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((Probably not. I'm not terribly familiar with Metroid, but I think that good ol' Ava R. O'War could take her on single-handedly, between size, strength, armor, and space magic.

It might be interesting to see Contessa take on the HMRC, though...))

Are those of us who have just been given powers in yet? And if so, where are we?

I was afraid this was murky...

Those of you who just got powers have another thing to do before you can come in: You must say what you did with these powers, how it lead you to join the Protectorate, the Guild, or some other organization of capes...or, barring that, how you came to be sent here this June late-morning as Naga attacked.

((And it will take a lot of research subjects.
I have a vague idea of how it works, I just need to confirm it and find some nice, stable formulas. My plan is to either figure out some kind of research grant or start selling pills once I get as far as I can with free stuff. And then...I distribute powers to people.

Hm, I wonder if there is a way to make a pill that wipes out the effects of other pills...))

Nuriel joins the hug.

((How long until school starts?))

"I am noones familiar I go where I please and take no orders i am mearly a cat tha can talk"*Glow steps out of the shadows though she was glowing when she was in them*

"Okay then, just a weird party."

"ARGH! THEIR OBVISOULY FUCKING DAEMONS! THEY SHOULD BE FOR THEIR FUCKING HERESY TO THE GOD EMPEROR!"

They look insulted.
"Listen, you want this glaive stuck where the sun don't shine?"
"We are no demons."
"We are noble baatezu. We have honor, tactics, and whatnot. All demons have is numbers."
"Although they have a lot of those."

"Also, what is the definition of a demon?"

The trio stares at him dumbfoundedly.

(("The dice say yes/no" doesnt really sit right with me when it comes to these sorts of situations, in my mind its just a question of whether or not Thalsian needs to draw his runes directly onto someones body or whether it just needs to be touching them.
Unless you are saying he cant give me powers because im an animate lump of metal?))

The second would be the consideration, yes. Where do you sit on the Scale of Manton Effectiveness? Where is Thalsian's power?
Consider Weld. His inorganic composition means that he is immune to powers that only affect living things. This means that he cannot be controlled by Regent or absorbed by the big bogerman under Brockton Bay, but it also means that Panacea cannot heal him.
If it makes you feel better, if the runes would have had any effect on you, that talisman thing would have worked.
And, honestly, sometimes it really does seem like a crapshoot about how powers interact. Skitter's power works through portals, but Mantellum's does not. There are probably a bunch of detailed reasons why, in the paraphysics of the Wormverse, but I don't want to get into that stuff and so just simulate these effectively random bits with a die roll.
As a comparison: You do not complain when I roll to see if you, for instance, hit an enemy. But no part of that is really luck, in the way that (say) radioactive decay is. It is determined by such thing as relative stances, split-second decisions based on the (technically) logical decision-making pathways of the brain, and so forth...but rather than figure out each of those things, we just roll a die.

Delphinium bites her lip.  That much damage and Naga had just arrived?  Even if Naga left right now, that would still be a ton of people dead or injured.  Her med station was in [location] so...
((need more information about where I am))

PRT HQ. It's that gray square on the map.

-snip-

Um, you are not in yet.

((Are wounded flowing in yet or are things just kicking off?))

Not just yet, no. There are plenty of wounded, but ten or fifteen seconds is not long enough to get them to anywhere with help.

((Why the luck roll? sureley the talisman mechanic would either work or it wouldnt.))

When I have no idea how two things interact, I roll to see how it goes.