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 Sir Lee
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From a number of things that Diane has written, both in-story and outside the stories (that is, in the forums), I guess she is "weaning" Ayla from using the disruption-light technique. Yes, it's convenient, but Ayla is learning the hard way that it is very dangerous, meaning that she could kill or maim someone by accident -- because she has no way of predicting how her disruption effect might interact with someone's own power. Witness what happened to the two fire bimbos she fought...
Meaning, that Ayla will *probably* focus in developing other skills and applications of her powers as main weapons -- disruption will tend to be reserved to a "last resort" thing. So, I can't see her carrying chain weapons around for use as disruption-light. I COULD see her using them when HEAVY, though...
Don't call me Shirley. You will surely make me surly.
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| Re: To Phase or Not to Phase... [message #12189 is a reply to message #12187 ] |
Fri, 23 May 2008 21:18 |
Kiai
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Bummer. I can think of a few characters that deserve to get BIT-slapped.
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| Re: To Phase or Not to Phase... [message #12192 is a reply to message #12189 ] |
Fri, 23 May 2008 23:34 |
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Diane Castle
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| Kiai wrote on Fri, 23 May 2008 18:18 |
Bummer. I can think of a few characters that deserve to get BIT-slapped.
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Don't think she won't do it. Maybe she has too much moral fiber to do it to a bully at Whateley, but in a life-or-death fight against murderous badguys, she'll do what she has to in order to protect her team. Fortunately for the villains in Boston Brawl 2, she settled for beating the %$^& out of them with a forty-foot giant. 
Actually, most of the villains in Boston Brawl 2 don't have a BIT. Off-hand, of all the badguys in that story, I would say that only Vamp has a BIT. But Phase doesn't need the old phase-KO to take Vamp.
On the other hand, since the anti-Paladin has a devil bound within his body, I have no idea what would happen if Phase tried to phase-KO him. It could be drastically icky.
Diane
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| Re: To Phase or Not to Phase... [message #12196 is a reply to message #12193 ] |
Sat, 24 May 2008 13:21 |
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Diane Castle
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| Auly wrote on Sat, 24 May 2008 00:02 |
Actually it's reread but considering I get most of my reading done in short bursts between calls at work and such I do miss stuff..
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Well, it's easier for me, since I wrote it, and edited it, and re-wrote some parts up to half a dozen times. And I have it in MS Weird, so I can search for stuff. (And I've run it all past the Cabal so that dopey stuff has often been caught before it ever reached this website, and clever stuff has been added. For instance, Babs was the one who first suggested the water, without balloon.)
Diane
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| Re: To Phase or Not to Phase... [message #12199 is a reply to message #12197 ] |
Sat, 24 May 2008 15:18 |
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Diane Castle
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Cornstarch and water. I like around a 3-2 ratio, although (in my experience) relative humidity and the age of the cornstarch usually mean you have to tinker with it to get the right shear-thickening properties.
Man. A shear-thickening fluid like that, with apparent density about 20 or 25 times normal, thrown like a baseball? That could *hurt*.  But then the evidence stays around. With a water bomb (no balloon used), the victim might never know what hit him. Especially, say, during a cold, wet, winter day...
If Ayla can figure out how to steal panties off girls with her power, there's no telling what else she might think of.
Diane
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| Re: To Phase or Not to Phase... [message #12207 is a reply to message #12206 ] |
Mon, 26 May 2008 09:31 |
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Sir Lee
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Minor issue, though: Ayla mentions Faction 3 to Delarose. This is middle-to-late October. From what I remember from the Jade stories, I think Faction 3 hadn't been officially launched yet -- meaning that it shouldn't be well-known enough to be used as a figure of speech.
Even if Ayla had heard something about it (Delarose probably had), she shouldn't have a clear idea of what it is that early in the school year.
Ayla is certainly growing her portfolio of clients. Now she has to begin thinking about how to talk them into the best ways to market their creations -- for instance: how to convince Bunny into packaging her gadgets in other forms. At least, offering other kinds of finishes to her eggs... like no-rhinestones, camo-painted eggs. That might go well with the testosterone-bound crowd.
While she's at it, she probably should go back to the list of people she saw at the Weapons Fair and offer her services to a couple more. I mean, if there's a product there that should sell by the shipload, it's Hydroflux's stuff...
Speaking of luxury items, it was interesting the way she immediately thought about the bad applications of Fran's power. Of course, she hasn't MET Fran. I'm betting the minute Ayla hears about her talent as a decorator (sometime in later November or December, probably -- Sam has to discover her talent first), Ayla's room will be upgraded with nicer furniture -- and Fran will get a rich patron.
Also in the "Genuinely Interesting Technology" dept: Dr. Goodvibes noise-cancellation rig should be highly popular in the dorms -- imagine, a "have a party without bothering your neighbors" thing! I really though Ayla would go for it, given how everybody complains about her taste in music, but now that she has a roommate, the bone-conduction headphones make more sense. Maybe if the Weapons Fair had been a few weeks earlier, before Chou arrived...
[Updated on: Mon, 26 May 2008 12:58]
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| Re: To Phase or Not to Phase... [message #12209 is a reply to message #12207 ] |
Mon, 26 May 2008 17:25 |
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Diane Castle
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| Sir Lee wrote on Mon, 26 May 2008 06:31 |
Minor issue, though: Ayla mentions Faction 3 to Delarose. This is middle-to-late October. From what I remember from the Jade stories, I think Faction 3 hadn't been officially launched yet -- meaning that it shouldn't be well-known enough to be used as a figure of speech.
Even if Ayla had heard something about it (Delarose probably had), she shouldn't have a clear idea of what it is that early in the school year.
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She's going on gossip she picked up from other Golden Kids, who DO know more about what Thuban is up to than he would prefer. And it's not like Thuban can keep this quiet when he's talking to well over 10% of the campus, and plenty of them don't like his idea (and hence are loudly complaining about it to others).
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Ayla is certainly growing her portfolio of clients. Now she has to begin thinking about how to talk them into the best ways to market their creations -- for instance: how to convince Bunny into packaging her gadgets in other forms. At least, offering other kinds of finishes to her eggs... like no-rhinestones, camo-painted eggs. That might go well with the testosterone-bound crowd.
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You'll see how she's approaching this, in another chapter or three, when she meets with Bunny again.
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While she's at it, she probably should go back to the list of people she saw at the Weapons Fair and offer her services to a couple more. I mean, if there's a product there that should sell by the shipload, it's Hydroflux's stuff...
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Yes. Of course, some of this will be off-camera, just as the part about negotiating with Automa-Tech was not included, because [1] it would have made parts of the Weapons Fair story repetitive; and [2] I never did find a way to write it that didn't strike ME as tedious.
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Speaking of luxury items, it was interesting the way she immediately thought about the bad applications of Fran's power. Of course, she hasn't MET Fran. I'm betting the minute Ayla hears about her talent as a decorator (sometime in later November or December, probably -- Sam has to discover her talent first), Ayla's room will be upgraded with nicer furniture -- and Fran will get a rich patron.
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And a job offer. If Ayla is already thinking in terms of handling home (and other) construction for supers, then clearly she needs a really good interior designer and decorator. Right?
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Also in the "Genuinely Interesting Technology" dept: Dr. Goodvibes noise-cancellation rig should be highly popular in the dorms -- imagine, a "have a party without bothering your neighbors" thing! I really though Ayla would go for it, given how everybody complains about her taste in music, but now that she has a roommate, the bone-conduction headphones make more sense. Maybe if the Weapons Fair had been a few weeks earlier, before Chou arrived...
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Just because Ayla didn't buy it for her own room doesn't mean she doesn't have something in mind.
After "The Turks or the Geek", Goodvibes may not want to talk to a member of Team Kimba, but that's a different issue.
Diane
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