Please consider turning it on! I'm having trouble figuring out how this would mesh with the overall threat of Worm, so maybe this will be a short story in the universe? Eventually, it's revealed that her nickname is "Tessa," which is short for. From the start he had been a mask Taylor could put on that would let her confront the world. --it does have a different title, so yes. It was huge, heavy and plastic, but it came complete with a headrest and armrests and that was more than Weld ever got. From up here, the city looked almost normal. 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. taken, most of them involving pulling from other vampire media. Also, is she limited to just one boost at a time, or can she train to split her focus across more than one? Hmm I'm interested to see where you're going with this lot of different things you could do. Taylor sees through the eyes of anyone that has any part of her in their field of vision. "I know they're afraid of me. There was surprisingly little difference between a drone and a missile; her power seemed to have zero issues with expendable use-once drones controlled from miles away. Or tinkered prosthetics that work the same as or better than what she had before. Taylor's consciousness disperses into her swarm, and actions from the Protectorate push her away from the Wards. While in her Breaker state, time is stopped for everything but herself. Maybe he improvised and got that last one with something that disoriented people into passing out. She theorized. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. She's literally almost out the door before she wakes up and realizes what's going on. Taylor can see through her own eyes when in the ghost world. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/LordDoom. Working on a Path that could let her bypass the restrictions on her power, the Path led her to get close to Taylor as her school librarian and new mentor, got her to build up a genuine, emotional rapport between them to get Path to Victory to "Bud" onto Taylor, then forced Contessa to put Taylor into a situation bad enough for her to Trigger while reminding her that her Path is forcing her to do this, the mental anguish causing Contessa to Second Trigger. Last edited: Nov 17, 2018. and 'RIGHT NEXT TO ME!?'. She can float and pass through objects. Wyvern. The band kids will get Brute ratings just from their training. Not primarily. "If you'll follow me, we'll give you a more thorough inspection on my side of the line.". Weld tried to focus on the buzz of the flourescent lights, but as far as white noise went, that was a little too quiet. However, due to being somewhat high on painkillers when she figures it out, she believes she has a strange limit all plans she makes must in some way involve food. He's so distinctly not human, it's interesting to see how normal things that we take for granted fail to apply to him. Specifically one where she is the barber. Taylor vs Squealer vs Oni Lee. Summary: 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. Piggot looked out the window of the helicopter, watching the landscape blur past them. Fanfic authors need to have the words "chuckle" and "smirk" taken away from them. Taylor loses access to her other two powers a Thinker sensory ability and a Shaker aura while in her Breaker form. What if Taylor got a different shard, one accidentally broken when Eden collided with Abbadon and received the Path shard? Really enjoyed this. Instead of controlling bugs, she's a Tinker who can make tiny drones. Weld stepped inside the hut and found her already there. 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. Still blind in one eye, though, fwiw. No shadows; the sinks and toilet paper rolls almost looked two-dimensional due to that lack. That's why I don't want this to end in fire. 2. Lots of tiny drones. Intrepid, where she effectively has locked-in syndrome until Faultline arranges for a tinkered suit to compensate. Very intense. 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. A subreddit to discuss fanfics for Wildbow's works! Taylor ran a hand through her hair. Taylor confirmed. The four year old glanced up, a bright smile on her face as she ran back to where her parents lay . JavaScript is disabled. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. This power blocks her from using her own eyes, and if nobody is currently looking at her she is blind. Watched. Taylor gave a hard look to Weld, "A real one, make no mistake, but one meant as a warning. Weld looked up at the sky, tinged red and orange, marked by the distant plumes of planes. You took Brockton Bay over in four weeks and then you just stopped at the city limits. 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. "All of them." . It's interesting to see an alt Taylor who doesn't have major league powers. "An older model, communicator only?". Or what was left of it. She hadn't budged an inch. Taylor vs Hookwolf. She gestured for him to walk. But before she can make enough to be a serious hero, she'll need some starting . "Is that really what you believe?" And if I have to read "Then I went ghost" one more time I swear to GoD someone's getting hurt. For more information, please see our She's a bitter little coffee bean of a tinker as a result. ], Uber PoV of 1.9-1.13 [mostly canon-compliant! Scalar Vectors by Sceptic62 (7 chapters, 19k words, last updated: 9th Jun, 2017) Aisha Laborn/Alec. ", Weld nearly scoffed. Chapter 3 The theatricality, the bravado, the utter disregard for the thoughts of others, Lord Doom was all that and more. It would have been so much easier to do that. When all the gangs are invited to Somer's Rock to discuss the ongoing gang war, "For the record, we did invite the ABB. ", "And so we forget about everything else?" Im happy to follow thi for as long as you want to write it. Each time I went through him, the smear effect became more pronounced and I grew more tired. When Taylors incorporeal form passes through time-locked objects, they appear to smear, like someone smudged a painting. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. ", Taylor stared at him unflinchingly, "Producing, shipping and trading. Now this is a lovely day already. Instead of controlling bugs, she's a Tinker who can make tiny drones. "She was one of the original twenty-eight. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Thirty feet away and six and a half straight down, cicada larvae slowly crawled underground, most of their 17 year span lived completely out of human view. 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. Harvey gives her an odd look, but answers her, "Well we're in Stardew Valley, which is at the south-east end of the Ferngill Republic." "Ah got it, thanks." Harvey fixed her with a serious look and then warned, "I don't need to know about what you were doing until now, but Pelican Town is away from all the fighting . "Someone who's immune to my power." 6.1 Crescendo Wake me up inside. Press J to jump to the feed. We understand better than anyone else their thoughts and feelings.". Not the most impressive powers, granted, but powers none the less. "And they're" Weld coughed, "You're all fine with this? Taylor performed a "couching," which is the oldest (dating from 2000 B.C.) Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Yea, those are great horror, here's the first of the three snippets. Life just didn't ever seem to turn out how she'd imagined it would. They stared at one another for a long moment, their silence tempered by the staccato of helicopters in the distance. Will give some more commentary when I get through the other chapters. QA really turned up the volume this time. A much better version in my opinion, this one actually has things happening in it! "Good, then do you have any recording equipment or weapons to surrender?" Taylor put a hand to her chest. It may not display this or other websites correctly. The name is Weld, nice to meet you.. Mauling Snarks technically has her with a Trump power, but I feel like she uses it to function more as a Thinker 75% of the time. Taylor turned on her heel and headed for the door on her end of the hut. They wore comically over-sized hard hats and were all as thin as the girl leading Weld, but they worked together in perfect unison. He was a way for Taylor to escape, to be someone else for a little while, a person that had none of her problems or issues. My own fic Claim The Spoils has her with Victor's power, able to know what skills other people have and drain them from them. Shes just as broken as blanket but in a completely different way. and Samara from the Ring got together in Silent Hill and decided to mix and match powers to grant Taylor. I eventually decided to appear in front of her, but close enough that the dangerous end of the long rifle was. Centipede (Tokyo Ghoul alt!power, dead), maybe. About | Wiki Rules | Reply !Delete to remove | [Brackets] hide titles. https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/taylor-and-the-unseelie-court-worm-au.498094/, https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/unreality-worm.625972/. Well maam, we know he said a curse word and weve documented several different effects associated with the ones hes tested on., She checked her area for eavesdroppers, He can light things on fire with the F bomb and powder stone with Ass. Going to sleep now. Taylor can see through her own eyes in her Breaker state, as her Thinker power causes her blindness and is disabled in Breaker form. I particularly endorse Split, Skein, and Ziz. JavaScript is disabled. Silence answered him and Weld mentally berated himself. Not only is picking on a blind girl too petty even for the Trio, not only has having to learn to care for a blind daughter helped her dad fight through the worst of his depression at losing his wife, but she even got superpowers out of the whole ordeal! I feel like there aren't many fics of good length that deal with a thinker Taylor. LORD DOOM WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT HIS NAME IS SPELLED WITH ALL CAPS.. They would have to be. And if you're concerned about some sort of class system," She pointed to the girl who had first slowed the assembly line. ", Piggot closed her eyes and she relaxed all at once, practically sagging in the seat as she sighed. Yes. Weld stepped towards the table, eerily aware of the clomping sound his feet made against the huts thin floor. Taylor is incorporeal and unable to directly affect the world in her Breaker form. 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. Flames, where she uses illusionist powers to get around missing an eye. Taylor handed the phone back to Weld and he pocketed it. We have a number of canon characters who are disabled, and I wish we could see that reflected more in fics. Taylor can repeatedly move through objects in the same direction to smear them more and more for greater push force when time resumes. Weld said tightly as he followed the worker Taylor's lead. 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. Confirmed, power that seems tailored to disrupting cameras so that she can use her main power actually needed. Truthfully, I want them afraid of me. She can process numerous separate perspectives on herself without issue. Definitely a strong mover power, but a thinker primary. 40 Further, Taylor is unable to locate Ms. Romano in the wake of the Locker, when she went missing, even with PtV, which a vanishingly small number of beings can do (but includes Eidolon, the Endbringers, and Scion). Using her Shaker ability is tiring, despite the weak effect. Taylor is aptly named Monster. Her primary power allows her to enter a kind of time-frozen "ghost realm" as long as she is not being directly visually observed by any sapient being, bringing anything she is wearing or carrying with her. "Honestly, this is pretty surreal right now. . You are using an out of date browser. And considering how clannish the misfits of the Band have to be just to survive it will be interesting to see where this goes. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Things are changed beforehand and echoed through the dotted lines of the stations, but not tied to them. 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. Taylor gets manipulated by Mrs. Abbotson, an old friend of Annette's, in the wake of her first Path- that to getting cookies. Lord Doom is a Worm fanfiction posted on Spacebattles Dot Com, here. 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. Taylor helps make cookies, but her power makes her make them. "To be perfectly honest, Weld. I've read most of the other fics recommended so far, and they are all great. Very horror movie-like. ][references the PHO interlude], Camera Shy is an Alt-Power fic, not an AU fic, Delays due to unfortunate correlation between the story and real life, Reader Feedback Request (for those caught up to 3.1 only! So much more straightforward. She outspeeded Taylor's clap alchemy (in the tar pit) and then created several, seemingly quite complicated creatures, in the matter of seconds, some of them literally on the fly. "We will lead you out.". Pretending to be totally blind even when I could see my surroundings through someone else wasnt nearly as hard as you might think. She said, quiet. Get insights SPL Payroll Outsourcing Pvt. Ooo, definitely a fun start. The words came out strained. Taylor is a dragon wyvern. This power blocks her from using her own eyes, and if nobody is currently looking at her she is blind. ", Weld's eyes widened and he turned to look at her. Remaining in the ghost world rapidly causes Taylor to feel fatigued, becoming exhausted after only a few minutes. You never walked into the villain's lair without some sort of plan of attack. I dont want things like Taylor Varga or Monster or powers where she appears terrifying to others but is in reality harmless like Camera Shy. Sure enough the Taylors at the assembly line worked like clockwork. She looked decidedly normal. Anything not directly observed by a sapient being appears to be perfectly evenly lit, regardless of real-world lighting conditions. as well as It's not exactly Thinker power (?) She didnt rise to meet him and eyed his hand, his chrome skin glowing dimly with the sheen of the light. Grind Chapter 1: 1-1, a X-overs + Worm Crossover fanfic | FanFiction Grind 1.1 I walked into the Library. ", "A threat." Awww, thank you. Doing factory work while others", His guide cut him off. Taylor came around the table until she stood to the side of Weld. Weld nodded wordlessly, he focused on the rush of the river below. "Alright, fine." She would have to leave the armor behind, however, and similarly could not exit her Breaker state in full view just because she herself is obscured; objects affected by her Breaker power are beholden to the same rules she is. Looking forward to reading more, 1.2 Adagio I know this music, time to change the beat. "I told you this this secret of mine because I want you to understand. Special Edition - Taylor is a powerful precog. Nice to meet you, Weld. Methuselah (original vampire alt!power) has some hints of it but might not quite fit. "Sorry, I didn't mean anything by it. Thin as she was the only reason to remember she was a girl at all was her curly brown hair which rolled off her shoulders. 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). He had been given a disturbing amount of leeway as far as this meeting went. Nobody remembers them better than me. Hebert: Wind of Death (Taylor gets a Book of Nagash from Arkhan the Black of Warhammer Fantasy, maybe dead?). Taylor nodded as she took Weld's phone inspecting it. this is accompanied by static noise. Not primarily. Can also be found on Sufficient Velocity here. She said with only a hint of a sigh. Glowworm is a Worm fanfic written by redshirt. Queen of Owls on QQ. The writing is flickery, like a florescent bulb with an iffy ballast. Or maybe you've got something big planned for Taylor to step up with. Even if no part of Taylor herself that is, skin is visible, this Thinker ability is liberal in its interpretation of looking at Taylor: The example Taylor uses is that if she wore a full bulky suit of armor her Thinker power would still count looking at the suit as looking at her. 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. So: Overhaul, where she was in the car wreck alongside Annette and the PRT are dragging their heels about letting her come up with her own solution for the crippling results. As Weld walked further downhill, she faded from view. and crudest form of cataract surgery. Taylor hesitantly asks. She doesn't officially join the group, but she works with them extensively and exclusively. When are you gonna update the rewrite version of that. Taylor's power is like the Cenobites, Amara from F.E.A.R. He said, "Then I guess we're done here. I noticed that Stormtigers defensive blast earlier had knocked some of my hair loose, and it hung down out of the thick hood. I'll pass your proposal to the Protectorate. "An older model, communicator only?" "Yeah." Taylor tinkers up drones, pushing New Wave back into the fray. The door to Brockton Bay. He hasn't even died. "What do you mean by 'working order'? This is an alt-power Taylor in the Worm* verse with butterflies in play before the canon locker scene. Also I propose the cape name Glow Sticks for the Lols. Anyways, thinking on how a society of totally like-minded individuals would work was pretty fun, though I didn't go into as much detail about it as I could have. 3. No part too large or too small. Off in the distance, a crane operated at the side of a skyscraper, the sun at its back. The story begins with Taylor encountering a homeless man in the rain and offering her umbrella to keep him dry. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Bakuda told us no, but in less polite terms. Chapter 1 ", Taylor nodded satisfied, "Not to boast, but yes, we're proud of what we've managed.". "This and no weapons to speak of." She was on the wrong side of plain with her gangly frame and wide mouth. Taylor would prefer to work alongside the Protectorate, not against them.". For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. I know I can. People needed time to rest, to center, to refocus. Weld leaned back, setting the file down. Queen of Owls reminds me of the Drukhari from 40K. He asked. 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. Theres Monster, and How I Met Your Monster, which follow taylor with Night's powers and cherie vasil. ", "I'd rather that not happen." Rather than running through someone multiple times, she should stand inside them and spin in circles, that'll really mess them up. A Corpse in the Graveyard [Worm][CYOA v6][OC][AU][Canon Divergence], Last Knight on Earth Bet [Post-GM][Ward][Canon Divergence]. Taylor nodded as she took Weld's phone inspecting it. She was probably feeling the pressure from the higher-ups. Taylor helps make cookies, but her power makes her make them right, so when Mrs. Abbotson takes the (many) cookies and baked goods to a bake sale, she rakes in $800. Mulberry, Fl. Color me intrigued. I mean I'm impressed." Is it different from my other fics? Weld sat. Set in the center of one the bridges leading into Brockton Bay - one of the few still standing. There was no foreman to speak of, no one to admonish or criticize her. El Ahrairah - Power anaylsis. Seems like were going to get another awesome story from ScottotheUnwise, nice! Lots of tiny drones. So this is a revisit of an old fic idea I had. She can float at a maximum speed of about 25 miles per hour; as Taylor noted, a decent frame of reference would be Olympic-sprinting fast, but slower than most flying capes. ", "Good." Taylor and Contessa's last conversation in the fic has Taylor asking Contessa if all her actions were worth it. Taylor's mouth stretched into a thin, wide line. I can't think of any story where it's just 'Taylor in a wheelchair, living normally'. It may not display this or other websites correctly. She sat across from him at a plastic fold-out table, her hands folded together primly in front of her. Camera Shys Taylor is a grab-bag cape whose primary ability is a strange Breaker state. There is not much conflict ypu can have in a wheelchair. 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! Breeding Worm HellKing666. "Makes it seem like you come here expecting a fight. Using this ability rapidly tires her. Splinters - Taylor has a Thinker power that lets her create more copies of her own mind. Things had been surreal before, now it felt like madness. Lord Doom is a Worm fanfiction posted on Spacebattles Dot Com, here. "I can't reveal all the details, of course, but we've already secured a few contracts." Besides himself, of course, but that was better left unsaid. Privacy Policy. Dad was standing over me. 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. Intercession, after Golden Morning, Contessa takes Taylor another world and hands her a baby Harry Potter to raise. Last chance for Weld to back out.

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