blasto, meet official opinions on self-replicating minions

[peterxy]

The PRT catches wind of a strange increase in disappeared domestic animals in the downtown area. Given that the people who live there are the rich and powerful, this is clearly a problem that needs to be investigated and solved immediately. The PRT, of course, agrees that this is of utmost importance, and not just because of precedent about mass abductions of pets, of course not, why would you think that, they are so very worried about Fido, even Scion recognizes the merits of rescuing lost pets.

(Lorica's asked to maybe keep a few more eyes there than she has been.)

Comments

[thinkering]

"I hate those things. The bot was helping me compose responses without getting distracted or accidentally answering a question just because someone asked it." Sigh.

[mxglam]

"I, somewhat predictably, like them a lot. I wish I'd gotten more questions. Or, any questions at all, really. I suppose the one about us dating could've included me but it seemed mostly directed at you, I wonder why."

[thinkering]

"I'd been answering questions already?" she shrugs.

[mxglam]

"Then why did they start with you? Although I suppose being panicked about bot surveillance would do it."

[thinkering]

"Might be because I'm captain. I don't really know."

[mxglam]

"At least they didn't pick on poor Windflower, she looked like she might wilt there."

[thinkering]

"Yeah, I would probably have stepped in if someone had addressed her. Poor kid."

[mxglam]

"I would comment that I think she should probably try becoming a civilian but she really helped yesterday."

[thinkering]

"She's very handy if you need things dead and have a way to contain the poison. Just doesn't come up all that often when you're a hero type."

[mxglam]

"Well, even when you're a villain, doing that would be breaking the unwritten rules ninety percent of the time."

[thinkering]

"Yeah, she'd have to be an extremely scary villain and then someone would shoot her." Sigh.

[mxglam]

"If she knew how to properly leverage her power, though, she might be able to not be shot and she'd be terrifying."

[thinkering]

"I'm glad we find a way to make her feel heroic on occasion, all things considered."

[mxglam]

"Mmhm. I wonder if it might've helped if Armsmaster had made that point to the press, that it was in large part thanks to her that it all worked out."

[thinkering]

"I think he may consider her power in general bad PR. As a factor he probably wasn't considering, I'd be worried if I heard about it what exactly was keeping your constructs in place and how reliable they were."

[mxglam]

"Oh, yeah. Though I think people, at least in Brockton Bay, have probably pretty much accepted that I can just conjure whatever."

[thinkering]

"Convenient."

[mxglam]

"Mmhm. There was a lot of activity on the Forums when I released the video conjuring a copy. There had been speculation, what with people sometimes seeing me on two patrols at the same time. I just wish the Forums weren't so... insular."

[thinkering]

"Yeah, and they're pretty inaccessible for anyone who'd just want to pop in for a bit of trivia. The wiki's better but still leans kind of jargon-heavy."

[mxglam]

"I wonder if there's a way to make it better. Perhaps with an introduction board? That had a few sticky posts, like 'Welcome! Here's some basic info' or 'Trivia' or 'Jargon explanation' or 'Cape info' or something."

[thinkering]

"Maybe I should have the bot make thread summaries for popular threads so people can read half a page and then jump in knowing what's been going on."

[mxglam]

"Oh, right, your bot's a mod."

[thinkering]

"Yes it is. But there's not currently apparatus for that so it'd need buy-in from the admins."

[mxglam]

"I'm sure they'll appreciate the idea."

[thinkering]

"Bot's gonna suggest it. It's got lots of spare processor time when it's not operating a trebled flock in an emergency."