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Project Prometheus (Original Setting Superhero Quest)

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Alectai said:
Hmm, shame. I do think that's a hint though.

This guy survived King, didn't he? Mister "I can just turn off the Nuclear Forces, both of them, and your atoms lose cohesion anf fly apart". Is that correct @Bitterman ? He fought the guy and didn't die, when King actually tried to do something back at him?

Joking aside though... As I said, it's some tactile telekinesis thing he's doing apparently, rather than him physically being that strong. I Think the key then is going to be "We can't kill you, but we can definitely put you in time out for a while."

It'd be swell if we could figure out which one is the one Bitterman said would be cooler :(
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Hmm trapping in space could mean SM is out of action until powers can recover him, without gravity it be difficult for him to exert his strenght either way. Since in outerspace there noting for him to explode with strenght unlike planetside
 
Also as cool as realivistic smash is uh I dont think that holds a candle to Kings Power of literelly disentegrating others.

Unless Monas core does something weird like trapping SM in her black hole.

Higher reneeration also means BS can recover more hp between missions if we can keep the boost.

Also I outerspace BS can literally just use this trick again to drag SM away to the moon or something.

Actually at lightspeed how long would it take for BS to reach the closest planet other than the moon?
 
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Bitterman said:
Yes. King eventually quit the fight when he realized what was going on. Depending on your choices, you might get a hint at that.
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Only way that'd happen is if Scarlet Maturity Isn't fucking there at all.

The Strong and Weak Forces are what keep atoms glued together. If Scarlet Maturity is immune to that being turned off, either he's able to hard stop superpowers that try to effect him directly (Except as we're seeing, he can still get hit, so no.) Or...

He's not actually here, it's some kind of massless power projection that we're fighting here. There's no "Resisting" having two of the scarier Fundamental Forces turned off. Even a tiny nudge is functionally identical to "You evaporate into less than dust, if you're lucky, if not, all the energy tied up into holding you together cooks off in a herculean explosion."

If he's functionally just a glob of Metahuman Energy though, then it explains everything. His hyper-regeneration, the fact he can build up strength over time, and how he locked horns with King and didn't fucking die.
 
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Alectai said:
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Only way that'd happen is if Scarlet Maturity Isn't fucking there at all.

The Strong and Weak Forces are what keep atoms glued together. If Scarlet Maturity is immune to that being turned off, either he's able to hard stop superpowers that try to effect him directly (Except as we're seeing, he can still get hit, so no.) Or...

He's not actually here, it's some kind of massless power projection that we're fighting here. There's no "Resisting" having two of the scarier Fundamental Forces turned off. Even a tiny nudge is functionally identical to "You evaporate into less than dust, if you're lucky, if not, all the energy tied up into holding you together cooks off in a herculean explosion."
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Or powers are bullshit and you'll have to RAFO! All things are possible lol
 
Bitterman said:
He can regenerate injuries like they're nothing? Fine! During Rhys' powertesting, you were told to be careful where you hit him. If the strike was immediately fatal, it didn't matter if he could regenerate—his brain would be dead by the time his body healed. You bet the same is true for this pee-pants!
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Bitterman said:
Why does he keep punching your core? That's like, the least punchable part of you! It's kind of a good thing to be honest—it's allowed you to conserve what's left of your construct-body.
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Bitterman said:
". . . it's a carbon-fiber nanoweave," he admits, "I custom order them from Allard-Kelso Industries. It's the same material they use in some of their spacecraft."
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Bitterman said:
Scarlet Maturity greedily grabs your core with his other hand and begins to squeeze, like he's trying to crush you.
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Bitterman said:
[ ] . . . go through. You have a hyper-dense core. You have enough juice for one light speed dash. Can he survive a direct hit at relativistic speeds? Let's find out.
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So does SM want the core to eat, breakdown or something? Leaning towards relativistic speeds right now, because if he has "space pants" he is probably aware of this weakness and can survive accordingly?
 
I think I've got it. Scarlet Maturity doesn't have one power, he has THREE. Power Enhancement which simultaneously enhances him, regeneration, and tactile telekinesis. The trick is, his self-enhancement aspect of his power enhancement? It works on all three (or at least the other two) parts of his power. So enhancing his tactile telekinesis lets him us it to punch even harder, and he survived King by virtue of his telekinesis being able to hold his body together long enough for his regeneration to fix whatever damage King's power did to him!
 
[X] . . . go through. You have a hyper-dense core. You have enough juice for one light speed dash. Can he survive a direct hit at relativistic speeds? Let's find out.
 
Huh thats a poiny his seeming obsession with BS core could mean strange interaction between powers and SM being prepared.

Though it could space pants is just the only way to keep up with his regen.
 
Alectai said:
Hey, I like to speculate :o

But yeah, realistically, from what you've described. "This is "Eat Cake or eat Pie, but I really hope you choose pie". They're both awesome, but there's one you specifically want to see, is that right?
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Hmm if thats tehe case Flight does seem more col since regen is just being able to fight with blaster again and hope SM cant breath in space.

Though dragging SM to the moon or something is pretty cool. bS can go all in on her Blaster in outer space atleast.
 
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Potato12345 said:
...doesn't that explain why SM knows to keep whacking at Mona's core?
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It would make sense, yeah, if he's only got one organ that matters himself, and some way of intuiting where her metahuman juice is centered through his Enhancement power.

But yeah, I'm looking at this and I'm going...

[X] . . . go through. You have a hyper-dense core. You have enough juice for one light speed dash. Can he survive a direct hit at relativistic speeds? Let's find out.

He's used to dealing with esoteric bullshit and blasters. I don't think he's used to a relativistic Supermassive Black Hole slamming into him at Sufficient Velocity. Even if he can survive that, it'll probably be revealing, and have the highest odds of putting him in Time Out for a while too if it works. I don't think there's any records of anyone even trying to outmuscle Scarlet Maturity, so this should be revealing.

We already know that his Regeneration is strong enough to endure his very atoms falling apart, there's no point testing that, and Mona's flight is the big thing that got highlit here, not her regeneration. Formalizing that feels right
 
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Also, Gwen, Ete, whatever you call yourself? I reiterate my desire for you to go fuck yourself, and it likewise applies to your husband. You two were were clearly only "family" to Opale and Ophelie in name only.
 
Bitterman said:
Also, how did people figure our King's power!? I have one very vague description!
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Bitterman said:
King would have his hands and legions of them would scatter into dust or explode with nuclear force.
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To be fair, it was either a really weird exaggeration or King using the Nuclear Forces, because the alternative is him throwing fusion/fission-level power around, which didn't seem to fit the scene. It read more like disintegration than nuclear explosions. I'm surprised I guessed right honestly.
 
Light Speed Attack! Now I go beddy bye.
[X] . . . go through. You have a hyper-dense core. You have enough juice for one light speed dash. Can he survive a direct hit at relativistic speeds? Let's find out.
 
I appreciate Blue Sky's disclaimer of "Hey, you two are MASSIVE TRANSPHOBES and I ain't a part of that. I'm still gonna kill you because I was paid to do so, but these two are assholes."

...do you think Faust will fire every trans and NB person in Powers after this loophole gets back to him, because it will, or just rework the contracts to force them to sign with preferred names instead of deadnames?
 
...There's one thing that feels like a hint, but I'm not smart enough to divine what it is.

Bitterman said:
Scarlet Maturity lifts you out of the ground by your hair. He studies you for a second.

"In all our fights, Novalight never helped me grow stronger. By the end, she stopped trying to defeat me altogether."
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There seems to be some trick where Scarlet Maturity may grow stronger if he's hit by something new? Either way, it feels like both Novalight and King came to the conclusion that the only winning move was not to play.
 
Bitterman said:
But even before your light completely fades, his flesh is already reknitting itself. His eyes and ears are already restored and his arms are healed enough that he can clap.
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Bitterman said:
This is nothing like that. You may as well have patted him on the tummy for all the long-term damage it did!
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Another possibility would be the equivalent of Save State Editing / Restoration, although I'm not sure how that tracks with the TK?

Edit: Wait, fights also help him grow stronger somehow..? Hm...
 
Bitterman said:
Also, how did people figure our King's power!? I have one very vague description!
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I believe it was in the flashback during the Movement, where we saw King wave his hand and turn behemoths to dust that people guessed it. :p
Bitterman said:
King would have his hands and legions of them would scatter into dust or explode with nuclear force.
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That said, awesome update! I'm not sure myself on which to pick, but I'm leaning towards "Nice complex superpower bud, now check this out." Sends you flying to space.

[] . . . go up. You will regenerate faster outside of the Earth's atmosphere. You can survive the vacuum of space. Can he?

This likely won't kill him, but it does fulfill our goal of stalling him long enough that everyone gets away, and there's no greater stall tactic than "You are now a stellar object". Even with Shell Game, he'll be too far to be teleported back on earth! He can contemplate on how much of a naughty boy he is while drifting through outerspace.

But Alectai makes excellent points about the nature of Scarlet Maturity's powers, and I trust their judgement regarding him! I'd call SM our least favorite metahuman, but Ete and Printemps somehow stole that rank from him.

[X] . . . go through. You have a hyper-dense core. You have enough juice for one light speed dash. Can he survive a direct hit at relativistic speeds? Let's find out.
 
[X] . . . go through. You have a hyper-dense core. You have enough juice for one light speed dash. Can he survive a direct hit at relativistic speeds? Let's find out.

ReaperofInterest said:
Also, Gwen, Ete, whatever you call yourself? I reiterate my desire for you to go fuck yourself, and it likewise applies to your husband. You two were were clearly only "family" to Opale and Ophelie in name only.
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Gwen is a coward basically whos using the fact she suffered as an excuse to have right to do whatever she wants for her own happiness.

And while its uncharitable even helping Opele before could be excuse as a way for her to delude herself shes a good person in her mind.

Though i could see her simply becoming worse person and only caring about her family in the way they could make her happy.
 
[X] . . . go up. You will regenerate faster outside of the Earth's atmosphere. You can survive the vacuum of space. Can he?

I prefer this option for a couple reasons. For one, i think regeneration will be the more useful power to upgrade, since it lets our heros do stuff in a row more often. Also, I think that it's more tactically useful to strand SM in space than it is to make one big attack. I find it very unlikely that even a relativistic attack would kill him, so that would disable him for way less time.
 
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