endbringer, meet gun

[peterxy]

...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.

Comments

[thinkering]

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

[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.

[thinkering]

The robot waits until the duck ought to be sailing over its rotor, then reaches for it.

[mxglam]

The duck has been caught! Hooray!

[thinkering]

"Try it again?"

[mxglam]

New duck:

is thrown.

[thinkering]

The robot attempts to be obliged to chase it.

[peterxy]

The duck permits this.

[thinkering]

"Again?"

[mxglam]

New duck!

[thinkering]

This one the robot attempts to let sail past.

[peterxy]

Should the robot not move, the duck will still somehow find its way to it.

[thinkering]

"Try again?"

[mxglam]

Rubber duck, I choose you!

[thinkering]

The robot attempts to give it an even wider sailing-past margin.

[peterxy]

The duck obeys the laws of physics.

[thinkering]

"Okay, I'd want to do that about ten more times to come to any really firm conclusions, but it seems like your power can calculate ballistics, it'd just... rather not have to?"

[mxglam]

"Why? What were the results?"

[thinkering]

"When the robot didn't try to catch it but it was near where a real object would have traveled, it juked into the robot to be caught anyway. Had to give it a wider berth to not catch it."

[mxglam]

"Huh." The various ducks disappear. "So it does break the laws of physics, but only a little. I wonder if I can make it break them more by adding more energy? More entropy and such."

And without waiting for an answer, they close their eye and throw a new duck directly up.

[thinkering]

The robots, not expecting such a thing, do not attempt to catch it.

[peterxy]

Unless the robot that tried to catch it the previous times dodges at the last second, the duck will fall on and bounce off its - head? Top?

[thinkering]

"Landed on the same robot that was playing catch before."

[mxglam]

They open their eyes. "I was meaning to have it catch the duck but I suppose I can't really force the robot to do it, so I guess the duck did its best."

[thinkering]

"Can't you? Could you not give one of the robots an extra arm?"