Sun Tzu said, take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness; travel by unexpected routes and strike him where he has taken no precautions.<br/><br/>Auxilia had been prepared for a lot of things. A data hack geared toward gathering data, a sensory probe to survey her attached drone network, a process listing for taking a look at her simulations, any number of viruses, trojans, worms or spinfuzors. Caution was sort of the word of the day when it came to direct data connections! She very certainly hadn't anticipated a stimulation attack specifically designed to make her cum her brains out, which Darclight could see pretty quickly as her eyes rolled back in her head, her knees got weak and she collapsed with an absolutely agonized moan.<br/><br/>She twitched on the floor. She was probably going to need a minute.<br/><hr/>It was probably a good thing there was hypnosis involved, because otherwise there would have been a panic, as the kraken swept up civilians, swamped buildings and tastefully arranged bits of broken-off rubble into umbrellas, tables, chairs and other furniture, leaving hypnotized people as set-pieces playing out idyllic domestic scenes. If they hadn't been swamped by seawater and arranged out of debris, they could have been recognizable as straight out of aquatic domestic programmes such as "Fronds," "Best Franemones," and "Leave it to Diver." Atlantia had told it to play, and apparently it wanted to play "House."<br/><hr/>As Doc Tabs revs up the chainsaw with a most satisfying (and positively ear-splitting) roar, she realizes that maybe she's forgotten to account for the difference between her own body mass and the amount of torque present on the giant chain. An ordinary giant chainsaw had to be held firmly (ideally with super-strength) or it'll start running away. A<em>magical</em>giant chainsaw needs even more control or it would, like this one...<br/><br/>...run headfirst into danger, roaring as it slipped away from Tabs and skipped off straight ahead. That would be great, except for all those hypnotized crowds in the way! Oh no, it was about to perform a whole lot more heart surgery than she had planned on!<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Right! Activating opportunities foooor... Ace, Tabs and Darclight, all, so a PP for each. Also activating Tabs' Limit, turning her d10 Mimic into a d10 Runaway Chain Never Going Back Complication, so she gets a second plot point (or shaves off a die from the doom pool, her choice). This means there is actually right now both a d10 Giant Chainsaw Asset and a d10 Runaway Chainsaw Complication running around, so it's basically the Huttball. To tame the chainsaw, eliminate the Complication.<br/><br/>Using Ace's d8 from the doom pool to make a KNEEL BEFORE COD Scene Distinction, for the hypnotized crowds.<br/><br/>Doom pool! Stands at 1d6+5d8+2d10+1d12<br/><br/>Scene distinctions are now!<br/>This is Filth! Fiiiilth! (I'm Keeping It)<br/>So, a Temporary Alliance, Then?<br/>The Best-Laid Plans...<br/>KNEEL BEFORE COD<br/><br/>XP: <br/>Kanina: 1xp, flirting (well, before everything else)<br/>Doc Tabs: 3 xp, recruiting a supervillainess<br/>Ace: 10xp, letting in the sea monster!<br/>(Honestly since xp has been a tad scarce I will leave it up to Kunoichi whether or not releasing the sea monster was a full team effort and if everyone gets the 10)</div></div>