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:

mrglam

"...probably tell me when one of those things has happened?"

"Or an explanation of more or less how uncomfortable you are with me-type behaviors in general."

From:

thinkering

"You're basically okay. I think I sufficiently outlined the 'being weird' thing I didn't care for, occasional knowing eyebrow-raises are within tolerances, do not actually have a masturbatory orgy in my workshop but I think you knew that."

From:

mrglam

"Right. We knew that," says copy, and original nods.

From:

thinkering

"I'm so glad. So. How many of you can you make at once?"

From:

mrglam

Pop!

...pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop...

They don't actually pop when they appear, and the overall effect is as if there had been a crowd of Saddes there all along but they had just neglected to notice them.

"...I could probably do more," original says.

From:

thinkering

"So that will have to wait till we have more room too."

From:

mrglam

"Yeah," says the one remaining copy after all the others are gone.

From:

thinkering

"The robots are having trouble playing catch. So you can definitely affect things you didn't make," she adds.

From:

mrglam

"Rad!"

From:

thinkering

"Yeah. The effects are sort of subtle, almost like the golf balls are being knocked around by wind or slightly greasy or something, but they're definitely there."

From:

mrglam

"Mmhm."

"You know what I just noticed?"

From:

thinkering

"No, what?"

From:

mrglam

"I managed to make one and two's earpieces."

"And we weren't in his field of vision when he did that."

From:

thinkering

"Ooh, nice!"

From:

mrglam

"I think 'attention' is the key here? Sorta like, knowing where a thing is or ought to be even if I'm not directly looking at it?"

From:

thinkering

"Maybe you could get a boost from, like, a map, or an HUD like mine."

From:

mrglam

"I've tried doing it over live video and that didn't work, though."

From:

thinkering

"I meant within whatever it turns out your range is, but really? How far was the place you were looking at?"

From:

mrglam

"Well, far. I was using one of those websites that show a feed of random cameras and tried to make a can of Coke appear in Philadelphia. It was night and such, no one was really around, and I tried to make it appear in a couple more-or-less hidden places."

From:

thinkering

"Okay, so you can't reach Philly. But I can hook you up with camera feeds that go wherever you like, if it turns out you can work through cameras over shorter distances. I'll rig up something simple in time for our outdoorsy power testing session."

From:

mrglam

"...we could try something really short-range? Like, maybe just outside this room? No reason to try outdoorsy stuff if it turns out I can't do it through cameras at all or something."