This was a good interlude, lots of viewpoints, great Piggot moments, and an answer about the Endbringer battle. This is all great but I have a single nitpick.

What happened with Velocity? I had asked why Velocity didn't fufil his promise to Addy and was told to wait for this interlude, but there is no answer!
 
One of the interesting thing is, as others have caught on, "defeated" not killed. Defeated could mean killed or she could have done something even crazier, which is kind of what I am expecting.
 
Addy should often point out to her that she's no longer the Greatest.
Nah, PanPan is still the greatest healer. That's mostly because Addy really couldn't give a shit about healing people and thus isn't likely to start doing so.
After reading the entire chapter:
You, sir, are fucking EVIL
*cackles*
The real question is if this gets her ungrounded.
or on the other hand, gets her grounded even further
Yes.
I forgot, but won't Addy drag Taylor in to introduce Flechette as a potential love interest?
Taylor needs a lot of constant relaxation.
Flechette isn't a love interest for Taylor. I already know who she's going to eventually be shipped with.
So... Cody poked Dragon's Passenger directly.
Yup. Joys of being an AI with hardware that can exist partially in hyperspace/subspace/whateverspace/outside reality.
Have we seen her since? She better not have died, she's a treasure and must be protected.
:whistle:
I'm actually kind of hoping that the Leviathan fight stays a Noodle Incident permanently.
Nah, no noodle incident. Mostly because what she actually did to him is fucking hilarious.
What happened with Velocity? I had asked why Velocity didn't fufil his promise to Addy and was told to wait for this interlude, but there is no answer!
To be honest, I kinda completely forgot about that. Added a note about it to my notes file so it can come up eventually in the future (or possibly be edited in this interlude, depending on how it'd flow with the story).
One of the interesting thing is, as others have caught on, "defeated" not killed. Defeated could mean killed or she could have done something even crazier, which is kind of what I am expecting.
:whistle:
 
Nah, no noodle incident. Mostly because what she actually did to him is fucking hilarious.

I'm holding you to that assertion. I want to at least be able to chuckle a while, but I've got low standards for humor so I'm easy that way.

Fro example, if Leviathan's polymorphed into a regular-sized chicken, that's funny enough for a chuckle.
 
Nah, PanPan is still the greatest healer. That's mostly because Addy really couldn't give a shit about healing people and thus isn't likely to start doing so.
I suppose that depends on what standard you are measuring Greatness by. PanPan is certainly the most prolific healer (which given her mental state is not entirely a good thing) but if we're talking about their actual capability then she's been knocked off her pedestal.
 
I am curious what she did. throwing ideas, maybe one stick^^.
1- curse item that reverse alignment (which don't help with eidolon partial control). So we have 'leviathan defender of the seas'.
2- the 'usual' asking for a power to be use that the thinker are block to see or warn that they are 'too dangerous' to use.
3- wish it dead.
4- discovered that it was complete fine to become a Eidolon (FF). Which would be hilarious. And probably allow it to live far longer.
5- communicate with the endbringer (like the one above), and it give her access to the area that 'command' it;
6- just communicate with it.
7- the super rats revenge for all that water killing their young.
8- throwing that stone ball like it was already mentioned

I just sure it was done with a lot of shenanigans :D

Maybe even with best AI return and flexing this 'software' that is probably weaker than a 'normal' shard. much less one strong enough to cheat the system and select a AI as it host.
 
A method to deal with Leviathan that's completely unexpected and out of left-field?

Addy lets slip about Endbringer physiology and their cores. Lisa notices Flechette's powers, and determines the weak-spot. Addy gets into 1-v-1 combat with Leviathan, gets cocky, knocked to the floor, and about to get crushed, when *BANG!* Piggot with her service pistol: "Get away from my Ward!"
Honestly.......i would fucking pay to read that. Piggot being an Aunty Bear to the wards. Then she somehow gets a bullet in the core by dumb luck and kills leviathan.....a normal killed an endbringer.... now that would make Piggot a legend
 
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I am curious if the Vita Chamber was set up correctly if it is in a safe place.

It could get raided for spare parts.

Does that mean Danny, Annette & Kurt are guarding it? With Lisa & the Tattlesnakes?

Will they be accused of a gang spreading to a new city?
 
Addy should ask Blasto for his Simurgh feather to improve her psionics. You know… for reasons.

I'm placing bets that Addy turns leviathan into Levi- chan the magical girl.
 
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Brain damage supposedly caused because Vicky's aura kept trying to push against the newest Ward's own defences. Supposedly an accident, but in reality a blatant fucking lie. The little shit must've known beforehand! How could she not. It was her power, and all capes know how to use their powers.

Just like Glory Girl knows how to use her aura?

Magpie was completely incapable of understanding the concept of keeping opinions to herself.

She would never hoard her opinions like that.
Addy's a giver! 😇


and taught what and what is not appropriate for a Ward to express online.

"I just told the truth..."

"Exactly. The truth is never appropriate."


Even the ones with the fucking cobra heads!

Splyce was obviously trying to rile up the other capes in a city by making a mockery of the idea of secret identities and the unwritten rules.

"You can't prove it was me. That could be any snake-girl."
 
Is concerned you'll fall over. Wants to hug you in comfort for your lack of tail
See Lisa, how dare you call these things abominations they're fucking sweet.
Her lack of self control was an issue. Especially if she ever wound up copying somebody like Splyce.
I have never seen something that's correct but wrong at the same time.
I was watching the entire fight live and even I didn't see that coming. I have three words.
What. The. Fuck.
This is going to be amazing, I can feel it
 
I think I like the interludes the best.

It's easy to loose sight of how fucking crazy things can get when you read about it from the perspective of the things happening, even without the ultra unreliable narrator. Weird shit hits one after another and its easy to see it as less crazy than it is, since there is no normal to balance it.

But then the interludes happen, and you get to see everybody else going 'What. The. Hell." and its amazing. :D
 
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Flechette isn't a love interest for Taylor. I already know who she's going to eventually be shipped with.

Yeah, you're not too subtle about that.

*pretends to fully understand who Taylor's future love interest is*


Also, my prediction: Addy stacked a few spell buffs from her different trees and cast Baleful Polymorph and Dominate on Leviathan using scrolls. So now Leviathan is a Magical Girl bound to her service, because Addy.

Yes, she's QB now.
 
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