Project Prometheus (Original Setting Superhero Quest)
Kermie
We’re So Cooked(?)
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- Somewhere On The Planet
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Let's hope that Dr. Ibis made something fucking crazy. At this point in the story, we need it.
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- California
Rating my theories on what we'll get from most to least boring
1: we can shove 1 or 2 more power points of potency inside a person in exchange for a second side effect roll
2: Dr Ibis can add a power tag without increasing the potency of a dose. These have 1 or 2 expression options, all painfully generic(his words, not mine). Might raise side effects or, again, add a second roll
3: we can rewrite people's dna with incubator samples(will #3348 live up to the hype? You 🫵 decide!) Edit: will definitely cost potency, but that's a small price to pay for peak/freak performance
1: we can shove 1 or 2 more power points of potency inside a person in exchange for a second side effect roll
2: Dr Ibis can add a power tag without increasing the potency of a dose. These have 1 or 2 expression options, all painfully generic(his words, not mine). Might raise side effects or, again, add a second roll
3: we can rewrite people's dna with incubator samples(will #3348 live up to the hype? You 🫵 decide!) Edit: will definitely cost potency, but that's a small price to pay for peak/freak performance
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SolarGemX
The Crystalized Sun
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- Somewhere in the Cosmos
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Oh no... Beneficial OPTIONS!
If both are pretty good its the vote is going to depend on:
1. Immediatly Useful or Good on the Long run.
2. Be worded in a way that sinergices well with what we currently have or will have.
Its going to be in the details aint it? Time to see if we can figure it out unlike the potency 8 combo.
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Tbf, you did figure that out eventually.
Order of missions looks like:
1) Who Doesn't Love A Power Testing Scene
2) The Contrabulous Fabtraption of Doctor Mammoth Ibis
3) Fear and Panic
4) Pieces of the People we Love
5) Project Prometheus
Update tomorrow or Tuesday at the absolute latest. Bonus points if you can name what every mission's name is referencing.
Issue #1.1: Pandiculation
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[X] Plan: Exotic Specimens
-[X] [MISSION 1] Fear and Panic
-[X] [MISSION 2] The Contrabulous Fabtraption of Doctor Mammoth Ibis
-[X] Total AP: 3
-[X] TOTAL HERO: HIT 10, REPUTATION 5, OPERATIONS 7
-[X] Personal Actions:
--[X] Lady Leizi: Pieces of the People We Love
--[X] Black Swan: Who Doesn't Love a Power Testing Scene?
-[X] Global Actions: Project Prometheus
-[X] [MISSION 1] Fear and Panic
-[X] [MISSION 2] The Contrabulous Fabtraption of Doctor Mammoth Ibis
-[X] Total AP: 3
-[X] TOTAL HERO: HIT 10, REPUTATION 5, OPERATIONS 7
-[X] Personal Actions:
--[X] Lady Leizi: Pieces of the People We Love
--[X] Black Swan: Who Doesn't Love a Power Testing Scene?
-[X] Global Actions: Project Prometheus
Commence recording. Thank you, Rhodes. Oh? You hold a doctorate as well? From where? Roswell? Oh. Respectable! I didn't take for a Horizon native, Rhodes. Dr. Rhodes? Pah, as you like.
We are here today to commence with the testing of the powers of our first Ambrosia subject, codename "Black Swan." Following the area-annihilating event that was the initial administration of her dosage of Ambrosia, Lady Leizi has chartered a shipping vessel to take us where the Marajó Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean.
I must confess, it is unnerving seeing the Leviathan from behind, even separated as we are by the naval blockade. Still, given the magnitude of Black Swan's powers, I see the wisdom in testing them in as deserted a location as possible. Never let it be said that Dr. Mammoth Ibis cannot give accolades when he feels they are due! Never!
For the same reason, we are testing in the middle of the day. Far from ideal for operational security purposes, but Black Swan produces enough luminosity when she uses her powers that it is preferable than testing during the night. It could be said she is . . . a bright kid! Ha!
That's a good one! I should add that to my set.
Power-Testing of Codename "Black Swan"—Notes of Dr. Mammoth Ibis—Log #4:
After repeated attempts, Black Swan has finally found a way to reliably limit her energy attacks to non-lethal levels. Her block appeared to have been mental; she had such trouble conceptualizing using her extremely powerful blasts in a non-destructive capacity that she was unconsciously firing them with enough power to kill anyone without any form of invulnerability.
The solution was for her to center her magnetic fields around smaller parts of her body, like her fingers. I attempted to explain to her that narrowing the width of a relativistic particle accelerator would not slow the speed at which it ejects mass, but she insisted that, "No, it's smaller so it's weaker. Duh!"
I despise the fact that she was somehow right. I've decided to attribute it to the axiom "powers are weird" before my day is further ruined.
What this now means is that Black Swan can fire blasts that will burn and cause impact damage to her targets, but are extremely unlikely to kill them. Lady Leizi will be pleased, I suppose.
Testing of full-strength blasts was suspended after Black Swan evaporated enough seawater that clouds formed. We were yet to hit her upper-limit, but it is some order of magnitude greater than the explosion that destroyed the administration facility. I imagine even King would struggle with a fully-powered attack from Black Swan. Lady Leizi will be pleased again, I suppose.
It is worth noting that producing attacks of any magnitude causes Black Swan's eyes to glow bright enough that her pupils cannot be observed. Her body similarly produces light while during blasts, but in proportion the strength of her attack.
Power-Testing of Codename "Black Swan"—Notes of Dr. Mammoth Ibis—Log #16:
Testing the limits of Black Swan's invulnerability took more time than expected, simply because we ran out of things to hit her with. Small arms fire is totally ineffective, as are most conventional explosives. Chemical attacks fail to interact with her construct-body, and all the concussive forces we could produce were unable to do more than push Black Swan backwards. Even then, she could resist being moved with enough focus.
We eventually flew Lady Leizi in to test her lighting strikes. I regret that we don't have a wider range of metahuman powers to test on Black Swan, but we are limited to the two on Justice Unlimited's roster. For now!
We initially thought Lady Leizi's attacks were effective at harming Black Swan. I had all kinds of theories prepared about metahuman power interaction, but what were thought to be cries of pain were, in actuality, Black Swan squealing at how "cool" she thought Lady Leizi looked. I don't know why Dr. Rhodes seemed so amused—we wasted a whole hour.
After further testing, we concluded Lady Leizi's electrical blows were no more effective at harming Black Swan than anything else we had tested. Finally, after numerous safety precautions, Lady Leizi hit Black Swan with a maximum-power plasma strike. This finally caused visible disruption to Black Swan's construct-body that said "tickled", but did no damage to her core. Still, given that Black Swan is effectively incapacitated when reduced to her core until her construct-body regenerates, it is a useful data point.
Power-Testing of Codename "Black Swan"—Notes of Dr. Mammoth Ibis—Log #28:
Testing the limits of Black Swan's regeneration took exactly as long as I feared due to the fact that we had to wait for her construct-body to fully reconstitute after every round of testing. I was forced to watch twelve episodes of ♥️Moe Moe Kyun Magical Girl-Maid Monica♥️ while we waited. It was agony! I'm only going to finish watching season one later, and not any of the spin-offs.
As previously noted Black Swan fires her attacks by accelerating the mass in her construct-body through magnetic fields (tangent: is her construct-body made of mass or energy? I don't know. And neither do you!), which means that every attack depletes a part of her construct-body. For weaker-attacks, the depletion of mass is negligible. For stronger, more prolonged attacks, she will lose parts of -construct-body, starting with her fingers and toes, then limbs, then torso and head in that order. If her construct-body is totally depleted, she will enter into a "hibernation state" where her invulnerable core will remain in stasis until a critical mass of her construct-body regenerates.
Black Swan reports no discomfort when missing a part of her body, though she expressed hunger because she skipped breakfast. It was unclear if this was related to the testing.
Her core regenerates the construct by absorbing electromagnetic radiation. We tested this by exposing her to radio waves, microwaves, infrared, ultraviolet light, and x-rays. I was vetoed on testing gamma radiation—cowards! The shorter the wavelength of the electromagnetic wave, the quicker the regeneration.
Dr. Rhodes pointed out the energy exchange rate made no sense; the amount of energy provided by ambient light shouldn't recharge anywhere near the amount of energy expended by Black Swan. I told him, "Powers are weird! Shut up, nerd!"
He did not appreciate my attempts at bonding through "joshing" him. He asked me to not speak to him like that in front of his daughter.
I guess we hired Natasha as an intern.
Using just ambient solar radiation in atmosphere, we observed that it took ten minutes to regenerate a finger, an hour for a limb, and four hours for her torso. We know from the incident during the initial administration of her dose that it takes a full day to regenerate after being reduced to her core form. Part of that was spent on Jacob's Ladder in the thermosphere however; the full-recharge time may take even longer on the surface.
Power-Testing of Codename "Black Swan"—Notes of Dr. Mammoth Ibis—Log #32:
Finally, testing Black Swan's flight went relatively quickly. Her "flight" is actually a complicated manipulation of the gravitational anomaly at her core. She is able to essentially change the direction the gravity of her core pulls, meaning she "falls" more than she "flies". Why her core's gravity doesn't just constantly pull into the center of itself is another mystery for the ages. Despite this, Black Swan's control is instinctual and very fine; if I hadn't been measuring it myself—and seen gravitational powers in other metahumans—I never would have observed this.
Her acceleration is something to behold, and she can easily reach speeds beyond the sound barrier. I suppose this shouldn't be surprising; part of her DNA profile came from Novalight, who was theorized to be able to reach these speeds but unable to do so without destroying her body. Black Swan has no such concerns.
It is even possible Black Swan could reach speeds near that of light. However, during testing, she reported being "unable to see" as she approached relativistic speed. It's likely her senses don't work in non-Newtonian settings. Unfortunate, but at a certain point being able to go that fast is like putting a hat on a hat—who needs it? Not Dr. Mammoth Ibis!
This concludes the power testing. Natasha has been reminding me to apply sunscreen and providing me with lemonade. I suspect I am being "managed".
Dr. Mammoth Ibis doesn't need to be managed—oh! This batch is half iced-tea, you say? Dr. Mammoth Ibis will try it!
Delicious.
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Further understanding her powers increases Black Swan's HIT by 1!
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JK, I lied, update now.
Who doesn't like power-testing scenes? This guy! Hate 'em. Super cliche. But I do love writing Dr. Ibis, so this update came to me faster than it should have. Next update is gonna be beeifer and will take longer. I will probably ask for dice rolls tomorrow after I finish my outline.
Who doesn't like power-testing scenes? This guy! Hate 'em. Super cliche. But I do love writing Dr. Ibis, so this update came to me faster than it should have. Next update is gonna be beeifer and will take longer. I will probably ask for dice rolls tomorrow after I finish my outline.
Kermie
We’re So Cooked(?)
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- Somewhere On The Planet
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- He/She/They
Never change, Ibis.
Does Dr. Ibis do stand up?
Ok, good. Now we won't immediately just be killing the villains and anti-heroes.
You mean mental?
Superhero nerd syndrome. Huh.
POWERS! ARE! WEIRD!
(You can decide whether I'm talking about metahumans in general or Scarlet Maturity's hero team!)
Making the best meta human struggle is a very cool benchmark.
That invuln goes crazy, as expected.
Just you wait, man.
…guards! Send Dr. Ibis's ass to the spinoffs if he accidentally maims a candidate.
Nice.
Weird analogy, but cool info.
Bro, you were fast with this one.
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You saw nothing.
And Ibis is trying to work up the nerve to try an open-mic night.
LucidProp
Pocky Eating MafiaDoka
Black Swan's standard attack is now the finger gun. One finger for stun, two for dealing with hardier people, and four with both her hands together when they're really asking for it.
She can also dual wield for rapid fire.
Getting beat up by your favorite superhero? Yeah, I bet there are people who would react exactly like that even without invulnerability! I wonder if supervillain goons sign up to be a minion for specific supervillains just so they can see their favorite superhero face to face.
And we see his supervillainy. Being tsundere about a Magical Girl show, and being a bad example to children! Calling someone's dad a nerd in front of their kid? Dastardly.
That said, it does seem like Black Swan would struggle against opponents that can just outlast her. Scarlet Maturity really is a bad match-up for her since his regeneration and durability are absurd enough that Black Swan could potentially use up too much of herself trying to grind him down, and even if she does go full power from the start, there's no guarantee that would knock him out of the fight while it would definitely incapacitate her. That's a gamble we'll have to avoid until we know Scarlet Maturity's limits.
Useful as a panic button if Black Swan needs to get somewhere or run away in a straight line. Definitely collateral heavy though. Alternatively, an attack. Ramming someone at near lightspeed while still being durable enough to survive the process could be incredibly deadly to the target. Though, it would be a move made out of desperation more than anything else.
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- California
I think bitterman has a favorite canidate in mind for the next promethian. Just a theory.
Oh I just know it'll be a rambly-but-earnest 5.5 outta 10. He'll get some polite claps and chuckles from the crowd and think he killed it out there. The lab techs will have to endure 3x the dad jokes whenever he workshops another set.
Good idea Dr., best to diversify your research in case Mahou Shoujo no Justice Unlimited was inspired by multiple series. I've been meaning to get around to one of the ✨Cutie Heal✨'s myself.
Oh god he doesnt know...Nice to know that his second daughter is in the family business though.
Damn that's a good idea, I bet Dr. Ibis thought of it!
I hate that I'm hype about this; I feel like a kpop fan that posts cutesy edits of their favorite boy. That being said, I happily welcome the doctor into the Cult of Arnold Palmer. Less happy bc he must've called her Natasha when he thanked her
, but still.
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Rhys has appeared before as well, and will during this turn. I needed extra characters and thought using your possible candidates would be more fun than just having randos. I have no preference for who you pick; I've got storylines in mind for both of them.I think bitterman has a favorite canidate in mind for the next promethian. Just a theory.
Oh I just know it'll be a rambly-but-earnest 5.5 outta 10. He'll get some polite claps and chuckles from the crowd and think he killed it out there. The lab techs will have to endure 3x the dad jokes whenever he workshops another set.
Good idea Dr., best to diversify your research in case Mahou Shoujo no Justice Unlimited was inspired by multiple series. I've been meaning to get around to one of the ✨Cutie Heal✨'s myself.
Oh god he doesnt know...Nice to know that his second daughter is in the family business though.
Damn that's a good idea, I bet Dr. Ibis thought of it!
I hate that I'm hype about this; I feel like a kpop fan that posts cutesy edits of their favorite boy. That being said, I happily welcome the doctor into the Cult of Arnold Palmer. Less happy bc he must've called her Natasha when he thanked her
And Dr. Ibis did call her "Natasha". He got an awkward "I'm Natalie" in response and she scurried off. He's worried he was rude again (he's sensitive about embarrassing a man in front of his daughter for personal reasons).
Also, Arnold Palmers are a superior drink for a superior person!
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LucidProp
Pocky Eating MafiaDoka
Wait a minute, Natasha? Isn't Natasha dead? Rhodes' profile says as much, so Natalie is one of Rhodes' younger kids.
Dr. Ibis accidentally touching a sore spot for the Rhodes family. His powerset did not include super-empathy nor super-social graces.
Dr. Ibis accidentally touching a sore spot for the Rhodes family. His powerset did not include super-empathy nor super-social graces.
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Kermie
We’re So Cooked(?)
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- Somewhere On The Planet
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- He/She/They
And this is where we'd use our super empath/psychic… IF WE HAD ANY!
LucidProp
Pocky Eating MafiaDoka
I really dig how different this would have went if we were Radiant Silvergirl, since she and Automne were the closest people Dr. Ibis had to friends. I'm glad we chose to go get stuff from his lab, maybe the super-beetle he presented to the two is still there somewhere.
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Kermie
We’re So Cooked(?)
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- Somewhere On The Planet
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- He/She/They
Yo, the new Kamen Rider Kabuto spinoff goes crazy.