"Yeah, if you can detect those sort of effects, have at it."
The moment Mirri touches Soma, obviously, something happens.
(Mirri vs Soma) (1, 14) Soma is encased in a thin layer of ice as Mirri realizes a Force power which can sap the fire of another's life to warm their own coldness.
If it were a much weaker creature, this may have been the end of it's life, it seems Soma's control over various energies managed to allow her to quickly melt it, leaving her unharmed.
"W-was that s-supposed to happen?" She says, her teeth chattering as she stumbles to the floor.
The entire party is suddenly taken by a vision as Proditor dials '1'
Interlude
(11, 1) "Now that everyone's here, we can begin. I want threat assessments, I want information, I want anything and everything you can tell me about PART." Piggot says, reclining in her seat.
Armsmaster is the first to pipe up.
"The projected results of their work in the bay seemed to have played out as we expected, Merchant activity is at an all time low, one of my personal camera drones, captured the acts, and I believe I can come to a definitive statement on the group's intentions and abilities."
He stands, walking over to a whiteboard attached to the wall, wiping off the work that was displayed there previously, before turning on the projector, and going through several images.
"I'll start by addressing the elephant in the room, Arminius. The vector for his abilities is still unknown, but it's clear he possesses an ability similar to other A-Class Masters, though only two of his minions have been observed. One of which appears to be the Villain formerly known as Squealer. As she hasn't resurfaced in any reports, and with the gang-wide blackout on Merchant activity, we can only assume she has been converted into one of these minions, and that he has used his ability once already."
"Neither of his minions demonstrated powers of their own, beyond what a Biotinker construct could manage, but considering the unknown status of the Goblinoid and Squealer Minion's primary Tinker Rating, there is no telling whether or not minions created by him retain any of their former parahuman abilities."
"In addition, he seems to have a destructive blaster power which may require him to insult the target verbally, whether this is mandatory for activation, or a form of mantra to initiate the effect is unknown."
"I hesitantly classify him as a potential Lower A-Class Threat, Master 4, Blaster 3, and an additional rating of 2 in all other categories until we know more."
He says, as several images taken of Arminius and his two minions are shown on the wall through the projector, in various states of attack and idleness.
Next, the Projector shows a second image, of a blind girl and her two dragons.
"Next, an unknown parahuman aligned with PART, currently under the temporary internal name 'Prophet' until we receive a conclusive statement on the matter from PART."
The Dragons, A small green bean creature, and various odd relics are shown.
"Tinker 6, with a clause raising it to 8 and an allotted capture-order if her creations can self-propagate. Thinker 5 due to her enhanced hearing substituting for sight, or an ability to sense her surroundings by another means. Additional Ratings of 3 Across the board, due to her unknown Tinker Specialization. Prophet has shown a clear disdain for the Protectorate and it's usage of Tinkers, Potential Megalomania, Do not engage without support, do not antagonize."
The next slide, Kusuke, this time.
Armsmaster coughs lightly before speaking. "Possibly the most directly powerful of the group, Slipsteam has shown an incredible striker ability, which facilitated the capture of Lung, and greatly aided PART in clearing the bay of wreckage using help from their Structural Thinker."
"I rate his abilities as Striker 8, Brute 5, Mover 7, Stranger 3, Tinker 0, Thinker 1, and Trump 0. His abilities seem to revolve around changing an object's location in time, and he can use this selectively to alter memories, move objects, and furthermore, it seems to be capable of selectively choosing matter to affect, enabling him to slice objects apart by moving extremely small cross sections of a target. Assume he is capable of doing this to people, due to his lack of a manton limit. Furthermore, during the clearing of the bay, several samples of Temporally altered metal were scattered around, samples seem to possess a constantly changing state, which testing leads me to believe can be leveraged by Tinkers to produce precognitive technology. The ABB's new tinker has used this to great effect in her so called "Forget Me" Bombs. Obtaining this metal and getting it out of Gang Hands is of a High Priority."
The clip changes again, this time to Mirri, wearing her full armor, and working on her starfighter, and Frigus, who is simply standing, it then changes to a short clip of one of Dragon's suits, which seems to have been modified with Bescar and Mithril. It demonstrates a powerful energy beam on a steel target, which is completely encased in flaming ice.
Right before the video ends in static, a bolt of lightning also strikes the aforementioned target, sending the camera into pieces.
The Assorted Heroes and Aegis look stunned at the destructive power, but not too much.
"Frigus and Mirri, two Tinkers that have singlehandedly given Dragon and myself replicable tinkertech metal, I rate them both Tinker 9 and Trump 5, with the clause that it be increased to 12 and 9 if they become hostile. Do not antagonize them, do not agress them, The pair may hold even more replicable tinkertech in their collective blueprints, or the team may have a Trump that bypasses the Tinker Blackbox, until we know more, these two are a vital resource, and a potential S-Class Threat if they decide to oppose us or humanity."
"In the coming weeks, the local PR manager will be meeting with those of you who agreed to speak on redesigning your suits to incorporate these new materials and variants based on them, labeled RTM-01 and RTM-02 Respectively."
He moves on.
"Lilly Shard, and their Assistant, or Partner, Ador. Their exact powers are unknown, but the current hypothesis from our Thinkers is that Ador is a case 53 who possesses a Breaker State that allows them to augment others, and Lilly is a Master of some kind, judging from satellite imagery showing them traveling several miles out of Brockton Bay, and mastering several instances of local wildlife with a form of vocal effect to kill them in an example of power assisted hunting."
"As they never seem to separate, they will be classed together for now, with ratings of Master 7, Breaker 3, Blaster 2, and Thinker 1."
Images of the Pair are shown, including an instance of the Lilly/Ador amalgam smashing into the Rig's Force Field
Assault laughs at that one, before a glare from Battery shuts him up quickly.
"First Level Master/Stranger protocols apply, speak to both of them only through approved vocal filters, people returning to The Rig or the PRT headquarters are required to undergo first level screenings before they will be allowed in the building."
The image changes to Proditor, the giant floating alien.
"This individual appears to be an extremely high class Master, with a Mover rating as well. Classifications include Master 9 and Mover 4"
"Their Abilities seem to have a finite range, and require their focus on a single target. Don't antagonize them, as preliminary testing indicates that they may be able to reverse other master effects using their ability, including the Simurgh's Scream. We have to assume that they can also replicate those effects."
The clip changes to The Testing Chamber, a room the entire group here is familiar with, It's in a smouldering ruin, and a sheepish girl stands in the middle.
"RX Calvera, named after the Star, their abilities include a Breaker State, and Incredibly strong Blaster and Shaker powers. Consider their ratings to be a Hybridized Blaster/Shaker/Striker 9, and Breaker 6. Her abilities appear to be, at least superficially, stronger than even Purity's Blaster abilities, if only in sheer destructive potential. Taking the name of a star was no Hubris on their part. Psychological profile labels her as extremely naive, and currently under the guidance of Arminius. This may indicate more about Arminius's Powers, but at the moment, it is nothing more than speculation."
"The last of this group's Provable Parahumans, Somatotrope, is believed to be the former E88 Member Pandora. So her ratings and considerations remain the same. Shaker 4, Blaster 2, Brute 1, Mover 1, Thinker 1, Tinker 0."
"If you encounter her, apprehend her and bring her in for questioning if possible."
The Slide transitions over to a few other photographs.
"Thinker support indicates that Ambassador Jun, Harry Walters, and Satomi Kaiu are likely not Parahumans at all, but rather, power enhanced or natural savants in their field. Both Harry and Satomi are to be considered Tinker 1 until further notice, while Jun is to be considered Thinker 0, Master 0. Harry's Prion-based Anti inflammatory medication has reduced allergen lethality by over 79%, while Satomi's work in my lab allowed me to improve the efficiancy of my designs by 12. All three seem to be friendly towards the Protectorate, while Satomi seems to lack education in other fields. It is not out of the realm of possibility that one or multiple members of PART are formerly students of the Parahuman known as Teacher. Caution should be used in dealing with any of them."
"These are the highest priority targets to discuss. The remainder of PART's info and members have been included in a dossier that will be distributed later on to those with clearance."
Piggot Pyramids her hands together.
"There's been word that PART has recruited Tattletale, Uber, and Leet. One of their new videos seems to show off members of PART gallivanting around in some sort of simulated wilderness, as a part of their new "Let's Play Dimentions" series, I'm assigning you to look it over and give me a report on the contents of the stream, Aegis."
"Yes Ma'm" he responds.
"PART seems to have dropped off the map entirely, claiming to be traveling to other worlds for unspecified reasons, I suspect it may be a publicity stunt. I'd like to get to the bottom of this, but ultimately, Neither them, nor Uber and Leet, have given up any information or communication when prompted, and Uber and Leet have ceased all criminal activity, supposedly to 'Focus on raising production value on future streams'."
"I'll be blunt in saying that this whole situation leaves a sick taste in my mouth. Their recent success, however, has neutered recent pressure from the Youth Guard, due to the perceived ineffectiveness of our own Wards in voluntary civic service of this nature, and despite rumors of Teeth Incursions in the city, their work has given us a wide and broad space of breathing room throughout the entire docks area as the Dockworkers Union helps in managing patrols through the new King's Way Area traveling along the coast."
"I want to see good things in the future here, and I'm relying on all of you to keep the peace. I'll be sending each of you personalized Emails for new procedures when dealing with PART, I think we can make good use of their work, with some care."
"I also want all of you to keep searching for Lung, and those strange shadowy creatures that were responsible for his escape. I don't like or want the situation presented by that. Lung's Savvy combined with this new unknown parahuman factor only further intensifies the threat brought forward by Bakuda and the Bombs she is supplying to the ABB."
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A chair, a Television, and a person in the chair.
A TV shows the news in a small and humble shack, PART Clears the Graveyard, City Cheers!
The TV is carefully turned off, and a figure turns to go outside.
"Boy, I haven't seen you like this in a while, If you'll calm down, we can talk to the others about making a visit." An incredibly smooth voice says, with something approaching genuine care.
A nod, and the pair leave behind the house, something a dull red-brown drips from the gutters up above. It'll need to be cleaned.
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someone on the phone
"Look, I had nothing to do with it, these fuckers showed up and kicked the shit out of me and my boys, took all the drugs, and set the place ablaze, Squealer's in the fucking hospital, and you're telling me to go looking for trouble?"
"..."
"Fuck you! if you want your product, you better come up here and help me fucking get it you cuntwipe shitstained motherfucker, because I'm not sending out a single one of my boys after those miscreant cock-hole stuffer bastards until I see some backup, and I sure won't do it just because some Teeth Fuckheads told me to!"
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two women
"A new group, from another world? Give me some privacy Alexandria, I need to adjust the path in peace."
"Step one, turn twenty three degrees to the right, look forward as though at a person, and say-"
--
it
In deep space, an angelic figure floats. She's already made several minor alterations in her flight path, each one so infinitesimally small that even the satellite honed in on her position fails to detect them. The figure slowly turns, but before it makes eye contact,
--
The vision ends, each flash of information having been shorter than the last, before it all ends.
This is the future that occurred before this vision.
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"Could one of you young men help me? There's no reason not to take as many of these tombstones as we can carry, considering the only thing they are doing here is pulling corpses out of the dirt." Soma says, her own strength meaning she is likely not up to the task. She gives it the old collage try anyway, attempting to pry up a tombstone with her sword, this only demonstrates that no, she is not strong enough to carry off hundreds of pounds of granite.