That will depend in great part on the nature of said findings. If, for example, the findings are that the method results in a combination of megalomania and psychotic tendancies in conjunction with increased power, I would probably not want to share the complete findings with the world at large, for much the same reason that I would not want to share the design for, say, a thermonuclear device or selective pathogenic weapon with the world at large.

While I can certainly understand your responsible approach, I can see how others would not. I guess its a matter of what is an acceptable risk, and who decides what the acceptable risk is.

It isn't like we even have a concesus on what is an acceptable level of insanity around here.

Certainly. I didn't want to go into it if everyone kept themselves up on the Elite biz or not. Since that's not the case: While I do not have any aberrations of my own, I absorb those of Novas around me, sometimes to an increased degree than the original Nova. While it does offer some temporary relief for them it makes my life fairly -ahem- varied on a day by day basis. That's the "safest" way of putting it. The question is am I Tainted or is this an offshoot of my Powers? Doesn't really matter; the result is the same for me.

If you think you have gone to far then you probably have.

Words to live by.

Well, I would have to say that the best teacher of all things novas would have to be The other. I could show you where you would have to go. I just have to ask you, do you mind having your mind read? As The other either doesn't or can't talk. I never asked.

I would also recommend talking to a few people on this board. They may not know all you need to know, but they know a lot that could help you. On the top of the list,I would say you could seek out Walker, James, or Ashnod. I would help you, but I am working with someone who is rather important to me.

The Other?
Damn, I was going to take that as my nova name, but it was already taken.

Somehow, The Other Guy, or That Guy didn't have that same Man of Mystery appeal.

Walker, it can also be a matter that those around you feel you've gone to far.

Vanguard,

I would be interested in "speaking" with The Other. If you could make the arrangements, it would be greatly appreciated.

Jager, the other is named so because you rarely see The other. The other could hide in a crowd of two. But when you see The other, you will never forget that face.

Timeslip, I will bring the other to you,in any place that you wish. Do you mind Children?

Does this not sound like Pure Nightmare Fuel to anyone else or am I crazy? Or bad dialogue from a B-movie just before someone introduces you to the man who's going to eat your face in the last reel?
:sigh:
Good luck with the quest for knowledge, just don't get suckered into people that want to "convert" you. There are some Very Charismatic novas out there with less than your best interests in mind. Not saying anything about the OTher (btw Xeno talks about the OTHER all the time and he's not doing too hot (nor human) by some standards) just that the OTHER's obviously got a following and is more than happy to meet anyone who's desperate and in need.
Just rings some bells in my book. Maybe I should be more trusting. Or maybe the Other just needs a better agent.

Vanguard,

Children won't be a problem. As for a location, would Municipal Park in Norfolk, VA be acceptable?

Okay.

This is a little more entertaining. Especially in light of the fact that I mentioned (months ago, I might fucking add) that my next showing is titled The Other. Of course this has nothing to do with the interview on Prime last week or the article running in Pallete next month.

Lawyers on speed dial but no pressure. Go ahead. Tell me a story.

The Others Inside are not The Other in question here, surely. They are mostly pleasant and not especially enigmatic or menacing. ... Usually.

Anyone safe who wants to can meet and/or join Them some time. It is very good Inside.

...

Apologies for standard deviation. It is hoped to avoid being mean.

...

Was that funny?

Tarot,you should know that The other has had said name for more than 8 years. It is a legal name.Even has legal IDs. So call all the lawyers you want, it will not change the past. By the way, what were you doing 8 years ago?

Timeslip this good to hear.Seeing as children are not a problem I will be staying near by with Satin, looking into what he has on his little mind. As for Area, I can be anywhere in the world at the drop of the hat.

Eight years ago as a figure of speech or eight years ago to the moment? To the moment I was crawling out of Margaret Hiram's older sisters bedroom window and thinking that I had been so sure it was the third window and not that second one that I had to go through. Then the the trellus broke and I had the option of learning to fly or just crawling under the bush while her father prowled around the yard in his bathrobe shining a light under everything except the bush I was quietly resting beneath.

Eight years ago as a figure of speech; I was thinking, "Chris, this is your lucky day."

And I call bullshit RightGard. Appellate Lexington doesn't have "The Other" on file from eight years ago. They have "The Other Guy", "The Oddity" and "Captain Odd". So what crack are you smoking?

Oh he has an ID that says "The Other". Why didn't you say so. That's really mysterious and menacing.

I was laughing so hard I spat a lemon across the patio so yeah, it was funny.

Take it up with California. The other doesn't need to be on a Lexington database. The other is a US Citizen,who chose to have a name change, in 2005. For future reference,The other is female, and is here to play tricks for your amusement.

If you wish to make a battle out of this,by all means do.I just do not think it is wise to pick a legal fight with some like The other.

Jager There should be no need for anyone else to declare whether one has done something insane. If someone is a dribbling, catatonic mess then, yes, they probably could do with a hand. But in other cases sanity is a pretty relative thing so the best judge of it seems to be yourself

Vanguard I do my thing and speak my mind. If something I say is helpful, interesting or challenges preconceptions then all well and good but I'm no great Teras teacher. Thanks for the vote of confidence anyway, Mal bless you

Um...Vanguard? 8 years ago you were in the TERAGEN. So we can guess where you met this other guy, The OTher.

Known Teragen. 8 years ago was in the Teragen. 8 years ago registered the name The Other. "The Other is female and here to play tricks for your amusement?" So she's a Taint Sage AND a comedian. Timeslip this story is getting shadier and shadier. If I wanted to organize a meeting with Teragen people, I'd at least shoot high. This, this is spooky and sketchy.

Anyway best of luck. Don't die or turn into Soma accidentally.

Edit: It's less a trust thing than just more and more kind of pertinent information leaking out about this Other. And I've found meeting people over the Opnet to be an unsafe practice. :end parental rant: There's just a lot that's not being said. Then again, almost no one says anything here. A lot of people likes to play Dick Tracy and live as mysteriously as possible. "Being in the Illuminati does not me you stop crapping, gentlemen." Go I wish I could remember what movie that line's from.

Sometimes, aberrations may be changed. I have seen this. I have never seen a case where aberrations are cured outright (though I have heard rumors).

Chanelling Taint is another matter. Chrysalis is what you seek for that.

So what do we have here? Someone that hangs out with someone like RiteGard, is careful of her citizenship rights in America, used the legal system to change her name to (insert spookie music here) The Other and then got a drivers license in the state of California. California? As if anyone in California ever learns to drive.



I smell wet ink on this one you troll. Cease and desist and if you really can't get dates any other way at least try for some originality next time. The guy in Cleveland that tried to market a genuine Tarot deck was kind of funny if a little desperate. The chick that put my Pursuer and Pax pictures as the front and back of a tee shirt was insightful and a smart business woman. This rip off is the bottom of a sticky barrel. And sad!

It exists and can be done but generally sucks for the people involved...that's why you don't hear about it so much. And very few Novas are really wiling to burn off a fairly large chunk of their power for something like that. Of course hunting down someone who can do it as well as affording such a thing...that's the catch.

Vanguard and Tarot: Would you mind taking the Other Name argument to it's own thread? Not to belittle either of your arguments but it's gotten off topic.

I guess I'm getting a little confused by all of the terminologies used here. "Taint," "Aberration," "Quantum Expression." Is there really any difference? Science is telling me yes but my powers are telling me no.

Just to set the record straght, my powers revolve around manipulating a Nova's Quantum Field. My own and others. Primarily this lets me mimic the "power" of other Novas but I've developed a few other abilites such as disrupting the powers of other Novas, rendering myself immune to other Nova's powers by copying their own immunity and even disrupting the special immunity Novas have to their own powers.

Now,I am not claiming to be an expert; I mean I'm only 15 and erupted less than a year ago. Add to that my limit grasp of the scientific principles behind all this but...

Just what exactly marks the distinction between "Power" and "Aberration?" Function? Appearance? Opinion of the Nova in question? Opinion of the general population?

Also, these terms don't seem to make any sense to me. What is the difference between "Taint" energy and "Quantum" energy? I'm mean, I can percieve the quantum forces at work when Novas use their powers and I have yet to see a difference the forces of a "tanted" Nova vrs. an "Untainted" Nova. Not that the bredth and depth of my experience is as vast as some here.

On a final note, I'm just curious why the Terats here continue to use such obviously negative terms such as "Taint" and "Aberration" when they claim that such things are not actually bad?

This isn't an attack by the way, just a curious question.

Well, enough rambling from me, I have to get back to packing and my Eufiber contol classes.

We're well aware of your power set Azure/Kid Quantum. It's very similar to several Novas on the board already it seems.
For what it's worth the terms don't matter much unless you're playing scientist or want to interact with other people.

Walker, sometimes you are the one you amaze most. As in I think you underestimate what you know and what you can do. I could be wrong, but if nothing else I think most novas could learn at least a thing or two,by spending a few days with you.

Tarot, seeing as you will not keep even a remotely civil tone I will not talk to you further. I hope you do not meet The other, in person.

Billy, I meet her in a rather strange way. She was still dealing with what her abilities were,and how she should treat them. But That is a long story. As for who she is,and how she acts, she just prefers to see and not be seen. I don't blame her.

Simon (or do you prefer Kid Quantum), I would like to talk with you sometime about what you do, how you feel/visualize what you do, and were you feel your powers are leading you.
Would that be okay?

Correction: (Due to the PM's I've gotten)
No. I have never seen an Aberration "cured." I have seen it absorbed by another Nova and kept there permanently. Hence the "it sucks for those involved" comment earlier.

Sorry for being vague.
-Alex

Excuse me? I beg to differ. My tone was remotely civil. Here. Let me show you the difference... Not unlike the Billmeister, I think she's a fabrication of yours to pull off an elaborate prank so that's not very likely is it?

You don't want to talk with me anymore? I'm dancing in the rain with joy. I have something more to say to you though. I don't care who you hang out with or what pranks you pull. More power to you and all that. So long as you don't share Cull's fondness for people in a light bernais sauce with a nice Chianti, I don't even care what you do for fun. But if you ever try to rip off my work again...

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I don't care if you are imagination retarded. I'll give you a problem the size of the San Andreas fault and shove it straight up your ass with all the help I can get to cram it in. After I finish bitch slapping you.

Now we're clear.

Someone's on to me. Clap your hands kids if you believe in Billy (and think happy thoughts).
Almost a decade on Television. Damn, I must be building up to some sort of HUGE prank to keep it going this long.
Seriously though it's Saturday night: See you guys 10pm Eastern. It's time for the Annual Nova Toy review. I finally got my hands on one of those expensive Talking Core Weeble-Wobbles. Should make for a great show.

Tarot, you are getting all riled up about the rather unimaginative title for a painting called The Other?

Glad to see that the world still revolves around you, buddy.

Billy, make sure its the Weeble-Wobble and not the real deal. They look an awful lot alike.

Tarot, I said that because unlike me she is not a forgiving person. The other would not think twice of ignoring you, or making you think you were a 13 year old girl. If you did see her, it would because she would want you to know why your life would seem so out of control. So, I said I would hope you don't see her, because if you did, it would mean bad things for you. I do not own, nor control her.

Jager: No its not the title of a painting. Nice of you to stop by. Take the time to actually read the posts sometime and it might increase your awareness of what's happening.

Vannie: Seeing as I believe her to be a fiction of yours with no existence in the real world beyond your limited imagination, this doesn't matter. If she did exist, I would have to contend with a master of the mind that despite great power felt the need to shore up her nova identity by getting a drivers license. Its sad, sweetheart. Silly, poignant and sad.

I use to think all the novas that were Terats were so cool. Then I erupted and met some.

I should have know better, tis true.
As unimaginative as The Other is as a title for a work of art, it still would be a major creative breakthrough for you. Silly me.

Likewise, if you had done a little more research, you would have learned that while The Other isn't a registered name on file, you couldn't register it. I have brought this to Appellate Lexington's attention and they are looking into it.
Perhaps someone pulled some strings a while back?

And perhaps Jager is just being Jager. All hail.

:p

Jager, I'm sorry to say this as I have not had issue with you before now, but you are simply being mean.

Tarot is a young man, a passionate artist who felt that his work, his lifesblood was being demeaned. Of course he responded with anger. You on the other hand are of greater age and experience. I would expect that you would show greater restraint than you have.

I apologize, Great Monster C.

"Kid Quantum" is the name I use in my role as a public figure for TnTM, Neil. Outside of that, I'd prefer if you just called me Simon.

I'd be more than happy to talk to you about my powers. In fact, you can ask away here if you like. My life is very hectic right now what with moving from Mexico City to Venice so an online dialogue is probably best.

What specifically would you like to know?

Simon, let's see if we can catch up at a later date. Most of my investigative questions come from visual perceptions. Good luck with your work in Project Utopia.