Break dancing on the Transistor! But I would have said Jaune needs the singing to complete the package... so either he's a backup dancer or he's got a woman's singing voice.
No, not at all. Recursion is when a program spins up another copy of itself to perform its actions again. Breaking out of the loop is infamously difficult for beginning programmers and when you screw recursion up the program will call itself endlessly causing a stack overflow error. In fact it's so infamous that the go to industry help site for programmers is named Stack Overflow, all the other Stack Exchange help sites are modeled after it.
Break dancing on the Transistor! But I would have said Jaune needs the singing to complete the package... so either he's a backup dancer or he's got a woman's singing voice.
We should check at some point if the Process have (or can have) souls and thus can have their Aura activated. Not that out there since Penny does have one, we would only need to either make the Process a hivemind or make some sapient elite units. It hinges on whether Jaune realises that it would technically make him their dad, though.
Them having souls would help with PR, since people would have tangible proof that they are not Grimm 2.0: Now with instant landscaping.
Also, I really want to see the Spine of the World turning the Grimm Dragon into a shish kebab, Aura active or not.
A function that create appropiate background music would be nice. And actually tactically useful in Remnant given how Grimm are drawn by negative emotions, a hunter dropping in with a legit superhero theme would raise up hope faster than [insert really fast thing].
A function that create appropiate background music would be nice. And actually tactically useful in Remnant given how Grimm are drawn by negative emotions, a hunter dropping in with a legit superhero theme would raise up hope faster than [insert really fast thing].
Couldn't we just you know, strap on a portable radio to Jaune. Functions take weeks to make and spending on time making something for background music seems like a huge waste.
Touché! Canon Jaune's probably a better dancer though. words we'll never say again...Transistor Jaune spent more time around computers than the dance floor.
Co-signed, but we might be contractually obligated to play The Spine instead of the superior In Circles as BGM. "Hello again, Cinder," is too perfect a reference to pass up.
Couldn't we just you know, strap on a portable radio to Jaune. Functions take weeks to make and spending on time making something for background music seems like a huge waste.
Couldn't we just you know, strap on a portable radio to Jaune. Functions take weeks to make and spending on time making something for background music seems like a huge waste.
Not really we could give the function basically infinite range plus having anytime you want is convenient and calming plus anything we do will be enhanced cause well always have music to set the tone plus it could work as a fun concept we can use as a base for something else later. Plus radios take up space and you have to remember to carry them .
I'm moderately surprised Jaune hasn't put in the effort to write equivalent code to let the Transistor substitute for his scroll, actually. Sure, it doesn't read the OS, but how hard could it be to just recreate the functionality manually? (Pretty time consuming, actually, I assume, but it'd be a neat side project.)
Not just yet. I need to find another post to piggyback for a Functions sheet. I'll keep yours in mind for when I do though. For now, though, keep suggestions to yourself, so they don't get lost while I set things up.
Construct()
By understanding the structure of an object, Jaune can construct the object. While he can construct it, if he doesn't had the experience (Like D in Spear), he can't use it well.
Armor()
Jaune enveloped his body with white layers made of energy. When layers vanished, Jaune will wear a futuristic white knight armor. While wearing this armor, his stats are boosted greatly. This Futuristic Knight Armor can only be used for 99 seconds (3 or 5 turn depending on GM). (Inspired by Henshin Hero and Garo)
Note: I never played or watched Transistor, so I don't know if these are possible.
Construct() could work if you specify it's for hardlight objects, which the Transistor could make given a couple upgrades, hell, your scroll can make those no problem- that's how the screen works. But if you're hoping to rip off Emiya with that, one, ripping off other works is my job, stop micromanaging my plagiarism, and two, no, you're definitely gonna need the Process for that. At best, you'd be ripping off Velvet's weapon.
The armour... I'll need to think about it. Jaune, regardless of most anything else, does not fulfil the same role he did in canon here. If you wanted to be the tank, we had the Pillar Man option for that.
We should check at some point if the Process have (or can have) souls and thus can have their Aura activated. Not that out there since Penny does have one, we would only need to either make the Process a hivemind or make some sapient elite units. It hinges on whether Jaune realises that it would technically make him their dad, though.
Them having souls would help with PR, since people would have tangible proof that they are not Grimm 2.0: Now with instant landscaping.
Also, I really want to see the Spine of the World turning the Grimm Dragon into a shish kebab, Aura active or not.
Well, the difference there is that Penny is made to emulate humanity. Neither the Transistor or the Process really do that. Sure, the Transistor has a personality, and parts of the Process seem to mimic humanity, but they're both still... very distinctly non-human.
Couldn't we just you know, strap on a portable radio to Jaune. Functions take weeks to make and spending on time making something for background music seems like a huge waste.
Correction: Functions like Breach() or Crash() or Spiral() take weeks to program. A glorified music player is something you could knock out in a few hours. Hell, I could probably code a music player. Not a very good one, but one nonetheless. Jaune? No problem. Now, the music, on the other hand...
I'm moderately surprised Jaune hasn't put in the effort to write equivalent code to let the Transistor substitute for his scroll, actually. Sure, it doesn't read the OS, but how hard could it be to just recreate the functionality manually? (Pretty time consuming, actually, I assume, but it'd be a neat side project.)
The Transistor can take care of Aura monitoring and other things like that, but a Scroll is essentially still a smartphone, and the code for that is 90% of the problem. Besides, imagine if he took a call and held his sword up to his ear, he'd look mad.
... Actually don't imagine that, it'll probably just encourage you.
Anyway, update. Later than I'd like, but typing with half a hand, the wrong half at that, is a cast iron bitch.
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{Well? Are you gonna let her go, or... what?}
Mmm... no, no, you have a much better idea. Second time's the charm, right?
"Outer lighting, on." You say, prompting the blue lighting on the case of your sword to glow, revealing Lumen and Ada to each other. "Hold it." You hiss, keeping Ada from running and Lumen from losing the only source of heat he has left. "Lumen, put the crystal down, or dissolve it, or whatever it is you need to do to not die of hypothermia. Ada, get up. We're going to talk this out, like adults, and see how we can help each other."
They both stare at you like you've just grown a second head, and you find yourself feeling slightly self-conscious for your trouble.
Lumen looks at Ada for a second, before making a decision. He holds the crystal close to his chest, letting it dissolve in a flash of infrared light, the Transistor supplies.
Core temperature rising. Subject no longer at risk of hypothermic damage.
"Ok. I'll bite. What's your plan?" He asks, eyeing you up with some curiosity.
The one-eyed girl gets up from trying to scrabble away from Lumen as fast as Hunterly possible, hands still clenched over her nose and mouth in fear, you notice. Somehow, she gets up without removing them, just sliding up the wall with her back. You don't think that can be great for her poncho.
After a moment of staring at the two of you, and a moment of realising she's about to suffocate herself, she lets go, and takes a step back.
"Thank you. Now, I propose the three of us work together for the moment, as well as Creme when we find her. Between the four of us, that's a full sized team and two-thirds of the recommendation spots."
"Why the fuck would I work with that, that maniac?!" Ada yells at you while pointing at Lumen. "He's been hunting me through this maze for like ten minutes like a goddamn serial killer!"
"You tried to take one of my ears off because I tripped over you!"
"You almost took my other eye out with that damn sword when you did!"
"And that's all in the past now!" You yell, trying to keep the peace. "Look, I'm not asking you to kiss and make up, I'm just asking you to put everything aside so we can all get out of here, at best with guaranteed spots, at worst, taking down Saff and getting out of here relatively unharmed. So, can you two please get off each other's asses for, like, twenty minutes?" ""Fine..."" Roll, DC 12, Roll: 18. Success!
"... Ok, fine, you've got a point." Lumen says, looking at Ada. "Peace?"
She seems genuinely conflicted for a second, teeth gritted hard in the teal light of your sword.
"... Fine." She relents after a moment.
You find yourself letting go of a breath you didn't even realise you'd been holding.
"Ok. Glad we got that sorted out. I don't suppose either of you saw Creme in your travels, did you?"
"I didn't see jack shit." Ada grumbles.
"Nope."
Welp. Guess you're doing this the old-fashioned way. Start walking and calling her name and hoping nobody takes the opportunity to gank you for being so louhhhhahahahahaha! Oh, god, you almost finished that with a straight face!
So, the way Ada and Lumen came from. "This way," you say, turning that way and beginning to walk, "outer lighting, o-"
"W-wait!" Ada says desperately, suddenly going quiet when you and Lumen turn to look at her. "U-um... could, could you, keep those lights on?"
"What, scared of the dark?" Lumen asks, somehow... not sounding as malicious as he should, you feel.
"No!" She mumbles. "I'm just... sick of running into walls all the time."
You get the feeling that's very much the case, but you're not gonna press.
{Whatever the reason is, her heart rate spiked the moment she realised you were gonna turn the lights off. That was genuine terror. I'm almost surprised she wasn't in the middle of a panic attack while Lumen was chasing her, if her reaction to the dark is that bad.}
You are not going to press.
{Ok, ok, just thought you should know she's not just being a big baby, is all.}
"... Well, we've probably told everyone where we are just with how loud we've been, so it's not gonna do us any more harm. Besides, you've ruined our night vision already." Lumen jokes.
If he can joke about the situation, then things are probably alright pretty alright, you reason. You're alright with this.
"Oh, OH COME ON, ADA, BABY, I ACTUALLY HAD SOME RESPECT FOR YOU, COMING TO A HUNTER'S SCHOOL WITH NO DEPTH PERCEPTION-"
"I HOPE YOU CHOKE ON YOUR OWN TONGUE, YOU FUCKING RECTUM OF A PERSON." The tiny girl cuts him off with a yell of her own.
Saff, quite fairly, does not finish where he was going with that.
Honestly, you have to wonder how much of Saff's shit talking is just for his own entertainment now.
{If I didn't know better, I'd say she was, like, 90% lung.}
You're not entirely sure she isn't.
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"So, Lumen, why exactly were you suffering from mild hypothermia again?" You ask, the question coming to mind as you come to yet another wall. Dammit. If you didn't know better, you'd say he was moving them around to mess with you.
{Dodge.}
You move your head slightly to the right, another arrow bouncing off the wall ahead. Saff's been taking potshots at you for a while now. He hasn't really managed to hit you, you think the Transistor's light is interfering with his nightvision. Lumen bends down and picks up the arrow, placing it in a makeshift blue goop quiver on his back.
"Do we really have time to do this right now?" Encounter Roll: 4. Reunited at last!
"No, I'm curious about it too, now that the topic's come up." Someone says behind you. Immediately, Lumen and Ada have their weapons up, and you turn to see Creme standing there, hands up. "Hey, easy, easy! It's me!"
"Creme? How did you find us?" Lumen asks.
"... You, realise Jaune's sword is lighting up, like, half the maze, right? I just followed the bright blue glow."
People can see you?
... Shit, you're a walking beacon.
"Outer lighting-" You hear the tiniest whimper from Ada's direction. "... dim."
The lights dim, but don't turn off. There's still some light, but hopefully, you're not going to be the flame the moths are drawn to.
"Good call. Now, that explanation?" Creme bulldozes on.
Lumen looks between the two, now three curious faces in front of him, and relents.
"Ugh... I absorb and split light, and turn it into a physical substance, my family calls it Luxin. Like, resin, but with light. The clear crystals are sub-red, or infrared light, below the visible spectrum. Since there's no light in here except through that hole in the ceiling, and it's not particularly hot... I used the only source of heat I had."
"... Your own body." You finish for him.
"Wh- really?" Ada asks, getting a nod from him. "That's... pretty hardcore, dude."
You get the feeling he's going to be preening himself over that one for a week.
Well, that's the band back together! Now what?
[] King()- Saff. Just gank that fucker already, damn the maze to hell. You'll fix it yourself if need be, but right now, Saff needs his shit slapped so hard he gonna cry.
-[] How are you gonna lure him out?
[] Knight()- Moss. You don't know where that sneaky fucker's gone, but he needs to earn his way to number 1.
-[] How are you gonna lure him out?
[] Pawns()- Now, if you're counting right, not counting Saff, Salem, or your own group, there should be at most six other people in here. It's chucklefuck hunting season.
[] Holeup()- nope, nope, you are done playing these goddamn Saw games. Find a corner, huddle up there, and let them come to you. Maybe just Reboot() a chunk of edge wall and walk out. It's time to peace the hell out.
[] Escape()- much like the above option, but instead of hiding out, you're just going to blast your own way through this place and walk out of your own path of destruction.
[] (Writein())
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[x] WriteIn(Challenge()): Saff seems to have made this giant maze because he thinks the lot of you are dangerous to others. Prove him very directly wrong - use Reboot() to calmly make your way out of the deathtrap, then tell him to put those shoddily constructed walls down before someone on the inside gets hurt. When you beat the stuffing out of him, that is. If he makes it a standoff, it's still to your advantage, seeing as the remaining group in the maze will be whittling each other down.
[X] Pawns()- Now, if you're counting right, not counting Saff, Salem, or your own group, there should be at most six other people in here. It's chucklefuck hunting season.
[X] King()- Saff. Just gank that fucker already, damn the maze to hell. You'll fix it yourself if need be, but right now, Saff needs his shit slapped so hard he gonna cry
[X] Pawns()- Now, if you're counting right, not counting Saff, Salem, or your own group, there should be at most six other people in here. It's chucklefuck hunting season.
Hmm. What's the best option for showing our reliability and aptitude for promotion? This is, after all, a test of sorts, and we're likely being graded on slightly more than our ability to survive a free for all.
[] King()- Saff. Just gank that fucker already, damn the maze to hell. You'll fix it yourself if need be, but right now, Saff needs his shit slapped so hard he gonna cry.
-[] How are you gonna lure him out?
[] Pawns()- Now, if you're counting right, not counting Saff, Salem, or your own group, there should be at most six other people in here. It's chucklefuck hunting season.
We *could* go gank a bunch of useless froobs, but we'd still be playing by Saff's paradigm - it shows a certain lack of creativity, and in a real scenario, playing by the rules the Grimm tries to impose leads to murderdeath.
[] Holeup()- nope, nope, you are done playing these goddamn Saw games. Find a corner, huddle up there, and let them come to you. Maybe just Reboot() a chunk of edge wall and walk out. It's time to peace the hell out.
[] Escape()- much like the above option, but instead of hiding out, you're just going to blast your own way through this place and walk out of your own path of destruction.
These are similar, mostly differing in the level of obviousness to others - i.e. if any of the other clowns can also use our way out.
My suggestion:
[x] WriteIn(Challenge()): Saff seems to have made this giant maze because he thinks the lot of you are dangerous to others. Prove him very directly wrong - use Reboot() to calmly make your way out of the deathtrap, then tell him to put those shoddily constructed walls down before someone on the inside gets hurt. When you beat the stuffing out of him, that is. If he makes it a standoff, it's still to your advantage, seeing as the remaining group in the maze will be whittling each other down.
Ok. I just went and found Saff's semblance. It is centered on him, or at least that's what I get from the description. We now have a rough idea of where he is from this. Anyway - [X] Pawns()- Now, if you're counting right, not counting Saff, Salem, or your own group, there should be at most six other people in here. It's chucklefuck hunting season.
[x] WriteIn(Challenge()): Saff seems to have made this giant maze because he thinks the lot of you are dangerous to others. Prove him very directly wrong - use Reboot() to calmly make your way out of the deathtrap, then tell him to put those shoddily constructed walls down before someone on the inside gets hurt. When you beat the stuffing out of him, that is. If he makes it a standoff, it's still to your advantage, seeing as the remaining group in the maze will be whittling each other down.
Saff's Semblance gives him complete control over all matter within a 15x15x15 cubic metre radius, with him at the centre, in the form of 1x1x1 cubic metre, er, cubes. That's... 3,375 blocks, I think, somewhere in that ballpark, I'm too tired for mental maths right now.
He can move these cubes in a grid pattern, and as long as the substance it's made of is stable enough, it will remain as a cube for the purposes of building. When two cubes are shifted next to each other, the connecting faces will actually fuse together for the purpose of stability, allowing him to build structures from the cubes. However, once his Semblance has stopped affecting the cubes, they become just that- cubes of sand or dirt or rebar and concrete, just barely fused together at the edges. So anything he makes, unless it's exceedingly simple, would just collapse unless he keeps shifting things about to compensate for stress. As such, unless he's just making cheap barriers or sand traps, he's a surprisingly static fighter, for someone who's not very well armoured. Why do you think he's got two ranged weapon forms?
[x] WriteIn(Challenge()): Saff seems to have made this giant maze because he thinks the lot of you are dangerous to others. Prove him very directly wrong - use Reboot() to calmly make your way out of the deathtrap, then tell him to put those shoddily constructed walls down before someone on the inside gets hurt. When you beat the stuffing out of him, that is. If he makes it a standoff, it's still to your advantage, seeing as the remaining group in the maze will be whittling each other down.
To answer your question, based on the direction of his voice, he's somewhere inside the cube, but it sounds like he's above everybody else. Not just talking about his ego, he literally sounds like he's elevated above everyone else.
As much as the thought of him sticking his head in through a hole from the outside to shout insults at you in front of an audience of concerned peers and teachers amuses me, no, he's still in the structure.
Saff's Semblance gives him complete control over all matter within a 15x15x15 cubic metre radius, with him at the centre, in the form of 1x1x1 cubic metre, er, cubes. That's... 3,375 blocks, I think, somewhere in that ballpark, I'm too tired for mental maths right now.
He can move these cubes in a grid pattern, and as long as the substance it's made of is stable enough, it will remain as a cube for the purposes of building. When two cubes are shifted next to each other, the connecting faces will actually fuse together for the purpose of stability, allowing him to build structures from the cubes. However, once his Semblance has stopped affecting the cubes, they become just that- cubes of sand or dirt or rebar and concrete, just barely fused together at the edges. So anything he makes, unless it's exceedingly simple, would just collapse unless he keeps shifting things about to compensate for stress. As such, unless he's just making cheap barriers or sand traps, he's a surprisingly static fighter, for someone who's not very well armoured. Why do you think he's got two ranged weapon forms?
You said bonus, not trait, and what the hell man go to sleep.
Redshirt's plan is nicely thought out, I'll happily back that. For extra insurance, call Mini-Moss on his scroll and tell him that if anyone takes out Saff before the maze is down, he goes to the top of Jaune's kill list.
Yes we're using the guy who blew Jaune off to get what we want... while Jaune sits pretty outside the maze.
Salemoss is chill though, whereas Saff is a jackass who doesn't deserve automatic entry to Beacon. He'll probably get the recommendation anyway but he doesn't deserve a bye.
Hang on, either I'm overthinking this or the test should end when there are six students left. Why is "first" a thing when the reward goes from one to six? The stated reason for the bottom six failing is the 1st year Huntsman death rate, there's nothing about the top six Huntsmen winning life.
