But, the three vicious bitches weren't the only ones who had an ax to grind that day. Cool, isnt it? Staring carefully he could just about make out a faint distortion against the background, the effect a little like the one in the Predator movies, which was an unsettling idea. he was talking to seemed to have a sense of humor that resonated with his own. Hear what? another one asked irritably, poking a pile of cardboard boxes with the end of his bat. She shook her head. But it's still sort of weird and creepy." Your use to the Wards may come to an abrupt end no matter what the Chief Director wants. There was a pregnant silence from everyone for a short time as Sophia shrank back into her chair, her mind whirling. But possibly a good thing, I suppose? As I said up at the top, I'm uncertain if I'll pick it up again in the future or not. An Idiot's Guide to the Underworld [Worm/Hades]. She was terrified of telling her father, but she told the teachers, people who should have listened and done their jobs. It's all over one sleeve of my costume as well. She looked over at the offending item of clothing which was draped over the back of a chair where she'd dropped it. Probably not a villain. Bitterly regretting her decision to go for a coffee before calling her sister for a pickup from a payphone, she stopped and listened carefully for a second or two, then looked around frantically. It may not display this or other websites correctly. I know she claimed not to be one, but the ability to understand Tinker-tech to any level rates at least a 3 to 4 rating. Dutifully Dragon added the classification. Do I look human? she asked rhetorically, waving one of her hands at herself, one that wasn't resting on the air conditioner. A Touch of the Divine sounds like it would fit, though unfortunately the author passed away before finishing it. Why muggers? They were getting closer. The crystals detonated, and Lisa knew nothing but burning white fire. The healer smiled. Because the monsters that remain will make her wish she were alone. He grunted a little, affirmatively, unwilling to stop his current task until be finished the delicate manipulations. But I have a lot of experience with AI design, and a lot of what Im seeing fits some of the patterns Ive experimented with for data mining by sentient machines. Hilarity ensues. We may have been unable to prove it before, but if and when I can rectify that She smiled unpleasantly. You have to be one of those. Turning her head to face him, she cocked it to one side. Theres one other thing that Ive been wondering about, but I dont have any proof yet. Very little of my consciousness is in here, she tapped her head again, Im running this body like a somewhat more complicated version of one of those. She waved at the wasps flying in intricate patterns. Until she triggered with the biggest ego of all: that of Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes. Looks like the plot is getting rolling with Lisa and the Crystals, too. Even if it's just an unconfirmed suspicion, she should know better than many that outing Capes is a bad idea. Diebuster cross. So we either have some parahuman arsonist who just happened to torch a school which coincidentally happened to have a fifteen year old girl trapped in a locker full of biological waste in it, or whoever actually did the trapping then set the fire to cover their tracks. Holy shit, she mumbled in shock. Walking into the abandoned warehouse they used as a base, Lisa listened with irritation to Alec and Brian bickering behind her. I suspect it was thrown through a window some distance from the lockers. It was a second trigger, but something went wrong. It was definitely Taylor Hebert, Im afraid. Poor kid, the Director of the ENE PRT muttered. Wasp stings hurt, sure, I remember that from before I got my powers, but unless there were a lot of them or the muggers were allergic I can't see how that would help much. These were special wasps, Amy giggled. Id expect a Brute rating of some sort, Assault added. The Taken Queen Taylor gets the power of The Taken King from Destiny. Im running an emotional overlay right now for human interaction otherwise Id probably sound like a psychopath or a robot, but Im neither. But a figure from Annettes past found them all the same. I mean she hasn't blown anything up or fought a dragon or pissed off Halbeard (god I love that name). Oh dear Lisa, hopefully Taylor can fix what you and your Shard have done to yourself. The second story I started is this one. She has absolutely no reason to lie and nothing to gain from it. And also one of the luckiest. Residual traces of certain forms of radiation lead me to believe that it was a tinker-tech incendiary of some sort rather than a pyrokinetic. His pale face was from a different reason now. An obscenely high level one. A parahuman with global reach? he eventually said. They made a trap, filling a locker with biological waste, then managed to push the young woman into it and lock her in. Despite her ideals, or probably because of them, she would have taken it very hard. When I began that story it seemed to have much more scope for amusing shenanigans than either of the other two, and since that was the sort of thing I was going for, I dropped working on the other two. At first, I might have wanted to try to end myself, but now? A gesture of resignation followed. You have stolen the fire of Mount Olympus and cast down the gods. Oh my god, thats amazing. The first couple of decades were very bad. tip: katekyou "alternate universe" sort:>words, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings (72), Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types (4), | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga) (4), Victoria Dallon | Glory Girl | Antares (34), Taylor Hebert | Skitter | Weaver/Lisa Wilbourn | Tattletale (19), Amy Dallon | Panacea | Red Queen & Taylor Hebert | Skitter | Weaver (11), Emma Barnes/Taylor Hebert | Skitter | Weaver (7), Taylor Hebert | Skitter | Weaver & Lisa Wilbourn | Tattletale (7), Victoria Dallon | Glory Girl/Taylor Hebert | Skitter | Weaver (7), Taylor Hebert | Skitter | Weaver/Sophia Hess | Shadow Stalker (7), Dragon/Colin Wallis | Armsmaster | Defiant (6), Taylor Hebert | Skitter | Weaver/Rachel Lindt | Bitch | Hellhound (5), Madison Clements/Taylor Hebert | Skitter | Weaver (5), Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence (39), Tinker Taylor Hebert | Skitter | Weaver (27), totally stole Karrin Murphy from Dresden files, I shamelessly steal characters from other fandoms though, Danny Hebert & Taylor Hebert | Skitter | Weaver, Amy Dallon | Panacea | Red Queen & Victoria Dallon | Glory Girl | Antares, Dragon/Colin Wallis | Armsmaster | Defiant, Fuck the Empire 88 and fuck the Nazis they rode in on, Miss Militia decides to adopt an overpowered cannibal child, can be a bit creepy and weird as fuck sometimes, HANNAH WILL BE THE BEST GODDAMN MOTHER AND DAMN ANYONE WHO TRIES TO STOP HER, No Scion No Endbringers fuck the Grimdark this is a comfort fic, Taylor Hebert | Skitter | Weaver/Greg Veder, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Taylor Hebert | Skitter | Weaver/Sophia Hess | Shadow Stalker, Original Female Character/Original Female Character/Original Female Character, The sheer audacity and lack of anything resemling shame, Those who live to run away live to make a complete nuisance of themselves another day, Having other people pay for your mistakes is one way to solve all of your problems, Victoria Dallon | Glory Girl/Taylor Hebert | Skitter | Weaver, Also called: my excuse to make Taylor kiss girls, Taylor Hebert | Skitter | Weaver/Rachel Lindt | Bitch | Hellhound, Taylor Hebert has no time for your bullshit, Taylor Hebert | Skitter | Weaver/Lisa Wilbourn | Tattletale, Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types. Combined with effective invisibility it could be higher. Where have you been for more than two months? Studying him wordlessly for a while, she eventually walked back with an air of mild resignation, somehow conveyed without the aid of normal expressions. A faint clicking noise echoed around the room every few seconds. Subjectively it took years to come up with the right design. Her former friend had a new best friend, a very disturbed individual who was well, a violent sociopath is a kind way to put it. In a murder? Shes come very close, although admittedly almost by accident as far as I know, more than once before, Piggot said tiredly. Even through the pain and disorientation she knew what was going to happen, she knew she was going to die, and she didn't want to! Watching my father die in extreme slow motion made it worse, especially as there wasnt a damn thing I could do about it. Her voice changed, becoming cold and flat. Do you know how many neurons there are in a human brain? He shook his head. "Goddess" is not well definined between systems, different properties have very different ideas of what counts as a 'god'. The next part was worse. Memories of Iron Taylor gains an AU Tony Stark's memories, book 1 of 2 complete, but dead. He'd seen extreme close-up photomicrographs of various insects on the internet, some of which were genuinely beautiful in a rather alien way. It didn't. Shit, he muttered, appalled. You see, once upon a time there was a girl, she grew up over that way somewhere, she began, waving one arm vaguely towards the Docks area in general. Prodding the screen he opened it, then stared. Eventually Piggot stirred behind her desk. All four arms were wrapped around her, holding her in an unusual yet surprisingly comfortable way. Posted since I came across it while sorting out files and thought some people might find it interesting for one reason or another. It was obvious this was her doing. Something horrible that leaked out of a dumpster, she said, shrugging a bit then resuming scrubbing. Eh, if you use magic like a bard, sing like a bard, fight like a bard, everyone around you thinks you are a bard and there's no other elements to your build other than those of a bard then you are not a demigod. A member of the ABB was involved in a grudge with some E88 thugs and it spread to the school late that night, more or less randomly. The encounter with the insect-woman and the examination that Hive had allowed, if not indeed encouraged, had gone a long way towards alleviating the boring routine she'd fallen into for some time now. Hope Through Overwhelming Forepower (Gunbuster!Taylor) gives her that level of power, but it takes time to get there. Fuck, its a trap, she yelled. Annette Hebert was a mystery. Her powers were basically concentrating on, and revolved around, arthropods and the control of them. Ah. Knock out that underpinning and the entire ecology has a drastic change, which wed see very quickly. The wasp was joined by another one, both of them taking off and flying interlocked rings. Incomplete, and I haven't read it in a while, but I remember it being quite good. A storehouse of weapons beyond imagination, controlled by an enigmatic old man of unclear origins and an abused teenager. A subreddit to discuss fanfics for Wildbow's works! Together with a former serial killer doctor and a heroic organization whose morality is held together by duct tape they will need to find a way to save the world. Ive just had the most terrifying conversation of my life with someone who could do things to you that you wouldnt believe, and in my opinion would be fully justified in doing so, but you can thank every deity youve ever heard of that shes a better person than you are. She saw Assault, minus his mask, glaring at her. Most of the technology is weird and decades if not centuries away from anything normal. But you can understand it? he wondered out loud, amazed. He stared, then paled yet again. Two and a half months ago when Winslow burned down. She got better, he said with a nasty grin. As he approached, he slowly became aware that there were a number of other oddities about the person which began to make him slightly less sure it was a woman at all. It makes it sound so quick. Listening quietly, Assault waited while she apparently gathered her thoughts. It was very complicated to come up with and like I said a while ago, it was only today that I finally worked out all the bugs. The family wasn't the same after that, obviously. Whats so weird about that, compared to, I dont know, Lung, maybe? "Um Point to you. I want to talk to you about several subjects. Mechanics will be explained to some extent in the fic. What have I said about sneaking up on people? That they don't like it? Vicky's voice was full of amusement now. She recognized codings that seemed to come from various sources, such as mollusks, fish, mammals, even plants. The two men looked around as well, as did Rachel as she pushed past her teammate with a grunt of irritation. She turned her head towards him, making him stare again, a little shocked and unnerved, although he wouldn't have admitted it to anyone. Weapon. I have no idea how yet, but thats the theory I have currently. She paused, then added, After I found out about the malaria and confirmed it, I did some more checking. I was trying for non threatening but I have some limitations at the moment. I find it hard to believe that she doesnt know something about what must have been a very vicious bullying campaign against this girl. Okay, who has the link to the list of OP fics and the list of OP fic threads? Somewhere. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Person? The figure disappeared from view as he bounded up the side of the next building over, redirecting his kinetic energy to keep him moving steadily upwards, bouncing between the two buildings. Checking the time he winced. Personally I think she should have been even so and quite a few other people feel the same, but Director Piggot was over-ruled on that decision. I know, she said softly. Just basic stuff: a couple shields, anti-scrying, and a few bad-guy deterrents.. She was at the extreme other end of the loading area but it wasnt all that big so it wouldnt take them long to find her. The cleanest image I have of it suggests the last letter might be another S, giving shes. But you see the problem. Not quite a psychopath, but amoral at best. It was basically some form of insect at heart, but hugely and expertly modified with clear intent to form what she saw. And when Dragon revealed that the best, if not only way to save her, was adoption, well She would just have to learn how to be a good mother, wouldn't she? Tada! What else? The director suddenly seemed in a slightly happier mood, making everyone look at her for a couple of seconds. Well, like I said, I panicked and hid. I think shes an ex-Ward.. Her powers affected her a lot in subtle ways but I think she was probably right on the edge in the first place. Amy nodded convulsively. Isn't it a beautiful day? The storage capacity alone is just staggering. A cape, I suppose, but I've never heard the name before. She's new, I think, Amy replied, frowning a little. Twenty years have passed since the Fissure opened. Well, he began slowly, that's pretty much the only choices for a cape. What a limited view of the world you people have, she replied, sounding like she was smirking even though her alien visage betrayed no emotion he could read. How such a human sounding voice came from a face like that he had no idea. Shut up both of you, will you? she gritted, as Rachel came in at the rear of the group with all three dogs at her heels. Brian and Alec walked around her, the latter poking her a few times in the side. Vicky's eyes widened in shock. Hive isnt just a name, its a description, the insect woman commented as she stared. Now you dont Again, she vanished. For a moment, leathery wings materialised behind her and with a single beat she launcher herself across the dark waters. In her case, it was the "vision" that followed. After a moment the figure waved at her. Then it copied her mind into it. Not to mention the other various problems I can see could arise from all that. How bad could it have been? he asked, curious to see what she came up with. Reaching a cross alley, she looked both ways, flipped a mental coin, and turned left. But her friend did her best to cheer her up and keep her interested in life. That's what it was meant to be. Caught in Causality (Dr Manhattan/Watchman). By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Oh god I am so excited this is getting it's own thread. After a moment he slowly turned his head to look at the moth that had been flying circles around the light over one of the desks for the last half hour. She was in a much better mood than she probably should have been, and indeed had been for weeks. It looks like someone or something has more or less downloaded the internet. He gaped at the monitor for a few seconds. You people? he asked, grinning for a moment. All I can do is move on. Assault shivered for a moment. OK, then, we have a Thinker rating of Run Away. Now come with me, the Director wants a word. Staring in shock, she put down the tablet shed been reading and stood. Pulling her head back she stifled the whimper she nearly made, wondering what they wanted. She waited, apparently willing to be patient for as long as it took. "I never try to do anything, I swear i never try to hurt anyone,I swear, I swear that i'm a good kid, Yeah, Taylor that's a good one. The man was still conscious, she could see his eyes moving frantically, but he somehow seemed to have completely lost control of his body and voice. Or Merchants? I don't think they were any of those, just generic low level scum. I genuinely thought I'd gone mad. She sighed. It was nice to talk. He shook his head. Hoping you'll continue it soon! Reaching an altitude of a few hundred feet Hive headed directly towards the Dallon house, making Amy wonder how she knew where it was. He couldnt entirely disagree with any of the points she raised. Here, now, the light of hope shines bright. She claims she only knew her to speak to in passing and I have no specific information to disprove that, but my instincts tells me shes hiding something. Your lie detector didnt help? Piggot asked curiously. Six billion or so humans on the planet, times ninety billion per human, gives a total neural capacity for the species of about five hundred and forty quintillion neurons. OK, he said slowly, wondering where she was going with this. There are more insects in a square mile of countryside than there are humans alive on the entire planet. Deciding that tomorrow he would begin sorting through his daughters belongings, he headed for his car which was parked on the other side of the road. I think Taylor's doing a pretty good job of retiring so far. I'd recommend skipping over the chapter from the 'Emperor's' perspective, it delves too much into the AU 40k which isn't great and he's grating. Were going to be reopening the Hebert case. My instincts tell me your instincts are probably right, one way or another. What do we tell the father? Armsmaster asked, half-turning to the door as he spoke, then waiting. There was a quiet rhythm to them, a delicate balancing act between boredom and terror, between long silences where your mind could wander and moments where you were so focused you could spot a dropped pin. Fingerprints and surface DNA are impossible to retrieve as a result, so all we can do is interview possible witnesses. Paper and Sand is Endbringer!Peggy Sue!Taylor. A storehouse of weapons beyond imagination, controlled by an enigmatic old man of unclear origins and an abused teenager. Has a rewrite too which is also pretty good but incomplete, a significant enough difference in the story that reading both is recommended. Which didnt make the following interview with Director Piggot and Armsmaster any easier in any way at all. We had a nice long talk about all sorts of things and she told me a story, of three nasty little girls who tortured a schoolmate to the point she Triggered. Shes lying, Sophia tried. All you get are bad gradesAnd a bum rap And a bad rap And a good smackAnd no friends And no hope And no mom. Medical, financial, chemistry, biology, and physics data repositories, astrophysics, mathematics, you name it. With four arms?' Thats why no one else can understand what they do. But yes, its actually rather terrifying. Several seconds passed while his mind was almost blank. No doubt readers could pick out points of similarity if they cared to. As he did it landed on the desk, facing him. Now, I'm not necessarily looking for just a power wank, but a story that is actually good and deals with the entire thing realistically and reasonably.