But they were able to think and act in concert. As chunks of concrete came free of the ruined ends of the structures, they too orbited her, a protective shield. Though the silver woman couldnt reach her, couldnt, Youll each be provided with a satellite phone before you leave, with mobile phones to use when the towers are in operation again. I, Endbringer, a worm fanfic | FanFiction All of her kind had. He turned his eyes to his left, where he should have been able to see terminals. You must log in or register to reply here. The most shocking part of it all was the, She turned to one side, and Krouse could make out her face. Its not that easy. Teams For more information, please see our [275] When the Simurgh was not fighting during Gold Morning, she tried to stay near Tattletale to pull on her power. You started acting funny pretty much right away, after Eidolon bit it. It took maybe a minute before Krouse could be sure it was happening, but the screaming began to fade. With one attack, he severed the halo in half, but the portal didnt disappear. I have vials, including one for dealing with mind control. Somehow catching one and going through that awkward phase of trying to crowbar a stranger into an already strained parent-child relationship and expecting things not to fall apart. -. Thank you. Whatever it is, Ziz will presumably be watching fondly. [178][179] Her active scream is explicitly range-limited: she would have to fly closer and then emit her signal to even have a chance at working around Dinah's blind spot to figure out what happened during the remainder of the Wardens' meeting. Cookie Notice Even many, No, listen. Wow. [166], Acting as her active sonar system, the Simurgh's 'active scream' is a psionic signal that she consciously chooses to emit that collects a steady feed of information about the environment. Someone hurt? [106] She goes out of her way to protect this device in the ensuing fight against Scion;[107][108] however, she fails her objective as she loses it in the course of the battle,[109] and Lung destroys the infant Eidolon with the help of Teacher's precognitives[110] after Gold Morning. -, There were other things. The Simurgh came and went, and when she came, the light seemed just a little darker in the area around her roosting point. Torso was running around like an idiot. What I have prepared is a plan that will result in an even greater display of competence. Our ability to fly comes from the waste common to most of our kind, because we had to fly to get to our destinations. A very different sort of crisis from the canon Endbringer attack. It had been a park, once, but there was no grass, no water, there were no trees. It was the Simurgh that offered the most clues about what the Endbringers did in their periods of dormancy. Fox Fire: The Hobbit/Pokemon::::18. Illustration by sandara on DeviantArt - Wildbow on Reddit, One target comes into full focus, and their existence is now visible, from the moment of their birth until the time they disappear from sight. Simurgh (Parahumans) - Works | Archive of Our Own [323], Was recruited by the Undersiders and the Guild into the effort against Zion. Agitation 3.11 (Mentioned)Interlude 10.5Migration 17.1 (Flashback)Interlude 28 (Pseudo PoV) -, The war room sat opposite Aishas room, on the same floor as his. Quick question. No way. Well, in most cases that is definitely true, but for one Midoriya Izuku's case, it might be a gift in disguise. She accelerated, hurtling through the air, every wing pointed directly behind her, as though she were diving. But no sooner had Canarys Song gone away than the Simurgh began screaming. When your Mother is the Simurgh[Worm] - Sufficient Velocity If left to go on its own, the world would be shattered. Cryptid would remember his bird forms, chosen with a bird aesthetic because they each had a form of, My team was just trying to ballpark how were doing, I told him. -. Weve heard of incidents where one person became a very large-scale effect. -, Nuh uh. I love her focus and thoughts here, which seem very on-track for canon, and her thoughts and counter-thoughts (possibly Simurgh-driven?). Thinker 10+[22]Trump (Tinker)[23]Master,[24] Shaker, Mover, Brute (Speculative) My power had a firmer grip on the whole of. He kicked every thruster into action. I landed next to him while I waited for others, checking him over, but he barely seemed to recognize I was there. The Simurgh (Pronounced "see-MOORG" or "SEE-moorg" in US English [35] and "sim-MOORG" in UK English [36]) is one of the three original Endbringers, alongside Behemoth and Leviathan. - Wildbow on Spacebattles, Avatars like Scion are there in part to ensure things continue smoothly. Cold. For most teenagers, coming down for breakfast and meeting your father's new significant other is something that is rather shocking and disorienting. PrecognitiveEndbringer Physiology(Core probably buried in a joint of her largest wing)[25][26] Memories of a Simurgh, Part 3: Helping is Hard. This is the task. [51] Her telekinesis is not only Manton-limited,[228] but she could still move even when the Bakunawa Zero cancelled her telekinesis. [23] The Simurgh can also choose to create a macro-scale version of their devices from surrounding materials. That wasnt necessarily a good thing, as relieving as it felt right this minute. Where portals riddled the city, taller than some buildings, slices of another sky against our sky, the titan was pure white, unmoving, with only a periodic distortion around it. no they are not expies of other characters regardless of how they seem. She responds in kind. This is off to an interesting start. I shrugged it off, knowing Id pay for it later. [307], Her flight can work outside Earth's atmosphere. Defiant scrolled through the images of the Simurgh, floating in the air above the ocean in the middle of the day. [358][362] She was still dealt with even after Sleeper retreated from the area. JavaScript is disabled. It knocked his shot off course- brought his nose around toward Dragons craft. Do not expect quality. Or not. Thats where shes at now. Her power looks like luck manipulation but is actually microtelekinesis and precognition/butterfly effects at work. As a chunk of broken concrete platform floated near him, he sprayed it with a gush from the syringe. A note about the current Ukraine situation: The rules regarding NSFW links have been updated. Please consider turning it on! In the other Earth, the winged Endbringer fell from high above, her innumerable wings broken, ruined and bent. So dont underestimate it, dont assume its shown you everything it can do., They run on different patterns. It was as if it were, There were five capes who hadnt been flung. Massachusetts and New Hampshire come to mind. Agatha H. and the Bay of Capes: Girl Genius/Worm3. The Simurgh (Pronounced "see-MOORG" or "SEE-moorg" in US English[35] and "sim-MOORG" in UK English[36]) is one of the three original Endbringers, alongside Behemoth and Leviathan. - Wildbow. Haha, they're going to put Amy in quarantine. Classification Contents 1 Personality 1.1 Her Drives However, the Machine Army soon forces Dragon to focus on preventing them from collecting the Simurgh's lost body parts. [312][313] That said, she is not a blind spot for Titan Fortuna. The heroine she had crushed underfoot would have accompanied Lady Photon of the flock to meet Riley Grace Davis. Seen as the most cunning and intelligent of the three, the Simurgh uses her precognition to employ long term schemes, each with Rube-Goldberg sequences of events, culminating in grave disasters and tragedies. -. A lot like a limb waking up from falling asleep, just everywhere. [251][252][253][220] She can also hit individuals with feelings of calm and relief to help sooth emotionally imbalanced individuals. [202] For example, despite perching on Titan Fortuna's shoulder during their precog duel,[278] Fortuna still had a hundred times the Simurgh's strength. Entry, Re-Entry, Entrance . [225] This scream changes in pitch and tone just often enough to never settle into a pattern. -. Gender The screaming was finding its way back into my head. -. "Simurgh" is a benevolent, mythical flying creature. Id been unable to participate when the Simurgh had attacked flight BA178. In Isaiah 6:2, above the throne of God "were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying." [] (Or, as in the case of String Theory, Endbringer cooperation/timing would keep her from ever being able to set up a proper hit). Read it at Sufficient Velocity or at FanFiction.net. [300] Withdrawal could still disengage from his tinkertech frame,[301] allowing him to hard counter her telekinesis[287][302] with his yellow fluid. They obey, they remain calm. -. That music, Marissa complained. -, Way I understand it, she needs to have a tinker in her sphere of influence to borrow their schematics, or a specific device, if she wants to copy it. [148] Parts of her body are described as being "hollow", or made entirely from carefully placed wings or feathers, which trace the outline of any body parts she may have lost in combat. Do tell him to let me know how the weather in Maine is this time of year won't you? I Am Ziz. [88] However, because he unknowingly built her from greater structures intended to salvage a situation where the host species eliminated itself, she also has a drive to collect, consolidate, and sort information[89] produced by parahumans and humanity in a world of conflict. If the head injury had impaired his faculties any, it didnt show. Satellite images of various locations around the city had been printed out onto four-by-five foot sheets of laminated paper, rolls shelved on the wall with labels in marker. [248] With his ship severely damaged,[350] Defiant is forced to manually fire the Marduk's G-driver. [153] She can influence machines as well as people. The present is only a fragment in a long span of time when one can see the past and future both. tip: "sherlock (tv)" m/m NOT "sherlock holmes/john watson", Due to the incredible support of the community, we've raised US$252,343.98 with an average donation of $32.14, and added 6450 new members this drive. [144] However, her eyes are silver, dull, cold, and empty. Nuclear reactors, the Birdcage, places recently hit by natural disasters. Dauntless! he called out, at the top of his lungs. -. -, I looked at her, at Bastard, who barely seemed to be breathing anymore. Seed is a Worm Fanfic taking place in a universe where the Endbringers attacked in a few different places and a different order leading to similar but different fates for many characters. After Victoria Dallon gained the ability to choose what emotions her aura induced based on her own feelings and memories,[249][250] she could hit individuals with courage and righteous indignation; these feelings helped them focus their ire on the Simurgh instead of ruminating on negative thoughts. Cinereal gave me my reply. The chemical in his syringe turned yellow. [295][296][297] Withdrawal's tinkertech frame has mechanical extremities not covered by the Manton effect; she can pin these extended limbs. The Simurgh had approached from the far side of the moon and descended to hover just above the tallest building in Lausanne. Messages, impulses, and a noise that ears werent receptive to reached into a pregnant belly and they filled the child with rage. I think the catch is that most precogs and danger sensers cant see triggers coming, even broken ones. -, Krouse was getting more excited, had to press his hand flat against the floor to stop it from shaking. [173][174][175] In close proximity, the Simurgh's signal strength is at its strongest;[176][177] her signal strength is at its weakest near the edge of her active scream range. If people start forming alliances/peace and Eden sees it as too much trouble to sabotage, then she sics an Endbringer Lite on them, and then works with the remains. Where are you at, Gilpatrick? -, The key here isn't the Flash, or Superman, or Batman. A glass tube, three feet across, seven and a half feet long, capped in metal at either end. She first appeared in Lausanne, Switzerland in December 2002[14], and initially appeared benevolent and cooperative while psychically manipulating the people around her for three days, [15] after which she let out her first 'audible' psychic scream. [126] According to Tattletale, she has a real love-hate relationship with him: the Simurgh respects him despite going to war against him. Five or six years old in apparent age, a vague replica of the Simurgh. She shrank to tiny size, and I shifted my grip, still holding her. In the Bible "feet" often stood as a euphemism for genitalia(Deut 28: 57) (Ezekiel 16:25). [Worm CYOA 1 Endbringer SI] + [Eldritch Revelation CYOA]. -, Then go get Ingenue. In a vast sea of darkness, with much of the city unlit at this late hour, people were retreating to Garys tent. That happened, we don't really know if it's Amy or Victoria that will get Simurghed but I think that one of the two will die. And how to have a good time doing so. She must be unmolested. She possesses telekinesis, clairvoyance, precognition and a perpetual psychic scream. Someone whod snapped and become hostile? More in her than in Behemoth. It meant his shots landed, and she was forced to choose between destruction and a grazing hit, instead of destruction and a miss. A train came, traveling west-to-east. There are some who have costumes that are. There was only a wall of electrical ruin, blinding a cyborg eye that was supposed to be able to see in any combat scenario. Lung tore into the casing, much as hed torn through the vault door. Interacting might be a better word. The endless loop of trying to logic my way through emotional issues and emotion my way through logic, when neither would serve. And the other way? [172][239] Several people in any population are already on the verge of a mental breakdown and only need the right prompt from the Simurgh to snap. [148] This kind of psychic echolocation allows her to scan her surroundings[153] and gather information to inform her precognition/postcognition. We thought we had a bit longer, Tattletale said. They come one at a time, months apart, rarely hitting the same area twice in a short span of time. Ooh, Shiny! Human screams came from upstairs, and my eyes strained to adjust and see what might be causing the screaming. This was something in that vein. Haha, this looks like a promising crack. The Simurgh wants, Logic told me that this was one of our last shots. Dragons mech was in pieces. [267] If relevant Tinkers are not nearby, she can only make cosmetic changes to her tinker devices. Coil will probably evac somehow (most likely with the Travellers help, they fled a Simurgh containment zone once before) to cut his losses and leave the Undersiders hanging. [9], She calls the other Endbringers her siblings and refers to them with either male or female pronouns. Worm Debut [359][360][361] When the Simurgh was flung into his storm, she was trapped, lay prone, and was taken out of the picture entirely. He landed, hugging his syringe, and rolled with the landing, before crouching, both hands at a terminal on the syringes side. She wasnt even facing him, though I wasnt sure how much that mattered. [119][127] The Simurgh cannot force them to take action; for example, if she becomes aware of a non-sabotaged individual trying to build legitimate spaceships to mass evacuate Earth Bet, her siblings would not attack this target on her behalf. Please, for the all things Holy, just don't interact with Taylor. - Wildbow on Reddit, archived on Spacebattles, And I should stress that weak points arent necessarily just areas which are geographically vulnerable. The Simurgh rose up, toward the hole in the ceiling. One by one, they were hurled through the air like someone might lob a softball. Out of Action, Presumably Deceased It is sometimes equated with other mythological birds such as Arabic Anq, Persian Hom or Turkic Kerks, Semrug, Semurg, Samran, and Samruk. The first option is that the shard goes 'this is worth the effort' because Gramme is giving the shard fuel for something interesting, and all is well except for whatever it is that the shard was so keen about. -. -, I tried to set things up so wed have some way of maintaining communications and getting. Hed had three breaks from the screaming, with whatever power Myrddin had used to shunt him halfway into some other dimension, and the two flashbacks. Holes in time, wells, echoes, slowed time and accelerated time, from confrontations that have occurred, even confrontations she participated in. Two young capes awake with amnesia and extensive modifications on the streets of Brockton Bay. A second later, it was slapped down to the ground. [267] Her flight is not dependent on her wings;[30][303] however, by pointing her wings directly behind her, she can become more aerodynamic. Spread out over several targets at once, it serves as her primary sense. Defiant! I called over. That hadnt been him. [230][222][223] After years of experience against the Simurgh,[231] humanity came up with a system to evaluate the danger of sustained exposure via two thresholds: code yellow and code red. This time, I put the exit portals against Earths atmosphere, aiming for the general direction of a satellite. Butterflies. He freed people, upset the system, disrupted the process, and in that, he created the chaos that would keep her simulation from being too sterile. Svetas, the one that was supposed to give her a body, left deliberately behind. I love Taylor's thoughts here, and her reaction to both her own actions and the big picture. Probably. The various fragments, the little things, the bodies and pieces of furniture, they became part of a protective maelstrom around the Simurgh, orbiting her and blocking the barrage of long-range fire that the good guys were directing at her. So, Simmy, Eidolon made you, or hes been enough of an opponent that youve kind of got that weird, Fine? Cody growled. Now I'm imagining the Simurph playing FPS games as a hobby. The lights came back on, bright, with a fluorescent whine that became a scream, one sound in a chorus. While we've done our best to make the core functionality of this site accessible without javascript, it will work better with it enabled. -, No scream from the Simurgh. [111] Ten minutes after Lung's success, the Simurgh personally confronts and stares at him before returning to orbit. More time, more feedback from the steady feed of information, and the images clarify. Were she to fly closer and gather information by emitting her signal, she might be able to piece together the events, but it did not matter. When I saw people losing courage, I gave pulses of courage. [88] Eidolon, who has Eden's counterpart shard to Scion's Queen Administrator,[120] created her via the shard network[121] out of Eden's[122][123] pool of emergency resources. Taylor's about to do something. (We also accept donations year-round, so you are able to donate whenever is convenient for you.). If she was anything like the Simurgh, then anyone or anything could become a guided missile, capable of striking right at the heart at the command center. [41], The Simurgh is aware of the concept of joy and calm. Holy shitThis makes me feel sick. Just from the stresses. Superman could take most Endbringers in a one on one fight, and he's only, what, six-six? It might be that the power gets confused because its a part of your identity and a part of you, but its not alive either. Please consider turning it on! Things she cant see. [291] This Manton limit even extends to non-living materials that become part of one's identity;[292] the Simurgh cannot use her telekinesis directly on the Marduk[293] as Defiant truly considered the ship as part of him when plugged in. [146], The Simurgh lacks the five senses and is blind to the present moment. [91], After Eidolon's death, the Simurgh explicitly intends to recreate her creator to satisfy her drive to war against him. I could believe she was one or two steps ahead of us, but it didnt feel like we were fighting a sea of toppling dominoes, wondering where they went or what the end result would look like. I open my eyes. First of all, the Sleeper is retreating. But one thing did survive her - a girl with a reckless ambition. Which is fine! If that makes me a monster as well, then I guess a monster I shall be.. -, By another mechanism she would employ in three minutes, accessing a computer in a house her signal told her was a quarter mile away, she would shut off communications at a critical time. the back door of the house opened into an enclosed back patio with a dining room table and heavy green curtains blocking each of the windows. Hes staying out of reach with flight, and he said something before about a danger sense. After the shard network transported the finished Endbringer to the far side of the moon (i.e., near the end of December 2002[14] when the moon was closest to Earth Bet), she descended to Lausanne in an unknown time frame. Flare 2.1 (Mentioned)Heavens 12.noneInfrared 19.z (PoV). It was hard to think of the terms that applied to Bohu alone. If you do so anyway, you will be banned for creating sockpuppets. Circumstances unfold, and the two girls find themselves shoe-horned into the world of villainy (the gratuitous murder, violence, and property damage likely did not help their case). One by one, they each came to a complete stop. Chevalier was here, and put his sword out like a wall, some of his squadron gripping the channel that bifurcated the two great blades. It would fit her to keep it beyond our notice, influencing us, the sort of card she would keep up her sleeve. Withdrawal moved close to the tinkertech, reaching, but failed to grab it, not that it looked like he was really trying. [164] It is also slower and much less effective at gathering information,[152] which weakens its predictive power. Memories of a Simurgh, Part 1: A Helping Hand. Fics with the Simurgh as a main character : r/WormFanfic - Reddit Picked up details from tinkers and executed it via. -, She rotated in the air, holding her position, wings flat at her sides. For example, Victoria Dallon after coming to terms with the Fragile One[243] is highly resistant because she has been dealing with her obvious weak spots for years. He didn't expect one of them to spawn a grey skinned baby, nor did he expect himself to use it two more times later in life. Ok, not unheard of. A very good reason to have an avatar like Scion around. [229] Although signal strength is the most important factor in determining scream volume,[178] the more sustained exposure one receives, the worse and louder this imagined sound becomes. [48] When Fortuna and Contessa worked in concert to quickly execute a path without investigating it too much, the Simurgh could not tamper with it, forcing her to leave. But at the same time burning, though much more like a pleasant warmth with prickles of feeling than pain. There is no strict telepathy in the Wormverse, and the Manhunter gives the JL a way of responding. She then uses this information to influence her victims in ways that produce maximally tragic or destructive outcomes, effectively turning them into human "Rube-Goldberg devices" that are destined to instigate horrific future events. [88], Should the Simurgh notice a non-sabotaged individual trying to build legitimate spaceships to mass evacuate Earth Bet, she would make attempts to corrupt or destroy this individual and thus keep being able to satisfy her drive to glean information. She manipulates the wind as she affected the water. I'm not sure what just happened, but I'm cracking up, so I'm going to roll with it. Fanfic / There's No Way My New Little Sister Can Be the Simurgh! [161], Acting as her passive sonar system, the Simurgh's 'silent scream' constantly collects low-feedback information about the environment, even when she is in her hibernation state. Weve been holding them off but -, Defiant steered a careful course around the cluster of Titans, mindful of the Simurghs plotted course, as she tried to stay away from Dauntless and the attacks the Titan made with the spear of light. Diminishing returns with each target struck. Eidolon (Creator)Behemoth (Brother)[20]Leviathan (Brother)[21]Khonsu (Brother)Bohu and Tohu (Sisters)[17] Your account registration will be rejected because of it. The hallways- I checked both, and both were lit. She collects and stacks the pieces. It meant she might be getting away. Eventually, the duo seek answers, find friends, and hunt for vengeance all while monsters begin to appear. I really do think that girl deserves a chance to be a normal girl with all the shit her countless alternates put up with. -, No, I heard Tattletale, Separate power source, buried deeper beneath the building. Shame everyone thinks they could take her. Chevalier appeared to be out of ammunition. She knows shell be blind, here and there. People got lost or stranded in the wilderness on Earth in 2012, with all that worlds satellites. These events would precipitate a thought, minutes after the conversation with Riley Grace Davis. Thank you so much! Was it someone on our side? [352], Resuming his attacks once more, Dauntless strikes the Simurgh with his spear:[353] the electricity from his attacks overrode the interference caused by her signal. -, The one thing that made it possible to even think about defeating the Simurgh was that it took her time to get her hooks in. [328] But returned back after the threat had passed. Simurgh's own form was battered and cracked, but the Wyrm looked fine even if it was singed and bleeding from more than a few places. [314], After ensuring her domination over Fortuna Titan, Simurgh set up Cryptid emotionally, sabotaged Dragon's efforts, and fed pieces of herself to the Machine Army. She sings, and subjects stationed here are immediately on guard. Slow, calm, the subjects. Maybe you respected him as an enemy, cause he was one of only two individuals who could really give you guys a run for your money. The stone can be a series of billiard balls instead, one striking another, striking another in turn. Hed found who shed copied, a now deceased cape from Brockton Bay, and hed found the designs. [170][171][155][172] As a result, her signal is telepathically audible, though it remains untrackable by conventional devices. The title is Diabolus ex Machina for a reason. Fuck. Unclear whether she finishes her note or writes something lengthier. [167] After the disabling of the Mathers Giant confirmed Dinah as a genuine blind spot,[206] Victoria Dallon asked her one last question before extending Dinah's range of influence to every cape present in the immediate area using her aura. And you stopped in the middle of a conversation. [64][65] Multiple space programs exist,[66] and satellites are still in use during[67][68] and after Gold Morning. Brockton Bay/Simurgh. - Wildbow. Dragon changed tasks, shifting to a full-on offensive, unloading every weapon she had into the dust cloud. She could see normally, but the effect on her powers was absolute. [294], She can telekinetically grab costume parts that are not close enough to the skin to be considered an extension of the individual, allowing her to obliquely throw around these specific individuals. [360], The range (i.e., radius) of her active scream is at least a quarter mile, Illustration by NotForYouHiggins on Reddit, Thats one of the other names for Behemoth.