- Location
- Central Standard Time
[X] Your mother would be displeased if you passed up something as broken as invisibility; ask for the cloaking device.
This should be excellent for upgrading.
This should be excellent for upgrading.
Fragmentation (Original Superhero Setting)
- Thread starter Alivaril
- Start date
- Original
- Location
- Queensland, Australia
[X] Your mother would be displeased if you passed up something as broken as invisibility; ask for the cloaking device.
-[X] But maybe a bubble version instead of a personalized one? You'd like to be able to fit your siblings under it.
If we're going to get the invisibility device, better make it cover our siblings as well.
-[X] But maybe a bubble version instead of a personalized one? You'd like to be able to fit your siblings under it.
If we're going to get the invisibility device, better make it cover our siblings as well.
Nixeu
Lord of Madness, Harbinger of Llamas
- Location
- Your nightmares.
Skye can copy the original. Also, it means we don't have to worry about someone or something entering the bubble and being able to see us.
[X] Your mother would be displeased if you passed up something as broken as invisibility; ask for the cloaking device.
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We can upgrade it.
- Location
- A single human dimension
- Pronouns
- She/Her
You assume it would be set to only hide living beings, non-static objects, or something else along those lines. So you might have problems with partially-hidden people, but partially-invisible furniture would rather ruin the point. After all, then it would hide the ground and walls as well, right?
- Location
- Somewhere.
... Actually, making the scenery invisible is a Neat Trick. I kind of want to make something that does that now and use it for pranking the heck out of people as they walk into invisible doors.
- Location
- Earth
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Your mother would be displeased if you passed up something as broken as invisibility; ask for the cloaking device.
We could probably make some wings like or better than Cherubs eventually. We could start with a parachute first, and continue from there. If a parachute slows your fall, it would be better if it let you fly, if a parachute is meant to save your life, then it would be better if it could actively protect you e.t.c.
We could probably make some wings like or better than Cherubs eventually. We could start with a parachute first, and continue from there. If a parachute slows your fall, it would be better if it let you fly, if a parachute is meant to save your life, then it would be better if it could actively protect you e.t.c.
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##### NetTally 1.9.9
[X] Your mother would be displeased if you passed up something as broken as invisibility; ask for the cloaking device.
No. of Votes: 10
[X] A you-tailored version of Cherub's crystal wings. You may not be as big a fangirl as your sister, but you'd still love to have them.
No. of Votes: 8
[X] Your mother would be displeased if you passed up something as broken as invisibility; ask for the cloaking device.
-[X] But maybe a bubble version instead of a personalized one? You'd like to be able to fit your siblings under it.
No. of Votes: 6
[X] A personal intangiblity device. Invisibility is cool and all but intangibility is great for infiltration, defense and trolling.
No. of Votes: 1
[X] Cloaking device
-[X] Specifically not the bubble one. Personal one, which Skye can copy. Or a matched set.
-[X] Check what we're covered from, too.
No. of Votes: 1
Total No. of Voters: 26
##### NetTally 1.9.9
[X] Your mother would be displeased if you passed up something as broken as invisibility; ask for the cloaking device.
No. of Votes: 10
[X] A you-tailored version of Cherub's crystal wings. You may not be as big a fangirl as your sister, but you'd still love to have them.
No. of Votes: 8
[X] Your mother would be displeased if you passed up something as broken as invisibility; ask for the cloaking device.
-[X] But maybe a bubble version instead of a personalized one? You'd like to be able to fit your siblings under it.
No. of Votes: 6
[X] A personal intangiblity device. Invisibility is cool and all but intangibility is great for infiltration, defense and trolling.
No. of Votes: 1
[X] Cloaking device
-[X] Specifically not the bubble one. Personal one, which Skye can copy. Or a matched set.
-[X] Check what we're covered from, too.
No. of Votes: 1
Total No. of Voters: 26
3.0: Worst Laid Plans Of A God/Man
- Location
- A single human dimension
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[X] Your mother would be displeased if you passed up something as broken as invisibility; ask for the cloaking device.
"The cloaking device," you decide eventually. "I'm tempted to ask for a me-tailored copy of Cherub's wings, but those are kinda distinctive. I wouldn't be able to use them in more than one identity."
Progenitor gives you a wry smile.
"She also controls them through technokinesis alone. So, you know, I'd have to come up with something creative to make them work for you."
Progenitor ignores the enthusiastic-yet-confusing commentary from Upgrade. After two seconds of uncertain silence, you're stuck squinting and clapping both hands over your ears in response to an abrupt change in light and sound levels.
"Let us see," Celes orders immediately.
Once your eyes adapt with unusual speed, you find yourself and both siblings in the middle of a bustling city street, standing atop painted bricks. Several colorful banners hang from nearby buildings and a few surprisingly-skilled musicians play nearby, one of them singing in a language you don't understand.
You seem to have acquired a small backpack at some point, one heavy with what you can only assume is yourill-gotten gains new cloaking device. Meanwhile, your pockets are disturbingly light, lacking both your wallet and phone.
Skye begins to freeze up beside you. You exchange one look with Celes before your oldest sibling cups both hands around her mouth and shouts at the skies above.
"You idiot! You're terrifying Sister!"
You see several passerby giving you odd looks in the moment before the scenery changes. You find yourself back in Prism's basement, along with your siblings and the two tour-guide MGs. By the time you can turn to check on her again, Skye has suppressed any signs of her previous fear and uncertainty.
Ayna and Julia look as surprised by the abrupt change from the office as you were. You ignore them in favor of focusing on your new sister.
"You okay?"
"Perfectly fine," Skye answers stiffly. There's a somewhat longer delay before she continues. "I believe I would like to return to your home now."
"Upgrade says she'd like to hug you, I think. And we can do that."
You and Celes both reach for your pockets at the same time. After a moment spent frozen awkwardly, she gestures for you to continue and glares at the ceiling herself.
"Great job, Progenitor," Celes stage-whispers. "You were making progress, then bam. Suddenly teleportation. You had one job: apologize to Skye and make her life less stressful. I'm going to download a slow-clap app when we get home, it was that bad."
To your vague surprise, Progenitor does answer.
"Omnipotence did bad things for my impulse control, okay? I really am sorry. It seemed like a good way to encourage bonding."
Judging by the lack of reaction from Skye, Progenitor didn't include her in that particular transmission.
"Okay, what the hell was that?" Julia asks abruptly. "I mean, besides literally the most powerful cape ever showing up and saying you're his kids. Were those illusions? Because if so, you're probably on Progenitor's shitlist."
"Technically, one kid, but..."
"They're triplets. Explain to me how that would work."
"Powers?"
"...Point. And since when did you have a backpack?" Julia asks, turning her full attention to you.
[] Tell the magical girls that it's been fun and nice meeting them, but you should really go home. Your sister needs to be distracted from the meeting with her abusive birth father.
-[] You refuse to comment on familial relations. Skye is your sister and that's that.
-[] Call your mother and tell her you want to go home early.
--[] Relay the entire meeting in detail.
--[] Just summarize: You met Progenitor, he scared Skye and gave her more powers to protect her, and you have a nice cloaking device now.
-[] Let Skye decide what to do with the rest of your day.
-[] Watch more anime, and this time, rewatch stuff you know is villain-friendly.
[] Write-in
"The cloaking device," you decide eventually. "I'm tempted to ask for a me-tailored copy of Cherub's wings, but those are kinda distinctive. I wouldn't be able to use them in more than one identity."
Progenitor gives you a wry smile.
"She also controls them through technokinesis alone. So, you know, I'd have to come up with something creative to make them work for you."
ヽ( ˃ ヮ˂)ノ
Progenitor ignores the enthusiastic-yet-confusing commentary from Upgrade. After two seconds of uncertain silence, you're stuck squinting and clapping both hands over your ears in response to an abrupt change in light and sound levels.
(;¬_¬)
"Let us see," Celes orders immediately.
Once your eyes adapt with unusual speed, you find yourself and both siblings in the middle of a bustling city street, standing atop painted bricks. Several colorful banners hang from nearby buildings and a few surprisingly-skilled musicians play nearby, one of them singing in a language you don't understand.
ლ(ಠ_ಠლ)
You seem to have acquired a small backpack at some point, one heavy with what you can only assume is your
Skye begins to freeze up beside you. You exchange one look with Celes before your oldest sibling cups both hands around her mouth and shouts at the skies above.
"You idiot! You're terrifying Sister!"
( ´•̥ו̥` )
You see several passerby giving you odd looks in the moment before the scenery changes. You find yourself back in Prism's basement, along with your siblings and the two tour-guide MGs. By the time you can turn to check on her again, Skye has suppressed any signs of her previous fear and uncertainty.
Ayna and Julia look as surprised by the abrupt change from the office as you were. You ignore them in favor of focusing on your new sister.
(╯•﹏•╰)
"You okay?"
"Perfectly fine," Skye answers stiffly. There's a somewhat longer delay before she continues. "I believe I would like to return to your home now."
<(*.*<)
"Upgrade says she'd like to hug you, I think. And we can do that."
You and Celes both reach for your pockets at the same time. After a moment spent frozen awkwardly, she gestures for you to continue and glares at the ceiling herself.
"Great job, Progenitor," Celes stage-whispers. "You were making progress, then bam. Suddenly teleportation. You had one job: apologize to Skye and make her life less stressful. I'm going to download a slow-clap app when we get home, it was that bad."
To your vague surprise, Progenitor does answer.
"Omnipotence did bad things for my impulse control, okay? I really am sorry. It seemed like a good way to encourage bonding."
Щ(◣д◢)Щ
Judging by the lack of reaction from Skye, Progenitor didn't include her in that particular transmission.
"Okay, what the hell was that?" Julia asks abruptly. "I mean, besides literally the most powerful cape ever showing up and saying you're his kids. Were those illusions? Because if so, you're probably on Progenitor's shitlist."
"Technically, one kid, but..."
"They're triplets. Explain to me how that would work."
"Powers?"
(๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵)و
"...Point. And since when did you have a backpack?" Julia asks, turning her full attention to you.
[] Tell the magical girls that it's been fun and nice meeting them, but you should really go home. Your sister needs to be distracted from the meeting with her abusive birth father.
-[] You refuse to comment on familial relations. Skye is your sister and that's that.
-[] Call your mother and tell her you want to go home early.
--[] Relay the entire meeting in detail.
--[] Just summarize: You met Progenitor, he scared Skye and gave her more powers to protect her, and you have a nice cloaking device now.
-[] Let Skye decide what to do with the rest of your day.
-[] Watch more anime, and this time, rewatch stuff you know is villain-friendly.
[] Write-in
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globalwarmth
ruining the weather.
- Location
- Polar ice caps
what was the intended purpose of that teleport?
Vebyast
Nascent Transhuman
Upgrade-chan continues to be best power.
I think we say something like "She's our sister and that's what matters." So much like the default, but a bit more supportive.
Abort the tour as requested. Talk to Skye about what she wants to tell our parents?
Do we want to tweak the default for aborting the tour? I feel like Progenitor has been thoroughly chastised, and I don't know if Skye would want us to reveal that she's adopted ("birth father").
I think we say something like "She's our sister and that's what matters." So much like the default, but a bit more supportive.
Abort the tour as requested. Talk to Skye about what she wants to tell our parents?
Do we want to tweak the default for aborting the tour? I feel like Progenitor has been thoroughly chastised, and I don't know if Skye would want us to reveal that she's adopted ("birth father").
- Location
- Somewhere.
[X] Briefly confer amongst yourselves to make sure everybody is okay with this, but you're thinking:
-[X] "We'd prefer to not give any more details, because this is private, but yes, this really happened, and Ayna is close enough."
-[X] "And as much as it has been fun and nice meeting you, we weren't expecting this either and kind of need to recuperate."
-[X] "Maybe we could come back sometime, and try a tour without omnipotence shenanigans? We should probably keep in touch regardless." Exchange contact numbers and stuff?
-[X] Use magical triplet powers where appropriate.
-[X] As for calling mom(/dad), because we're probably doing that anyway: "Progenitor happened, we'd like to go home now, we can tell you more later when everybody's done recovering." Don't forget to actually tell her more later, like, tomorrow. Probably almost everything.
--[X] Skye's wellbeing is important, so if she has something she wants to do, supporting her in that seems paramount. Recommend some light activities. Maybe video games, or some more anime, or books.
[X] Also, give Upgrade a hug, seriously.
Hey, now that Skye has postcog, we can actually do magical triplet powers!
Rationale: I think this sounds decent and doesn't play too much of our hand, while nevertheless bringing the magical girls into the fold a little bit. We want them on our side. The rest is all about supporting Skye.
-[X] "We'd prefer to not give any more details, because this is private, but yes, this really happened, and Ayna is close enough."
-[X] "And as much as it has been fun and nice meeting you, we weren't expecting this either and kind of need to recuperate."
-[X] "Maybe we could come back sometime, and try a tour without omnipotence shenanigans? We should probably keep in touch regardless." Exchange contact numbers and stuff?
-[X] Use magical triplet powers where appropriate.
-[X] As for calling mom(/dad), because we're probably doing that anyway: "Progenitor happened, we'd like to go home now, we can tell you more later when everybody's done recovering." Don't forget to actually tell her more later, like, tomorrow. Probably almost everything.
--[X] Skye's wellbeing is important, so if she has something she wants to do, supporting her in that seems paramount. Recommend some light activities. Maybe video games, or some more anime, or books.
[X] Also, give Upgrade a hug, seriously.
Hey, now that Skye has postcog, we can actually do magical triplet powers!
Rationale: I think this sounds decent and doesn't play too much of our hand, while nevertheless bringing the magical girls into the fold a little bit. We want them on our side. The rest is all about supporting Skye.
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- Location
- A single human dimension
- Pronouns
- She/Her
(Since Evelyn herself doesn't know, I won't be properly answering this. If this was directed at the playerbase instead of me, neeever mind!)
- Location
- Earth
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Briefly confer amongst yourselves to make sure everybody is okay with this, but you're thinking:
-[X] "We'd prefer to not give any more details, because this is private, but yes, this really happened, and Ayna is close enough."
-[X] "And as much as it has been fun and nice meeting you, we weren't expecting this either and kind of need to recuperate."
-[X] "Maybe we could come back sometime, and try a tour without omnipotence shenanigans? We should probably keep in touch regardless." Exchange contact numbers and stuff?
-[X] Use magical triplet powers where appropriate.
-[X] As for calling mom(/dad), because we're probably doing that anyway: "Progenitor happened, we'd like to go home now, we can tell you more later when everybody's done recovering." Don't forget to actually tell her more later, like, tomorrow. Probably almost everything.
--[X] Skye's wellbeing is important, so if she has something she wants to do, supporting her in that seems paramount. Recommend some light activities. Maybe video games, or some more anime, or books.
[X] Also, give Upgrade a hug, seriously.
-[X] "We'd prefer to not give any more details, because this is private, but yes, this really happened, and Ayna is close enough."
-[X] "And as much as it has been fun and nice meeting you, we weren't expecting this either and kind of need to recuperate."
-[X] "Maybe we could come back sometime, and try a tour without omnipotence shenanigans? We should probably keep in touch regardless." Exchange contact numbers and stuff?
-[X] Use magical triplet powers where appropriate.
-[X] As for calling mom(/dad), because we're probably doing that anyway: "Progenitor happened, we'd like to go home now, we can tell you more later when everybody's done recovering." Don't forget to actually tell her more later, like, tomorrow. Probably almost everything.
--[X] Skye's wellbeing is important, so if she has something she wants to do, supporting her in that seems paramount. Recommend some light activities. Maybe video games, or some more anime, or books.
[X] Also, give Upgrade a hug, seriously.
- Location
- .... earth
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I kind of want to see what Jade Agni from Ignition would get from the magical girl system here. If 'tsundere' and 'chronic backstabber' are perks worth getting then I wonder what would "physical goddess" or "heir to an ancient empire" could give.
[X] Tell the magical girls that it's been fun and nice meeting them, but you should really go home. Your sister needs to be distracted from the meeting with her abusive birth father.
-[X] Relay the entire meeting in detail.
-[X] Watch more anime, and this time, rewatch stuff you know is villain-friendly.
I want to get to know these people better, and talking as much as possible is just how such things work. The anime idea seems fun.
Also, it must be really annoying for some magical girls with humanitarian efforts.
Can magical girl narrative boost affect anything, or just powers, just magical girl powers or what?
-[X] Relay the entire meeting in detail.
-[X] Watch more anime, and this time, rewatch stuff you know is villain-friendly.
I want to get to know these people better, and talking as much as possible is just how such things work. The anime idea seems fun.
Also, it must be really annoying for some magical girls with humanitarian efforts.
Can magical girl narrative boost affect anything, or just powers, just magical girl powers or what?
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Nixeu
Lord of Madness, Harbinger of Llamas
- Location
- Your nightmares.
I do believe he wanted to drop us into some sort of scenario he cooked up to help us bond with Skye better. The lack of phones seems to indicate he wanted to put us in a scenario where we wouldn't have our usual safety net of our parents and their friends to fall back on, and thus we'd likely end up relying on each other above anyone else. Which is almost certainly a bad move, because it would probably play into Skye's insecurities and make her worry a lot about us and Celes getting hurt or killed, leaving her to fend for herself in a strange world she can't navigate properly.
Edit: That's my best guess, anyway. The inferences based on the lack of phones might be reaching a bit, though.
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- Location
- A single human dimension
- Pronouns
- She/Her
For the vast majority of them? Just their powers, including their strength, speed, dexterity, senses, and durability. A tiny number gain boosts to apparent planning ability or charisma, though. (Where "Charisma" is defined as "Knowing to say the right things in the right way to convince others," not "mind-affecting effects.")
[X] Briefly confer amongst yourselves to make sure everybody is okay with this, but you're thinking:
-[X] "We'd prefer to not give any more details, because this is private, but yes, this really happened, and Ayna is close enough."
-[X] "And as much as it has been fun and nice meeting you, we weren't expecting this either and kind of need to recuperate."
-[X] "Maybe we could come back sometime, and try a tour without omnipotence shenanigans? We should probably keep in touch regardless." Exchange contact numbers and stuff?
-[X] Use magical triplet powers where appropriate.
-[X] As for calling mom(/dad), because we're probably doing that anyway: "Progenitor happened, we'd like to go home now, we can tell you more later when everybody's done recovering." Don't forget to actually tell her more later, like, tomorrow. Probably almost everything.
--[X] Skye's wellbeing is important, so if she has something she wants to do, supporting her in that seems paramount. Recommend some light activities. Maybe video games, or some more anime, or books.
[X] Also, give Upgrade a hug, seriously.
Magical girls seem like they were going to be fun friends but really we need some time to recover.
-[X] "We'd prefer to not give any more details, because this is private, but yes, this really happened, and Ayna is close enough."
-[X] "And as much as it has been fun and nice meeting you, we weren't expecting this either and kind of need to recuperate."
-[X] "Maybe we could come back sometime, and try a tour without omnipotence shenanigans? We should probably keep in touch regardless." Exchange contact numbers and stuff?
-[X] Use magical triplet powers where appropriate.
-[X] As for calling mom(/dad), because we're probably doing that anyway: "Progenitor happened, we'd like to go home now, we can tell you more later when everybody's done recovering." Don't forget to actually tell her more later, like, tomorrow. Probably almost everything.
--[X] Skye's wellbeing is important, so if she has something she wants to do, supporting her in that seems paramount. Recommend some light activities. Maybe video games, or some more anime, or books.
[X] Also, give Upgrade a hug, seriously.
Magical girls seem like they were going to be fun friends but really we need some time to recover.