Ace Dreamer
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Some would say (buttered) French bread would fit, too?
(Yes know, the fresh-this-morning, will be stale tomorrow, sort...)
Goddamn Teenagers (Worm, AU/time travel)
(Yes know, the fresh-this-morning, will be stale tomorrow, sort...)
A Reasonable, Proportionate Response, Part 14
A few moments before
"Piggot," Emily said, answering on the second ring.
"Lilac," a tired voice replied, confirming the readout on the terminal. "Weaver just left, she's pissed but I think I convinced her to not redirect the audit team down by Nashville."
"That would be," Emily said carefully, "the joint FBI/PRT/Watchdog team that is untangling the Fallen's infiltration of a local school system?"
Lilac laughed without mirth. "You got it. I think she is using that prompt-based Cauldron thinker, try to get her to properly caveat--"
Dr. Weaver appeared in a portal. "Director Piggot," she said in a level tone, "I received the most troubling report."
Glancing at the terminal, Emily was unsurprised to see that Lilac had hung up.
A few minutes later
Emily raised a hand, resisting the urge to massage her temples. Fortunately, the other woman trailed off. "I appreciate your concern," Emily began carefully. "I note that our adversaries, both abroad and on alternates, have Thinker capabilities. What might they do if they realized that they could cause such redeployments of resources by attacking your mentees?"
"They should know by now that... huh," the other woman trailed off.
"This isn't your world," Emily continued before the other woman could recover her balance. "They don't know you, not yet. Besides, the scale is bigger than you are used to."
"Yes, yes," the other woman mumbled, rapidly jotting down notes.
Note: Emily what are you doing, wow, future you is going to hate you so much...
"Piggot," Emily said, answering on the second ring.
"Lilac," a tired voice replied, confirming the readout on the terminal. "Weaver just left, she's pissed but I think I convinced her to not redirect the audit team down by Nashville."
"That would be," Emily said carefully, "the joint FBI/PRT/Watchdog team that is untangling the Fallen's infiltration of a local school system?"
Lilac laughed without mirth. "You got it. I think she is using that prompt-based Cauldron thinker, try to get her to properly caveat--"
Dr. Weaver appeared in a portal. "Director Piggot," she said in a level tone, "I received the most troubling report."
Glancing at the terminal, Emily was unsurprised to see that Lilac had hung up.
A few minutes later
Emily raised a hand, resisting the urge to massage her temples. Fortunately, the other woman trailed off. "I appreciate your concern," Emily began carefully. "I note that our adversaries, both abroad and on alternates, have Thinker capabilities. What might they do if they realized that they could cause such redeployments of resources by attacking your mentees?"
"They should know by now that... huh," the other woman trailed off.
"This isn't your world," Emily continued before the other woman could recover her balance. "They don't know you, not yet. Besides, the scale is bigger than you are used to."
"Yes, yes," the other woman mumbled, rapidly jotting down notes.
Note: Emily what are you doing, wow, future you is going to hate you so much...
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- The Internet?
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7RJmK13Dns
I couldn't find the video of people leaving mid-conversation during the Simpsons, so Family Guy will have to do.
It does bring a whole new meaning to 'enemies foreign and domestic,' doesn't it? As though militaries weren't already paranoid enough.
I wouldn't worry about that, she's probably already dead. An unpowered person on Bet during Gold Morning, likely in the thick of mobilization and logistics at New York or DC PRT HQ... I wouldn't lay good odds on her having made it.
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I think the implication was more "Emily... you effectively just told Dr. Weaver that she needed to reestablish her reputation in order to get people to back off of her people..."
"...so you should procede with caution", Emily thinks.
"...so I should escalate my response until everyone understands how bad it is to piss me off", Dr Weaver thinks.
FaerieKnight79
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The implications have been that Future Taylor already dealt with that problem. This Emily Piggot's future self is not the same one as from Dr Weaver's timeline. It can't be, because in Dr Weaver's timeline there was no Future Taylor showing up in the February 2011.
Dr. Thunder
Philosopher-King of Florida
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- USA
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- He/They
Dr. Weaver immediately publishes her memoirs recounting everything she knows and has done both in her home-line and in this one, with the explicit warning that she has personally killed one god and hijacked Cauldron's efforts to repeat that feat with 99% less casualties.
That or proclaims herself Empress of the Earth Dimensional Cluster
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My Swarm Clone, My Younger Self, and Me: A Future Retrospective of Deicide Across Decades and Dimensions
-Foreward by Jack Slash
"Eh, I can take you."1
1. In fact, he could not.
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Who would he forward it to?
Ace Dreamer
Verified Reality User
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not sure about this - sounds a bit clumsy?
might 'protégés/students' sound better (I also see synonyms like: apprentice, trainee, pupil; none of these sound quite right...)
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This confrontation has been due for quite a while. It's... unclear what Emily might have said that's any better.
What 'Dr. Weaver' will do - is there anyone she'd go to, for advice? Lisa, had you better get Amy on call for the really serious headache treatments?
Might Assault have some useful ideas? Dr. Yamada? Dragon???
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Presumably the rest of the scrubs that think they could come for the Queen?
Ace Dreamer
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"So, you came here to qualify for your Darwin Award?"
"Ha! Not only will I win, but I've got children! So, you can't claim that!"
"I've got access to time travel. And, I believe in being tidy. Darwin Award."
(HHGttG: Zaphod BB, time-travel, and a contraceptive...)
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Why would they pay more attention to a book put in the mail by Jack specifically?
In this case, it was meant to be a riff on the trope of someone doing something potentially unwise, being asked what they will think of the decision looking back, and saying some variation on "future me hates present me for ruining her life, but I'm OK with that". It was not meant to be a callout to uptime Emily from the original timeline. I can see how this was confusing.
Emily is being reminded that while the woman from the post-apocalyptic hellscape may well be highly motivated to avert the catastrophes that resulted in said post-apocalyptic hellscape, the woman still did learn her problem-solving strategies in said post-apocalyptic hellscape and, by all accounts, thrived there.
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Weaver is basically the kind of firefighter to throw gasoline at a runaway fire because if it burns faster then it'll be gone faster too!
FaerieKnight79
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Hell, she's why it's a post-apocalyptic hellscape and not a post-apocalyptic graveyard.
Side note, spellcheck thought one of the things I was trying to write was "post-apologetically".
Side note, spellcheck thought one of the things I was trying to write was "post-apologetically".
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- Philippines
Technically speaking, given what Weaver did as Khepri, you could say that everything else she did afterwards as a doctor was quite, indeed, post-apologetically.
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The internet makes it difficult to gauge tone sometimes, so i honestly can't tell if you're being serious at this point. A foreword is different from a forward (and I've since fixed the initial typo I've made. He's not... actually mailing them?
Honestly, given her experience against Pyrokinetics, I think this might be a more apt method of fighting fires by the good Doctor.
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- They/Any
I mean... controlled burns, specifically backfires, are part of wildfire suppression management. It might seem counterintuitive to start fires in order to stop fires, but it can be a very effective means of creating a firebreak where one is not already naturally present. Ideally they get set before the wildfire itself, but that's not always possible, and backfires are a key part of mitigating the effects of wildfires on humans.
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Back in the day of dead-tree editions (printed books), a "forward" was a short introduction to the book in question by someone, usually the author, but sometimes someone else, intended to clue the reader in to the general idea of what the book is about.
</nerd>
Sorry not sure what came over me there. o,o
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No, that's a foreword.
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- Somewhere, Maybe
I stand (sit) corrected! Thank you! ^.^
A Matter of Taste, Part 2
"I don't know what is so funny," Alec said in indignant tones, as Lisa bent over with laughter. "You know," Alec continued, "Accord? Little man, white suit, wood mask, murderously fussy?"
"Mmmm hmmm," Lisa got out, before losing herself again in her laughter.
"It isn't a laughing matter," Alec added, popping a morsel of cheese into his mouth. "Don't you find it concerning that our patron is associating with such known villains?"
"Oh, god," Lisa gasped. "Mercy, mercy."
"Merci, indeed," Alec replied, "I am glad you have finally learned some manners." He opened another lunchables package, and extracted a small piece of mystery meat.
Elsewhere
"...as for Miss Laborn," Emily continued, "the administrator has been suspended pending an investigation, and the BBPD has been informed that they will take this seriously. More, we can use this to force the school district into giving us more freedom in our outreach and monitoring efforts."
At that, Dr. Weaver flipped decisively to a new page.
"Am I correct in assuming you will want to be involved?" Emily hazarded.
Dr. Weaver nodded.
"Good, good," Emily said. Maybe that will keep her occupied long enough for us to find a better solution. "I'll get with Renick," she continued, "and figure out who else to task with this. Oh, and if you could leave me whatever Thinker prompts and responses you have, I'll ensure they are laundered into the investigation properly."
Note: If nothing else, the school program should be memorable...
"Mmmm hmmm," Lisa got out, before losing herself again in her laughter.
"It isn't a laughing matter," Alec added, popping a morsel of cheese into his mouth. "Don't you find it concerning that our patron is associating with such known villains?"
"Oh, god," Lisa gasped. "Mercy, mercy."
"Merci, indeed," Alec replied, "I am glad you have finally learned some manners." He opened another lunchables package, and extracted a small piece of mystery meat.
Elsewhere
"...as for Miss Laborn," Emily continued, "the administrator has been suspended pending an investigation, and the BBPD has been informed that they will take this seriously. More, we can use this to force the school district into giving us more freedom in our outreach and monitoring efforts."
At that, Dr. Weaver flipped decisively to a new page.
"Am I correct in assuming you will want to be involved?" Emily hazarded.
Dr. Weaver nodded.
"Good, good," Emily said. Maybe that will keep her occupied long enough for us to find a better solution. "I'll get with Renick," she continued, "and figure out who else to task with this. Oh, and if you could leave me whatever Thinker prompts and responses you have, I'll ensure they are laundered into the investigation properly."
Note: If nothing else, the school program should be memorable...
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- Philippines
Oh no, Emily. There's tempting Fate and there's kicking Murphy in the face and yelling "You'll never catch me alive!"
Dr. Thunder
Philosopher-King of Florida
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- USA
- Pronouns
- He/They
Dr. Weaver rarely leaves her enemies alive to make that mistake twice
