>>21330739
Male

Issac Maxwell

Tenacity

>>21330739
Male
(seriously drawing a blank on names, choose someone elses)
Catalyst

((Thanks for the responses. I'll bump just once and choose in the next ten to twenty minutes.))

Female
Camille
Optimism

>>21330959
Switching mine to female

>>21331075
Female
Synthia
Deadly

>M
>John Gale Harrison
>Brilliant Cloudcuckoolander

>>21331130
Surely you mean Cynthia. How does "deadly" applies in a modern setting exactly?

>>21330739
Female
Anne Way
Preparation

>>21331155
Nope, I mean Synthia, I'm tired of the other spelling. Not Unique. And Deadly, she can be mafia, enforcer, gun runner, who knows?

>>21331148
Should be "cloudcuckoolander"

>>21330739
Male
Whatever everyone else is saying
Luck

>Female
>Sarfina
>ocean

>>21331191
>Nope, I mean Synthia, I'm tired of the other spelling. Not Unique.
Ha, well, you're a tripfag after all.

Why aren't we copypasting captcha to generate random Origins? Well, whatever.

Female
Lorelei
Perception

Obligatory joke Touhou vote:
Female
Yukari Yakumo
Boundaries

>>21330739
This looks interesting.

Female
Naru Yamasaki
Cooking

>>21331258
>not Maribel Hearn

((Votes are overwhelmingly in favor of a female character, and I think I'm going to go with Camille for the name unless majority rules in favor of another.

I'm now putting the Origin to a vote between Tenacity, Luck, and Perception. Say first to three, perhaps? Sorry I'm being a bit indecisive about all this.))

>>21331357
Perception

>>21331391
Perception

Well, I was the idiot who suggested perception, so what I choose should be obvious. It seems a more interesting Origin to me than luck or tenacity anyway.

>>21331357
Preparation.

If that's not an option, then luck. It just seems the most useful.

Also I'd prefer a different name, but don't really mind.

>>21331357
Perception

>>21331441
While would be neat to see what we get, I think preparation would have been just as interesting and more sure to give something useful.

Oh well. Maybe we'll get eyebeams or something. That'd be sweet.

>>21331519
Perception could be the uncanny ability to perceive something. I don't know, like seeing pores on a man's skin from a kilometer away.

Looks like perception has it, but I can't help but wonder what would have happened if something like HATS had won the popular vote.

>>21331519
Aura sight.
Unerring ranged combat.
Intuition to the point of being unconnable.
Limited precognition.

>>21331519
It could also make reality subjective. What a person perceives as true is true.

Well, that's it I guess.

Whats an original?

PERCEPTION vote nummer more than 3

((Working on the post now. Bit of a long one. Sorry about that. As far as what an Original is, we'll be getting to it.))

>>21331946
I'm thinking immortals that have been in the world since the making, who frequently have amnesia when they re-incarnate, but since you said >You're an Original now.

Its obvious its something you become and the capital O means its of note

>Female
>Camille

Right.
Back to that story.

It was just a few days ago; you were in for a late night already, and you decided to walk down the street from campus to grab a quick something to eat. The dangers were there, of course, especially for a girl heading out alone, but you weren't terribly concerned. A relatively decent-sized crime report was published in the newspaper every other week, but nothing major or unexpected ever really happened; the reports were almost always of things being stolen from rooms or buildings, car accidents, drunken individuals disturbing the peace, while you were most certain that other places knew such things as armed home invasions and gang shootouts on the streets.

You weren't terribly concerned. You thought you'd be going to school somewhere much further away, and whenever anyone asked where you were from, you told them “PoS, America”, just to be funny. From time to time, you've gotten sick of where you live, but it wasn't a bad town by any means, and nothing too bad ever happened.

Which is why it surprised you so much.

You were on your way back, less than a block out, when you saw him sweeping towards you on the sidewalk; the streetlights were dim, and you wouldn't even have noticed were it not for the headlights of a passing suburban. Errant individuals passed by every now and again on the street, but you knew some of them, and the ones you didn't seemed normal; this guy didn't immediately sit right with you. He quickened step as he approached, and you found yourself frozen.

He produced a bat from beneath his overcoat, and made a mumbling “money-or-your-life” inquiry, swaying and speaking in a manner that didn't seem particularly sober. At this point, he was backing you into an alley; you glanced over your shoulder to see your chance at escape this way blocked by a chain-link fence. So much for that.

(Cont)

You shook your head, and didn't speak—though you might have whimpered—as he lifted the bat, continuing his gravelly requests. You weren't moving fast enough as he apparently would have liked, and he swung the weapon towards you as you fished into your pockets for whatever valuables you had and began to place them on the concrete, teary-eyed.

Your vision narrowed and time seemed to pause for a moment.

>Perception

The word pulsed in your mind.

Your whole life, you've been a bit of a bookworm; it was the source of a lot of teasing in middle school, much to your dismay. You weren't particularly strong or athletic, but you were a global thinker, making the grade by keeping your eyes on the big picture. When simple playground politics ceased to be, then, your scholarly skills became a blessing. You've come to recognize your talent at paying attention to detail, and people recognize you as someone who picks up on every little thing, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant.

Perception.

Your sinuses cleared, and the world seemed a bit brighter for a moment. Pain flared up in your skull, though the bat hadn't even touched you. Out of the corner of your eye, you could see him, the way he was standing, preparing to bear down on you, and words began to creep in from the edges of your consciousness; suddenly, you had too many thoughts to parse.

(Cont)

Is he carrying any other weapons?
His feet look off-balance, and he isn't exactly in the most composed state of mind.
His grip on the bat looks a bit shaky, and might be easily removed.
In his current position, his shoulder would be easily dislocated, provided you had the proper leverage.

You acted, immediately stepping to one side and sweeping your possessions back into your jacket pockets as the baseball bat hit nothing but air and glanced across the concrete. Scrutinizing each of his movements, you slid back into range across the rain-slicked alley ground, grabbing his extended arm with one hand, planting one of your legs behind his and sending him crumbling to the ground with the rest of your weight.

Your headache worsened, and you started to grow dizzy or nauseated—before you knew it, there was a baseball bat in your hand, the sleeves of your jacket suddenly pulled past your wrists as if some part in the back of your mind was worried about leaving fingerprints. This sudden burst of mental energy created uncertainties of its own. Which gave way first, the wooden bat or the man's skull? Which one of you was doing all that screaming?

You lost sight of it, and everything between there and your room. You didn't have a roommate, thankfully, which meant there wouldn't be anyone to ask questions of your suddenly collapsing on the bed.

Flash forward to today. It's a Friday afternoon, you think, and you haven't attended classes since then—about six days—for a variety of reasons. Migranes have been tormenting you ever since, and that's only if you kept your eyes closed. It was worse when they were open. Subconsciously, you counted—and you couldn't stop, until this morning—every tile on the ceiling, every thread making up your blanket, every hair that swept past your face.

(Cont)

The pain was gone when you woke up, but you stayed in just in case; dinnertime at the cafeteria should be in an hour or so, and you don't remember when the last time you ate an actual meal was. Your laptop is on your nightstand a few feet away, and your phone is next to it, singing its familiar ring tone—someone must be calling. Other than that, there's not much to the room but clothes and books. The door to the room leads out into your residence hall; it's lilkely been a while since anyone has seen you.

The flooding, consuming thoughts are gone, but you see something else in your head now. Nothing that can be understood, but something like dots, indicators that urge you in random directions. There are more than a few, and some disappear, being replaced with others; some, you feel, are closer than others as well.

You sit up in bed and shake your head. Now what?

>Majority decides what to do. Future updates won't be so long. Sorry.

>>21332141
Call a friend or check on the laptop

>>21332141
Go for a walk, let the pieces come together. Take everything in for a bit after six days of comparative sensory deprivation.

http://youtu.be/THE_hhk1Gzc

>>21332141
What do we feel is the "closest" indicator? Can we tell where it leads, and what it leads to?

>>21332141
Investigate dots. Don't go out just yet if they're all outside, though.

>>21332141
we should answer the phone, it would be rude to ignore it. or investigate the dots, that sounds fun too

>>21332141
Answer phone.
>"Mrugh"

>>21332316

You roll out of bed into a standing position and swipe the phone off your nightstand, hit the “talk” button, press it against your face, and groan loudly; you can hear the grainy white noise before anyone even responds.

“Camille?” It's Anne, a friend of yours. As she speaks, you shift focus to the dots. You can't tell exactly what they're pointing to, but there are quite a few. You can see quite a few, but not all at once, and you can't glean exact distances, but vague approximations of where each one is—there's one, maybe two within a few miles of your current position. “Where have you been? I've been texting you! You haven't been in class... I haven't seen you in the halls, or the caf in, like, a week!”

“Sorry. I came down with something.” You respond after a brief pause, then turn the phone to 'speaker', flicking to your messages. Apparently quite a few people have been looking for you. Good to know someone cares, at least.

“What was it? Are you alright?” Anne asks.

“Uh, really bad headaches? Might have been the flu or something, who knows? I think I'm over it now, but I decided to stay in today just to be sure.”

“Oh, well... it's good to hear you're alright? Are you coming to dinner? We're heading over there in, like, fifteen minutes.”

“Maybe. I'll let you know... I've kind of been neglecting everything this week, so I think I'm going to let people know I'm alive, take a walk or something.”

“Okay then. I'm on my cell, so you can send me a text, and, uh, bye?” The phone clicks off.

>>21332586
Let's take a walk around, maybe get something to eat, and test our powers.

>>21332661
This works.

>>21332661
sounds like a plan

Walk but no food. We're going for dinner, aren't we?

>>21332586
op still here? The premise was very promising

>>21332908
He's just writing long-as-fuck responses.

>>21332661

Re-acclimating yourself and getting a decent meal should be the easiest and most important task at hand, as you've basically subjected yourself to a week of sensory deprivation, and you're starting to get exhausted. You throw on some fresh clothes, but as you prepare to toss your same old jacket over your shoulders, you notice a splatter of dried blood on the sleeve.

Migranes aside, your characteristic perception has hit an all time high, and strangely enough, a part of you is eager to test the limitations of these new abilities, provided you can even do anything other than... notice things.

You stash the jacket in your closet, put your cell phone and keys into your pockets, then head out into your hall. The lobby is down the hallway to the left, but you elect to head to your back door to the right, giving a brief smile as the sun touches you directly for the first time in what feels like an eternity. So far, so good.

There's plenty of people out and about campus. Some, you sort of know, but you don't immediately see anyone that would have missed you this past week. You spy a car or two leaving grounds, and the nearby parking lots are stacked full as usual.

The cafeteria where Anne and her friends will probably be in a few minutes is a short ways away; you'd also like to test your abilities, but how?

>>21332945
((I've always written slowly, and am currently multitasking, apologies.))

Try to sense what people on the other side of walls are doing?
Test ranged accuracy by chucking litter into bins from a distance?
Walk around for a while with eyes closed?

>>21333167
>>21333167
(hmm, are power's name is "perception", maybe we can go to an arcade or something later to test our ability on skill games)
I say we hold off on testing our abilities for now, and just go to dinner.

>>21333167
Attempt to focus over long distances. Try to read the license plates on the cars, then try to read smaller details.

File: 1351474294165.jpg-(47 KB, 350x1105, 1261020575796.jpg)

My origin is consumption.

>>21333288
>>21333316

With the way your brain was going into overdrive just days ago, a bit of focus should be easy. Start with something simple; you glance at the license plate of a car as it pushes down the road heading toward the campus gates, and as you think to read it, your eyesight magnifies as if you were looking through a pair of binoculars, and you can see the numbers clearly.

Perception. You try to focus closer, and grit your teeth as a hot tingling begins to bleed through your head, starting right between your eyes. The details imprinted on the metal plate first come into view; the tag and smaller writing are clearly visible, and your head starts to hurt noticeably by the time you can clearly see impurities in the paint as if your face was pressed against it.

Enough of that. You exhale, shaking the headache off, then try something else. Kneeling down, you pick up a plastic bottle from the grass just off the sidewalk. Trash can, nested against the building about twenty feet away. The object isn't particularly aerodynamic, and though your strength hasn't improved, your kinesthetic senses have; a thought alerts you to how to move your arm, how hard, and when to let go, and the bottle whips through the air and bounces off the rim before rolling right in.

“Woah.” A boy with bushy brown hair rolls by on a skateboard. “Awesome shot.”

“Oh, thanks.” You wave him off.

Wonder what else you can do?

You look back at the door to your residence hall, and your vision drifts to the wall next to it. Perception. You focus—you imagine, for a moment, that the wall simply isn't there—and think about the other side. Blurry shapes, outlines of people, the staircase, walls, and rooms beyond take form in your vision and buzz in your mind for a moment, but this quickly proves overwhelming, and you shur your eyes and stumble backwards again.

>>21333982
Interesting. As we are right now, we can probably accomplish some insane martial arts moves without too much strain on our mind. We should practice more to test our limits and push them.

For now, though, let's text Anne and tell her we'll go for dinner. A social occasion is the perfect opportunity to test the effects of perception on people, and the food will help us get our strength back.

>>21334044
this

>>21334044
Voting for this.

>>21334044

The lower limits of your powers seem to leave you pretty capable; best of all, it should be easy to keep a low profile. You pull your cell phone back out and shoot Anne a text, idly rubbing the back of your head with your free hand.

“On my way to dinner.”

A few moments later, your phone buzzes: “We're sitting towards the front”.

Food will help you get your energy back for sure, and social interaction should be another opportunity for you to test your powers of perception. It doesn't take you long to trudge across campus to the cafeteria, and you make your way inside, giving your best smile and wave to passing individuals even though you feel like you could fall over any minute. You suffer through the line—not too bad today—and earn a tray of food for your troubles.

From here, you can see Anne and two of her friends sitting at a round table laughing to one another about something. You don't know the two of them, really, but you've seen their faces around. The cafeteria's packed, and you think this beats sitting alone, or with strangers; granted, those are both options, but you think locking yourself in a room for about a week makes you weird enough on its own.

>>21334488
Try using our new Perception powers to see what kind of girls we're dealing with alongside Anne. What kind of people they are, their interests, what would offend them and what they'd find impressive.

That sort of thing.

>>21334488
See if we can twist our range of vision without moving our eyes. Trying to see behind us will probably produce some strain, so just exercise whatever doesn't make our head hurt too much.

Maintaining awareness of everything around us at all times is a lofty goal, and one I think we should work toward.

>>21334488

((Going to run out for a bit; apologies, but I'll keep the quest moving when I get back provided it's still here. Thanks for the responses so far, everyone.))

>>21334488
I think we have all we need for a marksman assassin. If she has the guts for it.

OR

Cat Burglar.

>>21335494
Or something more legitimate, like private investigator. Or diagnostician.

>>21335606
>>21335494
I would like to see the kind of shenanigans she's going to pull in her schooling. It was said that she was a bit of a bookworm, so I don't think she'll be too hesitant to try to use her Perception to get an edge on tests and whatnot if she's confident she'll score well anyways. Although I can't really say that with certainty because we don't know a whole lot about her personality and how far we can push her.

>>21335722
I don't think our field of study was mentioned yet. Maybe we get to vote for that as well.

I wonder if we can magnify our perception powers with equipment - what do you think will happen if we focus really hard while looking through an electron microscope?

>>21335722
wouldnt that be abusing our powers?

>>21335893
To be fair, if I woke up tomorrow and discovered I had an unexplainable power than granted me an edge over other people, I'd abuse the ever-living fuck out of it without a second thought.

>>21335932
im not saying that we are going to be super heroes, but we should have a moral code we follow.

>>21335950
Well, the first thing we did after getting our powers was beat a mugger to death, so I agree.

>>21335606
Or someone who can find other people with Origins. She could maybe perceive something off about them and she can't be the only one.

>>21335932
Seconded. Poker. Always know what's in everyone else's hands. Or black jack.

>>21336026
That'd be great to pick up some starting capital, but winning streaks tend to make casinos nervous. We'll have to be careful about it.

>>21336063
True, however, I'm sure she can sufficiently bullshit and knows to keep it simple. Plus, she could go from blackjack at one casino, to horse races, to boxing matches and chain her money. Long term, though, how can we safely monetize her ability?

>>21336077
Monetize her ability? Get a long term job that requires Perception so she can abuse it as much as possible, like mentioned earlier. Lawyer, Detective, Thief, and so on.

My vote goes to getting lots of cash fast by figuring out the exact working of our Perception powers. We can use that to fall back on if shit gets real, and then we can start figuring out what we want to do from there without being limited by money.

>>21336077
Depending on how perception deals with mathematics and chance, we might be able to play the stock market. We might also be able to find oil or precious minerals, either by seeing through solid ground (probably well beyond us at the moment) or simply using vibrations transmitted through the earth to determine where their change indicates pockets of valuable materials.

>>21336168
Oil prospecting. That's where the money would be at. If her Perception was that legit, she'd never need to do anything else.

>>21336077
Cage fighting.

>>21336077
I say we become a detective, not for the money, but for the sake of fun in this quest.

At some point we need to try to look into our own body, especially into our brain. Since at the moment we are the only known Original, if there is a notable physical difference between us and normal humans, knowing about it could help us to identify any other Originals that may exist.

Plus, if we have any unidentified medical conditions, it would be good to find out about them now.

Did Johnny poof or what?

>>21335932
>>21335950
I'd abuse it, moral code... I don't have one anymore. The means justify the ends.
>>21336063
Starting capital with blackjack, easy to learn, easy to win. play in many different casinos until 200,000 I say.

>>21336168
the stock market would be hard, you need an angle to get into it. And she does not want to call attention to herself.

First rule of superpowers, your old life ended. Get capital to kill yourself, you died, it is better off that way.

You protect family and friends and loved ones, better off if you are dead to the world. You will need to fake the death, and you will need new papers. This from two separate agents.

Then move outside the country, preferably to have apartments in panama, peru, spain, Brazil, Cambodia, Laos, China, Germany, and England, no apartments in France EVER.

Then the real fun can start, so she needs capital, blackjack tables all over the country, She can have 1,000,000 by the end of the week if she is lazy.

>>21336291
Money is nice, but seeing a doctor would also be a good idea. Although we're pretty smart and have our Perception power, it would be really helpful to get another perspective as to what's going on, if only to bounce ideas off another person.

I'd vote to go to finish our day while testing our Perception, and then make for a doctor. Then we can vote on a way to make some bank.

>>21336328
Kill the dr afterwards, people fall down stairs all the time. Be sure to erase all records of yourself.

>>21336328
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on up there buddy.

Give even a clue of what's going on with us to a stranger? Someone who is in the medical community and can spread that shit out there? Nuh uh. Bad idea.

>>21336355
Maybe we don't kill the doctor. Just get rid of evidence. Doesn't rohypnol fuck up memory in the hours previous to its ingestion?

>>21336361
i know, which is why I suggested this:
>>21336355
See very nice.
>>21336367
I'd rather not take the risk.

>>21336327
Have...Have you done this before?

((Back. Give me a bit to parse these responses, and if I'm still conscious when I wrap up for the night I might answer some questions.))

>>21336376
Let's just avoid the doctor for now.

>>21336328
>>21336355
>>21336361
>>21336367

How about we don't become a murderous bitch right off the bat.

>>21336367
Nope: just anterograde. No magical amnesia-pill.

>>21336403
Those last two didn't seem murderous.

Also: already a murderer.

>>21336403
Hey some people live some people die.
It ain't murder if had to do it to keep yourself protected.
>>21336434
I like your thinking.

>>21336434
There is a difference between self-defense/unexpected superpower gain and premeditated murder.

>>21336327
where did you come up with this stuff?

>>21336437
>Hey some people live some people die.
>It ain't murder if had to do it to keep yourself protected.

We're going to become a supervillain, and then we're going to be killed by the Original who took Preparation.

>>21336437
Self-defense doesn't usually extend to being proactive. I think that's called a preemptive strike, as in cold blooded murder.

Captcha knows what we're talking about: 187. ctsbyp

>>21336452
My question is why Cambodia? That country's got way too many landmines for my comfort.

Though, actually, we could go there and help them out a lot. We could do a lot of good.

>>21336455
Preemptive strike, see its all about tactical approach here.

>>21336476
Yeah buddy, that's the point. you got this superpower and can possibly detect mines. See where I am going with this, I'd like to see a suit going after you there.

>>21336452
I like to be prepared...

>>21336453
Oh man, what if we get the Preparation guy/girl as an ally. Preferably on the side of Not being a bitch.

>>21336315
See:
>>21334796

I dont understand what you guys are trying to do in this thread, i mean if we want to be evil, lets be evil, but lets have fun with it. Playing imaginary black jack and moving to cambodia doesnt sound fun to me.

>>21336476
>We could do a lot of good.

We could, but I think we're all focusing on the need for initial resources. We could go to Cambodia and personally locate every single landmine, one by one, or we could play some financial games, and use some of the profits to fund large-scale mine clearance operations. If we want to maximize the good we can do for humanity, going to Cambodia is probably not the best idea.

>>21336531
Its all about having options, we aren't moving to cambodia, just covering bases. We need capital to be evil and not get killed.

>>21336541
We also need capital to be good and not get killed, assuming we're going to try to make a difference in the world.

>>21336535
If we want to do good for humanity I got some plans... if ya wanna hear em out say so, until then I am sticking to my cloak and dagger plan.

>>21336553
go ahead sir, i would like to hear your plan for the good of humanity

>>21336553
I am interested. Tell me more.

>>21336553
Go for it. We haven't yet decided whether to be evil or good, or a neutral pragmatist.

I'd say high-end art and antiques appraiser as a cover for our globe hopping lifestyle of dealing with whatever strange-ass things are going on in the world, 'cause I'm pretty sure we're perceptive enough to realize that, if this can happen to us, then it could happen to others and who knows whatever other strange things are afoot in the world. Besides, the mystery that is our powers is irresistible!

I wonder, if there are other Originals, if there happen to be counterparts to ourselves whose origins match the SPECIAL system.

Intelligence, Charisma, and Luck would be very, very dangerous.

Thoughts of the capacity of your powers buzz through your mind as you make your way over to Anne's table. A few brief mental images of you being a superhero, or at least doing heroic things flash by before your thoughts turn to greed; if you can look, at least a bit, through the walls of a building, what stops you from looking at the other side of someone's poker hand once you hone your finesse a bit more?

Thoughts of your encounter in the alley a week ago flash back through your mind, and you shudder, noting tiny droplets of Coke spilling onto your tray over the rim of your drink. You never did figure out what happened to that guy, though you're pretty certain you killed him in that moment of fright. You can't imagine yourself a killer, though... god. For now, you resolve it's best for you to lay low and keep testing your limitations, and it'll be easy to do with a power like yours.

You need another way to apply your power; the thought of rotating your vision comes to you, and you realize that it might be possible to see 360 degrees around you at all times. Seems a bit optimistic, though. You'd like to get a general idea of all the things you can do before stretching them to the outer limits; maybe you'll discover other abilities on the way there.

You stop in the middle of the cafeteria and try to look at the girls around Anne: maybe you could see what their interests are and what offends them, though you're not sure how you might go about doing that. You extend your vision, first looking at them in detail with your magnified sight, then attempting to look further. You're not sure what you're looking at; could you, perhaps, glean something metaphysical, perhaps see into their minds...

>>21336610
not this is something i can support. I wonder kind of quest the Op has originally thought this was going to be.

>Whoops, sorry. Continued from last post.

Perception. You succeed only in zooming in further, and as you struggle to find out something, you feel neurons firing randomly in an attempt to access other levels of your perception ability; there is immediate backlash, and you twitch for a moment, seeing pitch-darkness which you quickly shake out of your vision, stumbling towards Anne's table in a state of miniature crisis.

“Hey, Camille! Where have you been?” Anne, thankfully, doesn't immediately recognize the slight look of fear in your face as you plop your tray down onto the table. You remain perceptive—the girls to her right and left are wearing shirts characteristic of the soccer team, so they're likely sports players, if not simply enthusiastic about soccer. You remember something you read once about “rapport”, a feeling of commonality between people, the feeling you get when you're “in sync” with someone, and realize that while you might not be a mind-reader, you'll still be able to pick up on everything they do, match their body language, seem just like them. “Brittany, Elissa, this is Camille. She sits next to me in my 9 o' clock.” The two girls smile at you as Anne continues, and you quickly commit their names to memory.

>>21336649
>>21336610

im sorry, i meant "now"

>>21336559
>>21336563
>>21336568
Fine then.

Get capital LOTS of it. how does not matter.

We get boats, big ones, cruise liners. About 7 or 8.

Make about 4 of them floating orphanages. We take all the children we can get.

Now we are going to need scientists, the best in the field of neuroscience, biotech, pathology, nanotech, robotics, A.I. design. We better hire a few ex delta forces, and some green berets.
And just to be on the safe side some spooks. We will need counter intelligence.

We want some scientist to work on cloning, from a biological perspective.
Others on perfecting an artificial womb, the goal is for pigs. Why because it is a step from humans.

This on separate boats. No one knows of the work of the others. AT all. We want some guys to work on nanotech, does not have to be actually nanoscale, but really small. say...mosquito size.

Now performance enhancers, like steroids are of the past. We need genetic drugs, children get lost all the time, maybe we took a few boys and never wrote in the record. We are making drugs to resist disease here, all of them.

Hire some architects, get some land. Build the city of the future. Now we need some big eggheads ehre to think of Thorium powered nuclear reactors. Why? Cheap as hell, and while not about there yet it creates a nice opportunity.

So we grab as many mines of thorium as we can. see where I am going with this?

>>21336652
For now, make small talk. Attempt to see into their brains while we do so. There's nothing I'm looking for specifically, besides experience. Eventually we may be able to discern what a person is thinking just by looking at their brain matter, but I doubt we're close to that level yet. If nothing else, we should be able to see which regions of the brain are getting the most blood flow.

>>21336670
so we can be a villain who feels he is doing whatever it takes for the good of humanity?
interesting

>>21336670
...Not really, but continue

>>21336670
I don't particularly like this plan, because of all the attention it would get. But go on.

>>21336652

Get something out of them specific. Some snatch of thought. Something that transcends intuition and being able to read people.

But don't have a fucking stroke while doing it.

>>21336670
You're getting WAY the fuck ahead of yourself. We haven't even gone on leave from college yet.

Also morally grey billionare philanthropist quest isn't sounding interesting to me in the slightest. I say we should set off on a journey to the dots, helping people along the way. After we retire, we can invest in stuff for the good of mankind. Or if we run into some good scientists and have extra money.

By the way, OP, you know how to work the archive?

>>21336740
((Nope))

>>21336735
Perception powers pushed right up to our limit. We don't want to make our head explode, but testing the water is something we definitely want to do.

Yeah. We do not want to draw attention. The clocktower would love to experiment on someone with an awakened Origin.

File: 1351488344304.jpg-(34 KB, 634x431, 6UehA.jpg)

>>21336687
>>21336690
Well not a villain we will fix humanity.
that's the point, you want to be the eccentric billionaire that has more charities and events than anyone else. You are the crazy uncle everyone loves. (You never show up at any charity ever, you are too busy doing something else for the greater good like commanding an operation to remove monies from Cambodia. Or building anew city.

So what is next. supposing the cloning takes, and it works. And so does the artificial womb, and the genetic modifications. You are in business my friend.

Welcome to the beginning of the Homo Sapiens Superior. Now we need to clear the ground, that is going to be a bit hard. And it takes some testing but it can be done.

Shell companies withing shell companies and about 20 satellites later, and you got something going brotha. First thing we need is to make sure we can ground everyone and hit them hard, very, very hard.

So we need a building in every major city. It has to be EMP shielded, a Faraday cage, should help in that. remember the mosquito robots?

We satellite EMP as much of the world as we can, then release these guys out there. Neurotoxin should do the trick.

>>21336815
>fix humanity
>by killing billions of people and replacing them with a new race
>not a villain

This plan is a good inspiration for a BBEG.

>>21336735
>>21336747
As I'm seeing it, we can't see their thoughts, but we can basically see their body language.

Should probably see if we can convince them to invite the group to their dorm. Then we can play a game and test how well perception gets deception.

>>21336755
Is this even in the Nasuverse? The use of the word origin implies it, but...

>>21336743
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/requestinterface.html?

>>21336815
What the fuck. No.

>>21336815
Bravo for being a genocidal maniac.

>>21336853
really?
I am saying it this way cause it can be done fast.
Slowly replacing the human race can be a slow grueling task. Better to just do it fast. I rather want this solar system secured by 2120, that isn't going to happen by being slow.

>>21336865
I like to see myself as an expediter, I just make the evolution of humanity go faster. so a few people die, no biggy.

>>21336913
>>21336913
I love how you are committing to the fact that you are not thinking of a plan that a villain would use. The end does not justify the mean when committing genocide.

>>21336913
Well what kind of genetic modifications are we talking about?

Like, I'd be on board with your plan if you were planning to incorporate some of the characteristics of ants with humans.

>>21336670
>>21336815
Well... that plans seems like it is going to be a tad brutal...
And I can see it working, specially if communication breaks down and the few survivors are not exactly going to be able to shoot at mosquito. they are going to be easy picking for snipers or whatever other crazy robots you must be thinking off... Ever considered writing James bond fanfics?

>>21336815
This is what we call A Well Intentioned Extremist. Still a bad guy.

>>21336913
Replacing the human race is not the plan I'd go with. Upgrading the human race is more my style. Anyway, if you want the solar system secured as quickly as possible, you want to focus on robotics, not mass genocide.

>>21336935
It does when you write history.
>>21336945
Speed, cognitive ability, hive mentality.
>>21336946
but efficient, you see.
>>21336953
Bad but necessary?
>>21336957
We are replacing it with better humans, and robotics is part of the plan.

>>21336986
How is it necessary? you are basically proposing that we try to become a god that creates a new race of human.

>>21336986
>We are replacing it with better humans, and robotics is part of the plan.

You said you wanted the solar system secured by 2120, but your plan doesn't actually outline how you wish to do that. In fact, if that's one of your ultimate goals, I think your plan is quite counterproductive.

>>21337004
Humans need a guiding hand, they are greedy and needy creatures. Left alone they will inevitably consume the world and themselves. So we are fixing the problem before it happens.

>>21337030
Hello Judge Death

>guy trys to run a quest thread
>suddenly becomes a debate about what would ulimately benefit humanity
I love you guys

>>21337027
Why?
Once the majority of humans are gone, resourced are ours. We can start building bigger, faster. No need for customs, or waiting on bureaucrats, and laws. We get resources from point A to point B.

You are thinking we need lots of people for this, only a small fraction most of out world is already automated, we just need to make sure we make it more so before taking them out.

>>21337053
Well I'll be... god I...oh fuck it, I am doing it for humanity.

>>21337030
does anyone have the screencap where the lady was making a speech about how this kingdom should kill all the men and have kids via magic?

Because I'm getting the exact same feel from this guy.

This is not your sandbox to build your own perfect master race in.

“Sorry! I'm still a bit groggy. Just getting back into the swing of things, y'know?” You laugh and smile as you sit down. Small talk seems the best option, and if you intend to use these powers for any sort of purpose, you'll need to learn to do so while you're paying attention to other things.

The two girls speak up. “Hi, Camille! My name's Brittany.”

“I'm Elissa. We're on the intramural soccer team.” Guess you were right about that, and it seems like they're going to introduce themselves again too, incase you missed it the first time. Seems mean, but you don't think they have a lot going on mentally; if you're really keen on trying to eye-feel people's brains, these two seem like likely first candidates. “Anne told us you've been sick for a while, is everything okay?”

“Oh, I'll be alright. Just came down with something. It's going around, isn't it?” You respond, matching their speaking energy and tone.

“Yeah!” Elissa laughs. As you converse with the group, you try to stay on the same wavelength in order to build rapport. You listen closely, however brainless their utterances are, in part because you can't help but do so, and in part because you're curious about your abilities; it only takes a second of looking at the two of them for you to subconsciously pace your breathing rhythm to a happy medium between the two of theirs. Kind of creepy, really, but you quickly find them smiling at you and laughing instinctively after each of your statements.

An interesting experiment all in all.

((Cont))

>>21336986
See a hive mentality kinda destroys humanity. So you wouldn't be replace humans with better humans. You would be replacing them with an entirely different species. Some thing that looks like us but is nothing like us. Humanity would die.
>>21337030
That view point only highlights humanity's darkest points. We humans are paradoxical creatures. We can be the vilest of monsters or the greatest of saints. Take away that which makes us human and it kinda defeats the purpose.

“So, Camille, I have the notes from the past week if you need to get caught up. The test isn't until next Friday, so maybe we could meet up and study? I'm really having trouble with...” Anne continues speaking, but trails off as you shift focus to other things. There was the idea of trying to look into their minds; when you think about it as “perceiving” what they're thinking or going to do next, it doesn't seem too unrealistic, but so far it seems you just don't have the experience that would afford you an approach. You could maybe look, X-ray style, into their heads, but seeing as you can't actually see the electrical activity, it'd be mostly uneventful.

Based on experience, you think that all of these options would end up with you face-down in a bowl of mashed potatoes. Anne is still trying to speak to you, and you debate tuning back in and continuing your game with the three girls, but something strikes your attention—the dots dredge themselves up from your subconscious, and one of them seems to be drawing you somewhere close... if not in the cafeteria itself, it might be nearby, but without focus you can't tell exactly where.

What to do?

>>21337106
But it would certainly be a species much harder to eliminate by outside threats. no more internal conflict.

>>21337153
Did daddy beat you up when you were little?
Show me where the bad man touched you on the doll.

>>21337153
but its not humanity, and that is who you said you were trying to benefit.

File: 1351490267833.png-(14 KB, 680x229, text.png)

>>21337072
4chan thinks my reply is spam, so please read this image.

>>21337125
DOTS BAD. LEAVE DOTS ALONE

Dots are going to drag us into unfortunate situations, and if it requires focus to tell exactly where it's going to lead us it might fry our brain. Let's ignore it and keep practicing Perception on other humans. When we're better prepared or better practiced we can go on Magical Perception Dots adventures.

>>21337064

((I'm okay with it, honestly. Least I've got people talking about something... even if it is getting a bit off-topic. :V It doesn't bother me unless there's a reply between my characteristic two part posts, though, but that's a small peeve.

As far as Camille's options right now, you've got a couple, barring a wild card choice. There's continuing the conversation with Anne and the girls, or perhaps inviting them back to your room: there's also the possibility of checking out the reappearing dots.))

>>21337125
First, converse with Anne. Find a good point to politely excuse ourselves to go to the bathroom. Once we're there, we can focus on the point without risking passing out in the middle of the cafeteria.

>>21337125
Ignore the Dots for now. We can investigate when we have a better grasp of our powers.

>>21337185
Actually I like your plan better than mine. Honestly I only had the cleaning house project just for expediency. But I like your plan. Can we still keep humans in the dark and locked to earth, rather not have them come after us.

>>21337216
((Sorry about that. Wasn't trying to.))

>>21337072
I'm not even sure where to begin. I'll just say that >>21337185 is a much better planner than you. AND less morally objectionable, too.


>>21337153
So? We'd have destroyed humanity to make it.

>>21337287
See this
>>21337252

>>21337216
I'd like to point out, we also bump the thread a lot.

>>21337317
((This is part of the reason I like it.))

>>21337252
I would prefer to enhance them instead of leaving them to their own devices.

Plus, there is the chance that Earth will spawn more Originals, or already has other Originals. If we try to maintain Earth as a prison, we will most likely be opposed by them, and I'm sure none of us would like to be on the receiving end of a vendetta imposed by Origin: Intelligence.

Assuming we do become the queen of space, uplifting Earth would be my next goal. It seems like the right thing to do.

>>21337476
We will after we are in a position of ABSOLUTE power.

>>21337493
Fortunately, control of space infrastructure makes it easy to deploy such awesome weaponry as high-velocity tungsten projectiles and solar lenses.

>>21337529
solar lenses, I like where you are coming from sir. Please do go on.

>>21337529
>high-velocity tungsten projectiles
Too expensive to field, maintain, and reload. Not I didn't say use. Firing it is cheap, everything else is requires a shuttle launch designed specifically to accomplish that task. Ask /k/ before suggesting such a thing.
>solar lenses
Identical situation, excluding reload (outside of replacing the lens). However will suffer from the need of absolute constant repair to make sure it functions at 100% efficiency. Same problem with our earthbound heavy gear, except multiplied: every minute in use will probably requires months of repair.

>>21337606
Lets say expenses are not a problem, tungsten projectiles, how powerful are they? And lets say our main forces have a base..say the moon.

>>21337573
Unlike the Rods From God system, a solar lens has well-defined peaceful purposes. The sun is a vast and (on the human timescale) inexhaustible energy source. Using orbital lenses and mirrors to gather sunlight, we could quite literally supply the entire world with unlimited clean energy. Solar energy collectors would have two roles in our plan: First, to provide power, and Second, to provide us with an extraordinarily significant weapon.

>>21337606
I've been talking about establishing space infrastructure using near-earth asteroids to supply resources. The Rods From God system is prohibitively expensive when you have to launch everything from Earth, but when every part of it is built and shipped from the asteroids you already control, that's not a problem.

Same deal with the lenses. Assuming the durability problem is unsolvable, we would either use "disposable" systems we don't intend to recover, or supply each unit with robots for self-repair.

These are long-term plans, meant for employment after we have significant space infrastructure.

>>21337662
Several tons of fuck-you being force-fed down the throat of a target the size of a hubcap by the very unforgiving force we call gravity.

You literally just drop it on something you want very dead, and physics takes care of the rest. Shock wave from the impact gives it a bit of area while the needle shaped allows for penetration.

>>21337529
I was always partial to GDI style ion cannons.

“Sure.” You don't remember exactly what Anne said, but you feel like you listened to and picked up the gist of it well enough to answer. For now, you decide it best to continue the small talk; you put it in your head that dots are bad, and give Anne another smile and nod before taking another look at Elissa, Brittany, and the other people walking around and sitting in the cafeteria.

“Tommorow alright? If not, we could think about weekday nights. You're free after our class, right?” Anne asks. You give her a passive nod; for some reason, you have a feeling that it won't take you much effort to get back up to date on your material, even after a week of missed classes. Hell, you still remember that license plate number. Anne looks over at Brittany, then shoots you a grin. “I told you guys you'd like Camille. Isn't she great?”

“Mmhmm!” The girl responds, chewing her food faster and swallowing. “She should join our soccer team.”

“Oh, no thanks. I'm not really an athlete.” Your response is immediate and instinctive; it's also true. Your kinesthetic senses seem to be much improved, and if your alleyway encounter was any indication, your perceptive abilities let you see what you need to, as fast as you need to, and react accordingly. What isn't improved, though, is your physical ability. Your endurance is low, and you've got upper body strength to match; about two weeks ago you pulled a muscle carrying textbooks back to your room from the library.

“You don't have to be.” Elissa speaks up; it's good to see how quickly you were able to make friends with this bunch, but you wish you could get them to quit the advertising. “We mostly play for fun. I'm not too good either, but we get good practice in every once in a while.”

>>21337712
If that falls on the ocean...Oh god, I can see tsunami, no THE mother of all tsunamis

>>21337662
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_bombardment

It depends, because there is a wide range of factors to consider. But, at the upper end, they can strike like a nuclear weapon without generating harmful radiation.

>>21337742
Tell them we'll try it. Building strength and endurance is a good idea, as is building a network of friends.

you know I wonder if one of our abilities is to fuck with other people's perceptions using our understanding of others.

>>21337791
Hold on now; apparently we're frail enough that carrying books is grotesquely strenuous physical activity. Playing college soccer can't end well, even with Perception.

As far as friend networking goes, just agreeing on the study group should be enough. We can practice more Perception bu judging what they need help on and whatnot, as well as use this as a chance to see exactly how much of an edge Perception gives us academically.

Agree to study group, head back to room after eating and push our Perception ability to it's limit. Stare out a window and take in everything we can, or look through a book and try and see how much we can deduce from the smell of paper and the state of the binding.

BOOKWORM MAXIMUM

>>21337742
it wouldn't be bad to improve our physical stats actually. Endurance and a bit of strength boost would be great

>>21337865

To be fair, they were really heavy.
You guess that isn't a very good defense, though.

>>21337791
>>21337934

Studying with Anne seems like a good idea to see exactly how your powers of perception could give you an academic edge. You've always thought of yourself as honest, but sometimes the desire to succeed edges out; you suppose, though, that nothing you do really counts as cheating if it's something you can do.

Intramurals soccer, though, is a different challenge altogether, especially for you. You suppose it's worth a try, and if all else fails, it doesn't seem like that big of a commitment.

"In that case, I suppose I could give it a try." You nod. "When do you guys practice?"

"We're going out to the field around this time tomorrow. You could come watch, or kick around with us if you want." Brittany says. "If you want to come to a few before you join, I don't have to put you on the roster right away."

"Sounds alright." You look down, having finished your meal. A couple more tests of ability are waiting for you back in your room--and you're not sure where that closest dot is, but you think it might be moving. "Think I'm gonna head back to my room for a little while and start getting caught up. If you give me your cell number, I'll text you so you can reply when you guys are heading out to the field."

"Alright!" Brittany smiles; the conversation then stalls as she waits for you to pull out your phone. "You ready?"

"Oh, yeah." You say. "I'll remember."

>>21338094

((Thread archived.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/21330739/

Calling it a night if no one else posts. Not sure when I'll continue--if this thread is still here, I'll use it, and if not, I'll make a new one.))

>>21338213
>>21338094
get the numbers and lets follow the closest dot

Bump

>>21332586
>Camille
>Anne
SO MANY FRENCH-SOUNDING NAMES

File: 1351536321593.jpg-(222 KB, 784x1024, Sandy_Oct_28_2012_16.00(U(...).jpg)

Home Early Due to Hurricane Bump

>>21343503
Ye gads, a new thread has been perceived!
>>21343783