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The Fate who calls herself Mountain tried to convince some of her neighbors to allow the occasional mountain in their lands, for stability purposes.
"I meant no insult!" Dodge ball of lava. "I don't intend to interfere, you said no!" Dodge house-sized spear of ice. "I'm leaving peacefully, okay, so stop tearing up the tile!"
"You'll respawn at home. No permanent damage. You interrupted an important meeting, you need to learn a lesson about territory, mountain bitch." Dodge- no, fail to dodge a thrown tree, and then another ice ball. The next sphere of magma is what destroyed that form.
She wakes up, stripped of all her tools and enchantments and even clothes, and groans in pain.
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sturdycoldsteel
"Not now, but I might accept later! And we should probably get going, Fantastic will be here from her patrol soon."
Out they go! Jetpack's thing is not, as it happens, propulsion, it is gravity manipulation.
They fly around on a few predefined routes, deviating from those more-or-less at random to look for trouble.
They fly around on a few predefined routes, deviating from those more-or-less at random to look for trouble.
sturdycoldsteel
She follows his lead, goggling at all the shiny buildings so on in a slightly detached sort of way.
Jetpack starts leading them to some less... reputable... parts of the city. Sticking to the shiny isn't likely to find a whole lot, now, is it?
sturdycoldsteel
She wouldn't know where to find trouble.
She comments offhand that the networks of tunnels below could use some shoring up in a few places.
She comments offhand that the networks of tunnels below could use some shoring up in a few places.
sturdycoldsteel
Nothing urgent. Accumulated wear, soil shift, weaknesses in the stone that could never have been noticed. Nothing's about to collapse but some of it is probably leaking and some of it might collapse in 10 years.
...or earlier if the wrong Endbringer attacks a city nearby.
(Of course if they attack New York itself then it's not a question, really.)
(Of course if they attack New York itself then it's not a question, really.)
sturdycoldsteel
She fought Leviathan and got a sense of its abilities. Maybe she should tour cities and rate their sewers and tunnels for Endbringer resistance (not likely) and collateral wave resistance (less unlikely). She knows earthworks, and she likes building sturdy things.
Jetpack opines that governments would probably not complain if she did that, but she might have to consult them anyway in case they want to build more things through the stone she reinforces.
sturdycoldsteel
Yes, that's the problem in a nutshell.
She could probably go ahead and fix obviously not intentional damage like cracks in pipes. But she's going to be talking to the Sentai Elite about fixing Japan (or parts of it at least) so she can wait a while.
She could probably go ahead and fix obviously not intentional damage like cracks in pipes. But she's going to be talking to the Sentai Elite about fixing Japan (or parts of it at least) so she can wait a while.
The Sentai Elite? Jetpack guesses that makes sense, they're pretty annoying about parahumans in national territory, but wouldn't the government itself want to send representatives? Although technically the Sentai Elite are under the government the same way the Protectorate is...
Legend would probably know better. Jetpack himself mostly just likes building things and then testing them.
He's curious about her power, though. What's her range? Could she fix the obvious problems from a distance?
He's curious about her power, though. What's her range? Could she fix the obvious problems from a distance?
sturdycoldsteel
She pushed her influence to as much of Japan as possible at once, so 'a third of Kyushu' is probably a good guess for the maximum range of her power. But that was sheer brute force, for detail work she'd want to either see the target or at least land and put her hands on the earth.
...wow. A third of Kyushu? Wow.
But yeah, if she needs that much contact it might be more efficient to just focus on helping rebuild Japan.
But yeah, if she needs that much contact it might be more efficient to just focus on helping rebuild Japan.
sturdycoldsteel
Well, it did exhaust her pretty badly. She's not in a hurry to do that again.
How do tinkers work? It's probably not just 'being more intelligent,' it's focused on technology somehow right?
How do tinkers work? It's probably not just 'being more intelligent,' it's focused on technology somehow right?
Right!
...and it's difficult to explain. Especially with the language barrier. It's mostly like... an instinct? Of what to do to create something?
...and it's difficult to explain. Especially with the language barrier. It's mostly like... an instinct? Of what to do to create something?
sturdycoldsteel
Instinct, huh. Is it a 'knowing it by heart' sort of way or more like 'para-inspiration'?