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because they believed

I was expecting two to three pages of back and forth banter on whether it as possible, what it would mean, and how the systems would interact. I apparently underestimated the ingenuity of the 17th Shard. Of course, the quote is vague enough to promote rampant speculation, so please, O insist. In the meantime, here's an UPVOTES to each of you for your trouble.

So, this occurred to me, and. I was wondering if we have word of Brandon on the subject. As I understand it, the magic system a person uses is influenced by the world their from, hence why Scadrians use metal-based magics, while Sel is based on forms. Furthermore, the breeding of two of the metal arts changed how the systems work, so that instead of full born Furechimists (and possibly mistborn) don't exist anymore. That was a change induced by two magic systems that were connected to one another. So what would happen if magic users from different worlds crossed the beams? I'll grant it may be that nothing would happen, that being based on a human template isn't enough and, say, a Scadrian and a Rosharan couple can't have children. Has Brandon stated that? Or has he said what can happen if a child is born? Will any magic they have be determined by their parents, or by the planet they were born on? I realise, at the moment, when world hopping is a rare phenomenon, this may not be pertinent. But as the cosmeceuticals progresses towards science fiction, it sounds like an issue that might need to be addressed. After all, it only two some two hundred years after contact for half-human, half-vulcans to start appearing...

Whitey-tighty wearing grizzly

I spent all day thinking that this topic was about Hoid being able to soul stamp. I feel dumb... Anyway, I don't think he can soul cast. It's just a gut feeling though. Actually, I suppose it's possible he might have the Soul casting equivalent from Yolen. Honour/Cultivation seem to have taken or at least based their Lightweaving system on that one, so I suppose it's not unreasonable to suggest he could do the rest of their things.

Hey, I haven't watched the video yet, but can someone spoil me on what, exactly, he ended up writing about? And as for Hoid hanging with Gandalf and the Doctor, it was only a matter of time. Once you Worldhop, is it really going to take long to start Universehopping? OH. HEY. MAYBE THE TEN FOOLS ARE THE MIRRORVERSE HERALDS.

I'm torn between my pathological need for the sort of focus and direction in life that can only be provided by a charismatic, cult-like individual, and my desire to be a superhero. I guess I should ask myself what you would do... So... Uh... *Blessing of the Quills* EDIT Oh, of course! A superhero who is in a cult! Obvious solution, and a good way to promote the fellowship of Lady Feather.

We'll glad to know I'm providing you all with some solid entertainment. I was going to just post and edit (you know, the usual), but looking at them, they seemed short enough that I'm just gonna blog them both no- is that an incest tag?!? Er... anyway, I'd say these are the best pieces of fiction ever, but that might be the flowers talking, so I'll go through them in a bit more depth. My geography is faulty at the best of times, when dealing with my own country, so I can't even begin to guess the distances involved between Darwin and Sydney. I'm guessing from the context that it's a fair distance away, and Katia isn't living with her father at the moment? If so, that makes the fact she's in a coma slightly sadder, if they didn't even get to have a last conversation together. I did like all the sciences aspects to it though; years of cinema have taught me that bioterrorism involves dirty bombs, and yellow plastic rebreather suits, and seeing someone doing something mundane, like collecting soil samples, helps sell the reality of the world. It's also a change, again, from the group solution of shooting/sneaking/hostage taking. And... the Prophets. Huh. I don't have a name, so I'm calling them Brother and Sister, and that my theory continues to seem to be right because damnation. Those two are pretty polarised. However nice Brother was, Sister seems cold. Sylvie was able to have a conversation with Brother; I'm left wondering if the power Sister has over him, wearing him down and making him flinch, is because of the background they have together, because of her own overwhelming personality, or if (long shot, unlikely possibility) it's somehow connected to the kaiju. The last session here implied that the blue eyes and blood might be due to science, and I haven't any grounds for thinking PR could be a magical world, but still. GRRM shows that faith and magic can be very easily mixed... Karl escaping is a pretty interesting twist though, and I'm about 90% certain that he'll reappear- the missing 10% is because I always expect people to mess with expectations, even if that means meeting expectations.

Subtle methods? Like whispering in the ears of your followers, guiding their actions by appearing to them as hallucinations of religious figures and family members, and telling them to kill? ... Is Lady Feather an evil shard?!? I'm supposed to be a good guy!

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I honestly can't think of any reason not to side with hir, especially if you channel your hatred for DMITRI HIDDLESTON into sad keteks. Speaking of which... So, more keteks, eh? I know I ought to start session 20, and I'll edit this post to do so, but I thought I should comment on this first. Unfortunately, like the audio, poetry isn't really a medium I can get behind. I don't really know how to comment on it other than to say that you succeeded in making it sad. I may be biased since I don't like keteks anyway but... Anyway, reading and editing for session 20, so please hang and up try again later. Have a nice day. Reason #1 to side with Gavin and everyone else over you; given the chance to turn the raid for Sylvie into a gunning action scene, they decided it would best to send Miranda and Katie in as a stealth extraction. I've already said that I like those sorts of drama more, partly since it seems less dice-calulated randomness is involved, so I'm excited for that. It's also pretty neat that fiVe kept quiet throughout the conversation. You said she was trying to avoid talking to Vee, but given her contentious relationship with Sylvie, I wonder whether or not she was keeping silent to reduce her chances of survival. Reason #2 to side with Gavin and everyone else over you; the first words out of Mikes mouth come from the Blues Brothers. I haven't seen that since I was a kid lol. I'm trying to recall how many guards were present at the boat, and failing badly; Mike was one, so was there just one other, the female guard that Katie's contact flirted with? I like how Mike responds to the groups distaste of the Assembly. Given his profession, I'm sure he doesn't like them anymore than they do, but he ends up having to reel them back to stop them actually 'enlightening' them. Eleanor stumbling over calling Sylvie a friend looks pretty significant. Up until now, the only scene I can remember her being genuinely warm and at ease with someone was Katie. The others have had moments with her, but this seems like the moment when she sort of realises how much the team (or Sylvie at least) mean to her. Reason #3 to side with Gavin and everyone else over you; none of them broke a promise they made to their mental duplicates, particularly not in a way that's left them completely damaged. The stuff with Vee is rather creepy. Up until now, I had assumed drifts could only be between two at a time, so I don't know if she's this way because she tried drifting with three or because of the cults own tech interfering, but either way is unsettling. The prophet is also interesting. I'm looking forward to seeing his sister, because at the moment, he seems extraordinarily optimistic and trusting; since he said he saw something good in the bomb, I wonder if that makes him the yin to his sisters yang. I found myself thinking the same thing Sylvie did; he may express concern for his followers and believe what he's doing, and he may be young, but he's still a terrorist. I kind of suspect the fact that he made Sylvie kneel in front of him means he isn't as naive as he looks; she may have done it to placate him, but she did start calling him by his title after that... Reason #4 to side with Gavin and everyone else over you; those guys were pretty funny. It makes sense, but having Eleanor shrug, decide to go and immediately take a gun on a stealth mission was pretty funny. I can understand not wanting to be unarmed, but as usual with El, I end up wondering how much of her reactions to these situations is 'I need to be prepared' and how much is 'Let's kill some tentacultists!', especially since she was called in for her negotiating skills. Similarly, Seiko deciding to relax by drawing. I don't remember being told of any artistic inclinations on his part before now, so it was a surprising revelation. Seiko doesn't like giving information about himself away, so even though I know he must have interests beyond providing for his family, it's still surprising to see him so relaxed. Usually, this would be the point where he'd be lining up shots with his sniper rifle. Reason #5 to side with Gavin and everyone else over you; they at least made it into a different room before they got caught. I'm left feeling pretty uneasy about Veena, honestly. You showed us earlier how much mental trauma she was under, and while it seems worse than fiVes, I'm not convinced it was; fiVe has just had a lot longer to adjust to how broken she is. With that in mind, I'm thinking Sylvies treatment of Veena is going to be foreshadowing for how she treats fiVe. I'm struggling to think of how to put it, but Sylvies thoughts that her memories should be a map for her to work out how to fix Veena seems like what will happen with fiVe. And I was going to support Sylvie, since Veena was having such problems, but... Him. It's complicated. And Sylvies last words; just the reaction to the Drift, or the same nose bleed and confusion Miranda and Leah had? Reason #6 to side with Gavin and everyone else over you; they made it possible for me to write the words 'semi-naked cyborg lady has the pope at knifepoint', and frankly, that's more than you've ever done. I realise the logic behind it, but them finding the right room right away feels maybe a little convenient. Still, as I said, it leads to an unexpected scene. Elsewhere, I liked that the guard gave up. I've always found the willingness of security guards to die for their evil overlords kind of comical (and the willingness of heroes to murder them psychotic) so having that trope inverted was nice. Again, I liked the contrast between Vee and fiVe, and it adds to what I said before. Veena seems, to me, to be a foreshadowing or a proxy of fiVe, and I get the feeling that however the V's deal with her is going to be important to how they address the fiVe problem. I also get the impression that Sylvie has the virus now too, which might... complicate things. Reason #7 to side with Gavin and everyone else over you; after twenty sessions, I'm almost positive I have some kinda trigger word in my brain making me side with hir. I mean, why else would I have read this much? Okay, yes, it's enjoyable, and this scene is appropriately tense. I like the explanation we got (or the hints of one, anyway) as to why the Prophets eyes are so blue. I also liked Miranda's speech, which was surprising; I like the references, but using the name of the Survivor doesn't seem like it should work, since it could have been a moment for her own badassness. Instead, it does work, and it's still her being bad chull. Having Kelsiers words re-appropriated for this occasion feels... uh... appropriate. And Seio calling her out on it was a pretty funny after thought. There's also the nice little poetry about the snowflake, Karl's meltdown, and confirmation of my good prophet/bad prophet theory. Okay, I suppose I might have read this much because it's enjoyable. But I like my theory better. And the 8th reason to side with Gavin and everyone else over you is that, for some reason, I find it funny that Leah has become Miranda and Eleanor's nemesis (nemesises? Nemeses). If you don't mind my asking, what is the 'official' position on exoskeletons in the Pacific Rimverse? I had been thinking it was simply acase of. Miranda not wanting everyone to feel sorry for her or think she was disabled, but Seiko's tone kind of implies it's a little more serious than that. Anyway, another successful mission, and another enjoyable piece.

AMRAAM started lightweaving,

arts of darkweaving

When I first read Way of Kings, I loved the idea that the Parshmen were the Voidbrigners, for the same reasons you and Jasnah have mentioned. Since then, I've kind of cooled on the diea. Brandon said the Stormlight Archive is going to be two series of five, so I suppose it's possible that the Parshmen are the Voidbringers, and that plot will be wrapped up by the fifth book, but I'll reserve judgement until after Words of Radiance. Looking at those quotes now, without the surrounding scholarly context, I wonder if there's any sort of relevance to the Heralds. The interlude with Baxil's misstress and Lift shows that they may not be quite playing with a full deck, and I think the prologue mentions hooks and burnings. It's unlikely, especially since Taln's lines seem to be in the tone of a warning, but it might be an interesting plot twist if Words of Radiance reveals him to be a Voidbringer or one of the Ten Fools. (In fact, I've seen people on the forums commenting what a rotten deal the Oathpact seems to be for the Heralds; maybe they are the Ten Fools for agreeing to it.)

I'll edit this/make a new reply for session #20, since I don't have time to read it right now; I just wanted to take a moment to reply to your pain stuff you said. First of all, I'm siding with Gavin because of the pain this causes you. I like to bully the people I like, so anything ze can provide to torment you with is great : ) Thanks for elaborating on the cultists, and this is the main reason I'm replying now instead of waiting until I'm up to date. I just wanted to comment that this is a good example of what I was saying 2-3 pages ago, when I mentioned what I saw as the problems of writing in someone elses setting. It's really interesting to see you guys take a random throwaway line and develop it into what you have. Again, I find the Kaiju cults one of the most interesting concepts you have batted around in this piece, and finding out that it's an offshoot of something previously established hasn't diminished that-I like it whenever that sort of small detail gets explanded on, and it's only made me more curious about the setting. Corazon wasn't thrilled about Buenakai, but she wasn't nearly as vitrolic in her opposition as Katie and Eleanor were. Maybe it's because he's her friend, but I find the idea that there is a functional religion in this world, that isn't as extreme, based upon the creatures that are smashing it interesting. Given that Corazon has Katie's number on a cheque book, I'd be surprised if she didn't pop up again at some point. (I'd also be surprised if she doesn't just cash the cheque and empty Katie's accounts, but that's the cynic in me talking.)

Meaning you could theoretically cripple the forums if you didn't do them or misused your powers? Let's starrt work on a list of demands.

That he summoned

You read Twilight? Like, actually read the whole saga? I FEEL SO BAD FOR YOU. HAVE ALL THE UPVOTES EVER. (damnation shard of Empathy.)

Dark spirits?" Amaram

I feel your pain. Here's an up vote to make the book worthwhile.

The Shard of Truth is the one that can only be used by the True Seeker, isn't it? Irritation, a Shard that takes an active role in the lives it's shard world inhabitants. That role involves things like making them lose their keys, being late for appointments, and a low buzz in your ear all the time.

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I just want to point out the Gavin is awesome and everything is perfect. Sylvie being people's least favourite character? I can see that, though she isn't my least favourite character (even though I think she's not a great person.) backwards Compatability sounds like an... interesting shipping. Anyway, I've started session 19, editing as I go, etc. Again, I like how Mira is still a bit scrambled from the Drifting, and confusing Katie and Katias names for a second was a nice way of showing that without going overboard on it. Katie finding the combination was surprising. Until now, I was assuming that, if Katias knew how to open it, it was incidental knowledge. The fact that someone thought it was important enough that spit be opened by puting it along with contact details makes me wonder what is inside it. Kudos to Eleanor on taking her infiltration mission to the next level. I suppose it makes sense for someone who likes accents to be switching between roles so easily- kind of reminds me of Wayne a little. This new guy adds an interesting element to it as well; I'm expecting his flirting to have some sort of role in how Eleanor gets the information. I was about to say that I thought it odd that Miranda was so competent in medicine, and then I remembered about Jason. So instead, I'll just say that I liked the fact that set up was used, and that it was used without mentioning him. It might have thrown me for a minute, but if I was reading these all in one go rather than interspersed, I'm sure I would have remembered it. I liked him not being mentioned as well, since it's such a common trope in fiction for characters to mention dead loved ones at the drop of a hat. Seiko... really does favour the direct route, doesn't he? He outted fiVe to Sylvie and Zhu, and his way to find Katia is just to ask someone. It's kind of funny/ironic that the guy with the most guarded secrets is the one whose solution to problems is to confront them head on. And having the flirting backfire is even better than if it had worked. I aphave absolutely no knowledge about hospitals, but it's cool that this guy hasn't been so overwhelmed by El's charms that he notices something's wrong when the professional doctor doesn't know how to find the files. I'm sure she could bluff it,but it's nice to see competence from NPCs. I hope this is a lesson to Miranda. When you start telling people dangerous disease could be loose in the hospital (and imply you yourself are infected by coughing surreptitiously), quarantine might kick in. Okay, maybe it's not the most obvious of problems- the intern double-checking her story would have been my first concern- but still. I have to say though, you guys aren't very good at the 'sneaking around without being caught' parts, are you? ; ) I know. I ought to say something about Seiko, but Eleanor's ending is a moment that is just way more intense. Given everything unto this point about her relationship with the cultists, this is maybe the most interesting turn in the scene. I guess this means that the suspicion is less to do with the professionalism and more for the general point of the Assembly, but it was still nice to see, and even better to see Eleanor playing off it. I would not want to be him right now. Again about Katie's money, I love the fact her notepad is a cheque book. Something about it is indescribably charming. Also, Miranda has learned her lesson, and it's cool that, if you can't get in and out without tripping the alarm, that you can get out through stealth. As IVe made abundantly clear, I'm more of a fan of drama over high octane action, so this is shaping up to be an interesting segment. And... speaking of charming, there's something about El referring to (de Clancy?) as her cultist which is neat. It's so innocuous, and threatening, given everything that's happened before now, though I'm starting to think you guys can't go anywhere without taking hostages lol. Continuing what I've said about Seiko being honourable, I might have read it wrong, but I took his remarks about stealing an ambulance as an indication that he was not alright with it. It's a sentiment I agree with (people need those), but again, it's almost odd to see him as the voice of reason. Minor question though, is the kanji religion an established part of the Pacific Rimverse, or something invented for this? I ask since I had assumed the Assembly were the only tentacultists running around. damnation. Now I really don't want to be in de Clancy's position. Forget ever seeing his niece again, right now, the best outcome I can see for him is being arrested and charged with conspiracy. The reason I call that the best is because being in the custody of a man who likes children, a woman with maternal instincts for her in her head, Eleanor(not much more to be said on that front especially since given how creepy her parting words and smile were), and all three are working for a woman with the money and contacts to make sure that, if he died, his body would never, ever be found. He is in so much trouble. That last scene reinforces what I said. Having him shrink away, then just shrink is funny... but damnation. He is so completely screwed that it's almost not even funny. I know you guys have a tendency to take them alive, but I honestly can't see Cultist Ryan making it to the end of the week.