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I already made a thread for Worm Original Powers (or Taylor Alt Powers).
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Not sure if I'm thinking about this correctly, but it might be something like......huh.
I'm confused as to the context, and also as to who Miss Smith is supposed to be. Mediterranean + "took away the one person I've ever loved" (+ your shipping proclivities ) + access to high-level Cauldron vials sounds kind of like Contessa, but if Contessa wants someone dead under whatever circumstances she doesn't need to fuck around with proxies. (Unless this is the Path...but I can't think giving Emma a random power is the quickest Path to killing Taylor.)
It is Contessa, and she totally could kill Taylor in seconds. The issue is that doing so would almost certainly expose Cauldron even more and make their other goals almost impossible. Word would get out. However if instead someone with a grudge, a perfect Trigger environment, and no other options were to try, who would connect it to Cauldron? Also she needs to do so in a way that doesn't tip off the others in Cauldron itself....huh.
I'm confused as to the context, and also as to who Miss Smith is supposed to be. Mediterranean + "took away the one person I've ever loved" (+ your shipping proclivities ) + access to high-level Cauldron vials sounds kind of like Contessa, but if Contessa wants someone dead under whatever circumstances she doesn't need to fuck around with proxies. (Unless this is the Path...but I can't think giving Emma a random power is the quickest Path to killing Taylor.)
Why would Contessa be unable to kill Taylor without harming Cauldron's interest. She has path to victory. She can easily set up a proxy death or arrange for her to die during one of her ops, or any other covert method. It isn't like Cauldron is even close to being Taylor's only enemy especially when the PRT is filled with Cauldrons customers that owe favors. Contessa can give her powers whatever qualifiers she wants.It is Contessa, and she totally could kill Taylor in seconds. The issue is that doing so would almost certainly expose Cauldron even more and make their other goals almost impossible. Word would get out. However if instead someone with a grudge, a perfect Trigger environment, and no other options were to try, who would connect it to Cauldron? Also she needs to do so in a way that doesn't tip off the others in Cauldron itself.
Filling a plot idea that I've had for a long time.
For Hate's Sake
Emma checked her watch again. Her contact still had a few minutes to show up. Still Emma was nervous. It had been the first time in days since she left the house and she couldn't help but feel this might be a trick. It wouldn't be the first time.
Ever since she ruined her life. Skitter, or Weaver, or whatever Taylor was calling herself. It didn't change anything. She was still weak, no matter what she wanted to pretend. To much of a coward to do her own dirty work. No she just got gussied up and got to go on TV and tell people her little sob story. Every appearance she did meant new hate mail, or phone calls, or people in her school giving her looks. Emma couldn't take it anymore, especially when she saw what it was doing to everyone else. She almost ended it herself, took the easy way out, but then she got the offer. It almost seemed to good to be true, and normally she would have said that it was for certain, but after all the rumours recently Emma would have believed anything. She checked her watch again. It was time.
Suddenly she became aware of someone watching her. No one else should be out this late though. Normally she'd be scared of attention this late at night, but even months after Skitter left town no one dared to commit crimes in her territory. Turning to look she noticed the figure make a gesture, the signal that they decided. So this was her contact.
Making the sign with her hands to prove who she was, the figure walked up to her.
Under the light of the street lamp above them Emma could finally get a good look at her contact. She was tall, and well dressed, her features made her seem Mediterranean, and she was younger than Emma would have thought.
"You're Miss Smith?" Emma asked nervously.
"I am," came the reply. "You're Emma Barnes."
It wasn't a question but Emma nodded anyway. Her nervous feeling had only grown since the woman had appeared. Something about her set off alarms in Emma's head, but she had come too far to stop now.
"Good, then let's get down to business. You wish to become something more than you are, something far stronger. I know your history so I can guess at your motive. Still I wish to hear you say it, and answer honestly. I will know if you lie and if you do I will leave and you will never find me again."
Emma swallowed heavily. With a shuddering breath she answered, "I want to kill Skitter. I want to make her pay."
"Word is she's a hero now. The last best hope for the heroes to exist. Why would you want to kill someone like that?"
"I know what people say but I don't care. She ruined everything. I want to hurt her. I want revenge."
Miss Smith was quiet for a long time, and Emma was terrified that she had said something wrong, but then the woman smiled. "Good," reaching into her coat the woman pulled out a small vial of fluid. "Normally a vial of this level and power would cost 8 figures, and would come with some hefty strings. For you it's a gift, on the condition that you fulfil your dream."
"W-why?"
"You're not the only one that wants revenge." Miss Smith's eyes turned away, looking up at the city's skyline. "Skitter took away the one person I've ever loved in this world. I can not take what I want in return, there are far too many repercussions, but I can aid others. For her sake I give you the power you want. For our sakes I hope you succeed."
With that Miss Smith handed Emma the vial. "Drink it all at once. You will feel some discomfort, but when it is over you will feel the strength you need."
Emma looked down at the vial, it felt far heavier than something that small should have been. She turn back to thank the other woman but she had vanished. There was no going back, Emma knew. Drawing a deep breath she opened the vial and swallowed the contents. Suddenly her world blurred and her blood felt like fire. She fell to her knees and then Emma Barnes changed.
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So yeah, I don't have plans for it after this, but if anyone wants to use it go right ahead.
Path to hurting Skitter the way she hurt me: Step 50 contact Emma Barnes.Why would Contessa be unable to kill Taylor without harming Cauldron's interest. She has path to victory. She can easily set up a proxy death or arrange for her to die during one of her ops, or any other covert method. It isn't like Cauldron is even close to being Taylor's only enemy especially when the PRT is filled with Cauldrons customers that owe favors. Contessa can give her powers whatever qualifiers she wants.
Hmm. So Emma kills Brian, Danny, or both (or possibly Lisa, Vicky, or Amy, depending on how AU this is), fails to kill Skitter (Contessa is still alive), and ends up in an even worse position than she was before Contessa contacted her.Path to hurting Skitter the way she hurt me: Step 50 contact Emma Barnes.
Emma: "This is it, Taylor! Cauldron told me that using this power will instantly kill the person who cares about you the most!"Path to hurting Skitter the way she hurt me: Step 50 contact Emma Barnes.
It's both funnier AND makes more sense.
Here is the snip I was working on. I still need to iron out the details for the story but I already have enough for a couple of short chapters.
I haven't decided if I will post the story itself here or in the NSFW section, I spoke to a mod and they said its find but i'm not sure about later chapters. Either way, it wont be appearing on SB.
No name yet.
Depends on if you are actually going to write out and describe lewd scenes, or just hint at it happening or that something happened.
If it's the former, that goes to the NSFW section, if it's the latter it can stay in the SFW section.
But meh, I don't know.
I never read the damn rules on forums.
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Incidentally, I might have gotten former and latter mixed up. But you get what I mean anyway. Probably.
And if you plan to you can just either post it there or request it to be moved if you changed your mind.Well, it's interesting, and something I'd like to see more of.
It's amusing that her power makes her horny, I guess, but since this isn't SB.com, it should be fine, as long as you don't go explicit outside the NSFW section.
I wont be writting any real lewd stuff. There will be jokes/innuendo and It will be clear whats happening off screen. But there will be some rather frank discussions later.
Edit: If anyone is intrested. Here is the images I used as a ref for Taylors scales/tail/colouring.
The body and face don't quite match up but its the best I could do with the character creator.
She's an Au'Ra from the new FFXIV expansion, Heavensward.
It's amusing that her power makes her horny, I guess, but since this isn't SB.com, it should be fine, as long as you don't go explicit outside the NSFW section.