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Auphelia wrote:

Tamrida wrote:Also, Auph, don't worry too much about the information.

Vic is going to release some information detailing the animal disappearances as well as information that you did indeed hire an AI programmer who mysteriously disappeared. Nothing that would hurt your image or that you couldn't defend. The GCPD isn't going to arrest you the next time you come out of your house.

Oops.

I just had less frame you and police are headed you way.

And you life's work online is gone.

Ya know, it might be fun if Ruth got arrested and had like a lawyer who was seriously OP'd in like the law defending her.

Tamrida wrote:

Auphelia wrote:
Oops.

I just had less frame you and police are headed you way.

And you life's work online is gone.

Okay, so two options:
Change that so that the IC is not an oops.
or
The evidence is even more incriminating, and I show it to the police who immediately go to arrest you.

I go with option two. It would be really interesting storywise if Ruth had to face some adversity and hardship *thinks*

United States of Brainy wrote:

Auphelia wrote:
Oops.

I just had less frame you and police are headed you way.

And you life's work online is gone.

Ya know, it might be fun if Ruth got arrested and had like a lawyer who was seriously OP'd in like the law defending her.

It's gotta be a reference though... She hires Matlock or something.

Auphelia wrote:

Tamrida wrote:Also, Auph, don't worry too much about the information.

Vic is going to release some information detailing the animal disappearances as well as information that you did indeed hire an AI programmer who mysteriously disappeared. Nothing that would hurt your image or that you couldn't defend. The GCPD isn't going to arrest you the next time you come out of your house.

Oops.

I just had less frame you and police are headed you way.

And you life's work online is gone.

Also, it is not like my guy printed out millions of fliers to hand out.

He works at a news company, figure out his method from there.

Personal Freedom wrote:

United States of Brainy wrote:
Ya know, it might be fun if Ruth got arrested and had like a lawyer who was seriously OP'd in like the law defending her.

It's gotta be a reference though... She hires Matlock or something.

Yes! Either the best damn lawyer in the world or the worst damn lawyer in the world like Louis in Ghostbusters 2!

Tamrida wrote:Okay, so two options:
Change that so that the IC is not an oops.
or
The evidence is even more incriminating, and I show it to the police who immediately go to arrest you.

I'm okay with incriminating, because I have the best lawyer of all time . . .

Ganz, of Broderick & Ganz! He doesn't have any kidneys, but he has a lot of heart!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8_3jS9wd9w

Auphelia wrote:

Tamrida wrote:Okay, so two options:
Change that so that the IC is not an oops.
or
The evidence is even more incriminating, and I show it to the police who immediately go to arrest you.

I'm okay with incriminating, because I have the best lawyer of all time . . .

Ganz, of Broderick & Ganz! He doesn't have any kidneys, but he has a lot of heart!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8_3jS9wd9w

So you really want to go with step two?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHC1230OpOg

Tamrida wrote:
Also, it is not like my guy printed out millions of fliers to hand out.

He works at a news company, figure out his method from there.

Guess who just bought the network?

Tamrida wrote:So you really want to go with step two?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHC1230OpOg

I don't know about you, but Ruth can afford bail and has connections. Only a well trained hero *cough*Batman*cough* is going to take her down.

Tamrida wrote:

Auphelia wrote:
I'm okay with incriminating, because I have the best lawyer of all time . . .

Ganz, of Broderick & Ganz! He doesn't have any kidneys, but he has a lot of heart!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8_3jS9wd9w

So you really want to go with step two?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHC1230OpOg

*Mary rubs her hands* "My plan is working purrrrrfectly!"

United States of Brainy wrote:
*Mary rubs her hands* "My plan is working purrrrrfectly!"

Dear me, she's going to get a cat, isn't she?

United States of Brainy wrote:

Yaana Noore wrote:I don't like Sydney, far too overpowered.

It's fine, it's fine. Like when she says that she killed 200 people, I take that as teenaged hyperbole, not literal truth.

She's a young woman who has gained superpowers within a matter of days and is now beatings ten or hundreds of highly-trained people in fights despite having no real fighting abilities. Also, like zero weaknesses.

Auphelia wrote:

Tamrida wrote:
Also, it is not like my guy printed out millions of fliers to hand out.

He works at a news company, figure out his method from there.

Guess who just bought the network?

Tamrida wrote:So you really want to go with step two?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHC1230OpOg

I don't know about you, but Ruth can afford bail and has connections. Only a well trained hero *cough*Batman*cough* is going to take her down.

Too late to change anything by buying it.

You won't be getting bail after this. The only way to take down an OP power gamer is to use OP power gamer tactics.

(Because seriously, your characters are way OP and extremely power gamey)

Yaana Noore wrote:

United States of Brainy wrote:
It's fine, it's fine. Like when she says that she killed 200 people, I take that as teenaged hyperbole, not literal truth.

She's a young woman who has gained superpowers within a matter of days and is now beatings ten or hundreds of highly-trained people in fights despite having no real fighting abilities. Also, like zero weaknesses.

Like I said, I don't take Syd's posts as the literal truth. They're more like flights of fancy from an overactive teen mind. So, she really didn't defeat hundreds of assailants, more like a handful or whatever.

Tamrida wrote:

Auphelia wrote:
Guess who just bought the network?





I don't know about you, but Ruth can afford bail and has connections. Only a well trained hero *cough*Batman*cough* is going to take her down.

Too late to change anything by buying it.

You won't be getting bail after this. The only way to take down an OP power gamer is to use OP power gamer tactics.

(Because seriously, your characters are way OP and extremely power gamey)

This tbh.

Okay, seriously, Auphelia and Tam, we need to take a pause and work something out here. I'm really not comfortable with Ruth's last post because I feel it's forcing too many reactions and insisting on a course of action entirely favorable to Ruth.

Shoot, I still need to get my car back.

United States of Brainy wrote:Okay, seriously, Auphelia and Tam, we need to take a pause and work something out here. I'm really not comfortable with Ruth's last post because I feel it's forcing too many reactions and insisting on a course of action entirely favorable to Ruth.

I am trying to lead down a path that leads to her . . . well, you know how Bond villains always go out with a bang?

The stakes need to escalate for that to happen.

I'm thinking volcanoes, dinosaur escapes, helicopter chases, some twin action . . . yeah. That sounds good.

Auphelia wrote:

United States of Brainy wrote:Okay, seriously, Auphelia and Tam, we need to take a pause and work something out here. I'm really not comfortable with Ruth's last post because I feel it's forcing too many reactions and insisting on a course of action entirely favorable to Ruth.

I am trying to lead down a path that leads to her . . . well, you know how Bond villains always go out with a bang?

The stakes need to escalate for that to happen.

But in order to get there, you're railroading over everything Vic is doing which is really not fair and really doesn't help the story either.

Auphelia wrote:

United States of Brainy wrote:Okay, seriously, Auphelia and Tam, we need to take a pause and work something out here. I'm really not comfortable with Ruth's last post because I feel it's forcing too many reactions and insisting on a course of action entirely favorable to Ruth.

I am trying to lead down a path that leads to her . . . well, you know how Bond villains always go out with a bang?

The stakes need to escalate for that to happen.

See ultimately, I'm going to position myself to be in a conflict with her but I don't want to discuss it yet because of spoilers.

Auphelia wrote:

United States of Brainy wrote:Okay, seriously, Auphelia and Tam, we need to take a pause and work something out here. I'm really not comfortable with Ruth's last post because I feel it's forcing too many reactions and insisting on a course of action entirely favorable to Ruth.

I am trying to lead down a path that leads to her . . . well, you know how Bond villains always go out with a bang?

The stakes need to escalate for that to happen.

Doesn't mean you can just powergame and make your character be the best at everything and infallible. Flaws are part of an interesting character.

United States of Brainy wrote:
But in order to get there, you're railroading over everything Vic is doing which is really not fair and really doesn't help the story either.

Hm . . . I guess I am just really looking forward to the dinosaurs and explosions and secret twins and possibly evil AI drone army and the sunken islands and I have too many machinations in work that will lead to the downfall of The Queen.

The hostility is not helping the climate. Please let the (co)OP work this out.

United States of Brainy wrote:

But in order to get there, you're railroading over everything Vic is doing which is really not fair and really doesn't help the story either.


Hm . . . I guess I am just really looking forward to the dinosaurs and explosions and secret twins and possibly evil AI drone army and the sunken islands and I have too many machinations in work that will lead to the downfall of The Queen.

Just wait. You'll have your chaos

Personal Freedom wrote:Just wait. You'll have your chaos

I guess I have to wait.

*sigh*

Auphelia wrote:
Hm . . . I guess I am just really looking forward to the dinosaurs and explosions and secret twins and possibly evil AI drone army and the sunken islands and I have too many machinations in work that will lead to the downfall of The Queen.

See, you can't do that. You have to respect the abilities and actions of the other characters. Believe me, A, I've been in your exact position. Having everything mapped out because I came up with this awesome endgame but I've found that it's better, a whole lot better, if I let unexpected setbacks happen and use that as a springboard to take me down an entirely different path I would have never thought of on my own.

United States of Brainy wrote:See, you can't do that. You have to respect the abilities and actions of the other characters. Believe me, A, I've been in your exact position. Having everything mapped out because I came up with this awesome endgame but I've found that it's better, a whole lot better, if I let unexpected setbacks happen and use that as a springboard to take me down an entirely different path I would have never thought of on my own.

I suppose.

*blows up the volcano on the dinosaur island with the drone army attacking The Queen's final forces without The Queen there to explode with the rest of her life's work*

This feels weird.