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♦ Topic: New Speedster at the Bay – Faster Than Velocity?
In: Boards ► America ► Brockton Bay ► General ► Parahuman Discussion
RomPap762 (Original Poster)
So now that we’re allowed to talk about it without tripping emergency filters, can we discuss what in the world that was today?
I’m talking about the black-and-blue monster speedster that showed up after the Simurgh attack. The one with wheels for feet that basically turned the streets into a blur.
I’ve seen Velocity patrol downtown before, and I’m saying right now, there is no way that was the same tier of power.
That thing was FAST.
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►Glum-Refrigerator-33
Understatement of the year.
Velocity is quick, yeah, but you can still track him with your eyes if you try. He looks like a really athletic guy sprinting with motion blur turned on.
This new cape didn’t even look like she was moving. She just… appeared somewhere else.
►Aranvandil (Cape husband)
Hold up. We’re just calling it a “she” now?
That was a MONSTER.
►Kraken_in_a_Jar
@Aranvandil: PRT already confirmed gender in the official bulletin. Female cape, new parahuman, independent affiliation for now.
Keep up.
►ClockBlocker (Verified Cape)
Hey all. Jumping in because I know people are going to speculate themselves into orbit.
What I can say, without getting in trouble:
Yes, she's a she.
No, not part of Protectorate or Wards.
Also yes, probably the strongest and most versatile cape bar Eidolon.
►Froz_troll
Wait, Clockblocker is saying that out loud?
Okay, it’s official then.
►KaiSall
As a self-appointed expert on speedsters, I need numbers.
Anyone got estimates?
►SkyrimWithdrawal
I was out of the Docks shelter when she went past.
I blinked and she was gone.
Literally blinked.
►OkWeekend6198
The more important question is HOW she was that fast.
We’ve never seen a mover power that fast without some kind of shaker field or time manipulation or something.
►Funnieboyo
@KaiSall: Forget the speed. I want to talk about the part where she single-handedly sent the SIMURGH running.
Can we appreciate that for a second?
►GingerNoodle13
Yeah, about that.
PRT statement just dropped a few minutes ago.
Quoting:
“Newly emerged parahuman operative was instrumental in forcing the Simurgh to disengage. Her abilities appear to be linked to a unique technological device currently in her possession.”
Unique technological device?
►XxVoid_CowboyxX
@GingerNoodle13: TECHNOLOGICAL DEVICE?
CALLED IT.
ALIENS.
(Brilliger 🔰Mod: Please keep discussion grounded and avoid conspiracy derailments.)
►Gooseguy200
Unique device sounds a lot like tinkertech.
Are we sure she isn’t just a tinker with a really weird specialty?
►QuietPHOTraveler
@Gooseguy200: Except Tinker gear doesn’t normally transform you into a blue velociraptor on roller skates.
►Carso150
I saw her up close when she went to the shelter. That was not a suit. That was a full-body transformation.
►Bagrat (Veteran Member) (The Guy in the Know)
Found out a few things about our mystery alien, and yes, honest-to-god alien.
The individual in question is confirmed to be the same parahuman who engaged the Simurgh earlier in the day.
She is not affiliated with any known hero or villain group.
Her abilities stem from a watch of unknown origin currently bonded to her person.
The Simurgh’s appearance is believed to be directly connected to the appearance of this device.
According to @WMD377 (PRT Science Admin), attempts to remove or deactivate the device have thus far been unsuccessful.
For privacy and security reasons, her civilian identity will not be released by the PRT.
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►Cutalana
@ Bagrat: WAIT WAIT WAIT
Did you just say the SIMURGH showed up because of HER🤯
►Dawgsmiles (Veteran poster)
@Bagrat: So you’re telling me this random new cape shows up with a magic watch or whatever and the Simurgh immediately decides to crash the party?
That is not terrifying at all.
►Blumpkinpunkin
@Cutalana: That is exactly what he said.
►RomPap762 (Original Poster)
Also, did anyone else catch the part where he said it’s BONDED to her?
As in, stuck?
As in, she can’t take it off?
►XxVoid_CowboyxX
CURSED ALIEN ARTIFACT
I AM VINDICATED!!!
(Brilliger 🔰Mod: Last warning, XxVoid_CowboyxX.)
►Bukakke_Hokage
Hold on, something else in that post is huge.
He said they won’t release her civilian identity.
Which means they KNOW it.
Which means she’s already outed to the PRT.
►Vista (Verified Cape)
Yeah, that part’s true.
Word going around is that the outing wasn’t exactly optional.
Hard to hide who you are when you turn into various aliens in the middle of an Endbringer attack.
►100DollarPillowBro
@vista (Verified Cape): That’s awful, actually.
Imagine fighting an Endbringer and losing your secret identity all in the same day.
►Lasersmile
Wait, but if she’s outed, why won’t they tell us who she is?
►Miss Mercury (Protectorate Employee)
To address ongoing questions:
While the individual in question has been unavoidably outed to both heroes and villains due to the circumstances of today’s incident, she remains a private citizen.
Releasing her name publicly would place her and her family at unnecessary risk.
The PRT will not be doing so.
►TrainOnMe
So let me get this straight.
New cape gets magic alien watch.
Watch turns her into multiple different aliens.
Simurgh shows up because of the watch.
Cape somehow sends the Simurgh fleeing.
Cape can’t remove watch.
Cape is now permanently bonded to said watch.
Cape is a teenage girl who just lost her anonymity.
Am I missing anything?
►I♥Lethe
@TrainOnMe: Only the part where she might be the second most powerful cape on the planet.
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►31keyful
@ I♥Lethe: Hey now, let’s not get carried away.
►ClockBlocker (Verified Cape)
@31Keyful: Buddy, she single-handedly sent the Simurgh running.
►Ithinkweregoingtoneedabigg8525
Does anyone else feel really bad for her?
Everyone here is arguing power levels and she’s probably at home freaking out.
►Ferris (Cape Dad)
I heard Lady Photon personally went looking for her after everything went down.
If that’s true, at least she’s got some heroes on her side.
►Mirelurksaremyfavtwo
@Ferris (Cape Dad): Or New Wave wants the alien tech for themselves.
(AutoModerator 🔰Mod: User @Mirelurksaremyfavtwo has been temporarily muted.
►RomPap762 (Original Poster)
Okay, putting aside the conspiracy stuff for a second.
Can we agree on a name for her speedster form?
XLR8 seems to be sticking, but it feels weird to nickname a real person like a video game character.
►Feychick
@RomPap762 (Original Poster): Too late. The internet has spoken.
►Whispurer
All hail XLR8, Queen of Brockton Bay speedsters🙇🙇🙇
►KendlickLama
Just hope the next Endbringer doesn’t decide to show up because of her again.
►Jackfrost8043
@KendlickLama: Yeah.
That part still scares me more than the idea that aliens actually exist.
►Bet_Bones
@Jackfrost8043: Correction, the two are equally scary😭
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