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    Disco Rice - [Worm OC Insert/Chaos Gacha]

    Yes, but no. He used both things in the exchange. Bringing him indoors and blocking the line of sight exits meant he couldn't really use the majority of Bakuda's crazy bombs, but he still used the (the blinding one) and more conventional explosives to damage John's armor. Then he tried to stab...
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    Disco Rice - [Worm OC Insert/Chaos Gacha]

    Sort of, but not quite. The Diamond reward is the culmination of abandoning the firm guidance of metaknowledge. He still has a pretty firm understanding of the immediate future, like what Coil is going to do with the Empire's identities, and probably Leviathan, but every step after that is going...
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    Disco Rice - [Worm OC Insert/Chaos Gacha]
    Threadmarks: Chapter 10: Dragonfall

    Chapter 10: Dragonfall The morning light, thin and grey, filtered through the kitchen window. The building had been filthy when the Deed to Land gave it to me, but the labor of cleaning it had been a welcome distraction in the days since the truce. The rest of the brownstone had been tended to...
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    Disco Rice - [Worm OC Insert/Chaos Gacha]

    No, I'm not about to pull a Diabolus ex Machina. The gacha operates on a higher level than the entities. I'm treating it as basically ROB. Or Random Omnipotent System. While there may be shard based powers that can trump certain gacha given powers, the gacha itself is untouchable.
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    Disco Rice - [Worm OC Insert/Chaos Gacha]

    Yeah. The receptive body trait does a lot to tie the abilities together. At baseline, Carapace is just organic armor that scales with the characters abilities. Nothing in the flavor text implies any degree of control over it. Receptive body tweaks it a bit and makes it both play well with his...
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    Disco Rice - [Worm OC Insert/Chaos Gacha]
    Threadmarks: Chapter 9: The Grind

    Chapter 9: The Grind The alliance's first victory didn't end with a cheer; it ended with the quiet, methodical sounds of professionals inventorying their loot. Faultline's crew moved with a practiced efficiency that had nothing to do with alliances and everything to do with billable hours. On...
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    Disco Rice - [Worm OC Insert/Chaos Gacha]
    Threadmarks: Chapter 8: The Exchange

    The truce was a fragile, ugly thing, born of desperation and greed. The moment Kaiser's terse nod sealed the deal, the shared sense of purpose evaporated from the dining room of Somer's Rock. It left a sour, curdled atmosphere in its place, thick with the promise of future betrayals. The air...
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    Disco Rice - [Worm OC Insert/Chaos Gacha]

    @Neondagger has the right of it. The human food is fuel, but it's basically bland and tasteless. There's no satisfaction in it. As to the why? I like the drama.
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    Disco Rice - [Worm OC Insert/Chaos Gacha]

    As far as Piggot is concerned, any parahuman not under her control is a potential parahuman problem. As far as Coil goes: ... Pretty much the same motivation, actually. A thinker, even a high level one can still be threatened and controlled (see Tattletale). A high level brute and a thinker...
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    Disco Rice - [Worm OC Insert/Chaos Gacha]

    Great questions! 1) John didn't forget about the toe rings, he was just justifiably distracted by the whole horrific pain of healing. As to why Tattletale didn't say anything about the dead man's switch, that's authorial oversight on my part. I'll just handwave it away as Tattletalecs shard...
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    Disco Rice - [Worm OC Insert/Chaos Gacha]

    The original draft of this story had him getting Biodroid as one of his first rolls and had him going the hero route, but I scrapped after a few chapters.
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    Disco Rice - [Worm OC Insert/Chaos Gacha]
    Threadmarks: Interlude: Echoes

    Interlude: Echoes Snapshot: The Protectorate The map on the main screen was bleeding red. ABB-linked incidents were spreading. Trainyard. Docks. Downtown. A slow, deliberate infection. Containment lines were holding. Barely. Director Emily Piggot didn't move. Her eyes tracked the growing...
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    Disco Rice - [Worm OC Insert/Chaos Gacha]

    Thank you! This is literally my freshman effort, but I've seen RNGesus break these kind of stories before. I'm trying keep my veto power mostly unused, but I'm not above redoing a roll of it's too good. Although on the scale of Worm... Some gold and below rolls could catapult him out of...
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    Disco Rice - [Worm OC Insert/Chaos Gacha]
    Index: PRT Threat Assessment ENE-837: Cipher

    PRT Threat Assessment ENE-837: Cipher FILE STATUS: ACTIVE, PRIORITY 2 LAST UPDATED: 04/21/2011 SUMMARY: Cipher is a confirmed, unaffiliated parahuman who first appeared during the Bakuda takedown event. The subject displays a versatile "grab-bag" power set with a primary Brute/Mover...
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    Disco Rice - [Worm OC Insert/Chaos Gacha]
    Threadmarks: Chapter 7: The Underground

    Chapter 7: The Underground I left the diner and walked, a fresh cup of coffee warming one hand while the other swung freely at my side. The heat did little to touch the cold rage simmering in my gut. The city felt different now. The morning air, which had felt like a promise an hour ago, was...
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