Deciding that she was no worse off than if the mystery cape hadnt turned up, she slowly worked her way out into the loading area, edging around the frozen form of the erstwhile mugger, before looking around. I've been away she told him, sounding like she regretted this. I've posted the beginnings of the BOLO cross here, and being quite fond of it, may well at some point get back to it. That said, without specifically looking for it hed probably never notice. We have too much to lose right now. Oh, dear. She snapped her head around to gape at him. Thats more than a little worrying. She had parents who were good and loving people, despite not being well off, and a friend. I am. Work Search: Taylor is the avatar of a Greater Being. I can control them right down to the DNA, you see, not just the behavior. Sit down, Sophia, Piggot ordered in a tone of voice that brooked no disobedience. A storehouse of weapons beyond imagination, controlled by an enigmatic old man of unclear origins and an abused teenager. Does the name Taylor Hebert ring any bells? Assault asked with a certain amount of malicious amusement in his voice. The brunette shrugged. The figure disappeared from view as he bounded up the side of the next building over, redirecting his kinetic energy to keep him moving steadily upwards, bouncing between the two buildings. A parahuman with global reach? he eventually said. Even if I wanted to, I dont think I could do very much about it at this point, and I dont particularly want to anyway. But, the three vicious bitches weren't the only ones who had an ax to grind that day. Sorry, I've got nothing. This made her laugh again. Theres nothing you have or are that she wants. Thanks for listening. The woman began to walk towards the edge of the roof, while he watched, still stunned. Director Piggot looked at the photos in the opened folder and winced despite herself. Which is a good thing, overall, I suspect. You can control yourself that much? he asked in wonder. I was loving this, and then the latest chapter with a fascinating Crystal who I am loving seeing the world from her perspective. A series of thuds told her that her teammates had met the same fate. 4 Lightlinks 2 yr. ago Standing there for a moment he inspected it. he was talking to seemed to have a sense of humor that resonated with his own. She made them. Her sister frowned a little, trying to understand. More like Thinker If you need to ask youre already dead, he muttered, then looked up as he became aware everyone was staring. So, with that new chapter of 'A taste of peaches' dropping, I can't help but wonder if there are any other fics out there where Taylor is or becomes a goddess. Wildworm A psuedo-tinker from Wildstorm appears in Brockton. The storage capacity alone is just staggering. Danny woke with a start and a strangled shout. As the locker got hotter and hotter, she tried writing the name of the person who shoved her in that fucking thing in her own blood, but couldn't finish it. Shes He mumbled, remembering the report. I think Lisa might have become a Demi-God. I have absolutely no idea where youd even begin on something like that. There are other possibilities but they become successively less likely. What do you make of the word or whatever it was written on the back wall of the locker? Inspecting another photo for a moment she transferred her gaze to him. If Sophia is involved and we can prove it, nail her ass to the wall. If we cant prove anything? Keep a close eye on her even then, Piggot said. In the end, as the footsteps grew louder from the alley, she dived between the third and fourth dumpster, which had a gap just large enough to permit her fairly slight frame to squeeze in. It was a second trigger, but something went wrong. Why were they chasing you? By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Hive isnt just a name, its a description, the insect woman commented as she stared. A sudden thought made him laugh again, although wince at the same time. Bitterly regretting her decision to go for a coffee before calling her sister for a pickup from a payphone, she stopped and listened carefully for a second or two, then looked around frantically. It seemed impossible, shed seen the photos of what had been in that locker when the fire was finally put out and there was no way Hebert was still alive. They made a trap, filling a locker with biological waste, then managed to push the young woman into it and lock her in. He looked up at her. She was as uncooperative as usual, but in the end I managed to get her to admit to knowing the victim. Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings. I won't let them down, he added more quietly. Which makes it murder, of course. On top of a major arson case, all of it firmly in our purview, the rather obese woman sighed. We have backup standing by if needed. Thanks, Dispatch. Someone needs to give Lisa a hug. She designed that body from scratch. (Un)Fortunately, Taylor would rather live on the streets than go with them. But I have a lot of experience with AI design, and a lot of what Im seeing fits some of the patterns Ive experimented with for data mining by sentient machines. To every arthropod and worm on the planet. Which would be bad, he suggested, based on her tone. Mostly data searches, what looks like traces of access to databases of all sorts of information. My instincts tell me your instincts are probably right, one way or another. What do we tell the father? Armsmaster asked, half-turning to the door as he spoke, then waiting. Yep. Like literally in the D&D sense. But wait, there's more, she said with a certain amount of sarcastic amusement in her voice. The invisibility was very impressive for something that was biologically based. Which adds a Stranger rating as well, of course, Miss Militia put in. It could. She abruptly realized that there were dozens of similar holes on all four arms. How did that help? Adrian Gorgey May 11, 2015 #2 I- Coronation It was dark. Reaching a cross alley, she looked both ways, flipped a mental coin, and turned left. Prodding the screen he opened it, then stared. Wow. Lost in admiration, she stared into the inhuman yet apparently friendly visage for a few seconds, before looking around at the three muggers, who were still frozen in place. Successfully, as well. That's not right, Assault said slowly. It had been pretty obvious for the last ten minutes that her status as Panacea, the Healer Super-hero, wasnt going to save her from what was at least a nasty mugging, if not something worse. All right. The Sun was just clearing the horizon, the lower edge a finger's-breadth above the water, the buttery rays highlighting the east-facing buildings with gold and yellow colors, while in the Bay itself the glittering force-field around the Rig glinted with extra shades from the same source. And yes, their senses could be used. It was very complicated to come up with and like I said a while ago, it was only today that I finally worked out all the bugs. As close as Taylor was to her mom, she barely knew of her time with Lustrum. Alt-Power Taylor Hebert. But Id like to talk to you sometime, if thats OK. Curious, Amy nodded. Amy met the blonde's eyes with her own in the mirror and held up a hand, showing the unpleasantly adherent goo. I don't know why, perhaps it was just a convenient place. Assault is right. Actually, it was the first chronologically, I started playing with it around the middle of 2015, but didn't stop working intermittently on it until after I began seriously writing Taylor Varga. Up to the end of January, the rate of infection this year was trending in the same direction. Good god, he mumbled, shocked. So why do you keep doing it? Because it's funny to see them jump, like you just did, her sister laughed, coming closer and looking over her shoulder with her nose wrinkling a little at the smell. They inject a toxin which is an amazingly potent paralytic. Possibly more than everything else. Although, weirdly enough, there was something about her that seemed.. Person? No, Im not. Usefully, it worked surprisingly well, most of the grime coming off instantly and the remainder being loosened enough that she could now wash it away. Custom paralytic, not lethal. With a very warped view of interpersonal relations, as well. We've noticed, he told her. The next part was worse. She hit the floor and rolled over, then found she couldnt move anything except her eyes. Four arms? Vicky gaped at her sister. While the overall body shape, except for the extra arms, was more or less humanoid in pattern, the head wasn't. Well, when my abilities did what they did, I kind of overwrote a lot of normal insect behavior. Off. All right, then. Her voice sounded amused. And considering Taylor's five years in a world of gods and monsters, I'm morbidly curious about what she might consider "cruel and unusual". Until it just stopped. Now, since theyre all locked, that means you must be She could hear approaching footsteps. As little as possible, Im afraid. Lowered because of it being restricted to arthropods but even so, its global and absolute. Invisible. She was in a much better mood than she probably should have been, and indeed had been for weeks. Thanks. She has absolutely no reason to lie and nothing to gain from it. She realized what was happening as she started to cook. He stared at her, the matter of fact voice belying the horror of what it was saying. Which is probably a good thing from your point of view. By the time the meeting ended some while later, Sophia was a nervous wreck. That two and a half months since Taylor died until now? She slowly turned her head and stared at him. Assault sat next to Miss Militia. And who the hell is Hive? Now smiling a little, feeling weirdly pleased with the way she'd shaken her normally pretty unflappable sister, Amy went back yet again to cleaning her hands, digging around under the sink for something more effective than soap and water. I don't think it was meant to happen like that, though. You make it sound that powers are intelligent, he noted with interest. Turning his head he inspected her from this new vantage point, his eyes widening a little. misread your question. So, its likely that the same source is responsible. That would be my guess, yes. She looked seriously at him. But Taylor's voice isn't the only thing that changes about Taylor. Worried, yes, but also curious. While he placed a call to Director Piggot, he admitted to himself he felt the same. Because of the way they worked, it wasn't directly possible, but her powers found a way even so. Adding to that, there was just something about her which didn't quite fit that theory. No doubt readers could pick out points of similarity if they cared to. Ive just had the most terrifying conversation of my life with someone who could do things to you that you wouldnt believe, and in my opinion would be fully justified in doing so, but you can thank every deity youve ever heard of that shes a better person than you are. The four arms are different, and the wings are even stranger. The pause this time was considerably longer. Take over the world? She laughed for a few seconds, sounding very amused. Neither did the utterly inhuman face that looked curiously down at her a few seconds later. Hive is a new parahuman Assault ran into today and ended up having a long talk with. Most of the technology is weird and decades if not centuries away from anything normal. But you can understand it? he wondered out loud, amazed. The neural processing backing the sensory system up was unbelievably complex compared to a human visual cortex. After a moment she looked at him again. The paralysis will wear off about ten tomorrow morning. The man opened his mouth to say something, then suddenly slapped his neck. Hear what? another one asked irritably, poking a pile of cardboard boxes with the end of his bat. I worked out a unified field theory in the end which helped a lot as well. Im running an emotional overlay right now for human interaction otherwise Id probably sound like a psychopath or a robot, but Im neither. There seemed to be a pair of antennae of some sort sticking up from the head area, which were gently moving around a little. tip: katekyou "alternate universe" sort:>words. I eventually realized what had happened to me, and I think I more or less went insane for a while. Hey, wait! he called just before she reached the edge. Amy nodded. Or mine. It took her a while to work out what she was seeing, but when she did she grinned. The Last Daughter Taylor is a Kryptonian, complete. Villain? No. The amusement was stronger. The experience was enough to make the girl Trigger. The biomass of ants alone is greater than all the people who have ever existed, and ants are only about one percent of the total number of insects world wide. What happened? Amy shrugged a little. What? she growled. I dont like the implications. No. Piggot sighed in turn. Her powers were basically concentrating on, and revolved around, arthropods and the control of them. "oops I was practicing and accidentally managed to only destroy a little box and not everyone on the island with my laser beam. Malaria is a major disease. Its killed more people through history than anything else, she replied seriously. So if you're not an alien, that leaves Trailing off, he eventually shrugged. Kratos, is like, a guy with powers who's really good at killing people. It was only the fact that some bone marrow survived more or less intact that let me run a DNA test at all. He stopped speaking for a few seconds, apparently considering something, then slowly went on, Director, the one thing I can guarantee is that the Hebert girl didnt lock herself in there. I squeezed right back into a small gap and was hoping desperately that they wouldn't see me. The Taken Queen Taylor gets the power of The Taken King from Destiny. In a locker on Earth Bet, the future always changes irreparably, for better or for worse. I dont really need one, Hive replied with a grin in her voice. There was a Post-GM fic where Taylor became house-wife and rising a daughter in the world where she(Khepri) is worshipped like a god and her husband is a priest of this religion, An Idiot's Guide to the Underworld [Worm/Hades] short, I didn't enjoy Hades much cause its not my type of game, but that was incredibly enjoyable, Divine Administration - of Gods and Bureaucracy, https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/divine-administration-of-gods-and-bureaucracy-worm-exalted.13442/. Adaptation was good up until Taylor got the monkey form, after that she became an unbearable asshole. Knock out that underpinning and the entire ecology has a drastic change, which wed see very quickly. Armsmaster nodded slightly. Not human. My mother's death came as surprise, as death was far from my mind. You have stolen the fire of Mount Olympus and cast down the gods. 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