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♦ Private messages from Taking_Back_Life:

[01/10/2011]

Taking_Back_Life: Thanks again for your help today at the mall. Things would’ve been a lot worse if you hadn’t been there.

Meteoric_Rise: well i had to pay you back for lunch somehow, didn’t i?

Taking_Back_Life: Heh. You didn’t need to pay me back for that, but I can’t argue with the results. I still can’t believe U&L went that far!

Meteoric_Rise: yeah, i didn’t recognize them earlier, but when i thought about it after, i remembered they tried to hire me for a collab a while back. didn't do it, obviously, and now i see why fl didn’t want to get involved with them.

Meteoric_Rise: btw, did they say that worm thing was silent hill? i thought that was a zombie game.

Taking_Back_Life: Pretty sure you’re thinking of Resident Evil? Silent Hill is a horror game series with otherworldly monsters like that worm. Apparently the first area in Silent Hill 3 is a mall, and the protagonist fights a worm that looks pretty much like the one we fought.

Meteoric_Rise: sounds like somebody got a debrief after

Taking_Back_Life: So you did figure it out in the end…?

Meteoric_Rise: yeah. took me a bit at the end, but you were being too heavy-handed to not get it eventually.

Meteoric_Rise: you still there? i was supposed to get it, right?

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♦ Private messages from Panacea (Verified Cape) (New Wave):

[01/10/11]

Panacea: Well you caused a mess.

Meteoric_Rise: i wouldn’t say i caused a mess

Panacea: Uh huh. And I suppose somebody else spilled toxic waste all over Weymouth’s food court?

Meteoric_Rise: i literally have no idea what you’re talking about?

Panacea: The worm’s insides were insanely toxic. PRT said you killed it.

Meteoric_Rise: oh. then yeah, i guess that was me. not really my intent to cause problems, sorry.

Meteoric_Rise: so, uh, are you good? haven't heard from you in, like, forever.

Panacea: Been busy, sorry. Some of us go still go to school.

Meteoric_Rise: ah. well i won’t bother you then

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♦ Private messages from Taking_Back_Life:

[01/11/11]

Taking_Back_Life: Sorry! I got called away, then it was really late when I got back, so I just sort of promptly fell asleep.

Taking_Back_Life: And you both were and weren’t? Like, officially we’re not supposed to give out our identities for obvious reasons. So I didn’t tell you.

Meteoric_Rise: all good. and yeah, i figured it might be something like that.

Taking_Back_Life: I didn’t put you in a weird position with your boss or anything, did I? Sorry, that only just now occurred to me!

Meteoric_Rise: nah. i did tell her i knew who you are and that you had made it purposefully obvious, but i didn’t tell her who you are, and she didn’t want to know anyway. we agreed it seemed like a just for my ears thing.

Meteoric_Rise: still with me?

Taking_Back_Life: Yeah. Sorry, was just debating something.

Meteoric_Rise: penny for your thoughts?

Taking_Back_Life: I have no doubt you have far more than pennies at your disposal.

Meteoric_Rise: you’re not wrong haha

Taking_Back_Life: Let me think on this more, okay? It’s not something lightly admitted.

Meteoric_Rise: okay. no pressure, by the way. if you don’t want to tell me (or can’t, whatever), i get it

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♦ Topic: Faultline’s Crew

In: Boards ► Places ► America ► Brockton Bay Discussion (Public Board)

Admiral Crunch (Original Poster) (Veteran Member)

Posted on September 3rd, 2009 (Last updated 12/23/10):

The Brockton Bay gang that isn’t a gang or even in Brockton Bay all that much, Faultline’s Crew (going to stick with FLC from here on) have begun making waves in a several different cities the last few months. Originally just a pair of capes, they’ve recently added a third member to their group. Add to that that my sources keep turning up sightings of two of their membership at a new local club called Palanquin and the fact that the crew has taken jobs all around Brockton Bay but never in it, it seems like they’ve set up shop here and are taking care to not shit where they eat. It’s all but openly confirmed FLC operates out of the Bay at this point. The sightings at Palanquin just won’t stop, and I’ve even had an unofficial PRT source tell me they’re aware of the group being here but have bigger fish to fry (which isn’t that an understatement?)

So let’s discuss them a bit, shall we?

The crew is led by the titular cape, Faultline, whose power from the accounts I’ve been able to collect is strikingly similar to a Striker (see what I did there? I’m hilarious, I know) called Disaster Area, who was last seen living the villain life in Albuquerque, New Mexico earlier this year. Disaster Area’s fall off the map doesn’t cleanly coincide with Faultline’s appearance, but it’s pretty coincidental at the very least. Faultline’s power seems to be cracking things by touching them (“Faultline” seems to be an apt name), and she doesn’t seem to be too terribly limited by size, considering she literally brought a building down on capes pursuing FLC after they pulled a heist on a ship in Baltimore’s harbor last month.

The second member of FLC is Gregor the Snail, a minor case-53 cape from Charleston who seemed content to stay out of the traditional hero-villain scene by doing bouncer work until he joined Faultline as her first underling. Gregor is morbidly obese and has translucent skin with shell-like growths dotting it, which are the origin for his name and the reason why he doesn’t bother with a mask. Not much point in one at a certain point, after all. His power seems to make him a minor Brute, but it primarily seems to be about brewing chemicals inside himself that he expels to various effects. So far, reports indicate he can make adhesives, lubricants, acids, and even fire retardant slime.

The third member to join was a complete unknown until he joined FLC, and with no publicly announced name, our best guess is what the people who have seen and interacted with him at Palanquin say he goes by: Newter. Another case-53, Newter has orange skin and a tail that seems to be prehensile, and his power is an interesting one from what little information I’ve been able to gather so far. Everyone he touched in FLC’s recent scuffle in downtown Memphis dropped like a stone, and all the people involved in sightings at Palanquin say he asserts his bodily fluids (sweat, spit, and all that fun jazz) cause psychedelic hallucinations on contact. He apparently claims this effect is non-addictive, but if it was, then that’s exactly the lie he’d say to cover it up…

Edit (04/17/2010): New member since! And hoo boy, she’s a doozy.

The fourth member is Labyrinth, a Shaker 12. You did not misread that—twelve! Previously being held at Asylum East because of how dangerous her power is, Labyrinth is indisputably the strongest Shaker on the East Coast. Unlike everyone else on the team, Labyrinth’s power is well understood by the PRT, and after FLC attacked Asylum East and freed her, at least some of those details have been distributed in the name of public safety. Labyrinth can reshape everything in a radius around her that grows the longer she’s within that area of effect. That’s exactly as terrifying as it sounds—go read some of the testimonials from the asylum staff in Labyrinth’s personal thread if you don’t believe me. Link is here. Eat your heart out Vista—the Bay has an even stronger Shaker in the area now!

Edit (10/11/2010): Two new members now! Debuting together on FLC’s recent appearance in Providence, Meteor and Shade enter the fray!

Shade appears to be a Trump whose power is transforming into other people and copying their powers! I’m sure I don’t need to explain why this is huge, but I’ll spell it out just in case: Depending on how long she can maintain these transformations, Shade presents a huge operational security risk to the PRT. If the mercenaries managed to acquire someone’s badge, they would in theory have a short window where she could transform into that person and gain access to secure information. I wouldn’t be surprised if the PRT has already begun using other means of confirmation to eliminate that possibility. Shade’s thread (link is here) is already running rampant with discussion about how she would match up against other capes, but I’ll leave the speculation alone.

Edit (12/31/10): FLC’s latest sighting in St. Louis is once again notably Shade-free. Our only sightings of her are her initial debut on October 10th, possibly the whispers of FLC’s involvement with the attack on UPenn a bit more than a week later, and a few reports of Shade being present October 24th, the day Lung torched the area around Palanquin in the dark hours of the morning. With no further sightings of her two months later and many confirmed FLC appearances in various cities (Chicago on November 10th, Raleigh on November 25th, Buffalo on December 8th, Indianapolis on December 17th, and now St. Louis on December 29th), I think it’s safe to say Shade is no longer a part of FLC.

Meteor is a Tinker who seems to specialize in magnetism or perhaps just metal manipulation (see edit below!). Tied to several events in the Bay (see her thread here for more details), Meteor is the only confirmed local recruit for the crew, though it’s possible Newter and Shade may be as well. Though her presence on the team isn’t nearly as momentous as Shade’s, she’s nevertheless proved herself to be a strong cape already, if perhaps an emotional one. She went toe-to-toe with Assault without too much trouble, broke the legs of a local independent hero known as Riptide, and came out heavily injured from her fight with Boudicca but still the victor. All that, and she still had time to get a hug from her teammate in the middle of the scuffle (no joke, watch here). It’s tough to make out what Gregor the Snail is saying in the video, but he seems to be saying she was traumatized by water? She doubled down on showing how strong her power is by stopping bullets and melting guns in a hospital later that night, so she’s one to keep an eye on.

Edit (11/05/10): A source I have in the PRT disclosed they’ve confirmed Meteor is not a Tinker as everyone previously believed but rather a Shaker holding herself out as a Tinker. While Meteor has been a decent powerhouse for the crew in their appearances, bringing a local recruit aboard seems to have gotten them involved in the affairs of the Bay’s gangs. Lung torched the area around Palanquin on October 24th and got FLC involved in a confrontation between the ABB and E88 on November 4th.

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► AnotherSetOfEars

Replied on December 31st, 2010:

FLC did it again. St. Louis Post-Dispatch article here, but here’s the gist: Forget flashy fights, this was all corporate espionage. Axis Chemicals’ security team reported some of their cameras froze up momentarily, but nobody investigated immediately because they all began working shortly after. It wasn’t immediately noticed because ordinarily nobody walks through walls, but upon subsequent investigation and comparison against the blueprints, it was determined this was FLC discreetly making their way from an exterior location into one of the chemical processing areas.

They were apparently wearing the same hazmat suits used in the facility, so they were able to simultaneously inject unknown substances (some of Gregor’s chemicals?) into the enclosed vats there using the on-board systems. This naturally set off all the warning bells, which is when the crew made their exit the same way they came in, though they went out far louder than they came in. By the time anybody realized they were there, there was nothing to be done but try to catch them. Only Newter shed his getup, which makes sense given how his power works, but based on the powers seen in use on the way out, Faultline and Meteor were definitely in play, and Labyrinth is a given with the manipulation of walls to allow a sneaky entrance.

Axis Chemicals is being pretty hush hush about exactly what effect FLC’s attack on the facility had besides property damage on the way out, but I think it’s safe to say that whatever was in those vats was probably ruined.

► GhostlyOrange

Replied on January 1st, 2011:

First post of the New Year! Also, Shaaade, why have you forsaken the Crew? We wanted to see you crush the dragon, not Boudicca!

► Modesty-n-Wndrlnd

Replied on January 1st, 2011:

@GhostlyOrange:

I know I’m a broken record on this, but I’ll spell it out again. Shade is probably a killer. We know from the PRT announcement press conference last November about the fiasco on November 4th (link to the press conference and link to the thread about the gang confrontation) that it was an escalation from the events at the end of October. Namely, Lung torching the north end of downtown on October 24th and the death and capture of undisclosed Empire capes later that same day. The PRT didn’t say it, but all the locals who posted to PHO made it pretty clear Labyrinth, Meteor, and Shade were involved to varying degrees.

If you look at that thread I linked above about the confrontation on November 4th, you’ll notice nobody mentions Shade—October 24th is the last we see of her. If you look at this thread, this thread, and this thread, you’ll see everyone basically agrees Othala was one of the killed capes. I’ll summarize it though: People in the area confirmed Othala as one of the Empire capes involved on 10/24. Empire capes hurt in the 11/04 events were noticeably absent until early last month, which suggests they needed to heal, implying Othala was at the very least unavailable to heal. With healing capes in high demand and rumors of PRT rebranding captured villains running rampant, we would expect to have seen a cape who can grant regeneration show up somewhere since then, but we haven’t seen anything like that. On top of all that, you have Empire capes going missing for a short bit after the Empire-Merchant clash earlier last month (gotta say, I didn’t think the drug peddlers had it in them…). Conclusion isn’t iron clad but still strong: Othala is likely dead.

Shade is booted from FLC’s roster around the time Othala died? It could be a coincidence, but I can’t think of any better reason FLC would ditch a powerful trump card like Shade.

► DarkWavers

Replied on January 2nd, 2011:

I still don’t understand why FLC put themselves out there on October 24th. They never did patrols around Palanquin before then and haven’t done any since, and while I get that they’d never had the Empire or ABB attack them (much less both), it just doesn’t mesh with their style. I agree with OP that bringing Meteor aboard with her baggage as a local cape seems to be the cause of all of this.

Question that remains is whether they’re once bitten twice shy or not…

► AnotherSetOfEars

Replied on January 2nd, 2011:

Can we bring the discussion back to FLC’s attack on the chemical plant in St. Louis? You know, the relevant topic?

► Subverts Assumptions

Replied on January 2nd, 2011:

I have to agree with @Modesty-n-Wndrlnd, @GhostlyOrange. I was so excited when Shade was brought aboard—so much potential!—but the evidence is kinda damning…

As for the chemical plant, I imagine one of Axis Chemicals’ competitors paid the crew to set them back. I dunno how much money goes into preparing chemicals, but I imagine it isn’t cheap?

► GhostlyOrange

Replied on January 3rd, 2011:

@DarkWavers @Subverts Assumptions

My point was more that I wanted to see Lung v Shade, not whether or not I wished she was still on the team. I mean, it’s kinda an open secret Lung transforms into a dragon the longer he fights right? With Shade mirroring him in a fight, that’s the closest we can get to an honest-to-god kaiju fight!

► XxVoid_CowboyxX

Replied on January 3rd, 2011:

Unless, you know, two of the Endbringers decided to duke it out. It’s not like they only show up one at a time…

User has received an infraction for this post. Endbringer appearances are always a tragedy—joking about them like they’re old Godzilla movies is not okay.

► LunarFlare

Replied on January 3rd, 2011:

Void Cowboy’s at it again. Surprise surprise.

Thanks for bringing this up, @AnotherSetOfEars! I know we’re not supposed to cheer on villains or anything, and I’m definitely not doing that here, but I have to say it’s interesting seeing FLC’s mercenary approach. They’re not the only merc outfits out there, but they’re probably some of the only consistently successful ones.

► Taking_Back_Life

Replied on January 3rd, 2011:

Not cool, @XxVoid_CowboyxX… Like the mod said, the death counts for EB attacks aren’t funny. The Behemoth attack in August resulted in thousands of civilian deaths and the loss of nearly a third of the capes who fought against him, and please don’t get me started on how bad Khonsu’s attack in October was…

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♦ Topic: Meteor

In: Boards ► Places ► America ► Brockton Bay Discussion (Public Board)

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► KillingYouKindly

Replied on January 11th, 2011:

I’m new to Brockton Bay, and I’ve been going over the info on PHO to try and get myself better acquainted with the Bay’s cape scene, and I’ve noticed something strange. In Meteor’s first appearances in Providence on October 10th and in Bayside Hospital that evening, she has a pixie cut. More importantly, her left arm is broken so badly during the fight with Boudicca that her bones are partially jutting out of her skin, which is why she went to the hospital in the first place.

Why does any of that matter? Because her next confirmed appearance is at Fugly Bob’s on October 13th, where she has long hair and her arm is fine. I did some forum trawling and found someone posting under the name Meteoric_Rise on this thread who makes no secret of claiming to be Meteor. That’s par for the course with capes new to the scene, but lo and behold, Meteoric_Rise posts on October 12th (a day before Meteor is next publicly seen), responding to concerns about her arm with the following: “yeah, i got taken care of elsewhere. next time you see me, no damage. can't say more, sorry”

I’m genuinely surprised this hasn’t been brought up more, especially in this thread but also the one for Faultline’s Crew. My working theory is Meteor and the rest of the crew were at Bayside that night to see Panacea, and though things got complicated when the Protectorate were called in on an anonymous tip, she still got patched up by the famous healer, who for some reason grew her hair out at the same time. And before anybody complains that Panacea doesn’t do that, it’s obvious that while she normally doesn’t, she clearly can. I’ve seen footage of her regrowing somebody’s leg. If she can do that, she can absolutely manually grow someone’s hair. I just don’t understand why she did it.

► YelpyBeast

Replied on January 11th, 2011:

Woooaaah! I noticed she had longer hair than when I met her and when she debuted, but I just thought it was a wig or something!

@Meteoric_Rise: What’s the skinny? Did @Panacea give you a reverse haircut?

► Jpvo66

Replied on January 11th, 2011:

Oh god. Do you think Panacea messed with her brain chemistry for how fast her hair grows?

► Ekul

Replied on January 11th, 2011:

While I’m normally one to shy away from conspiracy theories (looking at you, @Jpvo66; everyone knows Panacea doesn’t do brains), KillingYouKindly does raise an interesting point about Meteor’s arm at the very least.

► Meteoric_Rise

Replied on January 11th, 2011:

@KillingYouKindly: an interesting story, but no. we went to the hospital to get me basic care (didn’t want an infection), which we had to ultimately get elsewhere (thanks, prt). that gave us time to seek the services of a healer cape who doesn’t want the notoriety of being public. perk of being a merc for as long as fl has is she’s got contacts for everything. as for my hair, i did use a wig cap and wig in providence, but it nearly came off like half a dozen times that day, so i just decided to ditch it

► Aurora Crow

Replied on January 12th, 2011:

Ugh, @KillingYouKindly, you just had to feed into the myth Meteoric_Rise is the real Meteor.

► Taking_Back_Life

Replied on January 12th, 2011:

Setting aside the question of who is who, I think we can all agree Meteoric_Rise is raising a good point. Namely, there is a perfectly reasonable explanation outside of conspiracy theories. Right off the top of my head I can think of a few healer capes. Scapegoat, Phoenix Down, Sanguine… I think even Blasto is probably capable of whipping up something that heals. Like Meteoric_Rise intimated, someone who’s been in the business as long as Faultline probably has connections.

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♦ Private messages from Panacea (Verified Cape) (New Wave):

[01/12/11]

Panacea: Thanks for the cover story.

Meteoric_Rise: of course. i told you i owe you. that's the least i can do

Meteoric_Rise: how was your day? a little hectic here. fl has us doing exercises like crazy

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♦ Private messages from Taking_Back_Life:

[01/12/11]

Meteoric_Rise: thanks for the backup on the flc thread. Btw, i couldn’t shake the feeling i’d seen your username somewhere before, so i looked back over a few threads, and sure enough, there you were commenting on the threads for me and the crew.

Taking_Back_Life: Ah, you caught me. I don’t think I’ve said anything crazy, have I?

Meteoric_Rise: no, no. i just hadn’t realized until now. thanks for keeping that EvaGrimm person in line. who knows what she would be writing about me in that capefic of hers…

Taking_Back_Life: Oh! I plum forgot I even did that until you mentioned it. Yeah, the internet is full of interesting characters, so it doesn’t hurt to be cautious. Though I will say, that capefic isn’t half bad.

Meteoric_Rise: i'm not sure how i should react to the knowledge that you’ve read capefic about me

Taking_Back_Life: Girl, please. That fic is super tame. You should see some of the things people have written about me.

Taking_Back_Life: Actually, on that note, are you free tomorrow?

Meteoric_Rise: depends on the exact time, but i'm relatively open. what's up?

Taking_Back_Life: Last time we spoke, there was something I was unsure whether I wanted to talk about

Meteoric_Rise: you really don’t need to tell me if you can’t/don’t want to. you know i understand

Taking_Back_Life: I know you do. And I appreciate that.

Taking_Back_Life: I couldn’t get it off my mind since then, so I couldn’t help but give it thought. And I realized this is something I don’t just want to tell you—I need to tell you. It’s just not fair.

Meteoric_Rise: well if you’re sure, i'll admit my curiosity is peaked. i have an appointment tomorrow at 4. is this something we can talk about over dinner?

Taking_Back_Life: I’m sorry, but I’m not sure it’s wise.

Meteoric_Rise: okay, let me think.

Taking_Back_Life: I’m really sorry!

Meteoric_Rise: don’t worry about it. are you good with heights?

Taking_Back_Life: Ha. Should’ve known you’d think along that route. I’m fine with them, but I think this is a conversation better held on terra firma. What I’m going to say is something you might not be thrilled with.

Meteoric_Rise: okay, wow. i would never drop you.

Taking_Back_Life: Oh god, no! No, no, no!

Taking_Back_Life: Shit.

Taking_Back_Life: Didn’t hit me you might take it that way. No, I meant it’s a potentially shocking reveal, so for both of our sakes, you might not want to be using your power to fly.

Taking_Back_Life: I am so sorry, June. I promise, I’m just suffering from foot in mouth over here.

Meteoric_Rise: … okay, so slight complication.

Taking_Back_Life: Uh, okay?

Meteoric_Rise: i got a bit peeved and left for a bit to cool off, and labs and i got to talking about what had me upset.

Meteoric_Rise: she wants to meet you.

Taking_Back_Life: Oh. Okay.

Meteoric_Rise: i know you said it’s a sensitive topic, so we don’t need to talk about the thing tomorrow, but would you be okay meeting us in the early afternoon?

Meteoric_Rise: wait, i'm dumb. you actually go to school.

Taking_Back_Life: It’s fine. I’ll claim the sick card and duck out early. It’s the least I can do for that awful screw up earlier.

Taking_Back_Life: And I’d love to meet Labyrinth, but just so I’m following correctly, are we meeting with masks somehow, or…?

Meteoric_Rise: she said she doesn’t mind, if you don’t mind. we can figure something else out, if you’d rather mask up, no problem. maybe you could stop by palanquin in the evening? bouncers won’t bat an eyelash if i let them know you’re coming.

Meteoric_Rise: therese?

Taking_Back_Life: Sorry, thinking again. In light of what I’m going to tell you, I think I won’t wear a mask. It’s… fitting.

Meteoric_Rise: you’re really making me curious, you know.

Taking_Back_Life: I’ll explain tomorrow. When/where should I meet you?

Meteoric_Rise: oakley park. it's by palanquin. 2p work?

Taking_Back_Life: I know it. I’ll see you then. Gotta hop off for now. Goodnight!

Meteoric_Rise: night!