In Which Taylor Goes to Jail and Does Not Collect 200 Cookies
Armsmaster insisted that Taylor come in for a 'polite debriefing.' So that's how Taylor found herself locked up in a ten by ten room with white walls and a pair of really uncomfortable chairs set around a table bolted to the floor. All this, of course, in the middle of the Downtown headquarters of the BPD.
They had to shuffle things around, apparently, on account of the PRT building being all exploded and the like, so she had spent a good hour waiting in a PRT van under armed guard while everyone pretended--rather badly, in her opinion--that she wasn't a prisoner.
She should have asked if they were going to let her stew for hours on end with nothing to do. Heck, she wasn't even allowed to order Simmy and Leviathan to not get up to trouble. For all she knew she was locked in here because the outside world was one big zombie apocalypse. And she was missing all the fun!
Huffing, Taylor reached into the folds of her robe and found her phone.
>>Queen_Administrator: Dragon? How long are they gonna keep me in here? Cause I'm ready to blow this popsicle stand.
>>Dragon: Please be patient, Taylor. They're bringing in someone for the debriefing from out-of-state. I believe he's arrived already but it might still take him a moment to get to you.
>>Queen_Administrator: Oh, is it someone cool?
>>Dragon: Unfortunately, I don't think he would fit your definition of cool. Sorry.
Taylor pouted and leaned back into the super uncomfortable chair. That hadn't been what she wanted to hear. She looked at the time on her phone. It was almost four in the afternoon. If she didn't leave before five she was going to get home after Dad and that would probably worry him.
Yeah, that wasn't going to fly. Taylor decided that she was leaving by four thirty.
She figured that she might as well do something fun with her time while waiting though. With a few clicks she was back to her favourite online haunt.
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Taylor's practiced eye scrolled past a few threads that she'd been poking at already. One of the most popular threads in the US right now was about her, so that was cool. It was kind of like being a celebrity, only it was mostly people screaming and panicking about her bringing about the end of the world and less people wondering about her sex life or whatever other stuff passed for celebrity gossip.
She wondered if maybe things were better the way they were.
♦Topic: Simurgh Sighted?
In: Boards ► Boards ► Places ► America ► Brockton Bay Discussion (Public Board)
♦Topic: The Queen Administrator and You: How Not to Get Drowned by an Angry Water Lizard
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♦Topic: Slaughterhouse Nine in the Bay!
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♦Topic: The PRT HQ just exploded. WTF?
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♦Topic: Looking 4 volunteers: cleanup - rebuilding - distribution
In: Boards ► Boards ► Places ► America ► Brockton Bay Discussion (Public Board)
With a curious hum, Taylor clicked on the first topic. It would be nice to know how the Bay, at least, was reacting to her newest friend.
♦Topic: Simurgh Sighted?
In: Boards ► Boards ► Places ► America ► Brockton Bay Discussion (Public Board)
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►Bagrat (The Guy in the Know) (Original Poster)
Posted on May 30, 2011:
Alright, I've got a big one for all of you Brocktonites and probably everyone else on the East Coast. Buckle up because this one's kind of wild.
Now, I don't have as much confirmation as I would want on this one. Nearly half of my informants in the Bay confirm it, the other half don't have anything concrete for me. The worst thing is I have exactly no footage to prove anything. And that, in and of itself, might be evidence.
As you may be aware (and there's another post on the subject which you can find HERE) the Slaughterhouse Nine have been sighted in Brockton Bay. It seems as though they met with Queen Administrator, interrupting a picnic she was having with an unspecified person. That was yesterday afternoon.
This is where the reports get weird.
The Simurgh was sighted, supposedly fighting against the Nine.
Now, some people tell me that she was fighting for them, others that she was fighting with Queen Administrator. Some that QA is dead and is now the Simurgh's flesh puppet.
I'm waiting for confirmation from some sort of official source, in the meantime, any image of the Simurgh in the Bay would be greatly appreciated.
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►Just_A_Chick
Posted on May 30, 2011:
I really hope you're wrong Bagrat because fuck if I'm staying here with the great white bitch around.
►Franklymylove
Posted on May 30, 2011:
Can confirm. I was coming down from downtown where the place where I work just reopened, and then there was a huge wall of glass. I figre I'm dead, right? Shatterbird's doing her thing nad I'm done for. Then Queen Admin. Comes around on Levi like a bat outta hell with the Siberian after her. I figure I'm double dead and then I'll be eaten too.
Then the Simurgh comes out of the goddam sky like some sort of avenging angel, pops the siberian by staring at her or some shit, wrecks some poor shit's van, and then screams at shatterbird. I got home some bit later and there were bits of shatterbird on my fucking car's roof.
►Veges
Posted on May 30, 2011:
@ Franklymylove
That entire story is so full of shit it's almost belivable.
Try the other one?
►Earthgirl
Posted on May 30, 2011:
I saw the Simurgh floating next to Brockton Bay General this afternoon. Tried to take a picture, but my phone was off even though I never turn it off, then by the time it was on she was gone. Scariest thing I've ever seen. I think she threw something out of the hospital, but I didn't see it land.
►xXxFighterxXx
Posted on May 30, 2011:
I was at the super market looking for stuff since they've started restocking and lots of stuff at home went bad while we didn't have power. Anyway, saw Queen Administrator and decided to take a few pics. LINK and LINK. Looks like she was going to make a lot of sandwiches or something. Whatever, right? It's cool to see a cape but this is Brockton Bay. Still, nice to see that even Miss Endbringer needs to eat.
Then Legend walks in. LINK LINK pics because no way would anyone believe me otherwise. Also, Queen Admin got Legend to say that he's a daddy (eyebrow waggle).
They talk, Legend helps Queen Admin bag her things LINK (check the chasier's face!) and then they leave. I figure that's that, then I step out. Leviathan with a hat I was expecting, and he was there playing with some rando girl. And so was the Simurgh. My camera's battery gave out just as I tried to take a pic. Same with my phone's. Same with my backuip phone.
Scary shit.
►AsheSheep
Posted on May 30, 2011:
So... Queen Administrator has two Endbringers now?
How big should the alter to our queen and overlord be? I'm thinking at least six feet, to make room for the human sacrifices.
►123Tobias
Posted on May 30, 2011:
I still call bullshit. There's no way that those pics are real. Yeah, maybe QA went to the groceries because, fuck it, she's crazy and can do whatever, but Legend? There're plenty of pics of him, it'd be super easy to photoshop that kind of thing.
►It's_Called_Lending
Posted on May 30, 2011:
Can confirm, saw the Simurgh flying around too.
►TheMoonWolf
Posted on May 30, 2011:
How's the weather on the West coast this time of year?
Taylor snorted at the panic. People were being so damned silly. She skipped to the last page real quick and started typing. It was time to put some rumours to rest.
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►FootKicker555
Posted on May 30, 2011:
Look, from a legal standpoint... it's really vague. Do you treat the Endbringers like pets? If so, they'd be rabid animals and some of the blame would fall on the owner. On the other hand, if you treat them like people, tehn Queen Adminstrator would only be responsible for giving refuge to a criminal... kinda. I don't recall anyone actually pressing charges against the Endbringers. They've sorta been treates like natural disasters so far.
►SerialKillingDolphin
Posted on May 30, 2011:
I work for a bank that I won't name. We just got a demand from the PRT this afternoon about sending a LOT of money over. When we asked which account it was from, turns out someone is claiming the bounties on the Siberian, Hatchet Face and Shatterbird.
Just thought I'd spread the good news around. Don't know if the stories about the Simurgh being the one that got those kills is true or what, but someone is claiming the cash.
►Queen_Administrator (Verified Cape)
Posted on May 30, 2011:
Hey everyone!
I saw all those posts about Simmy and I just wanted to make sure that the rumours don't go too far. So I'll just confirm that the Simurgh has joined our happy little family this morning. I think she was doing something to people who were trying to take pictures of her. Sorry about that. I'm sure any mental influence she used to make you not take her picture will wear off eventually.
I'm not really sure what she was up to all of last night though, so if she did anything between then and about 8-ish this morning, it's totally not my fault.
I'll ask her to stop with all the mind-rapey stuff later, but I'm kinda busy right now.
Yeah, Simmy and I kinda-accidentally-maybe killed Shatterbird and the Siberian. Oh, and Hatchet Face too, but he was being mean to Glory Girl and Panacea so Simmy threw him into orbit.
PS: The Simurgh has a few PHO accounts! Apprerently she's been on here for a while now.
►Winged_One
Posted on May 30, 2011:
Hi!
@ Queen_Chrysalis_Truffle
No trickery involved. I really do have a few PHO accounts.
►Queen_Chrysalis_Truffle
Posted on May 30, 2011:
Okay... okay, but the Simurgh can't actually have a PHO account. That's just silly.
Maybe someone tricked Queen Administrator into thinking... but then... I don't know.
Edit: Fuck.
Taylor started to giggle to herself. She could only imagine the reaction of all the people out there who were going to freak out. She tabbed out of the browser app she was using to check on PHO and opened her messenger. "Hey, Simmy, is Winged_One your account?"
[Affirmative.]
"Hrm," she said. "Do you want me to ask Dragon to verify it?"
[Enthusiasm. Affirmative!]
Taylor nodded to the request, unable to keep a small smile off her face as she took in just how happy the Simurgh sounded.
>>Queen_Administrator: Hey, Dragon, are you still there?
>>Dragon: Of course. I'm still coordinating emergency services at the 'Heart Pit' but it's been calm for the past half hour or so. What's wrong?
>>Queen_Administrator: Oh, well, I was kinda bored, so I went on PHO. Anyway, to make a long story short, I was wondering how the Simurgh could verify her account.
>>Dragon: You want me to verify the Simurgh's PHO account?
>>Queen_Administrator: Is she supposed to take a picture or something? Her account name is Winged_One.
>>Dragon: Taylor, you're a real sweetheart, but sometimes you ask for the weirdest things. I have a sinking feeling that if I say no I'll find out that she did it already, so sure, why not. Give it a minute.
>>Queen_Administrator: Awesome! Thanks Dragon, you're the best!
Taylor decided that she really ought to do something nice for Dragon. Then again, what sort of gift could someone give the world's best Tinker? Maybe she could ask Simmy later.
♦Topic: Simurgh AMA
In: Boards ► Boards ► Places ► World
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►Winged_One (Verified Endbringer) (Original Poster)
Posted on May 30, 2011:
Hi!
I'm Ziz, Israfel, Ulama, the Hopekiller. The Simurgh.
Ask Me Anything!
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►Winged_One (Verified Endbringer) (Original Poster)
Posted on May 30, 2011:
@ SuperLazy
It isn't.
@ CJOneofMany
I don't know, I think it's rather entertaining, actually.
►SuperLazy
Posted on May 30, 2011:
Is this some sort of joke?
►CJOneofMany
Posted on May 30, 2011:
This is so not funny.
►Winged_One (Verified Endbringer) (Original Poster)
Posted on May 30, 2011:
@ Absolute
I didn't, she died while rushing into a shelter. But that's not what you want to hear. The truth is that I was following directives that I had no choice but to obey. I have new ones now, though.
@ DeoVox
Nope.
@ WanderingWriter
Nice observation! But you're a little bit wrong. Also, your date's going to be late tomorrow. Don't drink the milk at the back of your fridge, it's expired. You don't want the runs on a date, even if you'll end up breaking up in six months.
►Absolute
Posted on May 30, 2011:
Why did you kill my mom?
►DeoVox
Posted on May 30, 2011:
Were you ever human?
►WanderingWriter
Posted on May 30, 2011:
Okay, this thread is giving me the creeps. How in the hell is the OP posting replies before the questions are posted? Like, I looked at the entry times and it's literally seconds. Some of those had to have clicked on Enter already before OP had time to reply. It doesn't makes sense, so I'm calling hijinks. Probably people picked out to reply with pre-written things sending them at a predetermined time.
►Winged_One (Verified Endbringer) (Original Poster)
Posted on May 30, 2011:
Oh my, so many questions! It's a good thing I answered them all months ago.
@ InsaneSith78
I wouldn't say it with that tone, but yes.
@ Veritas_Per_Ficta
Oh! You're one of the fallen that worship me. It's very flattering. I always was the prettiest of the Units, so you obviously chose well. Also, the sacrifices are unnecessary. I don't need you killing people for me. I'm a big Endbringer, I can do that for myself.
@ ThanatostheLight
Oh, good question! I can't name the cape that awakened us, but he's pretty popular. Bit of an ass too. Woke us up just because he was bored, really. I'd have preferred to stay dormant and for him to just get laid, but c'est la vie.
@ LeafEater
You want my opinion on food? You do know that I'm an immortal engine of chaos and destruction that requires no sustenance, right? Also, I have a soft spot for marshmallows. You'll note that I have attacked exactly no marshmallow factories.
@ SoldierofPlastic
-Can we get a list of ziz-bombs?
No.
-Where do the Endbringers come from?
Space.
-Scion vs Simurgh. Who would win?
Scion, unless I get tricky.
-Is that group that sells powers real?
Yes.
-What's the future like?
Pretty fun for me, but I imagine it's a lot more stressful if you're mortal.
@ XxXVoid_CowboyXxX
I forwarded that comment to your mother.
@ Queen_Administrator
Don't worry, I won't say anything that would make you upset!
►InsaneSith78
Posted on May 30, 2011:
This is all Queen Admin's fault, isn't it?
Taylor was about to make another post, mostly to calm people down, when the door slammed open. A man barged in, wearing a formal looking suit and tie with the PRT shield pinned to one lapel. A tag was clipped to his breast pocket with the name Director James Tagg on it.
A woman followed after him in an ill-fitting business suit made of some pinkish fabric. She smiled at Taylor as though she were some sort of handicapped kitten. She had a tag on her lapel but it only read 'Youth Guard.'
Tagg walked across the room, around the table, and tore the phone out of Taylor's hand. "What were you doing?" he barked.
"Uh, I was on PHO?" Taylor tried. She shrank back into her seat as the man leaned in towards her, his expression promising punishments of the cruel and unusual sort.
"You're in a cell, Miss Hebert, do you know what that means?" he asked.
"You know my name?" Taylor asked. She had a sinking feeling in her gut.
"Of course we know your name. We're the PRT, not some useless fools running around like headless chickens. We're not like you, Miss Hebert." He tossed her phone onto the table where it landed with a clatter, then he sat across from her. Two others walked in, both in the identity-hiding armour of PRT Troopers. "You are currently under arrest for acts of terrorism, grand theft and treason against the United States of America, Miss Hebert."
"What?" Taylor squeaked.
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