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The brains, they are storming (7/30/08)

Hello and welcome to the latest brainstorming post. No idea too big or too small.

Here's the last brainstorming post if you want to take a look at ideas and do more work with them.

One of the ideas that came up last time was the concept of having things that could be useful to someone else's plot without knowing if someone had a need to make use of them. So we'll have an OCD "plot spare parts" thread for anyone who'd like to use it. (An example of a "plot spare part" is here in the previous brainstorming post).

OCD is up! Storm away!

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Not the kind Igor deals with. The kind you can use to make new plots.

May as well post one of my own - Peter has the power to draw/paint the future now. So if anybody wanted to make use of a picture that showed a plot point for their character, he's available.

Well then Peter should clearly be using these powers to find the winner of Project Runway.

And yes that does feel saying that from this account.

Sort of a combination spare part and want ad - there'll be an opening for someone to take over the (Y)MCA in the later part of August, so if there's a current townie looking for a new or additional job, or a townie someone's thinking of applying to bring in, teacher applying to move to townie, etc., there's that.

Totally wrong account, but hey, whatever. XD;

Viki's a teleportation specialist--with a canon habit of every now and again landing her and whomever she's transporting in the completely wrong spot. ^^ She's totally available if anyone needed a transportation mishap--she can even send people to the wrong spot, by accident, without having to go along with them.

G'Kar has a fake eye. A very advanced, highly sophisticated piece of technology that transmits images directly to his optic nerve.

Even if it's not in his head.

It can (and has been used canonically) to spy on either people. Could be useful for BDEs or random whatevers, even for dirty! purposes.

Cable has a habit of knowing more than he lets on. Or letting on that he knows more than he's supposed to. He also has a habit of using this knowledge by randomly disappearing and then setting a few things in motion behind the scenes.

So if you need a grand ol' manipulator to set something up (within reason; he is a Good Guy, if one of severely questionable ethics) he's available.

ETA: He's also a telepath and, well, questionable ethics, so if anyone needs something dug up from someone's skull...

Edited 2008-07-30 16:32 (UTC)

I . . . may have a way to use this in future. Just not sure how yet.

Feel free to drop me a line when you are. :) There's little he won't do if he can rationalize it as being a good thing.

Rikku can upgrade weapons to do interesting things, like inflict poison with a hit or add fire/lightning damage. She can also upgrade armor to protect against those things. There's actually a detailed, complicated list of the various things she can add, and I'm willing to play around with other ideas, as well, since it's usually her taking items that can cause those effects and burning them into the weapon/armor. She loves playing around with upgrades, so if you need a weapon with a kick to it, lemme know.

Not so much a plot, but Ino did want to bug Rikku at some point about how she managed the bomb during the Bishop plot. *keeps forgetting zomg* XD;

Katchoo has an FBI file, one that for the time being she's bound and determined Francine can never find out about.

That said, I'm totally open to the possibility of someone finding out about it and using the knowledge of it to blackmail her into doing something for them, since she's not the sort who's going to step up and volunteer to help just anybody with stuff.

Veronica is spending the summer working for the FBI...

For that matter... if anyone *else* has an FBI file that they'd like some sort of plottiness with... we could probably work something out.

If anyone ever wants to make use of this, the lobby of the Arms Hotel has a fruit bowl with strategically-placed fruit for "nudity emergencies." Mary also keeps towels and bathrobes handy at the desk for the same reason.

Helen's right arm can become pretty much anything she wants. Okay, flamethrowers or projectile weapons are out since she'd have to be firing or superheating part of her flesh, but she did once re-create a totem pole thing - living heads that bit each other, causing her to bleed - so it's pretty-open-ended.

It can also be turned into a living blade which can kill demons of any level or strength.

Basically offering Liz up for plots if anyone wants to use for her uncontrollable fire bursts. At this stage her powers work in this extreme if she's under extreme emotional distres but it's not hard to get her into this state.

*chimes in late*

I'm lazy, so these are both just going in one comment. Evey is pretty gifted with explosives; she's still learning, but she usually has enough stuff in her room to whip up some impressive bombs, so if you ever need a big boom, she's your girl.

Kaylee is a total Sue with mechanical stuff. Need a security system overhauled? Need an engine souped up? Need your tiny robot to be rewired to Rickroll people? She's happy to do it. She's usually happy to do things for free, but if you feel compelled to bribe her, she likes fresh fruit a lot. :D

Jack is available:
to be Captain Obvious
to be hit on the head and knocked out for the rest of the plot
to do some lame thing that turns out to be badass (stormtrooper effect)
to be the best. damn. hair. in this game.

One of the thing's Gaspode's good at is noticing stuff, usually without being noticed in return -- who pays attention to a stray dog, right?

So, if you ever have anything NFB that you want certain people to find out about, he's available.

Also, if you want him to run and get help, Lassie-style, he can do that, too. He'll be much more grumbly about that and want to get paid for it, but can be talked into doing it out of the goodness of his heart if you try hard enough.

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