Magical Girl Lyrical Taylor
(Worm/Nanoha)
by P.H. Wise

Interlude 4.X: Parahumans Online

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Topic: Emoscythe Kittenbane
In: Boards ► Places ► America ► Brockton Bay ► New Capes
Bagrat (Original Poster) (The Guy in the Know) (Veteran Member)

Posted On Jan 23rd 2011:

I'm cross-posting this here because it's relevant to Brockton Bay as well. It seems Starfall has some competition for most bullshit grab-bag cape. We don't actually know her name yet, but the forums are already calling her Emoscythe Kittenbane, which has got to be the worst forum-given cape name since Chubster. Despite the name, this girl is no joke; she's the only one on record as having won a stand-up fight against Starfall. The link to her official PRT threat assessment is [here]. Blaster 8, Shaker 2, Mover 6, Brute 2. Compare to Starfall's rankings [here]. Emoscythe is listed as a villain, and her official PRT designation is 'Lightning Girl.'

Links:
[Emoscythe's PRT threat assessment]
[Starfall's threat assessment]
[Security Video] from Rite Aid cameras of Emoscythe's battle with Starfall in Boston
Thread for [the Great Kitten Raid of Boston]
Edit: Okay, the Boston version of this thread has been deleted. What the hell, mods?

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►XxVoid_CowboyxX
Replied On Feb 28th 2011:

I think it's scary how all these powerful and versatile magic capes are showing up lately. Starfall's the most powerful blaster in the world next to Legend. If Emoscythe can beat Starfall, what if other villains start learning magic, too? Are regular parahumans just totally outclassed by mages?

►SisterEye
Replied On Feb 28th 2011:

Doesn't work that way, Cowboy. Magical talent is pretty rare. Powerful magical talent even rarer, and most of the time, magic and parahuman powers do different things, or do things in different ways. It's not a question of 'outclassing.'

►SaintAlia'sKnife
Replied On Feb 28th 2011:

Wow. This magic stuff really took me by surprise. That never happens anymore.

►4thof12
Replied On Feb 28th 2011:

Hey Void Cowboy, don't worry. Me and my squad of ultimate badasses with protect you!

►XxVoid_CowboyxX
Replied On Feb 28th 2011:

Hey, that's from Aliens!

Edit: Sorry, double post.

►4thof12
Replied On Feb 28th 2011:

... Yes. Yes it is.

►XxVoid_CowboyxX
Replied On Feb 28th 2011:

I saw that movie for the first time the other day. It was awesome! Ripley is such a badass! Do you think the local Protectorate would win against a hive of xenomorphs? I bet Starfall would. I mean, isn't that basically what she did at Canberra? Redstrong - Did you see the Canberra thread? I bet they're raising her Blaster rating again. Mover rating, too.

►Serious_Sam (Moderator)
Replied On Feb 28th 2011:

This is a derail. The place to discuss the Canberra attack is in the Canberra thread. Discussion of old horror movies belongs on the off topic board. Stay on topic, people.

►Brocktonite03 (Veteran Member)
Replied On Feb 28th 2011:

Why is this in the Brockton Bay forum? Has Emoscythe been seen in Brockton Bay at all? I thought she was a Boston cape?

►4thof12
Replied On Feb 28th 2011:

Have I mentioned how much I love the fact that the forum has decided to name her, 'Emoscythe Kittenbane?' Glory Girl? I love you.

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►White Fairy (Veteran Member)
Replied On Mar 1st 2011:

4thof12 - The Emoscythe thing is pretty funny. But does anyone know what she actually calls herself?

►4thof12
Replied On Mar 1st 2011:

Butcher 15?

►Glory Girl (Verified Cape) (New Wave)
Replied On Mar 1st 2011:

4thof12

re: Emoscythe Kittenbane - I gotta admit, I'm pretty proud of that name.
re: Butcher 15 - Not funny.

►ualuealuealeuale (Veteran Member)
Replied On Mar 1st 2011:

Does Emoscythe know that we're all calling her Emoscythe?

►SaintAlia'sKnife
Replied On Mar 1st 2011:

Probably. Unless she just doesn't know about PHO at all, but that doesn't seem likely. Unless she was from another planet, I guess.

►4thof12
Replied On Mar 1st 2011:

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha

►SaintAlia'sKnife
Replied On Mar 1st 2011:

4thof12 - ... it wasn't that funny.

►GstringGirl
Replied On Mar 1st 2011:

Another magical cape. Interesting. Actually, two more assuming that foxy wolf of hers isn't a projection. Actually, isn't that the second talking magic-using animal we've seen? Yuuno was the first, right?

Do you think they use magic to shapeshift into human form, or are they just magical mascot animals?

Myrddin - ... Can magic be used for shapeshifting in general? Is it hard to learn? I'd love to be able to turn into... I don't know, like a cute ferret or a wolf or something.

►Brocktoner24
Replied On Mar 1st 2011:

I'm still not convinced this is really magic. I can buy that there's some alternate source of parahuman-like powers that can be learned by some people, but I'm not going to call it 'magic.' It isn't. It's a real, measurable thing that we haven't figured out yet, that's all.

►ualuealuealeuale (Veteran Member)
Replied On Mar 1st 2011:

GstringGirl - You know there's no way Myrddin's actually going to come reply to that, right?

Edit: ... okay, I'm wrong. He totally replied. Damn. I guess it figures that shapeshifting is really, really hard to learn how to do, though.

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Topic: Bronx Arcology Shutdown
In: Boards ► Places ► America ► New York City Discussion
YankeesFan3141 (Original Poster)
Posted On Feb 27th 2011:

So this huge fleet of PRT and Protectorate vehicles just pulled out outside the south entrance to the Bronx Arcology. Police cars, too. Shit, they've got cops, PRT troopers, snipers, and more and more capes are showing up from all over the place - it's like they're massing for a goddamn war. Anyone know what the hell is going on? Because I've got bupkes.

Edit: And now there's a crack in the sky. No, I'm not kidding. The sky just cracked open above the arcology like it was made of glass. This weird light is shining through it, and it hurts my eyes to look at it. Guys, is this the end of the world, or what?

Edit: The Triumvirate just showed up. THE TRIUMVIRATE. Am I the only one who thinks this whole situation is about to get completely fercockt? More than it already is with a crack in the goddamn sky, that is?

Edit: HOLY FUCK, THE ENTIRE TOP OF THE GODDAMN ARCOLOGY JUST BLEW UP! It's fucking GONE!

Edit: 3:00 in the morning. It's dumb brick outside, and the PRT is STILL evacuating people from the Bronx Arcology. Or what's left of it. I hear some of the gangs are making trouble, but it looks like this was finally the kick in the pants the city needed to just demolish the place already. ... So apparently having a crack appear in the sky and a huge parahuman battle and some horrible force from beyond reality bleeding through into our universe is totally going to raise property values around here. Go figure.

PICS:

Fucking [Legend]

[Every] [Goddamn] [PRT] [Vehicle] [In] [The] [County]

[CRACK] [IN] [THE] [SKY]

[Triumvirate] is on the scene

[Multi-colored explosions] [going off] [in the] [upper floors]

[Aftermath] of the Rainbow Explosion

[The Sky is Scarred]

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►Uaue_Auiaeu (Veteran Member)
Replied On Feb 27th 2011:

That's impossible. I'm telling you, that much matter getting vaporized should have made a heat bloom that killed everyone within a mile and started fires across the whole damn city. Even without that, that much vaporized metal getting dumped into the local air is going to poison a hell of a lot of people...

►YankeesFan3141 (Original Poster)
Replied On Feb 27th 2011:

I know, man, but we're all still here, and it's just as cold now as it was before the sky exploded. I don't know about vaporized metal, but the air quality in the Bronx is way better than it was before Starfall fired off that rainbow explosion.

►ualuealuealeuale (Veteran Member)
Replied On Feb 27th 2011:

Maybe it was disintegrated and not just vaporized? ... and she blew up the *SMOG*? Jesus. Someone call the EPA; this girl is golden.

Also, you really want to freak out? Take a look at this [before] and [after] satellite photos of the area. That hole in the cloud cover is absurd. And can be seen from orbit.

►Uaue_Auiaeu (Veteran Member)
Replied On Feb 27th 2011:

ualuealuealeuale - We meet again, my old nemesis.

►ualuealuealeuale (Veteran Member)
Replied On Feb 27th 2011:

Uaue_Auiaeu - YOU!

►StGeorge
Replied On Feb 27th 2011:

That much power in the hands of a child directed by an AI? Am I the only one completely horrified by this?

►Raising Heart (Verified Intelligent Device) (Moderator)
Replied On Feb 27th 2011:

Don't worry, George. I am very good at directing My Master, and our firing trajectory was carefully controlled. The chances of collateral damage were minimal, and the blast should have lost power by the time it reached the moon's orbit.

►ConnecticutYankee
Replied On Feb 27th 2011:

By the time it reached the MOON'S ORBIT!?

►Flechette (Verified Cape) (New York Wards)
Replied On Feb 27th 2011:

Holy crap! I don't even...

►Bakuda
Replied On Feb 28th 2011:

Raising Heart - That was fucking awesome! What did it feel like to fire off a blast like that?

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►Raising Heart (Moderator) (Verified Intelligent Device)
Replied On Feb 28th 2011:

Bakuda - A moment of perfect beauty.

►StGeorge
Replied On Feb 28th 2011:

...

►GstringGirl
Replied On Feb 28th 2011:

Does anyone know what made the PRT and the, um, Starfall Crusaders, move on the Teeth? For that matter, does anyone know what they're calling Starfall's new team? Or have a complete list of its members? If Glory Girl and Panacea are involved, does that mean they're not part of New Wave anymore?

►Glory Girl (Verified Cape) (New Wave)
Replied On Feb 28th 2011:

GStringGirl - We're still coming up with a name. We've got a few ideas, but we haven't settled on anything yet. Maybe in a few days. Panacea and I are both still with New Wave. This is sort of our side project.

I'm really not feeling 'Starfall Crusaders,' though. It feels like it should have been a 90's cartoon, not a superhero team name.

Current membership:

Starfall, our lovely resident orbital bombardment specialist
Glory Girl, our beautiful and glorious front line fighter
Panacea, our cute and feisty healer and provider of ranged fire support
Yuuno, our cute ferret mascot and forcefield specialist
Vista, our official liaison to the Protectorate and the Wards ENE
Nimue, our resident smugness specialist and regular eater of the leftover takeout that I leave in the fridge (without even asking!)

►4thof12
Replied On Mar 1st 2011:

What I want to know is, why haven't Legend and Starfall acknowledged their father/daughter relationship? It's not like they're fooling anyone at this point. How much do you think the PRT is paying [REDACTED] to pretend to be [STARFALL'S] father, anyways?

(USER RECEIVED AN INFRACTION FOR THIS POST. Open secret or not, it is not okay to name Starfall's civilian father in a public forum. Not everyone who reads this forum is a hero. - Serious Sam)

►XxVoid_CowboyxX
Replied On Mar 1st 2011:

4thof12 - I don't think you should be using [REDACTED]'s name in public like that... It could be really dangerous for him even if he is just being paid to pose as her father by the PRT.

(USER RECEIVED AN INFRACTION FOR THIS POST - Don't do the thing you're scolding someone else for doing in the very post you're scolding them for doing it in, Void_Cowboy. - Serious Sam)

Edit: Oh, come on!

►SuperWholockian22
Replied On Mar 1st 2011:

Legend's husband must be pretty pissed.

*in a Ricky Ricardo-style voice* "Legend, you've got some 'splaining to do..."

►ConnecticutYankee
Replied On Mar 1st 2011:

Superwholockian22 - Die. Also, I'm pretty sure Ricky never actually said that to Lucy in the show.

(USER RECEIVED AN INFRACTION FOR THIS POST - Please refrain from telling other forum goers to die, regardless of how utterly tasteless and awful their screen names are, and how much they should be ashamed of them. - Serious Sam)

►SpecificProtagonist
Replied On Mar 1st 2011:

Holy shit. Just saw some of the pictures of the members of the Teeth that they're still carting out of the arcology. What did they do to themselves? Did the Butcher somehow turn them all into Case 53s?

►Flechette (Verified Cape) (New York Wards)
Replied On Mar 1st 2011:

GstringGirl - I don't know the full story, but the rumor is the Butcher got her hands on some ridiculously advanced and super dangerous tinkertech, and it started mutating people.

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Topic: Simurgh Canberra Attack
In: Boards ► News ► Events ► Endbringer Attacks
Legend (Original Poster) (Verified Cape) (Triumvirate) (New York Protectorate)
Posted On Feb 25th 2011:

At 8:00 AM local time, the Simurgh attacked Canberra, Australia. Although the city was placed in quarantine following the attack, through the heroic efforts of the local defenders working in tandem with Protectorate and international forces, the biological weapon the Simurgh left behind was destroyed and the city was saved from a far worse fate. To all who fought to defend the city, no words of thanks will ever be enough. To all who fell in its defense, your sacrifice will never be forgotten. To those living under quarantine, don't give up hope. We will not abandon you; do not abandon one another.

Links:
[The Memorial Thread] for those who fell.
[Endbringer General Discussion]
[Grief Counseling] resources

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►FriarBob (Protectorate Chaplain)
Replied On Feb 26th 2011:

"We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed."

►Blaze (Verified Cape)
Replied On Feb 26th 2011:

I know this isn't the memorial thread, but I just wanted to say thank you to my boyfriend, Axel. He died getting me and Hunter to safety after we were knocked unconscious by the Simurgh, and he's the only reason the two of us are still alive. I lost a lover; my brother lost his best friend; his parents lost their only son; Australia lost a hero. And I will never, ever forget what he did for us. Rest in peace, my love.

►Zenith (Verified Cape)
Replied On Feb 26th 2011:

Legend, is it true that an American cape named Starfall was the reason you were able to destroy up the Simurgh's bioweapon?

►Bunyip (Verified Cape)
Replied On Feb 26th 2011:

Ziz'll get hers someday.

►Roundabout
Replied On Feb 26th 2011:

Zenith - I was with the containment team, and I saw her up in the sky with Legend. Stood out like a shag on a rock. She was using those rainbow doovalackies to track down the wasp-zombie hives.

►XxVoid_CowboyxX
Replied On Feb 26th 2011:

... wasp zombie hives?

►DearPrudence
Replied On Feb 26th 2011:

I don't know why I still read these Endbringer attack threads. They only depress me.

Roundabout
Replied On Feb 26th 2011:

DearPrudence - Fuck you, too, Prue.
XxVoidCowboyxX - Bloody oath! I saw pictures the capes brought in after. These goddamn wasps would burrow through people's skin and take over their bodies, except they didn't run the bodies so well, so they moved like fucking zombies. I hear some people were immune, but the ones that weren't? It was a bloody nightmare.

►XxVoid_CowboyxX
Replied On Feb 26th 2011:

Thanks, Roundabout. I never needed to sleep ever again, anyways.

►CarlCorey (Veteran Member)
Replied On Feb 26th 2011:

My heart goes out to those who have lost loved ones in this recent attack, as well as all the people living in quarantine because of the Simurgh. You will not be forgotten, and Ziz will not be forgiven.

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►IrreverentJoe
Replied On Feb 26th 2011:

FriarBob - So what you're saying is, "We get knocked down, but we get up again, you're never gonna keep us down?"
(user was banned for this post)

►Bunyip (Verified Cape)
Replied On Feb 26th 2011:

IrreverentJoe - Get your hand off it you stupid fuck-muppet. You too busy having a bat to everyone's misery to realize that it's too bloody soon?
(user received an infraction for this post)

►Billabonger (Moderator)
Replied On Feb 26th 2011:

I know emotions get high after an Endbringer attack, but let's take a step back. We all need to come together at times like this, or else the Endbringers win twice. Build each other up, don't tear each other down.

IrreverentJoe - Too soon. Cool your heels for a week in ban-country.
Bunyip - Ease off, Bunyip. The report button is there for a reason. Use it.

►SpeedyCerviche
Replied On Feb 26th 2011:

Fuck. My mom's stuck there. She works at the Senate, and... shit. Does anyone know how to get in contact with people who are stuck in quarantine?

►CarlCorey (Veteran Member)
Replied On Feb 26th 2011:

SpeedyCerviche - Sorry to hear about your mom, Speedy. The best way to get in contact with people who are confined to quarantine zones is to contact the Australian Parahuman Authority. There should be a hotline set up for people trying to contact friends and loved ones inside the quarantine zone. There's also a website, which can be found [here].


Topic: PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: The Mean Streets of Brockton Bay
In: Boards ► Places ► America ► Brockton Bay (Public Discussion)
Bagrat (Original Poster) (The Guy in the Know) (Veteran Member)
Posted On Mar 7th 2011:

Hold on to your hats, kids; this is a public service announcement. I've heard things that worry me a lot, and I'm passing this on to you with the PRT's blessing. Things are heating up out there on the streets. If you haven't heard, Victor of the E88 infiltrated the old Buddhist Temple in the docks and assassinated a visiting priest. His name was Ichiro Nakajima, and he was a guy a lot of people respected. He came to Brockton Bay as part of this big pilgrimage he was on, and now he's dead. The Protectorate, the police, and the PRT are all doing everything they can to defuse the situation and to bring the alleged perpetrator to justice, but tensions are high, the ABB is flush with new recruits, and the PRT says there's probably going to be a major response from Lung any day now.

That new vigilante cape is making it all worse, naturally. Nobody's caught him or her on camera yet, but someone's been hitting Empire-friendly businesses using extremely weird tinkertech weapons. The Red Herring got shot up by bullets that turned their targets to glass. Spider Murphy's Tattoo Parlor got frozen in a huge block of ice that filled the entire building. So far, there have been only a few fatalities but a lot of injured. The PRT says they expect fatalities to rise sharply if these attacks continue.

So we're looking at a potential gang war. Those of you who've lived here a while know the drill; if you don't have a reason to be out, don't go out. Tell people where you're going and when you expect to be back. Don't go anywhere alone. To those of you living in dangerous areas; if you hear gunfire, take cover immediately. If you hear something that you aren't sure is gunfire, take cover immediately. Better to look silly than to get hit by stray bullets. Note that a car door is not cover, and neither is a plastic chair or drywall. You need something solid. You need something like a good, solid wood door, a brick or cinderblock wall, that sort of thing. Stay safe out there, people.

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Private message from Starfall (Verified Cape) (Verified Princess) at 6:28 PM:

Starfall: Seriously, Vista. It's pretty intense. I don't think I should send you the video file.
Vista: Come on, Starfall. Don't treat me like a little kid. I can handle it. Besides, you promised.
Starfall: I dunno if it's a good idea... but fine.
Vista: *starts watching* This isn't so bad. Sure, the arcology is nasty, but it's just a slum... What the heck? What happened to that guy's eyes?
Starfall: ...
Vista: Oh ... my... God...
Starfall: ...

Private message from Starfall (Verified Cape) (Verified Princess) at 7:31 PM:
Starfall: Vista? Everything okay?

Private message from Starfall (Verified Cape) (Verified Princess) at 7:51 PM:
Starfall: Fuck. I knew I shouldn't have sent it.

Private message to Starfall (Verified Cape) (Verified Princess) at 8:01 PM:
Vista: ... That... wasn't so bad.
Starfall: Vista? You okay?
Vista: I'm fine. Everything's fine. Nothing I can't handle. It's all... fine.
Starfall: Sorry, Vista. I knew it was bad, and I shouldn't have sent it to you. I'm... it was really stupid of me.
Vista: I SAID IT'S FINE. Everything is fine.
Starfall: -.-