Question The Micro-Scenes Discussion thread

Ib12us wrote:

Malady wrote:

Schol-R-LEA wrote: Pity. Does anyone know who the author was? Also, does anyone have that particular story archived anywhere? I tried Wayback Machine but apparently it didn't capture the forum messages.

Oh, it does, but it seems the older ones are better kept. Just change the parameters in the URL here:

Don't you love invisible pixels.

Domoviye wrote:

Malady wrote: But then again, there are other H1! Mutants?

There are some mutants from H1 families, Diamondback for one. But none of them have supported the group to any great extent. H1 is mostly in the background as a general threat and an annoyance, so no main characters have really dealt closely with the organization itself beyond avoiding it, except for Silver Ghost.
That could change in the future though.

Sir Lee wrote: ...and Delta Spike's devise actually worked right, with no explosions?

Malady wrote:

Ib12us wrote:

Malady wrote:

Schol-R-LEA wrote: Pity. Does anyone know who the author was? Also, does anyone have that particular story archived anywhere? I tried Wayback Machine but apparently it didn't capture the forum messages.

Oh, it does, but it seems the older ones are better kept. Just change the parameters in the URL here:

Don't you love invisible pixels.

OH! ... Fixed!

web.archive.org/cdx?url=crystalhall.org%...ilter=statuscode:200

DanZilla wrote: There was Wasamon's Scarlyt from his story A Study in Scarlyt who was a Rabidly H1 leaning teen who became a mutant in the course of the story. Truly a VERY dark story...

Ib12us wrote:

Malady wrote: OH! ... Fixed!

web.archive.org/cdx?url=crystalhall.org%...ilter=statuscode:200

I can see... I can see.... Oh god I can see it.

Malady wrote:

DanZilla wrote: There was Wasamon's Scarlyt from his story A Study in Scarlyt who was a Rabidly H1 leaning teen who became a mutant in the course of the story. Truly a VERY dark story...

Scarlyt Ramble [ Click to expand ] [ Click to hide ]

Oh, yeah! Scarlyt! ... Freaky Cool! ... Freaky, but still, awesome... Like Shock and Awe? ... Yeah, her mind's pretty dark, but... What she achieved was pretty awesome... Am I that jaded or whatever?

I'm like, "How do I say that she's amazing, without saying that I approve of her actions?" Although, given people's assumptions of her, her achievements weren't that awesome?

Am I weird? 'Cause I'm feeling that... ... Now I don't know what I feel anymore...

EDIT: Ah. tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AdmiringTheAbomination ... That fits. I think...

So, no H1 Officers who've mutated. Ok.

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Ib12us wrote:

Malady wrote: OH! ... Fixed!

web.archive.org/cdx?url=crystalhall.org%...ilter=statuscode:200

I can see... I can see.... Oh god I can see it.

Are you referencing something?? ... If so, can anyone enlighten me?

Yeah, it's a big load. ... I really should have made a python program to search through all of those? ... Maybe not... ... I should have copied it down and ran through it in my spare time... So gonna do that...

Domoviye wrote: You have NO idea.

Domoviye wrote: It gets better, or worse depending on your point of view.

Domoviye wrote: How did you guess...

So wrong.

Believe me when I say there are big things planned for Rose.

Schol-R-LEA wrote: Hmmn, I wonder how long it will take for them to try and recruit Ribbon...

Malady wrote: Well, perhaps having everything go your way inadventently harms the people around you?

Schol-R-LEA wrote: Lizzy

Schol-R-LEA wrote: However, the story does imply that she is more than just normally lucky.

Malady wrote:

Schol-R-LEA wrote: However, the story does imply that she is more than just normally lucky.

OH! ... I missed that...

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@Domoviye:

So, I guess she has to finish her fights real quick, else she can't fight anymore due to exhaustion? Or is it a continuous range of power ups so she doesn't have to go "FULL POWER!" every time, and conserve energy that way?

Domoviye wrote: Probably is a girl. She may or may not be appearing in a future story.

Miss Powerful is just a fun little character I came up with. I was thinking of making a series of short little events concerning her adventures. And running around with a car over her head to test out her strength seemed par for the course.

95% chance he'd punch me. 30% chance for me to escape unhurt. If he punched me, 63% chance someone would help me.

bedroom antics and all - with every other New Olympian except Knick-Knack, Judicator, and Feral.

Malady wrote: Wait, even Majestic? A.k.a Hera?!

Schol-R-LEA wrote: Think about it for a bit - including about me - and it should be obvious from the clues given. Hint: I was going to call the story "Easy as Golden Apple Pie".

And before anyone asks, no, She didn't escape before the 'Lympies did; the Foreigner never caught Her in the first place, as she's actually an Anthropomorphic Archetype rather than a Goddess (Olympian or chthonic) per se. She managed to hide out in the north of Europe and disguised Herself as... well, you can probably guess that one.

Malady wrote: Wait, even Majestic? A.k.a Hera?!

Yep, She's tricksy that way; She managed to catch June when she was particularly pissed with Jason, and connived to make Majestic think that the best way to get even was to make Imperious jealous, and gee, June, there's this younger boy there right in front of you... However, She also managed to maneuver things so that Jason never found out that it was the Cheese who had stolen his mouse.

I was humming along with my iPod, which had cued up an old Moody Blues song about a former self of mine. Alas, poor Timmy, he was a great host: so placid, so intelligent, so inspiring, such a tremendous pain in the arse for the Powers That Be.

Malady wrote: @Domoviye - Such a cute scene! ... I guess its not a hugely significant scene, but it is cute~!

It's not like you're limited by any of the justifications for the LawOfConservationOfDetail...

Did she travel all the way down to Miami to meet Lightning Strike?

Is this part of the wider Domoviye-verse?

No typos! I think.

Domoviye wrote:

Malady wrote: @Domoviye - Such a cute scene! ... I guess its not a hugely significant scene, but it is cute~!

I thought so to. And as for significance, everything is significant. I just won't tell people how or why its imporant unil it appears to be important.

Domoviye wrote: She lives in Miami, it's been brought up before.

Domoviye wrote: I can categorically state, that no it is not.

Domoviye wrote: These have been written for a while.

Malady wrote:

Domoviye wrote:

Malady wrote: @Domoviye - Such a cute scene! ... I guess its not a hugely significant scene, but it is cute~!

I thought so to. And as for significance, everything is significant. I just won't tell people how or why its imporant unil it appears to be important.

I'll be waiting... ... Wish there was a smaller Evil...

Domoviye wrote: She lives in Miami, it's been brought up before.

Domoviye wrote: I can categorically state, that no it is not.

Interesting. *strokes chin*

These have been written for a while.

Staggering them out! Nice! ... Are you scheduling these and I just suck at pattern recog.? ... One every day until they're done?

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How many members are in the Miami Crusaders?

Schol-R-LEA wrote: @cryptic: The Dr. High micro reminded me of a question I once had: are their any WU supers (mutant or otherwise) with Ecstatic-fueled powers? I know there are some who can synthesize psychoactive drugs, either from their own bodies or by devisor chemistry, and at least one (Bliss, of the Brooklyn Sentinels) who can induce euphoria psychically, but do any of the Dylans (or anyone else) actually have powers that require them to be in a chemically or emotionally altered state of consciousness in order to work (like the OWoD Cult of Ecstasy mages)? Or conversely, powers that cause them to act intoxicated while they use them (al la The Creeper)?

Cryptic wrote:

Schol-R-LEA wrote: @cryptic: The Dr. High micro reminded me of a question I once had: are their any WU supers (mutant or otherwise) with Ecstatic-fueled powers? I know there are some who can synthesize psychoactive drugs, either from their own bodies or by devisor chemistry, and at least one (Bliss, of the Brooklyn Sentinels) who can induce euphoria psychically, but do any of the Dylans (or anyone else) actually have powers that require them to be in a chemically or emotionally altered state of consciousness in order to work (like the OWoD Cult of Ecstasy mages)? Or conversely, powers that cause them to act intoxicated while they use them (al la The Creeper)?

Not that I'm aware of. Dr. High kind of spawned from the DC character Dr Bong.

Phoenix Spiritus wrote: Oh, and when Kayla finally invites Danny to the dream world its gonna be a hoot, Danny is basically spiritually enwrapped by his protector, in the dream world it basically an opposite of the real world, Danny is a "passenger" in the head of his spirit protector's body.

Domoviye wrote: Phoenix that wrapped up by a spirit is a really cool idea.
If it's not made canon, I may ask to borrow it.

Phoenix Spiritus wrote: Feel free,

I'm not planning to use it, and Elrod probably didn't see before he decided what he's doing with Danny, so I'm not aware of it being used anywhere.

Phoenix Spiritus wrote: Lol, it's "Fan Fiction", you're allowed to play "what if", it's almost the reason for Fan Fiction's existence

Domoviye wrote: If she has the blueprints she understands them and can make them and add tweaks it to.

Malady wrote: Hmm... The only codename we've got is for Miss Powerful.

Are all of them going to Whateley? Are they even all mutants?

If not, then Samantha's the odd one out, as she's an adult? And the gem makes me think she's a Gem User... Unless she gets Regressed and possibly gets the meta-gene or something...

Domoviye wrote:

Malady wrote: Hmm... The only codename we've got is for Miss Powerful.

And Power Up.

If not, then Samantha's the odd one out, as she's an adult? And the gem makes me think she's a Gem User... Unless she gets Regressed and possibly gets the meta-gene or something...

She is odd. But not the oddest.

Malady wrote: Hmm... The only codename we've got is for Miss Powerful.

Are all of them going to Whateley? Are they even all mutants?

If not, then Samantha's the odd one out, as she's an adult? And the gem makes me think she's a Gem User... Unless she gets Regressed and possibly gets the meta-gene or something...

Jarjaross wrote:

Malady wrote: Hmm... The only codename we've got is for Miss Powerful.

Are all of them going to Whateley? Are they even all mutants?

If not, then Samantha's the odd one out, as she's an adult? And the gem makes me think she's a Gem User... Unless she gets Regressed and possibly gets the meta-gene or something...

Mwahahahaha

You shall see, you shall see.

Jarjaross wrote: Nah, I just help with the enhanced sensory scenes.

Also don't know what beta means in this context.

Malady wrote:

Jarjaross wrote: Nah, I just help with the enhanced sensory scenes.

Also don't know what beta means in this context.

You mean the hyperspeed / hyperfocus-things? Nvm, it seems to be Sense Everything. Good thing she's got faster reaction times.

Beta Read, I think the same as a pre-reader?

Malady wrote: Hmm... Are all of the POVs even gonna be American? Are they even all American right now?!

Arcanist Lupus wrote: Heh. What if Rose's parents are right? Maybe she isn't a mutant - she's just a baseline with a family curse or blessing that follows similar lines to the gadgeteering trait!

Domoviye wrote: I have no idea. I'd assume anyburnable oil would work.

Sir Lee wrote:

Arcanist Lupus wrote: Heh. What if Rose's parents are right? Maybe she isn't a mutant - she's just a baseline with a family curse or blessing that follows similar lines to the gadgeteering trait!

But then, shouldn't she look like a werewolf?

Domoviye wrote:

Sir Lee wrote:

Arcanist Lupus wrote: Heh. What if Rose's parents are right? Maybe she isn't a mutant - she's just a baseline with a family curse or blessing that follows similar lines to the gadgeteering trait!

But then, shouldn't she look like a werewolf?

And be a seventh son.

Domoviye wrote: I have no idea. I'd assume anyburnable oil would work.

Jarjaross wrote:

Domoviye wrote: I have no idea. I'd assume anyburnable oil would work.

So there's tons of kitchen oil that wouldn't work.

Domoviye wrote:

Jarjaross wrote:

Domoviye wrote: I have no idea. I'd assume anyburnable oil would work.

So there's tons of kitchen oil that wouldn't work.

I can fix things when broken. How and why they work I have no idea. So please stop questioning my gadgeteer.

Domoviye wrote: So please stop questioning my gadgeteer.

Malady wrote:

Domoviye wrote: So please stop questioning my gadgeteer.

Now I'm imagining a CharacterBlog with a bawling Rose going "I don't know!" ... Hmm... I guess it's possible for a gadgeteer to do something but not know how they did it, but given Rose's specific powerset, that's highly unlikely unless Diedricks or some other mania-ish-thing.

Valentine wrote:

Malady wrote:

Domoviye wrote: So please stop questioning my gadgeteer.

Now I'm imagining a CharacterBlog with a bawling Rose going "I don't know!" ... Hmm... I guess it's possible for a gadgeteer to do something but not know how they did it, but given Rose's specific powerset, that's highly unlikely unless Diedricks or some other mania-ish-thing.

Remember the difference between a Gadgeteer and a Devisor is reproducibility, not whether they understand how it works or not.

Edit: And definitely not whether the author understands it or not.

Malady wrote: Hmm... I guess it's possible for a gadgeteer to do something but not know how they did it, but given Rose's specific powerset, that's highly unlikely unless Diedricks or some other mania-ish-thing.

Domoviye wrote: She actually doesn't specialize in one area. She usually sees how something is made and can fix it. If she has the blueprints she understands them and can make them and add tweaks it to. She can also remember them extremely well. She can't really make things on her own.
So she is not as strong as most gadgeteers, she needs to see it to make it, but she is versatile.

Valentine wrote:

Malady wrote:

Domoviye wrote: So please stop questioning my gadgeteer.

Now I'm imagining a CharacterBlog with a bawling Rose going "I don't know!" ... Hmm... I guess it's possible for a gadgeteer to do something but not know how they did it, but given Rose's specific powerset, that's highly unlikely unless Diedricks or some other mania-ish-thing.

Remember the difference between a Gadgeteer and a Devisor is reproducibility, not whether they understand how it works or not.

Edit: And definitely not whether the author understands it or not.

Domoviye wrote: Would it help if I said Rose's exact powers don't matter too much in the grand scheme of things?

Domoviye wrote: She usually sees how something is made and can fix it. If she has the blueprints she understands them and can make them and add tweaks it to. ... she needs to see it to make it, but she is versatile.

Ib12us wrote:

Valentine wrote:

Malady wrote:

Domoviye wrote: So please stop questioning my gadgeteer.

Now I'm imagining a CharacterBlog with a bawling Rose going "I don't know!" ... Hmm... I guess it's possible for a gadgeteer to do something but not know how they did it, but given Rose's specific powerset, that's highly unlikely unless Diedricks or some other mania-ish-thing.

Remember the difference between a Gadgeteer and a Devisor is reproducibility, not whether they understand how it works or not.

Edit: And definitely not whether the author understands it or not.

So does that mean we can expect little gadgetts running around soon after she reproduces? And did she ever have that needed mother/daughter talk?

Domoviye wrote: Would it help if I said Rose's exact powers don't matter too much in the grand scheme of things?

Jarjaross wrote:

Domoviye wrote: Would it help if I said Rose's exact powers don't matter too much in the grand scheme of things?

Normally I'm worried about me accidentally revealing your secrets. I hold no responsibility if you do so yourself.

Domoviye wrote: Malady, she does need to see something in front of her to fix it or build it. But she can figure almost anything out and her power will give her ideas on how to improve it.
No blind research for her.

Domoviye wrote:

Jarjaross wrote:

Domoviye wrote: Would it help if I said Rose's exact powers don't matter too much in the grand scheme of things?

Normally I'm worried about me accidentally revealing your secrets. I hold no responsibility if you do so yourself.

what can I say, I love seeing the wrong guesses.

Jarjaross wrote: It seems like the more information you give away the further they get from the truth…

NeoMagus wrote:

Jarjaross wrote: It seems like the more information you give away the further they get from the truth…

No kidding. I'm thoroughly amused as well.

Domoviye wrote: Except for my hearing, which is actually poor in some respects but trained to catch everything, my senses are normal or weak. So showing Marni's heightened senses is not easy, especially in a micro scene.
Anyone who can do it in less than 500 words has my respect. Because I know I can't.

Kettlekorn wrote: It involved some little kids running around her in a circle, chanting "Dawn's a witch! Dawn's a witch! Dawn's a twitchy itchy witch!"

Arcanist Lupus wrote:

Kettlekorn wrote: It involved some little kids running around her in a circle, chanting "Dawn's a witch! Dawn's a witch! Dawn's a twitchy itchy witch!"

But how do they know she's a witch?

Ib12us wrote:

Arcanist Lupus wrote:

Kettlekorn wrote: It involved some little kids running around her in a circle, chanting "Dawn's a witch! Dawn's a witch! Dawn's a twitchy itchy witch!"

But how do they know she's a witch?

Hitting them with a broom most likely. Yeah I know its not PC but its better than a vacuum cleaner.

Of course this didn't help either. Laugh

Arcanist Lupus wrote:

Kettlekorn wrote: It involved some little kids running around her in a circle, chanting "Dawn's a witch! Dawn's a witch! Dawn's a twitchy itchy witch!"

But how do they know she's a witch?

Domoviye wrote: Don't worry it gets worse.

Phoenix Spiritus wrote: You have endings. This is only maybe a little happy in that the poor demented souls are being left alone now.

Domoviye wrote:

Phoenix Spiritus wrote: You have endings. This is only maybe a little happy in that the poor demented souls are being left alone now.

Come on, Estelle came out the better for all her traumatizing, nearly soul shattering problems. And Kota (whose backstory I had little to do with) is practically thriving.
Caroline is doing well to, except that I made her go blind.
And Rona only has a fear of being trapped, and guilt. But she went from a fat boy to a hot girl with superpowers, and her mom is getting married to a rich superhero, she should be happy.
See I can be nice.

Jarjaross wrote:

Domoviye wrote:

Phoenix Spiritus wrote: You have endings. This is only maybe a little happy in that the poor demented souls are being left alone now.

Come on, Estelle came out the better for all her traumatizing, nearly soul shattering problems. And Kota (whose backstory I had little to do with) is practically thriving.
Caroline is doing well to, except that I made her go blind.
And Rona only has a fear of being trapped, and guilt. But she went from a fat boy to a hot girl with superpowers, and her mom is getting married to a rich superhero, she should be happy.
See I can be nice.

I think Monty turned out pretty well. I mean he would have kept escalating until Pepper put him in a coma, but he made it to Whateley with nary a scratch.

Domoviye, you are the definition of the Chinese curse "May you live in interesting times"!

Domoviye wrote: Don't worry it gets worse.

Jarjaross wrote: Wow I'm betting that Domo's latest entry into Rose's life hit home for a bunch of people.

Malady wrote: @Domoviye - Hmm... Special Safe... Probably not Ebidium, else it's be noted as being super heavy? Unless she just got a number for the safe supplier, so she doesn't know much about it?

Sir Lee wrote: Heh. James Bond founding an academy for villainous spies, thieves and assassins. Nice.

“Nazi agent? Yeah, I was a Nazi agent and the Master of the World. I was also an agent for the OSS, the FBI, the American State Department, G-2, American Naval Intelligence, the British Foreign Office, the Special Branch, MI-5, MI-6, Polish Intelligence, Turkish Intelligence, and the OGPU (that was Russian Intelligence back then). All under different names.”

We walked in, and we met the house mother. Actually, she was more ‘house’ than ‘mother’. She was a huge, ancient, immobile structure. She looked old enough to have once been Mrs. Ryan’s nanny. She was in an oversized wheelchair, and she filled it completely. And it wasn’t really a wheelchair, since it had no wheels. At the four corners of the base, the chair had glowing golden softballs, and there were more control knobs on her armrests than on an entire set of stereo system components.

We were received by Ms. Cantrel, the housemother at Hawthorne. She’s a large, black woman in a wheelchair, who looks to be about two days younger’n dirt. But this chair had been jazzed up like you would not believe! It had no wheels, but glowing golden orbs at each corner, each orb the size of a grapefruit. It didn’t just hover, it zipped around like a dragonfly. A size 150 dragonfly, XXXXL.

The were received by Ms. Cantrel, the house mother at Hawthorne. She was a large, elderly black woman in a wheelchair. But, like some of the other wheelchairs on campus, this one had been significantly modified. In fact, this one seemed more modified than any of the others Jade had seen. It had no wheels, but glowing golden orbs at each corner, each orb the size of a grapefruit. The wheelchair didn’t merely hover, it positively swooshed about. It moved faster than they expected, giving the house mother surprising speed for someone of her bulk.