Question Shenanigans!

Malady wrote: Woah! It started low-level, but at the end, bigger plots are getting involved!

Hmm... Who to ship?? Aegis X Darqueheart FTW. And Mischief X Monkeywrench.

Roulette managed a power switch without a burnout. ... What does that mean about her power development? One-time event? Or signs of improvement or something?

Lol if Kraken X Amy, in a Face-Heel Turn sorta thing. 'Cause he's the Reluctant-ish.

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Triangle's going all in. Bad plan. Try guerilla tactics or whatever, instead of trying to storm a big target.

Lol if they get Bastard / Nimbus funding. Or already have it.

They're sorta like a business, so the real mover and shakers are their backers behind the scenes?

... IRS merge with Triangle??

Katssun wrote: Hot takeaways:

- Apparently, someone should to introduce Darqueheart to Kate.

- It doesn't seem like word has gotten back to the rest of campus about the magnitude of the fight, only that they got into a public fight. Naomi might seriously reconsider their plan and find new targets when/if word gets out Shenanigans beat a troop or even close to a company of heavily armed and trained people...and what...8-10 power frames? And most of them at the time are not particularly good fighters.

- Mischief with a holdout like a force pistol or a devisor stun gun, and her jacket pockets loaded with debilitating prank items like itching powders, gas bombs, and gadgeteer items has the potential to be very, very, nasty in a fight.

- Amy, mother hen of her training team and tactical leader!

- Kraken is a exemplar 5...how...quaint. The masochistic streak is a little unsettling and might even the scales a little bit.

- Return of the ebidium chain ribbon and ball weaponry!

- Love that the Furies are in the Imp fanclub. She's the hero of GSD girls everywhere!

- Poor Grit.

Katssun wrote: - Mischief with a holdout like a force pistol or a devisor stun gun, and her jacket pockets loaded with debilitating prank items like itching powders, gas bombs, and gadgeteer items has the potential to be very, very, nasty in a fight.

Valentine wrote: Team Shenanigans! Team Tactics this winter is going to be scary. Team Shenanigans, Team Absinthe, Wondercute, Team Exquisite.

“Aegis,” a girl called out. “Over here…”

Just promise me that there won’t be any shenanigans,

While Alyss continued dealing with the power frames, Amy looked over the weapons that the paralyzed solders had dropped. “Dart gun.”She said, picking up one of the rifles and then dropping it back down. “Dart gun,” she announced, kicking the second aside. Then she reached the third weapon and picked it up with a faint smile. “Plasma rifle.”

Valentine wrote: I wonder who is going to pound the Triangle in Berlin. The Staff, TK, Outcast Corner, Dragonslaters, Wondercute? Team Awesome (just kidding).

Katssun wrote: I forgot this one:

While Alyss continued dealing with the power frames, Amy looked over the weapons that the paralyzed solders had dropped. “Dart gun.”She said, picking up one of the rifles and then dropping it back down. “Dart gun,” she announced, kicking the second aside. Then she reached the third weapon and picked it up with a faint smile. “Plasma rifle.”

I definitely love the running gag that Roulette's mom has built so many weapons (partially or completed), that Amy can recognize most devisor and gadgeteer stuff with a glance or quick look, even when she's in the wrong mode. This was probably easier than most, but she's done it a couple times now and it never gets old. Can't wait to see if Roulette gets to go to the Weapon's Fair, just to assess and get some inspirations.

Valentine wrote: I wonder who is going to pound the Triangle in Berlin. The Staff, TK, Outcast Corner, Dragonslaters, Wondercute? Team Awesome (just kidding).

Considering that they like to kidnap impressionable youths...Team Awesome is not outside the realm of possibility. Depends on how many times JG would like to use "eviscerate" in a microscene or short.

Angeldude wrote: Ah yes, calling the youngest member of the group for an adult perspective.

Anne wrote:

Katssun wrote: I forgot this one:

While Alyss continued dealing with the power frames, Amy looked over the weapons that the paralyzed solders had dropped. “Dart gun.”She said, picking up one of the rifles and then dropping it back down. “Dart gun,” she announced, kicking the second aside. Then she reached the third weapon and picked it up with a faint smile. “Plasma rifle.”

I definitely love the running gag that Roulette's mom has built so many weapons (partially or completed), that Amy can recognize most devisor and gadgeteer stuff with a glance or quick look, even when she's in the wrong mode. This was probably easier than most, but she's done it a couple times now and it never gets old. Can't wait to see if Roulette gets to go to the Weapon's Fair, just to assess and get some inspirations.

Valentine wrote: I wonder who is going to pound the Triangle in Berlin. The Staff, TK, Outcast Corner, Dragonslaters, Wondercute? Team Awesome (just kidding).

Considering that they like to kidnap impressionable youths...Team Awesome is not outside the realm of possibility. Depends on how many times JG would like to use "eviscerate" in a microscene or short.

Can you just imagine the Chaos that would ensue if someone got a hold of any of Team Awesome? It would sort of look like an octopus in a blender....
Sickly fascinating to say the least. I doubt there would be much more than spare parts to pick up when the preteens were done curb stomping them!
Oh! Oh, yes we all want to see Roulette at the weapon's fair... here's wondering if she can perfect her ricochet grenade and add just a bit more boom and perhaps a small amount of a guidance system to it?

Katssun wrote:

Valentine wrote: I wonder who is going to pound the Triangle in Berlin. The Staff, TK, Outcast Corner, Dragonslaters, Wondercute? Team Awesome (just kidding).

Considering that they like to kidnap impressionable youths...Team Awesome is not outside the realm of possibility. Depends on how many times JG would like to use "eviscerate" in a microscene or short.

mhalpern wrote:
I am guessing with his codename Kraken is also a shifter, or can manifest testicles he would be a good match for Alyss, if Alyss wasn't an ex-6, or small enough to avoid most attacks.

Angeldude wrote: Forgot this: Please tell me Alyss's project car is a monster truck!

Rose Bunny wrote:

mhalpern wrote:
I am guessing with his codename Kraken is also a shifter, or can manifest testicles he would be a good match for Alyss, if Alyss wasn't an ex-6, or small enough to avoid most attacks.

TENTACLES.

calliedelnoire wrote: Picture this...next fight ends with the arrival of Lady Astare, the beginnings of Gen 2’s REACT team and some of the Syncicate and or someone like Dr Diabolik.

Neutrality is a BIG point at Whateley, the Triangle (or at least this part) are about to step into a HUGE
mess

mhalpern wrote:

Rose Bunny wrote:

mhalpern wrote:
I am guessing with his codename Kraken is also a shifter, or can manifest testicles he would be a good match for Alyss, if Alyss wasn't an ex-6, or small enough to avoid most attacks.

TENTACLES.

AUTOCORRECT

calliedelnoire wrote: Picture this...next fight ends with the arrival of Lady Astare, the beginnings of Gen 2’s REACT team and some of the Syncicate and or someone like Dr Diabolik.

Neutrality is a BIG point at Whateley, the Triangle (or at least this part) are about to step into a HUGE
mess

mhalpern wrote: This could be a major part of what starts REACT,

Astrodragon wrote: You sure?

mhalpern wrote:

Anne wrote:

Katssun wrote: I forgot this one:

While Alyss continued dealing with the power frames, Amy looked over the weapons that the paralyzed solders had dropped. “Dart gun.”She said, picking up one of the rifles and then dropping it back down. “Dart gun,” she announced, kicking the second aside. Then she reached the third weapon and picked it up with a faint smile. “Plasma rifle.”

I definitely love the running gag that Roulette's mom has built so many weapons (partially or completed), that Amy can recognize most devisor and gadgeteer stuff with a glance or quick look, even when she's in the wrong mode. This was probably easier than most, but she's done it a couple times now and it never gets old. Can't wait to see if Roulette gets to go to the Weapon's Fair, just to assess and get some inspirations.

Valentine wrote: I wonder who is going to pound the Triangle in Berlin. The Staff, TK, Outcast Corner, Dragonslaters, Wondercute? Team Awesome (just kidding).

Considering that they like to kidnap impressionable youths...Team Awesome is not outside the realm of possibility. Depends on how many times JG would like to use "eviscerate" in a microscene or short.

Can you just imagine the Chaos that would ensue if someone got a hold of any of Team Awesome? It would sort of look like an octopus in a blender....
Sickly fascinating to say the least. I doubt there would be much more than spare parts to pick up when the preteens were done curb stomping them!
Oh! Oh, yes we all want to see Roulette at the weapon's fair... here's wondering if she can perfect her ricochet grenade and add just a bit more boom and perhaps a small amount of a guidance system to it?

it seems the ricochet grenade has guidance considering where it went off

Angeldude wrote: Forgot this: Please tell me Alyss's project car is a monster truck!

konzill wrote: Alyssa was involved in a fight and nobody got tied up in pink ribbons, say it ain't so. Though really, not leaving her signature calling card was probably a good idea.

As to her project car I recalling seeing a a video where they put an engine with more than 10X the power in a VW beatle, and did it with no externally visible modifications. Then took it to the drag strip. IIRC the only issue was getting a car that light to start moving without just spinning the wheels in place. Her having a Mini or something with a ridiculously overpowered engine would be funny.

Oneiros wrote: Can't wait for Kraken to realize "that little girl over there" can seriously mess him up. Unless his "secret" power really is formidable.

I wonder if Kraken isn't that bad of a guy just got to Whateley and got bullied hard before then Exquisite immediately bot him into her claws maybe even with some support of Drama's manipulation... maybe he was just at the wrong place at the wrong time and wanted to belong somewhere.

What is it that Darqueheart can actually do? Apparently she is a mage but doubted being able to copy Firefox's spell? Does she have some restrictions on her spell casting? And what exactly did she do to those Triangle guys in her cloud? "Just" scare them with her appearance or was it something more?

How high is the chance of Monkeywrench's eternal happiness is actually there to hide a depression?

I don't think Melissa and Monkeywrench fit together... they are too alike almost like siblings.

Oneiros wrote: What is it that Darqueheart can actually do? Apparently she is a mage but doubted being able to copy Firefox's spell? Does she have some restrictions on her spell casting? And what exactly did she do to those Triangle guys in her cloud? "Just" scare them with her appearance or was it something more?

Schol-R-LEA wrote:

Oneiros wrote: What is it that Darqueheart can actually do? Apparently she is a mage but doubted being able to copy Firefox's spell? Does she have some restrictions on her spell casting? And what exactly did she do to those Triangle guys in her cloud? "Just" scare them with her appearance or was it something more?

She must have caught the same Black Friday sale on Erebeal Magic that NightChylde and Sabbath did .

Oh, goody, guess who her student tutor is going to be. That ought to be entertaining.

Also, I can only hope Exquisite and Co. don't make the connection between Alyss and Kylie. Which probably means she saw them together on Parents' Day.

Yolandria wrote: To those mentioning REACT. In several earlier stories both Gunny and Eric/Cait mentioned occasions where they went in and provided overwatch. Now to who? And where? We don't know. But React is an older concept already established.

mhalpern wrote:

Yolandria wrote: To those mentioning REACT. In several earlier stories both Gunny and Eric/Cait mentioned occasions where they went in and provided overwatch. Now to who? And where? We don't know. But React is an older concept already established.

still an attack on Whateley will warrant a coordinated strike on all Triangle cells...

null0trooper wrote:

mhalpern wrote:

Yolandria wrote: To those mentioning REACT. In several earlier stories both Gunny and Eric/Cait mentioned occasions where they went in and provided overwatch. Now to who? And where? We don't know. But React is an older concept already established.

still an attack on Whateley will warrant a coordinated strike on all Triangle cells...

The initial recon should be enough to convince the Triangle that they'd need much more support to get at the assets once they're dug in. Maybe after another year or more of recruitment, the balance of power might shift. Building an army requires patience, doesn't it?

Oneiros wrote: Speaking of different types of magic is there a kind of "magic for muggles" class that would teach non-wiz students what to expect from magic. What it can and cannot do, how to recognize a wiz and their limits, what different styles specialize in and thus strengths and weaknesses of these styles and so on and so forth. I feel like that kind of knowledge could be vital.

Oneiros wrote: Speaking of different types of magic is there a kind of "magic for muggles" class that would teach non-wiz students what to expect from magic. What it can and cannot do,

Oneiros wrote: how to recognize a wiz and their limits,

Oneiros wrote: what different styles specialize in and thus strengths and weaknesses of these styles and so on and so forth. I feel like that kind of knowledge could be vital.

Oneiros wrote: Speaking of different types of magic is there a kind of "magic for muggles" class that would teach non-wiz students what to expect from magic. What it can and cannot do, how to recognize a wiz and their limits, what different styles specialize in and thus strengths and weaknesses of these styles and so on and so forth. I feel like that kind of knowledge could be vital.

Sir Lee wrote: Re magicians' clothes: after John Constantine (and Harry Dresden), it's perfectly legitimate for a wizard to dress in a trenchcoat. OK, there were plainclothes mystics before Constantine, but -- with the possible exception of the Phantom Stranger -- they never had much of a cultural impact.

Sir Lee wrote: Everybody kept expecting wizards to dress like Merlin or Stephen Strange, and female practitioners (except for Samantha Stevens, that is) to either dress like the Wicked Witch of the West, or to make Jeannie Nelson (née "no surname" genie) look dressed for a polar storm in comparison.

As far as a plain-clothes witches go there was also Sabrina the Teenage Witch and her aunts.

mhalpern wrote: I wonder how long they will try to play off Aegis's reputation for an advantage, i mean Ribbon has actively downplayed herself (except for those whom saw her pick up an engine) and her looks don't hurt, but there is an advantage to be had for a little bit

Specifically, I'd just benched over seven tons.

Valentine wrote:

mhalpern wrote: I wonder how long they will try to play off Aegis's reputation for an advantage, i mean Ribbon has actively downplayed herself (except for those whom saw her pick up an engine) and her looks don't hurt, but there is an advantage to be had for a little bit

Picking up an engine is Exemplar 3, maybe 4. Ribbon can lift a car, her strength was measured in tons.

Specifically, I'd just benched over seven tons.

Wee bit better than an engine. Aquerna could have lifted that engine.

CrazyMinh wrote: ...Did anyone else get the feeling at the very start that Mischief was selling drugs, and then get very, very worried? Then realise that she was selling badges? Then finally realise that Morp is a genius with writing???

Oneiros wrote: Imagine Mischief with a pregnant-like belly being hyper but too full to do anything really trying to sell off what she couldn't stuff into herself

Katssun wrote:

Oneiros wrote: Imagine Mischief with a pregnant-like belly being hyper but too full to do anything really trying to sell off what she couldn't stuff into herself

Keep making guesses like that and you're just going to bring Karma down on yourself.

Sir Lee wrote: I realized that the scene was written to give the impression of her selling drugs, but I dismissed that possibility immediately -- simply not in character. I was kept wondering what the heck was she selling that warranted that behavior. I thought "prank implements", but then wondered why was she suddenly the go-to girl for those. I confess that badges never occurred to me.

CrazyMinh wrote:

Sir Lee wrote: I realized that the scene was written to give the impression of her selling drugs, but I dismissed that possibility immediately -- simply not in character. I was kept wondering what the heck was she selling that warranted that behavior. I thought "prank implements", but then wondered why was she suddenly the go-to girl for those. I confess that badges never occurred to me.

When they mentioned WIlliams confiscating the stuff, my thought was that it was some kind of Imp-related mechandise. Though I was thinking pens or trading cards rather than badges. How DID mischief obtain badges with Imp on them??? I mean, I know that you could easily say 'Gadgeteers' or 'Devisors' or 'It's Whateley', but I really want to know this. If she had them in enough numbers to sell bags of them, then how did she 1) Obtain the badges, 2) get the image printed onto them and 3) do it in enough numbers to be worthwhile. Also while we're at it, how did she pay for the badges to be made?? Unless she did it herself, in which case we can add 'badge making' to her skills.

Katssun wrote: I guess that depends on whether or not Naomi's powers work on Melissa before or when she's intangible. She's got her in an ambush. that's for sure.

The one thing to really worry about it is what Melissa might do to her. For someone like Naomi, being humiliated publicly could mean that she would start crossing the line to get her revenge. Old Tansy style. The Witch's style. Sapphire paralyzing Naomi was bad enough, and that wasn't anywhere near the magnitude of humiliation factor that Melissa likes to do to her opponents. Naomi wants to look powerful and in control so she can ascend the throne. Melissa's usual methods would ruin that image rather quickly.

A prank tool or gag weapon is a "funny, no hard feelings" type of thing to Melissa and her circle of friends. To someone like Naomi, it could start a grudge that may not even end with very real violence.