Line #9 Awesome/DireWorm


1	[[FanFic/DireWorm Back to Dire Worm!]]
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3	* Chapter 1.2: "FOR YOU, THIS IS AN EPIC AND DESPERATE BATTLE. FOR DIRE, [[ShoutOut THIS]] IS [[ButForMeItWasTuesday TUESDAY]]."
4	* Chapter 2.1: In an impressive display of ChessMaster skills, Dire prepares the Undersiders for the future, a month or two in advance.
5	--> "When the ABB is eliminated, there's going to be a bit of a power vacuum. Seen this many times before... The players remaining will jostle for new boundaries, a few new players will rise up, and interests from outside will intrude, looking for weakness. You're small-scale now, but this next stage... Well, it usually goes on for a few months. The time may come when you look to expanding your operations. Getting minions. Running the show, instead of doing jobs for a bigger player."
6	* Chapter 2.2: Dire taunts [[ExtraOreDinary Kaiser]] just enough that he ruins her [[CoolChair metal chair]] [[BatmanGambit with his power]]. A few minutes later, Dire carefully retrieves "the [[AwesomenessByAnalysis sensor hub]] that I'd hidden in the middle of it." Next battle, she has a [[NoSell hard counter]] to his power.
7	* Chapter 2.3: "Wires. They'd hooked up their EMP device to power drawn through WIRES. Fools."
8	* Chapters 2.4 and 2.5: Half the Protectorate versus Doctor Dire. [[spoiler: Dire wins]].
9	** They were brave, they used their powers well, they showed teamwork, and though their leader was arrogant beyond belief, he was a decent fighter. Against most villains, they'd do fine.\
10	But tonight, well, the poor bastards were up against ME.
11	** "DO YOU WANT THE MONOLOGUE BEFORE OR AFTER DIRE WINS?"\
12	"You don't look like you're winning."\
13	"[[ThePlan CHECKMATE IN FIVE MOVES]]."
14	** I activated the jets, and hovered into the air. "AMATEUR."\
15	What I could see of [Armsmaster's] face was twisted with rage and pain. I grabbed a pic for posterity's sake. That was one for the wall of shame!\
16	And then I rocketed off into the night.
17	* Chapters 3.3 through 3.5: Saint attacks Dire and [[spoiler: Dragon]]. Dire's response? [[spoiler: Beat Saint in a fight, defuse his DeadMansSwitch, hack into his lair and steal everything that's not nailed down, and leave him in a position where he can annoy Dragon, but not truly harm her anymore.]]
18	* Chapter 4.5: Dire's AwesomenessByAnalysis is about to uncover too much about the Case 53 Tattoos. So...
19	--> After another tense minute, the report came back. Someone had ditched a car ahead of the convoy, [[GambitRoulette temporarily blocking the way]] before fleeing down an alley. The only description was a [[StoryBreakerPower slight figure in a black suit]].
20	* Chapter 5.5, ending. Dire doesn't offer Taylor WeCanRuleTogether. No, she offers to ''set Taylor up as the [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure benevolent ruler]] of the setting.''
21	--> "[[ShoutOut THEY'RE]] NOT [[Literature/TheBible ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD, BUT WE ARE ON HIGH. AND DIRE'S OFFERING THEM TO YOU]]."
22	* Chapter 7.5, through ExactWords, AwesomenessByAnalysis, ''and'' RefugeInAudacity, Dire escapes Pact's gang and rescues [[AntiHero Timetripper]] to boot.
23	--> "Timetripper, did you light the candles in Sora's Lament?"\

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