Question Diamonds Are a Vamp's Best Friend

While reading Part Two of the Canon story Odds and Ends, several references were made to what seemed to be chapters of "Diamonds Are A Vamp's Best Friend" by Bek D. Corvin (may his stories increase) that have not yet been published or at least that I am not aware have been published and don't know how to find them on the net if they have.

If anyone knows, please answer this comment with information as to where I can find this fascinating conclusion to DAAVBF.

TYVM

Indeed, the saga of the BFF pair of crystalline carbon and our favorite albino is incomplete. The information provided in Odds and Ends is pretty much all new.

Bek suffers from an unusually ADHD muse. Hopefully we'll get the end of the story eventually, but until then, you haven't missed anything.



Speaking of the new info, do you think that the Witch Queen that Stronghold mentioned was AJ's mom?

Probably, but it is possible that it is a title won through battle, and that AJ's Mom defeated the previous holder in magical combat for the right to be the one true Witch Queen.

Well, there was a previous mention to a "Witch Queen" in the Vamp stories, and the description there sounds... compatible with AJ's mom. So yes, I think they are probably the same.

I want to thank Arcanus Lupus for setting me straight on the DAAVBF story chapters question. Bek has always been one of my favorite Canon authors and it is very gratifying to see him continuing to post such great stuff on the website. It is definitely worth waiting for.

Could you fix the topic title please? It's really distracting...

If you don't know how, it's by editing the opening post.

Hey, Malady, thank you for pointing that out. Good eyes.

The opening post seems good. It says DAAGBF. Somehow, however, the "est friend" thing crept in afterwards.

I am really not sure how to edit the opening post when the opening post seems correct. Yes, I am unfortunately something of a computer illiterate. Perhaps I am even not even seeing the error of which you speak.

The est friend thing seems to start with Arcanus Lupus who was very cool and nice to quickly answer my opening post.

Kristen Darken, you are a wonderful person. Thank you for editing the opening post for me! And thank you for all your work on this web site. Hope to see more of your canon fiction in the near future too.

Thanks again !!!

Oh and P.S. Arcanus Lupus... forgive me for thinking you were the one who could not spell the word "Best" when it was, in actuality, me

Arcanist Lupus wrote: Indeed, the saga of the BFF pair of crystalline carbon and our favorite albino is incomplete. The information provided in Odds and Ends is pretty much all new.

Bek suffers from an unusually ADHD muse. Hopefully we'll get the end of the story eventually, but until then, you haven't missed anything.

It will be worth the wait, and will taste all the sweeter for it.

Diamonds aren't usually very tasty. That's what the baked goods we're gambling with are for.

Oh, so we do have a thread... And this so isn't done yet? Hmm... Betting 5-6 parts. But, then again, it's not like Jadis needs to hunt down the attempted thieves... But, she wants to...

Liking all the thoughts that show worldbuilding and how it fills the world with peoplely people instead of going straight plot-plot-plot-plot?

Shipping Nightlord and Nightfox? 'Cause their names both have 'Night'... ... Ships have been made with less... ... Or Fox might do that thing where you seduce a 'partner' for a job and ditch them after, with Lord? Like, Lord doesn't know that Fox is Alumni, so Fox could do something with the Alumni teaching a student or something?

Need to re-read to remember some of the previous stuff, but I think I got the gist of it all...

A new installment!

Now, give three cheers, I'll lead the way. Hoorah, Hoorah, Hooray!

Heh. The Diaboliks seem to have acquired their security from the same place Whateley did. I think that Jadis should install a window that pops up when anyone tries to open the door, saying "are you sure you want to do that? Have you checked who's outside?"


Good to see that Vamp is being her excellent self as always.

Diamonds Are A Vamp's Best Friend Part 3 comments
All those idiotic excuses for why they are protesting outside Jadis' house that early, good grief, it is like internet trolls in real life. The Bad Seed's Book of Dirty Tricks, get your copy right now and you too can get away with stuff others only dream of. Good lord that is an extensive compendium, don't let Jade ever read any of it, she is dangerous enough with own ideas. The pranks section alone would be a nightmare in her hands. Strict rules for gaining access to it though.

Intense frustration, extreme boredom, and unfixed anxiety all caused through technology, clever. Always nice to see H1! creeps get into a fight and in trouble for it. Jobe's mom shows up and causes poor Belphy to freeze up in confusion at a hug, mistaken for Jobe. Yet gets another hug and welcomed to the family when Jadis corrects Mrs. Wilkins. How in the world did Jobe turn out like he did with a mother like her?

"This IS Jobe, isn't it? How many of these did he make?" Jadis-"There are two more, but I put my foot down on two of that model."

Joke still works.

Lorna Wilkins, Jobe's mom, gets Jobe and Belphy into a group hug they can't escape. Crown jewels, she wants to make sure they are done right and not leave it up to Jobe, thinking they will be all spiders if they do. Money is no object to her, thankfully as Vamp was freaking for a moment there. And already she is treating Jobe like a daughter, complaining about her clothes. Exemplar 5 Strength now and Jobe can't resist being dragged upstairs by her mom to changes clothes, priceless.

Belphy and the others are lead away by Jadis to be warned about the "landmines" in dealing with Lorna. Talked of Gizmatic founding the Order of the Worn Wrench, a long-running feud with 'Blue Blaze' who became Champion for who knows why. So far, so 'Silver Age Superman vs. Lex Luthor', love that reference. Briggs meets ADA Lorna Langtree, go out, Gizmatic conceives a massive passion for his foe's girlfriend, 8-10 years later after a kidnapping attempt she swears out a complaint against him and says she has come to love Joe Wilkins. So of course everything thinks she was brainwashed.

No trace of brainwashing, but Jadis saw her before she and Mal manifested while on a playdate with Jobe, when she came back to how she once was, brains and all, and ticked off about it so she stormed off. Only to be happy and perky once again, how could he do this without any trace of brainwashing or mind control. And Jobe seems to know what is happening to her, as he as a famous regard for people's Free Will.

Oh boy, put through all that no one would remain sane, rational maybe, but sane, you would have to have a will like Batman to even have a chance of coming out of that sane when the brainwashing finally ends, if it ever does. And Lorna has unknown goals, that is scary to even think about. Mrs. Griffin clashing with Lorna Wilkins, this is going to be epic.

Two cats suddenly put together, apart description, this is an epic cat fight minus the claws. Nice maneuver, Jadis, more evidence of why she goes into law in the future. Vamp, you underestimate Jadis a great deal, she has experience from years of dealing with her dad and his supervillain friends on how to play and lecture adults without them even realizing it. Press forcing their way into someone's home, they are looking at a lawsuit and criminal charges, acting like the paparazzi when they are supposed to be better than that, good grief.

Oh boy, Kent Brockman [nice Simpsons reference] calling the Drow robotic seduction drones, they better hold Jobe back of this guy is going to end up in the hospital. Jadis even calls them out on the reporter's name, 'Kent Brockman' is really Doc Cambion, the Man of Brass. He says they stole the sapphire and he has a document to prove it. While Jadis looks it over and DC smile gets to all the girls including Jobe, talk of signing over the jewel to him and there will be no trouble.

Lorna and Mrs. Griffin are having none of that, asking Jadis what the paper says. Vamp tries to get the paper away from Jadis who isn't responding, DC tries to use a mental whammy on Vamp but fails and gets head-butted for it, escaped from DC and slapped Jadis out of her dazed state. When Jadis tries to leap to attack DC, a second skin of black, purple, and silver energies went around her and threw off her aim. Sonic grenades in the form of ear-piercing, shrill yodeling, that is evil! Sapper absorbs a hit unharmed, Charger charges him, avoiding the palm strike but running into the falling microphone at 60 mph, knocking her for a loop.

Sapper charges the camera-dog only to get tangled up in capture foam, Mal goes to save her but his PFG is turned against him but web of wires thrown at him, this is bad. Different lights for friendlies, guests and hostiles, shutters come down but DC stops the door from being blocked, dang. Intern runs for it out the door while Vamp goes after him, just as the case keeping the shutter from lowering starts to buckle.

DC and her cronies spread out, the Producer even trying to threaten Lorna and Mrs. Griffin but scared of the look Lorna is giving him. Good grief, I don't think even Batman has that many holders for holdouts on him. Jadis takes charge, then ask God how she has offended him to have to relies on Mal's crew. Ouch, Charge and Buzz hit by DC and the camera-dog respectively. Ouch, PK for speed only to get slammed into the floor by DC, not a good morning for Jadis.

Okay, that is scary when Lorna shakes off the brainwashing or mind control even a little. Even scarier when she starts acting, the Producer doesn't have a prayer. Relying on the Beast Skin too much, after this experience I don't think Ms. Grimes will complain about that and her training more. The Empress having Jadis fight him so he has to focus on her completely, she is dangerous when the mind control breaks. That piece of tech in the form of simple jewelry and an eyepiece is impressive. Ouch, Jadis down on the floor because she got distracted trying to watch the minions.

Mal in trouble as Jadis tries to get up, but Lorna holds off DC with her tech and energy beams. He tries to taunt her, but fails as she is cold like this. Taking out his tech and hurting him at the same time, wonder how much longer DC can last. Mal gets another weapon and takes out another shrieker, damaging part of the house with mini-missiles until Jadis orders him to switch to combat maser, taking the Producer out finally. Jadis uses her PK to draw a charging Roadie closer and slams him into the gearbox, then hits him with it. Lorna has DC on the ropes, even his wig had electronics in it over his real hair, but it gets fried like his other tech is.

Mal takes out the last of shriekers, Drow are back up, and DC is out of options. Pinned between Lorna and Freight Train, ouch, DC is in a world of hurt with them setting up for each other. Everyone back up, the minions out and tied up so they won't cause any more trouble, but DC's little minion who ran for it earlier is back and he throws Freight Train, then gives another order.

Two things tossed, one blasted by beam from Lorna but it was a trap for eye-stinging smoke, DC throws Freight Train aka Angie onto Jadis, ouch. DC escaped with the jewel but left his crew behind, while Jadis is upset at her jewel being stolen. Ah, Vamp has the real sapphire and DC took off with a synthetic copy. D'oh, Lorna is back under the effects of Gizmatic's programming, talking about Jobe's father not leaving the good stuff around where just anyone can get at it. Sell the lesser goods while keeping the true high grade inventions for himself and his family, smart.

DC's crew hauled off by the police, idiots think he will break them out of prison, after he ran and left them behind, that's a laugh. Dang, it is even part of his MO to do this to civilians he hires to work with him, even for a villain that is low. Mal and Jobe were fans of DC when they were younger, Jobe says it was only because he liked his approach to the 'so-called' supernatural. Ah, so preternatural means not currently understood, but operating under natural laws and principles we don't understand yet, learned something today.

DC did what Jadis calls 'Scooby Doo on Steroids', investigating the paranormal and other weird phenomena; idiot got felony convictions for misrepresentation and fraud due to the show, getting talented young faces hurt or killed on his stupid show. Ran to save his own skin and left 3 associates to die, caught on film by people not working for him, and this just snowballed into revealing a whole lot of other **** he did over the years in connection to his show. Plus he upset Belphy, falsifying his data. Mal begins to rant about science and how DC just made things up, still heartbroken after all these years and backed up by Jobe and Belphy.

Oh brother, he gets people to work with him by saying he was framed and is trying to prove his innocence, DC is a real piece of work. Still doing the same things but as a criminal now, plus he used a sophisticated magical effect in the form of the spell slip he tricked Jadis into reading so he is a hypocrite. Science Explains Everything, oh brother. Jobe upset at Hernandez and the security system not working like it was supposed to. DC had inside information on the set-up for the manor, it defenses, and the control center as well.

Steff Wilkins was the leak but was under DC's mental influences, the same thing that made Jobe drool at him. Vamp defends her and explains everything that happened, Jadis' demon protecting her from mental influence, but DC caught Steff off guard and used a mental technique on her. Bova didn't notice him use it but Vamp did, weird, something unusual about Vamp's mental powers there or just more focused on sensing such things. Jadis has to explain to Mrs. Griffin about her devil and everything, she wishes to spin it into a story but Jadis warns her against that as even his own kids don't badmouth Dr. Dr. Diabolik.

Dang, security is that trashed at the Diabolik kid's place they have to move the sapphire, Jobe, Belphy, Lorna, and the other Drow to a safe location. Suggestions of a Wilkins place don't go over well, not secure due to how ticked off everyone is at Jobe due to their adventure the last time in New York. Steff tries to defend the Wilkins name only for Jadis to remind her of what she did, ticked off and in no mood for her attitude right now. Lorna talks about using the reputation of the place and people who live there as a defense until the security system is back up, Steff talks about replacing it with one of her own design, showing her arrogance again.

Hernandez rips into Steff, but Jadis mediates and ask how long it will take to get things back up and running again. 3 days due to the idiots who have them under surveillance not knowing the limitations of it. Jadis has Mal get some stop gag measures in place, using the potential threat of a GizSmart AI keeping an eye on them while he wants to spend time with Erzili to make him hustle.

Oh brother, in-fighting in the Wilkins clan due to the crown jewels and can't trust any of the other Wilkins with it. A bank, what bank will hold something for Jobe or his mom even for just a few days?

"As long as you file an Environmental Impact Report, just have fun!"

That right there is scary after what Jadis said they would do. Jadis giving orders to get everything in order, Mal to not be allowed to upgrade his REX units with AI, and them heading out with Lorna and Mrs. Griffin arguing about where to go. Crawford better not let the news of the security system failure to the police or he is toast by legal action.

The senior client liaison for Tiffany's in New York sweating from dealing with them, yikes. Jadis actually got Lorna and Mrs. Griffin into a discreet meeting room, continues to impress. Jadis bargains to get them to do this over at Faberge for an $80k gift certificate, being told she has a future in customer relations. She pulls the same extortion on the Faberge people to get them moved to another jewelry store. No extortion at Cartier's, while Jadis chews out Mal for giving the REX units AI, and DC is selling information to someone to get a way out of town, uh oh.

Nightlord, dubbing himself the Daredevil of Darkness, watching the Diabolik place, this kid has some screws loose or is obsessed with being like Batman. Aunt Gail let him stay up until 10 PM because it isn't a school night, just how old is this kid? Woman on a broom got into the Diabolik estate and Nightlord slunk in after her, this is going to a comedy. Great, a girl was watching Nightlord and followed him inside now, pure chaos in the making.

Nightlord following the magic-user female in the cloak, obvious with her tools, dust to reveal traps and maneuver around them, Nightlord follows and the other girl after him. Floating down to the second floor, Nightlord on the stairs, other girl copies the cloaked woman. Down to the basement and Nightlord removed a card the woman left on the doorway, wait a minute, the woman in the rear phased through the door down into the basement, armored vault area too well protected as lined with osmium compound and electrified mesh.

The 1st woman and Nightlord don't notice each other or the 2nd woman so far. 1st woman uses magic and what appears to be some tech to crack the vault's combination. Intruder didn't turn on the light or need to, the large purple spinel-cut jewel is inside the vault on a clear Lucite stand, armored drawers line the far wall of the chamber with combination dial, keypad, and keyhole to open each of them. Nightlord trips the alarm and is spotted, trying to trap the 1st woman inside only to be attacked by the 2nd woman. 1st woman sneaks off amid the chaos of the ensuing fight.

2nd woman snatches the jewel from Nightlord's hand and runs for it, stuck by the 1st woman in the narrow stairwell, only to be attacked by small hunched darkling creatures after they exit. 2nd woman screams and thrashes around, knocking around the 1st woman who was trying to get something from her pouch. 2nd woman has the sapphire fly from her hands only for Nightlord to swoop in and catch it. 1st woman aka magical burglar stops her efforts as the shadow-gremlins grow in size, number, intensity, and solidity, not a good day for her. Manages to get away with her life at least.

Nightlord reset all the traps the magical burglar neutralized, trapped in a mass of chains that came from the ceiling, floors, and walls. The Follower comes running out screaming, bringing the shadow-gremlins on her tail and through the chains, only to get all 3 of them tangled up in the mess. Another synthetic copy of the jewel with a magical trap where if you use your powers, you just feed the shadow-gremlins and create more, ingenious. Jadis is impressed the magical burglar figured it out, wishing to know who invaded her home.

She doesn't know the magical burglar, knows Nightlord, and the Follower is Nightfox, a student from Whateley from how Jadis reacts. Bova warns about Nightfox plan to escape and Freight Train knocks her out, nice teamwork. Bova warning about the burglar plans, Belphy trains a weapon on her, another warning about Nightfox is can go heavy or light and Jobe KO's her with a simple paralytic.

Bova is horrified that Nightlord even thinks in comic book clichés. And Nightfox is reacting badly, Bova and sense something is wrong, and Belphy has been messing with Jobe's venoms again and it wasn't the paralytic. Nightfox thrashing around throws Jobe into Freight Train, distracting Belphy enough for the magical burglar to make her dizzy with a spell and unleash the aerosol canister. When the gas clears, all 3 intruders are gone and Jadis exclaims "Aaahhh...NERTZ."

Jadis tells the NYPD what happened, Jadis knows Nightfox as an escaped convict from the New Hampshire Department of Corrections, they used to go to school together. Nightfox was kicked out of Whateley, a Bad Seed 2 years ahead of Jadis, the sort of Bad Seed the Spy Kidz think they all are, oh boy. Father is Nightwolf, list of crimes, Gina planned to follow in her father's footsteps. In the Masterminds before they became a joke, double yikes.

Manipulated by DuPraeve into committing a crime with her buddy Latchkey and left twisting in the wind. Kicked out Whateley and handed over to the authorities, broke out in 3 months, Latchkey in even less time. And Jadis calls up Derek aka Nightlord at his school and yells at him for breaking into her home in the middle of the night. Can't wait for the next part to see what happens.

Re Nightlord shipping:
Keep in mind that he thinks himself a Batman figure... and has cast Jadis as Catwoman.

Also (and this bears on something I'm going to bring for discussion in the Wiki) I don't think that "expelled" counts as "alumni."

Sir Lee wrote: Re Nightlord shipping:
Keep in mind that he thinks himself a Batman figure... and has cast Jadis as Catwoman.

Also (and this bears on something I'm going to bring for discussion in the Wiki) I don't think that "expelled" counts as "alumni."

... Thanks! I was actually on Fox's page, and got confused somehow, between the story and the page and stuff... ... *Read Wiki! Wiki! Wiki!* ... Oh, forgot that both Expelled and Alumni were on Fox's page, thought it was just Expelled... ...

So, Lord and Fox might be closer in age than I thought. That helps with shipping!

I am going to be rereading the other parts before I get to part 3, so don't worry about my comment lull

WOOO, now we know what's up with Jobe's Mom. I thought she was a cyborg like Giz, or a Wilkin-stien's monster based on the (approximate) line "Jobe saw his father taking his mother apart ad putting her back together" from... I forget which story.

I’m not going to put up with any more idiots with Lupin complexes in my house!”

Soooooooooooooooooo, what's a Lupin complex?

Valentine wrote:

I’m not going to put up with any more idiots with Lupin complexes in my house!”

Soooooooooooooooooo, what's a Lupin complex?

tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/ArseneLupin

Maurice Leblanc's 'Gentleman Thief' who is part crime-solving (and crime-committing) mastermind, part prince of romance, first appearing in novels and short stories, starting in 1905.

That's the reference, and it might also be a medical condition, like Quinzel-Osborn? I find the latter unlikely though, as there doesn't seem to be any part that could be said to be like a medical condition? Or something named like Stockholm Syndrome? But, I'm not thinking either is likely.

Admittedly when I first read it, I was thinking of Lapin, Iron Bunny version, and thinking she had some sort of "trope" named after her.

Thanks for the link.

There's something that puzzles me. In the 3rd part, Jadis seems to be using her power without the devil-affecting beast skin, and iirc mentions she needs more practice at this.
When did the devil-skin stop being automatic? I dont remember her being able to turn it off?

Astrodragon wrote: There's something that puzzles me. In the 3rd part, Jadis seems to be using her power without the devil-affecting beast skin, and iirc mentions she needs more practice at this.
When did the devil-skin stop being automatic? I dont remember her being able to turn it off?

I'd hoped that the description of how her force field worked would have suggested that. Ah well... Doc Cambion's spell basically cut Jadis off from the 'beast'. So, now her power is like it was after Seraphim angel-blasted her at the end of 'There's an Angel in Dickinson Cottage'. The problem is that Jadis doesn't have a lot of experience with her PK in that form. And while she doesn't like her devil- like at ALL- she has years of experience in fighting in the 'Beast Skin'. How long will this last? Who knows?

Bek D Corbin wrote:

Astrodragon wrote: There's something that puzzles me. In the 3rd part, Jadis seems to be using her power without the devil-affecting beast skin, and iirc mentions she needs more practice at this.
When did the devil-skin stop being automatic? I dont remember her being able to turn it off?

I'd hoped that the description of how her force field worked would have suggested that. Ah well... Doc Cambion's spell basically cut Jadis off from the 'beast'.

You mean the spell in the paper?

Cambion reached into his blazer and pulled out a very official looking piece of folded paper. He handed it to Jadis, who unfolded it and started reading it.

I thought it was just a high-level hypnotic spell, not a dual-use hypnotic + "cut off the beast" spell. The lack of devil making the PK Field different was obvious, to me, anyway? ... Oh...

He knew that the Beast had that demon thing protecting her from mental influence, so he used that spell on her.

... I interpreted that as Cambion just using a different type of mental spell to get the same distraction effect [edit: or that a spell is different from other kinds of mental influence (a.k.a PSI)?], but it makes more sense, and isn't contradictory, when I have the spell be separating Jadis from the devil. ... Which, I thought, for some reason, would be a difficult thing... Oh it is difficult:

Jadis paused and showed the spell slip that Cambion had slipped her. “This is a remarkably sophisticated magical effect, which adds another level of hypocrisy to Cambion’s crimes.”

... It's just never explicitly, or is that plainly?, stated that the spell slip separated Jadis from her devil? Unless it is, somewhere?

Ah. So, as Jadis doesnt exactly like the devil, will she try and get a more permanent effect to block it, as she now knows it can be done?

Astrodragon wrote: Ah. So, as Jadis doesnt exactly like the devil, will she try and get a more permanent effect to block it, as she now knows it can be done?

Well, even if she did like the devil, she's gotta block it so she can train to be better prepared when people figure out how to split the devil from her.:

<memo to self: no matter what Grimes says, I’ve got to get in more practice with my devil-implant out of the equation. Ito’s right: I rely on the beast-skin far too much>

Possibly another object from The Three Maidens, 'cause Seraphim's power is an easily way to block it, and the Maidens have Seraphim as one of the three?

Astrodragon wrote: Ah. So, as Jadis doesnt exactly like the devil, will she try and get a more permanent effect to block it, as she now knows it can be done?

Depends.

While it can be blocked, she was told by Dr. Dad that removing it would be "disasterous".

She still hasn't been told WHY Dr. Dad installed it, so she would probably do more research first, as he's still unwilling to talk about it.

Yes, i've got ideas and speculations, but i'll wait for the big reveal.

Nice episode. Patiently waiting for the rest.

I also loved the way that they had to perform a quick magical upgrade on the security system. Jadis's paranoia is paying off...

Mister D wrote: I also loved the way that they had to perform a quick magical upgrade on the security system. Jadis's paranoia is paying off...

Remember, it's not paranoia if they are really out to get you. And Jadis has had to deal with idiots trying to get at her and Mal all her life. So not paranoia, just being prepared for every worse possible outcome and threat in the book that she can.

Mister D wrote: While it can be blocked, she was told by Dr. Dad that removing it would be "disastrous".

Actually, that was in regards to the corymbic implant , not the devil:

in 'No Beast So Fierce', Bek D. Corbin wrote: “Your father put some sort of neural implant in you? Why?”

“Dunno. He won’t say.”

“Well, when did he implant it?”

“Dunno. I only found out about it when I came to Whateley. They found it during my initial physical, and when they scanned my head, they found all these nano-filaments going through by brain. The plug itself is lined with an osmium compound, and they can’t penetrate the lining. When they asked Dr. Dad about it, he just said that removing it would be- and I quote- ‘disastrous’- unquote.”

Whether the two are related in any way remains to be seen, though I gather that Jadis suspects they may be.

Malady wrote:
Possibly another object from The Three Maidens, 'cause Seraphim's power is an easily way to block it, and the Maidens have Seraphim as one of the three?

I vaguely recall Grimes theorizing that the devil would grow used to Seraphim's power if it was used repeatedly for this purpose. Can anyone confirm or deny that?

Arcanist Lupus wrote:

Astrodragon wrote:

Malady wrote:
Possibly another object from The Three Maidens, 'cause Seraphim's power is an easily way to block it, and the Maidens have Seraphim as one of the three?

I vaguely recall Grimes theorizing that the devil would grow used to Seraphim's power if it was used repeatedly for this purpose. Can anyone confirm or deny that?

Where did that Astrodragon quote come from? 'Cause I can't find the original post... And that post of Astrodragon's doesn't even say that... And the post numbers are confusing... Astrodragon replied to me before I said something?

Oh. No... Presumably, what was attributed to Astrodragon was your response, and you previously quoted Astrodragon but backed out, leading to the quoting strangeness?

***

Well, doing a general Google search in the stories for stories that contain "Angel" and "Kerry OR Seraphim", I've got nothing to support the idea that Grimes said anything... But I should search for Jadis AND Grimes [And angel]... ... And nothing...

Uh...I dont know, I never wrote that!

Astrodragon was quoted in the Malady post I quoted, and I failed to properly delete the tag. I will fix it momentarily.

And yes, it looks like my memory was being faulty as usual. The scene I was thinking of was when Grimes confirmed that Seraphim knocked the devil out without getting rid of it.

I really enjoy any of the stories where Jobe's brilliance is countered by her equally stunning lack of common sense and humiliation at becoming ever-increasingly girly, and a Jadis-narrated story has always been the best way to show that.

But what I've loved about DAAVBF, is the compare and contrast between Jadis and Vamp's approaches to being fixers. Jadis being...well, Jadis, but Vamp being more brash, rougher about it all. The magical contract and overall enthralling/glamour(?) scene that Cambion used being a good example.

Malady wrote:

Valentine wrote:

I’m not going to put up with any more idiots with Lupin complexes in my house!”

Soooooooooooooooooo, what's a Lupin complex?

tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/ArseneLupin

Maurice Leblanc's 'Gentleman Thief' who is part crime-solving (and crime-committing) mastermind, part prince of romance, first appearing in novels and short stories, starting in 1905.

That's the reference, and it might also be a medical condition, like Quinzel-Osborn? I find the latter unlikely though, as there doesn't seem to be any part that could be said to be like a medical condition? Or something named like Stockholm Syndrome? But, I'm not thinking either is likely.

Perhaps it's a compulsion that if you CAN sneak in somewhere then, given the option, you will... And if you have powers that make it easier it can become much more likely and/or irresistible to do so.

Tie that together with a need to prove that you did so and/or a bit of kelptomania and all of a sudden you're sneaking in any-and every- where and taking things left and right.

Of course some may just do it for the thrill...

DanZilla wrote: Perhaps it's a compulsion that if you CAN sneak in somewhere then, given the option, you will... And if you have powers that make it easier it can become much more likely and/or irresistible to do so.

Tie that together with a need to prove that you did so and/or a bit of kelptomania and all of a sudden you're sneaking in any-and every- where and taking things left and right.

Sounds like a Bethesda game.

Kettlekorn wrote:

DanZilla wrote: Perhaps it's a compulsion that if you CAN sneak in somewhere then, given the option, you will... And if you have powers that make it easier it can become much more likely and/or irresistible to do so.

Tie that together with a need to prove that you did so and/or a bit of kelptomania and all of a sudden you're sneaking in any-and every- where and taking things left and right.

Sounds like a Bethesda game.

LOL!!!

Thanks, Kettlekorn! I needed that laugh!

Malady wrote:

Valentine wrote:

I’m not going to put up with any more idiots with Lupin complexes in my house!”

Soooooooooooooooooo, what's a Lupin complex?

tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/ArseneLupin

Maurice Leblanc's 'Gentleman Thief' who is part crime-solving (and crime-committing) mastermind, part prince of romance, first appearing in novels and short stories, starting in 1905.

That's the reference, and it might also be a medical condition, like Quinzel-Osborn? I find the latter unlikely though, as there doesn't seem to be any part that could be said to be like a medical condition? Or something named like Stockholm Syndrome? But, I'm not thinking either is likely.

Don't forget one of Japan's most iconic characters, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupin_the_Third

The grandson of the original. He's almost their version of James Bond, except of course for being a crook. For years he had an annual movie in which he would take down a Bond type villain. And there has been many, many, Anime shows for him.

My post in Foodie Bookies reminded me of something, and after some checking, I have to wonder if Doc Cambion is a White Monk, or at least working for them. Given that Bek is the one who came up with both the White Brotherhood and the Red Brotherhood (at least where WA is concerned, the idea of secret societies of this sort being as old as dirt), and the similarities between him and the Wilde family, does anyone else suspect that this isn't a coincidence? I doubt that it will actually come up in the story in any explicit manner - Bek is generally a lot more subtle than that - but something to wonder about. Especially if a loss of subtlety on Cambion's part is a plot point.

Man, I hope the next chapter will come soon, as it is I will have to reread the previous chapters to refresh my memory, it wouldn't have been a big issue (reading them is always good) if it wasn't for the fact that time comes at a premium for me, fitting everything in is problematic.

Anyway, I was wondering if Cambion's stunt is enough to trigger Dr Dad's wrath, he has brust into his kids' house, wrecked the security system, assaulted the kids and their guests, and then he has gone spreading around the news about the sudden weakness of the house's security system for every creep out there to target it. I mean, I don't know think he should go after everyone who tries to break in but I think that he should make exemple of Cambion, it's important that everyone understands that You Never, EVER Mess with Dr Diabolik's Kids (after that a phonecall to those that tried to break in, informing them of his displeasure and pointing out that if they tried again he would be forced to take action, should be enough).

The exception being Nightdork, he's both a Whateley student and a such minor nuisance that is barely worth Jadis's time, let alone Dr Dad's (naturally Jadis will screw with him a bit, but that's just fair, he is the one screwing with her first, he has to learn some manners). It is also worth considering that Nightdork has proven to be more an asset than an enemy to Jadis so far.

Kettlekorn wrote:

DanZilla wrote: Perhaps it's a compulsion that if you CAN sneak in somewhere then, given the option, you will... And if you have powers that make it easier it can become much more likely and/or irresistible to do so.

Tie that together with a need to prove that you did so and/or a bit of kelptomania and all of a sudden you're sneaking in any-and every- where and taking things left and right.

Sounds like a Bethesda game.

QFT

Cambion would get a visit from Dr. Dad, but Nightdork?

Wouldn't he be covered under Whateley Neutrality rules?

As well as the "That idiot? (eye-roll)" form of nuisance value, where he's too stupid to be worth worrying about.

Also, Nightlord appears to see himself as Batman to Jadis' Catwoman, that is, this is all some weird, awkward, dorky form of flirting. The appropriate response from Dr. Dad would be to make the traditional "shovel speech" while cleaning his shotgun orbital weaponry.

Sir Lee wrote: Also, Nightlord appears to see himself as Batman to Jadis' Catwoman, that is, this is all some weird, awkward, dorky form of flirting. The appropriate response from Dr. Dad would be to make the traditional "shovel speech" while cleaning his shotgun orbital weaponry.

"Are you compensating for some short coming there with the size of the gun used for that speech Dr. D?"

Dr. Diabolic gives the nameless new recruit a death glare as the rest of the loyal troops take several big steps away from him.

I'm picturing Dr. Diabolik wearing a stovepipe hat, and some sort of Steampunk ensemble, as he's acting out "Victorian Dad" mode...

Mister D wrote: I'm picturing Dr. Diabolik wearing a stovepipe hat, and some sort of Steampunk ensemble, as he's acting out "Victorian Dad" mode...

Really? I think of him more as a Tom Baker/Dr. Who type.

Astrodragon wrote:

Mister D wrote: I'm picturing Dr. Diabolik wearing a stovepipe hat, and some sort of Steampunk ensemble, as he's acting out "Victorian Dad" mode...

Really? I think of him more as a Tom Baker/Dr. Who type.

Just in that specific situation.

Dr. Diabolik: "What are your intentions toward my daughter?"

Nightlord: (whimpers and wets himself...)

For a description of how Dr. Diabolik presents himself when he's is working, have a look at the Silver Ghost stories.

He seems to place a lot of emphasis on presentation-for-maximising-effect, so my guess is, he'd play up to it.

So I finally discovered part 3 of this exists. I never did find it before now XD.

I got to ask - there's a character here, one of Mal's friends, who's constantly flipped being called Charge (obviously wrong) or Charger (a name taken by a Gen 2 character)... someone please help clear this up?

Iwasforger03 wrote: So I finally discovered part 3 of this exists. I never did find it before now XD.

I got to ask - there's a character here, one of Mal's friends, who's constantly flipped being called Charge (obviously wrong) or Charger (a name taken by a Gen 2 character)... someone please help clear this up?

His name was Charger... same as it was used in the first 2 installments... a few instances (4) it had the r dropped. I fixed those to clear it up.

Which means Either Nick needs to change his codename or this poor fellow is dead by Gen 2. At least, if memory serves correctly that Nick Brennen picked up Charger as his codename...

Charger could have released the name. You don't have to stick with your Whateley era code name post Whateley.

Also Whateley aren't that strict on using an in-use codename for the first year or so.

annachie wrote: Charger could have released the name. You don't have to stick with your Whateley era code name post Whateley.

Also Whateley aren't that strict on using an in-use codename for the first year or so.

Good point, I forgot that was an option.

Iwasforger03 wrote:

annachie wrote: Charger could have released the name. You don't have to stick with your Whateley era code name post Whateley.

Also Whateley aren't that strict on using an in-use codename for the first year or so.

Good point, I forgot that was an option.

Plus 2006-07 there are two Olympias.

O.o

Part 4 now up and running! What will that crazy girl do now! Post in the comments below!

The Oscar for best cameo at Chez Diabolic goes to...
AJ.

I do so love when Jadis gets downright catty with former classmates.

Vamp does it better with people she doesn't know, but nobody beats Jadis at excoriating previous acquaintances from Westchester Montessori.

Katssun wrote: I do so love when Jadis gets downright catty with former classmates.

Vamp does it better with people she doesn't know, but nobody beats Jadis at excoriating previous acquaintances from Westchester Montessori.

... What is it about that school that the super-powered, or going-to-be-super-powered like so much?? ... Or just coincidence?

... Oooh! All those tie-ins to Gen2!

And Bronze! Unless its a different Bronze... Hmm...

SPOILER ALERT
Below is a stream of conscious commentary I type up as I read the story. There will details from the story included in it. If you have not read the story yet and don't wish to have details of it spoiled, read no further.


Diamonds Are a Vamp's Best Friends Part 4 comments

/me gets out an Epileptic Seedling and a gardening trowel, and starts digging a small hole to plant the seedling into

GizMom was never actually "Lorna Langtree"; that's a false identity she created so that she could have access to Steve Briggs, whom she had known in her real identity - when they were at Whateley together.

She was one of the founding members of the Masterminds, a PDP - or perhaps I should say, 'MUP'? - who, after being repeatedly humiliated by a certain Benny Roberts, decided to turn her focus from the PK Superwoman thing to more... subtle uses.

Yep. It's Mimeo's old sparring partner Gina, AKA Star Power.

When she heard that Stephen Briggs - who was in the year ahead of her and Mimeo - was to be the next Champion, she formulated a Cunning Plan. She originally meant to use C3 as a catspaw against Mimeo, whose own cleverness she had underestimated. She knew that Benny had trounced Blue Blaze over and over again, just as he had with her, figuring that him being the new Champ would prick at Benny's ego - Exemplar telepath or not, she was still an inexperienced teen, and didn't realize that he wasn't the type to let that sort of thing get under his skin.

In their Junior year, she realized that this wormy freshman Devisor guy named Joe had the hots for her sweet Exemplar ass, and while she blew him off, she noted that he had potential, so she made a point of watching his tussle with Briggs from afar.

She saw that she could use the Giz to tweak her handling of BB, so she hooked up with Briggs in a way that she knew would cheese Joe Wilkins off but good, while subtly encouraging Steve to keep bullying the younger kid. This original plan fell apart when Gizmatic stood up for Marty Ashur and get creamed for it - by the time he was back in classes and in condition to do much, Briggs had graduated. Still, figuring to use what she had out of the deal, she started telepathically stoking Giz's hatred of Briggs, while at the same time making both of them conveniently forget all about her - she didn't erase the memories from their minds, just blurred things so that she was just a fond but indistinct memory of another Exemplar hottie out of a double dozen at WA in those years, while changing how they recalled her just enough that they wouldn't recognize her later.

When she graduated herself the next year, she had established the Langtree identity - due to a problem with an early version of H1, she couldn't stick around where she was from anyway, so she would have need to do that no matter what. She took law classes at U of Illinois, figuring to keep tabs on C3 and see what she could do with that. She arranged for him to 'rescue' her from some minor criminals around the time she graduated from Law School in 1976 (not long after manipulating things such that the person she was most worried about, Sunburst, would leave for LA), and slowly arranged for him to have to protect her from more and more threats as she began to climb the ladders at the DA's office.

By this time, of course, Gizmatic was in full-blown Obvious Supervillain mode, so she decided that she could use him to drive Briggs' star higher while putting her into the more rarified political circles. She slowly wormed her way into the heart of Chicago politics, while building a rep as a tough young ADA.

Then it all threatened to fall apart again when another classmate figured out what was going on. She had to scramble to get this person out of the way, and in desperation created the whole 'brainwashed by the Sinister Supervillain' ruse.

Despondent, she played along with that for a time, and even managed to convince Joe that it was the truth. Still, she was ambitious, so when she saw a low-hanging fruit in the form of a small Caribbean island ripe for exploitation, she began to turn his mind towards what would become the conquest of Karedonia.

And so she rules in secret, hiding behind the mask of silly, ditzy trophy wife so thoroughly mind-fucked that she can barely tell the time.

Do You Believe That?™

@Dreamer - Have you read Gen2 yet, actually?

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Schol-R-LEA wrote: Do You Believe That?™

How Inventive... If it's not true, I'd extract bits and try to fit them into other characters whose histories are unknown...

... Wait... You're not a cabalist... So... This isn't trolling / teasing creator... ... Why was this post made??

Lol if Schol-R-LEA is a secret Cabalist Handle. Nah.

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Jadis's evaluation of the Doctor Insidious stuff was awesome!

... And the Witch Queen comments, nodding to the many colors of Witches that we've seen!

... And another Super-Family-Ish! The Havocs! ... No connection to Lady Havoc, I'd assume? ... And messing around in Indonesia and stuff... Wow. So much alternate history-ish and stuff!

Ugh. I really need to get me a map of the US and stuff StringTheory-ing things to getting... Or at least plotting things...

... Wait... Do the Cabalists have their own map that they update?? *shrugs*

Malady wrote: ... And another Super-Family-Ish! The Havocs! ... No connection to Lady Havoc, I'd assume? ... And messing around in Indonesia and stuff... Wow. So much alternate history-ish and stuff!

Nope, and they aren't entirely new :

Bek D. Corbin's 'The Final Trump, part 2' wrote: “aaahhhh… YEAH,” JJ honked, not sure what to make of this tangent on the part of his elders. “Anyway, according to ABBY, Dr. Smart’s ship, the Athena, a converted Expedition Cruise liner, was quietly moored at a remote wharf up in Montclair, and then a week ago, moved to a wharf in Clinton. Before that, she was docked in San Diego. According to ABBY, at the same time, the Intrepid, the mission ship for Dr. Miles Havoc-”

“THE EYE OF LEMURIA!” Luke snapped to, a revelation clear on his face (or at least mask). “Nine months ago, Dr. Havoc’s wife, Gloria Garland, the big noise at International Disaster Intervention, went up against this complete nutcase, I forget what he called himself, but he was psychic, and he thought that he was some sort of ‘Mind Priest of Lost Lemuria’ or something, and he was trying either to raise a sunken island that he thought was Lemuria or open some sort of dimensional gate- I’m not really sure what they were trying to do, reports are all over the place on that one. But the point is that this whack-job was using this large transparent crystal with a blue dot in the center as some sort of psychic focus, and he had hijacked all the communications bands in Djakarta to draw the attention of hundreds of thousands of Indonesians to the ‘Eye’ as to focus their psychic energies to raise the island or open the gate or knock on heaven’s door or whatever… Anyway, it was a huge mess… superheroes, magical girls, rival supervillains, criminal scientists, magicians, snakemen, demons… it seems like everyone in Southeast Asia was trying to get in on that action. After it settled out, the Havocs were smelling like roses, and the Indonesian government wanted that Eye as far away from them, and as far out of local affairs as they could, so they gave it to Dr. Havoc to examine. My guess is that ‘Miles of Documentation’ finally gave up trying to figure out that thing, and handed it over to Dr. Smart.”

“Or maybe he got tired of the Intrepid being the target of Fourth Reich hijacking attempts,” Mara said. “I happen to know that an alleged ‘Mind Priest’ of Lemuria happens to have ‘acknowledged’ Madam Cailleach, a, ah… colleague… of mine as the ‘Reincarnated Queen of Lemuria’, and has attached himself and his followers to her entourage. I also happen to know that dear Kayley recently remarried, and is now Baroness Blitzen.” Mara paused and said, “If the Athena was moored in Montclair when Akelarre cast her opening spell in her Great Quest, then the Eye would have drawn the shard to it like a magnet drawing an iron filing. The magic could have caused Dr. Smart to relocate closer to the center of the working, or the Athena could simply have been in Clinton when the scattering was cast.”

And this being Bek and all, anyone want to guess who both the Havocs and the Smarts are agents of? (Answer: the White Monks, of course, the same ones behind the Wildes.)

Of course, that part is just speculation, even if it isn't as deliberately ludicrous as my last post.

Malady wrote: ... Wait... You're not a cabalist...

Or, worse, a qabalist.

"And now, introducing the Popeil^TM Pocket Qabalist! For just three, THREE easy payments of 6¹³, this too can be yours! Call now! Our Operators are standing by to give YOUR orders!"

Malady, I have read all of Gen 2 and even done my commentary on them as they have been released. I just don't have the best of memory for details sometimes and forgot about AJ stealing something from the Diabolik's place when he was younger and other stuff from Gen 2 featured in this story.

Dreamer wrote: ...

Thank you! Sorry about forgetting, and being too lazy to check if you'd posted in any of the Gen2 Threads!

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Anyone shipping Mel and Mal 'cause their names sound so similar? ... But, he's already got a GF.

Any bets on Mel actually getting to Whateley? ... Actually, might this be the story that gets her there? Feels sorta weird, since this is Jadis + Vamp story, but still...

So, we learned that Jadis's implants are intelligence boosting?

Really wondering what Tansy and Ayla would say about Melody.

Malady wrote:

Schol-R-LEA wrote: Do You Believe That?™

How Inventive... If it's not true, I'd extract bits and try to fit them into other characters whose histories are unknown...

My guess is that Jadis has been quite wrong about GizMom. Lorna's mind control did break, but then it never came back. She's been fully aware of what she's been doing for several years, and only carrying on with the act.

The way she has been bickering with the Griffin seems to support this. Lorna may be playing bubbly, but she is shrewd and calculating, and very used to the types of big city social interplay she would be used to as an ADA or whatever she had been.

Jobe doesn't dare disagree with her either. She seems quite happy (and not in a ditzy way) that Jobe turned herself into a daughter for her, and also brought along a twin who is nowhere near as rude and so much less of a Wilkins in personality.

All kidding aside, Bek did an excellent job of weaving the continuation of the story through all the continuity hooks of stories written since it went on hiatus.

null0trooper wrote: All kidding aside, Bek did an excellent job of weaving the continuation of the story through all the continuity hooks of stories written since it went on hiatus.

Definitely!

Auteur! Auteur! Claps hand vigorously.

Even though i had just re-read AJ's story, I'd forgotten about the back-story that was mentioned near the beginning of his tale.

Also, i'll bet a tray of blue-berry muffins, that the telephone routers going down, is part of the background for the planned Ayla Spring-Break story, that we haven't seen yet...

I get the feeling that in the next couple of months, if not weeks, there's going to be more than a few object lessons found around NYC.

Dr. Dad must be far less than amused that his daughters house has been attacked so often.

This is all the funnier to me, given that I am a Discordian.

I should also point out that I have named several programs I am working on (or will work on eventually) things like 'Thelema', 'Assiah', 'Kether',and 'Bereishith'. I started doing it to gently poke fun at a friend of mine who was deeply into Crowley at the time, but I found them entertainingly evocative enough to stick to the theme.

Given Dr D's reputation - and what he COULD do if really riled - you have to wonder at the sanity of the MCO in attacking Jadis.

Astrodragon wrote: Given Dr D's reputation - and what he COULD do if really riled - you have to wonder at the sanity of the MCO in attacking Jadis.

Anyone who accuses the MCO of sanity doesn't really get what many of them are: Namely rabidly fanatical about the elimination of Mutants. Some are so rabidly fanatical they would make certain fanatic sects that we experience today seem to be both calm and peaceful. Luckily this sort usually runs up against something that eats them for lunch!

I forgot to mention the Hawkinses as a possible WB family, as I am still guessing that Dennis Hawkins (Helena Smart's assistant) is related to Sky Hawkins, King of the Rocketmen , somehow. I get the real sense that Bek has something bigger going on with all of this which we have only seen bits and pieces of so far.

Schol-R-LEA wrote: I I get the real sense that Bek has something bigger going on with all of this which we have only seen bits and pieces of so far.

That would be the chocolate cake, then

I thought it was the Knights of Purity who attacked Jadis?

Iwasforger03 wrote: I thought it was the Knights of Purity who attacked Jadis?

IIRC, the KoP are a division within the MCO.

Hence the MCO receiving the "Gift Of Attention" from Dr. D...

Waterhouse University is now Canon.

Mister D wrote:

Iwasforger03 wrote: I thought it was the Knights of Purity who attacked Jadis?

IIRC, the KoP are a division within the MCO.

Hence the MCO receiving the "Gift Of Attention" from Dr. D...

The Knights of Purity are not part of the MCO, they are a private company owned by Herbert Goodkind.
http://crystalhall.wikia.com/wiki/Knights_of_Purity

Dpragan wrote:

Mister D wrote:

Iwasforger03 wrote: I thought it was the Knights of Purity who attacked Jadis?

IIRC, the KoP are a division within the MCO.

Hence the MCO receiving the "Gift Of Attention" from Dr. D...

The Knights of Purity are not part of the MCO, they are a private company owned by Herbert Goodkind.
http://crystalhall.wikia.com/wiki/Knights_of_Purity

Because the KOP and the MCO often share the same goals, and are often seen to work together, it is very easy to conflate the KOP with the MCO, this is further 'encouraged' by both agencies, which try to feed off from the press that either generates when it is good...

I don't think we've ever seen the KoP and MCO working together.

It seemed like they were working with them in The Loose Cannons at least they seemed to be acting like an official police agency, not someone's private security. Or expensive rent-a-cops... They are certainly treated in LV like they have an official position, even though Swive or Swine or whatever the team commander's name is and the whole team for that matter, are from Sacramento or are they from somewhere else and called in by Sacramento?

The KoP are, in essence, rent-a-cops; but they have managed to secure contracts with several local governments, so that gives them the appearance of being somewhat official. Whatever police power they happen to actually have is delimited by such contracts, and varies from place to place.
In this story, they aren't acting as government contractors, however; they are operating as security contractors to some disgruntled neighbor -- therefore, with no more police power than your average security outfit. IANAL, but generally speaking, their police power should be very limited outside their principal's private property. But, similar to the MCO, they are used to bluffing like they have more power than that.

KoP are owned and run by Herb Goodkind.

The biggest funder of the MCO is the Goodkind family. (According to Ayla )

I suspect that the Goodkind families have a great deal of influence over both groups, hence the appearance of working together.

It seems quite obvious to me from this latest installment that the reason the KoP are defunct as of Gen 2 is due to dear Daddy Diabolik.

Ametros wrote: It seems quite obvious to me from this latest installment that the reason the KoP are defunct as of Gen 2 is due to dear Daddy Diabolik.

Well didn't one of the 2^nd gen stories mention that someone had sicked a pack of the worst monsters in creation lawyers on them?

Anne wrote:

Ametros wrote: It seems quite obvious to me from this latest installment that the reason the KoP are defunct as of Gen 2 is due to dear Daddy Diabolik.

Well didn't one of the 2^nd gen stories mention that someone had sicked a pack of the worst monsters in creation lawyers on them?

It's mentioned in whateleyacademy.net/index.php/2nd-gen-ca...n-t-call-me-a-pretty

They had also been the corporation that had destroyed the Knights of Purity after the Mercs went on their property and wrecked one of their buildings when trying to apprehend a “Dangerous Mutant,” a Whateley Grad who had been illegally marked with a DFA and had literally jaywalked in front of them.

Just curious on the status of this story.
Are we waiting on another story to be told, did the next installment get lost in the shuffle, bad case of writers block?

The latter

Ironically, I've recently got a lot of traction on a story involving Jadis, that takes place after she gets back from Spring Break

-thumbs up- Thanks. Just reread and was wondering.

reno wrote:

Anne wrote:

Ametros wrote: It seems quite obvious to me from this latest installment that the reason the KoP are defunct as of Gen 2 is due to dear Daddy Diabolik.

Well didn't one of the 2^nd gen stories mention that someone had sicked a pack of the worst monsters in creation lawyers on them?

It's mentioned in whateleyacademy.net/index.php/2nd-gen-ca...n-t-call-me-a-pretty

They had also been the corporation that had destroyed the Knights of Purity after the Mercs went on their property and wrecked one of their buildings when trying to apprehend a “Dangerous Mutant,” a Whateley Grad who had been illegally marked with a DFA and had literally jaywalked in front of them.

Considering some of the DFA victims we know of from gen 1, I am inclined to think that if the KoP team survived their attempt at all that must have required divine intervention.
Toni, who should have still been sitting quietly in a wheelchair, and Chou, the baseline with a magical sword, wrecked a team without much danger to themselves.
That KoP team that ended their organisation may have tried to disappear Ayla, or Nicki, or Tenyo ...

If I had to guess anyone, it would probably be Anomaly, given that the evidence so far points to Diamondback being the one in charge of Sidewinder Inc.

Schol-R-LEA wrote: If I had to guess anyone, it would probably be Anomaly, given that the evidence so far points to Diamondback being the one in charge of Sidewinder Inc.

Now I was getting the impression Nom's was incharge of Sidewinder, naming it for Diamondback to whom something tragic happened to. Only thing I can think of off the top of my head to support this is Adem talking about how Sandra used to have a great singing voice.

Schol-R-LEA wrote: If I had to guess anyone, it would probably be Anomaly, given that the evidence so far points to Diamondback being the one in charge of Sidewinder Inc.

Yes, Noms would do it too.
But did she have a DFA on her MID?
I thought that Eric Mahren interfered before she manifested?

Schol-R-LEA wrote: If I had to guess anyone, it would probably be Anomaly, given that the evidence so far points to Diamondback being the one in charge of Sidewinder Inc.

Eldritch. Caitlin Bardue had no criminal record nor MCO-related incident whatsoever when she was DFA'd. I'm not sure if Oscar Bardue's status entitled her to a MMID, but the information used by the MCO to justify the DFA didn't stop being classified by ending up in a NGO's hot little hands.

Anomaly was detained by police before her MID was issued, according to her story.

Eldritch claimed to the MCO goon that she could get a MMID through her status as Bardue dependant, but it's barely possible that she was bluffing so said goon would quit playing games and just do his job and issue her MID. And he got back at her by stamping her with a DFA. Which she couldn't be happier about, because it gave the school and their political contacts a clear motive to stomp on the MCO like a ton of bricks.