>>5339092>Assign Sam to a team:>Have Sam join up with Penny and Cheruem on investigating the Mystery Mafia.To Bhop:
This move will likely trigger a few actions regarding Sathriel and Peng Ching as side characters. She'll start to get involved if/when she hears that the Defiant is also investigating a case related to the "prescript assassin" case in Laoc. Yan and Solomon in the meantime will continue on the "Cradleton v. Carter" Slander case until their preliminary investigation is complete. At the same time, due to events in the side story "Three Kingdoms Crucible", Sathriel will have already been notified of Empress Shun's announcement. She will likely notify Peng Ching at once. Carter of course is getting dragged along for the ride. Man. It's getting hard to write concurrent side stores and keep up the pace with your timetable.
>Assign B’ni, Uzu, Holly, and Johanna:Not sure yet.
>Compose the Cord-bound team.Not sure yet.
>>5339223>(I got so into the groove of everyone just dunking on Penny that I had to scrap, like, two pages of everyone just variously raking her over the coals with Penny just eating it up.)Goddammit. Penny's hit that sweet spot of being a vicious little shit, yet she gets away with acting cute about it. I can't get the mental image of Penny Dreadful looking like Toga Himiko but carrying a Chainsaw. She just has the right amount of Chaotic crazy energy about her.
>>5339221>>5339169On the flip side, there will definitely be those who will see the new status quo of biopunk superpowers and think "I can conquer the world if I weaponize this on an industrial scale." and those who see the powers and will believe the pain is worth having the powers granted by the Crucible, even if it's a single lvl 1 core ability. We'll likely reach something akin to a Biopunk version of My Hero Academia sort of society.
>>5339264>Plus, we need someone to keep Cheruem from killing Penny. Yes, we're in a situation where Sam is the moderating influence, what have things come to?Sam gets to learn first hand what life is exactly life in her "twin sister's shoes".
>>5339233>That's why Penny is going to be a fun buddy cop with Cheruem. Cheruem's absolute disdain for Penny will only encourage her.Oh god. Imagine the dynamics if/when they encounter Yan and Solomon.
