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Nice work, Danny! Does this mean I have to post now? 
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After my exams tomorrow, I promise to be active again. 
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You ALL have to post now.
And then when this story's done we post in the main VI story. Everyone!
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But I can't post tonight. I have a headache.
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I have a presentation due tomorrow.
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I have nothing due tomorrow, but I'm still not gonna post anywhere. 'Cuz I don't wanna.
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I am nearly one year  behind schedule with one project!
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I thought you said you weren't Mxy...
Does that mean you Son_of_Mxy's dad?
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Im Not Mister Mxyzptlk said:
Ok, you're Mxy.
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I thought I was Mxy once, but it turned out to be a rash...
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Well, now that the mystery part is solved, I can actually post again...;)
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Okay, hiatus over. I've just caught up with this story. Excellent, Mxy! Loving the evil clones. Danny, have to say, damn good Victor fight scene. Very cinematic of you. I threw a post up, just to try and get back into the swing of things. Great stuff all around, people. 
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You people better remember how impressed y'all are with me when Kampie voting time rolls around.
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My Gob, Danny, it's just February!
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Silly Danny. We only vote for your characters that are named 'Danny'. Victor and the Squirrel will never be considered...
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Wait, wait, wait, hold the phone a damn minute. You mean the team's big plan for defeating Max Wolfe/Thin White Duke and his army of clones is TO BLOW UP A TANKER TRUCK IN A HEAVILY POPULATED AREA??!!  With plans like this, who needs Jack Merlin or the evil MBL? 
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This team has never had a problem with killing. Remember our conversation last night? 
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So "not having a problem with killing" means it's okay for them to go blowing up residential areas and their occupants now?  This is another matter entirely from our discussion last night. So much for being "adventureres" and "heroes." We might as well be the evil MBL then. Let's just go up to Manhattan and join 'em. Screw it, let's just take over the world.
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It's not like there's much of Chicago left after the whole "Revolution" thing anyway... Today, Chicago. Tomorrow... the world!  Desperate times call for desperate measures. Besides... this is just a contingency until Mxy eventually writes the ending he needs to write.
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Perhaps you should give us a reminder on Chicago's current status then. It'd be nice to have these type of things laid out beforehand.
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So "not having a problem with killing" means it's okay for them to go blowing up residential areas and their occupants now? This is another matter entirely from our discussion last night.
So much for being "adventureres" and "heroes." We might as well be the evil MBL then. Let's just go up to Manhattan and join 'em. Screw it, let's just take over the world.
Kill 'em all and let Continuity sort them out!
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Wait, could a tanker truck really take out a whole city block or something? I just figured if the gas spilled all over the Dukes, someone could just drop a cigar on them.
Look, I just handle explosives all day, I don't know anything about them.
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Sorry about taking so long, I've been busy and unmotivated. I'm printing out the new posts to catch up and I'll post the ending tomorrow.
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So "not having a problem with killing" means it's okay for them to go blowing up residential areas and their occupants now? This is another matter entirely from our discussion last night.
So much for being "adventureres" and "heroes." We might as well be the evil MBL then. Let's just go up to Manhattan and join 'em. Screw it, let's just take over the world.
Kill 'em all and let Continuity sort them out!
You already wrote that story, Pro... 
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Wait, could a tanker truck really take out a whole city block or something? I just figured if the gas spilled all over the Dukes, someone could just drop a cigar on them.
Look, I just handle explosives all day, I don't know anything about them.
Depending on whether or not there's a gas main nearby, yeah, it could. Considering that they're in a residential area, I figure the chances of there being one close by are pretty good. Hell, the truck itself exploding would pretty much wipe out all of the characters around.
Setting the Dukes on fire is a good plan in theory, but there's also the chance on having a bunch of Dukes running around (and into you!) while still on fire. (GTA and Punisher game players? Anyone? Bueller?)
It may seem like I'm just being bitchy, but I'm just trying to get you guys to think about things when you're writing. Actions have consequences (as Doc and I have so often stated) and you need to consider the possible consequences of your actions.
This plan is ripe for backfiring right in the team's face in a lot of ways. Now if you guys are cool with it doing so, and want to deal with the ramifications of that, by all means, go ahead.
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Kill 'em all and let Continuity sort them out!
I can't be bothered.
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Well, I'm not in as much pain as I thought. Mainly because I'm so drugged on painkillers. It's been fourteen hours since surgery, and at least I have feeling in my tongue now. But I can't feel my chin or lower lip. WFT?!?
I'm not an expert on truck design -- is it possible there's some other aspect of the vehicle we could use to our advantage?
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Feeling back in your tongue is good. It opens up a world of possibility. Quote:
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Since when?
When could I ever?
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It's not so much the design of the truck as it is the notion of "blowing it up." Now, if I've misunderstood that part of the plan, let me know. But when I see "Get Bri to crack it open" that means to me "blow it up."
Gassing down the Dukes with one of the hoses on the truck is workable, but like I said you're gonna have a bunch of Dukes running around on fire, causing more problems. You've got to 1) lead them away from civilians and populated areas and 2) corral them all together and keep them from getting away.
There's a difference between "killing your foes in battle" and committing what might amount to an act of meta terrorism. This is what I've been trying to illustrate.
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Now... THEY'RE ON FIRE!
Well played, Grimm.
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It's not so much the design of the truck as it is the notion of "blowing it up." Now, if I've misunderstood that part of the plan, let me know. But when I see "Get Bri to crack it open" that means to me "blow it up."
Yeah, I must have worded it bad. You know how gas tanks are in those metal cylinder containers on the bed of the trucks? I meant Bree could crack the metal itself, which would result in the contents spilling everywhere.
I also think 'Flaming White Dukes' should be an alcoholic beverage.
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Heh.
I'd order one.
One part vodka, two parts lemonade, one part attitude.
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If it runs out it fills itself magically.
What? It's still "tomorrow"!
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One post left for the epilogues, and I'm making it now.
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...aaaaaaaand it's done. Grimm said he wanted to make a celebration between the teams as an epilogue, and I have no problem with that going beyond his post. You should leave the SF out of the party, though. They had to get up early or something.
I have two epilogues in mind: one with Link and one with the Strikeforce. The one with the Strikeforce will be them deciding what to do with the papers that clear out Vanguard International. So, since this is important, I need you to vote what you'd like to happen. As you know, at first I wanted to have the papers clear Vanguard 100% and have the UN offer them the position of the Strikeforce, but that idea didn't seem to be very popular, so here's the options I can think of:
1) The papers are destroyed accidentally. Things remains as they are now, except the SF knows Vanguard is innocent, but they can't prove it.
2) Hero destroys the papers. The SF is ordered to (eventually) hunt down Vanguard, and some of them obey, others quit. Things remain as they are now, except a SF/VI conflict is inevitable.
3) The papers clear Vanguard. They don't get offered shit. Things remain as they are, except we can now leave the island.
I'm leaning towards 3 myself, cause I don't think we can do much more with the UN ban subplot since there's obviously no enthusiasm for fighting the Strikeforce.
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I also like the third option. And I also wanna do an epilogue with Grissom, Phil, and maybe a few other characters. I'm not sure, but I can wait 'til someone starts the party... celebration... whatever.
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