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Depends on who called him Finnigan. The number-crunching ability makes sense with those limitations, actually. Depends. How likely is it that she tortured him with census data and budget reports until he fessed up? The only caveat there is that she would have either needed to be convincingly sweet enough that he believed she would take the numbers away if he told her his weakness, or (much more likely, given what we know of her) kept up the torture long enough that he couldn't divide-by-zero out of it.

I'm just going to nix the prediction thing and replace it with Voidus' suggestion of quantification—the ability to know all the relevant numbers in a situation. Much less headache-inducing for a communications major like me. From the notebooks of David Charleston: Koschei the Deathless: an immortal healer who, despite having no offensive powers and a defensive power that should have made him a halfway decent human being, decided he was a god and set about slitting throats to prove it. Seriously, this guy was more insane than a guy who was scared of dolls who got a job in a doll factory for thirty years. He wore a tiara. Circlet. Whatever it was, he wore it. I'm really, really happy he's dead now.

I'll have him use that in my next Remington post, then. Hopefully, I'll have it up tomorrow.

Mailliw, do you think it's plausible that rumors of Koschei made it to Portland with some of the refugees? Not of the specifics; he didn't last long enough for that, but just that a cruel, immortal High Epic tried to take The Dalles two years ago and now he's dead?

Voidus, I knew I could count on you. I like the quantification power. It sounds like something an Epic budget officer would be able to do. Freeze momentarily, shoot wildly, and attempt to multiply the entire army by zero as he screamed obscenities. When the army was gone, he would hide under the bed until he was too hungry to stay where he was. If the army were large enough, he would decide the cause was hopeless and divide by zero.

On second (third? fourth?) thought, it might be easier to manage if I just removed the Financier's prediction powers. Any other ideas for math-related powers?

Maybe he can predict with a plus or minus (five? ten?) margin of error? I'm not very good at math, so basic algebra is already like sorcery to me. I was trying to figure out exactly how random chance would figure in with his powers, but like I said, I'm not good at math, so maybe a math-based Epic was the wrong move. How about the margin of error increases with the size and scale of the event he's predicting, and the more vague his predictions are regarding large events, the more accurate they will be. For example, if he predicts a general victory for Lucentia in a battle, it has a greater chance of accuracy than, say, trying to predict precisely how many soldiers they'll lose, when the biggest losses will occur, and the time of each major loss. Those things would be far more vulnerable to chance and therefore more difficult to predict, while generalities are simpler. And, with a battle, where there are thousands of smaller skirmishes and variables going on, it's hard to predict victory if it will be a close match. Or maybe I should change his prediction powers to something that doesn't make my head hurt. I could do a Remington post first. I was just trying to figure out his best move from here. Maybe admit he's been spying on them a bit, then tell Max Alice is a recovering zombie? Edit: How likely do you think it is that one of the Reckoners heard of Koschei? He wasn't around very long, but would it be possible that word traveled with a few The Dalles refugees about an immortal High Epic who caused chaos, and who is now mysteriously gone? Edit edit: What if I changed the Financier's prediction powers to something that allows him to calculate roughly how long it will take to conquer something—how long a person would last (physically) under torture; extrapolate how long it would take to crush a city or town, etc.? It wouldn't take into account powerful variables like emotional endurance, but merely things like how long it would take to destroy a person or place physically? Does that sound like an actual power, or something that anybody with a good grasp of medical knowledge could do?

All right, I think I have the Financier's bio ready…. Edit: Should I post for Remington now, or wait for Kobold to post for Lightwards?

I like them both. Odd question about Hawkwing, though: Is he used to losing a lot of shirts, does he wear special shirts, or does he simply go shirtless in favor of a poncho he can take off when he wants to use his wings? I know that's a weird thing to ask about, but I'm wondering. With Metalmech, if he tells a gun lying on its side in the back of a flatbed truck to fire, will it fire from its current position, or can he levitate it enough for it to fire? How much control would he exert over, say, a laptop with a part-metal, part-plastic chip inside? Would he be able to operate the computer as intended, or would he be forced to turn it into a very expensive club? Also, I think I found a song for Max.

I'm still wondering when Reader not only learned to pilot the International Space Station, but learned to do it with such precision he can successfully brush the rooftops without crushing the houses. Also, wouldn't Möbius be a little upset about someone using her bedroom to dump 300 tons of grape soda on The Dalles?

That's "dirty meanieface full of lame," thank you very much. Can he meet Reader?

Does anyone else miss Static Shock? Because that show, for all its flaws, was awesome. I remember watching it whenever it came on (even if it was just reruns) and being genuinely upset when it was cancelled. It wasn't until I got older that I realized how unique it was for its genre: an African-American protagonist, with a white sidekick, fighting mostly superpowered street gangs, and it was treated like nothing unusual. And instead of realizing what an awesome cult classic they had, DC decides to make another movie about Superman, but mix it up by having him flat-out break Zod's neck. Meanwhile, a Marvel kicks their butts with a talking raccoon. And DC worries that making a Wonder Woman movie will alienate fans.

How convenient that Remington doesn't have arthritis.

A nemesis to keep him in line with swift punches to the jaw. I mean, really. What's he going to do, blackmail his attacker out of punching him?

Reader really, really needs a nemesis to keep him in line.

If so, poor guy. O.o

Reader has quite the cushy job. Meanwhile, Autumn is forced to defuse the situations he creates and walk his gunshot victims to the infirmary. Even in a place where humans claim to be in charge, they're still oppressed. When is Black Fist going to pay The Dalles a visit?

2 Many Personalities Not 2 Go Insane 1 More Time. (Get it? Cause the numbers add up to 5! )Edit: mail-mi, you just got a terror upvote. O.o

In my dream, I was actually recognized as Möbius at the grocery store. I think my response was "I just want Fritos, okay?" Pretty sure I even paid for them. Was it a funny crossover, at least?

My guess was either PP and Saccharine, or a very deranged vanilla Koschei wannabe and his equally deranged girlfriend. O.o

Don't worry too much about what's going to happen next, plot-wise. This is a very character-driven RP, and most of the time, we have no idea what's going to happen. So we just go with the flow, put our characters in situations with each other and watch how they react. (The whole Reader/Backtrack scene wasn't planned, really; it was just the natural and humorous outcome of a meeting between a colossal slontze and a cowardly man without all the relevant information.) So don't be too concerned with the next event; just spend some time getting to know your character and thinking how she'd react if she met other characters in this RP.

Just woke up from a dream where I was Möbius. Like anyone in that situation, I went to CarMax and watched reruns of Home Improvement.

Short answer: Because Brandon Sanderson's books are awesome, far more so than they would seem at first glance, and so is Friendship is Magic. Long answer: Brandon Sanderson writes books set in vividly imagine worlds with highly visual magic systems and characters that feel like friends you might meet for coffee somewhere. Take Mistborn as an example. A post-apocalyptic fantasy world, where the Dark Lord has already won, no flowers have grown in a thousand years, and a thief is the best hope for humanity? That might seem like a recipe for depression, but Sanderson brings the thief to life as a deeply flawed, yet intensely likable man whose ambition can lead to both selfishness and selflessness. A magic system that requires the magic user to eat metal sounds lame, but Allomancy is one of the most sensible and fun magic systems I've read in a while. And Vin? Her paranoia, self-consciousness, and longing to trust struck a deep chord with me. Now let's look at FiM. On the surface, it sounds like something no one over the age of six would like: a colorful world ruled by two alicorn princesses, where a unicorn must make friends to save the world time and again? Yet the world is vividly realized. The magic system, though not thoroughly explained, functions on a clear set of internal guidelines: unicorns can use the most powerful reality-altering magic, which takes intense study to master; pegasi can manipulate the weather; and earth ponies can make things grow. Although Equestria does lack the political intrigue of, say, Game of Thrones, it does have its own history, mythology, and cultures, highly specific to each area. The best part is, however, the characters. Each of the Mane Six (as they are called by fans) is something of a stereotype, but they never feel that way. Twilight Sparkle is the smart girl with no time for friends, but she is also a good strategist, a skilled peacemaker, and lovably neurotic. Applejack is the country bumpkin, but she is also honest, hardworking, and hospitable. Rainbow Dash is the flashy athlete, but she is also loyal and outgoing. Pinkie Pie is the hilarious joke character, but she also has a need to be loved that tugs at the heartstrings. Fluttershy, the shy pegasus, has had the highest number of intensely emotional episodes of any character on that show. Rarity, the smart and beautiful unicorn, would be a villain on any other kid's show, but here she is a hero, and it works. I guess what I'm trying to say is that Brandon Sanderson's books and My Little Pony have many things in common, but they share one thing in particular: They take tired old tropes, dust them off, twist them around, and make them fresh and new, adding lovable characters and vivid worlds. And both are hard not to love.

Now picture her singing that while making it rain pancakes and carpet bombing the competition with actual carpet, and you have an accurate estimation of how her recruitment speech would go.

Oh, of course. I was just tossing out an idea. You know, it's a good thing Funtimes doesn't know about the whole recruiting-Chimera-craze, or else she'd feel seriously left out. And when Funtimes feels left out, she teleports to Chimera's zoo with a Twinkie cake and attempts to recruit him with a "Chimera is Awesome" song she wrote on the spot.