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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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* SpottingTheThread: Taylor spots Coil's moles because, while uploading and organizing employee files, she notices they have consecutive social security numbers and their security clearance was granted by each other.
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** Taylor spots Coil's moles because, while uploading and organizing employee files, she notices they have consecutive social security numbers and their security clearance was granted by eachother.other.
** 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?
** Taylor spots Coil's moles because, while uploading and organizing employee files, she notices they have consecutive social security numbers and their security clearance was granted by each
** 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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* BeyondRedemption: Taylor makes it clear [[spoiler: that Sophia's murder of Justin puts her beyond any chance at forgiveness]].
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* InUniverseCatharsis: Taylor felt no small amount of exhiliration from watching Bradley hit Sophia.
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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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* OhCrap: The father of an E88 recruit (himself heavily implied to be a member) has a brief moment of terror when Greg unknowingly reveals he's on a first name basis with Hookwolf. Once he realizes just who Greg and Taylor must be, he goes from insisting his son did nothing wrong and they started everything, to suggesting all three get a short suspension and let bygones be bygones.
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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]].
** The father of an E88 recruit (himself heavily implied to be a member) has a brief moment of terror when Greg unknowingly reveals he's on a first name basis with Hookwolf. Once he realizes just who Greg and Taylor must be, he goes from insisting his son did nothing wrong and they started everything, to suggesting all three get a short suspension and let bygones be bygones.
** 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]].
** The father of an E88 recruit (himself heavily implied to be a member) has a brief moment of terror when Greg unknowingly reveals he's on a first name basis with Hookwolf. Once he realizes just who Greg and Taylor must be, he goes from insisting his son did nothing wrong and they started everything, to suggesting all three get a short suspension and let bygones be bygones.
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** She also gets squicked out when some of the paperwork she's scanning has bugs on it.
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* MutualMasquerade: Kaiser and Hookwolf are both in the camp of not being truly attached to the Empire's racist ideology, it's just a useful tool for controlling others. But they don't quite realise it, and so they each put on a show for the other when dancing around the issue of [[spoiler:potentially hiring Brian]].
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--> '''Director Piggot''': Shadow Stalker is a ''joke''.
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--> '''Director Piggot''': ''Everyone on the internet'' is laughing at you. ''Personally''. Shadow Stalker is a ''joke''.
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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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* BreakTheHaughty: Sophia can blame other people for most of her problems and thus mostly shrug them off, but becoming a laughingstock on PHO really gets to her.
--> '''Director Piggot''': Shadow Stalker is a ''joke''.
--> '''Director Piggot''': Shadow Stalker is a ''joke''.
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* DeathGlare: Director Piggot isn't actually intimidated by Sophia's glare, but she's briefly glad that Sophia doesn't have EyeBeams, because it would certainly have been fatal if so.
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* HighVoltageDeath: The cell designed to hold Shadow Stalker, as a countermeasure against her phasing, has "enough electricity running through the walls, floor, ceiling and bars to fry a medium-sized cow."
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* ShoutOut: Looking back, Taylor admits that if she hadn't had her internship and Greg, and one of the Empire 88 boys had offered to protect her from Sophia if she just showed up to a few meetings, she'd be tempted. This is a direct reference to another Ack fic, ''Slippery Slope''.
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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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* HaveYouToldAnyoneElse: 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.))
** 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.]]
** 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.
** 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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* CoolTeacher: Played with regarding Mr. Gladly. He does finally intervene when Taylor's classmates start bullying her, but Taylor cynically assumes he's only defending her because of the lawsuit against Winslow. To his credit, he does praise her and Greg for a successful World Affairs assignment.
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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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** Taylor internally notes that she would make popcorn to watch [[spoiler:Bradley kicking Sophia across the building]] if it happened.
** 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.
** Taylor internally notes that she would make popcorn to watch [[spoiler:Bradley kicking Sophia across the building]] if it happened.
** 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.
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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 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 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 before she can continue the conversation with a pretense of professional calm.
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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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* PlagiarismInFiction: After Taylor and Greg use The Book as a reference to dramatically improve their World Studies assignment, Julia accuses them of having just copied someone else's work. Taylor rebuts the accusation by showing that she actually understands the material in detail.
--> '''Julia:''' Mads and me and Carrie worked all weekend on ours, and you've got ten times the stuff in yours! And we didn't find anything in the library like you've got!
--> '''Julia:''' Mads and me and Carrie worked all weekend on ours, and you've got ten times the stuff in yours! And we didn't find anything in the library like you've got!
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* BlatantLies: When it's time for Taylor and Greg to present their assignment, the third official member of their group, Sparky, is asleep at his desk and also stoned. Greg covers for him by stating that "He's, uh, tired out from doing all the work," which draws laughter from the class (who are well aware of Sparky's habits).
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* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler:After rescuing Tracey but being too late for Justin, Taylor makes a stop before school to buy some black cloth, so that she and Greg can wear armbands when they attend their internships.]]
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* SoProudOfYou: Danny really isn't happy that Taylor [[spoiler:put her life on the line to rescue Tracey]], but he's nonetheless immensely proud of her for doing it, and tells her so.
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* JustInTime: Taylor arrives at Captain's Hill [[spoiler:when Tracey is about to fall off a cliff, trapped inside Justin's car. Taylor gets inside and gets a rope around her just before the car falls ''around'' both of them, bruising Taylor's shoulder in the process but fortunately no longer attached to Tracey]].
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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.)\\
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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 ''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.)\\
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* AffablyEvil: Taylor interacts with several of Medhall's workers, and finds them nice people. Unknown to her, several of them are actually Empire capes. Even Kaiser is magnanimous enough to reward Taylor for (inadvertently) helping to find agents of Coil.
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** Taylor interacts with several of Medhall's workers, and finds them nice people. Unknown to her, several of them are actually Empire capes. Even Kaiser is magnanimous enough to reward Taylor for (inadvertently) helping to find agents ofCoil. Coil.
** When Victor confronts Principal Blackwell, he's unfailingly polite, patient, and professional to everyone, and helps Taylor get a good outcome. He also [[spoiler:focuses most of the fallout on Sophia because she's black, and uses his power to reduce her self control and goad her into viciously attacking Madison, getting her into further trouble]]. It's all enjoyable to him.
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** When Victor confronts Principal Blackwell, he's unfailingly polite, patient, and professional to everyone, and helps Taylor get a good outcome. He also [[spoiler:focuses most of the fallout on Sophia because she's black, and uses his power to reduce her self control and goad her into viciously attacking Madison, getting her into further trouble]]. It's all enjoyable to him.
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* TechnicallyASmile: Taylor notes that Alexander Grayson's smile at Principal Blackwell is like that of a friendly shark.
--> Well, friendly to ''me''.
--> Well, friendly to ''me''.
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* HoldTheLine: Greg can't possibly beat Sophia in a fight, and he knows it, and so does she -- but he can stall her for a few minutes. [[spoiler:At which point, Alexander and Bradley (Victor and Hookwolf) turn up and intervene.]]
--> '''''I MUSTN'T RUN AWAY.'''''
--> '''''I MUSTN'T RUN AWAY.'''''
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* GroinAttack: Sophia's NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on [[spoiler:Greg, for stepping in to protect Taylor,]] includes a kick between the legs that elicits a ''high-pitched'' shriek.
