Hexcalibur
Not So Ordinary Sword
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- Somewhere
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- It
Greg doesn't have much of a survival instinct. Hopefully the PRT assign him a dedicated handler. If not we'll have Vader vivisecting Veder.
Kryslin
[Has Delusions of Authorship]
- Location
- Mythic Iowa
Good thing it doesn't work with models of things; I could see Greg thinking of a B-52 model and all of a sudden 80,000 lbs of bombs and missiles are falling on his grid square...
But I was hoping for a battle cry of "Banana!" and Sophia gets dogpiled by strange little yellow guys with cattle prods, while Emma gets a horrible makeover from another and runs off screaming after they're done....
But I was hoping for a battle cry of "Banana!" and Sophia gets dogpiled by strange little yellow guys with cattle prods, while Emma gets a horrible makeover from another and runs off screaming after they're done....
I say Greg should have the master power and have a couple Minion figures. Just so we can see this
- Location
- Earth
I like the first power better, but the second one would force him to mature faster....
I agree with whoever said give him both powers. I'd just make it so he has to style change between one or the other for the best use, just like a Judge Eyes game. So he's either a super weeb or a super genius.
I agree with whoever said give him both powers. I'd just make it so he has to style change between one or the other for the best use, just like a Judge Eyes game. So he's either a super weeb or a super genius.
Ace Dreamer
Verified Reality User
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- Between The Unknown & The Known
Might be a good idea to Threadmark this as 'Informational', or something?
As for the two ideas... they both seem to be... missing something. Maybe they're not weird enough for 'Void Cowboy'?
Him summoning Void Cowboy, a cowboy suit (w. hat), with twin six-shooters that produce seriously weird (unpredictable? surrealist?) effects, and filled with a human-shaped vanta-black star-field, might be more heading in the right direction???
Sorry. Can't be more helpful.
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- Location
- Europe
Outlaw Star, Lost Universe and Cowboy Bebob, could be good sources for said Void Cowboy.
But it needs a Starship, for the Void part of the name.
Heh, might even be the name of said starship, the Void Cowboy
Oo
Greg Veder with a starship???
- Location
- Neptune
He'd beg for Vader after he called up princess Leia. In the bikini.
Ace Dreamer
Verified Reality User
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- Between The Unknown & The Known
Possibly 'Master' is a particularly bad description for the Host in this situation... Main question, of course: Is QA getting the [DATA] that she wanted?
(Also, QA wanted in on the ninja-training, ki/chi/qi/chakra bit. Is Greg giving/going to give, her this?)
It is obvious that Greg's starship will have pink hair.
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Nono is pretty harmless. Honest.
(Gunbuster Machine #7...)
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- Neptune
No, it is not. What actually IS obvious is that the starship loves carrots and comes with its whole family, including the universe's greatest scientist. Who does, admittedly, have pink hair.It is obvious that Greg's starship will have pink hair.
Ace Dreamer
Verified Reality User
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- Between The Unknown & The Known
While a nice Idea, I doubt QA could fake-up that entire crew. Particularly Washu.
Nono, or a rather trimmed-back version of her, might be possible, but a number of (deployed, Warrior) shards might need to seriously up their game (bigger solar taps?) to be able to do the work QA would require of them.
Nono would also very likely be willing to do DWA ninja training, and would cheerfully encourage Greg to Do His Best! QA would, therefore, get the [DATA] she wants, from two perspectives!
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Gunbuster Machine #7's job is battle fleet coordination (in defence of Earth) - does that role sound like something QA could really get behind???
(*cough* Khepri *cough*)
(*cough* Khepri *cough*)
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MultipleChoice
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What would propel option #1 into cringe territory would be Greg going full weeb. He refuses to summon any minions except his waifus, and has zero awareness of how that makes everyone incredibly uncomfortable around him . . . including his minions.
Of the two options, the first one looks interesting and has a lot of potential for chaos (and enjoy seeing Sophia and Emma receive well-deserved beating and payback, although it's dumb to want to recruit Sophia, after what her actions did, as useful as her power is, since that would take away points with Taylor/Zenko and her growing faction, which is supposedly something the PRT doesn't want, especially after the Dragon thing), although power or not, it still highlights the worst of him, given the PRT's estimates/evaluations of Greg
Although see Ayane's was entertaining, given Greg's flaws, and assuming that his ability is truly based on action figures (and that the detail of Greg being alone and without friends had been highlighted, which gives an even sadder angle to his ability), what about Greg, in addition to a possible more eyecandy, having the figure of an old teacher to help him improve, like Yoda or Obi Wan (or Hayate or Ryu Hayabusa to continue with the ninja theme), since the PRT (and Cauldron) only want to see how he can be useful to them and not to help him
As for the second, he is capable of knowing things, true, But how would he use that to his advantage, without any other way or ability to exploit that knowledge? Well, everything would indicate that the beating would continue, powers or not.
Although see Ayane's was entertaining, given Greg's flaws, and assuming that his ability is truly based on action figures (and that the detail of Greg being alone and without friends had been highlighted, which gives an even sadder angle to his ability), what about Greg, in addition to a possible more eyecandy, having the figure of an old teacher to help him improve, like Yoda or Obi Wan (or Hayate or Ryu Hayabusa to continue with the ninja theme), since the PRT (and Cauldron) only want to see how he can be useful to them and not to help him
As for the second, he is capable of knowing things, true, But how would he use that to his advantage, without any other way or ability to exploit that knowledge? Well, everything would indicate that the beating would continue, powers or not.
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Ace Dreamer
Verified Reality User
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- Between The Unknown & The Known
If Greg can't get rid of his 'minion', and it's someone like Nono, who really wants the best for him, including his self-improvement, I think Option #1 could work. But. It would need Nono to be hard-wired as his only real, solid, minion.
And, any others maybe just talking light images/holograms?
A Yoda one, rides on his right shoulder, only he can see, and talks sense to him? (QA might have to push Inference Engine really hard to get this level of functioning...)
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Dunno.
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- Location
- Tatum, Tx
Greg Veder as a Thinker. He's a lot like the Question. He makes connections in his head that lead to startling conclusions as they are correct about matters that no one else can figure out...and he reaches said conclusions via totally insane paths.
Problem is, almost no one believes him even though he hands out a properly edited and updated copy of the Evil Overlord's list or it's variants to people the day after they trigger...every time appropriate to what they are. Kaiser himself has a dozen copies that he has never actually read even once.
Problem is, almost no one believes him even though he hands out a properly edited and updated copy of the Evil Overlord's list or it's variants to people the day after they trigger...every time appropriate to what they are. Kaiser himself has a dozen copies that he has never actually read even once.
Ace Dreamer
Verified Reality User
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- Between The Unknown & The Known
I like this... Greg 'Cassandra' Veder, the prophet no one will believe...
How does he attack? He tells people things that boggle them so much they just stand there staring, or only acting to defend themselves... And, they can't (easily) get the images from out of their heads...
An encounter tween him and Lisa/Tattletale might be fun... People would be running for cover, hands over their ears, shouting, "No! No!" ?
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MultipleChoice
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My earlier suggestion of him summoning pre-programmable minions, Sorceror's Apprentice style, would allow him to be very "Greg Veder" while also allowing personal growth. Not only would he be able to learn how to handle his power after several embarrassing mistakes, but learning to be careful with his wording could lead to personal growth if/when he realizes that the same applies to social interaction.
Greg pulling an HLC would be kinda funny. And Terrifying...
Sounds something like Vashta Nerada to me.
Nimodes
Weary Worldwalker
- Location
- Arizona
Just a quick update. I turned off my computer Friday, went to work, came back, turned my computer on - and it demonstrated all the functionality of a brick. After checking cables and connectors, it is now in the shop. So, this story in particular is in hiatus until I can afford whatever the bill is going to be. After the move, finding bedbugs, the plumbing, and the caving-in floor - it may take awhile before I can get the next chapter. I've got a few things on this old laptop I can post, but all my notes and what I'd written on Dojo is all on the desktop.
- Location
- Earth
I'm sorry you're having to deal with all that. I hope it gets better for you sooner rather than later.
Ace Dreamer
Verified Reality User
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- Between The Unknown & The Known
In theory it should be practical to make your entire use of computers (securely & privately) independent of any particular bit of physical hardware (including smart-phones). All the bits have been there to do that since the later 1990s (and without needing to put a penny in Microsoft's pockets). In practice, how many people do you know that've managed to pull that off?
Best of good fortune in sorting things out. Pity that Martial Arts Computer Wrangling isn't more common...
The cheapest method is either cloud storage, many of which have free tiers (and open source programs to encrypt what you store there if you find free services shady) or subscription services like office that give you access to onenote which is where I do my world building and storyboarding.
Remember kids always have at least 1 independent backup, if it's cloud or USB either works as long as you keep it updated and in a separate system/device.
Remember kids always have at least 1 independent backup, if it's cloud or USB either works as long as you keep it updated and in a separate system/device.
Ace Dreamer
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Yes, these are usable. But. There's no service integrated into the operating system, say as the 'securely backed-up drive', that stores backups and deltas, seamlessly; minimum should be an API applications could use. I'd expect this would be used by LibreOffice.
I recall a (now dead) computer guru saying 'human input should be treated as sacred', as a few kbytes of keyboard/menu-selections per day (plus the meta-data saying what they applied to) is the practical human limit, and given (modern) comms-speeds/storage-costs...
Some use Google Docs for everything - taking occasional copies to store on their own private media (USB stick or whatever). OK for many purposes. There's no standard digital equivalent of the lawyer's vault or bank whatever, though. Encrypted, distributed, legally trusted. Or the 'family papers' (might include photos) store, good for indefinitely (my family used to use an old biscuit tin...).
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I'll admit a Taylor with Martial Arts Computer Wrangling... might be fun to read about. She's currently got Naruto-verse and DragonBall-verse bits, plus some others I don't recall? Fighting through cyber/virtual worlds to fix stuff (I'd hope far better than TRON), could be good???
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