· 10 years ago · Jan 28, 2016, 02:45 AM
1<Antioch|GM> "I'll admit," the Tinker says, dropping your tissue sample in a vial of clear white fluid, "I hadn't pegged you as the kind of guy who'd get involved in an Endbringer fight."
2[2016-01-18 15:57:20] <Antioch|GM> The fluid fizzes, before changing in tone, a pinkish-red as your flesh dissolves within. The Good King takes the vial, examining it cursorily, and loads it into a centrifuge. ||
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4[2016-01-18 15:59:23] <Firlz|Khandhas> "Honestly, if you'd asked just a couple months ago, neither would I." I pause for a bit to gather my thoughts, thinking about what has happened since my move to Cleveland.
5[2016-01-18 16:00:21] <Firlz|Khandhas> Shisuke, Dust Devils, Auswahlen, and despite my efforts to the contrary it's hard to say I really managed to contribute in taking any of them down as much as I'd like.
6[2016-01-18 16:01:40] <Firlz|Khandhas> "I can't say I've ever enjoyed or desired the limelight. But feeling like I'm not really doing a whole lot of anything is no good either." I can't help but realize I'm not sure where I'm going with this or what point I'm trying to make, so I just say what's on my mind.
7[2016-01-18 16:02:50] <Firlz|Khandhas> "I've managed to do some groundwork, intel gathering, that kind of thing, I guess. But I'm beginning to think more and more that my power is actually built for combat. Maybe not directly like a brute or blaster, but..."
8[2016-01-18 16:03:49] <Firlz|Khandhas> I decide that if there's anyone I don't mind knowing about how my power works, Blake is probably it.
9[2016-01-18 16:08:37] <Firlz|Khandhas> "When you literally have the power to take and give more bullets than nearly anyone else if you do things right, it's hard not to eventually feel like you're wasting your talents by not using it in the obvious way." I make a clone to stand next to where I am and have him stab the self that was talking to illustrate the point. "It's not flawless, an
10[2016-01-18 16:08:37] <Firlz|Khandhas> d surely has its problems. But something like an endbringer fight? if I can trade away extra copies at 3 or four or even potentially more of them for every one person saved that'd be dozens of people an hour. If it means keeping a blaster or shaker in the game? That's not nothing."||
11[2016-01-18 16:14:55] <Antioch|GM> "That's... an interesting power, to say the least," the Tinker says, cocking his head at the spectacle.
12[2016-01-18 16:15:07] <Antioch|GM> "Your clone just killed you and became your real self?"
13[2016-01-18 16:15:23] <Antioch|GM> "... unless, of course, you're a high-level Master and the one who came in was a projection already."
14[2016-01-18 16:15:34] <Antioch|GM> "But, wait, hang on, that can't be right - I took the tissue sample..."
15[2016-01-18 16:15:50] <Antioch|GM> His train of thought is muttered but audible, as his brow furrows in consternation. ||
16[2016-01-18 16:17:08] <Firlz|Khandhas> Deciding to be cryptic enough to let him try and figure it out for himself for a bit "They're all equally real, they're all equally clones. I am the Highlander, the last one standing. Let me know if you prefer more of a hint."||
17[2016-01-18 16:18:14] <Firlz|Khandhas> ((am I a bad person for enjoying watching NPCs try and work out puzzles for once instead of players?))
18[2016-01-18 16:21:08] * Freight1 is now known as Freight
19[2016-01-18 16:23:28] <Antioch|GM> "Causal projection and duplication? That's absurd, I'd almost say impossible," he continues to mutter.
20[2016-01-18 16:23:53] <Antioch|GM> "Unless the consciousness dissociates from the bodies?"
21[2016-01-18 16:24:26] <Antioch|GM> "You don't create more minds, do you...?" He asks the question with a noticeable amount of concern in his tone. ||
22[2016-01-18 16:27:38] <Firlz|Khandhas> "Not that I can tell." Stating honestly, but deciding to guess at the strangeness of the power from the perspective of the one using it "But if I did, and all the minds were linked somehow, would I /be/ able to tell? Would it be really any different from having one complex mind?" Shrugging "I'm inside the system, I don't think it's possible for me
23[2016-01-18 16:27:38] <Firlz|Khandhas> to know since it colors my perception. I mean, crazy people don't think they're crazy right?"||
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25[2016-01-18 16:32:46] <Antioch|GM> "So... you make some amount of clones, all of them projections until there's only one remaining?"
26[2016-01-18 16:33:29] <Antioch|GM> "Not causal, but pseudocausal. What happens to the flesh, organs, biological functions, while your body is entirely comprised of projections? What hosts the mental processes?"
27[2016-01-18 16:33:36] <Antioch|GM> He shakes his head.
28[2016-01-18 16:34:19] <Antioch|GM> "Finding the answers doesn't get me too far, I think. I'd rather figure out how your power can help with Behemoth," he says.
29[2016-01-18 16:34:29] <Antioch|GM> "What are your limitations? Durabilities?" ||
30[2016-01-18 16:36:59] <Firlz|Khandhas> "Splits are up to five, the group is bound within a certain distance of each other, but the area.... Shifts? Stretches? Based on position." Trying to think of a way to explain it best "The clones are pretty fragile, one good hit can take it out, but it also can copy what I have on me. If I'm wearing a helmet, it can copy the helmet, maybe even have
31[2016-01-18 16:36:59] <Firlz|Khandhas> it take a shot for that self to keep it going."
32[2016-01-18 16:37:25] <Firlz|Khandhas> "Bit faster, definitely stronger, but nothing superhuman as near as I can tell."
33[2016-01-18 16:38:41] <Firlz|Khandhas> "Decidedly immune to toxins or the like, anything that would try to interact with them just pops instead, which is problematic for staying power, but also means I won't take permanent damage so long as there is a clone."
34[2016-01-18 16:39:22] <Firlz|Khandhas> "Pretty sure they don't need to breathe, but definitely CAN since they can talk."
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36[2016-01-18 16:41:09] <Firlz|Khandhas> "oh, takes a while to recharge after I become normal again. So unfortunately I can't just chain them out indefinitely. If I understand the classes right, more 'breaker' than master, like I can be in multiple places at the same time until I go back to 'normal'."
37[2016-01-18 16:43:04] <Firlz|Khandhas> "Cloned... Stuff. Doesn't seem to have the same limitations though. Pretty sure if I make an extra chair and leave it here, it won't pop because it leaves my 'range', though all of it is fragile too. No electronics, shit is just too complex or something to work while cloned. On the other hand, the "copy" that becomes real will work just fine when I
38[2016-01-18 16:43:04] <Firlz|Khandhas> turn back."
39[2016-01-18 16:44:30] <Firlz|Khandhas> "There's gotta be a weight limit, never really experimented much, but I'm confident I can't make an extra car. Not that it'd likely work if I could." I try and think of anything else to add in that might help the man brainstorm.
40[2016-01-18 16:47:29] <Firlz|Khandhas> "No muscle fatigue that I'm aware of. Realistically I'll be stuck on search and rescue unless I can find someone who can make gear that can hold up while cloned. Maybe Forgemaster? He's a low-tech tinker or something right? So long as I can keep the clones up well enough I can safely just send in selves to delapidated or flooded buildings to get p
41[2016-01-18 16:47:29] <Firlz|Khandhas> eople out with minimal risk, maybe not as fast or efficient as an acctual Mover... But I'm guessing we need those guys at the front lines."||
42[2016-01-18 16:48:08] <Firlz|Khandhas> -||
43[2016-01-18 16:49:03] <Firlz|Khandhas> "Oh, and if any random mad-scientist tinker has something likely to blow up the user but which might be able to put the hurt on an Endbringer? Well, disposable bodies can pull a trigger as well as anyone else."||
44[2016-01-18 16:50:31] <Antioch|GM> "I'd had some thoughts, myself, when you mentioned you were immune to toxins."
45[2016-01-18 16:51:02] <Antioch|GM> "But I'd hardly classify Endbringers as biological, and I doubt that anything I could cook up could so much stall him."
46[2016-01-18 16:51:26] <Antioch|GM> "That being said, speaking to Forgemaster doesn't sound bad. I'm not PRT, but I'll put in a good word for you."
47[2016-01-18 16:52:10] <Antioch|GM> "Out of curiosity - how long can you maintain the Breaker form? Any penalties for staying in it too long? I understand that's a relatively common trend, amongst capes with alternate forms that defy physics." ||
48[2016-01-18 16:54:05] <Firlz|Khandhas> "I think I tire mentally like normal, and I doubt if my 'mind' falls unconscious I'll maintain clones.... But I can't say I can think of any time constraints. The one-and-done nature of the clones means they tend to pop easily. Though..." I try to remember to the various fights and other cases where I've had a set of clones active for a while to tr
49[2016-01-18 16:54:05] <Firlz|Khandhas> y and get a feel.
50[2016-01-18 16:54:18] <Firlz|Khandhas> ((Know check to see if I can remember the longest I've ever kept them active?))
51[2016-01-18 16:54:30] <Antioch|GM> ((Go for it.))
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53[2016-01-18 16:59:50] <Firlz|Khandhas> "At least an hour or two on some occasions I can think of. I don't recall it being problematic in any noticeable way. Aside from what I'm thinking is an insurmountable "recharge" timer after I go to normal, and the split-cap I can't think of anything else in that regard."||
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55[2016-01-18 17:01:26] <Antioch|GM> "That's interesting, and interesting enough that I might be able to make something of it."
56[2016-01-18 17:01:44] <Antioch|GM> "You said you couldn't clone electronics - does the same problem apply to firearms, explosives?" ||
57[2016-01-18 17:04:19] <Firlz|Khandhas> "If I had to wager a guess it's pretty much like 'if it would deform or change the item, cloning it won't be much good'. Aerosol cans lose some pressure, but guns would just explode and vanish, and the bullet would too. Might still make a loud noise though." I can't help but shrug. Powers are weird.||
58[2016-01-18 17:04:32] <Firlz|Khandhas> -||
59[2016-01-18 17:05:17] <Firlz|Khandhas> "Oh, actually that reminds me. If something cloned pops, it won't pop the clone that made it. If THAT one is the last one, I think the item just vanishes into nothingness, it doesn't come back at least."||
60[2016-01-18 17:06:25] <Antioch|GM> "Pick up an armed bomb, clone yourself, destroy both cloned bombs, destroy your clone, bomb is defused, potentially deleted - that sort of thing?"
61[2016-01-18 17:06:30] <Antioch|GM> "Your power is fucking weird."
62[2016-01-18 17:07:14] <Antioch|GM> He hands you a beaker of bubbling fluid, a light cyan color. "Clone this for me?" ||
63[2016-01-18 17:07:33] <Firlz|Khandhas> ((can I assume we've been talking long enough for a recharge?))
64[2016-01-18 17:07:50] <Antioch|GM> ((Yeah, don't worry about that sort of thing. Can always pause, take a break, that sort of thing))
65[2016-01-18 17:07:55] <Antioch|GM> ((I only keep track during combat))
66[2016-01-18 17:09:14] <Firlz|Khandhas> Deciding that more is better in this instance, I grab the beaker and split into a full compliment of selves and just try and gesture that we're good to continue.||
67[2016-01-18 17:09:41] <Antioch|GM> The lens mounted on the Tinker's half-mask extends forward a little, with a tiny whine of servomotors accompanying it.
68[2016-01-18 17:10:52] <Antioch|GM> He grabs one of the flasks and pours it into a metal cylinder, shaking it up when the flask is empty.
69[2016-01-18 17:12:15] <Antioch|GM> He sets the device down, pressing a button on it, before ports on the cylinder open up, and a thin blue cloud of the mixture, now aerosolized, rises into the air.
70[2016-01-18 17:13:14] <Antioch|GM> "Well, that seems to have worked. I've no idea if the mixture is dilute or even still viable, but my scanner says it's identical to the real thing." ||
71[2016-01-18 17:15:54] <Firlz|Khandhas> "If you want to try it, I'm not going to object. I've been curious to find out what happens if something makes its way into someone's system and then I pop it, but haven't really had a way to test it. Not sure how useful it'd be against behemoth, but I can imagine it could've been useful to have some sort of spray-anaesthetic or something to knock
72[2016-01-18 17:15:54] <Firlz|Khandhas> out Auswahlen guys, then rid their system of it before it got too bad. Though it turns out buying controlled substances isn't quite easy..."||
73[2016-01-18 17:17:51] <Antioch|GM> "Well, the mixture I just gave you is a blood coagulant, anaesthetic, and adrenal gland stimulant, amongst other things."
74[2016-01-18 17:18:52] <Antioch|GM> "The idea was to load up one of these specialized grenades," he says, indicating the metal cylinder, "distribute them among search and rescue."
75[2016-01-18 17:20:28] <Antioch|GM> "Your powers are wasted alone, I think," he comments as he rummages through the lower drawer of a metal cabinet. "You're a helluva force multipler." ||
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77[2016-01-18 17:24:52] <Firlz|Khandhas> "Hard to disagree on that front. But it's also hard to get behind the idea of just joining up with any of the factions. When you've lived mostly free for long enough, it's hard to want to stick yourself in chains. One of the many things I've learned in this city so far, every faction has its problems, and yesterday's enemies are today's friends."
78[2016-01-18 17:28:46] <Firlz|Khandhas> "The problem with a force multiplier is that I'm stuck multiplying something already out there. The PRT will never eliminate all the villains, and right now destabilizing the precarious gang-balance is probably for the best since at least it limits even worse groups from moving in."
79[2016-01-18 17:29:24] <Firlz|Khandhas> "And nobody wants to see the city ruled by villains either."
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81[2016-01-18 17:31:18] <Firlz|Khandhas> "Without some bigger 'acceptable' threat to point at, I'm not sure it's in anyone's interest for me to be messing things up like that. Alone I'm just another cape. With the right help.... I'm not even sure I want to think about what would happen."
82[2016-01-18 17:34:11] <Firlz|Khandhas> "Or maybe I'm just overestimating it because it's mine." Giving a collective shrug "Against Endbringers pulling out all the stops is one thing. But within the city?" The original self shakes his head "It's easy to cause problems when things are just barely almost 'working', if badly. This town hardly needs another shakeup right now."||
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84[2016-01-18 17:36:47] <Antioch|GM> The Good King shrugs, the plating of his upper armor folding with his shoulder as he gestures.
85[2016-01-18 17:38:43] <Antioch|GM> "I can understand not wanting to fuck with the status quo," he says, lapsing into cruder diction, "but you've gotta remember that in the uneasy balance between hero and villain you're talkin' about, there's always someone at the bottom of the heap. People who were born with the short straw, people you might be content to leave where they are - for the sake
86[2016-01-18 17:38:43] <Antioch|GM> of balance, neutrality, whatever you want to call it." ||
87[2016-01-18 17:44:57] <Firlz|Khandhas> "I can't say you're wrong. But it's hard to know when you've gone too far. My power is WEIRD, and the fragility of the clones and the recharge time mean that it's hard to pull punches against someone without completely giving up the advantage and being back to square one."
88[2016-01-18 17:49:42] <Firlz|Khandhas> "I can't say I'm a good enough judge to make that kind of call regularly. Clones that can shoot you and vanish without a trace? That's some black-ops assassination shit, and the kind of thing the unwritten rules are there to stop. On the other end, one big fireball when I'm not prepared chars me to death like any non-cape just fine. Because extra b
89[2016-01-18 17:49:42] <Firlz|Khandhas> odies don't mean much if they all go poof at once. Joining the Endbringer fight is a calculated risk, I think I can help, and I think I can do so with less personal risk than most. Maybe that's the kind of cockiness that gets people killed at these things, I guess I'll find out."||
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91[2016-01-18 17:50:43] <Antioch|GM> "Interesting question, actually," he says, almost offhandedly. "What happens when all the clones die simultaneously?"
92[2016-01-18 17:50:53] <Antioch|GM> "Not that that's an experiment I plan on trying, mind."
93[2016-01-18 17:51:06] <Antioch|GM> "Look, I'm not here to judge. You want to help with Behemoth, that's good enough for me."
94[2016-01-18 17:51:38] <Antioch|GM> "I'll have some equipment for you to try out, some of it prototyped, mostly geared towards making you more effective at search and rescue." ||
95[2016-01-18 17:52:31] <Firlz|Khandhas> I can't help but slap myself for never testing what happens if an injury pops all the clones at once. It doesn't need to be something DEADLY, afterall.
96[2016-01-18 17:56:07] <Firlz|Khandhas> "Maybe I misspoke, the clones, they don't 'die', more like 'pop'?" thinking for a minute and making sure the self who poured out the vial puts his down while the others line up their beakers on the table. "Assuming we can find a way to do it simultaneously, it shouldn't be that hard to test. I'd bet a noticeable puncture is more than enough to pop
97[2016-01-18 17:56:07] <Firlz|Khandhas> them if done right, so it's just a question of doing a bunch at exactly the same time to test it right? If you've got something you could strap needles to at exactly the same height we could just put our arms down on the table flat and lower the needle until it pops them right? Even if that injury sustains it'll just be a pinprick, no harm, no foul
98[2016-01-18 17:56:07] <Firlz|Khandhas> ."
99[2016-01-18 17:56:41] <Firlz|Khandhas> Thinking for a second "Though probably best to pop the one who you took the beaker from first, to make sure that whichever one is left is an unmixed concoction, no sense wasting resources."||
100[2016-01-18 17:57:09] <Antioch|GM> "You sure you wanna go through with that?"
101[2016-01-18 17:57:34] <Antioch|GM> "What happens if all of them pop at once and you're just an incorporeal set of thoughts, dissociated from any physical form?"
102[2016-01-18 17:57:54] <Antioch|GM> "Not that I'm certain anything like that'd happen."
103[2016-01-18 17:58:02] <Antioch|GM> "But, like I said, your power is weird as hell." ||
104[2016-01-18 18:00:15] <Firlz|Khandhas> I take a while to think on that, it's a good point. I mean, it's even possible that I'd get shunted to wherever everything disappears to which could be nowhere, or an alternate dimension. Who knows, maybe every time I get rid of something I'm literally banishing to Hell.
105[2016-01-18 18:00:25] <Firlz|Khandhas> A sobering thought at the least.
106[2016-01-18 18:01:06] <Firlz|Khandhas> Then again, I'm in here to prepare to fight the Herokiller himself. If this could be a useful tool for that, it might just be worth the risk.
107[2016-01-18 18:02:26] <Firlz|Khandhas> "It might also mean I get multiple real bodies out of it. Like you said weird as hell." Thinking for a moment I continue.
108[2016-01-18 18:06:09] <Firlz|Khandhas> "You know more about this stuff than anyone I've ever talked to if that science-ramble earlier was anything to go on. If I'm going to become some sort of super-ghost, I want to at least be able to TALK with people. If you can think of a way that I'll probably be able to communicate even if the worst happens, I'll trust your judgment on this one. I
109[2016-01-18 18:06:09] <Firlz|Khandhas> f you need some time to work something out, there's still other preparations to make first, Forgemaster and the like. Everyone using your potions at this endbringer fight is going to be putting their lives in your hands regardless, myself included, doing so early shouldn't make much of a difference. If I HAVE to find out, better in as close to a co
110[2016-01-18 18:06:09] <Firlz|Khandhas> ntrolled setting here than getting hit by a giant thunderbolt against behemoth."||
111[2016-01-18 18:07:06] <Antioch|GM> "Sure," he replies. "No ideas on how you'd be able to communicate - testing your effective range might help with that? Not sure. Baseless hunch, really."
112[2016-01-18 18:07:37] <Antioch|GM> "Rigging a pair or more of cuffs to jab you with a needlestick simultaneously is easy, though. Wired connection, no latency."
113[2016-01-18 18:08:05] <Antioch|GM> The centrifuge plays a brief, tinny jingle.
114[2016-01-18 18:08:28] <Antioch|GM> "Better get the necessities out of the way first, though. Regeneration serums and all." ||
115[2016-01-18 18:10:56] <Firlz|Khandhas> "sounds good to me. Unless there's anything you want to test right now with my power's weirdness, I'll get out of your hair and see about getting an appointment with Forgemaster." I scribble out the number to the burner phone I have on me "Let me know if or when you've figured something out or want to try any Mad Science."||
116[2016-01-18 18:11:19] <Antioch|GM> "Of course. I'll stay in touch." ||
117[2016-01-18 18:12:40] <Firlz|Khandhas> I pop all of the selves except for the one corresponding to the middlemost beaker on the table and make my way out. I can't remember ever making an appointment to see a PRT Hero before, so this will be a learning experience on PRT procedures if nothing else.||
118[2016-01-18 18:16:40] <Antioch|GM> You're familiar enough with calling the PRT to get yourself routed to the proper subordinates to schedule said appointment.
119[2016-01-18 18:17:44] <Antioch|GM> The receptionist is amenable to the request, having already received the recommendation from The Good King and cleared it with her superiors.
120[2016-01-18 18:18:26] <Antioch|GM> The metallurgical Tinker's schedule is rather tight, so it seems like the late afternoon of the next day is your best bet. ||
121[2016-01-18 18:26:27] <Firlz|Khandhas> I guess I'll just have to hope the next attack doesn't happen before then. If you could hold off on murdernating the countryside for at least a couple more days big B, that'd be great. I decide to head home and surf the net looking up info on other capes in the area who might be able to create useful things for me to clone. I wonder if there's any
122[2016-01-18 18:26:27] <Firlz|Khandhas> new info on BASTILLE , maybe someone has even figured out the tinker's specialty? Who knows, still a lead to check. If nothing else I should probably spend the night playing with my power, seeing if maybe I can circumvent restrictions by trying a new way. If nothing else I can just keep them up and see how long they last for if I deliberately avoi
123[2016-01-18 18:26:27] <Firlz|Khandhas> d popping any, or play around to see if it's possible to decrease the lag-time between sets of selves by trying to force it.
124[2016-01-18 18:27:26] <Firlz|Khandhas> Based on what The Good King mentioned, it sounds like most other capes with breaker powers run into problems I don't, and I run into problems they don't. Maybe it's just outright differences, or maybe it's that they are pushing past their own limits in a way I haven't bothered trying.||
125[2016-01-18 18:28:58] <Antioch|GM> From what you can tell, the lag-time between the end of the effect and producing the clones feels like a binary switch in your mind's eye. You don't feel any repercussions, trying to force it, but nor do you get any effects whatsoever.
126[2016-01-18 18:29:19] <Antioch|GM> What you feel like you can force, however, is the effective range your clones as a unit can cover.
127[2016-01-18 18:30:07] <Antioch|GM> You've never actually forced the distance long enough to destroy one of the clones, but past a certain distance, it feels like you're physically and metaphysically tearing yourself apart, the sensory input from one or two clones flickering from your perception.
128[2016-01-18 18:31:07] <Antioch|GM> You resolve to leave your clones active when you turn in for the night, to see if unconsciousness does deactivate the effect. ||
129[2016-01-18 18:31:43] <Firlz|Khandhas> ((does sending the clones past actually pop them? Or just cause the inputs to get weird?))
130[2016-01-18 18:32:22] <Antioch|GM> ((You haven't tried forcing it, because of the mental and pseudophysical pain. A guts check would suffice, if you want to try it.))
131[2016-01-18 18:33:04] <Firlz|Khandhas> ((I make it a point to set my alarm so that if this ends up knocking me out it will be ready, but sure I'll try the check))
132[2016-01-18 18:33:21] <Antioch|GM> ((Roll it!))
133[2016-01-18 18:34:48] <Antioch|GM> You're mentally unable to force one of the clones outside your area of control, pulling back before the pain becomes too intense, and further attempts to press it find you cringing back, a subconscious flinch. ||
134[2016-01-18 18:36:53] <Firlz|Khandhas> Ow, not doing that again unless I absolute HAVE to I think. Yikes. I guess I'll just be seeing how long I can keep myself cloned then. I'll make an extra large meal for dinner, eat it and then keep up a full squad as long as I can.
135[2016-01-18 18:38:29] <Firlz|Khandhas> Actually maybe one last test first, I know what it feels like to have five selves, so maybe if I can just visualize a bigger amount I'll be able to get it? Worth a shot to see if I can push it, regardless. After that I'll be out of ideas for now, and I really should get something to eat. Sleeping with five bodies on various non-bed surfaces is goin
136[2016-01-18 18:38:29] <Firlz|Khandhas> g to be strange. I'd consider bunking us all in my bed... But somehow the mental image of spooning with myself is less than pleasant.||
137[2016-01-18 18:39:46] <Antioch|GM> You try to produce more clones, but again, it feels somewhat futile, despite lacking repercussions for trying save for lack of results. It's much like imagining yourself growing a third hand, honestly.
138[2016-01-18 18:41:00] <Antioch|GM> After spreading out on the floor like sardines, with one more fortunate clone getting the bed, you doze off - and you can, in this form, it seems, the sensation of fatigue and drowsiness still noticeable in the perception of your 'hive mind', though not tied to any particular body. ||
139[2016-01-18 18:41:04] <Antioch|GM> -||
140[2016-01-18 18:41:48] <Antioch|GM> You have dreams, same as usual, though you can't quite remember what they're about.
141[2016-01-18 18:42:09] <Antioch|GM> When you wake up, you find yourself still in your multibodied Breaker form. ||
142[2016-01-18 18:43:36] <Firlz|Khandhas> Well, huh. That's distinctly WEIRD. How long has it even been? Actually... when was the last time I even fell asleep without a drink to help me along first.
143[2016-01-18 18:45:16] <Firlz|Khandhas> Confused by what happened I decide to try another experiment, i keep the bed-self in bed with 3 of the other selves on the floor and try to have them all go back to sleep while the fifth self stays "active" making it a point to try and relax enough to be restful, but active enough to actually have control over that fifth self.||
144[2016-01-18 18:46:25] <Antioch|GM> You're still slightly groggy, and you can liken your experiment to grabbing the phone from the nightstand, fumbling around with it, and then falling asleep again.
145[2016-01-18 18:46:49] <Antioch|GM> You waken, feeling more rested, but you notice the fifth, "active" self no longer exists.
146[2016-01-18 18:46:53] <Antioch|GM> ((Investigation check))
147[2016-01-18 18:48:57] <Antioch|GM> Initially shocked and a little concerned, you're able to piece together the puzzle, observing an overturned whiskey glass on the carpet and a chair pushed slightly out of place.
148[2016-01-18 18:49:15] <Antioch|GM> When you fell asleep, the active clone stopped functioning, collapsed, and impacted the ground or chair hard enough to discorporate. ||
149[2016-01-18 18:52:33] <Firlz|Khandhas> I check the time to make sure I'm not in danger of missing my appointment with Forgemaster, if I have a bit I think I'll try one last experiment, see what happens if I have only one body "sleeping" while the others remain active, and try to split my attention between both resting and whatever activity they are engaged in. I know my processing with
150[2016-01-18 18:52:33] <Firlz|Khandhas> multiple bodies is better than usual since I can handle the additional and simultaneous inputs, so perhaps I can split my "mind" into actual contrary tasks such as resting and say searching the web for info.||
151[2016-01-18 18:53:47] <Antioch|GM> It's tough to fall asleep - in fact, you can't, though whether that's due to too many of "you" being active or being too well-rested, you couldn't say. ||
152[2016-01-18 18:58:13] <Firlz|Khandhas> I have one of the selves find the phone whose number I gave to The Good King yesterday and try to leave a note with his secretary to give to him when she can. Something simple that he'd understand. "Slept just fine, still no Highlander all night." then add in approximately the time I remember creating the clones last night, and right now, using mi
153[2016-01-18 18:58:13] <Firlz|Khandhas> litary time for both before thanking the secretary for getting to him.
154[2016-01-18 18:58:55] <Firlz|Khandhas> To pass the time before my meeting with Forgemaster I decide to see how many discrete "activities" with little or no relation to each other I can simultaneously engage in and remain competent.
155[2016-01-18 19:00:16] <Firlz|Khandhas> I set one of the selves at the computer and look up an online chess app, while another self looks to see if I have any old newspapers to try my hand at the crossword or other puzzles with two selves, and the fourth self will try to draw a sketch of things in the house.
156[2016-01-18 19:00:44] <Firlz|Khandhas> A good set of very different activities which should require very different areas of the mind to accomplish.||
157[2016-01-18 19:02:34] <Antioch|GM> The chess game against a computer doesn't give you much trouble, nor do the crossword, word search, or rebus puzzles. The sketches look kind of crappy, but that's more a testament to your skills as an artist than any lack of focus. You seem well-suited for multitasking and coordination, and you can't help but wonder if that ability carries over while you're
158[2016-01-18 19:02:34] <Antioch|GM> just an ordinary human.
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160[2016-01-18 19:03:49] <Antioch|GM> You can't imagine having an issue with watching five TV shows at once, and if that's the case, the principle could apply to security feeds, or other such datastreams, potentially. ||
161[2016-01-18 19:09:02] <Firlz|Khandhas> If my "mind" is truly elsewhere while transformed, then maybe it would even extend beyond the normal senses. I can't remember ever trying it, but could I close the eyes of two of my clones, and manage to guide them to each other, like clapping my hands with eyes closed? But the hands are on two 'separate' bodies? Would a single third clone watching
162[2016-01-18 19:09:02] <Firlz|Khandhas> them from the side allow the two close-eyed selves to even navigate the environment outside the two close-eyed bodies themselves? I feel like I've done some of these things intuitively at various points, but maybe I didn't and it was something else entirely. Worth messing with since I have the time.||
163[2016-01-18 19:13:50] <Antioch|GM> You mentally file the experiments for later, as your experiment that involved sleeping in has put you rather close to your appointment time with Forgemaster after your brief stint with the puzzles and brainteasers. You're due to see him in an hour and fifteen, give or take a few minutes. ||
164[2016-01-18 19:16:39] <Firlz|Khandhas> Best to get going then. I dismiss all but one self and decide to just make a quick meal to eat before heading over the protectorate HQ. I grab some extra loose paper and pens, if I get their early I'll have a few minutes to blow, and it might be worth trying to see if my multitasking extends to being able to do something like write with both hands
165[2016-01-18 19:16:39] <Firlz|Khandhas> at the same time.||
166[2016-01-18 19:19:35] <Antioch|GM> You dismiss all your extant selves, feeling your mind revert to the dark space behind your eyes.
167[2016-01-18 19:19:54] <Antioch|GM> With so much time spent in your cloned form, the switch in perspective is somewhat jarring, and it takes you a moment to get your bearings.
168[2016-01-18 19:20:51] <Antioch|GM> After your head stops swimming, you make a note not to stay too long like that, in case you get popped and revert to a baseline human during a crucial moment.
169[2016-01-18 19:21:51] <Antioch|GM> You make do with a quick fry-up of potatoes, eggs, and a red pepper that's been left in the fridge for a bit too long - still good, but starting to shrivel.
170[2016-01-18 19:22:29] <Antioch|GM> Your stomach growls. You realize the sensation of hunger stayed with you, even as you stayed cloned - mental, not physical, as it is now, which is odd.
171[2016-01-18 19:22:52] <Antioch|GM> After you eat your late brunch, you move to wipe some crumbs of egg from your face.
172[2016-01-18 19:23:34] <Antioch|GM> Your hand brushes some thick stubble - noticeably heavier than the facial hair you had, before splitting off into your clones the night prior. Interesting. ||
173[2016-01-18 19:27:29] * Bel|Dags is now known as Bel|AFK
174[2016-01-18 19:29:58] <Firlz|Khandhas> Deciding to skip the shave for the time being I head down to the PHQ to wait for my appointment with the resident Tinker.
175[2016-01-18 19:30:03] <Firlz|Khandhas> ||
176[2016-01-18 19:30:56] * Dalenacio is now known as Dal|ZzZ
177[2016-01-18 19:31:21] <Antioch|GM> ((Cape identity, right? Do me a solid and describe what your costume looks like again?))
178[2016-01-18 19:36:24] <Firlz|Khandhas> ((After spending some money on more equipment it's more or less biker leathers with an overcoat, a mask under the helmet which is that balaclava-thing I linked you to a while back while looking around for what it should look like. Open at the eyes. Sturdy boots. And a bandoleer to hang the crossbow, bolts, and other stuff off of when going out arm
179[2016-01-18 19:36:24] <Firlz|Khandhas> ed. I'll be unarmed for this, no need to be hostile. Also flashbangs and the like are technically illegal to own, no need to GIVE them a reason to be hostile))
180[2016-01-18 19:37:12] <Antioch|GM> A few people in the building's lobby give you a suspicious look - you're clearly a cape, though your attire doesn't really scream "hero".
181[2016-01-18 19:37:14] <Firlz|Khandhas> (oh, I'm sorry I forgot about the armor it shouldn't be the leathers anymore, because I spent that money getting that mail-order gear)
182[2016-01-18 19:37:32] <Antioch|GM> One employee does manage to catch your attention with a slight wave as they approach you.
183[2016-01-18 19:38:06] <Antioch|GM> "Khandhas, right?" She stumbles on the name's pronunciation. It sounds more like "canned ass". ||
184[2016-01-18 19:39:53] <Firlz|Khandhas> "Yup." I look for a nametag to use, people always prefer being called by name rather than 'you'. "Not too early am I? I'll bet the schedules around here are tight enough to hold water."||
185[2016-01-18 19:40:52] <Antioch|GM> There's an ID card half-sticking out of her pocket, attached by lanyard and tied around one of her belt loops. You can't make out part of it, but her last name seems to be "Lancaster".
186[2016-01-18 19:42:05] <Antioch|GM> "You're slightly early, yes. I don't recommend dropping in before the scheduled time, either. Forgemaster's lab is practically an autoclave." ||
187[2016-01-18 19:44:58] <Firlz|Khandhas> "Is there a waiting area I should head to, miss Lancaster? I have no problem waiting."||
188[2016-01-18 19:47:02] <Antioch|GM> She looks surprised that you refer to her by name, before glancing to where her ID ought to be and realizing.
189[2016-01-18 19:47:54] <Antioch|GM> "You can sit over there," she says, motioning towards a corner with padded seats and a small tree. "I'll come fetch you when it's time." ||
190[2016-01-18 19:51:33] <Firlz|Khandhas> "Sounds good." I decide to busy myself with a random looseleaf and a phone, trying to simultaneously type 'The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog's back' on the one hand while the other writes 'peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers' simultaneously. To make it harder I try to keep my head back so I can see both the phone and paper but a
191[2016-01-18 19:51:33] <Firlz|Khandhas> m not truly "looking" at either one, and keeping the paper balanced on my leg while I write.||
192[2016-01-18 19:53:22] <Antioch|GM> You're not left handed, so it's slow going for the left hand working the phone. Without the visual focus, you make your fair share of typos, but your right hand doesn't seem to suffer for it.
193[2016-01-18 19:54:12] <Antioch|GM> You consider trying a second round, but a small child, probably no older than ten, approaches you, though he keeps his distance.
194[2016-01-18 19:54:36] <Antioch|GM> A brief scan of the lobby finds his inattentive mother, speaking to one of the desk clerks.
195[2016-01-18 19:54:59] <Antioch|GM> "Are you a hero?" he asks. You can see a gap on his bottom row of teeth. "You don't look like one." ||
196[2016-01-18 19:55:40] <Firlz|Khandhas> Texting and writing is a tentative success, so I guess I'll just have to up the ante. Holding a conversation at the same time. With a child no less.
197[2016-01-18 19:59:00] <Firlz|Khandhas> On some level I want to be snide, but I'm in PRT headquarters, and considering my outfit, I get what the kid is saying. "Well, I saved a saved a damsel in distress once, and fought a couple monsters another time. So I suppose I might be a Hero. You've got me on the costume though, not exactly bright and cheery."||
198[2016-01-18 20:00:10] <Antioch|GM> "What's your superpower?" he asks, looking disinterested. Both of your hands keep writing. ||
199[2016-01-18 20:00:17] <Antioch|GM> ((*writing/texting))
200[2016-01-18 20:03:46] <Firlz|Khandhas> "Right now, it's multitasking. I'm typing on this phone while writing on this paper while talking to you. With some more practice I might even manage to play a videogame with my toes at the same time!" I try to be overly cheery in announcing it, but with a hushed tone like it's an incredible secret||
201[2016-01-18 20:05:00] <Antioch|GM> "That's boring. How do you fight monsters like that?" ||
202[2016-01-18 20:13:01] <Firlz|Khandhas> "Dunno, last time I just used guns. Lots of guns." And more than my fair share of extra bodies.
203[2016-01-18 20:14:18] <Firlz|Khandhas> Deciding now is as good a time as any, I split off a single clone behind the child and the self sitting down checks over the message on the phone and the writing to see how good a job I managed at "multitasking", the self behind the child continues the conversation.
204[2016-01-18 20:15:16] <Firlz|Khandhas> "Though, being able to be in two places helps."||
205[2016-01-18 20:17:29] <Antioch|GM> The child turns, surprised to find your voice on the opposite side of him. The paper looks good - on par with your regular handwriting, not that there's much to be said about your penmanship. The phone, which you set down prior to cloning, displays the message with fewer typos than your first attempt, though not by much. ||
206[2016-01-18 20:19:25] <Firlz|Khandhas> I have the standing self grab the paper from the sitting self and hold them together in front of the boy "Wanna see a magic trick?"||
207[2016-01-18 20:19:59] <Antioch|GM> "Yeah!" he responds, sounding much more enthusiastic. ||
208[2016-01-18 20:21:30] <Firlz|Khandhas> I hold out the papers from the top and explain "okay, so I'm holding this part here, grab the other side at the top like I am. Then on the count of three we're both going to pull and rip the paper okay?"||
209[2016-01-18 20:21:55] <Antioch|GM> The boy obliges, grabbing the opposite corner of the paper. ||
210[2016-01-18 20:22:39] <Firlz|Khandhas> "This paper with the accursed tongue twister, I banish thee to reaches unknown! One, two, three!
211[2016-01-18 20:22:42] <Firlz|Khandhas> "
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213[2016-01-18 20:22:57] <Firlz|Khandhas> I pull back on three hoping the child obliges and does the same.||
214[2016-01-18 20:23:18] <Antioch|GM> You feel a slight pressure as the paper gives, then vanishes.
215[2016-01-18 20:23:22] <Antioch|GM> "Whoa! Where did it go?" ||
216[2016-01-18 20:24:31] <Firlz|Khandhas> The standing self pops leaving just the normal self I answer honestly. "I haven't the faintest clue. 'reaches unknown' was literal in this case."||
217[2016-01-18 20:26:02] <Antioch|GM> "Weird!" Before the kid can continue, his mother calls him over, looking partways apologetic and nervous, but confident that nothing untoward would happen in the PRT headquarters.
218[2016-01-18 20:26:31] <Antioch|GM> Your chit-chat takes more time than you think, so it seems, because Lancaster returns to escort you to Forgemaster's lab. ||
219[2016-01-18 20:27:33] <Firlz|Khandhas> "Hello miss Lancaster, I hope I didn't set off any alarms with the magic trick for the child."||
220[2016-01-18 20:29:02] <Antioch|GM> "Don't worry about it," she says, swiping her ID card at an access terminal. The metal-reinforced door slides open.
221[2016-01-18 20:29:05] <Antioch|GM> "Follow me."
222[2016-01-18 20:29:24] <Antioch|GM> You feel as if the ambient temperature is rising, as you get closer to the lab. ||
223[2016-01-18 20:33:26] <Firlz|Khandhas> I guess /forge/master was more likely than not a more literal name. Must be dreadful in the summers. "Anything I should know before heading in? I know capes can be quirky, and I don't want to offend him accidentally." I speak to the escort.||
224[2016-01-18 20:34:12] <Antioch|GM> "Nothing that I could tell you, honestly," she says. "I haven't spoken to him before at all."
225[2016-01-18 20:34:22] <Antioch|GM> "Between you and me, he's a bit of a shut-in." ||
226[2016-01-18 20:38:42] <Firlz|Khandhas> "Well, even just that is better than nothing." There isn't much else to talk about. Better to focus on the upcoming conversation with the shut-in Tinker.||
227[2016-01-18 20:39:51] <Antioch|GM> She nods at you, swiping her card, and the door to the labs opens, sending out a gust of hot air that's strong enough to tousle your hair.
228[2016-01-18 20:39:59] <Antioch|GM> "Best of luck," she says. ||
229[2016-01-18 20:41:07] <Firlz|Khandhas> "I'll take what I can get, thanks!" I wave as I head in looking for Forgemaster himself.||
230[2016-01-18 20:43:07] <Antioch|GM> A well-built Hispanic man is inside, wiping sweat from his brow as he removes a welder's mask.
231[2016-01-18 20:43:44] <Antioch|GM> His stature and appearance are hardly the most remarkable thing you note as you enter.
232[2016-01-18 20:44:58] <Antioch|GM> On the floor, or various tables and pedestals, you see dozens of sculptures.
233[2016-01-18 20:45:15] <Antioch|GM> They're eye-catching, in a strange, otherworldly way. Grotesque, almost.
234[2016-01-18 20:51:11] <Antioch|GM> It's unsettling, you think, that the bronzed metal looks so eerily accurate to flesh.
235[2016-01-18 20:53:18] <Antioch|GM> Within the art, you can see flowing features, grasping hands, more fluid than you could feasibly imagine that a static piece of metal sculpture could portray.
236[2016-01-18 20:54:20] <Antioch|GM> It's alien, beautiful and repulsive, alternating between one and the other at each glance. ||
237[2016-01-18 20:56:21] <Firlz|Khandhas> I can't help but find myself staring for a while. I don't know how long I just stand there dumbfounded and staring before I catch my bearings. "Um, Forgemaster?" I call out to the man, waiting for a response and hoping it will stall for some time to collect my bearings.||
238[2016-01-18 20:57:39] <Antioch|GM> "Admiring my work? It's quite alright, take your time."
239[2016-01-18 20:58:52] <Antioch|GM> His voice is deep, slightly cracked with disuse, and he crosses his arms, surveying you and his work with what appears to be satisfaction. ||
240[2016-01-18 21:00:43] <Firlz|Khandhas> I try to collect myself "If it didn't take quite so long to get an appointment I'd consider it, honestly. I'm not sure how much you've heard, but I'm here to see if you might be interested in helping a fellow cape prepare to fight Behemoth. He's due any day now I think."||
241[2016-01-18 21:03:54] <Antioch|GM> He looks a little put out at your response. "Right. I heard about you."
242[2016-01-18 21:04:19] <Antioch|GM> "The clone guy, yeah?" ||
243[2016-01-18 21:07:41] <Firlz|Khandhas> "Yup. I've run into all sorts of strange snags when it comes to my power. I can clone equipment, but electronics and other tech tends not to work. If I recall correctly your specialty is in materials themselves? I thought it might be possible for you to design armor that might stand up to taking hits even while cloned, or weapons that might otherwi
244[2016-01-18 21:07:41] <Firlz|Khandhas> se run into issues that I might circumvent. I think the traditional rule is a sharper blade is more fragile, and the like. Since my power makes additional copies and they break easily /anyway/, I figured you'd be the best guy to see about making gear with my peculiar needs."
245[2016-01-18 21:10:31] <Firlz|Khandhas> "Though I must say, I didn't know anything about your art. Does the PRT let you sell to collectors? I can't imagine you'd fetch a /small/ price for pieces like this." taking a moment "not that I could afford it myself, but it seems like such a shame not to bee exhibited. Is the material they're made out of designed solely for how lifelike it is, or
246[2016-01-18 21:10:31] <Firlz|Khandhas> was that just a happy side effect?"||
247[2016-01-18 21:13:01] <Antioch|GM> "The latter," he replies. "The sculptures are mine, I'm not selling them."
248[2016-01-18 21:13:19] <Antioch|GM> "Objects you duplicate are less durable?" ||
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250[2016-01-18 21:16:13] <Firlz|Khandhas> "I can't say by how much, but definitely less durable. Much like my extra bodies, after sustaining sufficient damage they just 'pop', vanishing. Things that might have merely deformed them in their original state simply are destroyed while cloned. On the upside, with some planning it's possible to preserve the original even if the copies are destro
251[2016-01-18 21:16:13] <Firlz|Khandhas> yed."||
252[2016-01-18 21:21:34] <Antioch|GM> He hands you several plates of varying metals or ceramics. "Duplicate these." Their combined weight is hefty, and you nearly keel over. ||
253[2016-01-18 21:22:35] <Firlz|Khandhas> I do so, attempting to split into a full compliment, I know I suspect a weight limit, so this might just manage to be on the upper-bounds of it.||
254[2016-01-18 21:24:49] <Antioch|GM> You successfully duplicate the stack of materials. Forgemaster takes a set from one of your clones, mounting a plate on some device that looks like a vertical clamp.
255[2016-01-18 21:26:21] <Antioch|GM> The clamp lowers, and a red number on a digital display begins ticking up. The number goes up to 32, and the Tinker shakes his head, adjusting the display and retrieving another duplicate of the plate he just tested and repeating the process.
256[2016-01-18 21:26:53] <Antioch|GM> This time, the number ticks up, but it's in the decimals. It stops at 0.007. ||
257[2016-01-18 21:29:05] <Firlz|Khandhas> Well, this got out of my depth insanely quickly. Are those numbers good? Bad? What are they even measuring?
258[2016-01-18 21:29:32] <Antioch|GM> ((** note - the number goes up to that much, and then the plate vanishes, oops))
259[2016-01-18 21:29:46] <Firlz|Khandhas> ((Oh))
260[2016-01-18 21:30:46] <Firlz|Khandhas> "So, I'm guessing those aren't as good as you were initially expecting. Are the copies even in the ballpark of the originals?"||
261[2016-01-18 21:31:56] <Antioch|GM> He doesn't respond, retrieving another plate, this time a new material.
262[2016-01-18 21:33:38] <Antioch|GM> He mounts it on the device. The counter ticks up to 0.007 again before the plate vanishes and the clamp snaps shut.
263[2016-01-18 21:33:47] <Antioch|GM> "Hah."
264[2016-01-18 21:35:01] <Antioch|GM> He tries again with a different plate. 0.007.
265[2016-01-18 21:35:11] <Antioch|GM> Again, a new one. 0.007.
266[2016-01-18 21:36:52] <Antioch|GM> He's gone through one entire clone's stack, and seems to have reached a conclusion.
267[2016-01-18 21:40:19] <Antioch|GM> He hands a white, matte plate to the clone with the depleted stack.
268[2016-01-18 21:40:29] <Antioch|GM> "Hold that flat side facing me." ||
269[2016-01-18 21:41:41] <Firlz|Khandhas> The clone does as instructed, making sure to adjust its posture in order to ensure it won't get dropped, all these materials have been on the heavier side, and it would be rather embarassing for whatever the test is to knock my clone on its ass because it was unbalanced.||
270[2016-01-18 21:42:45] <Antioch|GM> The clone holds the plate out, and Forgemaster fumbles around with something on a workbench. You hear a few ratchets and clicks.
271[2016-01-18 21:44:47] <Antioch|GM> He turns around and shoots the clone directly in the plate. The sound of the shot startles you, but you realize - the plate is intact. ||
272[2016-01-18 21:45:57] * Nonagon is now known as Nonagon|Sleep
273[2016-01-18 21:46:47] <Firlz|Khandhas> It's definitely good he braced. The startle alone might have knocked him over if he was off-balance. Still, something NOT breaking seems like a good thing at this point.... Probably.||
274[2016-01-18 21:49:51] <Antioch|GM> Forgemaster nods in satisfaction, then fires more rounds into the plate in rapid succession. He's about ten feet away, and the bullets consistently hit the same spot on the plate, but after the third of four shots, the plate vanishes. The fourth shot carries into the clone, making it vanish.
275[2016-01-18 21:49:55] <Antioch|GM> "Whoops," he says.
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277[2016-01-18 21:50:44] <Antioch|GM> He doesn't make a fuss about it. "New plate, same one. Going to try a higher caliber." ||
278[2016-01-18 21:51:33] <Firlz|Khandhas> ((did he hand me something new to clone? I'm confident there is context there in-person but I'm not seeing it as the player reading a description))
279[2016-01-18 21:51:57] <Firlz|Khandhas> ((or has he pointed at which one he wants a clone to hold?))
280[2016-01-18 21:52:00] <Antioch|GM> ((He's just grabbing another copy of the same plate he just destroyed.))
281[2016-01-18 21:52:05] <Antioch|GM> ((And handing it to the new clone.))
282[2016-01-18 21:52:10] <Firlz|Khandhas> ((ah okay))
283[2016-01-18 21:52:58] <Firlz|Khandhas> Getting into a bracing position again the next clone prepares for the tinker to shoot at him. On the upside, at least these things seem to be able to stop SOMETHING, so that's good.||
284[2016-01-18 21:54:59] <Antioch|GM> The first shot punctures the plate, but it's enough to block it, leaving the clone intact.
285[2016-01-18 21:58:27] <Antioch|GM> "That's promising, though I don't know if it'll be particularly useful against Behemoth."
286[2016-01-18 21:59:48] <Antioch|GM> "Kinetic damage I can prevent. Thermal, I think, falls under the same category, if a little harder to prevent."
287[2016-01-18 21:59:57] <Antioch|GM> "Lightning? Radiation?" He shrugs. ||
288[2016-01-18 22:01:20] <Firlz|Khandhas> "Clones are well... Weird. If you've got some way to test it to be sure that'd help, but I think while cloned we might be immune to radiation? Or instead it might just pop us easily. But long-term stuff isn't a concern unless all the clones get taken out"
289[2016-01-18 22:02:43] <Firlz|Khandhas> "I don't know MUCH about lightning, but if it's possible to make something that attracts it to a single clone rather than another cape, I'll call that a win. With enough time I can make more clones. I don't know anyonee who can make more Movers."||
290[2016-01-18 22:06:49] <Antioch|GM> He nods. "Lightningrod suit is easy, the issue is that if the charge is strong enough the person inside is fried. Less of a problem with you."
291[2016-01-18 22:08:19] <Antioch|GM> "I'll figure something out. Anything else? I have other orders to fill." ||
292[2016-01-18 22:12:15] <Firlz|Khandhas> "Not that I can think of offhand, I'll defer to your expertise. I'm probably going to be on search and rescue mostly, but I was hoping I might be able to throw a body in the way of a falling building or debris to keep it off someone else in a pinch. I assumed I couldn't do much against behemoth himself, but there's plenty of regular hazards in a fi
293[2016-01-18 22:12:15] <Firlz|Khandhas> ght like that. The tougher my clones are, the more dangerous buildings and other areas I can send them in to get people out successfully. The lighning-rod might just be wishful thinking, but if there's anyone who can afford to at least try it once, I figure I'm the guy."
294[2016-01-18 22:15:27] <Firlz|Khandhas> Thinking for a moment "Unless you've got some experimental prototype weapon you think might hurt the fucker you want me to shoot at him I think we've made as much progress as we're likely to. If I could make a request, it would be good if the lightning-rod gear was detachable. In a pinch it means if I'm down to my last couple clones I can still tr
295[2016-01-18 22:15:27] <Firlz|Khandhas> y and get to someone without painting a big B target on my back for the trouble."
296[2016-01-18 22:16:22] <Firlz|Khandhas> "Still, thank you either way."||
297[2016-01-18 22:21:22] <Antioch|GM> He nods. "I'll have something for you when we meet again."
298[2016-01-18 22:21:34] <Antioch|GM> Leaving it at that, he turns back to his own work.
299[2016-01-18 22:21:36] <Antioch|GM> ||||