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Funtimes has mastered multitasking while looking at shinies?! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES PERSONAL SPACE PEOPLE!

Unless something shiny was available to distract her

I have a cannon fodder Epic called Switch who can swap places with people, which is kind of the opposite of your limitation

I like it! I do think since we already have two teleporters it's probably a good idea to swap that one out, though I did really like the limitation on it.

FX + Funtimes = Illusionary fireworks, disco balls and a really, really awesome party.

Although she could still have the bowler hat

Leading the two Epics back to Penumbras commandeered house, SoulSwitch again had time to plan, how long would he follow Penumbra? He might be powerful but he was also quite clearly insane, possessed of multiple personalities. By himself SoulSwitch posed no threat to Penumbra, but if he gathered enough Epics, under the guise of expanding Penumbras own rule, together they could take him out. He reached the house, plans still whirling through his mind and crossed the threshold. SoulSwitch's own shadow reared up behind him and placed him in a choke hold, gasping noises from behind told him that the other two were similarly trapped. Moving quickly he shifted into a nearby fly and then immediately back, seeming to have teleported halfway across the room. "Just me Penumbra, I brought gifts." he said, switching accents again to annoy the Epic. "And what would I want with two sniveling cowards?" Penumbra replied, haughtily staring down the two newcomers, just a bit more pressure and he could snap their necks instantly, but no, he'd best wait and see, difficult though it was to resist the urge to kill, to dominate these lesser life forms utterly. "Both Epics, sir. Neither particularly powerful, one who can refill liquids and another with some kind of spatial distortion abilities." SoulSwitch said in another of his irritating accents. Penumbra grudgingly released the two captives. Even lesser Epics like these two could be useful if their abilities were used correctly. Ideas poured through his mind, but though he retained the intelligence of his original self he didn't retain the lifetime of learning, he needed the protector for scientific thoughts like this, loathe though he was to admit it. He shelved the idea for now, he was not about to show any weakness in front of these. "Well, you actually captured some, well done SoulSwitch, I've... silenced the nearby neighbors, as a reward you can take you pick of the houses for the night, take the liquid Epic with you and come up with a list of Epics, the other one will stay here, I would hear about his abilities. Be here at dawn tomorrow" said Penumbra, dismissing the two. SoulSwitch sketched a slight bow, the other positively grovelling in his haste to get out.

Well none of the P's are likely to get on with Remington well enough to give it to him, Alice is definitely a possibility when she re-enters the scene. But then, she couldn't grow the traditional PP beard

On another note I've just realized that the P's are a tad OP at the moment, he has a prime invincibility, shadow manipulation as well as all of PP's tech (Although Penumbra's unlikely to use that) it might be time he passed the tech on to someone else, the next Dread Pirate Purple Phoenix

I don't know how many people kept their codes but it's definitely a good idea, I think Mat's the only one left to make a post on it so if you want to do a second one with the code that'd be fine, or we can just post them in each characters spoiler box. EDIT: I have also just realized that one of the Epics I made that was originally intended to just be a pretty useless Illusionist is actually Funtimes' ultimate enemy. He can make shinies.

Maybe I should change his cutie mark from a bird to a raccoon...

well if there's a raccoon anywhere SoulSwitch can use it to be a talking raccoon I've been considering seeing it for a while now but I haven't heard any reviews from people I know, I think this might clinch it.

I sent him a PM a couple days ago and still haven't heard back :S

I agree with twi, he used the whole skeletons at the museum so there's some precedent for it too. Now I'm going to try to sleep while still thinking about zombie cow clones. I'm sure I won't have nightmares. *Rocks slowly back and forth*

Yeah, to be honest I did consider having it be a lot clunkier, my only reason for not doing it was plot convenience, it'd be a hard secret to keep if he was lugging a massive machine around I tried to get around the power consumption by having it at a lot smaller scale (The Gauss gun destroyed entire buildings with one shot of a bullet sized projectile, PP would need something about the size of a watermelon to even come close) and by actually exploding things instead of vaporizing them.

I'm pretty sure mind control was referenced as an Epic power indirectly when David was talking to Tia about how he classifies mental illusionists with other mentalists not with photon illusionists. EDIT: And what about PP's tech borders non-cannon? I tried as best I could to make it seem like a much earlier version of the gauss gun :S

Sitting at the bar, SoulSwitch listened carefully to the pair next to him, they'd been thrown out of ThoughtTown recently for failing the test and were discussing what appeared to be a series of bizarre gifts that they and other rejects had received upon their ejection, this sounded exactly like some of the bizarre behavior that some of the odder Epics produced. "Reg? That you? Thought the missus would have you at home tonight?" A bartender asked, striding over to shake SoulSwitch's hand. damnation, this is why I prefer animals, people don't recognize animals. "Managed to get away pretty quickly, kids went to sleep early." he said, matching the bartenders accent and hoping that would suffice. "Ah, well I can understand the need to take a drink before you slink back, I imagine Kate will give you a bit of grief over sneaking out" the bartender laughed. "Here, let me top you up." The bartender tapped the side of SoulSwitches glass, which immediately became full again. An Epic? Bingo! "Cheers! I was hoping to run into you actually" SoulSwitch improvised "Mind if we talk somewhere private for a tick?" "Ah, no worries Reg, we'll head out back." The bartender replied, lifting the counter to let SoulSwitch through and then taking him to an alley filled with broken glass behind the bar that seemed to be used for trash. Not waiting for the Epic to speak SoulSwitch left the man, Reg's body, which slumped to the ground, unconscious, appearing next to him, revolver already drawn and level leveled at the Epic. "Now, who are you, what are your abilities and what other epics are in the area, no sudden moves or you'll be breathing through a hole in yur lungs" he said menacingly to the startled bartender, who stood blinking for a few moments before replying. "Um, names Steve, Refill to those who know about my power, please, I don't have any kind of combat abilities, you don't need to kill me." Refill pleaded. "The only other Epic I know is Zip, he's hidden nearby but you can't get into his place, only he can." "Take me there, now." SoulSwitch commanded. Following the bartender for a short distance he tried to figure the man out, Epics were not usually able to blend into normal society particularly well, their attitudes always revealed them. SoulSwitch was a master infiltrator and even he had trouble with it, how did this man manage? More importantly why would he want to? They reached a blank section of wall slightly further down the alley, and Refill stopped, and pointed to the ground where a positively minuscule door was concealed. "This is it, Zip can compress things, it's not really shrinking, I don't quite understand it, but no one can get in unless he expands the door again, he'll never open it if he sees me being held, he's a bit paranoid." Ignoring Refill, SoulSwitch took a look around finding exactly what he'd expect in a darkened alley filled with trash and rotting food. Rats. More than usual it seemed, but that needn't worry him, taking over the body of one of the smaller rats he went directly up to the door, now sized appropriately to his new body, and opened it, with difficulty admittedly rat paws were not particularly designed for operating doors. He expected to arrive in a similarly sized room, but was surprised to find what appeared to be a regular sized house, actually slightly bigger than most could afford. Turning around he saw that the door was also regular sized, how in the world? Resuming his own form, he strode up the stairs, finding a bedroom where Zip was sleeping. Firing a shot into the ceiling, he aimed the gun at Zip, and directed him out the door until he was side by side with the surprised Refill. "How on earth did you get in?" Zip asked, astounded. "Not for you to know, you speak when I speak to you, or when Penumbra does and not otherwise, clear? Good. Now, this way so you can meet your new master. Be glad, you will be a part of a great faction, you will have power!" SoulSwitch said to the newest recruits of Penumbras empire. An Empire of Shadow to combat the empire of light. Both of the new Epics looked absolutely terrified.

So Twi would you mind if SoulSwitch picked up a couple of non-combative minor epics? (I'm thinking later on depending on what happens with the P's that he might form his own minor faction) Refill: Can top up any drink he touches indefinitely Zip: Can compress the space an object takes up, this causes it to appear smaller although it actually isn’t. (If he used this on a bag, he’d still be able to store just as many items in the bag as before)

Speaking of, I think we're long overdue for a Funtimes scene.

And his restriction works too, that he can't gift it to living people because some Epic powers don't work on living things, it's just that most people who can only gift to dead people probably wouldn't notice

I assume we've all read it but just in case.

I just finished my readthrough, I forgot that at the end they do state that no Epics can bring others back to life but we can chalk that up to the records of Lightwards existence being destroyed along with the rest of the city. I think 'High Epic' would be pretty common in the slang though. EDIT: And a quick search shows that that last post by Mailliw was the only one to use the phrase 'prime invincibility' so far.