Sirce Luckwielder

When everybody's a super, no one is. I wonder if this is the concept behind the world where getting sick gives you powers. I think the name is Silence Divine, but I am not sure.

Winterspell forced the extra 1000 gallons of water he had brought down, creating a cushion for the impact of the capsule. As it slid through the water, he began to spin the ball, bringing its kinetic energy down quickly without killing the occupants inside. To keep everybody from dying from the disorientation, he focused part of his mind on everybody's semicircular canals, keeping that water still would keep their sense of balance straight. Rather than getting disorientated by the spinning, they would just feel their bodies moving, but there would be no ill effects to their minds. As soon as the capsule came to a stop, Winterspell breaking the ice around them down, but adding that to his previous water mass. He quickly formed a clear wall around them so they could survey the scene. Looking over at Deathgale, he gave him a triumphant look. "I got us here, now what?"

Raising Blindsight took longer than Winterspell had expected. As it was a low-key night, the man had retired early to his quarters in the lower levels rather than in the entertainment center. By the time that he was brought into the lower court, Deathgale certainly looked fed up with waiting. Now the Epic rushed into the room, his white lab coat flapping behind him. To Winterspell's eyes, he looked like he was going to slid straight into the group, and he tensed himself for the impact. At the last moment, Blindsight turned on his heel, using his boots to bring him to an abrupt stop before he hit the already impatient Deathgale. Winterspell flinched. "Cutting it a bit close there, aren't we?" "Just trying to maximize time sir." "Of course." Blindsight had the ability to mathimatically compute anything in his head at record speeds. He could see a situation and understand intuitively exactly what would be the optimal way of dealing with it. For traveling to the Distructors, his skills would be invaluable. Having barely flinched from Blindsight's skid. Desthgale went right into the matter at hand. “We need to get to the south border of the city, slightly before point zircon. I would appreciate it, if you make sure your boss actually gets us there.” "Oooh, long journey. Very exhiting. So, from the looks of it, there will be four passengers going," he said, counting Dustdevil, Winterspell, Deathgale, and Kinesis. "Five passengers Blindsight," shouted Disruption, sprinting into the room. "I finished setting up the shifts. I'm glad I caught you before you left. I would rather go with you and finish this fight before I head to the city. Get some action that way, and you know how I hate scout duty." Winterspell turned to Blindsight, "he may come along too. Another thing, I don't knwo how much water I will need, so calculate an extra 1000 gallons into your equations." Blindsight's eyes bugged out, his face light up with childlike glee. "Factoring for air resistance, gravity, and weight. Testing out approach vectors and diffusion after landing. The optimal angle of elevation will be pi sixths with a horizontal angle of negative 2 pi fifths. We are 18,473 feet from the entry point horizontally, and seven feet below. That makes the initial velocity at around . . . 826.458 feet per second." (This is actually legit math using calculus. Unfortunately I can't factor in air resistance and weight all that well, but it is pretty close to the real thing.) Winterspell smiled. "Wonderful. I'm assuming you can place that in my mind with your powers so I can actually achieve what you have just layed out." "Of course sir. I am sending it to you right now." Winterspell felt a tingling in the back of his head, then red lines appeared, stretching off into the distance, presumably to Sector Zircon. "Everybody coming, gather close to me, I can keep us having a little bit of air for the journey, but it will run out after about two minutes with five of us in the capsule. Blindsight, thank you for your services, stay close enough to keep me with your equations, but behind a few walls so you don't get hurt." As the Epic scurried away, Winterspell closed his eyes. First he made a shell of ice around the occupants, binding them in place so they wouldn't all die from the whiplash. Then he focused almost every fiber of his being on the water around him. He swirled it and churned it, driving it faster and faster in a circulatory current. Melting the room that they were in and sealing the door with ice to prevent flooding, Winterspell let the currents carry the capsule, driving it faster and faster. When the forces were almost too much for him to continue to control, he hit the velocity he wanted. With a push and a scream of triumph, the capsule made one last rotation throught the currents, then launched intomthe air, following the trajectory of the red lines. Now that they were in the air, Winterspell was able to relax, he felt the water receding beneath them, a tempest of waves and whirlpools. Winterspell smiled at the other occupants of the capsule, high on the adrenaline from accomplishing such a feat. After only a few seconds, he felt the water from the sewars with his water sense. He had time to yell a quick "brace yourselves" before he reformed the water around the capsule to slow their landing, keeping the occupants inside from dying on impact.

"So, tactics? I think I can still fast travel during combat so my maneuverability should be pretty good, though I really think the devs need to patch that." Lockvault began going over a few ideas in his head as the Adventurer turned towards him, noticing his change in ordinance. "Woah sweet, you weren't kidding about having an awesome inventory were you? Well that simplifies things we can just camp here and spawn-kill whoever it is every time they appear. Not particularly nice or fair as a tactic but hey, they keep spawning in the same spot they're asking for it." "First of all, your rifle looks good, I don't think we need to change that at all. But if someone gets close, the rifle is going to hinder you as you try to aim. I suggest that you carry at least one pistol and a combat knife." To accompany his ideas, he made dropped a pistol and knife shoulder to arm holster onto the table next to the Adventurer. "You won't need any extra clips for it. Just yell at me and I can refill it from my Inventory, I always have some ammunition ready to drop." As his companion began to strap the holster to his arm, Lockvault continued tpwith his next idea. "Do you happen to know any army hand signals that we could use? In the din of battle, I have a feeling that it may be hard to communicate and if we need anything, it would be betrer to be prepared." "The only army signal I know is the general 'move out' signal." To demonstrate, the Adventurer raised his fist beside his head with two fingers straightened. He then crouched and pumped his fist circularly as if he was giving a S.W.A.T. team the go-ahead to move in on a target. Lockvault stifled a laugh at the ridiculous sight. The Adventurer was funny in his own innocent way. Lockvault felt a small moment of joy watching him, reminding himself of how his younger brother had been before he had died. "Well, that could be useful, but unless you have anything else, I think we are going to have to stick to just plain English for now." The Adventurer looked thoughtful for a moment, then turned to Lockvault. "You wouldn't happen to know ASL? My brother was deaf and I learned so we could talk." Making some experimental signs, he smiled. "Looks like the designers went all out on the character motion. It almost makes up for all of the other glitches that they missed." Looking back in his Memory, Lockvault found a chart of the basic Sign Language alphabet. He had never taken the course himself, but he had a couple of friends who did. He had asked one of them to show him the basic alphabet so he could communicate from across the room in their boring English period. "I actually do know rudimentary Sign Language, just the basic alphabet, but I am good enough that we won't have a problem communicating." Seeing the smile on his companion's face, he smiled back, then looked back through the window at the Epic who was down on the street interogating vanillas. As he watched, another Epic flew up beside the first. Placing some binoculars into his hands, Lockvault got a good look at the pair for the first time. He didn't recognize the female, but the other one looked close to a profile he had read before coming to the city. Hopefully he was mistaken, but if he was right, they had somehow attracked the attention of the Metal. Before he could get a better glance to confirm his fears, the supposed Metal turned directly towards where they were hiding. “Hey, you two. Are you going to properly introduce yourself or do I have to drag you out here myself?” Turning towards his companion, Lockvault frantically began to sign. The Metal could control sound, so whatever they said would potentially be used against them. Quickly he laid out his plan. If they did decide that going down towards the two Epics, it would help for them to be able to communicate without the Metal catching what they were saying. As an excuse to use it, one of them would need to "play deaf." So long as neither opposing Epic knew ASL, they would have a clear-cut tactic. Having exhausted his fingers, he shook them out and waited for the Adventurer's reply, preparing to place anything of use in the room into Storage.

I love how you use the word "converted." In some ways, Brandon teaches lessons and theologies just like any major religion.

He certainly seems broken. I think that setting up an Alan would be good. I am pretty busy right now, so having that would be easier than running through the ten pages of this I miss between the times I can get on.

Wow. Maybe we should set up an Alan. It seems that this could turn pretty bad if he is that strong, compared to Lockvault, who doesn't even have a Prime Invincibility.

Edgedancer, I am assuming that the Metal found Lockvault and the Adventurer by using his sound manipulation, but how did he find them so fast?

You're right. In a normal life, with most people, they could be ostracized by society and to keep that from happening would hold their beliefs back, not publicizing them. But I think that we can all say that Jasnah isn't really like most people. She is definitely not normal. Is there another athiest besides her that would could look at? I

Thanks for saying that Eilemelie. I have only heard how Jasnah is like atheists, so that was good to hear your side. I haven't really associated with more than a few atheists (I live in a very church-oriented community). But those I have seen, are like Jasnah. I'm certain that not every athiest is the same, nobody is so you can't mold every single one together. Just look at all of the differences in people who do have religion, a lot of them are nothing alike. I think what Brandon was going for was an athiest in a very heavy community of people who are religious. In that time, almost every single person in the book has some form of religion, it is just the way that the culture is. So, when Brandon goes for an athiest being like an "American athiest," he is showing that come into play. You say that you are almost completely surrounded by athiests and that Jasnah is very different from how they are. Since Jasnah is surrounded by people who are almost all active in religion, it would make sense that she would be different.

Just to be clear, this is not an attack, that is not why I am here, I am just expressing my views and opinions of Sanderson.Sanderson still has swearing, but it is tempered with the other world swears like "Rust and Ruin!" "Sparks!" or "Colors!" Personally, I like that he keeps the swearing minimal. Replacing it with in-world swears make it more believable to me and make me love his books more than if they included lots ot swearing. I have read books with a lot of swearing, like Mortal Dictata or The Fall of Reach. They, and the rest of the series that they are in, are amazing books. Mortal Dictata especially, that one is among my favorites of all time. Because they deal with the military, the swearing is, of course, extremely prevalent. What I prefer to see though, is when books happen and have their own unique versions of profanity. That shows that the author understands the culture of the book and knows how it effects each aspect of the character's lives. I would also say that with Mistborn, and Warbreaker Sanderson made the right choice. He never had a sexually explicit scene, which I think was the right move. The rapes and sex are still there, he mentions a bunch how noblemen have mistresses and we bearing a child for the God King is a huge story peice of Warbreaker. By telling about them, he describes the world in the way that it is without making the content too mature for some people. Since he is a Mormon author, writing that way allows him to please both those of his religion and those without. It is true that ignoring that the problem is there would not be realistic, so I think the way that Sanderson handles this is brilliant. Having detailed sex scenes to me, is just fluff and if they are ever in a book I read, I will probably skip them. Brandon takes out a lot of things that we don't need to see in his books. Whether that is sex, eating the same meal over and over, or a long and lengthy period of traveling, he knows when it is appropriate to skip sections, even when he makes mention of them.

Another thing I just thought of is the principle of intent. In the story of the widow's mite, a very poor old lady gives up two mites (think of it like two pennies) to the church. She is mocked by some very rich men. They have paid extremely large ammounts to the same fund, and they think that the widow's contribution is pitiful. Christ comes and teels the men that they have sinned, because the widow gave all that she had, even if it was only two mites. If the widow had more, she would have given it, but because she had only a little, she gave that. This has Mistborn Two spoilers:

That's okay. So long as it is a different boast that you give, you are fine to repeat characters.

I guess that I made myself unclear. I was pretty critical and I should have toned it back and reread what I said before I posted. I do realize that The Final Empire was a stand-alone book. It was a great read and the story that it set forth did wrap up nicely. What I meant is that to really see where Sanderson shines is to look at when he completed the full trilogy. He is great in one book and even in his short stories, but I find so much more pleasure in the full series than just the first book. I really liked the end of The Final Empire, but I think that the series was even more amazing when I finished reading the third book. All of the things that seemed trivial in the first book (passing mentions of the Deepness and the Koloss, or all of the religions that Sazed offered) might make him not like the book, because they are not central to The Final Empire's plot. When you look at the end of The Hero of Ages though, all of that comes in and makes sense. Even though the story of The Final Empire was meant to be stand-alone, Sanderson still planned and set up for where the characters and story would be at the end. When he says that Sanderson is a bad author, I don't think that he is seeing him at his greatest. By just judging him by one of his 20 or so books, he hasn't seen all that Brandon has to offer. With all of the stories that Brandon has, both face value and part of the Cosmere back-story, there is so much more that he is missing out on. I realize that if I didn't like a book, I would not necessarily want to read more, but seeing the passion of the people that like Sanderson's novels, I would give it another go. I realize that not all books are for all people, so maybe Sanderson just doesn't resonate with him. I know from my own experience, that some books by the same author can be totally disparate in how I view them. One example is Charles Dickens. I loved A Tale of Two Cities, but I cannot stand Great Expectations. I am glad that I at least gave him another shot, or I would not have been able to see the real gemstones that Dickens created.

First, I agree with the sentiments of truth being altered is against God. God is truth, so altering truth is against him. Satan tries to use God's words as a shield to what his real intent is. He will give 1000 truths to hide one lie. He does that to make us think that what he says is true so he can lead us away from God.This has been placed in a spoiler tag for convenience.

I know how you feel. I am an introvert and have very few true friends with only slightly more "acquaintances," but I think that I am pretty good at reading people based on my own life and just watching people over the years. I did take a psychology class in high school, but that onky gave evidence to what is mostly observational knowledge that anyone can have if they just listen and watch.

Yep. It was Llarmar.

Curiousity, that was fantastic. Did you take a psychology course at all, or are you just good with people?

For real! I have a grand total of two people. You could try explaining Hoid and the Cosmere without being too spoilery. Show how intricate and detailed he is in his worldbuilding. Another thing to being to his attention, is that Brandon was able to write the third book before the first was published. Make sure that he reads the entire trilogy before he makes a real judgement. We all know that the end of the third book is in s much different place than how you would have thought at the end of the first. If he refuses to read the rest of the trilogy, his argument is invalid. He is basically judging a book by its cover, since one novel doesn't even come close to scratching the surface of all that Sanderson has done.

Wow. That was a very good boast. Nice job Topomouse. I worship the sleeping, I am called to zip My brother a scribe, My daughter alive.

Oh! I think I got it. Is it Tobias' aspect? Stan or something like that? I can't find the name, but I think it is the aspect of Tobias that is always telling him weather conditions.

This pertains to Taylor Swifts weakness: Edgedancer will probably have some great feedback, so whenever he gets on, listen to him. He is really good at seeing the big picture and will know the best of where your character should go, and how she should be modified. Speaking from noob to noob(?), I have a few things to say. I have been here only a couple of months, so hopefully this will help you get acclimated. Join Astoria, it won't take long to get caught up, and you won't be entering without too much extra story to watch out for. Your character is also equal to the power level of Astoria, so I wouldn't worry about that. Another thing, is get a friend to help you out. I really appreciated Voidus's character (The Adventurer) meating up with mine (Lockvault). Having someone who knows what they are doing will be very helpful. If you look at my first Lockvault post, it was crap. I didn't know where I was going and it would have ended badly if I hadn't teamed up with Voidus. You don't need to stay with that person forever, but it might be nice to get to know how things are working.

Thanks, first of all, for not getting offended with what I was saying. I realize how your Epics are going to pack a punch, I just want to make sure that we are on the same page with how this fight is going to go down. Having this many Epics who basically can't die is going to be tough to write. On your side, every guy has a PI. (How long does Hawk take to regenerate? That could potentially help to know.) On our side, we have several High Epics, but a few who aren't. I don't know how big weaknesses are going to play into this fight, but I don't mind giving mine up if it will help. I'm not saying that we make them publicly known, but perhaps in an Alan. If we also use those, we need to make sure that we work it in, rather than use it as a deux ex machina. I purposefully made Winterspell's to be hard to guess, but incredibly easy to exploit, so we can maybe use that to have your guys chink his armor. I think that these are all factors that we need to look into. Are you guys okay with setting up some kind of Alan to talk about this?