You are Ben Parker, super-powered criminal and thief extraordinaire. After being bitten by a radioactive spider, you underwent a miraculous change, and adopted the identity of "The Huntsman"! But it's not all bad! Your clone brother, Abel Parker, works to protect the city, and potentially help clean up some of your messes. <span class="mu-i">He</span> goes by the name of "Spider-Man"!
Archive:
https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=Max%20Spider%20Quest Last time: After Ben caught up with his clone brother, Abe (A.K.A. Spider-Man), he recruited the Thief Girls to look into the production and distribution of an addictive drug targeted towards mutants called "Kick". Then, he requested that Ember's first act as a Desperado be to use her powers to remodel Central Park into the greatest Halloween attraction known to man.
And with all the help Ben's been giving the Morlocks, Callisto finally admits to being able to trust him completely. Although, the fact that Ben had just revealed his name and face to her somewhat helped with that declaration.
But what of Iara's revelation of Donny's return? Will the Morlocks be able to comfortably move out of Central Park? Will their plans to profit off of Ember's powers pan out, or will it blow up in their faces?
And will Storm ever recommend the Desperados' services to her colleagues.
Find out more in the latest issue of…<span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-r">MAXIMUM SPIDER QUEST!</span></span>
Rules:
Most dice rolls will be 1d100. Modifiers will be added depending on the situation or on the alien being used(Usually +10 or -10). Crit successes and crit fails apply. Crit fails can be overridden by crit successes, but crit failures cannot override crit successes.
How to Roll:
To roll dice, type “dice+1d100” in the options field without the quotations. To roll dice with positive modifiers, type “dice+1d100+modifier number” in the options field without quotations, and with an actual modifier number. To roll dice with negative modifiers, type “dice+1d100+-modifier number” in the options field without quotations, and with an actual modifier number.
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https://pastebin.com/WdcFXD2s 10 Commandments of the Desperados:
https://pastebin.com/Qpr2jVPE Costumes:
https://pastebin.com/5Jie54X2 The Huntsman’s Travel Guide:
https://pastebin.com/PU6LWsip Upcoming Events in the Maximum Universe:
https://pastebin.com/DceSEjiR Good luck and have fun!
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Mon 10 Jun 2024 15:33:07 No. 6031474 Report Quoted By:
There were certain things in life that had to be seen to be believed. And as someone who’s lived in New York his entire life, you’ve more than seen your fair share of strange occurrences, supernatural or otherwise. Except this time, you didn’t have your phone to document the activity. And that was because a cyborg shark mutant was currently using your phone to conduct an interview for an international mercenary company.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Mon 10 Jun 2024 15:35:17 No. 6031477 Report Panic began to set in, and the other Morlocks started to flee. And if it wasn’t for Glass’ presence, they just might’ve.
<span class="mu-g">“Okay, everyone. Stand back.”</span> he demanded.
And the crowd parted to allow him access to Donny’s body. Screwball was hot on his trail, capturing every moment with her handheld camera as the Morlock leader inched closer to the collapsed plant monster.
A few moments later, Donny’s body twitched. Everyone other than Glass and Screwball flinched back.
In mild horror, you watched the headless form of Donny stagger to his feet. Orange and brown plant matter sprang up from his chest and shoulders, shaping themselves into a pumpkin that was identical to his previous one. And in a matter of seconds, Donny had completely regrown his head!
And his first order of business after having resurrected himself…was to laugh.
He let out a bellowing, downright diabolical laugh that would’ve put Dormammu to shame. His laughing fit nearly had him doubled over as he clutched his gut in agony.
<span class="mu-g">“Oh…that one is never gonna get old.”</span> he mused, wiping a fake tear from his eye.
<span class="mu-g">“Is that really you, Donny?”</span> Glass asked, caution clear on his face.
Donny grinned down at him.
<span class="mu-g">“You’d better believe it, buster. I saw all the preparations you were making, and thought that I’d…get in on the fun, you know. Really get into the spirit of things.”</span> he said, his eyes glowing an even deeper shade of green as he did.
What will you say/do?
>”How’d you go from being a giant tree to a walking, talking pumpkin? Is it because of Ember’s powers?” >”Since when are you so talkative?” >”I wonder if this is somehow due to the Fairy Flowers’ influence.” >”We should probably get you some clothes. Can’t have you walking around naked all the time.” (Have Ember create some clothes for him.) >”Man…kids these days are growing like weeds. Before we know it, he’ll be leaving for college.” >Write-in. Pastebins:
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https://pastebin.com/WdcFXD2s 10 Commandments of the Desperados:
https://pastebin.com/Qpr2jVPE Costumes:
https://pastebin.com/5Jie54X2 The Huntsman’s Travel Guide:
https://pastebin.com/PU6LWsip Upcoming Events in the Maximum Universe:
https://pastebin.com/DceSEjiR Anonymous
>>6031477 >”Since when are you so talkative?” >”Man…kids these days are growing like weeds. Before we know it, he’ll be leaving for college.” Anonymous
>>6031477 >”Man…kids these days are growing like weeds. Before we know it, he’ll be leaving for college.” >”Anyways, how the hell are you doing big man? I haven't had a chance to talk with you for...ever, I guess." Anonymous
>>6031477 sudden fear of tricksy fae creatures
>”Since when are you so talkative?” >"You're coming out joking, I like it. You gave us all a good scare, awesome." Anonymous
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Tue 11 Jun 2024 02:29:16 No. 6031961 Report Quoted By:
>>6031500 >>6031555 >>6031652 >>6031905 >”Since when are you so talkative?” >”Man…kids these days are growing like weeds. Before we know it, he’ll be leaving for college.” Taking these. Writing...
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Tue 11 Jun 2024 04:01:21 No. 6032049 Report Quoted By:
<span class="mu-r">“Since when are you so talkative?”</span> you asked, drawing everyone’s attention to you.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Tue 11 Jun 2024 04:04:18 No. 6032052 Report <span class="mu-g">“At least it's cleaner than all that red gunk that’s inside of you meatbags.”</span> he snarled, pointing a finger straight at Callisto.
Callisto flinched as if she’d been slapped, her single blue eye blinking at him. A heavy silence fell over the crowd like a metal sheet. Everyone’s ears were finely tuned to take in whatever Callisto would say next for daring to say that to her face.
And somehow, no one was prepared for what Callisto would do next.
She laughed.
It started off as a sharp exhalation and a disbelieving shake of the head. But it quickly devolved into disbelieving laughter. And miraculously, it developed into a hysterical laughter.
Such a state was rare for Callisto. If not completely impossible.
But here she was. Throwing her head back in laughter. A few moments later, Donny joined her in laughing. You're not even sure he knew why.
<span class="mu-g">“Oh, man. I think I might actually like this new Donny.”</span> Callisto said.
<span class="mu-r">“You’re…not suspicious?”</span> you asked, not able to believe your ears.
<span class="mu-g">“Like, at all?”</span> Glass asked, likely feeling as confused as you were.
Callisto shook her head, raised a hand and pointed.
<span class="mu-g">“Nope. Because Nature Girl would’ve said something if it wasn’t our darling crackpot.”</span>
You all followed her finger to see Nature Girl, riding a stagg into the crowd. People were quickly stepping aside to avoid getting their feet trampled on.
She nodded.
<span class="mu-g">“It’s him. Deep down, at least.”</span>
She’d muttered that last part.
<span class="mu-g">“That strain of flowers must be producing a chemical that’s warping his developing mind. He seems to have mutated from prolonged exposure.”</span>
<span class="mu-g">“Is that a bad thing?”</span> Glass asked.
Nature Girl just shrugged.
<span class="mu-g">“At this point, who can say for sure? I’m not familiar with this type of flora. Maybe if we knew a botanist that’s studied otherworldly fauna, we’d have a more definitive answer.”</span> she explained.
What will you say?
>”We should keep an eye on him for a while. Just to make sure that he’s stable.” >”Maybe we should pay Doctor Strange another visit. I know a Green Bull that’d be perfect for this job.” >”Would it be possible for Donny to create some sort of sap from the flowers? He said that he had ‘liquid gold flowing through his veins’.” >”We might have to cut you off from the fairy juice, pal. Or at least limit your intake until we can figure out what’s going on.” >Write-in. Pastebins:
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https://pastebin.com/1ZihFYSV Equipment and Gear:
https://pastebin.com/WAhveFAd Contacts:
https://pastebin.com/WdcFXD2s 10 Commandments of the Desperados:
https://pastebin.com/Qpr2jVPE Costumes:
https://pastebin.com/5Jie54X2 The Huntsman’s Travel Guide:
https://pastebin.com/PU6LWsip Upcoming Events in the Maximum Universe:
https://pastebin.com/DceSEjiR Anonymous
>>6032052 >>”Maybe we should pay Doctor Strange another visit. I know a Green Bull that’d be perfect for this job.” Anonymous
>>6032052 >>”Maybe we should pay Doctor Strange another visit. I know a Green Bull that’d be perfect for this job.” >"What do you say Donny? You had quite the growth spurt, are you up for a doctors appointment? " Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky
Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Tue 11 Jun 2024 22:43:10 No. 6032783 Report Quoted By:
>>6032056 >>6032121 >”Maybe we should pay Doctor Strange another visit. I know a Green Bull that’d be perfect for this job.” >"What do you say Donny? You had quite the growth spurt, are you up for a doctors appointment?" Taking and combining these. Writing...
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Tue 11 Jun 2024 22:55:09 No. 6032791 Report <span class="mu-r">“Maybe we should pay the good Doctor Strange another visit. I know a certain Green Bull who’d be perfect for this job.”</span> you suggested.
Some of the Morlocks traded confused glances upon hearing that last bit. Not that you expected them to know who Rintrah was.
<span class="mu-r">“What do you say, Donny? You've had quite the growth spurt. Are you up for a doctor's appointment?”</span>
The plant man made a thoughtful noise and scrunched up his face as he mulled it over. It didn't take very long for him to come up with an answer, though.
<span class="mu-g">“Nah. I think I'd rather stay here with you guys.”</span> he said with a casual shrug of his shoulders. <span class="mu-g">“Besides, why would I need a doctor? I'm in the best shape of my life.”</span>
<span class="mu-g">“You've been alive for less than a year.”</span> Callisto pointed out.
<span class="mu-g">“I know. Isn’t it incredible?”</span> Donny replied, flaunting his new body to anyone who was willing to look.
What will you say?
>”If you come with us, I’ll see if they’ll let you eat some plants from the greenhouse.” >”That’s exactly why we need to go get you checked out. Your body’s going through some rapid changes that we can’t predict, and we want to make sure that you’re doing alright.” >”Feeling good is one thing. Being healthy is another.” >”Alright. We won’t force you to do anything you don’t want to do. But we still need to get you looked at. Would you be more comfortable if we brought someone here instead?” >Write-in. Pastebins:
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https://pastebin.com/WAhveFAd Contacts:
https://pastebin.com/WdcFXD2s 10 Commandments of the Desperados:
https://pastebin.com/Qpr2jVPE Costumes:
https://pastebin.com/5Jie54X2 The Huntsman’s Travel Guide:
https://pastebin.com/PU6LWsip Upcoming Events in the Maximum Universe:
https://pastebin.com/DceSEjiR Anonymous
>>6032791 >”If you come with us, I’ll see if they’ll let you eat some plants from the greenhouse.” Anonymous
>>6032791 >>”If you come with us, I’ll see if they’ll let you eat some plants from the greenhouse.” Anonymous
>>6032791 >”Feeling good is one thing. Being healthy is another.” >”Alright. We won’t force you to do anything you don’t want to do. But we still need to get you looked at. Would you be more comfortable if we brought someone here instead?” Good to see you back Score. You doing well?
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>>6032791 >>”Feeling good is one thing. Being healthy is another.” >"We want you to keep feeling great, not just have you bloom for a single season, right?" Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky
Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Wed 12 Jun 2024 22:55:08 No. 6033778 Report Quoted By:
>>6032805 >>6032874 >>6033213 >>6033538 >”Feeling good is one thing. Being healthy is another.” >"We want you to keep feeling great, not just have you bloom for a single season, right?" >”If you come with us, I’ll see if they’ll let you eat some plants from the greenhouse.” Taking these. Writing...
>>6033213 It's good to see you too, anon! I'm doing good! A bit tired, but I can't complain.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Thu 13 Jun 2024 00:11:12 No. 6033822 Report <span class="mu-r">“Feeling good is one thing. Being healthy is another. And we want you to keep feeling great, not just bloom for a single season.”</span>
Donny didn’t look terribly impressed by your pun. You’d have to come up with something else to get him to come along with you.
<span class="mu-r">“If you come with us, I’ll try to see if they’ll let you eat some of the plants from the greenhouse~.”</span> you offered.
Donny’s grin widened, and he let out a sinister chuckle.
<span class="mu-g">“Ooh! You drive a hard bargain, Huntsman. You’ve got yourself a deal.”</span>
You really hoped you could make good on that promise. It wouldn’t do to have Donny think that you were a liar.
<span class="mu-g">“Just…try not to eat anything too weird. You don’t know what it might do to you.”</span> Glass advised.
<span class="mu-g">“And try not to throw up all over his nice floor if you do end up eating something weird. We don’t need a pissed off sorcerer hurling curses at us.”</span> Callisto added.
Donny chuckled at that.
"Hehe. 'Hurling'..."
<span class="mu-r">“Relax, guys. I’m sure he’s got cleaning spells for when people throw up in his main lobby.”</span> you reassured them.
<span class="mu-s">“Oh my god! How cool would it be to do a livestream from inside the Sanctum Sanctorum!?”</span> Screwball asked her camera.
<span class="mu-r">"Something tells me that he won't be too jazzed about the idea."</span> Ember grumbled, still picking pumpkin guts out of her hair.
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So, you got Donny to agree to follow you to the Sanctum Sanctorum. Now all you had to do was find a way to get him there.
What will you do?
>Find a way to squeeze Donny into a taxi. >Go for a walk. Donny could use some experience navigating the city. >Team up with Spider-Man and carry Donny to the Sanctum. >Wait for Iara to finish her interview and have her fly him there. >Bring someone with you. (Who?) >Write-in. Pastebins:
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https://pastebin.com/WdcFXD2s 10 Commandments of the Desperados:
https://pastebin.com/Qpr2jVPE Costumes:
https://pastebin.com/5Jie54X2 The Huntsman’s Travel Guide:
https://pastebin.com/PU6LWsip Upcoming Events in the Maximum Universe:
https://pastebin.com/DceSEjiR Anonymous
>>6033822 >Go for a walk. Donny could use some experience navigating the city. Anonymous
>>6033822 >Go for a walk. Donny could use some experience navigating the city. It IS October, isn't it? No better time for him to stretch his legs.
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>>6033822 >>Go for a walk. Donny could use some experience navigating the city. Anonymous
>>6033822 >Take the subway he needs to learn how to get around in NYC
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>>6034115 Oh and
>>Bring someone with you >Nature girl Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky
Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Thu 13 Jun 2024 21:56:19 No. 6034616 Report Quoted By:
>>6033831 >>6033847 >>6033970 >Go for a walk. Donny could use some experience navigating the city. Taking these. Writing...
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Thu 13 Jun 2024 23:48:40 No. 6034681 Report Quoted By:
For the first time in a long while, you decided that a nice, brisk walk would be a nice change of pace. It was easy to lose touch with the world when you spent all your time effortlessly swinging from place to place.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Thu 13 Jun 2024 23:54:21 No. 6034688 Report Quoted By:
<span class="mu-r">“Right. It’s as if they’ve never seen a seven foot tall, pumpkin-headed one year old.”</span>
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Thu 13 Jun 2024 23:55:22 No. 6034689 Report What will you say/do?
>"Oh, no! I'm not actually...this is a Halloween costume. I got a little excited, and I didn't want to wait until Halloween night to put it on. Is my costume really that good?" >”I think you’ve got me confused with my evil twin. You can read all about his exploits in the latest printing of the Bugle.” >”So…you’re not taking me downtown? Because that’s usually where most cops want to take me these days.” >”No need. We can talk right here. It’ll give us something to do while you wait for backup to arrive. You have called for backup, right?” >”Can’t this wait until after my friend here is done shopping? It’s his first time in the big city, and he’s giddy as a schoolgirl.” >Write-in. Pastebins:
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https://pastebin.com/WdcFXD2s 10 Commandments of the Desperados:
https://pastebin.com/Qpr2jVPE Costumes:
https://pastebin.com/5Jie54X2 The Huntsman’s Travel Guide:
https://pastebin.com/PU6LWsip Upcoming Events in the Maximum Universe:
https://pastebin.com/DceSEjiR Anonymous
>>6034689 Hmmm...she's not setting off our Spider Senses at all, is she?
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>>6034689 >Write-in. >"GRAND Larceny? You refuse to pay for extra chili ONE time and they send the boys (and girls) in blue? I mean the guy was skimping! That's fraud!" >”I think you’ve got me confused with my evil twin. You can read all about his exploits in the latest printing of the Bugle.” I mean they aren't immediately trying to arrest us so, play along I guess.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Fri 14 Jun 2024 01:06:18 No. 6034746 Report Quoted By:
>>6034721 She's not an immediate threat to you, no. They don't seem to want to immediately escalate the situation.
Anonymous
>>6034689 >>”No need. We can talk right here. It’ll give us something to do while you wait for backup to arrive. You have called for backup, right?” Anonymous
>>6034689 >>”No need. We can talk right here. It’ll give us something to do while you wait for backup to arrive. You have called for backup, right?” Anonymous
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>>6034689 >”I think you’ve got me confused with my evil twin. You can read all about his exploits in the latest printing of the Bugle.” >”Can’t this wait until after my friend here is done shopping? It’s his first time in the big city, and he’s giddy as a schoolgirl.” >Try and take a look at their names, faces, and badge numbers. >A couple hundred Callisto's tall >Whoa... Lmao
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>>6034689 She just said we're wanted, not that she wants to arrest us.
>"That's quite the accusation. Are you sure you got the right guy?" >"The most egregious problem I've encountered today was some not so subtle bias against my POC friend there. Green, he's uhh... a person of chlorophyll." >"I admire your courage of approaching someone whom you think did such crimes, but you probably got the wrong guy." >"I'm just a guy in a Halloween costume doing some shopping." You don't want to do this, lady.
Anonymous
>>6034689 >”No need. We can talk right here. It’ll give us something to do while you wait for backup to arrive. You have called for backup, right?” >"Donny, say hello. Don't be rude." Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky
Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Fri 14 Jun 2024 23:41:29 No. 6035517 Report >>6034791 >>6034906 >>6035182 >”No need. We can talk right here. It’ll give us something to do while you wait for backup to arrive. You have called for backup, right?” This is the most voted for option. Should we move ahead with it, or would anyone like to back another vote to go along with it?
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>>6035517 I'm fine with moving forward personally
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sat 15 Jun 2024 23:11:51 No. 6036426 Report Quoted By:
>>6034791 >>6034906 >>6035182 >”No need. We can talk right here. It’ll give us something to do while you wait for backup to arrive. You have called for backup, right?” >"Donny, say hello. Don't be rude." Sorry for the delay! Just got a moment to update this. Writing...
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sun 16 Jun 2024 00:00:37 No. 6036451 Report Quoted By:
<span class="mu-r">“No need. We can talk right here. It’ll give us something to do while you wait for backup to arrive.”</span> you said, casually leaning against the counter.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sun 16 Jun 2024 00:01:38 No. 6036453 Report What will you say?
>”So, from the sound of things, you two want me to come quietly and let you arrest me? Doesn’t exactly sound like a fun way to spend my afternoon.” >”This has got to be the worst, most slowest arrest I’ve ever been a part of.” >”Well, this has been fun, but I’ve got an appointment with the Sorcerer Supreme to make. If you’ll excuse me…” >”Why don’t we cut to the chase? What do you want from me?” >Let Donny take over for a little while. He can use the practice in social situations, and you could use the entertainment. >Write-in. Pastebins:
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https://pastebin.com/WAhveFAd Contacts:
https://pastebin.com/WdcFXD2s 10 Commandments of the Desperados:
https://pastebin.com/Qpr2jVPE Costumes:
https://pastebin.com/5Jie54X2 The Huntsman’s Travel Guide:
https://pastebin.com/PU6LWsip Upcoming Events in the Maximum Universe:
https://pastebin.com/DceSEjiR Anonymous
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>>6036453 >>”Well, this has been fun, but I’ve got an appointment with the Sorcerer Supreme to make. If you’ll excuse me…” Anonymous
>>6036453 >>”Why don’t we cut to the chase? What do you want from me?” Anonymous
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>>6036453 >"Look, guys, I appreciate your service and that you’re probably working hard to keep the city safe and whatnot, but I’m generally not in the habit of talking to cops, so unless you’re gonna start asking your questions or throwing around the "A" word, my pal here and I kinda got places to be…" Don’t talk to cops, especially if they haven’t made up their minds whether or not you’re a criminal. Also, don’t put Strange in an awkward situation with the cops, that’s bad manners.
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>>6036453 >"If you're gonna try and arrest me, I'd appreciate it if you actually just said that next time. The whole "I'd like to ask you some questions" bit just puts people on edge." >”Why don’t we cut to the chase? What do you want from me?” Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky
Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sun 16 Jun 2024 22:21:05 No. 6037406 Report Quoted By:
>>6036739 >>6036959 >”Why don’t we cut to the chase? What do you want from me?” Taking these. Writing...
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sun 16 Jun 2024 23:33:05 No. 6037474 Report Quoted By:
Realizing that this wasn’t just another lazy attempt to put you behind bars, you decided to try and commit these officer’s names, faces and badge numbers to memory.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sun 16 Jun 2024 23:34:07 No. 6037477 Report Quoted By:
What will you say?
>”I don’t work for free. You boys do good work, but I’ve been doing way too much pro-bono work lately, and I think it’s time to start charging again.” “I see that news of my networking skills has gone public. I’ve been making friends all over the place, lately.”
>”Lemme see that list. Is there anyone particularly dangerous on it?” >”Ah, I see. You two are looking to use this crisis to advance your careers. Smart move.” >”Sorry, it’s my policy not to work with or give information to cops. I’ll pass the word along, and that’s it.” >Write-in. Pastebins:
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https://pastebin.com/WAhveFAd Contacts:
https://pastebin.com/WdcFXD2s 10 Commandments of the Desperados:
https://pastebin.com/Qpr2jVPE Costumes:
https://pastebin.com/5Jie54X2 The Huntsman’s Travel Guide:
https://pastebin.com/PU6LWsip Upcoming Events in the Maximum Universe:
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sun 16 Jun 2024 23:35:08 No. 6037480 Report What will you say?
>”I don’t work for free. You boys do good work, but I’ve been doing way too much pro-bono work lately, and I think it’s time to start charging again.” >“I see that news of my networking skills has gone public. I’ve been making friends all over the place, lately.” >”Lemme see that list. Is there anyone particularly dangerous on it?” >”Ah, I see. You two are looking to use this crisis to advance your careers. Smart move.” >”Sorry, it’s my policy not to work with or give information to cops. I’ll pass the word along, and that’s it.” >Write-in. Pastebins:
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https://pastebin.com/WAhveFAd Contacts:
https://pastebin.com/WdcFXD2s 10 Commandments of the Desperados:
https://pastebin.com/Qpr2jVPE Costumes:
https://pastebin.com/5Jie54X2 The Huntsman’s Travel Guide:
https://pastebin.com/PU6LWsip Upcoming Events in the Maximum Universe:
https://pastebin.com/DceSEjiR Anonymous
>>6037480 >“I see that news of my networking skills has gone public. I’ve been making friends all over the place, lately.” >>”Lemme see that list. Is there anyone particularly dangerous on it?” Anonymous
>>6037480 >"Okay first, I went out and tangled with those robots because I live here, just like you and your partner. God forbid I ever stray from the image the Daily Bugle likes to paint of me..." >“I see that news of my networking skills has gone public. I’ve been making friends all over the place, lately.” >”I don’t work for free. You boys do good work, but I’ve been doing way too much pro-bono work lately, and I think it’s time to start charging again.” >”Lemme see that list. Is there anyone particularly dangerous on it?” Anonymous
>>6037480 >>”I don’t work for free. You boys do good work, but I’ve been doing way too much pro-bono work lately, and I think it’s time to start charging again.” I suggest later on creating a tiered list and making a price match with the severity of the threat of each villain.
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>>6037480 >”Lemme see that list. Is there anyone particularly dangerous on it?” Time to go on the hunt for some guys. If anything we could capture a couple and simultaneously hang out with Abe. Hell, whoever on the list might be competition against Silvermane. Three birds, one Ben sized stone
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Tue 18 Jun 2024 22:41:41 No. 6039257 Report >>6037493 >>6037525 >>6037743 >>6038573 >“I see that news of my networking skills has gone public. I’ve been making friends all over the place, lately.” >”Lemme see that list. Is there anyone particularly dangerous on it?” >”I don’t work for free. You boys do good work, but I’ve been doing way too much pro-bono work lately, and I think it’s time to start charging again.” Taking these. Writing...
>>6038573 Saved! I see you, Callisto-anon! Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky
Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Wed 19 Jun 2024 00:56:33 No. 6039369 Report <span class="mu-r">“I see that news of my networking skills has gone public. I’ve been making friends all over the place, lately.”</span> you said with a self-satisfied sigh.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Wed 19 Jun 2024 01:00:14 No. 6039373 Report What will you say?
>”That depends. How much can you scrape together on short notice?” >"My rates will vary depending on how dangerous the target is. Can you get me some more detailed files on these people?" >”Find out if there are any other like-minded cops who might wanna fund this little venture. I’m sure you can pool some money if you really put your heads together.” >”Someday, I’m gonna need a favor from you guys. In the meantime, try your best to make some connections and advance your careers. If you stick with me, I'll make sure that you move up in the world." >Write-in. Pastebins:
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>>6039373 >>”Someday, I’m gonna need a favor from you guys. In the meantime, try your best to make some connections and advance your careers. If you stick with me, I'll make sure that you move up in the world." Anonymous
>>6039373 >”Someday, I’m gonna need a favor from you guys. In the meantime, try your best to make some connections and advance your careers. If you stick with me, I'll make sure that you move up in the world." Money we have plenty of but you can never have too many connections!
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>>6039373 >"My rates will vary depending on how dangerous the target is. Can you get me some more detailed files on these people?" >”Someday, I’m gonna need a favor from you guys. In the meantime, try your best to make some connections and advance your careers. If you stick with me, I'll make sure that you move up in the world." Anonymous
>>6039369 >"My rates will vary depending on how dangerous the target is. Can you get me some more detailed files on these people?" >>6039257 >Spoiler Yeah I've been looking for some more X-Men comics to get better screen grabs. X-Men Evolution has a bunch of good ones desu
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Wed 19 Jun 2024 22:58:19 No. 6040175 Report Quoted By:
>>6039390 >>6039391 >>6039400 >>6039587 >"My rates will vary depending on how dangerous the target is. Can you get me some more detailed files on these people?" >”Someday, I’m gonna need a favor from you guys. In the meantime, try your best to make some connections and advance your careers. If you stick with me, I'll make sure that you move up in the world." Taking these. Writing...
>>6039587 Well, I appreciate your efforts! I had to get a few screen grabs for certain characters because there weren't any high quality ones.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Wed 19 Jun 2024 23:40:06 No. 6040187 Report <span class="mu-r">“My rates will vary depending on how dangerous the target is. Can you get me some more detailed files on these people?”</span> you asked, showing the packet to Campbell.
She nodded.
<span class="mu-b">“I can do that.”</span>
<span class="mu-r">“Good. Because someday, I’m going to need a favor from you guys. In the meantime, try your best to make some connections and advance your careers. If you stick with me, I'll make sure that you move up in the world.”</span>
The two officers exchanged a worried glance. You could tell that they were apprehensive about putting their careers on the line for this, but if they weren’t at least willing to get their hands dirty, then they wouldn’t have come to you about this in the first place.
At least, you hoped they weren’t stupid enough to get themselves caught before you could get them set up. You didn’t currently have a way to ensure them a quick promotion, but that could change with a little effort on your part.
And even if it didn’t work out, you could set them up somewhere else by calling in a few favors. But they didn’t need to know that just yet.
<span class="mu-g">“Isn’t that nice. You made some new friends today.”</span> Donny remarked with a chuckle that was only slightly wicked-sounding.
And that little remark didn’t do anything to ease the officers’ worries.
With that business out of the way, you folded the packet and tucked it into your jacket.
<span class="mu-b">“How will we get in touch with you?”</span> Campbell asked.
What will you say?
>”You won’t. I’ll come and find you.” >”What’s your opinion on carrier pigeons?” >”Try to keep an open mind. I’m friends with a psychic, so don’t be alarmed if I decide to drop in unannounced.” >”Invest in a Spider-symbol, but don’t make it too obvious. We don’t need the entire NYPD up our asses everytime we decide to meet up.” >Write-in. Pastebins:
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https://pastebin.com/Qpr2jVPE Costumes:
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>>6040187 >”What’s your opinion on carrier pigeons?” These are classic. I bet Nature Girl can train them better than anyone.
Anonymous
>>6040187 >”What’s your opinion on carrier pigeons?” Who doesn't like pigeons?
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>>6040187 >>”What’s your opinion on carrier pigeons?” Anonymous
>>6040187 ”Try to keep an open mind. I’m friends with a psychic, so don’t be alarmed if I decide to drop in unannounced.”
>>6040197 Ngl, if we continue this strategy we could get Pete hooked up with Chat due to the entirety of the mutant population being cool with us. Hell, when are we invited to the Mutant barbecue?
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>>6040431 >Chat I completely forgot she existed, which is a shame since she's right up there with MJ for how well she and Peter do together.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Thu 20 Jun 2024 23:15:30 No. 6040894 Report >>6040197 >>6040201 >>6040240 >”What’s your opinion on carrier pigeons?” Taking these. Writing...
>>6040431 >>6040655 Chat was a really good match for Peter, imo.
Don't worry! There are a decent amount of girls that Lil' Pete can end up with in this story. I've got a few contenders lined up, but he hasn't met them yet! He's got a few events and encounters to go through in the near future before he can get to that point. Anonymous
>>6040894 On the topic of Pete, is he enrolled in school yet?
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Thu 20 Jun 2024 23:25:35 No. 6040897 Report >>6040896 He's currently being home-schooled by Richard. And since Pete is a quick learner, its likely that he'll end up being pretty damn smart when he grows up.
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>>6040897 Not to knock Richard's ability to teach, but I think he knows just how much Peter stands to lose in terms of development by being homeschooled.
And I mean that socially AND academically. The value of being around trained teachers and kids his own age can't be overstated.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Thu 20 Jun 2024 23:43:54 No. 6040900 Report >>6040899 This is just the current state of things. They're subject to change at a point later in time. Richard feels like he has a lot to teach his son, and he wants to be more involved in his life.
If you want to ask him about what his plans are for the future, or just giving Peter more opportunities to socialize with others, you're welcome to do that.
Also, Peter has another parent that has yet to weigh in on the issue. But that's a topic for another time. Anonymous
>>6040900 We should try and see if we can't find Mary at some point. Is Richard still unable to get a beat on her current whereabouts?
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Fri 21 Jun 2024 00:04:35 No. 6040915 Report >>6040909 She sent him a coded message a while back, and judging by his reaction to its contents, he seems confident that she's wrapping up whatever business has been keeping her from Richard and Peter.
If she can't be found, its because she doesn't want to be found yet.
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>>6040915 Surely there will be no complications in the near future. Surely.
In the meantime...time to see if there's a good school near Vic's house. That and maybe an MMA gym with kid's classes. Either or.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Fri 21 Jun 2024 01:11:51 No. 6040961 Report Quoted By:
<span class="mu-r">“What’s your opinion on carrier pigeons?”</span> you asked.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Fri 21 Jun 2024 01:14:58 No. 6040962 Report Quoted By:
<span class="mu-g">“Hrrm. About as much as the next person.”</span> he said, shoving a bundle of scrolls under his arms as he traveled down the table.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Fri 21 Jun 2024 01:18:43 No. 6040965 Report Rintrah blinked several times, swirled the liquid around a bit, and then brought it up to his nose to sniff it.
<span class="mu-g">“Hrrm. I haven’t the slightest idea. I’ve never seen anything like this.”</span> he confessed.
Even Wong, who was usually stoic, looked a bit perplexed.
<span class="mu-g">“I’m afraid that I’ll need to keep him here until I can get a better idea of what’s going on.”</span>
Donny didn’t seem to like that answer.
<span class="mu-g">“What about the food? You promised food.”</span> he demanded with a pronounced scowl.
What will you say?
>”If you’re a good boy during Rintrah’s tests, then I’ll let you eat all the plants you want, later.” >”I’m sure Wong and Rintrah have a few plants that they can spare. Don’t they?” >”Sorry bud, but it's probably for the best if we shelve that idea until we can figure out what's going on with you." "Are you sure you didn't eat anything else weird before you came here? You can tell me. I won't get mad."
>Write-in. Pastebins:
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https://pastebin.com/WdcFXD2s 10 Commandments of the Desperados:
https://pastebin.com/Qpr2jVPE Costumes:
https://pastebin.com/5Jie54X2 The Huntsman’s Travel Guide:
https://pastebin.com/PU6LWsip Upcoming Events in the Maximum Universe:
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>>6040965 >"Who am I to deny a growing boy his food? I'm sure we can whip up something tasty for you back at the park and I can bring it on over in a flash, if you're okay with a light roasting." Shouldn't be a problem for Nature Girl to grow us some exotic plants and stuff that in a big old web-sack.
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>>6040965 >>”I’m sure Wong and Rintrah have a few plants that they can spare. Don’t they?” Anonymous
>>6040965 >”I’m sure Wong and Rintrah have a few plants that they can spare. Don’t they?” Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky
Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Fri 21 Jun 2024 21:53:48 No. 6041680 Report Quoted By:
>>6041108 >>6041207 >”I’m sure Wong and Rintrah have a few plants that they can spare. Don’t they?” Taking these. Writing...
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>>6040965 Damn, I forgot about this for too long after the break. I missed some juicy votes earlier!
>”Do either of you know any flower shops in the area? I can pick Donny Boy up some greens to try before the pipes start calling him.” >”But this is a doctor visit, so we expect plant-based candy on the way out. It’s a small price to pay for learning more about what’s up with our homegrown plant boy.” >”Are you sure you didn't eat anything else weird before you came here? You can tell me. I won't get mad." Anonymous
>>6041691 16 minutes late and… a little over one cent short as the saying usually goes. Oh well!
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Fri 21 Jun 2024 22:21:58 No. 6041699 Report Quoted By:
>>6041691 >>6041695 Better luck next time, anon! And welcome back!
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Fri 21 Jun 2024 22:44:31 No. 6041712 Report <span class="mu-r">“I'm sure Wong and Rintrah have a few plants that they can spare. Don't they?”</span> you said, directing that last part at them.
The two exchanged a glance. Rintrah was the first to speak up.
<span class="mu-g">“Hrrm. You know, it might be worth it to see which creatures Donny chooses to ingest, as well as the processes his new body goes through to digest them.”</span>
Wong let out a weary sigh.
<span class="mu-s">“Fine. But you’ll be the one explaining to the gardener what happened to their mandrakes.”</span>
Rintrah swallowed nervously, and then tried to cover it up by clearing his throat.
<span class="mu-g">“...I’m sure they’ll understand.”</span>
Donny’s grin was so big that it quite literally <span class="mu-i">split</span> his mouth at the edges.
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Doctor Strange’s garden was exactly as you remembered it: Teeming with life, and with far more movement and plant-on-plant violence than you would have personally preferred in a greenhouse. It was an entire self-contained ecosystem that, if not carefully cultivated and monitored, might just spiral out of control. And Donny was preparing to run right into the middle of the whole thing.
<span class="mu-g">“Where to begin. They all look so good…”</span> he muttered. The guy looked like a kid in a candy store.
Wong gave him a warning look. He had already informed everyone of the endangered species that were strictly off-limits, but you weren’t sure if Donny was going to abide by those rules.
Rintrah was by his side, eager and ready to take notes.
<span class="mu-g">“It’s time to go hunting, Huntsman.”</span> Donny said, turning his painfully wide grin on you.
He wanted you to go out there too?
What will you say?
>”Those weeds are about to get whacked!” >”Don’t worry, Wong. I’ll make sure that he doesn’t eat any of the super rare ones.” >Turn to Wong. ”Is there anything in there that I should be worried about?" >”Actually, I’ll sit this one out. I filled up on street food on the way over. Help yourself, big guy.” >Write-in. Pastebins:
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https://pastebin.com/Qpr2jVPE Costumes:
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https://pastebin.com/PU6LWsip Upcoming Events in the Maximum Universe:
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>>6041712 >"Pace yourself Donny. And try not to eat anything that looks as rare as you are." >Turn to Wong. ”Is there anything in there that I should be worried about?" Anonymous
>>6041712 >”Well, momma did always say to eat my veggies.” >Turn to Wong. ”Anything that goes well in a salad out there?” >"Pace yourself Donny. And try not to eat anything that looks as rare as you are." I’m tempted to ask about dangers, but I’m sure the answer is “everything”. I can still back it just to give Wong a chance to stop us and fail.
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>>6041712 >>”Don’t worry, Wong. I’ll make sure that he doesn’t eat any of the super rare ones.” Anonymous
>>6041712 >”Don’t worry, Wong. I’ll make sure that he doesn’t eat any of the super rare ones.” >Turn to Wong. ”Is there anything in there that I should be worried about?" Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky
Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sun 23 Jun 2024 15:58:12 No. 6043053 Report >>6041719 >>6041728 >>6041734 >>6041997 >”Well, momma did always say to eat my veggies.” >Turn to Wong. ”Anything that goes well in a salad out there?” >"Pace yourself Donny. And try not to eat anything that looks as rare as you are." Sorry for the delay. I forgot that I had an RP yesterday after work.
Taking these. Writing...
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sun 23 Jun 2024 15:59:15 No. 6043054 Report Quoted By:
>>6041734 >>6041997 >>6043053 >”Don’t worry, Wong. I’ll make sure that he doesn’t eat any of the super rare ones.” Also this!
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sun 23 Jun 2024 17:13:14 No. 6043106 Report Quoted By:
<span class="mu-r">“Well, momma did always say that I needed to eat my veggies.”</span>
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sun 23 Jun 2024 17:14:54 No. 6043110 Report Quoted By:
<span class="mu-r">“Well, momma did always say that I needed to eat my veggies.”</span>
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sun 23 Jun 2024 17:16:28 No. 6043112 Report The crazy pumpkin man just laughed and stabbed a sharpened spear made of bark into its side. You weren’t sure if the offending monster could feel pain like you, but the screech that it let out informed you that it was entirely capable of feeling pissed off.
What will you do?
>Web-shape a pair of hand-axes and toss them at the creature’s limbs. >Blast a burning hole through the plant monster. >Try to find one of those mandrakes that Wong mentioned. Maybe it’ll have an effect on this thing. >Use your webs to restrain the creature while Donny deals the killing blow. >Sit back and coach him through the fight. You'll interfere if you think he's in any serious danger. >Write-in. Pastebins:
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https://pastebin.com/PU6LWsip Upcoming Events in the Maximum Universe:
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>>6043112 >>Use your webs to restrain the creature while Donny deals the killing blow. I'd love to coach him, but right now probably isn't the best time for training.
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>>6043112 >Web-shape a pair of hand-axes >Webline to Donny and pull him out >Throw the hand axes on the Tendrils that hold onto Donny Anonymous
>>6043112 >Use your webs to restrain the creature while Donny deals the killing blow. For all I know the plant could toss the hand-axes back at us.
We can take some mental notes for coaching after he’s done fighting this thing. Spin it as the more efficiently he fights, the quicker he can get to the tastiest plants.
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>>6043112 >Use your webs to restrain the creature while Donny deals the killing blow. Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky
Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sun 23 Jun 2024 18:23:29 No. 6043173 Report Quoted By:
>>6043117 >>6043134 >>6043141 >Use your webs to restrain the creature while Donny deals the killing blow. Taking these. Writing...
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sun 23 Jun 2024 19:28:15 No. 6043221 Report Quoted By:
You muttered a curse under your breath and leapt into action.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sun 23 Jun 2024 19:30:23 No. 6043224 Report Quoted By:
Donny retracted his fingers and brought them up to his mouth. To your disgust, he proceeded to lick the gore from his fingers with a green, worm-like tongue. He seemed to take great delight in this.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sun 23 Jun 2024 19:31:25 No. 6043226 Report It didn’t take long for you to find the freshly lobotomized plant beast Donny had killed. Which was good, because it meant that there was less time for Donny to slide that worm-like tongue over his lips in a gesture that you were sure meant that he was famished.
<span class="mu-g">“Come to papa.”</span> he said, extending his fingers until they stabbed into the creature’s face.
And before your very eyes, you saw what little life had remained in the monster’s corpse slowly draining away. It was as if its body was becoming shriveled up and mummified. And then, it hit you.
The bloodsucking vines. Donny hadn’t just eaten them. He’d somehow incorporated them into his own body! You hadn’t imagined him getting bulkier, he really was “feeding” on this thing.
Amid this jumble of conflicting thoughts and emotions, there was only one thing that made it out of your mouth. It had been something that was bothering you for a while.
<span class="mu-r">“Wait. You just said ‘Come to papa’. That means you totally know what ‘momma’ means.”</span>
Donny chuckled at that.
<span class="mu-g">“You got me. I was just playing along to see what you’d say.”</span>
Several moments later, he retracted his fingers, but didn’t lick them this time. Instead, the fluids seemed to soak into his body all on their own.
<span class="mu-g">“Mm. That’s good stuff. I wonder what else there is around here.”</span> he wondered, glancing at his surroundings.
What will you do/say?
>”You’re kind of scary sometimes, you know that?” >”Well, there goes my appetite.” >”I think Wong said something about ‘choking spores’?” >”How’d you know where to find those bloodsucking vines?” >”Maybe we should go back for now so that Rintrah can take another look at you.” >Write-in. Pastebins:
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https://pastebin.com/WdcFXD2s 10 Commandments of the Desperados:
https://pastebin.com/Qpr2jVPE Costumes:
https://pastebin.com/5Jie54X2 The Huntsman’s Travel Guide:
https://pastebin.com/PU6LWsip Upcoming Events in the Maximum Universe:
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>>6043226 >>”How’d you know where to find those bloodsucking vines?” Anonymous
>>6043226 >"So uh...any idea what you can "splice" onto yourself? Besides the bloodsuckign vines I mean." >”How’d you know where to find those bloodsucking vines?” Anonymous
>>6043226 "So uh...any idea what you can "splice" onto yourself? Besides the bloodsucking vines I mean."
>”How’d you know where to find those bloodsucking vines?” >”Maybe we should go back for now so that Rintrah can take another look at you.” Since he’ll complain about the last one, we can rebut it with
>”I know several people who stopped being one person and started being another for various reasons, and more than one because of things that went in them.” >”Bow before my unique and distressing amount of life experience on this very niche topic!” Anonymous
>>6043226 >”Maybe we should go back for now so that Rintrah can take another look at you.” Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky
Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Mon 24 Jun 2024 16:24:14 No. 6043937 Report Quoted By:
>>6043232 >>6043238 >>6043283 >>6043575 >"So uh...any idea what you can "splice" onto yourself? Besides the bloodsucking vines I mean." >”Maybe we should go back for now so that Rintrah can take another look at you.” >”How’d you know where to find those bloodsucking vines?” Taking these. Writing...
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Mon 24 Jun 2024 16:38:55 No. 6043958 Report Quoted By:
<span class="mu-r">“So, uh…any idea what else you can ‘splice’ onto yourself? Besides the bloodsucking vines, I mean.”</span> you asked.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Mon 24 Jun 2024 16:39:56 No. 6043960 Report As soon as they were out of earshot, Rintrah rolled up his scroll and leaned in closer.
<span class="mu-g">“I’m going to be honest with you, Huntsman. I think Donny should remain here a while longer. At least until I can accurately diagnose his new condition.”</span> Rintrah proposed.
What will you say?
>”He’s not gonna go for that. Not unless we sweeten the pot.” >”Is it because of the ‘grafting’ thing, or is it the whole ‘maniacal laugh’ thing?” >”Maybe we can try and space these out by scheduling regular check-ups. I’ll grab a Morlock or two to escort him here and back.” >”Yeah, I think so too. I’ll try to convince him somehow.” >Write-in. Pastebins:
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https://pastebin.com/WdcFXD2s 10 Commandments of the Desperados:
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https://pastebin.com/5Jie54X2 The Huntsman’s Travel Guide:
https://pastebin.com/PU6LWsip Upcoming Events in the Maximum Universe:
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>>6043960 >”He’s not gonna go for that. Not unless we sweeten the pot.” >”Maybe we can try and space these out by scheduling regular check-ups. I’ll grab a Morlock or two to escort him here and back.” Donny is looking more and more like a problem, but hopefully if we believe in him he swings back around to not being one
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>>6043960 >”He’s not gonna go for that. Not unless we sweeten the pot.” >”Maybe we can try and space these out by scheduling regular check-ups. I’ll grab a Morlock or two to escort him here and back.” Anonymous
>>6043960 >”He’s not gonna go for that. Not unless we sweeten the pot.” Anonymous
>>6043960 >>6043980 Supporting, though I’m pretty sure Glass will pick who escorts him later.
Can they set up a little arena for him to beat down some tough plants? They can see what happens when he wolfs down a plant as long as they don’t make it too easy for him. He seems to like the hunt.
Also, crackpot theory to propose to Rintrah - Donny is based on the faerie flowers and they’re used for astral projection. They could have projected him into others and let him learn things he otherwise wouldn’t know, like a different form of our spider-sense. He could also be using that same principle to find things he wants like the bloodsucker plants since he can project himself outward until he finds it. Which would be broader than finding plants, but he’s interested in food so that’s what he used it for.
It could also be a crutch for accepting mutations into him. An astral form should reflect who you are, and if he’s “becoming” what he eats on an astral level it could guide him so his physical form matches.
Might open him up to the same concerns that Abe deals with when things “stick” to him and he has to clear it off.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Tue 25 Jun 2024 22:48:26 No. 6044973 Report Quoted By:
>>6043980 >>6044113 >>6044003 >>6044023 >”He’s not gonna go for that. Not unless we sweeten the pot.” >”Maybe we can try and space these out by scheduling regular check-ups. I’ll grab a Morlock or two to escort him here and back.” Taking these. Writing...
>>6044113 Interesting theory!
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Tue 25 Jun 2024 23:03:36 No. 6044978 Report You shook your head.
<span class="mu-r">“He’s not gonna go for that. We’re gonna need to sweeten the pot.”</span> you proposed.
<span class="mu-r">“Maybe we can try and space these visits out by scheduling regular check-ups. I’ll grab a Morlock to escort him here and back.”</span>
<span class="mu-g">“Hrrm. So long as you can get him to agree, that is.”</span> Rintrah pointed out.
That was true. You should probably practice what to say to him before you actually initiate the conversation.
Yup, that’s it. You’ll just walk right up to him and say-
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>”Good news, Donny! I got Rintrah to agree to let you come back here to snack on more plants. It won’t be every day, but I think they can spare some of the less endangered ones.” >”Hey, Donny. So…the results came back, and Rintrah thinks that there might be something wrong with your new body. But, don’t panic. If you keep coming back for regular check-ups, then you should be fine.” >”Donny! Glass just told me that he wanted to assign you a very important mission. Doctor Strange doesn’t have enough hands to help him with his Halloween decorations, so he needs you to jazz up the Sanctum Sanctorum while he’s gone. Do you think you’re up to the task?” >”Have you ever wondered where I got those fairy flowers from? I can take you there someday. I’d bet they have lots of plants that we’ve never even seen before. But I’ll only take you if you agree to help Rintrah with a few things every now and again.” >Write-in. Pastebins:
Character Sheet:
https://pastebin.com/1ZihFYSV Equipment and Gear:
https://pastebin.com/WAhveFAd Contacts:
https://pastebin.com/WdcFXD2s 10 Commandments of the Desperados:
https://pastebin.com/Qpr2jVPE Costumes:
https://pastebin.com/5Jie54X2 The Huntsman’s Travel Guide:
https://pastebin.com/PU6LWsip Upcoming Events in the Maximum Universe:
https://pastebin.com/DceSEjiR Anonymous
>>6044978 >”Hey, Donny. So…the results came back, and Rintrah thinks that there might be something wrong with your new body. But, don’t panic. If you keep coming back for regular check-ups, then you should be fine.” Anonymous
>>6044978 >>”Have you ever wondered where I got those fairy flowers from? I can take you there someday. I’d bet they have lots of plants that we’ve never even seen before. But I’ll only take you if you agree to help Rintrah with a few things every now and again.” Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky
Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Thu 27 Jun 2024 22:30:55 No. 6046461 Report Quoted By:
>>6045022 >>6045120 So, I won't be able to update until tomorrow, but I was wondering how you guys wanted to proceed? Would you like to wait for more votes to roll in, or should I just flip a coin when I'm available to write an update?
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>>6044978 >>6045120 I'll support this one to get things rolling.
So is Donny childlike considering his age? Or more teenage or adult? The general spookiness is making it tough to gauge.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Fri 28 Jun 2024 23:00:38 No. 6047127 Report Quoted By:
>>6045120 >>6046487 >”Have you ever wondered where I got those fairy flowers from? I can take you there someday. I’d bet they have lots of plants that we’ve never even seen before. But I’ll only take you if you agree to help Rintrah with a few things every now and again.” Taking these. Writing...
>>6046487 Donny's behavior has been noticeably erratic. Ben's having a hard time getting a solid read on him because he isn't always consistent.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sat 29 Jun 2024 00:40:16 No. 6047174 Report Quoted By:
<span class="mu-r">“Have you ever wondered where I got those fairy flowers from? I can take you there someday. I’d bet they have lots of plants that we’ve never even seen before. But, I’ll only take you if you agree to help Rintrah out with a few things every now and again.”</span> you promised, gesturing at the green minotaur.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sat 29 Jun 2024 00:41:17 No. 6047175 Report Quoted By:
<span class="mu-g">“Why's that guy following us?”</span> Donny asked, pointing out a creepy man in white rubber mask.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sat 29 Jun 2024 00:42:18 No. 6047177 Report All your contacts, criminal and otherwise, were on that phone! As well as some pretty damning evidence linking you with Ben Parker. And there was a certain pink-haired, streamer gremlin walking around that hadn’t done nearly enough to earn your trust with that kind of information.
What will you say/do?
>Enlist nature Girl’s help to find your phone. This park ought to be teeming with little critters that were perfect for the job. >Have Iara fly you around the park to retrace her steps. Someone here has to have your phone. >Use your second phone to call your first phone. Maybe someone will pick it up and answer. >Get in contact with Ember and fill her in on the situation. She might be able to create something that can help with your little dilemma. >Write-in. Pastebins:
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https://pastebin.com/1ZihFYSV Equipment and Gear:
https://pastebin.com/WAhveFAd Contacts:
https://pastebin.com/WdcFXD2s 10 Commandments of the Desperados:
https://pastebin.com/Qpr2jVPE Costumes:
https://pastebin.com/5Jie54X2 The Huntsman’s Travel Guide:
https://pastebin.com/PU6LWsip Upcoming Events in the Maximum Universe:
https://pastebin.com/DceSEjiR Anonymous
>>6047177 >”Shark. For future reference, there are people who would kill me with what’s on that phone. Please don’t lose it in the future.” Be calm while saying it. No sense being upset while we still have a mission to do.
>Get in contact with Ember and fill her in on the situation. She might be able to create something that can help with your little dilemma. I assume there aren’t a lot of electronic devices in the area that weren’t created by Ember or brought in by Screwball. Anything that could pick them up shouldn’t have to deal with much chaff if it can exclude Ember’s constructs.
We could also try calling it if we rope in Callisto or Joyce. With their senses they may be able to pick up on the ring.
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>>6047177 >>Get in contact with Ember and fill her in on the situation. She might be able to create something that can help with your little dilemma. Anonymous
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>>6047177 >Have Iara fly you around the park to retrace her steps. Someone here has to have your phone. This option is the one that feels like it has the most fun hijinks
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sun 30 Jun 2024 15:30:33 No. 6048679 Report Quoted By:
>>6047184 >>6047188 >Get in contact with Ember and fill her in on the situation. She might be able to create something that can help with your little dilemma. Taking these. Writing...
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sun 30 Jun 2024 16:27:22 No. 6048715 Report Quoted By:
<span class="mu-r">“Donny, stay with them. I’m going to go find Ember.”</span>
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sun 30 Jun 2024 16:28:24 No. 6048717 Report You were glad that Abe was able to grasp the situation so quickly. It was another benefit of dealing with someone who, on multiple levels, thought and behaved just like you.
<span class="mu-r">“Nope. Shark ‘misplaced’ it.”</span>
<span class="mu-b">“Ouch.”</span>
<span class="mu-r">“Yeah. I got Ember to make a signal tracker for me, but there are more than I thought they’d be. Where are you right now?”</span>
<span class="mu-b">“That depends. Where are <span class="mu-i">you</span> right now?”</span> Abe countered.
The two of you exchanged details of your surroundings, and within a minute or two, you were both able to grasp your respective locations, as well as your relative distance between one another.
<span class="mu-r">“I think I see where you are on this thing. Do you have any idea where Screwball is?”</span> you asked, directing your question at Abe, but focusing your attention on Ember.
The blonde girl just shrugged.
<span class="mu-b">“Not really. Callisto’s probably watching her.”</span> Abe replied.
<span class="mu-r">“That’d be a safe bet.”</span>
<span class="mu-r">“Why don’t we just tune into her livestream?”</span> Ember suggested.
<span class="mu-r">“Here, I’ll do it on my phone.”</span>
<span class="mu-r">“Great idea. I never thought I’d be thankful that Screwball literally records everything.”</span>
What will you say while Ember navigates her phone?
>”The park looks great, by the way. You guys did an awesome job while I was away.” >”Only a day into your employment as a Desperado, and you’re already proving to be a valuable member. Keep it up.” >”Do you think you can help me look into that other signal? According to this thing, there’s someone else with a phone in this park.” >”Is there an actual limit to the things you can create? How much have you experimented with your powers?” >Write-in. Pastebins:
Character Sheet:
https://pastebin.com/1ZihFYSV Equipment and Gear:
https://pastebin.com/WAhveFAd Contacts:
https://pastebin.com/WdcFXD2s 10 Commandments of the Desperados:
https://pastebin.com/Qpr2jVPE Costumes:
https://pastebin.com/5Jie54X2 The Huntsman’s Travel Guide:
https://pastebin.com/PU6LWsip Upcoming Events in the Maximum Universe:
https://pastebin.com/DceSEjiR Anonymous
>>6048717 >>”Only a day into your employment as a Desperado, and you’re already proving to be a valuable member. Keep it up.” Anonymous
>>6048717 >>”Only a day into your employment as a Desperado, and you’re already proving to be a valuable member. Keep it up.” >”The park looks great, by the way. You guys did an awesome job while I was away.” Can we not just call the phone and see who picks up?
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>>6048717 >Check if any of the signals match up to where you told Callisto who you were. Could be that someone either misplaced a phone or set one up as a camera to eavesdrop on something. Since we know where Abe is we can try a bit of mental math to figure out if any could have picked us up.
>”The park looks great, by the way. You guys did an awesome job while I was away.” >”This isn’t the main work of the Desperados by the way. Helping out here is more a personal favor to me. So thanks for sticking around this long.” >”So do I need to arrange more dinner dates with the most stylish available spider-themed super in this city? You seemed to enjoy your little jaunt with him.” What goes unsaid is that we’re obviously better, but we’re not available.
>>6048755 I had held off initially since it’d possibly clue someone else onto our phone that we wouldn’t want. If none of the dots are near each other then we’re probably safe to call it. I’m sure Screwball is carrying her own after all.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Tue 02 Jul 2024 00:04:27 No. 6049822 Report Quoted By:
>>6048734 >>6048755 >>6048841 >>6049571 >”Only a day into your employment as a Desperado, and you’re already proving to be a valuable member. Keep it up.” >”The park looks great, by the way. You guys did an awesome job while I was away.” Taking these. Writing...
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Tue 02 Jul 2024 00:50:30 No. 6049844 Report You nodded your approval.>Go after the signal that’s closer to Screwball. >Pursue the signal that’s further away. >Coordinate with someone else so that they can help figure out what’s going on. >Write-in.
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>>6049844 >Pursue the signal that’s further away. >See if Ember can build a short-range jammer to block Screwball’s stream. If Screwball goes for the phone, she can flip it on as a temporary distraction. I assume that if her stream goes down she immediately jumps to Defcon 2 and works to resolve it.
That said, I’m okay with sending Ember after one. She’s clearly good enough to take a peek herself, but if jokes about it then we say she gets no more freebies with Spider-man. She can pick which one she wants to go after in that case.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Wed 03 Jul 2024 22:38:04 No. 6051171 Report Quoted By:
>>6049855 >>6049960 >Pursue the signal that’s further away. >See if Ember can build a short-range jammer to block Screwball’s stream. If Screwball goes for the phone, she can flip it on as a temporary distraction. Taking these. Writing...
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Wed 03 Jul 2024 23:11:30 No. 6051184 Report Quoted By:
<span class="mu-r">“Do you think you can do me another favor?”</span> you asked.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Wed 03 Jul 2024 23:12:31 No. 6051185 Report What will you say?
>”Remind me to buy that girl some pants with pockets.” >”I think we might need to have a talk with Iara about responsibility. At least where other people’s stuff is involved.” >”You’re a lifesaver! I wish you were around when I lost my keys the other day.” >”You didn’t happen to notice someone else using a phone here, did you? Other than Screwball and Spider-Man, I mean.” >”Are you planning on starting an All-Morlock Tennis Team? Am I too late for tryouts?” >Write-in. Pastebins:
Character Sheet:
https://pastebin.com/1ZihFYSV Equipment and Gear:
https://pastebin.com/WAhveFAd Contacts:
https://pastebin.com/WdcFXD2s 10 Commandments of the Desperados:
https://pastebin.com/Qpr2jVPE Costumes:
https://pastebin.com/5Jie54X2 The Huntsman’s Travel Guide:
https://pastebin.com/PU6LWsip Upcoming Events in the Maximum Universe:
https://pastebin.com/DceSEjiR Anonymous
>>6051185 >Call Ember, tell her the backup plan isn’t needed now. Though if she still wants to figure out the other signal you’d feel better about it. May as well stop the potential disaster I helped set in motion.
>”Remind me to buy that girl some pants with pockets.” >”You didn’t happen to notice someone else using a phone here, did you? Other than Screwball and Spider-Man, I mean.” >”Are you planning on starting an All-Morlock Tennis Team? I feel gypped! I put in my application a while ago and you never followed up.” Referencing our game with her where she thrashed us.
>”Got any basketballs around? I know it’s not your thing, but it’s easier to play b-ball away from proper courts than most other sports.” Anonymous
>>6051185 >>”Remind me to buy that girl some pants with pockets.” >”You’re a lifesaver! I wish you were around when I lost my keys the other day.” Anonymous
>>6051185 >”Remind me to buy that girl some pants with pockets.” >”I think we might need to have a talk with Iara about responsibility. At least where other people’s stuff is involved.” >”You’re a lifesaver! I wish you were around when I lost my keys the other day.” Callisto really is best girl, came in clutch
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sat 06 Jul 2024 20:57:10 No. 6053025 Report >>6051208 >>6052741 >>6051369 >>6051922 >”You’re a lifesaver! I wish you were around when I lost my keys the other day.” >”Remind me to buy that girl some pants with pockets.” >”I think we might need to have a talk with Iara about responsibility. At least where other people’s stuff is involved.” >”You didn’t happen to notice someone else using a phone here, did you? Other than Screwball and Spider-Man, I mean.” >Call Ember, tell her the backup plan isn’t needed now. Though if she still wants to figure out the other signal you’d feel better about it. >”Are you planning on starting an All-Morlock Tennis Team? I feel gypped! I put in my application a while ago and you never followed up.” >”Got any basketballs around? I know it’s not your thing, but it’s easier to play b-ball away from proper courts than most other sports.” Dare we start the mutant basketball league from a prior thread?
Taking these! Writing...
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sat 06 Jul 2024 20:58:10 No. 6053027 Report >>6053025 Didn't mean to paste that last part!
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>>6053027 I absolve you of your sins
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>>6053027 Yeah, that’s for a different red spandex anti-hero to say out loud!
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sun 07 Jul 2024 01:23:13 No. 6053177 Report Quoted By:
<span class="mu-r">“You’re a lifesaver! I wish you were around when I lost my keys the other day.”</span>
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sun 07 Jul 2024 01:25:40 No. 6053178 Report Quoted By:
Both of you watched as Esther tried, and failed miserably in her attempt to hit a tennis ball that she’d bounced into the air.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sun 07 Jul 2024 01:35:20 No. 6053182 Report Who will you invite to join in on your basketball game?
>Spider-Man >Joy >Glass >Beak >Skids >Screwball >Ember >Cindy Moon >Wanda Mason >Daredevil >Luke Cage >Iron Fist >Write-in. Pastebins:
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https://pastebin.com/1ZihFYSV Equipment and Gear:
https://pastebin.com/WAhveFAd Contacts:
https://pastebin.com/WdcFXD2s 10 Commandments of the Desperados:
https://pastebin.com/Qpr2jVPE Costumes:
https://pastebin.com/5Jie54X2 The Huntsman’s Travel Guide:
https://pastebin.com/PU6LWsip Upcoming Events in the Maximum Universe:
https://pastebin.com/DceSEjiR Anonymous
>>6053182 >>Daredevil >>Luke Cage >>Iron Fist It's been a while since we've seen them
Not sure if they are up for it, but its sorta a community service, if they show up to show support for the mutants
Can I nitpick about your formatting?
I somewhat have internalized that, during dialog, a blank line signifies that the next person is talking. But when you have something like:
"speech", said person A and "continues talking again"
that "continues talking again" slips down in it's own paragraph, separated by a blank line.
This update it happened both with Callisto, which is fine because you go through the effort of coloring people differently... but also with Ember, which was a red and red conversation.
Fortunately it was rather obvious who said what this time
You do you, but I much rather have one persons dialogue in one paragraph, and if it has to be split up, like when they are monologueing in the second paragraph starting with something like "They continued:"
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sun 07 Jul 2024 18:12:29 No. 6053623 Report >>6053403 That's entirely fair. I've been experimenting with different writing styles and techniques as of late, and even I'm not sure if I'm feeling this one too much. It could also be a failing on my part in a literary sense, so more research and practice in my spare time might be required for the structure of the dialogue to flow more fluently.
I'll go back to doing things the way I have been before if that makes it easier for you guys to comprehend. Thanks for the input, anon.
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>>6053623 I have had no problem comprehending how you write and format things. I also pointed out once before that you accidentally used the wrong color for a person.
I do voices in my head, and it's just those couple of seconds, when the wrong voice talks, because I expected that next paragraph to be the next person.
Probably just a me-issue too.
That is to say, you are living up to a very high standard. I wouldn't say anything to more novice QMs. It's just a small disruption of my flow when reading and immersing myself in a story.
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>>6053182 >Cindy Moon >Wanda Mason Cindy won’t be playing with her injury and Wanda may be too tired to join now, but we can spin it as training. Wanda will need to keep a cool head in the face of opponents and allies above her level, cooperate effectively to achieve a goal, and work of her physical coordination.
Sure, anything sounds like training when phrased appropriately, but still!
Cindy can chat with anyone else watching the games between tennis and basketball. Even if we have to send a few players her way between rounds to distract her from trying to coach Wanda’s form.
>Daredevil >Luke Cage >Iron Fist What
>>6053182 said. If they don’t buy in with that, mention a whole community of mutants in the park was big enough to bring in some protesters so getting to know them would be pretty smart in case they need to defuse tensions later. By playing basketball, they can claim they’re working.
>Glass, Callisto Not to drag them in necessarily, but to spread the word. Not like others can’t drop in once we find some balls, we have anywhere from 2 to 10 players per basketball so we can take anyone interested in playing with each other or outsiders.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Mon 08 Jul 2024 17:17:52 No. 6054373 Report Quoted By:
>>6053403 >>6054304 >Daredevil >Luke Cage >Iron Fist >Cindy Moon >Wanda Mason >Glass, Callisto Taking these. Writing...
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Mon 08 Jul 2024 18:47:56 No. 6054441 Report Quoted By:
It didn’t take long to find a basketball. All you had to do was find Ember, promise her that you could get the Morlocks off her back for a few hours. The deal was, she'd make about ten Desperado-branded basketballs, and you'd web-shape a comfy couch for her to sit in while the others played.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Mon 08 Jul 2024 18:48:57 No. 6054442 Report <span class="mu-r">“Right, of course. How good are you at basketball?”</span> you asked.
<span class="mu-g">“My jump shot could use a little work, but I’m no slouch on the court. Why?”</span>
This guy was downright unflappable. He didn’t sound the least bit bothered by your seemingly random question. He was so zen that it might’ve annoyed you if you weren’t asking for a favor.
<span class="mu-r">“Do you think you and your buddy Luke can come down and shoot some hoops with the local mutants? It’d do a lot for their image, and it could get some people off their backs if they think that the Heroes for Hire are protecting them.”</span>
<span class="mu-g">“I suppose that sounds somewhat reasonable.”</span> Iron Fist replied. <span class="mu-g">“However, I’m missing the part where me and Luke get paid, here. Forgive me if I’m being presumptuous, but I’m not convinced that a community of homeless mutants is flush with cash.”</span>
Yeah, he had a point.
What will you say?
>”They aren’t, but I am. I can cover the cost if that’s what it takes to get you guys out here.” >”They might not have much right now, but I can guarantee that they’re about to come into some money, real soon.” >”Community service never pays well. I thought heroes were supposed to work for the betterment of their community. I feel like our roles got reversed at some point this year.” >”Oh, come on. I just need you to come out and have some fun. I’m bringing my kid, and I’m sure Pei would love it too.” >Write-in. Pastebins:
Character Sheet:
https://pastebin.com/1ZihFYSV Equipment and Gear:
https://pastebin.com/WAhveFAd Contacts:
https://pastebin.com/WdcFXD2s 10 Commandments of the Desperados:
https://pastebin.com/Qpr2jVPE Costumes:
https://pastebin.com/5Jie54X2 The Huntsman’s Travel Guide:
https://pastebin.com/PU6LWsip Upcoming Events in the Maximum Universe:
https://pastebin.com/DceSEjiR Anonymous
>>6054442 >”I can cover your subway tickets and any food you'll happen to eat today." >"And if you want some risk in a dangerous mission, we can always do a little bet on a game." >”Oh, come on. I just need you to come out and have some fun. I’m bringing my kid, and I’m sure Pei would love it too.” do we even know who Pei is?
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Mon 08 Jul 2024 19:04:52 No. 6054453 Report Quoted By:
>>6054451 He mentioned her to you once during the Silvertongue arc, I beleive.
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>>6054442 >”Man, it’s weird being on the other side of this conversation. Pretty sure I’ve told others that hero work doesn’t pay the bills on its own.” >”I can cover your subway tickets and any food you'll happen to eat today.” >”I’ll even toss in a small amount for the game just so you can call yourselves professional athletes if you want.” >"And if you want some risk in a dangerous mission, we can always do a little bet on a game." >”Oh, come on. I just need you to come out and have some fun. I’m bringing my kid, and I’m sure Pei would love it too.” We can pay them, but it’s a community game. We have every right to crack jokes at the idea of making them pro athletes like this.
Unrelated,
>>6053403 >>6053623 >>6053675 I’ve also held up Scorekeeper as an example of a QM that has grown into an excellent writing style for the quest in the /qtg/ threads. I sometimes let things pass because they’re infrequent enough to be brain farts, and I have plenty of those myself.
I’ve had my tirades before on death by ellipses. It’s the style choice that’ll bounce me off what someone is writing the quickest and I’m glad it doesn’t happen here. Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky
Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Tue 09 Jul 2024 01:27:56 No. 6054611 Report Quoted By:
>>6053675 >>6054497 Thank you, guys! I'm glad that you feel that way. After my last quest, I've been trying to improve as a writer, and I think I've been making pretty decent progress. I want my writing(or at least my stories) to be something that I can be proud of.
And I appreciate you guys reading along and voting throughout this whole adventure. I have a lot planned for this quest, and I have every intention of creating an amazing story in this universe.
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>>6054442 >”They aren’t, but I am. I can cover the cost if that’s what it takes to get you guys out here.” Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky
Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Wed 10 Jul 2024 21:52:33 No. 6055994 Report >>6054451 >>6054497 >”I can cover your subway tickets and any food you'll happen to eat today." >”Oh, come on. I just need you to come out and have some fun. I’m bringing my kid, and I’m sure Pei would love it too.” Are you guys cool with me moving forward with these options?
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>>6055994 I’m okay with just voting
>>6054451 . All I did was add onto it anyway.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Thu 11 Jul 2024 02:09:06 No. 6056065 Report Quoted By:
>>6054451 >>6054497 >>6055994 >>6056015 >”I can cover your subway tickets and any food you'll happen to eat today." >"And if you want some risk in a dangerous mission, we can always do a little bet on a game." >”Oh, come on. I just need you to come out and have some fun. I’m bringing my kid, and I’m sure Pei would love it too.” Taking these. Writing...
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Thu 11 Jul 2024 03:37:06 No. 6056133 Report Quoted By:
<span class="mu-r">“I can cover your subway tickets and any food you might happen to eat today.”</span> you promised.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Thu 11 Jul 2024 03:45:15 No. 6056141 Report The sound of wind blowing into the receiver was the only thing you heard for a second, and then there was a <span class="mu-s">thump</span>.
<span class="mu-s">“Hi, sorry. Me again. Wanda sort of threw my phone by accident.”</span> Cindy said, sounding mildly annoyed.
<span class="mu-r">“You have a grappling hook in your cast!?”</span> Wanda blurted out.
<span class="mu-s">“It’s not a grappling hook. It’s just a mini-Moonrang with a bit of rope at the end of it.”</span> she explained. <span class="mu-s">“And it’s a good thing I packed it this morning. I don’t think my phone would’ve survived that fall, liquid polymer screen protector or not.”</span>
<span class="mu-r">“I <span class="mu-i">told</span> you you should’ve sprang for the OtterBox.”</span> Wanda chided her.
Cindy groaned.
<span class="mu-s">“But they’re so ugly and bulky. You could block a <span class="mu-i">bullet</span> with those things.”</span>
<span class="mu-r">“One would think that that would be a major selling point to a vigilante superhero.”</span> Wanda pointed out.
<span class="mu-s">“I think I’d much rather move out of the way of the bullet.”</span> Cindy replied in a matter-of-fact tone. <span class="mu-s">“Besides, I spent an hour picking out a cute phone case, and I’m not about to cover it up.”</span>
What will you say?
>”Hello? Is this thing still on?" >"Don't worry about wearing masks. You'll be playing as civilians today." >”Tell Wanda that I’ll ask them about the costume, but there probably aren’t gonna be any X-Men at the park. There’ll definitely be some other heroes there, though…” >”We'll find you a cute, bulletproof phone one of these days. We know at least a handful of super geniuses. >"I can't wait for you to see what we've done with the place. My new recruit is really pulling her weight today." >"I don't suppose either of you are Screwball fans, because she's here too." >Write-in. Pastebins:
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>>6056141 >"I for one am happy you express yourself by customizing your gear for style instead of practicality. But if you want-" >>”We'll find you a cute, bulletproof phone one of these days. We know at least a handful of super geniuses." >”Tell Wanda that I’ll ask them about the costume, but there probably aren’t gonna be any X-Men at the park. There’ll definitely be some other heroes there, though…” >"I don't suppose either of you are Screwball fans, because she's here too." Anonymous
>>6056141 >>6056310 Supporting. I kinda want to say “no masks” so Cindy socializes more as herself instead of learning on her hero persona, but we did say our daughter was coming. Not hard to eliminate the possibilities from there.
Should we still offer it and explain the caveat about Iron Fist and Pei?
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Fri 12 Jul 2024 00:02:04 No. 6056685 Report Quoted By:
>>6056310 >>6056448 >"I for one am happy you express yourself by customizing your gear for style instead of practicality. But if you want-" >>”We'll find you a cute, bulletproof phone one of these days. We know at least a handful of super geniuses." >”Tell Wanda that I’ll ask them about the costume, but there probably aren’t gonna be any X-Men at the park. There’ll definitely be some other heroes there, though…” >"I don't suppose either of you are Screwball fans, because she's here too." Taking these. Writing...
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Fri 12 Jul 2024 01:46:24 No. 6056726 Report Quoted By:
<span class="mu-r">“I for one am happy that you express yourself by customizing your gear for style instead of practicality.”</span> you said, reminding everyone that you were still involved in the conversation.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Fri 12 Jul 2024 01:51:06 No. 6056730 Report Quoted By:
About an hour later, Iron Fist, Luke Cage and a little Asian girl who you assumed was Pei were the first to arrive. Luke was wearing a tight yellow shirt and a pair of torn blue jeans that were held up by a belt with a buckle that spelled out the word “CAGE”.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Fri 12 Jul 2024 02:01:43 No. 6056733 Report Quoted By:
All at once, the three of them turned their attention on you. But your attention was firmly fixed on three approaching shapes in the distance.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Fri 12 Jul 2024 02:07:07 No. 6056737 Report What will you do?
>Call up Chef Ameyama for some good grub! >Call Anya and Benga so they can pick-up some take-out for the players. >Introduce Cindy and Pei. You've got a feeling that they'd get along. >Make a wager with Luke, and anyone else that's interested. >Use your web-shaping skills to build a court. It's time to decide the teams for this little bout! >Pull someone aside for a little chat.(Who?) >Write-in. Pastebins:
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>>6056737 >Call up Chef Ameyama for some good grub! Well, we promised
>Introduce Cindy and Pei. You've got a feeling that they'd get along. >Use your web-shaping skills to build a court. It's time to decide the teams for this little bout! Might as well get this started before we get distracted.
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>>6056737 >>6056769 Supporting. I had voted for Ameyama a while ago anyway.
If Cindy seems like she’s struggling for an icebreaker, mention Screwball is in the park and see if Pei knows of her. Seems like the sort of person Iron Fist would disapprove of, and Pei would have found a way to watch off that alone.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Fri 12 Jul 2024 22:19:32 No. 6057194 Report Quoted By:
>Call up Chef Ameyama for some good grub! >Introduce Cindy and Pei. You've got a feeling that they'd get along. >Use your web-shaping skills to build a court. It's time to decide the teams for this little bout!
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Fri 12 Jul 2024 22:22:02 No. 6057196 Report Quoted By:
>>6056769 >>6056781 >>6056831 >>6057152 Here's your (You)'s in case you guys were feeling neglected!
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Fri 12 Jul 2024 23:53:31 No. 6057243 Report Quoted By:
Seeing as how you made promises to the Heroes for Hire and Chef Ameyama, you decided to make good on them and called up the caterer from last night. She was very surprised to receive another call from you this soon, but she swore that she was up to the task.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Fri 12 Jul 2024 23:55:02 No. 6057244 Report Pei nodded in the way people did when they didn’t truly understand what was going on.
<span class="mu-r">“Has he done something like this for you before?”</span> she asked.
<span class="mu-s">“Like this? Never.”</span> Cindy admitted with a shrug, staring at a yellow bird that had just landed on her shoulder. <span class="mu-s">“I wanted a pet when I was younger, but my parents wouldn’t let me. They said an animal’s scent might throw off my game if the thing I was hunting smelled it on me.”</span>
<span class="mu-r">“That sounds like a flimsy excuse a parent would make up to stop their child from asking for a dog.”</span> Pei reasoned.
Cindy let out a hollow laugh.
<span class="mu-s">“Heh. Yeah, probably.”</span>
Cindy grew a bit sullen at the mention of her parents.
What will you say?
>”If you wanted a pet, you should’ve said something. I totally would’ve gotten you one.” >”Just be sure to say goodbye to all your new friends before you go back to your dorm. Something tells me that they wouldn’t be welcome indoors.” >”Why’re we standing around speculating when we could literally just go and ask Nature Girl ourselves? She’s right over there.” >”Are you planning on playing, Pei? If not, I was wondering if you’d be interested in teaching Cindy a thing or two about manipulating Chi. Nothing too intense, of course.” >Slip away at your earliest opportunity, and give the two of them some time to get to know each other. >Write-in. Pastebins:
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>>6057244 >>”Why’re we standing around speculating when we could literally just go and ask Nature Girl ourselves? She’s right over there.” >>”Are you planning on playing, Pei? If not, I was wondering if you’d be interested in teaching Cindy a thing or two about manipulating Chi. Nothing too intense, of course.” >>Slip away at your earliest opportunity, and give the two of them some time to get to know each other. Anonymous
>>6057244 >”If you wanted a pet, you should’ve said something. I have an extradimensional terrarium, Ana and I could have found something neat. A falcon would work too.” I’m sure Khonshu would be willing to grant his champion something to help her control a falcon.
>”Why’re we standing around speculating when we could literally just go and ask Nature Girl ourselves? She’s right over there.” >”Are you planning on playing, Pei? If not, I was wondering if you’d be interested in teaching Cindy a thing or two about manipulating chi. Preferably something to help her relax. This girl works herself too hard.” I wonder if the “dopamine rush” we feel is what the animals feel too? They could be more sensitive to it than we are. Might be worth running her by Abe or Webb at some point to see if she’s got an empath power.
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>>6057244 >>6057244 >>”Why’re we standing around speculating when we could literally just go and ask Nature Girl ourselves? She’s right over there.” >>”Are you planning on playing, Pei? If not, I was wondering if you’d be interested in teaching Cindy a thing or two about manipulating Chi. Nothing too intense, of course.” >>Slip away at your earliest opportunity, and give the two of them some time to get to know each other. >>Get Callisto to join a team for the pickup game Anonymous
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>>6058530 Fuck, my image didn't go through
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sun 14 Jul 2024 22:57:08 No. 6058680 Report Quoted By:
>>6057401 >>6057543 >>6058530 >”Why’re we standing around speculating when we could literally just go and ask Nature Girl ourselves? She’s right over there.” >”Are you planning on playing, Pei? If not, I was wondering if you’d be interested in teaching Cindy a thing or two about manipulating Chi. Nothing too intense, of course.” >Slip away at your earliest opportunity, and give the two of them some time to get to know each other. Taking these. Writing...
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sun 14 Jul 2024 23:58:16 No. 6058702 Report Quoted By:
<span class="mu-r">“Why’re we standing around speculating when we could literally go and ask nature Girl ourselves. She’s literally right over there.”</span> you said, pointing to the nearby mutant druid.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Mon 15 Jul 2024 00:05:45 No. 6058705 Report Quoted By:
Cindy cut off suddenly as she stared past you. Lin seemed to be alarmed as well. You and Pei turned…and took a step back as a flock of birds came flying towards you.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Mon 15 Jul 2024 00:06:46 No. 6058706 Report —--------
What kind of court will you build?
>A regular court with web fences to catch the ball. >A web-cage court where you’ll play as the referee. >A trampoline, bouncy castle court. >Write-in. Pastebins:
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>>6058706 >A regular court with web fences to catch the ball. Anonymous
>>6058706 >A regular court with web fences to catch the ball. Start basic. We can build up to the caged stadium with web runways on the walls for people to play on later.
It’d be pretty cool if we could add enough vertical space that we could have 2 basketballs going with expanded teams. Something real hectic that would be a joy to watch.
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>>6058706 >A regular court with web fences to catch the ball But it would be nice to do it again but with Ben refereeing
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>>6058706 >>A regular court with web fences to catch the ball. oh boy, remember when it was said that there are some risks involved in giving her her voice back?
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>>6058863 I was pretty sure those risks were about the Silvertongue that had it and how killing it would release all sorts of locked away languages that could do horrifying things. But you’re onto something. I doubt the effects of languages/voices consumed by a Silvertongue that was later released has been studied very extensively. If it has, those results were likely from long ago given that there was only one of them left until very recently.
Maybe all that time her voice spent marinating next to forbidden languages has given her… a silver tongue.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Mon 15 Jul 2024 16:14:03 No. 6059135 Report Quoted By:
>>6058709 >>6058720 >>6058739 >>6058863 >A regular court with web fences to catch the ball >>6058863 >>6058967 Interesting theory!
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Mon 15 Jul 2024 16:48:00 No. 6059159 Report Quoted By:
After much deliberation, you decided on a simpler design for the basketball court. Despite that, however, you struggled a bit with the hoop’s construction. Specifically, it was the stand that held up the hoop. You couldn’t exactly shape something that was stable, vertical and perfectly cylindrical all at the same time. Not without some more practice, at least.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Mon 15 Jul 2024 16:50:25 No. 6059160 Report Quoted By:
After much deliberation, you decided on a simpler design for the basketball court. Despite that, however, you struggled a bit with the hoop’s construction. Specifically, it was the stand that held up the hoop. You couldn’t exactly shape something that was stable, vertical and perfectly cylindrical all at the same time. Not without some more practice, at least.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Mon 15 Jul 2024 16:51:26 No. 6059161 Report What will you do?
>Challenge the Heroes for Hire to a 2 on 2 with Abe as your partner. >Decide the teams at random so no one has any clear advantages. >Bring Glass and Callisto back so they can pick the teams. It’s time to see which Morlock leader was the better baller! >Ask Ember to bring in her Pixelated Halloween creations for a few games. >Pull Shark and Joy aside for some coaching. They can get involved after they’ve had some practice. >Write-in. Pastebins:
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>>6059161 >Decide the teams at random so no one has any clear advantages. At least for the first couple rounds so everyone gets a feel for everyone else. We can do themed teams later.
>Pull Shark and Joy aside for some coaching. They can get involved after they’ve had some practice. Some themed team ideas:
>My own worst enemy - Abe vs Ben, 1v1 >Spider supremacy - Abe, Joy, Ben vs (any), 3v3 >Beat the bosses - Glass, Callisto, (any) vs (any Morlocks), 2v2 through 5v5 >Is Celebrity Streamer Better Than Gaggle of Kids At BBall Click To Find Out - Screwball vs (any group of young kids), 1v2 up to 1v5 If things really get going and we’re not needed, I’d also be okay with popping over to do some tennis with Callisto for a set.
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>>6059161 >>Challenge the Heroes for Hire to a 2 on 2 with Abe as your partner. >Explain to Joy/Shark how it's done, but get increasingly more serious also:
>no cheating, no using webs or sticking to balls Anonymous
>>6059256 I’ll support the last two, though if others want to cut loose a bit with their powers I’m willing to flex ours. Our tools are better than theirs.
I’m debating how friendly we want to seem with Spiderman. The Maggia already dislike him, and with Screwball streaming everything it’ll bring up questions on why we’re so chummy with him. I’m willing to say that we put aside differences given where we were at, I’m just not sure how far that’d fly.
I still support an all-spider team because when else are we going to get to play with three spider heroes?
If we ever do a real charity version of basketball then we need to see if we can pull in Cindy and Spiderwoman, with Webb as a referee. It’d be dumb, but if they’re humoring our dumb ideas then we’re not doing anything worse. That’s gotta be good for Hill’s heart rate.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Tue 16 Jul 2024 23:55:58 No. 6060141 Report Quoted By:
>>6059185 >>6059196 >>6059256 >>6059328 >Decide the teams at random so no one has any clear advantages. >Pull Shark and Joy aside for some coaching. They can get involved after they’ve had some practice. Team ideas:
>My own worst enemy - Abe vs Ben, 1v1 >Spider supremacy - Abe, Joy, Ben vs (any), 3v3 >Beat the bosses - Glass, Callisto, (any) vs (any Morlocks), 2v2 through 5v5 >Is Celebrity Streamer Better Than Gaggle of Kids At B-Ball Click To Find Out - Screwball vs (any group of young kids), 1v2 up to 1v5 >Challenge the Heroes for Hire to a 2 on 2 with Abe as your partner. Taking these. Writing...
>>6059328 The funny thing is that Ben could probably make it happen if he really wanted to.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Wed 17 Jul 2024 01:27:02 No. 6060249 Report Quoted By:
To make it completely fair, you had the first few games decide their teams at random, with Danny and Luke being on opposite teams more often than not. And it was an unspoken rule that the use of powers was strictly prohibited, unless it was something that you couldn’t completely turn off, like Luke’s super strength or Iron Fist’s superhuman agility.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Wed 17 Jul 2024 01:28:18 No. 6060255 Report Quoted By:
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Wed 17 Jul 2024 01:29:19 No. 6060258 Report <span class="mu-r">“Handle what? Does that hoop look slanted to you?”</span>
<span class="mu-b">“Our match. Are we playing for fun, or are we playing for keeps?”</span>
What will you do?
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>>6060258 >”Why not both?” Put on a show for most of it, but toss in a single roll for the end where we both take it seriously. We’ll say it’s first to three dunks/shots/whatever. No points, just 3 to 5 balls in the hoop however it can be managed.
I’m not concerned with who comes out on top, just that we both get a feel for what a head-to-head would be like. Y’know, in that hypothetical where we ever end up on opposite teams.
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>>6060258 >>Play for keeps. May the best Ben win! (Rolling required) there can only be one
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>>6060258 >>Play for keeps. May the best Ben win! (Rolling required) Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky
Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Wed 17 Jul 2024 22:02:10 No. 6060840 Report Quoted By:
>>6060268 >>6060518 >Play for keeps. May the best Ben win! (Rolling required) Taking these. Writing...
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Wed 17 Jul 2024 22:24:52 No. 6060846 Report You leaned in close and lowered your voice to a whisper.
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Rolled 84 (1d100) >>6060846 boy oh boy
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Rolled 22 (1d100) >>6060846 For all our differences, I’m glad he could make time for this.
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Rolled 18 (1d100) >>6060846 Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky
Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Thu 18 Jul 2024 22:32:32 No. 6061519 Report Quoted By:
>>6060847 >>6060853 >>6061095 >84 Taking these. Writing...
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Fri 19 Jul 2024 01:41:22 No. 6061610 Report Quoted By:
>84
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Fri 19 Jul 2024 01:44:30 No. 6061613 Report Anyway…the point was, you were entirely capable of landing three-pointers from anywhere on the court. The problem with that was, of course, the distance that the ball had to travel to make it there, as well as the speed at which it traveled.
A perfectly calculated shot had to be thrown with a certain amount of strength and precision in order to hit its target. The slightest fluctuation in either of those fields could throw off the shot entirely. The player had to be aware of each and every one of their body’s movements during each step of this process. That meant, you couldn’t just chuck the ball at the hoop and hope it went in. Chances were, the ball would burst from the sheer impact, or it would barrel straight through the backboard.
So, to break it down, both you and Abe could move at insane speeds, but the ball couldn’t. Not always, at least.
Anything that you shot from halfway across the court could be easily intercepted if Abe made the right read. And with you being the original Spider-Ben, you would do the same if you were in his shoes.
And it was for this very reason that you and him were fighting for dominance of the court. Each and every step taken was more ground gained in what felt like a war of wits and wills. It was a brutal tug-of-war that no one aside from you and Abe were entirely aware of. In the most literal sense, you and him were evenly matched.
So, it all came down to one factor.
It wasn’t luck. Luck barely came into play when two nearly identical superhumans who had near perfect control of their bodies were involved.
No. It was about who could outfox the other. And unfortunately for Abe, you’ve been outfoxing people longer than he’s been alive.
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It was a close thing. Closer than you would’ve liked, but there was no question as to who the victory belonged to. You had won by two points, but you really had to hustle for that last one.
And despite there being a whole other game happening in the adjacent court, you could tell that nearly every eye was on you.
Then…the crowd went <span class="mu-i">wild</span>.
What will you do?
>Raise Abe’s hand to celebrate both of your performances. He played a really good game! >Make a request of Abe. You are the winner of your little 1v1, after all. >GLOAT!(Write-in.) >Write-in. Pastebins:
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>>6061613 >To Abe - ”Winning was worth the wicked headache I’m going to have for the next hour. I know that was more brutal than it looked.” >To the crowd - “So remember everyone, good always triumphs over evil in basketball so that makes me the good one. People have gotta start keeping that straight!” >Raise Abe’s hand to celebrate both of your performances. He played a really good game! >Make a request of Abe. You are the winner of your little 1v1, after all. >>He has to go on a date by next week with someone he hasn’t dated before. Give him an additional kick in the right direction. He can’t turn it aside by saying we didn’t agree to a wager. We know he’s already thought about what he’d have had us do because we’re doing it now instead! Flawless logic.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sat 20 Jul 2024 20:05:10 No. 6062713 Report Quoted By:
>>6061643 >>6061702 >>6062436 >To Abe - ”Winning was worth the wicked headache I’m going to have for the next hour. I know that was more brutal than it looked.” >To the crowd - “So remember everyone, good always triumphs over evil in basketball so that makes me the good one. People have gotta start keeping that straight!” >Raise Abe’s hand to celebrate both of your performances. He played a really good game! >Make a request of Abe. You are the winner of your little 1v1, after all. >>He has to go on a date by next week with someone he hasn’t dated before. Give him an additional kick in the right direction. Taking these. Writing...
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sat 20 Jul 2024 21:56:20 No. 6062806 Report Quoted By:
You took a moment to drink in the praise of your audience before turning to address Abe.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sat 20 Jul 2024 21:57:46 No. 6062808 Report Quoted By:
You took a moment to drink in the praise of your audience before turning to address Abe.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sat 20 Jul 2024 21:58:47 No. 6062810 Report Quoted By:
Abe’s never shown signs of jealousy or bitterness towards your relationship with Ana before. Or maybe he had, and you just hadn’t picked up on it.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sat 20 Jul 2024 21:59:48 No. 6062811 Report It was starting to look like you might have to start trying a little bit harder for this one.
And with that in mind, you couldn’t help but wonder how Joy was going to act in an actual competitive sport with competent players.
Maybe you should give her some advice.
>Tell Joy to go out there and have fun. You’re not too worried about losing. >Use this as an opportunity to teach Joy about strategy and team-work. Maybe she’ll pick up on an interesting concept during the match. >Don’t say anything. You wanted to see Joy’s rapid learning at work. >Write-in. Pastebins:
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https://pastebin.com/Qpr2jVPE Costumes:
https://pastebin.com/5Jie54X2 The Huntsman’s Travel Guide:
https://pastebin.com/PU6LWsip Upcoming Events in the Maximum Universe:
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>>6062811 >Use this as an opportunity to teach Joy about strategy and team-work. Maybe she’ll pick up on an interesting concept during the match. Anonymous
>>6062811 >>Use this as an opportunity to teach Joy about strategy and team-work. Maybe she’ll pick up on an interesting concept during the match. Anonymous
>>6062811 >>Use this as an opportunity to teach Joy about strategy and team-work. Maybe she’ll pick up on an interesting concept during the match. Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky
Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sun 21 Jul 2024 17:00:27 No. 6063370 Report Quoted By:
>>6062868 >>6062873 >>6063145 >Use this as an opportunity to teach Joy about strategy and team-work. Maybe she’ll pick up on an interesting concept during the match. Taking these. Writing...
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sun 21 Jul 2024 18:14:39 No. 6063411 Report Quoted By:
It was weird to admit, but there was some part of you that was glad that the Heroes for Hire had brought Misty Knight in on this. She was something of a local celebrity around these parts. An ex-cop turned detective, and part-time crime fighting vigilante. Most criminals knew better than to get on her bad side, and a decent chunk of the hero community respected her for her accomplishments.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sun 21 Jul 2024 18:15:40 No. 6063413 Report Quoted By:
You nodded to yourself, having understood Joy’s message from the spider in your suit. Abe had likely gotten the very same message, so there was no need for any verbal correspondence.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sun 21 Jul 2024 18:17:27 No. 6063415 Report For once, you were grateful that Screwball was getting this all on camera. You’d have to get Cindy to show you those “VODs” later.
Mere moments later, she threw her head to the side and nearly fell out of the tree in order to avoid a stray basketball hurtling straight at her!
You and the others traced the trajectory of the ball back to a hovering Iara, her hands placed over her mouth in horror.
<span class="mu-b">“Whoops! Sorry!”</span>
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With those games out of the way, you were free to watch the remaining match-ups in peace. Glass and Callisto were being called out to join in on the fun, and Screwball’s viewers were pressuring her to step onto the court as well.
The park was starting to fill up with curious onlookers, some of them there to watch the proceedings, and others just to see Ember’s impressive Halloween decorations.
Anyone who got hungry or thirsty paid Chef Ameyama a visit, and partook in her dangerously delicious tortas, including the Heroes For Hire themselves. Anna was especially excited about that particular endorsement.
What will you do now?
>Buy a torta for the genius who won you that last basketball game. She’s earned it. >Stay and watch a few more games. You don’t want to miss anything important. >Go and check on Cindy, Pei and Nature Girl. You’re curious to see how her lesson on Chi Manipulation is going. >Write-in. Pastebins:
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https://pastebin.com/WdcFXD2s 10 Commandments of the Desperados:
https://pastebin.com/Qpr2jVPE Costumes:
https://pastebin.com/5Jie54X2 The Huntsman’s Travel Guide:
https://pastebin.com/PU6LWsip Upcoming Events in the Maximum Universe:
https://pastebin.com/DceSEjiR Anonymous
>>6063415 >>Buy a torta for the genius who won you that last basketball game. She’s earned it. Anonymous
>>6063415 >Buy a torta for the genius who won you that last basketball game. She’s earned it. May as well hear about what she’s decided with her kinda-sorta father and twin sister as well.
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>>6063415 >Buy a torta for the genius who won you that last basketball game. She’s earned it. >Go and check on Cindy, Pei and Nature Girl. You’re curious to see how her lesson on Chi Manipulation is going. Anonymous
>>6063415 >>Buy a torta for the genius who won you that last basketball game. She’s earned it. >True to our word, also pay for the Heroes for Hire >Also also, bring some to Cindy/Pei/Nature Girl (and Wanda?) >Go and check on Cindy, Pei and Nature Girl. You’re curious to see how her lesson on Chi Manipulation is going. Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky
Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Mon 22 Jul 2024 12:48:59 No. 6063976 Report Quoted By:
>>6063504 >>6063721 >>6063723 >>6063893 >Buy a torta for the genius who won you that last basketball game. She’s earned it. >True to our word, also pay for the Heroes for Hire >Also also, bring some to Cindy/Pei/Nature Girl (and Wanda?) >Go and check on Cindy, Pei and Nature Girl. You’re curious to see how her lesson on Chi Manipulation is going. Let's take these. Writing...
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Mon 22 Jul 2024 14:18:40 No. 6064013 Report Quoted By:
Trusting that the others would keep things interesting while you were gone, you and the rest of the spider crew mosied on down to Anna’s food truck. But, you liked to refer to her with her last name, because her first name was a sore reminder of the fact that your deadly huntress girlfriend was still out of town. You’d have to call her and figure out what she was up to one of these days.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Mon 22 Jul 2024 14:20:36 No. 6064015 Report Quoted By:
Trusting that the others would keep things interesting while you were gone, you and the rest of the spider crew mosied on down to Anna’s food truck. But, you liked to refer to her with her last name, because her first name was a sore reminder of the fact that your deadly huntress girlfriend was still out of town. You’d have to call her and figure out what she was up to one of these days.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Mon 22 Jul 2024 14:21:39 No. 6064016 Report Quoted By:
<span class="mu-s">“Me too. I’ll have what they’re both having.”</span> Joy put in.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Mon 22 Jul 2024 14:22:49 No. 6064018 Report <span class="mu-g">“Two of you. Curious. You’re usually a lot older, and…not alive. We wonder why that is.”</span>
You and Abe exchanged concerned glances. “This one” was another crackpot.
<span class="mu-g">“And you…”</span> Mantis continued, taking a large step towards Joy and gently grabbing her face. <span class="mu-g">“Is your neck okay? It appears to be unbroken. Which is a good thing!”</span>
Joy tried and failed to nod with her cheeks squished between Mantis’ fingers.
<span class="mu-s">“Mhmm. I’m okay.”</span> she managed, though it was a bit slurred.
Mantis smiled brightly at her and, to your great relief, released Joy’s face.
<span class="mu-g">“Good. There’s so much life in this iteration. We like it.”</span> she decided, nodding to herself. <span class="mu-g">“But…why are there two of you? And you’re old, but not as old as you should be? How intriguing.”</span>
…The hell is she talking about?
>”I don’t know about anyone else, but I didn’t understand any of that.” >”Oh, come on. We’re not that old. This guy right here isn’t even a year old, yet.” >”What was that about you saying that I was dead?” >”You must be Mantis. I’m the Huntsman. We briefly met during Doctor Doom’s attack. I was the guy riding past you in the cyber car.” >”Am I being scouted for the Avengers already? I knew I made a good showing, but this is all happening so fast.” >”Are you hungry? This lady here makes a mean torta. First one’s on the house.” >"Are you here to enjoy the festivities? We've always got a spot open if you want to play with the others." >Write-in. Pastebins:
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https://pastebin.com/WAhveFAd Contacts:
https://pastebin.com/WdcFXD2s 10 Commandments of the Desperados:
https://pastebin.com/Qpr2jVPE Costumes:
https://pastebin.com/5Jie54X2 The Huntsman’s Travel Guide:
https://pastebin.com/PU6LWsip Upcoming Events in the Maximum Universe:
https://pastebin.com/DceSEjiR Anonymous
>>6064018 >"I'm young because... I was bitten by a radioactive... child?" Anonymous
>>6064018 >>6064060 is too good not to use.>”Is this a multiversal totem thing? It sounds like a multiversal totem thing.” >”Are you the Mantis I whizzed by in my cyber car when fighting Dr. Doom, or a different one? I start to lose track when mystical forces are involved.” >”Have a torta, I’ll cover you. It’s too delicious to not be real, and it sounds like you could use the validation you’re here and not wherever else you remember.” Take it in stride, Ben. You may not have seen weirder than a lady wondering at your age and why a friend’s neck isn’t broken, but you’ve gotten close enough.
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>>6064060 +1
>”What was that about you saying that I was dead?” >”Are you hungry? This lady here makes a mean torta. First one’s on the house.” >>6064018 Anonymous
>>6064018 >”You must be Mantis. I’m the Huntsman. We briefly met during Doctor Doom’s attack. I was the guy riding past you in the cyber car.” >”Are you hungry? This lady here makes a mean torta. First one’s on the house.” >"Are you here to enjoy the festivities? We've always got a spot open if you want to play with the others." Courtesy first
>”Am I being scouted for the Avengers already? I knew I made a good showing, but this is all happening so fast.” >”What was that about you saying that I was dead?” Anonymous
>>6064018 >>”What was that about you saying that I was dead?” Anonymous
>>6064018 Since there’s no takers on mine, I’ll switch to backing
>>6064060 (for the joke) and
>>6064336 (for the reasoning). I know we’re a little spread out otherwise.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Tue 23 Jul 2024 22:04:59 No. 6065088 Report Quoted By:
>>6064060 >>6064147 >>6064327 >>6064336 >>6064360 >>6064451 >"I'm young because... I was bitten by a radioactive... child?" >”You must be Mantis. I’m the Huntsman. We briefly met during Doctor Doom’s attack. I was the guy riding past you in the cyber car.” >”Are you hungry? This lady here makes a mean torta. First one’s on the house.” >"Are you here to enjoy the festivities? We've always got a spot open if you want to play with the others." >”What was that about you saying that I was dead?” Taking these! Writing...
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Wed 24 Jul 2024 02:00:27 No. 6065240 Report Quoted By:
<span class="mu-r">“I’m young, because…I was bitten by a radioactive…child?”</span>
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Wed 24 Jul 2024 02:04:27 No. 6065242 Report Quoted By:
<span class="mu-r">“You did say that you liked to stay consistent.”</span> Anna added, smiling to herself.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Wed 24 Jul 2024 02:08:02 No. 6065246 Report Quoted By:
<span class="mu-r">“You did say that you liked to stay consistent.”</span> Anna added, smiling to herself.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Wed 24 Jul 2024 02:24:04 No. 6065255 Report Mantis just shrugged.>"Don't you have anything less...vague?" >"How do you know all this stuff, anyway?" >"Does the same stuff apply to my evil twin?" >"I'll throw in another torta if you can tell me more about these other 'iterations'." >"Well, I'm not planning on dying anytime soon, so I'm not too worried about it." >"I'd love to continue this conversation, but I need to go check on my kid. She's learning how to cultivate Chi. You can come along if you want to see how it's done." >"You mentioned before how you could sense something weird about the park. I think my fairy flowers might have something to do with that." >"You should hurry if you want to play with the others. Something tells me that you'll be a popular pick once people figure out who you are." >Write-in.
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>>6065255 >>"How do you know all this stuff, anyway?" Anonymous
>>6065255 >”I thought the average person always died eventually. I got gypped if everyone else here is secretly immortal. Which god do I need to Karen at to get that fixed?” >"Does the same stuff apply to my evil twin?" >"How do you know all this stuff, anyway?" >”If the astral signature spiked recently it might be Donny. He has a connection with some flowers that help with astral projection. He’ll still be here if you want to play some games with Joy first.” >"I'd love to continue this conversation, but I need to go check on my kid. She's learning how to cultivate Chi. You can come along if you want to see how it's done." It’s probably Donny instead of the flowers, the flowers should have been a thing for a while. Also, may as well get Joy to spend time with the girl that’s on her wavelength even if she’s on other business.”
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Fri 26 Jul 2024 23:07:45 No. 6067515 Report >>6065258 >>6065700 >"How do you know all this stuff, anyway?" Would you guys like me to move forward with these options, or do you want to wait for more votes to roll in?
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>>6067515 been long enough i think, we can move on
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Fri 26 Jul 2024 23:14:00 No. 6067517 Report Quoted By:
>>6067516 Fair enough. I'm gonna get started on the write-up.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sat 27 Jul 2024 00:11:38 No. 6067541 Report <span class="mu-r">“How do you know all this stuff, anyway?”</span> you asked.
<span class="mu-g">“I–<span class="mu-i">this one</span> knows lots of things.”</span> she said, quickly correcting herself before she had a chance to refer to herself in the first person. <span class="mu-g">“It’s sort of like looking at things through a kaleidoscope. This one sees possibilities. What is, what could have been, and what might be. She gets snippets of information, and she pieces things together here and there to get a clearer picture. But if we <span class="mu-s">really</span> focus, we can see <span class="mu-i">so</span> much more.”</span>
<span class="mu-b">“So you can see the future.”</span> Abe concluded.
<span class="mu-r">“<span class="mu-i">Potential</span> futures.”</span> you clarified. <span class="mu-r">“So…exactly how much <span class="mu-i">do</span> you know?”</span>
<span class="mu-g">“Oh, you know…”</span> Mantis said with a shrug and a giggle.
Well, that explained literal nothing. Was she being purposely vague?
<span class="mu-s">“Do you know how many fingers I have behind my back?”</span> Joy asked, hiding her hand behind her back.
<span class="mu-g">“We know how many fingers you might potentially have behind your back.”</span> Mantis answered. <span class="mu-g">“Unless we’re talking about the universe where you’re a penguin. Because if that was the case, it’d be a trick question, because penguins don’t have fingers. Not visible ones, at least.”</span>
Joy blinked in surprise, and then turned to Anna.
<span class="mu-s">“Do penguins really not have fingers? That’s so sad…”</span>
Chef Ameyama seemed to be at a loss for words, so you took this opportunity to grab the tortas she’d made for the other girls. All the while, you were wondering what would have to happen in a potential future for Joy to turn into a penguin.
What will you say/do?
>"I'd love to continue this conversation, but I need to go check on my kid. She's learning how to cultivate Chi. You can come along if you want to see how it's done." >"You should hurry if you want to play with the others. Something tells me that you'll be a popular pick once people figure out who you are." >Bring some tortas over to Cindy, Pei and Nature Girl. Hopefully their training is going well. >See if you can’t bribe Mantis with tortas to get her to tell your fortune. At the very least, you might learn some interesting things about your alternate selves. >Write-in. Pastebins:
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https://pastebin.com/1ZihFYSV Equipment and Gear:
https://pastebin.com/WAhveFAd Contacts:
https://pastebin.com/WdcFXD2s 10 Commandments of the Desperados:
https://pastebin.com/Qpr2jVPE Costumes:
https://pastebin.com/5Jie54X2 The Huntsman’s Travel Guide:
https://pastebin.com/PU6LWsip Upcoming Events in the Maximum Universe:
https://pastebin.com/DceSEjiR Anonymous
>>6067541 >>See if you can’t bribe Mantis with tortas to get her to tell your fortune. At the very least, you might learn some interesting things about your alternate selves. Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky
Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sat 27 Jul 2024 19:57:40 No. 6068124 Report Quoted By:
I'll keep checking in for more votes, but let me know if you guys would like me to move things along a bit faster. I want to make sure that the pacing of the story is to your liking.
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>>6067541 >See if you can’t bribe Mantis with tortas to get her to tell your fortune. At the very least, you might learn some interesting things about your alternate selves. kinda voting for it not to be a tie...
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sat 27 Jul 2024 21:25:32 No. 6068185 Report Quoted By:
>>6068172 Feel free to post the vote that you actually want as well! Someone might want to support it. I only said that because things have been slow lately, but I'd be willing to wait before I update if my players are cooking something up.
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>>6067541 >"I'd love to continue this conversation, but I need to go check on my kid. She's learning how to cultivate Chi. You can come along if you want to see how it's done." >Bring some tortas over to Cindy, Pei and Nature Girl. Hopefully their training is going well. Anonymous
>>6067541 >>Bring some tortas over to Cindy, Pei and Nature Girl. Hopefully their training is going well. >>See if you can’t bribe Mantis with tortas to get her to tell your fortune. At the very least, you might learn some interesting things about your alternate selves. Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky
Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sun 28 Jul 2024 14:38:28 No. 6068592 Report Quoted By:
>>6067556 >>6068172 >>6068188 >>6068310 >See if you can’t bribe Mantis with tortas to get her to tell your fortune. At the very least, you might learn some interesting things about your alternate selves. >Bring some tortas over to Cindy, Pei and Nature Girl. Hopefully their training is going well. Taking these. Writing...
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sun 28 Jul 2024 16:29:06 No. 6068659 Report Quoted By:
<span class="mu-r">“I’ll throw in some extra tortas if you tell me my fortune.”</span> you promised. <span class="mu-r">“There’s gotta be something you can tell me.”</span>
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Sun 28 Jul 2024 16:31:12 No. 6068661 Report <span class="mu-g"><span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-i">“It’s a shame about the suit. I know it’s going to hurt. You need to let them help you. Reach out to those with far longer reach than you possess.”</span></span></span>
And that was it. She detached herself from Abe, leaving him dazed and confused. Mantis turned to Joy, and was delighted to find the girl with her arms already spread wide open, anticipating the fortune teller’s embrace.
A moment later, Mantis’ warm smile slipped, and she frowned at Joy, her head tilting to the right slightly.
<span class="mu-g">“This one cannot see you. Why is-?”</span>
Mantis’ words cut off with a sharp gasp, and she quickly wrapped her arms around Joy’s slender figure.
<span class="mu-g">“Oh…you poor thing. Who hurt you? How did you get there? How did you get out? What did you do in between?”</span> Mantis said, gently stroking Joy’s hair.
The blonde clone in question had a serene look on her face, here arms tightening around Mantis’ shoulders.
<span class="mu-s">“You smell really nice…”</span> Joy whispered, her eyes still closed. <span class="mu-s">“Like flowers.”</span>
<span class="mu-g"><span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-i">“Take the deal. It’s the only way.”</span></span></span> Mantis whispered back.
Once again, you could sense that Mantis’ words had <span class="mu-s">weight</span>. Even after she released Joy, her eyes and antennae were still glowing.
<span class="mu-g"><span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-i">“Remember…”</span></span></span>
And then, the moment was over. Everyone stared at her, feeling a little unnerved by what you’d just experienced. Mantis smiled, grabbed another torta from the truck’s counter and bit into it. Here eyes grew wide.
<span class="mu-g">“Hey, this is really good! What’s in it?”</span>
Chef Ameyama gave Mantis an odd look. Abe and Joy were still shaking off the effects of whatever Mantis had done to them. And you were still fixating on what Mantis whispered into your ear.
<span class="mu-r">“Well, that was…”</span> you began.
<span class="mu-b">“Not what I expected.”</span> Abe finished.
She’d said his name earlier. She said “Peter”. How would she even know about him? Can she really see the future?
What will you say?
>”What's an 'Archetype'?" >”I don’t suppose I can get a hint of who this ‘Slayer’ person is?” >"Is it just me, or was Joy's fortune 100% more cryptic and ominous than everyone else's?" >”Wait, which store should I buy the costume from? Can I order it online? Should it be custom made?” >Write-in. Pastebins:
Character Sheet:
https://pastebin.com/1ZihFYSV Equipment and Gear:
https://pastebin.com/WAhveFAd Contacts:
https://pastebin.com/WdcFXD2s 10 Commandments of the Desperados:
https://pastebin.com/Qpr2jVPE Costumes:
https://pastebin.com/5Jie54X2 The Huntsman’s Travel Guide:
https://pastebin.com/PU6LWsip Upcoming Events in the Maximum Universe:
https://pastebin.com/DceSEjiR Anonymous
>>6068661 >>"Is it just me, or was Joy's fortune 100% more cryptic and ominous than everyone else's?" Anonymous
>>6068661 >>”What's an 'Archetype'?" Man, I'm a bit spooked now
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>>6068661 >>”What's an 'Archetype'?" Anonymous
>>6068661 Mental note to ask Webb about archetypes later too. Also the Slayer, she mentioned a Bride and a Gatekeeper and others a long time ago and maybe this is one of the others.
I’d guess Abe’s thing is about the big groups like SHIELD or the X-Men. Or us, we should have a surprisingly long reach if we apply ourselves.
>”What's an 'Archetype'?" >"Is it just me, or was Joy's fortune 100% more cryptic and ominous than everyone else's?" Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky
Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Mon 29 Jul 2024 15:52:58 No. 6069383 Report Quoted By:
>>6068691 >>6068714 >>6068778 >>6068984 >"Is it just me, or was Joy's fortune 100% more cryptic and ominous than everyone else's?" >”What's an 'Archetype'?" Taking these. Writing...
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Mon 29 Jul 2024 16:39:06 No. 6069420 Report Quoted By:
<span class="mu-r">“Is it just me, or was Joy’s fortune 100% more cryptic and ominous than everyone else’s?”</span> you said.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Mon 29 Jul 2024 16:40:07 No. 6069422 Report What will you say?
>”Do I get any cool upgrades with this whole ‘Archetype’ thing?” >”So there can be more than one person at a time resonating with an Archetype?” >”How will I know when I’ve met the Slayer? Will I just get a gut feeling, or is there something more to it?” >”So you can pick out other Archetypes just by putting your feelers out. How many have you found so far?” >”Well, this has been both fun and informative, but I’ve really gotta run before these tortas get cold. It was nice meeting you, Mantis.” >Write-in. Pastebins:
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https://pastebin.com/1ZihFYSV Equipment and Gear:
https://pastebin.com/WAhveFAd Contacts:
https://pastebin.com/WdcFXD2s 10 Commandments of the Desperados:
https://pastebin.com/Qpr2jVPE Costumes:
https://pastebin.com/5Jie54X2 The Huntsman’s Travel Guide:
https://pastebin.com/PU6LWsip Upcoming Events in the Maximum Universe:
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>>6069422 >”So there can be more than one person at a time resonating with an Archetype?” >”So you can pick out other Archetypes just by putting your feelers out. How many have you found so far?” >”Well, this has been both fun and informative, but I’ve really gotta run before these tortas get cold. It was nice meeting you, Mantis.” Basic prompts.
>”Can you tell if I’ve already crossed paths with another Archetype like the Slayer?” >”I know someone else who could be interested in helping you locate some Archetypes. I can pass along a contact address if you’re interested.” >”Why don’t you have Joy give you the tour around here and play a pick-up game with her? You seem like someone who could appreciate a good spider silk hammock.” Write-ins.
The Slayer could be someone like Ana or Callisto, and we’re cool with them. No harm in passing her Webb’s address either in case they can get ahead of whatever next catastrophe will hit the city/world. Last one is just because Joy and Mantis seem to be on the same general wavelength.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Wed 31 Jul 2024 22:57:08 No. 6070776 Report >>6069462 >>6070055 >”So there can be more than one person at a time resonating with an Archetype?” >”So you can pick out other Archetypes just by putting your feelers out. How many have you found so far?” >”Well, this has been both fun and informative, but I’ve really gotta run before these tortas get cold. It was nice meeting you, Mantis.” >”Can you tell if I’ve already crossed paths with another Archetype like the Slayer?” >”I know someone else who could be interested in helping you locate some Archetypes. I can pass along a contact address if you’re interested.” >”Why don’t you have Joy give you the tour around here and play a pick-up game with her? You seem like someone who could appreciate a good spider silk hammock.” Apologies for the delay! Gonna start writing...
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>>6070776 No worries. Delays are periods where I don’t need to worry about when the vampires will attack!
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Thu 01 Aug 2024 01:08:13 No. 6070820 Report Quoted By:
>>6070809 Don't worry about that right now!
You've got plenty of stuff to worry about in the meantime. Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky
Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Thu 01 Aug 2024 02:12:03 No. 6070849 Report Quoted By:
<span class="mu-r">“So there can be more than one person at a time resonating with an Archetype?”</span>
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Thu 01 Aug 2024 02:22:48 No. 6070853 Report Quoted By:
<span class="mu-g">“Aww, it was nice meeting you too! We hope that bite you got from the radioactive child isn’t causing you any discomfort.”</span>
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Thu 01 Aug 2024 02:46:16 No. 6070868 Report And that'll be it for now! You guys choosing to maximize on prep-time has allowed me to set up some interesting interactions between characters. I hope you guys are enjoying these downtime chapters! I've come to realize that this quest is starting to resemble a Marvel Universe social simulator at times, which isn't a bad thing.
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>>6070868 I’m generally a proponent of leaving narrative options outside of the dice mechanics. Things like fights can swing in wild directions because they move quickly and the difference between a win and a loss can boil down to execution that we can’t measure as easily in a vote prompt. You can still thumb the scales (possibly so much that you auto-win) through some smart choices in how you prep a fight at least.
Narrative events are more thoughtful unless someone is in a very unpredictable state of mind, in which case dice could be appropriate then. That’s not the norm though.
Have we been prepping for anything? As much as I joke about it shadowrunning at times, I feel like I’m just voting for the usual Ben things. Facilitating connections between people, filling out our own rolodex, trying to give respect to the people who deserve it. Go figure a spider-themed meta is good at sticking people together. It’s not even to bundle them up for a meal like a real spiders!
I’m wondering about our Maggia crew on that front. If they get a little crazy wanting to kill heroes (or the heroes to our crew) there may need to be some brutal lessons on “respect” and when it’s due. If people won’t listen to us then either we’re not hitting them hard enough or they’re immune to blunt damage from solid arguments and we need to bust out the metaphorical shanks instead. Now, if they listen to us but admit they have something more personally important to why they choose to do otherwise, that’s another matter. Listening doesn’t mean agreeing after all. At least it’ll stick with them later.
I am slightly worried you bring this up right before we talk with Cindy, but I’ll roll with the punches next thread. I was surprised at how long this segment has lasted since it feels like it should be well into the evening by now. We’ve had a pretty busy day so far! Taking Donny for a walk, getting to know some corrupt cops, defusing family tensions, diffusing protestor tensions, playing some games, our reveal with Callisto, getting an in with the X-Men, and fighting a plant monster. Oh, and tortas! Can’t forget the tortas.
For as long as I’ve been following this quest you’d think I’d know more about the universe, but I don’t. I don’t have any characters I’m excited to see, I’m just happy to see how the other characters behave around established personalities. Misty Fucking Knight was fun to see Ben geek out internally over seeing, even as a criminal.
I’m looking forward to whatever ruins our fun next. This is a comic-book verse, no one can escape the drama that comes with the crossover arcs.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Fri 02 Aug 2024 00:47:38 No. 6071435 Report Quoted By:
>>6070891 Yeah. It's mostly social stuff, tying up loose ends, setting people up, etc.
And you're right about the day lasting a pretty long time. Given, you did start all this pretty early in the day, but it has started to get dark. I probably should've mentioned that in between all the superhuman networking and errands Ben's been doing.
I usually assume that most people are looking things up in wikis to get a better idea of what's going on. I'm not mad about it, since it's to be expected in a popular, established setting. I try to straddle the line between keeping things familiar and keeping things fresh. People want to see things that they'd expect in the Marvel Universe, but there's also some fun in being surprised by another character's role in an alternate universe.
I intended for this dimension to start in a very familiar place, but it will likely look a lot different by the end of the story. Sometimes, shit just changes in the Marvel Universe, for one reason or another, and people just have to get used to it. It'll be interesting to see how Ben reacts to everything going forward.
I've got some exciting adventures planned in the near future, if Ben decides to pitch in. And I'm thinking that I should start actively introducing more opportunities for Desperado-related work.
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Scorekeeper !!urZ1qzDpXky ID:44nEGlpQ Fri 02 Aug 2024 22:37:14 No. 6072075 Report Quoted By:
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