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  1. DragonHeir
    After much discussion, the scientists decide that the crystals are likely used by the plants as some sort of combustion catalyst, akin to mitochondria on earth. Such a material is very useful, but biotech and fire do not mix well… Once some redundancy was acquired more investigation could be done. The architects and technicians were already arguing about whether frivolous buildings rather than time-tested, gravity-optimized designs were worth wasting the limited resources. @Negative_Null
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    While they were waiting, Will looked at the buttons and estimated the travel time, trying to figure out how tall the facility was.
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    Even through Shoe had poured out the cola, there was more to be found. There were also energy drinks. Rebus smiled at Symbol. “I did tell you I’d come with you if I could.” “You mustn’t worry - I’ve killed the withergeist already. Omnicide is rather poor decision making, and I hold enough power that withergeist bonds hold no temptation.” “Ding ding ding!” Heir grinned. “You get a prize!” Rebus would have to do something about that. Perhaps the next test would help him be more aware of his surroundings in the future.
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    “Good… I think.” Will got up, following the guard.
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    Will looked up. “Hello. Do you need something from me?”
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    Will spent that time reading the book he had been given and trying to build something capable of computation out of random objects. It didn’t work great, though by knocking stuff over he was able to get an error-prone half-adder.
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    There was cherry cola, in fact. The zombies had started holding the shields up, and when she hit one the laser beam was reflected - luckily for her - at an angle. Rebus’s notes would not have been of much help to the man, though the paper did contain most of the process. Instead, when Mr. Whitlock came back, one of the torches teleported in front of him, an unstable Prismite crystal leaking the required Narration to keep it “burning”. Rebus took a torch off the wall - it would appear to be simply to give light, but could be used as a weapon if needed. Unless he wanted to risk getting cut in half by a teleporting door, there would be nowhere to run, so he waited calmly, smiling slightly. He also noticed he was slightly cold - something that he had not truly felt in a long time. Alrighty, baseline human. Yup, for the same reason Rebus is. “I know exactly why that is - I had thought you were guessing.” Now that Bacon’s wording was unambiguous as to its target, he could feel the Narration take hold. But nothing happened.
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    Alright - a potential balancing factor we can use for Puzzle is antimatter constraints. Sure, she can break the sound barrier, but if it takes half the power she has, it'll need to be a last resort (Rebus, on the other hand, could do it all the time because he cheats and summons antimatter with magic). I'll have to think about relative power consumption, but the cloning, teleporting, grey goo, and high-energy weapons should all be limited by her energy sources. Maybe by the end (when other people are also buffed or have alliances), she'll be able to find something with the required energy levels, but honestly giving out a Wand of Antimatter Conjuring has exactly the problems one would expect.
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    There were lots of drinks, and now two comfortable chairs. The zombie’s head vaporized, and it fell over dead and dissolved. But there were more shield zombies appearing. Rebus, assuming Mr. Whitlock was simply going to perform work somewhere that would not threaten his house, did not interfere. The ingots could not be trapped without altering their properties, but that did not mean he was incapable of interfering if it was needed. Rebus took a quick inventory of himself - his nanomachines were either shut down or absent, his telepathy and Narration were gone, and even the emergency weapons he- he cut off the thought before he revealed all his contingencies. Is he still enhanced with nanomachines, or are even benign things identified as weapons and deactivated? Nice - I’m sure it’ll turn out great. Alright. (Ooh, fun) Thank you, and thank you. Shambling figures were rising out of the ground and moving towards him. The “zombies” didn’t have any weapons, and they were abstract enough that they didn’t trigger the Savior Complex compulsion.
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    “I think you’ll find directing things at me is more difficult than you’d think.” People were beginning to leave the party, since Rebus had declared it over (and because withergeists had attacked). The zombies disappeared, and some drinks rose out of the floor. A wall dissolved, and Shoe moved towards her - or perhaps she moved towards Shoe - as the floor shifted. “The endurance test is over - you have a few minutes to rest,” Rebus said from all around. The laser was quite effective, clearing the zombies with very little effort. After a few minutes, though, one zombie appeared with a polished shield. “Good. I shall return.” Rebus then disappeared, leaving behind a teleporter so he could come back, or get Mr. Whitlock any needed supplies. Rebus sent Lady Bug the core section of his soul. Wow. I wish I could draw like that… (too weird would be a problem, but it didn’t occur. Too hot would be less of a problem, considering that Rebus can choose how he looks) I think canonically Rebus needs glasses if his technology is shut off - they look good, though I’m not sure they fit with the image he’s trying to create (if he wasn’t trying to be villainous and larger-than-life, he would wear them). Relatedly, his posture there matches either completely comfortable and not feeling a need to pretend, or luring people into a false sense of security. During the Dr. Rebus plot he’d basically appear exactly as he is there, but right now he’d be more confident - coat or cape more open so it can billow dramatically, hands out of his pockets so he can bask in applause and attention (not sure how to describe that posture better), and either standing straight with his head back or lounging against something. Color scheme is mainly greyscale, with accents of either orange, purple, or green. There’s usually black, grey, and white patches arranged to look dynamic - going longways, with diagonal boundaries between them. The teleporters (and most other small devices he has) are sleek and futuristic - some of the devices (the portal gun and turrets, namely) in Portal are pretty close, though they’d be in Rebus’s color scheme. Rebus’s eyes are orange, as might be expected. Gear he’d definitely have is pretty much just a teleporter and a laser - everything else can be done by utility fog, or can wait for the utility fog to construct it. (Utility fog itself is basically invisible, though Rebus often has it light up when he’s showing off.) When the zombies eventually caught him, they dissolved and a wall opened, revealing a similarly tired Beosta. (See above) Yup. Rebus wanted to test each person’s combat ability individually, so they’re in different arenas.
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    Will repeated the past two days worth of numbers, getting them mostly right, then memorized the new set.
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    Rebus resolved to investigate Livetha’s capabilities further. Perhaps strength training for the stoat would allow Beosta to draw more power through the bond. Zombies began to break through, trying to drag her to the ground. “I’m convinced true stability is impossible with the reaction, though prolonging the metastability definitely is. My initial goal was to engineer a small ‘pilot light’ that consumes only small amounts of Nullite, but can scale up quickly when given the required materials - but take this in whatever direction you think is best.” Rebus coalesced a large pile of copper ingots, teleporting the material from what was left of that planet he’d destroyed. They kept coming - though Rebus set a timer for the maximum they would continue. Very well. I shall deny that piece of me Narration completely - and Thread Awareness, if you wish. I shall accept your ability to remove me, but that shall not prevent me from returning.
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    Rebus looked at the crystal Symbol had left behind, and gingerly closed his hand over it. There was a glow of Narration, and something in his expression shifted, hardened. He wrapped the contents of his hand in his tie, and placed it in the hand of an old security construct. “Alright, party’s over!” he called, “Clear out, or you’ll be considered volunteers!” Rebus, watching from outside the arena, noted down that Shoe would need help internalizing his ability to Ennull. Assume he can still do that… Yup. I wonder if there’s a way to avoid it, other than simply copying everything I write before I post it. See Rebus above. The crossblade did, in fact, hurt the zombies - and so, of course, did the fists. “That’s nice.” Rebus explained that Chaotic Order, when nearby Nullite and Prismite (or raw Narration), would make those two materials combine instead of repelling each other. This process expelled light from the Prismite, and made darkness around the Nullite, allowing the remaining components to combine into more Chaotic Order. The Chaotic Order, in turn, would soon decay, causing formation of structure or randomness in the surrounding area. In the meantime, though, it could be used to make more of itself and to influence emergence. Rebus likened it to fire - Narration served as air, Nullite as fuel, light and darkness as firelight, Chaotic Order as flames themselves, the emergence as heat, and the ambient order and chaos as smoke. Rebus waited for Rose to begin fighting the figures shambling towards her. That is a difficult thing to do. I shall give you one chance to accept my offer of my core personality in your experiment - allowing me to be with Symbol - and otherwise I shall do what I find necessary.
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    That was the point, in fact. The zombies kept coming, occasionally reaching him - they were strong, and would hold on and try to drag him to the ground - until he either ran out of energy or used a new trick. “Well, what made you think your music would transform me specifically?” Rebus had thought they were a little smarter than that, but he supposed even the plan he’d had was ill-advised.
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    “Thank you. Long term memory sequence, I assume, and then we’re done?” In the past, Will had been given a random list of numbers and words to remember for the next day.
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    More and more ‘zombies’ swarmed him, clearly going to continue until he ran out of energy.
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    “Thank you. May I have another encyclopedia to read, once you finish this session?”
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    “Project leader. I come up with an experiment and make next steps based on the data - they can even keep me in here if they’d like.”
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    “With what? You know I want you to make me a project leader.”
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    “Of?” Will asked, making a very subtle pun.
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    Several nearby things, including the small volcano, turned into squirrels. “See? It didn’t work.” Rebus was rather annoyed, though it seemed maybe that man was a Fallen and not a simple foolish withergeist bonder. He rounded on the closest withergeist, surrounding it with a translucent prison. In the center of the bars lay a portal to a star, though the heat and pressure was blocked by force fields, and the light was blocked by the bars - should they be damaged, the light would increase until the withergeist stopped trying or was incinerated. The two axes worked, but there were more and more zombies. Had the bodies not dissolved, he would probably be buried by this point.
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    The “zombies” began to climb over them, walking over those of their fellows that had slipped on the muffin pile.
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    They were fairly easy to cut through (though there was certainly some resistance), and dissolved back into the ground after a few moments. But there were more, coming up behind him, shambling towards him, appearing in the distance.
  24. DragonHeir
    Combat test - what were you expecting? You will be fine, though if you ‘lose’ limbs or eyes the simulator can make you unable to touch or see anything with that body part. The figures seemed zombie-like, shambling towards him in a group. There were a lot of them, though.
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    Will leaned back in his chair. “Do you have any fun tests? Creativity, or actual problem solving? New experiments or something?”
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