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Post by dans on Nov 29, 2021 1:16:33 GMT
How about a humorous spell for Atom Blake to chant when he changes his broom into a flying motorcycle?
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Post by redsycorax on Nov 29, 2021 1:50:10 GMT
O humble broomstick I've read screeds Transform into a mighty, multiple horsepower mechanical steed!
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Post by dans on Nov 29, 2021 2:44:33 GMT
I'll try to use some of this, at least! Thanks!
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Post by dans on Mar 25, 2024 14:38:27 GMT
How do you imprison a super villain who can mentally force people to obey whatever orders he speaks to them?
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Post by dave on Mar 25, 2024 15:54:31 GMT
put them in a totally automated prison, or on a deserted island with supplied dropped in by parachute,
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Post by lawrenceliberty on Mar 25, 2024 16:33:48 GMT
Put him in a cell where constant sound or noise prevent him from concentrating enough to use his powers.
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Post by DocQuantum on Mar 25, 2024 17:55:57 GMT
I wonder if laws are any different on worlds in which super-powers are real, and can pose a greater threat to the population at large. A slick lawyer could argue that such methods of incarceration are a violation of his client's civil rights.
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Post by dans on Mar 25, 2024 18:35:19 GMT
well, the particular guy is an Axis agent during World War 2, so I suspect nobody will complain too much about his civil rights being violated. And certainly, if he were to testify in court in front of a jury, no way they would ever find him guilty!
Some people can resist his power if they are able to parse his words and find loopholes (for example, he told Lady Fairplay that later, she could come along with him and have some fun - and she realized it would be a lot of fun beating the crap out of him...) but how would you ever know if you could trust someone he had talked to? He might say "act totally normally around <person> until he says "bow tie" and then kill him instantly".
I think killing him is the only way to protect against him - and even then, there is no way of knowing when you might encounter one of his booby traps...
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Post by redsycorax on Mar 26, 2024 1:47:19 GMT
I'd fight psi with psi. I imagine that if the Axis had telepaths like this at its disposal, the Allies would recruit their own. If the OSI had word that this particular Axis agent was in the country, they'd probably deploy their own asset/s in the area so that they could jam or block any Nazi espionage telepath. The result would probably be that the Nazi telepath would find their abilities aren't functioning properly or at all, get a blazing migraine headache, or else feel dizzy and disorientated. All of which would incapacitate the enemy asset. Once the Allied telepaths had done their work, other OSI agents would move in and detect who was behaving particularly erratically. The Allied telepath might even be able to point out who the spy is.
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Post by dans on Mar 26, 2024 17:49:48 GMT
so, it is 1943, you are a normal human being who once was a stunt double in Hollywood (so, you might have a wide range of skills a 'normal' person doesn't have) and you sneaking around in a warehouse on the waterfront in the Bronx that is being used by an enemy spy ring, and they have captured a friend of yours and are about to torture him. What do you do to free him and escape? You have already called the police, but they probably won't arrive for at least 10 minutes...
You have a pistol with 6 rounds, a much smaller pistol that only fires one round and takes a figurative week to reload, and the contents of your utility belt. I don't know what's in the utility belt, except there is probably a string of fire crackers and some kitchen matches. And probably at least one or two small smoke bombs...
I guess you only have to protect your friend until the police can break in and rescue both of you, but because they are spies, they might decide to battle to the death, and execute you guys along the way, or to use you both as hostages (if they capture you instead of you freeing your friend).
I suspect that you have some knowledge of Hollywood special effects of the time and may want to put that knowledge and your stunt skills to good use in this situation. (I'm going to go see what kind of special effects were common at the time...)
Thanks!
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Post by redsycorax on Mar 26, 2024 22:00:53 GMT
Use the smoke bombs for camouflague, deactivate any electrical wiring used in the planned torture technique, knock out any adjacent agents, free your friend using the swiss army knife in the utility belt on his bonds, head for the nearest doorway and set off crackers at an adjacent doorway to fool the spies. While they're firing wildly, and you're in the open, get your friend to safety, call the police and disappear away into the night.
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Post by dans on Mar 26, 2024 22:38:46 GMT
Something very like that, I think! I think she needs to take a bullet, too, so she can go through the mirror and heal, because one of the reasons for this story is to remind readers of that various aspects of her powers.
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Post by dans on Mar 26, 2024 23:29:58 GMT
So what do you think of these as the contents of Mirror Girl's utility belt? 1943 technology
Firecrackers, some smoke producing burning sticks, a couple of bright red flares matches and a candle
Swiss Army Knife coil of wire pencil compass money
one single shot FP-45 Liberator pistol and a couple of spare rounds
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Post by redsycorax on Mar 27, 2024 3:02:35 GMT
magnesium flares?
penicillin or commonplace meds? Syringe/syrette?
portable/retractable shield?
knockout pills
fake fingertips (so she can't be identified through fingerprinting)
cryptography book (for messages to allies)
magnet?
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Post by DocQuantum on Mar 27, 2024 4:25:11 GMT
Whistle
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