peterverse | endbringer, meet gun

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...Very unseasonable rains can be seen in the distance from the shores of Acapulco.

The Brockton Bay Protectorate starts organizing volunteers to be transported or teletransported in batches to it. Heroes, rogues, villains, anyone's assistance is appreciated. A rendez-vous point is set for non-Protectorate capes wishing to volunteer, and Protectorate capes are informed of the situation via communication devices.

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From:

mxglam

They nod. "No Simurgh."

From:

thinkering

"Kill the other two with my blessing."

From:

mxglam

Barest of hesitations. "I still need people to believe it can be done. I know I can do it, but as long as most people's expectations are to just drive them away, I won't be able to."

From:

thinkering

"How much do your creations obey physics? If you throw one, and you couldn't calculate the ballistics in your head, does it land where you're trying to hit, or where it would actually hit, or what?"

From:

mxglam

"...I don't actually know. They've never violated common sense physics. As in, I've never been surprised by anything I've made, though I guess saying it like that it sounds obvious."

From:

thinkering

"Yeah. How about you throw a thing, I'll have a robot figure ballistics and go to catch it while you close your eyes?"

From:

mxglam

"Okay. Should I try believing anything in particular?" they ask, making a rubber duck appear in their hand.

From:

thinkering

"...Try believing that the bot will catch it, but don't look."

From:

mxglam

They close their eyes, and their mask reflect this, then toss the duck somewhere.

From:

thinkering

The robot calculates where it ought to go. The robot goes just under where that is supposed to be.

From:

mxglam

The duck is nonetheless in a position to be very catchable. In fact, even if the robot doesn't try to catch the duck, the duck will still at the very least fall on top of the robot or get stuck in an appendage or something like that. If the robot tries not to catch the duck, though, it will succeed.