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Bringing back Ms.Herbet would put alot of attention on them. And they'd need to out themselves.
The only way for it to be possible would be a mass resurrection filled with random people in a facility far away from the house.
Which could bring alot of heat on any new tinkers especially Splice
Right now yes but if the story reach the point where "Echidna" decide to take a walk in the city, it will be the perfect oportynity for something like that.
Also another question for our dear Author: Little sisters in the game are invulnerable to damage, does that mean that our heroine have some or will develope some resistances IF she become little sister?
Right now yes but if the story reach the point where "Echidna" decide to take a walk in the city, it will be the perfect oportynity for something like that.
Also another question for our dear Author: Little sisters in the game are invulnerable to damage, does that mean that our heroine have some or will develope some resistances IF she become little sister?
True for sure re Echidna, but there is nothing preventing bringing Annette back and just keeping it on the downlow.... Could maybe make her a Cape Outfit/Armour to hide her identity, but give her freedom to roam at least.
Little Sister transformation should make Addy a lot more Durable and provide Regeneration.
Lore wise, little sisters do not have enhanced durability or pain tolerance; it's just crazy fast regeneration. Which isn't always a good thing.
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I actually forgot about vita chambers completely. Admittedly it's been ages since I last played any of the games and I tended not to die much when I did so it slipped my mind that they even existed. Definitely going to try work them in in some fashion now, even if only for the drama.
I don't really know much about evangelion (it has giant mecha and monsters of some sort and biblical references i think?) so it's not on my list of specialties.
Also another question for our dear Author: Little sisters in the game are invulnerable to damage, does that mean that our heroine have some or will develope some resistances IF she become little sister?
Yup. Addy has regeneration now. It'll start a little slow until the slug gets acclimated (a day or so) to being inside a host after which it'll hit normal Little Sister levels. She has to watch out for broken bones healing funny but she'll be stupidly hard to kill. Raw, unprocessed ADAM is bullshit for keeping stuff alive.
I'm really torn now. Part of me is saying it should require a scan of some sort but the other part of me is saying "gogogo quantum physics fuckery" and letting it just use quantum entanglement time fuckery to grab the correct info if you've got a good enough DNA sample.
Hmm, semi-realistic tinker bullshit or space magic tinker bullshit? Such a tough choice and plenty of drama either way. Good thing I have a little bit of a buffer so I can make alterations for whatever I decide
I'm really torn now. Part of me is saying it should require a scan of some sort but the other part of me is saying "gogogo quantum physics fuckery" and letting it just use quantum entanglement time fuckery to grab the correct info if you've got a good enough DNA sample.
Hmm, semi-realistic tinker bullshit or space magic tinker bullshit? Such a tough choice and plenty of drama either way. Good thing I have a little bit of a buffer so I can make alterations for whatever I decide
If it really works part of the problem you would run into is 'why would Scion not just revive Eden as opposed to wallowing and then not even trying when found her corpse?'
I'm really torn now. Part of me is saying it should require a scan of some sort but the other part of me is saying "gogogo quantum physics fuckery" and letting it just use quantum entanglement time fuckery to grab the correct info if you've got a good enough DNA sample.
Hmm, semi-realistic tinker bullshit or space magic tinker bullshit? Such a tough choice and plenty of drama either way. Good thing I have a little bit of a buffer so I can make alterations for whatever I decide
mmm, the Vita Chambers were able to revive Subject Delta 10 years after he died, so it could be possible.
The problem then not only is keeping your identity secret and not having Danny and Taylor freak out when Annette returns, but also dealing with the social fallout of this. Millions will come to Brockton Bay wanting to have their loved ones revived, including Cauldron who'll want to revive all the Parahumans killed in the past.
I don't know if that's a plotline you want to see explored.
If it really works part of the problem you would run into is 'why would Scion not just revive Eden as opposed to wallowing and then not even trying when found her corpse?'
If it really works part of the problem you would run into is 'why would Scion not just revive Eden as opposed to wallowing and then not even trying when found her corpse?'
My understanding has always been: Zion is an idiot in everything but combat. He is the Warrior not the Thinker. If he could fight hee back into life he would have. But it's just not his job so it's nor gonna happen.
I'm really torn now. Part of me is saying it should require a scan of some sort but the other part of me is saying "gogogo quantum physics fuckery" and letting it just use quantum entanglement time fuckery to grab the correct info if you've got a good enough DNA sample.
mmm, the Vita Chambers were able to revive Subject Delta 10 years after he died, so it could be possible.
The problem then not only is keeping your identity secret and not having Danny and Taylor freak out when Annette returns, but also dealing with the social fallout of this. Millions will come to Brockton Bay wanting to have their loved ones revived, including Cauldron who'll want to revive all the Parahumans killed in the past.
I don't know if that's a plotline you want to see explored.
If I were writing it, I would make the Chambers need a brain scan and a DNA sample, then a ton of raw meats for materials for the new body, and have it be unable to work without the first two. Since most people who died years ago aren't going to have the brain scan available, the question of "Why not revive Hero?" doesn't come up. It also allows you to have a dramatic revive of someone important to canon who dies, like one of the Wards or Amy or whoever, by shoving their head into the scanner at the last minute.
Having the memories retained due to quantum blubbery linkages is fine, but if you make the rules to loose it causes problems in the plot.
If a vita chamber can properly resurrect people from just their DNA in this setting then she'd be able to use a hair brush or whatever to bring her parents back, and presumably she'd go back to living with them. So you'd either need to basically write a different story from that point or contrive some reason for that specific thing not to happen. It's a can of worms that I wouldn't want to deal with if I were writing it.
If I were writing it, I would make the Chambers need a brain scan and a DNA sample, then a ton of raw meats for materials for the new body, and have it be unable to work without the first two. Since most people who died years ago aren't going to have the brain scan available, the question of "Why not revive Hero?" doesn't come up. It also allows you to have a dramatic revive of someone important to canon who dies, like one of the Wards or Amy or whoever, by shoving their head into the scanner at the last minute.
Having the memories retained due to quantum blubbery linkages is fine, but if you make the rules to loose it causes problems in the plot.
It was only 5 minutes of work, and some of the other people I beta for miss way more than that.
And the chamber only works when the death is due to trauma, not sickness or natural death, so this would make the entire thing easier to handle for the story.
If it really works part of the problem you would run into is 'why would Scion not just revive Eden as opposed to wallowing and then not even trying when found her corpse?'
Eden is not a Carbon based Sapient Mammal.... Entities are multidimensional hive organisms that feature all kinds of matter that is beyond our periodic table I'm sure.... Plus yeah, Scion is specced for combat not for thinking.
mmm, the Vita Chambers were able to revive Subject Delta 10 years after he died, so it could be possible.
The problem then not only is keeping your identity secret and not having Danny and Taylor freak out when Annette returns, but also dealing with the social fallout of this. Millions will come to Brockton Bay wanting to have their loved ones revived, including Cauldron who'll want to revive all the Parahumans killed in the past.
I don't know if that's a plotline you want to see explored.
I think that, right now, Scion doesn't know she's dead, just that she hasn't answered his calls. And he isn't very bright.
But the easier asnwer would be that this isn't an Eden or Scion shard but an Aballon one.
Yeah Abbadon Shard makes more sense, plus it could be a tech that was just not in Eden or Scion's databases.
As to impact of Resurrection..... Nobody needs to know about the Vita Chambers, just make sure they are located in hidden places and are not publicised.
If Addy or Taylor die, they being Resurrected can just be perceived as power bullshit.....
With them both having similar powers they are likely to be perceived as part of a Cluster Trigger event.
Addy has Birds
Taylor has Insects
Both have Regen
Both have Resurrection
If Annette is resurrected she can be introduced as one of their Cluster Trigger event....
Can always get her a fake ID and a new name, change her eye colour etc and that is just for her civilian identity.
If a vita chamber can properly resurrect people from just their DNA in this setting then she'd be able to use a hair brush or whatever to bring her parents back, and presumably she'd go back to living with them. So you'd either need to basically write a different story from that point or contrive some reason for that specific thing not to happen. It's a can of worms that I wouldn't want to deal with if I were writing it.
Just write off Addy's parents death as a fire destroying all DNA remains.
Plus Quantum Bullshit works too.....
Edit:
Just realised that the Bioshock Tinker power may contain the Gene Coding necessary to make your own version of Jack Ryan and Subject Delta.... You do not have physical DNA/Biomatter, but you likely have the Gene Code for those two in the form of Computer Data....
Evangelions or Eva Units are actually Biological.... They are covered in Armour partly to pretend/deceive people that they are Mecha and partly as a form of restraining the Organism.
I'm really torn now. Part of me is saying it should require a scan of some sort but the other part of me is saying "gogogo quantum physics fuckery" and letting it just use quantum entanglement time fuckery to grab the correct info if you've got a good enough DNA sample.
Hmm, semi-realistic tinker bullshit or space magic tinker bullshit? Such a tough choice and plenty of drama either way. Good thing I have a little bit of a buffer so I can make alterations for whatever I decide
I mean the original Tinker of Fiction had Mercy's healing staffs that can bring back people that have a spark of life. So go nuts or even choose another setting like Borderlands that have their own respawn points, New-U stations.
I would probably avoid the vita chamber for now. Was I while since I played the games but from what I remember they weren't really used in the Bioshock story and more just some handwave reason for why you could respawn when you died.
I would probably avoid the vita chamber for now. Was I while since I played the games but from what I remember they weren't really used in the Bioshock story and more just some handwave reason for why you could respawn when you died.
Andrew Ryan would have been easily killed and replaced without them. It was the Vita Chambers that fully secured his rule of Rapture.
It was also why Atlas aka Frank Fontaine was able to eventually kill him, as Jack Ryan had DNA close enough to be included in the Vita Chamber network and eligible for the same resurrection. Without the Vita Chambers, Andrew Ryan would have long been deposed and there would be a greatly reduced chance of the Bioshock 1 Protagonist being able to survive, let alone stalemate Andrew Ryan by both being unkillable long term etc.
Also, without the Vita Chambers it would not have been possible to resurrect Subject Delta at all, which would mean no Bioshock 2 protagonist.
One shouldn't forget that Bioshock also has the Lutece Device which can create portals between alternate realities and possible futures and is even capable of granting people Labyrinth-esque powers. Though the thing has some major side effects on both the environment and its user, which you know makes it perfect for someone like Addy.
Internet is playing up again. It is greatly vexing to get home from work and look forward to reading fanfics only to have no internet
On the bright side I've gotten a bunch more writing done, so that's a plus. Anyway on to the replies.
I mean the original Tinker of Fiction had Mercy's healing staffs that can bring back people that have a spark of life. So go nuts or even choose another setting like Borderlands that have their own respawn points, New-U stations.
Borderlands is on the list. Kinda sad I haven't rolled it since digistruct technology is absolutely bullshit. The guns, tech, mechs, etc would just be gravy to the delicious meat and potatoes that digistruct tech is.
One shouldn't forget that Bioshock also has the Lutece Device which can create portals between alternate realities and possible futures and is even capable of granting people Labyrinth-esque powers. Though the thing has some major side effects on both the environment and its user, which you know makes it perfect for someone like Addy.
Addy could make the device, but it's not something her shard would volunteer offhand (Addy would specifically need to want to build dimension hopping tech) and it'd still run under the same restrictions other dimension hopping powers would (no popping in to scion's world and planting nukes on his crystal body for example)
So I'm back on furlough cause of Covid. yaaaaaaay....
At least it means I'll have time to write now, so silver linings I guess?
Chapter 7: (10th March 2011)
Everyone was in a good mood on Thursday at school. Blondie had managed to get a bunch of tickets to the Wards PR event at the mall next weekend which was really nice of her. Nepotism allowing her to get a whole bunch of them for her friends from a relative or something.
I hadn't actually been paying attention at the start of the conversation, which had then drifted to opinions on the Wards and who was everyone's favourite. It was almost all for Vista, except for Blondie who said she liked Gallant and Tall Girl Karen who apparently thought Aegis' muscles were hot.
"So who is your favorite Ward Adeline?" Blondie asked, looking eager to know the answer which made sense. My opinion is very important after all.
"Vista. Not because she's cute or our age or whatever like every other Vista fan but because she's absolutely terrifying." I answered after giving Brunette #1's question a bit of thought. I'd kept out of the discussion because I didn't really like or dislike any of them except Shadow Stalker who was firmly in the dislike camp.
""How is Vista terrifying?"" Both Black Girl and Blondie asked in synch The effect was immediately ruined when Black Girl yelled "Jinx!" much to everyone's amusement.
"Well she's a Shaker 9 for a start, but she could probably hit 10 if she wanted." I explained.
They were looking at me a bit confused.
"Okay so she warps space right?"
"Yeah. That's her power." Blondie answered a bit hesitant, unsure where I was going with this.
"Then what's stopping her from warping things enough to focus and redirect sunlight into a massive burn everything beam? Like a magnifying glass? A little bit of space warping and her targets could be trapped in a non-Euclidean maze as a beam of pure magnified sunlight melts them to ash." I chewed on my burger thoughtfully.
Everyone silently imagining how cool Vista melting Nazis would be gave me plenty of time to swallow and start my next point. "Even if she can't do the sunlight lasers thing she'd would still be absolutely terrifying if she had a gun. Or even just a melee weapon. That thing she does with Clockblocker where she smacks him from like ten feet away? What's to stop her from doing that to villains with knives. Or tranquillisers? Other than the PRT's PR department shoehorning her into being a cutesy little PR pony instead of a proper harbinger of ruin and destruction."
My friends were staring at me.
"Is there something on my face?" I asked, giving my mouth a surreptitious wipe with my sleeve just in case.
"So how's your suit going?" I asked Taylor as I knelt on the floor behind her. She was teaching me how to braid her hair. Her eyes closed and was practicing using her bugs to see to direct me instead. She was also managing the spiders downstairs as well as practicing with bug speech or something somewhere in the attic.
Infinite multitasking is OP as fuck.
"The hood and top half of the body suit is mostly done." There was a smile in her voice as she answered. "Once the rest is done I'll dye it and then add the fur."
"Have you decided what colours to use?"
"Brown and cream." She explained. "It seemed more moth-like. Brown for the bulk with cream for the chest."
"Cool. I wanna see it later." I said, happy that she was happy with how things were going. "Oh yeah. I had an idea for a critter that can make temporary bugs for you to control. Then I can control the critter and pretend to be your Case 53 partner."
"You're not going to get a Kill Order for making something that makes other things are you? Because I'm making a new rule. No doing anything that'll get you a Kill Order."
"Nah. The bugs it makes will be sexless drones. They probably won't even live an hour after they've hatched. I'm gonna see if I can add some enzymes that'll break down their bodies into slush when they die. It'll make people think it's some sort of minion-spawning power."
"Hmm okay. So what sort of bugs?"
"Well it'll have bees, but I can customise the other bugs it spawns. I made some sketches." I waved vaguely at my schoolbag which still held my tinker notebook and all the doodles/concepts I'd done to avoid boredom in class. "They'll be able to spit pepper spray."
"These are surprisingly not horrifying." "So what does the 'Case 53' that makes them look like?"
"That's a surprise!"
"No tentacles."
"Aww."
"Addy..."
"Fine," I grumbled, "but I demand you play with my hair next to make up for it." Taylor just huffed in amusement.
I lay on my back on my bed staring at the ceiling as I considered which Bioshock powers to grab first.
Sadly it wasn't like I could have all the powers, or those tonic things which I could feel were going to work roughly the same way. I just knew it was limited by size. Probably my power letting me know ahead of time so I don't waste resources which was nice of it. Thanks Power. I imagined myself giving it a hug.
I'm limited to three powers/tonics. Fluffles the Second will be limited to one. A grown man could have up to eight, but they'd need to be a big guy. Most Adults could probably handle between five and seven. Khanivore (once it finishes incubating) will be able to handle fourteen, maybe fifteen, although in Khanivore's case using powers will massively cut into how low I can run it before it'll have to go back in the tank. That's the problem with relying on stored energy reserves to keep going I guess.
At least my future critters won't have that problem. Anyway Khanivore is going to be a last resort workshop defence rather than something to use in the field. Not sure what number my 'Case 53' critter will end up with since I now have to do a complete redesign all because Taylor vetoed tentacles.
No I'm not salty.
Anyway back to the problem at hand. Plasmids and the huge range of options!
Should I go with something more defensive? Teleportation would be a kickass power both offensively and defensively. Return To Sender would give protection from ranged attacks. Then there's telekinesis as well as all the other elemental blaster attacks. Then there's the defensive tonics providing either a basic brute rating, elemental resistances or elemental damage if I get hit. So many choices and not enough body mass to fit it all in.
Actually, since I shouldn't really be seeing combat with this body I don't really need firepower. Something more utility-based would be better instead.
I thought about it for a bit.
Then I started laughing. I am a fucking genius.
I know exactly what powers I'm going to pick. Even better it'll hide the fact that I'm a tinker in case somebody discovers I'm a parahuman.
Powers run in families. Taylor controls insects. I'll have crows. There's clearly no tinker here, just a little girl with a the ability to summon and direct crows.
It even gives me mobility options because my power is giving me the feeling my version of the Murder of Crows vigor will be able to do that dissolve into crows thing those enemies from the game could do. I'll keep it as a secret, just for emergencies type ability though. Just basic crow summoning and control. Nothing else to see here.
Laughing may have intensified.
In fact why stop at one master power. I'll grab Possession too. Then I can hijack machines and people. I'll have to keep that ability secret as a hidden trump card. A little girl that can summon and sort-of control crows, not much of a threat. A little girl that can mind control people and make them into temporary but fanatically loyal servants is probably a bit much.
Hell it's a master power that could work on Dragon and her suits!
Yeah definitely keeping that one under wraps.
Regardless this is going to be hilarious. Pranking the world into thinking I'm a cape with bird powers instead of the greatest tinker in the world.
And then once I save the world I can let people know and laugh at the surprised looks on their faces!
"Addy." A cluster of bugs swarmed up by the remains of the lamp I'd recently pulled apart and buzzed in a facsimile of a female voice, grabbing my attention. Wow that is really creepy. "I can hear you cackling from downstairs. Whatever it is you're planning: Don't!"
Why is my big sister such an eternal party pooper...
(11th March 2011)
I skipped school the following day, sending a text to Black Girl that I wasn't feeling well. Knowing her and her propensity for gossip the whole school should know shortly before lunchtime.
I can forge a note from Uncle Danny later if one of the teachers asks about it.
That should give me an alibi.
Even better since it's Friday today I can claim I was sick the whole weekend and then complain about my weekend sucking but suddenly feeling better on Monday.
I retrieved my tinkertech from Taylor's closet once I was sure she had been gone long enough for me to be out of her range, and got my things ready. I got my bag, filled it with the parts I needed to transfer (I'm 95% sure Uncle Danny won't miss the garden hose), along with a seeded bioware processors so Fluffles the Second could start incubating soon. Lastly I tucked the baseball bat in, making sure I'd be able to reach it without much hassle while still keeping the tinkertech additions hidden.
I put my bag by the door and then went up to the bathroom to get things ready for surgery. I gathered a variety of knives, some bleach and other cleaning chemicals, the first aid kit, and lastly an old shirt I don't mind using to help wipe up blood with. Once I had everything I went to collect the sea slug, stripped down and got into the empty bath, everything I needed was in arms reach.
I reached for my power the same way I did when I wanted to make something, but with the goal of implanting the sea slug.
I blinked feeling the pain of a recent cut across my belly and looked down at the blood staining the tub and especially my arms. What was I literally elbow deep in my own guts or something? I glanced down.
"Oh come on!" I yelled in frustration as I noticed in the the duct tape covering what I knew was a cut on my belly and then over at the still sealed first aid kit resting nearby. I facepalmed in exasperation and then immediately regretted it as now my face was covered in blood. [Amusement]
Okay Power now I know you're fucking with me. Thank you for not touching the rum this time. Me being grounded means less tinkering for the both of us.[Acknowledgement]
At least the cut should heal up pretty quickly once I get some ADAM circulating through my system, and even better shouldn't scar. I decided to leave the duct tape in place for now. I'll remove it tonight before I bathe. The cut should have all sealed up by then.
At least there was much less blood this time. I spent two hours cleaning up the bathroom, removing all traces of fugue-fuelled surgery and cleaning the remains of blood off myself.
Once everything was cleaned to a level that I was sure none of Taylor's bugs would find something amiss I went and got ready. I wore my only pair of jeans, and then in concession to the fact I was feeling a little girly today I opted to throw a really nice dark blue and black dress over it.
It goes really well with my hair. Sue me.
Then I grabbed one of Taylor's bland, grey hoodies. Because seriously I love her hoodies. They're great. It came down to my knees, completely hiding the dress.
Okay look. Just because I'm feeling a bit girly today doesn't mean I want other people to know that.
I topped it off with my beanie and a black scarf I found in the attic, equipped my stealth boy (the overly long sleeves of Taylor's hoodie making it easy to hide) and grabbed my bag. Now I was ready.
I set off first towards my workshop.
Travel took longer than it would than when I was travelling as Fluffles but that was to be expected since she could squeeze through gaps I couldn't.
I felt a lot more vulnerable as well. Keeping my bat within east reach made helped me feel a bit more secure but didn't make up for the fact I was practically defenceless. I was followed by two men at one point but my stealth boy let me give them the slip. I did have to sit still and hide until it recharged but other than that I had no problems reaching the boarded up and abandoned brewery that was home to my workshop.
Getting inside was trickier without being able to use Fluffles to move boards and other items out the way of my chosen entrance but I managed to lever my bat into a position where I could make enough of a gap to squeeze inside.
And once inside I quickly got to work.
Hiding inside a dumpster as bullets were fired nearby I was regretting my life choices.
I should probably back up a little.
I'd fixed up a second vat to act as a life support tank and dropped the seeded bioware processor that would eventually grow into Fluffles the Second inside. Having a new critter available was important. Once that was done I turned my attention back to the Bioshock stuff.
Anyway I'd built as much of the filtration machine as I could, dropping out of fugue once I ran out of parts. I had that irritating tinker brain-itch that I haven't felt in a while, my power obviously eager to for me to get back to it. I just needed more parts, the machine about 80% done.
With nothing really left to do I left my workshop and began making my way towards the nearest scrapyard. I'd been hoping that I could scavenge for a bit before going home. It was risky since people were always on the lookout for tinkers but it was just going to be the once.
I never made it to the scrapyard. Instead I would up stumbling upon a firefight between the ABB and what I assume were Merchants. I'd heard the fight and started trying to find a way around it but between my unfamiliarity with the area and the fact it seemed to be a running firefight meant I was now trapped in my hiding place until it was over.
I was tempted to try stealthing out but with the way the Merchants were were spraying bullets around the area I had even odds of getting shot so I was instead left trapped in this foul-smelling prison huddling into myself and praying none of these idiots would decide to use my hiding place as cover.
Thankfully after what felt like hours the fight moved on enough for me to gather my bravery to climb out and run off, activating my stealth boy as I did so just to make sure I'd escape. Once clear I hid myself away again as I waited for the stealth boy to recharge.
Only when it was ready did I crawl out from beneath the burnt-out car I was hiding under, brushing dirt from my clothes.
Yeah screw this. I'm heading home. I can try get more tinker materials later. This was so much riskier when I couldn't just scout ahead with a critter. I'll need some sort of bodyguard if I want to do this sort of thing in the future. My power supplied some ideas. Actually yeah making somebody into a Big Daddy would be pretty easy. I'll need to get an adult male first though. [Suggestion]
Ooh Uncle Danny would work. He's probably the best option since I'll have easy access to him. Making the suit will be annoying since I'm low on parts. I suppose I might be able to rig up a decent drill arm if I use his car for parts. Yeah I'll scrap his car for parts since he won't need it any more. Even better the mental conditioning will be easy enough. I'm technically a Little Sister now so I'm already emitting the correct pheromones for him to fixate on once the brainwashing is done.
Wait what the fuck?! Am I seriously contemplating how to turn Uncle Danny into a brainwashed bodyguard/slave? That's a terrible idea. Also Taylor would totally cover me in all the bees if I did that and I don't like bees! Why would I think that? It only started after I was thinking of getting a bodyguard and my power supplied with ideas...
Wait is my power mes-[Alarm. Concern. Countermeasures]
My brain was instantly assaulted with ideas on how to modify the base using quantum levitation technology to allow it to float about the city, the complex equations diverting my attention and shoving all thoughts from my mind for the moment.
-a flying base would be pretty cool. I'll need some pretty exotic materials first though so I probably won't be able to make my workshop skybound unless I end up grabbing Bioshock again in the future.
Actually no. The Protectorate would probably get jealous that my base can fly and theirs can't. Maybe I could try for an underwater base? No wait. Leviathan will probably ruin that.
Anyway why am I standing here staring at a wall? I'd better get home and grab a quick shower before Taylor gets back. I don't want to explain why I'm dressed all sneaky, suddenly have the tinkertech she confiscated and smell like I need all the showers.
I sniffed myself and my nose crinkled in disgust.
I hurried off home and did make it back before Taylor got in, so at least that went right.
(12th March 2011)
I wanted to go the the library on Saturday to shitpost on PHO but Taylor vetoed it because she still wants me to apologise to Glory Girl and is insisting that she reads over what I want to say before we go. So far the first three drafts haven't been to her satisfaction.
I did manage to convince her to go near the scrapyard and then use her bugs to search out and gather up interesting junk for her to bring back to me. I posited it as a power training exercise, as well as offering up a bribe of lasagne for dinner. There may have been puppy eyes thrown about too.
While I was cooking I decided to do some thinking about my future plans. So far things were going well. Sure there was that brief mess with Collateral Damage Barbie, but the PRT don't seem to be rushing about like headless chickens so I'm probably in the clear there. I have a workshop in a safe-ish location and once Fluffles the Second is has finished incubating I won't even need to go to my workshop to tinker since I can just use her for it.
Especially since I'm not 100% certain how safe my workshop is at the moment but that'll sort itself out before the end of the month. I'll be using Khanivore for workshop defense, along with any possible defenses my next specialisation ends up giving me.
I'll still need to do a trip there once a week for ADAM dialysis because holy crap was I wrong about how much ADAM an implanted slug produces once it has a host. I'm beginning to understand how one orphanage full of Little Sisters was capable of supplying the ADAM needs of almost an entire city.
My power was helpfully supplying me with information, telling me that I have at most a week before ADAM build up will become noticeable and while glowing eyes would be really cool it would probably cause me some issues. My skin going all sickly and grey was far less cool and something I wanted to avoid entirely. Regularly filtering ADAM out of my blood will fix the issue and keep it from being a problem.
So yeah, I need to make sure I finish that filtration/dialysis machine soon or people will begin to start asking me awkward questions and I doubt that 'I have magical cancer' would be an acceptable answer. I mean Taylor is still giving me grief for the whole brain implant thing, which I still feel is a bit unfair. It's not my fault my power used Uncle Danny's rum.
Aside from that minor hiccup things are looking good. Taylor's suit should be finished or almost finished by the time my workshop is all sorted and then we can start fixing up the bay.
I stirred the lasagne sauce and got the sheets ready as I tried to get my thoughts in order, thinking about what the important points from canon were.
It started with the Lung fight, which we'll probably need to interfere with or he's going to kill the Undersiders and a) if they die Coil will probably cut power to their base and therefore my workshop, and b) I actually kinda like them and don't really want them dead.
The downside is it'll put us on Coil's radar pedodar and Coil knowing about us is something that scares me. I have no doubt he'd quickly be able to figure out our identities. Hell he'd probably give Tattletale some footage of us and her power will asspull the our entire biographies for him. I think I have a plan that'll deal with him but it'll take time and the right specialisation. Being picked up by goons for a special visit to the pedo-bunker will interfere with that.
Actually I should get the first part of Operation Slowly-Posion-The-Pedosnake started as soon as Fluffles the Second is grown. It's a simple plan really.
Step 1) Find Thomas Calvert's house.
Step 2) Put slow acting contact poison on his everything.
Step 3) Wait.
Step 4) Go back to Step 2 until he's dead.
I'll need to get a good poison though. Or maybe some sort of really slow acting, single target pathogen keyed to his biology or something but I'll need the right tech tree for that.
So yeah, I can't do much against Pedosnake except try to stay low on his pedodar, which I guess means avoiding his shit and focusing on screwing up the other gangs instead.
We should be able to handle Lung at least. Taylor's a lot better with her power than she was at this point in canon and she'll have me there to provide backup. Worst case scenario I sacrifice my Case 53 critter so she can escape. There's gotta be at least one plasmid that can if not handle then at least hinder Mr Ragedurgon.
Next is the Bakuda thing I think. Personally I'd rather just stay home and let the villains team up to fix that mess but I just know Taylor will want to get involved. Ah well maybe I'll get a specialisation that'll help somehow. It's a future Addy problem for now.
Then what's meant to happen? Leviathan? Wait no the Nazis get outed. Well sucks to them but they should've thought about that before being Nazis. We can probably capitalise on that and take down their capes to score some PR wins. That'll definitely boosts Taylor's self esteem up a bunch.
After that is Leviathan but that's still months away so I've got time to get a really good specialisation and think up a plan. Either that or maybe I can convince Uncle Danny to take us on a trip out of the city for the weekend. Maybe if I start dropping hints early enough.
Ooh I know! I'll buy some tickets to some place nice with the money we'll get from beating up the gangs and say I got them from a raffle or something. No way Uncle Danny will turn down a free trip to somewhere nice.
Note to self: Look into nice places to visit as a family.
I'll worry about the other future stuff once the Leviathan thing is sorted out. Anyway I have more important things to worry about now.
Like whether or not I should bake extra garlic bread to go with tonight's lasagne. I'm leaning towards yes since Taylor did go out to try collect more materials for me. Bribery for the win.
Turns out Taylor did manage to get enough stuff for me and my decision to go with more garlic bread was indeed greatly appreciated.
(13th March 2011)
"That's weird." Taylor muttered, running her hands over the fuzzy hair that had started to cover the shaved part of my skull. I may have leaned into it a little. I was sitting on her lap on her bed as she was braiding the long part of my hair.
"Hmm?" I replied, I totally leaning into the hand. I love having my scalp massaged/scritched or having fingers running through my hair.
"Addy why is your scar missing? It was still busy healing and now it's gone?"
Ooh neat! I didn't know my new regeneration would fix that. Guess I can stop wearing a hat all the time around anyone other than Taylor.
"Stop zoning out and explain please." She stopped stroking my scalp to tap me on the head to grab my attention. I craned my head around to look at her.
"You know how I sent Fluffles the First out to find a sea slug?"
"Yes."
"Well I found one and modified the DNA to then make what's basically a magical symbiote and then I made myself it's host." I explained.
"What the hell! Didn't you learn anything from the brain surgery?! Why would you stick some biotinkered creature inside yourself!" I flinched back as she yelled angrily at me.
"It's perfectly safe." I countered reasonably. "I have regeneration now cause of it." Actually I think I could probably regrow limbs if given enough time. It'd take months and I'd need to eat a lot to get the biomass but it should be possible.
"Alright and what are the side effects?" She asked suspiciously, anger still in her voice.
"What makes you think there's side effects?"
"All your crap has something wrong with it in some way."
"No it doesn't! And my last spec was perfectly fine!"
"Your last spec had you making those ugly, messed up squid-cat things!"
That hurt. "They're not that bad. They cute." Why does she always have to insult my creations all the time? I spent really long designing them so they'd be perfect. I tried to fight back the tears that wanted to form at the hurt I felt.
"Addy those things are creepy as hell!"
"They're not creepy! You're creepy!" Okay my counter was was crap but I was upset damnit! "Why do you have to always say mean things about them?!" I threw her pillow at her and ran off to my room to cry think up a proper counterargument.
"Addy I'm sorry."
I kept silent. No Addy here. Just a blanket burrito of solitary sadness.
"I didn't mean to hurt your feelings." She sat down on the bed next to my Burrito of Solitude. "I know you think your cat things are cute and I'm sorry. I'll try not to insult them any more okay?" She stroked the top of my head that happened to be sticking out the burrito.
"Fine." I sniffed, poking my head out. I am nothing if not forgiving, even if I am still a little hurt, so I graciously allowed her to massage my head with her fingers.
"I really am sorry for making you cry. I'm just worried about you. You keep tinkering on yourself and you don't seem to understand why I'm worried."
"But I'm a tinker. I'm meant to tinker on stuff." I tried to explain.
She sighed. "Okay let me try this a different way. Let's say I had a tinker power. How would you feel if I used my power to make modifications on myself?"
I thought about that for a moment. [Indignation]
How exactly would I feel if she also had a tinker power and suddenly started augmenting herself? Okay yeah I get it now. I'd also be annoyed and upset. She shouldn't be implanting all sorts of crap into herself. She should be letting me do it since my power is obviously better and she deserves the best.
I told her so. [Adjustment]
Actually I really hate the idea of anyone else using their powers to mess like that.
Note to self: Kill Bonesaw, and possibly Panacea too.
I tried to think of any other capes that might be an issue.
"You really don't get it do you?" Taylor sounded sad which was confusing.
"It's not a big deal Taylor. I'll heal really fast now and the only downside is might be a bit tall when I'm older." I explained.
"It is a big deal Addy." She lay down next to me and wrapped my entire burrito up in her arms. "But I'll be here to help you through with it okay." She said softly.
"Um okay."
"All I'm asking is that before you make any other changes can you at least run them by me in future? We're a team Addy. Can I trust you with that?"
"Yeah okay. I still don't get what you're so worried about but I'll try to remember to talk to you in future."
We lay there in companionable silence.
(14th March 2011)
Monday morning I snuck back to my workshop after I sent another text to Black Girl that I still wasn't 100% but I should be back at school tomorrow.
Note to self: Check email later today so I can catch up on the schoolwork she's sending me.
I crossed paths with Bitch at one point who was heading the other way walking her dogs but I kept my head down and kept my body language submissive and non-confrontational, getting nothing more than a brief glance as I walked past. I was really tempted to ask if I could pet her dogs but that'd probably have been pushing it. Besides I was too busy anyway, almost tingling in anticipation of getting my latest piece of tech built.
It wasn't much later when was crawling back inside my workshop, grumbling about how much easier this will be once Fluffles the Second is ready. Stupid Collateral Damage Barbie.
Once inside I set about pulling the parts and other materials from my bag and got back to work on the machine I'd started on Friday, dropping straight into a tinker fugue and coming out of it a complete and functional piece of tinkertech.
Best power ever. [Smugness]
When it came time to actually put it to use I realised I'd made a slight error. I had nowhere to sit. Sighing I dragged an empty crate over to sit on before I hooked myself up to the machine.
Note to self: Get some furniture.
I thought about my options as the machine filtered ADAM out of my blood and began the process of refining it into a more useful form. I could handle three vigors/plasmids/tonics and had already decided on two, but I wasn't sure what to make for my last 'slot'. Another power could be neat. The problem was I would burn through energy, presumably gained from calories but my power wasn't giving me any hints.
I knew using too many of these powers at once or over a long period of time would tire me out. High energy drinks would help offset that, which is why I'm thinking it'll draw something from my calorie or perhaps sugar intake. Either way I guess I'm going to be drinking a lot of sports drinks.
Ooh hang on there's a tonic that'll let me metabolise alcohol to replace the energy too. That could be kinda funny to grab. A little girl with powers fueled by alcohol would be hilarious. And it'd let me win any drinking competitions I want. Hmm what is the legal drinking age here anyway? I remember Americans get all weird about it, not like in the UK where we can start getting wasted once we hit 18.
Nah, as funny as it would be I should probably pick something else. I'll give that one to my Case 53 critter instead since it'll probably be throwing powers around more than I will. Best case scenario I never use any powers at all.
Hmm so else? There's a tonic that'll makes it regenerate passively. That sounds good. More useful than the one that regenerates energy and health but only when you're in water. Somehow.
Okay cool. I know what I'm grabbing now and I have more than enough ADAM to make them with, even if I go the Vigor route and make them all ingestible which will require way more ADAM than simply injecting it straight into my veins.
Once the ADAM is finished being filtered I can start the refining and synthesis process to get it made.
Yup. Once it's finished being filtered..
Any time now.
...
I'm bored.
Note to self: Bring a book next time.
Eventually, after hours of torturous boredom, I could finally unhook myself from the machine. I'm definitely bringing a book, or leaving my phone in reach at the very least. My chosen Vigors and Tonic were busy being created so that left me free to do some maintenance on my stuff.
There wasn't really much in the way of maintenance to do. I checked the life support tanks and made sure the fluid had the correct nutrient balance, adding some more fertiliser I'd liberated for the purpose. I had to tweak some power couplings for Khanivore's tank and have a look at the capacitors for my stealth boy. It didn't actually take long.
Note to self: Build more stuff. Also I should probably rebuild my laser musket at some point.
Well I'm bored again. At least I have my phone. Okay just junk on the forums. Maybe I should look through the wiki for cape names. I'll need one for my Case 53 and one for myself in case I have to use the crows on people.
Unlike the in-game vigors mine didn't have fancy, stylised bottles. Yet.
Come on power. Gimme a cool fabricator or something soon please. I wanna make pretty stuff too.
Eventually I'll have fancy stylised bottles and perhaps even sell the stuff. Maybe I could contact Toybox? Nah that'll limit my options for my critters since I'd have to avoid using whatever I wind up letting Toybox sell.
But potential future actions aside I looked at my first vigor ready. The bright neon-blue liquid glowed gently within the confines of the old beer bottle I'd been forced to use, rather than the beautiful and elegant bottle topped with raven motifs that I wanted.
Ah well, it'll still work regardless of how ugly the bottle is. I eagerly drank the whole thing.
I doubled over in shock and my vision darkened. I shut my eyes and focused on my breathing. This was meant to happen, the vigor overwriting some of my cells and replacing them with the improved version contained in the bottle I'd just drunk.
And then the moment was over. I straightened up and opened my eyes, my hands feeling tingly in a weird way. I concentrated on the feeling and my right hand changed. Talons, wicked and black, grew out to replace my nails and clusters of dark feathers sprouted over the back of my hand and up along my forearm.
A focused a little more and a small murder of crows burst forth from my hands, squawking and cawing loudly as they fluttered about the workshop. I could feel a bit of a connection to them. Enough to direct their murderous rage and fury to a target or to have them pull back. That was a nice pleasant surprise, getting more than the simple fire and forget weapon I thought they'd be. Thanks power.
Now it's time to test out the Mover ability this power gives me.
I had a feeling of disjointed splitting and wind flowing past feathers and suddenly I was on the other side of the room. I stumbled before slipping on a loose piece of paper before falling and landing on my painfully right on my tailbone.
"Ow." I moaned, rubbing my butt as I got off the hard concrete floor. "That needs practice." I grumbled to myself. Despite my hurt pride and bottom I was in good spirits. This is the perfect mobility tool, once I get used to it.
I practised for the next half an hour or so while I waited for Possession and the Metabolic Eve tonic to finish 'cooking'. I was feeling tired now after playing round with my crows but still eager to keep going.
Metabolic Eve finished first, which I immediately drank and went through a similar feeling of having my cells forcibly altered to better support the energy needs my vigors require. It's not entirely free. My appetite, which has already increased due to the sea slug nested by my spine, will go up a bit. Nothing obnoxious fortunately. No suddenly scarfing down a Challenger for me, but I'd probably make a decent dent into one if I started on a completely empty stomach.
I checked the time. I'm going to have to leave once Possession finishes up. Not like I can test it here anyways. No people about and I don't want to risk my few bits of tinkertech in case something goes wrong. [Insistence. Suggestion]
Hmm I think I might pass an ATM if I swing closer to the boardwalk on the way home. That could be a neat way to test it versus machinery, I could use the money to buy more stuff to strip for parts and the money is probably insured anyway so the only people hurt will be a huge soulless insurance company which may as well be villains anyway.
Right so I've got a plan. Wait for Possession to finish and then test it out on the way home. Shouldn't be too much longer to wait. [Anticipation]
A/N
Chapter is a bit on the long side but I couldn't really find a good spot to split it up, which is also part of the delay in getting it out.
Just to head off the argument: I'm aware Coil is not a pedo (but does employ and enable them), but Addy isn't.
Also, a little 1-shot rec: Vista has enough by @mp3.1415player, which showcases how truly terrifying Vista could be. Not sure if her power would actually allow her to pull it off, but it's definitely within the realm of possibility.
Really proud?
That's the only thing that comes to mind honestly.
Wait, won't Metabolic Eve be a problem? She's already producing a ton of Eve and needs to regularly extract it, won't this only make that problem worse?
And Possession? That one's scary as fuck! It can force people in an area to comit suicide. If the PRT wasn't already worried they will now flip out with all this.
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