The Taste of Peaches (Worm AU)
- Thread starter Grounders10
- Start date
- Location
- Xen
- Pronouns
- Vortigaunt
Because floof.
Grounders10
Nine-Tailed Kitsune
- Location
- British Columbia, Canada, Mars
Clearly, my plan is working. *Fluffy Kitsune waves tails*
Riha
Literally best girl
- Location
- New York
- Pronouns
- She/Her
I like this plan! Soon all shall be floof!
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Prince Charon
Just zis guy, you know?
What reasons do they have to think that it's hers? It makes sense to us, but why would either of them consider that as more than a passing thought to be dismissed as a pointless distraction or a silly idea?
EDIT: Remember, as far as the PRT et al are concerned, Taylor is a powerful cape with a projection that speaks of her inner egotism, and is obviously not any kind of goddess at all.
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Lycanthromancer
The Arcane Fuzz
- Location
- USA
Just don't confusticate it with FOOF. You...wouldn't much care for the results, I expect.
- Location
- Somewhere in the Ashes
- Pronouns
- She/Her
i would though!
Given that I assume Taylor will be the one most responsible for creating it I would think a costal city looking like a cleaned up Brockton Bay.
- Location
- Somewhere
Ummm... the "foxes and storms" motif suggests the owner a bit, yeah?
Well. From a safe distance, anyway.
- Location
- Xen
- Pronouns
- Vortigaunt
If Taylor doesn't summon the trident like Mjlonir during the Leviathan battle, imma spaz.
eschwartz
Glorious Wordsmith and Author-Whisperer
- Location
- Roundworld
They might doubt its divine origins as being rightfully hers -- and therefore unquestionably benevolent toward her -- but it seems a bit obvious whoever or whatever made it, wanted her to have it, whether parahuman in nature or not.
- Location
- Washington, USA
Which is the problem. Here you have this unknown piece of tinkertech going to a ward that has yet to even debut. Someone who has been kept under house arrest and away from as many eyes as possible to prevent their exposure.
HOW did the creator of the tinkertech know about this ward, let alone make something specifically for them?
- Pronouns
- Yes
Taylor might, eventually be the one in charge of shaping it, but she hasn't yet and is trying to reach it. I'm wondering what it will look like when Taylor manages to get there the first time (which she's been trying to do). Your idea does fit with @Crazael 's that it changes as gods show up to fit their theme.
They know it is connected to Taylor due to how it reacted to her presence, and if they would tone down their justified paranoia to "naive idiot" level they'd definitely have had Taylor handle the Trident to see what happens.
I wouldn't even go that far. It is obvious there is some connection there, but it's just as possible whoever created it was intending it as a hunter-killer weapon to locate and kill Taylor (or possibly any cape with water control powers with the markings changing to reflect whoever it was tracking).
eschwartz
Glorious Wordsmith and Author-Whisperer
- Location
- Roundworld
It's possible, yes. It's not probable, though, therefore I repeat my assertion that it's "obvious" she was intended to have it.
It might be a trap, but it's pretty unlikely it's a "hunter-killer weapon" even if a proper sense of caution/paranoia refuses to completely rule out the possibility.
Crazael
Rehydrated Demon King
- Location
- Lost to the vagaries of time.
The idea is that shes already influenced what it looks like, juat not consciously or eith any direction. Thats why i described it as a flat coastal plane with a storm on the horizon to represent her two inherent domains.
- Pronouns
- Yes
It's more probable that someone made this for some other purpose and it mis-identified taylor than that it was made specifically for Taylor in the short time since she triggered and despite not going out and showing herself.
Either way the Trident being intended for benign or Malicious purpose is equally plausible in an objective sense, and the later is going to be much more probable from the PRT's POV simply because they see so much more of it than of people offering anonymous gifts with no strings attached.
Ah, okay. I suppose that works as well.
Owleero
(Verified Tree)
- Location
- Massachusetts
Can't believe no one noticed this… I'm going to take a stab at this and say its one of those odd origin things, like Athena being birthed from Zeus' skull, or Aphrodite being born from seafoam and the blood of Uranus.
Lycanthromancer
The Arcane Fuzz
- Location
- USA
Errr...
eschwartz
Glorious Wordsmith and Author-Whisperer
- Location
- Roundworld
That actually seems extremely improbable to me. If they don't believe in goddesses, they'll believe in leaks, or "random parahuman associate of Inari".
I never for one moment said the PRT has any reason to believe it is benign rather than malevolent.
I only said they have good reason to think the most likely intended recipient is Taylor, and that if it is malevolent, its malevolence would be suspected to be of the poisoned gift variety rather than being a "hunter-killer weapon" whose targeting system is locked onto her.
- Pronouns
- Yes
Inari is, as far as they know just a projection, and even if someone found out about Taylor the moment she Triggered (remember they know no one can predict Trigger events) there wasn't enough time for them to make the Trident for Taylor, and she doesn't have any contacts who'd want to make it for her so the possibilities are
1)A trident that was made for X reason unrelated to Taylor that is reacting to Taylor somehow.
2)A Trident that was made for Taylor by someone who can make it in less time than is possible for even high level Tinkers without the PRT finding out they exist than delivering it somehow.
Ahh, misunderstood you. Sorry. So even if they believe Taylor was the intyended recipient they're not going to let her anywhere near it if they can help it, so their actions would be the same.
- Location
- Somewhere.
I honestly think Panacea's "404 Biology Not Found" error and Vicky developing fluffy tail are basically completely unrelated, because shaper still freezes when she tries to poke Glory Girl.
eschwartz
Glorious Wordsmith and Author-Whisperer
- Location
- Roundworld
The problem with this logic is that if it could be created ahead of time for unknown reasons and is "reacting" to her by decorating itself for her thematically, then trying to seek her out, by the same logic it could have been created "in case I ever need to give one to somebody"... then decorating it for her and delivering it with $spacewhalemagic to bind it to her and seek out her hand.
In fact, as a reader I *still* think that's what happened, just with magic instead.
No matter what you think it's doing, whether it's intended as a gift, a poisoned gift, or a hunter-killer weapon targeting her, it's most likely created beforehand as a generic device, then later specialized for her. The question is, what's the most likely intention... and "hunter-killer weapon" is a lot less likely than "poisoned gift" and doesn't add much of anything to their sense of caution.
Taylor was still suffering the backlash from trying to force her Industry aspect when Vicky touched her, and it was gone afterward.
I think that there was a bit of divinity knocked loose or disrupted that hadn't fully settled back in place or been reabsorbed, and Vicky's contact gave it somewhere to go. somewhat like building up static electricity.
I think that there was a bit of divinity knocked loose or disrupted that hadn't fully settled back in place or been reabsorbed, and Vicky's contact gave it somewhere to go. somewhat like building up static electricity.
Almech_Alfarion
(Unverified Paradox)
- Location
- Roaming the Void of the Space between Spaces
Still beggs the question of why Vicky and not Ammy. Or even whoever brought her to the infirmary. There's probably some connection between Vicky and Divinity that most of us just aren't seeing that acted as a conductor for that charge and jump started her own apotheosis.