Magical Girl Escalation Taylor (Worm/Nanoha)

Discussion time:

Inviting Kenny AND Lacy might help them get reconcile...

Which is good.

Inviting Lacy alone may trigger an event or omake letting her level up...

Shipwright and Dragon... at this point they have teleport tech. And can go beach hopping if they really want to with or without us...

Pretty sure that if Dragon wanted a condo on the beach she would simply buy it herself out of petty cash.

Adding Dragon and Shipwright should be a free action.

[x] Email Dragon: "Going on vacation - invite whoever. Bring your own marshmallows."
 
I did say in advance that this arc was going to feature a lot of Kayleigh and Laura. After an Endbringer fight, I want to write an arc that *I* will enjoy.
Adding Dragon and Shipwright should be a free action.
[x] Email Dragon: "Going on vacation - invite whoever. Bring your own marshmallows."
Now I'm picturing that we invite a few people, and send this e-mail to Dragon. Who invites a few more people. Who invite a few friends to make their way down to that beach. It grows like that episode of The Cosby Show called "Theo's Party". Pretty soon just about every cape we know or have interacted with is making their way down and quite a few we've only heard of. All in disguise in their civilian IDs pretending it is just an ordinary vacation.
Pretty soon there are more capes in disguise on that beach than normally are found at an Endbrigner fight and nobody realizes it.

Then Behemoth and his brother Levi to show up wearing those fake spectacles, nose, and mustache disguises for some vacation time on the same beach and everyone pretends to be fooled as they seem peaceful at the moment and they don't want to ruin their vacation with another fight so soon. The whole thing becomes the beach vacation version of Woodstock for Parahumans.

OK, I think I need to get some sleep. My tired mind is going in strange places.
Either that or figure out how to turn it into a proper omake. I just can't seem to get the words down because I'm too tired, but if anybody else wants to steal the idea, feel free.
 
[X] Tim – He's been busy, and everybody needs a break now and then. If he does not come on vacation, he will have a build vote as normal.
[X] Lacey – After going to the Leviathan fight, she deserves some R&R. Because her job with the hospital is so new, she will likely take the mornings off to teleport back to Philadelphia to do some healing.
[X] Cassiel – Even though she did have a body before, she never visited the beach. She will be the automatic third invitee should Tim and Dragon both go as they do not trust Firefly and Nostromo to keep a close enough eye on her by themselves.
 
I Thought I Was Going On Vacation, But Instead I Got Involved In My Daughter's Cape Harem Romantic Comedy?!
I wish I thought of that, that's genius!

[X] Dragon – She has never been on vacation before, mostly because she never had a body. This would be a new experience for her.
[X] Cassiel – Even though she did have a body before, she never visited the beach. She will be the automatic third invitee should Tim and Dragon both go as they do not trust Firefly and Nostromo to keep a close enough eye on her by themselves.
[X] Vista – It isn't the same as fighting crime, but this should get her away from the stress of not going on patrol in Philadelphia.
 
Secret Identities:
The first thing we have to keep in mind when deciding who to invite is that Taylor's identity is already compromised. Kayleigh and Laura both know she is Calamity Witch. On top of which we have also explictly told Kayleigh that everyone Taylor knows is due to her work, not that Kayleigh wouldn't have figured that out herself given how much of a social recluse Taylor is. This means everyone we invite is at risk of having their identities compromised in return.

While Laura probably won't try to pry, she has demonstrated she takes the unwritten rules seriously, there is no gaurenty she won't find out some identities unintentionally. Plus I'd place decent odds on Kayleigh intentionally trying to figure people's identities out.

Out of everyone on the list of candidates only Kurt and Lacy are somewhat safe since Taylor has a good justification of "they are my guardians" for why she invited them. Plus it does play into Kayleigh's expectation of Taylor having terrible social skills; of course the only people she invites are her guardians. Everyone else meanwhile has a layer of suspicion attached. Especially the adults.


That being said there are some mitigating factors. The out of towners for example are both less likely to be successfully indentified as there is little linking them to Calamity Witch as far as the public, or even Laura, would know. They are also less at risk from having their identities compromised as they live elsewhere which makes using their identities significantly harder.



That all being said I'm going for:
[X] Dragon – She has never been on vacation before, mostly because she never had a body. This would be a new experience for her.
[X] Cassiel – Even though she did have a body before, she never visited the beach. She will be the automatic third invitee should Tim and Dragon both go as they do not trust Firefly and Nostromo to keep a close enough eye on her by themselves.
[X] Vista – It isn't the same as fighting crime, but this should get her away from the stress of not going on patrol in Philadelphia.


Dragon deserves a vacation more then just about any Cape out there.

Dragon's rehabilitation program for Cassiel could benefit significantly from Cassiel getting the chance to interact with normal humans in a friendly manner. If we want to successfully Befriend Cassiel into honestly being on our side this is a good opportunity. As a bonus Taylor actually has pretty good Unision compatibility (83%) with Cassiel so more firmly affixing her to our side does have other benefits.

Vista, aside from probably being Taylor's best friend at this point, just fought in an Endbringer battle. Lacey also participated but while being in a hospital can be messy and stressful she was still safe meanwhile Vista was running around Sydney putting her life on the line to save people. Plus it is worth noting that Vista attended the attack with us rather then the Protectorate/Wards team. Sure she has previously partaken in Endbringer attacks, even while under Chevalier's command, but I doubt anyone is happy that she ran off with Team Calamity instead of following whatever the procedure is for participating Wards.


I'd also like to point out there is a bonus to leaving Lacey and Kurt behind; it leaves them home alone together. No risk of Taylor or anyone else stumbling into whatever discussions/arguments/marital activities they may be engaged in. This could be a good chance for the pair to finally reconcile with each other.
 
[X] Dragon – She has never been on vacation before, mostly because she never had a body. This would be a new experience for her.
[X] Cassiel – Even though she did have a body before, she never visited the beach. She will be the automatic third invitee should Tim and Dragon both go as they do not trust Firefly and Nostromo to keep a close enough eye on her by themselves.
[X] Vista – It isn't the same as fighting crime, but this should get her away from the stress of not going on patrol in Philadelphia.
 
[X] Dragon – She has never been on vacation before, mostly because she never had a body. This would be a new experience for her.
[X] Cassiel – Even though she did have a body before, she never visited the beach. She will be the automatic third invitee should Tim and Dragon both go as they do not trust Firefly and Nostromo to keep a close enough eye on her by themselves.
[X] Standstill and Cat Sith – Standstill is the "official" invitee. Cat Sith would accompany her in cat form, and therefore they wouldn't count as two people like Firefly and Nostromo or Epoch and Maclibuin would.
 
[X] Tim – He's been busy, and everybody needs a break now and then. If he does not come on vacation, he will have a build vote as normal.
[X] Lacey – After going to the Leviathan fight, she deserves some R&R. Because her job with the hospital is so new, she will likely take the mornings off to teleport back to Philadelphia to do some healing.
[X] Vista – It isn't the same as fighting crime, but this should get her away from the stress of not going on patrol in Philadelphia.
 
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[X] Dragon – She has never been on vacation before, mostly because she never had a body. This would be a new experience for her.
[X] Cassiel – Even though she did have a body before, she never visited the beach. She will be the automatic third invitee should Tim and Dragon both go as they do not trust Firefly and Nostromo to keep a close enough eye on her by themselves.
[X] Vista – It isn't the same as fighting crime, but this should get her away from the stress of not going on patrol in Philadelphia.
 
[X] Dragon – She has never been on vacation before, mostly because she never had a body. This would be a new experience for her.
[X] Cassiel – Even though she did have a body before, she never visited the beach. She will be the automatic third invitee should Tim and Dragon both go as they do not trust Firefly and Nostromo to keep a close enough eye on her by themselves
 
Uh... Why do we need to vote to have Cassiel and Dragon go with us? They're the size of a doll. If they go idle they could sneak along in our suitcase, it's better than the logic used to package Standstill and Cat Sith.

[X] Have Cassiel and Dragon sneak along in our suitcase
[X] Standstill and Cat Sith
[X] Vista
[X] Lacey

If the vote to sneak Cassiel and Dragon along doesn't go through, then the rest of my vote stands.
How the heck are you going to explain fairies???
Dolls?
Does Taylor have a secret ID left or not?
Remember, only one or two persons on that particular vacation know Taylor her Cape ID, nobody more, so no people with a animal parts or pets that are extict dino's and all that.

I get Standstill & Cat Sith.
Lacey still needs to patch her relation and going to the hospital every morning, during a vacation, runs counter to the vacation thing and the patching up thing.
Hard to explain where she's going, every morning, too.
No guardian beast that are dino's in beast mode, would stand out waaay too much.
And while Vista would be nice, it would look more as if your trying to steal her from the PRT, what with all that has happend before, including the arm gifts.

Yet going there alone, does not sound great, either.
But the added pressure of them paying for everything, especially if you bring more people with you...
If you bring people, you need to be able to count on them.
Which means you can't even take a TSAB guy or girl with you, and no one else, no matter how usefull it could be in the long run.
This would mean you would need people in the know, to help shield this TSAB person it's lack of Earth Beth knowledge.

Thus, based on the above and that Standstill is PRT, if I remember right, would let us shield some others as well.
Like say Tim, by claiming he works for Dragon and used to be a BB dockworker.
That it also allows some networking as well...

[X] Standstill and Cat Sith – Standstill is the "official" invitee. Cat Sith would accompany her in cat form, and therefore they wouldn't count as two people like Firefly and Nostromo or Epoch and Maclibuin would.
[X] Tim – He's been busy, and everybody needs a break now and then. If he does not come on vacation, he will have a build vote as normal.
[X] Someone else. This is a write-in and subject to my approval.
Thus [X] TSAB personal, who most likely will let their device hack Earth Beth's internet and stream it to their ship.

Most likely, (s)he would have a guardian beast with a acceptable animal form, in animal form, with her/him, for protection, just hope it's not that of a dog, else expect lots of wondering looks about the lack of Cat & Dog fights.
Also hope this person has acceptable civilian clothing to be used or expect a small shopping trip before this holliday.


And yes, it would give Tim a change to talk some shop with these two TSAB persons (one a guardian beast on protection detail in beast mode).
But so would you and Standstill.
Handy that telepatic talking, nea?
And it would let you inform the PRT on the sly, about the TSAB, if wanted.

Just take Cassiel with you on a later date, to some place you're less likely to out your cape ID, unisoned if you have too.
Like say, visiting the TSAB ship or perhaps Earth Aleph.
Hell, let Dragon do something like this, for the others, on a private beach that she has just bought, like say Midway Atholl.
 
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[X] Dragon – She has never been on vacation before, mostly because she never had a body. This would be a new experience for her.
[X] Cassiel – Even though she did have a body before, she never visited the beach. She will be the automatic third invitee should Tim and Dragon both go as they do not trust Firefly and Nostromo to keep a close enough eye on her by themselves.
[X] Vista – It isn't the same as fighting crime, but this should get her away from the stress of not going on patrol in Philadelphia.
 
[x] Dragon – She has never been on vacation before, mostly because she never had a body. This would be a new experience for her.
[x] Cassiel – Even though she did have a body before, she never visited the beach. She will be the automatic third invitee should Tim and Dragon both go as they do not trust Firefly and Nostromo to keep a close enough eye on her by themselves.
[x] Vista – It isn't the same as fighting crime, but this should get her away from the stress of not going on patrol in Philadelphia.
 
even though you went world-hopping with Vista recently, that still had the feel of being Calamity Witch, not Taylor Hebert.
That's because your definition of sight seeing includes "overthrow local gods to install yourself on their place".

"I don't know. Isn't school supposed to start up soon?"

"Not for, like, two weeks."
Wait what? They start school year in the middle of August? o_O
But that's horrible!
We should visit the Pennsylvania Department of Education and make some arrests. Without doubt these people are secretly villains.

"Don't worry about it. His day job is an accountant, but he also does some stock stuff on the side
Lemme guess, Kayleigh's dad is an accountant for Winter Hill.


[X] Standstill and Cat Sith – Standstill is the "official" invitee. Cat Sith would accompany her in cat form, and therefore they wouldn't count as two people like Firefly and Nostromo or Epoch and Maclibuin would.
[X] Dragon – She has never been on vacation before, mostly because she never had a body. This would be a new experience for her.
[X] Cassiel – Even though she did have a body before, she never visited the beach. She will be the automatic third invitee should Tim and Dragon both go as they do not trust Firefly and Nostromo to keep a close enough eye on her by themselves.

Standstill was both villain and hero which can be useful for our attempts to subvert Laura.

Vista... not sure I want to place her civilian identity in close proximity to a blabbermouth cape geek and an active villain. Also I not sure Chevalier and Miss Militia just let her go for half a week with Calamity, who's deliberately or accidentally setting Vista against them.
 
[X] Dragon – She has never been on vacation before, mostly because she never had a body. This would be a new experience for her.
[X] Cassiel – Even though she did have a body before, she never visited the beach. She will be the automatic third invitee should Tim and Dragon both go as they do not trust Firefly and Nostromo to keep a close enough eye on her by themselves.
[X] Vista – It isn't the same as fighting crime, but this should get her away from the stress of not going on patrol in Philadelphia.
 
[X] Lacey – After going to the Leviathan fight, she deserves some R&R. Because her job with the hospital is so new, she will likely take the mornings off to teleport back to Philadelphia to do some healing.
-[X] Kurt – His marriage is still on the rocks, so he won't be surprised if Lacey goes on vacation without him. Sad, but not surprised.
[X] Vista – It isn't the same as fighting crime, but this should get her away from the stress of not going on patrol in Philadelphia.
 
[X] Vista – It isn't the same as fighting crime, but this should get her away from the stress of not going on patrol in Philadelphia.
[X] Dragon – She has never been on vacation before, mostly because she never had a body. This would be a new experience for her.
[X] Cassiel – Even though she did have a body before, she never visited the beach. She will be the automatic third invitee should Tim and Dragon both go as they do not trust Firefly and Nostromo to keep a close enough eye on her by themselves.
 
[X] Vista – It isn't the same as fighting crime, but this should get her away from the stress of not going on patrol in Philadelphia.
[X] Cassiel – Even though she did have a body before, she never visited the beach. She will be the automatic third invitee should Tim and Dragon both go as they do not trust Firefly and Nostromo to keep a close enough eye on her by themselves.
[X] Lacey – After going to the Leviathan fight, she deserves some R&R. Because her job with the hospital is so new, she will likely take the mornings off to teleport back to Philadelphia to do some healing.

Assuming we want Cass for humanizing purposes, this seems like the otherwise least odd people to bring with us.

...Cass might ruin that effort entirely on her own, though.
 
[X] Vista – It isn't the same as fighting crime, but this should get her away from the stress of not going on patrol in Philadelphia.
[X] Dragon – She has never been on vacation before, mostly because she never had a body. This would be a new experience for her. .
[X] Lacey – After going to the Leviathan fight, she deserves some R&R. Because her job with the hospital is so new, she will likely take the mornings off to teleport back to Philadelphia to do some healing.
 
[X] Vista – It isn't the same as fighting crime, but this should get her away from the stress of not going on patrol in Philadelphia.
[X] Dragon – She has never been on vacation before, mostly because she never had a body. This would be a new experience for her.
[X] Cassiel – Even though she did have a body before, she never visited the beach. She will be the automatic third invitee should Tim and Dragon both go as they do not trust Firefly and Nostromo to keep a close enough eye on her by themselves.
 
Also I not sure Chevalier and Miss Militia just let her go for half a week with Calamity, who's deliberately or accidentally setting Vista against them.
I think they might actually be all for this. If it was just Team Calamity then they'd be having problems since they'd assume it was just an excuse to go capering but with civilian friends it is pretty clearly just a normal vacation. Both Chevalier and MM want Vista to stop being a child soldier and start being a child and going off on vacation friends in a situation where she can't, without risking her ID, going out as Vista is a good way to help that.

Best of all she might actually make some friends who see her as Missy instead of Vista.
 
While Laura probably won't try to pry, she has demonstrated she takes the unwritten rules seriously, there is no gaurenty she won't find out some identities unintentionally. Plus I'd place decent odds on Kayleigh intentionally trying to figure people's identities out.
I have a ready excuse that can be twisted to apply to just about anyone you want to bring with you. And as long as Kayleigh isn't playing match-maker for Laura, she won't go digging for IDs.
Wait what? They start school year in the middle of August? o_O
But that's horrible!
We should visit the Pennsylvania Department of Education and make some arrests. Without doubt these people are secretly villains.
*shrug*
When I was in school (pre-college, anyway), the school year started in the first or second week of August and finished around the end of May. I couldn't find a school year schedule for Philadelphia schools, so I'm using what I know.
 
[X] Vista – It isn't the same as fighting crime, but this should get her away from the stress of not going on patrol in Philadelphia.
[X] Dragon – She has never been on vacation before, mostly because she never had a body. This would be a new experience for her.
[X] Cassiel – Even though she did have a body before, she never visited the beach. She will be the automatic third invitee should Tim and Dragon both go as they do not trust Firefly and Nostromo to keep a close enough eye on her by themselves.
 
[X] Only invite 2 people
[X] Dragon – She has never been on vacation before, mostly because she never had a body. This would be a new experience for her.
[X] Vista – It isn't the same as fighting crime, but this should get her away from the stress of not going on patrol in Philadelphia.

I don't see how it is feasible to bring Ziz along, and I'm also iffy on Kayleigh being around Missy.
 
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