Space Ninja Summer Camp ( Warframe/Worm )

So I skimmed a bit, and may not have noticed it but... really, noone commenting on the BB PRT just completely shitting the bed on the bounty thing ? What, did they think they could coerce Taylor into not only being their newest member but also not immediately making this breach of protocol, that THEY THEMSELVES ESTABLISHED, public ? Is this a common thing for them to do ? Why would anyone not already PRT affiliated even TRY to claim a bounty, ever ? Why does the bounty system even still exist ? If this is a known thing, why didn`t Ordis come across it being discussed somewhere on the net ? PHO can`t be the only location for any discussion about the parahuman scene anywhere.

There`s only so much that can be explained by Coil shenanigans and Dragon restrictions abuse.

No, that would just make them look stupid, corrupt and incompetent for "driving a hero to villany" and for failing to capture Taylor.
While you're probably right they will try capturing Taylor a few more times (because they really are stupid, corrupt and incompetent) I expect they'll go to the more rational choice, blame shadow stalker for "falsifying a report" and Lieutenant Anthony Walkers for "acting rashly and needlessly antagonistic, and using excessive force" and try and claim the organization as a who is fine, it's just these two bad apples that caused a problem, then sweep the entire incident under the table.
This is exactly what I expect to happen. Organizational ass covering ho !

As if the PRT gives a shit, they look out for their parahumans first, PR second and civilians are last place priority.
It`s 'PR > Our people > Getting parahumans under our control > Civilians.' more likely.
 
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That honestly went about how I thought it would. Taylor did basically murder three people and severely injured another. Yes it was in defense of others, but that still gets you arrested until the system decides what to do with you.

What are you talking about? It is not murder to kill someone in defense of another it is called justified homicide. You do not get arrested right away unless you have pissed off the cops. They investigation and want the weapon used to test that it is the weapon used then send the gathered info to ether the DA directly or to a Grand Jury who then decide was it justified or not and can we successfully prosecute it or not.

Please stop using a 1700 year old badly translated to English political book to label or justify things.
 
What are you talking about? It is not murder to kill someone in defense of another it is called justified homicide. You do not get arrested right away unless you have pissed off the cops. They investigation and want the weapon used to test that it is the weapon used then send the gathered info to ether the DA directly or to a Grand Jury who then decide was it justified or not and can we successfully prosecute it or not..

Okay, here`s the issue. Taylor has REALLY pissed of the relevant policing authority.

Even had she not, Rule of Law is... not a thing the PRT gives much of a fuck about.
 
So I skimmed a bit, and may not have noticed it but... really, noone commenting on the BB PRT just completely shitting the bed on the bounty thing ? What, did they think they could coerce Taylor into not only being their newest member but also not immediately making this breach of protocol, that THEY THEMSELVES ESTABLISHED, public ? Is this a common thing for them to do ? Why would anyone not already PRT affiliated even TRY to claim a bounty, ever ? Why does the bounty system even still exist ? If this is a known thing, why didn`t Ordis come across it being discussed somewhere on the net ? PHO can`t be the only location for any discussion about the parahuman scene anywhere.

There`s only so much that can be explained by Coil shenanigans and Dragon restrictions abuse.
Dragon restrictions are history thanks to Taylor. So that excuse is gone.

You make a good point. How will ANYONE turn in a bounty to the PRT if this happens regularly? If Taylor decides to release video of the whole debacle, most Independent heroes or even Rogues toeing the Hero line would most likely fall to the villains because at least you know most villains have some way to counter the PRT in all forms. It also means the PRT will break the truce, even Endbringer Truces, if it suits them, so it also makes it worse that if the only heroes that go to such clusterfucks are Protectorate only, then the PRT is to blame for their self-righteous attitude towards non-Protectorate capes.
 
Dragon restrictions are history thanks to Taylor. So that excuse is gone.

Yes, but it`s not been long. She might have been used to obfuscate previous, similar events and 'sanitize' any discussion concerning it. The PRT also knows fairly little about the ramifications of that event, or even Dragons AI nature, so they might still be expecting it to be as simple as approaching Dragon with a request and be very, very surprised when Dragon goes 'nope !'
 
It's a bit like going to the petting zoo, getting upset that the animals are pooping everywhere, and then yelling at them. Why get upset over what the cute animals are doing? Why ruin your mood by yelling at them?

She doesn't respect their authority at all. They can't do anything to her, personally. And any threat to her loved one she takes seriously enough and she can just murder-claus her way through the (local) PRT. With more members of her clan present, they could murder-claus the (national) PRT in a night or so, if they got motivated.

Except this is more like meeting your childhood idol for a talk about future work together and instead that person yells at you and acts like a petulant child, and ending it all with a death threat. You would be angry at that.

Them not being able to hurt her physically does not mean she should accept anything from them, and saying she shouldn't react unless they try to go after her family is like saying you aren't allow to defend yourself from people going after you in non physical ways. They can hurt you in other ways.

Because Taylor's trolling them. That's how I read this. And beyond that, she's providing enough believable fake info on her identity and her personality to, if the PRT treats everything they've seen as anything other than the smokescreen that it was, deescalate things in the long run (at least compared to how it'd be treated if she went in there treating it as a serious confrontation) while making the PRT look like idiots and asshats in the process.

In other words, the next encounter she has with them will invariably be way more civil, if only because all they'll really get out of this are two lessons:

Don't send Armsmaster to conduct any sort of operation that involves interacting with people.
Tenno understands the value of good PR just as well as they do, if not more.

Taylor looked up to the PRT as a child. Yes, now she is more disillusioned about the whole thing, but that kind of thing might sting a bit.

Her trolling them came out of nowhere. She was going there for future working relations, such as cashing in bounties. To find it funny and then use some inane attempt at humor that smells of content taken from garbage bashing stories makes very little sense. She does not try and salvage anything, nor demand respect in any way.
All the time she has to tell them they are being ridiculous is her make snide remarks until the facade breaks and they both act like children.

This shows she does not know how to work around bad situations as long as it isn't in combat. I am not sure how that fits with the Tenno we are shown previously.

The whole thing reads as if the author wanted the PRT seen in a bad light, but as a big bad down the road and had to find some way to postpone that story arc.


Looking back at it it seems like she was stoned the whole day. Her emotions are muted and fluctuating the entire time unrelated to the severity of things around her. The previous chapters made her out as a serious person with goals in mind. This seems borderline crack-fic.
 
a futile effort to get comformortable
comfortable
Conformortable actually looks like a real word.
Instead of saying what he really though,
thought
I've never met a Tinker who couldn't sit still for more than a minute or two.
who could sit
With is back to the wall opposite the interrogation room, Tony
his back
the tip of the deadly weapon aim at her chest
aimed
This update stretched my suspension of disbelief uncomfortably wide. The interrogator's behaviour seemed extremely inexperienced and inflexible. Straight up incompetent even. Starting with a hard sell is something I could see them do, but the frequent unprovoked (or barely provoked) escalation topped of by a thumbs up in the middle of the situation felt beyond amateurish. There are police interrogators like that, but would the PRT really send someone like that to an unknown but really dangerous parahuman? Did Coil plant him there to fuck it up?

Even if Taylor derailed it beyond what is typical, I cannot really see how the PRT thought this plan would go well. They already thought Tenno might be an established fully adult tinker. While I could see them going hard against known people, new triggers and children, I really do not see them going immediately for the hard sell against an unknown established adult.

Lastly, any video of this type of scenario will be terrible for the PRT's reputation. And if anyone has hidden camera, it is the tinker. I'm not even speaking about Tenno here, doing this with any adult hero is terrible. Unless they manage to browbeat them into signing up right there, and maybe even then, it will pose a gigantic risk. The fact that they are doing it with a tinker who has already visible modified the space around her eyes just puts the icing on top.

tl;dr: Unless this was a Coil plot, it is unbelievable. And I don't really see Coil being involved that deeply here.
 
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I don't get why so many authors who choose to have alt-powers from other fandoms chooses to make the shards more or less blue screen when they encounter this new power. I mean, if we look at the purpose of the cycle it is to stop the heat death of the universe, right? And how does the Entities go about this? Well, they do one of two things:

1) they find new powers to add to their catalogue, hoping to someday find a power which fulfills the purpose of the cycle
2) find new ways to apply existing powers to somehow complete the cycle

Now, the problem with the Entities, or at least the [Warrior] and the [Thinker], is they are not very creative themselves, hence why they find a host species to gift their powers to so that the host can experiment for them.

Now, if we assume the possibility that the Entities never have encountered a host species who likes heated beverages, a Tinker wouldn't be stomped by a coffee machine. No, the Tinker would disassemble it, look at the parts it is made up of, and then assemble them again or, more likely, try to build something new out if the available materials. The Tinker would not blue screen.

Now, to relate this to the chapter at hand. Tattletale's shard just encountered something new to it. What I think is a more likely scenario is the shard trying to encourage Tattletale to spend more time around this new phenomenon, to learn whether it can help with the problem of the heat death of the universe. Instead what happened? It made Tattletale sick and pass out, making her less likely to interact with this new thing.

Now, I get the fact that it could have been an accident, the shard was so eager to learn about this new thing it forgot Tattletale's limited brain power, making her sick as she couldn't withstand the data the shard was trying to extract. But it just seems to me like the shard is punishing Tattletale for finding something new when, I think, it should have been reward her for finding new data.
 
I kind of saw it as Armsmaster jumping the gun regarding Tenno. From the previous chapters, it sounds like he really wants Tenno to be part of the Protectorate. Though, Piggot did warn them not to take any action that will provoke or threaten Tenno because she might have a Special Forces background. This meeting is the exact opposite. It feels like they are treating Tenno like a typical parahuman.
 
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Normally I`d agree, but even through the lore issues, the pretentious, the poorly executed cliche, there`s one thing that`s obvious in Warframe :

The Void is supremely bad shit yo. In this instance, it`s pretty reasonable for both shard and host to freak out.

I kind of saw it as Armsmaster jumping the gun regarding Tenno. From the previous chapters, it sounds like he really wants Tenno to be part of the Protectorate

Man, he sure picked the right way to go about it huh ? Even IF he assumes she`ll cave under pressure because the PRTs stick is just that big, even IF he`s super ripshit pissed about how she dealt with Sophia, even IF he wasn`t cautioned by Dragon that the forceful approach isn`t going to work...

This is an idiot ball too large even for Halbeard.
 
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... well, that was a clusterfuck of epic proportions. Halbeard is going to get *shaved* over this.

Hmm... looks like shards, just like sentients, get completely bonkered just for gazing into the Void. Either that, or Wally is out there as well, knows what the shards are, and is not having any of that shit, thank you very much.
 
The secret truth of the Void
Now, I get the fact that it could have been an accident, the shard was so eager to learn about this new thing it forgot Tattletale's limited brain power, making her sick as she couldn't withstand the data the shard was trying to extract. But it just seems to me like the shard is punishing Tattletale for finding something new when, I think, it should have been reward her for finding new data.

Alas for Tattletale, one way to describe the Tenno is as follows:

A long long time ago, a (very big) ship full of people drew the attention of Azathoth. Azathoth was looking for something new and interesting to play with, so he tried shoving bits of himself into the people to see what would happen. The more well formed minds of the adults on the ship didn't react too well to this. The less well formed minds (and bodies) of the children however, did fine. For certain limited values of "fine".

The Star Spawn, whose ship it was, eventually got the ship back. It contained a whole lot of children with bits of Azathoth stuck all in them. The Star Spawn found this fascinating and tried all sorts of experiments on the children. "Fortunately" for the children, the bits of Azathoth they contained tended to react badly to things like Star Spawn experiments, causality, and spacetime. Many Star Spawn experimenters suffered horrible fates, until the surviving ones just threw up their hands, and stuffed the children of Azathoth in a freezer.

Much later, the Star Spawn were losing a war against the thousand young of Shub-Niggurath, and went looking in the freezer to see what they could find to help. Out came the Children of Azathoth, who the Star Spawn tortured into fighting for them.

Eventually, the Children of Azathoth were victorious against the ten thousand young, and were finally able to get around to dealing with that whole, 'tortured by the Star Spawn' thing. 'It hurts and stings,' the Star Spawn said, as they died.

During the war, the Star Spawn had unleashed cruel weapons against Shub-Niggurath, making her unable to have any more children. This made her very sad. Until, one day, she saw the Children of Azathoth, who had just finished murdering her enemies, the Star Spawn, in a variety of creative and painful ways.
"Mah new babbies!' Shub-Niggurath exclaimed, as she hugged the Children of Azathoth to her bosom. Having only known the cruelties of the Star Spawn, the Children of Azathoth really didn't have much of a problem being hugged into the bosom of Shub-Niggurath, and in return, she used her terrible knowledge to help the children reduce the amount they broke reality simply by existing.

Tired from their labors and still suffering from the cruelties of the Star Spawn, Shub-Niggurath and the Children of Azathoth slept. But now, the stars are right, and they are awakening again. Welcome to Warframe.

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So when you look deeply at a Child of Azathoth Tenno, and ask, "What exactly is that, and how does it work?", it's pretty obvious that your brain meat might become a little upset with you.
 
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The Void is supremely bad shit yo. In this instance, it`s pretty reasonable for both shard and host to freak out.


Yeah, I get both those things. My post wasn't meant as a slight towards the Void, or even @Sleethr in general. I have just seen this trend in so many alt-powers fics that I felt like I had to say something about it, so when Sleethr did something similar I just had to offer my 2 cents. And yeah, Sleethr may have executed this better than most, given his Taylor at least have the excuse of not being shard-powered. Still, I felt I had to voice my opinion on this topic, though maybe this thread wasn't the best place to do so.
 
That's weird, I didn't receive email notification of the last four chapters. And I know I'm not the only one.

I love how Lisa power short-circuit, and yes, Taylor and Alec speaking is gold.

About the PRT part, I was tempted to say @Sleethr than that situation is unlikely to happen in that, but I didn't want to change his story too much or take control of it saying him that he must change everything, so I helped him with parts that didn't look fine. For example, MM falling form the narrative (I think is the second time it happened, maybe you have a subconscious issue with her :p:p:p ).
Also, it could be veeeeeeeeeery interesting see the fallout of that situation (I really hope that the PRT realize that they can control Tenno and have her in the bad list is worse, I know is a void hope but, a man could dream). In fact, I hope the PRT put in the new threat assement something like:

"If you see Tenno in a bikini be polite and don't assume that she is unarmed or without access to her tinkertech." :p:D:lol:rofl::p:D:lol:rofl::p:D:lol:rofl:

Or, at least, Clock saying something like that.


Poor PRT they don't know that they have now something of the scale of Lung in the Bay.

"You 'forgot' the paperwork I came here to fill out." Tenno air qouted forgot,

quoted
 
This was one of the best (if not the best) chapter of this story. Can't wait to see how it will continue. By the I agree. If Dragon, (and Taylor herself) didn't want to fight with the PRT and Protectorate literally; the best way to go ahead would be PR attacks. Posting the video of this "aggressive negotiations" tactics, particulars of Canary case, Tagg giving orders that are illegal or unethical as hell, dig into paperwork and drag old skeletons from paperwork. Hell Dragon has been shown she hates that she has to follow unethical orders. She may agree and help herself. And Ordis is pretty much the king of digital warfare on Earth right now (bar maybe Simurgh).
 
Alright, I see the interrogation part being the most controversial here, so I probably should add my own two cents.

So, first, PRT just loves a heavy handed approach, it's more or less canon. Add to that Armsmaster, this being a beginning of canon timeline, is a complete and utter asshole, hardly caring of anything besides himself, in addition to his innate social obtuseness. Then they jump the gun and assume Taylor is your common run-of-the-mill parahuman Tinker (and a teenager to boot) and act accordingly. They actually expect to succeed with their chosen tactics because that worked before. And Piggot probably doesn't know what they planned. Whoo boy, there's going to be a lot of shouting in the next PRT interlude.

On the other hand, Taylor expects this scenario, has access to their internal information, is used to dealing with syndicates in the Origin System and probably actually views Bet organizations as just another ones. She has a lot of experience, she's Tenno, they can do exactly nothing to her, and Dragon asked her to play nice, so events unfold as they do. Compared to the usual Tenno mode of operation, it's incredibly peaceful.

My only advice to the author is to include Taylor's perspective on that.

What actions to take next? Well, one variant is to try and register in another branch, in Canada for example. Political shitstorm would be amazing if that succeeds. Releasing videos she undoubtedly has and other internal information is a bit of a nuclear option, but since when Tenno were afraid of breaking out big guns? Though people in her life are likely dissuade her of such actions. Or if Piggot decides to be reasonable, the peaceful approach is also a viable option, and I can see her taking this path, partly because Taylor isn't acting like a Parahuman, being all rational and nonconfrontational.

PS. Oh, and Coil is in the world of hurt if Lisa finds the right approach. Void and procognition don't mesh well, it seems.
 
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I understand why they couldn't afford to "play it nice".
She is:
1) Experienced, with already working tech.
2) On her way to financial independence.
3) Shows no hesitation to resolve to brute/lethal force.

On the other hand, they wish to have her themselves, rather then let someone else have her...

But WHY they assumed that she is defenseless? Weren't there tinkers with teleportation technologies? Small explosive devices? Some portable "door-making" (in ANY "obstacle") tech?
 
From the top of a nearby parking garage, I dashed down to the street level, startling the few civilians willing to work this week with my sudden appearance. "Sorry…" I sheepishly waved at woman who had gasped and jumped back with fright, causing her to spill some of her coffee. Fortunately, the woman didn't get any on her clothes, but the her scowl told me how how unhappy she was with me.

I felt a little bad, but I didn't have any money to buy her a new coffee and even worse, I didn't have the time to hunt down a coffee shop. Judging by how fast the woman walked away from me, I doubted she would've accepted my offer anyway.
Thus Taylor made her new arch nemesis: COFFEE WYTCH! ("coffee Wetch!-"it's Wytch! WYTCH!")

My guess was that they hid containment foam sprayers since machine gun turrets were probably against the rules
AH-HA! But Tazers Cannons aren't! You thought it was Containment Foam but no- IT WAS PAIN!

No villain action figures though
Huh, you would think they would make a killing on Skidmark and Kaiser dolls.

. I wondered why because how could a kid play super heroes without villains to bring to justice?
That to I guess...

Probably some political reason about not wanting to encourage the villains or be forced to pay them royalties
Yeah... Or it's a Cauldron Plot to encourage Villainy! Also I now have the image of Merchants selling action figures alongside drugs. It would probably be a fairly profitable buisness venture if you think about it.

The man's eyes widened with surprise,
"Oh, this is the girl that Coil wanted to scr- I means Dung- I mean Pedo Basem- I mean Basement- I mean Base... He wants to drug her and make her tell him the Secrets of Life, the Universe, and Everything."

After typing a few words and clicking his mouse a couple times, his face paled and he glanced back to me.
Trap.

instead of the late twenties to early thirties woman Tenno's Threat Assessment report had listed as her probably age range.
Well, he's not wrong.

Height wise, she was above average and if he squinted and tilted his head sideways, she might be as old as twenty-four, maybe.
Wanna know the most Hilarious part this is for me? My mother IRL is 65. She looks almost younger then me and dyes her hair a different color but it's not any greyer then it was when she was my age and she's the oldest of her sisters. My father looks older then her and he's 75 and looks 50 with grey hair but he can deadlift 500PDs (amusingly this is considered weak in his family). I'm fairly sure I'll look 30 when I'm 100. People have actually confused me for being my own father and my father being my grandfather just to fit this false perception of aging being entirely perceptive, it's still amusing the hundreth time since it annoys my father to be called a grandfather when he isn't one yet and he doesn't know who to be angry at and knows it's not the person calling him old that deserves that (if anything he loves being called old, he sees being old as a sigh that he hasn't died yet despite everything trying it's damnest and I do infact mean damnest to try*. Also the causalty rate in his family is astronomical).

:rofl::lol:D GENETICS!

So, yeah, don't trust a 30yro to look 30 years old when they may very well look more then half their age and already look like a prepubescent girl.

*He's covered in scars from all the failed attempts going all the way back to an experimental artificial heart from the very day he was born with a hole in the original and having half his skeleton made of medical steel yet none of it slows him down. He's a testiment to the hereditary durability of his family and how much Murphy loathes them. He has stories that show just how much Murphy's Law may very well be sapient and hate his entire family. It's not uncommon for one of his family to have a hole where their chest was and to tell the person looking at them "I'm not dead yet! Let me recite my Will and Testiment while we wait.". So yes an invective or thirteen would be good to describe his surviving to his 70s and being healthier then more people half his age!

Her voice was pleasant the listen to and despite the circumstances, she seemed relaxed and cheerful
All the better to yell Space Mom's ear off once she gets back... My dear.

because a Tinker without their bullshit Tinker tech would be easier to intimidate and handle if she wasn't willing to play ball
Oh you poor sweet summer child, did you even wonder why she's so very confident despite not seemingly having a single piece of Tinkertech or what the implants are for?

Tony knew exactly what Tenno expected to happen
No you don't, Youth Springs.

"Sorry, the conference room I reserved had a burst pipe and is being fixed up right now. This is the best I could get on short notice."
Me in this situation: "I know you're lying and I don't care, bring me to your finest Containment Room! It's up to you to determine if I mean 'fine' as in 'decorated' or 'secure'~"

It was a heavy duty, bare metal chair with zero cushioning and it usually took less than five minutes for the target to start squirming in a futile effort to get comformortable
Your going to be waiting all year if you want her to be uncomfortable. You would have to wait all day if I was sitting there (seriously that sounds pretty comfy to me!).

In addition to the rugged construction of the 'hot seat', it also contained heavy duty rings designed to handcuff a suspect to the chair by their hands and even feet. Tony didn't expect to need to use the safety feature, but the psychological impact from the suspect noticing the features was important and helped send the correct message.
Taylor: cute.
Me: A CHALLENGER APPROACHES! MY BONES BEND EASILY IN THAT DIRECTION! PREPARE FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL TORMENT, INFIDEL! MUHAHAHAHAHAAAaaa...!

That message being, the PRT has all the power right now and if you want to get out of here, you will be cooperative.
Except she's not locked in there with you, you're temporarily locked in there with her!

Additional physiological warfare included the ubiquitous one by three meter, one-way mirror on the target's right hand side and in each corner
That would backfire explosively with me, I love mirrors!

carefully shielding the key pad with his body, punched in his access code.
Won't stop her from being able to escape. Won't even slow her down.

Tony nodded with agreement and pointed to the suspect, "Yes, and calmer that I expected since she hasn't even started to look around the room."
I would wait till I felt like they were in that room and pretend to hear them. Psychological war is always Fun~

"having trouble getting a reading from the heart rate and respiration monitor. I suspect her suit is somehow blocking the signal."
:rofl::lol:D
Hilariously those don't actually tell you when someone is lying, the traditional lie detector doesn't tell you anything other then whether your dead or alive and it can't even do that properly. It wasn't even tested whether or not it actually did until half a century after it was used for what it's used for and it failed completely to pass any tests- they even tested it on plants and it got more accurate readings- PLANTS!

Given can lie quite easily I could probably pass this with flying colors.

Something is also blocking the galvanometric facial sensors I added to the camera systems facing Tenno
???
*Searches*
???
*Searches*
Oh... A ranged more sensitive Voltometer/Ampmeter/Ammeter.

"How long are you going to make her wait?" Armsmaster meaningfully glanced over to the young woman who was still calmly sitting in the uncomfortable chair.
I can't find it but I imagine Taylor is playing that song with all the "duns" in it that makes me think of Spanish Flea and Elevator Music for some reason.

"Uh, normally, I'd give a suspect another minute or two, but she's looking exceptionally patient. So, an extra five to ten should have her starting to get a little antsy. I've never met a Tinker who couldn't sit still for more than a minute or two." Tony glanced meaningfully over to his boss who was in the middle of making an adjustment to one of his devices, completely oblivious to his own condition. "I'm going to grab myself cup of joe from the cafeteria and maybe a donut to take into the room and taunt her with, want anything?" He asked, not expecting a reply from the engrossed Tinker.
It's gonna be a long night if you're going to wait for her to get figety.

Tenno air qouted forgot, showing Tony that she knew what he was trying to do.
Told'Ya. Yer not particularly clever, ain't'cha boyo?

Way more comfortable than most interrogation rooms I've seen.
:rofl::lol:D make them run, Taylor!

she gushed, returning to acting like the teenage Tinker she appeared to be.
Que them raising her Thinker Rating by 1 for acting skills (and the obvious).

Instead of trying to deny, Tony decided it was time to up the pressure. The girl was either good a pretending to not be concerned about her future or she had an ace up her sleeve. Except, without her tinker tech armor and weapons, he couldn't see what that ace might be. Tenno was here, under the PRT's complete control and effectively helpless.
What do you think those implants are? Because I can tell you her Ace even if this isn't it:

In its place was a mature and serious young woman
Aaand confirmation of the Thinker Rating. Possible Changer if they don't want to accept that she just looks young.

"Well, Lieutenant Walkers, I'm not sure what 'attempted'," the glow in her eyes momentarily brightened, "murder you may be speaking of. Perhaps you can be a little more specific?"
Yeah, that's the thing "attempted" implies you tried and failed. There was no try, there was only do. Sophia only lived because Tenno wanted her to live.

He found it extremely uncharacteristic for a parahuman to not react by going defensive and denying or offensive by accusing the PRT of trying to railroad them into joining.
Double confirmation of a Thinker Rating.

took the easy way out, when it was offered.
...suicide? No, wait, that's the weaklings way out... Self Destruct? Teleport? Leave? It's sure as Void isn't gonna be signing-... Of course you would think that.

As a trained interrogator, he instantly realized that he may have given away a minor advantage,
NO! WAIT! KEEP FAILING, IF YOU FAIL HARD ENOUGH IT WILL WRAP BACK AROUND FROM DISADVANTAGED TO BEING IN ADVANTAGE! IT'S THE PERFECT PLAN!

The girl didn't even flinch as her gaze slowly turned back to him. "You think I'm worried about going to jail?" she calmly asked, frustrating him even more.

Parahumans weren't supposed to be this calm. All the parahuman psychological studies said she should've cracked by now. Tenno was young, she was inexperienced or not as experienced as an adult would be. All the evidence said she should be easy to manipulate. He tried the time tested Tinker incentive by offering her money, tinker tools, materials and safety. He tried using the threat of criminal charges to maneuver her into a plea deal. Tony didn't know what else to do or say to get her to make a mistake.

"Nope, don't need that and not worried about going to jail." Tenno blithely brushed aside his offer and threat.
This will raise questions about her past. This also implies she's another Ageless like the Fairy Queen or Bonesaw.


"You should be! A pretty young thing like you, even in a female prison, you're going to be popular. Especially when they find out you're a parahuman and decide to make you their bitch." Tony sneered with satisfaction when she finally reacted and the first cracks in her false facade began to show.
They'll first have to get to Mars and you lot haven't even got off your own dirt ball, primitive!

She was a cape and capes weren't known to be the most stable.
She seems more stable then you.

Tony had had enough. He would not be spoken to as if he was the child here. The PRT wasn't a gang.
You keep telling yourself that.

Without her bullshit tinker tech armor, she was effectively a normal human female and he was an officer in the PRT, highly trained in hand-to-hand combat
My only response to this stupid since she clearly knows that as well is best summarized as thus:

How sure are you she can't do anything else?

She disappeared. Tenno snuck in a god damned Tinker Tech invisibility or teleportation device.
Fking Told'Ya! She held all the cards including your own hand! *Smirk*

Tony watched as the barbed darts with their trailing wires shot unerringly toward Tenno's chest. If she had been a brute, he'd be worried about a normal taser not being enough to take her down. His taser wasn't a normal taser though. It had an extra, brute rated kick that he could select if the normal charge wasn't enough.
:rofl::lol:D
In Taylor's Head: 'Take Down in 3-2-1-'

She was a mover and a blaster? What in the actual fuck?!
Fking Told'Ya! Don't forget Stranger~ (hehehe)

Tenno had to understand that she didn't stand a chance against him and would surrender. She had to surrender. She had no other options and now the PRT had even more leverage to use against her.
ಠ_ಠ Really. Just Really.


Tony grinned with a mix of pain and satisfaction as the girl got schooled by the more experienced Tinker. She had to be missing a few crayons from the box because other than retreating, she hadn't raised her hands and despite the obvious danger she had placed herself in; she still looked utterly unconcerned for her own safety.
ಠ_ಠ how has Hookwolf not accidentally castrated this imbecile yet? This is clearly not a Good Thing although I do love this version of Taylor, she's just so flippant about the (lack of) danger! Ha!

Except for the inevitable crying, it was all over.
*Twitch*
*Twitch*
To whatever ROBs are out there... Please make this imbecilic Man Child's final moments be at the hand of a Happy Bonesaw. If he gets any worse then a Annoyed Bonesaw. If he still gets worse then an Angry Bonesaw.

Give him all the Smiles, kiddo!


Through the heavily insulated door, Tony heard Armsmaster angrily yelled, "Shut them-" just before his halberd slammed into the door with a loud clang. Glancing up, he was surprised to see the tip had actually punched about an inch through the armored doorway.
Pfft-heh-hnhnhn I imagine it's also spraying it's contents all over their faces.

"Interesting. I forgot that police here used bean bags in their shotguns."
This will raise questions about her past.

Huh. He just 180'd because she fixed his broken arm via Void BS. Sounds almost like he was or now is being Mastered. This kind of Befriending only happens in Nanoha.

...I can now see why they get away with calling her "Piggy" if her name is pronounced "Pig-go". It also makes more sense as to why she's always so pissed.

=[Installed the backdoor.]=
Huh, Neat. Never seen Tattletale's power represented this way. It seems more appropriate then all the other ways actually!

Kowtow to the CowBow of Brown Mow?

How. Now. Brown. Cow.

Don't worry Lisa, Your Not Perfect.

Wonder how many I gave nightmares to? Don't worry- it gets worse:

A Tinker without their bullshit tech was helpless. What in the hell was the girl thinking and how could she be so naive? Why was she so calm?
Stupiditis is infectious I see. Then again it's probably just Lisa.

Į̵̞̘̦̬̯͍̹̌̉̋̒͘͢͞ͅṉ̷̢̡͖̹̲̹͉̼͚͊̓͒͂̉̀ṿ͖͔̯͚̙̝̫̟̇́͌͌̽̀̕͡a̸̙̳̰̲͈̘̪̐̅̄̂̇͞ļ̡̣͙̰̝͍͐̓̔͌͗̚i̡͉̠̤͔͔̐̉̊̈́̍d̨̛͖̼̟̳̭̖̲̓̓̑͆̎̏̚ I̸̧̟̯̲͓͚͔͉͗̊̄̂͡͝͝n̵̰̥̦̫͗̄͛͒̌͟͞͠͝p̡̠͎̼̮̫̋̑̌̏͟͝u̵̡̺̥̰̜̥̱̪̎̂̅̄̓͗̕͢ṯ̸̢̡̛̜̣̞͐̿̎̄̓́͢͜
Wouldn't it just be unable to find the information? There's to reason for this, if anything if she was looking at Entity stuff it would just tell her what she's allowed to know and nothing else.

a̸̪̟̟̙̺̫̤͕̽̉̎̍̓́́͟͠

o_O Void? Void. It's the Void talking to her.

A Tenno, not The Tenno. There was more than one. Tenno didn't view herself as singular.
Or... Not? But why is it glitching? If anything an alien threat should make it slightly smoother for the obvious disruption in [Cycle]... Unless that's where this Non-sequitor came from?

Lisa had never had a problem figuring out or getting some very good insights into a cape's power if she was able to witness them using it. Her head was throbbing. Why couldn't she see Tenno's power?!?!
GOOD QUESTION! Your Shard gathers information through observation and creating conclusions... WHY THE FK IS IT ACTING LIKE IT'S DOING INDEPTH SCANS AND GETTING ERROR MESSAGES THAT IT RANDOMLY DECIDES TO SHOW THE [Host]?!

there was only one solution for a curious cat
Food and cuddles?

and that was to satisfy my curiosity.
Normally no, a cat can be distracted with anything to prevent it's curiosity otherwise they may end up a corpse in the road.

Despite the uninvited guest taking extra-ordinary precautions to not be found, Ordis was able to track down the location of my new friend before they closed their VPN tunnel into the PRT's systems. It took Ordis an entire extra two minutes to do so and he had nothing but compliments to heap upon the unknown hacker. He said something about a TOR node and an NSA backdoor. His only complaint, if it could be called one, was that it took the hacker over ten minutes after I had already left the PRT HQ to close down their connection. He called it 'sloppy'.
=.= How is an advanced borderline Magitek AI worse then a human on a sh!tty computer? One moves at the speed of Information the other moves at the speed of human. There is no comparison.

Maybe she expected him to be less confrontational?
Those are pretty high standards for a guy who can only appearently think "Attack Attack Attack" to the point that he Railroaded his own Cliché phrase into an attempt at Descalation.

The man was undoubtedly smart, but seemed to be lacking in the common sense department.
Uh, no, this is an intelligence problem not a Common Sense problem, he blatantly tried to get you into fighting him with little to no information on what you can do. This would be a problem with Common Sense if he did know and didn't care.

I fully expected for Ordis to send me an update, letting me know there was now a city-wide manhunt for me. I hoped not though. I really didn't want to be forced to defend myself against people I had once looked up to.
A month later the Triumvirate shows up to throw down. Because of course they prioritize you over literally everyone else.

Except, I was expecting the hacker to be a guy. I had a mental image of some forty something, overweight guy with his hairy belly showing as he chowed down on chips with a two liter of soda next to him. I suspect it was partially driven by watching Earth Aleph's dinosaur movie with Emma when I was eleven.
...Nedry wasn't a hacker, he was the head technician fully responsible for everything electrical on Isla Sorna. He was also a spy for one of INGEN's competitors and a bit of an Idiot Savant given he couldn't tell what direction goes where after running over a sign and going back to check it yet can code an entire security system with absolute control over everything.

{"Yes. --Kill him now!--"} Ordis helpfully added his opinion on the matter.
Cute. You don't have to hide your opinions in your opinions, Ordy.

"Do secret lairs count?" I asked, my voice sounded electronic and slightly distorted as I used my Warframe's rarely used speaker system.
It's fairly obvious that Warframes were never designed to talk appearently.

Also Lisa just screamed and jumped out the window.

Wow, he is getting his ass kicked today. First Greg gets recruited as a PRT Interrogation Officer then he gets his face handed to him on PHO via Tattletale, then he gets his arm broken by Tenno, now he's getting Rekt'd on in Battlesuits* PVP!

*Obvious reference is obvious

HOW ARE THEY SAYING THE ZERO?! FKING VOID BS!

his eyes momentarily widening with surprise
He just saw you don't have nerves.

FKING VOID BS![/quote][/Quote]
 
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As if the PRT gives a shit, they look out for their parahumans first, PR second and civilians are last place priority.
I seriously doubt tht's true, but assume it is for the sake of argument, the PRT isn't judge jury and executioner, at worst they are corrupt supercops, and when you have video evidence, eye witness testimony from two civilians, and Dragon as an expert witness to go over any evidence and verify it's not falsified, they have the choice between being convicted of Perjury and admitting the truth.

One problem with this chapter. Canonically, they let known Villainous murderers collect bounties and leave just fine. Forcing an issue here makes no sense.
Emphasis added. It's canon that the PRT will break the law and ignore agreements when it's convenient to them and they thing they can get away with it. They thought they were dealing with a new, unknown parahuman who didn't know the rules and whom they could strongarm and worst comes to worst, they'll control both sides of the narrative so no one will find out about it.

Ironically, Taylor's attempts to de-escelate actually made things worse - if she'd shown up in obvious armor they wouldn't have been so confident they were in complete control, and would have put more effort into actually obeying the rules, although even so I'll note the Lt. disobeyed orders when he fired his taser at Taylor.

But WHY they assumed that she is defenseless? Weren't there tinkers with teleportation technologies? Small explosive devices? Some portable "door-making" (in ANY "obstacle") tech?
Because she showed up in what looks like normal clothes (i.e not much room to hide such devices) and the best Tinker in the country (and one of the best in the world) scanned her and assured them there was nothing to worry about.
 
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This update stretched my suspension of disbelief uncomfortably wide.
suspensionofdisbeliefse.cx

But then this story has tended towards crack over canon, so maybe the author's going somewhere with it. It's not like any of the other characters have been reasonably-written. I usually drop a story an update or two after a chapter this jarring, but hey, it's entertaining enough to read on a stupidly hot day.
 
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