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* IHaveThisFriend: Brian explains his dislike of Shadow Stalker as, "She, uh, she really hurt a friend of mine one time. Shot him with a broad-head arrow." The "friend" is of course his villainous alter-ego.

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* IHaveThisFriend: Brian explains his dislike of Shadow Stalker as, "She, uh, she really hurt a friend of mine one time. Shot him with a broad-head arrow." The "friend" is of course his villainous alter-ego.alter-ego Grue, who Stalker hates for their bad power interaction.



* InUniverseCatharsis: Taylor felt no small amount of exhiliration from watching Bradley hit Sophia.

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* InUniverseCatharsis: Taylor felt no small amount of exhiliration exhilaration from watching Bradley hit Sophia.



* WeakButSkilled: Bradley[[note]]Hookwolf[[/note]] is built like a Mack truck, and so it's unsurprising that he can go through a fight like a blender. But Melody[[note]]Cricket[[/note]] is a smallish girl, and yet during his self-defence lessons, Greg finds that she's just as dangerous.

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* WeakButSkilled: Bradley[[note]]Hookwolf[[/note]] is built like a Mack truck, and so it's unsurprising that he can go through a fight like a blender. But Melody[[note]]Cricket[[/note]] is a smallish girl, and yet during his self-defence self-defense lessons, Greg finds that she's just as dangerous.
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** Hookwolf freezes, followed by a burst of profanity, even he hears that [[spoiler:Rune was carrying her costume and school ID when she was mugged, which could have outed her and half the Empire if the bag hadn't been retrieved]].

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** Hookwolf freezes, followed by a burst of profanity, even he hears upon hearing that [[spoiler:Rune was carrying her costume and school ID when she was mugged, which could have outed her and half the Empire if the bag hadn't been retrieved]].
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* IHaveYourWife: [[spoiler:The Empire goes after Taylor's dad, Greg's mom, Tracey's parents, and Brian's father and sister, all at once, to get leverage and stop them from bringing the PRT down on Medhall. All except the Laborns are warned in time and manage to get away, however.]]
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* VoiceChangeling:
** Emma [[spoiler:knows Taylor's voice well enough to fake it over the phone, and calls Medhall pretending to quit the internship (along with abusing the staff). Fortunately, Taylor realises it's a possibility, and Greg lends her his phone so she can promptly call Medhall herself and clarify.]]
** Victor [[spoiler:is able to imitate Taylor's voice to fool Danny into coming to Medhall so the Empire can [[IHaveYourWife seize him to put pressure on Taylor]]. This time it's Brian who recognises the need to call their families and warn them to stay safe, although he didn't realise the exact form the danger would take.]]
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''Taylor Hebert, Medhall Intern'' is a ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' fanfiction by Tropers/{{ack1308}}, and is in progress as at April 2023, available at Website/FanFictionDotNet ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13219129/1/Taylor-Hebert-Medhall-Intern here]]), Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom ([[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/taylor-hebert-medhall-intern-worm-fanfic.729583/ here]]), Sandbox/SufficientVelocityDotCom ([[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/taylor-hebert-medhall-intern-worm-fanfic.53540/ here]]), and Questionable Questing ([[https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/taylor-hebert-medhall-intern-worm-fanfic.9116/ here]]).

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''Taylor Hebert, Medhall Intern'' is a ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' fanfiction by Tropers/{{ack1308}}, and is in progress as at April 2023, available at Website/FanFictionDotNet ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13219129/1/Taylor-Hebert-Medhall-Intern here]]), Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom ([[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/taylor-hebert-medhall-intern-worm-fanfic.729583/ here]]), Sandbox/SufficientVelocityDotCom Website/SufficientVelocityDotCom ([[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/taylor-hebert-medhall-intern-worm-fanfic.53540/ here]]), and Questionable Questing ([[https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/taylor-hebert-medhall-intern-worm-fanfic.9116/ here]]).

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* TheCavalry: When Taylor is facing [[spoiler:being locked in her locker ''full of pepper spray'']], Greg turns up to rescue her. When he in turn is in dire straits, who should appear but [[spoiler:Victor and Hookwolf, in civilian guise, providing the brains and brawn to shut down Sophia and Emma and Principal Blackwell without breaking a sweat]].

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When Taylor is facing [[spoiler:being locked in her locker ''full of pepper spray'']], Greg turns up to rescue her. her.
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When he Greg in turn is in dire straits, who should appear but [[spoiler:Victor and Hookwolf, in civilian guise, providing the brains and brawn to shut down Sophia and Emma and Principal Blackwell without breaking a sweat]].sweat]].
** Both of them are staring death in the face [[spoiler:with the Empire between them and the PRT building, until Alexandria and Legend suddenly turn up. The Empire promptly [[KnowWhenToFoldEm puts down weapons and drives away]].]]
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* CurbstompCushion: [[spoiler:Greg tries to fight back against Sophia. While he loses quite badly against an athlete (who is also a Ward), he manages to tackle her and hold her off long enough for Grayson to come.]]

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* CurbstompCushion: [[spoiler:Greg Greg tries to fight back against [[spoiler:against Sophia. While he loses quite badly against an athlete (who is also a Ward), he manages to tackle her and hold her off long enough for Grayson to come.]]
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* AttackBackfire: The Empire [[spoiler:corners Taylor, Greg, Tracey and Brian after an extensive chase -- and the stress of being betrayed and trapped causes three of them to cluster-trigger with pings from all the Empire capes chasing them, making the group a powerhouse that quickly turns variations on the Empire's own abilities against them to break free.]]
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* InstantArmor: [[ExtraOreDinary Metal control]] means being able to fully armour up in seconds. [[spoiler:Greg has to have nearby metal to work with, but he can cover all his allies in it, not just himself -- and the result is stronger than normal steel, able to ignore small-arms fire and even blunt the effect of an antimateriel rifle.]]
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* ForWantOfANail: The major nail is Taylor and Greg getting internships at Medhall.


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* PointOfDivergence: The major nail is Taylor and Greg getting internships at Medhall.

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Brian saving Rune from mugging and being outed makes Kaiser wonder if Taylor can recognize potential in others he might not have


** Taylor vouches for [[spoiler:Brian to Medhall as an honest guy who can be trusted, not knowing he’s a member of the Undersiders.]]

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** Taylor vouches for [[spoiler:Brian to Medhall as an honest guy who can be trusted, not knowing he’s a member of the Undersiders. When Brian saves Tammi from ABB thugs and the possibility of being outed as Rune, Max and Bradley then wonder if this, combined with Greg's stopping Shadow Stalker, might mean she has talent in recognizing potential in others as well.]]



* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The Empire are a gang of Neo-Nazis, so this is a given. Among their affronts is making jokes about minorities, and wanting to [[spoiler:have Sophia thrown in jail just because she's black]].

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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The Empire are a gang of Neo-Nazis, so this is a given. Among their affronts is making jokes about minorities, and wanting to [[spoiler:have Sophia thrown in jail just because she's black]].black; when Sophia kills Justin and wounds Alexander, though, this changes]].



** The Empire can behave magnanimously toward minorities, but only because they want to divert attention from their crimes and [[SlaveToPR look good to the public]]. [[spoiler: Kaiser doesn't want to hire [[ScaryBlackMan Brian]], but he knows Medhall needs to have the appearance of diversity for the sake of public relations. [[PetTheDog Also, he wants to do a favor for Taylor]].]]

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** The Empire can behave magnanimously toward minorities, but only because they want to divert attention from their crimes and [[SlaveToPR look good to the public]]. [[spoiler: Kaiser doesn't want to hire [[ScaryBlackMan Brian]], but he knows Medhall needs to have the appearance of diversity for the sake of public relations. [[PetTheDog Also, he wants to do a favor for Taylor]]. It's when Brian saves Tammi from her mugging that makes him wonder if Taylor can recognize the potential in others he might have as well.]]



* SuppressedRage: When Director Piggot hears that [[spoiler:Sophia has invaded the Medhall building, in her civilian identity but using her crossbow]], she has to bite back some exceedingly profane responses, and remind herself that obtaining a Kill Order is almost certainly out of reach, before she can continue the conversation with a pretense of professional calm.

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* SuppressedRage: When Director Piggot hears that [[spoiler:Sophia has invaded the Medhall building, in her civilian identity but using her crossbow]], she has to bite back some exceedingly profane responses, and remind herself that obtaining a Kill Order is almost certainly out of reach, before she can continue the conversation with a pretense of professional calm. [[spoiler: She enjoys ComedicSociopathy when she tells Sophia that Greg Vader, the "Void Cowboy", took her down and made "Shadow Stalker" look like a joke, with Assault and the Wards laughing at her.]]


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*VillainousBreakdown: Sophia has one [[spoiler: after she finds out she got taken down by "Void Cowboy" and the PHO forums all know about it. Assault and the rest of the Wards are enjoying this, and everyone knows "Shadow Stalker is a joke."]]
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: What is the likely outcome, on Earth Bet, of cornering someone and trapping them into a SadisticChoice with no apparent escape? [[spoiler:Sure enough, the Empire finds themselves facing not just a new cape, but a ''cluster'', with pings from most of the Empire's capes as the cherry on top, quickly trumping them all and forcing them into retreat.]]
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* SadisticChoice: Kaiser, bent the control freak he is, likes to box people in.

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* SadisticChoice: Kaiser, bent being the control freak he is, likes to box people in.

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* SadisticChoice: Peter [[spoiler:gets to pay for his botched recruitment attempt on Taylor and Greg, by choosing to face either Hookwolf in a cage for five minutes with no holds barred, or his own father in a boxing ring for three rounds. Hookwolf would hurt him more, but having his father do it hurts them both, which is the point.]]

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* SadisticChoice: Kaiser, bent the control freak he is, likes to box people in.
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Peter [[spoiler:gets to pay for his botched recruitment attempt on Taylor and Greg, by choosing to face either Hookwolf in a cage for five minutes with no holds barred, or his own father in a boxing ring for three rounds. Hookwolf would hurt him more, but having his father do it hurts them both, which is the point.]]
** Taylor [[spoiler:gets a choice between killing a friend and going under the Empire's thumb long term, or having the Empire kill the friend ''and'' herself ''and'' her dad.
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** Tracey [[spoiler:reports to Ms Harcourt about Taylor's discoveries of employees with extensive E88 connections and possible embezzlement -- and Ms Harcourt attacks and restrains her, after which Tracey is imprisoned and [[FakingTheDead her death is faked]] while the Empire tries to determine what SMS she sent and to whom. Kaiser doesn't think that Taylor herself found out very much before leaving for the day, and he knows Taylor doesn't have a phone, so he thinks that it will end there.]]

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** Tracey [[spoiler:reports to Ms Harcourt about Taylor's discoveries of employees with extensive E88 connections and possible embezzlement -- and Ms Harcourt attacks and restrains her, after which Tracey is imprisoned and [[FakingTheDead her death is faked]] while the Empire tries to determine what SMS she sent and to whom. Kaiser doesn't think that Taylor herself found out very much before leaving for the day, and he knows Taylor doesn't have a phone, so he thinks that it will end there. Tracey later berates herself for not realising the significance when Ms Harcourt asked this exact question.]]
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* InternalReveal:
** Kaiser deliberately [[spoiler:sets up Taylor and her supervisor to do some employee background checking that could potentially expose Medhall's Empire 88 connections, intending to monitor them closely to see whether they can make the link and how they'll react if they do. Tracey joins the dots and gets disappeared. Taylor later follows in her footsteps, realises the truth, and has to go on the run as the staff try to pin her down.]]
** Brian [[spoiler:uses his darkness power to help Taylor and Greg take down the guards on Tracey's cell, outing him as Grue]].
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* AcceptableTargets: InUniverse, when Bradley mentions that "Nobody who mattered" was hurt in a Merchant assault on the Medhall building, Taylor assumes that that means the Merchants were beaten to a pulp -- which she's okay with.
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''Taylor Hebert, Medhall Intern'' is a ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' fanfiction by Tropers/{{ack1308}}, and is in progress as at April 2023, available at Website/FanfictionDotNet ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13219129/1/Taylor-Hebert-Medhall-Intern here]]), Website/SpacebattlesDotCom ([[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/taylor-hebert-medhall-intern-worm-fanfic.729583/ here]]), Sandbox/SufficientVelocityDotCom ([[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/taylor-hebert-medhall-intern-worm-fanfic.53540/ here]]), and Questionable Questing ([[https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/taylor-hebert-medhall-intern-worm-fanfic.9116/ here]]).

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''Taylor Hebert, Medhall Intern'' is a ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' fanfiction by Tropers/{{ack1308}}, and is in progress as at April 2023, available at Website/FanfictionDotNet Website/FanFictionDotNet ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13219129/1/Taylor-Hebert-Medhall-Intern here]]), Website/SpacebattlesDotCom Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom ([[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/taylor-hebert-medhall-intern-worm-fanfic.729583/ here]]), Sandbox/SufficientVelocityDotCom ([[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/taylor-hebert-medhall-intern-worm-fanfic.53540/ here]]), and Questionable Questing ([[https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/taylor-hebert-medhall-intern-worm-fanfic.9116/ here]]).
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** [[spoiler: When the news report reveals Tracey was killed in a car crash, Taylor realizes the story is false because Tracey told her she was still too injured to be at the wheel of a car. She realizes the Empire goons were trying to knock her off.]]


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* UndyingLoyalty: Harcourt holds a deep loyalty to Medhall. [[spoiler: Even discovering her bosses are Nazis doesn't shake this loyalty, and she's even willing to have Tracey locked up to keep Medhall afloat.]]
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** Greg and Taylor start to see through Anders' smokescreen because of his (under)-reaction to Mr. Ferguson: why would someone act relatively calm in the presence of a Nazi?

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** [[spoiler: Greg and Taylor start to see through Anders' smokescreen because of his (under)-reaction to Mr. Ferguson: why would someone act relatively calm in the presence of a Nazi?Nazi? The illusion falls apart when she finds his connections to other white supremacists goes a lot deeper than she thought.]]
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* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: When Taylor starts digging and finds Mr. Anders has a ''ton'' of connections to people in the Empire, she [[EntertaininglyWrong concludes]] that [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter Mr. Anders has a poor record with judging the moral fiber of others.]]

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* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: [[spoiler: When Taylor starts digging and finds Mr. Anders has a ''ton'' of connections to people in the Empire, she [[EntertaininglyWrong concludes]] that [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter Mr. Anders has a poor record with judging the moral fiber of others.]] ]]

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