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[Nicholas1024]

Weren't you one of those with a character from Naga's attack or am I remembering wrong?

((Yeah. Well, more that he's a cape that triggered mid attack, but close enough. I just figured it'd count as wait list unless there was a plan for introducing us to the main game immediately.))

[GreatWyrmGold]

Weren't you one of those with a character from Naga's attack or am I remembering wrong?

((Yeah. Well, more that he's a cape that triggered mid attack, but close enough. I just figured it'd count as wait list unless there was a plan for introducing us to the main game immediately.))

((Nope. Go ahead and start playing.))

Elena sits in silence for a while waiting for Selina, and Ines to finish their meal.  Using the time to think, she realizes that the things she was doing today would set the board for future action.  Abruptly Elena stood up, "I'm sorry to leave you hanging, Selina, but I would like to speak with Slither before you show him the picture.  It's kind of a sensitive matter."  If Zion and Selina's alternate personality were connected, then there was no reason for her to tip off the most powerful cape in the world that she was on to him.  With that she left in search of Slither.

Delphinium finds Slither.
"Yes, Delphinium? Can you make this quick? I'm kinda busy..."

[MrVoid]

"We're all busy sir, but I honestly couldn't feasibly wait much longer or I would start to doubt myself."  Delphinium took a deep breath before continuing, "I assume that you remember from a few days ago, when I stated that there was a near identical consciousness to Selina's inside of Argonaut and Bullhit."  She paused to give him a moment to remember, "Well... sir, the source of the consciousness appears to be Zion.  I watched him during the Naga battle, and he wasn't just the same, he was exactly like those secondary personalities if they were naturally dominant.  Not only that, but I saw other Bullhit-Argonaut-esqe personalities in around 15% of the capes that I saw."  Elena was terrified that he wouldn't believe her, just saying it out loud, given the context of Zion being humanities greatest weapon against the Terrors, sounded crazy.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Slither paused.

"...This is disquieting, whatever it means. It's a tricky issue, of course. We can't take the word of one Thinker alone, but most Thinker powers don't work on Zion...and if what you say is right, some of the Thinkers may well have been influenced by Zion."
He sighs. "Why can't things be simple? Alright, please explain to me exactly what you saw, what you think it means, and how you came to that conclusion."

[MrVoid]

"Alright, since my power isn't exactly easy to explain, I apologize if this gets confusing. Zion's mind, like, the ebb and flow of his emotions, appeared to follow the exact same channels as Selina's alternate.  Additionally, and just to be clear, he had no secondary personality.  The presence of his mind appeared to be more common in villains, because apart from Selina, Bullhit and Argonaut,  I did not see any heroes with his patterns."  Delphinium thought for a while as she considered the last two parts of his question.  "I have two theories as to why he might be affecting people this way.  The first, judging by not-Selina's apparent capacity to monitor her actions, is that he is watching his affected and potentially everyone else.  The second, judging by not-Selina's apparent sadomasochism and desire for conflict, is that he is making people, like Selina, who are less likely to fight more aggressive.  It depends on whether the other personalities are even active at all."

[Nicholas1024]

Weren't you one of those with a character from Naga's attack or am I remembering wrong?

((Yeah. Well, more that he's a cape that triggered mid attack, but close enough. I just figured it'd count as wait list unless there was a plan for introducing us to the main game immediately.))

((Nope. Go ahead and start playing.))

((The thing is, I don't know what my powers are yet, I thought you were the one to roll for them. Once you let me know that, I'll jump right in.))

[Kazir]

((Same here, though I think I've got the gist of them. Also, do we just create a situation or jump in somewhere in particular?))

[MrVoid]

((If you're going to be heroes, it might be best if there was a large meeting so that we can greet the newcomers appropriately.))

[GreatWyrmGold]

"Alright, since my power isn't exactly easy to explain, I apologize if this gets confusing. Zion's mind, like, the ebb and flow of his emotions, appeared to follow the exact same channels as Selina's alternate.  Additionally, and just to be clear, he had no secondary personality.  The presence of his mind appeared to be more common in villains, because apart from Selina, Bullhit and Argonaut,  I did not see any heroes with his patterns."  Delphinium thought for a while as she considered the last two parts of his question.  "I have two theories as to why he might be affecting people this way.  The first, judging by not-Selina's apparent capacity to monitor her actions, is that he is watching his affected and potentially everyone else.  The second, judging by not-Selina's apparent sadomasochism and desire for conflict, is that he is making people, like Selina, who are less likely to fight more aggressive.  It depends on whether the other personalities are even active at all."

"Hm. This is...concerning. I can't leave it hanging..." He sighs again. "But there isn't any kind of precedent for what to do in cases like this. God, I hate this sometimes. Nothing's ever simple."

Weren't you one of those with a character from Naga's attack or am I remembering wrong?

((Yeah. Well, more that he's a cape that triggered mid attack, but close enough. I just figured it'd count as wait list unless there was a plan for introducing us to the main game immediately.))

((Nope. Go ahead and start playing.))

((The thing is, I don't know what my powers are yet, I thought you were the one to roll for them. Once you let me know that, I'll jump right in.))

((Argh, I'm losing track of who was who...))

((Same here, though I think I've got the gist of them. Also, do we just create a situation or jump in somewhere in particular?))

((Just...jump in, I guess?))

((If you're going to be heroes, it might be best if there was a large meeting so that we can greet the newcomers appropriately.))

((Good idea.))

[RangerCado]

Selina looks around to see if any of the other wards are around. If not, she goes to takeover for whoever is running the computer for everyone on patrol.

[MrVoid]

"Again, I wouldn't have brought this up if it wasn't important.  However, I would ask that you and anyone else that you do tell about this doesn't tell Selina."  Thinking again, "Zion appears, whatever it is he's doing, to be playing a long game.  Who's to say we need to act on this now?  We two aren't going to be killing a physical god anytime soon, and we aren't even sure what's going on.  How about we wait for more information and take care of the situations at hand.

Which reminds me, while I might not trust Selina's other personality, I do trust her, and she has a gift for you and the remaining Protectorate members.  If you have time for it."  Delphinium smiled be hind her mask, her tone playful.

[GreatWyrmGold]

"Again, I wouldn't have brought this up if it wasn't important.  However, I would ask that you and anyone else that you do tell about this doesn't tell Selina."  Thinking again, "Zion appears, whatever it is he's doing, to be playing a long game.  Who's to say we need to act on this now?  We two aren't going to be killing a physical god anytime soon, and we aren't even sure what's going on.  How about we wait for more information and take care of the situations at hand.

Which reminds me, while I might not trust Selina's other personality, I do trust her, and she has a gift for you and the remaining Protectorate members.  If you have time for it."  Delphinium smiled be hind her mask, her tone playful.

"True. True. Just...well, let's try and get some way to let others know about this if we die, at least."

"It's got to be better than this. No crises at the moment--at least, none that waiting a few minutes will make worse."

Selina looks around to see if any of the other wards are around. If not, she goes to takeover for whoever is running the computer for everyone on patrol.

The other Wards are coming in one by one. Delphinium and Slither also enter.
"I heard you had a gift for us, Selina?"

[RangerCado]

"Oh um... er..." Selina seems quite nervous, but takes a couple breaths and continues.

"I um... th-th-thought it w-w-would b-b-be good to... um... r-r-remember A-argonaut... th-the way h-h-he should be... um..." Selina was terrible at this stuff so just shut up at the point and unrolled the paper for them all to see the drawing.

((38 with a minor (19) Crit as a reminder))

[GreatWyrmGold]

Slither looks at the drawing. His eyes widen.

"Selina, that's great! You drew this?"

[RangerCado]

Selina nods, slightly embarrassed by the compliment. She hoped Elena wouldn't tell anyone about how long she was up making it...