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* YouGotMurder: Taylor gets a package that turns out to be a pipe bomb ([[spoiler:courtesy of Coil]]), but it doesn't have any effect on her Knight Armor. After that, she makes sure to thoroughly scan all her mail.
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* YouGotMurder: Taylor gets a package that turns out to be a pipe bomb ([[spoiler:courtesy of Coil]]), but it doesn't have any effect on her Knight Armor. After that, she makes sure to thoroughly scan all her mail.
mail, so the contact poison with instructions to hand herself over in exchange for the antidote achieves nothing.
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* PriceOnTheirHead: Taylor is a bit shocked to hear that there's a five million dollar bounty, half for bringing her in alive and half for Hive. Missy agrees that it's impressive, and says her own bounty only reached one million.
--> '''Vista:''' Powerful parahumans get bounties thrown on them from various groups, though it seems like the Yàngbǎn are the ultimate source of most of them.
--> '''Vista:''' Powerful parahumans get bounties thrown on them from various groups, though it seems like the Yàngbǎn are the ultimate source of most of them.
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* PowerPerversionPotential: Taylor searches online for fantasy descriptions of magic, to get ideas about research directions -- then comes across a mention of binding someone with summoned tentacles, and stops looking for more detail.
--> A short line mentioning a use of the trick for capturing someone was all she wanted to see, looking for more information online might lead her to things that she ''didn't'' want to think about.
--> A short line mentioning a use of the trick for capturing someone was all she wanted to see, looking for more information online might lead her to things that she ''didn't'' want to think about.
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* SkeletonKey: Since Taylor ''once'' had to open a lock, Hive does some designing and produces a mana-based object that will reshape itself to fit any lock. It's also possible to use a Device's matter manipulation capabilities to generate a specific key on the fly. [[spoiler:Battery later gives her a house key just so that she won't bypass the locks.]]
--> '''Hive:''' It should be able to handle pretty much any kind of manual key. Old warded locks, modern wafer or pin tumbler locks, barrel locks, disk detainer locks, tubular locks, slider locks, lever locks, several varieties of punch-card style locks, patterned ferrous material locks, a number of locks that I'm not sure anyone actually uses but were documented in patents, and anything enough like any of those it knows about or combinations thereof for it to work out. Oh, and it can display the combination of several styles of combination lock.
--> '''Hive:''' It should be able to handle pretty much any kind of manual key. Old warded locks, modern wafer or pin tumbler locks, barrel locks, disk detainer locks, tubular locks, slider locks, lever locks, several varieties of punch-card style locks, patterned ferrous material locks, a number of locks that I'm not sure anyone actually uses but were documented in patents, and anything enough like any of those it knows about or combinations thereof for it to work out. Oh, and it can display the combination of several styles of combination lock.
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* GilliganCut: Ethan drags Missy out to the front yard to show off his Frisbee throwing skills. Cut to Missy shaking her head at Ethan having to clean up the glass from the windows he broke with the Frisbee.
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* DifficultButAwesome: Unlike parahuman powers, designing spells requires a lot of work with very complex mathematics, and any errors (which happen to Taylor ''all the time'') will completely stop the spell from working at best. If you're less lucky, the spell may be massively overpowered, fail after travelling ten feet, work backwards, or simply explode in various ways. With the right spells, though, [[spoiler:Taylor is able to solo fight an Endbringer.]]
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Sherie hears that Ethan has avoided starting on the beer before a barbecue, just so he can be sober for talking to the Heberts, she jokingly threatens to call for Master/Stranger protocols.
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* ChallengingTheChief: After the Butcher retreats from fighting Minerva, Animos takes exception, seeing it as weakness, and challenges for the title, becoming Butcher XV.
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* VillainRespect: Minerva has a very polite encounter with Lung. [[spoiler:He acknowledges that she has beaten Leviathan in a way that he failed to do, and offers his help next time.]]
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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Brad cops some flak from his friends for surrendering to Minerva, but after [[spoiler:she single handedly drives away Leviathan]], that goes away and people conclude it was common sense. It's easier to escape from a prison than from a casket.
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''Hybrid Hive: Eat Shard?'' is a CrossOver fanfiction between ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' and ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', published on Sandbox/SufficientVelocityDotCom ([[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/hybrid-hive-eat-shard-worm-mgln-complete.55056/ here]]).
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''Hybrid Hive: Eat Shard?'' is a CrossOver fanfiction between ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' and ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', published by [=ComptrWz=] on Sandbox/SufficientVelocityDotCom ([[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/hybrid-hive-eat-shard-worm-mgln-complete.55056/ here]]).
here]]), and is [[CompletedFic complete]].
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* GodzillaThreshold: Taylor's father suggests that she cannibalise the Boat Graveyard for projectiles to launch at Leviathan. She's concerned that there might be legal complications afterward, but he assures her that for attacking an Endbringer, pretty much anything goes as far as the law is concerned.
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* CastFromCalories: Using mana makes you hungry. After [[spoiler:getting knocked out by a test of a magical interference system, which her body instinctively attempted to adapt to]], Taylor eats three quarters of a pizza before even slowing down.
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* NoSell: The PRT tests all kinds of powers and technology on Taylor's necklace, to see if they can remove or better understand it, but almost nothing has any effect at all. Tools bend and break themselves without making a dent, and powers typically can't even register that Hive exists. The big exception is a pair of scissors empowered by Flechette, which would actually be capable of bringing down Hive's shields given time; Hive is surprised and impressed.
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* YouGotMurder: Taylor gets a package that turns out to be a pipe bomb ([[spoiler:courtesy of Coil]]), but it doesn't have any effect on her Knight Armor. After that, she makes sure to thoroughly scan all her mail.
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''Hybrid Hive: Eat Shard'' is a CrossOver fanfiction between ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' and ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', published on Sandbox/SufficientVelocityDotCom ([[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/hybrid-hive-eat-shard-worm-mgln-complete.55056/ here]]).
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''Hybrid Hive: Eat Shard'' Shard?'' is a CrossOver fanfiction between ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' and ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', published on Sandbox/SufficientVelocityDotCom ([[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/hybrid-hive-eat-shard-worm-mgln-complete.55056/ here]]).
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* SoUnfunnyItsFunny: Assault is a funny guy, in his own opinion, but there are plenty of people who disagree. He's tried handling serious situations before by writing down the jokes he thinks of, to save for later, but it didn't work out well.
--> '''Ethan:''' My wife burned the first notebook, my boss burned the second, a coworker burned the third, and my wife burned the fourth after finding my new hiding spot for it. When I switched to a digital file I found that it was being cleared out 'randomly' until all of a sudden new regulations said we couldn't keep that kind of thing on work computers. I tried using a five meg floppy instead, to keep things off of work computers, but every time my wife found out I'd find the floppy stuck to the fridge with a magnet.
--> '''Ethan:''' My wife burned the first notebook, my boss burned the second, a coworker burned the third, and my wife burned the fourth after finding my new hiding spot for it. When I switched to a digital file I found that it was being cleared out 'randomly' until all of a sudden new regulations said we couldn't keep that kind of thing on work computers. I tried using a five meg floppy instead, to keep things off of work computers, but every time my wife found out I'd find the floppy stuck to the fridge with a magnet.
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** Taylor herself was technically de-powered by Hive, since she was supposed to trigger with powers, but Hive consumed the shard.
** [[spoiler:Vista volunteers to become another MagicalGirl, even though it means having her powers consumed. Since it gives Hive more data, it's eventually possible for her to use her space warping again via magic, and learn other magic too, but there's an adjustment and learning period.]]
** [[spoiler:Vista volunteers to become another MagicalGirl, even though it means having her powers consumed. Since it gives Hive more data, it's eventually possible for her to use her space warping again via magic, and learn other magic too, but there's an adjustment and learning period.]]
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* EarthShatteringKaboom: One of Taylor's experiments, combining telekinesis with Flechette's dimensional power, inadvertently starts a runaway conversion of matter to {{antimatter}}. Fortunately, Taylor does all her testing on uninhabited alternate versions of Earth and Mars.
--> "Lord," Hive sent a moment later. "It would appear that there are now several pieces of planet where one of the planets you were testing on used to be."
--> "Lord," Hive sent a moment later. "It would appear that there are now several pieces of planet where one of the planets you were testing on used to be."
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* LightningBruiser: Minerva is given very high Brute, Mover, and Blaster ratings, among a scattering of others, since she can fly at high speed, teleport over long or short distances, take hits from Hookwolf without a scratch on her armour, and create large numbers of high-explosive homing bullets at will. [[spoiler:Those ratings are borne out when she single-handedly sends Leviathan into retreat, dodging all his attacks and flooding him with bullets carrying a spell that mimics Flechette's power.]]
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* AssassinationAttempt: Unbeknownst to Taylor, her Device can interfere with Coil's power. As a result, he tries in all sorts of ways to have her removed or murdered, from kidnapping to snipers. Against Hive's defensive capabilities, though, all it really gets him is a lot of dropped timelines.
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* PowerParasite: Consuming a shard allows Hive to get an idea of what powers it granted, and there's usually a way to reverse-engineer them and provide something comparable using mana. Although in some cases ([[spoiler:eg most of Bakuda's arsenal]]) those abilities get tossed on the "too dangerous to use" pile...
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* FakingTheDead: For political reasons, the PRT decides to publicly announce the untimely death of [[spoiler:Vista, who has actually [[DePower had her shard consumed]]]], although plenty of people know the truth.
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* EntertaininglyWrong: Since Taylor is confirmed not to be a parahuman, theories abound about what's going on with her unremovable Tinkertech necklace. Armsmaster believes that her cape identity, Minerva, is actually a clone of her.
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* EntertaininglyWrong: Since Taylor is confirmed not to be a parahuman, theories abound about what's going on with her unremovable Tinkertech necklace. Armsmaster believes that recognises the physical similarities with her cape identity, Minerva, Minerva -- and concludes that Minerva is actually a clone of her.
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* EntertaininglyWrong: Since Taylor is confirmed not to be a parahuman, theories abound about what's going on with her unremovable Tinkertech necklace. Armsmaster believes that her cape identity, Minerva, is actually a clone of her.
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* DePower: Hive can trace the connections of active parahumans back to the shards and ''consume'' them, even removing the corona pollentia from someone's brain. Several of the world's prominent parahumans, like Alexandria, really sit up and take notice when they hear about powers being removed -- although since Hive is careful about choosing the targets, such as [[spoiler:Bakuda and later Shadow Stalker, both of whom were actively attacking Taylor at the time]], there isn't immediate backlash.
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* InstantCostumeChange: The "Knight Armor" spell can instantly replace Taylor's clothing with magical armour that can look like anything she wants while still providing full-body protection. Unfortunately, her efforts to get the spell working are fraught with difficulties and misfires, from swapping her shirt with her pants, to putting shoes on her hands.
--> This time she could still see, which was good, but when she looked down she appeared to be ''naked''. She bit back a scream as she canceled the spell and her original clothing came back.
--> This time she could still see, which was good, but when she looked down she appeared to be ''naked''. She bit back a scream as she canceled the spell and her original clothing came back.
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* MySkullRunnethOver: Since Taylor's Unison Device consumed her shard connection, she can still use her canonical bug control when she chooses to. However, without a corona pollentia and gemma in her brain, the multitasking systems aren't on the same level as the shard would have provided, leaving her thoroughly overwhelmed whenever she switches the ability on. She decides to bite the bullet and keep it on for several hours, in order to adapt, but after an hour the Device automatically switches it off again to avoid permanent brain damage.
--> '''Hive:''' The sheer number of inputs from the insect control systems far exceeded your brain's ability to process, even with the multitasking systems providing outside assistance. ... For your own safety the insect control system is currently locked until you have recovered from this attempt, I estimate that will take at least four days, during which I will also refrain from utilizing the multitasking systems while you’re sleeping.
--> '''Hive:''' The sheer number of inputs from the insect control systems far exceeded your brain's ability to process, even with the multitasking systems providing outside assistance. ... For your own safety the insect control system is currently locked until you have recovered from this attempt, I estimate that will take at least four days, during which I will also refrain from utilizing the multitasking systems while you’re sleeping.
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* MoreDakka: Since Leviathan is extremely fast, and her bindings won't hold him for more than a moment, Taylor ''floods'' him from all sides with bullets carrying a spell similar to Flechette's power, and even deliberately randomises her aim slightly.
--> If the weak spot moved then she wanted a projectile to hit it anyway, so she was aiming more for 'saturate the area that Leviathan was in' than 'hit the weak spot'.
--> If the weak spot moved then she wanted a projectile to hit it anyway, so she was aiming more for 'saturate the area that Leviathan was in' than 'hit the weak spot'.
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''Hybrid Hive: Eat Shard'' is a CrossOver fanfiction between ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' and ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', published on Sandbox/SufficientVelocityDotCom ([[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/hybrid-hive-eat-shard-worm-mgln-complete.55056/ here]]).
When Taylor Hebert is trapped in a locker full of filth, a multidimensional shard reaches out to grant her superpowers -- but the connection collides with a damaged and lost Unison Device. Mistaking the connection for an attack, the device consumes the shard and connects to Taylor in its place. Earth Bet now has its very own MagicalGirl, and she's going to take the world by storm. If she can ever get the mana equations debugged, that is...
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* AchievementsInIgnorance:
** Most of Hive's memory was destroyed, forcing her and Taylor to build a magic system based on what little she remembers. Not only do the two succeed, they manage to create spells that the Belkan and Midchildan mages would think impossible.
** Vista, frustrated with the difficulty of constructing spells, accidentally stores a formula in her magical core allowing her to instantly cast it at a later time. Taylor and Hive are both surprised as this is something they can't do.
** Taylor is an absolute monster when it comes to multi-tasking, on-the-fly spell editing, and magical combat in general -- but she doesn't realise that. It's only when Vista gains her device that Taylor gets some perspective on how far outside the norm she actually is.
** Taylor's math tutor tasks her with prime factoring three large numbers. The numbers are too large for even modern systems to factor in a reasonable amount of time; the tutor wanted to teach her a lesson about the limits of mathematics and personal skill. Not knowing this, Taylor uses advanced Belkan mathematics and algorithms to factor all three numbers, potentially kicking off a revolution in modern mathematics.
* ArmedWithPepperSpray: Taylor makes sure she retrieves her pepper spray before answering the door to a stranger. [[spoiler:Turns out it was a good idea, since he was there for some misguided revenge; the spray hampers him long enough for her dad to arrive and punch him out.]]
* LesserOfTwoEvils: Taylor is impressed by how much the PRT is offering to pay her for the opportunity to study her Unison Device, but she doesn't want to risk them finding out too much and deciding to take it away, so she'd like the option to refuse. Carol Dallon advises her, though, that if they're willing to pay that much, then someone ''really'' wants access to the necklace, and refusing the contract will probably lead to them finding a less pleasant option where Taylor doesn't get paid at all -- and possibly doesn't even have guaranteed safety.
--> '''Carol:''' The contract will offer you protection and give you recourse options in the event of problems that you wouldn't have otherwise, and making them pay for your time incentivises them to not ''waste'' your time.
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When Taylor Hebert is trapped in a locker full of filth, a multidimensional shard reaches out to grant her superpowers -- but the connection collides with a damaged and lost Unison Device. Mistaking the connection for an attack, the device consumes the shard and connects to Taylor in its place. Earth Bet now has its very own MagicalGirl, and she's going to take the world by storm. If she can ever get the mana equations debugged, that is...
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!! Hive has tested the following tropes:
* AchievementsInIgnorance:
** Most of Hive's memory was destroyed, forcing her and Taylor to build a magic system based on what little she remembers. Not only do the two succeed, they manage to create spells that the Belkan and Midchildan mages would think impossible.
** Vista, frustrated with the difficulty of constructing spells, accidentally stores a formula in her magical core allowing her to instantly cast it at a later time. Taylor and Hive are both surprised as this is something they can't do.
** Taylor is an absolute monster when it comes to multi-tasking, on-the-fly spell editing, and magical combat in general -- but she doesn't realise that. It's only when Vista gains her device that Taylor gets some perspective on how far outside the norm she actually is.
** Taylor's math tutor tasks her with prime factoring three large numbers. The numbers are too large for even modern systems to factor in a reasonable amount of time; the tutor wanted to teach her a lesson about the limits of mathematics and personal skill. Not knowing this, Taylor uses advanced Belkan mathematics and algorithms to factor all three numbers, potentially kicking off a revolution in modern mathematics.
* ArmedWithPepperSpray: Taylor makes sure she retrieves her pepper spray before answering the door to a stranger. [[spoiler:Turns out it was a good idea, since he was there for some misguided revenge; the spray hampers him long enough for her dad to arrive and punch him out.]]
* LesserOfTwoEvils: Taylor is impressed by how much the PRT is offering to pay her for the opportunity to study her Unison Device, but she doesn't want to risk them finding out too much and deciding to take it away, so she'd like the option to refuse. Carol Dallon advises her, though, that if they're willing to pay that much, then someone ''really'' wants access to the necklace, and refusing the contract will probably lead to them finding a less pleasant option where Taylor doesn't get paid at all -- and possibly doesn't even have guaranteed safety.
--> '''Carol:''' The contract will offer you protection and give you recourse options in the event of problems that you wouldn't have otherwise, and making them pay for your time incentivises them to not ''waste'' your time.
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