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The Hands of Fate [JJBA]

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Well, it's your quest I guess?

Then again certain stands can have unnatural speed, like Made in Heaven which have 'infinite' as speed. I think A-rank is just a way not to overinflate with stand ranks, anything above a certain threshould should be 'A-rank'.
 
[x] Continue to where your partner is located

First rule of Stand Combat: Never Fight Alone. Always have a partner with you when confronting an enemy.
 
ryuan said:
Well, it's your quest I guess?

Then again certain stands can have unnatural speed, like Made in Heaven which have 'infinite' as speed. I think A-rank is just a way not to overinflate with stand ranks, anything above a certain threshould should be 'A-rank'.
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The ranks are whole ranges, yes. It's just that, in general, outside of extreme outliers, Stands with A rank speed have always been nowhere near lightspeed-tier with regards to speed, so I've decided to be logical about it.

That and, if you end up with a Stand with A rank speed on your side, I don't want you to try to exploit its supposed FTL speed.

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hcvquizibo said:
[x] Continue to where your partner is located

So A rank speed is breaking the sound barrier or somethin?
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Mach 1 is a good estimate for the lower end of A rank Speed I'd say, yeah, though scientific measurements aren't exactly going to be precisely followed. Really, what matters is that E<D<C<B<A, E is really poor, and B and A are significantly beyond human capabilities.
 
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Separate Ways, having C's in Power, Speed and Durability, can be considered peak human in those respects, whereas its A rank Precision is on par with Star Platinum's, making the most skilled surgeons and martial artists in the world look like drunken children by comparison.

Anyway, I'm calling the vote in 24 hours.
 
[x] Continue to where your partner is located

Since we're being chased we can lose them in the town.

Also no. How fast can we disassemble ourselves? And what happens with incomplete cuts?
 
ChildishChimera said:
[x] Continue to where your partner is located

Since we're being chased we can lose them in the town.

Also no. How fast can we disassemble ourselves? And what happens with incomplete cuts?
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Quite fast, since you've practiced a lot with it. And here's a fun tidbit: The separated parts can summoned the respective parts of the Stand. This means that, for example, the Stand's right arm will be summoned from your right arm, whether or not it is attached to your torso.

An incomplete cut does nothing besides scratching the surface. It's either a perfect split or nothing at all. The ability can be turned off to let the claws cut things normally, but the damage isn't much more significant than if it was just punching.

edit: You're not being chased anymore. The enemy broke off their pursuit and is leaving. The vote is whether or not you're going to go after them or continue towards your original destination.
 
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I'm calling the vote in six hours, but I don't imagine I'll need a vote count.
 
The vote is hereby called. Update tonight or tomorrow.
 
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Can our stand cut the barrel of a gun in half, move the barrel somewhere, and have the bullet come out when we pull the trigger? Can a similar trick be done in order to look through a tube?

How unbreakable are the barriers that separate things we cut apart? Can we end the effect? Does the effect time out eventually? What happens if we move out of range? If we carry one half of a divided object out of range?

Do our separated body parts extend our range?
 
Lobster_Horde said:
Can our stand cut the barrel of a gun in half, move the barrel somewhere, and have the bullet come out when we pull the trigger? Can a similar trick be done in order to look through a tube?
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Yes to both.

Edit: I mean the bullet would come out of the separated end of the barrel.

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How unbreakable are the barriers that separate things we cut apart? Can we end the effect? Does the effect time out eventually? What happens if we move out of range? If we carry one half of a divided object out of range?
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In order: Completely, no, no, nothing, nothing.

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Do our separated body parts extend our range?
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Yes. Each part of your Stand will be summoned from that respective part, whether or not it is separated by your ability. The head comes from your head, the right leg comes from your right leg, etc. You have practiced functioning while in pieces a lot as well. If you were to permanently lose one limb, or even two, you could lead a decently functional life. Much moreso than an ordinary amputee with no prosthetics, at least.
 
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Yes to both.

Edit: I mean the bullet would come out of the separated end of the barrel.



In order: Completely, no, no, nothing, nothing.



Yes. Each part of your Stand will be summoned from that respective part, whether or not it is separated by your ability. The head comes from your head, the right leg comes from your right leg, etc. You have practiced functioning while in pieces a lot as well. If you were to permanently lose one limb, or even two, you could lead a decently functional life. Much moreso than an ordinary amputee with no prosthetics, at least.
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Excellent. I'm already forming PLANS. Few more questions, if you don't mind:
-If one were to take a divided object, let's say a brick, and remove every bit humanly (or standishly) possible, would a thin wall of material be covered by the barrier? If so, would it be sharp enough to cut things?
-I assume that objects can be cut repeatedly in parallel (that is, like a loaf of bread). Can the cuts in objects intersect, or to put it another way, having cut a loaf of bread into slices, could you then cut a slice in half?
-Does Separate Ways possess toenail claws?
-Finally, just some stuff I'm not sure of about how stands work. Can we summon our stand anywhere inside our range, or does it always start from the body? Also, I know it's possible to just summon a finger or something, but can you summon, like, a disembodied elbow or the right half of a forearm?
 
Also, I'm unsure of this, but can our Stand scratch a shape of us on a wall and create a cut in that shape or does the cut always have to be straight?
 
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Excellent. I'm already forming PLANS. Few more questions, if you don't mind:
-If one were to take a divided object, let's say a brick, and remove every bit humanly (or standishly) possible, would a thin wall of material be covered by the barrier? If so, would it be sharp enough to cut things?
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The glass is a purely aesthetic element. You can't use it for anything.

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-I assume that objects can be cut repeatedly in parallel (that is, like a loaf of bread). Can the cuts in objects intersect, or to put it another way, having cut a loaf of bread into slices, could you then cut a slice in half?
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Yes. You can split the pieces again and again as much as you want.

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-Does Separate Ways possess toenail claws?
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Nope. Hands only. I find it can provide interesting limitations.

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-Finally, just some stuff I'm not sure of about how stands work. Can we summon our stand anywhere inside our range, or does it always start from the body? Also, I know it's possible to just summon a finger or something, but can you summon, like, a disembodied elbow or the right half of a forearm?
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The Stand will always emerge from your body, and to dematerialize the Stand, it must travel back to your body. You can partially summon the Stand, but the whole Stand must leave your body in order to move around its full range. You can't just have its arms float away from our body.
 
Execute/Dumbo said:
Also, I'm unsure of this, but can our Stand scratch a shape of us on a wall and create a cut in that shape or does the cut always have to be straight?
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Neither. The line scratched across the object doesn't have to be a straight line, but it cannot touch itself, and it must go from one edge of the surface to another. I suppose this is another limitation of the Stand, though an esoteric one; it cannot split a perfect sphere.
 
Finally, I've decided to make a minor retcon to Separate Ways: Things split apart now only take ten seconds to press back together, and it is possible to press split objects together incorrectly, though their axes of splitting must be pressed together.

Some stuff came up. Update incoming tomorrow.
 
I'm not dead. The update is ACTUALLY coming tonight.

Also, while the general plot of the quest is written out, as are the Stands involved, I'd like to know what kinds of locations and situations you guys wanna see, and I'll see what I can do.
 
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no. said:
I'm not dead. The update is ACTUALLY coming tonight.

Also, while the general plot of the quest is written out, as are the Stands involved, I'd like to know what kinds of locations and situations you guys wanna see, and I'll see what I can do.
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Good to hear.

As for locations, how about a flooded coastal city with pathways along the rooftops (New Orleans, perhaps, if you don't want to alter the sea level) or a village of people who live on the top few floors of a skyscraper? Some sort of plumbing/sewer area with lots of pipes would be fun to fight in, too. Situations? Maybe some sort of cult based around that one monument with advice for the apocalypse?

By the way, for the mismatch thing, I assume objects don't have to be exactly the same size, but what happens to the excess area? Does it go back to normal or remain covered in glass and potentially able to merge with another object?
 
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