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Firebird, a Worm AU/Xover?

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chibipoe said:
This one was fun. I tried to ameliorate the mood whiplash, thought it does turn somber toward the end.

No, she isn't dead, though I was tempted, but decided it was too cheap. Likely her last showing in here unless I get some amazing inspiration for something to do with her. Which is unlikely. Emma isn't ultimately germane to the story.
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No disbelief about Emma risking her neck to stop a mugging?

That seems like a hook custom made for Taylor.
 
"V-Vicky?" I stammered, not quite sure that what I was seeing was real. Vicky was… Glory Girl? Oh. Of course. Vicky was short for Victoria. As in Victoria Dallon. How the hell had I missed that?

Her expression dimmed and she let go of my hand to cross her arms. "That is my name, but I don't think we've been introduced for you to be using my name…" She peered at me for a moment and her eyes widened in realization. "That jacket… Taylor?!"

My first night out and I've already blown my identity. Wonderful.
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Heh. Nice job, Taylor. I suppose there are far worse people to have outed yourself to, though.

@chibipoe
I really liked the interaction between Victoria and Taylor. Nice chapter.

It wasn't as fancy as some of the costumes that I had seen pictures of when I was doing research, but it was certainly a step up from just throwing on a hockey mask and beating people up with sports equipment. When I had learned about a vigilante in New York who did just that I had raised eyebrow. No one was even sure what his powers were and some people weren't even sure if he was real or not.
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Is that a Casey Jones cameo I see?
Edit: Damnit, Imp'd by OverReactionGuy.

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he milk carton was tossed in the recycling and he wiped his chin with shirt. It needed to be washed anyway, so it was easier than grabbing a towel
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I think there should be a "his" before "shirt".

The black continued upward, where the mask's empty sockets stared back at me
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Missing a period at the end.
 
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GiftOfLove said:
No disbelief about Emma risking her neck to stop a mugging?

That seems like a hook custom made for Taylor.
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Much of what Mr. Barnes said went in and out and didn't really register for her. She just wanted away from there so it was something like, to her perception.

Mr. Barnes: Emma something something beaten.

Taylor: She woke up for a sec. Go see her.

Mr. Barnes: Something something ride home.

Taylor: Ride the bus, ttfn.
 
chibipoe said:
Oh man, I did a Shadowrun group once and we had people who believed in things other than fist.... and we also had a mage who thought it was a good idea to use compulsion on a person to stop eating in a restaurant for overweight people... that turned into an absolute mess because the guards attacked us. -_-
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Roleplaying games are fun, no? Our Shadowrun games tend to bring out everyone's desire to be unconventional, at best. Strangely it's the only game where the content of the plots and character actions in game are fairly normal, but the character concepts and background stories tend to be completely NSFW.

I prefer the D&D games where they try to turn dungeons into Hostel with the monsters as the victims. At least that's the sort of stuff I can discuss in family friendly forums. :)

Larekko12 said:
And it seems less tried to be Sophia and more was walking out near the area looking for answers and found a mugging cause it's a terrible neighborhood. Then shestepped up.
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Sometimes when you answer The Call, you find out that it was a call to get beaten nearly to death rather than a call to heroism.

chibipoe said:
She did indeed pass Amy there.
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I'm sure that Amy's choices of reading material are very much a window into her mind... Or just books she likes. Whichever. :D

chibipoe said:
Yeah. I tweaked it a bit from what I first put down. In the first version, Armsmaster became HandyMan and I decided that was dumb and I should never name anything ever and made him into Weaponsmith. That sounded suitably heroic.

And because it's hipster to hate on Fifty Shades of Grey... I instead chose to hate on Twilight. Sort of. Just to be a rebel.
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Fifty Shades is just Twilight fanfiction with the serial numbers filed off. Hating on Fifty Shades is just more efficient as you're actually hitting two fandoms at once while using just enough hate for one fandom. It's less wasteful. :D
chibipoe said:
As to mind reading. oh, when she starts actively doing that, what fun there will be.
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If there were ever characters in fiction who had minds I would not want to read... Most of the characters in Worm would be among them.

chibipoe said:
To address concerns about the first, Emma was not raped.
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Thanks, that would have been excessive.
chibipoe said:
The second, well, traveling across time zones technically qualifies as time travel, right?
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Entirely.

chibipoe said:
To the third... no zombies, but I got denied when I wanted to play a Bug Shaman. :/
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What a bunch of killjoys :p

chibipoe said:
I wanted to at least have closure as relates to Emma.
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I'd say this qualifies. Did Emma actually wake up or was Taylor's mind/powers playing tricks on her?

chibipoe said:
Armsy and Blackwell. Well, he was taking insult lessons from Skeletor, because when you need a good insult, he's your man.
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That's actually a trait that Skeletor shares with a lot of 80's cartoon villains. Better times...

And damn! Armsmaster pretty much owns Blackwell now, amirite?
 
chibipoe said:
This one was fun. I tried to ameliorate the mood whiplash, thought it does turn somber toward the end.

No, she isn't dead, though I was tempted, but decided it was too cheap. Likely her last showing in here unless I get some amazing inspiration for something to do with her. Which is unlikely. Emma isn't ultimately germane to the story.
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Um....how do I put this without sounding like a creep, but was Emma.....like...you know violated?
 
MadGreenSon said:
Roleplaying games are fun, no? Our Shadowrun games tend to bring out everyone's desire to be unconventional, at best. Strangely it's the only game where the content of the plots and character actions in game are fairly normal, but the character concepts and background stories tend to be completely NSFW.

I'm sure that Amy's choices of reading material are very much a window into her mind... Or just books she likes. Whichever. :D

Fifty Shades is just Twilight fanfiction with the serial numbers filed off. Hating on Fifty Shades is just more efficient as you're actually hitting two fandoms at once while using just enough hate for one fandom. It's less wasteful. :D

Thanks, that would have been excessive.

I'd say this qualifies. Did Emma actually wake up or was Taylor's mind/powers playing tricks on her?

That's actually a trait that Skeletor shares with a lot of 80's cartoon villains. Better times...

And damn! Armsmaster pretty much owns Blackwell now, amirite?
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1. My first SR character is one I kind of want to do something with, whether writing or something else. I let my writing go and gave her a huge backstory with lots of things for our GM to exploit(Descent traced to European/Russian Nobility, and now one of the only families who still held their stock in SK because the grandfather had oathsworn the family to Lofwyr. >.<). Never got to explore that though.

Yeah, call Shades of Darkness some weird fusion of the two. Vampires and a laughable attempt to write a bdsm relationship(which, honestly, isn't going to be all that hot from the outside looking in, but w/e)

Did Emma wake or was it only in Taylor's mind.... An excellent question, yes indeed.

Armsy does have her brought to heel for the moment. Will that change? Mayhaps.
 
Hurrah! Three cheer for (totally not) shameless self promotions!

Having closure in a Worm story? Whenever that happens that happens the other shoe is just waiting to drop.
Idle thought though, what would happen if the Emma from Tales of Transmigration ever meets this version of Taylor eh?
 
chibipoe said:
She did indeed pass Amy there.

Yeah. I tweaked it a bit from what I first put down. In the first version, Armsmaster became HandyMan and I decided that was dumb and I should never name anything ever and made him into Weaponsmith. That sounded suitably heroic.

And because it's hipster to hate on Fifty Shades of Grey... I instead chose to hate on Twilight. Sort of. Just to be a rebel.

As to mind reading. oh, when she starts actively doing that, what fun there will be.
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Are we talking about super manipulator fun or the you know all the backstories fun?

Like that asian chick is so surly because he dad held parties with her as the main attraction, and things like that.
landcollector said:
Heh. Nice job, Taylor. I suppose there are far worse people to have outed yourself to, though.

@chibipoe
I really liked the interaction between Victoria and Taylor. Nice chapter.


Is that a Casey Jones cameo I see?
Edit: Damnit, Imp'd by OverReactionGuy.

Possible typos:

I think there should be a "his" before "shirt".


Missing a period at the end.
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It's a Rooster callout. Trouble with me.
 
chibipoe said:
1. My first SR character is one I kind of want to do something with, whether writing or something else. I let my writing go and gave her a huge backstory with lots of things for our GM to exploit(Descent traced to European/Russian Nobility, and now one of the only families who still held their stock in SK because the grandfather had oathsworn the family to Lofwyr. >.<). Never got to explore that though.
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My character was almost eaten by bug spirits in Chicago as a child. No one ever got to use the Flashbacks or Spirit Bane things I picked, tho.
 
Given Emma's past behaviors, I can't help but think that this must be another plot by Emma to try to Trigger herself. I really doubt canon Emma would ever have apologized to Taylor, even in that condition.

Victoria is also a lot more sympathetic here. I'm conflicted.
 
kenhikaru said:
Uh huh.

You're loving the references here. Is this whole reference deal itself a reference to Recoil?
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No. I just figured Casey Jones in NYC would be hilarious.

I should write that. Elias Koteas' CJ beating up criminals with sports equipment in Worm NYC... and driving the Protectorate up the wall because no one can catch him. Could even borrow from the 87 cartoon and have people think it's perfectly ordinary when he's wearing a business suit and a hockey mask.
 
I have one question about that NYC vigilante........does he work with what appears to be four terrapineqse Case 53s?
 
Chojomeka said:
I have one question about that NYC vigilante........does he work with what appears to be four terrapineqse Case 53s?
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This can neither be confirmed nor denied. The Protectorate will assure you that there are no bipedal turtles hiding in the sewers of NYC.

Long answer: Nah. CJ I could feasibly fit in, but the turtles were pushing it.

Also, CJ isn't the hero New York deserves. He's the hero it needs. Or something.
 
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chibipoe said:
This can neither be confirmed nor denied. The Protectorate will assure you that there are no bipedal turtles hiding in the sewers of NYC.

Long answer: Nah. CJ I could feasibly fit in, but the turtles were pushing it.
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Maybe don't do the turtles in the swears, but it could be a interesting romances between a certain mouse and a large case 53 rat.
 
chibipoe said:
No, she isn't dead, though I was tempted, but decided it was too cheap. Likely her last showing in here unless I get some amazing inspiration for something to do with her. Which is unlikely. Emma isn't ultimately germane to the story.
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Like I said over on SB, it's possible Emma may try to start rebuilding things with Taylor. Admitting she fucked up is the first step. You could have her try and follow through, to Taylor's perpetual bemusement.
 
Jim Starluck said:
Like I said over on SB, it's possible Emma may try to start rebuilding things with Taylor. Admitting she fucked up is the first step. You could have her try and follow through, to Taylor's perpetual bemusement.
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I've thought about it. I'm not sure though. There's been others who did the Emma redemption bit(some good, several bad, though I'm not specifying which I feel is which)) and I figure some closure, of sorts, for Taylor was something I hadn't seen. She doesn't know why, but... Emma apologized. We'll see.
 
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