Are you available, Colin? A familiar voice spoke from beside him as the Tinker peered through a microscope of his own devising, gently manipulating tiny tools while watching the result. Really, really badly. I missed it. She didn't move or turn around, making him wonder for a moment how she knew he was there and who he was. I was loving this, and then the latest chapter with a fascinating Crystal who I am loving seeing the world from her perspective. Assault sat next to Miss Militia. Ive never liked Amelia much. All right. But her favorite character in any tale was the prince: charming, handsome, and brave. EDIT: sorry, God Girl is a one shot. But she knows one hell of a lot about DNA and insect manipulation, I can tell you that much for sure. This is pretty fun and lighthearted so far. Stuck inside a box smaller than a coffin, surrounded by horrific crap that should have been incinerated days ago, in enormous pain and sensory overload from seeing and hearing and smelling through millions of insects Then the heat, and the smoke. Combined with effective invisibility it could be higher. It was the watchman who raised the alarm when he smelled something other than his cigarette burning. Nodding to the folder, he added soberly, The evidence suggests that Miss Hebert was still alive when that happened. Christ. Director Piggot swiveled her chair to look out the window for a moment, before turning back. 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. I haven't touched this story in over a year, and while I was rearranging some of the vast number of files that are related to the current work, came across it again and thought it might be worth putting here for the general edification of people. Shes not my problem any more. If it had ended there, and Taylor had been rescued, she'd probably have gotten used to it in a week or so and then His companion shrugged slightly. Or mine. Sounds pretty banal, right? He watched as the wasp crawled around on her finger, then did a little dance, each leg extending in turn and waving in a circle. The night watchman had gone for a smoke outside the front door and the cleaning staff had all left by the point it started. Career satisfaction, crime, and Coil. A storehouse of weapons beyond imagination, controlled by an enigmatic old man of unclear origins and an abused teenager. But I suspect it wouldn't have worked out like that for various reasons. Taylor just laughed. Ill interview her myself next, I think. Inside she found Director Piggot, Armsmaster, Miss Militia, and on a monitor overlooking the table they were sitting around, the face of Dragon. It more than makes up for the greater simplicity. He stayed silent, staring wide-eyed in horror at the implications. All this from whats basically a completely broken Thinker/Master combo We havent finished yet either, Piggot sighed, also looking at the monitor. Neither one of them would want me to do it. His voice trembled with emotion but rang with surety. The man lost his wife less than three years ago, and now his only daughter in horrific circumstances. I think Crystal dropped her voice to a bare murmur. Right through a window, nowhere near the E88 guys, who notice him, chase him, and in the end, kill him. Unfortunately the firebomb was a pretty effective one, it torched the school more or less immediately. She fell silent for a moment. Mosquitoes are a major food source for a lot of insectivores, which in turn are eaten by other things. While the overall body shape, except for the extra arms, was more or less humanoid in pattern, the head wasn't. He twitched quite a lot, the sound taking him by surprise after the silence of the roof broken only by the hum of the air conditioner fans and a faint sound of traffic from the road ten stories below, muted due to the fact it was Sunday. It wouldn't have ended well. Amy stared in amazement. 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. Victoria was floating an inch off the floor which explained the total silence of her approach. She saw energy storage glands, full of sugars and enzymes, linked to biochemical pathways that would give a massive power boost when activated. Certainly not on a world-wide basis. Colin raised his eyes from where hed been staring at his hands, thinking, to look at his best friend again. Ill call you soon. Hive stepped back a few feet, watching as Amy nodded, then turned to walk up the path to the house. Under the new illumination she could see the wasp was a little smaller than a normal yellowjacket and completely matte black in color. That would happen. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. This body is a construct I designed for human interaction. But the end result was totally unlike anything shed ever encountered. Person? We dont have enough information yet to be sure of any of this. There are other possibilities but they become successively less likely. Itll do for the moment. The wings began to flap rapidly as she lifted off. While we've done our best to make the core functionality of this site accessible without javascript, it will work better with it enabled. For what it's worth, though, I've posted what I finished. All right, then. Her voice sounded amused. She shook her head with good humor. Hive shook her head after a moment. The story begins with Taylor encountering a homeless man in the rain and offering her umbrella to keep him dry. Actually, it was the first chronologically, I started . Posted since I came across it while sorting out files and thought some people might find it interesting for one reason or another. If we have to look for you were going to be annoyed and we might be a little rough as a result. Theres nothing you have or are that she wants. I have to admit I dont like to believe she could deliberately burn someone alive, but I also have to admit I can see her locking someone she didnt like into a confined space. 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. Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings. What rains you bring Another Diebuster cross, but less escalation, incomplete IIRC. The healer smiled. The Taken Queen Taylor gets the power of The Taken King from Destiny. Having lived thousands of years through the eyes of a hundred and more legends from another world, all in mere seconds, chosen through naught but mere happenstance during the death throes of a far distant reality, she found herself the bearer of uncountable beasts and monsters, men and women, abilities and spells, all borne from fantasy, yet far too real to ignore or pretend they did not once exist. At first she dismissed it as imagination, but it got louder and louder, suddenly stopping somewhere above her and to the right. Wildworm A psuedo-tinker from Wildstorm appears in Brockton. What? Stung them. An AU, Taylor Hebert loses the capacity for speech after the locker incident. Actually, it was the first chronologically, I started playing with it around the middle of 2015, but didn't stop working intermittently on it until after I began seriously writing Taylor Varga. After a moment she looked at him again. Mental processing a couple of thousand times faster than a human? Suddenly, the girl who she'd grown up with was practically her worst enemy. It immediately beeped at him. Lowered because of it being restricted to arthropods but even so, its global and absolute. No cases at all. Its spread by mosquitoes, isnt it? Yes, the Anopheles genus. He thought for a moment. Successfully, as well. That's not right, Assault said slowly. It sounds pretty bad, even at this time of year. Shaker or Blaster? Miss Militia asked curiously. The neural processing backing the sensory system up was unbelievably complex compared to a human visual cortex. Well, like I said, I panicked and hid. The experience was enough to make the girl Trigger. The school itself is a write-off, it will have to be completely demolished and rebuilt. No other injuries? she asked, closing the folder. She had been having a strange dream, one where she crying out for help to anyone who would listen, begging the cosmos to deliver her from the torment of her life. Twitching, she quickly released her hand, looking embarrassed. You may extract some amusement value from it, you might not. Either way, here it is. Half-way there she heard the sound of the other capes wings, turning around to see she was gone. Is the sole requirment that someone calls her a goddess, that's it, or is there something more specific? Welcome to Godkiller everyone! It also didn't really seem to be necessary from a story point of view? You tell me. Puzzled, Amy give her a look for a moment, then walked over and put her finger on the cheek of her machete-waving recent acquaintance. A storehouse of weapons beyond imagination, controlled by an enigmatic old man of unclear origins and an abused teenager. It may not display this or other websites correctly. More accurately, arthropod control, with a few additions. Squealer is going to have to live with having lice for the rest of her life, she said in a tone that made him step back. Injected with chemical agent. If it wasn't for the fact that she's useful she'd be locked up right now. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. left kudos on this work! Hope Through Overwhelming Forepower (Gunbuster!Taylor) gives her that level of power, but it takes time to get there. They couldnt do much more than try to stop the remainder of the school going up and the fire spreading to other buildings. Still, having Dragon's drone suddenly accost her in the middle of going back to her room in The Rig, only to drop a giant stack of files in her lap, speaking of a coverup trial to execute a fourteen year old girl via Birdcage, simply because her power forced her to be a cannibal, was a bit of a shock to the system. Those would seem to be the two most likely scenarios, Armsmaster agreed. So, with that new chapter of 'A taste of peaches' dropping, I can't help but wonder if there are any other fics out there where Taylor is or becomes a goddess. I'm looking forward what Lisa and/or her Shard comes up with. Taylor Hebert is dead, Assault. If nothing else the ecological side-effects of that would be horrific and very noticeable. 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. Good god, he mumbled, shocked. Ive never seen that toxin before. Really excited for this one. Father was such a miserable person. Where have you been and why didn't you call me for a pick up? Amy jumped a little, spinning around from her position at the sink in the bathroom where she'd been washing her hands to remove the dumpster-gunk, to find her sister peering in the open door watching her with mixed curiosity and worry on her face. Taylor Hebert died on the fourth of January, 2011. Only those dumpsters left, the machete-wielding assailant announced. Based on some charred residue there were also some very unpleasant waste products in there with her. In the end he said, But you said you were born here. But I hope we can come up with something to give him a little comfort. Unlikely, the tall man muttered. (No knowledge of LoL is needed, tho it would help. Landing gently, Amy felt her feet touch the ground and the woman release her. Kind of. The four arms are different, and the wings are even stranger. The pause this time was considerably longer. Even after her death, her husband and daughter knew very little about her. Hey, wait! he called just before she reached the edge. . Sophia! A threat rating like this is so far out of our experience we have no choice, were going to have to bump it up to the top. Sophia was staring at the monitor with sweat running down her face. Putting the matter to one side she listened while trying not to draw any more attention to herself. Then you can help me figure out what I'm going to tell Mom and Dad. Her sister waited impatiently until she'd dried her hands then followed her back to her room. As the locker got hotter and hotter, she tried writing the name of the person who shoved her in that fucking thing in her own blood, but couldn't finish it. Shes He mumbled, remembering the report. Taylor Hebert.. I suspect it was thrown through a window some distance from the lockers. But But? he asked when she went silent again. Hive. A set of GPS coordinates followed the message. Because of the way they worked, it wasn't directly possible, but her powers found a way even so. The paralysis will wear off about ten tomorrow morning. He stirred, asking, But how did you? Escape? He heard a resigned chuckle. He had people to fill in. They chased me for at least ten or twelve minutes, until I got trapped in some sort of loading area way off the main streets. Cool beans. Weirdly, after the initial shock, he didn't find her appearance particularly scary. What the hell is that? he muttered to himself. Hers is a nascent divinity. If you have enough examples to compare and enough background data you can start to make sense of the principles behind it. 134 guests It's a work of art. Is she a biotinker of some sort, then? I'm not sure, I guess she must be. An Idiot's Guide to the Underworld [Worm/Hades]. Her powers were basically concentrating on, and revolved around, arthropods and the control of them. Miss Militia had learned over time, how to expect the unexpected. He'd seen extreme close-up photomicrographs of various insects on the internet, some of which were genuinely beautiful in a rather alien way. Eventually the other woman snapped, Don't just stop there! I eventually realized what had happened to me, and I think I more or less went insane for a while. There was a Post-GM fic where Taylor became house-wife and rising a daughter in the world where she(Khepri) is worshipped like a god and her husband is a priest of this religion, An Idiot's Guide to the Underworld [Worm/Hades] short, I didn't enjoy Hades much cause its not my type of game, but that was incredibly enjoyable, Divine Administration - of Gods and Bureaucracy, https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/divine-administration-of-gods-and-bureaucracy-worm-exalted.13442/. Based on my own research if anything she was underplaying it. The armor of the suit had an oddly iridescent effect about it, a predominantly dark gray color sparkling through a rainbow of shades depending on the angle the light hit it and where it was on the body. I forgot to charge my phone last night because I was so tired when I got back and the battery ran down this afternoon. At least she has his bullsh!t powers to back it up. I do. Yep. OK, then, lets get these guys arrested, then get you home, shall we? Hive said lightly. It would have been fairly quick, I believe, he added after a moment. All the internal organs were protected by a more flexible and thinner version of the exoskeleton. Thats why no one else can understand what they do. Usefully, it worked surprisingly well, most of the grime coming off instantly and the remainder being loosened enough that she could now wash it away. You are not their equal, but one day you might be. Restricted to insect or arthropod based forms from what she said, but with additions that could come from anywhere. Like literally in the D&D sense. How such a human sounding voice came from a face like that he had no idea. Really? Something changed. Does a great job of integrating the mythology of GoW into worm and so far has been one of my favorite worm fics. And worried him more than a little, despite his conclusions from a while back. https://amp.reddit.com/r/WormFanfic/comments/e370a2/op_fic_request_repository/&ved=2ahUKEwi3t6rUz57rAhWawTgGHWmBAwMQFjAAegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw1xQzIKguPKy-JS7CLQMRmA. Personally Id put it as high as it goes. Dragon added this as well. Spill it. He grinned back at her. Can also be found on Sufficient Velocity here. Call me Hive, she said, her carapace back splitting open to reveal four enormous transparent wings which unfolded with a crinkling sound. We haven't been over much lately but we used to come have barbeques with your mom and dad." She winced a little at her own statement but otherwise did an admirable job of pretending that my dad hadn't just been killed in an accident. Or how powerful. Two of them were carrying baseball bats while the remaining one had a machete in his hand. Her eyes widened. 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. Who's Hive, why were you being chased by muggers, and why didn't you call me? Amy sat further up the bed, Vicky turning around to face her. Dragonslayers? "Plus since I designed it, I can also make it do almost anything I want. I mean, her body alone Vicky grinned. So on balance, yes, its a good thing, although the cause might not be. Youre thinking its parahuman involvement, then. It wasnt a question. It took her a while to work out what she was seeing, but when she did she grinned. Assault is right. Unfortunately, yes, I am. She didn't say and I was a little preoccupied, so I forgot to ask. Im compensating for it now as an autonomic action, but if I ceased to exist? She pointed at the pattern of wasps which suddenly dropped to the roof, all the two dozen members weakly twitching. Danny Hebert sat in his office chair, looking out the window at the crumbling ships in the distance, lit from the side by the setting sun, his hands slowly feeling what they were holding. All of them, every arthropod on the planet. Eventually she moved, shaking her head slowly while still looking at her sister. She got powers, nothing particularly impressive on the face of it, although potentially fairly effective with a little thought. Swiveling her chair around again Director Piggot looked out into the night until she heard a knock some minutes later, turning back and calling in a firm voice, Enter. She planned on asking some very awkward questions of the frankly sullen girl who came in. Walking into the abandoned warehouse they used as a base, Lisa listened with irritation to Alec and Brian bickering behind her. He was pretty sure she was both telling the truth and had a personal interest in this. I squeezed right back into a small gap and was hoping desperately that they wouldn't see me. He looked around, then leaned against another similar unit. Who? she asked reflexively, then slapped her hands over her mouth, wrinkling her nose at the stench from whatever it was that she now had all over them from the dumpster next to her. To visit familiar areas while I worked out what I'd do next. A local, then? he asked quietly. Ah. Whoever is behind it seems curious about everything. As close as Taylor was to her mom, she barely knew of her time with Lustrum. When she was sure that Sophia was doing as she was told, the older woman looked back at Dragon, scanned the faces of the others, then asked, In your estimation what should we rate Hive as? 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