Fate/In Glory Of (Worm)
- Thread starter Jefardi
- Start date
- Crossover Modern Superhero
QA: *happy fractaling in ways that hurt to see*
- Pronouns
- He
Can QA see us?
Maybe? No? It wouldn't matter if QA could. So I guess possibly? QA in the quest is mostly felt by the audience as they give votes when it comes to power related activities.
Do you want to ask or tell QA something?
- Pronouns
- He
"What is the skeleton's favorite snack?"
Iris-Iven-Ibis
Interested-Idiot-Immortal
- Location
- You know
[X] ...used the giant to flee. She doesn't know what it is, but she wants no part in it.
QA why Hercules?
QA why Hercules?
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- He
I mean, we coulda ended up with King Arthur soz
QA: [ANSWER-CALCIUM]
"Hi QA, have you tried turning yourself off and on again? Just remember to save your work first."
QA: [ANSWER-AFFIRMATION.BSOD]
QA: [ANSWER-SMUG]
Aporia 03.16
[X] ...used the giant to flee. She doesn't know what it is, but she wants no part in it.
Ultimately, Taylor came out here to the middle of nowhere to test her power without witnesses.
Letting herself be seen here in any way, shape or form was a failure.
The giant shifted, holding out his palm, seemingly already anticipating her action and moved to help her onto his shoulder.
"Get us away from here, please. Don't let us be seen by whatever that," she pointed in the general direction the approaching noise was, "is."
Fwoosh!
With a powerful burst of motion, the giant was propelled into the air.
For the briefest of moments, a handful of frames of her vision, she saw several grey shadows clearing the moving towards where they had been before whatever she was seeing became indistinct parts of the forest.
It had been two days since the girl had returned to her place of education after the weekly break, and she was not doing well, in the shadow's own, insignificant opinion.
Every day that she went to gather with her age peers, she seemed more and more stressed.
It was easy to pinpoint the source of it.
The birdgirl.
The problem.
That was the source of the girl's stress.
The shadow would crush the annoyance into a fine pink paste with nary a word, no, a gesture from the girl. A slight nod was all that was needed. Alas, she had yet to give any indication that she would prefer the birdgirl to be violently removed from existing. As such, there was little the shadow could do to directly relieve the girl of the source of her distress.
Currently the girl was sitting in front of a glowing box- a computer, frantically searching for something.
She kept muttering about formal casual.
She'd been at it for nearly three hours since her education for the day had ended.
Eventually she willed it into existence, the shadow barely able to fit in the room it was summoned in, having to slouch so its head didn't break through the ceiling.
"I-I think she meant business casual? Maybe?"
The girl made a distressed noise in the back of her throat.
"What does formal casual even mean?!" The girl threw her hands up in the air in exasperation. "Is it business casual? Is it smart casual? It's not business formal, I don't think. I hope not. Damn, I hope it's not formal… there are so many kinds of formal." She leaned back in the chair she was seated in, until she was looking at him upside down.
"I got asked out and I don't even know what I'm supposed to dress as." Her eyes shut. "I can't ask her what she meant… I-I don't want to look stupid. Stupider."
The shadow would kill anyone that called her stupid if allowed.
"Maybe… maybe formal casual is a thing? I just can't find anything on it online. Like at all."
She sighed.
"I wish I could ask someone about it." She leaned forward on the chair, the front two legs clacking on the hardwood floor. "I can't ask Joanna... she said she doesn't know anything about dating and, uh, I don't think she knows anything about dress codes. I'm pretty sure she would kill anyone who suggested she wear anything she didn't want to." The girl's head tilted. "Except maybe her mom."
The girl was quiet for a moment.
"Actually…" there was more life to her voice than before, or at least more energy. "She might know what formal casual is. Maybe. I could ask her? I do have her phone number…"
She fiddled with the metal-glass rectangle for nearly a few minutes- squiggles appearing on it as her fingers danced across it and then disappearing as she kept holding a finger to a single spot.
The girl gave a heavy sigh and just stared at the device.
"I could ask dad."
The admission came out whisper-quiet, yet the shadow heard it all the same.
"It'd mean I'd have to tell him I have a date. With a girl. Or that I have a date. I love him, but, maybe… he shouldn't know? Until I figure out…"
She started to mumble half-words that might mean something if the shadow could hear the parts not verbalize.
"This sucks."
[] Ask Miss Alyssa for help. Taylor doesn't really know her well, but she seems nice? Pretty knowledgeable? Downside; it's your other friend's mom.
[] Talk to Dad. It's going to make it awkward, very awkward and he might not know what the hell formal casual is, but at least it won't leave the between the two of them. Downsides; it's dad. He might be very unhappy about you dating someone he hasn't met yet. Or that you don't know where you are going. Or a lot of things, honestly. He might also forbid Taylor from going on the date.
[] Wing it. Taylor doesn't know what formal casual is, but, like, smart casual is probably it, right? Right? She totally won't have a complete panic attack about this. Not at all.
Author's Note: What was in the forest?
Good question, Taylor is still wondering; she'd like to know, too. Forever only know it was many and grey.
I will remind everyone that Taylor is a fifteen year old girl who has their first date.
To her this is kind of a big deal.
Anywho, I have a… tentative plan for each option if it wins. Hopefully.
There is one option that will be a complete trainwreck in some way, shape or form if it wins. I'm rooting for it with the detachment of someone wanting to see said train derail…
This actually finally touched on something I've been meaning to have happen for a while; Taylor talking at her power. Originally the quest was going to be entirely from the giant's POV, but it was really hard to do that in the beginning. Oh well.
Please vote and discuss!
Ultimately, Taylor came out here to the middle of nowhere to test her power without witnesses.
Letting herself be seen here in any way, shape or form was a failure.
The giant shifted, holding out his palm, seemingly already anticipating her action and moved to help her onto his shoulder.
"Get us away from here, please. Don't let us be seen by whatever that," she pointed in the general direction the approaching noise was, "is."
Fwoosh!
With a powerful burst of motion, the giant was propelled into the air.
For the briefest of moments, a handful of frames of her vision, she saw several grey shadows clearing the moving towards where they had been before whatever she was seeing became indistinct parts of the forest.
It had been two days since the girl had returned to her place of education after the weekly break, and she was not doing well, in the shadow's own, insignificant opinion.
Every day that she went to gather with her age peers, she seemed more and more stressed.
It was easy to pinpoint the source of it.
The birdgirl.
The problem.
That was the source of the girl's stress.
The shadow would crush the annoyance into a fine pink paste with nary a word, no, a gesture from the girl. A slight nod was all that was needed. Alas, she had yet to give any indication that she would prefer the birdgirl to be violently removed from existing. As such, there was little the shadow could do to directly relieve the girl of the source of her distress.
Currently the girl was sitting in front of a glowing box- a computer, frantically searching for something.
She kept muttering about formal casual.
She'd been at it for nearly three hours since her education for the day had ended.
Eventually she willed it into existence, the shadow barely able to fit in the room it was summoned in, having to slouch so its head didn't break through the ceiling.
"I-I think she meant business casual? Maybe?"
The girl made a distressed noise in the back of her throat.
"What does formal casual even mean?!" The girl threw her hands up in the air in exasperation. "Is it business casual? Is it smart casual? It's not business formal, I don't think. I hope not. Damn, I hope it's not formal… there are so many kinds of formal." She leaned back in the chair she was seated in, until she was looking at him upside down.
"I got asked out and I don't even know what I'm supposed to dress as." Her eyes shut. "I can't ask her what she meant… I-I don't want to look stupid. Stupider."
The shadow would kill anyone that called her stupid if allowed.
"Maybe… maybe formal casual is a thing? I just can't find anything on it online. Like at all."
She sighed.
"I wish I could ask someone about it." She leaned forward on the chair, the front two legs clacking on the hardwood floor. "I can't ask Joanna... she said she doesn't know anything about dating and, uh, I don't think she knows anything about dress codes. I'm pretty sure she would kill anyone who suggested she wear anything she didn't want to." The girl's head tilted. "Except maybe her mom."
The girl was quiet for a moment.
"Actually…" there was more life to her voice than before, or at least more energy. "She might know what formal casual is. Maybe. I could ask her? I do have her phone number…"
She fiddled with the metal-glass rectangle for nearly a few minutes- squiggles appearing on it as her fingers danced across it and then disappearing as she kept holding a finger to a single spot.
The girl gave a heavy sigh and just stared at the device.
"I could ask dad."
The admission came out whisper-quiet, yet the shadow heard it all the same.
"It'd mean I'd have to tell him I have a date. With a girl. Or that I have a date. I love him, but, maybe… he shouldn't know? Until I figure out…"
She started to mumble half-words that might mean something if the shadow could hear the parts not verbalize.
"This sucks."
[] Ask Miss Alyssa for help. Taylor doesn't really know her well, but she seems nice? Pretty knowledgeable? Downside; it's your other friend's mom.
[] Talk to Dad. It's going to make it awkward, very awkward and he might not know what the hell formal casual is, but at least it won't leave the between the two of them. Downsides; it's dad. He might be very unhappy about you dating someone he hasn't met yet. Or that you don't know where you are going. Or a lot of things, honestly. He might also forbid Taylor from going on the date.
[] Wing it. Taylor doesn't know what formal casual is, but, like, smart casual is probably it, right? Right? She totally won't have a complete panic attack about this. Not at all.
Author's Note: What was in the forest?
Good question, Taylor is still wondering; she'd like to know, too. Forever only know it was many and grey.
I will remind everyone that Taylor is a fifteen year old girl who has their first date.
To her this is kind of a big deal.
Anywho, I have a… tentative plan for each option if it wins. Hopefully.
There is one option that will be a complete trainwreck in some way, shape or form if it wins. I'm rooting for it with the detachment of someone wanting to see said train derail…
This actually finally touched on something I've been meaning to have happen for a while; Taylor talking at her power. Originally the quest was going to be entirely from the giant's POV, but it was really hard to do that in the beginning. Oh well.
Please vote and discuss!
[] Talk to Dad. It's going to make it awkward, very awkward and he might not know what the hell formal casual is, but at least it won't leave the between the two of them. Downsides; it's dad. He might be very unhappy about you dating someone he hasn't met yet. Or that you don't know where you are going. Or a lot of things, honestly. He might also forbid Taylor from going on the date
Communication please I hate all the worm stories about Danny being a deadbeat.
Communication please I hate all the worm stories about Danny being a deadbeat.
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[X] Ask Miss Alyssa for help. Taylor doesn't really know her well, but she seems nice? Pretty knowledgeable? Downside; it's your other friend's mom.
Taylor has a lot to sort out emotionally here. Opening up to her dad at some point would be good, but if that's the goal, I suspect that trying that here and now with this specifically would be...counterproductive.
On the other hand, talking to Alyssa is, while awkward, not likely to make Taylor have a panic attack from discussing things with her father that's she's not really ready to discuss yet? And there's a reason it's easier to talk about some things with strangers than the people you're actually close to sometimes.
Taylor has a lot to sort out emotionally here. Opening up to her dad at some point would be good, but if that's the goal, I suspect that trying that here and now with this specifically would be...counterproductive.
On the other hand, talking to Alyssa is, while awkward, not likely to make Taylor have a panic attack from discussing things with her father that's she's not really ready to discuss yet? And there's a reason it's easier to talk about some things with strangers than the people you're actually close to sometimes.
[X] Talk to Dad. It's going to make it awkward, very awkward and he might not know what the hell formal casual is, but at least it won't leave the between the two of them. Downsides; it's dad. He might be very unhappy about you dating someone he hasn't met yet. Or that you don't know where you are going. Or a lot of things, honestly. He might also forbid Taylor from going on the date.
- Location
- France
[X] Talk to Dad. It's going to make it awkward, very awkward and he might not know what the hell formal casual is, but at least it won't leave the between the two of them. Downsides; it's dad. He might be very unhappy about you dating someone he hasn't met yet. Or that you don't know where you are going. Or a lot of things, honestly. He might also forbid Taylor from going on the date.
Not telling him that she's a cape is one thing, but you should at least keep him informed that you're dating someone. I can smell all the avoided stupid misunderstandings from here. It even gives Taylor an excuse to go caping by saying she's going on a date (though in that case she'd need to have her gf in on it).
Not telling him that she's a cape is one thing, but you should at least keep him informed that you're dating someone. I can smell all the avoided stupid misunderstandings from here. It even gives Taylor an excuse to go caping by saying she's going on a date (though in that case she'd need to have her gf in on it).
Deadweight Hero
I can't beat the demon lord help-
[X] Talk to Dad. It's going to make it awkward, very awkward and he might not know what the hell formal casual is, but at least it won't leave the between the two of them. Downsides; it's dad. He might be very unhappy about you dating someone he hasn't met yet. Or that you don't know where you are going. Or a lot of things, honestly. He might also forbid Taylor from going on the date.
Danny needs to know atleast. Plus he'll feel hurt if Taylor ask someone she barely know about dating advices and not him when he's near. Also communication.
Danny needs to know atleast. Plus he'll feel hurt if Taylor ask someone she barely know about dating advices and not him when he's near. Also communication.
You might want to put the X in the vote.
[X] Talk to Dad. It's going to make it awkward, very awkward and he might not know what the hell formal casual is, but at least it won't leave the between the two of them. Downsides; it's dad. He might be very unhappy about you dating someone he hasn't met yet. Or that you don't know where you are going. Or a lot of things, honestly. He might also forbid Taylor from going on the date.
[X] Talk to Dad. It's going to make it awkward, very awkward and he might not know what the hell formal casual is, but at least it won't leave the between the two of them. Downsides; it's dad. He might be very unhappy about you dating someone he hasn't met yet. Or that you don't know where you are going. Or a lot of things, honestly. He might also forbid Taylor from going on the date.
Aureate
hello?
- Location
- Information Team, L-Corporation
[X] Talk to Dad. It's going to make it awkward, very awkward and he might not know what the hell formal casual is, but at least it won't leave the between the two of them. Downsides; it's dad. He might be very unhappy about you dating someone he hasn't met yet. Or that you don't know where you are going. Or a lot of things, honestly. He might also forbid Taylor from going on the date.
Trying to do it undercover is just going to cause probhlems later along...
Trying to do it undercover is just going to cause probhlems later along...
Aporia 03.17
[X] Talk to Dad. It's going to make it awkward, very awkward and he might not know what the hell formal casual is, but at least it won't leave the between the two of them. Downsides; it's dad. He might be very unhappy about you dating someone he hasn't met yet. Or that you don't know where you are going. Or a lot of things, honestly. He might also forbid Taylor from going on the date.
Taylor stared at her alarm clock.
It was a little bit before five thirty in the morning. Light was still many hours away.
She was going to ask her dad.
At breakfast.
Which wasn't for at least another half an hour, maybe an hour – she didn't hear the shower running yet.
Taylor stared up at her ceiling.
It wasn't that this was even that bad, it was just waiting to ask him had made her have a less than stellar sleep. Plus, she had to leave by six forty-five for the bus. Clarendon was a long ways away.
Maybe I should see about getting a driver's permit? It would help for the next school year and the one after that. Though, she had no idea how she would go about getting a car. Taylor wouldn't ask her dad for money and that would mean getting a job which would cut into caping… hypothetically she could get money from using her power- a drug den probably had some cash lying around? The problem with that is she would never want to mix her private life with caping and that would be a big mixture of it.
So, no car.
Alternatively… she did have another way, but travel via the giant within the city for something so mundane sounded assine.
The idle thought persisted for a short while until she heard the shower start.
It was time to get around for the day.
"Hey, dad?"
Taylor's dad blinked as he blearily looked away from the stove. "Yeah?"
"Do you know what formal casual is?"
The only sound in the kitchen was the frying of bacon.
"Formal casual?"
"Yes?"
"Like the dress code?"
"Yes." Taylor was more certain at least of that.
He turned back to the bacon for ten seconds before speaking up again.
"Isn't that contradictory?"
"Hunh?"
"Formal would mean it's at the most conservative of the business dress code while casual would mean the least conservative."
"Oh." Was… was this something that Nikki didn't know about? Maybe it had some meaning in Russian and she mistranslated it? Or-
"Where did you hear formal casual from? Maybe there's some context I'm missing."
There was context for it; namely that Nikki was taking her to a movie and then dinner at a restaurant. As much as she was prepared to possibly tell her dad about having a date, she wasn't going to outright say it. At some point she would, but she really didn't want to.
Right now at least.
Truthfully, there probably wouldn't be a good time in her own mind later but that didn't change the fact she just plain didn't want to talk about it now.
Evidently her mental struggle was something her dad picked up on.
"Taylor?" Curiosity coloured his tone.
"I, uh, have a date?"
Her eyes widened in panic.
She said it.
Holy crap, she said it.
Well, hard part was over.
Her eyes were focused on the silverware drawer, trying her hardest to actively ignore her dad's reaction. She could feel every fraction of a second as she waited for something to be said. Each millisecond felt like a growing weight was being anchored to her.
"A... date." There was a moment where her dad seemed to struggle with that as well. "Is it with someone I know?" He asked slowly.
Taylor wracked her brain for a moment. "You haven't met them, they were the one who broke the step." That was another thing; she didn't know how her dad was going to react to the person in question being a girl. Maybe keep that for another time? She didn't think he would react negatively- her parents had been very clear that they didn't hold any negative views of non-straight people. Didn't mean she wanted to talk about it.
"All three of the steps were replaced." Her dad hummed as the fry pan moved from the stove. "What's their name?"
"Nikki."
"I'd like to meet them before you're… date."
Taylor nodded. She was wholly still focused on her drawer, which, for all she could tell, did not contain a single piece of silverware. She was looking directly at the drawer but her focus was absolutely not on what she was seeing.
"Which is…?" Her dad asked, leadingly after maybe an eternity, also known as half a minute.
"Saturday evening."
"Alright then." He came over with the pan, Taylor could hear the floor creaking as he walked over to where she had set the plates.
"Bacon?"
Taylor has time for one more cape related activity before her date;
[] Patrol – Go search for trouble [+2, QA is currently irked that Taylor ran away. Plus QA's vote from last time has been cast.]
[] Research Local – Find out what's going on with the cape scene in Brockton Bay
[] Power experimentation – Taylor is going to mess around with her power/prep for exciting part of cape life
[] Preparations – Taylor doing prep work for the boring part of being a cape
[] Cape social (Taylor doesn't know any capes yet) – Talk to another cape
Author's note: What, you thought Danny was going to do something crazy? Nah. He is mostly thinking that he bet Annette it was going to be Emma and that he would have lost twenty dollars.
I've been trying to be much more punctual with chapters, so this has been a good streak.
The trainwreck of an option was not picked, Taylor didn't get to hear about how Joanna was conceived. Rejoice for Taylor doesn't need brain bleach but tremble for that story shall now never happen.
Probably!
Please vote and discuss!
Taylor stared at her alarm clock.
It was a little bit before five thirty in the morning. Light was still many hours away.
She was going to ask her dad.
At breakfast.
Which wasn't for at least another half an hour, maybe an hour – she didn't hear the shower running yet.
Taylor stared up at her ceiling.
It wasn't that this was even that bad, it was just waiting to ask him had made her have a less than stellar sleep. Plus, she had to leave by six forty-five for the bus. Clarendon was a long ways away.
Maybe I should see about getting a driver's permit? It would help for the next school year and the one after that. Though, she had no idea how she would go about getting a car. Taylor wouldn't ask her dad for money and that would mean getting a job which would cut into caping… hypothetically she could get money from using her power- a drug den probably had some cash lying around? The problem with that is she would never want to mix her private life with caping and that would be a big mixture of it.
So, no car.
Alternatively… she did have another way, but travel via the giant within the city for something so mundane sounded assine.
The idle thought persisted for a short while until she heard the shower start.
It was time to get around for the day.
"Hey, dad?"
Taylor's dad blinked as he blearily looked away from the stove. "Yeah?"
"Do you know what formal casual is?"
The only sound in the kitchen was the frying of bacon.
"Formal casual?"
"Yes?"
"Like the dress code?"
"Yes." Taylor was more certain at least of that.
He turned back to the bacon for ten seconds before speaking up again.
"Isn't that contradictory?"
"Hunh?"
"Formal would mean it's at the most conservative of the business dress code while casual would mean the least conservative."
"Oh." Was… was this something that Nikki didn't know about? Maybe it had some meaning in Russian and she mistranslated it? Or-
"Where did you hear formal casual from? Maybe there's some context I'm missing."
There was context for it; namely that Nikki was taking her to a movie and then dinner at a restaurant. As much as she was prepared to possibly tell her dad about having a date, she wasn't going to outright say it. At some point she would, but she really didn't want to.
Right now at least.
Truthfully, there probably wouldn't be a good time in her own mind later but that didn't change the fact she just plain didn't want to talk about it now.
Evidently her mental struggle was something her dad picked up on.
"Taylor?" Curiosity coloured his tone.
"I, uh, have a date?"
Her eyes widened in panic.
She said it.
Holy crap, she said it.
Well, hard part was over.
Her eyes were focused on the silverware drawer, trying her hardest to actively ignore her dad's reaction. She could feel every fraction of a second as she waited for something to be said. Each millisecond felt like a growing weight was being anchored to her.
"A... date." There was a moment where her dad seemed to struggle with that as well. "Is it with someone I know?" He asked slowly.
Taylor wracked her brain for a moment. "You haven't met them, they were the one who broke the step." That was another thing; she didn't know how her dad was going to react to the person in question being a girl. Maybe keep that for another time? She didn't think he would react negatively- her parents had been very clear that they didn't hold any negative views of non-straight people. Didn't mean she wanted to talk about it.
"All three of the steps were replaced." Her dad hummed as the fry pan moved from the stove. "What's their name?"
"Nikki."
"I'd like to meet them before you're… date."
Taylor nodded. She was wholly still focused on her drawer, which, for all she could tell, did not contain a single piece of silverware. She was looking directly at the drawer but her focus was absolutely not on what she was seeing.
"Which is…?" Her dad asked, leadingly after maybe an eternity, also known as half a minute.
"Saturday evening."
"Alright then." He came over with the pan, Taylor could hear the floor creaking as he walked over to where she had set the plates.
"Bacon?"
Taylor has time for one more cape related activity before her date;
[] Patrol – Go search for trouble [+2, QA is currently irked that Taylor ran away. Plus QA's vote from last time has been cast.]
[] Research Local – Find out what's going on with the cape scene in Brockton Bay
[] Power experimentation – Taylor is going to mess around with her power/prep for exciting part of cape life
[] Preparations – Taylor doing prep work for the boring part of being a cape
Author's note: What, you thought Danny was going to do something crazy? Nah. He is mostly thinking that he bet Annette it was going to be Emma and that he would have lost twenty dollars.
I've been trying to be much more punctual with chapters, so this has been a good streak.
The trainwreck of an option was not picked, Taylor didn't get to hear about how Joanna was conceived. Rejoice for Taylor doesn't need brain bleach but tremble for that story shall now never happen.
Probably!
Please vote and discuss!
KindredVoid
Shard Whisperer
[X] Research Local – Find out what's going on with the cape scene in Brockton Bay
Sorry QA, we'll patrol next time, promise, but we sorta need to know what's going on.
Sorry QA, we'll patrol next time, promise, but we sorta need to know what's going on.