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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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* IronLady: Taylor's manager is Ms Harcourt, who wrote the encyclopaedia entry for "tough but fair." Other employees obey her without question, because they don't dare do otherwise. WordOfGod is that she's not part of the Empire 88, because they don't want to risk her taking over. She's good to those who do their jobs, however, to the point of chastising Max Anders himself on their behalf if it becomes necessary. Crusader once tried to get a favour from her by flirting, and by the time she was done chewing him out, he was ready to ask Hookwolf to put him out of his misery.
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* IronLady: Taylor's manager is Ms Harcourt, who wrote the encyclopaedia entry for "tough but fair." Other employees obey her without question, because they don't dare do otherwise. WordOfGod is that she's not part a member of the Empire 88, because they don't want to risk her taking over. She's good to those who do their jobs, however, to the point of chastising Max Anders himself on their behalf if it becomes necessary. Crusader once tried to get a favour from her by flirting, and by the time she was done chewing him out, he was ready to ask Hookwolf to put him out of his misery.misery.
--> '''Justin:''' I don't have many rules, but number one is now ''Don't mess with Ms. Harcourt''.
--> '''Justin:''' I don't have many rules, but number one is now ''Don't mess with Ms. Harcourt''.
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* ImprovisedWeapon: Greg arms himself with a bottle of cleaning spray in one hand, a fire extinguisher in the other, and an ironing board in front as makeshift armour. [[spoiler:All three are useful; the cleaning solution gets in Shadow Stalker's eyes, the carbon dioxide cloud interferes with her ability to breathe in her gas state, and the ironing board turns a potentially lethal crossbow bolt into a mere scratch, after which he knocks her out with the extinguisher itself.]]
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* GoneHorriblyRight: Max Anders tests Taylor's competence and loyalty by raising her clearance level and having her audit some employee records that include an Empire 88 member, to see what she'll find and what she'll do with it. [[spoiler:Not only does she spot his Empire connections, she also uses her new access to investigate the Fergusons and discover their family relationship with Max himself, making her suspect that Max's judgement is compromised regarding family, and motivating her to keep digging even further.]]
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** Victor makes his confrontation with Principal Blackwell go faster and easier by draining rational thinking and self control from several other participants, especially Sophia. [[spoiler:Which contributes to her going nuts, breaking out of police custody and murdering Crusader, then infiltrating Medhall and shooting Victor.]]
** Max Anders tests Taylor's competence and loyalty by raising her clearance level and having her audit some employee records that include an Empire 88 member, to see what she'll find and what she'll do with it. [[spoiler:Not only does she spot his Empire connections, she also uses her new access to investigate the Fergusons and discover their family relationship with Max himself, making her suspect that Max's judgement is compromised regarding family, and motivating her to keep digging even further.]]
** Victor makes his confrontation with Principal Blackwell go faster and easier by draining rational thinking and self control from several other participants, especially Sophia. [[spoiler:Which contributes to her going nuts, breaking out of police custody and murdering Crusader, then infiltrating Medhall and shooting Victor.]]
** Max Anders tests Taylor's competence and loyalty by raising her clearance level and having her audit some employee records that include an Empire 88 member, to see what she'll find and what she'll do with it. [[spoiler:Not only does she spot his Empire connections, she also uses her new access to investigate the Fergusons and discover their family relationship with Max himself, making her suspect that Max's judgement is compromised regarding family, and motivating her to keep digging even further.]]
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* IronLady: Taylor's manager is Ms Harcourt, who wrote the encyclopaedia entry for "tough but fair." Other employees obey her without question, because they don't dare do otherwise. WordOfGod is that she's not part of the Empire 88, because they don't want to risk her taking over. She's good to those who do their jobs, however, to the point of chastising Max Anders himself on their behalf if it becomes necessary. Crusader once tried to get a favour from her by flirting, and by the time she was done chewing him out, he was ready to ask Hookwolf to put him out of his misery.
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''Taylor Hebert, Medhall Intern'' is a ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' fanfiction by Tropers/{{ack1308}}, and is in progress as at September 2022, 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]]), and Sandbox/SufficientVelocityDotCom ([[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/taylor-hebert-medhall-intern-worm-fanfic.53540/ here]]). Taylor (and Greg Veder) [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin get internships at Medhall]], not knowing that it's a front for the Empire 88.
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''Taylor Hebert, Medhall Intern'' is a ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' fanfiction by Tropers/{{ack1308}}, and is in progress as at September 2022, 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]]), and Sandbox/SufficientVelocityDotCom ([[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/taylor-hebert-medhall-intern-worm-fanfic.53540/ here]]). here]]), and Questionable Questing ([[https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/taylor-hebert-medhall-intern-worm-fanfic.9116/ here]]).
Taylor (and Greg Veder) [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin get internships at Medhall]], not knowing that it's a front for the Empire88.88. The Empire may have bitten off more than they can chew.
Taylor (and Greg Veder) [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin get internships at Medhall]], not knowing that it's a front for the Empire
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* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:When Tracey goes to her manager with the results of Taylor's audit and her own continuation of it, she's grabbed and her car is crashed with a body double inside it, while Tracey herself is held to wait and see if anyone will come around asking questions. However, Taylor knows there's something that doesn't add up, because Tracey had already stated her intention to catch the bus due to her broken arm.]]
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* GoneHorriblyRight: Max Anders tests Taylor's competence and loyalty by raising her clearance level and having her audit some employee records that include an Empire 88 member, to see what she'll find and what she'll do with it. [[spoiler:Not only does she spot his Empire connections, she also uses her new access to investigate the Fergusons and discover their family relationship with Max himself, making her suspect that Max's judgement is compromised regarding family, and motivating her to keep digging even further.]]
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** Medhall, the front organization for the Empire, [[spoiler:rewards both Taylor and Greg with full-time paid positions. It is downplayed, since they prefer to keep Taylor and Greg in full-time positions.]]
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** Medhall, the front organization for the Empire, [[spoiler:rewards both Taylor and Greg with full-time paid positions. It is downplayed, since they prefer to keep Taylor and Greg in full-time positions.civilian positions rather than recruit them into the criminal side of their empire.]]
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* SubParSupremacist: Zigzagged with the Empire's employees. While some of them are incompetent weaklings, others are both intelligent and live up to the Aryan ideals of masculinity. [[spoiler: However, Taylor and Greg both see their claims to racial unity as a total sham and have no interest in joining.
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* SubParSupremacist: Zigzagged with the Empire's employees. While some of them are incompetent weaklings, others are both intelligent can be intelligent, hardworking, and live up to the Aryan ideals of masculinity. [[spoiler: However, when several Empire members reach out to Taylor and Greg Greg, both see their claims to racial unity as a total sham and have no interest in joining.joining]].
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* EpicFail: Greg's orientation is a complete mess. His lackadaisical behavior is caught on camera, and during the [[SecretTestOfCharacter surprise fire drill]], he gets so panicked, ''he runs past the fire exits''. Unsurprisingly, he is demoted to a janitor position.
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** Greg's orientation is a complete mess. His lackadaisical behavior is caught on camera, and during the [[SecretTestOfCharacter surprise fire drill]], he gets so panicked, ''he runs past the fire exits''. Unsurprisingly, he is demoted to a janitor position.
** [[spoiler: InUniverse, Sophia's defeat at the hands of Greg is seen as this since he's known to be one of the biggest dorks of the [=PHO=] forums]].
** Greg's orientation is a complete mess. His lackadaisical behavior is caught on camera, and during the [[SecretTestOfCharacter surprise fire drill]], he gets so panicked, ''he runs past the fire exits''. Unsurprisingly, he is demoted to a janitor position.
** [[spoiler: InUniverse, Sophia's defeat at the hands of Greg is seen as this since he's known to be one of the biggest dorks of the [=PHO=] forums]].
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* SubParSupremacist: Zigzagged with the Empire's employees. While some of them are incompetent weaklings, others are both intelligent and live up to the Aryan ideals of masculinity. [[spoiler: However, Taylor and Greg both see their claims to racial unity as a total sham and have no interest in joining.
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** Medhall, the front organization for the Empire, [[spoiler:rewards both Taylor and Greg with full-time paid positions.]]
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** Medhall, the front organization for the Empire, [[spoiler:rewards both Taylor and Greg with full-time paid positions. It is downplayed, since they prefer to keep Taylor and Greg in full-time positions.]]
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* CondescendingCalmness: Taylor is so outraged, indignant and upset, by contrast to the calm and apparently reasonable attitudes of her bullies, that the bystanders are all inclined to side with the bullies as they assault Taylor and brazenly rob her of hundreds of dollars of clothes that she just bought.
--> '''Emma:''' I'm sorry, folks. We try so hard, as her friends. It's so easy to believe her, unless you know what she's really like.
--> '''Emma:''' I'm sorry, folks. We try so hard, as her friends. It's so easy to believe her, unless you know what she's really like.
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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 lessons, Greg finds that she's just as dangerous.
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* ByNoIMeanYes: Rune privately thinks that she doesn't like to use the phrase "control freak" about Kaiser, but he's totally a control freak.
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* CruelToBeKind: From Kaiser's [[FromACertainPointOfView perspective]], [[spoiler: he sees Peter being forced into a brutal boxing match with his own father as a fitting, if harsh, punishment for insubordination.]]
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* CruelToBeKind: From Kaiser's [[FromACertainPointOfView perspective]], [[spoiler: he [[spoiler:he sees Peter being forced into a brutal boxing match with his own father as a fitting, if harsh, punishment for insubordination.insubordination. And hey, the boy could have chosen Hookwolf instead of his father, if he wanted.]]
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--> Greg and I stared at it. "Is it just me," he asked plaintively, "or is that an actual ''book''?"\\
I shook my head. "It's not just you," I said, and picked it up.\\
It was letter-sized, with a heavy bound spine and grey cardstock covers. On the front was printed in severely plain type: '''GREENING THE SAHARA: A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW'''. ...\\
The contents page was blunt and to the point. Merely from reading the headings, I could grasp the intent behind it, how the plan would lay itself out. There were things there, details that Greg and I hadn't even thought about or even ''realised'' that they needed to be taken into account. ...\\
The text was easy to read, using language that was simple and clear. Even the formatting, which I hadn't even considered to this point, was simple and consistent. There were headings. There were references to other sections of the text. And there were actual diagrams of the solar-powered water-collectors that had heretofore only existed in our--Greg’s and my--heads. Also, maps of the Sahara, indicating optimal routes for the greening crews to travel. (Greg had been right, we needed multiple crews.)\\
Slowly, I put the book down. "This could really happen," I said softly. "It could actually be done. It's all here. ''Everything''. Costs. Manpower. Risk assessments. It even covers how much fuel per day a Jeep will use up over specific types of terrain."
I shook my head. "It's not just you," I said, and picked it up.\\
It was letter-sized, with a heavy bound spine and grey cardstock covers. On the front was printed in severely plain type: '''GREENING THE SAHARA: A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW'''. ...\\
The contents page was blunt and to the point. Merely from reading the headings, I could grasp the intent behind it, how the plan would lay itself out. There were things there, details that Greg and I hadn't even thought about or even ''realised'' that they needed to be taken into account. ...\\
The text was easy to read, using language that was simple and clear. Even the formatting, which I hadn't even considered to this point, was simple and consistent. There were headings. There were references to other sections of the text. And there were actual diagrams of the solar-powered water-collectors that had heretofore only existed in our--Greg’s and my--heads. Also, maps of the Sahara, indicating optimal routes for the greening crews to travel. (Greg had been right, we needed multiple crews.)\\
Slowly, I put the book down. "This could really happen," I said softly. "It could actually be done. It's all here. ''Everything''. Costs. Manpower. Risk assessments. It even covers how much fuel per day a Jeep will use up over specific types of terrain."
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* ThanksForTheMammary: When he's getting some self-defence training with Melody[[note]]ie Cricket[[/note]], Greg preemptively tells her that he'll try not to let his hands go anywhere inappropriate -- because he's pretty sure that if she thought otherwise, she'd kill him.
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* DavidVsGoliath: Sophia is athletic, has years of experience in street fighting, carries a crossbow (which she definitely knows how to use), and can become intangible to NoSell physical attacks. [[spoiler:Greg]] has none of that, but takes her down with an ironing board and a fire extinguisher -- and it wasn't even an ambush. She doesn't live it down. [[spoiler:Especially not after she learns that he's also Void Cowboy, the laughingstock of the PHO forums.]]
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* PassThePopcorn: After Taylor and Greg discuss the upcoming lawsuit against the PRT on their behalf, they conclude that it's a symbolic gesture first and foremost, which may or may not have a monetary payout once the lawyers and bargaining are done.
--> '''Greg:''' So what we should be doing is sitting back with popcorn, and if we actually get anything material out of it, that's just a bonus.
--> '''Greg:''' So what we should be doing is sitting back with popcorn, and if we actually get anything material out of it, that's just a bonus.
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* IShallTauntYou: Victor finds it tiresome to wait for people to make mistakes, so when confronting [[spoiler: Mr Barnes, Emma, Sophia, and Ms Blackwell]], he drains a little of their critical thinking skills to make them impulsive and irrational.
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* ShutUpHannibal: Taylor gives one to the [[spoiler: Empire girl who wants to recruit her]], calling her out for not helping her when Sophia was bullying her.
-->'''Girl''': "Didn't know if you were worth the time and effort. All you ever did was roll over and show your belly. But this time you fought back."
-->'''Taylor''': "It was the only time I was able to. Because someone stepped up for me. Not one of you. Greg stepped up. Because he doesn't care about waiting until he's got four-on-one odds. He cares about me. You don't. And if you're not gonna step up when I need help, then I don't need you."
-->'''Girl''': "Didn't know if you were worth the time and effort. All you ever did was roll over and show your belly. But this time you fought back."
-->'''Taylor''': "It was the only time I was able to. Because someone stepped up for me. Not one of you. Greg stepped up. Because he doesn't care about waiting until he's got four-on-one odds. He cares about me. You don't. And if you're not gonna step up when I need help, then I don't need you."
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-->'''Girl''':"Didn't Didn't know if you were worth the time and effort. All you ever did was roll over and show your belly. But this time you fought back."
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-->'''Taylor''':"It It was the only time I was able to. Because someone stepped up for me. Not one of you. Greg stepped up. Because he doesn't care about waiting until he's got four-on-one odds. He cares about me. You don't. And if you're not gonna step up when I need help, then I don't need you."
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* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Taylor and Greg are allowed to have outside assistance with their World Affairs project (a plan to green the Sahara), so long as they don't just copy verbatim from someone else and they know the material well enough to present it. So Justin/Crusader, wanting to score points with Taylor's supervisor, arranges for ''Accord'' to write a project proposal for them. The result is a beautifully formatted novel-length document that covers every detail, considers every contingency, and has the teacher begging them to help him get in contact with people who could actually implement it, even though it was originally meant to be a hypothetical.
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* CruelToBeKind: From Kaiser's [[FromACertainPointOfView perspective]], [[spoiler: he sees Peter being forced into a brutal boxing match with his own father as a fitting, if harsh, punishment for insubordination.]]
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* ControlFreak: Kaiser behaves this way [[AbusiveParents toward his son Theo,]] all but trying to force him into The Empire when he has zero interest in any kind of criminal activity.
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* MyBelovedSmother: Downplayed. Greg's mom coddles him to cope with the loss of her late fiance, but still lets him have independence.
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* TrainingFromHell: Downplayed. Bradley is willing to beat Greg somewhat to teach him how to defend himself in a fight.
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* LogicalWeakness: Shadow Stalker's smoke form can still be affected by liquid based attacks. As such, when she tries to escape [[spoiler:Greg]] after being sprayed in the face with bleach, she suddenly finds the cleaning product inside her body and changes back while grasping her throat.
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* LogicalWeakness: Shadow Stalker's smoke form can still be affected by liquid based attacks. As such, absorbs oxygen from her environment. So when she tries to escape [[spoiler:Greg]] after being sprayed in the face with bleach, she suddenly finds herself lacking when he also fills the cleaning product inside her body and area with the contents of a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher. So she changes back while grasping her throat.throat, leaving him clear to [[spoiler:knock her out with the empty canister]].
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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]].
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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 [[spoiler:have Sophia thrown in jail just because she's black]].
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* ShareTheMalePain: Even Bradley/Hookwolf, who "looked like he could bend steel with his pecs," winces when he hears the recording of Greg's high-pitched scream.
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* VillainTakesAnInterest: [[spoiler: After taking down Sophia, the Empire's Winslow branch wants to recruit Taylor and Greg. Unsurprisingly, the two have no interest in joining a white supremacist gang. Medhall, the front organization for the Empire, rewards both Taylor and Greg with full-time paid positions.]]
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* HaveYouToldAnyoneElse: After Taylor and Greg let "Bradley Fieldmark" know about an attempt at recruiting them into the Empire 88, he advises them not to say a word about the Empire to anyone else, and if anyone else asks questions about it, to send them to him. (Fortunately for Taylor and Greg, Hookwolf doesn't intend to harm them, but he does intend to go straight to Kaiser and start damage control.)
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* TemptingFate: Greg is at least GenreSavvy enough to realise he's doing it and ask the universe not to retaliate.
--> "I'll be ''fine''. So long as the PRT manages to keep hold of Sophia this time around, and she doesn't come to Winslow looking for me so I have to beat her unconscious with a folding chair or something …" He paused to draw breath, then looked up at the stained ceiling. "And no, that wasn't a challenge."
--> "I'll be ''fine''. So long as the PRT manages to keep hold of Sophia this time around, and she doesn't come to Winslow looking for me so I have to beat her unconscious with a folding chair or something …" He paused to draw breath, then looked up at the stained ceiling. "And no, that wasn't a challenge."
