Based it around the idea that observing a thing changes the thing. Still in use in some parts of Africa and India, it involves dislocating the cataract lens with a sharp or blunt instrument, and pushing it back into the posterior chamber of the eye. Weld said tightly as he followed the worker Taylor's lead. If Blackwell inexplicably picked up the stress-ball on her desk and lightly tossed it at my face, I probably wouldnt even reflexively blink until it hit me (much less dodge or catch the thing), that was how disassociating the outside perspective of myself was. ", "I haven't forgotten." Taylor can be insane as well. As Weld walked further downhill, she faded from view. as well as Day of the Tentacle, where she's a multiple amputee and tinkers up brain-controlled prosthetics. Oh Good Hunter looks like it might be headed that way. and Samara from the Ring got together in Silent Hill and decided to mix and match powers to grant Taylor. "We're working to get more of the process automated, so we can free up more of ourself for more contracts, but as it is, demand is high.". The Taylors didn't just replace their hosts, they subsumed them. Weve got Dragons and Heroes, some better, some worse. Why hold back the sleeper cells? Weld asked, "Forget all the innocent people of Brockton Bay? Taylor can see through her own eyes in her Breaker state, as her Thinker power causes her blindness and is disabled in Breaker form. While we've done our best to make the core functionality of this site accessible without javascript, it will work better with it enabled. Taylor says that if she pushes herself very hard, she can actually blow out bulbs, but that is the strongest feat she has accomplished. "And they're" Weld coughed, "You're all fine with this? From the start he had been a mask Taylor could put on that would let her confront the world. Dec 22, 2020. Pretending to be totally blind even when I could see my surroundings through someone else wasnt nearly as hard as you might think. Now that the truth is just a rule that you can bend. I don't know where to begin. When she re-enters the normal world, anything smeared will be pushed along the direction of the smear. End result: uninjured Taylor, Armsmaster saved, Armsmaster's motorcycle foamed (and saved), Squealer's truck rendered inoperable, Squealer trapped in a cotton candy cloud, Oni Lee with a bucket of molasses on his head. Path to Munchies is a Worm fan fiction by Merle Corey, completed in April 2017. "Is that really what you believe?" Whether it was the mood or the exhaustion he shouldn't have been capable of feeling, Weld asked the question that had been weighing on him the whole day. The same wide mouth, the same thin figure even the same curly brown hair. The door to Brockton Bay. Contessa is mildly annoyed that she's gained a few pounds because of Taylor, but takes it in good humor. A pair hefted a bundle of steel pipes in silent unison and maneuvered past their fellows without even a word of warning. and our Glowworm is a Worm fanfic written by redshirt. Taylor can repeatedly move through objects in the same direction to smear them more and more for greater push force when time resumes. I can see Taylor in some sort of spy or support role if she makes the right team. Also, is she limited to just one boost at a time, or can she train to split her focus across more than one? Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. He proceeds to ride Hookwolf like a bronco, humiliating him and making him completely miss the fact that the Undersiders are looting everything not nailed down. I feel like there aren't many fics of good length that deal with a thinker Taylor. But before she can make enough to be a serious hero, she'll need some starting capital, and that's much easier to do as a villain TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. The helicopter wasn't the best place to read, but Weld's grip on the paper was tight and he started to skim through it. Her second power allows her to cause momentary disruptions in electronic systems: Lights flicker, cameras momentarily go to static, etc. When all the gangs are invited to Somer's Rock to discuss the ongoing gang war, "For the record, we did invite the ABB. She pulled back as if she had been slapped and for a moment her face twisted, her lips pulling back in a snarl. Well, maybe it is more to the tune of a Slaanesh Horde of Chaos Marines. "She was one of the original twenty-eight. She was probably feeling the pressure from the higher-ups. That's amazing! ", Taylor nodded satisfied, "Not to boast, but yes, we're proud of what we've managed.". Nearly. If she's persistently missing functionality, she'll pretty much always have some Daredevil-esque powers-related way of at least partially compensating for it. Off in the distance, a crane operated at the side of a skyscraper, the sun at its back. Definitely a strong mover power, but a thinker primary. Taylor vs Hookwolf. She was our first representative to the Protectorate just as I am now. Dad was standing over me. Within this realm, Taylor is intangible, able to move freely in any direction at about the equivalent of a brisk jog and phase through solid objects. I can't think of any story where it's just 'Taylor in a wheelchair, living normally'. Chapter 2 By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. If none of its of interest to you, youd be the first. Taylor can see through her own eyes when in the ghost world. The Breaker power is pickier, and though this sounds overly verbose I think the best way to describe it is: If whatever medium either a human or human-analogue is using to perceive visual input has directly bounced off an object, that object cannot be taken into the ghost world. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Taylor informed him. I would hate to be surprised." Accelerator/Taylor Hebert. As it was, Weld was walking in blind. and Samara from the Ring got together in Silent Hill and decided to mix and match powers to grant Taylor. JavaScript is disabled. No white noise to soothe him. Looking forward to reading more, 1.2 Adagio I know this music, time to change the beat. There had been something more in the locker than just bugs and the horrific collection Sophia, Emma and Madison put together. Hopefully, with the Protectorate.". Last edited: Nov 17, 2018. . And I have to ask, is the band coach a fan of a certain Polynesian deity, because that's an interesting collection of items in the closet. This is an alt-power Taylor in the Worm* verse with butterflies in play before the canon locker scene. Taylor gets manipulated by Mrs. Abbotson, an old friend of Annette's, in the wake of her first Path- that to getting cookies. There was no foreman to speak of, no one to admonish or criticize her. If you accept cookies from our site and you choose "Proceed", you will not be asked again during this session (that is, until you close your browser). This power blocks her from using her own eyes, and if nobody is currently looking at her she is blind. "We carry the memories of our old selves. "There are entrepreneurs out there who understand the practicality of a workforce that can perfectly coordinate.". By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. L0kiMotion 4 yr. ago "Phones." Inspired by the game Breeding Season. "I'll trust that holds true. Things are changed beforehand and echoed through the dotted lines of the stations, but not tied to them. If today has proven anything, it's that I'm working to help. The story begins with Taylor encountering a homeless man in the rain and offering her umbrella to keep him dry. Read that one already. Taylor spoke overly formal, but there was a tension there. 2. Weld reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone. Whereas Taylor had an actual chair you might expect in an office, Weld only had a solid plastic block, even then the chair groaned as he rested his weight against it. Unfortunately for Armsmaster, he was caught on camera and becomes a PHO meme. Oh yeah, there's some dead fic which has Taylor die in the locker and shows the consequences a few years later from the perspectives of others. First let me say that I really like this. He's so distinctly not human, it's interesting to see how normal things that we take for granted fail to apply to him. Each time I went through him, the smear effect became more pronounced and I grew more tired. He was fairly sure she was the same one that he had met at the hut, but the reality was she could have easily swapped places with any of her doppelgangers when he hadn't been looking. Advancing Technology has Taylor with what seems to be the power of advanced learning, and may be more than that. Taylor put a hand to her chest. Taylor loses access to her other two powers a Thinker sensory ability and a Shaker aura while in her Breaker form. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. She leaned forward, her hand to her chest again, "But he's here. After the locker she ends up sharing a recovery room with one Colin Wallis, injured in his CID, and is one of my favourite Armsmasters. Taylor discovers that she can also smear the smear (e.g., smearing something up, then smearing the smear itself to the right), resulting in the object following the path of the smear (up then right), if the object is light enough. She gestured for him to walk. Her friends, her charges, her very city. That," Piggot pointed at the folder, "is all the information we could gather on her with certainty that it wasn't tampered with.". Therapy is a Worm Fanfic by frommerman. What I wouldn't give to have seen Miss Militias' face that second between 'Wait where'd they go? ' And a disabled unpowered Taylor cannot really hold a fic bigger than a one-shot. The sun reflected off his chrome skin with a bright sheen. Its function is awkward and inconsistent enough that she still needs day-to-day professional assistance to go out in public. I was blind. Still blind in one eye, though, fwiw. Camera Shys Taylor is a grab-bag cape whose primary ability is a strange Breaker state. Things are changed beforehand and echoed through the dotted lines of the stations, but not tied to them. tip: buffy gen teen AND "no archive warnings apply". The writing is flickery, like a florescent bulb with an iffy ballast. I haven't read Hindsight Bias, but Taylor has the ability to frequently precog a few seconds into the future. Thanks so much for the Skein recommendation. Just read through the first chapter and damn, this is something I completely new for me and hooked me pretty hard just for the power. Contessa was using Taylor's trigger to remove her own restrictions and arrange the defeat of some of the world's worst villains. Taylor Hebert triggers with a rather strange ability, and this causes the domino effect across the events of Brockton Bay, where creatures of sexual lust and living make their home, and Taylor becomes the Breeder taking care of them. This is an informational threadmark discussing the overall premise of the fic, especially Taylors power. ", "A threat." "I know we all look identical to you, but each and every Taylor is unique in their own way." In his most even voice, Weld spoke. This seems like it's going to be a real good story. It was easy to take Piggot's stand-offishness as hostility, but the reality was that this was a woman who had just lost everything. XXX Taylor sighed as she locked up the store. left kudos on this work! A subreddit to discuss fanfics for Wildbow's works! Press J to jump to the feed. Why? Go Gently by Shana the Short (23 chapters, 74k words, last updated: 21st Apr, 2015) Reign by TP Knight (1 chapter, 2.1k words, one-shot) After that, she deliberately put Taylor into a situation where she would trigger, which simultaneously caused Contessa herself to second-trigger from deliberately forcing someone she had grown to care for into a trigger event. Weld sat. Work Search: Get insights SPL Payroll Outsourcing Pvt. 5.7 Rondo You're a real tough cookie With a long history Of ruining the hope like whats in me 1.1 Adagio: A slow passage to introduce the setting. Thoughts on solutions? When she finished, the process resumed effortlessly. The therapist had encouraged him to focus on his breathing before belatedly realizing he couldn't - Weld didn't breathe. Piggot looked out the window of the helicopter, watching the landscape blur past them. Nice! When Weld didn't get an answer, he looked up to see Piggot tired as she was, glaring at him, the muscles in her neck tensed. Now she must learn to be independent, both as a blind person in her civilian life and as an 'independent hero' in her cape life. I only had another week left before I was supposed to go back to school. #1. Taylor performed a "couching," which is the oldest (dating from 2000 B.C.) Taylor nodded as she took Weld's phone inspecting it. LORD DOOM WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT HIS NAME IS SPELLED WITH ALL CAPS.. Abstract representations of Taylor (for example, a dot on a movement radar) don't activate her Thinker power, and neither do simulations of her (for example, if Coil is looking at her in universe A, universe B Taylor is not considered observed). While we've done our best to make the core functionality of this site accessible without javascript, it will work better with it enabled. Twenty feet away lay an anthill. On Missing Limbs, a Metal Gear Solid cross where the locker leaves her a few pounds of flesh lighter, and Armsmaster hooks her up with prosthetics as a result. In one of her "how-to-defeat-Kaiser" paths, Taylor mentions that propelling manhole covers leads to Alabaster becoming a wreck whenever he hears the, When Taylor does a Path about how to register in the PRT, she asks for tea and is given something that is. He glanced at Taylor and saw her looking down at her sundae, but her eyes were distant. The way the lines of sight were described was really good, I could constantly vision what was happening with them, so massive props for that. the restrictions that the Entity Eden put on Contessa's Path to Victory power made her completely unable to model or plan for the Entities, the Endbringers or their plan, but. I eventually decided to appear in front of her, but close enough that the dangerous end of the long rifle was. "I told you this this secret of mine because I want you to understand. So far, Taylor's augments seem to work best if she's been applying her percussive skills beforehand, they need to test the limits of that. Weld wondered if she was going to leap and tackle him. ", Weld folded his arms very deliberately - he didn't want to scrape them against each other, but as a result it was exaggerated like a stage version of the movement. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. Taylor's power is like the Cenobites, Amara from F.E.A.R. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Silence answered him and Weld mentally berated himself. Instead of controlling bugs, she's a Tinker who can make tiny drones. The second part is explained in a bit more detail in the relevant collapsible. I haven't read Hindsight Bias, but Taylor has the ability to frequently precog a few seconds into the future. When Lord Doom steals Armsmaster's tinkertech motorcycle, promptly crashes it, and then flies away into the sky while laughing, "Armsmaster said some things that were probably not PR approved." Taylor the Shopkeeper Summary: In a world without Endbringers, Taylor just wanted to run her store in peace. Intrepid, where she effectively has locked-in syndrome until Faultline arranges for a tinkered suit to compensate. Now she must learn to be independent, both as a blind person in her civilian life and as an 'independent hero' in her cape life. She doesn't officially join the group, but she works with them extensively and exclusively. Is it different from my other fics? "A Wand for Skitter", on Fanfiction.net. and crudest form of cataract surgery. "This was the most beneficial option. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. This is an alt-power Taylor in the Worm* verse with butterflies in play before the canon locker scene. If he was any other man, he might have been excited. They they're a part of me now.". The name is Weld, nice to meet you.. For more information, please see our Taylor ran a hand through her hair. They'd perform crime upon crime upon crime, and then brag about how dangerous they were, even as they ran away from any law-enforcement that might stand a chance at bringing them in. Hunter (Bloodborne cross, very spooky, very dark) and All Things Devoured (Dead Space necromorph alt!power, not quite as dark) by Unwelcome Storm, both in hiatus I think. The only thing separating Brockton Bay from the rest of the world. Weld tried to focus on the buzz of the flourescent lights, but as far as white noise went, that was a little too quiet. Things had been surreal before, now it felt like madness. "Are you already aware of my rules?". What if Taylor got a different shard, one accidentally broken when Eden collided with Abbadon and received the Path shard? And like the Amazons, they were deadly. Excellent a new story to read, just in time for the holidays. It's well, a Peggy Sue story, with pre-cannon (by a few months) Taylor having memories up to Leviathon (I think that's where it was, can't 100% remember), smol Skitter is just as scary but makes up for her lost height with misunderstandings everywhere. "Honestly, this is pretty surreal right now. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/LordDoom. One of the best fics I've ever read and it makes me weep that it's dead, "It's okay, Mr. Ethan. in exiled the prosthetic was built by leet. 1315 west grand parkway s 101b katy tx 77494 amazon t shirt design custom ink smartthings hub change wifi password. Lord Doom is a Worm fanfiction posted on Spacebattles Dot Com, here. We especially love the use of the power by Taylor and the way in which her Cape persona is manifesting to be some kind of phantom vigilante is amazing!
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