Ace Dreamer
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Max, you're required to say, "I'd have been alright, if it wasn't for those pesky kids! And their dog(s)!".
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Goddamn Teenagers (Worm, AU/time travel)
"I have always had wealth and pull, which means I always will. Reality will contort to ensure it!"
Ace Dreamer
Verified Reality User
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- Between The Unknown & The Known
*cough* Ozymandias *cough* "And this too shall pass..."
Old Man Anders
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- The Internet?
Brian looked about, awkwardly adjusting the ascot that Alec had given him (for some reason), and then coughed into his hand as the people gathered around the poorly bound businessman, who was wearing a pointed white hood (for some reason). Nearby the rest of the Undersiders stood in the conference room, the rope to an elaborate pulley system still half-clutched in Lisa's hand, having dropped the mess of rope onto Anders when he chased them into the room. The blonde tugged at the cuff of her orange sweater after letting it go before whispering something in Bitch's ear.
"Well, gang, the... the 'business ghost' gave us quite a chase through this old, abandoned mead hall, but we finally caught him! Now to see who he really is..!" Brian declared, reaching forward to tug at the cloth on supervillain's face, which he wore in lieu of his armor (for some reason). It came off easily, to reveal-
"Old Man Anders?" Gasped literally everyone.
"You little bitches!" Max shouted as the policemen (for some reason), led him away, struggling in his hand cuffs (for some reason).
Alec looked up from his nails, waving goodbye to the ranting millionaire, and twirled to face the rest of his former gang members, purple skirt and orange wig flaring, "Well guys, it looks like his Empire's crumbling, huh?"
Everyone, including, the policemen as the elevator doors finished closing, laughed. The Great Dane Rachel had brought with her let out a bark, and peed on the carpet.
"Well, gang, the... the 'business ghost' gave us quite a chase through this old, abandoned mead hall, but we finally caught him! Now to see who he really is..!" Brian declared, reaching forward to tug at the cloth on supervillain's face, which he wore in lieu of his armor (for some reason). It came off easily, to reveal-
"Old Man Anders?" Gasped literally everyone.
Bitch straightened up from where she'd been slouching against the wall, her rumpled green shirt hanging from her shoulders, crumbs from the overly massive sandwich she'd enjoyed during their stakeout of the building falling to the carpet, and said in a halting, stilted voice, "Like, man, get away with it? We did it thirty minutes ago." Then she turned to the blonde beside her, Lisa adjusting her glasses while Max was marched past them. "Alright, I said it, now where's my ten fucking dollars?" Rachel asked.
"You little bitches!" Max shouted as the policemen (for some reason), led him away, struggling in his hand cuffs (for some reason).
Alec looked up from his nails, waving goodbye to the ranting millionaire, and twirled to face the rest of his former gang members, purple skirt and orange wig flaring, "Well guys, it looks like his Empire's crumbling, huh?"
Everyone, including, the policemen as the elevator doors finished closing, laughed. The Great Dane Rachel had brought with her let out a bark, and peed on the carpet.
This is great! Have a thread mark!
Chloe Sullivan
Subdefective
- Location
- 1630 Revello Drive, Sunnydale CA
Settling Debts, Part 2
The teen boy looked aged beyond his years. He walked carefully, aware of his surroundings, and formally and precisely sat down opposite Lisa.
Lisa gestured to the contents of the table. "Have a snack, a drink something."
The boy, obligingly, poured himself a glass of water and touched it to his lips.
Lisa sighed. "Look, I'm sorry, I'm sorry about all this. She means well but, uh, she's really bad at comforting."
The boy looked at Lisa impassively. "OK, OK, try a different tack. I'm Lisa. I live in the Bay. Ask me whatever... Oh, no that won't work, you've lived there longer."
"As you say," the boy said politely. "How can I help you?"
"No, no," Lisa said, shaking her head, before shrugging elaborately. "I could show you... no, that would scare you."
The boy touched the glass to his lips again.
"OK," Lisa tried again, "so you might be able to go home soon. Your dad has been playing fuck around with, like, the whole federal soup, and he's coming up on the find out part."
"Oh?"
"Yep! See, a whole bunch of stuff happened, like the thing where some cops got shot by the Empire, I assume by accident, or when Krieg, well, probably Kreig, anyway his car blew up and then he tried to firebomb his house with cops in it, anyway Medhall got put under lots of scrutiny and your dad kind of I think lost the line between what is OK and what is not, so, yeah, Max Anders, especially after the Gesellschaft Master thing, he has also been flagged as a potential Master victim if not a Master himself, and..." Lisa trailed off, seeing the boy's baffled expression. She sighed. "Maybe I could get you some newspapers?"
Note: So it turns your fantastic success with the mystery parahuman who turned out to be your friend GSG is not, in fact, a good starting point in befriending and comforting Theo Anders, who you've never interacted with and thinks this is all an elaborate stunt...
Also, I haven't decided yet if Theo is going to trigger (or already has), and if so, how his power would manifest...
Lisa gestured to the contents of the table. "Have a snack, a drink something."
The boy, obligingly, poured himself a glass of water and touched it to his lips.
Lisa sighed. "Look, I'm sorry, I'm sorry about all this. She means well but, uh, she's really bad at comforting."
The boy looked at Lisa impassively. "OK, OK, try a different tack. I'm Lisa. I live in the Bay. Ask me whatever... Oh, no that won't work, you've lived there longer."
"As you say," the boy said politely. "How can I help you?"
"No, no," Lisa said, shaking her head, before shrugging elaborately. "I could show you... no, that would scare you."
The boy touched the glass to his lips again.
"OK," Lisa tried again, "so you might be able to go home soon. Your dad has been playing fuck around with, like, the whole federal soup, and he's coming up on the find out part."
"Oh?"
"Yep! See, a whole bunch of stuff happened, like the thing where some cops got shot by the Empire, I assume by accident, or when Krieg, well, probably Kreig, anyway his car blew up and then he tried to firebomb his house with cops in it, anyway Medhall got put under lots of scrutiny and your dad kind of I think lost the line between what is OK and what is not, so, yeah, Max Anders, especially after the Gesellschaft Master thing, he has also been flagged as a potential Master victim if not a Master himself, and..." Lisa trailed off, seeing the boy's baffled expression. She sighed. "Maybe I could get you some newspapers?"
Note: So it turns your fantastic success with the mystery parahuman who turned out to be your friend GSG is not, in fact, a good starting point in befriending and comforting Theo Anders, who you've never interacted with and thinks this is all an elaborate stunt...
Also, I haven't decided yet if Theo is going to trigger (or already has), and if so, how his power would manifest...
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I think you accidentally a word in here.
I can/should get you some newspapers.
Or something like that?
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- The Internet?
As much as the Kaiser's goons think he's part of the Master Race, the use of the word 'Master' ought to be capitalized here, right? Since it's the category of M/S protocols, and one of the twelve, capitalized, power categories.
Also, poor Theo.
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- They/Any
I'll get you some newspapers, maybe?
Poor Theo indeed. Lisa is being far too circuitous to get this done properly, I think; this should be a bandaid-ripping-off conversation where it starts with "Look, you know your dad is a complete shitheel who runs a racist gang, in addition to being a corrupt CEO, right? Yeah, turns out the feds also know that and, uh, they're doing something about it." Theo knows who his dad is, all this dancing about the subject in an attempt to be kind is self-defeating, but Lisa needs to be clever.
Ace Dreamer
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- Between The Unknown & The Known
You're mad. Definitely. At least Alec is enjoying themselves, and Lisa is being far too enthusiastic an enabler.
Can we hear Aisha giggling in the background?
(Yes, it's the good kind of madness.
)Typos fixed in the text! Thank you very much!
Ace Dreamer
Verified Reality User
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- Between The Unknown & The Known
I could see him having Triggered, quietly, and no one really noticing. I could also see QA having glared at his shard, "[BEST HOST] [APPROVES] [FULL ACCESS]".
So, metal won't hurt him? And, full-on automata (humanoid, any size) made of metal (that don't wreck his surrounding, and are mostly not noticed, 'Stranger') try and help him, if he gets upset? (Metal goes back to previous shape+location, afterward.)
Result? He keeps rather rigid self-control, otherwise, weird stuff starts happening around him?
Just an idea...
He has been around Dr. Weaver, and QA is not shy about showing favoritism.
I like his canon metal sense power application, and I expect QA/Weaver would approve as well. I am also toying with a sort of social thinker ability around sensing intent, as he has been surrounded by people who he is not sure he can't trust.
Of course, this power would be of little practical use, as for example his Father may well have intended to help Theo even when he was mistreating the boy. Since, you know, it's something he may have wanted and appears superficially useful but doesn't actually solve his problem.
Or Lisa, who vaguely wants to be helpful, but without context knowing that Lisa wants to help doesn't really help Theo figure out what to do.
Ace Dreamer
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Sensory abilities are good - their possibilities are often overlooked, for the more flashy stuff. I'm... unsure about mixing social Thinker stuff with metal/material sense and manipulation stuff. Without some excuse for this, may arguably be a bit too diverse?
Theo. Father Max, metal manipulation, mother Heith, same powers as the Valkyries - giant metal hands look credible. Based on 'false heredity'.
Thinker stuff? More tricky... Sounds like Dean/Gallant...
('Worm' has a sorta weird 'conventional supers' feel - you can ignore that, but IMO it needs a little care...)
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I do feel like the thinker thing would be a secondary power or bud. I like the metal sense and might augment it slightly (QA).
I do want some additional metal aspect. Maybe more versatility at the expense of power? Not sure yet.
Ace Dreamer
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- Between The Unknown & The Known
Let him have a shoulder devil and angel, only he (and some Thinkers) can see? They might... give him advice (only he can hear). Lisa might try lip-reading them... No, they're not there all the time.
(Devil looks, a little, like Max, angel like Kayden?)
Metal... how about he hears faint music, melody only, that is in some way associated with the past history of the metal object? A knife used for murder, a knife used only for cooking, say. Lots of metal, many tunes, need to get close to listen to, pick-out, one? I'm pretty sure an author might have... a bit of fun with this...
EDIT:
I only realised, later... Metal Music, maybe Heavy Metal Music...
(Blue Oyster Cult??? Yes, the 1981 movie...)
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Eh, just tack on some mettle sense and call it a day. Boom, social Thinker. It lets him detect who would make a good Shonen protagonist.
[Taylor Hebert of Earth, you have the ability to overcome great
That sorta thing.
FaerieKnight79
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I could see this going something like as follows:
"Taylor Hebert, you have the ability to... (hold on, this can't be right? Are you sure about this? It's real?!), Er, live a long and fruitful life. Uhm, here's your transfer papers to Anywherebuthere High School."
The Price of Progress
"You cannot be serious," Emily said flatly.
Renick sighed. "As she has emphasized, Mrs. Herren has been extraordinarily cooperative, and useful, both in the Fleischer scenario, and otherwise."
"She wants a 'soft landing'," Emily summarized. "For Rune, wherever she is, as well as the Valkyrie twins."
"Apparently, they are 'family'."
"I hate these inbred rural politics. Fine, ENE will provisionally support CI spite grandma's 'soft landings', but we are doing it on our terms. The Chief Director and Tagg have been working on a 'public service in lieu of serving time' pilot program, as a replacement for the old rebrand reshuffle. Sounds we got us some candidates."
Emily sighed, before continuing. "Even then, the girls need to come in quietly. If we bring them in ourselves, or they resist, deal is off. Add whatever additional conditions you think we can make her swallow, and do the write up."
Renick flipped to the next page in his notes. "She had some other requests as well, on the unpowered side."
Seeing his expression, Emily swore. "More clemency requests?"
Renick nodded, "Yes, and a few people she specifically wants us to hammer."
"She is using us to clear out her rivals in the Clans," Emily observed. It was not a question.
"Absolutely."
Emily took a deep breath, held it, then let it out. "Work with Legal to parse what is ours and what runs through other agencies," she replied. "Fob off as much of this as we can. We won't let her weaponize us. Still, I expect there will be some balance that gives her some of what she wants while clearing cold cases and bringing in some truly awful pieces of shit." Emily gestured to Renick, "You have better contacts for that sort of thing, give her as little as we can get away with, but damn her, she knows we can't reject this out of hand."
Renick nodded. "I'll make some calls."
Note: CI Spite Grandma knows has been playing this game longer than Emily has been alive.
Think I've mentioned this before, but I'm going with Renick having come up through the investigative/agency side, rather than a strike team role. That's why he has better contacts across the alphabet soup agencies.
As to the pilot program, Tagg is supporting it because he does not like giving sweetheart deals to criminals, while Kamil is supporting it to better give justice to victims.
Renick sighed. "As she has emphasized, Mrs. Herren has been extraordinarily cooperative, and useful, both in the Fleischer scenario, and otherwise."
"She wants a 'soft landing'," Emily summarized. "For Rune, wherever she is, as well as the Valkyrie twins."
"Apparently, they are 'family'."
"I hate these inbred rural politics. Fine, ENE will provisionally support CI spite grandma's 'soft landings', but we are doing it on our terms. The Chief Director and Tagg have been working on a 'public service in lieu of serving time' pilot program, as a replacement for the old rebrand reshuffle. Sounds we got us some candidates."
Emily sighed, before continuing. "Even then, the girls need to come in quietly. If we bring them in ourselves, or they resist, deal is off. Add whatever additional conditions you think we can make her swallow, and do the write up."
Renick flipped to the next page in his notes. "She had some other requests as well, on the unpowered side."
Seeing his expression, Emily swore. "More clemency requests?"
Renick nodded, "Yes, and a few people she specifically wants us to hammer."
"She is using us to clear out her rivals in the Clans," Emily observed. It was not a question.
"Absolutely."
Emily took a deep breath, held it, then let it out. "Work with Legal to parse what is ours and what runs through other agencies," she replied. "Fob off as much of this as we can. We won't let her weaponize us. Still, I expect there will be some balance that gives her some of what she wants while clearing cold cases and bringing in some truly awful pieces of shit." Emily gestured to Renick, "You have better contacts for that sort of thing, give her as little as we can get away with, but damn her, she knows we can't reject this out of hand."
Renick nodded. "I'll make some calls."
Note: CI Spite Grandma knows has been playing this game longer than Emily has been alive.
Think I've mentioned this before, but I'm going with Renick having come up through the investigative/agency side, rather than a strike team role. That's why he has better contacts across the alphabet soup agencies.
As to the pilot program, Tagg is supporting it because he does not like giving sweetheart deals to criminals, while Kamil is supporting it to better give justice to victims.
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And yet, they don't like it when people sing about it.
I still think this is a better codename than Mama Mathers, but shouldn't it be capitalized?
I think it's supposed to be a capital K... that or a capital C, since it's not a very Special K, but it is referring to the Herren Clan et al., right?
FaerieKnight79
Verified Pixie
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"Spite Grandma" is not Mama Mathers though, but someone from the various neo nazi "clans" in the area, who's angry that her neo nazi grandson (who happens to be a cop) was "shot by the E88".
EDIT:
Spite Grandma in this case is not a code name, it's an accurately descriptive insult.
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- Location
- Launceston, Tasmania
Is that family, Family or FAMILY?
As in Blood relation, Godfather or Varga...
ScottotheUnwise
Verified Crack (fic) Dealer
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- Mulberry, Fl
It is FAmILy if you get me.
As in somehow connected to the Herren clans.
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I think it's supposed to be a capital K... that or a capital C, since it's not a very Special K, but it is referring to the Herren Clan et al., right?
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