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Pandemonious Ivy said:
But they have ray guns and only one of us is tanky (maybe not if the ray guns are plasma or sound-based, which I suspect would get around our strength rather quickly), so taking apart the van would prevent an immediate escape or whatever, but if they knock us out then they can call for another one, I'd assume.
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I'm kind of hoping that two vans out of service in the midst of all the crazy that's happening will make them decide to stalk someone else. Because at a certain point hitting back becomes either an option or the only option left besides rolling over. And I don't think either Rhiannon or Farrah is likely to be able to do that without risking the sort of permanent harm that will turn these folks from antagonists into enemies (as in I suspect right now they're going after Rhiannon because they've spotted her and she's accessible, but kill or maim one of them and they'll be hunting Rhiannon specifically whether or not she's the easiest one to find).

How many vans can they afford to lose/have to fix before they decide hunting Rhiannon's more trouble than it's worth?

If they hadn't been shoot first, shoot some more, only ask questions when dangled high up in the air; well might be more inclined to think they could be reasoned with.

And hopefully they're still intangible to sticks and possibly more, so running should be eased.
 
*cheers debate on from the sideline*

I'll leave this open a bit longer, since the voting is low and since there's some good discussion going on here.

:D
Adhoc vote count started by aldersprig on May 31, 2019 at 3:27 PM, finished with 24 posts and 11 votes.
  • [X] Attempt to negotiate a later time of study
    -[X]for both of you, but with an adult present for Farrah
    [X] "That'd be a lot more convincing if you hadn't already shot at me and failed."
    -[X]"You guys still have that giant locked up? I want to give him a piece of my mind for burying me in rubble a few days ago."
    -[X]For Farrah
    [X] Try a Word combination
    -[X] Point your palm menacingly at them
    -[X] Tlacatl Tempero!
    -[X]if they even look like they're about to go violent: Grab Farrah and run just enough to get out of the shelter, then fly away
    -[X]and if so, maybe we can report them on social media as trying to go stereotype MIB the Rochester Angel?
    [X] Grab Farrah and run away.
    [X] Get close enough to bear hug them into unconsciousness with our wings, loot them, and drive away with their clothes and van.
    -[X] For Just myself
    -[X] Get Farrah out of there.
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I love how our first two decoded words make a 'dismantle people' spell. Of all the possible combinations, SV gets the most brutal one.
 
Hrrm.
So far there's my vote, which is an attempt at diplomacy since the talker lady made it fairly clear she just wanted us to bend over and let them stick a probe up our behinds which uhhhh how many movies feature secret organizations that try to abduct people for having powers and whatnot?
Like that's arguably been a thing since the original Captain America comics from WW2 I think.
Problem is my vote doesn't have an answer for "they open fire because that's the orders they've got", more or less? Just relying on innate tankiness they may or may not realize we have.
My thoughts are that fighting might not work that well given those ray-guns and the giant they have in storage-they may have seen and figured out our brand of invulnerability, and know how to answer it...And the problem of Farrah being both there and significantly more squishy then we are...I wonder what powers she has innately? Probably better senses and perhaps invisibility? Could make a nasty combo with our invulnerability, A Tank you can't stop easily and the Rouge you can't afford to take your eyes off of...
 
LilFluff said:
[X] You have some new Words! Try them out?
-[X] Aposyntheto

Let's disassemble their van! Um. Let's only one of us try to disassemble their van so one can drag the other away if that means falling unconscious again. Hey, they've had their chance. They've gone from annoyance to persistent annoyance/stalker/hunters. They should be glad we aren't targeting them directly.
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Just noticed, @LilFluff, was there a noun-like Word that Rhiannon has which you were intending to attach to the Van, or a noun-verb combination that Farrah has that we're going to ask her to use?
 
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    • You look at the oncoming Polo Shirts/Windbreaker and smile, not because you feel happy, but because you refuse to show how scared and pissed you are.

    "All right." You look them over, even as you surreptitiously try to get Farrah further behind you. Lucky for you, she's down with that plan. You spread your invisible wings as far as they can go, sheltering her.

    "Ray guns." You aim for sounding dismissive, though you're not sure how well you do at it."I hope those are for me. Last time checked, my friend here doesn't know who you guys are." More or less true.

    "Do you want—" the faerie who totalled your van, but you're looking like your old self right now and there's a teeny tiny chance they might not have made the connection.

    Then again, you did just mention the pants you stole. Requisitioned. Something like that.

    "Me," you continue, and let them fill in the blanks as they want to, " to explain you guys, because I haven't gotten the chance yet."

    There's a moment of silence while the polo shirts share a look. Windbreaker seems too tall to catch any look shared by the other two. Frankly, even if they're not a giant you find them a little terrifying. It's a good thing you're invulnerable, or at least mostly so.

    "Come with us," Light Blue - Carter, that's what the other one called her - tells you, calm and cool like you didn't threaten to drop her from 3 stories up just yesterday, "and we'll tell you everything."

    "You know," you tell her, "I'm not sure I believe that. You tried to shoot me! You and your buddies -- hey, where's Violet?"

    "You should know." She looks way more upset than she has reason to when all you did was maybe twist Violet's ankle. Hunh. "Come with us peacefully and nobody gets shot."

    "How about we walk away peacefully and nobody gets shot?" you counter-offer. "I don't want to be dissected."

    The Red-shirt steps forward a step. "Nobody's going to dissect you," they offer. "I don't know where you got that idea."

    "Oh, I don't know. 'Studies' without parental consent, that's a good place to start. And then add on, hrrm, trank darts. Bullets. Handcuffs."

    You roll your eyes, because they're being transparent. "How does this usually go for you guys?"

    Royal-Blue Windbreaker takes two steps forward towards you. "You'll come with us, both of you. You won't be harmed. It's just some light study for the national war effort."

    "We're at war?" Farrah squeaks. "With who?"

    "Look around, kid." Red is really getting into this. Maybe they were watching detective movies last night? Old film noir stuff? "There's monsters coming out of the woodwork. There's creatures trying to take over our cities. There's a war on, even if the president is too much of an idiot to declare it yet. And the more information we have -- information kids like you two can give us -- the better we can fight this thing. So just come along." Red holsters their ray gun. "Nobody's getting shot."

    The thing is, you almost believe that Red believes it.

    On the other hand - you know Red shot you yesterday.

    [ ] Attempt to negotiate a later time of study
    -[ ]for just you.
    -[ ]for both of you, but with an adult present for Farrah
    [ ] Grab Farrah and run away.
    [ ] Grab Farrah and run just enough to get out of the shelter, then fly away
    [ ] Flee and suggest she do the same.
    [ ] keeping yourself between Farrah and the Polo Shirt Creeps, attack
    [ ] Try a Word combination
    - [ ] write in 2 Words
    [ ] Write-in
     
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    • [X] Attempt to negotiate a later time of study
    -[X]for both of you, but with an adult present for Farrah

    I mean, this is not great, but I don't think we can fight the entire US government unless we're comfortable dismantling people. I don't think we're comfortable dismantling people.
     
    We should try disassembling the guns and walking away.

    Or, y'know, eating them. I feel it'll establish dominance perfectly
     
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    [X] Attempt to negotiate a later time of study
    -[X]For Farrah
    -[X]"You guys still have that giant locked up? I want to give him a piece of my mind for burying me in rubble a few days ago."
     
    [X] Attempt to negotiate a later time of study
    -[X]for both of you, but with an adult present for Farrah

    If there's one thing groups like this despise, it's convincing a parent to give up their child "for the greater good."
     
    [X] Try a Word combination
    -[X] Aposyntheto Tlacatl!
    -[X] Point your palm menacingly at them
    "An ambush! Send these vermin a message: the rightful owner has returned, and their kind is no longer welcome."
     
    Wysteria said:
    o.o

    They'd send the army after us or something.
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    Ugh, fine...
    [X] Try a Word combination
    -[X] Tlacatl Tempero!
    -[X] Point your palm menacingly at them
    No negotiating; us helping with their "study" means we might as well lie down and let them take us as lab rats. They have a numbers advantage, and I doubt we could convince them of anything—Windbreaker looks like they won't take no for an answer.
     
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    [X] "That'd be a lot more convincing if you hadn't already shot at me and failed."
     
    Hmmm.

    [X] Summon the rat army, fly Farrah to safety.

    Who has patience for these recurring villains. We have shopping to do, work to attend, and giants to slay!
     
    [X] Attempt to negotiate a later time of study
    -[X]for both of you, but with an adult present for Farrah
    -[X]if they even look like they're about to go violent: Grab Farrah and run just enough to get out of the shelter, then fly away
    -[X]and if so, maybe we can report them on social media as trying to go stereotype MIB the Rochester Angel?
     
    [X] Grab Farrah and run away.

    I don't like the idea of turning ourselves over to them, and we _really_ don't have the right to decide that Farrah's going to go along with it.
     
    Wait.

    @aldersprig what's our wingspan?
    Currently, magic is allowing our big-ass, near-invulnerable wings to be completely invisible. And better, they're impossible to notice just yet.

    We have them flared out and the trio is either within our wingspan or a short hop away, depending.

    Based on this answer, I want to:

    [X] Get close enough to bear hug them into unconsciousness with our wings, loot them, and drive away with their clothes and van.

    That's obviously the intended route through this, yeah?
     
    Pandemonious Ivy said:
    Wait.

    @aldersprig what's our wingspan?
    Currently, magic is allowing our big-ass, near-invulnerable wings to be completely invisible. And better, they're impossible to notice just yet.

    We have them flared out and the trio is either within our wingspan or a short hop away, depending.

    Based on this answer, I want to:

    [X] Get close enough to bear hug them into unconsciousness with our wings, loot them, and drive away with their clothes and van.

    That's obviously the intended route through this, yeah?
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    I'm sure they absolutely did not prepare countermeasures against us after we gave the first three a good spankin' :whistle:
    Not sure if invulnerability translates to super strength to crush three people at once!
     
    Plausitivity said:
    I'm sure they absolutely did not prepare countermeasures against us after we gave the first three a good spankin' :whistle:
    Not sure if invulnerability translates to super strength to crush three people at once!
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    Hmm, good point. We might be divested of the strength portion that usually goes along with invulnerability. Operation Wingwoman is on ice for the moment >_>
     
    Pandemonious Ivy said:
    Hmm, good point. We might be divested of the strength portion that usually goes along with invulnerability. Operation Wingwoman is on ice for the moment >_>
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    This got me thinking: if we can hide our wings, @aldersprig what is the limit on how much we can hide? Can we just turn ourselves invisible by thinking of nothing in a mirror? Are there clouds of gas that are actually cleverly Masked Fae running around?
     
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