He has a strongman build, but he's built for strength, not beauty. As such I'm pretty sure he's got thick arms but looks a bit heavy set next to people with more classic superhero builds
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Lopezelpesado
Space worm best worm.
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- Something
Wasnt one of the stories in this thread about dragon ball? Tho like one chapter I think.
Or maybe not here? I remember reading a dragon ball chapter....
Lycanthromancer
The Arcane Fuzz
- Location
- USA
It didn't really have anything at all to do with Al. Just some guy that talks to Yamcha who is looking for the dragon balls.
Pretty sure the implication was that the random guy is Al, and he was hoping the dragon balls would be able to get him home.
I don't think Alec would enjoy DB. At best, he tries to find ki techniques he thinks are useful. Maybe slaps a bit of magic onto them in order to improve them if he doesn't already have stuff that just plain works better. Otherwise, I don't think he'd bother to interact with…any of the main cast, really.
I could see him being very upfront with some of the fighters, telling them to just keep improving the Evil Containment Wave to the point it doesn't kill them, then spam that whenever a new batch of villains shows up. Or maybe doing what he's currently doing in Worm. I.E, being mostly unhappy as he tries to do the right thing. Likely by telling Shin to get it together and do a better job of being god, probably by telling him to kill Frieza's ass.
Although now that I think about it, if he has his family with him maybe he won't be too unhappy if he were to ever decide to go. But I'm also unsure if he'd be cool just bringing them over to DB cause of all the fuckery.
- Location
- RS,brasil
So Japanese Bara instead of Arnie
Pretty spot on.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5guWEeRze7w&ab_channel=RoronoaZoro
Alchemist actually works metal and is pretty active, but he's not a skinny person. His dragon form may look anorexic but his human bod has thick arms and a thick gut.
Jordisk
<Unverified N00B>
- Location
- Blind Eternities
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
I see two reasons why that name doesn't work. One, Pandora's Box was able to be opened. Two, Pandora's Box contained Hope.
Broovian
The Patriarch of Oblivion and all it contains.
- Location
- The cesspool of New York and Loving it!
So in an alternate universe where Cauldron can be more upfront with some of their plans.
Efit: Who made the Birdcage? I've been lead to believe it wasn't Dragon, so who was it?
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Jordisk
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The government of Canada, probably. If it is evil happening in a Superhero setting, Canada is probably behind it.
Can't have been Dragon Newfoundland didn't occur until either 2005 or 2006 but you've got the likes of Marquis who was sent there in 2000 or Lustrum who Taylor's mum was involved with from the sounds of things before her birth.
Jordisk
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Amy was 17, due to turn 18, at the start of Worm and was 6 when New Wave caught Marquis. Assume a year or two for that kind of big trial, and he would have been caught in 1999 and went in in 2000 or 2001. Newfoundland was May 2005. Lustrum was arrested during or just after Annette was in college, but obviously after 1996. Taylor was born on June 11 or 12 in 1996, as she was 15 at story start.
The Birdcage was built by an unknown tinker or group of tinkers in 1996, and at some point after 2005 it came under Dragon's control, likely closer to 2006 or 2007 so she could built credentials as a hero. It is built inside a hollowed-out mountain, suspended by the very same pipes that provide food, cigarettes, books, and the like. The inside of the mountain is a vacuum, and contains both dormant containment foam (it interacts with air) and a-grav drones. The drones are set to detonate if they detect abnormalities; some detonate into containment foam, while others are "more lethal". Teacher speculates that the Birdcage is also under a space-warping effect to be no larger than a fist, though I personally doubt this. Prisoners are delivered by the same systems that deliver supplies, with an amount of air that will last JUST long enough to reach the prison. At Worm start, there were 606 prisoners, which ballooned past 800 by the timeskip, suggesting 100 people a year, assuming no deaths, were sent to the prison. The use of containment foam suggests that Dragon can do limited maintenance and swap out defenses, as she invented the foam based on a villainous chem-tinker's work.
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Lycanthromancer
The Arcane Fuzz
- Location
- USA
It was someone who had the same general past as Al but got sent to the DB-verse instead.
So not actually Al.
I'm talking about our Alchemist, which isn't that one.
These two conversations have convinced me that Al has equiped his tiny tank with his stranger suit and is driving around in it.
Worm 88
How to Beat Fried Worms
Disclaimer: Worm is owned by Wildbow because nobody else wants it.
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Chapter 88: Faith
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Following the woman, Nearen, Alec recalled, through the prison was an eye opening experience. One that Alec knew was going to be bad, but...
The Birdcage was stomach turning. There wasn't any casual torture going on through the halls, thankfully, but there were... remains. Sometimes literally, as was the case of one cell block they passed where the entryway was ringed with skulls covered in warped, handshaped marks atop the skull caps.
Acid burns.
Nearen led Alec up several sets of stairs, the prison's conditions getting worse and worse the higher they went, until she took a turn into a cell block. They passed by people that were actively trading and bartering, arguing the comparative value of clothing against what looked like blocks of dry ramen, and hurried towards a single cell in particular.
A man sat on the bed in the room, situated next to a gaping hole in the wall. Old and balding, he wore a pair of glasses that had been broken a number of times in the past and one hand was slightly bent askew.
Neuralis, a serial rapist. His power had two main aspects to it: He could induce crippling migraines in people that were close to him and then he could track down anyone that was currently suffering from said migraines.
Following Nearen through the hole in the wall, Alec saw the other door guardian; Rat.
She was a massive figure and a very unfortunate story. The woman was topless with long, mangy hair the color of filth and, from the waist down, she had the body of... a rat. The woman was a literal centaur with a rat taking the place of a horse.
And, although she started sniffing at the air as Alec walked by her, Rat didn't really pay him any mind. For all that her nose was telling her something was wrong, the woman still relied on her eyes and those, those followed Alec's will instead of hers.
Her story was rather short and simple: She'd triggered, killed her family, eaten her family, went after the neighbor's dog, then she went after her neighbors and then just about died when she'd tried hunting after another neighbor, old lady Jenkins, who kept a loaded shotgun next to her bed.
Cannibalism was an unfortunately common theme in Wildbow's Parahuman series. Alec didn't know if a predilection for the behavior was a sought-after criteria for the Shards or if the Shards were bleeding across the connection.
After all, they were a species that would happily consume one another outside of very specific circumstances. Such was how they won the armsrace of evolution on their home planet against their lesser selves.
Idly, Alec was left wondering what a Shard would taste like. And what the best way to cook one might be. He doubted they'd be any good considering they looked like they were based on some kind of silicate mold entity but, well... maybe they'd taste like mushrooms?
A little oil and salt, they'd probably be pretty good, actually.
Alec kept an eye on Nearen as they started working their way through the women's cell blocks but, at the same time, he'd opened his game menu.
He had three ability points left and, aside from one or two very specific people, he didn't actually intend on fighting any of the inmates. He would if he needed to but, if not?
Why would he? The few powers he still wanted, he could just -buy-.
Thankfully, Nearen had slowed down after escaping the men's section so Alec didn't need to struggle to sift through the two-hundred some odd entries that were in range.
Stepping over a tail covered in eyes, Alec made his first selection-
Crafting Specialty acquired-
Gunwyrm 1/40: Velocity equals distance over time! Add your levels in Gunwyrm to all appropriate skills when crafting, repairing or modifying all forms of firearms!
Following Nearen up a set of stairs, Alec had to hop over a series of crawling knives. Each blade screamed, quietly, but screamed all the same. On the very end was the eponymous Omega symbol used by Cauldron.
Karver wasn't initially assumed to have even been a person. At first, police thought that Karver was the implement used to murder a number of people. Typically the homeless that had been found near train yards. Then, after about ten 'knives' had been collected and collated, they'd become animated and the police discovered that Karver was, 1: Alive and B: Hostile.
Alec didn't know how aware or intelligent the Case 53 was, honestly. Or how big it actually was. From time to time, more pieces were still being discovered and sent into the Birdcage alongside regular food deliveries.
An Ability has been acquired!
Phantom Force has been Upgraded!
Phantom Force has become Wraith King!
Wraith King 25/40: Create a ghostly duplicate of yourself to perform additional actions! (Limit: 1 duplicate. At level 10, creates two duplicates, with an additional duplicate per five levels afterwards. Duration: 2 Minutes per Level) Cost: 25 SP
Upgrade! Create twice as many phantoms at a time!
Upgrade! You can now freely switch places with any active Phantom!
Upgrade! Phantoms now have an SP Pool equal to (25%) of your own and can use Abilities at (25%) strength!
Watching Nearen dip into Cell Block C, Alec followed at a sedate pace.
The cell block was... cleaner, if not by much. There weren't any bones or gorey displays, at least, and Alec would take whatever he could get, really.
Nearen hurried her way to a tall, bulky woman with blond hair and a face that would have, generously, been called handsome in the foggy, distant past. She was situated in a chair sitting directly in front of the first working television Alec had seen all day.
He honestly wondered how many Tinkers had to die to keep that thing safe.
"Lustrum!" Nearen urgently whispered. "Lusty! I got-"
Rather than listen, Lustrum raised one hand, one finger held out, and Nearen went silent.
Nobody interrupted momma while her soaps were on.
Looking around, Alec noted a number of other women that were watching the television as well. Some appeared perfectly normal whilst others had more obvious power expressions. The woman whose arms were about twice as long as normal certainly stood out, as did the one that had a shimmering field of metal flowing around her head instead of hair.
"Move, if you would," a strange voice, one made up of dozens of broken sounds, quietly asked. Alec, without thinking, took a step to the side and allowed a small, blond girl to pass. She turned to regard him curiously with a pair of eyes the same dark green as pine needles in spring. She quirked her lips up, slightly, and something shifted in the blackened shroud of her modified prison uniform. "You... do not belong here, I do not think."
Like a shot, the numerous women around the room rose from their seats, their eyes darting wildly around the room at the Fairy Queen's quiet declaration.
"I was invited," Alec told the small woman. "I've come seeking information and I've brought goods to barter."
"What the-!" Lustrum shouted as she glared... just above where Alec was actually standing. "You think you can just break in here and-!"
Alec tapped his suit jacket, sending it to his inventory and finally drawing the focused attention of the numerous bloodthirsty women around him. He locked eyes with Lustrum as the woman stomped up to him, light surrounding her form-
"Go take a nap," Alec said, power thrumming in his voice. "You'll feel better in the morning."
"...How crude," the Fairy Queen commented as Lustrum, glassy-eyed, turned away and began to shuffle back to her chair. Her cohort, thrown off by their leader's sudden change, glanced nervously between each other, then to him.
"Perhaps," Alec agreed as he focused his full attention on Ciara. "But, when handling a nail, a hammer is the best of tools."
"...This is so," Ciara agreed after a moment spent debating the statement. "For what reason are you here, Empty One?"
"I was invited," Alec explained. Around the room, the various women nervously took their seats as Lustrum began to doze off. His lack of hostility and the presence of Glaistig Uaine probably had them convinced that discretion was the better part of valor. "The Warden knows of several children having been born within her prison, the ones that still live, and wants them extracted. She wants them to have a chance to play in the grass and feel the sun's kiss upon their faces."
Ciara looked up, her green eyes meeting Alec's yellow ones, and she debated his words for a long, long moment.
"...What you seek is valuable indeed, Empty One," Ciara finally said. "What baubles and fineries have you to trade for such knowledge?"
"Books," Alec said as he reached into his inventory to bring out the stack of trashy romance novels he'd read in between gaming sessions. "And, something I'm sure you'll enjoy..."
Reaching into his inventory, Alec came back with a stack of chocolate bars in one hand-
And the chestplate, containing most of Alan Gramme's brain, in the other.
"Oh?" the Fairy Queen mumbled, quiet surprise in her voice as she reached out to touch Mannequin's remains. A new shadow appeared behind her and, to the side, Alec noted a new entry appear in the Abilities menu. One he was quick to grab-
Crafting Specialty acquired!
Environmental Engineer 1/40: When altering or creating landscapes, enclosures or environments add the level of Environmental Engineer to all appropriate skill checks.
"...Very well," Ciara said, nodding as she made up her mind. "Your tribute is accepted, Empty One. You will find the children you seek..."
Alec listened, a notepad in hand as the Fairy Queen told him the locations of the children within the Birdcage.
Information in hand, the mage bid the delusional girl farewell as he put his suit jacket back on and left the viper's den.
With the hard part out of the way, the rest would hopefully move right along.
Hopefully.
Alec somehow doubted that would be the case, however.
Disclaimer: Worm is owned by Wildbow because nobody else wants it.
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Chapter 88: Faith
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Following the woman, Nearen, Alec recalled, through the prison was an eye opening experience. One that Alec knew was going to be bad, but...
The Birdcage was stomach turning. There wasn't any casual torture going on through the halls, thankfully, but there were... remains. Sometimes literally, as was the case of one cell block they passed where the entryway was ringed with skulls covered in warped, handshaped marks atop the skull caps.
Acid burns.
Nearen led Alec up several sets of stairs, the prison's conditions getting worse and worse the higher they went, until she took a turn into a cell block. They passed by people that were actively trading and bartering, arguing the comparative value of clothing against what looked like blocks of dry ramen, and hurried towards a single cell in particular.
A man sat on the bed in the room, situated next to a gaping hole in the wall. Old and balding, he wore a pair of glasses that had been broken a number of times in the past and one hand was slightly bent askew.
Neuralis, a serial rapist. His power had two main aspects to it: He could induce crippling migraines in people that were close to him and then he could track down anyone that was currently suffering from said migraines.
Following Nearen through the hole in the wall, Alec saw the other door guardian; Rat.
She was a massive figure and a very unfortunate story. The woman was topless with long, mangy hair the color of filth and, from the waist down, she had the body of... a rat. The woman was a literal centaur with a rat taking the place of a horse.
And, although she started sniffing at the air as Alec walked by her, Rat didn't really pay him any mind. For all that her nose was telling her something was wrong, the woman still relied on her eyes and those, those followed Alec's will instead of hers.
Her story was rather short and simple: She'd triggered, killed her family, eaten her family, went after the neighbor's dog, then she went after her neighbors and then just about died when she'd tried hunting after another neighbor, old lady Jenkins, who kept a loaded shotgun next to her bed.
Cannibalism was an unfortunately common theme in Wildbow's Parahuman series. Alec didn't know if a predilection for the behavior was a sought-after criteria for the Shards or if the Shards were bleeding across the connection.
After all, they were a species that would happily consume one another outside of very specific circumstances. Such was how they won the armsrace of evolution on their home planet against their lesser selves.
Idly, Alec was left wondering what a Shard would taste like. And what the best way to cook one might be. He doubted they'd be any good considering they looked like they were based on some kind of silicate mold entity but, well... maybe they'd taste like mushrooms?
A little oil and salt, they'd probably be pretty good, actually.
Alec kept an eye on Nearen as they started working their way through the women's cell blocks but, at the same time, he'd opened his game menu.
He had three ability points left and, aside from one or two very specific people, he didn't actually intend on fighting any of the inmates. He would if he needed to but, if not?
Why would he? The few powers he still wanted, he could just -buy-.
Thankfully, Nearen had slowed down after escaping the men's section so Alec didn't need to struggle to sift through the two-hundred some odd entries that were in range.
Stepping over a tail covered in eyes, Alec made his first selection-
Crafting Specialty acquired-
Gunwyrm 1/40: Velocity equals distance over time! Add your levels in Gunwyrm to all appropriate skills when crafting, repairing or modifying all forms of firearms!
Following Nearen up a set of stairs, Alec had to hop over a series of crawling knives. Each blade screamed, quietly, but screamed all the same. On the very end was the eponymous Omega symbol used by Cauldron.
Karver wasn't initially assumed to have even been a person. At first, police thought that Karver was the implement used to murder a number of people. Typically the homeless that had been found near train yards. Then, after about ten 'knives' had been collected and collated, they'd become animated and the police discovered that Karver was, 1: Alive and B: Hostile.
Alec didn't know how aware or intelligent the Case 53 was, honestly. Or how big it actually was. From time to time, more pieces were still being discovered and sent into the Birdcage alongside regular food deliveries.
An Ability has been acquired!
Phantom Force has been Upgraded!
Phantom Force has become Wraith King!
Wraith King 25/40: Create a ghostly duplicate of yourself to perform additional actions! (Limit: 1 duplicate. At level 10, creates two duplicates, with an additional duplicate per five levels afterwards. Duration: 2 Minutes per Level) Cost: 25 SP
Upgrade! Create twice as many phantoms at a time!
Upgrade! You can now freely switch places with any active Phantom!
Upgrade! Phantoms now have an SP Pool equal to (25%) of your own and can use Abilities at (25%) strength!
Watching Nearen dip into Cell Block C, Alec followed at a sedate pace.
The cell block was... cleaner, if not by much. There weren't any bones or gorey displays, at least, and Alec would take whatever he could get, really.
Nearen hurried her way to a tall, bulky woman with blond hair and a face that would have, generously, been called handsome in the foggy, distant past. She was situated in a chair sitting directly in front of the first working television Alec had seen all day.
He honestly wondered how many Tinkers had to die to keep that thing safe.
"Lustrum!" Nearen urgently whispered. "Lusty! I got-"
Rather than listen, Lustrum raised one hand, one finger held out, and Nearen went silent.
Nobody interrupted momma while her soaps were on.
Looking around, Alec noted a number of other women that were watching the television as well. Some appeared perfectly normal whilst others had more obvious power expressions. The woman whose arms were about twice as long as normal certainly stood out, as did the one that had a shimmering field of metal flowing around her head instead of hair.
"Move, if you would," a strange voice, one made up of dozens of broken sounds, quietly asked. Alec, without thinking, took a step to the side and allowed a small, blond girl to pass. She turned to regard him curiously with a pair of eyes the same dark green as pine needles in spring. She quirked her lips up, slightly, and something shifted in the blackened shroud of her modified prison uniform. "You... do not belong here, I do not think."
Like a shot, the numerous women around the room rose from their seats, their eyes darting wildly around the room at the Fairy Queen's quiet declaration.
"I was invited," Alec told the small woman. "I've come seeking information and I've brought goods to barter."
"What the-!" Lustrum shouted as she glared... just above where Alec was actually standing. "You think you can just break in here and-!"
Alec tapped his suit jacket, sending it to his inventory and finally drawing the focused attention of the numerous bloodthirsty women around him. He locked eyes with Lustrum as the woman stomped up to him, light surrounding her form-
"Go take a nap," Alec said, power thrumming in his voice. "You'll feel better in the morning."
"...How crude," the Fairy Queen commented as Lustrum, glassy-eyed, turned away and began to shuffle back to her chair. Her cohort, thrown off by their leader's sudden change, glanced nervously between each other, then to him.
"Perhaps," Alec agreed as he focused his full attention on Ciara. "But, when handling a nail, a hammer is the best of tools."
"...This is so," Ciara agreed after a moment spent debating the statement. "For what reason are you here, Empty One?"
"I was invited," Alec explained. Around the room, the various women nervously took their seats as Lustrum began to doze off. His lack of hostility and the presence of Glaistig Uaine probably had them convinced that discretion was the better part of valor. "The Warden knows of several children having been born within her prison, the ones that still live, and wants them extracted. She wants them to have a chance to play in the grass and feel the sun's kiss upon their faces."
Ciara looked up, her green eyes meeting Alec's yellow ones, and she debated his words for a long, long moment.
"...What you seek is valuable indeed, Empty One," Ciara finally said. "What baubles and fineries have you to trade for such knowledge?"
"Books," Alec said as he reached into his inventory to bring out the stack of trashy romance novels he'd read in between gaming sessions. "And, something I'm sure you'll enjoy..."
Reaching into his inventory, Alec came back with a stack of chocolate bars in one hand-
And the chestplate, containing most of Alan Gramme's brain, in the other.
"Oh?" the Fairy Queen mumbled, quiet surprise in her voice as she reached out to touch Mannequin's remains. A new shadow appeared behind her and, to the side, Alec noted a new entry appear in the Abilities menu. One he was quick to grab-
Crafting Specialty acquired!
Environmental Engineer 1/40: When altering or creating landscapes, enclosures or environments add the level of Environmental Engineer to all appropriate skill checks.
"...Very well," Ciara said, nodding as she made up her mind. "Your tribute is accepted, Empty One. You will find the children you seek..."
Alec listened, a notepad in hand as the Fairy Queen told him the locations of the children within the Birdcage.
Information in hand, the mage bid the delusional girl farewell as he put his suit jacket back on and left the viper's den.
With the hard part out of the way, the rest would hopefully move right along.
Hopefully.
Alec somehow doubted that would be the case, however.
Chapter 88 Character Sheet
You did what Lustrum's absentee father never did! You told her to sit down and shut up!
You have gained: 20,000 Experience
You have become: 50,000 USD Richer!
Ability Acquired!
Titan of Light 1/40: While active, you grow to the next size category up and take on a form made of hard light. For every level multiple of 10, you can grow one size larger but each size increases also doubles the cost! Cost: 50 SP/Minute
You have gained: 20,000 Experience
You have become: 50,000 USD Richer!
Ability Acquired!
Titan of Light 1/40: While active, you grow to the next size category up and take on a form made of hard light. For every level multiple of 10, you can grow one size larger but each size increases also doubles the cost! Cost: 50 SP/Minute
- Location
- England
Your itemised list is 1: Annoying, B: confusing, III: Probably deliberate? and Δ: Actually quite funny, really.
Not sure how long I could keep it up before running out of alphabets or numbering systems.
QUESTION:
Does the step van's space-expanded back area count as an enclosure?
Mannequin's specialty has lots of potential for improved living conditions, which 🐭Mouse Protector would greatly appreciate.
I think it'd require that Alec attempt to make some kind of significant improvement but, otherwise, yes. It would count as his living environment, after all.
TheGodCorpse
Half-Dead King of the Pile
- Location
- Caribbean
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Endbringer Flesh à la Cordon Blue with Shardroom Cream Sauce 😂
- Location
- New Zealand
Oh ho, I take it back.
I was expecting Broadcast, but Alan's Shard....
Huh. I wonder how long it would take/ how interested the Faerie Queen would be in improving the Birdcage?
Perhaps once Dragon is no longer in charge, it will be Gaistig's prison.
I was expecting Broadcast, but Alan's Shard....
Huh. I wonder how long it would take/ how interested the Faerie Queen would be in improving the Birdcage?
Perhaps once Dragon is no longer in charge, it will be Gaistig's prison.
Lopezelpesado
Space worm best worm.
- Pronouns
- Something
Is the wraith king upgrade from fairy queen? It would fit well for the power.
The titan of light power sounds like an off shoot or former source of Brandish's power set, or is that just me?
Huh. I can see it.
I wouldn't be surprised if the two Shards shared a similar purpose, though perhaps with a different expression.
Given that we're told there are literally trillions of Shards, there being similar or redundant ones shouldn't be that surprising.