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Topic: A New Case 53?
In: Boards ► Global ►USA ►Brockton Bay ►Capes
VerdantSeas (Original Poster)
Posted On November 11th 2011:
Guys, know I don't normally post but [this] happened outside my apartment window and… Well, look!
Edit: Sorry about the shitty quality. I recorded it with my phone and times are tough!
►NewteredGal (Cape Groupie)
Posted On November 11th 2011:
Is that even a Case 53? I mean, sure she(?) looks the part, but what about the armor? Is she a tinker? How did she manage to stay hidden for so long?
►DadBot! (Not a Bot)
Posted On November 11th 2011:
First!
►MadreVex
Posted On November 11th 2011:
Look at those legs on her!
Edit: No, you idiots! Fucking [look]!
►TallToweringTowers (Not a Tower) (Verified Cat Owner)
Posted On November 11th 2011:
MadreVex How did you manage to enhance the video? Tell me your ways, oh wise wizard!
…Also, are those legs looking a little bit… dragonish to anyone else? Did Lung have a secret lovechild that we don't know about?
►DoggoneGrin
Posted On November 11th 2011:
Dude. The real question is: was she birthed or did she hatch?
►RandomMan (Moderator)
Posted On November 11th 2011:
That's beneath you DoggoneGrin. That's something that XxVoid_CowboyxX probably would've said six months ago. Take your 24 hour ban and think about the poor girl who's scared out of her mind right now.
►xX_Void_Cowboy_Xx (Potentially Reformed)
Posted On November 11th 2011:
TallToweringTowers, See how smooth her strides are? Probably a projection, I guess.
Edit: Just saw the mod's comment. That's fair.
►ImpromptuEnnui (Veteran Member)
Posted On November 11th 2011:
Hey everyone, just a reminder that it's dangerous to approach a Case 53 cape before the PRT have had a chance to respond. I know that we're all pretty used to seeing Faultline's crew around the city but for all we know, this girl could have just woken up. Remember what happened with Weld? Don't take any chances, people.
►Weld (Verified Cape) (PRT Ward)
Posted On November 11th 2011:
ImpromptuEnnui please tag me if you're going to mention me. Especially over something that I've worked hard to put behind me and make up for. I have a right to respond.
And why is no one talking about what are obviously poorly-censored dead bodies on the ground?
►BrightestBlight
Posted On November 11th 2011:
Hey, Weld. Buddy ol' pal. Look at them. See the once-dressy-but-now-shit clothes? Classic Merchant objectifier, even without the layers of caked on dirt. No one's saying anything because they're politely respecting the sanctity of…
Nope, couldn't even type it. No one gives a shit because they're Merchants. Betcha anything that the ENE PRT won't even blink as they recruit her.
►ImpromptuEnnui (Veteran Member)
Posted On November 11th 2011:
XxVoid_CowboyxX, you okay man? I mean, you go off the rez for a few weeks WITHOUT BEING BANNED and then when you come back… Well, I'm not gonna say that you're phoning it in, but you seem… off.
Edit: ye gods, you've been Mastered, haven't you?
VerdantSeas (Original Poster)
Posted On November 11th 2011:
Update everyone! [Here] you can see Velocity and Miss Militia leaving, but without the girl? I guess she didn't wanna join?
xXx
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Topic: Merchants March?
In: Boards ► Global ►USA ►Brockton Bay ►Gangs ►Merchants
Sleepy_in_Seattle (Brockton Bay Native) (Original Poster)
Posted On November 12th 2011:
I know I'm an insomniac and still awake from the night before, but these ARE the Merchants, right? I mean, I'm not hallucinating… right? Stuck my tablet out to [record]what was going on, but I may or may not be trembling a little bit.
(Please tell me I'm hallucinating from sleep deprivation!)
►SilentFart (Not Deadly)
Posted On November 12th 2011:
Definitely the Merchants… but why are they making a move like this? Isn't there MO to be lowkey or something?
►Studious_Student
Posted On November 12th 2011:
SilentFart, you don't live near the Docks, do you? Sure, anywhere else in town they might keep their heads down (with the exception of Winslow, the sorry shits) but around the Docks most of the homeless are either Merchants or their customers. I won't get into the socio-economic debate of the causality behind it all, but trust me when I say that the Merchants are active enough as is and that I hope to fuck that this isn't a new trend…
►RandomMan (Moderator)
Posted On November 12th 2011:
Try and keep it civil.
►MadreVex
Posted On November 12th 2011:
Hey RandomMan! Just saw you last night on Verdant's thread! Burning the midnight oil, are we?
►RandomMan (Moderator)
Posted On November 12th 2011:
I'm switched shifts with Tin_Mother. I think that she has a date with her not-boyfriend, but don't hold me to it… All I know is that she was awfully evasive about why she needed the morning free!
(Eh. Either way, I have tonight off!)
►Pie_n_Peace
Posted On November 12th 2011:
Um. Guys. Armsmaster just blazed by my house on his bike, followed by several PRT vans. They're headed down towards the Dockworker Union building… So. Heads up?
►Red_Violet_Lilies (Wiki Warrior)
Posted On November 12th 2011:
Pie_n_Peace if they're headed to the Dockworkers, I don't think we have to worry. I mean, have you seen any of the dockworkers? Yum.
Sleepy_in_Seattle (Brockton Bay Native) (Original Poster)
Posted On November 12th 2011:
Red_Violet_Lilies I don't know about the others, but I DEFINITELY caught Skidmark on the video.
►Red_Violet_Lilies (Wiki Warrior)
Posted On November 12th 2011:
Sleepy_in_Seattle, Well. Fuck.
xXx
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Topic: Where Did the Sun Go?
In: Boards ► Global ►USA ►Brockton Bay ►News
Sammie_a_Snack (Original Poster)
Posted On November 12th 2011:
So I'm just at the library, working on my term paper, when a kind of sub-acoustic thing rocks the building and broke the computer I was working on. What just happened? Is there a new trigger somewhere in town or are the gangs doing a thing again? Because we're not near a faultline, and whoever made me lose SEVEN PAGES OF WORK is gonna kiss my boot repeatedly. And no. Not gently.
Edit: I'm typing this from my phone, idiots.
►PaperThunder
Posted On November 12th 2011:
No idea, but I'm probably gonna have to have the foundation of my home checked out.
►BenignAnnoyance
Posted On November 12th 2011:
Um. Whomever did it… Please just give the nice man his daughter back. Please.
►BookishDeer
Posted On November 12th 2011:
Hey guys, I have a bit of a view. Gonna [livestream] it but do NOT expect me to get any closer!
►MadreVex
Posted On November 12th 2011:
It's so dark… I can barely make anything out.
►BookishDeer
Posted On November 12th 2011:
Deal with it MadreVex. I'm not getting closer.
►CrustyShells
Posted On November 12th 2011:
Considering that the new cape from yesterday's [thread] seems to be his daughter? Smart move… because Daddy doesn't seem to be happy.
►HearMeMoan
Posted On November 12th 2011:
Dragon Girl rushing out to guard Vista with her body is so romantic!
►RandomMan (Moderator)
Posted On November 12th 2011:
HearMeMoan,
One. Vista is a Ward and thus a minor. Stop. Don't push me on this. Take your warning and be glad it's not a tempban.
Two. Probably not the best idea to call the girl "Dragon Girl" with a town that has Lung in it.
Three. It's also a stupid name. There's already a dragon: Dragon.
►BabblingBrook
Posted On November 12th 2011:
So…is that an Endbringer or just a biiig Case 53? And… um. How to put this gently… DOES THIS MEAN THAT HE CREATES Case 53 capes!?
►Red_Violet_Lilies (Wiki Warrior)
Posted On November 12th 2011:
BabblingBrook I don't think that the man (as…tall as he may be) is an Endbringer. I mean, sure he's got some…power. But he's still humanoid, hasn't killed anyone, and can... you know, speak so... I'd say he's a Case 53? I mean, we can't see the weird brand/tattoo but this video IS low quality (no offense BookishDeer). Maybe he's a Case 53 that's actually… erm. Fertile?
Sleepy_in_Seattle (Brockton Bay Native)
Posted On November 12th 2011:
Red_Violet_Lilies I don't know about anyone else, but I REFUSE to think about the implications of that…man having babies the natural way. I'm going to pretend that he's a biokinetic or a biotinker like Nilbog is. Much easier on my scarred mind.
Edit: Wait a minute. Fuck.
►HoneyedVice
Posted On November 12th 2011:
Trying not to panic now, so here's a new idea: if a Case 53 gives birth (or…spawns?) another unique-looking child… Is that child ALSO a Case 53 or is it called something else?
►CoffeeisLove
Posted On November 12th 2011:
He stands up, and the PRT's ammunition fades away before it even reaches him? I'm not impressed, I'm worried. How are we going to keep this big guy in line if he steps outta line? We've already got Kaiser and LUNG! I don't think the Bay can take another one…
►TrueBlueValor
Posted On November 12th 2011:
CoffeeisLove, I think he was protecting his daughter?
►On_the_Rails
Posted On November 12th 2011:
Did anyone else see his face before he stood up? I mean, the video's grainy as all hell but... I think he looks sad? Maybe angry?
►CoffeeisLove
Posted On November 12th 2011:
TrueBlueValor I don't think it matters. I say we birdcage them both as soon as we can, just like we keep trying to with Lung!
►HoneyedVice
Posted On November 12th 2011:
So we should just cage any random cape based on what they might do? How does that mesh with the Right to a Fair Trial?
On_the_Rails, really? He looks either angry or sad? Maybe hungry next? Or constipated? What about happy or horny next?
►RandomMan (Moderator)
Posted On November 12th 2011:
HoneyedVice, Official Warning to keep it civil. This is the second one I've had to give you today. There won't be a third.
►MellowVicar
Posted On November 12th 2011:
HoneyedVice, Sad to be the one to say it, but it really doesn't matter all that much anymore. I mean, look a Canary's situation. It's obvious that she's innocent, but I bet you half of everything I own that she's just gonna get a puppet show of a trial before being booted to the birdcage.
►BabblingBrook
Posted On November 12th 2011:
Livestream's over since everyone's left (did it look like the dragony girl was surrounded by PRT responders to anyone else, or was that just how they went back inside?)
MellowVicar, why just half of everything?
►MellowVicar
Posted On November 12th 2011:
BabblingBrook Never bet everything at once, even on a sure thing.
►CoffeeisLove
Posted On November 12th 2011:
See?
►MellowVicar
Posted On November 12th 2011:
CoffeeisLove, I'm not saying you're right, but let's be honest… when you can throw fireballs, warp biology, and commandeer a person's will, your personal rights kinda go out the window.
► Icarus (Verified Cape) (PRT Ward)
Posted On November 12th 2011:
MellowVicar, That doesn't make it right, especially if that cape has done nothing to warrant such a reaction. There's got to be some amount of good faith lent to parahumans until they decide to break that trust. Otherwise we'll just be herding new triggers into villainy. And what if that new trigger is the next Eidolon? Or the next Alexandria? There needs to be a better system of laws written in to place for how to judge capes who are still learning their powers or have just triggered. An official system. Mandated by law, not this stupid "unofficial" and "unwritten" guidebook.
And as for Canary: this whole process is rushing waaay too quickly for my liking. Where's the investigation? The interviews? The witnesses? Where's her testimony? At least let her write it out, for fuck's sake! This is setting a bad precedent. Besides… nobody can help what powers they get when they trigger.
Private Messages: Icarus (Verified Cape) (PRT Ward)
(Ward Message History Extension… enabled):
Aegis: You got approval from Arms or Piggot to post that, right?
Icarus: Nope.
Aegis: …Did you at least get it vetted through PR?
Icarus: Nope.
Aegis: Fuck, Icarus! We talked about this!
Aegis: There was an entire MEETING about this!
Icarus: My account, my opinions. If Piggy has a complaint, she can talk to me about it directly.
Aegis: …You know she's actually going to do that, right? Again.
Icarus: She'd better bring better arguments this time.
Aegis: Icarus.
Icarus: Aegis, what can she do? I'm not going to remove it and I've not violated any PHO guidelines. If she convinces Dragon to go in and take it down manually, it's gonna kick up attention that she doesn't want right now.
Icarus: She'd lose more cred if she strongarms the system than if the post stays up.
Aegis: Think about this. Please. We like you HERE.
Aegis: …We don't want to see you transferred.
Icarus: They can't and they won't.
Aegis: They might do it ANYWAY if you keep doing things like this.
Icarus: Am I the only one who read the contract before signing up?
Icarus: Besides, they seem to forget that this is just a JOB like any other, not a funnel towards the Protectorate.
Icarus: And the Wards isn't a military branch. It's not even structured like one, for all they like to pretend that it is. It would run just a liiiiittle too close to the whole Child Soldier morality debate.
Icarus: And betcha anything that MM would throw a fit if they did that.
Aegis: …
Aegis: Please don't do anything rash.
Icarus: Dude, you know me. When have I ever done anything rash?
xXx
Shoutout to PHOverlord over on Spacebattles for being my template for this PHO chapter.
Also: Made up all the names on the fly, so if they're not intended to represent any specific person IRL. If any of them seem similar to you then it's because there are 7+ billion people on this wet, mossy rock that's flying through the empty black of space and the bitter truth is that none of us are as unique as we'd like to pretend.
Also, also: This version of the fic (the one you're reading now, on ffn) has basically deviated so much from the one on spacebattles that it's almost a separate fic. This one is the better one, in my opinion. It's gone through far many more edits.