Generalissimo
Generalissimo of SufficientVelocity
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Just maybe Taylor's being darn creepy?
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I think that Creepy kind of defines this Taylor.
Generalissimo
Generalissimo of SufficientVelocity
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So why is Armsmaster covering Aisha instead of say Emma?
Because Emma's brother didn't get murdered by Shadow Stalker?
Generalissimo
Generalissimo of SufficientVelocity
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They still have a PRT squad over there
Uhh what? this is at least a day after the murder, implied to be a week. Taylor wasn't exactly subtle, killing Sophia with her own weapon, which Shadow Stalker wasn't even supposed to have.They still have a PRT squad over there
I'm not sure whether you're saying it's been too long or not long enough, either way, Taylor inadvertently made it so that Aisha will be their primary suspect for a while.
Edit: Oh, I see. Yeah there's a big difference between investigating a person of interest and the actual primary suspect. Taylor made it pretty clear that it was a parahuman that killed her, so of course they're going to have actual capes watching the primary suspect like a hawk for evidence of powers or other anomalies. A PRT squad doesn't have shit on Liedetectormaster.
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Hm. Sometimes i think that Main character smarter than she is. Why she don't wait til they start talk??
TinkerTech DNA scanner which detect leftovers of SS blood on Taylor???
Or PRT investigate Stalker's stuff and found that her death could be revenge no for Grue, but for some other sin. And Taylor must be ready for "dork with lie detector" visit.
But what i'm talking about. it's a Worm. They never do it. Of course it's tinkrtech.
Anyway. It seems that the power of Taylor simplifies everything. That's why Taylor subconsciously try "cut gut through the back hole".
Two simple steps
1. Find Wards identity's.
2. Give them a Talk. (Aegis should now a lot)
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SolipsistSerpent
Endlessly Devouring
I'd say that, given that it's Sophia's crossbow, as long as Taylor didn't leave prints she could have left it at the crime scene and it wouldn't have led back to her at all, but this was a killing of a Ward, so for all I know the PRT would get some parahuman with a super sense of smell to sniff it and track her down or something.
Generalissimo
Generalissimo of SufficientVelocity
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I was reading update of the other timeline.
Our, infinitely superior, Taylor also needs a friend
Our, infinitely superior, Taylor also needs a friend
The impression I got of Taylor's general modus operandi is that 'I went to talk to Aisha' means 'I broke into her house while she was there and started eating stuff out of her fridge while making menacing and cryptic comments as she yelled at me and tried to figure out what the hell drugs I was on.'
Shockingly the PRT might have objected to the latter conversational method.
Shockingly the PRT might have objected to the latter conversational method.
1. Grue has enough power to escape, but has no time to dial-up TT. Strange.
2. TT was first on the scene. And obviously clean-up all evidence. Leader's death it's very bad PR for Undersiders. How PRT found connection between Brian Laborn and Grue?
2. TT was first on the scene. And obviously clean-up all evidence. Leader's death it's very bad PR for Undersiders. How PRT found connection between Brian Laborn and Grue?
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Mandabar
Waifu of choice is Rem. Give that girl some hugs!
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Ah, I see you did do it and brought it over to SV and initiated a Meta-timeline. I do think you should make it clear for folks who are unaware of this in the index post and the 1.5 Start of chapter Author Notes though. Something along the lines of "This is an alternate timeline that diverges from the main story on SB [Link Here] where Taylor makes a different choice at the end of 1.4. The Stories are identical before 1.5 starts".
Something like that.
And then at the start of 1.5 you just reiterate "And now the diversion/alternate begins. Enjoy!"
Welp that was an interesting alternate choice.
I have no idea what the counting was about, thought it was time at first but then that dissuaded at this point, that and ten minutes didn't increase the number by ten during the Sophia beating and subsequent hero arrivals. Guessing she's counting how many timeline splits she has done now... that's more than a bit odd.
Ah interesting, 1.X is a Marquis interlude instead of Calvert's. I wonder what has changed to cause this to happen first and then not have 1.Y be Marquis...
Oh Oh! This line is NEW, otherwise the flashback to this point for Amelia/Marquis has not changed at all.
Very interesting seeing the difference. Echos of 1.5 on the alternate timeline here but with no Taylor and a Dead Grue.'
Bit confused, I assume they went to see grue that night that he got shot from the tone of this and the context... but Shadow Stalker didn't die by Taylor's hand till two nights later right? I suppose they could just be discussing it later but it sure felt like they were standing in Grue's apartment the night he died or something. Probably leave over in my mind from the alternate story arc.
And here we go. Very slight Alternate 1.6 feel as they both wake up and think wtf did we allow to become reality the night before... very different realities. Things way too diverge from here on out to continue comparing them much I think. One huge difference, other than Brian and Sophia's deaths, is that there was no Calvert interlude in this story.
God DAMN IT TAYLOR. Stay in that timeline and information gather! She is WAY WAY WAY too quick to close timelines before extracting all the useful information from them damn it.
I yelled at my screen, yes I did.
It's a possibility, or you did something Taylor creepyish like. But yeah what you said.
And Emma is being watched, but no parahumans. Aisha is the priority here it seems. Likely they either think she is the suspect, or that she is an imminent target. I mean Grue died by illegal SS arrows. Then Shadow Stalker dies by them as well two days later. So revenge killing is likely, or a serial killer using SS's equipment.
At least this time she had a good reason that timeline was closed. Pain is something I could see as a reason for her to close a timeline fast, and it's not like Emma would have much useful anyway.
Is this intentional? A reference of some kind I didn't get to a book, or a misspelling?
You better go back later and actually visit your mother's grave damnit Taylor. You cleaned it all up like you should and then undid the timeline!
It's a possibility yes.
I so agree. Way too quick to end timelines, gather information damnit!
I think she's too quick to go with the simple quick solution as you say, extended info gathering would've been great with Armsmaster and the whole being interrogated thing. Possibly learning that he knows whenever she lies.
Still need to stretch her powers a bit, she hasn't been pushed to really try anything yet. Longer lasting splits than just school and reading in the library. Maybe even trying splitting while sleeping and/or sleep in one timeline and another stay awake. Multi-day splits to see long term consequences of things.
Not the best time to try sleeping though if she had gotten captured by Armsmaster in case the wrong timeline drops, but if previously tested why not right?
Haha! That's quite possible to have happen a few times yes, though clearly in one timeline at least she met her outside at a bench (The Armsmaster foaming incident).
SolipsistSerpent
Endlessly Devouring
Well, it's a divergent timeline, I don't know that it's established that one of them is the main one.
From one side - +1. Form other. How long dead body can stay in the room till police appear??? Day, week. month???
>>"You don't- you don't even have a reason you're- just doing this because you can?
Not true. She did it not because she can, but because she want to be good in fight.
Mandabar
Waifu of choice is Rem. Give that girl some hugs!
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Well he has stated this is the shorter story arc and the 'bad end' one. That's what made me think along those lines then.
Ah that's a possibility, maybe they went two nights later to check up on him and discovered him dead... but then again there was Police tape up already due to police investigation. Likely prompted by Taylor's call to the emergency services.
... Wut?
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Police found Grue's body in the Brian Laborn'S apartment earlier than TT???
If T. called to 911 but not called to TT, than this T. much more stupid than i thought.
??? What wut??? My device for mind reading (mielophone) is fixing now.
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SolipsistSerpent
Endlessly Devouring
I should think it's pretty clear from context that he's saying your line is hard to understand. It probably doesn't help that you didn't put the quote in a quote. Or that your English isn't particularly good.
In any case, Taylor is screwing around with Lisa just because she can. She doesn't need to call her to get good at fighting and she knows Lisa won't tell her from her first few tries.
Look at this line here:
It's pretty obvious that Taylor is calling just to mess with Lisa because she can.
We live because we can, there isn't another reason.
Taylor is calling just to mess with Lisa not because she can, but because she like it.
Look deeper. You do something because you like it, but not because you can. And, second question - why Taylor like it???
P.S.Thanks for the explanation.
T. honestly tell she's motives. But TT power said "you're- just doing this because you can". It looks absurdly. T. can do many other things, but for some reasons she decide to call to TT.
P.P.S.
Yeah. It could be anyone.
P.P.S. I am try to say. That for city with so extremely high crime rating police work very fast.
Grue has no sight "i am supervillain." Just a man in biker helmet. How many calls like this police receive???
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1.7
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1.7
Taylor called Lisa in one timeline, walking home in the other. For the third time. It wasn't easy working with Lisa, trying to get answers and find that one little stitch in the works, because Lisa always knew. Half the time it was just a wash; the other half, it was just trying to verbally debate Lisa. That was a good idea. Getting down into the mud with a pig who was more intelligent than you and knew how to smirk and have it be heard over the phone.
Real fun. She wanted Lisa here, right now. Taylor considered heading over to their little loft-hiding-place thing, but she was pretty sure she couldn't take on Bitch and Jean-Paul-Alec whatever his name. Lisa couldn't seem to decide. She babbled a lot when— well. At least one of those was his name, Taylor was sure. Lisa wouldn't have lied to her.
What could she do?
She split the timeline again, calling Lisa once more. It was sometimes a matter of trial and error, so she'd just find the right way to address things. Lisa always knew at least something, and gathered information off of that. If she pissed off Lisa too fast, or tried to dig too deep, too quickly, she'd get more hellfire and brimstone. 'You're just a guilty bitch who can't even talk to their father with real compassion because you're too scared,' or 'All those people you've killed really fucked with your moral compass. It doesn't matter if they existed or not, because you're—' Taylor hadn't actually heard the end of that one, she'd been too busy doing something else, like suddenly needing to go use the bathroom, but she felt better. Much better!
Yeah! Yeah.
Ri-"Yeah?"
"Hey, Lisa. I killed Shadow Stalker. She killed Brian, so I killed her." Taylor struggled to keep that smile on her face, because she was talking about something that made her happy! "What else should I take care of?"
There wasn't a response. Hey, she made Lisa speechless! That was a first. That was a good thing, right? "I'm sorry. You must have the wrong number."
She hung up. She couldn't do that, it wasn't right, it left everything on hold, a fucking tease, Taylor needed something she wanted to hear something, anything— her fingers hit those buttons, and she redialed. She listened to it ring, until it told her that this person's voice mailbox hadn't been set up yet, please try again later.
Taylor threw the phone at the wall, watching it crack, watching those components fall to the ground. It was funny. Because it wasn't really happening, and she'd close the timeline right now.
--
Taylor sat on the bench. In one timeline, she got up, throwing a rock at Armsmaster as he came out on his cycle. She began fighting him, lasting about five seconds before he subdued her in containment foam.She closed the timeline, reopened it, got up, threw a rock, started again. Two seconds; Armsmaster just tased her, and she felt her body twitch, the muscles moving beyond her control, flexing, pulling, jittering. Taylor closed it again, getting up and walking home.
Scattered thoughts and impish whimsy drove the use of Taylor's abilities; the flickers of time spent doing whatever she wanted were an odd sort of catharsis. Every intrusive thought was indulged; why not?
She kissed that guy who worked in the grocery store that she found kind of cute. Brian was dead, after all. The guy leaned back with an expression of distrust and disgust, so Taylor punched him in the solar plexus and watched him on the ground.
Timeline closed, "Thank you, sir."
Walk out, energy bar, drink in hand.
She opened another timeline, used the can to break a car window open, deciding there was no better time than the present to learn how to hotwire a car. Taylor had to do something, figure out what she was doing and how she was going to do it because nobody else was going to help her and screw them she didn't need their help.
And she couldn't get this car hotwired, and people were yelling for her to get out of the car. She slammed her head into the horn, keeping it pressed there.
Breeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee—
Taylor continued to walk home.
It was easier if she just kept splitting off, doing things like kicking something nearby, like the tire, fence, or wall; she bled off the valve that kept getting stuck in her head, a bunch of things that just kept building up.
Taylor walked up the steps. In the other timeline, she slammed her foot against that fucking step until it broke, her foot went through it— the splinters dug into her leg. She drew her foot back again, stomping it down, breaking more of the step, again, again, again. Dad was at work, he couldn't come back and see this— she closed the timeline anyway, not wanting to see his face, aghast, worried, sad. "I'm sorry, Dad," she muttered as she walked up those steps, opening that door.
In another timeline, she threw rocks at windows, because the sound of tinkling, crashing glass was better than her stupid-ass— fuck.
Fuck.
Taylor stared into the mirror. It stared back. She punched it. It broke.
She stopped throwing stones in the other timeline, falling down, heavily.
Shit.
Taylor closed the timeline outside, staring at the fracture that vaguely resembled her face. Jagged, a little blood, and stupid. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
She buried her head in her hands, falling back against the bathroom door.
--
"Taylor? Is there something wrong? You alright?"
No. She didn't know what was wrong and Taylor wanted something but didn't want something so bad she wanted to fucking die— oh wait it's the other way around. "Yeah—"
She closed the timeline. She reopened the timeline.
"No, I'm fine, just— had an accident! Broke the mirror. My fault." Taylor smiled, arranging her face properly. "I'll be out in a minute, I'm really sorry about the mirror."
"Oh. alright. I was just worried about you. Don't worry. It's just a mirror, Taylor. It's replaceable."
Okay. Good. That worked. Things were okay, see? Things were going well.
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School was going well. She was doing well in class. Taylor finished the assignment, and handed it in. Sophia didn't stop her, Madison didn't touch her, Emma didn't taunt her.
Emma still wasn't there, so that made it difficult. Madison was sitting very far away from her in class. A good idea, it'd take Taylor a few more seconds to reach her.
Sophia was dead. She wasn't coming back. Served her right.
Taylor listened eagerly to Mr. Quinlan, as he talked about X and Y some more. Yes, you needed to simplify the equation. That's all you had to do.
Just work through the numbers, simplify things, and move on.
In the other timeline, she walked into the PRT, and asked to speak with Armsmaster.
All she had to do was keep things simple. As long as things were far enough apart, she wouldn't make that mistake again. She wouldn't have to worry about that kind of shit, or think things through as hard.
Taylor finished her homework before class ended, handing that in.
"Hi. I'm a recently triggered cape, and I'd like to try speaking with Armsmaster, if he's in? I think I'm a thinker." Lying didn't work. They had some sort of in-built lie detector going on. Telling the truth was a lot easier when you were trying to fool people. Just say enough of the truth, clearly enough, and they believed you.
She'd certainly gotten enough practice.
Taylor ate lunch. She also walked down the corridor, following the woman.
She sat in the conference room. She sat in her chair, watching the computer screen, as Knott not naught, talked.
Armsmaster opened the door. Taylor tapped away at the computer, and she tapped at the desk in front of her.
"Hello, Armsmaster," she said, in both timelines. The person next to her glanced at her, oddly. She smiled, in both timelines.
He sat. Armsmaster. Armsmaster was the one who sat.
"Hello." He said, his lips moving, communicating, with words.
"I'm a cape. I'm a thinker, and I'd like to help with the investigation." She said, to him.
Taylor clicked on PHO links, having finished her assignment, a pitifully easy task to just— look up some shit and copy paste it, google search the answer and be done with it.
She tapped her fingers, waiting for his response. Taylor was telling the truth. She wanted to help. She wanted to know just how far they'd gotten.
Taylor walked out of the classroom, not bothering to close the other timeline, still trying to get details from Armsmaster. It was like talking to a stone who knew how to be an asshole at the same time. She resolved to go home and throw away any Armsmaster memorabilia she might still have left.
Oh well. She lunged over the table and punched him in the jaw, then watched the expression on his face as the containment foam got fired in.
Taylor really didn't feel like being patient. She closed the timeline, sending one to the library, and walking to the bathroom in the other. Splashing water into her face, walking back to class.
She was okay.
She'd be okay.
GiftOfLove
From the Heart
I wonder how Sternum-Punch Guy's day went after some crazy high school girl stole a kiss and decked him.
SolipsistSerpent
Endlessly Devouring
Wait... Did that really happen? Because you're right it rather looks like it did.
Honestly, it's amazing Coil was as sane as he was.
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Smartest thing Lisa's said all fic.
