Merry Christmas Jefardi!
For reference, that's the my newly acquired pet gecko.
In many ways, its accurate considering I'm utterly obsessed with her and spend far more time staring at her little face then writing.
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Fate/In Glory Of (Worm)
- Thread starter Jefardi
- Start date
- Crossover Modern Superhero
For reference, that's the my newly acquired pet gecko.
In many ways, its accurate considering I'm utterly obsessed with her and spend far more time staring at her little face then writing.
Understandable
Parodos 04.17.05
New
[X] No. Get all the smooches. Fuck consequences.
The girl continued to be assaulted by the birdgirl.
The shadow did not sense any kind of fear or aggression, or anything indicative of the assault being unwanted which was the stranger part.
Helios' rays grew thicker as they embraced the world.
The girl hit the device that made her rise every morning and murmured "five more minutes" to the birdgirl.
Nothing changed after the prescribed time.
The floor of the abode creaked as the girl's father knocked on her door, "Taylor, are you up yet?"
"No." The birldgirl answered in lieu of the actual being that it was pointed towards. "But I will make sure she is not late for school."
"Okay, thank yo-"
A beat, a pause. Then thunderous steps up the stairs.
The door slammed open.
The man looked within the girl's bedroom.
The girl was pinned to the bed, her paramour straddling her, both of their hair in a tangled mess, hands shifting. Or were. Now both were staring at the man. The girl with fear and the other...
"It is rude to not knock."
That was when the yelling started.
The girl stared glumly at her writing utensil, sitting in the gymnasium as the sun reached it's daily zenith.
The shadow had watched as her father had kicked the paramour from their dwelling. In turn, the girl had turned a bright red and said little at the chastisement she was given. She was even given an ultimatum to go directly to her father's place of profession after her daily education.
Yet she never gave it the freedom to manifest and so the shadow stayed it's hands. And so it waited, loaded like a spring to aid the girl by laying waste to all that opposed her at her beck and call. None were forthcoming.
And so, time passed.
Danny has grounded Taylor for sneaking her girlfriend in to suck face with. Especially since it looked like the house was getting broken into and police could have been called. As such she is supposed to head to the Dockworker's office after school.
He did NOT confiscate her phone as it is a dangerous time they live in.
[] Taylor tries to sneak in some patrolling by taking a very meandering path to her dad's office. [Truncated patrol rolls with mild possible consequences]
[] Taylor heads straight there. [No evening cape vote but pleased father figure]
[] Taylor says screw the rules and ignores the grounding and blames the current events in the city for why she can't go. [Will result in full evening cape vote with consequences]
Author's Note: Uh, I'm here! Got distracted with life. Saw some animals. Life kicked my butt for a bit.
I don't like this chapter so I figure might as well pull the band-aide off as it were.
I'm really surprised at the votes that won. I don't know if people realized what exactly they ended up voting for but it was literally "get caught by Danny". He would have been far more forgiving if the other vote had won. Possibly not even angry though he would have probably set some ground rules.
Again, sorry about the delay. Real life decided it didn't want to be ignored.
Please vote and discuss!
The girl continued to be assaulted by the birdgirl.
The shadow did not sense any kind of fear or aggression, or anything indicative of the assault being unwanted which was the stranger part.
Helios' rays grew thicker as they embraced the world.
The girl hit the device that made her rise every morning and murmured "five more minutes" to the birdgirl.
Nothing changed after the prescribed time.
The floor of the abode creaked as the girl's father knocked on her door, "Taylor, are you up yet?"
"No." The birldgirl answered in lieu of the actual being that it was pointed towards. "But I will make sure she is not late for school."
"Okay, thank yo-"
A beat, a pause. Then thunderous steps up the stairs.
The door slammed open.
The man looked within the girl's bedroom.
The girl was pinned to the bed, her paramour straddling her, both of their hair in a tangled mess, hands shifting. Or were. Now both were staring at the man. The girl with fear and the other...
"It is rude to not knock."
That was when the yelling started.
The girl stared glumly at her writing utensil, sitting in the gymnasium as the sun reached it's daily zenith.
The shadow had watched as her father had kicked the paramour from their dwelling. In turn, the girl had turned a bright red and said little at the chastisement she was given. She was even given an ultimatum to go directly to her father's place of profession after her daily education.
Yet she never gave it the freedom to manifest and so the shadow stayed it's hands. And so it waited, loaded like a spring to aid the girl by laying waste to all that opposed her at her beck and call. None were forthcoming.
And so, time passed.
Danny has grounded Taylor for sneaking her girlfriend in to suck face with. Especially since it looked like the house was getting broken into and police could have been called. As such she is supposed to head to the Dockworker's office after school.
He did NOT confiscate her phone as it is a dangerous time they live in.
[] Taylor tries to sneak in some patrolling by taking a very meandering path to her dad's office. [Truncated patrol rolls with mild possible consequences]
[] Taylor heads straight there. [No evening cape vote but pleased father figure]
[] Taylor says screw the rules and ignores the grounding and blames the current events in the city for why she can't go. [Will result in full evening cape vote with consequences]
Author's Note: Uh, I'm here! Got distracted with life. Saw some animals. Life kicked my butt for a bit.
I don't like this chapter so I figure might as well pull the band-aide off as it were.
I'm really surprised at the votes that won. I don't know if people realized what exactly they ended up voting for but it was literally "get caught by Danny". He would have been far more forgiving if the other vote had won. Possibly not even angry though he would have probably set some ground rules.
Again, sorry about the delay. Real life decided it didn't want to be ignored.
Please vote and discuss!
[X] Taylor heads straight there. [No evening cape vote but pleased father figure]
[X] Taylor tries to sneak in some patrolling by taking a very meandering path to her dad's office. [Truncated patrol rolls with mild possible consequences]
[X] Taylor heads straight there. [No evening cape vote but pleased father figure]
Lol. Lmao even.
I don't know if it makes sense, but her getting caught seemed like an OK option because i kinda had the thought 'any change in dynamic with Danny is better then stuff staying static'.
Didn't work out that way it seems, or maybe they'll have an actual talk on this later down the line? Who knows.
It's also just a fact that getting caught isn't that big of a deal... in the long term. Embarassing/annoying today, but it's the kind of stuff that makes for a hilarious story years down the line. (Also can't convince me Danny didn't pull similair shenanigans in his youth)
[X] Taylor heads straight there. [No evening cape vote but pleased father figure]
Didn't work out that way it seems, or maybe they'll have an actual talk on this later down the line? Who knows.
It's also just a fact that getting caught isn't that big of a deal... in the long term. Embarassing/annoying today, but it's the kind of stuff that makes for a hilarious story years down the line. (Also can't convince me Danny didn't pull similair shenanigans in his youth)
[X] Taylor heads straight there. [No evening cape vote but pleased father figure]
- Location
- Ohio
Lol at Danny needing a moment to realize things are off.
Getting caught by dad? As far as consequences goes, it might end up being a good thing. Could help get the two talking.
[X] Taylor heads straight there. [No evening cape vote but pleased father figure]
[X] Taylor heads straight there. [No evening cape vote but pleased father figure]
I knew it was a mistake but voted for it anyway because I wanted Taylor to make some normal teenage mistakes for once. Not life-or-death struggles after sneaking into the middle of a gang war, just getting grounded for sneaking her girlfriend in. If it gets her and her dad to talk a bit more about how things are going then that's a bonus.
She's a kid, she should be able to do dumb kid stuff
I knew it was a mistake but voted for it anyway because I wanted Taylor to make some normal teenage mistakes for once. Not life-or-death struggles after sneaking into the middle of a gang war, just getting grounded for sneaking her girlfriend in. If it gets her and her dad to talk a bit more about how things are going then that's a bonus.
She's a kid, she should be able to do dumb kid stuff
- Location
- Oklahoma
[X] Taylor heads straight there. [No evening cape vote but pleased father figure]
Parodos 04.17.06
New
[X] Taylor heads straight there. [No evening cape vote but pleased father figure]
The shadow watched the girl sigh as the cityscape passed by her view.
She had been doing this since she had left where she spent most of her waking hours. Occasionally she looked at the communication rectangle and made a considering noise or a light chortle.
She did not require it's intervention at this time and as such, it could only observe.
The light of day had reached its penultimate position when the girl finally left the confines of her transportation… tube. There was a better word for this, the shadow knew this, perhaps even just a better shape than 'tube' given its hard corners. The problem with that boiled down to the shadow not caring. It was not its primary directive and therefore it wasn't just secondary, it was completely superfluous to its existence.
The girl walked into an area she had yet to travel since the shadow had come into being. Yet she seemed to be known nor was she accosted.
After she went into a building, more akin to a temporary abode than a permanent structure - the shadow was almost certain that it could be knocked over by a particularly light breeze. Within was her father.
He looked at her and gave her a greeting.
She gave a mumbled response and stared at the floor.
His expression pinched, tone changing with frustration.
The girl's words were slightly less mumbled as her face reddened.
He sighed. Then gestured.
She unfolded a rectangle into a chair and sat on it before pulling out her communication rectangle.
He stared.
It was not challenging nor aggressive, and therefore the shadow was unneeded. Rather it looked rather unhappy.
She noticed shortly thereinafter and put it away with jerky motions. Instead she pulled from her bag a horizontal rotula.
He went back to working on something- most likely whatever he was working on when the girl had entered.
The communication rectangle made a noise.
She started to reach for it only to stop and look at her father.
He stared at the device before asking a question.
She glanced at the screen, several scribbles and a picture of ill-omen before shaking her head and asking a returning question.
He answered positively, if tersely.
She poked at the device before putting it away. Then she pointedly went back to her book.
He went back to his prior activities.
Neither of them were actually focused on it. Rather, they both snuck glances at each other. The father more so than the girl.
Natural light no longer illuminated the world outside.
It was a quiet evening.
Taylor has been grounded for three days.
It is Friday, March 11th, day nine of the current gang conflict.
After school, Taylor…
[] Taylor tries to sneak in some patrolling by taking a very meandering path to her dad's office. [Truncated patrol rolls with mild possible consequences]
[] Taylor heads straight there. [No evening cape vote but pleased father figure]
[] Taylor says screw the rules and ignores the grounding and blames the current events in the city for why she can't go. [Will result in full evening cape vote with consequences]
Author's Note: Have an explanation of why the shadow doesn't call people by their names.
Short chapter, but it didn't take me two weeks, so that's an improvement.
Please vote!
The shadow watched the girl sigh as the cityscape passed by her view.
She had been doing this since she had left where she spent most of her waking hours. Occasionally she looked at the communication rectangle and made a considering noise or a light chortle.
She did not require it's intervention at this time and as such, it could only observe.
The light of day had reached its penultimate position when the girl finally left the confines of her transportation… tube. There was a better word for this, the shadow knew this, perhaps even just a better shape than 'tube' given its hard corners. The problem with that boiled down to the shadow not caring. It was not its primary directive and therefore it wasn't just secondary, it was completely superfluous to its existence.
The girl walked into an area she had yet to travel since the shadow had come into being. Yet she seemed to be known nor was she accosted.
After she went into a building, more akin to a temporary abode than a permanent structure - the shadow was almost certain that it could be knocked over by a particularly light breeze. Within was her father.
He looked at her and gave her a greeting.
She gave a mumbled response and stared at the floor.
His expression pinched, tone changing with frustration.
The girl's words were slightly less mumbled as her face reddened.
He sighed. Then gestured.
She unfolded a rectangle into a chair and sat on it before pulling out her communication rectangle.
He stared.
It was not challenging nor aggressive, and therefore the shadow was unneeded. Rather it looked rather unhappy.
She noticed shortly thereinafter and put it away with jerky motions. Instead she pulled from her bag a horizontal rotula.
He went back to working on something- most likely whatever he was working on when the girl had entered.
The communication rectangle made a noise.
She started to reach for it only to stop and look at her father.
He stared at the device before asking a question.
She glanced at the screen, several scribbles and a picture of ill-omen before shaking her head and asking a returning question.
He answered positively, if tersely.
She poked at the device before putting it away. Then she pointedly went back to her book.
He went back to his prior activities.
Neither of them were actually focused on it. Rather, they both snuck glances at each other. The father more so than the girl.
Natural light no longer illuminated the world outside.
It was a quiet evening.
[Average days patrolled: 3/8: 37%, Goal 50%]
Taylor has been grounded for three days.
It is Friday, March 11th, day nine of the current gang conflict.
After school, Taylor…
[] Taylor tries to sneak in some patrolling by taking a very meandering path to her dad's office. [Truncated patrol rolls with mild possible consequences]
[] Taylor heads straight there. [No evening cape vote but pleased father figure]
[] Taylor says screw the rules and ignores the grounding and blames the current events in the city for why she can't go. [Will result in full evening cape vote with consequences]
Author's Note: Have an explanation of why the shadow doesn't call people by their names.
Short chapter, but it didn't take me two weeks, so that's an improvement.
Please vote!
[X] Taylor tries to sneak in some patrolling by taking a very meandering path to her dad's office. [Truncated patrol rolls with mild possible consequences]
The SB votes worry me a little. Love the Heracles POV, as always (tfw not giving a fuck about anything and acting like an automaton is the simplest option).
The SB votes worry me a little. Love the Heracles POV, as always (tfw not giving a fuck about anything and acting like an automaton is the simplest option).
Yeah SB seems allergic to taking risks.
Ehhh. It varies, to be fair to them. Sometimes they do go all in on risks (i.e. the previous Nikki vote); this time I'm guessing they're acting "once bitten, twice shy". Could be their reasoning is --> one more night of "dutiful daughter" to prove to Danny she's taking her punishment seriously, before going trying for another patrol night.
Parodos 04.18
New
[X] Taylor heads straight there. [No evening cape vote but pleased father figure]
The day had repeated much as the one prior as far as the shadow could care to tell.
Which wasn't much, mind you.
The only difference seemed to be that the girl's father was more focused on her as darkness thickened outside into night.
"Taylor you know that was unacceptable, right?" What he mentioned as being unacceptable was immaterial to the shadow as much as his tone. It was accusatory and ergo hostile.
The shadow stirred, readying to-
"Yeah. I know." The girl acquiesced, her gaze on the floor, not meeting her father's eyes.
-to do nothing.
"I know I did not set up boundaries and rules for when you started to date. That's on me. I'm sorry." He paused. "But I think we can both agree that sneaking Nikki in before I was awake was crossing a line."
The girl's head mutely bowed.
"It's not you." He seemed to be more morose, "I didn't think you'd do that." It was disappointment that coloured his tone. The girl seemed to wilt under it. "You can't sneak your girlfriend or any future boyfriends into the house. You need to tell me before they come over."
"Yeah, okay." The words seemed to be painful as they left her mouth."
"I shouldn't have yelled either." Now he looked contrite. "I love you and just want the best for you."
"I love you too." That wasn't as quiet.
"You're ungrounded."
"Wait-what?"
He snorted, bemused. "I know I said three days, but you this is kinda on me too. I should have laid the ground-rules."
"I… thanks dad."
"You're welcome, kiddo."
It is Saturday, March 12th, day ten of the current gang conflict.
As per prior vote that was pushed off due to… hormones, Taylor will be doing a patrol.
[] North (Docks, Trainyard & Boat Graveyard) [Taylor went there a week ago and got into a knock down, drag out fight with the Merchants. She also went yesterday and found nothing.] {Merchants} <Low intensity fighting, ???>
[] Northwest (Trainyard & Docks South) [Taylor went there three weeks ago and had an encounter with ABB's second in command, Kage] {ABB} <Medium to high intensity fighting; secondary location to main area, ???>
[] West (Docks South) {Coil} <Low to no fighting, ???>
[] Center (Downtown & Boardwalk) [Taylor went there two weekends ago and stopped a mugging.] {New Wave, Protectorate} <No fighting, ???>
[] Southwest (Commercial District & Downtown South) {E88} <Medium to low intensity skirmishing, ABB> [Taylor went there a few days ago. Things got gnarly.]
[] South (Downtown South) {E88} <High intensity fighting, main area, ???> [Taylor went there a few nights ago, the giant fought some neo-nazis]
[] Southeast (Downtown Coast) {ABB} <High intensity fighting, main area, ???>
Author's Note: Here, have a chapter.
I don't have much else to say. Finally back onto the deferred vote.
Please vote as always!
The day had repeated much as the one prior as far as the shadow could care to tell.
Which wasn't much, mind you.
The only difference seemed to be that the girl's father was more focused on her as darkness thickened outside into night.
"Taylor you know that was unacceptable, right?" What he mentioned as being unacceptable was immaterial to the shadow as much as his tone. It was accusatory and ergo hostile.
The shadow stirred, readying to-
"Yeah. I know." The girl acquiesced, her gaze on the floor, not meeting her father's eyes.
-to do nothing.
"I know I did not set up boundaries and rules for when you started to date. That's on me. I'm sorry." He paused. "But I think we can both agree that sneaking Nikki in before I was awake was crossing a line."
The girl's head mutely bowed.
"It's not you." He seemed to be more morose, "I didn't think you'd do that." It was disappointment that coloured his tone. The girl seemed to wilt under it. "You can't sneak your girlfriend or any future boyfriends into the house. You need to tell me before they come over."
"Yeah, okay." The words seemed to be painful as they left her mouth."
"I shouldn't have yelled either." Now he looked contrite. "I love you and just want the best for you."
"I love you too." That wasn't as quiet.
"You're ungrounded."
"Wait-what?"
He snorted, bemused. "I know I said three days, but you this is kinda on me too. I should have laid the ground-rules."
"I… thanks dad."
"You're welcome, kiddo."
[Average days patrolled: 3/9: 33%, Goal 50%]
It is Saturday, March 12th, day ten of the current gang conflict.
As per prior vote that was pushed off due to… hormones, Taylor will be doing a patrol.
[] North (Docks, Trainyard & Boat Graveyard) [Taylor went there a week ago and got into a knock down, drag out fight with the Merchants. She also went yesterday and found nothing.] {Merchants} <Low intensity fighting, ???>
[] Northwest (Trainyard & Docks South) [Taylor went there three weeks ago and had an encounter with ABB's second in command, Kage] {ABB} <Medium to high intensity fighting; secondary location to main area, ???>
[] West (Docks South) {Coil} <Low to no fighting, ???>
[] Center (Downtown & Boardwalk) [Taylor went there two weekends ago and stopped a mugging.] {New Wave, Protectorate} <No fighting, ???>
[] Southwest (Commercial District & Downtown South) {E88} <Medium to low intensity skirmishing, ABB> [Taylor went there a few days ago. Things got gnarly.]
[] South (Downtown South) {E88} <High intensity fighting, main area, ???> [Taylor went there a few nights ago, the giant fought some neo-nazis]
[] Southeast (Downtown Coast) {ABB} <High intensity fighting, main area, ???>
Author's Note: Here, have a chapter.
I don't have much else to say. Finally back onto the deferred vote.
Please vote as always!
[X] Northwest (Trainyard & Docks South) [Taylor went there three weeks ago and had an encounter with ABB's second in command, Kage] {ABB} <Medium to high intensity fighting; secondary location to main area, ???>