>>18190325

You stand in workshop 825, while Roxy checks out the hammer after you gave it a bit of a shakedown cruise. You and Johnny stand around drinking milkshakes, while you allow Johnny to scribble down a slightly de-contexted story of last night, for the paper.

Roxane announces that the machine is operating perfectly. But interjects that even with some modern parts, the fuel efficiency is terrible. It'll never run all the way to Vermont, so you'll need to either swap the power plant, or rent/borrow a vehicle of sufficient power to tow/carry it. Then she takes the last remaining milkshake.

rolled 7 = 7

>>18190418
hand over the catalog credit chip and member ship card "we got a 500$ budget what do we need?"

>>18190459
This seems best, ask the expert

>>18190459
>>18190468

You throw the catalog and the membership card Ashwood gave you on a near by workbench. "I made 500 bucks on the Museum thing last night." You say, to the room. "Anything of use?" Roxane takes it and flicks through. "Not much, actually. You'd be surprised." She pauses for a second to skim a page. "W&U mostly does gadgets, toys or trinkets, except for their mundane or surplus stuff. Plus Mr. Wayland and Mr. Utani are very careful about not being responsible for the legality, so we'd end up paying quite a bit for the permits and stamps to order any weapons on it." She looks up at you over the catalog. "Y'know, if you wanted to arm it. As a construction/excavation tool, other than maybe jury-rig some kind of interchangeable tool arms, or make the tow winch motorized, the only real thing is the power plant." You nod, and think about it. You never really intended the Hammer as a weapon, just something heavy enough to move shit in the Exclusion Zone.

"Oh, they're still selling my mouse-catchers! And the construction kits, like I asked!" Roxane observes, with joy. That's right, she actually makes all the money she needs for school and expenses off some patents she has.

rolled 46 = 46

>>18190570
lets make this the best earth moving power house there is, then its time to do some Archeology

>>18190632

Is it still Archaeology when its from 15 years ago?

rolled 52 = 52

>>18190645
yes modren , in that that what we are studying?

>>18190673

Come again?

rolled 6 = 6

>>18190673
were an anthro major this is what we do

>>18190570
"What kind of power plant could we afford for $500 and still have money left over for a winch and some tools, like a plasma cutter or power drill and stuff?"

rolled 19 = 19

>>18190730
this

>>18190730

"Well, tools aren't the problem. I can right up a cutting torch, maybe cludge you a manipulator arm, build a giant sledge hammer... not sure what you'll do with a giant drill, though. You're not getting through crystaline bunker doors and walls with a drill." She puts the catalog down, and turns around, to look at the Hammer, putting a hand on her chin while she thinks. "Now, for power, with 500, I could probably switch this wholly over to electric. Normally that would call for microfusion, or one of those portable nuclear reactors, but I checked the system, and with some modifications, I can run it on an electric engine. We'll pull the engine block and sell that, and I can use that to replace it with a smaller electrical engine, and then we could use the cash to buy some high-storage batteries, and make the modifications to the existing systems to run on electric." She turns around to face you. "Not counting deliver time, that'll be a couple days, though. As it is, you could probably make a trip to Vermont now, if you had a truck to hook this to, and the right directions."

Johnny shakes his head. "Yeah, but my leg still isn't fit to stand up in that thing for long periods of time unassisted." He turns to you. "The Doctors said I should start putting my weight on it in a couple days, y'know, try and work to get back some of the muscle mass that was lost. Once I start doing that, operating the pedals should be fine." You nod. Well, its not like you could have set out right away anyway. You'll need something to haul the stuff back here to claim the salvage on it. Also, you don't have any idea how to get to the Exclusion Zone from here.

>>18190872
We should also put a tow hitch on there. We can probably tow around a light cart with a locking lid that we could put cargo in. Anyway, let's see if anyone wants to do anything right now. If not, let's try to find the parkour gang and go running downtown. We'll take the metro when we try to find them, rather than running, so that we can work on our shoe lace while we're in-transit.

>>18190931

Tow hitch is already applied. You also have forklift blade arms.

>>18190957
Okey-doke. Then unless they have an idea of what to do right now, like a specific fun thing or something they need help with, let's head on out to go jump off of tall buildings.

>>18190872
Ask where different power sources and batteries are generally found.

Why is everybody so keen on the Parkour guys? It's not like you blew them off, or anything. And Agility and Coordination are four. Milking that fifth point in either will take more than an hour or two going all mirror's edge.

The world could end tomorrow night. You guys seriously have nothing better to do?

>>18191076

Auto-Parts store?

What, you were expecting some kind of epic quest to find the +5 Holy Battery?

>>18191084
I dont know, this is /tg/ after all...

>>18191084
Well, not that guy, but since we're swapping a truck engine, I expected the batteries to be something special if they need to sustain an equivalent electric engine. Not the kind you find at an auto-store

>>18191177

It's the futurepresent. You can find the requisite high-density storage of about the right size of a car battery which will run for like a month straight. They're really heavy comparatively, but you won't have the whole engine block weight on it, so the over-all mass and weight should even out.

>>18191084
Also idea. Could we enchant a pice of metal to produce a constant electric charge and hook it up with a battery to build a quasi-magical self filling battery?

rolled 18 = 18

And lo! I hath arrived!
Had been refreshing /tg/ for an hour, and of course right when I have to go away for 2 hours you start.

And I'm not sure why everyone wants the parkours thing either. I just wanna hang out with Roxanne and Johnny. Character development etc.

>>18191236

You could probably rig something to produce a constant electrical charge, but I don't think Dan knows enough about magic OR electrical engineering to build something that was both strong enough and not too strong. Like, he could make something like a joy buzzer, or like a bolt of lighting, but getting the precise amount of power output would be a lot trickier.

Also, wouldn't running all that power through a mundane lump of metal cause it to deteriorate?

shouldn't we check on blackstone/the detective duo?

>>18191289
Blackstone told us to let it be and let the professionals handle it, and the detectives are busy detectiving, and we'd only get in the way.

>>18191276
Couldnt you have a rod of Tungsten/Wolfram carved with symbols and wrap it in copper and suspend it in a magnetic field?

rolled 70 = 70

>>18191276
ok lets get some surplus equipment and do this idk how

>>18191336

But you could still call him and talk to him.

It's always so much fun talking with that guy, remember?

rolled 18 = 18

>>18191346
alright, lets call him and ask what's up

>>18191340

You can probably do those things which you said.

What would that do?

>>18191357
ask roxy so we don't make end up in an electric fire. If it's something useful and we can do it, let's try

>>18191357
Carve magical runes to make the tungsten rod produce electricity, the copper spool to catch it and transfer it to the battery and the magnet field to prevent the tungsten rod to ground into the armor. It might be best to run he electricity trough a tranformer/converter to get the right voltage.

>>18191378

I still don't know what those things that >>18191340 said does.

I'm a writer, guys. Not goddamn rainman. I'm after intent. What is the purpose of doing those thing?

Why are we bothering with a magic solution to a problem that's already been fixed?

>>18191389

This is a good plan, but probably no way in hell Dan has this idea on his own.

Still doesn't solve the power disparity problem.

Also, why do you guys need magic battery rechargers for? You HAVE batteries. If you want to make the Power Armor run on electricity, requiring less frequent fuel ups (And also meaning it can make it to Vermont on its own, probably. Still be a little slow) you need to convert the engine to electric, and preferably purchase some higher capacity storage batteries.

You're solving problems you don't have!

>>18191421
okay lets just do that then and shelf the idea for (possebly) future use.

>>18191421
Well, since everyone's spouting out stuff about the electricity, and since Johnny has to recover a few days, I guess it's safe to assume we want to go for the electric engine thingy.

>>18191421
I think they're trying to come up with a magical electricity generator, to put in place of batteries

Hey what's the sound system like on the Hammer? 'cause I was thinking we haven't been minmaxing our lives, what's a 'normal' thing for us to spend some money on? Speakers and subs obviously. Especially since Dan and Johnny are both kinda show-offs (n.b. buying the milkshakes, the top hat etc)

So yeah, we should totally fit some subs where the engine used to be.

>>18191470

It has an external speaker, so you can talk to people outside, with out having to open the little slit and yell out it. Or open the secure cockpit hatch. It's moderately loud, so you can be heard in the middle of a battlefield.

It's not like there's a stereo or anything in it, though. No iPod dock or CD player. It's a piece of military equipment. From 1954.

>>18191470
But that's gonna be filled by the motor and batteries. And while it's an amusing idea, this is a utility machine, we don't really plan to go cruising in it, I don't think

>>18191511
Even tough it would be pretty ballin...

So what the hell are we actually doing now, any way?

>>18191500
Alright, let's get the thing switched over to an electric engine then, and see if we can't load it up with a bunch of extra mid-range batteries.
Have Roxy add on the sledge and the cutting torch too, I imagine we'll have to be going through a lot of rubble.

If there's any money left over after that, let's think about getting Roxxy something nice for doing all this work. Something kinda nerdy in a science way, but that still kinda says romance.
I'm thinking maybe a triforce necklace?

>>18191701

That'll burn up those wealth points of yours, so I'd like if we got more than one suggester to agree to this.

Also, if you guys agreed on what gift to get, that'd be cool, but knowing /tg/ that might take like an hour, so I'll just revert to my usual "whatever I think is coolest" rule.

>>18191701
/agree.
And I don't care which gift really. But make it a bit nerdy if possible.

>>18191701
thirded

Bam

>>18191761
That one is brass, but maybe we could get one of a more precious metal?

rolled 66 = 66

lets go green get a battery or what ever to go electric then make the magic recharger

>>18191701
>>18191735
>>18191761
>>18191800
let's make her one, pick up some metal wire and matching beadery, and work in some mesoamerican symbology matching each aspect of the three Triforces. Then later, once we know the appropriate spells/schools, we enchant it.

>>18192072
That's a really cool idea, but I dunno if we really have the time. I think this is something that we should get and give to her ASAP.

>>18192108
It is, perhaps, a long term gift plan, I guess.

>>18192139
Maybe down the road we could ask for it back so that we could further improve it. It certainly wouldn't be unheard of for someone to do a gift like that.

rolled 61 = 61

Does the mecha have A/C in it?

Also, it is slow as hell, how can we make it go faster?

>>18192178
I'm fairly certain it was mentioned in the last thread that it does have AC. If only because there is a huge diesel truck engine less than two feet away from the operator.

>>18192168
That's what I meant by, "Later, we enchant it!"

>>18192178
We make it go faster by spending more money we don't have on upgrades. Maybe.

>>18192266
In that case I'll second your motion. I thought you intended to hold onto it for something like a week while we upgrade it and then give it to her.

>>18192178

It is Air Conditioned yes. It actually has a pretty good air seal if the cockpit is closed and so is the little sliding door in the front. It WAS built during the Cold War after all.

As for making it go faster taking out the old engine block and slimming it down for an electrical system will improve that some. As will Roxane's tuning of the system to make it electric. But you're not going to get much more than a 40-45 mph wheel speed on level ground. It just isn't made to go fast.

rolled 1 = 1

>>18192300
enchant the red paint with wing magic to make it go fast

>>18192317
Because red goes faster, obviously.

>>18192317

Paint is already on.

Also, I don't like your plan. It is slow. It was built in the 50s. The universe does not allow it to be fast.

Okay, you could slap some rocket boosters or something on it, make it rocket jump. But that's expensive, and you'd need permits for the boosters and the fuel and stuff.

rolled 42 = 42

>>18192319
well yea

>>18192358
Rather than make it fast, could we add wards or something to enhance the armour?
The universe will let the 50s have large, slow moving juggernauts, right?

>>18192366

Theoretically. I mean, it's already HAR 5, equivalent to modern heavy tanks in terms of armor. So you wouldn't be adding to the mundane armor, but you could take your sharpie and scribble some lines that give it protection from magic. Some abilities do have the "Non-Physical" extra, which means they bypass normal defenses like armor.

Dan was hit with some Necrotic Lightning last night like that, he still has the 2 Killing damage in the torso from it.

>>18192358
Another vote for electric, if you're still counting.
I'm also all for the magical generator, and other enhancements. Is there a Machine Spirit floating around out there somewhere? Or a Spirit of Looting?
Gork and Mork?

>>18192398

Also, you'd have to fuck up the look given to you by the Hot Rod red paint scheme.

>>18192408
Ward the inside to protect the pilot? Take off the armour panels, draw the symbols on the inner sides, and put them back on?

>>18192408
Why not paint it with our own blood, red-on-red should work right?

rolled 47 = 47

>>18192300
>It just isn't made to go fast.
YOU'RE KILLING ME

>>18192435

Blood dries brown. Also, that's a lot of blood. You'd need to draw a decently sized symbol at least on each cardinal "face" of the machine.

>>18192426

This could work. You'd need lots of time and stuff, since Roxane would either have to do it or show you how to pop off the plates and put them back on, but you could make your arrays inside. It's magic, so it faces in the direction you're trying to make it face.

rolled 86 = 86

>>18192398
Can we scribble some shit to make it go faster?

>>18192398
>he still has the 2 Killing damage in the torso from it.
How do we get rid of this?

>>18192570

>mf

>>18192578

Medical Treatment or Rest an entire day. Dan will naturally reduce Killing to shock after about a week. Alternatively, you could find someone with a Healing Miracle or some manner of super-science, and trade cash or favor for a quick fix.

rolled 48 = 48

>>18192638
ok lts just fix it up best we can

>>18192638
Would that hippy chick from the Club have a heal?
How much effort would it take to heal either 1 or both points of damage?

Can we actually you know... do something? we haven't done an actual action for almost 3 hours now...

>>18192665

Nah, she was an Empath.

Blackstone had a quick healing spell he knew.

>>18192679

Yeah, sure. You guys just keep switching directions before I can make a post.

Or harping on about useless things. *coughneedforspeedcough*

>>18192723
Which we keep doing because we're waiting for a post.
But seriously, just ignore us and go with the electric engine thing.

>>18192723
>switching directions
Uh, pretty much everyone wants the electric engine. We're just trying to think of other ways to boost the Hammer's performance.

I really think we should try warding it, Johnny's going to be inside it and we don't want our mate getting hurt (again!). I reckon we try to give it as much non-physical armour as we can unless anyone can think of anything better to ward it against (what sort of defenses might we be looking at raiding Cyrean caches? If there's anything psionic then maybe boost the pilots mental fortitude?)

Surely we could just etch the designs into the amrour with a dremel then paint over it again. They'd still be there (and more permanent than paint) but not visible unless unless you're close.

>>18192723
Let's hit up Esoteric Sciences; Blackstone knew a healing spell, right? After that, let's seriously go meet up with the parkour gang. Not because we're trying to still train, per se. Because we want to test ourselves against the downtown course.

>>18192638
>>18192638

Alright, if the universe won't let us ward it for speed then the universe better compensate by improving wards for defense.

>>18192829
Dresden/Blackstone generally advocates going for mundane alternatives where available. He'd likely just tell us to go to a hospital - or even to just learn our own healing spell.

>>18192732

(How can I ignore you *and* do the electric engine thing?)

You take out the credit chip and add it to the pile on the workbench, with the catalog and the card. "Here's the money, let's go with the electric option. I'd rather spend a shitload of money now then constant shitloads of money keeping it gassed up anyway." You also make a mental note to buy Roxane something nice as a sort of repayment for all the work she's doing. Not that she seems to mind.

You rub the sore spot on your chest when you were hit with lightning last night. Its hard to tell since you glow in that area, but you're pretty sure your skin looks extensively bruised in that area. "I don't suppose anyone knows of a way I can get a quick heal? I'm not sure mundane medicine can handle this one." Johnny shrugs. He hangs out with Journalism majors and those taking related classes. Roxane puts a finger on her chin and thinks for some percentile of a second. "I took an anatomy class with a girl trying to get into the Medical School once, who was an actual Psychic Surgeon. Family ability, goes way back. Supposedly its actually really painful though." "Eugh," You say. "I didn't get that banged up. It's not like I was literally struck by lightning." You've heard stories about psionic healing. They are rarely pleasant.

>>18192857
Let's see if we can pick up enough fundamentals of a healing school of magic to repair ourselves a bit. We can't really afford a hospital. If not, let's just spend the rest of the day sitting around, talking to people, and knotting.

>>18192789

>(what sort of defenses might we be looking at raiding Cyrean caches? If there's anything psionic then maybe boost the pilots mental fortitude?)

Minimal. Cyreans were not big into automatons, since, y'know, they had slave races and could afford lots of their own people. At worst, they packed in some shitty booby traps as they left, if they were real vindictive. Of course, the base was struck with ground-penetrating nuclear weapons and has lain unused for 15 years, so, no counting if that works. More to worry about environmental hazards.

>>18192829

>Let's hit up Esoteric Sciences; Blackstone knew a healing spell, right?

Assuming Blackstone is in today.

>After that, let's seriously go meet up with the parkour gang. Not because we're trying to still train, per se. Because we want to test ourselves against the downtown course.

Okay, but its going to be really boring. I don't feel like writing four paragraphs about how awesome you jump from skyscraper to skyscraper tonight.

>>18192857
>thinks for some percentile of a second
Hahaha!

Btw, just ignore most stuff other than actual actions, and answer questions at the start of story posts. Well, that's how I've seen other quests do it...

>>18192841
>>18192789
>>18192366

You guys trying to improve the armour, maybe we should put some anti-non physical wards on our breastplate first. I know we've got a high loyalty to our friends AND a high relationship with Johnny but Red is going after us and I think she's most likely to use non-physical attacks (like our necro-lightninged chest).

>>18192925
Good point.
That should be our highest priority, ward wise.

>>18192925
This. HAR 5 isn't going to do a whole lot against some reality warping powers.

>>18192943
HAR 5 is the Hammer, which is probably not going to be used to fight Red. Our breastplate is HAR 3, I think.

>>18192988
I assumed armor meant power armor, point still stands either way though.

>>18192988
Preferably, it's not going to be used to fight, even.

>>18192943
>>18192932
>>18192925

Well, Dan just dumped his money into converting the Hammer to Electric (And converting the arm "weapon pods" into tool pods). So you'll need to do some body a favor to get the material components for the enchantment.

What about that shatter ability of hers? 'cause I'd hate the power armour we've spent so much time and money on going the same way as the windows in that cafe. Her floor-crumbling ability might be able to trip the armour so we'd want to avoid that.

This is only if we think Johnny will get involved with her. Personally I think our own breastplate needs a defensive ward or two.

>>18193011
Let's hit up the Evoker's Club for that. I'm sure they've got some extras lying around in tupperwear somewhere they'd let us use.

>>18193011
>>18193011

What sort of materials are we talking? Regardless, I think upgrading our cyrean breastplate is probably worth it.

>>18193014

>mfw when Transdimensional Radiation doesn't actually have Disintegrate, That's just what is does to inanimate and unattended objects

>>18193036

The Enchantment ritual process requires a material medium to hold the enchantment, some kind of oil, metal leaf, special powders, something. It has to have some significance, though. Hitting up the Evokers to see if they have any spare shit might be a good idea.

Let's hit up the Evoker's Club then

>>18193078
She could still have some nasty anti-power armor miracle that we don't know about. I don't think it's paranoid to assume that considering all we've seen out of her.

>>18193143
They only meet on saturdays, and it's monday now.

>>18193143
>>18193171

We could even ask the Evoker's and maybe use our knowledge power to see what the most likely threats are from her

>>18193187

Send a text round?

>>18193203
Yup.

>>18193143
>>18193203

Okay, mechanically, here's how this is going to go down. Dan has a 'skill' called Contacts, so he's going to roll Charm+Contacts+automatic Evokers' Club relationship. How well you do on the check will determine availability and access to materials.

If you want, you can specify what manner of materials/reagents you want now, and I'll put up the post with the actual roll next.

>>18193305
Something we can paint/draw with?

So is it just me or are we kind of getting off track? Our nemesis is planning on summoning a horrible mind-bending god-monster in a few days and we are spending our time planning staff we aren't going to need for weeks.

Did I miss something? Why aren't we helping the detectives track Red down and proceed to beat her head in with a brick?

>>18193621
Because they basically told us to fuck off and let them do their job.

>>18193621
There isn't really much we can do. This is what they told us.

>>18193621
Everyone who knows what they're doing told us that the best thing we can do to help is to get some rest and stay out of their way.

That being said, we are preparing for the eventuality that shit is going to go down.

>>18193635
>>18193656
>>18193661
They have to say that though don't they? Police Detectives can't be seen soliciting help from a D-list meta and Blackstone probably has the same 'protect everyone ever' character flaw that his namesake does.

Still, Dan doesn't seem like the kind of person who would let other people do his work for him. Especially when that work is taking down someone who has threatened not only our life, but Roxanes.

At the very least I think we should see if the detectives had any success with talking to teachers on campus, and we should probably go around asking students if they have seen anyone matching her description.

Hey anyone can do rituals, right? Why don't we ask Johnny if he wants to help us enchant the Hammer? (After we're done with the breastplate)

>>18193305

You decline to contact the psychic healer, and excuse yourself, making your way back toward the Esoteric building, deciding you'll maybe try and pick up your own healing magic. Solve that problem right up. But you also think about preventing more of this problem in the future. You decide to try enchanting your breastplate. You dig out your phone, and scroll through the numbers, and call Jeanne, since she's the only one who has any chance of being on campus right now.

(cont)

>>18193797


(2x7 on Contacts check)

"Hello, Dan. You're lucky you caught me, I was about to meet with my advisor about summer classes." You make some pleastantries, then get to the heart of the matter. "Enchanting materials? Yes, the club has some. Actually, the college itself does to, but those are reserved for students to use as part of classes. Hence why we have our own supply." She pauses for breath.

"What do you want to enchant? We have a couple of things we use all the time." "A breast plate." You say, simply. "Hrm, usually I would say to forge it. But I doubt you have the time or skill to just crank one out." "It's Cyrean, so no." You respond. "Alright then," She says, unfazed "We have some simple stuff. Our Enchanting oil or resin will probably work, Sunshine makes it for us. Nasty stuff, though. Sticky, and smells like the sap of 1000 trees. Combine it with the incense you'll be burning for the ritual part, and whatever room you do this in will smell for a week. Easiest to apply, though, and we have plenty. We also have some alchemically pure silver, but that needs to be very hot and carefully applied." You frown, thinking. "Anything I can just draw with? That doesn't involve molten metal?" You hear a shifting sound over the line, and you think Jeanne shook her head before catching on. "No, not currently. Sunshine does this thing with beeswax to make a kind of 'bee chalk' but I don't think we have any more of that." She pauses. "Anyway, swing into room 116 in the building, and I'll have Huan leave the stuff out for you. I have an appointment to keep." She makes her goodbyes.

>>18193621

(And your brilliant plan to track her down involves?)

Awesome, ask Johnny if he want's to come with us to enchant some armour.

>>18193811
>bee chalk
Let's get some of that when we can, sounds useful.

>>18193811
Silver sounds like the best solution.
No smell, and we can make glyphs that will be visible.

>>18193811
I have no brilliant plan, which is why I wanted to bring it up for discussion.

I would began by doing some basic legwork (though if the detectives are competent they should have already done this). Such as;
- checking with any arithomancy(sp?) department of the university and try and match students to her description
- her particular type of magic seems kind of unique/rare, is there any way we can use our magic to try and detect or seek out similar magic? I imagine wherever she is hiding must stink like the stuff, especially if she has been performing any rituals of her own.
- It also sounds like she's been working hard to improve her magic (since the last time we fought her) so she's probably accessed material related to her field, whether that is other magical artificats or research material to develop new spells. If we can find where she found this material we might be able to track her.

I don't want to come across as a dick, I can definitely see the benefit of preparing our own magical protections, but we are on a timeline and I would much rather fight her on our terms instead of letting her decide the time and place again.

>>18193908

Did you miss the part where you'll have to write the enchantment symbols with the molten silver?

I'd say the smell is a lot better than the potential burn injuries, or the fact that you could fuck it up and have to start over.

>>18193908
Except it has to be MOLTEN. We can't just beat it into shape.

>>18193908

I'm not sure how strongly the crystal will bind with the breastplate though. How about we phone the head of the metascience faculty (the lady we worked for, right?), explain who we've got chasing us and try charm/persuade her into letting us use the uni's supplies. They might have something more effective and if we explain it might save our life there's a chance she'll let us use it, right?

>>18193989
i mean silver will bind with the crystal

>>18193971
It's not like we have to touch it right?
We can make a mold ontop of the battleplate, then pour the silver into it, right?

>>18194003

>We can make a mold ontop of the battleplate, then pour the silver into it, right?

I don't know, can you make a mold? I don't see Knowledge (Metallurgy) or Occupation (Blacksmith) on this sheet I have here.

>>18193967

Dan has known magic for less than 24 hours. Huge area sweeps for magic are outside of his potential right now. You could magesight and compare, but you'd need to narrow your area first.

Other than that, your logic is sound. But the police are doing all that anyway. And while metahumans are usually free to protect themselves or intervene when they encounter trouble, the Police probably won't appreciate you stepping on their toes in a high-priority investigation.

>>18194080
I don't want to argue with the DM about this, but we don't need a complicated mold or anything designed to hold up for multiple castings.
We just need something to keep the silver in its glyph shapes.

>>18194138
Without bursting into flame, melting, leaking, or fusing to the silver/breastplate itself.

rolled 46 = 46

>>18194138
>>18194181
The silver is a bad idea. It's not something we actually have the means to do. We should drop it.

>>18194080
Look harder...maybe you just missed it.

I really think we just go for the oil (after phoning up the metasci faculty to check if they have anything better) because we've know guarantee that the silver will attach to the crystal.

>>18194080
Both good points. I was imagining something along the lines of a Geiger counter. The closer we are to a source of arithomancy the stronger/faster it clicks. Actually, don't we have that parapsychometer? Can we perhaps make a minor magical modification to it that temporarily makes it only zone in on arithomancy?

Good point about the police, we have been cordial so far and don't want to mess that up. I can't help but feel that for something this big, any information we can get them would be appreciated. Perhaps not the university staff but students are probably more likely to talk to us then the police.

>>18194080
>>18194223
Would ULTIMATE COSMIC KNOWLEDGE be a suitable replacement? If not, the oil is probably our best bet.

rolled 46 = 46

>>18194304
No, that's only for knowledge skills. It doesn't give us any practical skills, just raw trivia and the sort.

>>18194304
It's been established multiple times that knowledge isn't a substitute for other skills that aren't knowledge.

>>18194304
No - but maybe it COULD tell us what would be the most effective way to put an enchantment on a piece of metal?

>>18194080
>>18194328
>Knowledge(Mettalurgy)
>not a knowledge skill

>>18194223

(Nice try.)

>>18194080

Instead of just entering the library, you decide to make a quick detour, and pop into a room apparently the Evoker's Club use as a permanent room. You enter to find Huan there, now in casual clothes. He gives you a slight bow as you enter. "Daniel. A pleasure to see you again. Jeanne sent me a text message saying you wished to do some enchanting?" You nod. "Yeah." Huan is a demon-hunter, or at least a former one, so you decide to give it to him straight. He frowns ever so slightly. "Yes, a distressing situation. But, not unheard of in our circles. You must learn to truly weight the significance of events, else you'll find yourself very stressed by the times we are close to very bad things happening." You nod again, solemnly.

(cont)

>>18194559

Huan gestures to the table in the center of the room. "I have gotten some possible materials for you to use out from the closet." He jabs a thumb at the back wall of the room. "Also, found the enchanting board. If you can fit your item on the table, it has an appropriate array engraved on it already, and candles. No need for incense." You smile gratefully, "Thanks." He points at the various and sundry containers on the table. "For room temperature, we have some powdered bear claw, deer antler and eagle talon, then Enchanting resin, of course, and this," He holds up a large bottle of Elmer's glue. You raise an eyebrow. "I is not actually glue. This is something Jeanne and Anya made once, and refuse to disclose the ingredients. But apparently it is very adhesive, and they used the glue bottle because it does not bond to it." You do not like the sound of that stuff. "I also have the alchemical silver, if you need it, but you'll need to find a spot sufficient to heat and pour it. In the fridge back there is an alchemical paste Sunshine made from walrus fat, also. But I do not recommend it." You do not like the sound of that either.

>>18194359
>>18194328
>>18194324
>>18194304

You could roll Knowledge to learn how to make molds and how to do the process, but I don't think you could substitute it for the actual roll to do that part. Sadly, WT isn't exactly rolling with a good "craft" skill, other than Occupation skills. which your Knowledge power is not a substitute for.

>>18194284

>Actually, don't we have that parapsychometer? Can we perhaps make a minor magical modification to it that temporarily makes it only zone in on arithomancy?

Good thought, but the Parapsychometer is not magical itself, but Anachrotech (I.E. it is an Anachronism, a catch all term for various -punk style tech which existed at a time before it was widely pervasive or practical) Modifying it to do magical things would take a lot of research.

rolled 17 = 17

>>18194571
Let's just do exactly as he recommends for now.

>>18194636

Can we use earth earth evocation on the breastplate, seeing as its a crystalline object? Also, could we possibly use earth evocation to grow or meld stone-like substances? And, last question I promise, can obsidian be used as an enchanting medium?

>>18194776
use evocation to form the melted silver into the right shape for enchanting?

rolled 70 = 70

>>18194815
Christ, just drop the silver thing already. We don't have the skill or means to do it. Let's just use whatever Huan suggests.

>>18194776

>Can we use earth earth evocation on the breastplate, seeing as its a crystalline object?

I'm going to say no, actually. I'll give to my logic here. The crystal is synthetic, not natural. Likewise, it is of extraterrestrial origin, not an earthly one. I have stated in previous threads that magic is all about arbitrary boundaries.

>Also, could we possibly use earth evocation to grow or meld stone-like substances?

Yes, but again, control is tricky. Evocation is not usually about precision.

>And, last question I promise,

Liar, liar.

>can obsidian be used as an enchanting medium?

Yes, but you'd have to do something with the obsidian. Like arrange some obsidian pieces in a pattern, or make a powder of obsidian or something.

>>18194571
My vote's on deer antler.

>>18194882
>>18194844

>grow or meld stone-like substances

Wouldn't that be more in the field of Transmutation rather than Evocation?

How long does the glue take to dry?

>>18194942

Si. But We've established Dan can manipulate earthen things with his evocation. Of course, again, you'll have a hard time doing something precise. Now, entombing something in some stone and squishing it a little, that's simple.

>>18195077

Dan used Rock Tomb!

It's Super Effective!

>>18195077

Let's say we throw a couple points of Will at it. Do ya think we could mold a hunk of obsidian into a rough javelin shape, and then super glue (or some other adhesive) it to the breastplate?

>>18195184
Uhhh...to what end?

rolled 97 = 97

>>18195199
Yeah, what this guy said. What are we even trying to enchant our breasplate with? Why the fuck are we here?

>>18195199
For the enchantment?
>>18195208
To protect against attacks that bypass armour. Like BEAM OF DEATH.

>>18195199
>>18195208

........I don't even know.

>>18192925

Oh, yeah, we're enchanting it against magical attacks.

Can we just use gold leaf?

>>18195261
That's not a bad idea actually. It's easy enough to work with, you just lay down a thin layer of glue and brush the gold on. the only real risk is how much of the gold leaf you waste trying to get it on right.

>>18195307
Looks like it's about 50$ for real gold leaf, and about 5$ for imitation gold leaf

http://www.lagoldleaf.com/index.php?cPath=23&osCsid=q7m9tkhl5l933nopds179uj5k4

>>18195307

Gold leaf is only like $40 a sheet, I literally guilded a brick yesterday for shits and giggles, plus if silver works then gold definately should.

>>18195199

(Enchantment focus)

>>18195184

(Maybe, but you don't have any obsidian on hand)

>>18194903
>>18194680

You walk over to the table, and pick up the power made from various animal parts, and shake it a little. "Is this stuff legal?" Huan just shrugs. You walk over to the enchanting board, a five sided table with a magic array etched into the surface, filled in with white paint, or something. Five candles are arrayed at the "top" of the table. You unhook your breastplate, pull off your shirt, then pop it off, and lay it back on the table after closing it back up. Huan hands you a white cloth. "Here, use this to rub the powder in, then work the enchantment. At least, this is how I have seen the others do it. The temple has a different process." You nod, set the cloth aside, uncap the powder, then set it next to you. You carefully place the cloth in the powder, suffusing it with the material, and start rubbing it into the armor.

(Clutch time, guys. Here are a couple solutions to Enchant your armor.

-You can reinforce the existing armor, spending one WP and add an additional HAR to the armor. This does nothing on the magic end, and you only have to roll Occult to see if you do it right.
-You can reinforce the armor against magical assault. Drop 1 WP on a check, and any magical attacks that hit the torso region, Non-Physical or no, will be reduced by the amount equal to the greatest width you roll on an Occult check
-You can drop 3 WP to create an anti-magic armor. All spells that touch the armor, offensive or no, will simply be cancelled out. Period. However, any spells you weave which interact with the armor will also be cancelled. )

>>18195344
>>18195342
>alchemically pure silver
>$5 fake gold leaf
Uh huh. Sure buddy.

>>18195363
Either the first or the second. Probably the second.

>>18195370
Then we'll get the real stuff. Look, white gold leaf for 30$. I'm betting that's a negligible cost, probably cheaper than some of the ingredients in here even.

>>18195344

Alchemical silver! As in it has been reduced to its purest alchemical form. Store-bought Gold Leaf isn't rad like that.

rolled 10 = 10

option 2 please lets have light magic resent tank armor

Second option, definately. Our armour's already strong enough physically.

>>18195425
They've got 24k, which is as pure as gold is gonna realistically get.
But I get it, needs to be more mystical to work.

>>18195363

Yeah, lets take the second option here.

>>18195363
What are our Occult dice like?
Would the Antimagic fuck with stuff like the speed boost we've been doing?

>>18195483

Sum total of Mind+Occult is 7 dice.

And yes, the speed boosts you did early would definitely not take if you have antimagic armor.

But it looks like we're aiming to just lump some spell resistance on there. Unless there is a wave of objections in the next few minutes, we'll drop 1 WP and give the armor a spell resisting effect.

>>18195554
Let's also use our Club relationship because we don't want to look like a prat in front of Huan and drop two willpower to bring the pool to 10. If we're going to have armor that reduces sets aimed against us, we may as well go for the best set possible.

>>18195587
Yes.

>>18195363

So........ if we happen to be wearing this outside, and it starts to rain, would the powder wash away and destroy the enchantment?

>>18195700
>>18195700

We're definately going to spray this with a fixative afterwards.

>>18195587

(WP Spent! Relationship Invoked! Your Enchanting has risen to 32!)

(3x4 is the greatest width set on the enchantment, so you'll knock three dice off any magic attacks on your torso)

You spend maybe 20-30 minutes rubbing every inch of the armor with the powder, making sure to even get on the inside. Then you center it on the array as best you can, and light each of the five candles in turn, then press both your hands on the table so you're touching the array with all ten fingers, and concentrate. You scrunch up your eyes for a second, the candles flare and... nothing.

Huh, that wasn't so exciting. You examine your armor carefully. Looks the same, though a bit shinier, and the scratch marks from the bullets seem to have come out well. Wait a second. You narrow your eyes, trying to focus harder. You think you see a faint green outline around where your armor should stop, a faint aura. Neato.

>>18195700

Magic. You could waterproof it too, if you insist, but magic.

>>18195722
Neat. Any chance our occult went up at all? If not, that's fine. Let's see if Huan has any advice about our partially-completed shoelace whose patterns we designed to hold a Feather Fall Air Evocation.

>>18195856

You put your new magic armor on, and feel your spooky-sense tingle. Yep, it's magic.

You turn back to Huan, and produce your half-finished magic knotwork. "Hey, Huan. Professional courtesy. This look like it'd work?" He leans forward to peer at it, then lifts it up a little to look at it closer. "Probably. Again, not my area of expertise. What little weapon enhancing we did in the Temple was done by masters of that path. And it was not quite the same as the Western traditional methods." You nod, and tuck the work away.

>>18196164
That picture's a great example of the types of intricate symbols you can work into knots! Anyway, let's spend the rest of the day resting, doing research on healing spells (a healing ritual?), finishing our knot work, hanging out with Johnny and Roxy, that sort of thing. Finally have a chill day. After all, we do need to heal.

>>18196198
I definitely agree with the healing ritual idea. For using in our down-time between excitements.

This Enchanting stuff is fun and I bet we could somehow earn some cash/favors from peopel around campus doing some stuff.
When the Red business is over, we should make an effort to bone up on it in our spare time.
And then team up with Roxy on some projects. the only thing better then SCIENCE is Magically enhanced SCIENCE.In fact just out of curiosity, could we ask her if theres anything should want to try along those lines when she has time?

>>18196198

You decide that it is time for your very favorite thing.

RESEARCH.

To the library! You bid Huan goodbye, and head over to the library, showing your pass to the dour librarians. There are actually a handful of students in here, all of them attempting to look sufficiently mystical. Including one girl who can't be older than 19 or 20, draped in new-age crystal shit.

But no time for all that. You have books to find. And read.

(3x5 on Research check)

In no time at all, you've found through some books on the various "school" or disciplines of magic. Specifically, you track down some references to two kinds magics. The first, oddly enough, is Necromancy. Since it has to do with the manipulation of the quintessence, the life-force, you can use it for healing properties. But most mentions of this note that it isn't the cleanest or prettiest method of healing. Another is an idea which is modern, a lumping of various healing magics together into a "Restoration" school, which is pretty much a broad heading for all manners of healing magic.

>>18196682
My DM has that shirt. We all get real tense whenever he wears it.

>>18196682
Let's look into the Restoration school.

>>18196682
Necromancy as healing, huh? Maybe we should get back in contact with Ashwood. He has a friend who offered to teach us necromancy, after all... Not to mention the fact that it would probably also give us some neat side-abilities like the ability to banish ghosts and de-animate undead.

>>18196774
I wonder what else we can use necromancy for. Killing magic? Keeping souls from departing bodies long enough to heal them? I wonder where the lines between black, gray, and white necromancy lie.

>>18196817

Necromancy would be another Variable Effect miracle, with its broad rule being "Does Life Force Shit" to go with Evocation's being "Does elemental shit". A and U only. No D.

>>18196817

>>18196920

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JVSvLyWXLs

>>18196909
Neat. Then I'm definitely advocating learning necromancy from the skull of a nazi lich archnecromancer. That's just way too sweet of a gig to pass up. I wonder whether he'll be disappointed or impressed when we explain that we aren't at all interested in the undead-creation stuff.

>>18196947
Assuming that Ashwood will allow any of it, yeah.

>>18196682
I feel that Necromancy has too many negative connotations connected to it, and we should just go with Restoration for now.

>>18196999
But we have an actual tutor lined up for Necromancy. Who knows how long it would take to teach ourselves Restoration? I think we should do the smart think and learn Necromancy, without telling anyone if need be, rather than wasting a ton of time trying to do the hard thing. Plus, learning necromancy would give us a serious advantage against the undead that I'm betting Restoration wouldn't. Also, most importantly, it would score us massive credit with Veritas to pursue this awesome knowledge opportunity like this.

>>18197058
>think
The smart THING and learn Necromancy. Stupid fingers.

>>18196999
I feel like Dan has been doing more what's practical as his decision basis, and Necromancy seems to line up with that in this situation.

We have a literal master of the craft offering to teach one, and we'd probably have to self teach the other. I say we go for the necromancy.

So we're at what, 2 for Restoration and 2 for Necromancy?

>>18197114
By the looks of it, yeah. Should we roll to break the tie, wait for another person to chime in, or for you to pick which seems more Dan-ish?

We have enough problems dealing with the negative emotions of being a meta powered by ALIEN technology, from a race of ALIENS that tried to invade earth. No need to add 'potentially evil necromancer' on top of that.

I saw we go with restoration.

>>18197114
I'll break that with a vote for necromancy, life and death white necromancy is just too fucking sweet to pass up.

>>18197140
We have had literally no problems with that. Every single person who has found out about it has been either neutral or positively inclined towards us as a result of the revelation. It seems like the only reason we even conceal it is to keep a low profile, not because we fear some kind of discrimination.

>>18197159
I know, right? White Necromancy, Gray at worst, is just so cool.

>>18197135

This is one of those decisions I don't want to just arbitrate. Y'know, when you're changing the course of the story and the character.

>>18197194
Looks like someone broke the tie anyway.
>>18197159

>>18197194
How do you want to decide this then?

>>18197114
Make that 3 for necromancy. Would have been pretty damn useful when we fought that flesh golem yesterday.

This probably won't help short term wise, but all these cyrean power modules seem pretty combat applicable. Logic says there is probably a 'healing' one.

>>18197159
So, uh, tie broken? I was one of the votes for Restoration, but I'm fine with this too. I forgot we had a potential Necromancy tutor. I just figured it would be easier to find Restoration books than Necromancy books.

>>18197058
You make good points, particularly with how we've been playing Dan.

And I'll admit that I was somewhat against taking Harry up on his offer of becoming a muthafuckin' Wizzad, but I'll be damned if it hasn't served us quite well. Perhaps my judgement on magical things isn't the best.

>>18196682

You decide the utility applications of Necromancy are more worth it. Restoration has some broad avenues of healing, but it is all just healing. Besides, you can learn Necromancy much quicker. If you can get a hold of Ashwood.

You go back into your phone's history. And locate his number. You dial him up. "Yes?" He answers, simply. "Ashwood? It's me, Dan. I want to call in my favor." You pause for effect. "I want to talk with the Skull." Ashwood sighs. "Alright, but don't let him talk your ear off. He's very chatty as a skull, I'll have to know. I'd recommend keeping a mallet or hammer handy." Ashwood pauses for a second, and you can hear at least one person in the background. "Come by the penthouse for lunch. Afterword, you can chat with him all you like." Huh, maybe there is a such thing as a free lunch.

METAHUMAN RENAISSANCE PART 16 END

Did we ever get an official vote on if we wanted to keep Wolf-girl or let her be shipped off to belgium ? I wanna keep 'er.

>>18197353

Sorry if the end is a little unfulfilling, but it's late, and I'm getting a little tired. Now at least I have something interesting to start the next thread on.

Also, thunderstorms are rolling into my area, I think.

Usual questions rule applies.

>>18197355
Personally, I'm wondering why she's being extradited to Belgium if she speaks Dutch.
>>18197363
Which day will we start the next thread on?

Am I the only one picturing Ashwood looking like Death the Kid?

>>18197378
Speaks what Dan thought might be Dutch, maybe.

>>18197383
Hahaha, I don't even know who that is. Isn't he a grown-ass man, though?

>>18197378
Dutch is one of Belgium's official languages.

>>18197396
He's from an anime called Soul Eater. He's the son of the personification of Death, and is OCD about symmetry.
I just mean in appearance though.

>>18197383
I was thinking more along the lines of a dark haired Quigley from Unsounded

>>18197411
He's OCD about symmetry but only has stripes on one side of his head? He must flip his shit every time he looks in a mirror. I wonder why he wouldn't just shave that head if he has Obsessive Compulsions relating to symmetry. Or at least dye it all a solid colour.

>>18197383
Well I am now.

>>18197355

Nah, I didn't even call for a vote on that. Mostly because last time the debate about Bertha was pretty intense.

But, if you guys really want to, you can roll on back to the Police Station and visit her in the holding cells, have a talk with her. Don't know what you'll get out of it other than another member of the legion of Dan. And another member when later vague but canonical events result in the resurrection of the League as the League of Earth, with a small-unit cell based structure, as opposed to a big centralized group.

>>18197378

Tomorrow.

And yes, I checked where Dutch is spoken, and pulled Belgium as one, decided to go for it. Remember, she's also at least half-african. And was called relic of the Cold War. So exact origins, nationality, heritage, etc, is up in the air. Presumably she has a sordid backstory she can tell you if you talk to her.

>>18197464

You and me both, buddy.

>>18197462
He doesn't own any mirrors for exactly that reason. Dyes don't work for mysterious reasons, and his skull is more unsymmetrical than his hair.

He's tried.

You can completely cripple him just by pointing out that fact, and he goes into a super manic state of self-loathing.

>>18197488
>have a talk with her
I'd like to go have a chat with her if nothing else.

BTW, you guys can always ask to hear about defeated metahumans powers, and stuff. Since she's still an active character, maybe her story I should save for normal thread time, but I can tell you about dem powers.

Hey, did I ever give you guys Willpower equal to her Base Will for beating her?

>>18197575
Yes, you did. Miles too. We burned almost all of it while chasing Red.

>>18197575
I kinda think you did, belatedly.

So, yeah, spell dem powers beans.

>>18197598

Okay, so Bertha (that is her first name) is genetic experiment created by tinkering with her DNA at the early stages, and mixing in some Wolf DNA, in addition to some other stuff. She has three powers, one is the Inhuman Stats permission, which allows her up to 8 native (So no hard or wiggle dice) in Sense, but her Command can't be more than 3.

An other is a Permanent, Self, Useful Miracle that works by playing with her cell division and regeneration. Basically, she heals two damage to all location every combat round (2hd in the power). So the only way to permanently damage her is to use something with the disintegrate extra, or to completely fill both her head and torso with Killing, rendering her deader than dead. Keeping in mind she's healing a lot each turn.

She also had some natural weapons you didn't find out about, in the form of her claws. Switches her Brawl damage from shock to killing without needing to have more than human Body stat.

She also has an Intrinsic allergy, to strong smells, which can render her unconscious, and by-passes the healing factor.

>>18197808
So she's basically hard-wired to be a beta or epsilon, with her Command so low and her capacity for punishment? I'm advocating Dan just let her go, but I, personally, would love having her for a nice little submissive.

>>18197864

Command is meant to represent force of personality and leadership potential. According to the handy table in my copy of WT, 3d in Command is "You’re charismatic and graceful under pressure." IE, slightly above average. 5d is Your presence commands attention and respect, for some comparison.

So basically yeah, they engineered her for loyalty, and not to be a leader of men. The idea was to create a durable reconnaissance soldier, and if it panned out, to go to "mass production". Since the USSR fell when she was about six, they didn't get to that stage.

>>18197938
And 3d is max, something that someone with her genome would be about as likely to reach as a normal human would reach 5d.

>>18197963

And she actually does have her 3d in Command. As for why, exactly, you guys can find out after you talk to her/dismiss her from your mind forever.

>>18198020
So, just to get this covered. Our armor's HAR blocks damage, but does nothing to sets or pools. Its enchantment removes 3d from any magical pool shot at us, but doesn't actually do anything to sets. If we use barrier, it acts as gobble dice against any attack directed at us. Is that basically everything? Is that correct?

necromancy? seriously guys?

i don't participate in ONE thread and suddenly we've decided to pick up necromancy?

i don't even.

>>18197383
I always imagined him looking like Watson from the new Sherlock Holmes movie

Ah good, this is still here. I can actually answer some questions for once.

>>18198255

No, LAR reduces damage. HAR explicitly reduces the width of the attackers roll by the amount of its rating (Which is the *other* reason why people with more than HAR 1 is rare). The spell resisting enchantment works the same way, reducing the width of any roll that hits it by 3 (Because you got a 3 width on the roll. Doing this same enchantment again may result in more or less protection) the die pool penalty sounds cool, and I may keep that in mind for later shenanigans, but doesn't make sense for the armor, since it only applies to the Torso (Hit Location 7-9). The Barrier has the Interference extra. Interference dice remove dice of equal or lower height from the attacker's set or sets. So if you roll 2x10, you can remove any two dice the attacker rolls against you.

>>18201905

But we're totally not going to animate the dead. We're just going to learn drain life.

Also, now I feel is the appropriate time to steal a joke from someone else and ask, "Are you a Good Lich, or a Bad Lich?"

>>18202149

Ashwood is probably better represented by Jude Law, yes. I wouldn't compare him to watson to his face though. He'd much prefer to be Sherlock Holmes.

Since Holmes totally existed in this universe. We're employing the Literary Agent Hypothesis.

>>18202513
Okay, thanks for clearing all that protection magic stuff up.

>>18202513
just because i know you're tired of writing paragraph after paragraph of how awesome we are at free running, i'm going to samefag the hell out of the next thread and make sure we spend the whole session just levelling up the parkour skills.

yes! IT WILL HAPPEN!!!

>>18202794
Nice play! Now, even if it gets majority support, there will be enough confusion about whether or not all the support is samefagging that it will never happen. What is that, double-reverse-psychology?

>>18202794

Ah, but how do you know after a good night of sleep, I do not feel like writing about awesome parkour again?

>>18202832
>>18202810
I am SO up in your heads. You don't know which way I'm coming from! :D

>>18202810
btw, just so you know - in the business (of lying) this is what we call a quadruple-bypass-reverse-cowgirl-double-Kremlin Jam-Twist.

>>18202832
btw, any thread today? If not, when's the next one?

>>18202989
Here:
>>18197488

>>18202998
Ah thanks. Missed that.

>>18203024
Not a problem, mate.

>>18202513
Hey, Omega! How was Tesla in this world?

>>18203933
Oh god. You had to ask.

>>18203933

He was Tesla. Y'know those crazy inventions he said he made? He totally did. Like the death ray. But his works were very impractical to reproduce, especially if you were not Nikola Tesla, so after he died the US Government just seized all his notes and put them in some drawers. You can check them out if you go down to the Library of Congress. He's a big cultural symbol for meta/super scientists in general, and in particular people with SRMD.

(Also, knew this image would come in handy some day)

New thread up soon.

>>18204055
Will you link here when it's up?

>>18204055
But being Nikolai Tesla, he probably barely had any notes because he had a photographic memory and remembered literally fucking everything.

>>18204064

Yes

>>18204055
He actually defamed himself and became a time traveller after being approached by time cops from the far far future, right?

But it's been a while since I read those books, so they may not actually have been time cops.

>>18204314

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