Ace Dreamer
Verified Reality User
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- Between The Unknown & The Known
Get concerned if she asks Chris for a power-frame to boost her strength?
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Goddamn Teenagers (Worm, AU/time travel)
They have her working with firefighters, which accomplishes the objective while making it so that the PRT are not the ones running her face in her "weakness"
Ace Dreamer
Verified Reality User
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- Between The Unknown & The Known
Can/could she use her power to gain leverage? So a large movement on her part translates into a smaller one, with more force?
Someone better at physics/mechanics, than me, might be able to grok this...
Yes, but that takes away concentration she could otherwise be using for the mission. It also means that if due to injury or otherwise her concentration is disrupted, her ability to retreat is impaired.
Ace Dreamer
Verified Reality User
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So, maybe useful in emergencies, but not standard tactics?
You could call it the 'Brute-all Slap'?
(Good chance her hand would sting afterwards, unless wearing the Good Gloves...)
FaerieKnight79
Verified Pixie
- Location
- The Internet
Considering her power warps space, but is disrupted by living beings? I'd expect Missy can't use her powers in that way.
Ace Dreamer
Verified Reality User
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Does 'living things' include herself, or does that only apply to non-self?
AFAIK, this is a shard restriction, so, no, it doesn't have to be consistent from a physics PoV.
In Sheep’s Clothing, Part 7
"Thank you very much," Parian said to the three girls. She was sure she would have more questions later, but she was still reeling from everything they had said and needed some time to process.
"Our pleasure," Lilac said with the a grin. "Don't be a stranger!"
"Although if you are a Stranger," Aisha added quickly, "we'll totally keep your secret!" She paused, then added, "unless you, like, go eat babies or something."
Panacea snorted.
Shortly thereafter
"She seems nice," Aisha said after the girls were out of earshot. "We should keep her."
"She's a human being," Amy replied automatically, "not a puppy." Sometimes, Aisha reminded her of her sister.
"You are correct," Aisha said seriously, "and I respect that. However…"
"Oh?" Amy replied absently, as she appreciated the curves and tight exercise outfit of an approaching jogger. Mirrored shades were awesome, and as a local celebrity wearing them didn't even make her seem like a creeper!
"Imagine how awesome it would be if in her show the princess was played by Alec."
Note: Look, Amy is still a teenage girl with needs. And Aisha is really working on that stinker rating.
"Our pleasure," Lilac said with the a grin. "Don't be a stranger!"
"Although if you are a Stranger," Aisha added quickly, "we'll totally keep your secret!" She paused, then added, "unless you, like, go eat babies or something."
Panacea snorted.
Shortly thereafter
"She seems nice," Aisha said after the girls were out of earshot. "We should keep her."
"She's a human being," Amy replied automatically, "not a puppy." Sometimes, Aisha reminded her of her sister.
"You are correct," Aisha said seriously, "and I respect that. However…"
"Oh?" Amy replied absently, as she appreciated the curves and tight exercise outfit of an approaching jogger. Mirrored shades were awesome, and as a local celebrity wearing them didn't even make her seem like a creeper!
"Imagine how awesome it would be if in her show the princess was played by Alec."
Note: Look, Amy is still a teenage girl with needs. And Aisha is really working on that stinker rating.
tenmachi
We don't talk about the other nine
He'd totally do it, too, just for the backstage hilarity of it.
Connections, Part 5
"What did you want to talk about?" Carol asked her daughter.
"A couple thing," Victoria began, setting down her bag. "First, my friend Aisha—she's Amy's neighbor—she has a brother who, uh, she wants to make sure they're taking proper precautions and stuff because Nazis and, well, they're not white. She and I were working on a checklist before they go out in the morning but she figured you might have ideas because…" Victoria gestured vaguely to the old family photo on Carol's desk, which included her deceased aunt.
Carol grimaced. She hated, hated that someone her daughter's age had to worry about such things. "I'll chat with Sarah and see what we can come up with. You and Aisha do the same, and we can then compare lists."
"Thank you so much, mom! You're the best!" Victoria reached into her bag and withdrew a large binder.
"Working on something for school?" Carol asked bemused. Her children didn't ask her for homework much anymore.
"Nope, me and some of the girls—"
"Some of the girls and I," Carol corrected automatically.
"—some of the girls and I, we've been brainstorming fundraising ideas!" Victoria flipped open the binder to the first tab. "First, I was wondering if you knew anything about commercial parahuman liability insurance? Taylor said that was important for some of these."
Note: Parenting Vicky must be exhausting.
"A couple thing," Victoria began, setting down her bag. "First, my friend Aisha—she's Amy's neighbor—she has a brother who, uh, she wants to make sure they're taking proper precautions and stuff because Nazis and, well, they're not white. She and I were working on a checklist before they go out in the morning but she figured you might have ideas because…" Victoria gestured vaguely to the old family photo on Carol's desk, which included her deceased aunt.
Carol grimaced. She hated, hated that someone her daughter's age had to worry about such things. "I'll chat with Sarah and see what we can come up with. You and Aisha do the same, and we can then compare lists."
"Thank you so much, mom! You're the best!" Victoria reached into her bag and withdrew a large binder.
"Working on something for school?" Carol asked bemused. Her children didn't ask her for homework much anymore.
"Nope, me and some of the girls—"
"Some of the girls and I," Carol corrected automatically.
"—some of the girls and I, we've been brainstorming fundraising ideas!" Victoria flipped open the binder to the first tab. "First, I was wondering if you knew anything about commercial parahuman liability insurance? Taylor said that was important for some of these."
Note: Parenting Vicky must be exhausting.
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Animal Adventures, Part 18 | Snowball, Part 19
"Where are we going?" Kurt asked, bemused.
"To see Doormaker and Clairvoyant," and maybe figure out where all these cats are coming from.
"Ok," Kurt said slowly. "How exactly are you planning to communicate with them?"
Doctor Mother rolled her eyes. "Our time-traveling friend set them up with high-end Aleph assistance devices, including something called a cochlear implant for Doormaker."
Kurt blinked. "Were you planning to tell any of the rest of us about that? Wait, why didn't we do that years ago?"
"Rebecca blames the false angel."
Elsewhere
"Christ," Tagg said in response to Emily's explanation. "I can see what you mean. It's straightforward to deal with recklessness, or expertise even, as long as there is consistency. Here, you've got some damn fool making boot mistakes, while at the same time we know from other incidents that they are capable of a high degree of sophistication."
"Exactly," replied Piggot. "I need someone for whom this is merely 'good training' rather than one of the most memorable things they've ever worked on, and we just don't have the expertise locally."
"I'll make some calls," Tagg said. "If nothing else, some of them might enjoy the challenge."
Note: What is up with Cauldron in canon having random minions with treatable communications difficulties that just get left untreated?
Also Note: In thinking through this, I realized that Bet's EOD capabilities are likely significantly behind IRL for the same time period. IRL the US's domestic capabilities in this area circa 2011 benefitted from a decade of anti-terrorism focus as well as returning vets with experience from Iraq and Afghanistan in detecting and dealing with IEDs. Which at times posed exactly this problem—the IEDs in those conflicts ranged from extremely amateur to fiendishly complicated and you never knew what you were going to get.
"To see Doormaker and Clairvoyant," and maybe figure out where all these cats are coming from.
"Ok," Kurt said slowly. "How exactly are you planning to communicate with them?"
Doctor Mother rolled her eyes. "Our time-traveling friend set them up with high-end Aleph assistance devices, including something called a cochlear implant for Doormaker."
Kurt blinked. "Were you planning to tell any of the rest of us about that? Wait, why didn't we do that years ago?"
"Rebecca blames the false angel."
Elsewhere
"Christ," Tagg said in response to Emily's explanation. "I can see what you mean. It's straightforward to deal with recklessness, or expertise even, as long as there is consistency. Here, you've got some damn fool making boot mistakes, while at the same time we know from other incidents that they are capable of a high degree of sophistication."
"Exactly," replied Piggot. "I need someone for whom this is merely 'good training' rather than one of the most memorable things they've ever worked on, and we just don't have the expertise locally."
"I'll make some calls," Tagg said. "If nothing else, some of them might enjoy the challenge."
Note: What is up with Cauldron in canon having random minions with treatable communications difficulties that just get left untreated?
Also Note: In thinking through this, I realized that Bet's EOD capabilities are likely significantly behind IRL for the same time period. IRL the US's domestic capabilities in this area circa 2011 benefitted from a decade of anti-terrorism focus as well as returning vets with experience from Iraq and Afghanistan in detecting and dealing with IEDs. Which at times posed exactly this problem—the IEDs in those conflicts ranged from extremely amateur to fiendishly complicated and you never knew what you were going to get.
BethofDeath
Girls just wanna have pun
- Location
- Sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Clairvoyant's trigger completely NOPE NOPE NOPEd his natural ability to see, and to this day we still don't have camera-eyes. Let alone Earth Aleph's tech, thirteen years behind ours. Maybe some form of medical Tinkertech could replace them, or Riley could make him new eyes, but there's no guarantee the same thing wouldn't happen to the replacements -- or that a more gradual degradation wouldn't happen, akin to what happens to others exposed to his power, for that matter.
Doormaker could see all too much, with no filter on universes, until about May 1988 from exposure to Clairvoyant, according to the wiki and some cross-referencing to (ugh) Reddit. As someone with some sensory overload issues but sighted, I can only imagine whether or not DM would've been relieved to be rid of the years of overload, even at that cost.
I suspect that CV's power causes overload-damage to the target brain itself, because his shard can't communicate with Eden's network to help calibrate itself. A cochlear implant may not help, and judging from what I've gathered about Wildbow's authorial inclinations I suspect my headcanon in this paragraph may be just straight-up canon.
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Domestic Matters, Part 11 | Safety First, Part 3
"So what do you do when you aren't on duty?" Dauntless asked Brian.
"Study? Work out?" Brian replied. "Try to keep up with my sister?"
Dauntless blinked. "How do you unwind, then?"
"I, uh, work out?" Brian didn't understand the question. "Sometimes we do things together?"
Dauntless ran his hand through his hair. "Let me try this differently. Do you have any hobbies? Things that you do, for you?"
Elsewhere
"I am told," Dr. Weaver said, " there was an incident."
Vista shuffled awkwardly. "Uh, I heard about something called a water hammer and was trying to make one, and it kind of worked too well?"
"Putting a hole in the wall of the Wards' shower."
Vista shuffled awkwardly.
Dr. Weaver sighed. "First, dropping water from a great height is not what 'water hammer' means."
"Oh."
"Indeed. Fortunately, we have located some introductory hydrodynamics material for your review, along with some materials on common plumbing hazards. You will be expected to write a report detailing ways your power might be used in such contexts, along with possible hazards and mitigation strategies."
Vista blinked. "Is that a punishment or a reward?"
"It's an educational opportunity. Youth Guard is very keen on them."
"Study? Work out?" Brian replied. "Try to keep up with my sister?"
Dauntless blinked. "How do you unwind, then?"
"I, uh, work out?" Brian didn't understand the question. "Sometimes we do things together?"
Dauntless ran his hand through his hair. "Let me try this differently. Do you have any hobbies? Things that you do, for you?"
Elsewhere
"I am told," Dr. Weaver said, " there was an incident."
Vista shuffled awkwardly. "Uh, I heard about something called a water hammer and was trying to make one, and it kind of worked too well?"
"Putting a hole in the wall of the Wards' shower."
Vista shuffled awkwardly.
Dr. Weaver sighed. "First, dropping water from a great height is not what 'water hammer' means."
"Oh."
"Indeed. Fortunately, we have located some introductory hydrodynamics material for your review, along with some materials on common plumbing hazards. You will be expected to write a report detailing ways your power might be used in such contexts, along with possible hazards and mitigation strategies."
Vista blinked. "Is that a punishment or a reward?"
"It's an educational opportunity. Youth Guard is very keen on them."
Ace Dreamer
Verified Reality User
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We are also interested in what you will come up with if you study magneto-hydrodynamics, and think about the concept 'Plasma Hammer"...
BethofDeath
Girls just wanna have pun
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- Sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha
- Pronouns
- She/Her
WoG is that Vista needs a surface to target, so that ionosphere trick is well beyond Vista's canonical capability.
So no Thorian Haggis, or whatever one would properly call ionosphere-bolt-cooked Lung.
So no Thorian Haggis, or whatever one would properly call ionosphere-bolt-cooked Lung.
Marika Oniki
[Verified Hotel]
- Location
- Pacific Ocean
Two potential solutions to that: high-altitude quick deploy balloon platform akin to what that one skydiver used, or… the moon.WoG is that Vista needs a surface to target, so that ionosphere trick is well beyond Vista's canonical capability.
So no Thorian Haggis, or whatever one would properly call ionosphere-bolt-cooked Lung.
Ace Dreamer
Verified Reality User
- Location
- Between The Unknown & The Known
This is Vista. If she wants a surface to be up there to target, there will be a surface up there to target!
(Just makes it a two, not a one, step operation...)
Idle Hands, Part 3
"Nice shooting," Aisha said as Dinah retrieved her target sheet. The girls were in the PRT range, taking advantage of a thing that meant they could have it to themselves.
"You're getting better too!" Dinah said. "I hate the stupid rules that say we can't carry at school, I mean, I'm glad that the bad guys will be more likely to attack me not at home, but I still don't want my school getting hit."
"Stupid soccer moms," Aisha agreed.
"Worse, all of the concealed holsters I've seen don't work on me! So I can't even sneak one in, unless it's in my backpack, and then what's the point!"
Aisha nodded. "It's like they think smol people shouldn't get to defend themselves!"
"I can't wait to get bigger so I can carry properly, and use the big guns," Dinah agreed emphatically.
"I know, right! These little things are fine and all for target practice, but even they make my wrist hurt. Brian let me use his issue pistol the other day and I was like, Ima break my wrist if I keep doing this! It wasn't even that really cool big gun the range master has!"
"You know there's exercises for that?"
"Yeah, I'm working on it, no matter how much Lisa teases me."
Note: Aren't precocious children fun!
"You're getting better too!" Dinah said. "I hate the stupid rules that say we can't carry at school, I mean, I'm glad that the bad guys will be more likely to attack me not at home, but I still don't want my school getting hit."
"Stupid soccer moms," Aisha agreed.
"Worse, all of the concealed holsters I've seen don't work on me! So I can't even sneak one in, unless it's in my backpack, and then what's the point!"
Aisha nodded. "It's like they think smol people shouldn't get to defend themselves!"
"I can't wait to get bigger so I can carry properly, and use the big guns," Dinah agreed emphatically.
"I know, right! These little things are fine and all for target practice, but even they make my wrist hurt. Brian let me use his issue pistol the other day and I was like, Ima break my wrist if I keep doing this! It wasn't even that really cool big gun the range master has!"
"You know there's exercises for that?"
"Yeah, I'm working on it, no matter how much Lisa teases me."
Note: Aren't precocious children fun!
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tenmachi
We don't talk about the other nine
Sig P938 in a small of the back leather holster. Single stack conceals just fine on smol.
Literally everyone: DON'T TELL THEM THAT!!!
BethofDeath
Girls just wanna have pun
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I'd have to find the exact post again, but I suspect the former wouldn't count due to it not being stationary relative to Earth, and I'd be surprised if they can get all the way up there.
As for the latter... shard power distance limits aside, that might be a REALLY BAD IDEA, with the whole "moon suddenly very very close to Earth" deal.
Marika Oniki
[Verified Hotel]
- Location
- Pacific Ocean
Only if you get really extreme about it. You'd need to change the distance less than 1% to reduce the distance from surface to end of atmosphere to functionally zero. Shard powers are technically limited to Earth, yes, but that's more the connection to Hosts than a range limit on what they can affect, because it would be a mess to have the experiments leave their Petri dishes. If I recall correctly, there was a WoG post that effectively said, without the containment limit, most parahuman powers would be operable up to about the orbit of Jupiter or so. So, basically, if it wasn't seen by Missy's Shard as a containment breach, it should be within its capabilities.I'd have to find the exact post again, but I suspect the former wouldn't count due to it not being stationary relative to Earth, and I'd be surprised if they can get all the way up there.
As for the latter... shard power distance limits aside, that might be a REALLY BAD IDEA, with the whole "moon suddenly very very close to Earth" deal.
The balloon I'll grant you, though, since it would be difficult to geostationarily stabilize, and apparently wouldn't go nearly high enough.
Ace Dreamer
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Dragon: I guess I could brush-up on my compact force-field belt research...
(There's a lot to be said for passive defence as opposed to the active flavour - unless the active sort is the only one you can conceivably obtain...)
Animal Adventures, Part 19
So many cats.
What had been a simple apartment, shared by Doormaker and Clairvoyant, had been expanded and remodeled into something with more comforts and conveniences.
Many of which clearly were not for the pair of parahumans, but instead for the many cats lounging about the room. There were cat beds, nooks and crannies. There were complex-looking litter boxes. There were water fountains, and toys, and an assortment of angled shelves and ledges. There were sunlamps. There was some manner of mesh that cats were climbing. The entire room was suffused with happy cat noises.
As Doctor Mother watched, a portal opened up and a small black and white speckled cat walked confidently through.
"Are…" Kurt began, "are the cats calling for doors?"
The black and white speckled cat began weaving between Doctor Mother's legs.
"He likes you," said Clairvoyant.
Another portal opened. Contessa's arm reached through, deposited a cat carrier, and withdrew.
"Did she just…?" Dr. Mother asked.
"Yes," Kurt replied, stepping carefully to avoid inquisitive kittens.
The cat carrier opened itself.
"Custodian!" Doctor Mother exclaimed. "I know you can hear me!"
"How do you expect a response?" Kurt asked. "There's no sand table."
"I Now Have A Text To Talk," replied an artificial voice.
What had been a simple apartment, shared by Doormaker and Clairvoyant, had been expanded and remodeled into something with more comforts and conveniences.
Many of which clearly were not for the pair of parahumans, but instead for the many cats lounging about the room. There were cat beds, nooks and crannies. There were complex-looking litter boxes. There were water fountains, and toys, and an assortment of angled shelves and ledges. There were sunlamps. There was some manner of mesh that cats were climbing. The entire room was suffused with happy cat noises.
As Doctor Mother watched, a portal opened up and a small black and white speckled cat walked confidently through.
"Are…" Kurt began, "are the cats calling for doors?"
The black and white speckled cat began weaving between Doctor Mother's legs.
"He likes you," said Clairvoyant.
Another portal opened. Contessa's arm reached through, deposited a cat carrier, and withdrew.
"Did she just…?" Dr. Mother asked.
"Yes," Kurt replied, stepping carefully to avoid inquisitive kittens.
The cat carrier opened itself.
"Custodian!" Doctor Mother exclaimed. "I know you can hear me!"
"How do you expect a response?" Kurt asked. "There's no sand table."
"I Now Have A Text To Talk," replied an artificial voice.
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