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You know, Ack, there are other therapists besides Jessica Yamada in existence.
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You know, Ack, there are other therapists besides Jessica Yamada in existence.
Whoever causes her trigger will die horribly; that's a guarantee.
Going off GGs trigger she could just slip and bang her head though
Yes. I was just introducing her. As one of several.You know, Ack, there are other therapists besides Jessica Yamada in existence.
Piggot lowered herself carefully into her chair. "Mr Renick, if you please?"
Renick cleared his throat and stepped forward. "It's clear from recent events that some or all of you have issues. Issues that get in the way of your being responsible superheroes; issues that need to be dealt with." He glanced at Brandish, still held immobile by Manpower; she glowered back. "Some more serious than others." Clasping his hands behind his back to conceal the tremble in his fingers, he went on. "Those issues need to be dealt with before your children trigger."
Fleur spoke up. "And if we fail to deal with our issues in time?" The others looked at her, and she shrugged. "Hey, Lightstar and I might end up having kids of our own."
Renick tried for a reasonable tone. "If your issues aren't dealt with, we cannot in all conscience accept any level of training that you might give them to be adequate to the task of readying them to be superheroes in their own right. In short, before they're allowed to go out and be heroes, we will require them to be trained to a more responsible standard than you yourselves are currently demonstrating."
"So what does this mean? For us and the kids?" That was Manpower.
"It means that, should you fail to meet that certain standard via independent assessment, your children will be required to train with the Wards under my direction, and pass said training, before they're legally allowed to use their powers in public." He tilted his head. "So, as you can see, it's in your best interests to give the therapy a fair chance." Unclasping his hands, he held them out, turning them palm upward. "This way, everybody wins."
"But if we do get our heads on straight," Lady Photon replied cautiously, "it's all good?"
Renick stepped back, and glanced at Piggot; she nodded briefly. "We'll have no reason to interfere. Do your jobs, and we won't have to." She leaned forward. "Just remember; you are still on notice. I do not want this happening again. Is that perfectly understood?"
Manpower, at Piggot's nod, ungagged Brandish; the woman did not look in the slightest bit thrilled, but she nodded reluctantly, as did the rest of them.
"Good." Her tone was dismissive. "Now get out of my sight."
Brandish led the way to the door; Lady Photon hung back. Piggot eyed her. "Was there something else?"
"We will get a fair chance with this therapy?" pressed the superhero.
"So long as you don't screw up in some other way, yes." Piggot met her eyes. "You're superheroes. Act like it."
Lady Photon nodded. "We'll do better." Turning, she left the room. The door closed behind her.
Renick waited a long moment, then exhaled. "Hmm," he commented quietly. "I think that went well."
Piggot's expression hadn't changed. "It's a start."
Yes, in the same way there are fighters besides Chuck Norris.You know, Ack, there are other therapists besides Jessica Yamada in existence.
Excellent chapter, and I do like the adjustment to the Wards 'requirement'.
i loved the scene with Accord, your butterfly will make him a better person, which is always good to see.
It was basically what I was trying to get across, but I didn't know quite how to word it until RedX gave me a hand.That does make the whole Wards bit a fair bit less objectionable. It's still using the psychological weak point, but doesn't bring up the shades of year-2011 further-escalated Brockton Bay that led to stuff like Purity happening. Which makes sense; in Worm the world is in the middle of an accelerating decomposition of orderly government and central authority, so in stories set earlier things should be less stark.
Next chapter, we should see Claire's trigger, as well as a look at the Brockton Bay Brigade.
It was basically what I was trying to get across, but I didn't know quite how to word it until RedX gave me a hand.
It just took a while before one of your suggestions made me ask, "Isn't that what I'm already doing?" and you said, "not quite ..."Thanks for the callback, Ack. All in all, a triumph for feedback.
Mwahahaha.That would be... very, very bad.
Though, if second generation triggers are as 'easy' as they're said to be (of which I have a few doubts), having Claire suddenly run into them on the street could shock her into triggering.
More likely to be something much more serious, though. I wonder if Ack is going for a different powerset, or no? I suppose that'll be answered in good time...
Not unlike the impact a big rock has on a small puddleNice chapter. Great, dramatic trigger - lots of action - and relationships developing. Their return will have an impact on BB!
She'll have a costumed ID for that.It'll be a challenge to let Claire use her power without exposing her civilian ID - unless that ID will be abandoned.
You're assuming she'll be obvious about itBut wouldn't the police be able to connect the puddled kidnappers and healed bodyguards of Claire Marchant with the puddled whoever and healed others she might leave in BB?
Don't forget, what happened to the BBB got around (the grapevine is a wonderful thing) and now the unwritten rules are somewhat stronger than in canon.Alternately she could go the other way.
She gets a few Jeopardy style wheel-spin thingies, each with various features on the like eye color, facial structure, ect, and once a week or so she plays 'what am I going to look like when out doing super-stuff?' and uses those as her 'disguise' when doing stuff in case she gets unmasked.
As a bonus, her mask is really flimsy and comes off with almost no effort. This does not help anyone because she has been unmasked over a dozen times and they've just about given up and slapped her with a Stranger rating to go with her Changer rating because it's always a different face using the same powers.
"Yay, I'm gonna have a new sister!" (or brother, as the case may be )...you know what would've been truly amusing? 'Claire' finding out that Abigal was pregnant
Not how I read it. How I see it is that she opened a set of metaphorical eyes attached to her power.I think you forgot a set of closing then opening. Because right now it reads that she opened her eyes, then she opened her eyes.