Question The Micro-Scenes Discussion thread

mhalpern wrote:

Jarjaross wrote:

Sir Lee wrote: But I have to wonder how did she check the name availability. It surely was not by Googling.

How did no one else think of 'safe search'? Or google kids? There are plenty of ways to search for something without running into 'mature' content.

School laptop, those filters will block out "Chicken Breast"

I see your chicken breasts and block you with a Naked mole rat

I am wondering if Chimera are okay with Jimmy ogling women wrestling in the mud ...

@ElrodW - Mundane Utility of Powers! Always great to see! Also more Fac3 + 'Pretties' interactions!

@Domoviye - Teri! Lol! ... She really wasn't in there for a week, right? Else someone would have looked for her... Hard to imagine her willingly immersing herself in dust for a prank...

Is that Page??

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Dust might do really well in a Combat Final... If the dust is weaponizable enough or something...

Malady wrote: Dust might do really well in a Combat Final... If the dust is weaponizable enough or something...

Dust explosions? (See at 27sec)

GrimGrendel wrote:

Malady wrote: Dust might do really well in a Combat Final... If the dust is weaponizable enough or something...

Dust explosions? (See at 27sec)

Friend of mine from high school had certain 'questionable' books, one section of which showed how to destroy a 20x20 2-story enclosure with a 5-lb sack of flour. He tried it (naturally). It worked. Better than he thought it would (I was there). If you look at all the grain elevator explosions that happen, those are DUST explosions.

Dust can be very dangerous if the constituent material is flammable.

Fine dust also makes very good, very slippery mud

I'd negotiate for more pay as I didn't expect such an embarassing/humiliating task?

I'd tell them to dock all the money, I'm not doing it.

Let Thurban deal with the acidic golden shower.

whateleyacademy.net/index.php/forum/the-...read?start=330#23212

Huh. On-reread, this Derick and Shisa scene reminds me of when Tink gave the TLW a joyride... You like having your characters dragged along by fliers, Dom?

Malady wrote: whateleyacademy.net/index.php/forum/the-...read?start=330#23212

Huh. On-reread, this Derick and Shisa scene reminds me of when Tink gave the TLW a joyride... You like having your characters dragged along by fliers, Dom?

Yes I do. It's a funny visual.

Sometime I need to go back through the micro-scenes thread and comment on all the ones I haven't yet. For now I will say thanks for the laugh, Domo. Though it is obviously non-canon, as the girls of Wondercute would probably consider a cute kitty girl like Shisha to not be an enemy of cute and thus wouldn't subject her to that.

Dreamer wrote: Sometime I need to go back through the micro-scenes thread and comment on all the ones I haven't yet. For now I will say thanks for the laugh, Domo. Though it is obviously non-canon, as the girls of Wondercute would probably consider a cute kitty girl like Shisha to not be an enemy of cute and thus wouldn't subject her to that.

Or the tutu would be made out of tougher material so she couldn't shred it with her claws.

Oh... This sounds interesting! Prank War 'tween WC and Shisa??

@Kettlekorn - Sprinkler can collect the 'product'? So she's nor just a hydrokinetic, but a general fluid-kinetic, I guess? That opens up more mundane utility possibilities...

And Thuban needs places to hold the 'product'...

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Anyone planning to collect their scenes for IF? IIRC, Kristin said that if we do bundles, they're supposed to be in 10-packs or something?

I might reuse a couple of my Micro-Scenes if I can unstall my Mezzo origin story. I might even reuse the one that was not posted here, but in the original forums "Karaoke" thread...

(By the way, does anyone have a backup of that thread?)

Nice Scene, Sir Lee! Good subversion of expectations at the end!

On the Karaoke Thread, I dunno if that's in my archives... Although, Archive Part 1 does mention Destiny's Wave and Karaoke...

drive.google.com/open?id=0B_ZzOVhZ7xFmTmFqQzI0SnBnem8

Schol-R-Lea - Are you referring to this Mr. Young? From the TV Show? Or is it another one?

Oh, no, Adam is from something else entirely (I've never heard of that series before, actually). I'm sure several of the others here got the reference, though, especially given his rather unique association with demons and demonology.

Come to think of it, I wonder what Crowley and Azi are up to, actually...

Oh, THAT Adam Young.
Ah well, maybe its a good omen.

Sir Lee, critical pun damage, nice scene. Thanks.

Good Omens! That makes sense! ... I didn't actually look up Adam Young's full name! And I thought Crowley was Aleister and Azi was a demon! *facepalm*

What I was thinking was that, after, say, twelve years or so, Adam decided that it wasn't really fair to his friends and the others of Tadsworth to keep them locked in his perpetual idyll, even if it meant they would start aging again and have to deal with the madness that is the rest of the world, so he aged himself to around 18 or so and left. Eventually, after traveling the world for perhaps five years, having a series of odd adventures, he came across Whateley in 2014, and decided to put his heritage to use there rather than simply drifting.

BTW, I was wondering if anyone caught the side reference to Ecila in there.

Schol-R-LEA wrote: BTW, I was wondering if anyone caught the side reference to Ecila in there.

I noticed, and found it interesting, but not worth remarking on. Just seemed like background info. ... Although, it is Gen2, but she's immortal or something, so why would that matter?

When you brought it up just now, I thought you were iindicating there was more to it, like if you were shipping Mr. Young and her, but no.

@Kettlekorn! - Nice Wordplay! ...

That ending! And those internal comments on less eventful years at Whateley are funny! ... Nice response to Elrod's request for more Micros, I guess. Hope she makes it out alive...

Who's Misty again?

Ah, fun. And I see someone is trying to poke fun at my being nice to Laura.

As if you guys believe I'll actually be able to keep up with that! (snerk)

@Phoenix Spiritus - ... Well, that was unexpected! Disturbing, but cool? ... "True friends are those that help you bury bodies", indeed!

Laura for Wondercute Member!

elrodw wrote: Ah, fun. And I see someone is trying to poke fun at my being nice to Laura.

As if you guys believe I'll actually be able to keep up with that! (snerk)

The longer you keep it up the higher our expectations will be as to how hard it'll be..

Maybe I should spend some time doing some plotting of Evil Things(TM) to do to Laura??

@Arcanist Lupus

Arcanist Lupus wrote: "What to Do if a Previously Friendly Holiday Starts Trying to Kill You" by Velma Martinez
and more, depending on lecturer availability

Tanya glanced at the list, eyes widening as she read the lecture titles. "That last one seems a bit overly specific, even for this school," she said at last.

I agreed, when I thought it was incarnated holidays, like from Sluggy Freelance or something, but then I realized you meant like, those Christmas adventures or the Halloween Massacre.

What could that lecture contain?? ... Well, the lecture is only an hour long, so maybe things like, "Expect normal decorations to be dangerous", "Don't freak out." "If it's Halloween, not everything scary is a actual threat." (Presuming any of the Halloween costumes are actually scary...)

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Also, I think you mean the Green Witch ? There's no known Emerald Witch...

Yeah, that should be the Green Witch.
I'm assuming that Maxima is the DC character? If so, well... it has been a long time since I read anything with her, but I don't remember her having to manage mentally-unstable heroes. Perhaps in one of the later series I passed over?
Google helped me with Kate Daniels and October Daye. I haven't read either, but I think I can see the relevance.
Edward Verres... BWAH-AH-AH-AH!
But I couldn't figure out Velma Martinez. Unless it's the Scooby-Doo character? Wikipedia tells me her surname is "Dinkley", though.

I think it's Grrl Power's Maxima.

Sir Lee wrote: But I couldn't figure out Velma Martinez. Unless it's the Scooby-Doo character? Wikipedia tells me her surname is "Dinkley", though.

Velma Martinez is the protagonist from the Velveteen vs. books by Seanan McGuire. Some pretty good books relating to what happens when a child hero (treated much like Child stars from TV) grows-up, gets chewed-up and spit out by her "handlers" and then has to deal with life afterward.

The Holidays trying to kill you is somewhat accurate, kinda... in the Velveteen vs. stories it includes characters such as Santa Claus and The Easter Bunny that are each affiliated with a seasonal land such as Winter and Spring respectively. Up until the Third book they were mostly friendly and helpful (stress mostly) but the Third book deals with her finding out that the seasons and their denizens each have their agendas and goals that don't necessarily get along happily with what you want. (along the lines of the named Avatars we've dealt with in more recent Whateley stories)

There's another thread that's talked about the books briefly... The series is a pretty fun read. She also has all of the individual chapters published one-by-one on her website in case you just want to get a taste for it.

Yeah, that should be the Green Witch. But seriously, unless Emerald Witch was taken, GW missed out.

Maxima is indeed Grrl Power's Maxima. The others are as you stated. The Velveteen one was actually the one that inspired the entire story. I was reading them because of the discussion from the other thread, and here's an expert from the last (that I know of) story:

Velveteen vs Hypothermia wrote: A flashlight might have been better, given that Velveteen’s only backup was made of snow, but hey. Beggars can’t be choosers, and in that moment, Velveteen would have happily begged if it meant getting out of her current situation. The Super Patriots, Inc. hadn’t provided any training courses on what to do if a previously friendly holiday starts trying to kill you; even for their highly specialized schooling program, that may have seemed a little overly specific. All she knew to do was keep on walking, down into the dark, and hoping for the best.

Domoviye - Invisibility Clothing Field! So embarassing! ... Hawthorne, or somewhere else? That's assuming she gets to Whateley. Sequel, plz? We dunno what's happening with the MCO guy! Scared and anticipatory, at the end...

Invisibility of all nonliving material, except hair and nails for now. That's why she cold see the second floor of her school.
And as the ending showed it does turn off so Hawthorne isn't necessary. Although she may need to get some living plantlike underwear until she has really good control.

Does that mean the manifesters who cloth themselves will be immune?

Sure, ectoplasm and similar isn't really real, so yeah they and shifters are fine.

hmmm moss undies lol

Edible moss underwear with a hint of mint.

Cheese-slice bikini...

Domoviye - Those sequels! Hilarious and sad for her! ... I guess she eventually got her picture taken correctly... ... What's her max-range? ... Even Hawthorne can't help if they can't figure out how to block her powers, unless the frequency has lowered that it's some what more manageable?

... Dusty Coat is Dust, I guess?

Natalie is suppose to be a mix of tragic-comedy. She's got enough control to get into situations that prove even more embarrassing than eventually just giving up and becoming a nudist. The carrot for her is just out of reach but close enough to keep her going.
And yes Dust boy is dust.

... There's a carrot? What is it?? I guess we'll find out in the sequels, once they come out.

Re Natalie becoming a nudist...
you know, there are nudist beaches and such that would be MORE than accepting; they really like having her around, inasmuch that gawkers, peeping toms and other sorts of pests would find themselves obeying the dress code, so to speak.

Malady wrote: ... There's a carrot? What is it?? I guess we'll find out in the sequels, once they come out.

The carrot is she's learning how to control her powers. She just needs more hard practice to do it. Surprises, strong emotions, etc still screw around with it though.

Domoviye wrote:

Malady wrote: ... There's a carrot? What is it?? I guess we'll find out in the sequels, once they come out.

The carrot is she's learning how to control her powers. She just needs more hard practice to do it. Surprises, strong emotions, etc still screw around with it though.

That's a very small carrot...? ... Hmm... In combat, it might be useful if they're suit and holdout-users, 'cause who trains to wield weapons and reach for invisible pockets? Then again, those who have trained to grab the stuff in their pockets without looking for them would be nearly unimpeded... Until they get the thing, that they can't see...

Underground Exploration ability? Can find way even in tunnels, by just making the walls invisible? ... Would that screw with some wards or something??

Domoviye, what happens to mutants that are made of non-living materials? Like someone made of steel for example. Would that mutant turn invisible as well if they find themself within her range?

GrimGrendel wrote: Domoviye, what happens to mutants that are made of non-living materials? Like someone made of steel for example. Would that mutant turn invisible as well if they find themself within her range?

I had not considered this. Interesting thought.

Great. Now as soon as the rumor mill gets around, every pervert in the school will be sneaking up behind her and yelling "Boo!"

If she can learn to exclude herself from her invisibility, or just get immune clothing, then people will stop bothering her as she makes them naked in retaliation. But until then...

She should get some weapons training. I bet an invisible sword would make the pranks stop pretty quickly as well.

Arcanist Lupus wrote: Great. Now as soon as the rumor mill gets around, every pervert in the school will be sneaking up behind her and yelling "Boo!"

If she can learn to exclude herself from her invisibility, or just get immune clothing, then people will stop bothering her as she makes them naked in retaliation. But until then...

She should get some weapons training. I bet an invisible sword would make the pranks stop pretty quickly as well.

If I decide to do anything with her, that would be a cool plan.

Malady, making the walls of the tunnels invisible does NOT help that much. Yes, you now have light... but now you have to find your way through an *invisible* maze. I remember an amusement park that had a glass maze when I was a kid... it was *really* frustrating, because it's hard to tell how long any particular path is (and glass is not even really invisible).

Sir Lee wrote: Malady, making the walls of the tunnels invisible does NOT help that much. Yes, you now have light... but now you have to find your way through an *invisible* maze. I remember an amusement park that had a glass maze when I was a kid... it was *really* frustrating, because it's hard to tell how long any particular path is (and glass is not even really invisible).

Hmm... But she can flicker the invisibility... And possibly direct it so it only goes in one direction, like up or something?

Invisiblity is an interesting power. How the invisibility is achived matters. Is she warping light? Is this a mix psi power of esp and a mental illusion? Magic? How the effect is created will change how she trains, how her power is countered, and how she can grow. If its esp/mental illusion with Fubar's help she may become a truely scary opponent as she redefines how and what you can precive. If its a magic knack she has she might also be a wizard 1 or 2. Still I feel for the girl.

@Domoviye - Lady Mist performs animal cruelty, accidentally-ish, and breaks her mental lock on Mist Variant - Lethal Mist... ... Well, that was a cruel dog, apparently, so I guess it makes sense for her to be that cruel.

Unless she's turns generally socio/psycho-pathic due to that unlock... Which would be bad.

Interesting powers testing sequence, 'cause it's so emotional. ... Magical or just some strange aspect of her powers that makes the mist change color when it gets denser? Are there any real life chems that act like her mist? Or some preternatural mist that just works like that I guess.

Well the last one is nerve gas, just instead of being colourless, it's colour coded for her convenience.
The others are, in reverse order, basic knockout gas, an anesthetic, and mist.
She struck me as a nice villainous type character.

@Domoviye - That's your backstory for the picture? Sad! ... But, well written!

@GrimGrendel - Strange, but interesting. How did the meadow "claim his dad" ??

Malady wrote: @Domoviye - That's your backstory for the picture? Sad! ... But, well written!

The picture was just to show Shisa and make her look intelligent, the fingers alone aren't much of a clue. The story just came to me tonight as I was rereading the story Myriad Ways, and realized that Shisa probably hasn't been home in a while and likely has very little to remind her of home, but since it's 2016, having it on the net as personal files was a possibility.

@GrimGrendal. Good story, took me a second read through to understand, but I liked it.

Malady wrote: @GrimGrendel - Strange, but interesting. How did the meadow "claim his dad" ??

At first I was thinking a random bear encounter, but if one wants to be more mystic, his dad could have been spirited away via some magical entity living in or passing through the meadow. Ideally, when Matis was around or knew where his dad had gone to.

The reference in my last microscene (just posted) might be a bit obscure for some. Someone will explain it, no doubt.

Hey, I didn't even watch the movie and I figured it out instantly. The codename was a giant hint.

Sir Lee wrote: Hey, I didn't even watch the movie and I figured it out instantly. The codename was a giant hint.

Warning: Spoiler! [ Click to expand ] [ Click to hide ]

Obviously it's This Is Spın̈al Tap.

I saw the spoiler first, so I made the connection with Up To Eleven .

So, is he gonna be their drummer? ... What are the specifics of his Probability Warping? I guess it triggered the allergy and made it super strong...

Eldritch beware.

If you watch the movie, you'll see that being a drummer for Spinal Tap is an invitation to a bizarre and tragic end. They even made reference to that in an episode of The SImpsons.

VH1, I think, had a show where the three members of Spinal Tap and Mick Fleetwood performed together. Mick had a nurse monitoring his health during the entire song.

Sir Lee wrote: Malady, making the walls of the tunnels invisible does NOT help that much. Yes, you now have light... but now you have to find your way through an *invisible* maze. I remember an amusement park that had a glass maze when I was a kid... it was *really* frustrating, because it's hard to tell how long any particular path is (and glass is not even really invisible).

This reminds me of the last two stanzas of the song "Oops" by Echo's Children (which is about an Old WoD type Mage who kept fumbling and causing weird Paradox effects, and the exasperation this caused his Changeling companion):

Deep in a warehouse with nowhere to flee
A vampire's gaze summoned Joshua away
He said, "Oh no you don't", and turned into a tree
Then tried something extra, but what I can't say
The building turned clear to the ground far below
And left us suspended like ghosts of the dead
I looked at the ground and I looked at our foe
And spoke the first words that popped into my head

I lifted my weapon and braced for attack
Wishing for more than my courage and steel
A vampire before me, a tree at my back
In a building I'd have to thread out of by feel
But he dodged and ran into the tree's sharp embrace
And staked his own self, surely not by design;
Two mages were more than he wanted to face
And if I said "Oops", the mistake must be mine!

@Cryptic - Thought it was Teen Titans' Raven's Blue form that was referenced, but no, you mean Mystique, 'cause X-men. ... Never heard of her as Raven until now.

Malady wrote: @Cryptic - Thought it was Teen Titans' Raven's Blue form that was referenced, but no, you mean Mystique, 'cause X-men. ... Never heard of her as Raven until now.

They've been using Raven a lot for her since First Class hit theaters. I don't think the used her code name more then once or twice in Apocalypse.

I think that it has been canon that her name is Raven Darkholme since... oh, the early eighties, at least.

@Domoviye The Determinator turned up to eleven. Along with more than a few screws loose. God I laughed at that one xD I hope the hammocks were worth all the trouble.

True. ... How much of her gang is with her in Whitman? I dunno... And no time to check. But you have time to comment? Well, not really... But checking would take longer than just commenting...

@Schol-R-Lea: Who are Conquest and Galasso? ... I forget, Loophole and Kodiak are in an open relationship? If not, then why's Loophole seeing Kodiak?? Or is this in Gen2+ with a different Loophole, and a different power generator?

Very non-canon immigrants from the works of David Willis. This is one of my "Dumbing of Whateley" stories; in both Walkyverse and Dumbiverse, Mr. Galasso is a megalomaniacal business manager ( Shortpacked Games in the former, Galasso's Pizza in the latter) who is determined to extend his power and influence by any means necessary, while Conquest Galasso is his beleaguered and rather pliant daughter. Aside from things like demanding she produce an heir with whomever he is taken with most at any given time (which at one point included a horse), he is mostly a silly little tin-pot tyrant who takes himself far too seriously.

I figured that as a WU character, it made the most sense for him to be a Devisor (with Diedrick's Syndrome, of course) on staff at Whateley. I put him in charge of the Physical Plant (things like grounds, building maintenance, and power systems) because, well, he always wanted power.

Malady wrote: @Schol-R-Lea: Who are Conquest and Galasso? ... I forget, Loophole and Kodiak are in an open relationship? If not, then why's Loophole seeing Kodiak?? Or is this in Gen2+ with a different Loophole, and a different power generator?

Conquest and her father

Anyway, I'm not sure, what, if any, mutant powers Connie would have. I'm open to suggestions, though, on her and anyone else I haven't covered yet.

For the record, I've already established that Dina is a Gadgeteer with a form of psychic invisibility (more along the lines of an SEP field or Plateau Eyes than true invisibility - people see her but don't really notice her), while Joe is a mid-level Exemplar and high-level Devisor with a Glamour. I'm thinking Sal would probably be a PK supergirl and a low-level Exemplar, but I don't have a good read on anyone else's powers yet.

Ethan, Billie, Ruth, Marcie, and Carla are all in Poe from the start, with Ruth being a sophomore that year; Becky shows up later, after running away from Toedad (whether because of her sexual orientation or her being a mutant is sort of beside the point, his reaction would be about the same either way) and joins them there. Oh, and Grace and Mandy are too, but they are seniors so they won't be seen with the others much.

I'm guessing that Joyce, Mary, Sarah, and Malaya would be in Dickinson, Dina (who is Diamondback's new roommate somehow - I guess she's a sophomore?), Sal, Amber, and Dorothy in Whitman, Joe and Danny in Emerson, and Mike and Alex in Twain. Walky somehow ended up in Melville - how did that happen?

Jason, Leslie, Penny, and Daisy are all TAs and grad students, just as in DoA.

Thanks Schol-R-LEA, interesting story.

And Elrod, I foresee a way to deal with student overpopulation if it becomes a problem. Just make drum class mandatory to certain problem students.

I doubt anyone would make it to the Final's taps.

School has population problems. No worries. Just activate " Battle Royale protocol."

@Domoviye - What was the power of the person Brickbat was fighting??!

Malady wrote: @Domoviye - What was the power of the person Brickbat was fighting??!

Ectoplasmic shell that was much bigger than he is.

I never did go back and explain all of these, did I? Oh, keep in mind that in WU canon (at least based on "Razzle Dazzle"), Professor Wilde, his son Doc Wilde (the Doc Savage expy), and his descendants are all White Brotherhood operatives.

Dr Amazing - WU canon, though he is also a Reed Richards expy by nature.
Professor Quartermane - canon WU character, based on a combination Of Professor Challenger and Alan Quatermain. The bit about him still being alive is in part a reference to Quatermain's use (alongside Mina Murray) of Fountain of Youth in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen's post-story added material.
Dr Banzai - from the film The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eight Dimension.
Dr. Germahn - the Expositor in El Goonish Shive
Professor Doch - the mad scientist who was working for SEMME in It's Walky!
Frank Hardy, Jr. - son of the elder of the Hardy Boys
Dr Bruce Signe - Bruce Banner, of course
Jennifer Wilde - well, if Bruce was around, a relative named Jennifer had to be too, right?
Terrence Triskel - Dr. Terrence Thirteen is a DC comics character, a ghostbuster dating back to the early Code era, when ghost stories weren't allowed to have actual ghosts.
Richard and Rose Wilde - Dr. Occult and Rose Spiritus (or Rose Psychic, depending on the story), also DC characters. They were part of the 'trenchcoat brigade' (as John Constantine put it) in the first Books Of Magic miniseries. The BoM story takes some distinct liberties with them and their personal connection, however. I named their mother after Sue Richards, but beyond that I didn't come up with any story for her.
Dr Osterman - Jon Osterman, AKA Dr Manhattan of The Watchmen.

I have the feeling I am forgetting something, but whatever. I assume that Drs. Jones and Hall don't need further clarification.

Minor problem: I think Peril was a senior, that is, he should have graduated by November 2007.

Arf, I think you are right, the wiki lists him in the "class of 2007" category.

Well, the joke of the second part will be an anachronism anyway so I suppose I can add another time related incoherence ...

Yeah:

I looked around and recognized the guy. He was one of the seniors. Peril was a known adventure nut and thrill-seeker.

Schol-R-LEA wrote: I never did go back and explain all of these, did I? Oh, keep in mind that in WU canon (at least based on "Razzle Dazzle"), Professor Wilde, his son Doc Wilde (the Doc Savage expy), and his descendants are all White Brotherhood operatives.

Dr Amazing - WU canon, though he is also a Reed Richards expy by nature.
Professor Quartermane - canon WU character, based on a combination Of Professor Challenger and Alan Quatermain. The bit about him still being alive is in part a reference to Quatermain's use (alongside Mina Murray) of Fountain of Youth in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen's post-story added material.
Dr Banzai - from the film The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eight Dimension.
Dr. Germahn - the Expositor in El Goonish Shive
Professor Doch - the mad scientist who was working for SEMME in It's Walky!
Frank Hardy, Jr. - son of the elder of the Hardy Boys
Dr Bruce Signe - Bruce Banner, of course
Jennifer Wilde - well, if Bruce was around, a relative named Jennifer had to be too, right?
Terrence Triskel - Dr. Terrence Thirteen is a DC comics character, a ghostbuster dating back to the early Code era, when ghost stories weren't allowed to have actual ghosts.
Richard and Rose Wilde - Dr. Occult and Rose Spiritus (or Rose Psychic, depending on the story), also DC characters. They were part of the 'trenchcoat brigade' (as John Constantine put it) in the first Books Of Magic miniseries. The BoM story takes some distinct liberties with them and their personal connection, however. I named their mother after Sue Richards, but beyond that I didn't come up with any story for her.
Dr Osterman - Jon Osterman, AKA Dr Manhattan of The Watchmen.

I have the feeling I am forgetting something, but whatever. I assume that Drs. Jones and Hall don't need further clarification.

Schol, you made one teensy little mistake that I've hesitated to correct out of fear of cavilling: Doc Wilde was Professor Wilde's grandson, not son. The Professors sons where 'the Wilde Boys', my pastiche of the Rover Boys, who fill that time niche between Professor Challenger and Doc Savae

Ah, I missed that, but then, I am unfamiliar with the Rover Boys so I must have overlooked that part earlier.

@Domoviye : It couldn't have happened to a nicer person !

No, I'm not going to 'borrow' Domoviye's idea, but it was too funny not to reply.

Phoenix Spiritus wrote: No, I'm not going to 'borrow' Domoviye's idea, but it was too funny not to reply.

Heh, I would love to see what torment for Jay in canon that you, Domo, and elrod could cook up together. It could top those two micro scenes easily.

Just a touch of bullying and what a nice shrinking violet he would become.

There are not words in the English language for how wrong those scenes were. But crimes against humanity come closest!

It's been a while since there was a microscene, let alone 3, that gave me a good belly-laugh.
Superb, and amusing as hell. Well done.

I was wondering how Blossom'd handle Combat Finals. Nice Scene, Domoviye!

So, Purple is Tink's fave color. Mmm.

Blossom's Whateley's Chewtoy... I think...

Yeah, I can see that last micro-scene happening. If Tink existed in canon and Jay was a mutant at Whateley as well, only he would be stupid and arrogant enough to make such a threat to her. You never want to be Tink's "special friend".

@Domoviye : Cute and psycho, just how I like them. I can't help but wonder what an eight years old criminally inclined super-genius with enough forward thinking to premeditate the infiltration of a hydroelectric dam and to make full use of the threat thereof of its rupture could do with a mere 50 million dollars. That's too cheap for world domination.

Regarding the latest 3 micro-scenes:
1: Eris and the Olympians -- is it just me, but it seems like...unfinished? Demanding a follow-up?
2. Lindsey and Ray... seeing these two names together was a bit of a red herring. It took me a while to figure out that no, these are NOT the Bad Seeds.
3. the Hoover Dam scene...

Mindy walked away from the tour group,
(...)
...wondering how a little eight year old girl had gotten so far ...

Where's Buttons when you need him to keep Mindy out of trouble? Bad dog!

GrimGrendel wrote: @Domoviye : Cute and psycho, just how I like them. I can't help but wonder what an eight years old criminally inclined super-genius with enough forward thinking to premeditate the infiltration of a hydroelectric dam and to make full use of the threat thereof of its rupture could do with a mere 50 million dollars. That's too cheap for world domination.

Create an army of creatures like Harvey and take over just the United States. I can hear her now. "I know I can do a better job than those poopyhead idiots in Washington. And my cabinet will be made up of open-minded, intelligent, creative, intelligent kids like me."

The scene with Eris is pretty fragmentary, you're right, but I really didn't have any more when I wrote it. I feel like there should be more, but my muse is being a bit coy right now.

As for Lindsey and Ray, the Bad Seeds angle didn't even cross my mind. I am wondering if you've identified Lindsey yet, though - the location is a clue, and her being a PDP ties into a comment made about her by her mother, before she actually manifested.

EDIT: also, I just realized looking at the original story again that her name was Lindsay (with an 'a'), not Lindsey. My Bad.

Schol-R-LEA wrote: EDIT: also, I just realized looking at the original story again that her name was Lindsay (with an 'a'), not Lindsey. My Bad.

This one??

crystalhall.wikia.com/wiki/2006-11-23 :

Lindsay Carter shows up from the were's Grand Council. - To Be Merry and Escape From It All: Part 7

She has no Wiki Page...

Nope, this one is a good deal younger, especially at the time of that story, and has no connection to speak of with the Medawhila.

Whisper's sister?

Yes. When Brian/Brianna first manifests, Psyche mentions that she can't sense as much from Lindsay as she can from other people, and wonders if she might be a mutant as well; given that, ESPer or PDP seemed the most likely scenarios.

GrimGrendel wrote: @Domoviye : Cute and psycho, just how I like them. I can't help but wonder what an eight years old criminally inclined super-genius with enough forward thinking to premeditate the infiltration of a hydroelectric dam and to make full use of the threat thereof of its rupture could do with a mere 50 million dollars. That's too cheap for world domination.

Well she actually wants to destroy the world, but she needs to make a fully independent satellite/habitat for her and a few important people like her parents (who else will cook and clean up for her).
Asking for a mere 50 million is just to cover the start up costs. She realized that if she asked for much more it would take too long for the government to pay her, giving heroes the time to come in blasting. With just 30 minutes the risk is a lot less. And 50 million is a rounding error for the government, whereas several hundred million or more will make people more willing to risk it.
She's good at weighing the pros and cons of her plans.

Schol-R-LEA wrote: The scene with Eris is pretty fragmentary, you're right, but I really didn't have any more when I wrote it. I feel like there should be more, but my muse is being a bit coy right now.

As for Lindsey and Ray, the Bad Seeds angle didn't even cross my mind. I am wondering if you've identified Lindsey yet, though - the location is a clue, and her being a PDP ties into a comment made about her by her mother, before she actually manifested.

EDIT: also, I just realized looking at the original story again that her name was Lindsay (with an 'a'), not Lindsey. My Bad.

I don't see it as fragmentary.

The logical conclusions follow on from the premise.

Eris annoying the current vessel of Zeus, and getting the reactions that she desires, leading to more confusion/chaos/discord, making her stronger.

@Domoviye: So Mindy can make a reversible Lobotomizer gun... That sounds like it could have possible medical applications... But, Devises and all that...

...

"Y-you just took a missile to the face!"

LOL!

Abby... Is that Miss Powerful? Hmm... No, perhaps that girl whose dad had her help do demining operations 'cause she's so invulnerable. IIRC, Miss Powerful is always called that, so it's likely not her?

Mindy's in a Man suit or something?

@null0trooper - I guess it makes sense. Not many Summoners at Whateley, so its a rare thing to happen!

Shoulda listened to the precog-ish Circe...

And from that previous scene, they're both in Magical Theory!

Metro and Valravn are mcguffined in from Shadowrun's metaplane as a young, unhinged, Chaos magician and his pacted spirit, so disaster was indeed inevitable. It was just a matter of which little details could lead to one, this time.

Gotta love those precogs, even if no one ever listens!

I agree that Magical Theory lab should be amusing. Doesn't Belle TA some classes?

Malady wrote: @Domoviye: So Mindy can make a reversible Lobotomizer gun... That sounds like it could have possible medical applications... But, Devises and all that...

...

"Y-you just took a missile to the face!"

LOL!

Abby... Is that Miss Powerful? Hmm... No, perhaps that girl whose dad had her help do demining operations 'cause she's so invulnerable. IIRC, Miss Powerful is always called that, so it's likely not her?

Mindy's in a Man suit or something?

The lobotomizer isn't reversable, she's just going to reprogram the teachers brain.

Abby is the little girl who thinks demining a field by running around is fun and can break bricks with her face.
And if you've ever watched Pinky and the Brain, you've seen Mindy's suit. Just make it a little more high tech, evil looking, throw on some missiles and add a helmet.

Yay! The Fairy Insult Counter-strike with Real Fairies idea has been written! Yay! ... I need a better title.

whateleyacademy.net/index.php/forum/spec...yda-10?start=0#26886 :

Malady wrote: "Fairy" seems soo weird as an insult to gays, with the Sidhe about... Hmm... Perhaps Tink or some or some fairy like Absinthe or some other Sidhe might be insulted with their Species being denigrated in that manner... A Micro-Scene to think about, anyway. Or one of the Twisted Triplets...

Hmm... Maybe I'll make more deep-reviews, spread the love around...

@Valentine - Lol! ... When it got to the pans, I thought the same as Nikki. Wow. JJ is such a ditz!

Long for a "micro" format, but committing the scene to electrons in the hopes of short-circuiting a chain of thought running through cats > accidental magic > blood magic > blood steel > devisor tech > mass-marketed hygiene products.

All I have to say about that first part of the extra long micro scene, you forgot the phrase "in big friendly letters"

EGS! ... Mirror Touch Trigger Dual Form, interesting!

There's a few typos, list not exhaustive... Just found these by tossing into Microsoft Word and running Spellcheck...:

Yup, EGS, very much a junkie. Hmm, that reminds me I wanted to write in a GSD girl with an anthro-Jeremy form sort of like the Susan-Jeremy form pin up he did a bit back.

I haven't fully worked out Jess's abilities, but I tend to think of the effect like a Snapchat filter. But full body instead of overlaying new features over the face. Not sure if he just has the girl form, or if he'll be able to get other forms... Ooo! good place for the Jeremy form! So yes, he can get new forms! Gonna have to make him an EGS fan! Just don't know if her new forms will have powers or not yet.

Cryptic wrote: Gonna have to make him an EGS fan!

Well, you've got companions for fandom-inspired powersets in Tifa Lock and the other Final Fantasy people.

Lady Lightning Fangirl as well, come to think of it. ... And if Quantum Suicides powersets are similar in the right places, there's gonna be a girl/lady who cribbed her magic system from a video game! Which I find AWESOME!

... That Magic Devisor in comparison to Tech Devisor doesn't sound too silly to me, if your magic system is well-defined as stuff, then you could make it work? Like Mage: The Ascension / Genius: The Trangression / World of Darkness, any system that's self-consistent and stuff might work. There's the Sidhe system, and the other human magic types. Threefold Return isn't a constant and stuff.

Like I said, not sure what exactly the cause of her powers are yet.

-wrinkles nose in disgust- Why is it so darn hard to find the Susan in Jeremy form wallpaper? I used to have it some where, but I can't find it on my back ups at the moment or on line.

^ ... Well, that made me hunt for that wallpaper... And can't find it.

There is a Susan-Jeremy fusion (Sujeresmany) discussed in the commentary here: www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=481

@Domoviye - Well, that's a massive shift. And so happy too! Nice!

Which 3 girls are they?

Cryptic, I'm going to repeat your characters favoured phrase, "The hell???"
I want to see more of him/her.

Malady wrote: @Domoviye - Well, that's a massive shift. And so happy too! Nice!

Which 3 girls are they?

He's the sexy cat god of LOVE, the three girls are anyone he wants.

@Domoviye - And that made that a bit less happy and a lot more strange? ... Well, things got better for him in the end...

That was Tink... I think... Purple wings are all we have to go on... Well, she's running Ethereal Beauties, and Danny is a good model for them, and I guess he agreed to the training, so things make sense?

But yeah, Kayda's gonna need that brain bleach...

Malady wrote: @Domoviye - And that made that a bit less happy and a lot more strange? ... Well, things got better for him in the end...

That was Tink... I think... Purple wings are all we have to go on... Well, she's running Ethereal Beauties, and Danny is a good model for them, and I guess he agreed to the training, so things make sense?

But yeah, Kayda's gonna need that brain bleach...

Tink makes everything stranger. Which just adds to the fun.
And every chance I get I'm going to refer to Danny as the sexy cat god of LOVE.

Domo, why must you torment Danny like that, doesn't he get that enough from elrod. And with everything I've read that has Tink in it, including all the micro-scenes, I think she is a probability warper who is drawn to weirdness and weirdness is drawn to her, a weirdness magnet.

Domoviye wrote: Tink makes everything stranger. Which just adds to the fun.

Yes, she does, and yes, it does.

Domoviye wrote: And every chance I get I'm going to refer to Danny as the sexy cat god of LOVE.

Sexy, but not shoeless, especially if Tink introduces him to FMBs.

Domoviye wrote: Cryptic, I'm going to repeat your characters favoured phrase, "The hell???"
I want to see more of him/her.

More of Jess is coming, she has kind of grown on me as I've been writing her. Not sure why I favor feminine pronouns for Jess, but meh.

^ Well, maybe 'cause ya keep calling her Jess?

Malady wrote: ^ Well, maybe 'cause ya keep calling her Jess?

I had a boy in my elementary school years go by Jess, so it is gender neutral in my book.

-makes face and baps Muse- Why do you want Jess to have a hermaphrodite centaur or satyr form?

Dreamer wrote: Domo, why must you torment Danny like that, doesn't he get that enough from elrod. And with everything I've read that has Tink in it, including all the micro-scenes, I think she is a probability warper who is drawn to weirdness and weirdness is drawn to her, a weirdness magnet.

What I just got him lots of sex, I'd have killed to be in his position when I was a teenager.
And Teri isn't actually a weirdness magnet, she's a weirdness loci. She's actually an avatar who picked up the major spirit of Wyrd, and reality warps around her becoming stranger. So weirdness isn't drawn to her and she isn't drawn to it, it just happens.
(And that would be a truly awesome character.)

null0trooper wrote: Long for a "micro" format, but committing the scene to electrons in the hopes of short-circuiting a chain of thought running through cats > accidental magic > blood magic > blood steel > devisor tech > mass-marketed hygiene products.

I just got around to reading this post. And now that I've read it, I need to go drink some strong in order to forget it.

Domo, without having a lot of info on the Savage Six, you managed wonderfully to capture how they work

Thanks.
I just assumed that one would deal with the local hero (she's not strong enough to need more than that), one or two to cause chaos and throw people off the actual reason for them being there and the rest to get whatever they were after.
Since monolith was the only name mentioned in canon and he brutally killed a hero, I figures he'd be the one to deal with Starlette.
Thanks again.

Starlette is going to be pissed when she wakes up and figures out they lied to her.

Valentine wrote: Starlette is going to be pissed when she wakes up and figures out they lied to her.

Probably. But in First Aid I was told to lie if I had to to keep the victim alive, they can get therapy later after the crisis is over.

Domoviye wrote:

Valentine wrote: Starlette is going to be pissed when she wakes up and figures out they lied to her.

Probably. But in First Aid I was told to lie if I had to to keep the victim alive, they can get therapy later after the crisis is over.

What makes you think he lied. Starlette never thought she could stop them. She did call in that the Savage Six were at her location. That alone would if I understand correctly have started help incoming. In a world with teleporters... she may have slowed them down enough to have made a diffence.

@Schol-R-Lea - Interesting Micro!

I had some musings about "What if one of them was gay? That'd change their dynamic, no?" and its great to see the idea in a micro! ... I guess its a common fanfic idea with a girl group, you go "What if one of them was lez?"

Melissa's an OC, right?

Clover's luck powers work in her friends' favors again! Sorta. ... If Clover ever visits Abra, there'd have to be timing so she doesn't get close to the Poe Luck Mangler.

Yeah, Missy, the friend Irene was kissing (BTW, Irene is Palantir, not Abra; Abracadabra - Bethany - is the one who was hung up on Stronghold, though I can see how you can get them mixed up) isn't anyone in canon, she's just a friend from her neighborhood who isn't at Whateley herself.

I don't recall anything ever being said about any of the 3LW's parents, so I figured that I would embellish on both Palantir's and Abracadabra's families a bit for the fic. I am assuming that Bethany is being raised by an aunt or uncle or possibly her grandparents, but for a one-shot piece it really didn't seem necessary to work out that much detail.

Suntear wrote:

Domoviye wrote:

Valentine wrote: Starlette is going to be pissed when she wakes up and figures out they lied to her.

Probably. But in First Aid I was told to lie if I had to to keep the victim alive, they can get therapy later after the crisis is over.

What makes you think he lied. Starlette never thought she could stop them. She did call in that the Savage Six were at her location. That alone would if I understand correctly have started help incoming. In a world with teleporters... she may have slowed them down enough to have made a diffence.

She did the best she could and did make a difference, how big a difference I'll leave up to the reader to decide.

@Schol-R-Lea that was a good short. It didn't just ramrod her into Poe without a good reason, and it's completely believable.

Domoviye wrote: @Schol-R-Lea that was a good short. It didn't just ramrod her into Poe without a good reason, and it's completely believable.

... What would a not-good reason look like?? ...

Mmm... Oh! You mean how Carson deftly got Irene's parents to send her to Poe by claiming it as a 'fix' for her 'mental issues'! Yeah! That was cool!

And Bethany's shown to be smart, with the:

"That doesn't really sound like Carson, though, does it? I mean, she's a real superhero and really strict. Why would she do that?"

Well, she's the BrainyBrunette after all.

... I wonder if Palantir's actually doing some 'helper' duties, with Ceecee and Ribbon... No, too young? ... Wonder how Pally's siblings handled things...

Malady wrote:

Domoviye wrote: @Schol-R-Lea that was a good short. It didn't just ramrod her into Poe without a good reason, and it's completely believable.

... What would a not-good reason look like?? ...

"Mister Jensen, under different circumstances I might applaud the effort spent in finding another male student that is immune to the various problems you pose to a prospective roommate's life, health, and sanity.

However, Hawthorne cottage is not so crowded that we need to move you to your boyfriend's room at Poe. His therapist, yours, and my own, all agree on this matter. "

SO stealing that one of the TLW ends up in Poe.

Yeah, who would have guessed that cute-as-a-button Clover would, with the onset of puberty, start manifesting the physical aspect of her mutation... turning into a musclebound guy?

" I speak Jive." great Airplane ref. +1 interwebs for you!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

E. E. Nalley wrote: BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Seconded.

I love how non-chalant and matter-of-fact Generator is about killing people.

People wonder where my dark generator scenes come from, well look at this. The lines could practically be canon.

Speaking of dark generator I should write another one.

I was thinking about the various scenes in Airplane while in the Boys of Summer thread, and the "I speak Jive" line just screamed to be used. My first thought was Chaka and Vince, but couldn't really come up with a good idea as to where or why.

So I needed someone on Campus, and Dredz was perfect. Chaka hitting Dredz wasn't great, but Lily hitting Dredz was. So last came the setting.

The killer bit was traditional TK meeting goofballiness, and Jade's response was just Jade.

Domoviye wrote:

Malady wrote: ... There's a carrot? What is it?? I guess we'll find out in the sequels, once they come out.

The carrot is she's learning how to control her powers. She just needs more hard practice to do it. Surprises, strong emotions, etc still screw around with it though.

With control and range this could actually be a very useful power for search and rescue operations. Are there any more people under that rubble / in that burning Building? Is the person in that car wreck bleeding out from a wound we can't see?

And on the other hand with sufficent range control, as in mm preceision, there would be even more applications, both legal and otherwise. Seeing inside complex machines could be very useful.

@Schol-R-Lea - Hmm... if you want to align your TLW Micro more into canon or something, you could swap Melissa for Cindy MacGowan who was mentioned once in The Three Little Witches , as someone who dared Pally into doing something...

An experimental kiss, perhaps?? But seriously, it wouldn't have been a good dare, if she was thinking about it while waiting for Hellfire Sheba...

An excellent idea, actually. Dunno if I'll change the text of the micro, at this point, though. Hmmmn... Yeah, that would work a lot better, maybe not as the dare she was thinking of, as it would be well before summer 2007, but if Cindy is in the habit of making dares, she could have dared Pally to kiss her and Irene's parents came in at the wrong time. Or, maybe it started off with Cindy daring both Irene and the 'Missy' OC, and they realized that there was something there and at some point later were kissing each other when no one else was around, which would still work with the text as it is.

Schol-R-LEA: Nice micro-scene, with the kind of stuff and groups in the real world that seems like it would easy exist in the WA universe.

Domo: Nice twist on the old "find boy/girlfriend in a fridge" gag. With a friend like that, the poor hero needs to learn how to distress without drinking.

@Domo - Okay... Well... ... If she agreed... ... But yeah, I'm with his friends. Squick.

... I wonder what'd happen in a Rule 63 of this sitch... But I guess just a Rule 63 of the same events, if she finds him hot.

Actually, this reminds me from a scene in Heinlein's "Time Enough for Love," in a situation somewhat similar. I forget the details, but someone said that it couldn't be incest because they were essentially the same person, so it should be classed as masturbation.

My mind was in a wierd place tonight.

Sir Lee wrote: Actually, this reminds me from a scene in Heinlein's "Time Enough for Love," in a situation somewhat similar. I forget the details, but someone said that it couldn't be incest because they were essentially the same person, so it should be classed as masturbation.

Yeah. Opposite Sex Clone + Screw Yourself

Lazarus Long at first objects to screwing his own identical-twin female clones, but relents when they assure him it's no more than "Narcissus loving himself."

Well, if we're gonna talk about this, I'd say it's nearly masturbation, except that the possibility of impregnation turns it into incest, or at the very least squicky.

Sir Lee wrote: Actually, this reminds me from a scene in Heinlein's "Time Enough for Love," in a situation somewhat similar. I forget the details, but someone said that it couldn't be incest because they were essentially the same person, so it should be classed as masturbation.

I was actually thinking of going there, but then I remembered that Buck is a strange boy and having him call himself a babe was funnier.

There is an old Schlock Mercenary story where (spoilers!) a replicated clone of a person tries to kill them, and they kill their clone in self defense. But because some jurisdictions consider the replicated clones to be the same person as the original, the events could in theory be classified as attempted suicide. (Followed by suicide in self defense)

I wonder what Girl!Buck's codename is... If she sticks around, instead of returning to her universe, does she fall in love with someone in our main universe? Hmm... Well, this is intended as a humorous-ish oneshot. So whatevs.

"Doe Swift, Girl of Wednesday Afternoon, Weather Permitting"?

This is going to end up with Buck giving birth to both of them as twins, and then going back in time to leave himself under a bar pool table, isn't it?

(OK, so I'm fudging that a bit; from what I've read, the twins Dave Lister bore with his alternate version, Deb, got dropped off in her dimension, while the events which led to him artificially growing a clone of himself and then putting the infant clone in his own place in the time-stream happened much later. I haven't actually watched enough Red Dwarf to really understand all the ins and outs of the series.)

I hate to add to the SQUICK! But I really hope Bucky and f!Bucky used protection.

And I should so read all the posts before mine before replying. -rolls eyes-

Cryptic wrote: I hate to add to the SQUICK! But I really hope Bucky and f!Bucky used protection.

The backseat of a '57 Chevy, surrounded by one and a half tons of Detroit steel! Up against one of those so-called "modern" vehicles, don't expect any accidents that they won't be able to walk away from in style.

Oh, wait ...

"It presents as a cat it will be treated as a cat" I cracked up

Cryptic wrote: I hate to add to the SQUICK! But I really hope Bucky and f!Bucky used protection.

And I should so read all the posts before mine before replying. -rolls eyes-

Well, you didn't get ninja'd, 'cause I forgot to mention that point, and no one else did either?

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@Sir Lee -

Hmm... We haven't seen any other familiars need the shots, then again, we haven't seen any entries to Whateley with familiars. Foxfire, Clover, and Dragonrider are all seen after the admin has done their stuff...

Also, Pern isn't presenting as a cat. There probably isn't any need for a manifested dragon to get regular shots. What would it catch? And who could it give anything to?

For an interesting example of a puddle-cat, have a look at Choo-Choo Bear from Something Positive. http://www.somethingpositive.net/

and they don't seam to know about timeless' cat

slapshots wrote: and they don't seam to know about timeless' cat

Timeless is very careful about keeping the un-aging, cat that can track him across states, and lives comfortably in woods filled with abysmal nightmares a secret.

Mister D wrote: For an interesting example of a puddle-cat, have a look at Choo-Choo Bear from Something Positive. http://www.somethingpositive.net/

Here's another one. "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtals" Ice cream Kitty.

It's chathulu flavored.

Sir Lee wrote: "Ms. Gillman, we normally don't allow pets on campus, but since a teacher vouched for you, we are allowing it under the 'familiars' exception," Ms. Hartford conceded grudginly. "However..."
"Yes?"
"You are still responsible for the usual pet-related chores -- feeding, cleaning, getting your cat a license and shots..."
"But it's not really a cat, it's a..."
"It presents as a cat, so it will be treated like a cat," smirked Hartford.

Wouldn't giving shots to a creature with unknown biochemistry be extremely dangerous. Not only to the animal but shogoths aren't exactly harmless. Reading a wiki entry they apparently killed off the entire species that was responsible for creating them.
So yah it might be mostly harmless but those meds could do, flying spaghetti monster, knows what to it. It could flip out and eat the freaking planet for all we know.

Hey, Cryptic, do you have any plans to continue the Killer Space Ponies story any time soon? It would be ashame to let it drop, though I can understand how one's Muse might not be cooperative.