox
Not a sphere
- Location
- Canada
Nice quick interlude, and some nice Traits for Kermit as well, magnified opinion is potentially real nice.
The Froggy Ninja
The Blade Will Never Die
reflective
I also wonder if Muppets From Space is canon.
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic
...We... we have Gonzo.
[sheds single tear]
[sheds single tear]
- Location
- California Conservation Corps
- Pronouns
- She/Her
I love that the immediate reaction to Rizzo was trying to see how easily we can crit fail with Kermit without it blowing up too badly for us.