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This is a ques set in the world of Wildblow's "Worm" web serial, in which heroes and villains battle for the fate of he city, and for street-level drug feuds.
We follow James Case, a new arrival in Rain City who has just had a very eventful encounter...

Last Thread: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/46599132
Twitter: @QmJim
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The bus ride was quick and uneventful and before you knew it, you were stumbling in the door of your apartment. You grab a bag of peas from the freezer and clutch it to your bruising jaw. Your shed your jacket and hoodie combo, dumping it in front of the gas fireplace to dry off. Beer in one hand, makeshift icepack in the other you slump down onto the sofa, eliciting an unconscious groan. You had no idea fighting would hurt this much. Your thoughts trace back to the alleyway; how the hell did you manage all of that? How did you know exactly how to move, exactly where to strike? It was as if you could feel each muscle individual muscle expanding and contracting in harmony, instinctively knowing how to combine the movements for maximum effect. The intense clarity, like the entire world was sharpened into clean, bright lines that you could easily dissect had faded.
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Deep breath, inhale exhale. You let your conscious wander, looking for something to latch onto, something that wasn’t there before. With a bit of focus, you find the spot in your mind that the feeling must have come from. Latching on to it, you feel the sudden clarity come rushing back all at once, startling you. The apartment was already bright before, but it somehow seems even brighter now, clearer. Your muscles seem to wait for your specific commands like an apprehensive dog waiting for the ball to be thrown. Unsure of how to proceed, you move to pick your phone off of the kitchen counter where you had left it. Without thinking, your body reacts, catapulting you from cross legged into a long jump that takes you halfway across the room.
“Holy piss!: you exclaim with surprise, already bracing to stumble with the unexpected momentum. Your body allows no such thing, and continues smoothly towards the kitchen.
“Is this… a power?” you wonder to your phone as you check your messages,
[Message from Dheeraj. H]
[Message from Unknown Number]
[27 Facebook Notifications]
[2 Missed Calls]
You check the text from Dheeraj first:
{James, please come in at 7am tmrw for training shift. Dheeraj} Who signs their texts in 2016? You make a note of the time; 7:50pm. Who could that unknown message be from? Maybe Dheeraj gave it to the guy you’re working with tomorrow?
[Sloppy, but good start.] is all it reads.
“What the hell?” you glance around the apartment as if the sender is sitting somewhere in the room. Could someone have seen the fight? How would they have got your number? Still clutching the bag of peas to your face, you lean against the counter and consider your options.

>Rest and recuperate for tomorrow’s shift.
>Try texting the mystery number.
>Test out your power some more.
>Browse /ca/ and PHO to learn more.
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>>46612314
>Try texting the mystery number.
"what, specifically, are you talking about?"


if booze is present consume booze.
practice throwing things(the garbage mentioned last thread) around(but mostly away and into the garbage, hurrah mundane utility power...).

>martial arts power
>can we start carrying a classy cane or a properly constructed and reinforced umbrella? cause that would be pretty neato.
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I'll give it 5 more minutes on the off chance someone else votes, then start writing.
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>>46612314
>Try texting the mystery number
Jesus, OP. Youre still running? Its been like 13 hours
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>>46612411
>>46612615
Writing deez.

Nah, I went to sleep, feeling bright eyed and ready for adventure now!
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>>46612615
I think he had time to rest someplace in there...
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A few quick taps on the screen, and you send back:
[What, specifically, are you talking about?]
Waiting for a response, you grab another beer from the fridge and return to your perch on the couch. A long, cool sip gives you an idea. Reaching again for the clarity, you pick up a bottle in one hand. At the other end of the room, there’s an empty cardboard box you’ve been using as a makeshift recycling bin. Meant to use, rather: none of the bottles had actually made it in yet. Without thinking you deftly snap your wrist, and the bottle soars in a lazy arc. You let out out the breath you had held as the bottle rattles at the bottom of the box. It hadn’t even touched the sides. Another sip. This time, a challenge. Facing the other direction, you picture where the box is, and throw the bottle over your shoulder. Your smugness is shattered when the bottle is. It had landed in the box, but broke, you assume, when it hit the first one.
“Shit,” you grunt, not entirely disappointed. A blue light flashes at the top of your phone: new text message. Hurriedly you snatch it up. Deep breath, inhale exhale. You swipe, and the conversation with Mystery Number comes up.

[Better find a costume.]

Your eyes scour the message over and over, trying to put together a cogent response.
[Who are you?]
Phone held loosely, you divert your attention to your thoughts, taking another long gulp from the green bottle. Does this mean that you’re a cape now? What are you even going to do with that knowledge?
“Brrrr brrrr” vibrates your phone.

[Message from Liam]

You sigh and open it. Some stale meme from /r/blackpeopletwitter. You consider replying with a fresh meme of your own, but decide against it. Still no response from Mystery Number.

>Rest and recuperate.
>Browse /co/ and PHO for information on powers (or other, specify).
>Contemplate your future as a cape (write in suggestions).
>Write in.
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>>46612975
>Rest and recuperate.
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>>46612975
>Contemplate your future as a cape (write in suggestions).
Make some money as a bare knuckle boxer in sketchy illegal boxing rings
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just so I'm looking right.

our powers are coded to this PDF as D14 DT22 and F2 yeah?

>>46612975
booze up slightly, then either clean your apt or relax appropriately.

I like the idea that we're alcoholic, but can we not be a messy alcoholic?
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>>46612303
Players are very lazy, you should put the link of your thread in yo tweet.
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>>46612975
game world query?
>we just gained employment at a food establishment. what sort?
diner?
coffeeshop?
chain?
fast-food?
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>>46612998
>>46613044
>>46613048
I'll just try to combine all of these to some extent. Bathroom break, then writing.

>>46613048
I think so? It's more for general ideas, they might not be exact translations of what's in the book though.
>>46613071
gotcha.
>>46613135
It's a coffee chop, Bean City.
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>>46612303
>See thread in catalog
>Read it first as Rapes of Rain city

For a second i thought someone had made a modern setting version for FATAL.
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>>46613340
you are not the first to misread it.

though they read Rapes of Cain City..
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Just found and read the last thread. Awesome stuff! Loving the surge of Cape quests, only thin better would be another ghostbusters quest the Japan one was sweet
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Sigh. You polish off your beer and head to the fridge to get another.

“A cape. I’m a fucking cape, Jesus.”

The bottle cap pops off, you savour the first bubbly sip.

“Awesome,” you say to yourself with a grin, surveying the apartment. What a fucking mess. A week of living like a feckless libertine would do that though.

“Better get this shit cleaned up then, if I’m going to be a functioning member of the
workforce. Fake it til you make it, right?” You switch your phone’s Bluetooth setting to on, and skim your music library while you wait for the bleep bloop that signifies connection. You settle on something upbeat and happy, and get to work scooping up bottles and wiping up tacky beer spills. As you work, you get to wondering about what exactly to do with your newfound powers. You could try to join the Protectorate, maybe, be a real hero. But you’ve heard that they can be pretty uptight, and what would you even tell them? I’m really good at beating people up? There’s probably underground fight clubs somewhere in Rain City. Hell, there could even be one across the street from Bean City now that you think of it. Could be a decent way to make money, you guess. Might draw some unwanted attention from people like this “Meatgrinder,” whoever he is.
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About a twenty minutes later, the apartment is looking clean and crisp, five cases of empty beer bottles stacked neatly by the door. You could take them out tomorrow after work when it would hopefully be less miserable out. A sense of satisfaction mingles with a degree of something else: loneliness? That’s not quite the right word, but it’s close. The apartment is everything you’d hoped it would be: modern, sleek, but still with cozy splashes of colour here and there. What strikes you, is the completely lack of any personal touches. Nothing on the mantelpiece, no personal knick knacks on the shelf. The only thing that really screamed “James Case” was the lone Xbox controller on the black coffee table. You’d have to do something about sprucing the place up a bit.

8:22 reads the microwave clock. You figure you might as well start winding down, so you take your beer and phone to the bedroom. Your weightlifting equipment still sits expectantly in the corner. You could work out, you think to yourself, but you’d have to go straight to sleep after that if you wanted to be rested for your first day at Bean City tomorrow, meaning no time to research costumes and powers on your phone.

>Get fakkin joocy. It’s pull day in your routine, your favourite.
>Get cozy in bed and browse the internet in search of knowledge.
(at this point, I’m going to start marking decisions like these on a character sheet, will have long-term effects on rolls, etc.)
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>>46613865
>Get cozy in bed and browse the internet in search of knowledge.
Knowledge is power!
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>>46613865
>browse
>try and find underground fighting rings or start one
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>>46613865
>Get fakkin joocy. It’s pull day in your routine, your favourite
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I'm confused how do our powers work exactly?
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>>46613865
Let's hear about that local cap scene.
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>>46614067
Essentially, we can detect weaknesses in our enemies. As well, our coordination and fighting ability is superhumanly enhanced, making us a competent fighter even without any training. You're not 100% sure of the exacts, but that's the gist you got from your one encounter so far.
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>>46614067
Natural fighter/body control. Ability to perceive physical weaknesses in opponent, think RDJ sherlock fight scenes. And good mental defence. How they spiral out is a bit in the air I think
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>>46614102
>>46614130
Thanks for clearing that up
Our powers really are broken
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>>46614006
>>46614015
>>46614070
Woops, started writing 5 minutes ago. Still getting the hang of this.
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>>46614230
Yeah we seem to have gotta a really really good spread. Really excited to see where this goes. Loving the writing so far QM!
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>>46614230
setting is Worm, we're good, but we're not THAT good.
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>>46614279
take your time, this is a case of quality over duration.
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I wonder if we'd get anything out of reading up on or watching some martial arts tutorials online. Not sure we really want to go out to just any place for training, we'd likely stand out too much.

Get some fencing tips and we could have some fun with an umbrella, go for the whole "umbrella samurai" thing the gangbanger called us. I think that'd be a neat idea to look into.
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>>46614582
We should get a cane but an umbrella is also good.
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>>46614617
Or we could make an electric bat
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About a twenty minutes later, the apartment is looking clean and crisp, five cases of empty beer bottles stacked neatly by the door. You could take them out tomorrow after work when it would hopefully be less miserable out. A sense of satisfaction mingles with a degree of something else: loneliness? That’s not quite the right word, but it’s close. The apartment is everything you’d hoped it would be: modern, sleek, but still with cozy splashes of colour here and there. What strikes you, is the completely lack of any personal touches. Nothing on the mantelpiece, no personal knick knacks on the shelf. The only thing that really screamed “James Case” was the lone Xbox controller on the black coffee table. You’d have to do something about sprucing the place up a bit.

8:22 reads the microwave clock. You figure you might as well start winding down, so you take your beer and phone to the bedroom. Your weightlifting equipment still sits expectantly in the corner. You could work out, you think to yourself, but you’d have to go straight to sleep after that if you wanted to be rested for your first day at Bean City tomorrow, meaning no time to research costumes and powers on your phone.

>Get fakkin joocy. It’s pull day in your routine, your favourite.
>Get cozy in bed and browse the internet in search of knowledge.
(at this point, I’m going to start marking decisions like these on a character sheet, will have long-term effects on rolls, etc.)
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>>46614617
a pimpin with Tee top like the left one. we're a Barista, we can get away with pretentious accessories.

>>46614582
but if we go out for cape-ing up we need to get a really nice custom job like those legit ones made by small crafts shops in the UK with kevlar shrouds and titanium reinforcing and tungsten carbide spike-tips and shit.
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>>46614781
Posted the wrong chunk of text, won't let me delete for some reason. ffs

The weights can wait. Clothes still dirty and a bit wet from the fight, you throw them into the hamper. The clean sheets feel amazing when you slide into bed, artsy and hip red and black pattern faintly illuminated by the light of a streetlamp outside. You pull up /ca/ and get to browsing. You check your earlier thread:
{>implying Snakehead could beat Blackfeather}
{fuck off back to your reservation}
{Let’s compare:
>flying
Vs
>eye lazers
>super strength
>basically fucking invincible

>inb4 taking the bait}
The thread devolves into further shittery after that. Quite the formidable set of powers, you’re glad you’re not in the Protectorate. Reading more, it seems like this “Snakehead” is making big waves, taking over territory all over Middle Island and even in The Bricks, either absorbing or crushing pettier villains. You wonder if he’s somehow connected to the “Meatgrinder” the kid mentioned. At the very least, you had to admit his outfit was pretty cool: a modern black three-piece suit, black shirt, and green tie (you imagine they must be made of Kevlar, at least). The real piece de resistance is the helmet: a sleek, brass-coloured metal thing, patterned after a snake with its mouth spread wide to attack. How much did that cost? How much do even basic costumes cost? You decide to look at ParaHumans Online’s Rain City page, hoping for less shitposting and more information.
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>>46614617
>>46614791
My dick can only get so hard
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The list of local capes is neatly organized into four categories: Heroes, Villains, Rogues, and Unclassified. You scan through the list of heroes, most of whom you’re familiar with to some degree already: Power-Up, Decider, Thunderbird, Errant, Whitecap, Ajax. The villains are who you’re really interested: they tend to get less press time than the shiny good guys. Snakehead you already know about, so you skip down to Meatgrinder. His picture is clear: a hulking man, nearly as tall as he is wide, wearing a trenchcoat. The sleeves hardly contain what must be enormously muscular arms, pants stretched in the same way. His ugly mug looks like bruised hamburger meat crudely given human features, but you imagine that’s not where his name comes from. The article describes his powers as {extreme strength and durability. Brute-6.} It continues, {preferred method of attack is head on assault, charging opponents at high speeds. Believed to operate a series of fighting rings and robbery rings in The Bricks.} That might be a way to pick up some extra money on the side, provided none of the three goons from earlier recognize you. The list continues:
{Eight Ball: Tinker-5, gun for hire. Specializes in kidnappings, burglary, and surprise attacks.}
{The Phenom: Classification unknown, but believed to be very powerful.}
{Blowout: Sonic powers, not especially dangerous, but likes to cause trouble. Petty thefts, mostly.}
The list continues with increasingly petty individuals, and you lose interest. Skipping through the rather short list of rogues, you land on “unclassified.” Only two entries are here, and neither of them have much information at all.
{Antler.} Nothing accompanies the article save for a blurry, distant photograph of a figure wearing what appears to be an antlered deer skull as a mask.
{Megalodon.} This one doesn’t even have a picture.
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>>46614821
We need a three piece suit without the jacket and the tie and just get a mask and a cane
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You float around a bit more, but decide to go to bed.

You’re dragged into consciousness by your alarm clock. 5:30am. Time to get moving. You flop out of bed like a beached seal, slithering to the bathroom. Shower running, sink running; you study your face in the mirror as you brush your teeth. The bruise on your cheek had grown overnight, turning into a mess of purple and yellow splotches. You hope you don’t have to work with any pretty girls today.

By 6, you’d gotten showered and dressed. A pair of older jeans and a plain grey v-neck, with a purple RCU hoodie pulled over top. You grab your keys, wallet and headphones and head out the door. Music on, you spend your bus ride observing the other passengers. You can see how you might be able to quickly disable some of them with a shot to a the ribs here, stomp to a foot there. By the time you reach your destination, you feel a little uncomfortable with the knowledge.
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That OP image is fuckin' lit fampai.
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(Writing still, might be a little bit. Sorry.)
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>>46614863
First order of business getting a mask
Second order getting into those fighting rings
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>>46614791
>>46614861
>>46614892
We also need a bowler hat fits with the cane.
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>>46614861
Is this kinda what you're going for?
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>>46614947
Yes but we really need a strong cane
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>>46614966
Something like this but also with the hat.
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>>46614966
More or less I was thinking without the jacket
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>>46614861
nah, Snake-Head stole that look already...

>>46614847
>{Eight Ball: Tinker-5
this, this is the guy we need to contact for the cane and the super-suit.

unless we can find a lesser tinker. cause tinkers be boss allies to be having.
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>>46614892
Fight in the rings of the guy whose thugs we whooped.

Best idea ever.

Not construction or whatever to get us working out for a living. Bike/free running messenger if you wanna be crazy.
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>>46615070
If we have the mask they don't know who we are
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The atmosphere of Bean City is significantly different than it was the night before. 5 minute to 7, and there were already a few customers sitting around with their coffees and donuts, buried in newspapers. A young man across the counter waves; he has modernly styled red hair; shaved on the sides and long and gelled on the top. He’s gangly, obscure band tee hanging off his frame like a sheet on a garden stake.

“James?” he asks, inviting you to come around the counter, “Gordo. Dheeraj told me we’d have a new guy coming in. Ever worked coffee before?”

You meet his handshake and shake your head, “nope, but how hard can it be?”

He chuckles, “exactly. Things get pretty busy in the mornings, but by around eleven it should be a graveyard in here. Let’s get you acquainted…”
He goes over the espresso machine, how to steam milk, where the assorted lids and bags and such are kept, how to use the till. You’ve worked in similar jobs before, so it comes pretty easily. The two of you work with barely any time for friendly conversation: it really was an absolute zoo all morning, all sorts of blue collar workers flooding in for their breakfast and coffee.

By 10:45, things have pretty much died down. Gordo hands you a broom, taking a spray bottle and cloth for himself. The two of you set to sweeping up the wreckage of breakfast rush detritus.

“That’s a hell of a shiner you got there, how’d you manage that?”

>Tell him the truth.
>Tell him about the fight, but lie about the ending.
>It’s personal.
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>>46615134
>>Tell him about the fight, but lie about the ending.
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>>46615134
>Tell him about the fight, but lie about the ending.
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>>46615134
>Tell him about the fight, but lie about the ending.
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>>46615134
>Tell him about the fight, but lie about the ending
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>>46615149
>>46615157
>>46615199
>>46615201
Writan
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“Picked it up last night,” you respond as you sweep up the pulverized remains of a muffin, “some skids were beating on a kid, I told them to fuck off, and they didn’t. Things got a bit violent, but the kid and I made it out okay.” You touch your hand to the bruise, “well, mostly okay, ha.” He looks at you slightly surprised, but doesn’t stop wiping at congealed danish filling.

“Holy shit, for real? That’s fucking badass, man. Don’t thinking about going and joining the Protectorate on us though, we’re shortstaffed even with you here!” A sliver of panic jolts you, but it’s obvious that he’s joking.
“So, you new to town?”
“Yeah, just moved here about a week ago actually. Used to live in Calgary.”
“How come the move? Hope you didn’t do it for the weather!”
“Nah, just thought it would be good to try living somewhere new for the first time in my life,” you half-lie. Might be better not to tell him about the whole Hannah incident on your first day. The rest of your shift rolls by with little fanfare, the odd customer breaking up the monotony of idle chitchat, busywork and free coffee.
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2pm rolls around, and the two of you divvy up the tips: $11.25, all in coins. Not bad, considering all you essentially did was push buttons and sweep up garbage. A young man you don’t recognize comes behind the counter just as you’re starting to leave. He’s about a half a foot shorter than you, long hair pulled back in a bun, stocky face lit up with a pleasant expression.
“Hey Clark!” Gordo greets him as he pulls on his denim jacket, “we dolled the place up real nice for you. This is the new guy Dheeraj was talking about.” Clark takes your extended hand with gusto, “James.”
“Pleasure,” he says, “you coming out tonight James?”
Gordo pipes up from behind you, “I was just about to ask that actually. Me, Clark, and a few other people are going out to a great spot tonight, figured it would be a great way to welcome you to the Bean City fold. You in?”

>Sure!
>Can’t, I’m busy
>>(track down a fighting ring)
>>(find a way to train)
>>(figure out a costume)
>Write in.
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>>46615811
>>Sure!
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Wait, we don't remember the trigger event even happening? Is this post-Golden Morning?
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>>46615811
>Sure!
Then
>>(figure out a costume)
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>>46615811
>Sure!
We should join them now can do hero stuff later.
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>>46615811
>Sure!
Get in good with coworkers, ask about training places later
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>>46615843
no we do we just didnt tell them every thing that happened
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>>46615843
We didn't want to tell them about our powers
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>>46615811
>Sure!
"just what're you roping me into Clark?"

>(figure out a costume)
WE ARE NOT JUST BUYING ONE ONLINE
Dragon will find us if we do.

>write in
[sarcastic Fight Club joke someplace?]

>>46615843
we just suddenly became good, none of that crazy shit like Miss Militia saw.
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>>46615844
>>46615855
>>46615863
>>46615931
Costume then the club. Squad getting TURNT
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So what kinda starter costume are we going for? I don't know if we could really afford anything too fancy.
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>>46615811
>Can’t, I’m busy
>>(track down a fighting ring)
I don't think a fancy suit would be a good costume. Something more practical for fighting would be better. And a cane would be corny as fuck
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>>46616191
That's why I'm puching for a good sturday umbrella. Inconspicuous given the town and all that. With a curved handle it'd be good fencing type weapon which is more pin point than other styles which would work really well since one of our powers is all about seeing/sensing weakpoints
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>>46616187
I suspect we'd like a trip to the thrift store till we can bribe a tinker...

Black turtleneck, Black jeans, plain black steel toed shoes, a cheap dark coat. check antiques stores for a cane or umbrella fitting our criteria.

I doubt we're likely to run into a cash only gun-show like I'd prefer(I live in south Texas, we get them every week or two selling basically everything a super like us would need) I suppose we can subsist on mall-ninja shit till we get a better supplier.

>>46616191
>corny as fuck
thats a strange way to say "classy as balls"...

but a cane has it's benefits, short, simple, very strong, easily concealed as well, a walking stick, common enough to get away with the claim of a foot or leg injury, all that and the common stick has been a weapon of the human race since time immemorial.
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I'm all for being classy we can go full Sherlock Holmes
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“What am I getting myself into?” You grin at Clark.
“We’ll probably head to my place around 10 to pre drink, then head to the place at around 11, 11:30ish. Gimme your phone so I can put my number in it.”
You hand it over, a tacit agreement to go out, and Gordo hands it back to you short moments later.
“I got your number from Dhee, I’ll let you know what’s up later. Seeya man,” he waves and heads out the back door.
“Seeya,” you shoot back to both Gordo and Clark as you exit through the front. It’s sunny and warm, afternoon light glinting off fast-evaporating puddles. 10pm. With travel time, that leaves at least four or so hours to kill. Might as well try to figure out a costume of some sort, so you can get into Meatgrinder’s fighting rings without being identified by knife man and bat girl. But what are you even going to where? How expensive are costumes? Maybe it would be cheaper to make your own. You board the bus downtown, checking your savings from your phone while you find a place to stand on the packed vehicle. 830.07$, it reads. You add that up with the pocketful of tip money. If you actually had to pay rent, you’d be screwed beyond belief, you think to yourself. How much of that would you be willing to commit to a costume? Could you even get a half decent costume with all of that?

You hop off at Braxton and King, in the heart of downtown. Malls, shops and restaurants of every sort extend in all four directions; anything you couldn’t find in five minutes would be within ten.
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Alright guys, how do we want to do this? Options I've thought of:
a) I toss out some options and prices.
b)You give me an idea, I find pieces and prices online and put something together like that.
c) Wing it.
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>>46616374
>b)You give me an idea, I find pieces and prices online and put something together like that.

for now we thrift-store the shit out of everything till we can get something better.

something grey, simple like >>46616353
>Black turtleneck, Black jeans, plain black steel toed shoes, a cheap dark coat.
until we can take down a drug dealer and use his cash to buy better threads.

oh and as bad as it sounds a ski-mask in black, and another in the color of meatgrinders crew(bad publicity for them or possibly starting a gang-war...).
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>>46616374
I was thinking something like pic related
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>>46616374
I say we keep it simple for now. A jacket to ward off the rain, maybe a plain steel mask with some eye holes and straps, then a cobbled together thrift store outfit and either a telescoping baton, or a cane, or something like that.
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>>46616374
a) I toss out some options and prices.
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What about a Hockey Stick? Hockey is almost fighting.
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>>46616442
You must be joking
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>>46616374
a) I toss out some options and prices.
We need something cheap until we start making money in the fighting ring
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Why do you guys want a weapon so badly? We're deadly when unarmed.
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>>46616637
We'll be deadlier armed. It's adding more deadly, but with flourish.

And also its cool in a dumb way.
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Sturdy cane or umbrella with a concealed blade gets my vote.

Umbrella gives it a strong Rain City feel.
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>>46615931
>none of that crazy shit like Miss Militia saw
but they all saw it.
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Back from getting a cofee and muffin, writing.
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>>46616735
Some people trigger without remembering, like taylor
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>>46616721
Both of those are seriously cringeworthy weapons
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>>46616852
Everybody triggers, and then forgets, unless their power counteracts the forgetting mechanism placed by the Worms.

We just didn't even trigger at all, so I figured it was after that game-changing event at the end of the series which I'm totally convinced you actually read.
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You know, with our emphasis on martiality in general we might be able to pull off a gladiator theme, later on after we've got some cash to get a proper costume.
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You make your way to a thrift store, and inconspicuously browse for things you might need. You grab a basket and pick out the following things, trying them on as you go:
a slightly threadbare black ski undershirt with a high neck that zips,
a pair of narrow-fit black cargo pants that come just a little too short for your taste,
and some leather gloves that are in remarkably good condition.
Altogether it comes to 23$, not a bad value. Heartened by your purchases, you take a second look around, hoping to find something to add a bit of extra oomph to the ensemble. Here’s what you find of interest:
a wooden hockey stick: 5$
a cane with a slight dent halfway through: 4$
a set of worn, but sturdy looking hockey pads: 26$
a leather motorcycle jacket that appears to have already been through a crash: 20$
a kid’s Halloween mask: 2$
a dirtbiking helmet covered in scuffs:11$
a Camelbak backpack: 22$
a set of skateboarding wrist, elbow, and knee guards: 12$
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>>46616942
Triumph did it first.
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>>46616950
>a set of skateboarding wrist, elbow, and knee guards: 12$
>a dirtbiking helmet covered in scuffs:11$
>a leather motorcycle jacket that appears to have already been through a crash: 20$
So with this we would've spent a total of $66.
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>>46616950
Hockey stick
Motorcycle jacket
Kids mask
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>>46616990
>>a set of skateboarding wrist, elbow, and knee guards: 12$
>a dirtbiking helmet covered in scuffs:11$
>a leather motorcycle jacket that appears to have already been through a crash: 20$
Thats sounds pretty dope, just need a weapon of some kind.
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>>46617064
I say for now we stick with hand-to-hand. We need to start thinking about actually getting some martial arts training under our belt, find some shady antiques shop in chinatown which is home to a ornery old man who can teach us stuff.
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>>46616902
People still trigger, they just see the big bads death, not the the space whale bullshit
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>>46617181
...And we didn't see anything why is what I'm asking.
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>>46616990
I'll second this.
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>>46617204
We didn't see anything because I somehow forgot that was a thing entirely. Woops.

I'll retcon in it if I eventually copy this all down somewhere else.

>>46616990
>>46617064
>>46617207
I'll get to writing. If we decide we want something else later, we can deal with it then.
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>>46617229
You could always write it out in a pastebin or something.
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I imagine we would look kinda like this?
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>>46617269
I like that better than literally every other thing that has been suggested so far so it's got my vote.
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>>46617269
>SniperJoe
Do we get to level up into Protoman/Megaman later?
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>>46617269
All we need is a motorcycle and bat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHCY9a0KEvs&nohtml5=False

Almost done.
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>>46617269
I vote we should go for the sort of post-apoc scrounged look; Mad Max style, leathers and plastic/metal protection on the elbows, shoulders, knees etc.
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>>46617411
More like we need to Light up the night.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkLvpt9Z3fA&ab_channel=LightUpTheNight
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You put the leather jacket, dirtbiking helmet, and skateboard pads into your basket, making a mental note of your current spending: 66$, not bad. You figure it’s a good holdover until you can get some real cash at the very least. You hand the money over to the cashier, paying in crisp plastic twenties pulled from an ATM outside. There’s something about paying in fresh banknotes that feels even more official than paying by card. Brrrr, brrrrr, your phone vibrates.
[Message from Dheeraj H.]
You open it.
[James. Jordan says you learned fast. Next shift friday 7am. Dheeraj]
Sweet, plenty of time to figure out this whole cape business. You hop on a bus back home, and get through the door at a little before 5.

You crack your last beer, and dump your findings out on the coffee table. You’d have to do something about the dirtbike helmet; its garish colours break the black colour scheme of the rest of your costume. Spray paint? Maybe later. You get out of your work clothes, and into the thrift store gear, realizing only after that you probably should’ve washed it first. Fuck.
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The ski shirt fits snugly; at first you were worried about it making you look fat, but are delighted to find that it makes you look a lot fitter than you actually feel. Another plus side, it’s thin enough to wear under normal clothes, even a t-shirt, without suspicion. The cargo pants would probably be fine to wear to work, though they might look a bit silly. They have plenty of buttoned pockets, which could definitely come in handy somewhere down the line. You tug on the skateboard pads, wrist guards last, gloves overtop. Then the jacket, and lastly, the helmet. You swing your arms back and forth, knees bending, trunk twisting to get a feel for the ensemble. You’re pleased to find that the only place where movement is limited is in the wrist-guards, but that’s minimal; the hard plastic might even be useable as a sort of concealed weapon of some sort, you figure. Now for the most important part: you go to the bathroom to check yourself out in the mirror.

All in all, you don’t look terrible, though you can see the “bargain bin Punisher” cracks that people will eventually make. Now that it’s on, the colourful helmet almost has a certain appeal when compared to the all-black suit. Though, it’s a bit less inconspicuous. 5:05pm, 5 hours before you have to be at Gordo’s.

>Find somewhere/someway to train.
>Go looking for a way to get in to Meatgrinder's fighting ring.
>Text/Call someone (your choice).
>Write in.
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Pic related is sort of what the helmet looks like.
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>>46617636
>Go looking for a way to get in to Meatgrinder's fighting ring.

Rash impulsive decisions make for the best sort of decisions - especially for aimless alcoholics.
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>>46617636
>Find somewhere/someway to train.

Gotta get /fit/ so we can not get hit.
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>>46617636
>Find somewhere/someway to train.
We should train first before we start fighting.
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>>46617636
>>Find somewhere/someway to train.
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>>46617636
>Go looking for a way to get in to Meatgrinder's fighting ring.
Idk if we should wear our disguise to this
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>>46617636
>Go looking for a way to get in to Meatgrinder's fighting ring.
Best way to train our powers is to fight
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>>46617636
>Find somewhere/someway to train.
internet, find either a freerunning gym/group or skate-park. we'll get fit in either occupation, AND they both offer plenty of experience failing maneuvers and lots of practice crashing face-first into very solid objects
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Sorry guys I'm cuaght up in something on my end. Next response will be a bit delayed </3
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>>46617229
you really don't have to though, cause like so many other capes, we simply forgot.

my beef is that our trigger was too easy, which implies that we're second generation parahumans. anyone we associate with could have granted a splinter of power to us too...

but thats just making me more suspicious than I should be...

>>46616858
this is a supers universewe're picking them because they're cheesy as hell.

I was all in favor of the walking cane, but now I'm seriously thinking we should go forward at full ninja, throwing weapons, several daggers, and primary with the biggest pair of extendable batons we can find. Urban Commando style
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4 to 1 in favour of training. So it shall be! Writing.
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>>46618038
Oh monotreeme, you forget that calling something cringe instantly makes it unviable.

Kneel before the mighty buzzword.
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>>46618038
Our trigger seems to be more of a gradual one - we've been ground into the dust, dragged in alcoholism and a frankly shitty job, we've left our home of several years and then we try and do one good thing - and it just doesn't work. We're useless, pathetic, helpless. We're angry at everything - the world, the gang kids, Helen, ourselves.
Something inside us snaps, we let go, and before we know it two kids are on the ground and another one running.

At least that's my take on it.

And as for weapons, I'd prefer to stick to a baton/bat, a knife and a gun. Simple, utilitarian, suits our (current at least) theme and capable of real, serious violence.
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>>46618109
That's what Thinkers trigger from, slow build with a whiplash snap trigger. A straw breaking the camels back. It's hard to see with us but we did wind up with a sort of martial power, so there's wiggle room...
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>>46618109
So a long term mental breakdown with a need to strike back, makes sense for a combat Thinker power
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>>46618160
The long term inescapable problems are more of a Tinker thing, but we weren't trapped, just in decline.
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>>46618101
>Kneel before the mighty buzzword.
NEVER

>>46618109
>Simple, utilitarian, suits our (current at least) theme and capable of real, serious violence.
yeah, and being practical is having a knife or two to spare and collapsible weapons. might be we can get a tinker-made predator-style staff weapon thats either a short stick, a cane, or a full length staff...

>>46618160
>>46618153
and to think...OP didn't even plan for that...
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>>>/spacebattles/
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>>46618153
Our powers are both pretty Thinker - seeing weaknesses and a store of martial knowledge. If I understand our powers right, we don't actually have any physical enhancements, we're like that Taskmaster guy from DC (I think)
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>>46618189
That could have fucked us, honestly getting anything but this, a Brute power, or a Striker power would have kind of fucked with my enjoyment of this quest

Like, yknow, you got an internally consistent system, so not sticking to it might have been slightly annoying, intentional or not
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>>46618209
That place is a stagnant fedora tipping shithole

I'm glad Worm has made its way to /tg/ but I'm not looking forward to the inevitable edgy contrarian backlash and shitposting
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>>46618221
indeed. makes it more impressive that this powerset was determined randomly

and, I'd have found it immersion breaking too. especially if we got Tinker, as much as I personally love them, tinkers PCs can break the balls off a game if given too much leeway.

>>46618244
>>46618209
what place is that?
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>>46618221
Kind of amusing and fluffy that the whole semi-random power generation thing Worm has going on was reflected perfectly in the game's mechanics.

>>46618291
It's a forum ostensibly to discuss sci-fi (I think) but actually a cesspit of shitty questing and autism.
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Caught up on a wave of confidence you start towards the door, but pause with your hand on the handle. That mystery text nags at the back of your mind.
[Sloppy.]
You leave the door, and sit down on the sofa. You flip open your laptop, and get to searching.
{List of martial arts}
{Best martial arts}
{Best martial arts for capes}
{street fighting Rain City}
You mull over the results, clicking through videos, how tos, and the like. You see a few neat moves you want to try, but don't stop there. If you want to go big league, you think to yourself, you have to do it right.
{Rain City dojos}
{Rain City judo}
{Rain city martial arts school}
A few more searches like that, and you've found a list of places with cheap beginner lessons and drop in practice sessions.

>Rain City Judo Academy
>3rd Street Capoeira
>Western Canadian Kendo
>Baton Francais Authentic Fencing School
>GSP Official MMA Academy
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>>46618291
Actually Tinker would have possibly fit...maybe.

It's testy, it would have to be the right kind, like a steroids tinker or an armor tinker.

I dunno.


And Spacebattles is the place.
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>>46618347
>>GSP Official MMA Academy
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>>46618337
I think that OP should have made a list of possible powers that fit the trigger and randomly selected one.

Well, it's what I would have done.
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>>46618347
>GSP Official MMA Academy

Keep that urban, seething anger and brutality thing going.

>>46618391
He had one in mind that would have fitted he mentioned, but we wanted to roll, and revert in case we got a stupid result
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>>46618415
I like that about as much as the Sherlock Holmes thing.

We need a cape name, I vote Vigil or Critic.
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>>46618347
either
>3rd Street Capoeira
or
>GSP Official MMA Academy

the Capoeira because it's a very mobile art, and it is more likely to feature weapons, and acrobatics that synergise with free-running.

also a question for the QM
>Western Canadian Kendo
are we in Canada?

>>46618356
but it's also a very easy power to break and just ready to cause a QM headaches...
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>>46618452
way way too early for that yet. man before the mask before the name.
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>>46618486
There'd need to be administration on the QM's part, like a skill tree. I've run Weaver Dice with Tinkers.

They're not too bad.
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>>46618347
>3rd Street Capoeira

Mestre Bimba included in his teachings a curso de especialização or specialization course in which the pupils would be taught defenses against knifes and guns, as well as the usage of knife, straight razor, scythe, club, chanfolo (double-edged dagger), facão (machete) and tira-teima (cane sword).
>wikipedia.

weapons and how to fight against them and CANE SWORDS
do eet faggots.
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>>46618486
We're essentially in Vancouver/Seattle
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>>46618504
We know the man and the mask, why not spitball a few names.

Maybe Nemesis - we know where you're weak and exactly how to exploit it? Just sorta fits for me. I've checked and it doesn't contrast with canon, as far as I can tell.

>>46618552
>CANE SWORDS
A weapon for an elegant, refined fighter, which I think we've proved we are not. We fight burning with anger and with underhanded and crippling moves. Short, fast and hard-hitting. Not exactly the feinting, foil style a cane sword would lend itself to.
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>>46618347
>3rd Street Capoeira
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>>46618612
We're definitely more of a bat and wrench sort
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>>46618347
>GSP Official MMA Academy

>Capoeira
>dancing
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>>46618534
this is probably dumb, but, do you have a link to a WeaverDice rulebook or something?

>They're not too bad.
not if I was going to be playing them...
I have an engineering degree and a massive boner for odd applications of tech, I could thoroughly ruin game balance...

>>46618572
so we're in a place thats WAY TOO FUCKIN COLD for me to deal with...I will probably say things that are dumb because I only see snow once every 20 years where I live...

>>46618612
>why not spitball a few names.
I'll direct your attention to Homless Mutant Quest...
people got pretty salty over the cape name there. it's a shitstorm to pick a name too early or even to talk about it too much.

>We fight burning with anger and with underhanded and crippling moves.
I personally would have picked either escrima or akido if they were options. capoeria is at least mobile, something people need to practice if they aren't Movers

MMA doesn't really use weapons at all though(does it?)
>>46618678
improv weapons are what we'll be using for now, "and a weapon you don't know how to use belongs to your enemy..."
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>>46618612
what about Breaker
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>>46618728
Breaker would be great, if it wasn't a power classification.

>>46618722
And if we don't get salty over names, there won't be a shitstorm. We don't need to pick it now, but it's best to have a few ideas to mull over first. I read HMQ.

And I don't think MMA uses weapons, no. But we can focus on various different things.
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Sorry bout the holdup guys, but I'm backa t my computer now so updates will hopefully come fast and consistent again.

>>46618371
>>46618415
>>46618486
>>46618712
We're going with big oily French Canadian-guy MMA then! Who knows, we can always change it up later.

>>46618486
>>46618572
Canada, pretty much not!Vancouver/Seattle/Victoria.

>>46618722
>Vancouver
>snow
oh I am laffin

Writing now, memtime is over.
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>>46618806
>oh I am laffin
...a bone-chilling winter here is 45 Fahrenheit (8 or 9 degrees C)...

>>46618783
>But we can focus on various different things.
I wonder if we can enroll in both? or get weapons combat training from someone...
we have an edge, but we need to keep it clean and sharp everywhere or it'll get rust in the food.
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>>46618908
Well, it won't get rusty but it probably won't be enough to take on a fair few capes. Reminds me

>>46618806
Will we be able to see power weaknesses or is that going to remain a mystery for a while.

I also find it amusing that the typical meathead brawler's disadvantage is their lack of defense against more esoteric attacks - such as mind control. Except we've got that base covered.
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>>46618722
Bruh I come from buffalo, ny. You don't know winter.

And but of course.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e-H--GkPrbJq4WRNYndBnjjLjE7-2kOZkjwltkP1Ong/edit?usp=docslist_api
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Why aren't we going the crossdressing fagmosaur route? Umbrella, contrast with civilian identity, attracting attention, catching enemies off-guard, hilarity potential... It's objectively the optimal choice.
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>>46619034
shut up
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>>46619034
Because it really doesn't fit our personality or fighting style. Fagmeister, lord of combat is fun, but not really fitting with what's been established so far. Plus there are plenty of "eloquent" wisecracking quest protagonists out there, let us have our ever so slightly edgy urban brawler.
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>>46619028
>You don't know winter.
I get it, I get it...btu even in our coldest I can still go outside for a stroll in shorts and flip-flops and not freeze to death, can you do that?

>data
much obliged

>>46619071
just please let him keep being a functional alcoholic...

speaking of, if we go the edged weapons route, perhaps we call ourselves Edgelord?
but that still makes up a wise-cracker, and there isn't space in this world for two. let clockblocker keep his title.
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>>46619118
It snowed yesterday.
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>>46619118
>implying we know it's Beth
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>>46619158
*Bet, faggot
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>>46619118
Eh, we're pretty angry and hateful without my intervention.
" But it’s a different kind of rage, a measured, sharp instrument like you’ve never experienced before"
"hot pangs of anger creep into the corners of your mind, and you plant your feet firmly. A primal “fuck you!” rips from your lips"

Not that there's anything wrong with being like that - The Punisher is a well respected character.
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>>46619171
nigga it's been almost a year since I read it, gimme a break
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>>46619194
It's ok anon I forgive you
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>>46619148
the lowest temp I've had all month was 68...

>>46619182
I suppose he is

>>46619158
bet was the only one with ubiquitous capes
others had a couple, Bet had thousands. unless this is post Worm in which case, wierder shit will be going down than this. and in either case the existance of earth aleph and it's differences from earth bet were semi-common knowledge.

>>46619194
me too...
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I can imagine the scene now, some asshole starts monologuing in front of us about some fucking bullshit and then we fucking just throw something at them then start kicking them when they are down, I'm up for being the no nonsense practical guy.
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I read the OP too fast and I thought this was the "Rapes of Cain City".

I'll let myself out now.
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>>46619262
That's pretty much how everyone is in worm though
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>>46619262
I'm imagining the "its heresy time" picture with our guy instead of horus and Coil instead of emprah
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The real question is, mercenary, villain or hero?
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>>46619304
which part the monologue part or the no nonsense
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>>46619338
Brutal vigilante obviously
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>>46619341
no nonsense
can't really remember any monologues that were done from a position where the monologue giver either expected to be attacked or could be attacked.
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>>46619348
Really? I was feeling a merc sorta guy, not exactly a baby killing villain, helping some people out but not on some crusade for justice.
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Alright who wants some Weaver Dice to read?


Antioch's Cleveland Campaign

Fucking amazing, best I've read, well documented and organized.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/17QGvIqK1IQWfzMVNCbUtWlGABXzm_SQNE0CP2vhWDTA/edit?usp=docslist_api


Teller's Sicol Bend Campaign

It's new but promising.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XuW7RrCNrYZsmcsNN2HRe8_14KT8ruzIO-v93xiQJVc/edit?usp=docslist_api


Wildbow's Lausanne Campaign

Watch people die horribly under the Simurgh's icy gaze!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E2Bd34dr6OkKE18046hHKr9PhEpmA23eeOIZr5hrGqU/edit?usp=docslist_api
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After a good ten minutes of mulling it over, you settle on the GSP Official MMA Academy, mostly because you recognize the name of Canada’s most famous non-cape fighter. They even allow booking online, a huge plus! Not that you’re too much of a spaghetti master to talk to a stranger on the phone, but it’s still convenient. You put it in your contact information and the like, and register in the space of a minute. Browsing the schedule, you see an adult beginner’s class at 6pm. You check the map link in the top right corner: it’s only a twenty minute walk from your apartment, an added plus you hadn’t even considered. You click a few more times, and a green notification comes up:
[Successfully Registered - Adult Beginner Mixed Martial Arts 6PM with Geoff Park]
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>>46619396
i was thinking more DD then anything

"this is my neighbor hood leave the people alone an fuck off"
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Your last beer well and empty and your stomach growling, you douse a cheddar smokie from the fridge with water and toss it in the microwave. A delicious odour wafts out as you see the skin bubble, trails of liquified “cheese” coming to pool and then cook beneath it. Bachelor cooking at its finest. You stuff a pair of sweatpants, extra socks, and a plain white undershirt into your backpack while you wait for dinner to finish cooking. You don’t have anything in the way of a waterbottle, but you do have an empty 26 of vodka in the recycling! You rinse it and then fill it up with water from the tap, making sure to peel off the labels to avoid any trouble. The microwave beeps, and you withdraw your piping hot dinner, squirting some mustard onto the plate for added zest. Delicious cheesy meat-tube mashing between your teeth, you let your mind wander. Will that frozen-ass girl from the other night, Marcie, be there?
“Hopefully not,” you mutter between mouthfuls of sausage. Even thinking about those unnerving eyes put you on edge a little bit. Washing down the last of the smokie with a gulp of water straight from the tap, you slide into your runners and pull on your Rain City University hoodie, and after some thought, your peajacket as well: it looks like it might be starting to rain. You put in your earbuds and strike out into the warm, overcast evening.
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>>46619396
We've already been a vicious almost superhero once, let's get fucking Rorschach in here
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As you walk, your music totally relaxes your mind, still for what seems to be the first time in days. You pull up your hood at the touch of a light wet finger; raindrops mixing with the few cherryblossom petals that are left to fall. You can see where Cherrywood gets its name from. You almost miss your destination, you’re so spaced out. The building was a modern one, a big, bright red banner hanging from the side:
“GSP Official MMA Academy.”
You step inside out of the rain. The reception is very sleek and modern, dark floors, ceiling and walls accented with sharp red angles and carbon-fibre accents on every counter, chair and doorway. A woman in a black athletic top sits behind the desk, hair drawn back in a ponytail. A handful of people sit around the lobby: a few parents probably waiting for kids to get out of class, some athletic looking late-teenagers on their cellphones waiting for rides, and a smattering of what you imagine are your soon-to-be classmates, adults in varying levels of fitness looking slightly out of place. You approach the desk.
“Hi,” you smile, “I’m here for the 6 o clock class? Adult beginners?”
She looks up from her computer with an expression that is pleasant, but not enthusiastic: like a commited fast food worker in the last hour of a double shift.
“Name?”
“Case. James.”
A brief clatter of keys and clicks.
“Here you are. You’re starting in fiveish minutes, just through that door there.”
“Alright, thanks,” you nod, and sit down.
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(next part coming in a few minutes, this was a long one. Thanks for waiting <3)
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>>46619443
Hah, I like it.

Good, bad? I don't care, all I know is this neighbourhood is MINE and NO ONE FUCKS WITH IT.
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>>46619396
>but not on some crusade for justice.
can we take down drug dealers, steal their money, and turn them over to the cops?

thats both practical AND good, and its what I'd do if I lived in a city and had superpowers.

a source of cash to suppliment our income, if asked we call them "tip money"

>>46619443
this is also good

>>46619457
>Rain City University hoodie
...but we just moved here?

>>46619440
>Canada’s most famous non-cape fighter.
...BUT IS HE?...
I'm not sure if you're dropping plot hooks or meta knowledge...could be fun
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>>46619583
It's George St. Pierre.
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>>46619606
...who?...
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>>46619627
Okay your shitting me right? But just in case you're not Canada's golden boy of MMA.
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>>46619438
fuck that's a lot

these are really cool tho
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You get up right away, remembering to change into your gym clothes. As you step out of the bathroom, the door to the gym bursts open, and a stream of kids that look to be in the 6th or 7th grade pour out, chattering and making all sorts of noise as young kids are wont to do. As soon as they’re clear, the few awkward looking adults file into the room, and you follow.

The gym is spacious and every bit as modern as the reception. Mats, punching bags, and other assorted paraphernalia line the walls, an athletic scent of rubber and sweat in the cool air. A muscular man in track pants and a t-shirt sporting the gym’s logo finishes drinking from a waterbottle and saunters towards you and the others. He’s of what you’d guess is Korean descent, a face made rugged by middle-agedness, years of fighting, and a day’s worth of stubble. That reminds you, you should shave when you get back home.
“Hello, everyone. I think I recognize some of you from previous classes, but there are plenty of new faces here today, so you’re going to have to hear the whole schpiel one more time. Sorry, I know,” he laughs, belying his rock-hard appearance. “My name is Geoff, and I’ve been a mixed martial arts instructor for eleven years. Trust me when I say that, no matter how bad you think you’re going to be, I’ve seen way worse. Think of the stupidest thing you could do here, and that won’t even come close.”
The class laughs, and you do too, relaxing. Why are you nervous, you wonder? You can totally nail this.
“Alright, let’s get to it then. I know you might want to get into the “cool stuff” right away, but you have to walk before you can run. We’re going to start off with some basic movements of ‘Kyokushin,’ part of Georges Saint-Pierre’s style. Follow my lead…”

>Use your powers during the class.
>Don’t use your powers during the class.
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I am beginning to think that maaaaybe walking into a "beginner" class with our powers and having no idea how to control or cover them is a rather bad idea. Seems like a quick way to blow the lid off of our new found super powers
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>>46619810
>>Don’t use your powers during the class.
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>>46619810
>Don’t use your powers during the class.

Let's learn them on our own merit first
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>>46619810
Just practice analyzing everyone's weaknesses
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>>46619810
>>Don’t use your powers during the class.
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>>46619649
neither a Canadian nor a sports aficionado

>>46619810
>Don’t use your powers during the class.

>>46619851
also do this...
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So people know, system wise: I'm going to avoid rolling as much as possible. Success/failure will try to rely on past action/on the spot decision rather than rolls where possible. When rolls are necessary, it's going to be top three, compared to a DC:
0 passes = critical failure
1 pass = failure
2 passes = success
3 passes = critical success
I'm slowly putting together a character sheet as James' skillsets become more apparent/you take certain actions. All in all, expect loosey goosey, inconsistent nonsense.

I'm sorry in advance.
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>>46619910
ok thats why i didnt roll last night wanted to see this first
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>>46619910
dice system?
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>>46619935
if i roll an 18

you roll an 7

an some one else rolls 15

an the DC is 9 its a success only because me an the other rolled above the DC
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Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>46619970
I meant what die?

d100
2d6
or d20...

assuming d20?>>46619910
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>>46619999
it was last night

also nice quads
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>>46619822
>>46619832
>>46619840
>>46619851
>>46619856
>>46619867
Pretty unanimous, I'll start writing. This is probably my last update of the night as well, I have a charity pancake dinner to get to.

>>46619999
Yes, d20. Also, digits observed.
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>>46620023
Honestly what good is this Thinker power if we can't use it to get doubles

Number Man, Tattletale, Dinah, all of them have any GETs they want
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>>46620066
I don't think any of those people could have any GETs they want. Dinah would burn her brain out rechecking the future for the right time, Tattletale's power only fills in knowledge, it doesn't have any effect outside her head, and boards at GET time move too fast for her to keep up. Number Man would have to write a script to do it, and anyone can do that, his powers don't give it to him. Plus another script user might get lucky take it away from him.

The only one whose powers guarantee them any GET they want is Contessa.
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You follow Geoff’s movements, smoothly flowing through various stances and kata. You actively prevent yourself from slipping into that state of clarity: if you’re going to learn, you’re going to do it the old fashioned way and earn it. At least, in public; you can practice at home with the help of your newfound power. From the way the instructor described it, you imagined it would be a boring snoozefest not much better than a David Carradine Tai-Chi VHS. However, something about the repetitive, fluid motions brings you a great deal of enjoyment. Even without your power, you can tell that this is something you would’ve loved to do. Before you know it, an hour has passed, and the class is over.
“Great work everyone! Really great progress today, I’m a better teacher than I thought!” More laughter from the class.
“I think we’ll be ready to move on next time! See you all next week.”
The group of you amble out of the gym, traces of sweat on your clothing. Some of the older and heavier members look like they’re ready for a long night of recuperating with Netflix and popcorn. You however feel full of boundless energy. You see you’re not the only one, either: the few others in the class in their early twenties chat animatedly, nearly bouncing on their heels. You make eye contact with one of them, a tall girl in a baggy green sweatshirt, dirty blond hair tied back. Just as you turn to leave, you could swear she smiled at you. The rain is coming down hard now. You don’t bother to change out of your gym clothes. Throwing on your hoodie, you decide to jog home in the rain, the trace of a grin etched into the corners of your mouth.
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That's all for tonight folks! I'm going to start transcribing this into a wordpress or something, so I can go back and edit it into a more readable recap format. Also, so I can add in the whole trigger event vision thing, which I still can't believe I forgot about.

Check my twitter @QmJim for updates. I'm not 100% sure I can run for this long tomorrow, but I can try to do a shorter session in the evening, starting between 6 and 7 pst. (ideally, I'm very unpunctual)

Comments? Questions? Critiques? Anything?
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>>46620506
thanks for running
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>>46620506

I like it and the pacing is good, looking forward to the next one
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Someone archive this for sup/tg/
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>>46621616
Already did fampai
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PLAYERS

future plans?
Worm is a pretty lethal setting, so we should put thoughts into planning...
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>>46621955
We need to not be too cocky. We stay street level, develop a rep, best case scenario we start a sort of underground hardcore streetlevel protectorate.

Be the man on the street instead of the man in the sky. Protect the little people. We won't need to go after, say, Snakehead, but Meatgrinder is gonna have to go.
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We rolled metal fortitude for one of our powers right? we should start reading philosophy and turn into a monk, a gladiator monk.
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>>46622687
We probably don't even know we have that power yet.

>>46621955
>>46622326
I agree, keep our head down until we get some real training down. But would it be super kickass if we take down some low tier F.I.S.S. with a combo of copoeira, free running, and lucha wrestling?

>>46620506
Love the pacing, great read all around. Keep it up!
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>>46622848
>Psyker attacks us.
>Searches our mind for the deepest darkest secrets he can find.
>We suddenly start quoting Stoicism, the Tao.
I can't wait.
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>>46622920
No mind reading in Worm
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>>46622848
>>46622920
>>46622687
I'm sort of picturing the mental resistance as a "fuck you, I won't do what they you tell me to"
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>>46623033
>As Buddha has said. "I got 0 problems and your bitching ain't one."
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>>46622326
agreed, except for gathering a small force.

thats a very late game move...occasional allies? sure, regular and frequent collusion with other capes, especially protectorate capes? I think we should hold off.

>>46622687
I wholeheartedly support this. a book of quotes might not go amiss...

>>46622848
>But would it be super kickass if we take down some low tier F.I.S.S. with a combo of copoeira, free running, and lucha wrestling?
>F.I.S.S.???
I was thinking drug dealers, find a big-ticket distributor and knock them over steal their cash(and maybe some weapons if we find anything good) as cape-capital, and leave them trussed up for the cops. bonus points if it's a competitor of Meatgrinder(so he doesn't come after us initially)

>>46622920
genuinely a fantastical idea.

>>46623031
this may be so, but mind effecting attacks do happen(I think? it's been a while since I read it.)

>>46623033
ah, so an overt resistance to being tempted or convinced to doing things by outside forces, amusing irony given alcoholism...I like this.
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>>46623142
>...Ain't gonna be the first
FTFY

>>46623216
>F.I.S.S
Flying, invulnerability, Super Strength
It's an acronym from a comic P.S. 238, kind of a similar setup to Worm but more kid friendly due to the fact that the premise is that the characters are mostly children of heroes/villains attending a secret section of a public school. The author has been posting a few pages a week on the website like a webcomic for years, the comic has been going on longer. I think it's still going.
Anyway, since the standard "Superman" power set is so common it has an acronym.
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>>46623283
Alexandria Package is generally used in Worm
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>quotes I can see us using

>"just what are you planning on doing James?"
"I'm about to drop the hammer and dispense some in-discriminate justice!"

>the villain gloats at having taken our weapons, we say this pulling the spare (s)he didn't know about
"Once blessed. Twice cursed. That is the fate of the man who looks to luck for salvation."

"The more you fight Chaos, the less you remember what Order was"

>if we have someone to give our last words too(because lets face it, Worm is a deadly place to live.)
"Tell my tale to those who ask. Tell it truly; the ill deeds along with the good, and let me be judged accordingly. The rest... is silence."

"Always place your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark."

"audentes fortuna iuvat!"

>interrogating a somewhat polite individual
“Flattery works, your stabbing has become slightly less imminent.”

>>46623283
oh, I thought that was called the "Alexandria package" in the worm-verse.

>>46623033
genuine question.
>can the MC drive?
this is important to me, cause apparently city slickers sometimes never bother to learn...
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>>46623439
>>46623379
I forgot about that. It's been awhile since I read it. My bad.
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>>46623439
Those quotes seem kinda too grandiose except for
>"Always place your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark."

We could get a bike and be like the Not!Kamen Rider guy in One Punch. JK
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>PLANNING BITCHES
so, we have a job, superpowers, and a regular class in asskicking.

immediate actions include going to that "thing" the co-workers brought up.

we have these near future goals now. that many people seem to agree on.
>train till we buff as fuck
>underground fighting ring, or as I call it, the Pam Poovey approach to money gathering
>gain a costume, a real one
>weapon up, and gather equipment

QUESTIONS THAT WE NEED TO ANSWER
>costume, intermediate and final design elements
>weapons, listing, and acquisition
>misc equipment, cause a compact first-aid kit is a wonderful idea

>>46623503
all good man all good.

>>46623607
are they?
well then we need to come up with shorter laconic phrases that fit better.
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>>46623650
>last words
"Fuck off, asshole."
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>>46623687
I can believe it...
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>>46623709
Why are you named after the echidna and platypus?
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>>46623750
long ago I was a sort of GM for a group, I specialized in a totally bullshit top of the ass delivery. I would frequently throw together descriptions from many sources at once. this gave some of my encounters a certain thrown together feeling, sort of like when you hear a description of a venomous, egg laying, aquatic, mammal with the webbed feet and broad spooned bill of what is clearly a duck, with the leg spurs of a roster...get what I'm saying?

I purposefully misspell the word because lots of people who impersonate me auto-correct it.
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>>46623439
Yes, he can. At least, he has a driver's license.
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proposed equipment listing.(this is my OPINION, disregard it at will)

>disposable handcuffs/heavy zip-ties
compact roll of duct tape
>small spool of high strength cable(550# or 780# paracord, you can repel with it if you're careful)
very tough gloves(possibly weighted, or sewn with steel plates for a weapon)
>first aid kit
a small pack to carry things in>like pic related
>a small portable hacksaw or compact bolt cutters
a cheap grappling hook and a pre-knotted line(cheap so we can leave it behind, pre-knotted so it's easier to climb)
>2 flashlights, or a flashlight and some plain glowsticks
several novelty high output smoke bombs(you can buy them lots of places and they are cheap)
>a small crowbar
not thinking much else here.

>>46623960
good.
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>>46624075
WEAPONS
a cane with either a crook or a tee-top(I like this, others seem to, it makes a good prop)
>I'm a fan of bludgeons personally so extendable batons or saps are the way to go IMO(yes I am aware my opinion is fallible
at least combat capable 4 knives, 2 of which should be secreted about our person in different places
>throwing knives, at least a few. they have a certain charm to them when you graze somebodies face from accross a room.
pic related may mall ninja crap, but a mountain climbing axe may not go amiss
>I'm personally against swords, but a Dirk, Cutlass, or other shorter sword may not be a bad desision, nor would a tomahawk in the same or similar role

we don't want too many more things than this, too much weight.
but all of this leads to...
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>>46624214
costume parts and stuff.

Molle panels are probably good for the insides of our final product overcoat, they're adjustable technically interchangeable, and ubiquitous enough that they won't be something people can credit-search for.

we may want a weight training vest and if we get one we should probably wear it all the time that we can, it'll get us used to carrying our cape-gear
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something big and scary-looking for opponents to fixate on?
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Here's some name ideas so far, but let's not decide until at least people start asking us who we are.

Nemesis
Blackbelt
Breaker
Breakpoint
Fury
Downtown
Vigil
Seeker
The Critic
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>>46624877
black steel?
Edge?
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>>46624877
candlejack?

>>46624877
>>46625056
perhaps we should wait till we have some defining actions to better pick a theme?
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>>46623439
The only ones I like out of those are
>Just what are you planning on doing James?
This one seems like the sort of thing that would end up being a running gag everytime we do something dangerous.

>I'm about to drop the hammer
Bam, there's a good oneliner.


Also, and maybe I just read it all wrong, did our trigger give us mild OCD? I know sometimes Thinker powers give their users drawbacks/side effects, like Accord's autism and Hellhound's social retardation.
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>>46624877
>It does not matter what you call me, what matters is my plan.
>No one cared who i was till i quoted aristotile.
When we get popular we defensively should shitpost on /ca/ with philosophy quotes.
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>>46625273
Does Baneposting exist in Worm?
>no one cared who I was until I controlled the bugs
>if I killed your bugs, would you die?
>it would be very painful
>You're a weird girl
>for you
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>>46625526
>We become the Worm equivalent to bane.
we are gonna crash the drug trade, with no survivors.
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>>46625569
>find a sidekick named Hothead
>Get him out of here
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>>46620506
Where in the timeline does this take place?

Can we take her?
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>>46625252
Accord isn't an autist, he has OCD.

Now, Labyrinth on the other hand
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>>46626646
Not unless we want to get dunked as fuck
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>>46624296
>>46624214
>>46624075
you put way too much thought into that.
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>>46628603
this was an actual (bonus points) assignment in my introduction to engineering class.

>"you have $5000 and a 35 pound weight limit. equip The Batman, or a similar non-lethal hero."

I did okay, but there was one girl who calced out the mass of individual batarangs in different alloys, and did basic design-work on some custom equipment under the justification that it cost less to make your own things. she was frighteningly thorough...

>>46626646
we could, but we'd regret the balls off the decision...
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>>46626646
>tfw no qt bug girl gf

Why fucking live lads
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>>46629459
dude, chill.

1.) Skitter was always gawky, and scrawny and not very feminine,
2.) it's thread 2 of a quest, we may get a comparable(or superior) super-gf
3.) don't you prefer that we didn't? I find that romance tends to destroy a good quest; if we can get a quest where we have decent female allies in stead of waifu-bait just once that would be A-okay with me...
4.) I will admit however, that image is quite nice...
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I'm beginning to think we need a vehicle too as a middle-duration to late-duration goal.

sedan.
>so ubiquitous that they're basically anonymous
>middling expensive
>can carry a small team of supers
>vehicle must be exited to access cargo compartment

motorcycle
>are they common in colder climates?
>peak maneuverability
>if we buy a good one, people will notice it
>no cover
>no cargo
>fast
>cheaper than a car
>can carry a sidekick

Van/minivan
>look like a child molester
>can carry an arsenal and not be any more or less suspicious than if not.
>reasonably affordable
>can carry wounded easily
>can access cargo without exiting the vehicle
>slowest option
>inherently suspicious
>we aren't a rigger or a tinker
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>>46629824
Make it look like a delivery or utility van and it's now less suspicious
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>>46630219
that's "oldest trick in the book" enough to probably work...

and vans are pretty fuel efficient these days...
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>>46629824
I'd say motorcycle as long as we're gooing solo. Small, fast, and easily concealed, as well as cheap. Cargo and passenger capacity is a non-issue at this point. The only issue I would see is possibly the difficulty of driving it in rain. We are in RAIN City after all.
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>>46631030
>driving it in rain.
I hadn't thought of that actually...

perhaps we buy a Spyder or 3 wheel roadster??
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>>46624214
>>46624075
so, a bit like this?

no good costume options so I threw something reasonable looking on him for now
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>>46614230
>Our powers really are broken
Still nothing to an Alexandria package.
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>>46632393
yeah, I mean, Circus could kick us down pretty hard ...maybe even Uber and Leet
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>>46632450
Circus and Uber would be good fights, fairly even I think. We'd wipe the floor with Leet
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>>46632393
Well actually, I've been thinking our powers reveal the flaws in /any/one we see as QM said in his original power roll-up-
>"Second: Weakness detection! We can find physical weaknesses in our opponents, and if we spend some time studying them, mental and even Power-based weakness."

So with a little reconnaissance, taking down an Alexandria package may be possible. The trick is getting that vital intel.
We should partner up with a high level Thinker or Master for maximum effect!

Tentative power ratings for us-
Brute 2
Thinker 3
Trump 1

You could argue we're a striker, but I don't think so personally, since the power itself is mental.

>>46624877
I like Breakpoint
Downtown sounds like a bad joke waiting to happen.
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>>46632635
>>46632450

How do you think we'd fare against Oni Lee?
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>>46632705
Fucked unless we knock out and drug in the first 30 seconds
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>>46632635
not with the Uber Leet combo.

tinkers are always a goddamn wrench in the works...

...does our martial prowess extend to shotguns?...

>>46632680
>taking down an Alexandria package may be possible.
do recall that Alexandria has that power as well...

>We should partner up with a high level Thinker or Master for maximum effect!
I was thinking the tinker we read about.

I'd argue that we aren't a brute, neither strength nor durability. if we somehow level up without a second trigger we may be a striker or a mover of low grade

>>46632705
depends on if he gets the drop on us, we don't have dangersense or an improved other sense
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>>46632829
That tinker sounds really off the deep end, kidnapping and shit. There's a chance but he is probably an asshole.
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>>46633085
yeah, but he may also be a materials source for a time.
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>>46632680
If we can see cape weaknesses, we would be a really really quite high Thinker. The way the power is worded, it could go either way really.
>>46632705
If we train for a while we'd beat him in a fight but he'd be a real dangerous customer since we could beat one, two, three, maybe even four with preparation and a fair amount of training, but we'd be overwhelmed without a plan
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>>46633164
>quite high Thinker.
arguably a trump power if it works on parahumans

>overwhelmed without a plan
then we must become the poor mans batman
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>>46633206
Who else but Para humans have powers since Golden Boy is gone, presumably.

Our powerset is exactly poorBat. We just didn't get heightened INT.

I wonder if our power could be used for workout purposes. Swimming and lifting, etc
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>>46633308
>I wonder if our power could be used for workout purposes. Swimming and lifting, etc
this is why I suggested capoeira, its a mobile sport, and thats also why I suggested mover in >>46632829 if we train in an acrobatic martial art we'd be a super-humanly agile freerunner as a synergistic by-product.
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>>46633493
Yeah, I was in my car at the time or I'd have done that too.

Also, who else thinks the creepy coffee girl knows about us?
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>>46633826
>Also, who else thinks the creepy coffee girl knows about us?
nah, I just think she's a cape. perhaps another rogue like us.
though it would be double-funny if she turns out to be a low level protectorate member that gets sent out to investigate/capture/stop us if we get out of hand...
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>>46633909
Speaking of rogues, we only looked up heroes and villains, wasn't there a list of rogues? Maybe we can find out about a tinker there?

Also, are we entirely against going protectorate? Or at least registering and declining protectorate status?
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>>46634136
I'm in favor of running unregistered, besides, our power is so small that we're nearly indistinguishable from a normie.

that, and MeatGrinders guys are gonna be more embarrassed by having been beaten by a vanilla mortal.

anyone think we should try and start a war between MeatGrinder's crew and some other gang in the city? might be fun...that, and we can observe battles and gain insights to the fighters weaknesses, then swoop in to mop up and leave everyone trussed for the cops
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>>46634136
Going PRT is a good way of getting shafted by authority and getting paid and treated like shit.

I honestly don't care too much whether we become a hero, villain or rogue as long as we don't become a Protectorate hero.

>>46634256
> our power is so small that we're nearly indistinguishable from a normie
Pretty sure there was mention of karate-chopping a battleship in half, but I get what you mean.

And starting gang wars is going to get a load of people hurt, innocent people. Even if we go full villain mode I don't think we'll be a baby killer.
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>>46634325
Happy to go rouge or hero, villian only if we end up in a situation that calls for a 'fall' to become one.
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>>46634256
I see that failing miserably and we would be technically breaking the law by inciting a riot.
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>>46634325
I don't remember much evidence of PRT getting treated like shit. Hell, with our (probably) minor powerset we'd likely just need to show up to a weekly/monthly roll call and get sent back to our "patrol route" see turf with a small paycheck, told not to kill anyone, and a pat on the ass.

I'm fine with being rogue but I'd like it to be for better reasons than not wanting to be captain goody-goody
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>>46634477
Addendum to the not wanting to be hero perspective: I don't want to be a villain just so we can edgy in the same way of not wanting to be hero to not be goody-goody
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>>46634361
I see our character and this is just personal opinion as honestly fairly amoral. Not that he doesn't have a sense of right or wrong - and he'd help people in trouble, but he seems fairly out for himself, especially considering his reaction to learning he has powers. The options we were given (which I assume were all IC, were training, joining an illegal fighting ring and researching other capes. Not exactly the hero perspective really - seems rather self centered.

>>46634477
It's more the control they then exercise over you - honestly I was mostly taking that from the canon pretty shitty way they treat the wards.

>>46634528
Yeah, I don't think we suit either role really, more of a merc imo.
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>>46634325
>Even if we go full villain mode I don't think we'll be a baby killer.
fair point I suppose, we'd need one side or the other to be a Marquis, or Gentleman Johnny Marcone style opponent to avoid the baby-stomping...and both of those are just too savvy.

I still think we should do/try/think about
1.)try and not advertise as a third party, the longer we're anonymous the better. as soon as we become a notorious boogeyman we can start wearing distinctive clothing, and by then we'll have street-cred. by then we'll be an unknown quantity like Coils mercs were early in Worm a mystery wherever possible.

2.)take down some cocaine or heroin dealers, preferably at cash-out when they trade cash for more product, leave them trussed but alive, take the cash and let the police have the dealers and the product.

3.)savagely beat some muggers(perhaps crippling them?)

4.)savagely beat cops we catch doing the police brutality thing(does that happen in canada?)

>>46634477
>I don't remember much evidence of PRT getting treated like shit.
tell that to the guys who had to go toe to toe with Skitter, beuracracy and the opportunity to go against people who're so far out of our weight-class it isn't funny...nope nope nope

>better reasons than not wanting to be captain goody-goody
less constraint on our freedoms and choices?

>>46634528
>I don't want to be a villain just so we can edgy
me neither, I want to walk the centerline. nearer to good than evil.

>>46634578
>honestly fairly amoral.
yeah, kind of...
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>>46634680
For all your "walk the centreline" that's a lot of crime fighting mono.

I figure we should try and profit a little off what we do. There are plenty of immoral bankers who don't need all that gold. Plenty of crack dealers too.

I agree with the no grandstanding, if ever. Let our reputation speak for itself, offer our services to those who are willing to pay and aren't complete assholes and try not to be too flashy.

Also can we all agree not to throw out quips 24/7? It's kinda tiring, every protag does it and most are pretty lame really.
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>>46634858
think of it as practicality.

cops don't interfere when the bad-guys suffer
people also likely to support someone who cripples police officers that beat on people for little or no provocation.

>low number of quips
okay, fine, but can we use laconic phrasing, and mathematician answers?
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>keep an umbrella as a weapon
>superhero persona is called 'Raincheck'
>do corny jokes
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>>46634858
>no quips
boo you whore

>find weakness superpower
>not using it to lyrically decimate our foes in the ancient art of battle-rap
It's like you don't even want to use our thinker power creatively, anon.
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>>46635697
Not no quips, we can pull out a few, but are you not tired of the constant wisecracker rap battle hurr lulsorandumb so funny shitty /tg/ jokes that absolutely every quest protagonist has to pull out?

It's not creative, and it's not in character.
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>>46635744
Well I respectfully disagree, anon, I'm going to be suggesting and voting for quips and wisecracks because that's the kind of character I like to play.

We don't know what's "in-character" for our protag because it's only been 2 threads. We (and the QM) are the ones who get to decide what's in-character and what's not.

I understand the way you feel, and I even respect it, but I don't agree with that choice and I'll be voting otherwise.

Of course my fave cape is Spiderman, so I'm biased
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>>46635923
>>46635744
all this means is that we'll have to come down to a vote at every juncture, I'll lend to supporting laconic phrases, short simple and too the point

>>46635744
may support me

and you may oppose me, lets let that happen.
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>>46636026
I didn't know people were still posting but i support the use of laconic phrase. If we use laconic phrase then pankration should be learned and used.
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>>46636148
I doubt most modern combatants with get the reference
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>>46635923
Spiderman is pretty based tbf anon.

I think we just see the guy differently, although I get what you mean with the few number of threads to go off. He fights angrily, full of rage - as a person he seems quite angry about the world, if not full edgelord tier. The QM also mentioned the original concept about giving into anger and emotion - which I thought he was reflecting in the writing so far.

A few dry, sarcastic quips wouldn't be too amiss, but /tg/ often goes overboard and you end up with essentially a joke character, never taking anything seriously - which of course is fine for some characters, but I don't feel it fits the tone.

We may disagree on this completely, but that's fine.
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>>46636192
Krav maga could be a substitute then as a Canadian it would hurt to see weebs kill this.
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>>46636238
>>46636026

Good points, all. I guess I just don't want our character going too grimdark and edgy, that's all.

Admit it, a cape using his thinker powers to dominate the underground rap scene is pretty funny
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>>46636238
Not that anon but I would prefer someone who doesn't speak much and only when it's appropriate. Instead of lots of low quality banter it would be better to have one good line. Look up examples of laconic speech it's pretty great.
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>>46636318
It would be pretty hilarious, I must admit. And grim and edgy isn't the aim - though considering this is Worm a certain level of darkness is expected.
>>46636343
Yeah that seems like a neat idea.
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>>46636401
>>46636318
We could be the never say die hero that stays calm and happy no matter how dark it gets. Just become the opposite of an edge lord or tell them to stop whining and start fixing the problems.
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>>46636456
I have a feeling we might end up really, really pragmatic. Sure we might be fuelled by anger and brutally take people apart in combat, but we've got no time to mope. We might not be happy all the time or always enjoying ourselves but we'll be damned before we sit about whining instead of sorting the fucking problem. We've got no time for your dumbass riddles or morally complex issues - we've got a job to do, and we're gonna damn well do it.
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>>46636606
Pretty much describes rural Canada.
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Holy shit, this thing is still alive?

Gonna be posting starting a new session in three and a half hours (6:30 pacific time), should I start a new thread?
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>>46637027
Yeah we're near bump limit - the thread wouldn't last long. While you're here, do you mind confirming if our power can sense parahuman weaknesses (such as alexandria's thing) or not, or if that's something you're going to keep to yourself for now?
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>>46637060
That will remain to be seen.
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>>46637101
This thread will never die, it will haunt you forever.
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>>46636275
another reason to support Capoeria, it's brazillian in origin, not chinese or japanese...but then, so are lots of martial arts savate, muithay, that russian one british cane-fighting...

>>46636318
>that cape and canary get together and sing the bet duet ever...
>totallly awesome...

>>46636749
I think you mean rural anyplace...

>>46637027
yup, I said plan, so plan we did.

>>46637139
no, it'll die. james will kill it or OP will summon Bonesaw to get us to stop bumping...
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>>46637519
It's polite to sage a thread we intend to soon die. Can't really have two threads for the same quest.
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>>46624214
Hammer and a bat covered with tacks or spiky shit
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>>46632680
Can't if we develop our powers enough can we find the weaknesses in everything
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>>46635275
Not RainMan ?
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noko

is OP waiting on the thread to die?
or are we waiting on OP?
perhaps if he inverts the colors on the OP pic it will be different enough to post.
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>>46639537
He's pacific time, so we've still got like forty five minutes.
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Fresh and hot!
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