Presage

xmung · Joined: 24 Nov 2003 Posts: 2020 Location: Oz

Stuff you need to know: At this point in the story... Karma Joffe is a newly appointed member of the Magellan Academic council, replacing Gola Beh - a long-time Councillor and co-founder of Magellan Academy. Karma immediately started to make her presence felt by calling into question Kaycee Jones' cadetship at Magellan, citing possible vigilante tendencies.

Council chairperson Mary Jemmas has asked Dr Freya Foster to keep a track of Kaycee's progress. Freya, whose 'vybe' power enables her to alter and sense the emotional state of other sentient beings, finds herself increasingly troubled by her inability to vybe anything from Karma. More on the Council here.

Of course, if you are subscribed to Graphic Smash you can also read these three scenes... Vigilante tendencies, Debrief and The big day....

If you've got any questions, just drop 'em here...
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Wanderer · Joined: 10 Nov 2004 Posts: 209

All right, now that's pushing it. Kaycee did excellently in the exercise. There's no justification for Premonita to recommend any such thing, so how does she expect to get away with it?
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Blob · Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Posts: 3159

Well, if she's a precog, she might get away with saying "I've got a bad feeling about this." On the other hand, Kaycee may have enough backing on the council to make it. Still, the council seems pretty political, so the process may have more to do with internal politics than Kaycee's worth.

JustinPie · Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 10:40 am Post subject:

What if Karma was somehow involved in the initial plane incident, and doesn't even have any precog abilities?
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Wanderer · Joined: 10 Nov 2004 Posts: 209

Some of us have certainly entertained the possibility that she was involved in the accident... Especially since it almost certainly wasn't an "accident." Wings do not just blow off of planes for no reason.

There are certainly plenty of little hints pointing at things to make us suspicious of her. Normally this kind of obsessive dislike of a cadet would undoubtedly raise suspicion about the person involved, but everyone here "knows" that this woman is a respected superhero. That gives her an excellent cover...

I don't trust her. Viewing things from the outside, we can see and be suspicious of how continuously "anti-Kaycee" she is, and how little cause she seems to have for it. WE aren't blinded by her "reputation" or her position on the council. I can only hope that a few others besides Vybe will pick up this suspicion...
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Phalanx · Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 1:03 pm Post subject:

Heh MAybe the reason she obsessively hates Kaycee is because Kaycee is one the who will be the biggest danger to her. She doesn't rely on her powers but her brain instead.
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The REAL Brian · Joined: 13 Sep 2003 Posts: 2758

OR maybe Kaycee really is a genuine danger to the academy. A precog would be the one to forsee such a thing.
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Wanderer · Joined: 10 Nov 2004 Posts: 209

But she's already said she's not a long-range precog.
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xmung · Joined: 24 Nov 2003 Posts: 2020 Location: Oz

in my usual fashion of giving nothing away, i will say that thursday's update gives us a bit more info on karma - as freya, tom and mary discuss their reaction to her comments - but sunday's update will provide a big piece to the karma puzzle and set up the major story thread in chapter 3...
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Wanderer · Joined: 10 Nov 2004 Posts: 209

Unlikely. The others were prepared to do far worse to each other in the process of combat. Kaycee reacted DEFENSIVELY at all times. She merely showed initiative in being willing to use whatever weapons were needed to defend herself. Considering the mismatch in direct power between her and Charisma, that's all she could have done. That's something worthy of praise, not condemnation.

More than that, Charisma's attitude towards Kaycee is more harmful to teamwork of the cadets than anything Kaycee's done.
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xmung · Joined: 24 Nov 2003 Posts: 2020 Location: Oz

No explosions... not yet anyway... Wink

I might note that it isn't without precedent for a cadetship to be annulled. Councillor Ken Spence threw Luke McDonald (aka Wombatman) out of the academy, although the reasons for that hasn't been explained at this point.
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JustinPie · Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 7:48 pm Post subject:

It seems inevitable that hanging around the capes, you're bound to get an opportunity or two to pick up some super powers or special totem, but characters like Batman would pass, worrying about personal corruption or something. (To some extent, this is why Tina still only uses her powers very selectively).

So anyway, it's pretty obvious that Kaycee won't let a lack of powers stop her, but will Kaycee deliberately try to avoid getting powers in the future?
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xmung · Joined: 24 Nov 2003 Posts: 2020 Location: Oz

xmung · Joined: 24 Nov 2003 Posts: 2020 Location: Oz

A couple of pics - Gola Beh and Karma/Premonitia from their hey-days (circa 1965 thru 1970s)...

Gola Beh - powerful blind telepath. Former member of International Justice Force, Force Magellan; co-founder Magellan Justice Academy; member of Magellan Academic Council - current status: on sabbatical.
To date we've only seen Gola in the Magellan History.

Premonitia (aka Karma Joffe) - highly accurate short-range pre-cog, can predict long range but with much less accuracy. Former member of International Justice Force; freelance consultant; current status: member of Magellan Academic Council.
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