Project Prometheus (Original Setting Superhero Quest)

[spiderhellian]

VALIANT-GOLD is my immediate guess.

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That was my first thought as well, but why would it be hyphenated?

 

[Parabola]

Honestly if that's the case, then it's kinda hilarious? Because even as a new technology, this new route is... significantly and obviously better? But it's one you can't actually use while stuck up in a Space Ladder.

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Indeed. VG did say it would have to be inefficient as shit. And it'd be just like Rhys told Ibis when empowering Mona: if something goes wrong on the Ladder, you could get blown out to space.

...Man, this is bad. Ibis at the start of the quest already expressed very reasonable fears that every nation and corp on the planet would probably try to get their hands on Ambrosia if they knew what Project Prometheus really was, but... if we're entirely right and Elysium Station uses the Ladder to empower/create metahumans, then they're one of the few groups that might want to completely destroy it if they can't get their hands on it.

It's just as SM said: the powerful cannot bear peers. They would hate the idea that they've invested everything into a worse version of something that a lesbian communist came up with, which could empower literal nobodies to actually make the world a better place. If it can't be stolen, then it has to be destroyed.

Now I'm seriously wondering how the other quest-start routes would have gone. Would we be seeing open attempts at kidnapping Ibis and stealing Nora's notes? Would we be facing open warfare from the other factions? Geez.

The biggest danger is side effects but honestly Major side effect means bigger power and its not a surw thing too.

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Well, no. If it extracts power from the Leviathan, the true and biggest danger is that, like Silvio thinks Nora's tech did, it awoke the Leviathan.

I'm gonna quote myself from two weeks ago:

The Ladder being a psychic amplifier might explain why Valkyrie tried to destroy it. And it'd explain why the turn 2 Beach Episode action would have involved learning an "Unfortunate Truth of this World". Mona, who has Extreme Psychic Sensitivity, hasn't gone back to the Ladder ever since she got her powers! She might feel something just from being there.

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I love being right.

 

[TheGrape]

". . . it's 'Valiant Justice'," he finally says.

"Actually, ain't it 'Valiant Red, White, and Blue'?" Handyman askes, "Doesn't matter, we ain't callin' ya either, Stockpile."

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Handyman

"Yeah, uh, excuse me. Question!" Handyman calls with his hand raised, "What the hell is 'Project Prometheus'?"

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Handyman

"Tell me," you say, adjusting your sunglasses and matching his gaze, "Where did you even get this name, 'Project Prometheus'? Do you have a source? Or did you just pull it whole-cloth from out of the ether?"

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Not even Handyman's hidden handy talent for Mansplaining, Manipulating, and Malewifing can hold up against the Gaslight Gatekeep Girlboss LL™.

"I knew him all too well; I was engaged to his son!"

The unearthly, delighted gasp Chihiro lets out nearly derails your train of thought. Valiant Gold's eyes widen, while Handyman contorts his face into a cartoonish caricature of surprise.

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... Handyman really is the perfect backup for Lady Leizi. He really came in with swinging with a 2x4 today, he's wasted as a combatant when his true calling should be helping LL do what she does best.

 

[Bitterman]

2) Wait, I thought Ellie was sorta lying? Does her suit not draw power from the Stage?

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It feeds off Ellie's connection to the stage. What she said was true, she just didn't add that last part.

 

[Parabola]

2) Wait, I thought Ellie was sorta lying? Does her suit not draw power from the Stage?

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I guess you could say Ellie is the medium through which she draws power from the Stage, in which case it's not wrong to say she is the power source. That's why her Extreme Psychic Sensitivity was guaranteed. Edit: Ninja'd by Bitterman himself.

7-4... Phantom-Nora? Specter-Nora? Ghostly-Nora? VALIANT-BLUE?

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VALIANT-GOLD is my immediate guess.

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I'm gonna say Valiant-Nora for funsies.

 

[Byzantine]

1) Having a bunch of captured meta-humans seems like a little much, but it's possible. I guess you could blame it on America (or look at the Philosopher's clearly-mentally-not-all-there captives). EDIT: Or the prison, good point.
2) Wait, I thought Ellie was sorta lying? Does her suit not draw power from the Stage?

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I don't think it is a bunch. I suspect it is specifically the metahumans that elysium kept on hand that were… uncooperative, but worth not disposing of.

Ellie was and wasn't. The connection to the Stage is the psionic field she generates that powers EXCEED-BEYOND. The difference is primarily academic except that by using the stage rather than just her own emissions it isn't going to slowly kill her the way EXCEED was killing Nora.

 

[ScorpioSting]

This is cementing that our next Fill-In either has to be Flight of the Bumblebee (direct insight into Elysium itself) or Goodnight Avo (insight into the Ladder's construction, and the possibility of how it was either tampered with or how Osayin was tricked into making it).

The only limitation I can think of is this:

Memoria escaped the massacre at Scarlet Maturity's hands, and lived until the Leviathan woke. And Leizi clearly talked with him bout some stuff, asked him for information. Kissed him to make Rakeem jealous. So clearly, whatever is going on with Elysium wasn't visible at the surface level, though Memoria might have been too busy fighting for his life to notice anything really weird about it. I'm almost certain that while the Rich Asshole Spa Zone is cover, it's functioning cover and there are plenty of rich jerks who live there who know nothing about what's going on under the hood.

 

[Bitterman]

This is cementing that our next Fill-In either has to be Flight of the Bumblebee (direct insight into Elysium itself) or Goodnight Avo (insight into the Ladder's construction, and the possibility of how it was either tampered with or how Osayin was tricked into making it).

The only limitation I can think of is this:

Memoria escaped the massacre at Scarlet Maturity's hands, and lived until the Leviathan woke. And Leizi clearly talked with him bout some stuff, asked him for information. Kissed him to make Rakeem jealous. So clearly, whatever is going on with Elysium wasn't visible at the surface level, though Memoria might have been too busy fighting for his life to notice anything really weird about it. I'm almost certain that while the Rich Asshole Spa Zone is cover, it's functioning cover and there are plenty of rich jerks who live there who know nothing about what's going on under the hood.

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I'll point out the Susurration Fill-in is called "Stairway to Heaven".

 

[ThaTrueRealmWalk]

YOOOOOOOO, this is GREAT. The only think I would say is that Marajo is more a peninsula than island, so it's closer to mainland Brazil than what's shown here. +1!

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Thank you!!!! I'm glad you liked it! Took me a long while to get right!

Also you mind editing your post to indicate which color and symbol is what?

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I'll do that... sometime- The Symbols should at least be fairly obvious tho

And WONDERFUL CHAPTER AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

 

[Byzantine]

So clearly, whatever is going on with Elysium wasn't visible at the surface level, though Memoria might have been too busy fighting for his life to notice anything really weird about it. I'm almost certain that while the Rich Asshole Spa Zone is cover, it's functioning cover and there are plenty of rich jerks who live there who know nothing about what's going on under the hood.

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We also know Valkyrie figured it out and flipped the fuck out when she did so hard she went totally incoherent and tried to immediately smash the whole thing instead of even trying to evacuate the city first. So whatever it is is well shielded, but not perfectly. And however she learned the truth was so disturbing she lost all ability to do anything but try to immediately remove the problem, instead of doing the obvious and screaming "they are siphoning the fucking leviathan! It's going to wake it up!" (While not actively trying to destroy the ladder so people will, you know, actually listen to what she is saying she learned.)

 

[Parabola]

This is cementing that our next Fill-In either has to be Flight of the Bumblebee (direct insight into Elysium itself) or Goodnight Avo (insight into the Ladder's construction, and the possibility of how it was either tampered with or how Osayin was tricked into making it).

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Surely it should be the actual fill-in relating to the Ladder, the one Bitterman talked about in a non-threadmarked post, and involves Valkyrie and King?

[ ] Stairway to Heaven (Valiant Red, Valkyrie, King, Dr. Theodore Frederson)

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Edit: Ninja'd again by Bitterman. The thread is going really fast right now.

 

[ScorpioSting]

Why is everything so tasty at this info buffet????

 

[Kermie]

What would Nora do in a situation like? Wait, no, that's a terrible example to follow. She would just get angry and start swearing at everyone.

What about Yazmin? She was the most socially-able of all of you. Could you . . no . . . that she's also a poor person to imitate. Yazmin would give a rousing speech to inspire everyone to hold hands and work for the common good.

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Heh. Very funny.

Harper. What would Harper do in a situation like this?

Spoiler: Stat Check

DC 15.

Stat Check: REPUTATION 15. Lady Leizi, Valiant Gold, and Handyman have a combined REPUTATION 16.

The Audience has granted you +4 on this roll.

You rolled: 11.

11 + 0 + 4 = 15. Success!

She would rip and tear, until it was done. But be cute about it.

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But be cute about it? Alright, let's see.

". . . it's 'Valiant Justice'," he finally says.

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Even he really doesn't want to be associated with that flag.

"Excuse me, I was talking to Stockpile. Leader to leader, you understand," you say dismissively, "Now, Stockpile, I know Nora put psychic protections in all of her armors. You've butchered her work, but surely you kept those in place, yes?"

He bristles, but stiffly nods. ". . . I did."

"Well, then," you say, clapping your hands together, "The solution is simple. You'll check the logs on Valiant Gold's armor and verify that her armor detected psychic interference right before she discovered Seraph. If the logs don't match, then, of course, we'll give a full apology. But, if they do match . . ."

You look down at Seraph and widen your smile, displaying your teeth.

"Valiant Gold, if you would?"

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I imagine that LLs smile here was all teeth, no eyes.

You Little Shit!

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Hahhahaha already commented on this earlier but I love her so much. Granted, my fav is Callie, so I may be biased.

"Y'know," Chihiro says looking and tapping her chin, "If Justice Unlimited was well-informed enough to know that Seraph was going to be up there and devious enough to come up with a scheme to frame her for using her powers on them. . . then why weren't they smart enough to come up with a way to prove it? Surely there would be better ways than to rely on someone who hates them?"

Joules sputters. "Well, uhhh, that's—"

"Also! I'm surprised to see a former member of Global Justice be so quick to dismiss Justice Unlimited's complaints! Global Justice used to take such a harsh stance against metahuman-based mental manipulation. They had too, with the damage rogue mind-controllers could do to the trust the public had in Justiciar!"

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That's a genuinely good point, ngl.

What would Justiciar think, to see her old subordinates potentially help cover something like this up?"

Stockpile reels like he's been slapped. Joules grabs his other shoulder and pulls him back, and then leans over to talk to Chihiro.

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Yes, yes! (Cackles manually at the sight of Silvio suffering )

"You have that shitty goatee because you're embarrassed by your weak chin."

Joules' hand flies to his chin as his lip quivers. Tears immediately fill his eyes.

"W-what's wrong with my goatee?!"

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Everything, Mr. Joules.

"Seraph," he says, his voice deceptively calm, "You're on indefinite suspension. Get out of here, now. You are confined to your quarters until I return and we discuss the rest of your punishment detail."

He turns to you, his words halting. It seems like he would rather chew glass than say what next comes out of his mouth, but, to his credit, he says it all the same.

"I apologize for my teammate's actions. They are inexcusable." You can see your face reflected in his visor. "She will be disciplined."

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Silvio: You're right. Stop doing that please.

"You will not undermine my authority," Stockpile growls, leaning close to White Hawk. "I don't care if she's also part of your precious Horae Guard. Down here, this isn't how we operate. If you don't like it, you can fly back to Elysium."

His face is inches from White Hawks. "Do you understand me?"

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Little bro thinks he's the leader! Bro thinks this is a story about him!!!

"Yeah, uh, excuse me. Question!" Handyman calls with his hand raised, "What the hell is 'Project Prometheus'?"

Spoiler: Stat Check

DC 13.

Stat Check: ESPIONAGE 10. Lady Leizi, Valiant Gold, and Handyman have a combined ESPIONAGE 21.

You rolled: 12.

12 + 5 = 17. Success!

That throws them for a loop.

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Feigning disbelief? Nice.

Some of your annoyance is feigned. You didn't expect them to actually reveal their source. Honestly, Handyman was probably correct; their informant was most likely Faust. As for he learned of Project Prometheus . . .

Black Swan's description of the creature spying on you comes to mind. It was the best explanation. Did Faust have some connection with that thousand-eyed creature?

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Good, good, connecting the dots.

"I'm a metahuman only in a very technical sense. My mind constantly produces a low amount of psychic energy. It's an entirely useless power, except it's able to power the EXCEED-BEYOND armor I wear."

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I'm pretty sure that was thanks to Parabola from the thread. Thanks!

5 (???????-????) = 23. Critical Success! Major Success!

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Who?

". . . so you power it with other people's psychic fields. That's what your armor was doing to trigger my defenses at the memorial."

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Oh shit. He's taking from other's Stockpiles.

…eh. Eh? See what I did there?

Perhaps she's discovered some method of strengthening metahumans? And chosen to share it with Justice Unlimited in exchange for . . . leniency."

"Again punching," Handyman shouts, exasperated.

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Handyman is wondering if he'd be able to get away with one, physical punch. As a treat.

Because," Stockpile growls at his mirror, "Justice Unlimited is enhancing its members by taking power from the Leviathan!"

You could hear a pin drop in the stunned silence that follows that proclamation.

". . . fuckin' what?" Handyman says, bewildered.

"We know Valiant Silver was experimenting on the Leviathan, because Uiara saw fit to warn her father of her madness," Stockpile says, "I refuse to believe that you, Lady Leizi, were ignorant of what she was doing. But why? Why tamper with something so dangerous? To make Justice Unlimited even more powerful."

". . . is that even possible?" you ask, nonplussed. You're so baffled by his assertion that you're not even offended by his accusation.

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What is bro yapping about? Genuinely, the fuck?

"I care nothing for your assurances," you snarl. You've finally had enough. "Just as I do not care for the Elysium Station's transparent attempts to take control of Horizon-proper!"

You feel something hot and angry welling up in your chest, something you usually push down. "Control" has always been the word that has defined your life; being able to control your emotions was the reason you survived into adulthood. However, it has also inhibited you. Stopped you expressing yourself, from letting people see the real you. And what you need now is authenticity in order to smack down this smug child and his smiles that don't reach his eyes.

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Go Leizi, kick his ass!!! (Gets out popcorn)

"Justice Unlimited has always stood for the idea that heroism is a form of solidarity. We protect others, not for profit, but simply because they are fellow humans and therefore entitled to their dignity. We are guardians, not custodians."

The feelings that you were taught by your team bubble on your tongue and coalesce into the words you could never find before now.

"Justice Unlimited is mighty because we care for others and are cared for in turn."

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As a wise man once said: "when you love somebody, you become stronger than you were before."

Also damn I gotta go make some progress on that one Omake inspired by One Piece Fan Letter now. I'm inspired.

You may wish to consider returning to Elysium."

She shivers in terror. White Hawk narrows his eyes at you. Yes, you say back, silently, Even his precious Horae Guard cannot completely escape your web.

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ESPIONAGE 8, no powers related to it ladies and gentlemen!

you know what Lamar Thompson told me the night we met? 'Do not end up like me.

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! That's interesting. Glad to see he had a conscious at the end of the day.

"Begone, little bird," you whisper, "Fly back to your roost in the sky."

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YEAH!!!

Lady Leizi gains +1 to her REPUTATION.

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You love to see it.

You gain +5 to your roll counteracting Crusade's next attack on your REPUTATION next turn! Justice Unlimited has garnered enough public support that Crusade's next attack on your REPUTATION will automatically fail!

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Oh thank god it's an autopass.

"Surely there will be other consequences!" Chaucer says, outraged, "People cannot seriously believe she was acting of her own initiative."

"People will believe whatever they're told, because people are damn fools," John Henry spits.

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Looks at X. You may be right John.

". . . they're also lusting over White Hawk," John Henry rumbles, "It seems pretty-boy has gained himself a number of fans

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Ughhhhhhhhh how many times do we have to say it! Handyman and Chatalet alone are ten times as hot as White Hawk! I'm not even counting John Henry in that calculation btw!

Sandra pokes him in the side. "Sugarboots, I told you already: you're handsome when you're filled with righteous anger, but, if you don't calm down, I'm not wearing that thing you like after the kids go to bed tonight."

"P-pookie!"

"Don't 'pookie' me, Mr. Superhero!" Sandra says, pulling back from him, "You're the old man on this team. Start acting like a damn example!"

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Like an old married couple. Hm, this made me smile.

"He was in jail for running a pirated-media site."

"Oh no," Handyman whispers, "Nerds are my weakness."

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Gaaaayyyyyyy.

Sandra looks over at Maddie, who crosses her arms. She shakes her head slowly. "Don't even think about it, lady. My sexuality is one big question mark."

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Straight
Lesbian
Bisexual
What are you, a cop?

Oh, don't be like that. I had to come here after seeing the two of them," Chihiro says, taking a seat, "I mean, did you hear Valiant Gold? 'What did you do to Black Swan?!' When the rest of her team got whammied too? And she and Black Swan supposedly don't get along? Yeah, that's a pair of frenesbians if I ever saw one."

"Whammied?" Rhys asks.

". . . frenesbians?" Opale inquires.

"Yeah! Whammied! Bamboozled! Borked! Zonked! Y'know, messing with your head but shy of mind control?" Chihiro says, waving her arms, "And they're friendly-enemy-lesbians: frenesbians! Try to keep up!"

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Frenesbians! Another thing for my autocorrect to learn.

"Well, I punched Juan Bonfim in his stupid, perfect face before handing in my letter of resignation at the station so . . . I need a new job and somewhere to lay low in case I'm wanted for assault."

"And I've already agreed," you chime in, "Everyone welcome our new Director of Communications!"

"Ah, bully then!" Chaucer says, nonplussed.

"Hell yeah, welcome aboard!"

"Oh wow. This is . . . going to affect our budget even more, isn't it? I mean, I'm glad to have you! {But where is the money gonna come from . . .?!"}"

"I need my own line of marketable plushies for my menagerie, yesterday."

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MARKETABLE PLUSHIESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Takanashi Chihiro joins as an affiliate member! You gain access to her skills, The No Spin Zone (Now with Spin) and You Little Shit!

+1 Global Action! New Global Actions unlocked!

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Again, love to see it, especially with the Personal->Global action rework coming up.

". . . I don't want her to hate me! But I can't stop putting my stupid foot in my mouth wherever I talk to her! It's like, she's so pretty and, whenever I see her, my brain just starts going 'beep-boop, time to self-destruct'. What am I going to dooooooooo?"

You tried to ignore the way your heart flipped in your chest. Black Swan had no idea what she was saying—she . . . she may as well have been drunk. She was just rambling.

". . . I don't hate you," you muttered.

"Huh?" She looked at you like she just realized you were there for the first time. "Ellie! Oh, Ellie, hiiiiiii! You should leave before I accidentally say something that makes you hate me again."

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Damn. She's kinda sad like this.

"You what a hero should be. I admire you. I just wish I knew why you hated me."

"I don't hate you! I have a curse! The turbo-fumble! I'm cursed with the turbo-fuuuuuuuuumble!"

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The meme has ascended!

At the end of it, you felt like you had gone another round with Warpstar. You worried there would be more, but Marisa had just clapped you on the shoulder and said she "approved". She then gave you enough leftovers to eat for a week and sent you home.

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Ellie. Ellie you just got fucking cleared to be Mona's girlfriend. Ellie good news that's one of the hardest steps out of the way.

11 - 3 + 5 (???????-????) = 13. Failure!

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It's the same question marks again. Who…?

As sleep claims you, a familiar voice rings in your ears.

Because maybe someone else already has.

You bolt up in bed, adrenaline surging in your veins. Your head is pounding but the pain is muted. Like you've been struck in the head by a mallet wrapped in cotton. But, try as you might and as desperately as you want to, you can't hear the voice anymore.

"N-nora . . . ?"

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!!!

Eh?!?!??!?

Was Nora the source of those question marks? Couldn't have been, right…?

Anyways, as for votes I'm leaning lunch. If we have a lunch appointment ready, then we go for lunch. It's only polite.

It's powered a lot like how EXCEED-BEYOND is powered. Only it isn't voluntary. Crusade has meta humans locked up somewhere being siphoned to feed the armor when it isn't in use. This is a much nastier process than it is for Ellie, because they don't have powers perfectly custom designed to fuel the suit.

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No, I can add on to this: Elysium is powered by locked up metahumans. Yes, it's inhumane, but it's a perfect metaphor for the rich being… uh, not sure if I can say that on this site.

 

[Byzantine]

No, I can add on to this: Elysium is powered by locked up metahumans. Yes, it's inhumane, but it's a perfect metaphor for the rich being… uh, not sure if I can say that on this site.

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No no, Elysium is powered by the Psionic Siphon that is Jacob's ladder which pulls from the Leviathan.

Not because they wouldn't pull form metahumans, but because the entire thing was purpose built to be an amplification chamber for the Psionic Siphon, and trying to mix metahuman power sources into that as well is just asking for it to blow up. Which they wouldn't experiment with where they live.

But they have their own metahumans that just aren't cooperative, but too useful to dispose of.

 

[Kermie]

…honestly, this Elysium theorizing is getting too complicated for tired me. Um, guess it's time to take those fill-ins and that Beach Episode, amirite?

Oh and btw meme incoming in a few min. I've got a good one cooking.

 

[Byzantine]

…honestly, this Elysium theorizing is getting too complicated for tired me. Um, guess it's time to take those fill-ins and that Beach Episode, amirite?

Oh and btw meme incoming in a few min. I've got a good one cooking.

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Lol.

The short version is Valkyrie was completely correct, and the reason she went 'insane' completely justified. The only question is why she was so incoherent about it instead of getting her team to fully understand the truth and taking the entirety of New Dawn with her to destroy the ladder.

We've gotten this from what Ellie stated in this update, Nora's comment, and Stockpile's suspiciously-specific accusation, combined with the vague understanding we have of what Valkyrie tried to do and her ranting while she did so.

 

[Gore17]

I'll do that... sometime- The Symbols should at least be fairly obvious tho

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Not all of them! What's the one in the Creature's Den?

Even he really doesn't want to be associated with that flag.

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Yeah, thinking the name might have been the higher ups insisting.

 

[Kermie]

Behold, I'm back with the meme. It's the best thing I've made today.

Spoiler: The Silvio slander will never stop!!!

 

[ScorpioSting]

For the record, I still think that something, Hand possibly given how Fish talks about it, did affect her mind, even if it was just something as simple as "shut down logic and reasoning, leave only animal instinct" to Valkyrie.

I'm also still of the belief that the Nora combat-analysis-log from Kintsugi is about someone fighting both King and Valkyrie, not King and Valkyrie fighting each other. Admittedly, this is relying on the slightly meta info we have about what Wider Than The Mile will give us (both info on King and Valkyrie).

 

[Byzantine]

For the record, I still think that something, Hand possibly given how Fish talks about it, did affect her mind, even if it was just something as simple as "shut down logic and reasoning, leave only animal instinct" to Valkyrie.

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I tend to agree - my suspicion is they found out at more or less the same time she uncovered the truth, and went "oh fuck!" And did the only thing they could - scramble her hard enough she went berserk instead of being her usual charismatic and largely intelligent self and leading her team to evacuate the city and destroy the ladder.

Because it explains why she acted so entirely out of character after figuring it out: she stumbled on a psionic mine when she did so and that left an opening for them to scramble her to make sure she couldn't coherently rally support. Because her usual self would have had the city rising up to destroy the ladder themselves.

 

[ScorpioSting]

I'm just worried because "How could the world's strongest psychic lose a psychic battle to maintain control on her own mind" feels like a hole.

 

[Temes1066]

Roster:

Lady Leizi - HIT 5, ESPIONAGE 8, REPUTATION 6, OPERATIONS 5.

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You wouldn't know due to our success with social scences but we started REP 3 and we had major doubts, we can make anyone trust us but look at us now.

 

[Byzantine]

I'm just worried because "How could the world's strongest psychic lose a psychic battle to maintain control on her own mind" feels like a hole.

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Ambush. It wasn't a fight. She was off balance from whatever she broke through to learn this in the first place and they slammed "scramble" on before she knew she was even under attack. That's why I mentioned a psionic mine - basically she stepped on a trap when breaking through a shield to learn the truth, and in doing so left her own defenses horribly frail. She was then 'shot' before she could react by someone probably waiting for exactly that moment.

 

[The Laurent]

I definitely want to improve LL's Hit... and maybe eventually Operations, but that's less immediately vital.

 

[daedalus725]

I think it's more like a circuit in structure.

The Leviathan is the battery, the Ladder is the wire, and Elysium is the light bulb.

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See learning, it might be just empowering already existing matas makes me less worried about getting swarmed

This is also why crusade want princess so badly - it isn't about Monarch. It's because they can use her to fuel a second suit.

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Nah it's why they wanted to get Scarlet under their thumb & want Prometheus. the more Monopoly you can have on power boosters the better you are

I imagine that LLs smile here was all teeth, no eyes

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Just when I think she can't get hotter

Who?

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Don't worry using letter making I have figured it out
???????-????
lesbian-nora
(it doesn't line up because of text spacing)

Straight
Lesbian
Bisexual
What are you, a cop?

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Perhaps just as terrifying a match maker

No, I can add on to this: Elysium is powered by locked up metahumans. Yes, it's inhumane, but it's a perfect metaphor for the rich being… uh, not sure if I can say that on this site

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I was right olamas