Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2011/04/15(Fri)02:20 No. 296875 ID: 5d54a5
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...My everything hurts.

I wake up, but everything is hard to make out. I hear some sounds, I see light, but it's impossible to make out specifics. I only wish the pain was as muffled as the sights and sounds are.

My chest feels like it's been torn apart, and my insides are being stabbed. My left wrist is snapped, my right hand is cut to the bone. How I threw obsidian shards with it, I have no idea. It hurts to breathe. It hurts to move. But I'm alive. I can breathe, and I can move, although whether or not I should is up for a doctor to decide.

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2011/04/15(Fri)02:20 No. 296876 ID: 5d54a5
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I open my eyes, the room around me finally spinning into focus as they grow used to light again. The sounds are coming into focus, and I hear a voice in the next room over, singing about... something.

...Where am I?

if i had to guess, i would say in the apartment of one of your villian allies.

call your ninja and ask him what happened.

Stand up and examine source of singing.

>>296876
I see a bra, there is singing in the bathroom and the place looks trashy. Must be Deliriums place. She patched you up which is nice and all and you should thank her but YOU HAVE A DATE hopefully you aren't late for. Check if you can move around first. Summon Walter and ask him for the time and current situation, and perhaps arrange for him to relay a message to your date apologizing for being late if you are.

If you have to get to the date wounded that's fine, but you should at least clean up a little first. And thank Delirium I guess.

>>296876
Grab your stuff, thank Delerium through the door, then teleport to the Mayor's office.
We're going to pick up our paycheck, get some new powers, then teleport to Angel Frost and collapse on the floor in front of her.
She's probably heard about our run-in with Law Legs by now, but even without that kind of dramatic reveal it would still be a classic entrance.

You're in somebody's room. Due to the last thing you remember, probably either Delirium or Hollow Queen. The fact that there's a bra laying on the floor and singing going on makes me guess Delirium, but you never know.
Call out and see who's there. We should find out how much time has passed so we know if you'll be able to make it to the date or not. If not, I suppose you'll have to write an apology letter. Your hands are fucked but I imagine you'll be able to dictate to Walter. Even if you are able to make it, it would probably be better to rig some sort of splints and maybe a chest brace first.

Anything besides the date (which we've committed to) should wait on our health Even getting payed is less important for now.

>>296876
Probably in Deliriums apartment. Where you should stay. You could be suffering all sorts of internal injuries after a fight like that. And one of your hands is rather badly cut up, so you know there might have been quite an extensive blood loss. Without adrenalin keeping you going you're probably not going to be able to do much in the following days.

So just keep lying there and try to call out to get the attention of the singing one. They should come to check in on you and then you can get answers to many of your questions.

>>296876
Is flying or teleporting easier on your injuries than walking? Can you stick with those for a while?

Do not move at the moment; you're hurt and movement+injuries is often bad. Call up Walter and get a report on what's happened; thank whoever's taken you and treated your wounds. You will owe them a favor, and Baron Obsidian must take such things seriously. Hollow Queen saved your ass when Law Legs was about to kill you, but you'd given her teleport evac from just about the same thing earlier in the fight so you're even there, at least.

>>296893
>If not, I suppose you'll have to write an apology letter.
And send flowers. Flowers are traditional.

See if you can't craft an obsidian cane to help you stand. It might take some work, but you've got nothing but time right now.

Better to stay still and recover for a little. Do get Walter to ask him about any news. Ask him to deliver an apology and perhaps a flower or something from you.

>>296958
This is the best idea. Yeeeees. Make the top hollow, store some lava in it so it glows... Stylish.

>>297026
... you don't actually mean that whole "store lava in it" thing, right?

>>297028
And now we have to acquire Lava based powers.

Wait, rest.
Call Walter, get updates, send your apologies, then rest some more.

We can rest and call Walter at our house. Thank Delirium and go. She seems potentially rapehappy.

Call Walter and ask what's the time. If you can still teleport to the date then do so. Preferably making an obsidian cane so it would be easier to stay up. Might hurt a lot but goddamit, you're still a gentleman and a baron. Toughen up.

If it's too late teleport home anyway. It seems this is Delirium's home. And you don't want villiany drugs in your blood.

Just saiyan.

>>297083
>>297131
Agreed, we should leave. But we should also leave a thank-you note. We are a gentleman, after all.

I don´t think we should leave without thanking our caretaker verbally, if only to learn the fate of our comrades and the course of the battle after were our. Simply leaving would be just kinda rude. Especially considering that we AREN´T sure that this is Deliriums hideout. Could be Queenies for all we know. I actually think it is.

After all, it was her idea to begin with, bringing a rookie such as us into this combat.

Oh, and when I´m already posting, that pink thing on the floor ain´t no bra. It´s leftover bandages, from when our wounds were tended too.

Lie there and try not to bleed on anything that isn't already red or crusty brown. Stuff'll start to make sense when it's good and ready.

Voting no on the cane. Standing up at all would be a terrible idea, even if he did have a usable hand to hold the cane in.

Instead get Walter to bring a wheelchair, or maybe a sedan-chair for the knights to carry.
It might be a good idea apologize for your abrupt departure in person, too. Even if this is Delirium's apartment, you're probably safe: she did patch you up very nicely while you were out. Ask her for some painkillers (she probably has some great ones) and take half as many as she suggests.

I suggest if your trying to get delerium's attention that you face away from any doors when you do it - it looks like she's gotten undressed and is currently singing in the shower.

You are a classy gent and that means showing ultimate respect to the ladies, even one as batshit crazy as Delerium. As much as the others might want to see crazy supervillain boobs, stay classy blackwick

as a classy gentleman, we would NEVER miss a date, even if we are severely injured, up and at em Baron! we'll be going on that date, and whats more, we'll be hiding the fact we're injured from angel frost if we can get away with it you're proud! your noble! and your a classy villionous bastard! we have real emotion in this gig now, not just fun and a paycheck, sending an apology letter on such a bad excuse as an injury would be an insult to such a classy lady.

>>298283
...UNLESS he stumbles into her apartment and collapses on the floor.
That's the sort of top-notch drama that starts heroes on the path to villainy, since she knows you don't do any real harm.

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2011/04/23(Sat)01:10 No. 298503 ID: 5d54a5
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I check the clock on the stand ahead of me. Currently, it's 6pm. I'd told Angel Frost I would pick her up to go to the movies at 7.

I consider gathering my things and just teleporting out of here, but I can't leave without saying a word of thanks. With some pain, I force myself into a sitting position, and call out to whoever's there. "H-heey!"

The singing stops.

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2011/04/23(Sat)01:11 No. 298504 ID: 5d54a5
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The top of the door opens. "Oh hey there! You're awakey-wake!" Delirium says, peeking out at me. "Eeheheheh! I was worried for a minute there! How ya feelin'?"

"...Like I had a brick wall dropped on my chest."

"Well gee, that sounds like it hurts! Well, you just sit tight, I'm almost done makin' these muffins! But don't actually sit. That's bad for the blood flow. Lie down, lie down!" And then she pops out of sight, leaving the top of the door open. She keeps talking, though I can't hear a word of it from here.

Well, say something like
"Thank you for this. I apologize for leaving so quickly, but I have an immanent obligation".
Too much talk will get you nowhere.
Although maybe make some quick splints for your left wrist first, if it's not adequately splinted already. If you can't figure it out, err on the side of not fucking with it too much. Wrists are tricky.

I don't think we're going to make it to our date.

Call Walter. Write a little note and tell him to deliver it, and the jewel, to Angel Frost, with our sincerest apologies. "Sorry I couldn't make it. Massive internal hemorrhaging. Please accept this as my apology. Love, Blacwick." Or some other such thing. Maybe throw a flower in there, too. Or a muffin?

Do you think Debbie likes muffins?

Lie down again, and ask her what the current date is. It's *possible* that we were out for an entire day. Also tell her that you have a date at 7, and you don't plan to miss it, even in your current condition. Ask her if she has any painkillers.

>>298508
... I don't think Delirium is someone we want to be accepting painkillers from.
Have Walter pick us up some of the strongest he can get.

Also, should we deem it necessary to cancel or delay our date with the lovely Debbie, we should deliver the message personally.

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2011/04/23(Sat)02:03 No. 298516 ID: 5d54a5
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"You need to speak up, I can't hear you." I shout.

"Oh! Sorry, Wicky! As I was-"

"What day is it?" I ask, before she goes back to... I don't even know what she was talking about, I couldn't hear her. "Oh! It's still the parade day. I caught you, and it was really cool, but you were hurt, so I walked home. And now here you are! And I am making muffins."

"Yeah, I got that." Well, I could still make my date, if I pushed myself. "Do you have any painkillers?"

She laughs, a little maniacally. "Silly Wicky, what do you think the muffins are for!?"

...Well that's disconcerting. I seem to have two options here.

Option A: Go to the date. I can disregard my wounds, bid Delirium farewell (although maybe after getting a painkiller muffin, jesus this hurts), and head off to meet Angel Frost. Or,

Option B: Send Walter to cancel for me. I can write a note for Walter to give to Debbie, and he can deliver it with the scepter. I believe I have a reasonable excuse for cancelling on a date this evening.

Both of these options seem like they could go poorly, but if handled right, either one of them could turn out just fine, too. Hmm... I'll need to think on this.

I would appreciate if you bolded your choice for easier reading while browsing the suggestions.

Alright here's the plan. We let her decide. Send her a note telling her the situation and ask her to respond via Walter. Tell her you got beat all up to shit and are about to be given mysterious painkiller muffins. They may or may not have side effects that would ruin the date, and besides you're going to be in bad shape. Tell her we can still make the date if she wants us to, and it might turn out okay even with our condition.

A. These painkillers sound odd but you don't want to leave your lady hanging. If you fail, at least you will fail without giving up.

>>298516
"Thanks Delirium, you're a life saver.
Wait, I need a clear head tonight. Will that be a problem?"

Making an impressive dramatic entrance is grand and all, but there's more dramatic potential in showing up bloodied and beaten. Plus it establishes that the Baron Obsidian does NOT break a promise to a lady. Ever.
Lets go for Option A: Go to the date.

>>298518
Here's another vote for Option C. Be careful to avoid wording the note to sound like you're trying to worm your way out of the date, just explain the situation as honestly and concisely as possible. Maybe make note of any alternate date activities you would be okay with (which include... uh... a picnic? You can do that while lying down and not moving, right?)

Also, note that you have not yet thanked Delirium. Don't forget that. You're a gentleman.

>>298516
Here's a clue:
Canceling a Date that you asked for is NEVER
EVER
Reasonably excused. Unless you literally can't walk or are comatose, it will be your fault, and she will read SOMETHING into it. Maybe not a dealbreaker, but with the sour note things left off on last time, I wouldn't risk it.

ON that note, be damn careful about anything Delirium offers you. Thanks are definitely in order, even an exchanging of cards. She may be a little loopy, but when shit goes down, Delirium's got your back.

Whatever happens, you're making that date. Perhaps give a call to say you may end up looking a little ragged, and that you'll explain during dinner.

Oh, and to be clear: Option A, basically, is my vote.

Option A
You may have to spend a bit longer healing afterward.
But you said you'd be there, and thus you must make every effort to do so. If you hadn't been conscious, it would have been unavoidable, but you can make it, so you should. It may be somewhat short, which would probably be good. We can go be as gentlemanly as can be, and sit in the theater with her for a bit. We should certainly beg off of anything beyond the date we originally agreed to. But the lady is unlikely to request it of us, when apprised of our health situation, and in light of said situation she may even see fit to request that we see to our own health first.
>>298518
Certainly we allow her the ability to say "no, you're not fit to be out and about". But implying that Blackwick is not fully prepared to fulfill his word is not a thing that should happen. No man who can't keep his word is worthy of associating with a lady, much less holding the title of "Baron". Unless Angel Frost tells Blackwick not to, he should do exactly what he said he would, and take her out.

Also, having Walter take the note isn't really much more strenuous than teleporting there and doing it in person.

On a somewhat different note:
>>298516
Those muffins probably contain narcotics. Since Blackwick apparently wants painkillers (and chest wounds can be quite uncomfortable, so I can't really blame him) narcotics in general should not be passed up. But Delirium secrets her own, and her superdrugs could be quite potent. We should be certain that the drug won't disable us, and prevent us from doing the date. If it makes us a bit out of it, that's fine (it's just a movie date, that doesn't require a whole ton of attention) but we don't want to be high off our ass for our date.



And since a lot of folks apparently don't know how:
To bold, put tags around it like <b>this is bold</b> as per HTML
Except use square brackets like this [ ] instead of the normal brackets.

>>298527
One should also read the FAQ, where all of this information is already contained.

http://www1.tgchan.org/kusaba/news.php?p=faq

Alright since it looks like option A is going to win, we should at least warn her first via Walter that we got into a bit of trouble.

I think I'm going to go for Option C.
Because asking Debbie what she wants to do seems like the most reasonable thing. Not making decisions for her and such.

But, hey, hey, hey. If it turns out we go on the date anyway, let's leave our card for Delirium. She seems... nice. Well, nice for a villain. She's certainly trying to be nice, anyway.

I vote Option A, but realize that it would be a shitty date. We are not going to cancel and especially not via Walter but we are going to show up and talk to her. We bring Walter along to help us do things, maybe send him ahead depending on where Angel was to meet us. He can carry the scepter when we offer it to her, after a bit of whatever drama comes up. How Angel responds to everything we can't really know yet, she may call it short so we can take care of ourselves - or she may elect to stop the date to tend to us herself. I can't say that's a bad thing at all even without painkiller muffins.

Inform our host that we have a promise to keep. A muffin would be appreciated if it wouldn't knock you out. I'm sure we can trust her enough to be honest about the effects.

...Eat half a muffin, save the rest for later.

>>298516
A obviously

Also: Don't eat the whole muffin. Leave like a half for later. Her drugs are supposed to be extremely potent ;P

I guess go with Option A

You ARE going to be tripping balls from those muffins though. Don't delude yourself into thinking otherwise. That's why you want to send Walther ahead to warn Debbie that you might be a bit out of it due to the painkillers after taking some serious hits in the battle earlier in the day, but you're not one to cancel a date after she has (presumably) already spent effort getting ready.

Also have Walter suggest that you could make it a date in the park, seaside or somewhere a bit secluded in general. Then she won't be TOO embarrassed if you start dozing off or freaking out from invisible spiders.

Make sure you thank Delirium though. Even though she is rather crazy and has tentacles she's been really nice to you. Maybe give her a hug and some praise for her efforts before you go?

>>298516
Option B, or well C works as well. But you're in no state to go on a date. You're very badly injured. Just because you have a baseline healing power from being a villain doesn't mean you should disregard common sense when it comes to dealing with injuries. And one of those common sense things is to not just dope yourself up on painkillers and continue like it's nothing. That can have a lasting effect even if you have some healing mojo. You need to rest and recover, not go on dates, because if you do then there is a high chance that you will collapse in the middle of the thing.

>>298546
Agreed. While it may seem chivalrous and "proper" to go through with the date, your body is not in any state to do much besides recover. A healing factor is only as good as it is fast and I doubt yours will repair enough damage to leave you cognizant enough to go out. The date should be fun for both of you. The dramatic "I got shot so I'm gonna bleed on your couch but I made it" isn't logical.

I do think that you should explain the situation in person (What do I say for that? C?). A note via butler-ninja isn't going to cut it.

Option A!

>>298516
OPTION A: Suboption, teleport to wherever you're meeting her and then dramatically collapse.

A gentleman does not allow his butler to deliver the bad news. He cancels in person if it really comes to that. Perfectly acceptable to let Walter go scouting for you, but any actual messages need to come from your own bleeding lips.

OPTION B
If you could manage to walk around after this, then yea, I would say go on the date, but it looks like you are in serous pain just by sitting up so it would be wise to recover and make it up later with a super awesome date. (one that isn't planned on the same day a heist is)

Option B: Send Walter to cancel for me.

You'll kill yourself otherwise.

Option C, if only to warn her about our injured and woozy state.

Option A

Option A
As I said before, we won't miss this date for anything, we already messed up the last one. And the Baron doesn't go down on his word.

I think we should have bought regeneration.

Option A

totally

Option A, but be careful not to overexert yourself. Law Legs was no joke.

Option A

Also, mention to Delirium that you have a date at 7. My intuition says she'll find this fact cute, and somehow Delirium's affections is a good thing.

Option A.

Always the best option. Our regen should take care of everything in a few hours, anyways.

Option A

>>298758
Not all of it. Broken bones can take weeks to fully heal. Our regen should shorten that to days, but hopefully, with a few hours, the wounds will at least be manageable.

Option A
Make the effort to show up and be honest about what happened to you.

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2011/04/24(Sun)17:57 No. 298968 ID: 5d54a5
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I force myself to my feet. Thankfully, I have no injuries to speak of below the waist, so I can walk just fine. The hard part was getting to my feet at all. I feel unsteady, and I hurt quite a bit, but I'm going to see Angel Frost. I'll describe the situation to her, and let her decide what to do from here. I'm not going to have Walter do anything except maybe come with me in case I fall over or something.

In the meantime, I should figure out what I'm doing with Delirium here. I need to thank her for her help, and maybe for the muffins. I might need to tell her where I'm going. I should definitely exchange villain cards with her, she seems surprisingly reliable, outside of her... loopiness. And I should-

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2011/04/24(Sun)17:58 No. 298969 ID: 5d54a5
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Delirium bursts in with a pan of muffins! "All done, Wicky!" She seems to be wearing nothing but underwear and an apron.

"These muffins should help ya with... Hey! You should be lying down, what are you doing up? That's not good for you at all!"

explain you already had a plan before joining in on this outing and you really do not want to miss it, regardless of your state of well being. you will take a muffin though. and exchange cards.

>>298969
Is she in her undies under that apron?

>>298969
"Thank you so much, but I have a promise to keep. I'll be fine, promise." Thank her for her help, exchange cards grab a muffin and say you'll see her again soon. Be a most awesome gentleman about it, even if she ain't no lady.

>>298973
What she always wears around the house, is my guess. We're just lucky she is wearing anything under the apron.

>>298969
Ask her what's in the muffin. Also, exchange cards and port away.

>>298973
>She seems to be wearing nothing but underwear and an apron.


>>298969
Resist temptation wiky, those tentacles would do horrible things
I'm joking

>>298971
This
Then port home for a quick freshen up.

Be sure to thank her for her hospitality and assistance in making sure you didn't die, etc etc

>>298968
"Sorry. I owe you my thanks, and I really do hate to run off, but I've got a date tonight and standing a lady up would cause me far worse injury."

Offer her your card "Queen and Blood are a bit too intense for my taste, but you're a joy to work with. Breaking character for a moment, did everybody get out alright? Will Mana be ok?"

>>298969
This woman is a gem, a crazy, crazy, gem. If we were less of a gentleman and far less sane I would we should try something, but we're not. Anyway, thank her and explain the situation, excluding the date part. Grab a muffin on your way out, but do not eat it right away. We'll wait until we're outside and ask Walter to eat some first and report what he feels. I'm fairly certain she wouldn't give us a muffin that could kill us.

>>298985
I support this action :D

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2011/04/24(Sun)19:45 No. 298999 ID: 5d54a5
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"Sorry, but I can't rest right now. I owe you my thanks, and I really do hate to run off, but I've got a date tonight and standing a lady up would cause me far worse injury."

"Oh! A date? That's adorable!" She drops the muffins to the floor and clutches her hands together. "And pretty cool, really! I was really hoping you could stay for a few days and we could, like, get high on the couch and watch TV and it would have been so cute but okay! Eehehee! You're probably gonna bleed everywhere! I hope you have fun! But... Er."

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2011/04/24(Sun)19:46 No. 299000 ID: 5d54a5
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She gives me a look. "...you're going to a date in that?" She gestures to my lack of shirt and my bright pink bandages and my armored legs.

"What? No! Of course not. I was going to go home first and change."

"With a broken wrist and a bandaged hand."

"...Yes."

"Wicky, sweety, are you sure you don't need help with that? You're a bit underdressed."

...Um.

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2011/04/24(Sun)19:46 No. 299001 ID: 5d54a5
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Before I decide to do anything else, however, I trade cards with her.

Delirium: Ephemeral Euphoria. Real Name: Sarah Peregrine.

When asked about her muffins, she says "they are made of chocolate" and does not elaborate.

>>299000
We do have a butler. Let him butle.

>>299003
Yeah, really. This falls well within Walter's purview. Inform her that while her concern is appreciated, we already have all the assistance we could need with little details.

"She's a hero I'm trying to get to switch teams and I don't know her that well yet. I think it'd be pretty risky to accept the help of a woman as attractive as you with my wardrobe if she's the jealous kind. I was planning on getting Walter to help me if I needed it."

....And damnit, we're turning down the hot chick in an apron and underwear who just invited us to a five day date on her couch. So close to the perfect woman. *cries*

>>299000
Turn your head to the side "Walter."
Turn back to Delirium.
If Walter doesn't show up then say "Well, that does seem to pose an awkward problem. I guess I'll ask my knights for help; I couldn't impose on you further."
If Walter DOES show up then say "I'll manage, but thank you."

In either case, smile and say "I might take you up on your offer sometime, though. By the way, how is everybody else? Will Mana be alright?"

Next stop: Home. Get minion help for dressing (both you and your wounds) and preparations for the date.

Let her know that you planned to just have your butler assist you.
Do convey that you would be totally cool with hanging out. And of course, you really won't be doing much else for a little bit while you heal. Just not right now, because you have somewhere you need to be.

>>299007
There will be other chances. Look, we got her phone number! It's a bunch of X's but still.
Maybe we can go out on a lighthearted heist with her some other time, just the two of us.

Tell her if you're free you'll come back afterward, it's better to be with someone who can help if you get an infection.

EAT THE MUFFIN.

Oh, and NO MUFFINS.

Remind her you have a butler, call him and have him grab your removed armor for you. Ask her if the muffin will make you sleepy, she should be honest enough about that.

>>299026
Sleepiness is the least the the side effects the muffin will cause.

The tentacles man, the tentacles *muttermutter*

In any case, I hate to disappoint, but call walter and have him help you out.

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2011/04/24(Sun)21:31 No. 299055 ID: 5d54a5
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"Thanks for the offer, but I have Walter to help me. I'm sure he's up to the task."

"Oh! I remember him! He's so tiny. So tiny. I'll go get a bag for these muffins!" Delirium picks the tray up off the floor and runs off to the kitchen.

I raise my voice so she can hear me from the next room over. "I really do appreciate all of this! You're a gem, you know that? I'd be quite happy to work with you again some time."

"Aww, you're so nice! That's really sweet, to say." She says, back with a bag of chocolate muffins. "We can totally work again together sometime together, if you want! It would be so fun."

"Yes, I agree. Hollow Queen and Blood Knight seem a bit too intense for my tastes, but at least I made one villainous friend today."

"Eeheehee! Yes! Me too. That makes me happy. Hey! I already have all this medicine and stuff pulled out. If you wanna crash here for a few days, I'll still have a bed open for ya!"

"I think I would like that." I smile.

"Hooray! I mean, I don't need all this medicine, I got away unhurt today, but I already pulled it out and it would be so dumb to put it away now."

"Completely unhurt? Okay, that is pretty impressive. It was crazy out there. How is everyone else, anyway? Is Mana alright? Hollow Queen?"

"Yeah I think so. Mana should be fine, she's been wrecked before. Usually not by me though. She kicks my ass! Eeheheheee. Queenie really saved me there. And uh... I dunno! About the Queen, I mean! After I caught you, I walked back home. I didn't stay to see how it ended. Maybe I shoulda? Huh. Well I am sure it will be on TV."

"I'm sure it will." I nod. "Well, I will see you later, Sarah."

"Sure thing James! I'm gonna go make pasta, I'm hungry."

"Hahaa, okay. Oh! Before I go... these muffins."

"They're chocolate!"

"Yes, I know. Will they make me sleepy? Or hallucinate? Can you at least say that much?"

"They really shouldn't, unless you're like, super allergic to chocolate."

"...Okay. Thanks. Farewell!" And I teleport out.

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2011/04/24(Sun)21:31 No. 299057 ID: 5d54a5
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I arrive at my apartment, armed with a bag of 4 muffins and a lot of pain in my arms and chest. I have Walter on hand, and after getting dressed in something presentable and slinging up one arm, it is now 6:45. I have 15 minutes to plan my grand entrance. Or I guess what movie we're going to see. Or maybe eat. Or maybe drive my car to her place instead of picking her up via teleportation. I'm not sure what I need to do right now.

>>299057
Eat one of the magical painkiller chocolate muffins. We... probably should've asked how many we were supposed to eat at once. Oh well, just one for now. I wonder how quickly they start working?

Also, let's drive the car over, but have Walter doing the- wait can he reach the pedals? Shit. May have to teleport, since using a steering wheel one-handed is not safe.

Sell that scepter so we have tons of cash.

That way we'll be able to devote our whole paycheck to FX.

>>299066
what? no.

if you think you can then drive.

Treat them like normal muffins for the time being.

Rent a nice car, let Walter Chauffeur you around.
More time to interact, less chance of you wrecking by driving yourself , be sort of classy, etc.

Uhh use the car. Let's keep it normal and nonflashy for the romance part of your life unless your job starts interfering again.
List the movies. You already went to a restaurant last date.

>>299070
>List the movies
http://www1.tgchan.org/wiki/Category:Quests

>>299057
You're in no condition to drive, so have Walter drive your car over to her place.
Teleport over to a fast food joint and buy a quick meal - just something that can hold you for an hour or two - then teleport to her place.

This date isn't a job, so be a bit more James and a bit less Baron Obsidian.
Work will inevitably come up in conversation, and while it's a fine topic it doesn't really help you to get to know her.

>>299057
Take your car. You can't reliably carry others with you when you teleport, which means that you can't very well expect to use that as your method of transportation for a date. In the future, perhaps.

Really, I would play this like a relatively normal person for now. You frankly have not given her that great of experiences with you when you've been in super-powered villain mode, so stick to the basics; take her out to a normal movie/dinner, be normally charming. Know where you're going to go in advance, because that's what one does before going on a date. Make sure you know the times for movies in several different genres, but pick something for your initial suggestion that you think would appeal to her based upon what we know of her personality. Which is... that she loves faeries and likes being a hero. Someone help me out here.

Eat no more than a quarter-muffin right now. We don't know how strong they are or if they'll have side effects like knocking you out. If you're not feeling it in fifteen minutes after you've driven to her place, take another quarter-muffin, but no more than that. Going on dates while more than lightly drugged is not a good thing.

>>299057
Don't eat any muffins. Keep them for your date. You can share them! Give warnings as necessary.
If you can drive, go ahead and do so. Otherwise it may be easier to just teleport. You really shouldn't move that arm! Be prepared to explain your injuries.

Go see Sue Quest.

>>299071
Avoid Bob flicks. They go on for far too long, remember the four-hour monster that Golem Part One was? Ugh. Try something light and funny, maybe a little romantic - I hear that there's a new Dive movie out, or hell, Dungeon Denizens is an adorable little comedy.

go see the new aberration

Some possibilities, for a somewhat romantic movie-
Ruby Quest
Beneath a Steel Sky
Infiltration
Tezakia Quest

Drew the Lich would be a very topical movie.

Man, let's see a Brom flick. Quest for No Name. Has action, romance, fantasy, fuck yeah.
Or go with the classic Ruby Quest. Horror movies get girls cuddly bro.

>>299057
Eat one of them cupcakes, I'm sure you can use the painkillers.

>>299071
My first instinct is Dive, since I reckon you'd like the protagonist, and it's a very good movie.
But it's a bit long, and maybe too dark for a date.
Plessy Quest is good. It's short enough that it might seem like a cop out, though.
Sourg Rapes might be good for turning her to villainy, but it seems a bit early in your relationship for that sort of thing.
Why not watch Earth Defense Force?

>>299083
Oh wait, never mind. See a Brom movie. They're great for this.

>>299083
>Brom quest
Oh man why did I not think of that sooner? Those movies have the BEST romance. Kinda steamy sometimes though... That might give her the wrong idea. Maybe you can go for one of the less risque ones.

>>299088
I'm torn between Quest With No Name and Eivr.
Dio is a good analog of a superhero, but Oren is in a wonderfully thick stew of cop, western, comedy, and romance genres.

I'm leaning towards Oren, but either works. Ruby Quest is also a solid contender.

>>299088
Oh yeah, watch the first Oren.

>Why not watch Earth Defense Force?
>>299087
Warning, incipient recursion cascade paradox potential. Paradox minimization advised.

>>299083
Shit you guys, He should go see Rebirth Quest.
Hal up in this motherfucker.

Really we should let her choose. Just show up with some ideas, and find out which she'd like to see.

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2011/04/25(Mon)00:37 No. 299104 ID: 5d54a5
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Walter is a bit too short to drive, but he can navigate. I get one of the knights a hat, and he drives.

I teleport myself a hamburger from some cheap fast food place, paying for it normally, and eat that fast, along with one of the muffins. All I've had to eat today was some toast, so I am still pretty hungry, but that's okay. After eating the muffin, I feel a little more confident, and the pain feels a little less immediate, but it's not a very big change. A little hard to notice the change, actually.

I pick her up as normal, moments after 7. She's a little freaked out about my arm, but I calm her down and say it's fine, I'll be fine. I mean, it hurts, but it'll be fine. We're watching a movie, not scaling a mountain, right? I manage to calm her down, and we head off. She seems impressed by Walter, and thinks he is "so cute."

We get to the movies, and after some debate, end up seeing one called "Movie with No Name." It sounds fun and quirky, and the front picture implies there'll be some romance so hey. We check it out.

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2011/04/25(Mon)00:37 No. 299105 ID: 5d54a5
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...It is actually really good! It was well paced and well written and both of us adored it. The weird name had me worried it'd be some kind of experimental strangeness, but it's a good thing we took a stab at it anyway. Debbie says Leah was a real bitch, and liked how it ended. I have to agree.

I still feel pretty sore. I'm not sure those muffins actually did ANYTHING, but I still have 3 of them. Maybe they really were just chocolate muffins. Now with the movie over, we head back to my car. I need things to talk about, and to decide if I'm taking her home straight away or what. I don't think she quite knows the extent of my injuries; I told her about the incident but didn't show anything, or whine about the pain. It hurts, but it is barely bearable.

maybe she put all the drugs into one muffin instead of spreading them out. seems like something she would do.

ask her what she has been up to.

Don't invite her to do anything else in particular. You could use bed rest.
Just talk about the movie to start with, and let the conversation flow however it goes.

>>299105
You could ssk her about how she got into the hero-ing thing. That's probably an interesting story. It's only fair to talk about yourself and how the EDF are dicks, too. Does she know them personally, being a fellow hero? Like, heroes generally work together more than villains. Do they have a monthly "Heroes of Adventure City" meeting or anything?

Home will do. It's been a busy day. Can't wait for tomorrow and see the mayor's response. And maybe ask how they manage to power all this shit and why there's a suitable market for it, not to look a gift horse in the mouth.

She's probably been a hero for a while and knows the scope, ask her. Less chance of pissing off our boss by asking too many questions again. Maybe there's a crazy conspiracy behind everything and joke about it. Maybe your father was murdered by the mayor to cover it up then do a weird MENTOK THE MIND TAKER bwoooo-uuuuu-OOOOH to try and get her to laugh.

>>299105
Ask her if she wants dinner. Go with her choice of restaurant, unless you know a great little place, then drive her home. Have Walter retrieve the scepter then present it to her at her doorstep. If it's well received, go in for a kiss.

>>299105
Well, obviously you should give her the jewel you've been holding for almost two chapters now. That's sure to get a conversation going.

Also, share muffins.

On one hand it's probably nicer for her if you didn't talk business, on the other hand you have that scepter and the business matters are actually rather important. She will see the news soon enough and it does us no good to avoid most of the subject now.

Tell her you'd like to see the news with her about what happened in Iron City since you missed the end of all that. The conversation will flow pretty naturally from there as I'm sure she'll comment on it. Explain a more on bit on the lead up to the event first so she'll have a proper context going into it.

The question "What do you feel about me being a villain?" must come up after this. Everything else you say depends on her response.

>>299113
oh, this is a good one, with with it. maybe snack on another another muffin.

>>299115
let's not share the drugged muffins to an unknowing woman. Now if she wants some "special" muffins we can make them when we get home another time, then we can totally chill out. Blacwick was an underachiever before this, the bastard must have some history with "special baked" goods.

>>299105
Thus far you've seen a movie and it seems like she's enjoying herself. You are not in any fit state to pursue this date much further, though; begin making preparations to end it gracefully, and plan to give her your prepared gift on the next date- because, unfortunately, you're probably not able to accept so much as a thank-you embrace at the moment. Major gifts should be given when you're at your best.

Do not talk about hero-ing or any other form of work. Talk about the movie, and go from there to other movies that you've seen and what you thought of them, that sort of thing; your objective is simply to be normal and charming. Either take her right home, or to someplace relatively quick to eat at (but not fast food) so that you don't have to spend too much longer up and about while seriously injured. Make sure that the date ends with her feeling like you were nice and worth going on another date with; promise to call and quietly plan to give her your gift on your next date, to take place sometime when you're not horribly injured.

>>299105
Ask Walter to get you some proper pain medication. Maybe some oxycodone or something.

Next, take Debbie to dinner. Something a few steps up from fast food, but not a sit-down restaurant. A Panera Bread or something.

Now is a good chance to sit down and talk. At some point you should ask what kind of pay heroes get. Also, how business has been - if she starts talking about heroing, then let her talk but eventually say you meant her store.

Once the meal is over, ask if she would like to go home and watch the news over a cup of tea. Mention that you don't know what happened after Law Legs broke your ribs, and you want to make sure nobody was seriously hurt since that was a large part of the reason why you were involved.
Also tell her that you miiight have had to kick a few cancer orphans, but in your defense you needed to get them out of the blast zone.

Go to her place, have tea, watch the news. If she seems content at that point, then once the story is over you can give her the scepter.

Talk, flirt, don't give her any of your muffins.
They are medicinal and should only be taken if your doctor says you can (we are your doctor).

Let your feet lead; parks are usually nice.

>>299113
>>299122

Those are good ideas ;D

>>299105
Eat another muffin. Maybe two; but be careful now. If that 'confidence' boost gets bigger only eat a second muffin. Delirium didn't know you had a girlfriend when she made the muffins- she might've been planning to seduce you during the time you spent there.

Ask her what she's been up to. If she asks what you've been up to, say you had a big brawl with some other supervillains against a group of heroes off in another city and made a new friend.

Ask what her job is like. Talk about your job. Discuss hobbies, and interests- favorite food, places you go around town, websites, comics, books.

Don't touch the muffins. Not while you're around people.

As for the date... don't strain yourself, even a little. You're not invincible, and you've got nothing to prove just yet. You made it to the date. Awesome, go you. For now, see if you can settle with a little conversation. Ask her about why she became a hero, that should get things started.

Give her her present before you take her home, but make it clear that it is completely unrelated to your injuries. No need to confuse the girl - we're not that kind of villain. Do let her know that you'd like to do a more better date when you're not halfway crippled.

Yeah, avoid the muffins for now.

Of course, there might have been some hallucinogenic drugs in those muffins and we COULD still be at Delerium's place zonked out like a zombie. She IS crazy as hell and thinks we're cute.

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2011/04/29(Fri)23:20 No. 300343 ID: 842a40
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After much deliberation over my injuries and my hunger, we decide to go get dinner, because she's actually pretty hungry too. It is almost 10pm now. I decide it hurts more to stand, so we find a sit-down restaurant, but try to find a cheaper one. I decide not to eat any of the muffins, and in fact, not even mention them, since we're going to get food anyway. On the way there, I decide to talk about this whole supervillainy/superheroing thing.

"...and so after that EDF fiasco, I went to the mayor and he explained all this stuff to me, and now here I am, a month later and loving the new job. How'd you become a hero, anyway?"

"Wait, back up. The mayor gives you guys your FX and stuff?" Debbie sounds surprised.

"Yeah. Doesn't he give you your powers too?"

"No, we get ours from the police commissioner."

"Oh, huh. I guess that makes sense."

"So supervillains are funded by the government too, huh...? I always wondered where you guys got your powers from. I bet there's some sort of evil conspiracy. Do villains have, like, monthly meetings or something, to plan this stuff?"

"What? No!" I was going to ask that. "I've met, like, 4 villains total. Do you guys have hero meetings?"

"No, but we can always ask the Commissioner for contact information. He's pretty big on cooperation and teamwork and stuff. Sometimes he makes us work together for things, but usually we're on our own to figure things out."

"Interesting. So hey! How did you get your heroing job? I'm told that inheritance cases don't happen much, but nobody tells me the normal way of things."

"Well, I've always loved magic and fairies and all that dark, mysterious stuff. So I applied for a superhero position every time there was an opening, because I wanted to be a fairy sooo bad, and on my third run through I got picked! Openings don't come up very often at all. There's about one per year. Really, if I could, I'd rather just have the powers and not do the heroing thing. It's kind of a pain, but it needs to be done if I want to keep my powers. And I do love the flying, and the magic. It's a lot of fun."

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2011/04/29(Fri)23:20 No. 300344 ID: 842a40
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At about this time we found a Denny's, and decided to stop there. A busboy says a waiter will be with us in a moment, and I look up to see a TV playing CSN. How exceedingly convenient.

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2011/04/29(Fri)23:22 No. 300345 ID: 842a40
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"...And in today's top news story, an attack was staged on Iron City's superhero parade! Known for it's particularly brutal stance against supervillainy, it seems strange that a new face would make a showing here! And not just a showing, but he almost went toe to toe with the infamous Law Legs, the very same champion who has in the past defeated the tyrannical Grand Finale singlehandedly! This new scumbag must really be something else."

"Our reporters fled the scene after being harrassed by Iron City's infamous meth addict Delirium, and as a result we were unable to get a picture of the new villain in action, or really, any solid information at all about the attack. Field reporters are useless, I tell you. But according to spectators, this class act seems to be going by the name of 'Baron Wiki.' The exalted Law Legs chose not to comment on the newbie, but judging by his name, we think he's probably some kind of huge nerd."

"In the aftermath of the combat, some no name from Adventure City got thrown in jail afterwards, but no one really cares. There hasn't been a good villain from Adventure City since Blackwing kicked the bucket. Corneria's Blood Knight and the previously mentioned Delirium of Iron City were also present, but managed to escape once again. As usual, Happy Time was useless in all things related to being a super hero."

"Up next, windows! Could they be the new doors? A report on the frequency of defenestration in today's society. Stay tuned to Circle Seven News, with your ace reporter, Tom Fantastic!"

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2011/04/29(Fri)23:22 No. 300346 ID: 842a40
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Our waiter walked up during the report, and he drops the menus. "Hah! You got more spotlight than the Queen did." Debbie laughs, hugging my arm. "Good job!"

The waiter suddenly shouts at us. "Y-you! It's you!" Do I know this guy...? He seems familiar, but entirely forgettable.

It's the monkey dude! Tell him that you're not here on business and there's no cause for alarm.

it's wrench monkey! tell him to calm down, you just want o eat, you are too hurt to try anything anyway.
also, we need teleport capacity so we can spring the queen. iron city seems ruthless to villains.

>>300346
It's that guy! Say hi. After all, he was our first real venture down this road we're on, so you may as well be polite. Ask him how things are going. Make it clear that you are not going to smash him in the head with a guitar, if he seems to get any ideas to the contrary.

I mean not that you're even in any shape to do so because come on seriously. You are here for delicious food.

>>300346
Oh hello Wrench Guy.
Been a while, how are you doing buddy? Have a seat.
Say, how'd you like to have a fight for old times sake sometime?

Tell him you're not doing business. Getting in fights when going to restaurants with Debbie shouldn't become a habit. And you're really not fit to fight anyway.

Don't tell him that last bit.

We aren't on the clock right now. We are enjoying a meal. No need to start anything.

We should look into springing the Hollow Queen, but not until after we get an idea of how the place holding her is set up. Would be unfortunate to go in planning a teleport extraction only to find that it is shielded against teleportation and we didn't take the upgrade necessary to break through.

>>300346
Say hi, ask him about hiring his construction services out later. Not right now, but exchange phone numbers. We've got a damaged moon base to retrofit.

Also, ask about the pay grade for heroes. They seem like they got a dick deal.

>>300346
"Well if it isn't my old friend? Come over here, talk for a minute, how ya been?"

>>300363
We should just call up the news place and give them an "insider tip". Or if we can talk amicably with our monkey friend maybe we can get him to do it for us, as the hero who first fought the Baron. Get him some good reputation you know?

>>300346
"Hey! Fancy seeing you here! How's it going? Don't worry, I'm not working right now." Smile and be friendly. "I guess I should probably introduce myself- we didn't really get a chance to trade real names, eh? I'm James, James Blacwick."

If you get a chance, introduce Debbie. She might know her co-worker, but it can't hurt to build connections. Then order food, because you really are here for food.

If he proves stubborn and wants to attack you, politely ask him to stop. Something like "Look, I'm still hurting from working earlier, I'm not doing anything villainous here, and I just want a nice date with a lovely girl. Are you really that determined to ruin my evening?" Hopefully Debbie will stand up for you.


>"Hah! You got more spotlight than the Queen did." Debbie laughs, hugging my arm. "Good job!"
Awesome. This girl is a treasure.

>>300346
Hey, Magilla! You dropped your thing.
We need a table. Hey, if they're all full, maybe he can build us one! Haaaaaa, I kid.
I'm kindof surprised he works here. Figured he'd be in repairs or construction or something. Maybe ask him about that. But mostly we are here for our date.

>>300345
> Hollow Queen Behind Bars
Poor Queenie. She was nice enough to take a hit for us, too! We should totally bust her out. Y'know. As soon as we get working limbs again.

>>300343
> I bet there's some sort of evil conspiracy.
Note to self: Find conspiracy. Join it.

> Really, if I could, I'd rather just have the powers and not do the heroing thing.
DINGDINGDING. Tell her she should consider being a villain. Don't, like, hard sell it, just put the idea in her head. We're a pretty civil villain, after all. Maybe tell her a little about it. Maybe get some more info on what heroing is like.

It's pretty easy. You go out, commit a crime, fight some heroes, get FX. As far as we're aware you don't even have to do anything, but you do get paid by the encounter so there's incentive to go out and beat heroes.

Some villains like Hollow Queen and Blood Knight seem pretty serious about it, but there's no rule that says you have to hurt people. That's what we're doing. Messing up concerts. Helping out other villains. Uh. Trashing.. stores. ...
That last... one... didn't go so hot.

Anyway the point is you don't have to be evil unless you want to be. You do have to be kindof a jerk, though. She should think about it!

We could take her to see the mayor sometime and she could ask questions and if she doesn't like it she can say no. But it's something to consider.

>>300377
Imagine how many people he'd put out of a job alone. The construction unions would never allow him to work with him. If you want to rebut, go to the discussion thread.

>>300346
"Oh, hey, WM. No worries, I'm off the clock."
Wave your good hand dismissively
"I thought you'd be a mechanic or a carpenter, but with my day job I'm hardly one to talk.
Err... I would introduce you two, but I don't know your name.
Table for two, please."

Once you're seated, get back to the conversation "Heroes don't get to keep their powers when they retire? Strange, villains do. Barring a contract breach, I mean. Maybe you could talk to the chief about that?"

>>300377
I think it's a bit early in the relationship to start the whole "Switch sides, it's better over here" thing.

Third date at least.

>>300346
Say hi to Grease Monkey. Or was that it? Something like that. It's nice to see him again. You're here on a date, and he's on the job, so you shouldn't waste any time with smalltalk, though. Order up a grand slam or something.

Go back to your conversation with Debbie. She likes magic, eh? So, is she into like, fantasy novels? Movies, games, anything like that? What were your hobbies, anyway? You were a loner, you had to spend time doing something like reading or following television or on the internet or something.

Once both of you finish eating, bring her back to her place, and then present the wand there.

>>300354
We're at Denny's. We're clearly not here for delicious food.

Make sure Wrench Monkey knows we are not here for trouble and that a fight in there probably would cause a lot of damage to the place.

We DON'T want this date to end like the last one, no matter how awesome that fight was.

>Really, if I could, I'd rather just have the powers and not do the heroing thing.
Whoa, looks like we have hit the jackpot, but let's take this slow. No sudden "Hey want to switch sides?" on the second date. But I guess we could let it slip that villains get paid more.

>There hasn't been a good villain from Adventure City since Blackwing kicked the bucket.
Well I guess that is about to change then. To bad they got your name all wrong.

Also I'm all for busting out Hollow Queen later, she invited us to one hell of a fight and saved us in the end.

>>300346
First hero whose ass you kicked. He was quite forgetable, only managed to hit you in the face with a wrench, not that big a deal on the whole. Just tell him that you're not signing any autographs right now.

Hmm, so Queen ended up in the slammer, guess Law Legs was too much for her. We should probably try to break her out if she can't get out herself, and if we have to do it then we should see if the Don wants in on it and get Delerium to help as well.

But you're going to need to heal before that. You're in no shape to do anything spectacular for the coming days.

After that breaking out thing it might be a nice idea to show that news anchor why you don't talk shit about supervillains. A little kidnapping, severe beating and a fight against a hero trying to come to the rescue might be fun.

Agreed on starting out subtle with Debbie.

It may prove helpful to give her a copy of The Snow Queen, by Hans Christian Anderson... given the nature of her powers and such.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Snow_Queen

I think messing with the news is a bad idea. It's better to work with them. Like hook the news station up with an exclusive or clue them in before a dramatic encounter so they get some good footage or something. If you get on their BAD side you'll just have your name misspelled and mispronounced even more as they slake you in the press, but if you get them to like you then you could become a celebrity villain rather quickly.

Also Tom Fantastic has a colored jacket. Is he possibly a hero or villain himself?

Just play things down with Wrench Monkey or whatever his real name is. If he's all upset that you defeated him once then point out that the cute little Debbie beat you up too, but you don't hold that against her, in fact you're getting along really well.

Play it cool. Both in response to the news guy misspelling your name (though it might be nice to sometime stylishly pop in and inform him of the correct spelling), and to Wrench Monkey. Tell him you're just here for a dinner and ask him for a menu.

Well, obviously, once we're a little patched up, we need to swing on down to CSN and pop up on live TV and announce who we are at large. And also correct the name thing.

And after that, we should see about getting Hollow Queen out. we kind of owe her for some things.

After the date, we need to stop by the Mayor's office and grab our paycheck (and any upgrades we may wish to purchase) before running off and doing anything else.

One of the bystanders at the parade should have had the foresight to get some cellphone footage of your epic speech, that you could anonymously submit to the news networks. Later when you have a giant viewscreen in your moon base you can hijack their signal to announce that you're holding the world hostage, but not yet.
If there's no footage, a polite, handwritten note stamped with your seal, explaining the misunderstanding, would also do. (But hey, Baron Wiki isn't so bad. You could reinvent yourself as The Evil Anyone Can Edit!)

And then you have to meet up with Delirium and bust out Hollow Queen, because that's just what friends do.

>>300463
I like the idea of us politely explaining who Blackwick is in a handwritten note.

He is a baron, he needs style instead of just kidnapping someone like a ruffian.

Yes, send them a handwritten note. If they screw it up again, take everyone at their HQ hostage and teleport anyone you dislike into low orbit. ON LIVE TELEVISION.

Sending them a handwritten note just seems like begging for attention. The baron does not beg. Let our actions speak for us.

Also, +1 For busting out the Hollow Queen. She was a bro.

>>300346
No note.

>>300346
"HOW ARE YOU, GENTLEMAN!"

Plotting and planning goes here:
>>/questdis/331895

PLAY IT COOL MAN, remenice infact, he is afterall, the guy you beat on your first day.

also I have to agree telepot capacity would be useful, if only so we're not blowing fx everytime we want to take a passenger

So did anyone else notice the part where the busboy has a bloody zombie bite out of his head? I mean I know other distracting stuff happened there, but really, I'm curious what that's about. It can't be up to the local health code standard, makes me wonder what ELSE is going on back there in the kitchen. I hope the food here is okay.

ask her what do heroes get for their work

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"...Oh! Right, I know you! You're that Wrench guy." I say, suddenly recalling my first heist. Man, that seems like forever ago. "I didn't think you'd be working here, of all places. A table for two, please. How's it going?"

"...You. You." He clenches his fists. Oh boy. I can't see this going well. I take a step back, in case I need to defend myself...

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...but the man suddenly falls to his knees, and grabs at my shirt, his eyes full of tears. "You... you gotta help me..."

He starts explaining how he's never managed to win a fight, and he got kicked out of his construction job for putting everyone else out of work, and how he's gonna get fired from his super hero job if he fails to stop another villain, and he can't even get other heroes to respect him any more, and none of the heroes want to help him, and now I'm on the news and the big time and I just gotta let him win a fight or else he's done, and he is so sick of these terrible terrible minimum wage jobs but no one else will hire a guy who can't even get a job at the only thing he's good at, and all he's ever wanted was to be a really good builder but he can't even have that anymore and everything is going wrong and this isn't what he wanted and it's just so terrible, so I just gotta let him stop a heist I do, I just gotta.

The rest of the restaurant is silent, as everyone watches all of this unfold. I can feel the eyes of the entire restaurant watching. It is extremely awkward.

>>302903
Tell him that you will fight him. But he will EARN his fucking victory - He has one week to prepare. If he wins, well, good for him, that's awesome!

If he loses? We will hire him as a lackey, so he can build and/or extend our space base or another base here.

>>302903
Have you thought about switching sides? Lots of lairs need repairs and construction... And you don't have to fight crime to keep your powers!

>>302904
Yes! Uh... maybe two weeks. I mean we are pretty well banged up right now and while it might be good for him, we don't need to set back our recovery any. But this is a nice win/win for him, and it sure couldn't hurt to have a nice lair for until we can get to the moon.

>>302903
Ask him if he considered becoming a villain. That'd be a pretty good origin story for one! His skillset might work there too, I mean... if you're good at building things, surely you'd be good at deconstruction, right? Though something like that could be very high profile which could get him into some very serious trouble... Or y'know... he could work under us. Be an official minion. It depends on what he's willing to do.

On the other hand... uh... well, we should ask if this kind of thing is fine. I mean, is it ALLOWED for us to throw a fight? Would it ruin our reputation? If it's fine, then sure, we can do it. But it'll have to look good, dammit. We'll want to plan it out carefully. Or hell, if he can fight off our minions we could just plan a heist while we're injured, and we we do not personally fight him. He could foil our heist just by beating our minions. That would be relatively fair. It'd be a handicap match.

>>302903
Oh, and how'd he like to work on THE MOON!

>>302903
Who does this guy think he is? Breaking down and begging at your feet? How pathetic. And is he really asking you to throw a fight? Sully your own reputation for some random schmuck?

Shake him off. Summon your fire aura and costume and show him how a real man should act. A real man doesn't just brush off a slight like this. Put this simian back in his proper place by kicking his ass.

Or by getting your ass kicked. I mean, Blacwick's not really in a condition for a fight right now. But that's the beauty of it! We get to look classy and be awesome and not actually have to intentionally lose, and Wrench Monkey gets his victory!

>>302903
We're not going to throw a fight, particularly against someone who hasn't performed well against others- think what it would do to our budding reputation! The only match we've lost so far has been against our girlfriend, and that was because we were more interested in flirting than fighting. But... ask him if he wants to be a villain. Because not only does it pay better, his skillset is frankly better suited for it; villains are all about preparing the ground on which they'll be fighting, setting up all kinds of nasty traps for the heroes, and then cleverly laughing as they fall into one after another. A little bit of work, and he could be a fantastic villain.

Give him our card and tell him to call us later if he wants to talk about it, but unfortunately we're in the company of a lady at the moment and it would be rude to ignore her to talk business.

>>302903
Tell him to get up and listen in closely to you. You don't want to make any more of a scene by speaking loudly. Say this quietly to him: "A handout now won't make you any more of a hero, and me letting you win doesn't do me any favors either. But you know what? I can help you. Work with me, for me, as a fellow villain. Think of all the bases that must be built, the traps and the defenses... you can do what you do best. And villainy pays better. You don't even have to be evil, I'm not. Really."

"But if you want that first you must prove yourself to me. Get up and show me you can do at least this job properly."

>>302903
... I feel sorry for him.

Do this: >>302904
We can't just let him win. That would be dishonorable. How pathetic would that be, if he has to beg some villain to take the fall for him? That wouldn't MEAN anything. Have some pride, Wrench Monkey! Stand up for yourself!

But... we'll go easy on him. He has two weeks to prepare... and... we promise not to use any FX. That'll seem like a major handicap. In many ways, it IS a major handicap. That'll give him a chance. And if we can't beat him without FX, then we really suck.

But he's asking us to put the reputation of Baron Obsidian on the line. That's not something we can take lightly. So, if he loses... if he loses even after we let him prepare, even after we hold back the FX, if he STILL loses, from that day on, he works for us. That means immediate defection. From that day on, you are no longer be a hero, Wrench Monkey. But we'll take care of you. You'll bunk with us.

Can you do that, Wrench Monkey? Can you win when it really matters? Really matters? Can you win when your very title as a hero is on the line?

>>302904
This is the best idea.

>>302903
"I am not without sympathy for your plight. I've worked a minimum wage dead end job before. But a victory is meaningless if given like a favor. I'll give you a fortnight to prepare, and I'll fight you without the aid of my minions. That's as much an advantage as I can fairly give you, without turning it into a farce. If you win, you may request of me a single boon (subject to limitations at my discretion, of course). If you lose, you must work for me, renovating my moonbase... on starting wages!"

We should draw a contract up, requiring him to work for a minimum of one year, with the potential for continued employment and raises after that year is complete. It's a fair wager, and he wins either way. If we lose, it wouldn't be a huge deal, but we don't really need to lose.

Ignore the fact that he just broke down and treat it as if he issued you a challenge in an honorable manner. Accept and arrange to fight him after your arm is healed (which shouldn't take long, no?).

If he wins the challenge, he'll probably want to stay on the side he's currently on.

If he loses, but does well, offer him a job as a top henchman.

His reputation in his current job will be shot, he'll have a grudge against his former colleagues, and he'll remember the Baron as someone who treated him with respect.

Remember: This is our date. The planning can be done later.

Instead of setting the terms now, say the following:

"Tell you what: I'm slightly strapped for time right now, but I want you to meet me at this address tomorrow at noon sharp. There, we can discuss a proposition I'll have for you. Agreed?

In the mean time -"

Grab him by the shoulder and help lift him back to his feet

"- Stand up straight, stop your crying, and look tough, eh? I remember our first fight, and I'm damn sure you're better than this."

Given address should be anywhere you can meet up, such as in front of your workplace

>>302903
They fire heroes? Seriously? When City Halls employs us and pays for both lost and won fights?

Oh my god, suggest villainy. Or tell him to accept a job as a corporate mascot or find a way to make a deal with union workers. You know what, let's beat the shit out of the union guys and have him save them or some shit. Or hell, tell him get fired as a super hero, lose the power and looks and get another job in construction. He certainly has experience and knowhow. You know, fuck, he could also work as a nightclub bouncer and a hero too. Or maybe work as a private contractor. Fuck there's tons of options.

I mean I guess we could use him as a lackey but he'd lose his self-respect, as little as he has already. And all the preparation in the world isn't going to mean jack shit because he sucks. His powers work best as a support member of a team. Maybe have Fairy Girlfriend team up with him and they both can have a go at you. Sounds like a fun challenge, and she's a damn good super hero at that two so he'll definitely come out on the winning side.

First, help him up and get him to stop blubbering.

Then, tell him to start his own construction business as a private contractor. That way, he's not putting anyone out of work but competitors. Union may be unhappy with him, but cross that bridge when you get to it. Ask for more detail about his skills, too. Can he build specialty buildings, such as vaults, labs, etc? I bet there's a bunch of villains/heroes that could like an upgrade to their moon-base/undersea dome/backyard shed/cardboard-box.

>>302903
Let this guy beat us? Nope, not ever no way no chance. He can cry and blubber all he want. We're finally building a name for ourselves and we're not going to let this guy beat us just so he can stay a hero.

We could however, offer to introduce him to the mayor.

Let him beat us? No
Offer him a fair fight with time to prepare? Yes
Offer him a Job? Yes
Suggest to him to go start his own business? Yes.

I'd say this guy should get a job as a villain. C'mon, rejected by all the good guys, unable to get a job at what he likes and is good at, this guy has angsty villain written all over him. Ask him for his card so you can broach the subject where everyone isn't watching.

Well, the entire restaurant is watching, so this is a great opportunity to make a good impression.

We could take him under our wing and get him a head start as an independent contractor at the same time.
1. Offer a fair fight in a few weeks, as others have suggested
2. Set up a typical abandoned-warehouse lair, furnish it reasonably nicely
3. Stage the fight in our lair, be sure to cause lots of collateral damage
4. Defeat Wrench Monkey handily, offer him mercy if he can repair the place and maybe add a few extra laser turrets and lava pits
5. While he's working, open his eyes to all the opportunities a career in villainy could offer
6. Fight other heroes in our brand new lair, word of how awesome it is gets out
8. Profit!

Throwing a fight? Out of generosity and pity? to a hero? is this a joke?

Definitely convert him to the dark-side... but really, not now. Seriously you have a date and you can not let it get ruined. Your number one goal right now is to prevent this date from being ruined... So play it cool, and postpone him until tomorrow while getting him to stop crying (and embarrassing you and your cute date)

Here is what you do. say "I actually have some ideas that I think can help you, why don't you call me tomorrow *pull out your card, pull him up* and we can meet up and discuss them, ok?" then to back to your date.

Then meet him up tomorrow and convert him to villainy. As a bonus, he can actually build super-villain lairs; impressive fortresses of doom that get destroyed on a regular basis and need rebuilding often. Actually, he could charge other villains money for building their fortresses of doom, and use that money to buy FX to upgrade his powers... with enough upgrades he wouldn't lose that often either. Oh, and introduce him to your villain buddies as someone who specializes in construction and can build lairs.

PS. with how often and how badly you get injured you totally need healing factor, actual passive regeneration that occurs even if you are unconscious and dying; and no, don't tie it to the fire aura, make it a passive ability.

It could very well save your life. I mean, the heroes are chopping limbs, stabbing with knives, etc... if all you can do before passing out is teleport to a safehouse and pass out, that could be the difference between waking up fully healed and not waking up ever.

And after the date stop by the mayor to get the power, then stop by the reporter on the news to give an interview so they get your name right... and your picture (in costume).

>>303441

This.

>>303441
Yes, this.

>>303441
This seems beneficial all around.

>>303441
This sounds about right. Speaking of money, you have to remember to go get paid tomorrow, or whenever.

>>303441
one minor correction.
If the healing factor is not powerful enough to make you look uninjured tonight, then go see the reporter tomorrow. We don't want to look beat up for the news.

don't ruin ones date, go with the suggestion to make him contact you about it on the morrow

I dunno, i reckon helping the guy will make us look good in front of the girl.

Naturally by helping i dont mean we should throw the fight, what i mean is picking that guy up off his feet, giving a rousing speech and then having an awesome dinner with our gal as if we do that kind of thing all the time to people in need.

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2011/05/18(Wed)00:09 No. 304977 ID: 5d54a5
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I get down on one knee, and clap a hand on his shoulder. "Is that what you really want?"

"Ubuh?"

"Do you really think anything will change if I just throw the fight? Do you really think anyone would respect you if you couldn't win without rigging the match? I don't think so. A victory is meaningless if you didn't earn it. Come on, Stand up. You're better than this."

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2011/05/18(Wed)00:09 No. 304978 ID: 5d54a5
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I pull him to his feet, and hand him my card. "Call me tomorrow. I'll figure out a heist by then, and tell you when and where. You have a week to prepare for me, and I won't use any FX. If you STILL can't win, with that much handicap... well, you'll have to serve as my lackey. Your powers might be useful."

"W-what?"

"Take it or leave it. I'm only giving you one shot. Can you do that, Wrench Monkey? Can you win when it matters? With everything on the line? Your job, your powers, your life..."

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2011/05/18(Wed)00:10 No. 304979 ID: 5d54a5
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I walk on past him, leaving him to think things through. "...I guess we'll just have to find out. C'mon, Debbie, let's grab a table." She lingers a moment, looking at Wrench Monkey worriedly, but not sure what to say. "Umm... Well, okay..."

We go sit down, and he just stands there, stunned for a while, before shuffling off to go see some of his other customers. We get a different waiter, and take our orders. I have a bit more time with Debbie before the night is over, so I could probably talk about a few more things.

When you sit down, don't be still acting all villainous. The poor fellow has been driven so far that he lost hold of his dignity, and nothing could be more tragic than that. Now that you are no longer in his view, you need not maintain your dastardly facade and thus you may act appropriately saddened. You may comment on the tragedy to Debbie. She seems like she doesn't wholly understand what you're doing with him. She doesn't need to, exactly, and delving into full explanation would likely be excessive, but mentioning it may allow her understanding and would thus be kind of you. Do mention that you hope he can pull a win, but if not you'll be sure you can employ him doing what he loves for a fair wage, which is still a whole lot better than he's getting now. Past that, let Debbie steer the conversation. If you are suitably effected by Wrench Monkey's plight, she will likely try to cheer you up or something.

Suggest that she team up with him to fight us during the showdown.

On the one hand, it'll let us measure our progress, on the other, it'll give him a reasonable chance of success and possibly get her to like us more due to our 'subtle influencing' to help his situation.

Re-suggesting talking about nerdy hobbies and stuff. Seriously, what did you even do living alone with a boring job and no friends?

She saw a different side of you just now so do not avoid the subject. It would be a seed of doubt that we can't let grow. Ask her what she thought of that and what she thinks you should have done or what she would do in his place. Discuss how you think he can't be much of a hero with his skills, and would do better on your side. And then discuss heroism and villainy itself, those who are good and evil and those who just act it out for a buck... it's all a roundabout way to asking her to join you as a villain. Being blunt here won't help, you need to finesse the idea right into her own head and let her make the conclusion herself.

She needs to want to do this. Just don't make the decision too urgent.

>>304982
The problem here is she'd quite likely kick our butts. And he needs to do this himself or it will mean nothing.

>>304980
Agreed. Something like "You seem concerned. Don't worry, I do have a plan. One way or another, I intend this to work out to his benefit. Trust me."

>>304982
>Suggest that she team up with him to fight us during the showdown.
Hell no. That won't bring Wrench Monkey any respect if he wins either; they'll just credit Angel Frost with doing all the work. He has to do it on his own.

Also, while I would not be opposed to fighting Angel Frost again, it would preferably not be very soon. She's pretty badass and we're still ramping up towards mid tier; our great achievement against Law Legs that brought us such praise on TV was merely surviving more than thirty seconds and looking good doing it.

>>304979
A quick comment of "Poor guy," or something to that effect, should set the proper mood for your conversation with Debbie. The fiery villain persona that demands everyone grab respect with their own hands, fight their way to the top, and seize the world/don't let go can be dropped now that we're not talking to Wrench Monkey anymore. That really was the nicest thing that we could reasonably do for him. Even if he loses, he'll make a much better villain than hero anyway.

Anyway, turn conversation with Debbie to other things. It seems like you talk about hero work a lot with her- go for something else. Does she have any hobbies? Books she's reading or TV shows she's following? How did she end up at a deli, anyway? Try to have an enjoyable conversation wherein you're charming and friendly, make a joke or two, and generally remind her of what a great guy you are to hang out with. As things wrap up, drive her home and maybe leave off with plans to see her a couple days from now. You can give her a certain gift then, when you'll hopefully be healed up.

"What a downer, if you have any suggestions or advice I'm all ears... but otherwise I understand completely if you'd rather talk about something less depressing."

>>304986
I approve

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2011/06/18(Sat)22:55 No. 314942 ID: a6008c
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"Don't worry." I say as we sit down. "One way or another, I'll make sure this works out for him."

And then we have dinner and Walter drives her home and drives me home and I pass out. I think it went well! Much more importantly...

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2011/06/18(Sat)22:56 No. 314943 ID: a6008c
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...I need to visit the mayor.

"Hmmm... Six."

"...Six?"

"Six FX."

"WHAT!? I'm only getting 6 FX for all that? Seriously?"

"Yep. For the encounter with Mana and Happy Time, I'm paying you 6 FX and 1500 dollars."

"This is BULLSHIT! I gave that epic speech, and Law Legs cracked my ribs, and broke my wrist, and I did all those taunts, and Happy Time couldn't even TOUCH me, and all I'm getting is-"

1 FX (Mayor) Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2011/06/18(Sat)22:56 No. 314944 ID: a6008c
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"QUIET, BOY." The mayor shouts, and I am instantly very very quiet. I've never seen the mayor yell before. Not like that, at least. He pauses for a moment, glaring at me, and when he is satisfied I'm done complaining, he continues.

"...As I was saying. For the encounter with Mana and Happy Time, I'm paying you 6 FX and 1500 dollars. And, for the encounter with Law Legs, I am paying you 10 FX, and 20,000 dollars."

"...wait, seriously!?"

"In sum: 16 FX, and 21,500 dollars. Don't spend it all in once place now."

"...whoa."

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2011/06/18(Sat)22:57 No. 314946 ID: a6008c
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"You were pretty darn good out there, kid. Far exceeded my expectations. I mean, you went toe to toe with Law Legs, of all people! Good job. And on the topic of toes, you may just follow in your father's footsteps yet. And on the topic of footsteps, you're officially on the national radar now. There's people out there who know potential when they see it, and you stood up to a National hero. That draws some eyes, kid. On the topic of eyes, watch your back out there."

"Man, I'm gonna buy so many FX..."

"Ahah! Hah. Right, about that. You're old contract is expired now. You've gotten too good for the old Adventure City contract. So we're gonna have to bump you up to the National Villain contract."

"I really hope you actually let me see this one."

"I'd rather not. It's more fun to tell you shit as I write it down."

"Wait, what? Have you been-"

"No, of course not. That's stupid, you're stupid. Let's ignore that old contract and talk about this new one..."

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2011/06/18(Sat)22:57 No. 314947 ID: a6008c
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The basics of my new contract are simple enough. I can't spend cash to buy FX anymore - the mayor told me that that was a safety net to allow new supervillains to quickly build up a base supply of powers to work with, and is taken away as we improve so we can't literally melt down Fort Knox into superpowers. Incidentally, I was apparently supposed to rob a bank by now, but that opportunity is lost to me. I guess that's a thing every new villain does at some point. I could still do it just for the cash, though. Cash is always nice, even when it doesn't buy superpowers.

However, I still do have a means to get more FX. But now, I have to do it by negotiating "drawbacks" with the mayor, such as weaknesses, limits on power capability, and narrowing a power's focus. He gives me a couple examples of drawbacks I could take to get a few more FX:

-Instant Limit: Putting a limiter on how far I can teleport in a short amount of time. As he puts it, "do you really need to teleport halfway across the planet in the middle of a fight?" I'd get 1 FX back for every "level" of teleportation barred to me in a single minute of charging. Essentially, it would add a 1 minute charge time to all of my teleports above a certain attempted distance, which isn't too bad.

-Bane: I could take some sort of weakness that saps my powers. How many FX I get out of this seems to vary based on how strong the bane is, and how common it is. He says the upper limit I could get for this is 10 FX, for something common that completely paralyzes my powers. He offers "being submerged in water" as a reasonable example, although adds that it would make more sense if that Bane only took away my fire aura. Having Water negate my fire aura would be worth 3 FX.

-Weakness: Similar to Bane, but instead of weakening me, this would be something that hurts me more than usual. Much like Banes, these give a pretty meaty FX return, usually ranging from 3 FX for a rare attack type, and up to 10 FX for something more common.

I am not sure why I would take a Weakness or a Bane, but hey, I guess if it's thematic. I can propose any kind of drawback I can imagine, he says, but if it's boring he can veto it, or in his words, "mess with it until it's interesting." I don't know if I want to know what that means. In addition, this is apparently where my theme from my first contract matters. I can't buy drawbacks that don't fit with my "theme," as judged by Mayor Bloodwick. "A fire and rock guy like you can't be Weak to fire. That'd be weird and slightly suicidal. Are you suicidal? I hope so, suicidal villains can do awesome things."

Also my pay rate is significantly more variable, but I'll get at least $5000 per heist, to a maximum of $50,000 per heist. Later contracts will raise both of those price constraints. All in all, this seems like a really good deal, and I like being a supervillain. Since the alternative seems to be "stop being a supervillain and lose all your powers," I sign on the dotted line, and my new contract is now immediately in effect!

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2011/06/18(Sat)22:57 No. 314948 ID: a6008c
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Oh, and the mayor mentions, almost as an afterthought, that half of my paycheck still needs to go towards planning/funding my next heist, or else my contract is under threat of being revoked. Eesh... without the ability to spend money on FX, that might get hard to reach.

He says a lot of people who first get their second contract have that problem, and provides me with a card. Apparently, this is the location of the Supervillain Superstore that the mayor mentioned a long time ago. "Villainy General."

I have 16 FX to spend on powers, and I can take drawbacks to gain more. I have $21,500 in my bank account, $11,250 of which needs to go towards my next act of supervillainy.

...Welp, time to go shopping. I ask the mayor about Obsidian Shaping upgrades, and he gives me the following:

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2011/06/18(Sat)22:58 No. 314949 ID: a6008c
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--Faster Creation: This would let me make larger obsidian objects in less time. The general quality still wouldn't improve without putting effort into shaping it, but a single rank of this would be enough to make a spare obsidian sword on the fly, at which point I could stop worrying about strengthening my swords and just make a new one each time it snaps. Two ranks would let me make two swords at once, or something of similar size. This is one of those exponential growth rate upgrades, where it doubles every time I take it. However, the things I make would mostly be jagged lumps without...

--Intricacy: Allows me to shape the obsidian as I make it, as well as making it easier for me to shape and in general making me a better sculptor. This is probably going to be a must have for general shenanigans outside of making pointy rocks. Only really needs to be taken once, but a second time would allow for intricate details and simple machinery, and a third time would allow me to make fully functioning mechanisms, such as a pulley or a wheel-and-axle. Obsidian robots! Not sure how feasible they would be with how brittle and sharp obsidian is, but it's worth thinking about.

--Distance Shaping: Right now, I create obsidian in my hands. This would let me make it farther away, allowing for tricks such as obsidian spikes jutting from the ground, or pointy patches of ground that would hurt to step on and pop tires. This only costs 2 FX to purchase, and nets me a range of 10 meters per upgrade. It seems like my new contract allows for greater FX cost flexibility.

--Lava Manipulation: Or any other kind of material manipulation, really. As a power add-on, I could only make Obsidian or Lava at any given moment, not both, but otherwise this would basically let me buy an entire new power with its own upgrade tree for 3 FX. The mayor tells me it is "less like lava and more like liquid fire," however, because actual magma is extremely lethal and all sorts of beyond my capability to control right now. My Distance Shaping and Faster Creation upgrades would apply to both Lava and Obsidian manipulation, but the other Obsidian Shaping upgrades listed here only apply to solid materials.

--Durability: Allows me to make my obsidian significantly less brittle, so it doesn't crack so easily. A single rank of this would basically prevent it from being destroyed through normal means, although enough super strength could still snap it. A rank of this would let me use my Obsidian Shaping as a Deflection type defense. This is the exact opposite of...

--Shattering: Allows my obsidian to shatter more easily and more violenty. Obsidian made with this property is more prone to breaking, and it really hurts for anyone near it when it does. A rank of this would let me use my Obsidian Shaping as a Deflection type counter attack.

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2011/06/18(Sat)22:58 No. 314950 ID: a6008c
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I asked the mayor if that last one would hurt me, too, and he said "well duh, of course it would," before suggesting...

Obsidian Body (6 FX): Would let me turn my body into Obsidian at will. This would grant me immunity to any side effects of my own obsidian, as well as granting me greater toughness overall. This would be an on/off all or nothing similar to Angel Frost's Fairy Form, without some improvements, which he says he can list for me if I decide on buying this. "It's not important if you don't. I just thought it would be neat if you did the same sort of thing as your dad. And, you'd be so damn shiny."

Some of the upgrades I could give to this power would overlap with my fire aura upgrade options, and some would not. He also mentions that combined with my Obsidian Shaping/Sculpting power, this could let me reattach, regrow, or resculpt broken body parts, allowing for a strange kind of self-healing power.

He says if I take a power like this, I can never take other body-element powers, so I should think on it carefully. Fire or Shadow might also be good choices, with my theme being what it is.

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2011/06/18(Sat)22:58 No. 314951 ID: a6008c
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In response to some of the other ideas I had, the Mayor gives the following responses:

Walter: Upgrading Walter with a personality and no other abilities would be 3 FX. It would make him significantly more capable by itself. Further Walter abilities would need to be negotiated, but in general, Minions can be given powers for 1 FX per minion, but can not upgrade powers beyond the base level.

Second Wind: A healing power that would only target you and is only useable once per day. The normal Heal power costs 6 FX, but with the above drawbacks, we could buy it at the base level for 2 FX. At base level, this heals all superficial wounds, can heal one moderate wound entirely, or can stabilize a severe wound. Second Wind can be upgraded to heal more wounds at once (3 FX), to heal more severe wounds (3 FX), or to heal other, specific problems, such as poisons, diseases, or unconsciousness (3 FX per recovery option). In the case of unconsciousness, your Second Wind power would activate the moment you lose consciousness, healing whatever wounds it has the power to do so and also reviving you.

Paragon Powerset: The Paragon Powerset is the powers you got just for becoming a supervillain, and includes: Endurance, Reflexes, and Faster Recovery. Improving any one of those powers costs 3 FX. Improving Endurance effectively doubles the amount of punishment your body can take. Improving Reflexes improves your reaction time by a marginal amount. Faster Recovery improves your body's natural ability to heal itself, but not the need for medical attention. A Regeneration power would allow us to no longer need to ever visit a doctor, because we'd eventually heal on our own.

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Teleportation Gates: An improvement upon your Teleportation power that would allow you to bring others with you. The time to create a gate is as long as it takes you to teleport the distance the gate would travel. This costs 3 FX, and would allow you to set up 1 pair of connected gates at once. Each time you take this power, the number of gate pairs you can create doubles. They last as long as necessary, but I could save some FX by giving them a time limit.

Microport: Would allow you to control your teleport more finely, allowing for changes in physical orientation via teleport. This would enable a variety of teleportation based stunts, such as teleporting into a different position to instantaneously dodge an attack without actually moving, and to more finely control the exact destination of your teleport.

Summon Smoke: Of the thick and dark variety. This would let me create a cover for escaping. For 6 FX, I would be able to create a thick cloud around me that obscures all vision, including my own, and it would cover a decently large area. There are a lot of possible upgrades for this power.

...Well. There is a lot to consider here. I'd best take my time and think on all of these options.

There are a ton of options for powering up here and I expect everyone to have a ton of ideas. So! To make this more simple: I would like every suggestion before the next update to simply be a readout of where you want FX to be spent. Reasoning and discussion on what powers sound cool should be taken to the /dis/ thread. If you want to suggest a power not listed here, you can still describe it here in this thread.

So, to repeat: just looking for FX loadouts right now. Link to the discussion thread is in the OP.

Six on fire body, three on Walter, three on lava control, two on faster creation, two on second wind.

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2011/06/18(Sat)23:18 No. 314960 ID: a6008c
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http://quest.lv/wiki/Earth_Defense_Force

It has come to my attention the wiki link in the OP is borked. Use this one.

>SIX ON FIRE BODY. (6 so far)

>THREE ON MINIPORT. (9 so far)

>TWO ON SPEED CREATION (11 so far)

>TWO ON DISTANCE SHAPING (13 so far)

>THREE ON LAVA SHAPING (All 16 spent.)

>SPEND MONEY FOR 1 FX FOR EMERGENCIES.

>NEXT MISSION: TAKE CONTROL OF A CONSTRUCTION AREA FOR PERSONAL USE, SUCH AS YOUR BASE. THIS PLAYS INTO OUR PREVIOUS DEAL, AND MIGHT NET US SOME PROPERTY TO USE FOR A NEW HIDEOUT.

Alright, let's see what we got. Starting with 16 FX...
Teleport Instant Limit, +2 FX (18)
Obsidian Body: -6 FX (12)
Faster Creation: -3 FX (9)
Durability: -3 FX (6)
Lava Manipulation: -3 FX (3)
Walter Upgrade: -3 FX (That's all, folks!)

Suggestion 2011/06/18(Sat)23:55 No. 314981 ID: d4d2eb
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OKAY. You need to spend 6 FX on FIRE BODY, and here's why:
First off, fire is INTANGIBLE. It's all well and good to say you can regrow limbs, but what's even better is being able to regrow limbs while never needing to. People try to punch us and fwip fwip fwip their fist just went right through us and now they're on fire. With an ability to manipulate and produce fire, we can reform any limbs that might be broken or lost, becoming all but untouchable!

Besides that, it'll allow us to neatly cover most of the defensive attributes in EDF, as listed here: >>/questdis/345675
We can use our fire aura to Dampen attacks, teleport to Macro Dodge, upgrade our teleport to Deflect attacks, become insubstantial to Micro Dodge, and... and... maybe get a big suit of Obsidian Armor to act as a Sponge?
Imagine how cool that would be. Fire Lord Baron Obsidian, the Living Flame encased in a suit of black armor. Armor filled with fire.

Which brings me to my last point: Fire is awesome. Look at that picture of miniflameBlacwick. Look at this guy I'm tacking onto my post. Isn't he awesome? You want to be awesome, don't you? LET'S GRAB FIRE BODY.

...

Oh, other points. 16 FX, huh? Well, 10 if we grab Fire Body.
Grab that "Second Wind" power while you're at it, too. That seems pretty great. Then Upgrade Walter so he has a personality. 5 Left...

...

Oh, right! Upgrade Teleport once, why don't ya? Then we'd finally be able to teleport to the Moon... after 11 hours of charging... just as soon as we gain the ability to breathe in space.
Why not downgrade Teleport to level 3, so that we can teleport 1000 meters at will, but anything after that takes an extra minute to charge. That's way more distance than we'll ever need for anything anyway, right? That'll give us an extra point back, so that we have 3 FX remaining. Just enough for...

FIRE MANIPULATION, which, incidently, is a thing we've been saying we'd get eventually since the very beginning. It'll go great with our Fire Body, and we'll finally have all the powers we started out to get! A fitting victory for the new, Nation-level villain, Fire Lord Baron Obsidian!

So, that's...
> Fire Body: 6 FX
> Walter's Personality: 3 FX
> "Second Wind": 2 FX
> "Teleport Commute": 2 FX
> Fire Manipulation: 3 FX

Do we still have access to the older upgrades like taking another person with us when teleporting, fire aura upgrades, teleport distance to recharge time, etc?

All this new stuff is nice and fancy, but some of the old stuff might be good too.

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Of course you do, that didn't go away. These are just new things you can also do (and most of them were considered in the /dis/ thread at one point or another, I am just expanding upon them).

Also current powers.

>>314981

>>>>>>>So, to repeat: just looking for FX loadouts right now. Link to the discussion thread is in the OP.

>>314973
>>314974
Taking a bit from these...

>Teleportation Gates: -3 FX
>Teleport Instant Limit, +2 FX
15 FX

>Faster Creation: -3 FX
>Durability: -3 FX
>Distance Shaping: -2 FX
7 FX

>Second Wind: -2 FX
5 FX

>Flame Body: -6 FX
>Fire Manipulation: -3 FX
>Water Bane (Fire Aura + Flame Body) +(4-6?) FX
Leaving between two, one or no FX, depending on the drawback cost.

Can we postpone spending all our FX until we get an idea of what kind of toys we have available to our budget? I'd hate to, for example, blow FX on healing and then find that medpacks are half-off today, or find some really cool armor just after we got stoneskin going.

Walter Upgrade, 3 FX. He should stay almost as mute as he was, though. Ninjas and Butlers both have holding their tongue as part of their job description.
Fire Body, 6 FX.
Teleport Capacity, 3 FX.
Second Wind, 2 FX.

Either save the last two, or upgrade teleport distance a rank with a limit on that one.

Ask if Villainy General has a website.

>>314989
I like this one.

I agree with questdis >>348021

-Teleport Range (3FX) for moon plan
-Breathe in Space (3FX) for moon plan
-Ninja medic (2FX) for healing/doctoring
-Teleport Capacity (3FX) because we'll want it regardless of Gates
-Walter Upgrade (3FX) so he's awesome
-Distance Shaping (2FX) for obsidian shenanigans.

Wow, that's a lot of options here. I think we should make good use of some obsidian synergies here:

6: Obsidian Body, as a starting ground for everything else.
?: Durability, which functions like better armor while in obsidian form, as well as affecting any other creations.
?: Faster Creation, a must-have - healing wounds while in obsidian form
?: Intricacy, to create arm-shields, arm-lances and other nifty stuff on the fly. Think T1000 from "Terminator 2".
2: Distance Shaping for all kinds of handy tricks.

3: Teleport Range, to finally be able to visit the moon base.

Drawbacks: water sounds logical. It kills candle light at least. However, simply being splashed with water doesn't shut you down. The fire aura is cancelled for a minute maybe, but that's it. To really block your superpowers you'll have to get completely submerged in water. And just to ensure you don't drown the first time you get locked in an underwater cage, let's make it clear that only your personal powers (teleportation, creation, fire aura, etc.) are negated. Walter can still come to your rescue, as can your knight minions. How much FX does that net us?

Paragon Powerset: Endurance is very low-priority if Durability is available, Fast Recovery can be substituted by Faster Creation. This works with the assumption that we spend most of the encounter in the obsidian form, that is. Reflexes could help though. Again, we'll get back on that later.

>>315008
I agree with this one too.

>>/questdis/348021

-Teleport Range (3FX) for moon plan
-Breathe in Space (3FX) for moon plan
-Ninja medic (2FX) for healing/doctoring
-Teleport Capacity (3FX) because we'll want it regardless of Gates
-Walter Upgrade (3FX) so he's awesome
-Distance Shaping (2FX) for obsidian shenanigans.

No weaknesses, banes, or restrictions on any powers for the moment. We aren't so desperate for FX that we need to be limiting ourselves.

Don't forget about asking about why the government finances heroes and villains unless it's a conspiracy that could get him killed for asking. If so, ask him to respond in a manner that wont get him assassinated.

Walter Upgrade (3FX): Personality
Obsidian Body (6FX)
Lava Manipulation (3FX)

>>315008
Yurp. Stick with the plan, no drawbacks.

>>/questdis/348021

Switching vote from
>>FIRE BODY

to

>>OBSIDIAN BODY

SO SHINY

>>315008
Also for this. The body upgrades can still be done later and with healing minion we don´t have a immedeate need for second wind, especially considering Monkey is our next hero.

On a side note, will the new contract also raise our FX per combat rate? I mean we get more money, more FX would be a logical assumption.

Smoke Body (-6 FX)
Teleport Range (-3FX)
Ninja medic (-2FX)
Teleport capacity (-3 FX)
Fire Manipulation (-3 FX)
Instant Limitx2 (+2 FX)

First. I'd like to talk about Fire Body vs Obsidian Body.

Obsidian Body is great, it's more durable than flesh, immune to obsidian effects, we can shapeshift it and create new limbs for ourself for a weird healing thing.

Fire Body is evasive, flitting around and changing shape rapidly. If we get Fire Manipulation we can do some healing stuff too. Also we can get an obsidian shell to have a sort of fake Obsidian Body that we can TELEPORT OUT OF and maybe even have it keep fighting after we leave it if we get something like remote obsidian control.

So Obsidian Body is tanking and Fire Body is evasive, and we'd need to buy a new power to heal Fire Body. I had an idea for Lava Body but that's almost directly comparable to Fire Body aside from a stylistic choice. Also we'd need to buy Lava Creation instead of Fire Manipulation.

Also, disadvantages. Instant Limit is an obvious choice here. We really do not need to go more than 100 meters in an instant teleport. So let's go Instant Limit x1. Available FX 17.
I also like the idea of weakness/bane. Bane: Submerged in water, disables Fire Aura and Fire Body. Available FX 23. I'm requesting info on how much FX Weakness: Ice would give us.

I'm gonna go with Fire Body here. Fire Body + Obsidian Armor seems best.
6 FX. Total: 6 FX.
Teleportation Gates. With this, we can move lots of shit to the moon at once without needing a bunch of capacity upgrades. Also, this can be used for extraction fairly well, and we've shown that we kindof need that. Let's not mention the kinds of portal shenanigans we might be able to pull off (though it's not actually thaaaat useful in combat)
3 FX, total: 9 FX.
Fire Manipulation, so that we have fireballs and can heal/shift our Fire Body.
3 FX, total: 12 FX.
Distance Shaping, for shenanigans!
2 FX, total: 14 FX.
Faster Creation, so we can do all sorts of things better.
3 FX, total: 17 FX.
Durability, so that our shit don't break, and we can make a suit of obsidian armor that we can shape.
3 FX, total: 20 FX.
Endurance, for DOUBLE HIT POINTS HOLY SHIT.
3 FX, total: 23 FX.

>>314973
I like this one. Would like to switch out the Walter upgrade for better Strength though. So it would be:
Alright, let's see what we got. Starting with 16 FX...
Teleport Instant Limit, +2 FX (18)
Obsidian Body: -6 FX (12)
Faster Creation: -3 FX (9)
Durability: -3 FX (6)
Lava Manipulation: -3 FX (3)
Strength upgrade: FX cost not known.
If it's too expensive to buy for 3 FX then I would suggest going for the microport power. That one seems like it could be very useful.

Voting for sticking to the plan without drawbacks, these are the ones we need right now. Also I think we could use an extra on teleporter range.

Teleport Rangex2 (6FX)
Breathe in Space (3FX)
Teleport Capacity (3FX)
Walter Upgrade (3FX)

No drawbacks

>>315031
>I'm requesting info on how much FX Weakness: Ice would give us.
Ooh, supporting that. Delicious, delicious irony.

>>315038
Agreed on all counts.

Drawbacks suck, and we don't know if we can get rid of them once we get them.

These new powers are interesting, but we need to stick to the plan if we're going to get anything done. We can discuss plans for the next batch of FX, but going all over the place doesn't help here.

We shouldn't get a body changing power right now, maybe the next time we get FX. Right now we should get all of the powers that would allow us to reach our COOL MOON BASE (with WINGS).

Which means going with this: >>/questdis/348021


And a medic ninja butler. Because we need to someone to take care of our wounds.

IF we DO get a obsidian/flame form because most of us will want it I would go for FIRE. Because it's more awesome. And we can craft armor out of obsidian. Why would we make our whole body out of it?

Then of course I would support this idea: >>315031
(And the Ice weakness idea is just great. Ohohoh.)

I'm gonna go with Fire body, because an incorporeal form would make fights much easier, or at least add another option.
Also, weakness to ICE would be deliciously ironic.

Allocation:
No drawbacks..
Microport (16FX-3=13)
Fire Aura Defense Strength x2 (13-6=7FX)
Fire Aura Offense Strength x2 (7-6=1FX)

>>315038
Agreed.

Save that for next time.

>>315038
Yes, this. Obsidian body if we go for one.

>>314973
Okay, okay. Given the chatter over on /questdis/, I have changed my mind about some of these. Specifically, Obsidian Body -> Flame Body, and Lava Manipulation -> Fire Manipulation. Everything else stays the same.

But only because Reka makes being made of fire inside obsidian armor look just so dang cool.

>>314989
I'm still for all of this, but modifying what to get now:

>Teleportation Gates: -3 FX
>Faster Creation: -3 FX
>Durability: -3 FX
>Distance Shaping: -2 FX
>Second Wind: -2 FX
>Fire Manipulation: -3 FX

Teleportation gains fantastic utility, obsidian allows all kinds of new shenanigans, healing when we need it most and we finally get true fire powers beyond our aura. 16 FX total.

We then find out more about the Obsidian and Flame forms and their pros, cons and options, and if weaknesses etc can be reversed later on. We then can plan future upgrades with that in mind.

Postpone decision on forms for now.
I support LARGE quantities of water and/or wind disabling our fire powers (and only fire powers) as a weakness. Candles go out, but there is more to a candlestick than the fire.

One rank of each:
Teleport Capacity (3 FX)
Walter Upgrade (6 FX)
Teleport Range (9 FX)
Survive in Space (12 FX)
Paragon Reflexes (15 FX) would be my preference, but Microteleport would be fine too. It looks like they would accomplish pretty much the same result.

Save 1 FX for inevitable emergency.

>3FX for teleport range upgrade
>3FX for Breath in Space
>3FX for Portals.
Then we are good to go to the moon. That's the most important thing. After that's taken care of:
>3FX for Faster Obsidian Creation
>3FX for increased obsidian Intricacy

I don't think we should go for a body upgrade, either now or in the near future, but if we do I want:
>Obsidian Body

I'd like to point out if we take one rank transportation and portals without a time limit we could start living on our moon base. just spend 10 hours setting up the portal set and connect our apartment and our moon base. this would let us viably live in our moon base for 5 fx. (assuming we take the limit on the next rank of tel-port) failing to gain access to our moon base would suck so hard.

>>315352
Hmmm, the new guy has a point, provided we are sure there is air inside the moon base.

if there's no air it will become obvious once the portal opens, assuming gas can freely move throgh the portal.

>>315408
Unfortunately that is not how the portals work

>>315415
That is how video game portals work.

The only thing we should be worried about in this case is unauthorized access when we're not at home. That's a pretty huge secutiry hole if they can only close by our command. And if we close them right after us the point of portals is kind of lost.

>Discussion
Should go in questdis.

Anyway, my votes.

Teleport:
Portals - 3
Capability - 3
Range - 3

Fire Aura:
Don't buy breathing in space yet, but hold 3 points and check the moonbase first.

Obsidian Manipulation:
Faster Creation - 3

No weaknesses yet.

I say we go overboard with shaping and teleporting


teleport capacity (3fx)
controlled teleportation(3fx)
distance shaping (3fx)
Shaping speed (3fx)
intricate shaping(3fx)

My thinking is this. The obsidian shaping abilities all play off of each other. We get speed and distance then we have a real weapon, we add control to that, we get to have a real weapon, AND we get to do all sorts of theatric things, just like we love.

I'd hold back on the space breathing/survival power if the Moon base can be initially investigated with a bought space suit.

Teleportation Gates - 3FX
Teleport Range w/ instant limit - 2FX
Faster Creation - 3FX
Improved Reflexes - 3FX
Creation Durability or Intricacy - 3FX

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After much debate and setting things aside for later, I settle on the following upgrades:

Water Bane: Fire Aura (-3 FX). If I am completely submerged in Water, my Fire Aura shuts off. So, I can't fly or burn things underwater right now. I see no possible way this could hinder me in the immediate future!

Walter Upgrade (3 FX). Walter is now a witty, reserved, competent butler figure! Hooray.

Teleport Range w/ Instant Limit (2 FX). I now now can teleport up to 10,000 meters per second, and it would take me 10 hours to get to the moon, or 4 hours to get to the Villainy General store...

Teleport Gates (3 FX). ...And if I want to make the return trip easier, I can set up a portal! Probably shouldn't do that moon base trip though, until I get the Breathe in Space aura upgrade, first. This power allows me to create obsidian gates while I teleport, and permanently bind the beginning and end point of my teleportation together, until I dismiss it or one of the obsidian gates is destroyed.

Teleport Capacity (3 FX). I spent 2 FX on this last battle. Even though Gates drastically decrease my need for teleportation capacity, this is still useful if I don't want to leave an easy way for enemies to follow me, but I need to take more than just myself.

Faster Creation (3 FX). I can now create obsidian twice as quickly as I used to! I can make a full length longsword in an instant...

Distance Shaping (2 FX). ...And I can do it up to 10 meters away! Each time I take this upgrade, the distance I can Distance Shape will double - 20 meters, 40 meters, 80 meters, 160 meters, etc. Created obsidian is still subject to gravity.

Reignition (Second Wind) (2 FX). I can heal a severe wound in an instant! Or heal some moderate wounds. This is only useable once per day, but...

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SCHWAA! My arm is healed! My ribs are still cracked and my wrist is still sore, but I can use my left arm again. I'll just use this power again tomorrow and I should be basically okay! Fantastic.

I have 1 FX remaining. I'll save it for emergencies.

I think that solves all my immediate problems. Next on the to do list, I have a few options. And I have about 10,000$ I need to spend on my next heist.

Option 1: Visit Villainy General.
Option 2: Come up with a plan of attack for breaking Hollow Queen out of jail.
Option 3: Go plan out that challenge with Wrench Monkey for next week.

In your suggestions, please suggest which of option 2 and 3 we're going to focus on first, and whether we should get to planning them before or after Option 1.

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>>318420
>Teleport Range w/ Instant Limit (2 FX). I now now can teleport up to 10,000 meters per second, and it would take me 10 hours to get to the moon, or 4 hours to get to the Villainy General store...

Half an hour. It takes half an hour to get to Villainy General.

>>318421
1. visit villainy general followed by
3.

Also... Why would you break her out of jail? she is a dangerous psychopath and you will make too many enemies and tie yourself with too many dangerous psychos.

I would prefer to rob a bank or something.

>>318421
THREEEEE

We can break Hollow Queen out any time. We have a strict time limit for Wrench Monkey's big test. Start some preliminary planning while charging to get to Villany General. Then when we get there we can get some ideas on what kind of stuff we could use for the heist thing. I mean there's no reason we can't just hang out there for a while to plan.

hey blacwick so how exactly DO you charge anyway? Does it have to deal with focus or is it like stretching a metaphorical muscle for a while and is it tiring or an effort to charge? Is it like Steam where you can stop charging and start charging from the point you left off later if you don't use up what you currently charged?

>>318423

Because jailbreaks are awesome and the Hollow Queen is awesome and when you add the Baron to it you get an awesome sandwich.

So we're going to go do that.

>Three, before one

So we know what we'll need to buy.

>>318422
Wrench Monkey's a more pressing engagement, and the prison break's the bigger job, anyway. Even if we could plan and execute it in a week, it would still be dumb to go fight Wrench Monkey the next day. Besides, the FX from that and his help will probably be useful, too.

Of course, heading over to the shop should be our priority now, and depending on what we can buy we might have to change our priorities some. Maybe there's like a starter's prison break set on sale or something.

WE FIGHT MONKEY MAN.

Also, when we have a couple of spare hours, go check out the Moon Base. I mean, we have the Address. Just Google it.

>>318423
Good business. We can cut ties with her after, but right now she's a compatriot. We don't leave our partners hanging.