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I did it! It’s been a while but I finally liveblogged another chapter.

And it was interesting! We got to see of5 (R), Questionable_Mammal (C), and Heart_Shaped_Pupil (K) interact, and they seem good together. It’s nice that some people can be friendly to eachother right now. We also saw of5 chat with [large string of numbers who may or may not be March], which was a lot less friendly, but not exactly unfriendly.

Above all, we learned about multi/cluster triggers. We know of5 is part of one who is probably trying to murder him. We know [large string of numbers] is also part of one. It doesn’t seem like the others are part of one, but apparently they’re pretty dang rare, so that’s not too odd. I’m still surprised they’re rare, though. I mean, especially after something like Gold Morning and all the resulting traumatic events, I have to imagine that a ton of people triggered and triggered in proximity to one another. But anyway, current word is they’re pretty rare. And that one of the most recent ones is going hard core on the kill part of the kiss/kill theory.

We didn’t progress the villainous plot any, but we did see a nice side of some of those villains. If Worm and thus Worm 2 were a shorter work, I might predict that it could be about a cluster trying to kiss/kill eachother, which is why we spent this chapter on such principles. I could see that being a dynamic work of fiction. However, it’s simply not enough to be what the whole of Worm 2 is about. It could still play a role in what is to come, though.

Ah, that makes sense. I have read very very little WOG (in fact, I probably read more doing tangential reading for this chapter than I had in total before this). I don’t think I really realized how much WOG exists. It’s a lot!

Hi Cap! What’s up?

Questionable_Mammal: no personal details online, ya? Cap: ? of5: Right.  Sorry. 

Aw, poor Cap, odd one out. It’s good they know the boundaries and such, but I’d feel kinda shitty if I were Cap.

I wonder how they all got to know eachother. Cap obviously feels like the most recent addition, whom nobody really knows yet. of5 has this whole recent-cluster-trigger thing, but it feels like they might have known the others before? Maybe not.

Questionable_Mammal: nothing big, Cap Heart_Shaped_Pupil:  Go get ur friend a thank you treat.  Giant heart-shaped cookie! Cap: subtle of5: I don’t know about cookies.  There’s a place to get ice cream. Heart_Shaped_Pupil:  Go, shoo! You have left the conversation. 

of5: Thank you, c. Questionable_Mammal: I thought that one result looked good Heart_Shaped_Pupil: pretty nasty customer of5: It is.  She is.

Success! (But is that really a good thing here? D: )

Heart_Shaped_Pupil: are you looking after your friend? of5: not nearly enough 

D: I hope their friend knows something.

Questionable_Mammal: did you get the bot thing handled? of5: Bot thing handled.  blocked & moved on. 

Aww, lying. You guys were being so good! Why’d you have to start lying?

of5: This woman… concerns me.  I’ll figure out a plan of action later. 

She should concern you, if this is your cluster-mate who has been said to have hired mercenaries to kill you, and is also quite capable of it herself, by the sounds of it!

Heart_Shaped_Pupil: we’ll figure out a plan of action later  >:) 

Aw, she’s so good. <3

of5: Thanks.  And thanks again, c. of5: You’re good kids. 

Kids? I kinda felt like they were all the same age, but I guess I had no reason to assume that.

Hm, I wonder how age places a role in cluster triggers and the resulting kiss/kill scenario.

Heart_Shaped_Pupil:  😀 

Sounds pretty weird (and unfortunate for the heroes).

Is this the new cluster group, or an attacking group that caused the trigger for the cluster? They sounds kinda coordinated, so probably not of5′s cluster.

The second individual seems to be a grab-bag cape.  She was a woman with a fanged mask covering her lower face, and a form-fitting dress with a slit up the side of one leg. She displayed a mover power [fourth term] with the ability to run on walls.  She produced an emotion-affecting [third term] roar,

This is sounding a little like the Foul or Fair group.

which broke the ranks of one of the cooperating teams, and had metal claws [second term] which looked to be of tinker make.  These claws may have been what enabled her to tear [First term not met, but within allowance] down doors and other barricades with the ease she did.  We have the beginnings of a work-up going online shortly. 

I assume that if these capes were members of the Foul or Fair group, they would be well known, rather than individuals still needed a work-up.

Several of the search terms seem to match, though, so perhaps this is what of5 is looking for.

The attack on the store opening was a failure on our side.  We were late to the scene due to geography and we lacked full knowledge of our adversaries.  It is our belief that with PHO in working order and more collaborative tools and measure being put in place every day, that we will succeed next time where we failed this once.  We are working with authorities to keep an eye out for the stolen merchandise.[…]

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Kind, but not particularly helpful. I wish ye luck in the future, though.

I guess they ended up with severed limbs and thus prosthetics to replace them. Everyone in the cluster (was that the trauma?) or just some?

•  …with complex term: emotion &/or [16 more terms, click to view]… 

First thought was, “well, it’s a trigger event. Of course they’re going to be emotional! That doesn’t seem like a helpful search term.” But if their power relates to projecting/causing/changing emotion, it makes sense.

•  …with complex term: acrobatics &/or [9 more terms, click to view]… 

Again, pre- or post- powers? Probably post, but they could have been part of a traumatically attacked circus.

•  …gap allowance of 16 words… •  …term allowance margin of .6969… •  …that were created in the last month. •  Showing only relevant section, preceding paragraph and following paragraph

One result.

Well, that narrows it down a lot! Either it’s exactly what they’re searching for, or it’s too narrow. Pretty dang impressive, if the former.

♦  Topic: Public Incident Report [Aug 16] 

August 16th is very recent, if we’re about to hear about the trigger event.

In:  Boards ► Teams ► Gunslingers Lucky Luke (Hero) Posted on : August 16th, Y1 

No results found when I tried searching for Gunslingers, so I guess this is a new [to us] group.

I kind of felt like the kiss/kill had to be from proximity, but if they’re all searching eachother out in order to kill, I guess it’s something else.

17593Q183H17953R9713E714693:  About the need for help? of5:  It isn’t Kiss/Kill. 

Ah. Then perhaps kiss/kill does have relation to proximity.

So what’s going on then??

of5:  I’ll take any help I can get. 

Aw, that’s good. So many people reject help. I’m glad of5 isn’t one of those.

of5:  Provided I can get some clue you’re legit. 17593Q183H17953R9713E714693:  Glad to hear. of5:  and some idea of what you’re really after 17593Q183H17953R9713E714693:  You. 

Sounds threatening, but I’ll try to be charitable and assume it isn’t.

And a chance to deal with some mutual enemies. 17593Q183H17953R9713E714693:  I’ll be in touch.

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Gosh, a lot of enemies going on here. Is it all just because they’re part of clusters, or is something else going on? Nothing we’ve read so far said anything about different clusters feeling antagonistic towards eachother.