Thanks for submitting songs after last chapter went up! I plan to use a few of them in combat, and I have a list of about 50 songs I came up with myself, so Taylor probably won't be using the same song twice too often. Also, as a note, I have two song groupings separate from the rest of the songs I cal 'Amp Up' songs. They are all remixes of the same song, but gradually get crazier and crazier, so basically a gradually more and more powerful ultimate song if Taylor keeps amping up enough times. Should be fun. One is for vs Lung, and I won't be telling when the others are. That would be cheating. Enjoy!
(Hey, you should go check out the fanfiction known as 'Tarantism' it's quite similar to this one, but each song has a different master effect rather than giving abilities. It's pretty cool. One last thing, let me know if there are any errors in this chapter. I updated at night so there might be one or two. I think the songs are in the right order.)
Here are the songs with the classifications. Just put these names into YouTube and you should get them. More detail of each power is at the end of the chapter.
1. Home - Undertale OST | Ambient Music
2. 7 Nation Army | Brute 6, Striker 4
3. Doki Doki Literature Club! OST Disc 1 - 01 Doki Doki Literature Club! | Ambient Music
4. Intelligent Sounds - Flume | Thinker 7
5. Zelda Item Sound | Sound Effect
6. I Know You Too Well to Like You Anymore | Master 3, Thinker 4, Trump 2
July 8th, 2010
6:30 AM
Taylor stretched awake, blinking tiredly at the clock. She stumbled out of bed, and began her morning routine. It was only halfway through her run that she fully woke up, and realized what was happening that day at school. Her power woke up, sensing her desire. She was ready to take on Winslow. She paused, realizing a faint tune was playing (Song 1) in the background. She had read about this in the notes. It was an ambient music that was in locations of importance, symbolising the importance of an area. The music was peaceful, soothing her excited nerves.
Her power turned on (Song 2), music pumping into her ears. She hummed along, already boosting the abilities if the Thinker notes were to be believed. Her power was sentient in away, giving her powers to help with her goals, but didn't have the perfect song for the situation every time, but rather something that would help at the time. Hopefully this would be something useful. And then she stubbed her toe on the table.
"Oww..." she growled, and kicked the table again. The table jumped back a foot from the impact, acting like it had been hit with a hammer. "Huh."
"Nice." Taylor grinned.
She decided to grab a slightly revealing skirt instead of her standard hoodie and jeans, and she had to say it looked rather nice despite her lack of 'assets' on her body. She quickly had a bowl of cereal, skimming through her notes her Tinker self had written. She absent-mindedly out the dishes in the sink and got into the car. Her dad drove her to Winslow, glancing at her in the mirror with a worried glance.
"Taylor?" Danny asked, noticing the intricate notes his daughter had. She quickly looked up. "Yeah dad?"
"What's that?" he asked, curious. Taylor quickly threw out an excuse. "Research, like I said. On tinker-tech."
Danny nodded, recalling her reasoning from the day before. Then a suspicion entered his mind. "What do you mean by-"
"I'll tell you later." Taylor said without hesitating. Danny frowned more. It wasn't like Taylor to push him off like that. Well... not the old Taylor. Recently they had been drifting apart, but even so, this was new. "Alright..." he said.
She stepped out of the car, stuffing the papers into her bag. "See you after school!" she called. Danny waved back, hiding his emotions. Taylor pushed through the front doors, the ambient music kicking in. (Play song 3) The music was sweet to her ears, but something gave her a worrying feeling about the area. She shrugged it off, letting the song from earlier cover it up.
Taylor skipped into the school, grinning brightly. She turned the corner to her locker, eyeing the hallways. Multiple people whispered about her, but she ignored them. Months of harassment would do that to someone. Footsteps sounded behind her, and she spun around.
"Aww, how cute. You came back." Sophia's snide voice came from behind her. Taylor stared at the bully. Sophia didn't notice Taylor's shifting stance.
"Please, I saw you yesterday, crying, passing out. Pathetic. I can't believe your mother even cared about a weakling like that." Sophia smiled. Taylor saw red hair around the corner. Emma.
"Don't talk about her." Taylor said, snarling. Sophia blinked in surprise. "What? The worm has fangs? They just make you look uglier." Taylor ignored Sophia, moving past her.
"Hey, don't ignore me!" Sophia said, shoving Taylor. Taylor whipped around, smacking away Sophia, the dark-skinned girl stumbled back, staring in shock at the girl. "Don't touch me." Taylor said, showing teeth.
She walked on, past Emma and Madison, who stared in shock. They didn't look away until she turned the corner. Then Taylor could hear them move to help Sophia, who shouted something back. Taylor giggled, smiling widely. This power was fun.
In class, the girls still tried to annoy her, although a bit more cautious about it. Madison bumped into Taylor in class, spilling a handful of pencil shavings onto her. "Sorry, I didn't see you." she said loudly.
Taylor grit her teeth, but could feel the double power from when Madison bumped into her. She grabbed a chunk of eraser, and flicked it. Hard. It flew forward, pinging off the floor, and striking Madison's ear. The girl flinched, and Taylor could hear the sound of the impact from across the classroom.
"Mrs. Knott! Taylor threw a rock at me or something!" Madison shouted.
The teacher ran over quickly, and looked at the situation. There was a mark on Madison's ear, but no sign of anything that could have been thrown at her. She glanced at Taylor, who was glancing over in obvious confusion, no sign of anything besides papers on her desk. "Are you sure?" she asked.
Madison nodded, wincing as the teacher felt her ear. the teacher sighed. "Ms. Hebert, please come with me."
Taylor blinked. "Why?" she asked. The teacher glanced at Madison for a moment. "You threw something at Ms. Clements." she responded.
Taylor sighed. "Do you have proof?" she asked.
The teacher shifted nervously. "No." she replied.
"Then you can't do anything. Any time I get in trouble for something my side is not heard, and any time I report something I get ignored." she said in frustration. Emma spoke up. "I saw it!"
Taylor whirled on the redhead. "I did nothing!" she growled. Mrs. Knott blinked. "Well now I have a witness." she said, pulling out a piece of paper.
"This only happens because no one has the balls to stand up for me!" she shouted.
Mrs. Knott didn't respond, only handing over a slip to the office.
Taylor sighed and got up, restraining her anger, the last thing she saw was Madison and Emma grinning. She slammed the door, and she swore she heard a crack appear in the frame. She stalked away down the hall. 'Screw the office.' she thought, and went to the library instead. Then her music shut off.
After bypassing the librarian with an excuse that she finished her work early, she moved to the section of dictionaries, and paged through them. Her song changed (Song 4). The new song was a mix of sounds, and she recognized most of them, her memory becoming much more effective. Her personality changed as well, becoming cool and calculating rather than hotheaded like before. Her eyes changing to electric blue, and pulsed when she took in new information. Using the newfound intelligence, she realized why her song had cut out earlier. She simply didn't have the strength for it.
"I require repetitive practice of my powers if I wish to make a profit from them." Running that one song all day, combined with her hearing the passive ambient music in the background was draining her fast. On the upside, listening to the ambient music was beyond her control, and would be like wearing a heavier backpack, raising her endurance over time.
She could tell the music that was playing was not as effective, the energy was less due to the aforementioned endurance that she lacked. She shrugged, grabbing a few books. It wouldn't hurt to use her intelligence while she had it. She found a list of words she was interested in and wrote them down, and chose one that felt right. "I think my name will be... Medley. A term that is not too verbose, yet stands out." She grinned, a sound effect playing. (Song 5)
*Brrrriiiiing!*
Taylor glanced up to see the clock marked 3:30, the end of school for the day. She stared at the mess of books around her, consisting of every subject she knew and more, like electronics and music. And she remembered everything she read perfectly. She painstakingly organized the books back onto the shelves, and left the building. She made her way to the front of school, and was nearly out the doors as Emma rounded a corner in front of Taylor.
"So you got in trouble? Hah, I bet you just wanted attention." Emma pouted. Taylor stared at the girl. Why was she like this? What caused her to become such a bitch? Emma glared. Oh, Taylor said that out loud.
"I grew up Hebert. I understand how the world works. It's kill or be killed, hunt or be hunted." she stated.
Taylor sighed, tilting her head. The intelligence power was still running, and her increased knowledge allowed her to strategize and realize the pointlessness of the entire situation. Emma had no reason her any more, yet she did. It would be beneficial for both sides if they walked away. She winced slightly as her power strained to keep going. A preemptive action was needed to prevent a waste of time and resources that were provided by her power.
Emma was startled when Taylor briskly walked forward, pushing past the red head. "I have more important activities to partake in rather than this mindless rabble you are spouting. This is an unnecessary use of our time and resources. Allow me to leave." Taylor said in short clipped sentences. Emma shoved Taylor, preventing her from leaving. "Where do you think you're going?"
'It would be wiser to change tactics.' she calculated. Taylor dropped the song, her power stopping, almost out of energy. She felt a migraine headache pulse withing her head, but pushed past it. She tried to grab a new song, but her power wasn't responding. She pushed down her frustration, and forced a song to play. (Song 6) Her power crackled to life, and she could feel it sputter along. An unfamiliar chorus began, and Taylor listened for a moment, then grinned as information began flowing into her mind.
Taylor smirked, and began saying the lyrics as they played in her head. "I know you too well, to like you any more. In the beginning we were grinning and we didn't even know what we were smiling for." she said aloud. Emma pursed her lips in confusion. "It felt so good deep in my heart and that's for sure, but now I feel sick when I'm around you, and it hurts my head to think about how I know you too well to like you any more!" Taylor cried.
Emma shook her head. "What are you going on about? You disgust me. Are you saying you still thought there was a chance we could be friends?"
Taylor flipped through the data in her head. The song was giving her all the knowledge about Emma. All of it. From her favorite food, the defining moment in her life, to her favorite sexual fantasy. "I can't stand you!" Taylor said, stalling while she looked for a weak spot in Emma's life.
"I can't stand you even more!" Emma shouted. "You bitch!"
"Cunt!"
"Attention Whore!"
"Slut!"
"You have no tits!"
"You have no personality!"
"You're hanging onto someone who doesn't like you any more!"
There was a small crowd, recording the entire thing, and Taylor was loving it.
Then she landed on two interesting tidbits of information. "Nope! I literally know you too well to like you any more. You changed so much because someone tried fixing you when you were broken."
Emma's eyes widened. Taylor grinned viciously. "You treat me to all this pain, yet you are the most fragile person here!" she exclaimed.
"Y-you don't know what you're talking about, Hebert." Emma said.
A phrase flashed in Taylor's mind. 'Eyes, nose, mouth, or ears?' An image of a van. Emma crying. Perhaps she could use this to her advantage- no, it would shatter Emma if she pushed it that way. Better to save that for a last resort. Emma was hesitant, no need to kill the predator when the prey could evolve into something that could defend itself.
"Alright. I won't go spouting your secrets. Wouldn't want to piss off your girlfriend."
"Who?" Emma frowned.
"You know, Sophia? You hang out with her so much you must be together."
"No, I-"
"Please, no need to tell me, I've known you had a close relationship. Maybe I could get in on it sometime? I may not like you, but you're still hot."
Emma gaped like a fish.
"I don't hear you denying it." Taylor said in an offhand manner. After a few more moments of silence, Taylor turned and walked away. "And my work here is done." she muttered, turning off her power. Once she left the sight of the crowd of shell-shocked students, she stumbled against the wall. A wave of vertigo washed over her, and black spots appeared in her eyes. "Ugh!" she grunted in pain, her migraine worse than anything she had felt before. She reached up only to find blood was now dripping from her nose. "Well, now I know not to push myself. That was still a lot more impressive than I thought. Three songs in one day?" she chuckled. "My goal will be to have that many every hour once I become a major cape."
Taylor wiped the blood away, and staggered to where Danny was picking her up.
"Hey sweetie!" Danny called. "How was your day?" he asked cheerfully.
Taylor placed her backpack, safely containing new notes along with the ones from the day before. "Wonderful!" she beamed.
So yeah, for those who don't know, Sophia wasn't a ward yet before September of 2010, so that'll be happening next chapter due to time skips. The time skips will be spaced out, with period of Taylor getting her gear together discreetly over the next months, and messing around with saving people, as well as a twist on some events, but you'll see that later. She simply needs to practice before going out, plus she has no gear at all. She will be an individual vigilante cape, and chaotic neutral. It'll be more of a villain due to her methods of takedown, but she can't help her powers most of the time. I dislike the idea of anyone having control over her as a superior. No one needs the power of the 'One Punch Man' theme to be controlled by the government.
A side effect of Taylor's constant song use is that her emotions are easier to control, but also her moral compass is messed up, gradually progressing to the point where if the wrong music plays she could cause a lot of pain to people without caring if she kills someone depending on the situation. Keep that in mind when suggesting songs if she's in a delicate situation.
Song List:
1. Home - Undertale OST | Ambient Music
As an ambient song, it is localised in the area Taylor considers home, and will play whenever she is there. Fills her with a sense of comfort and determination.
2. 7 Nation Army | Brute 6, Striker 4
Returns any hit dealt to her with twice the strength. Doesn't like to be held down. Very stubborn personality.
3. Doki Doki Literature Club! OST Disc 1 - 01 Doki Doki Literature Club! | Ambient Music
As an ambient song, it has little effect, but allows Taylor to get a note of the situation as well as how the people act. Symbolizes Localized to Winslow High. The location tends to have events happening there that go unnoticed by most people, to the point of intentional ignorance.
4. Intelligent Sounds - Flume | Thinker 7
The user has enormous intelligence, and retains all information that she learned forever. Their eyes become electric blue, and flicker brighter as the user learns new information, signaling the knowledge will not be forgotten.
5. Zelda Item Sound | Sound Effect
Congrats! It's a sound Effect! It does nothing! These pop up for comedic effect in non dangerous situations. Only Taylor can hear them for now until she gets her cape outfit going, as it will have speakers in the outfit.
6. I Know You Too Well to Like You Anymore | Master 3, Thinker 4, Trump 2
Knows most everything about someone for a period of time. Long cooldown on the song, and only affects one person, rather than multiple items. Taylor is much more convincing, and also vindictive.
