>>404379
Wat

Guys I'm pretty sure "I'll go kill myself now" is not meant to be taken literally. It's a figure of speech meaning she's embarrassed.

>>404438
Yeah, I'll back this.

Although I'll also note that we don't know if having a supervillain teleport onto her doorstep might be bad for any civilian cover that she's still maintaining. Might want to check.

>>404700
We have Walter. We can send him along in advance of us to announce our arrival and make sure the entry zone is secure.

Theory: She found out about our girlfriend and is feeling embarrassed.

>>404696
this

>>404379
Ask her where she got that awesome Luger and if she has a C96 to go with it? Oh yeah, and if she wants in on the heist.

>>404483
When she crashes, she crashes hard.

This girl needs muffins, stat.

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2012/05/07(Mon)03:32 No. 409339 ID: 72b600
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I quickly try to cover up for her reaction. "No, no, don't do that! It's totally understandable." I take a more confident pose. "Someone teleports into your house, possibly a hero. In retrospect, not my brightest moment. Pretty quick reaction time, there! Nice leap into action, I didn't expect that at all. I'll be sure to send Walter in advance next time, and also to use the door."

She sighs as she walks back to her desk, setting her Luger down on the table as I talk to her, but I notice she does smile faintly at my praise of her abilities. "I'd appreciate if you did that." She says, collapsing into her chair.

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2012/05/07(Mon)03:32 No. 409340 ID: b9749e
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"Sorry I busted in so suddenly. If I'm being a bother, I can be out of your hair in just a second. Literally, a second. Teleporting is so rad."

She laughs softly, and says "If you want to, I mean, er, no. Wait. Just... I'd... really like to hang out, yes. And... okay, this is bothering me, why the armor?"

I look down at myself and realize that I am, in fact, still wearing my armor. Huh. "...I didn't realize I was still in it. I've been running around doing business all day, and it slipped my mined completely. I should... I should probably go change."

"That would be good."

"I'll be back in 15 minutes or so."

Poof.

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2012/05/07(Mon)03:33 No. 409341 ID: b9749e
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"...Okay." I say, to empty air, a little stunned by what just happened.

>You are now Delirium.

Name: Brook Swansen
Age: 28
Education: Chemistry PhD
Occupation: Drug Refinement Chemist

If I had to describe myself in a word, I'd say: anxious. I get nervous over every little thing, but especially people. It's been crippling, and I've never been able to keep friends, and stopped trying to before I made it through college. A relationship wasn't even worth thinking about.

That is, until I got my powers. My Deliria Dose makes all my cares fade away, and life gets so much easier. The negative side effects don't even seem to apply to me at all, and if I refine it, they don't apply to other people either. I've been selling the refined doses for cash, but I can't refine them if I'm not sober, and it's so hard to deal with life without my dose. It's so hard.

And now this hottie rookie is showing up in 15 minutes to hang out for possible a couple days? Is that a thing? Is this real? I am so very very sober right now, this can't be true. Do people actually like me high? They certainly don't like me sober.

...

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2012/05/07(Mon)03:33 No. 409342 ID: 72b600
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WHAT AM I GOING TO DOOOOOOOOO!?



>Note: I'd like the Delirium stuff to go relatively quickly, because Blacwick has a busy schedule ahead of himself, full of cool things to get to. So, in addition to advising Delirium on how to prep, please also suggest how they're going to spend their couple of free days. Specify if you're suggesting to Delirium or Blacwick for that bit.

I vote being Delirium for a bit.

>>409342
He's taken, so don't worry about it like a date.

See how well things go when you're sober. It'd be nice to have a friend who'll stick by you even when you're sober. You can dose yourself tomorrow, if you want.

As far as what to do? You could help him learn how to be a proper villain. Or go to a SCA fair and have non-villainous fun in costume.

>>409342
Well you can start out sober, see how that goes. Then I guess you can just chill, maybe get a few drinks, play some games, talk about heists and stuff. Who knows, maybe something else will happen as well when you're all relaxed and having fun~.

>>409341
Show Blackwiki how to untraceably alter his article on Wikipedia, IIRC they got his name wrong.
Show Blackwookie your chemistry lab, what you do for a living and such, see if he's got any interest in chemistry and science.
Have Blackwick try out little bits of various refined drugs, LCD, marijuana, etc, with the explanation of getting him used to dealing with the affects from future mind-altering opponents. Record everything.
Show Blackwhitey the kitchen, what you have in stock and what shouldn't be used if he decides to cook something.
Show Blackwick how to use various medical supplies so he can take better care of himself and others.
Inform blackwick that you have clinically diagnosed chronic depression, so you apologize for your behavior.

tentacle rape him.

He was mildly to moderately alarmed by the prospects of a woman with apparent lack of self-control and tentacles, and possibly still is. It's not that hard to read that body language since you recognize it from other people.
He does seem to genuinely care about your wellbeing though and could probably use a hand working out the details of busting out Hollow Queen and all his other schemes. Somehow this guy has fifty projects on the go; a potent blend of common sense, luck, and ability to judge his opponents' limitations has been keeping him going this far but that may run dry at some point. He could use a hand with keeping all that straight and planned and learning more of the details of the hero and villain landscape. He's also pretty enough you'd want to position yourself as friend with benefits or even future girlfriend if his thing with the hero-girl falls through, although you think he might be conflicted about seeing someone behind her back since he's got that whole nobility thing going.
Overall, there's a very good chance he'd like sober you better than you when you're high, and he liked you like that well enough.
>>409389
This a good starting list for things to do, but you should definitely work on the plan to break out Hollow Queen since you want in on it. Since you're a villainess you also may want to pencil in a possible fight with his hero girl over him since catfights like that are popular, although you shouldn't try to break up his thing with her. Maybe a challenge to try and demand friends-with-benefits rights to her boyfriend? If you won that privilege maybe he'd let you have it....

What's in that large box you slammed shut when Blackwick appeared? Perhaps you should hide it tastefully under a tablecloth or something. Either way tidy up slightly, get on your casual dress, lay out some cushions, put some music on, aim for a night of superhero TV/movies and some takeout with wine perhaps. If you're missing anything then you have someone who can teleport to get it. Blackwick would probably love to show off his powers.

At some point you may want to confide that the name given on your card was fake too, just in case. In fact you might want to tell him a lot of things, like how your powers work to counter your anxiety, that you find him incredibly attractive and that he can stay all night if he wants to (hint). If you get bored take a tropical instant holiday and go swimming, or see if he wants to experiment with substances.

Don't take any Deliria Dose without asking Blackwick. Like how someone would ask "Is it ok if I smoke?". Give him the choice of who he wants to spend his time with. Try to sell it nicely, like he can get the shy, timid Brook or the outgoing and happy Delirium.

>>409342
Don't worry. Blackwick's a great, classically-evil guy. Sure he seems to have a thing with that frost chick, but since when have hero/villain relationships ever worked out? Especially since Angel's only dating him to "redeem" him.

Honestly, if you just try to be his friend, help him out repeatedly, trust him enough to show his your real personality, and keep hitting on him, you'll end up with him wrapped in your soothing arms.

Just try to handle life with him sober. Your high-personality is waaaaaaaaaay too laid back to make a move on him.

Prep some sexy underwear. This is important.

>>409410
DANGIT ELEPHANT. Well, at least we know what the next fanart will be...

Obviously the most rational thing to do would be to clean everything he might see. You don't have any dirty dishes in the sink, do you?

To Prep:
Clean house, at least the important spots.

To do:
Try hanging out with him sober. He seems to like you.

Go out and do something that prompts interaction with him. Good examples would be: Visit a museum, go to the park, go out to eat, play games, find an activity like skydiving or climbing. A movie or play could work, but only because he's staying for an extended time, since while the movie or play is going on, you're not really spending time together so much as you are spending it next to each other.

Also see if he wants help with his plans, since you are a smart young lady.

If he likes cooking, or is not adverse to it, try cooking a meal or baking a snack together.

See if he has practical medical skills, and show him the ropes if need be.

Okay. Calm down, Brook. You said it yourself: Wicky's clearly a rookie (albit a fairly awesome one), and he seems super excited about this whole villainy thing. Clearly he's not one of those super serious or dismally dour villains. Hell, he might even be doing this for fun.
Maybe he's one of those rich prettyboys who don't have enough to do. Or maybe he's an anarchist. What was that speech he went on about before he challenged Law Legs?
Probably not important.

Anyway. He's probably just looking to make some friends. You were nice to him. You guys included him in a heist. You totally helped him out when he was in danger of getting his lungs kicked in. Also, Queenie's in jail and Blood Knight is scary as fuck. FUCK. Fuck Blood Knight is scary.

He had fun. He thinks you're fun. You'll have fun!
Just let him pick what to do. Guys always think they have to take charge, anyway. In case of an emergency, think of some safe, easy things you can do together. Like watching movies. Everyone likes movies! It's just the kind that varies.

Go ahead and be honest about the chem thing; you can go crazy if need be, but give it a shot without at first. He seems like a pretty understanding guy.

Remember: Baking is chemistry for hungry people. A good activity is going out and making some brownies or something.

We should dose up. No-one likes a sourpuss and he doesnt really know us like this. We don't want him to think anything is wrong, because then we'd have to explain.

Seriously though, we should dose up. We hate ourself when we're sober and he's going to hate us too. He's so nice to us and its not fair to dump our problems on his lap.

Prepare two Deliria Doses, just in case the date/not date looks to be going south and you need to escape reality, or the rookie looks interested in that thing you do.

What calms you down besides your Dose? Baking muffins? You should bake muffins. If you start cleaning and shit, you'll end up working yourself into a frenzy and he'll pop back in and you'll be all crazy and then he'll probably never be your friend.

Plus, dude likes your muffins. And you looked pretty cute in that apron.

The villain thing is good, you've got something in common! If you get super nervous and can't think of anything to say, talk about villain stuff. How'd you meet Queenie?

>>409342
>...suggest how they're going to spend their couple of free days. Specify if you're suggesting to Delirium or Blacwick for that bit.
Blacwick: Make sure that when you get your arm-shield, it doesn't look like a funny transparent shimmery blue thing. You're black and red, stone and flame- it has to fit your motif. It's a good bet that the force field can be colored black at no significant cost increase, if nothing else.

Spend some time hanging out with Delirium and talking about her- both her experiences as a villain and her life outside of that. Learning more about the business is always good, and she probably has some great stories. It would be good to learn more about the heroes and villains of the area, as well, since you'll be working on a job here soon.

Also be willing to share your own experiences, of course. She seems nice and there's little reason to hide.

Going out and doing various fun activities- restaurants, movies, hiking, whatever you guys happen to like- is fine, but since Delirium has a nonstandard physique due to her powers she may or may not like being out in public. Try to be sensitive to that.

Also, learn her real name and call her by it, if you can. It's more friendly and signifies that you're not working.

Blacwick!94Ud9yTfxQ 2012/05/12(Sat)02:00 No. 410662 ID: b9749e
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I immediately get to work on putting away my chemistry equipment before Blacwick arrives, and I lock up my strong chest and put it away. Thoughts and worries already begin to flood my mind.

>Show Blackwiki how to untraceably alter his article on Wikipedia, IIRC they got his name wrong.
I don't know how to do that. Why would I know how to do that? Wikipedia isn't a valid source for anything. I mean, yeah, those news guys got his name wrong and that's probably my fault for getting the reporter hopped up like that, and maybe I should apologize to him for that, oh man I've ruined his national exposure forever what is wrong with me argh I'm terrible. How could I possibly make it up to him? I guess I could-

>Have Blackwick try out little bits of various refined drugs, LCD, marijuana, etc, with the explanation of getting him used to dealing with the affects from future mind-altering opponents. Record everything.
Except I don't have any of those! I mean, I could make them. I know how, and picking up the supplies would be easier than most heists. But I don't have any on hand. Why would I want them? Except marijuana, most illegal drugs really mess you up. My refined Deliria Dose has no long term side effects, it's in the power. If he really wants to get high, we could probably use that, but is that really all I have going for me? Good drugs?

...Probably.

Delirium!94Ud9yTfxQ 2012/05/12(Sat)02:01 No. 410663 ID: b9749e
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>Show Blackwhitey the kitchen, what you have in stock and what shouldn't be used if he decides to cook something. If he likes cooking, or is not adverse to it, try cooking a meal or baking a snack together.
No one goes in my kitchen. Nope. I go lock the kitchen door. Both of them.

>Inform blackwick that you have clinically diagnosed chronic depression, so you apologize for your behavior.
I don't have clinically diagnosed chronic depression. Why would I think I had that? I don't have that. I do have clinically diagnosed Generalized Anxiety Disorder. I'm not all sad and unmotivated all the time for no reason, I just find literally everything stressful. It really wears me out. Do I need to apologize for being worn out? I mean he had a broken arm yesterday and all I did was not sleep because I was thinking about spiders. Should I apologize? I should probably-

>Tentacle rape him
Wait, no, not that. I should not do that. My arms aren't even built for that. The tips on all of them are far too wide, and sticking pointy things or entire hands inside of someone unprepared is just asking for trouble. Maybe if I get more tentacles, I could get a pair more adapted for that kind of insertion, but I really don't see why I'd want or need that. If anything, another pair of hands would be great. More hands are always useful.

Delirium!94Ud9yTfxQ 2012/05/12(Sat)02:01 No. 410664 ID: b9749e
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I begin to pace around the room, trying to think of what else I need to do. I tend to keep the place pretty clean, except my kitchen and nope. Not going there right now. Downstairs should be in perfect condition, since I cleaned it last night. So now I wait? What am I supposed to do? Argh this is eating me up. Should I just...?

>No. Don't take any Deliria Dose without asking Blackwick. Like how someone would ask "Is it ok if I smoke?".
That's only polite! I can't just hit up out of the blue... well. No. I totally can. He doesn't own me! I can do what I want! I'm my own woman. Although maybe I should-

>Give him the choice of who he wants to spend his time with. Try to sell it nicely, like he can get the shy, timid Brook or the outgoing and happy Delirium.
...except the shy, timid me isn't all that shy or timid! What am I even thinking, I'm just stressed out and bad at dealing with everything when I'm sober. I guess I'll try and deal with this myself. I'm a big hotshot supervillain, right? Right! I can do this. I'll be fine. I just have to stay calm, and think things through, and I'll just-

>Prepare two Deliria Doses, just in case the date/not date looks to be going south and you need to escape reality, or the rookie looks interested in that thing you do.
That should be fine, right? I'll just... have a dose on hand, for him. If he wants to too. Yep. Absolutely not an excuse to also fry my stress away. Not at all.

>What calms you down besides your Dose?
Sleeping. Working. It helps when I can work on something that requires close attention, such as my chemistry, cleaning up, or sudokus. Helps me focus my thoughts away from the rest of the world. I do a lot of sudokus when I'm sober.

Delirium!94Ud9yTfxQ 2012/05/12(Sat)02:01 No. 410665 ID: b9749e
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>He's dating someone else
ARGH WHY WOULD I THINK THAT NOOOOOO but of course he is, why wouldn't he be? He's cool, daring, cute, slightly stupid. He's the kind of guy that stupid girls everywhere fall for. Stupid girls like me. ARGH WHY WHAT DID HE EVEN DOOOO I hate everything, this shouldn't be happening.

Well, I mean. I guess I don't know for sure that he has a girlfriend. He could totally be free and not taken and I am just making things up! That's absolutely the truth. Yep. I really hope so anyway. Oh who am I kidding, it's not like anyone would ever want to-

Delirium!94Ud9yTfxQ 2012/05/12(Sat)02:02 No. 410666 ID: b9749e
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Knock knock

Oh, that's him, he's back, and I am still wearing my labcoat and probably smell like chemicals and this is going to go so badly. Well, too late now. Argh I want a nap and we haven't even done anything yet. How am I possibly going to deal with this?

...movies?




>NOTE: Next update will be a montage of how the next couple days go, and then we'll finally move out of this buildup phase and into the Wrench Monkey heist. Please suggest appropriately. If you have more questions for Delirium/more talk into her psyche, feel free to ask her questions directly in the EDF Questdis thread, and I will have her answer them separately. She's fun to write for.

>>410665
Nothing stupid about falling for a cute and charming guy. That's just human.
And he clearly doesn't have a girlfriend, if he did he wouldn't be spending time at an other girl's house. So that's one less thing to worry about.

Hang out and talk at first. Not too awkwardly if you can help it. Talk about life, the universe, any subject and anything that comes to mind at all. Talk a bit about work, there's the Wrench Monkey heist and the jailbreak coming up, and I'm sure Delirium has a thing or two planned out as well. Movies are good clean fun, and not to presumptuous, so get a couple of those. You're both villains, so you can do some villainy things, like spar with each other. Do be careful of collateral damage though.

Blackwick, feel free to indulge in her "dose" minimally, after being assured about the lack of harmful side effects. But also use your obsidian shaping. People, and women especially, always have little problems around the house that need fixing, and a man who's good at making things can fix most little problems. Glasswork in particular might be useful, she works with drugs so presumably she does fancy chemistry using all manner of strange hollow glass devices, and would be down for having more for that ever strange mad science type things she could be doing.

Oh, and Blackwick: Be sexy and emit pheromones, nothing mellows a girl out more than that. And she needs some mellowing, anyone could see that.

Blackwick, apply villainous skill and strength to shoulder/neck/back massage. Or have your ninja butler do it for you.

>>410666
He outright said he had a date last time he was here. So he's dating someone. Act appropriately. Whether that means trying to steal him or keeping your distance.

>>410665
Dating and dating, they have gone out to one date, and she's quite an ice queen if you know what I'm saying.

Well he just went on a date. If he's coming over here to hang out with another woman (you) then it probably didn't go very well. So forget about movies or traditional 'date' ideas. Stay and do casual stuff in your home comfort zone at first. If it goes well then you could move on to other things. Like going over to his place or making a trip to a secluded exotic location. You shouldn't give the slightest fuck about whether or not he has a girlfriend anyway. You're a villain. You're 100% allowed to steal cute, sexy men. You're a bad girl and he's likely to be into that.

Also see if you can come up with any good villainous plans together. Try to propose some ideas and share stories of things you have done. Have you ever thought of making your refined drug transmittable through the skin or as an odorless gas so you can drug people without them noticing? Like drug a company board meeting and take over the company (briefly at least) while they're too happy to care? You could maybe do some chemistry together, maybe just make something explosive or flammable. That would come in handy, right? He has a fire thing going.

Ask him about his dad and all that! That'll be a good ten minute conversation right there. Since he's visiting for a couple of days you'll need to prepare a place for him to rest (~unless he's sharing your bed~). Play games, go out and see the sights, enjoy yourselves! You're young and have superpowers!

>>410666
See suggestions in >>410317 for Blacwick.

Delirium should relax, not worry too much, and if she needs to take drugs to feel functional then just take the drugs.

>>410754
Can Delirium pass? With the tentacles and all... didn't she wrap up the tentacles somehow and just look kinda roly-poly when Blacwick first met her?

If so, then we're free to do whatever. We don't want to spend 2-3 days cooped up in her apartment (or do we? 'Roly poly' Delirium looked pretty soft and comfy, we could curl up on the couch together), so we can wander around the city as we like.

If we get really desperate for something to do, we could give Don Dice a call, do a little villainous planning together (you know, impress Blacwick with our shrewd eye for detail and extensive villainous experience... we have those things, right?) for that other heist.

>>410666
Go see the new superhero film everybody's talking about.

Delirium!94Ud9yTfxQ 2012/06/18(Mon)14:18 No. 423863 ID: a6008c
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>You shouldn't give the slightest fuck about whether or not he has a girlfriend anyway. You're a villain. You're 100% allowed to steal cute, sexy men. You're a bad girl and he's likely to be into that.
Yeah, that's how it is! I'm a supervillainess, I can do whatever I want to. It comes with the contract! I mean, I shouldn't be stupid about it, but I'm probably awesome. I can do this.

>Stay here and do casual stuff in your home comfort zone at first. If it goes well then you could move on to other things.
I'll just take it one step at a time. It'll be... okay. I'll be fine!

Delirium!94Ud9yTfxQ 2012/06/18(Mon)14:19 No. 423864 ID: a6008c
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Journal entry X/X/20XX

Wicky and I ended up spending the not-really-a-weekend doing some pretty mundane sorts of things but... I think he likes me! We got out and had pizza at a local restaurant, and I showed him around Iron City. We spent some time planning on how we're going to break Hollow Queen out of the Iron City Prison with Don Dice, and talked a bit about work together outside of that, but not too much. The highlight of the weekend was when we cuddled up on the couch and watched some movies and... Eeheehee, ~it's a secret~

I ended up having to take a dose not long after he arrived, because I had a panic attack. I mean, not a big one, but it happened, and I think it worked out okay! I feel okay now anyway, and he didn't get too judgmental about watching me stab myself with my stinger. He got really flustered and a bit worried though! It was cute. I was sad to see him leave a little bit ago, but I know I'll be seeing him in a couple more days! I need to get ready for that break out with the Queen.

Fortunately you have time to get your sexy jailbreak clothing ready.

>>423864
Sounds like things went well!

Baron: I hope that 'Eeheehee ~secret~' isn't something that would upset Angel Frost. Your reputation depends on you being noble and a gentleman; keep that in mind.

It's great to be feeling better, but don't let yourself depend on it too much. Who knows what he'll do or be with tomorrow, he could get killed like he almost did last time. Besides he probably won't want someone who is too dependent on him. Take your good feelings and try to fix your self-medication problem with them and to better yourself in general.

Also figure out how to drug up an entire prison complex at once.

>>423881
I suppose that depends on what noble he's emulating. He is a villainous noble, after all.

>>423864
Go to Villainy General! You might need to ask the Baron for a ride. Pick up some cool tricks! Needle minigun, needle caltrops, can you aerosol it?