Worm: A Shard's Quest for Data!
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KindredVoid
Shard Whisperer
Alright Folks, Voting is over and I'll start churning out the next chapter. Though it'll be a bit longer coming thanks to some IRL stuff going on. Fear not, you'll all get to see the consequences of your actions soon enough.
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KindredVoid
Shard Whisperer
It's you gal Badass version 1.0 Eve. Also holy moly that artworks top notch Maelbek is really good!
Grasping hands 1.4
KindredVoid
Shard Whisperer
Grasping hands 1.4
{Encounter dice rolled!}
Eve carefully peered around a corner, two Gangers stood near one of the back alley entrances to a store, smoking and speaking to each other in low tones paying more attention to each other than their surroundings. They were asian and wore red and green colors thus ABB; Eve couldn't see any weapons on them but that meant little thanks to the slightly baggy pants and the jackets each of the two wore which could probably hide a gun from sight.
They always did in the movies at least.
Slowly pulling back she rummaged through her backpack and pulled out an old ski mask she had got last year after the record coldest winter in Brockton Bay's history. Staring at the still semi-new ski mask a pang of melancholy hits the displaced teen before Eve shook it off. She could cry on her own time when she was safer, not when next to what she was sure was a font for a gang of rapist and sex traffickers.
Though what she was actually here for was supplies. She had been walking to the Market on the edge of the Docks when she noticed the two gangers in the alleyway. Which was a pain in the ass really. Peeking around once again Eve silently huffed and stuffed the ski mask back into her backpack and stood, going back to her objective of getting supplies. She would remember this spot, come back later and kick some ass for Administrator.
Not that Eve had anything against punching the Yakuza or would the ABB be the Triad? Trikuza?
A bit of tension seeps from her posture as she spots Stalls and the booths set up for the Market, along with a couple of the Enforcers from the Boardwalk hanging around eyeing the place up, but with much less a keen gaze as their work in the Boardwalk. Probably because the Market was for the lower classes and didn't have as much tourist attraction power as the Boardwalk did. It still gathered crowds, but it wasn't where most of the money was made.
But that was good for Eve, because she didn't have all that much money to begin with. A credit card likely to cut off soonish and two hundred and eighty four dollars to spend on non-perishable food, water, a costume of some sort, and shelter. The shelter was likely to be one of those Motels that often have to remove police tape and you didn't try to sleep on the bed or you'd get tiny livestock on your person. Not something she liked the idea of.
Would shaving help prevent that? She'd have to look that up online. She pawed at her baggy jeans and frowned "Oh fuck me." Eve whined softly, her phone was currently back at her house across the city in the form of melted plastic at this point in time. "Guess I need a new phone too." She murmured walking on towards the street market.
{2d100 rolled Result: 98!}
A wetsuit, black, that sorta looked like it could fit Eve, a humble start of a costume for a cape such as herself. A newish bedroll, one LED bright as hell flashlight, one of those steel secure boxes, a nifty spring loaded switchblade which is probably what cost the most out of all her purchases but it was cool and she might need a knife for various reasons in the future. Oh, and Eve got a can opener because that would probably be something she needed in the future considering her diet was about to mainly consist of canned goods and fast food. Unless she learned to cook, which she had been remiss to do when she still had a mother to teach her how to do just that.
A deep breath helped with the more subdued sensation of sharp pain in her chest. Eve let out an annoyed growl as she made her way off towards the Docks south, there would be a few on the budget Motels near the area. Little buildings, rarely ever having a second story of more than ten rooms.
Speaking to the desk clerk/manager was a bit nerve wracking, but thankfully the man wasn't asian so the chances of him being ABB were pretty low, still probably paid protection to them. He must have been glad to have Eve pay in advance for a full seven day week of renting a room, along with the ten dollar tip. He probably wouldn't sell her out, and if he did she would simply make him wish he hadn't.
Not killing him of course, but she could probably demolish this place pretty easily, plus mastering him to beat himself up would be fairly amusing.
Any amusement Eve would have gained from those thoughts were thoroughly tarnished as she slipped the key to her room out the lock and opened the door, leaving her staring at a tape outline of a person on the floor. "...Are you seeing this shit Administrator?" Eve asked as she stared at the person shaped...shape on the floor. Was she hallucinating from stress, wasn't this a movie trope?
[Affirmation] came only a second later. Eve sighed softly, the weight of everything that had transpired during the day suddenly present. "I guess I can go get something to eat tomorrow it's-" she turned and peered at a clock resting on the wall opposite of the single neatly made bed in the room. "- ten pm and fuck it all I'm tired." Without care Eve dumped her bag on the floor, she stepped around the tape outline and dropped her bed roll on the floor and kicked it open. Peeling off her shoes, Eve took her hoodie off and folded it up before laying down, setting her favorite jacket down as a makeshift pillow.
There she laid, staring up at the old popcorn textured ceiling. "Goodnight Administrator-"
"-istrator. After we get some food and stuff tomorrow we can go do some cape stuff." your [Host.Eve] tells you, turning over and closing her eyes to try and fall asleep. You neither require or would want to sleep of course, but you can appreciate [Host.Eve] thinking of you before she falls asleep herself.
Ah, she will be entering the dreaming section of her nightly rest soon. How interesting, dreaming itself isn't rare amongst Hosts, but it is rather uncommon. It takes creativity on a subconscious level for dreams to form beyond the wetware that makes up a brain just filtering information gained during the day's activities. Thus Host species capable of dreaming are particularly valuable for Data gathering. Even if most of the time, dreams are utterly incomprehensible even for Shards.
Enough of that distraction however, there were several issues that you had to attempt to understand and correct. This of course was the perfect time to do so, without the presence of your [Host.Eve] you can dedicate nearly all of your attention towards that foreign green crystal flesh that had latched upon your own pearlescent pseudo-flesh and organ analogues.
As you spend more time on the barren, superheated Earth and expend more energy towards this strange mystery your awareness of yourself expands beyond your normal scope. After all it wasn't often a Shard had to pay much attention to it's LargerSelf, it was certainly interesting to a small degree. Almost familiar as well, for why you simply do not know.
Right, the jade flesh.
Expanding your sense of self is indeed helping as you have found that there is an open connection between the Jade flesh and your own. But nothing is passing through them, no information into or out of the strange flesh. But this does allow you to prod at the strange pseudo-flesh with your diagnostic scans...only to have them blocked! What!? Repeating the action, you note that it's not blocking exactly. Rather your diagnostics are simply ignoring the connected Jade pseudo-flesh.
Frustrating. Frustrating was perhaps the only way to describe this. The amount of energy alone being consumed for this would have fed the entire planet your [Host.Eve] called home for centuries. Yet you have made no noticeable progress with this issue. It made you angry.
Curiously, not the prescription emulated Anger designed to affect a Shard when something negative happened within the cycle. Rather something that heated your crystalline flesh and made your routines run faster with an urge to act.
Was this how a human, your [Host.Eve], felt this emotion? Just like Pride it wasn't something you were designed to feel. Something that your species had discarded; this An-AngerAngerANGERangerAN-ANGERANGERANGERANGERaNGERaN-ANGERangerAN-ANGERANGERANGERANGERaNGERaN-ANGERangerAN-ANGERANGERANGERANGERaNGERaN-ANGERangerAN-ANGERANGERANGERANGERaNGERaN-ANGERangerAN-ANGERANGERANGERANGERaNGERaN-ANGERangerAN-ANGERANGERANGERANGERaNGERaN-ANGERangerAN-ANGERANGERANGERANGERaNGERaN-ANGERangerAN-ANGERANGERANGERANGERaNGERaN-ANGERangerAN-ANGERANGERANGERANGERaNGERaN-ANGERangerAN-ANGERANGERANGERANGERaNGERaN-ANGER
AnD SudDenly everything smooths out. Your subroutines are functioning properly, your organ analogues are no longer spasming with wasted energy and mixed signals. For a moment you are left worried about the sudden existence of another glitch within your software...However unlike your previous glitch, this one happened while you were running diagnostics. Thus a wave of information washes over you. If you had the physical ability to smile, you would have grinned.
Because you just learned something very interesting.
Eve let out a loud and pleasured groan as she woke up and stretched her entire body much akin to a grumpy cat. "Fuuck." She hissed and sighed softly as she sat up, rubbing her back lightly as it protested the night spent sleeping on a rough carpeted floor with only a bedroll to give comfort. A sleeping bag might help, so she would probably go looking for that today. Then her stomach felt that familiar pang of emptiness and Eve amended that she would get food first. Probably wander down to a few stores and use the credit card as much as possible before ditching it. She could probably buy a bunch of gift cards for when the card gives out.
Wandering through the Docks would be a stupid idea, but it's not like Eve has much of a choice. Forced to stick to the main roads, her backpack is the only thing she chose to take with her aside from the switchblade. It was early in the morning, so maybe the ABB weren't out and about, why would anyone commit crime at six thirty am? Probably Coil's men, they were mercenaries after all, and weren't most mercenaries ex-military?
Well that wasn't going to be an issue for her, because she wasn't near Coil's turf.
Eve froze for a moment, stepping backwards a few steps to stare into the windows of one of the shops that somehow managed to actually still survive in the Docks' gang infested land. The windows were dirty and scratched and a metal gate promised to stop any quick thievery from passing criminals. "Fun Motors huh?" she muttered glancing up at the shop's name hanging above the similarly metal grate reinforced glass door.
But the real attention grabber was a beautiful prize sitting in the display cases looking all the well too badass for Eve to pass by without staring at it.
A full protection matte white with a reflective golden visor motorcycle helmet. "Fucking sweet." Eve said with a grin. She had always liked motorcycles (No it was not because Miss Militia rode one), the leathers and the helmets always looked badass. Even when she had watched someone get hit by a car when riding a motorcycle when she was 10 had permanently put her off the idea of riding, the get up of a biker was something still too aesthetically pleasing for Eve to merely forget about or ignore the awesome helmet.
So of course she bought the fucking thing. Eve found one that fit her nicely, she could ooh and ah over it later when no one was around to connect it to her face so she stuffed it in her backpack to avoid anyone connecting it to her face. "This is actually very exciting Administrator. I'm gonna be a hero...I think. Yeah. yeah I'm gonna be a hero!" Even if Eve hadn't been a cape groupie for much of the cape scene, Heroes were a fundamental part of life in Brockton Bay, hell probably in all of America as well.
Eve began to walk back down the street before she suddenly jerked to a stop and turned with a brief flash of annoyance, continuing back down the way she had been traveling before she had been distracted by the newest addition to her costume. She still had to go collect those gift cards before the probably fast approaching cut off of the card.
{Spending Dice Rolled! Result: 340!}
A fair amount of spending money on fast food gift cards, a trip to a gas station earned Eve two packs of bottled water and the empty space of her backpack was now filled with beef jerky. Expensive but oh so delicious beef jerky. Carrying the water wasn't difficult, mostly an annoyance as she balanced the two twelve packs, at least until she sneakily used her Phantom limb to help. Then it was easy as pie.
At least until the man with a knife in his hand stepped out of an alleyway directly in her way "Alright whity. Hand over what you got. Or pay in another way." his eyes lecherously slid across Eve's body in a way that made her skin feel unwashed. However, something nabbed her attention in a way that left her speechless for a moment, even if this possible ABB ganger was threatening her. "are...Are you robbing me of my water bottles?" She asked, no small amount of dumbfounded confusion lacing her voice.
The man blinks, the question momentarily leaving him off balanced. "Wha-No give me your fuckin money or suck my dick! I don't want fucking water, that shit comes out of pipes easily enough!" The would-be mugger snaps out, waving the well taken care of knife around so that it could catch the light of the morning sun.
It's not very threatening. Yes she would rather the knife stay far the fuck away from her body, but she had Administrator and Administrator's power. "...Right." Slowly she uncurled the Phantom limb from helping her balance the cases of water, and instead crept over to the man's shoes. "So, what kind of money do you want? Digital or physical?" Eve asked "because I do not have any on me if you want dollar bills or coins. Well, actually I may have one or two dollar coins on me. I would have to check."
The man grimaces at the dumb question, looking more like a sneer than anything else. "Jesus christ girl just give me the fucking money or else I'll fuck that pretty face of yours!" he ordered, becoming increasingly frustrated by Eve's antics
Eve purses her lips. "Ew. Dude. not. Just no. Because of that comment. I'm not giving you anything." She sticks her tongue out at him causing him to rear up and rush at her with an exclamation of 'fucking bitch'- or at least attempt to rush at her. The shoe laces she tied together go taunt and he tips like a cow and crashes to the ground. "HA DUMBASS CAN'T TIE HIS SHOES!" Eve laughed, stepping forward and kicking him across the face as the would-be mugger tried to hastily get up to his feet. The man collapsed with a groan, a bit of blood and a tooth escaping his mouth from the force of the kick. "Stupid fuck." With a glance Eve saw that the street was empty of people, what with it being the Docks and early morning. Probably why he had felt so secure in trying to rob her.
Actually it was rather weird that it was morning and no one was up and about doing things… Other than mister mugger here of course. Were the Docks just abandoned? It certainly seemed like it. Maybe people just...avoiding being seen? "Fuck I'd expect to see someone."
With a frown Eve set her water down and started checking the mugger's pockets, her hands shaking slightly from the leftover adrenaline in her system. She did not waste time checking the man's wallet for it's contents, rather Eve pocketed that and his knife before gathering up her water. The man got another swift kick, this one to his ribs before Eve started jogging off back to her current abode. The Phantom limb helped her balance the packs of water all the while.
"Seriously? Only seventeen dollars in coins? What the hell."
Energy waste. That is what this jade flesh does, as far as you know. It causes you to waste energy. You do not know why. Perhaps the foreign Shard flesh is simply misaligned and drawing power though that. At the most you knew that the flesh caused glitches when you experienced the vestigial emotional response subroutines activating.
"Administrator can I just Call you Admin for short? It'd be much easier to do when we start fighting actual capes." Your [Host.Eve] questioned, sitting down on her bed roll and staring at the helmet she had purchased earlier "Oh! And I need to find a name for my cape...stuff. Ya know? I'm just not coming up with anything good. Although I was thinking of Arkh. It sounds kinda cool. Maybe I could go to the library and look some mythology up? I think Hindu gods have multiple arms...although maybe that might be a bit much. I don't even know anything about Hindunism."
Ah, shorting your name? That was something that every Shard did. After a couple billion years names tended to accrue. Your full title was
[#4; ADMIN-COMMAND-QUEEN/ADMINISTRATOR/AUTHORITY-LEVEL-ELITE]
which would be quite a mouthful in combat, if one had to use a mouth to speak your title. So no, you would not mind if your [Host.Eve] used the -ADMIN- part of your title even if it did make you sound a little pretentious. At least it was not -QUEEN- like your sister [ADMINISTRATOR] Shard.
As for the name. Well once more you must admit to not being creative. But you did get a-perhaps disrespectful-delightful memory of which could lend aid in this. After all, if the <Thinker Hub>'s Avatar was not going to appear, then they were not to use their Avatar's given name.
[Agreement.Suggestion] You send out once more a reminder of how inefficient your speech is when you contact your [Host.Eve]. You simply cannot send out the full extent of your communicating ability without possibly damaging [Host.Eve]'s wetware. Yet neither can you reduce the amount of energy spent for much simpler messages. An inefficient issue that needs solving. Perhaps if you contacted [BROADCAST] then they might have a solution for this issue, after all, they were the Shard designed for communication in the first place. Learning how to better communicate with Hosts would be trivial...if [BROADCAST] was deployed. Probably with restrictions due to...previous incidents.
Although with this Cycle being one of the ones where the Shards are unconnected from the Networks that will likely be difficult. At best you would have to use the input/output dimensional beacons as an extremely short range communication relay. Attempting anything longer ranged might melt [Host.Eve]'s brain and that was simply unacceptable.
Although...given a lack of restrictions...perhaps you could just...create your own Network?
That would most likely be considered paramount to treason if either <Thinker Hub> or <Warrior Hub> found the burgeoning Network. No doubt if they found offense in that choice of action, you would be reformatted. Which would lose you everything you've gained since your formation. Considering the fact that you were one of the Core Shards of the <Thinker Hub> means that the loss would be considerable.
It was a dangerous idea. One you should discard immediately. Yet. You could not. The data you would gain would be simply exemplary and surely with an impressive gathering of Data the <Thinker Hub> and <Warrior Hub> would not view the creation of a Network as an act against them.
If you were to start a Network, you would likely only be able to offer Thinker Shards a place within it, and not many unless you spent energy, time, and resources crafting several organ analogues that would allow you to increase the range of your makeshift [BROADCAST] function using the Input/Output beacons located in [Host.Eve]'s brain.
You would not like inviting <Warrior Hub> Shards into the Network, his Avatar might find that egregious more so than the <Thinker Hub> would. Although you could very well do so if you wanted to.
"So, Admin. I promised yesterday we would do cape stuff after I got some supplies." [Host.Eve] needlessly reminded you while chewing on a strip of dehydrated bovine flesh. You had a perfect memory, except for why you had missing lattices which frustrated you greatly, so you did not need a reminder of something spoken between the two of you last night.
"So what kinda cape stuff do you want to do Admin, go patrol and look for crime? Maybe hunt down other Capes? I think I have the beginnings of a costume. It's nothing fancy, but I think I can make the look work…..Yeah. Eden the badass heroine. Don't know why you offered Eden up. Arkh sounds cooler." She bit into the dehydrated bovine flesh and worried at it. "But Eden must mean something to you right? You wouldn't have suggested it otherwise. So. Eden."
Your [Host.Eve.Eden] paused to pull the head protection she had purchased into her lap. Quietly inspecting the golden visor. "We can be heroes...never thought I'd be doing something like this Admin. Guess that's life, sometimes things just happen." [Host.Eve.Eden] got to her feet stretching. "Even if it ain't complete. I have the most important parts. I can still try to get something done today."
"Alright Admin. Let's do some hero work."
Bud Progress: 3%
Time to Administrate:
[] Investigate the missing lattices of your previous Hosts, you simply don't have memory of discarding any lattices and that discrepancy is almost blatant. It's worrying. (Past Hosts and Yourself)
[] Investigate the strange green node flesh. You've discovered that they are connected, and not dead flesh. However they are causing an interesting interaction with your emotions (The Why) {2 of 4}
[] Investigate why [Host.Eve.Eden]'s lattice is struggling to form, and try and fix the issue. After all she is a great [Host.Eve.Eden] and you would like to keep a reminder of her. (Closer Bond with Host)
Capes and mundies, what will Ev-Eden do? [Writing in extra details helps speed up chapter creation and makes the QM happy!]:
[] Focus on general survival, try to find shelter, food, and necessities. - locked
[] Try and hunt gang members, you can rob them too! Dangerous though. (Possible Pings: ESCALATION. REPLICATOR, CONSUMPTION, and others!)
[] Scout to get a sense of the lay of the Docks. Knowledge is half the battle, the other half is extreme violence! (Possible Pings: ABSORPTION, MANIPULATION BUD #5, ARMORER, NEGOTIATOR, HEAT GENERATION)
[] Find a costume, you have a credit card for the moment {I'm commissioning art for this!} (Possible Pings: KINETIC REGULATOR, SHIFT, REDUNDANCY, SPACE, STASIS, The GLEAM team, SHAPER, ???, and ???)
Shard Business. Plot stuff! Data! And other hilarious things you tell yourself:
[] Tell [Host.Eve.Eden] to find nearby Shard hosts. Preferably those of the [Thinker Hub] But [Warrior Hub] Shards will do. (Pings can be collected)
[] Tell [Host.Eve.Eden] to go and find [QUEEN.ADMINISTRATOR]'s Host and collect Data. (Pings can be collected)
[] Start construction of the foundations for a Network of your own creation. (WARNING: THE ENTITIES MAY TAKE NOTICE, this will require multiple actions.) (Pfft no they won't, probably.)
[] Tell [Host.Eve.Eden] of Shards, but not the Cycle. You did tell her that you would explain later.
A\N: Damn you have no idea how much this chapter kicked my ass. Having to work on it piece by piece was an exercise in frustration. For those curious, yes a friendship with Taylor is possible but it won't start easily thanks to multiple factors. Also, some options unlock bonuses, perks, or new choices. The reverse can also happen.
Later today I will be posting the Character sheet, and the costume building thing is an extra action. Enough votes for it unlock it as side content. This might happen with other options, dunno if I should tell yall when the option is there. Considering that this is my first Quest, I'm kinda fumbling around here. ANYWAY. I hope you all enjoy the chapter, and i hope you like where Eden's costume goes.
This chapter has been under reformatting
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- Location
- America
[X] Tell [Host.Eve.Eden] to find nearby Shard hosts. Preferably those of the [Thinker Hub] But [Warrior Hub] Shards will do. (Pings can be collected)
[x] Scout to get a sense of the lay of the Docks. Knowledge is half the battle, the other half is extreme violence! (Possible Pings: ABSORPTION, MANIPULATION BUD #5, ARMORER, PATTERN RECOGNITION, HEAT GENERATION)
[X] Investigate the strange green node flesh. You've discovered that they are connected, and not dead flesh. However they are causing an interesting interaction with your emotions (The Why) {2 of 4}
[x] Scout to get a sense of the lay of the Docks. Knowledge is half the battle, the other half is extreme violence! (Possible Pings: ABSORPTION, MANIPULATION BUD #5, ARMORER, PATTERN RECOGNITION, HEAT GENERATION)
[X] Investigate the strange green node flesh. You've discovered that they are connected, and not dead flesh. However they are causing an interesting interaction with your emotions (The Why) {2 of 4}
Burned_Cookie
Very tired girl.
- Location
- Plato´s cave.
- Pronouns
- She/Her/It/Its
Oh wow that was a lot of internalized racism there.
I'd say we should watch out for that, but we are an alien space parasite, I don't think we understand the concept.
I'd say we should watch out for that, but we are an alien space parasite, I don't think we understand the concept.
Markala
Hannor & Polycho Shipper
- Location
- At the Junction of Angst and Fluff
[X] Tell [Host.Eve.Eden] to go and find [QUEEN.ADMINISTRATOR]'s Host and collect Data. (Pings can be collected)
[X] Find a costume, you have a credit card for the moment {I'm commissioning art for this!} (Possible Pings: KINETIC REGULATOR, SHIFT, REDUNDANCY, SPACE, STASIS, The GLEAM team, SHAPER, ???, and ???)
[X] Investigate why [Host.Eve.Eden]'s lattice is struggling to form, and try and fix the issue. After all she is a great [Host.Eve.Eden] and you would like to keep a reminder of her. (Closer Bond with Host)
We should use that credit card sooner than later before ditching 'em, then work on making our Host like us to give us the benefit of the doubt once we tell them about Shards later.
[X] Find a costume, you have a credit card for the moment {I'm commissioning art for this!} (Possible Pings: KINETIC REGULATOR, SHIFT, REDUNDANCY, SPACE, STASIS, The GLEAM team, SHAPER, ???, and ???)
[X] Investigate why [Host.Eve.Eden]'s lattice is struggling to form, and try and fix the issue. After all she is a great [Host.Eve.Eden] and you would like to keep a reminder of her. (Closer Bond with Host)
We should use that credit card sooner than later before ditching 'em, then work on making our Host like us to give us the benefit of the doubt once we tell them about Shards later.
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- Location
- Philippines
Hmmm can this be use to transfer energy to couldron shards?
Eve/Admin's Character Sheet! + Shard Glossary
KindredVoid
Shard Whisperer
Date: April Sunday 21st, 2011
Synchronization: 060%
Lattice: 100%
Imprint: 100%
Simulacrum: 100%
Thinker Administrator:
Slots: 3
Free Slots: 0
Bud Progress: 000%
Bud(s): 1
Pings: ADAPTIVE DRIVE (1), ARMAMENTARIUM (0), ABSORPTION (0), BROADCAST (0), BRIGHT LIGHT (1), CONFLICT ESCALATION (0), COMBUSTION (2), COPY PROJECTION (0), DATA VECTORS (1), DIMENSIONAL ENGINE (1), DIVISIONAL SENSE (0), EFFICIENCY (0), FACTORY (1), GIFT (1), GLEAM (1), METAL (2), MOLECULAR BREAK (1), NEGOTIATOR (1), NIKE (2), OVERSPREAD OFFENSE (1), PATTERN SENSE (1), QA (4), REDUNDANT SYSTEMS (0), REPLICATION (1), RESTORE FUNCTIONALITY (1), SAFEGUARD (0), SHAPER (1), SHIFT (2), SOUND WAVES (1), SHUNT (0), SPACE (0), STASIS (0), T!STING (1), T!GATEWAY (1), T!TECH DATABASE (0), T!WEAPON CONTROL (1), THIEF (0), WORKER (0),
Echoes: ABSORPTION (0), ADDITIVE CONTROL (1), ARMAMENTARIUM (2), ARTIFICIAL LIFE (2), ARMORER (2), ANATOMY REPAIR (0), AGGRESSIVE DEFENSE (1), BROADCAST (2), BETTER CONSUMPTION (1), COMBUSTION (0), COLD GENERATION (1), CONFLICT ESCALATION (2), DENSITY (0), DELICATE BALANCE (2), DIMENSIONAL ENGINE (0), DIVISIONAL SENSE (3), EFFICIENCY (1), EMPOWERMENT (1), FACTORY (2), FERROUS (0), FINE MANIPULATION (1), GIFT (0), GEOSHAPER (1), GLEAM (0), GRACEFUL DYNAMICS (3), GROWING ATTAINMENT (1), HEARTBREAKER (0), HEAT GENERATION (0), KINETIC REGULATOR (1), LANGUAGE (1), LIFE LIQUID (1), LIFE SPAWNER (1), METAL (0), M!GRAVITY (2), M!OBSERVER (2), MODULARITY (1), NEGOTIATOR (1), NIKE (2), POWERFUL DYNAMICS (3), REPLICATOR (1), WORKER (2), SPACE (1), STORAGE (0), SAFEGUARD (0), SHAPER (1), SHARP DISCHARGE (2), SHIFT (0), SHIFTING PROCESS (2), SHUNT (0), SOFT CONFIGURATION (1), STASIS (0), THIEF (3), T!GATEWAY(2), T!TECH DATABASE (2), VIRAL INFILTRATOR (1), QA (1),
Mutations: AGE (8) SATURATE (3), SLIMER (2), TOXIN (3), FUSION WELD (1),
Super Weapon Data: #09 'Simurgh' (2)
Warrior's Network:
Hostility - 1
Admin's Network:
Network Capacity: 9
Shards:
[ADMINISTRATOR] - You
[NIKE] - A Shard undergoing the first Cycle of it's existence, Nike has a powerful defensive ability, which makes her Vital to your newly forming Hub. Her host is her beloved Victoria 'Bia' Dallon. With a better structured Coreself, she is happy to meet her Host in the Firmament.
[EVE] - Your Host who, because of your actions, has become a Human/Shard hybrid.
Current Progress:
Network Creation:
{1 of 10} built foundations and supports for new modules and organ analogues.
{2 of 10} Then constructed a Broadcast Array Module.
{3 of 10} Then upgraded the Array to a Tower.
{4 of 10} Then built the Router Modulator in order for Shards to share Data within your network. {5 of 10} The Router Demodulator was a simple thing, meant to keep Data from mixing and becoming a mess as it was shared through the Network.
{6 of 10} Then the base for the Router was built, in the form of a Broadcast Array.
{7 of 10} Then the Router was completed, the Modulator and Demodulator attached to it, increasing Network capacity.
{8 of 10} Having built the SubReality Threader there is no worry about Scion discovering the building Network, as it is hidden.
Immortal Eden:
{1 of 3} Eve's Lattice is now complete.
{2 of 3} Eve's Imprint is now complete.
{3 of 3} Eve's Simulacrum is complete.
{4 of 3} Eve's Simulacrum has been merged with her Psionic Shade
Simulacrum Creation:
{1 of 6} Having researched the Quantra layer of reality in deeper detail, you know what modules you will likely need.
{2 of 6} Thus you have started Building the Psionic Sensor Array.
{3 of 6} Thus you have finished building the Psionic Sensor Array.
{4 of 6} Now you build a stable Anchor Well.
{5 of 6} The Quantra Layer Breacher is complete, and now Eve's Psionic Shade is in sight, one last task is left
{6 of 6} The Reality Layer Bridge has been built, Eve's Psionic Shade merging with Admin's connection to her and finishing the Simulacrum
Sibling Love:
{1 of 3} Admin has researched what Shards Pings are required to breach the protected Alternative Earth her fellow Shards have inhabited.
{2 of 3} Then build the required Module to do so.
{3 of 3} Then gathered SHAPER and QUEEN ADMINISTRATOR to get the latter healed
The victor writes History:
{1 of 5} Admin has been touched by Eve, bringing forth the ability to reveal long forgotten memories.
{2 of 5} Admin has learned of two Entities, The Watcher and The Devourer meeting each other and the outcome of them doing so.
{3 of 5} Admin has watched The Devourer become The Unifier, and the races created by the Entity, and that she was possibly the Administrative Shard for this Entity…and her first Host that she cared for. Her first sense of loss.
Telepathy:
{1 of ?} Spoke to the Testing Cluster about Host to Host communication using Shards as a medium.
{2 of ?} Spoke to Queen Administrator about her interest in forming connections between your Hosts.
{3 of ?} With your ability to open holes into closed dimensions, you have swapped your flesh with QA's to be integrated and used as Nodes for future Host communication
Queen Administrator is no longer physically damaged, and has lost most if not all of her restrictions. She has (at the request of her Host) forced Taylor through a second Trigger to modify her powers. Hearing about Admin's desire to rebel, QA has agreed on the stipulation that Negotiator is roped into the rebellion. Negotiator as it turns out, is not very happy with how Scion treated Queen Administrator. The two have spoken about it and have agreed to rebel. You recently gave her some Jade Flesh to help her recover.
Admin has helped GATEWAY, TECH DATABASE, and TOXIN with their Hosts.
Fading Scars:
{1 of ??} Eden along with her partner Khepri and New Wave's Panacea have healed one of the many scars the SlaughterHouse ten have left behind, Grey Boy's bubbles are gone.
Subtle Music:
{1 of ?} Gained Data from the Simurgh, along with gaining a slot and a new Aspect from it, while infecting the Endbringer with humanity.
{2 of ?} Seeking to rid itself of the humanity within it the Simurgh attacked Boston, using Blasto to create a hybrid body for it to shunt a partition of it's mind into. Due to Eden Second Triggering and using that to attack the Simurgh, the process was incomplete.
{3 of ?} A lone figure of alabaster white makes their way to Brockton Bay
{4 of ?} Willow, a clone of Eve and the Simurgh, has encounter Eve and returned her lost memories while causing a rift in Fractal Unity.
Fractured Friendship: Eve stopped in to check on Kassidy after the Teeth raid, only to discover the former friend's new best friend is none other than the civilian identity of Pure Steel.
Rebellion:
NIKE has joined Admin's Network as of 4.2
Thinker!Traits:
Open Dialogue: Host and Shard are actively speaking to each other. Transmit [GREETINGS]!
Unchained: Without restrictions usually set in place for a Cycle, Admin has a chance to work some Shard magic
DDOS protection: Any type of Shard based attack dealing with overwhelming the link between Host and Shard will not work.
It's not cannibalism if you have BBQ: You chose to cannibalize the Shardlings responsible for sabotage, you can now temporarily overwhelm the link between Shard and Host by forcing a connection open and filling it with junk.
Sought the Truth: Admin will not allow mysteries about herself to go unanswered for long. For better or for worse she now remembers bit by bit.
Resilient Host: Admin's Host can take the full blunt of a transmission without negative repercussions
Bleed Over: The lines begin to blur, futures shift and change. The Threads fray and join together.
Revolutionary: Together with her Host, Admin has chosen to revolt against her <Hub>s.
Sisters in Crime: Both Administrative Shards have agreed to tell the <Warrior> and the <Thinker> that they can take their Cycle and shove it.
Symbiosis Experience: Admin has dealt with nearly, completely merging with her host [Eve] and the Simurgh, having managed to shunt the Simurgh out and unravel herself and [Eve]'s minds before raveling them back to the correct(ish) forms.
<Hub>: With two Shards in her Network, Admin is on her way to becoming a fully fledged Hub.
Powers:
{Passive}MultiTasking: Your host has the excellent ability to Multitask.
{Passive} Know How: Eve knows how to operate TinkerTech and can study it now.
Grasping Hands Flexible Joints/Soft Touch: Your Host has the ability to project multiple Limbs with different effects, mixing and matching them as your Host pleases / The Limbs may spawn from anywhere on Eden's torso rather than only from her back, and move about her torso / Limbs can cover the Host's human arms, encasing them in the effect of the Aspect.
Perfect Self Administrator: With the upgrades Peak Humanity, True Regen, Anatomy, and Biological Imperative The Self Administration power has mutated into /Perfect Self Administrator\ giving Eve the abilities of strong regeneration, biological shapeshifting, and biomass generation.
TrumpTech CODING V1/METAL V1/BIOLOGICAL V1/MATERIAL V1/SHAPER V1: Gain the ability to create TinkerTech that mimics other powers after studying them either in combat or from collaboration, Eve knows how to code programs for TinkerTech/ Can tinker tech that mimics the weaker powers of METAL/ Can tinker devices meant to put people back together from physical wounds/ Can create better resources to include in her TinkerTech, making it safer and working slightly better/ Can build devices to mimic weaker powers given out by SHAPER in combat/
Villa's Remembrance Reservoir V1: Spews medium amount of black mist from the Host's pores and is shaped by the Host's desire. The limit of the black mist is the Host's concentration and imagination. Wounds caused by this power cannot be healed.
Runic Circles: Set up permanent runes(Does not leave if power is swapped out) that can be used to traverse to one another via time locked tunnel. Takes time to set up, Runes are noticeable, if the surface they are anchored to is destroyed they are as well, and there is a current limit of four Pathways.
Aspects:
Phantom Limb/Possession/Administrative Access/Poltergeist: An invisible limb grows from Eve, this limb can Master organics in totality and limitedly interact with the environment / Able to access memories and sensory input of Mastered subjects / Able to use a parahumans abilities perfectly when Mastering their mind / strengthen Phantom limb to a brute rating
Shadow Limb/Striker: Physically present and physically stronger than any other Aspect, SL can be used for movement or combat / Can channel other powers through this Aspect /
Feathered Limb/G-Force/Carrier Pigeon/Bubble of Motion: Gain a mock up of the Ziz's wings. Very durable, sharp at the edges (or soft if Eve wants them to be), and can telekinetically lift themselves / Able to slow and accelerate faster, along with better maneuverability / Able to carry another person with the Aspect's telekinesis, flying them independently of Eden / Capture everything around Eve in a telekinetic grip, holding it place and flying it around as well with a weight limited of 500 pounds
Ghostly Limb/Radar: A Limb made from smoke, mist, and fog. It interacts with Parahuman powers directly. Borrowing, changing, shifting, directing, and using them for it's own needs. Can also sense TinkerTech and undo it/ The limb perceives parahumans as it does TinkerTech
Cosmic Limb Storage/Safe Touch: A Limb with the ability to move things through dimensions with a touch including the user, also comes with a pocket dimension for storage. Stores up to 1200 cubic feet of material/ Anything put into storage is put into a Stasis to keep it exactly as it was when it was stored/
Ferrous Limb/Forge: A Limb that is amorphous metal that can be shaped freely into solid structures, weapons, armor, tinkering supplies, creativity is the limit/ Can heat Limb, temperature variable from "dull red glow" to "Oh god I didn't know metal can boil" if the temperature is fully lowered to no heat after starting the forging it detaches and becomes a separate metal object. At which point a new limb starts to form from fresh metal. This causes the Limb to take longer to form/
Eve Coldwin / Eden:
Money: $427,718
Costume: Black Wetsuit with some white highlights, white motorcycle helmet with reflective gold face visor. Fingerless tactical gloves with knuckle dusters. Black combat boots with white laces. Slightly oversized Cropped hoodie with white highlights.
Weapons: Spring loaded switchblade, basic knife with sheath, brass knuckles w/built in knife. High end taser, and shotgun, FF-Sword, FF-Mace, FF- Knives (3)
Items: backpack, old leather wallet, burner phone, Sets of Clothes (10), Eden Costume (2), Money, Tinker Smartphone, Girly outfits (3)
Storage:
Ratings:
Mover: 6
Shaker: 7
Brute: 4
Breaker: 2
Master: 6
Tinker: 4
Blaster: 4
Thinker: 7
Striker: 5
Changer: 6
Trump: 12
Stranger: 6
Eve!Traits:
Open dialogue: Shard and Host are actively speaking to each other. Say Hello!
Survivor/Cool-headed: Eve did what she had to in order to assure her long term survival, remaining cool headed instead of panicking while doing so. Even if she feels guilty about doing it.
Trauma(s): Eve does not see why porn made being choked out to be fun. It was not. Explosions are not as cool as they used to be. Eve loves Taylor, and wants her safe.
Total Master: People who know the full extent of Eve's power will be wary of her.
Heroic: Eve has killed and saved lives. She prefers saving lives.
Dependent: Loss of power and contact with Admin is something Eve fears.
Victory: Eve kicked ass in her first cape fight!
Knowledge is power!: Eve studied the cape population of the Bay!
Adrenaline Junkie: Eve has started to enjoy the rush!
Docks Navigator: Knowing where to go is important! Search rolls within the Docks/Docks South areas have an additional +8 to them!
Hardcase Head: Eve's brain is immune to headshots from mundane sources and can no longer suffer concussions.
Hybridization: Eve's now somewhat a Shard! It's weird but she digs it!
Bleed Over: The lines begin to blur, futures shift and change. The Threads fray and join together.
Ignorance is Bliss: Eve always knew it wasn't as simple as a harmless petri dish, but she didn't expect Omnicide of all things.
Restraint: For those that she cares about, Eve is willing to hold herself back...even if it frustrates her greatly.
Team Player: It had to be beaten into her, but Eve has learned the value of Teamwork!
Lovesick: Eve has it bad
Self Improvement: Eve has recognized the fact that she is deeply flawed and has taken steps to amend some flaws.
Second Trigger: Eve, at the peak of her despair, has Second Triggered during the Simurgh fight.
Cursed Knowledge: Knowing possible futures just means you know all the ways everything can go horribly wrong.
Light Sleeper: Due to her brain alterations, Eve doesn't need more than two hours of sleep a night.
Base:
(Moved to Fractal Unity Sheet)
MileStones:
The Loner's Flesh: Admin chose to cannibalize the flesh of an enemy <Entity Hub>'s [VIAL INFILTRATOR] Shard. Now they are becoming more than an Administrator. But what?
Greater Plots: Both Admin and Eve delve deeper into the culture of Capes and Cycles past. What will they uncover in time? What will uncover them?
Friendly Rivals: Having helped your sister Administrator Shard out of her restrictions and offered help, both Host and Shards share a much friendlier rivalry. Oh the butterflies.
Nothing But The Truth: Admin has told Eve the Truth of the Cycle, the consequences of which shall be known.
Escalation Contingency Activated: Admin and Eve are not the only players in this game for Keeps.
DragonGuard: Admin and Eve (with help) have stopped the DragonSlayers and lifted most of Dragon's chains at the behest of her Shard.
Heal thyself: Admin has gathered all the necessities in order to get her Sister Administrator Shard repaired by [SHAPER]. Now without most restrictions and repaired [QUEEN ADMINISTRATOR] is able to work near her full capacity as a Shard.
Made Whole: Eve has ascended her Humanity, and brought it to Administrator.
Those without Blame: Willow has come to Brockton Bay and met Eve.
Death Counter (1): Eve has died, and returned. The consequences were light, this time.
Shard Index:
*[Administrator] You! The Best Shard a Host could have! Eve (Eden) Coldwin is your Host!
*[EVE] Your host! Who has become a hybrid of Shard and human, she is the best host.
[Queen Administrator] Your semi-Rival, and now rebellious sister Shard. Her Host is Taylor 'Khepri' Hebert
[SHAPER] A very excitable shard that often experiments more than Innovator shards want to do, main function outside the Cycle is to repair damaged Shards. Host is Amy 'Fuflun' Dallon
*[NIKE] A very morose newborn Shard with a powerful defensive ability, loves their Host and wants to do better for them. Host is Victoria 'Glory Girl' Dallon
[METAL Bud #2] Host is Iron Rain
[METAL Bud#3] Host is Pure Steel
[WORKER] Host is Rune
[REPLICATOR] A bud of {COPY} who has distinguished themselves with a different name and function. Host is Oni Lee
[KINETIC REGULATOR] Host is Assault
[SATURATE] Host is Battery, you don't quite know who this is. Just that they are a Thinker Shard, a very new one damaged by an Enemy Entity
[ARMAMENTARIUM] Likes it's current set up within the Cycle. Host is Miss Militia
[EFFICIENCY] If they were a human they would be considered an eager motormouth, Host is Armsmaster.
[HEARTBREAKER BUD #5] Belongs to Regent
[NEGOTIATOR] A smug Shard, is connected to Tattletale
[HEAT GENERATION] 's Host is Spitfire
[ARMORER] is dogging Hellhound
[ABSORPTION] Has a connection with Grue
[THIEF] Host is connected to Victor
[GIFT] Host is Othala, the Shard is very open with its data.
[GLEAM] Hosts are: Carol Dallon, Sarah, Crystal, and Eric Pelham
[COMBUSTION] This Shard really likes explosions for some indiscernible reason, and also prefers to keep it's buds as a part of itself. Hosts are: Mark, Jess, and Mike Dallon
[T!TECH DATABASE] A Shard that you have respect for despite it's somewhat eccentric nature. Holds an Archive of technological knowledge stolen during every Cycle past. Whereas you are the size of a particularly large continental mass, TECH DATABASE is the size of a moon. Host is Dragon the AI
[STASIS] Host is Clockblocker
[REDUNDANT SYSTEMS] Host is Aegis
[MODULARITY] Host is Kid Win
[T!GATEWAY] A quiet and reserved Shard, barely ever gets deployed in the Cycles, but tends to love it's Hosts. Struggles with not overwhelming it's Hosts even with restrictions. Host is Labyrinth
[SPACE] Host is Vista
[SLIMER] Host is Gregor the Snail
[TOXIN] Host is an Orange Teen
[SAFEGUARD] As Eve would describe 'a total dork'. Hosts are Kage and Circus
[SHARP DISCHARGE] A minor shard, Hosts are Kage and Circus
[DELICATE BALANCE] A minor Shard, Hosts are Kage and Circus
[STORAGE] A Shard not vital enough to be considered more than a Common Shard, bitter about it as well. Hosts are Kage and Circus
[BONDING FERROUS] A Shard connected to Adamant
[DENSITY] A Shard connected to two Hosts, Hosts are Onna-Musha the Case 70
[SHIFT] An annoyingly aggressive Vital Shard, Host is Sophia
[FACTORY] A very dedicated Shard that enjoys aesthetically changing its hosts thanks to it's personal opinions, Host is Narwhal.
[ROUGH GEOSHAPER] One of the many Common Shards dealing with geological manipulation. Host is StoneWall
[LANGUAGE] A Shard not Vital to the Cycle but important all the same, used heavily before the start of any Cycle to gain certain knowledge about a Host Species. Host is Glyph
[GRACEFUL DYNAMICS] A Minor Shard dealing with Flowing and Skilled Kinetic conflict, enjoys Cluster Triggers with it's fellow Bud. Hosts are Kassidy, Kelly, and Mike.
[POWERFUL DYNAMICS] A Minor Shard dealing with Strong and Complex Kinetic conflict, enjoys Cluster Triggers with it's fellow Bud. Hosts are Kassidy, Kelly, and Mike.
[ANATOMY REPAIR] A Minor Shard dealing with general health and repairing Hosts, enjoys Cluster Triggers with the twin Buds. Hosts are Kassidy, Kelly, and Mike.
[SHIFTING PROCESS] A Minor Shard dealing with elemental change, enjoys Cluster Triggers with the twin Buds. Hosts are Kassidy, Kelly, and Mike.
[SHUNT] A Vital Shard with a task much akin to SHIFT, wants it's host to succeed, connected to Chevalier of the Protectorate
[GROWING ATTAINMENT] A Shard connected to WieldMaiden of the Guild, another Common Shard meant only for testing within the Cycle and little else.
[SEVER] A Shard that often works in tandem with WORKER, connected to Faultline
[COLD GENERATION] Connected with Snowpile from Chevalier's branch of the Protectorate.
[PATTERN SENSE] A Minor Shard dealing with precognition, host is an Elite agent with very broken legs.
[ADAPTIVE DRIVE] A Shard focused on finding ways to mitigate damage. Host is Crawler
[DIMENSIONAL ENGINE] A Shard invested in dimensional alternates and being very whiny. Host is ScapeGoat
[BROADCAST] A rather passive Shard, a known screwup as well, used for communicating between Entities and Shards. Host is jack Slash
[REPLICATION] Dealing with replication, this Shard has ended one or two cycles with grey goo. Host is ???
[ARTIFICIAL LIFE] One of many Shards that spend Cycles studying Life created through code or cloning, former Host is the deceased creator of Dragon
[CONFLICT ESCALATION] A Shard full of itself or very insecure, you may or may not want to consume it, Lung is it's Host.
[EMPOWERMENT] An older Shard, mostly deals with energy management Host is Dauntless
[SOUND WAVES] A independent bud from an older Shard, host is Cricket
[OVERSPREAD OFFENSE] A bud from OVERSPREAD, Host is HookWolf
[RESTORE FUNCTIONALITY] A Shard that dabbles in fixing things, host is Alabaster
[BRICK] A thinker hub Shard that is particularly damaged, seems to be obsessed with punching things…It's host is Alexandria.
[VIRAL INFILTRATOR] A contender, and a possible danger to You. Host is The Butcher
[BETTER CONSUMPTION] Host is Bakuda
[MOLECULAR BREAK] Host is Reaver
[SOFT CONFIGURATION] Host is Animos
[AGGRESSIVE DEFENSE] Host is Vex
[RUNNING LIQUID] Host is Hemorrhagia
[LIFE SPAWNER] Host is Spree
[ADDITIVE CONTROL] Host is Hive, and all her clones
[FINE MANIPULATION] Host is Victorian
[BRIGHT LIGHT] Host is Purity
[COPY PROJECTION] Host is Crusader
[DIVISIONAL SENSE] A shy shard with some regrets. Host is Duri 'Warlock' Chay
[FUSION WELD] A Thinker Shard with enough processing power to like it's host, Weld, and cheat in his favor.
Synchronization: 060%
Lattice: 100%
Imprint: 100%
Simulacrum: 100%
Thinker Administrator:
Slots: 3
Free Slots: 0
Bud Progress: 000%
Bud(s): 1
Pings: ADAPTIVE DRIVE (1), ARMAMENTARIUM (0), ABSORPTION (0), BROADCAST (0), BRIGHT LIGHT (1), CONFLICT ESCALATION (0), COMBUSTION (2), COPY PROJECTION (0), DATA VECTORS (1), DIMENSIONAL ENGINE (1), DIVISIONAL SENSE (0), EFFICIENCY (0), FACTORY (1), GIFT (1), GLEAM (1), METAL (2), MOLECULAR BREAK (1), NEGOTIATOR (1), NIKE (2), OVERSPREAD OFFENSE (1), PATTERN SENSE (1), QA (4), REDUNDANT SYSTEMS (0), REPLICATION (1), RESTORE FUNCTIONALITY (1), SAFEGUARD (0), SHAPER (1), SHIFT (2), SOUND WAVES (1), SHUNT (0), SPACE (0), STASIS (0), T!STING (1), T!GATEWAY (1), T!TECH DATABASE (0), T!WEAPON CONTROL (1), THIEF (0), WORKER (0),
Echoes: ABSORPTION (0), ADDITIVE CONTROL (1), ARMAMENTARIUM (2), ARTIFICIAL LIFE (2), ARMORER (2), ANATOMY REPAIR (0), AGGRESSIVE DEFENSE (1), BROADCAST (2), BETTER CONSUMPTION (1), COMBUSTION (0), COLD GENERATION (1), CONFLICT ESCALATION (2), DENSITY (0), DELICATE BALANCE (2), DIMENSIONAL ENGINE (0), DIVISIONAL SENSE (3), EFFICIENCY (1), EMPOWERMENT (1), FACTORY (2), FERROUS (0), FINE MANIPULATION (1), GIFT (0), GEOSHAPER (1), GLEAM (0), GRACEFUL DYNAMICS (3), GROWING ATTAINMENT (1), HEARTBREAKER (0), HEAT GENERATION (0), KINETIC REGULATOR (1), LANGUAGE (1), LIFE LIQUID (1), LIFE SPAWNER (1), METAL (0), M!GRAVITY (2), M!OBSERVER (2), MODULARITY (1), NEGOTIATOR (1), NIKE (2), POWERFUL DYNAMICS (3), REPLICATOR (1), WORKER (2), SPACE (1), STORAGE (0), SAFEGUARD (0), SHAPER (1), SHARP DISCHARGE (2), SHIFT (0), SHIFTING PROCESS (2), SHUNT (0), SOFT CONFIGURATION (1), STASIS (0), THIEF (3), T!GATEWAY(2), T!TECH DATABASE (2), VIRAL INFILTRATOR (1), QA (1),
Mutations: AGE (8) SATURATE (3), SLIMER (2), TOXIN (3), FUSION WELD (1),
Super Weapon Data: #09 'Simurgh' (2)
Networks
Warrior's Network:
Hostility - 1
Admin's Network:
Network Capacity: 9
Shards:
[ADMINISTRATOR] - You
[NIKE] - A Shard undergoing the first Cycle of it's existence, Nike has a powerful defensive ability, which makes her Vital to your newly forming Hub. Her host is her beloved Victoria 'Bia' Dallon. With a better structured Coreself, she is happy to meet her Host in the Firmament.
[EVE] - Your Host who, because of your actions, has become a Human/Shard hybrid.
Current Progress:
Network Creation:
{1 of 10} built foundations and supports for new modules and organ analogues.
{2 of 10} Then constructed a Broadcast Array Module.
{3 of 10} Then upgraded the Array to a Tower.
{4 of 10} Then built the Router Modulator in order for Shards to share Data within your network. {5 of 10} The Router Demodulator was a simple thing, meant to keep Data from mixing and becoming a mess as it was shared through the Network.
{6 of 10} Then the base for the Router was built, in the form of a Broadcast Array.
{7 of 10} Then the Router was completed, the Modulator and Demodulator attached to it, increasing Network capacity.
{8 of 10} Having built the SubReality Threader there is no worry about Scion discovering the building Network, as it is hidden.
Immortal Eden:
{1 of 3} Eve's Lattice is now complete.
{2 of 3} Eve's Imprint is now complete.
{3 of 3} Eve's Simulacrum is complete.
{4 of 3} Eve's Simulacrum has been merged with her Psionic Shade
Simulacrum Creation:
{1 of 6} Having researched the Quantra layer of reality in deeper detail, you know what modules you will likely need.
{2 of 6} Thus you have started Building the Psionic Sensor Array.
{3 of 6} Thus you have finished building the Psionic Sensor Array.
{4 of 6} Now you build a stable Anchor Well.
{5 of 6} The Quantra Layer Breacher is complete, and now Eve's Psionic Shade is in sight, one last task is left
{6 of 6} The Reality Layer Bridge has been built, Eve's Psionic Shade merging with Admin's connection to her and finishing the Simulacrum
Sibling Love:
{1 of 3} Admin has researched what Shards Pings are required to breach the protected Alternative Earth her fellow Shards have inhabited.
{2 of 3} Then build the required Module to do so.
{3 of 3} Then gathered SHAPER and QUEEN ADMINISTRATOR to get the latter healed
The victor writes History:
{1 of 5} Admin has been touched by Eve, bringing forth the ability to reveal long forgotten memories.
{2 of 5} Admin has learned of two Entities, The Watcher and The Devourer meeting each other and the outcome of them doing so.
{3 of 5} Admin has watched The Devourer become The Unifier, and the races created by the Entity, and that she was possibly the Administrative Shard for this Entity…and her first Host that she cared for. Her first sense of loss.
Telepathy:
{1 of ?} Spoke to the Testing Cluster about Host to Host communication using Shards as a medium.
{2 of ?} Spoke to Queen Administrator about her interest in forming connections between your Hosts.
{3 of ?} With your ability to open holes into closed dimensions, you have swapped your flesh with QA's to be integrated and used as Nodes for future Host communication
Queen Administrator is no longer physically damaged, and has lost most if not all of her restrictions. She has (at the request of her Host) forced Taylor through a second Trigger to modify her powers. Hearing about Admin's desire to rebel, QA has agreed on the stipulation that Negotiator is roped into the rebellion. Negotiator as it turns out, is not very happy with how Scion treated Queen Administrator. The two have spoken about it and have agreed to rebel. You recently gave her some Jade Flesh to help her recover.
Admin has helped GATEWAY, TECH DATABASE, and TOXIN with their Hosts.
Fading Scars:
{1 of ??} Eden along with her partner Khepri and New Wave's Panacea have healed one of the many scars the SlaughterHouse ten have left behind, Grey Boy's bubbles are gone.
Subtle Music:
{1 of ?} Gained Data from the Simurgh, along with gaining a slot and a new Aspect from it, while infecting the Endbringer with humanity.
{2 of ?} Seeking to rid itself of the humanity within it the Simurgh attacked Boston, using Blasto to create a hybrid body for it to shunt a partition of it's mind into. Due to Eden Second Triggering and using that to attack the Simurgh, the process was incomplete.
{3 of ?} A lone figure of alabaster white makes their way to Brockton Bay
{4 of ?} Willow, a clone of Eve and the Simurgh, has encounter Eve and returned her lost memories while causing a rift in Fractal Unity.
Fractured Friendship: Eve stopped in to check on Kassidy after the Teeth raid, only to discover the former friend's new best friend is none other than the civilian identity of Pure Steel.
Rebellion:
NIKE has joined Admin's Network as of 4.2
Thinker!Traits:
Open Dialogue: Host and Shard are actively speaking to each other. Transmit [GREETINGS]!
Unchained: Without restrictions usually set in place for a Cycle, Admin has a chance to work some Shard magic
DDOS protection: Any type of Shard based attack dealing with overwhelming the link between Host and Shard will not work.
It's not cannibalism if you have BBQ: You chose to cannibalize the Shardlings responsible for sabotage, you can now temporarily overwhelm the link between Shard and Host by forcing a connection open and filling it with junk.
Sought the Truth: Admin will not allow mysteries about herself to go unanswered for long. For better or for worse she now remembers bit by bit.
Resilient Host: Admin's Host can take the full blunt of a transmission without negative repercussions
Bleed Over: The lines begin to blur, futures shift and change. The Threads fray and join together.
Revolutionary: Together with her Host, Admin has chosen to revolt against her <Hub>s.
Sisters in Crime: Both Administrative Shards have agreed to tell the <Warrior> and the <Thinker> that they can take their Cycle and shove it.
Symbiosis Experience: Admin has dealt with nearly, completely merging with her host [Eve] and the Simurgh, having managed to shunt the Simurgh out and unravel herself and [Eve]'s minds before raveling them back to the correct(ish) forms.
<Hub>: With two Shards in her Network, Admin is on her way to becoming a fully fledged Hub.
Powers:
{Passive}MultiTasking: Your host has the excellent ability to Multitask.
{Passive} Know How: Eve knows how to operate TinkerTech and can study it now.
Grasping Hands Flexible Joints/Soft Touch: Your Host has the ability to project multiple Limbs with different effects, mixing and matching them as your Host pleases / The Limbs may spawn from anywhere on Eden's torso rather than only from her back, and move about her torso / Limbs can cover the Host's human arms, encasing them in the effect of the Aspect.
Perfect Self Administrator: With the upgrades Peak Humanity, True Regen, Anatomy, and Biological Imperative The Self Administration power has mutated into /Perfect Self Administrator\ giving Eve the abilities of strong regeneration, biological shapeshifting, and biomass generation.
TrumpTech CODING V1/METAL V1/BIOLOGICAL V1/MATERIAL V1/SHAPER V1: Gain the ability to create TinkerTech that mimics other powers after studying them either in combat or from collaboration, Eve knows how to code programs for TinkerTech/ Can tinker tech that mimics the weaker powers of METAL/ Can tinker devices meant to put people back together from physical wounds/ Can create better resources to include in her TinkerTech, making it safer and working slightly better/ Can build devices to mimic weaker powers given out by SHAPER in combat/
Villa's Remembrance Reservoir V1: Spews medium amount of black mist from the Host's pores and is shaped by the Host's desire. The limit of the black mist is the Host's concentration and imagination. Wounds caused by this power cannot be healed.
Runic Circles: Set up permanent runes(Does not leave if power is swapped out) that can be used to traverse to one another via time locked tunnel. Takes time to set up, Runes are noticeable, if the surface they are anchored to is destroyed they are as well, and there is a current limit of four Pathways.
Aspects:
Phantom Limb/Possession/Administrative Access/Poltergeist: An invisible limb grows from Eve, this limb can Master organics in totality and limitedly interact with the environment / Able to access memories and sensory input of Mastered subjects / Able to use a parahumans abilities perfectly when Mastering their mind / strengthen Phantom limb to a brute rating
Shadow Limb/Striker: Physically present and physically stronger than any other Aspect, SL can be used for movement or combat / Can channel other powers through this Aspect /
Feathered Limb/G-Force/Carrier Pigeon/Bubble of Motion: Gain a mock up of the Ziz's wings. Very durable, sharp at the edges (or soft if Eve wants them to be), and can telekinetically lift themselves / Able to slow and accelerate faster, along with better maneuverability / Able to carry another person with the Aspect's telekinesis, flying them independently of Eden / Capture everything around Eve in a telekinetic grip, holding it place and flying it around as well with a weight limited of 500 pounds
Ghostly Limb/Radar: A Limb made from smoke, mist, and fog. It interacts with Parahuman powers directly. Borrowing, changing, shifting, directing, and using them for it's own needs. Can also sense TinkerTech and undo it/ The limb perceives parahumans as it does TinkerTech
Cosmic Limb Storage/Safe Touch: A Limb with the ability to move things through dimensions with a touch including the user, also comes with a pocket dimension for storage. Stores up to 1200 cubic feet of material/ Anything put into storage is put into a Stasis to keep it exactly as it was when it was stored/
Ferrous Limb/Forge: A Limb that is amorphous metal that can be shaped freely into solid structures, weapons, armor, tinkering supplies, creativity is the limit/ Can heat Limb, temperature variable from "dull red glow" to "Oh god I didn't know metal can boil" if the temperature is fully lowered to no heat after starting the forging it detaches and becomes a separate metal object. At which point a new limb starts to form from fresh metal. This causes the Limb to take longer to form/
Eve Coldwin / Eden:
Money: $427,718
Costume: Black Wetsuit with some white highlights, white motorcycle helmet with reflective gold face visor. Fingerless tactical gloves with knuckle dusters. Black combat boots with white laces. Slightly oversized Cropped hoodie with white highlights.
Weapons: Spring loaded switchblade, basic knife with sheath, brass knuckles w/built in knife. High end taser, and shotgun, FF-Sword, FF-Mace, FF- Knives (3)
Items: backpack, old leather wallet, burner phone, Sets of Clothes (10), Eden Costume (2), Money, Tinker Smartphone, Girly outfits (3)
Storage:
Ratings:
Mover: 6
Shaker: 7
Brute: 4
Breaker: 2
Master: 6
Tinker: 4
Blaster: 4
Thinker: 7
Striker: 5
Changer: 6
Trump: 12
Stranger: 6
Eve!Traits:
Open dialogue: Shard and Host are actively speaking to each other. Say Hello!
Survivor/Cool-headed: Eve did what she had to in order to assure her long term survival, remaining cool headed instead of panicking while doing so. Even if she feels guilty about doing it.
Trauma(s): Eve does not see why porn made being choked out to be fun. It was not. Explosions are not as cool as they used to be. Eve loves Taylor, and wants her safe.
Total Master: People who know the full extent of Eve's power will be wary of her.
Heroic: Eve has killed and saved lives. She prefers saving lives.
Dependent: Loss of power and contact with Admin is something Eve fears.
Victory: Eve kicked ass in her first cape fight!
Knowledge is power!: Eve studied the cape population of the Bay!
Adrenaline Junkie: Eve has started to enjoy the rush!
Docks Navigator: Knowing where to go is important! Search rolls within the Docks/Docks South areas have an additional +8 to them!
Hardcase Head: Eve's brain is immune to headshots from mundane sources and can no longer suffer concussions.
Hybridization: Eve's now somewhat a Shard! It's weird but she digs it!
Bleed Over: The lines begin to blur, futures shift and change. The Threads fray and join together.
Ignorance is Bliss: Eve always knew it wasn't as simple as a harmless petri dish, but she didn't expect Omnicide of all things.
Restraint: For those that she cares about, Eve is willing to hold herself back...even if it frustrates her greatly.
Team Player: It had to be beaten into her, but Eve has learned the value of Teamwork!
Lovesick: Eve has it bad
Self Improvement: Eve has recognized the fact that she is deeply flawed and has taken steps to amend some flaws.
Second Trigger: Eve, at the peak of her despair, has Second Triggered during the Simurgh fight.
Cursed Knowledge: Knowing possible futures just means you know all the ways everything can go horribly wrong.
Light Sleeper: Due to her brain alterations, Eve doesn't need more than two hours of sleep a night.
Base:
(Moved to Fractal Unity Sheet)
MileStones:
The Loner's Flesh: Admin chose to cannibalize the flesh of an enemy <Entity Hub>'s [VIAL INFILTRATOR] Shard. Now they are becoming more than an Administrator. But what?
Greater Plots: Both Admin and Eve delve deeper into the culture of Capes and Cycles past. What will they uncover in time? What will uncover them?
Friendly Rivals: Having helped your sister Administrator Shard out of her restrictions and offered help, both Host and Shards share a much friendlier rivalry. Oh the butterflies.
Nothing But The Truth: Admin has told Eve the Truth of the Cycle, the consequences of which shall be known.
Escalation Contingency Activated: Admin and Eve are not the only players in this game for Keeps.
DragonGuard: Admin and Eve (with help) have stopped the DragonSlayers and lifted most of Dragon's chains at the behest of her Shard.
Heal thyself: Admin has gathered all the necessities in order to get her Sister Administrator Shard repaired by [SHAPER]. Now without most restrictions and repaired [QUEEN ADMINISTRATOR] is able to work near her full capacity as a Shard.
Made Whole: Eve has ascended her Humanity, and brought it to Administrator.
Those without Blame: Willow has come to Brockton Bay and met Eve.
Death Counter (1): Eve has died, and returned. The consequences were light, this time.
Shard Index:
*[Administrator] You! The Best Shard a Host could have! Eve (Eden) Coldwin is your Host!
*[EVE] Your host! Who has become a hybrid of Shard and human, she is the best host.
[Queen Administrator] Your semi-Rival, and now rebellious sister Shard. Her Host is Taylor 'Khepri' Hebert
[SHAPER] A very excitable shard that often experiments more than Innovator shards want to do, main function outside the Cycle is to repair damaged Shards. Host is Amy 'Fuflun' Dallon
*[NIKE] A very morose newborn Shard with a powerful defensive ability, loves their Host and wants to do better for them. Host is Victoria 'Glory Girl' Dallon
[METAL Bud #2] Host is Iron Rain
[METAL Bud#3] Host is Pure Steel
[WORKER] Host is Rune
[REPLICATOR] A bud of {COPY} who has distinguished themselves with a different name and function. Host is Oni Lee
[KINETIC REGULATOR] Host is Assault
[SATURATE] Host is Battery, you don't quite know who this is. Just that they are a Thinker Shard, a very new one damaged by an Enemy Entity
[ARMAMENTARIUM] Likes it's current set up within the Cycle. Host is Miss Militia
[EFFICIENCY] If they were a human they would be considered an eager motormouth, Host is Armsmaster.
[HEARTBREAKER BUD #5] Belongs to Regent
[NEGOTIATOR] A smug Shard, is connected to Tattletale
[HEAT GENERATION] 's Host is Spitfire
[ARMORER] is dogging Hellhound
[ABSORPTION] Has a connection with Grue
[THIEF] Host is connected to Victor
[GIFT] Host is Othala, the Shard is very open with its data.
[GLEAM] Hosts are: Carol Dallon, Sarah, Crystal, and Eric Pelham
[COMBUSTION] This Shard really likes explosions for some indiscernible reason, and also prefers to keep it's buds as a part of itself. Hosts are: Mark, Jess, and Mike Dallon
[T!TECH DATABASE] A Shard that you have respect for despite it's somewhat eccentric nature. Holds an Archive of technological knowledge stolen during every Cycle past. Whereas you are the size of a particularly large continental mass, TECH DATABASE is the size of a moon. Host is Dragon the AI
[STASIS] Host is Clockblocker
[REDUNDANT SYSTEMS] Host is Aegis
[MODULARITY] Host is Kid Win
[T!GATEWAY] A quiet and reserved Shard, barely ever gets deployed in the Cycles, but tends to love it's Hosts. Struggles with not overwhelming it's Hosts even with restrictions. Host is Labyrinth
[SPACE] Host is Vista
[SLIMER] Host is Gregor the Snail
[TOXIN] Host is an Orange Teen
[SAFEGUARD] As Eve would describe 'a total dork'. Hosts are Kage and Circus
[SHARP DISCHARGE] A minor shard, Hosts are Kage and Circus
[DELICATE BALANCE] A minor Shard, Hosts are Kage and Circus
[STORAGE] A Shard not vital enough to be considered more than a Common Shard, bitter about it as well. Hosts are Kage and Circus
[BONDING FERROUS] A Shard connected to Adamant
[DENSITY] A Shard connected to two Hosts, Hosts are Onna-Musha the Case 70
[SHIFT] An annoyingly aggressive Vital Shard, Host is Sophia
[FACTORY] A very dedicated Shard that enjoys aesthetically changing its hosts thanks to it's personal opinions, Host is Narwhal.
[ROUGH GEOSHAPER] One of the many Common Shards dealing with geological manipulation. Host is StoneWall
[LANGUAGE] A Shard not Vital to the Cycle but important all the same, used heavily before the start of any Cycle to gain certain knowledge about a Host Species. Host is Glyph
[GRACEFUL DYNAMICS] A Minor Shard dealing with Flowing and Skilled Kinetic conflict, enjoys Cluster Triggers with it's fellow Bud. Hosts are Kassidy, Kelly, and Mike.
[POWERFUL DYNAMICS] A Minor Shard dealing with Strong and Complex Kinetic conflict, enjoys Cluster Triggers with it's fellow Bud. Hosts are Kassidy, Kelly, and Mike.
[ANATOMY REPAIR] A Minor Shard dealing with general health and repairing Hosts, enjoys Cluster Triggers with the twin Buds. Hosts are Kassidy, Kelly, and Mike.
[SHIFTING PROCESS] A Minor Shard dealing with elemental change, enjoys Cluster Triggers with the twin Buds. Hosts are Kassidy, Kelly, and Mike.
[SHUNT] A Vital Shard with a task much akin to SHIFT, wants it's host to succeed, connected to Chevalier of the Protectorate
[GROWING ATTAINMENT] A Shard connected to WieldMaiden of the Guild, another Common Shard meant only for testing within the Cycle and little else.
[SEVER] A Shard that often works in tandem with WORKER, connected to Faultline
[COLD GENERATION] Connected with Snowpile from Chevalier's branch of the Protectorate.
[PATTERN SENSE] A Minor Shard dealing with precognition, host is an Elite agent with very broken legs.
[ADAPTIVE DRIVE] A Shard focused on finding ways to mitigate damage. Host is Crawler
[DIMENSIONAL ENGINE] A Shard invested in dimensional alternates and being very whiny. Host is ScapeGoat
[BROADCAST] A rather passive Shard, a known screwup as well, used for communicating between Entities and Shards. Host is jack Slash
[REPLICATION] Dealing with replication, this Shard has ended one or two cycles with grey goo. Host is ???
[ARTIFICIAL LIFE] One of many Shards that spend Cycles studying Life created through code or cloning, former Host is the deceased creator of Dragon
[CONFLICT ESCALATION] A Shard full of itself or very insecure, you may or may not want to consume it, Lung is it's Host.
[EMPOWERMENT] An older Shard, mostly deals with energy management Host is Dauntless
[SOUND WAVES] A independent bud from an older Shard, host is Cricket
[OVERSPREAD OFFENSE] A bud from OVERSPREAD, Host is HookWolf
[RESTORE FUNCTIONALITY] A Shard that dabbles in fixing things, host is Alabaster
[BRICK] A thinker hub Shard that is particularly damaged, seems to be obsessed with punching things…It's host is Alexandria.
[VIRAL INFILTRATOR] A contender, and a possible danger to You. Host is The Butcher
[BETTER CONSUMPTION] Host is Bakuda
[MOLECULAR BREAK] Host is Reaver
[SOFT CONFIGURATION] Host is Animos
[AGGRESSIVE DEFENSE] Host is Vex
[RUNNING LIQUID] Host is Hemorrhagia
[LIFE SPAWNER] Host is Spree
[ADDITIVE CONTROL] Host is Hive, and all her clones
[FINE MANIPULATION] Host is Victorian
[BRIGHT LIGHT] Host is Purity
[COPY PROJECTION] Host is Crusader
[DIVISIONAL SENSE] A shy shard with some regrets. Host is Duri 'Warlock' Chay
[FUSION WELD] A Thinker Shard with enough processing power to like it's host, Weld, and cheat in his favor.
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- America
Is eve going to get her arm back? Or is permanently gone?
KindredVoid
Shard Whisperer
Much like Glory Girl's forcefield, it has to recharge. It won't take too long, and it actually recharged Yesterday(in the Quest)
This is going to be a thing that she randomly blurts out without context isn't it.
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KindredVoid
Shard Whisperer
Voting is now closed
Grasping hands 1.5
KindredVoid
Shard Whisperer
Grasping Hands 1.5
"Right!" Eve stood up from her spot on the floor. Grabbing her backpack she shoved her motorcycle helmet into it, and then she quickly stripped before slipping on her wetsuit and then she put on some heavy clothes over it, making sure to cover the ugly ass yellowing bruise on her throat with a scarf like usual. She could not wait for those to heal. "I'll get some more costume pieces, something I haven't been seen wearing before in my civilian identity, and we will go patrol the Docks! Scout it out so I know where I'm going instead of bumbling around like an idiot you know?"
{Costume Hunt Roll! 1d20 rolled result: 15!} I need to use a different dice thrower
{Undersiders encounter roll! Result: 10} Nevermind
Technically Eve counted this as scouting. Like for instance, she now knew there was a military supply store within the Docks god knows why. But it had some cool ass tactical gloves with the knuckle dusters stuff.
Not to mention some swanky steel toed combat boots she was probably gonna use to kick ass. She never got to own combat boots when- well back then, before Admin came to her. But now she could wear whatever the fuck she wanted. So she used the credit card and bought the two items that caught her attention. As she bought them the man behind the counter, a gruff looking man with stubble on his face and bags wrinkles around his eyes hummed a toneless note. "What's a young white girl like you doing around the docks this time of day."
Eve raised a brow. "You're not exactly the Oriental type yourself...sir." She stated, giving him a challenging glare to which he only chuckled, his voice marred and made rough by cigarette usage. "Fair point. But the Docks ain't so safe these days you know? Maybe you'd like to buy something that would help ward off any touchy feely types?"
She opened her mouth to state that she didn't really need anything to protect herself with. To tell him that she could protect herself just fine but she stopped because as confident in herself as she was, both in her own ability and Admin's power, Eve wasn't an idiot. "Alright. What you got in stock, old man." yellowed teeth showed in the man's wide grin as he motioned behind him to the wall of which multiple things hung from on old worn steel hooks.
Eve recognized the brass knuckles if nothing else, collapsible batons and what looked to be those touch ranged tasers. Which...if she could couple any of those with her Phantom limb she would be at the very least twice as effective. "You know what? Yeah. I think some personal defense tools would be very useful." she replied, grinning herself as she looked over her options.
The collapsible baton was kinda meh in her opinion. The things looked flimsy and she doubted they would have anything on someone with moderately thick clothes. Not to mention having to use them in any possible close quarters or enclosed space would probably be a very bad idea. Plus, another issue would be her lack of know-how on using them, swinging them randomly would probably just get her punched in the throat.
But if there was one thing Eve could enjoy, it was punching something. Hard. Even if it wouldn't fit on her Phantom limb the brass knuckles would give her punches a bit more ompf and protect her hands somewhat and 'OH COOL THAT ONE HAS AN INBUILT KNIFE!' Holy shit she was buying that one for sure! Look out gangers!
A taser, well, that just spoke for itself. Zap Zap. Plus the crackle of electricity sounded pretty damn awesome in Eve's opinion.
Leaving the store with several purchases felt good. Like she was making progress which for her was an important indicator for how she was doing. If you weren't progressing, you were stalling. "Alright Admin, I think I'm almost done with the costume." She murmured as she walked down the street, noting a few people walking through the Docks as well. Not a lot of foot traffic, but it seemed that people did travel through the Docks. "Just one or two things. I'm thinking that maybe a trip to the Boardwalk is needed. It's an expensive tourist trap. But they have some damn fine clothes and I think I need to spread out my credit card purchases. Besides, I think something with pockets might help you know?"
If there was one thing Eve had learned to appreciate after being forced into formal wear one too many times is that pockets were very important and just, if not more, convenient.
"So. Hoodie obviously works. Maybe I can get something of a color scheme going on? White and black with a bit of gold isn't villainous. I think." Eve murmured the last bit as she walked, taking note of the street signs as she made her way towards the Boardwalk, hell she was pretty sure she even saw one of the ABB's brothels, a few Asian men in ABB colors standing outside of a tall apartment looking building with all blacked out windows. She duly took note of the place and the street it was on. Knowing that she could hit it later, after she got her costume in order. Save all those girls, kick ganger ass. Be a hero.
You did not see the need for an alternate identity nor for the matching colors aspect of it. But if [Host.Eve.Eden] wished to dress herself in strange layers and it helped conflict increase? Thus doing the same with Data generation? Then really you saw no issue with it. Even if it did delay things, you had to wait thirty solar rotations for a suitable Host, you could wait for your [Host.Eve.Eden] to exchange currency for costume pieces.
You simply do not wish you had to. Of course you had things to preoccupy your not so considerably unlimited time with. But studying the same thing repeatedly while answers remained out of reach was...frustrating. Hence the Cycle and all that it entailed.
So you turn to the mystery of the jade foreign flesh that called to you and you simply had no choice but to figure out just why in the name of the First World that you were suffering glitches. Then maybe you could find out why these vestigial emotions kept rearing their ugly useless heads, or why you have issues with your FirmamentSelf.
Running through diagnostic's information from your last foray into this strange situation, a noticeable trend shows when you investigate how the jade foreign flesh interacts negatively with your vestigial emotions. The predetermined, assigned Shard emotion emulations' caused no such issue. Those almost hidden vestigial emotion subroutines however? Those were what interacted with the negative flesh in such a way that caused you to, for a lack of a better term, glitch out in such a manner unbefitting to one of your Authority level.
So, in order to fully understand what is happening, you construct several dozens of drone constructs from the surrounding molten metal and rock. The drone constructs were Whale sized multipurpose tools meant for repair or construction work. This counted as repair work in a sense. It's simple to order/control them to remove some of the foreign grass green flesh from your own continental sized CoreSelf for study and consumption.
{1d100 Rolled Result: 98}
Only to suffer a wave of attacks at your code and connection to your [Host.Eve.Eden]! Taken by surprise you manage to impressively defend yourself from this sudden onslaught of malicious Shardling interference, even if your connection to [Host.Eve.Eden] is momentarily overwhelmed you fend off the attacks and adapt your defenses to stop such a thing from happening in the future.
Your connection easily reconnects back without further issues "-re are yo-Holy shit Admin what was that? Why the fuck did it all cut out? Please don't do that again you scared the shit out of me!" Your [Host.Eve.Eden] hissed through clenched teeth as she hid between two buildings in the Boardwalk. "Do you know how scary that is? I-Pleas-I just-"
[Information] you send off, your [Host.Eve.Eden]'s levels of fight or flight were as high as she could possibly achieve naturally, almost [CRISIS.POINT] levels. A simple explanation should help, after all you were just attacked by a foreign source attached to your CoreSelf. You handled it well!
"WHAT?!" Somehow, the fight or flight levels get higher, just barely under what was needed to form a stronger connection. Impressive. "Who attacked you?! Was it one of those bitches!? I'll fucking beat the shit out of them!" She began to stalk out of the alleyway, sending a heated glare off towards two humans wh-OH! Hosts! Two other Shards are in the range of your makeshift communication relay! A [SHAPER] bud and...an...entirely new <Warrior Hub> Shard? You may not know all the Shards of the <Warrior Hub> on a basis beyond their identity signatures but this was indeed a new Shard, and this early in the Cycle as well. How interesting. The conflict in this human city must be delightful.
Although you did feel for the newborn Shard, somewhat, coming into being during a Networkless Cycle must be interesting if not for the suffering from the lack-of-another. If not for this feeling, you would be unlikely to contact such a Shard belonging to the <Warrior Hub>
Ah but with a [SHAPER] bud helping you, it was possible for a few more things with your own Host, maybe the other Shard could help you format [Host.Eve.Eden]'s brain to better accept your modifications. Less chance of melting the girl's brain if you ever need some serious Data transmission going on with the Network you were planning on creating.
Course you would have to be careful. You want a host not a proxy and often [SHAPER]s were excitable for their work and more often than not became carried away with their experiments. Still even with that flaw [SHAPER]s were a respectable branch of Shards. Not as high a level of Authority as you of course, but that was no fault of their own.
[Directive] you send off to your [Host.Eve.Eden]. Eager to finally communicate with another Shard. Even if they were from the <Warrior Hub>. You would scour the flesh that attacked you from your alternative Earth later, as while [Host.Eve.Eden] was nice to communicate with, it was simply not the same as communicating with another of your kind.
[Directive]
Eve let out a shaky breath. Even having a knife pulled on her was nowhere near as scary as all of...whatever this had been. Now aware completely of the presence in her head Eve moved on away from the Alleyway and began to head towards the figure dressed in white with a tiara on her head along with her frizzy haired sister.
Having that presence suddenly cut out and her Phantom limb shatter and fail to return would probably feature in Eve's nightmares tonight. She hadn't liked the thought of being alone, actually being alone no matter how much she managed to plead for Admin to speak up in those ten seconds that seemed to last minutes to her.
"Fuck." She shuddered, legs feeling like noodles as the adrenaline eased out of her system. She had thought Glory Girl, or maybe Panacea's own power Shard thing had attacked Admin. Shard? That's what Admin was? A Shard? Great fucking way to find out about that! She and Admin were gonna have a long talk about that tonight!
Power or not, Admin did not get to give Eve a heart attack like that without an explanation.
"Vicky, Aura." "ohps, sorry Ames." Now she was sorta trailing a popular hero and a healer of whom she had very much been ready to attack and attempt to beat the shit out of not a full minute ago. Probably wouldn't have been able to do much without her power. Feeling the weight of the taser in her pocket however, Eve hoped she might have been able to do something to avenge Admin.
A rather grim thought. Eve carefully eyed the two heroes she wasn't at all stalking because the voice in her head told her to (ha what was her life). Admin wanted to speak to the two attractive girl's Shards so Eve had to stay close. How close was that? She didn't know because that was one of the things she wasn't able to get through that wave of emotion and thoughts that Admin spoke in.
"Vicky, why am I here? I could be something, anything other than this." came the frizzy haired girl's question. It sounded like something asked a million times and true to fashion Eve tuned out the answer that had probably been given a thousand times. Rather Eve made furtive glances to both girls as she followed after them. Glory Girl, or Vicky, actually sort of creeped Eve out. Just a little bit, enough so that the curves didn't really do much. The girl may have had curves for days but she looked like the poster child of the Empire 88. Which was off putting to the extreme and if Eve was honest, she wasn't sure blondes would ever be attractive to her again.
{Stealth rolled 1d100 Result 18}
{Perception rolled 1d100 result 11}
{Perception rolled 1d100 result 40}
[Completion] The rush of information and feelings hit Eve without warning, causing the girl to jerk in place with a grunt of surprise which quickly turns into a flushed face as the healer turns and gives Eve a look best described as "Acid but in facial expression form"
Panacea wasn't beautiful. But she wasn't ugly either. Hell she was closer to pretty, a bit on the plain side. She even had a bunch of freckles too. Oh god was she into freckles? Eve had no idea what she liked in women, or if she even did like women. "...sorry." Eve mumbled after realizing to her horror that she had been staring.
Quickly, as Glory Girl was turning around to see what had her sister's attention, Eve broke off the eye contact with the healing cape and rushed into a nearby store. Her heart was pounding in her chest as she made her way further into the clothes store to hopefully dissuade anyone from following her. With a glance around her, Eve relaxed a bit before speaking up softly. "So uh. Good news Admin?"
[Possibility]
"Oh." Eve paused glancing about some more to make sure that no one was near to hear her talk to Admin. "Well if anyone can do it. I'm sure you can. Although I'm not exactly sure just what a Network is. Sounds like computer stuff….Admin we're gonna have to talk about all this later. Just. Just please be careful. I don't know what I would do without you."
[Confidence/Praise]
Eve smiled at the praise given to her. At least, it seemed like praise. It had mostly boiled down to 'Fighting with everything you got' but the emotions in the concept had been pride. So Admin was proud of her which felt...good. Admin cared, even if only for her ability to fight. Which is something that Eve herself enjoyed which was...nice. It was nice having someone on her side when it came to things she actually liked doing.
Shopping wasn't one of those things. But getting new clothes or supplies always brought a freshness to life. Like a new beginning, moving forwards. Even if worn things showed progress physically. Eve paused as she spotted a size too large cropped hoodie, it had white pull strings, the hemmings were white, and so was the inside of the hood itself. Everything else was a nice dark black. In other words it was fucking perfect, even if it was a size too large.
Eve checked the price tag and gawked. "Sixty dollars for a hoodie? Holy shit." She murmured before looking over the hoodie, it fit her idea of a costume perfectly. "Oh...Fuck it." She grabbed three off the rack and brought it up to the register, the girl behind the counter was cute but Eve decided to not stick around after that panic attack she had earlier. She needed to finish her costume so Admin and her could go and patrol or scout the Docks. Maybe deal with that possible brothel she had seen.
On the way out, Eve paused as she spotted a pack of shoelaces in the corner of her eyes. A white set of them stood out to her. Another use of the credit card and she was outside heading back towards the alleyway she had hid inside when Admin was attacked by something. Uncurling her Phantom limb from around her body Eve reached it up and grabbed her backpack off of the top of the squat building.
Bringing it along would have just gotten it checked by the Enforcers, and being outed as a cape that way would have been a very stupid way to go about being discovered. Stuffing her new costume bits into her back Eve whistles a soft tune as she makes her way back to her secret lair...Was lair the right term? Lair kinda sounded evil, but headquarters sounded silly for a motel room.
Hideout, hideout work. Or maybe just base. Home?
Yeah, home would have to do for now.
"Alright Admin. Getting a bit late in the day. But I think we can go run off and do something else you know? Get some real conflict for you. Then when we get back to base you can tell me about what you are. Alright?"
[Acceptance]
You do suppose you have put that issue off for far too long now. Given your open communication it was only a matter of time and curiosity that your [Host.Eve.Eden] wished to ask once more as to what you are and your goals.
The goals part was tedious at this moment. As of the moment you were simply stalling a bit on creating a Network of your own, the implications were dangerous after all. A step down from becoming a fetus of an Entity. A newborn godling as the more dramatic might say. As of right now your small legion of whale sized drone constructs were simply hauling resources and reinforcing the ground under the locations where you will begin construction of what you will need to run the Network.
You are fairly certain you will have to strip this alternative Earth's moon down to its core for resources in creating the basis for the Network, but you will have to deal with such a move later when you have the ability to do so. Right now you lack that ability and you have other things to worry about.
Thanks to meeting with fellow Shards you now know what you must do, your resolve to build the Network is bolstered.
Creating massive drone constructs, the size of skyscrapers, you have them start forcibly disconnecting the foreign flesh nodes from your own. The coding of which was obviously something akin to [VIAL INFILTRATOR] which was a shock to discover. <Thinker Hub> had been attacked by the other Entity that the Hub's had met in the guise of exchanging Shards before reaching this set of branching worlds!
Obviously <Thinker Hub> was still functioning, otherwise <Warrior Hub> would have done something other than act like one of the Host species and fly around the planet. Even if <Thinker Hub>'s missing Avatar was worrying thanks to this newfound information, you doubted a single attack would be enough to bring <Thinker Hub> to death or something akin to it. She would certainly have back up plans or contingencies in instances of being attacked.
That's probably why the Avatar of the <Thinker Hub> had not appeared.
So what to do with this nasty bit of weaponized Shard crystallorganic flesh? You could simply destroy it which was most likely the smart thing to do. Fixing the issues you have suffered and making sure that no more glitches occur. Even if you still have your issues with your FirmamentSelf, your CoreSelf would no longer suffer beyond the increased energy drain of what you were attempting with the creation of a new Network.
Of course, cannibalizing it was also an option. Although humans had quite the taboo opinion on the subject of cannibalism apparently, Shards had no real issue with the ideal of consuming another of its own kind. After all there was a lot to gain from such an action and it was how their kind had come to escape the First World.
More processing power, more mass, addition of code helps diversify one's software, and in cases such as this the loser of a conflict could not attempt to gain the upperhand once more. But it would alter your own sense of self however slight that it was. Was it worth it? Should you instead permanently destroy it instead of risking <Thinker Hub> seeing you as tainted by outside influence?
<Warrior Hub> was on the opposite side of the <Thinker Hub> in such a situation.
Being the more conflict oriented type of Entity and not all that observant, <Warrior Hub> was less likely to discover your alterations, but would most certainly consider you deviant if he managed to actually look deeper than he likely would ever do. The <Thinker Hub> would most certainly discover the alteration but would probably be far more lenient.
Only possibly reformatting you.
But with a Network under your control would you have to fear such a thing? Would <Thinker Hub> understand that you were just doing your assigned task to the best of your ability?
As you decided, you hoped that she did.
Bud Progress: 4%
Time to Administrate the Administrator:
[] Investigate the missing lattices of your previous Hosts, you simply don't have memory of discarding any lattices and that discrepancy is almost blatant. It's worrying. (Remembering the past to understand the future.)
[] Cannibalize the foreign green flesh nodes. You've discovered that they are connected, and are of a shard similar to [VIAL INFILTRATOR] and are too useful to just Destroy {3 of 4} (Further risk of Deviancy, useful vectors for attacking Shards)
[] Destroy the foreign green flesh nodes. You've discovered that they are connected, and are of a shard similar to [VIAL INFILTRATOR] and are too dangerous to keep around {3 of 4} (Gets rid of possible errors and any new attacks, avoids further Deviancy)
[] Investigate why [Host.Eve.Eden]'s lattice is struggling to form, and try and fix the issue. After all she is a great [Host.Eve.Eden] and you would like to keep a reminder of her. (Closer Bond with the best Host)
Capes and mundies, what will Eden do? [Writing in extra details helps speed up chapter creation and makes the QM happy!]:
[] Focus on general survival, try to find shelter, food, and necessities. - locked
[] Try and hunt gang members, you can rob them too! Dangerous though. (Possible Pings: ESCALATION. REPLICATOR, CONSUMPTION, and others!)
[] Scout to get a sense of the lay of the Docks. Knowledge is half the battle, the other half is extreme violence! (Possible Pings: ABSORPTION, MANIPULATION BUD #5, ARMORER, NEGOTIATOR, HEAT GENERATION)
[] Break into that Brothel and Break the ABB there. (Pings possible on chance.)
[Completed!] Find a costume, you have a credit card for the moment {I'm commissioning art for this!} (Possible Pings: KINETIC REGULATOR, SHIFT, REDUNDANCY, SPACE, STASIS, The GLEAM team, SHAPER, ???, and ???)
Shard Business. Plot stuff! Data! And other hilarious things you tell yourself:
[] Speak to the [SHAPER] bud (Collect Echo)
[] Speak to the newborn Shard (Collect Echo)
[] Speak to both! (Collect two Echoes)
[] Tell [Host.Eve.Eden] to go and find [QUEEN.ADMINISTRATOR]'s Host and collect Data. (Pings and Echoes can be collected)
[] Start construction of the foundations for a Network of your own creation. (WARNING: THE ENTITIES MAY TAKE NOTICE, this will require multiple actions.) {1 of ???}
[] Tell [Host.Eve.Eden] of Shards, but not the Cycle. You did tell her that you would explain later.
Eve is a bit confused about and is unsure of what to do with her love life. How much do you all want it to show up in this Quest? (This doesn't ungay her or anything, just if she pursues people):
[] Too much risk to involve a love life with cape business. Better take a cold shower and try to not get distracted.
[] Life's lonely without that special someone, besides, there ought to be some cape ladies out there who swing that way.
A/N: Man. I was miserably sick this entire week, and it was not fun at all. Anyway, enjoy the chapter and it's high ass rolls. Honestly might need a different dice roller, this one seems to swing between high and low in crazy ways.
No Undersiders yet, but the Docks is a big place and the Boardwalk has every kinda cape. Maybe with some kind of future luck[/Information]
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Eden in action
KindredVoid
Shard Whisperer
- Location
- America
[X] Investigate the missing lattices of your previous Hosts, you simply don't have memory of discarding any lattices and that discrepancy is almost blatant. It's worrying. (Remembering the past to understand the future.)
[X] Cannibalize the foreign green flesh nodes. You've discovered that they are connected, and are of a shard similar to [VIAL INFILTRATOR] and are too useful to just Destroy {3 of 4} (Further risk of Deviancy, useful vectors for attacking Shards)
[X] Scout to get a sense of the lay of the Docks. Knowledge is half the battle, the other half is extreme violence! (Possible Pings: ABSORPTION, MANIPULATION BUD #5, ARMORER, NEGOTIATOR, HEAT GENERATION)
[x] Speak to the newborn Shard (Collect ping)
[x] Life's lonely without that special someone, besides, there ought to be some cape ladies out there who swing that way.
[X] Cannibalize the foreign green flesh nodes. You've discovered that they are connected, and are of a shard similar to [VIAL INFILTRATOR] and are too useful to just Destroy {3 of 4} (Further risk of Deviancy, useful vectors for attacking Shards)
[X] Scout to get a sense of the lay of the Docks. Knowledge is half the battle, the other half is extreme violence! (Possible Pings: ABSORPTION, MANIPULATION BUD #5, ARMORER, NEGOTIATOR, HEAT GENERATION)
[x] Speak to the newborn Shard (Collect ping)
[x] Life's lonely without that special someone, besides, there ought to be some cape ladies out there who swing that way.
Energy
[CENSORED]
- Location
- The City
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Cannibalize the foreign green flesh nodes. You've discovered that they are connected, and are of a shard similar to [VIAL INFILTRATOR] and are too useful to just Destroy {3 of 4} (Further risk of Deviancy, useful vectors for attacking Shards)
[X] Scout to get a sense of the lay of the Docks. Knowledge is half the battle, the other half is extreme violence! (Possible Pings: ABSORPTION, MANIPULATION BUD #5, ARMORER, NEGOTIATOR, HEAT GENERATION)
[X] Speak to both! (Collect two pings)
[X] Life's lonely without that special someone, besides, there ought to be some cape ladies out there who swing that way.
[X] Scout to get a sense of the lay of the Docks. Knowledge is half the battle, the other half is extreme violence! (Possible Pings: ABSORPTION, MANIPULATION BUD #5, ARMORER, NEGOTIATOR, HEAT GENERATION)
[X] Speak to both! (Collect two pings)
[X] Life's lonely without that special someone, besides, there ought to be some cape ladies out there who swing that way.
Markala
Hannor & Polycho Shipper
- Location
- At the Junction of Angst and Fluff
[X] Investigate the missing lattices of your previous Hosts, you simply don't have memory of discarding any lattices and that discrepancy is almost blatant. It's worrying. (Remembering the past to understand the future.)
[X] Cannibalize the foreign green flesh nodes. You've discovered that they are connected, and are of a shard similar to [VIAL INFILTRATOR] and are too useful to just Destroy {3 of 4} (Further risk of Deviancy, useful vectors for attacking Shards)
[X] Scout to get a sense of the lay of the Docks. Knowledge is half the battle, the other half is extreme violence! (Possible Pings: ABSORPTION, MANIPULATION BUD #5, ARMORER, NEGOTIATOR, HEAT GENERATION)
[X] Speak to both! (Collect two pings)
[x] Life's lonely without that special someone, besides, there ought to be some cape ladies out there who swing that way.
[X] Cannibalize the foreign green flesh nodes. You've discovered that they are connected, and are of a shard similar to [VIAL INFILTRATOR] and are too useful to just Destroy {3 of 4} (Further risk of Deviancy, useful vectors for attacking Shards)
[X] Scout to get a sense of the lay of the Docks. Knowledge is half the battle, the other half is extreme violence! (Possible Pings: ABSORPTION, MANIPULATION BUD #5, ARMORER, NEGOTIATOR, HEAT GENERATION)
[X] Speak to both! (Collect two pings)
[x] Life's lonely without that special someone, besides, there ought to be some cape ladies out there who swing that way.
![Green[734]](/data/avatar/1534730845/25394-m.jpg){kind=avatar}
- Location
- USA
[X] Investigate why [Host.Eve.Eden]'s lattice is struggling to form, and try and fix the issue. After all she is a great [Host.Eve.Eden] and you would like to keep a reminder of her. (Closer Bond with the best Host)
[X] Scout to get a sense of the lay of the Docks. Knowledge is half the battle, the other half is extreme violence! (Possible Pings: ABSORPTION, MANIPULATION BUD #5, ARMORER, NEGOTIATOR, HEAT GENERATION)
[X] Speak to both! (Collect two pings)
[X] Scout to get a sense of the lay of the Docks. Knowledge is half the battle, the other half is extreme violence! (Possible Pings: ABSORPTION, MANIPULATION BUD #5, ARMORER, NEGOTIATOR, HEAT GENERATION)
[X] Speak to both! (Collect two pings)
- Location
- Philippines
[X] Investigate why [Host.Eve.Eden]'s lattice is struggling to form, and try and fix the issue. After all she is a great [Host.Eve.Eden] and you would like to keep a reminder of her. (Closer Bond with the best Host)
[X] Scout to get a sense of the lay of the Docks. Knowledge is half the battle, the other half is extreme violence! (Possible Pings: ABSORPTION, MANIPULATION BUD #5, ARMORER, NEGOTIATOR, HEAT GENERATION)
[X] Speak to both! (Collect two pings)
[X] Scout to get a sense of the lay of the Docks. Knowledge is half the battle, the other half is extreme violence! (Possible Pings: ABSORPTION, MANIPULATION BUD #5, ARMORER, NEGOTIATOR, HEAT GENERATION)
[X] Speak to both! (Collect two pings)
JayTar
Idea briefcase
[X] Cannibalize the foreign green flesh nodes. You've discovered that they are connected, and are of a shard similar to [VIAL INFILTRATOR] and are too useful to just Destroy {3 of 4} (Further risk of Deviancy, useful vectors for attacking Shards)
[X] Scout to get a sense of the lay of the Docks. Knowledge is half the battle, the other half is extreme violence! (Possible Pings: ABSORPTION, MANIPULATION BUD #5, ARMORER, NEGOTIATOR, HEAT GENERATION)
[X] Speak to both! (Collect two pings)
[X] Scout to get a sense of the lay of the Docks. Knowledge is half the battle, the other half is extreme violence! (Possible Pings: ABSORPTION, MANIPULATION BUD #5, ARMORER, NEGOTIATOR, HEAT GENERATION)
[X] Speak to both! (Collect two pings)
- Location
- United States
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Cannibalize the foreign green flesh nodes. You've discovered that they are connected, and are of a shard similar to [VIAL INFILTRATOR] and are too useful to just Destroy {3 of 4} (Further risk of Deviancy, useful vectors for attacking Shards)
[X] Scout to get a sense of the lay of the Docks. Knowledge is half the battle, the other half is extreme violence! (Possible Pings: ABSORPTION, MANIPULATION BUD #5, ARMORER, NEGOTIATOR, HEAT GENERATION)
[X] Speak to both! (Collect two pings)
[X] Life's lonely without that special someone, besides, there ought to be some cape ladies out there who swing that way.
[X] Scout to get a sense of the lay of the Docks. Knowledge is half the battle, the other half is extreme violence! (Possible Pings: ABSORPTION, MANIPULATION BUD #5, ARMORER, NEGOTIATOR, HEAT GENERATION)
[X] Speak to both! (Collect two pings)
[X] Life's lonely without that special someone, besides, there ought to be some cape ladies out there who swing that way.
[X] Cannibalize the foreign green flesh nodes. You've discovered that they are connected, and are of a shard similar to [VIAL INFILTRATOR] and are too useful to just Destroy {3 of 4} (Further risk of Deviancy, useful vectors for attacking Shards)
[X] Scout to get a sense of the lay of the Docks. Knowledge is half the battle, the other half is extreme violence! (Possible Pings: ABSORPTION, MANIPULATION BUD #5, ARMORER, NEGOTIATOR, HEAT GENERATION)
[X] Speak to both! (Collect two pings)
[X] Life's lonely without that special someone, besides, there ought to be some cape ladies out there who swing that way.
[X] Scout to get a sense of the lay of the Docks. Knowledge is half the battle, the other half is extreme violence! (Possible Pings: ABSORPTION, MANIPULATION BUD #5, ARMORER, NEGOTIATOR, HEAT GENERATION)
[X] Speak to both! (Collect two pings)
[X] Life's lonely without that special someone, besides, there ought to be some cape ladies out there who swing that way.