You've determined specific abilities I'm capable of, yes. But you're still slightly off the mark.
My brother and I needed someone to protect the younger members of my family. SnowDancer had a ruthless reputation, but were known to be protect children.
[He and Walker entered SnowDancer territory prepared to die. He had no idea how they would change all of their lives for the better.]
It isn't a matter of stealth. It's a matter of foundation.
They're like a changeling wolf pack. Changelings can only hold the territory they can protect. SnowDancer holds most changeling lands in the state of Califnoria.
And I do not kill people.
[Anymore. Unless they come after people he cares for.]
It means that if you have a strong foundation, you'll only be stronger in battle. I've never had to rely on my abilities to fight, though in doing so I can certainly turn the tide quicker.
[In a sense, at least. His true designation is Tk-Cell, but he doesn't feel ready to divulge that particular secret yet. Nor does he feel the need to share that he is additionally a 9.4 gradient Telepath.]
Does your world have a power gradient for their quirks?
It is not too dissimilar from this one. Only it is cleaner and more heavily forested thanks to the Changeling population.
I never said you shouldn't use them. I'm saying you shouldn't rely on them. If your abilities are strong, and your ability to fight without your powers are strong, what do you think would happen if you combined them?
9.9 is as high as the gradient can measure. Anything higher than that is immeasurable by the current gradient system. Those who possess that level of skill are known as Cardinals, and you can recognize them on sight, as they possess distinctive eyes: pure black with white speckles, like stars in a night sky.
Cardinals are extremely rare.
[His family produced 3 over the span of 2 generations: his sister, his niece, and his nephew.]
We classify ours by designation as well, though some classifications have subdesignations, or rare designations that fit within that group.
If I can guess correctly, emitters expel energy from their bodies, transformers are able to shapeshift--or perhaps transmogrify objects--and mutants are transformed permanently by whatever their quirk might be?
What would "this shit" entail? This world? Is yours not like this one in terms of technology and environment?
And yet you lost to me. Did you not realize I never once used my abilities against you in our battle?
[Oh, he used them to defend himself from serious damage, but he never once struck out with them.]
I can't say I've ever looked into the etymology of the word, but though Psy are mostly atheist today, I believe the word derives more from the religious connotation than the small bird.
I'm not a an M-Psy. I do not judge abilities to rank on the gradient.
You just asked me if we named our Cardinals after the bird. Sometimes the obvious isn't so. I apologize for attempting to learn more about your world.
Have you tried the woods outside Heropa? There are several trails that are decently challenging.
[Judd pauses to consider the question. Psy did not typically emit their abilities in such a manner, the closest designation he could think of that did was his niece's incredibly rare X abilities. He had no doubts that members of the Forgotten, descendants of Psy who went into hiding after breaking away from Silence, had probably developed strange abilities that might qualify, but they hardly seemed interested in measuring it on the gradient.
He knows that trying to explain this would only involve several more rounds of explatives and talking in circles, so he uses Sienna's abilities as a baseline.]
From what I've seen, you have fine control over your explosive abilities, able to emit both large and small blasts, and can control it over a wide area, as you demonstrated by pointlessly murdering all of those fish.
You aren't Cardinal level, though would certainly rank high on the gradient. Without anything to completely compare against, I would say a 8.7.
[It's a genuinely good rank on the gradient. His rank is extremely rare, and comes from his parents looking to co-mingle very specific genes together to create very powerful offspring. Especially after they succeeded with Kristine.]
Perhaps I can show you sometime. It's a peaceful run.
[It's not bad. It's certainly not insulting. But he can do better. He knows he can do better, and that he can eventually surpass Judd and be...Cardinal level or whatever.]
That won't last. I'll beat you, and when I do it will be a flawless victory.
[He decides not to mention that while Psy's abilities can rise and/or fall ont he gradient, it typically was a negligible change. A 3.2 Psychometric couldn't suddenly become a 9.8 gradient Psychometric with training. They could, perhaps, raise a few points to maybe a 3.8, but that was only with age and practice.]
I go for a run every morning at 5 AM. If you happen to be awake, call me and I'll wait for you.
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Date: 2020-07-16 12:16 pm (UTC)Superpower?
What the fuck. You don't look like a wolf. Are you a wolf, or are you human?
My quirk's kind of flashy in case you didn't notice.
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Date: 2020-07-16 02:02 pm (UTC)And I am not a wolf. I am not changeling. I am not human. As I have just told you, I am Psy.
Yes, it is. But flash does not equal substance.
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Date: 2020-07-16 02:26 pm (UTC)Then why hang out with wolves?
I didn't fucking say that. It's hard to do stealth.
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Date: 2020-07-16 05:33 pm (UTC)My brother and I needed someone to protect the younger members of my family. SnowDancer had a ruthless reputation, but were known to be protect children.
[He and Walker entered SnowDancer territory prepared to die. He had no idea how they would change all of their lives for the better.]
It isn't a matter of stealth. It's a matter of foundation.
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Date: 2020-07-17 02:53 pm (UTC)They like the yakuza or mafia? You a hitman?
What the fuck does that metaphorical crap mean?
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Date: 2020-07-22 12:17 am (UTC)They're like a changeling wolf pack. Changelings can only hold the territory they can protect. SnowDancer holds most changeling lands in the state of Califnoria.
And I do not kill people.
[Anymore. Unless they come after people he cares for.]
It means that if you have a strong foundation, you'll only be stronger in battle. I've never had to rely on my abilities to fight, though in doing so I can certainly turn the tide quicker.
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Date: 2020-07-23 03:20 pm (UTC)Whatever. So they're like a wolf yakuza. What kind of world do you live in?
I can fight without it if I need to but my quirk's part of me. Why refrain from using it legally?
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Date: 2020-07-24 01:11 am (UTC)[In a sense, at least. His true designation is Tk-Cell, but he doesn't feel ready to divulge that particular secret yet. Nor does he feel the need to share that he is additionally a 9.4 gradient Telepath.]
Does your world have a power gradient for their quirks?
It is not too dissimilar from this one. Only it is cleaner and more heavily forested thanks to the Changeling population.
I never said you shouldn't use them. I'm saying you shouldn't rely on them. If your abilities are strong, and your ability to fight without your powers are strong, what do you think would happen if you combined them?
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Date: 2020-07-24 09:43 am (UTC)No. We classify them by type. Mine's an emitter, and then there are transformation and mutant quirks.
Sounds less shitty than this shit.
I'd kick ass, but that's what I'm doing already!
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Date: 2020-07-27 01:19 am (UTC)Cardinals are extremely rare.
[His family produced 3 over the span of 2 generations: his sister, his niece, and his nephew.]
We classify ours by designation as well, though some classifications have subdesignations, or rare designations that fit within that group.
If I can guess correctly, emitters expel energy from their bodies, transformers are able to shapeshift--or perhaps transmogrify objects--and mutants are transformed permanently by whatever their quirk might be?
What would "this shit" entail? This world? Is yours not like this one in terms of technology and environment?
And yet you lost to me. Did you not realize I never once used my abilities against you in our battle?
[Oh, he used them to defend himself from serious damage, but he never once struck out with them.]
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Date: 2020-07-27 01:27 pm (UTC)Where would you put me on the gradient.
Wow, gold star for you. How'd you get it on your first guess, you must be some kind of fucking genius.
Don't compare Japan to this garbage! Yeah, there's urban parts and rural parts, but we're nothing like this shithole. Plus I like to hike.
Shut the fuck up.
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Date: 2020-07-28 12:40 am (UTC)I'm not a an M-Psy. I do not judge abilities to rank on the gradient.
You just asked me if we named our Cardinals after the bird. Sometimes the obvious isn't so. I apologize for attempting to learn more about your world.
Have you tried the woods outside Heropa? There are several trails that are decently challenging.
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Date: 2020-07-28 01:04 pm (UTC)I don't give a shit what you are, based on your extensive experience and shit, where would you rank me?
That ain't what I meant, asshole...
...No. I haven't.
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Date: 2020-07-29 01:12 am (UTC)He knows that trying to explain this would only involve several more rounds of explatives and talking in circles, so he uses Sienna's abilities as a baseline.]
From what I've seen, you have fine control over your explosive abilities, able to emit both large and small blasts, and can control it over a wide area, as you demonstrated by pointlessly murdering all of those fish.
You aren't Cardinal level, though would certainly rank high on the gradient. Without anything to completely compare against, I would say a 8.7.
[It's a genuinely good rank on the gradient. His rank is extremely rare, and comes from his parents looking to co-mingle very specific genes together to create very powerful offspring. Especially after they succeeded with Kristine.]
Perhaps I can show you sometime. It's a peaceful run.
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Date: 2020-08-04 02:24 am (UTC)[It's not bad. It's certainly not insulting. But he can do better. He knows he can do better, and that he can eventually surpass Judd and be...Cardinal level or whatever.]
That won't last. I'll beat you, and when I do it will be a flawless victory.
I could use a new route.
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Date: 2020-08-05 12:41 am (UTC)[He decides not to mention that while Psy's abilities can rise and/or fall ont he gradient, it typically was a negligible change. A 3.2 Psychometric couldn't suddenly become a 9.8 gradient Psychometric with training. They could, perhaps, raise a few points to maybe a 3.8, but that was only with age and practice.]
I go for a run every morning at 5 AM. If you happen to be awake, call me and I'll wait for you.
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Date: 2020-08-05 01:44 am (UTC)Fine. Don't sleep in.
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Date: 2020-08-05 10:47 pm (UTC)[For someone who keeps yelling about wanting to become better, he seems to have a very narrow-minded view of what that might mean. Judd means well.]
Trust me, I won't.
[It drives his mate crazy how early he wakes up in the morning.]