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grommile said:
Even silicon-fluorine bonds are only stable to water in acidic conditions.
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Ace Dreamer said:
There might also be the issue of where is the drillipede getting the halogens from, unless QA is supplying them?

I'd also quite like to know where the canon drillipedes are hiding all that extra mass? If it confuses QA then presumably she's not providing the storage space? Is this Sorceress (magical? psionic? OCP? alien demonic lizard?) mass-shuffling?
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Counterpoint one:

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Shards are BULLSHIT. Even Queen Administrator doesn't know how Taylor's pulling this stuff off.
 
YuffieK said:
Counterpoint one:
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Is this the same thing as:

Fluoroelastomer - Wikipedia

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... QA is a shard administrator, and shouldn't be confused by things shards are doing. Even if Taylor is hooked-up to a bud of Shaper, as well as QA. This strongly implies (to me, anyways) that there is also non-shard strangeness going on. Also see strange basalt dock, under BB?

(If you ask me, this is all about Taylor's shoggoth heritage showing itself. :) )
 
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Spider, Hideously Enormous, Lives On Bay.

SHELOB

Can't believe you passed this one up. And the next one should be the:

Unusually Noble, Giant, Oddly Loquacious, Incredible Anti-Nazi Tarantula?

UNGOLIANT
 
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Re: Where is that extra space inside the drillipede coming from?

Simple, QA requested a bud from Vista's shard, whom we'll call [Space], and got it. Now, QA has access to a subset of [Space]'s ability, because QA though it'd generate MOAR DATA! She's already requested a bud from [Shaper], after all. That's why the recombinant biotinkering happens. QA asks, promising to share data with them, she gets a bud, they get [DATA!(!!)(!!!)], and everything's happy.

Of course, with MP-Pi, it'll be because of alien demonic lizards. >Sound of far off snickering< It's always lizards...
 
Kryslin said:
Simple, QA requested a bud from Vista's shard, whom we'll call [Space], and got it. Now, QA has access to a subset of [Space]'s ability, because QA though it'd generate MOAR DATA! She's already requested a bud from [Shaper], after all. That's why the recombinant biotinkering happens. QA asks, promising to share data with them, she gets a bud, they get [DATA!(!!)(!!!)], and everything's happy.
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Hmm...

One mistake I see here. It's not QA making the requests.
Oh, sure, it is her credentials being used for the... requests, but it ain't the Shard making the calls.


Yes, this isn't supposed to be possible. Why do you think the poor dear is so confused...
 
It was quite entertaining the new chapter, in addition to, after thinking a little, I think I begin to see a pattern to repeat, remembering Saurial, but in this case, with the PRT horrifying, to fear, given the web with which the Nazis of E88 were tied, And the insect expert, instead of saying what Emily would prefer to hear, his estimates on the type of insect capable of it, horrifying more than one and believing that there is another super bug, in addition to Vespa (and there are already two, HOUS, SHE; how many will appear?, according to Tay, if she continues to experiment with more fusions, and there are witnesses of them, at least she is not able to clon , and that several of those fusions appear at the same time, right?)

And while Taylor enjoys chaos, she also appreciates the studies made by Armsmaster in the Dridier web; although what highlights the most is the part of the end of the chapter, since a very intense and strong storm gives Taylor the pretext to carry out her plan, to use her special worms, to destroy part of the reef and make fall towards the sea, the remains of ships that hindered the bay

Apart from a bit of Missy's point of view, both focused on the storm, and in the most recent events in the city, and with her curiously enjoying seeing the storm

Good luck and keep it up

Happy New Year 2025
 
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I'm thinking Taylor is dipping into some of that mystic magical w/e in her bloodline without realizing it, to do the bio shaping/changer stuff that's confusing QA so much. All of the level 2 links are to Taylor directly, not going through QA, hence why they are part of her where QA is concerned. And MPi went into a lot of detail with her witchy family background for a reason 🤔
 
Hmm. Circe could turn men into beasts (probably improving their character, in some cases). Maybe Vespa, and the later level 2 bugs, have been turned into pseudo-shards? Or, have had shard-y-ness associated with them? So, Vespa, 'Shaper' (Amy), Vespa 2, 'Space' (Missy/Vista), Crab-Spider 1, 'Escalation' (Kenta/Lung)...

This means the drillipedes are doing a sorta reverse Escalation trick - not pulling mass from elsewhere, more shoving it elsewhere until needed (ate)?

BTW, implication of any level 2 bug counting as Taylor's body - does that mean anyone can do the bug-merging/morphings, creating AAN (Abominations Against Nature *), around them???

So, all the Driders, anywhere Taylor might want, once she figures-out how to fake-up humanoid-enough bodies from bugs?

... If Taylor figures-out she can *yoink* shard capabilities, aero-kinetics, reset-from-template, could go in bugs? HOUS visit to Nessa+Jessica (ensure no details are missing) might mean Mothra is on the cards???

Just asking... :)


* - 'ANN' is pronounced 'Aann...', with a fading whine at the end...
 
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Aineko said:
While QA cheats like crazy, chlorine is extremely plentifully available to biology. Fluorine not as much, though.
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May be relevant:

Geology of New England - Wikipedia

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Obvious local source of chlorine is sodium chloride (common salt) dissolved in sea water. Concrete (unless made using sea-water, which I don't believe was common), and local bedrock would seem to have little chlorine. Other issue would be where to get the carbon.

Yes, fluorine is less common. I'm guessing bromine and iodine wouldn't be used.

PossiblyEnos said:
Exactly! She administrates Shards, not chemical bonds. The exact mechanisms are for the minions to work out.
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Yes, but shard work will have certain characteristics, use of dimensional tricks, maybe network traffic, logs, reports held in shards QA can access. There is the implication that QA can't access any of this. Hence, confusion.
 
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Ace Dreamer said:
May be relevant:

Geology of New England - Wikipedia

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Obvious local source of chlorine is sodium chloride (common salt) dissolved in sea water. Concrete (unless made using sea-water, which I don't believe was common), and local bedrock would seem to have little chlorine. Other issue would be where to get the carbon.

Yes, fluorine is less common. I'm guessing bromine and iodine wouldn't be used.
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Earth life generally doesn't live without chlorine ions.

And I'm confused as to how anything in Brockton Bay would be expected to lack access to sea salt.
 
Aineko said:
Earth life generally doesn't live without chlorine ions.

And I'm confused as to how anything in Brockton Bay would be expected to lack access to sea salt.
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Chlorine is pretty critical. CHNOPS, as an update on CHON, might interest.

If the entire drill-path is to be lined with chlorinated hydrocarbons, and neither the concrete nor the bedrock contain much, then prior to reaching the sea, even if go through some saline aquifers, would there be enough? And, yeah, also need the carbon; hydrogen is rarely an issue.

Possibly the drillipede is pre-stocked with hole-lining materials, but there's no obvious sign of Taylor doing this...
 
Kytheros said:
I'd think that the Trump/Master power with similarities to what the PRT says Hellhound has would be ranking higher in the serious possibility list. I mean, sure, that's a helluva lot less concerning a powerset relative to a biotinker, but it's also firmly within the precedent of known powers
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That or Genesis from the travelers she summons a different monster so whoever's behind HOUS and SHELOB could be similar to that too. Or even Genesis herself given what little is known about the range of her powers.

Kytheros said:
Night ... I'm not sure if Taylor's bugs count for her power. If they do, then yes,
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In canon they didn't but she also couldn't really see through them by that point in canon either.

ZhaneSilverman said:
Hmm. Honestly it seems like Taylor is actually unknowingly approaching apotheosis.
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Her trip to LA to expand her network will help with that. Tracking a few trillion bugs watch two cities with a few million people. After that adding more cities isn't that big of a deal and she's on her way to covering the earth like that one snippet story.
 
Bobismeisbob said:
Her trip to LA to expand her network will help with that. Tracking a few trillion bugs watch two cities with a few million people. After that adding more cities isn't that big of a deal and she's on her way to covering the earth like that one snippet story.
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As long as Taylor and Danny don't have to die for that in this one. Admittedly, Taylor dying was the START for her in the snippet I'm pretty sure that you're referring to ... (same illustrious author as Vespa?)
 
Kinsfire said:
As long as Taylor and Danny don't have to die for that in this one. Admittedly, Taylor dying was the START for her in the snippet I'm pretty sure that you're referring to ... (same illustrious author as Vespa?)
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I would say... it's not a good idea to forget the basalt dock, deep below the city... And, that mysterious vent, to even deeper waters, too narrow for human entrance...
 
[ in order to screw with the PRT taylor should introduce her spider for as Ungoliant and just keep them(and the villians) guessing about how many bug capes there are

I bet she could cook up something vaguely lovecraftian and poke the Rig too
 
You know, if Taylor wanted to have fun, she could publish some ambient, restful, music to PHO, as HOUS... An hour's worth of "Sounds of the Hive" should do the trick...
 
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    ♦ Topic: Stormin'!
    In: Boards ► Places ► America ► Brockton Bay
    PlanWhatPlan     (Original Poster)
    Posted On Mar 5th 2011:
    If you're in the Brockton Bay area you might have noticed that the weather is a touch vigorous at the moment... :D

    As in, End of the World vigorous.

    It's currently just after midnight, it's been fucking pouring all day like it's trying to wash the city into the bay, and It. Keeps. Getting. Harder!

    And not in the fun way.

    Jesus, I've never SEEN rain like this! It's absolutely hammering down to the point I can barely hear the video I was trying to listen to over the noise on the roof! And that's ignoring the lightning and thunder. Which you can't unless you're blind and deaf. And probably, dead. No way I can sleep through THIS, so I thought I'd make it everyone's problem :)

    I'm over near King Street, halfway up the hill. For those not local, that means I've got a fantastic view over about two thirds of the city and most of the bay. And right now it's like watching the inside of one of those glass balls with the electrical discharges inside, you know the expensive executive toys? Only much, much bigger and SO much fucking louder I'm wondering if my hearing will survive this...

    Honestly I've never experienced a storm like this before. I'm almost starting to wonder if I'm going to hear the Endbringer sirens go off and Leviathan pop out of the fucking bay. Christ, I hope that doesn't happen. Why did I think that?

    Wow.

    That was incredible. Three simultaneous lightning strikes, one on the Rig's forcefield, one on the Medhall tower, and one somewhere in the docks. Probably one of the cranes, they tend to attract lightning anyway since they're big and metal. I need to find my camera and get it set up, this is one for the record books.

    I hope people are staying inside and paying attention to the weather warnings. They weren't kidding when they said this was going to be one to remember. I think they might have understated it if anything. There hasn't been a storm like this for a decade or more. Even the one back around 2007 wasn't this fucking intense.

    I'll see if I can get some good timelapse photos and post them. Anyone else awake want to try the same? (Everyone is awake. We all know it. People in New York can probably hear this!)


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    ►Reave (Verified PRT Agent)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Yeah, the entire PRT building is literally vibrating from the thunder and the wind. We've had one window near the top blow in already and we've had to clear out an office because it was like the sprinklers came on. Totally soaked in about thirty seconds. It's raining sideways at the moment, right at that side of the building, at about eighty miles an hour. I'm wishing my shift wasn't overnight, because I'd rather be somewhere less exposed than a fifteen story building only two blocks from the bay.

    You're right about the lightning too. I've never seen so many hits in so little time. If it wasn't for our pretty impressive backup power systems the lights would be going on and off like something from Vegas :) Even so we've had computer crashes all over the place.

    I would NOT want to be out on the water right now. Not for anything.

    Stay inside, seriously. DO NOT go out to have a look. I guarantee that if you survive it, you'll have a shitty time.

    Not official PRT advice but even the Director would agree, so please pay attention. They meant it when they said this was a bad one.

    Stay safe, people.

    ►Dreamy Lasers (Verified Cape) (Verified New Wave)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Sleep? Through this? Are you insane?

    My bed is actually moving across the floor from the fucking thunder!

    I can hear you sniggering, Cowboy. You say anything and I will find you and make you fucking pay, you hear me? Now is not the time for your shit.

    I'm genuinely wondering if the house is going to survive this...

    ►XxVoid_CowboyxX (Verified Massive Pain In The Ass)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Hey, don't look at me, bitch! I'm hiding under the bed with earplugs in and hoping this crap ends before I shit myself. And no, I'm not embarrassed to tell you that I'm terrified. The house across the street got hit by lightning ten minutes ago and the thunder nearly blew the goddamn windows in. It was so fucking loud it wasn't NOISE it was like someone punched me in the face.

    I don't like being punched in the face.

    ►Brocktonite03 (Veteran Member)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Maybe you shouldn't be so punchable, then :D

    ►LizardsAreCool
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    :rofl:

    Poor Void. Everyone hates him.

    ►Dreamy Lasers (Verified Cape) (Verified New Wave)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    He knows what he did.

    Repeatedly.

    ►LizardsAreCool
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    There's that, yeah.

    Eek! That was way too close. I swear the entire house lit up like daylight for about four seconds. It must have been about a dozen strikes one after another. The...

    Yeah. There's the thunder. About ten seconds. So that's what, about two miles away? That would put it out over the bay considering the direction it came from. I swear it's getting louder and windier. How?

    ►Iamnotpaidenoughforthis314 (Veteran Member)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    That would put you somewhere on the north-east side of the commercial district? I saw those strikes right out the window here, I'm still blinking. You're right, it was about ten of them, one after another, in a line across the bay. It's incredible to see. The water lit up like a flashbulb where the hit. Never seen lightning hit the sea before although I guess it has to be a thing.

    Christ, I wouldn't want to be out on the Rig right now. I bet it's swaying around like a hammock in a hurricane...

    I hope these photos come out right. I haven't done long exposures like this for years.

    ►KeyboardCivilian (Terminally Online)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    You'll have plenty of chances to get some good shots. This is supposed to go on for at least the next three hours, according to the latest weather data. I was just looking at the rain radar site and it's across about a third of the entire state, and way out into the Atlantic, just sitting right on top of us. The highest wind speeds are pretty much right here in the city, and it's currently tracking something like two hundred strikes per minute in a ten mile radius of the bay.

    Which is completely insane. This is close to a small hurricane, and I'm not all that convinced about the 'small' part there.

    It's way stronger than the forecasts earlier in the week said was likely.

    ►Chrome
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Fuck me, has anyone seen how high the tide is in the bay? Storm surge, I guess, but it's right up nearly to the Boardwalk at the moment. The big wharf down in the middle of there is actually underwater! Only a few inches, I think but all I can see out the window is the tops of the pilings and the railings around it way out in the water.

    I've never SEEN it like this before.

    I also just saw one of those yachts that moor up near the end of the Boardwalk go whizzing off into the dark, backwards. Pretty sure someone's going to be filing an insurance claim tomorrow because I don't think they're going to get it back :o

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    ►Laotsunn (Kyushu Survivor)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    The more I think about it the more I think Brockton Bay is cursed. First the demon HOUS, then the storm from hell.

    I hate this place.

    ►Foxx_The_Fox (Verified Cute)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    It has its good points :)

    ►Laotsunn (Kyushu Survivor)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Name one.

    I'll wait.

    Can't go anywhere until this finally dies down, or blows the entire city out to sea. Could be either.

    I need a drink.

    ►TheWhiteMage (Verified Cape) (Verified New Wave)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    You need to STOP drinking so much.

    Trust me. I'm a professional.

    ►Dreamy Lasers (Verified Cape) (Verified New Wave)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    She is.

    Honest :D

    ►Laotsunn (Kyushu Survivor)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    I acknowledge your abilities and experience while I reject your advice.

    You have not, with all due respect, seen what I have...

    ►KeyboardCivilian (Terminally Online)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Two HOUSs?

    Still waiting for photos, my friend :D

    ►Laotsunn (Kyushu Survivor)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Do not make me lose my temper. No one will enjoy the result.

    ►XxVoid_CowboyxX (Verified Massive Pain In The Ass)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Yeah, leave him alone. He's scared the same as the rest of us.

    ►Laotsunn (Kyushu Survivor)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    ... Even while trying to be helpful you insult people.

    Impressive.

    Unwise, but impressive.

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    ►I.Like.Big.Bangs
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    He's quite talented in his very own way :)

    ►Laotsunn (Kyushu Survivor)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Agreed :)

    ►Not_A_Demon_Honest
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Getting away from the polite insults and Void being Void, is it my imagination or is the water in the bay changing color? I could swear it's gone brown...

    ►PlanWhatPlan (Original Poster)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    It's not your imagination. I've been watching and it's definitely brown pretty much everywhere now. I think it's the currents stirring up all the silt. Never seen it go that color before, even after that massive flood three years back when it snowed like crazy for two weeks then it all melted in two days.

    Hard to be sure, considering it's dark and all, but dark is kind of relative right now. I swear the lightning is getting worse. I've seen the Rig get hit at least a couple of dozen times so far. Got some amazing photos, the force-field seems to get supercharged or something when that happens and goes really bright for a few seconds. I wonder what it's like on board?

    Photos here, here, and here.

    ►LizardsAreCool
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Wow!

    Those are AMAZING!

    ►Laotsunn (Kyushu Survivor)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Impressive.

    ►Miss Mercury (Protectorate Employee)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Speaking as someone who wishes she wasn't on the ENE base at the moment, the lightning strikes are loud. The entire facility rings like we're inside the world's largest bell every time it gets hit and it's deafening. Most of us have ear plugs in right now.

    It's very spectacular, true, the light show is incredible, but the way the whole thing is shaking constantly isn't exactly fun. I'm assured the construction is more than sturdy enough to stand up to far stronger wind than this, and the force-field is fine, since it's actually absorbing a lot of the energy from the strikes which is what's making it glow like that, but it's not an experience any of us particularly enjoy.

    Not like we can go anywhere right now though. We'll just have to ride it out and hope the seasickness medication works :)

    Incidentally, PlanWhatPlan, may we use those photos? Our PR department started giggling all at the same time when they saw them :) Which was... unnerving. I can put you in touch with them if you'd like. It might be to your advantage to have a word...

    ►XxVoid_CowboyxX (Verified Massive Pain In The Ass)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Holy shit I nearly crapped myself. That one was SO fucking LOUD! I swear the ground is shaking still.

    ►PlanWhatPlan (Original Poster)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    DM me please, Miss Mercury.

    ►Dreamy Lasers (Verified Cape) (Verified New Wave)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Is it my imagination or is the tide in the bay getting really, really high? It's just about the time it should be turning and I could swear it's running much higher than I've ever seen it before. I wish I could see better but there's no fucking chance I'm going outside right now!

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    ►Chrome
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    You're definitely right. The water is still rising, it's lapping over the Boardwalk in a couple of places now. I'm only about two blocks further inland and I can see the shoreline clearly. I need to check the tide tables...

    Yeah. Should be turning inside five minutes. It's supposed to peak at twelve fifty three, so we'll get about, oh, twenty to thirty minutes of slack water, then it'll be going out again. Slack water is probably not the best description of what's happening out there though...

    I don't think I've ever seen less slack water :D It's about as tight as it could get.

    Which made more sense in my head, I'll admit.

    Anyway. Should be going out again in about half an hour or so. Considering how the wind is howling like a damned soul and if anything getting stronger, that's going to make it go out fast. It's swung around nearly a hundred degrees from an hour ago.

    ►PlanWhatPlan (Original Poster)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Just got a fantastic shot of a MASSIVE lightning strike on one of those cranes at the docks. I've never seen anything like it! Like a tree of blue fire.

    Photo here.

    ►KeyboardCivilian (Terminally Online)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Fuck me. That's unbelievable.

    I wonder if the crane is still there after that? :)

    ►Swordmaker
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Should be, yeah. Those things are a lot of steel. But it's going to need some careful checking when this finally stops.

    ►Iamnotpaidenoughforthis314 (Veteran Member)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    I'm looking at the shipwreck in the mouth of the bay through a telescope right now. It's weird, the constant flickering is kind of hard on the eyes, and makes the entire scene look like something out of a fantasy story :)

    But that aside, I'm trying to figure out if what I'm seeing is real. Because I keep thinking it's MOVING...

    Not a lot, but it really does look like it's kind of... rocking? From side to side, as the waves hit it, and when the wind picks up. You can see the spray blowing over it. The wind out there must be INSANE even compared to here in the city, it's completely exposed.

    Anyone else seeing this or are my eyes playing tricks?

    ►Dreamy Lasers (Verified Cape) (Verified New Wave)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    I think you're right. I've been watching it for about ten minutes now and it sure looks like it's wiggling a little. The tide's just about to start going out, I think. I wonder if that will do anything? Maybe make it tip a little? I mean, that's an awful lot of water trying to get out a very small space, right?

    ►Swordmaker
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Considering how much of a difference there can be between the surface level inside and outside the bay on a falling tide, and how much higher than normal the tide is right now, I could see it shoving the thing a bit. But I know it's hooked really solidly on the reef so it's probably not going to do all that much.

    Unfortunately. It would be a lot better for everyone if that damn thing wasn't there.

    ►SenorEel
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    I heard it was the fault of the dock workers that the thing was there to begin with?

    ►Swordmaker
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Don't believe everything you hear, friend. And don't say that where they can hear you, unless you WANT to find out how fast you can run :)

    There's a lot of evidence suggesting that the riots and the ship going down wasn't exactly an accident, if you get my meaning. No proof, but I know people who were there and they're pretty convinced it wasn't anyone local who fucked things up for everyone.

    ►KeyboardCivilian (Terminally Online)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    There are a lot of conspiracy theories. Just saying ;)

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    ►Laotsunn (Kyushu Survivor)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    I don't believe this to be a conspiracy theory in the usual sense. What the truth is, I don't know for sure, but...

    I've heard enough to convince me that the situation is more complex than many believe.

    Like so much else about this pestilential city, much is beneath the surface.

    ►KeyboardCivilian (Terminally Online)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Like an entire hive of HOUSs? :D

    ►Laotsunn (Kyushu Survivor)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Don't push your luck. I am not so drunk yet I can't find you.

    ►Foxx_The_Fox (Verified Cute)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    You two should kiss and make up! :D

    ►XxVoid_CowboyxX (Verified Massive Pain In The Ass)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    :D :D

    Can I watch?

    ►Chrome
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Got over your terror then?

    ►XxVoid_CowboyxX (Verified Massive Pain In The Ass)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    No.

    I'm trying to distract myself.

    ►TheWhiteMage (Verified Cape) (Verified New Wave)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Wow.

    That was... unusually honest.

    There might be hope for you yet.

    ►Iamnotpaidenoughforthis314 (Veteran Member)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Huh.

    I just thought of something. I wonder if it still works? I need to find those notes I made...

    HAH! YES! It's still there!

    Look at this.

    ►PlanWhatPlan (Original Poster)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    ...what the hell? Where did you find this?

    Am I seeing what I think I'm seeing?

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    ►Iamnotpaidenoughforthis314 (Veteran Member)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Yeah, you are. Long story, but years back I knew someone who was working for the harbor patrol. They set up some cameras to watch the channel between the bow of the ship and the shore because fucking idiot tourists kept wrecking their boats trying to shoot the rapids at the wrong time of tide, and they had to keep fishing the bodies out. If they found them at all...

    Bad, bad place to fall overboard on a running tide, let's put it like that.

    Only that one seems to be still working but it's got a reasonably good view of the ship and that part of the bay. Pity there's so much fucking rain, but you can still see the thing fairly well with all the lightning.

    And... yes. It's DEFINITELY moving. Rocking from side to side. Looks like the tide's in full ebb now and really fucking going for it. Jesus, if you were in that you'd last about five seconds...

    ►LizardsAreCool
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Wow. That's amazing!

    ►Dreamy Lasers (Verified Cape) (Verified New Wave)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Is it tilted more than it used to be? I can't quite decide...

    ►PlanWhatPlan (Original Poster)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    I've got my longest lens on the camera and I can see it fairly well. Just need a good lightning strike...

    That did it. And... fuck me. That thing is actually tilting. Several degrees so far. What's happening?

    ►Swordmaker
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    From that camera view the tide is way higher and faster than normal, and the wind is ridiculous. It's blowing pretty much directly at the side of the ship. God knows how much force the water and the wind is putting on it, but...

    ►Chrome
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    ...

    Am I seeing something that's really happening? What the fuck?

    ►Swordmaker
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    I can see it too. I don't believe it but I can see it. What the hell is going on out there?

    ►LizardsAreCool
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    OMG!

    ►PlanWhatPlan (Original Poster)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    That about sums it up...

    What HAPPENED? How did THAT...??

    It's sinking? How?

    ►Iamnotpaidenoughforthis314 (Veteran Member)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    The only think I can think of is that the entire damn reef just gave way. I remember that they checked when it went down and it was apparently right on the edge of a huge rock outcropping that runs across the entire inlet from side to side, with much deeper water on the seaward side of it. The bay is shallower but the water is still pretty deep, but that specific point is the shallowest bit of the whole thing. The ship somehow ended up directly on the edge, hung up on the rocks like it had been dropped there on purpose. Another two hundred feet and it would have ended up sinking into about three hundred feet of water, as far as I know.

    Jesus, look at that!

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    ►PlanWhatPlan (Original Poster)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    I can see it going down. It tipped over onto the side, then slid outwards. I think you're right, the reef gave way. All the wind and water pressure? It has to be that, I didn't see any signs of explosions or anything. Maybe a Parahuman did it?

    ►Foxx_The_Fox (Verified Cute)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    ARE there any Parahumans who COULD do that? Look at the size of the fucking thing? That's got to be tens of thousands of tons of ship that's nearly vanished now.

    And now it has gone. Wow.

    ►Chrome
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Purity, maybe? She's a damn powerful Blaster.

    I can't believe what I'm looking at. Even on this shitty webcam view it's incredible.

    ►Laotsunn (Kyushu Survivor)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Purity couldn't do that. And there were no signs of any Parahuman ability in use. Nor would any sane person be out in this weather in any case. Or even an Empire fool.

    ►I.Like.Big.Bangs
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    He's probably right. And I can't see any signs at all of explosives either. It would take a lot of boom to move that thing, at all never mind in about what, twenty or thirty seconds? It's completely vanished now. And look at the color of the water! What in god's name is happening out there?

    ►PlanWhatPlan (Original Poster)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    I have absolutely no idea but it's the most terrifying and awe inspiring thing I've ever witnessed. God, I wish that camera was higher resolution and closer... Or I had a better lens. Look at those fucking whirlpools!

    ►Chrome
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    I can actually HEAR them from here. Christ...

    The sheer amount of energy involved is mindboggling.

    ►KeyboardCivilian (Terminally Online)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Well, I guess that's one way to sort out that particular problem. Bet no one saw that coming. I sure didn't...

    ►Not_A_Demon_Honest
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    No one did.

    But I think a lot of people are going to be very, very happy about the result.

    An ill wind that blows no good, right? ;)

    ►KeyboardCivilian (Terminally Online)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    That's one way to put it, yeah.

    A night to remember. I just hope that the storm blows itself out without doing something even more spectacular to top that off :)

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    ►Iamnotpaidenoughforthis314 (Veteran Member)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Looks like the flow is slowing down. It's going to be interesting to see what the bay looks like in daylight.

    Probably very angry chocolate sauce with lumps in.

    ►Chrome
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Well, this is a week to remember. Two Empire capes in custody, an entire warehouse full of weapons grabbed by the the PRT, and the wreck literally gets blown away. I wonder what will be next?

    ►Laotsunn (Kyushu Survivor)
    Replied On Mar 5th 2011:

    Don't tempt fate, please... :(

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