She didn't get it done with 5k year of solitary write access to their charmsets? Is she a bad poet?
She's one Titan attempting to make the greatest omelette ever conceived without breaking any eggs. And that's before she had to start running interference on Oramus, who she was responsible for partially waking up.
 
Speaking of. Taylor still lacks an epic Motivation. That...might be something to fix.
Sooo... Crack and noncrack motivations, in no particular order:
"Seduce the Endbringers"
"This world is broken. Fix it." (She Who Lives in Her Name would definitely approve)
I am the God-Queen, am I? "Make this world worthy of me" (Interviewer: There has been rumours among thinkers about some place known as 'The Locker'. Do you know anything about that? T: I noticed there was no proper hell for bullies. I rectified that mistake.)
"Become the best God-Queen it is possible to be"
"Make this throne world a shining light among the stars."
"Ascend." (That is the one thing Uncertainity asked for, was it not?)
 
To be fair, the second reason was that Jack Slash power may counter Countessa's. Cauldron couldn't risk it.
Other way round. Broadcast's method of dealing with PtV is to ensure they are never in direct conflict. Contessa will find excuses not to prioritize Jack and Jack will subconsciously be motivated never to cause a population crash that would force her hand.

See the restriction on self replicating plagues
 
She didn't get it done with 5k year of solitary write access to their charmsets? Is she a bad poet?
Why should it even be doable in the first place? The Yozis were broken to their prison, the Yozis were broken to be their prison. Escape may not be a thing that can be accomplished without them ceasing to be the Yozis.

Personal opinion: Reclamation was a lie the Ebon Dragon told to the others, it was a lie he told to himself. The great betrayal of the Reclamation was not at the end of it, but at the beginning.
 
Other way round. Broadcast's method of dealing with PtV is to ensure they are never in direct conflict. Contessa will find excuses not to prioritize Jack and Jack will subconsciously be motivated never to cause a population crash that would force her hand.

See the restriction on self replicating plagues

You're mixing strange fanon into it. The WoG is clear..

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Jack beats Citrine, Siberian, Grey Boy (until interfered with by outside sources), Number Man and arguably Contessa.
 
You're mixing strange fanon into it. The WoG is clear..
Wildbow had further clarified by then saying that Broadcast will never end up in a fight with Path to Victory, and vice versa.

He was quite frustrated at everyone assuming it meant white room conflict. And hence the 'arguably'. They will always find an excuse to prioritize another opponent and generally avoid where they would clash. The Path will never permit Contessa to enter such a white room environment to begin with.
 
X Event->Coil/S9/Triumvirate->Cauldron->Contessa Vs X is a rite of passage for Worm quests? :p
He's still right. This is a bit off topic. The topic was Taylor's epic motivation.

Or our present xp vote. Which is still running if people want to contribute to it.
 
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Why should it even be doable in the first place? The Yozis were broken to their prison, the Yozis were broken to be their prison. Escape may not be a thing that can be accomplished without them ceasing to be the Yozis.

Personal opinion: Reclamation was a lie the Ebon Dragon told to the others, it was a lie he told to himself. The great betrayal of the Reclamation was not at the end of it, but at the beginning.
I usually run it that the Dragon always intended to renege on his promises. He loved the Reclamation. He cannot love anything that is not doomed. He cannot enjoy a story but that it is a tragedy. But is fixing the Yozis possible? Could be. But here's the thing: she's trying to undo one of the greatest and most terrible works of 700 primordial-transcending Geniuses who are individually capable of feats which spit in the face of the notion of impossibility. Forget the Salinan Working. Forget the Order Conferribg Trade Pattern. The Demon City is at once the greatest, most enduring, most brilliant, and most horrible of all the Celestial Host's accomplishments. They did what not even the Games of Divinity (which in some interpretations are even capable of breaking the Unconquered Sun) could do: they broke the surrendered Primordials.

As a bonus: in so doing? They broke EVERYTHING. Without the Demon City? Without the horrific mutilation of Theion into Malfeas, She Who Lives in Her Name's fury and despair could never have overcome her then-love for each and every thing to lead her to annihilate the best, her favorite, 90% of Creation.

Including the parts that permitted lasting peace, universal contentment, and incorruptible rule.


EDIT: but then again, I usually run off the theory that She Who Lives in Her Name wasn't always the principle of Hierarchy.

Before the Cataclysm? She was the Principle of Harmony. The ever-resonating principle of all things working in perfect and joyous synchronicity by their own choice.

If none can remember her acting thus? It is because the potential for it ceased to have ever existed in the Three Spheres Cataclysm. Hierarchy is, after all, only the bitter, realpolitik substitute for harmonious accord which is used in a world where the former is neither easy nor sustainable.

If She whispers now, it is because she cannot bear the dissonance the missing spheres introduced into the song some vestigial part of her knows should be. If She always whispered it is because none can remember a song that could never have been.
 
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He loved the Reclamation. He cannot love anything that is not doomed. He cannot enjoy a story but that it is a tragedy.
Which honestly, the Yozis themselves would have realized except that the Ebon Dragon is lies and could easily convince them that it wasn't so.
But is fixing the Yozis possible? Could be.
I think it absolutely is possible, but that in so doing they wouldn't be the Yozis anymore. It'd have to be a more profound change than simple feitch death.
You'd need to redo the wonderwork of the Exalted Host (which was likely aided by the Incarna and Autocthon, possibly with some insight from Gaia as well).
She's been working on it solo for 5,000 years? Maybe in another 5,000 she'll have a good idea of how to start.
 
The topic was Taylor's epic motivation.
How about one of these?
  • Become an immortal God-Queen like Uncertainty asked you.
  • Defend the weak.
  • Protect dad.
  • Save the world from villains and the Endbringers.
  • Have a conversation with a young superheroine without accidentally flirting with her.
  • Help Ligier move on from your predecessor.
I think it absolutely is possible, but that in so doing they wouldn't be the Yozis anymore. It'd have to be a more profound change than simple feitch death.
Exactly. From my understanding of things, the very definition of a Yozi is "imprisoned Primordial". So freeing them would require either
  1. Changing the conceptual definition of what a Yozi is.
  2. Changing the Yozi in such a way that they no longer are Yozi.
She's been working on it solo for 5,000 years? Maybe in another 5,000 she'll have a good idea of how to start.
Even 10000 years just to know where to start might be optimistic. Poor girl could really use some help. Which might make for an interesting Motivation, once Taylor finds out about what she's doing.
  • Free the Yozi (preferably in a way that doesn't ruin everything everywhere forever).
 
Right, well, before I run off to teach a preliminary vote, with stunts to be added later if required by @Thief of Words.

[ ]Plan Wake-up Call
-[ ][XP]Every Last Detail - 4xp
-[ ][Physical]Death Dealing Journey
-[ ][Mental]Joy In Violence Approach
-[ ][Mental]Tomescu Flesh Extravagance
-[ ][Mental]Perception

I know @veekie wants to leave a slot open, but I think the attack by Oni Lee really served as a wakeup call to Taylor. She was not prepared and she suffered for it. So time to put the nose to the grindstone and make sure that it never happens again. An alternative to TFE would be that Malfeas custom charm I churned out - it makes sense to me that Taylor would want to develop a counter to the vulnerability revealed by Oni Lee - but that's still waiting for approval by @Thief of Words.
 
Why should it even be doable in the first place? The Yozis were broken to their prison, the Yozis were broken to be their prison. Escape may not be a thing that can be accomplished without them ceasing to be the Yozis.

Personal opinion: Reclamation was a lie the Ebon Dragon told to the others, it was a lie he told to himself. The great betrayal of the Reclamation was not at the end of it, but at the beginning.
I mostly meant expanding their charmsets back to relative sanity not getting them free.
 
Tricky. For speed learning, given her MA favored, have her fight a more experienced martial artist and have her try to level up onscreen, then have the martial artist evaluate her skill?
For Excellencies, have her try to do something without the excellency then with. Probably do it a few times.
 
Question concerning the Power Testing Omake...
How would they test an Excellency, or an Exalted's speed learning?

SWIHN's could be tested by playing chess (all variable known, order, efficiency). And you have quite objective rating for it.

But it depend on what understanding of Excellencies Taylor has. If JU gave us "this is your Patron' Mythos, all of it is way easier for you" we can just tell PRT and see reactions.
 
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