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  1. Jo and the Bush
    Two things. That should be conversing with Issac, and this post now has 90 upvotes. Congrats Seonid. You nearly have the highest upvoted post on the site.
  2. Jo and the Bush
    I vote team up!
  3. Jo and the Bush
    Miles carries a stick of dynamite in his cigar box. That alones makes him worth voting for.
  4. Jo and the Bush
    I doubt ot actually. It took a full quadrant of constables, two twinborns and a pulser to take him down. Since I can't vote for a team up, I vote for Miles.
  5. Jo and the Bush
    Hatred can bond men together though. Mutual hatred of some thing can forge a bond stronger than mutual love. Honour is about creating bo ds to defend and protect. Odium is about making people hate and be hated. They could be paired, but I wouldn't count on it.
  6. Jo and the Bush
    Can we do that? Vote they team up as one participant?
  7. Jo and the Bush
    I think dominion means both. Control and area. Control of an area. Odium has three different definitions as well, and all of them apply. The names of the Shatds are chosen very carefully.
  8. Jo and the Bush
    Bavadin is the only shard on Taldain, world of White sand. So Nalt would also be Bavadin if this were correct.
  9. Jo and the Bush
    I don't see how those are opposites at all. Honour is to bond people together, to defend, Endowment is to give to another. (My current Theory is that The shard that just wants to survive is Endowment's Opposite.)
  10. Jo and the Bush
    At the Portland signing for Shadows of Self, I asked Brandon if all the shards had a opposite paired, and he replied to the effect that "Philosophically speaking, you could argue they did, but not all had polarized opposites like Preservation and Ruin." That got me thinking about what the other opposites would be for our known shards. Odium (Hatred) Would likely be opposite to Devotion (Love). The new found Autonomy (Free will) would likely be opposite to Dominion (Control). That in turn made me realize that the shards were paired with something like them. Odium and Devotion are both Higher emotions. Autonomy and Dominion are both Ideologies. Preservation and Ruin are both Natural Forces. So i started pulling apart the remaining shards and trying to guess what their paired shard would be. Though only one I'm even slightly confident in is Honour's Pair. Abuse. Honour is to bring people together, to protect those weaker than yourself, to defend and protect. Abuse is to break bonds, hurt those who can't defend themselves, to attack and destroy. What Magic system do we know of that might fit Abuse? Ashyn, the world of Silence Divine has a system where people purposely infect themselves with diseases to grant them selves supernatural abilities. They hurt their own bodies for personal gain, and spread the infection to others, hurting them as well. It fits. Less so than other intents might, but it fits well enough. So, in conclusion, or TL;DR: Abuse might be a shard and Honour's opposite. It's probably on Ashyn. Please, throw as many WoB's at me as you can, proving or disproving all or parts of this theory. EDIT: Nevermind. Found a Wob saying there is no Shard on Ashyn at the moment.
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    Day 14: Time Passes. Life in the Cosmere is generally energetic and active, due to Sixteen gods and numerous meddlers running about. Hardly a year goes by without some disaster or another happening. Ruin destroying towns, Hoid Slaughtering the Seventeenth Shard, Abuse sending plagues across the world, Odium driving the Highprinces to war, and many other such events happen with astonishing regularity. And yet, the Cosmere survives, because in the days between those events, the Universe learns what peace is. There are always days where nothing happens. Where Shardholders sleep in, or simply play games rather than manipulating the fate of Worlds. Days when Hoid is busy with another project and Endowment decides to merely read a book. The Cosmere accepts the days of strife and disaster because they always lead to days of peace. But at the same time, it must be understood that days of peace lead to weakness, loss of power, and yet more disasters. A neverending cycle of Freedom and Slavery. Love and Hatred. Honour and Abuse. Preservation and Ruin. Yesterday, Preservation held sway, but Ruin is itching to let loose. Who can tell what this dawn will bring? (Not mailliw apparently) Day 14 has begun! How many people would be averse to me shortening the days to 24 hours rather than 48?
  12. Jo and the Bush
    Time.
  13. Jo and the Bush
    I am also INFP, though the F was right on the line.
  14. Jo and the Bush
    Apparently my type is 'yes'. When I google 'personality test' I get things like 'what character are you in This fandom?' (Severis Snape, dromio and Twilight Sparkle in the three I took.) So what type of test is it?
  15. Jo and the Bush
    How do you tell what type you are?
  16. Jo and the Bush
    Looks like I'm going to lose 5 to 1.
  17. Jo and the Bush
    Let's get this out of the way, Joel would never win in a fight. Not even against seeker marsh. But I like Joel more so that's where my vote is going.
  18. Jo and the Bush
    Hivemind was just a background bit. I needed some neutral character to heal Sightline's foot. As for the bat.an, I'll probably edit that bit out.
  19. Jo and the Bush
    There's also the possibility that gifted powers tia had failed in the presence of his weakness.
  20. Jo and the Bush
    Does Prof know what his Weakness is? Does he know Tia knows?
  21. Jo and the Bush
    Been thinking about it, and I can barely keep up with Oregon. I'm not going to be participating in this. Sorry Edge and others.
  22. Jo and the Bush
    Night 13: Unforgiven Please don't upvote this post. Go upvote one of Seonid's. He wanted to write his own 'death' and I let him, since it was highly amusing. As such, there aren't any hints in this one. Mist curled and twisted in the air as Sheon Idris finished his final preparations. The Shards' intentions had been telegraphed clearly for some time now. As frustrating as it was, it did at least give one time to get ones final affairs in order. As he finished the last few words of his letter, he heard them coming. The same voices as before, the same bickering, the same accusations as they drew near Scadrial. Well, if he couldn't convince them, then there was only one thing to do. He threw some dust in the air, speaking a few words softly, and then disappeared, leaving a circle of frost behind. * * * * * * * * * * The Stick stopped outside of the cave where the Shards had detected the traitor. The day was fine, without a cloud in the sky. That disgruntled him, their business was serious, and the weather seemed to have no sense of dramatic propriety. Gathering the assembled shards together - Endowment and Survival, the only ones that he could convince to come with him - he warned them in hushed tones. "We have to act quickly. You saw what he did to Clink. Destroy him before he has a chance to talk - that voice is too dangerous." He stopped as they saw motion in the cave. A figure, walking out to meet them. He wore a crown, but Hoid had always been fond of his little ostentations. Some insignificant sign from an insignificant kingdom, where nothing noteworthy had ever happened, probably. He whispered the signal to his compatriots, and felt their power building. The figure stopped a few feet away, and called out a greeting. "Hello friends! Now why have you come here on such a fi- " His speech was cut off by a rushing of wind and a noise of thunder. Howling like a highstorm, the raging might of the combined Shards came crashing down on their enemy. Lightning cracked, fire streamed down from the heavens. The earth heaved and tossed, the ground breaking open to spill its molten blood. The brightness forced even the Shards to shield their eyes or turn away. Finally, it was over. A light wind rose, blowing away the wisps of smoke that still hung over the scene. Sheon was gone. Could it be true? Could their enemy finally be gone - could such a blow have finally felled him? He had, after all, survived a far more powerful assault before. But it seemed to be so. Finally, the traitor was dead. In the center of the scorched pocket of land lay the crown, seemingly unharmed. The Stick walked over and picked it up, turning it over and over again in his hand. It was as cool as if it had been lying there for years. The single word, written on the inside of the headband, caught his eye. Unforgiven. With a quizzical laugh, he tossed it aside, not even sparing a glance as it rolled down the hill to vanish in the tall grass. He walked into the cave that had been the late worldhopper's final hiding place. It was sparsely furnished - clearly the man had been desperate, futilely spending his last remaining power to hide himself from the just vengeance of the Coalition. Only a simple desk and a few rude shelves adorned the place, crockery broken and scattered on the ground from the earthquake. Some sand, dazzlingly white, lay amid the shattered fragments of a glass vial, while metal flakes in some liquid solution oozed towards the doorway from another. Colored dust and gemstones mixed together in a corner, lying on top of a stained scarf, still vibrant red. On the desk lay a letter. Stick picked it up and read. My dear assembled Shards, What a successful Coalition you have put forward this time around! I am continually amazed at your prodigious abilities. I would love nothing more than to bandy words with you, spreading a few more insults around - you have given me such good opportunity I could scarcely resist! - but time, alas, waits for neither man nor Shard. By the time you read this, I will be far gone from this place, and far out of reach of your power. I leave the war against Odium in your manifestly capable hands. (Did I say hands? I'm sorry, Stick, I must learn to be more sensitive to diversity. I'm sure if you had hands, they would be mightily capable. Of what, I am not sure, but - there I go again. You must forgive me. If time permitted, I would give you all the wit your position so richly deserves. I must leave you without insults, though. I hope this is a pardonable offense.) I feel certain that this Coalition will be among the most effective yet at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. You shall not see me again, I fear. Have a good funeral for me. Raise a glass or two. Have Tanavast buy me another drink. I'm sure I'll get it where I've gone. I apologize, but my business is far too pressing for me to show up to something as minor as my own funeral. I'm sure you'll think of something appropriate to say. On second thought, if my business is resolved in a satisfactory way, you may see me one last time. I'm not sure that you will be pleased to see me then, as the reconstitution of Adonalsium does not bode well for your own dominion. But that is neither here nor there. You may imagine, if you like, that this closing paragraph is filled with all of the witty insults you have come to expect from me. I simply lack the time to do them justice. I do hope you let my simulacrum finish its speech before destroying it, though. It would have filled the lack of wit that this letter cannot. If not, well, such is the lot of a Shard. Until our next meeting, or the lack thereof, Your humble servant, Hoid As the Shards looked up from where they had crowded around the letter, they could almost hear the echoes of a mocking laughter. After a moment, the Stick spoke a word, turning the letter to ashes. Then he turned to his fellows. "Well, we are done here. Let's get on with our work." * * * * * * * * * * If anyone had been there, hours later, they would have seen a crown - worked in gold and steel - roll slowly up the hill to rest in the cave. After a moment, a fleeting shadow flew across it, and then it, too, was gone. Votes: Seonid(4): Seonid, Kipper, STINK, Mailliw Seonid was Hoid! Player List:
  23. Jo and the Bush
    Time.
  24. Jo and the Bush
    Megan would win in a fight due to her Prime invincibility, But Kaladin is cooler.
  25. Jo and the Bush
    Yes. It's exactly what you think it is.
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