Question [G2] Venus Inc.

Where exactly does Venus Inc. rank on the Gen2 influence scale for clubs or sim teams?

Looking back at the combat finals stories for Gen 1, despite Venus Inc. having a decent number of significantly powerful members among them, didn't really do as well as you might expect in their crash sim. Extenuating circumstances and all (Fey, Lanie/Lifeline issues, etc.), but if anything, they're not a "force" on campus the same way that Wondercute can be.

But in Gen 2's version, it seems that nobody entertains the idea of messing with Venus Inc. They seem to be cautiously respected. Taka is repeatedly bullied as a "sissy coward," but once a few Venus Inc. girls show up, the bullies make up some excuse and leave. Usually all it takes is Alvery and a one of the other girls as backup to get groups of bullies to back down. All we really know in terms of combat skill is Alvery is a mage who did very well on her combat finals, and Chained Melody is also a member who has been shown to be quite powerful (except to Bianca).

They also seem to show up a lot for the number of stories we have so far. It's not just Taka, there's hints of them taking at least some of the POV characters to Anime Boston.

Tia is going to run out of money sooner or later, not to mention Chained Melody being a member and the Taka running gag...so we can safely guess they're going to play at least a noticeable part in Gen2's first year.

Hmm. There's two aspects, the raw power one and the political power one. If the Venus girls dominate the school's social life, even if they are not physically powerful, people still wouldn't want to mess with them head-on. Consider your average Hollywood high school "mean girls" clique.

The Gen(1) Venus Inc. Combat Team was supposedly very powerful. Part of the problem with their crash was that it was nearly all of the members of Venus Inc. and they didn't train like that. Poise is Senior PK Brick about as strong as Lancer. Likely there are very few students that could take Poise in a fight. That Sim was also a setup to pound them.

Remember that most of the bullies are not trained to fight, and not at the top of the pecking order, power wise.

Isn't that largely just because of Poise and Fey (and previously Cornflower)?

No one even knew that Tansy could fight that well until Hartford had recruited her and she showed off during Lanie's crash sim. She's still in many ways as much of a mystery as Alvery.

Gen2 characters seem to be legitimately wary of Alvery. She's very capable and charismatic, at least a presented thus far. Hints of a Jadis/Diamondback mage-type, but Sidhe.

Katssun wrote: Isn't that largely just because of Poise and Fey (and previously Cornflower)?

No one even knew that Tansy could fight that well until Hartford had recruited her and she showed off during Lanie's crash sim. She's still in many ways as much of a mystery as Alvery.

Gen2 characters seem to be legitimately wary of Alvery. She's very capable and charismatic, at least a presented thus far. Hints of a Jadis/Diamondback mage-type, but Sidhe.

You'll learn about why Gen 2's Venus inc wields the power it has soon... but as Sir Lee has surmised, they have a mix of political acumen and hard hitting firepower that makes it hard to just shrug them off, and makes pissing them off pretty risky.

The models are always going to be some of the prettiest girls in the school. And at Whateley, "prettiest girls" means "highest level exemplars".


I'm overgeneralizing, of course. But it shouldn't come as a surprise that all it takes is a little bit of brains and team spirit to make Venus Inc one of the most powerful teams on campus. And that's not even counting the political power they can milk from their attractiveness.

And cash which equates to lots of holdouts.

There's _two_ Sidhe at least, so far in VI. Not one.

MageOhki wrote: There's _two_ Sidhe at least, so far in VI. Not one.

Right, but I don't think us readers know much about Tina's abilities right now compared to Alvery's. Tina has been too busy trying to recruit cosplayers! That and Alvery has been doing all the threatening so far.