I mean, Yes and No, Exalted are mortals with divine rocket engines strapped to their souls, but Exalted terminology tends to refer to "Mortals" as anyone not possessing an exaltation of some sort. Usum has also regularly remarked to Molly how she is above Mortals in every way.
If she's already talking about it, how about Fey Ladies?
We don't want to use IDU on people without the benefits of Mercy in Servitude though.
This feels like giving our enemies info they don't need. They can infer some things but they don't actually know if the stuff Molly does is newly gained or things she could always do.
Is it a choice?
That's arguable. Would people not under MiS suffer more drawbacks? Yes. Are there situations where they will happily said such drawbacks? Also yes. Like, straight up, if this is up to me, Murphy and all non-corrupt SI members get an IDU upgrade and Chicago gets an actual police force capable of handling street-level magical crime.
I can see your argument, sure. I was trying to somehow explain "why didn't you tell us sooner?" or something like this. But, ok.
...and the CPD gets a literal inner demon as excuse to give in to their worst impulses or even fall into berserker rages.
As far as I remember they are much more general than what White Council considers "Laws". You don't get wrecked only by killing humans with magic - anything you do has an effect on you. It just depends on how much you care about what you are doing. Harry by the time of the latest books considers any amount of collateral damage as acceptable, as long as there are no fatalities. Which can potentially kill more people indirectly.
They still feel to specific and consequence based to just be a 'Habit Forming' aspect of magic, especially when there are a few more things that should be dark magic under that logic which isn't…. Like using magic to torture, as long as you aren't killing, mindbending, or flesh warping, you can pull an emperor palpitie on innocent civilians at will and be 'clear' of dark magic. Feels like there really is something more fundamental here.
I'm pretty sure it still screws you over. White Council just doesn't care about it as much as about the other applications of magic. Again they don't have the manpower to deal with it. The Seven Laws are just the things that Council has the will to enforce and is willing to fight for. Even at a detriment to their current position. Everything else they are willing to sweep under the rug as long as you are not rocking the boat too much.
Unfortunately if Murphy and SI were to swear loyalty to Molly that is very problematic with their intimacies and job. Unless Molly gets herself or someone who works for her elected Mayor or similar position.
Won't enlightenment be a better alternative to IDU? It's nowhere near as powerful to start with but it is much more flexible and has an added bonus of not risking to reenact Jekyll and Hyde.
Did she not notice suddenly being a master of psychic invisibility?
… oh yeah, we haven't said anything to them on this.
When describing Molly power level a good vague way to put it is "The Yama Kings are jealous of my power and authority"Did she not notice suddenly being a master of psychic invisibility?
I think she'll change her tune a bit once she has the opportunity to hunt. Even without max buffs she should be able to slip around the city, pop up into good vantage points, and kill anyone she seriously wants to below the weak elder level.
She's not being overlooked anymore, just not granting her targets permission to notice what kills them.
… oh yeah, we haven't said anything to them on this.
Which is actually pretty hilarious; not only did a whale join a group of krill, they actually thought she was a jumbo shrimp the whole time.
Clearly we need to dump all authority and problems on Murphy.
