Musicspren

With my Bendalloy, I will stop the world, With my Bendalloy, I will find the time to find the words... Anyway, for practicality, I think I would rather be a Soother. As entertaining as thoughts of iron and steel are, I wouldn't want to use them without pewter, given the danger of going splat.

Musicspren stepped outside, and started shouting "I am a filthy skaa halfbreed Aluminum Gnat!" at the top of his lungs. After a few minutes of such, the area around him had mostly cleared of people. Mutters that he was insane were heard. Musicspren, however, did not hear those mutters because of his aforementioned shouting. Hence why the passive voice was used to describe the hearing of mutters. An Inquisitor eventually came to investigate the source of the noise. "Why aren't you working?" the Inquisitor queried. "I'm an Aluminum Gnat!" Musicspren proclaimed. "So, what? You expect me to spike you so I can burn away metals really well?" the Inquisitor asked. "If you want." Musicspren allowed. "Why are none of our speech tags "said"?" the inquisitor inquired. "We're victims of Said Bookism. Also, be careful of the fourth wall" Musicspren admonished. "Just for that, I'm going to spike you" the inquisitor grunted. "Like you needed an excuse." Musicspren grumbled. The inquisitor rammed a spike through Musicspren's heart. Musicspren, however, did not crumple. Or fall. Or slump. Or any of those motions typically associated with dying. Instead, he stood where he had rather calmly. "(You're supposed to die now)" the inquisitor whispered. "Surprise!" Musicspren exclaimed, "I was taken by the Shaod and am now nearly immortal" "You just went through that whole thing to prove that didn't you" the inquisitor groaned. "Yes," Musicspren confirmed, "And, by the way, there's a new, gripping news post on all things Brandon." In other words, D ) All of the above.

What? You weren't wearing your mistcloak? I know you're "The Man With the Suit," but you should not go Steelpushing/Ironpulling your way to the top of a tower in a tux instead of a mistcloak. ...You did Steelpush/Ironpull your way to the top of the tower didn't you?

like the Dor

Marsh, in FE:

Thank you, Shard of Chaos. It will probably be a few years before we need more levels. I've upvoted you one step closer to the next level. Although, now I think about it, you could use this as a strategy. Instead of RAFO, you could have UCAFO: Upvote Chaos And Find Out. Hmm...

Perhaps on the car should be inscribed the words: Hoid was here...

There really should be more levels for reputation; Chaos has twice number needed to be a Shard, but hasn't changed. If he doesn't want to give himself a new level right now, I think there could at least be a new one at 256 points (162). "Hero of Ages," perhaps?

WoA spoilers: Otherwise, I would begin by sending out Pulsers in fortified pods (I'm imagining spheres with thick shells that the Pulsers could walk in to get them to roll), such that the Pulser inside each couldn't be hurt (but also couldn't directly fight), but would put up large bubbles to slow the zombies greatly. I would then have coinshots send out lots of metal, not to kill or disable (they're already dead, sule), just to fill them (the front lines in particular) with fragments of metal. Accuracy would be impossible because of the distortion from the bubbles, but it would also be irrelevant for the tactic. Then, I would pair Coinshots with Nicrobursts, and Push hard on the metals imbedded in the zombies (not normally possible, I know, but zombie bodies probably don't work like living human ones, and nicrosil might make it possible anyway). This would sweep them away, creating havoc among vast numbers of them, far more than those which where directly hit by metal. All the while, the cadmium bubbles would be up, so as the zombies flew backwards, they might suffer the shock of entering and exiting several bubbles. Then, while the zombies were stunned, several Thugs would go out and incapacitate those that had not been by the Nicro-Push (the cadmium bubbles would be taken down at this point). Tineyes would be guards, looking and listening for any stragglers. Sliders would constantly surround the commanders of the battle, allowing them more time to plan and make decisions as the battle was in progress.

Musicspren, just like the word. Wait. Why does my dictionary not list that word? It is a perfectly good word that appeared in The Way of Kings. This is preposterous, like saying Allomancy isn't a proper word. In fact, Dictionary.com thinks that I misspelled mezzosoprani. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/musicspren

I voted for Word Count, because, although it is harder to find out, it is more realistic as to the length than page count. For example, on Amazon, the TWoK Hardcover is listed as 1008 pages, while the Mass Market Paperback is listed as 1280. The same book "grew" by over 25% in page count between forms. Books in a series is a close second (although total word count for a series would cover that aspect as well). However, I do think there should be an option of "Amount of Damage Inflicted When Thrown," which would encompass all factors somewhat. The Way of Kings hardcover could give an Inquisitor pause.

Because Rashek espoused

I suspect that the "seeing blue lines" idea is a bit of a simplification, the sort of thing you teach a new Lurcher or Coinshot. On the Allomancy Table, for instance, the description of bronze says that "Burning bronze allows an Allomancer to "hear" pulses given off by other Allomancers who are burning metals. Different metals produce different pulses." A good basic description, but it neglects that you can also determine the direction the pulses come from, and, according to Marsh (FE p. 335 paperback): The blue lines might have visible points where they touch the metal, or show variances based on the type of metal (with savant-level abilities, perhaps; this could help explain the ability to determine colors). Also remember that the blue lines point to the center of gravity, not the eyes themselves. It's probably a bit easier to look at that way. It could even be that, with savant-level abilities, the ends of the blue lines become almost tactile, allowing Marsh to "feel" the surface of the metal through the lines, much as a Seeker can "hear" pulses. (These are speculative, except for the center of gravity, but I think they are reasonable as details that characters never talked about.)

Does KChan have some sort of trans-Twitter mind control for word choice? (Perhaps the better question: What Shard or interaction of Shards has given KChan this power?)

Thanks; I do appreciate having upvotespren (or are they reputationspren?). (Also, my semester has started, so I am, unfortunately, a bit slower to respond to things requiring long posts. Apologies to Kurkistan in particular for the delay.)

I'm going to venture a guess (although I have little other argument to support it) that they aren't just gnats, because their Ferring name is Soulbearer. That's a far too interesting way to say "gnat," when the term "gnat" presumably existed already for those with nearly useless powers.

I know that was the main way, I'm just saying that it could have made his "natural" age less than it otherwise would have been. He still could have been too old to live without Compounding, but not as old as a normal person would have been without Compounding. Which is actually quite strange, because with the standard theory, being old should have been as unnecessary for TLR as being unhealthy was for Miles. The other pole, perhaps? We know both the Well stayed attached to the pole, and we know that Alendi et al. found a black pool that sounds like a Well of Ruin (which may have turned into the Pits, but I'm not certain if that's confirmed), which also stayed relatively near the Well of Ascension.

Actually, a bit of atium's effects could be "side effects." You could say that the "primary" effect is that it allows you to see the future, but it also improves your mind's capacity to process that information, and possibly improves your body's ability to respond. An idea on lerasium's non-side effect ability: what if it makes you age slowly (say 1/8th or 1/16th speed). This would help explain TLR's immortality (whichever theory you follow, it's a lot easier to explain if he never truly has to be over a millennium old). We would not have seen this effect with Elend, because he lived only about two years after having the lerasium. The original allomancers would present a problem, but just because it makes you not age does not mean you can't be killed by other nobles (or inquisitors). And one thing we learned a lot from the trilogy is that you can't trust the legends, so those original allomancers may not be what we think they were. (Also, if Hoid took a bead, that could keep him alive longer).

Does this discussion remind you of the iron feruchemy thread? Okay, I think I agree with you by Edit 4. It assumes you can anchor to anything, or at least that you can when there isn't a planet nearby, but if we make that assumption, I think it makes sense. But your spinning disc made me think: what if you had a disk rotating around a point exactly on the edge of a bendalloy bubble (I'm using what I believe is your theory of bubbles here, not my spren-influenced theory), and the disc were spinning perpendicular to the edge of the bubble, so half the disc was inside and half outside (I'm aware that the curvature of the bubble will mean those won't be true halves, but it doesn't change the point of the thought experiment). The disc is sturdy enough to not be torn apart by time variances. Someone on the outside the bubble starts the disc spinning at 1 Hz. The part of the disc inside the bubble, because it is connected to the rest of the disc, will try to spin at 1 Hz (because the rest of the disc is pushing it out of the way that quickly), but, viewed from outside, that would be 10 Hz. This will cause the part of the disc outside to be pushed to spin faster (in the process slowing the other part somewhat), so the part outside the bubble is spinning at (say) 5 Hz viewed from outside, .5 Hz viewed from inside. But the process will repeat, so the part inside will turn push the outside up to (say) 25 Hz. (How much is lost from the factor of 10 is debatable, but the effect is the same.) Eventually, the disc's Hz would approach infinity. The same thing would work with a cadmium bubble if the disc was started from the inside. Actually, it should work whichever side it was begun from, but starting it from the slower time side would make it faster sooner. (Using your model again) If you're running toward a bendalloy bubble, travelling at 5 mph, then when some part of you (say your hand) enters, it will continue traveling at 5 mph. However, because of the time difference, that is equivalent to 50 mph outside. Your arm, trying to keep itself in one piece, will be pulled forward to keep up with your hand. However, that means that when (say) your elbow enters, it is traveling at 10 mph, which, from inside the bubble, is pulling the rest of you forward at 100 mph. This will continue until the speed difference becomes too great and you explode.

Well, with his Hemalurgically-acquired powers, Chaos was probably tapping his duraluminminds for Connection, but it was affecting everyone, including, unfortunately, the woman sitting nearby. It's also possible his was Soothing everyone in the area, making them less distrustful of his Hemalurgic spikes, while Rioting your helpfulness to convince you about helping with the wiki. And the fortune cookie? That shows he was tapping a chromiummind at some point. (It even says "fortune," which is literally what Chromium stores, although we often call it "luck." And having one that gives a good laugh is definitely good fortune).

Well... Clearly "don't move" is relative, but the trick is whether it is relative to the ground or relative to the center of the planet, and the ground is exempt from time distortion because it is part of the planet and the planet as a whole is not affected by the bubble. Handwavium? Nonsense, if it is anything, it must be Wonderflonium. After all, we are trying to Good sir, whatever makes you believe that the Cognitive and Spiritual interactions are not completely realistic in the Cosmere? Next you'll be telling me that Soothing and Rioting force people to do things. I would think that the jostling is because of the clothes/other items around a person exit the bubble at different times. If different parts of the body went to normal time exactly as they exited, the person would implode or explode (depending on the bubble type). The bullet deflection, I would think, is because of the odd air currents at the edge of the bubble. As the air currents (or, if you will, windspren), move in and out of the bubble, they move/compress/stretch enough to slightly distort the light entering and exiting. AofL Chapter 2: In the same way, they will be like sudden brief gusts of wind that will cause a bullet to ricochet in a completely unpredictable way upon entering or exiting (not even refraction laws can help).

Very true. The train is solidly touching the ground/planet, but not really attached. The track, however, might be attached. But there is the other problem that, if the train does not count as "ground," it should do what I described should logically happen to the ground, with the part enclosed in the bubble tearing away from the rest. One possible way of getting around some of this is if an object can only be in or out of a bubble in terms of time effects, not partway in and partway out. (This has been proposed before.) Think of it with spren. If the planetspren is not sufficiently inside the area of the bubble (which would likely be impossible because of the planet's size), then none of it is affected by the bubble (thus explaining the ground's stability). Same for the traincar; if the traincarspren is not inside the bubble, the traincar is not affected by the bubble (if the Wayne is standing on top, a few items on the ceiling that were inside of but not part of the traincar might be disrupted, but otherwise it wouldn't rip apart. Actually, a few items might be disrupted anyway as Wayne "traded" them for other things.) This would necessitate your spacecraft being constructed so each section would at least mostly fit inside a bubble, and the sections were not so attached as to merge into one spren.

were actually aluminum

Is the fish still playing Feather's ego?

There are some other oddities to account for with a planet involved. The ground is traveling at some rate relative to the center of the planet. If the Wayne puts up a speed bubble, theoretically the ground ought to continue at the same velocity relative to the center of the planet within the bubble, which, from outside the bubble, would make the ground fly off. For example: Imagine Marasi is running and, just as she reaches a point that would be within the radius of a bubble, Wayne puts a bubble up, then, when she is about to exit it, Wayne drops the bubble. Marasi would feel no change, but to an outside observer, she would have gone very quickly for a short distance. Now take the same example with the ground. The ground is moving because Scadrial is spinning (its orbit is irrelevant as the bubble is tied to the planet, not the sun). Logically, the ground should continue at the same velocity within the bubble as it did outside, just like Marasi, causing it to exit the bubble (probably with Wayne still standing on it). But that doesn't happen. Thus I think we can conclude that, although the connection is to the planet, it actually affects things relative to the "ground" (or "thing solidly attached to the planet") nearest the center of the bubble, not relative to the planet's center of gravity. The same should apply for the FTL spacecraft; bubbles would affect time (and with it, velocity) relative to the "ground," but not the "ground" itself ("ground" in this case meaning "anything solidly attached to the center of the spacecraft").