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That has to be natural.
Project Prometheus (Original Setting Superhero Quest)
fair enough
Edit: Guess thats something we just have to bite and hope we get lucky with.
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Kermie
Just A Karate Bugman/Bugwoman/Bugthing
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inb4 we kick Faust in the nuts and steal all of POWERS' goldnine and money lmao
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- San Ramon, CA
Scarlet Maturity trips and faceplants into a lemon meringue pie and we discover that's his Kryptonite!
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We tell everyone that they're to blame for Le Petit Prince and the rest of the Wonderland escapees getting stronger, and they get swamped in bad PR.
Nice, before I thought we would have to wait a while and maybe take down some villains first to get our hands on the potential for directly affecting the mind. Keeping a split like emotional vs. cognitive manipulation would've also made sense, but I'm not complaining either way.
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Was Quick Gorilla also brought up to human level intelligence, or are they only as smart as a normal gorilla?
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He is as smart as a normal orangutan!
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- Canada
I already know he's a violent lawyer-mercenary-corporate-drug-kingpin, but if this is animal abuse coerced from a zoo using a predatory contract, I think my hate for Faust may hit levels previously believed impossible.
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You know when I wrote this it was a bluff and attack but if it's the truth, than Faust is a fucking moron, I'm sorry.
Like, it's Syndrome's plan from Incredibles, but worse. At least with the robot, he made it and the AI just grew too smart for him to stop because it determined that the controls needed to be removed. Here, Faust gave dangerous pre-existing criminals (including a body puppeteer and the world's best gaslighter) fresh out of a jailbreak power boosting drugs... and he DIDN'T anticipate the possibility of them stabbing him in the back?
Unless they're under contract to only indulge in play fights where they 'lose' to Powers heroes so that they can 'prove' that they're the ones most up to the task to bring things under control.
Let's not underestimate Faust's lawyer team too much. I'm sure the contracts they signed were air-tight.
ReaperofInterest
Herald of Disaster
TBF to everyone involved, we still don't know what exactly is going on. It's certainly possible that Faust is behind the empowered Wonderland escapees, he's the only known person with access to power-strengthening mechanisms even if we don't know exactly what they are and/or how they work. That being said, there's still a decent chance that he isn't behind them. As mentioned, we don't know how Faust's power boosting stuff works, and we don't know how Le Petit Prince got his power boosted. For all we know, the power booster could be a third party that Prince somehow convinced to give him an upgrade, or maybe Prince managed to get someone with a power-enhancing power as a part of his new entourage.
Surely in a city with tons of different powers and metahumans, there's at least one that can give temporary boosts to people.
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That's a broadly fair point, my justification is mostly just Occam's Razor/law of conservation of narrative detail at this point.
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Um, sorry, but we probably should have clarified time zones, because I'm kind of getting fidgety over what the results may be since its getting late on thursday from where I'm at.
ReaperofInterest
Herald of Disaster
Now that I think about it, I'm actually curious. @Bitterman, was there anyone known to have any sort of power-enhancing power...anywhere, really?
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Not really? There are plenty of powers that make you or allies stronger, like Bulwark, but none that interface with your power directly.
EDIT: Part of the reason EXCEED was so busted is that "I can turn your powers off if I want" was an OOC problem for everyone not named Valiant Silver.
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Goddamn yup were recruiting next turn getting an E-B user early is a gamechanger for us.
Also I bet power null is the worst case scenario for what stockpile can reverse engineer from exceed. Though the need for stage connection should cause some difficulties
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So it could be aimed, and avoid Nora's allies? It wasn't indescriminate?
Kermie
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Hopefully it's aimable. It'd be awkward if Black Swan just immediately reverts to torso and Handyman just flops back into goop clay form.
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Okay, that is workaround-able.
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Unrelated side note, but minor theory: The speed at which the Frozen Throne grows is dependent on the strength of the person who sits on it. The stronger they are, the faster it grows.
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Unrelated side note, but minor theory: The speed at which the Frozen Throne grows is dependent on the strength of the person who sits on it. The stronger they are, the faster it grows.
Skits and Super(?)heros - Kermie (canon)
Kermie
Just A Karate Bugman/Bugwoman/Bugthing
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Skits & Super(?)heroes
By MrKermie
By MrKermie
You are Rei Maruki. And right now, you are not having a fun time. Having your head face first on a lunch table, hands on your head isn't exactly a good look.
Mona sits down next to you, sounding concerned. "Hey! What's up?"
You turn to look at her, and groan out weekly. "Do you remember that project in Drama? The one where we got in pairs?"
Mona raises an eyebrow. "The one where you write out the script for a skit, and I'm in charge of filming and uploading it to the internet? What about it?"
You hold up your phone with a document pulled up. "Read."
When Metahuman Insurance Fails
(SCENE STARTS)
(I WALK IN, COMPLAINING ABOUT MY GRANDMA'S ASHES HAVING BEEN KNOCKED OVER)
MONA WALKS IN.
(…that's it. That's the script. The rest is blank.)
Mona's eyes widen. "Please tell me you've got the rest of the script on a previous version."
You slam your face into the lunch table again, alerting some other kids. "Nope. And I checked and double checked my schedule— I've got too many extracurriculars to make a good script within a week. We're cooked."
Mona stays silent for a second, before continuing. "Well, I was gonna tell you about my troubles today, but that's not really important compared to what you're going through."
"No, no. You should say your piece. Maybe it'll distract me."
"It's not that important, but ok. I was trying to go to a store to get some more merch of Valiant Silver, but then the weirdest thing happened. Someone had already bought out all the other figurines, so all I could see was this ugly ripoff figure at the back of the stands, all dipped in bright yellow…"
Something clicks in your brain. You slam your hands down, shooting up from the table. "Mona, you genius! That's it."
"Uhh… what's it?"
"Just meet me after school, in the theater. I've got a great idea that should be pretty fast."
Off Brand Metahumans
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Rei enters into what seems to be a generic room, before looking forward, past the camera. "Hey! Are you the employee on duty here?"
The camera turns around, to reveal Mona. She's in an apron worn over her clothes, and has some shades on. "Yes, I am. What do you want?"
Rei smiles, adjusting her jacket and cap. "My friend's a big fan of metahumans and their heroics, so I wanted to get her some merch for her stash. Do you have any reccomendations?"
"Oh yeah! Some new merch came in recently! I think you'll like it."
Rei bends down just out of frame to pick up a figure. "Oh great! She just loves…"
The camera cuts to a picture of a poorly painted Valiant Silver figurine, which was clearly dipped in all yellow. It's labeled as:
Brave Gold
"…who the fuck is Brave Gold?"
"She invented Magitech! It allowed her to run really fast and make small walls."
"…like, shield barriers?"
"No, I mean walls of light about two feet tall."
Rei takes a step back, pinching the bridge of her nose, before walking back up and continuing. "Ok, that didn't work. Do you have Adamant?"
"We've got Vibran."
Rei's eyes widen, and she leans in a bit. "…are you serious. Is he— well, Lady Leizi must enjoy his company a lot."
"Don't you mean Miss Mei?"
Rei groans and facefaults, before getting up and launching into a quick list of heroes.
"Ok, do you have Moon River?"
"We've got Sun Lake."
"Do you have Red Huntress?"
"We have Orange Stalker!"
"Do you have Earthern Owl?"
"We have Sky Worm."
"Do you have Hydrocity?"
"We've got Watercomplex."
Rei bites her lip, and seems to weigh her options. "…alright, what does Watercomplex do?"
"He's always very hydrated!"
Rei facefaults, before getting back up. "How the— how'd you find someone lamer than Hydrocity!?" She takes a deep breath.
"Ok, there must be something stupid here. Maybe you guys are being paid by Dominion, or Hero for Hire. Do you guys at least have merch of Scarlet Maturity?"
"Well, we don't have Scarlet Maturity, we have…" Mona breaks character for a second, and giggles.
"Old Red Hard."
Rei's jaw drops. She picks it up with her hand, and her mouth opens and closes a few times. Eventually, she figures out how she wants to react.
"OLD RED HARD?!?" Rei screams out, hands on her head. "LEVIATHAN'S BLOOD, WHO THE FUCK IS THAT!?!?!"
Mona stays quiet, a blank expression on her face, before quickly responding. "…I hear he works for STRENGTHS."
Rei throws her cap to the ground, before bending down to pick up something. It's a sandal.
"…I will send you to the QZ."
She nonchalantly throws the sandal right past Mona's head, before walking out of the store. As Rei's leaving, Mona fruitlessly reaches out a hand to stop her.
"Wait! …I, um, hear the Employee's Hand has better shops I think?"
(In case you're wondering, both Rei and Mona got an A on that assignment.)
Author's Note:
Inspired by Steven He. Specifically, this video.