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Grendyne groans and starts pulling on her boots when the alarm goes off. Again. She quick-marches to the broom hangar, sits on her machine and is handed a plethora of loaded weapons by attentive corporals.
"Two flyers in one day? They're getting way too common."
"It's worse," the commander informs them, "South Karlsland got hit with three at once. We're taking Lytee's express and sleeping there. You can sit out if you absolutely need to, but Freya's still recovering so we could use you as a comms relay."
"No, I'll come. I just reserve the right to complain about it."
The 42nd United Forces Witch Wing takes off and assembles into a perfect synchronized formation as Lytee charges her teleport power.
...This is not South Karlsland wilderness.
[note: halfway through this thread I created a unique account for Grendyne. Do not be alarmed by the change in account. -Rockeye]
characterquarry
witchwatcher
"I'm doing well, on average. There's lots of stuff to see on this Earth, so I've been wandering a lot. My mom's still on Earth Gimel so I haven't seen her much recently, but that's kinda traditional for Witches. The wandering, not the entirely new world."
witchwatcher
"I made a really elegant sort of melded hard-light attack between New Wave, Legend, and Knight, one of my old squadmates. Still can't copy tinkers, which is annoying, but I met Strider and his teleportation is so much more efficient. I'm gonna try and have another go at permanently rather than temporarily copying you, unless you mind. Mental powers don't agree with me most of the time, unfortunately. There's a lot of flavors of shaker and striker powers... Flechette is neat - she makes things ignore physics for a while. It could probably cut through endbringers, it's a very stubborn sort of effect. I got a new kind of healing, eight new kinds of telekinesis, about a dozen new senses... Oh, and the Siberian's projection. Can't channel touch effects through that, though."
significantfigures
"Go ahead," Dinah says. "You should probably collect all the powers you can. Make Eidolon jealous."
witchwatcher
"Much obliged. There's still a limit on how much I can use at once. My amulet is just about charged to its limit, I'm gonna start on a new one soon. People looking at us or listening to us will find us uninteresting right now, by the way. Not foolproof but the least invasive hidey power I have." She looks at Dinah in a different way. "Yup, precognition is still as confusing heck..." They're at the front of the line. Gren orders a double scoop of cookie dough flavor.
witchwatcher
And Gren pays.
"Huh, this is one of those shops with chess sets on the tables. Want to have a match and cheat outrageously against each other?"
"Huh, this is one of those shops with chess sets on the tables. Want to have a match and cheat outrageously against each other?"
significantfigures
"I don't want to get another headache on top of my ice cream one," Dinah says. "We can play, but no cheating."
witchwatcher
Gren advances a knight.
"I'd visit Lung if he wasn't in the Birdcage. Might try to arrange a meeting with Faultline's crew. Or Accord. I've already visited like a third of the heroes and rogues on the east coast. I kinda want to visit Panacea, but for some reason she doesn't want me copying her power. Unless there's a good reason I'm not gonna stomp all over that."
"I'd visit Lung if he wasn't in the Birdcage. Might try to arrange a meeting with Faultline's crew. Or Accord. I've already visited like a third of the heroes and rogues on the east coast. I kinda want to visit Panacea, but for some reason she doesn't want me copying her power. Unless there's a good reason I'm not gonna stomp all over that."
significantfigures
"Accord's power for someone who wasn't Accord might be neat. I wonder why Panacea doesn't want it. Did you ask her sister?"
witchwatcher
"I did not ask. I may as well, now that you mention it. I can already heal most things, but a new kind never hurts. I did copy her for about an hour way back when - but that was before I got really really good at copying."
witchwatcher
"Bet's powers are something else entirely. I copy, I don't steal, my version of Legend is subtly different from the actual Legend. My theory is that whatever it is that makes tinkers tinker is just... Untranslatable."
She sighs and looks at the knight contemplatively. "Behemoth got my friend Knight. I want to end it. If I can't copy you well enough to ask myself, can I get some predictions about some plans in about two months?"
She sighs and looks at the knight contemplatively. "Behemoth got my friend Knight. I want to end it. If I can't copy you well enough to ask myself, can I get some predictions about some plans in about two months?"
significantfigures
"The Protectorate questions me to capacity most days," Dinah says. "But I can probably spare you a few."
witchwatcher
"Yvette's questioned to her limit too from what I hear. Being a precog can be a lot of pressure, huh. Being big in any way, really. Eidolon and Panacea probably feel more guilty about days off than I do."
witchwatcher
"Well, yes."
She thinks for a moment. "I think I'm well suited to being pressured like that. I take things as they come. If I snap I'll probably disappear to some random island and blow up rocks, not kill someone. And it's still a good feeling even if it gets stale, helping people."
She thinks for a moment. "I think I'm well suited to being pressured like that. I take things as they come. If I snap I'll probably disappear to some random island and blow up rocks, not kill someone. And it's still a good feeling even if it gets stale, helping people."
witchwatcher
"I think so, yes."
That pawn's sacrifice will surely be appreciated by someone. Gren's next few moves put her queen in a risky but powerful position.
"I think I've got as much of your power as I'm gonna get. Chance I find Coil in the next few days is eighty one point four percent, and it hurt my head a lot more than I think it does to you."
That pawn's sacrifice will surely be appreciated by someone. Gren's next few moves put her queen in a risky but powerful position.
"I think I've got as much of your power as I'm gonna get. Chance I find Coil in the next few days is eighty one point four percent, and it hurt my head a lot more than I think it does to you."
significantfigures
"Tea and darkness and lying down help. My parents don't let me have any kind of pills but that would probably help more if I got the right kind."
witchwatcher
"Angel's kind of healing works more like a sphere of well-being than anything else. I'll see if it helps."
...Her skin starts glowing faintly.
...Her skin starts glowing faintly.
witchwatcher
Gren shrugs and stops glowing. "Then you can enjoy being just a little less tired and stressed."
Her ice cream is almost gone by now. She's a fast eater, apparently. "I don't suppose you know where Coil's got to? I'm inclined to hunt him down and my chances are pretty good."
Her ice cream is almost gone by now. She's a fast eater, apparently. "I don't suppose you know where Coil's got to? I'm inclined to hunt him down and my chances are pretty good."