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It'd add to her disorientation and discomfort if she was dragged to a meeting with an infirmary full of injured patients.

I'm really not sure how I want to do that scene, honestly. If you want to just skip ahead to Altermind's meeting, I'll start off my post with her thoughts over the news and we can do it that way. Do it, Voidus! Creating cannon fodder Epics IS your special destiny, after all.

Most of those are a waste of time. "What is their name? What is their quest? What is their favorite color?" Questions like "What would they do if they went to the store specifically for Cocoa Puffs, which they had been craving, and saw they were out?" are far more illuminating, IMO. I'm still learning, but I have learned those character sheets aren't worth it.

They do read differently, but I think Sam's feels more developed. I like them both, though.

I think so?

Make our getaway. Revolution may as well have suggested they affix portraits of Lightwards to the raptors' backsides and parade them through the city. People didn't escape from Epics. They ran, sure, but that ended as well as could be expected. The safer option was to stay under the radar, do as commanded and pray not to be noticed. Not that it helped you any. Six months. From the day he was hired to the end of his first December at the casino, Nathan had been certain each day would be his last. Two years. That was how long he had spent watching. Listening. Serving Epics and learning from them, becoming slowly more adept at evading their wrath. One year. Over that year he had grown steadily more confident. Beatings decreased. Compliments, such as they were, increased. Six months. He was a pro. He had outlasted many, survived Epics known to kill on sight. He was a fixture there, the one new servers sought for advice. He and the other long-timers gathered in their apartments to regale the newbies with tales of the more ridiculous Epics they'd seen. He knew his job and did it well. His experience kept him safe. One night. One minute. One question and Fortuity dashed that notion to bits. Compared to Funtimes, Fortuity was the picture of sanity and stability. "She can teleport, so we have to make sure we leave when she can't follow. And if we can swing it..." He glanced over his shoulder, saw they were just as alone as they had been before, and lowered his voice anyway. "If we can swing it, we should convince her we'd be better off leaving without her. So she can stay behind and fight while we look for safer ground, then let her think we just got separated or something. To do that, we'd need to earn her trust, which means...." He broke off with a small chuckle and a rueful smile. "Any date ideas for a guy whose girlfriend thinks Calamity is the Flying Spaghetti Monster?"

Consider it done. The moment the meeting is discussed in earnest, Funtimes will list her demands and Nathan can make the suggestion.

I've already designated October as project month, because what will I do with all the time I'm going to spend not sleeping?

That's doable. Nathan could even give Sam an official-looking clipboard and call her his secretary, when really he tells her to write down every snide thing she thinks of so she can share it in safer quarters without angering Lightwards.

If you want all the nightmares, have him link Slaughterhouse and Koschei, Koschei and Nighthound, OR, for the super high-octane nightmare fuel, have him link Koschei to a Slaughterhouse and Slaughterhouse to Nighthound. I'm getting nervous just typing this.

And she will put her foot down at leaving them with Nighthound or a museum full of hungry raptors. Compromise? Maybe she takes them along but leaves them outside? Her main concern with leaving them alone somewhere wouldn't be so much that they'd run away, but that another Epic would find them. And since Lucentia knows where they live, she'll be hesitant to leave them there.

She will definitely want in on it, and will probably bring Nathan along to keep up appearances.

Is the Empire insanely powerful or powerfully insane? You be the judge.

If Upgrade was a double/ triple/ however many factions there are when he's introduced agent, he could give a power boost to whichever Epic promised him what he wanted at the time.

Well, yes, but what about her sets his weakness off? Is it her cheeriness, her giggles, her hair glitter?

I still need to make one for Quota.

No.

Funtimes really could turn the moon into cake. Oregon into ice cream. Quota could blanket the entire state in a cloud of despair.

Sounds good. Koschei's weakness is kind of a spoiler, and it's nearly impossible to set off, anyway. I highly doubt anyone would set it off by accident.

Kobold, did you want us to PM you our characters' weaknesses, or were we keeping those secret since Nighthound will be joining the fray?

That…. ….I don't know how I feel about saying this, but I think I find everyday!Koschei less unsettling.

If Slaughterhouse, Nighthound, and Koschei really do form this postulated Axis of Terror, going home won't be an option for very many people.

A bit OP for Oregon. He sounds perfect for Calamityville.

I almost want to hear your guesses, just to see how close they are, but this guy already creeps me out.

I have just as many mixed feelings about creating a character who will get along swimmingly with Nighthound and Slaughterhouse. Once his first viewpoint scene is up, you will know his MO. It's, uh, it's not pretty.