I fear that I have made a grave mistake.
As another swarm of bees arrived and settled themselves on my skin, I hastened to explain exactly what had just happened, at least as far as I knew. "Perhaps an hour ago, I was driving home on a perfectly normal day, when I noticed a sign being put up for the Grand Opening of a new Super Market, and being a bit hungry I stopped in. It turned out I was the very first customer, so I was given a door prize as I picked up some supplies for lunch, then continued to my abode. I ate a Super Sandwich! I drank Super Soup! I washed up with Super Soap! And then, I spun the Super GLobe and flipped open the Super Travel Guide I'd selected as my fun and educational Super First Customer Prize, and stabbed a finger down with my eyes closed to see what super exotic location I would read about first! I looked down and saw that it landed on Brockton Bay... and then I was falling, and landed on top of you, even if I some how did not land with exceptional force!"
"A super sandwich."
Oh dear, that doesn't sound very encouraging. The bees are getting restless, too. "The ham was Super Delicious!" I added, "And the vegetable soup had Super Vitamins and Minerals!" This is going to hurt, isn't it? At least I'm not allergic to bee stings, but I can't help flinching in anticipation...
***
So, this has sort of been buzzing around my head since the original Toon/Worm Dungeon Crawl idea was floated, playing with the Mighty Mouse origin story to get an SI out of it, without some smug ROB showing up to give an unhelpful explanation and get cursed/whined at. I haven't done any Toon statistics, but Soupyman is not QUITE so uber as Mighty Mouse - his main power is Soupy Liquid Control, though in less Toony terms that translates to some pretty kickass hydrokinesis - he can affect his own body liquids to fly soupy fast, be soupy strong and soupy tough, as well as the usual external manipulations associated with it, the main limitations being a penalty to do more than one thing at a time, not affecting un-soupy liquids (ones that don't contain water, or pure water with no significant dissolved/suspended materials) and needing to concentrate on bigger effects. It's Soupy Powers, not an entity shard, so no Manton effect as such either, though because it's Toon he doesn't do lethal damage any more than he receives it - no matter how bad the mauling, it's fine after a beat, or in extreme cases a scene change or new episode. The Super Soap just makes sure he stays squeaky clean (IC justification for toony resetting including his Soupy Suit after he makes one) and you should already be able to tell what effect the Super Ham had
No, he's not a Cauldron Cape, that's a bowl of chicken noodle with veggies, because he's Soupyman! Eat up, and away!
ETA: Leviathan arrives. "They say too many cooks spoil the pot; well you mister are one big, mean sea-cook too many!"
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows
As another swarm of bees arrived and settled themselves on my skin, I hastened to explain exactly what had just happened, at least as far as I knew. "Perhaps an hour ago, I was driving home on a perfectly normal day, when I noticed a sign being put up for the Grand Opening of a new Super Market, and being a bit hungry I stopped in. It turned out I was the very first customer, so I was given a door prize as I picked up some supplies for lunch, then continued to my abode. I ate a Super Sandwich! I drank Super Soup! I washed up with Super Soap! And then, I spun the Super GLobe and flipped open the Super Travel Guide I'd selected as my fun and educational Super First Customer Prize, and stabbed a finger down with my eyes closed to see what super exotic location I would read about first! I looked down and saw that it landed on Brockton Bay... and then I was falling, and landed on top of you, even if I some how did not land with exceptional force!"
"A super sandwich."
Oh dear, that doesn't sound very encouraging. The bees are getting restless, too. "The ham was Super Delicious!" I added, "And the vegetable soup had Super Vitamins and Minerals!" This is going to hurt, isn't it? At least I'm not allergic to bee stings, but I can't help flinching in anticipation...
***
So, this has sort of been buzzing around my head since the original Toon/Worm Dungeon Crawl idea was floated, playing with the Mighty Mouse origin story to get an SI out of it, without some smug ROB showing up to give an unhelpful explanation and get cursed/whined at. I haven't done any Toon statistics, but Soupyman is not QUITE so uber as Mighty Mouse - his main power is Soupy Liquid Control, though in less Toony terms that translates to some pretty kickass hydrokinesis - he can affect his own body liquids to fly soupy fast, be soupy strong and soupy tough, as well as the usual external manipulations associated with it, the main limitations being a penalty to do more than one thing at a time, not affecting un-soupy liquids (ones that don't contain water, or pure water with no significant dissolved/suspended materials) and needing to concentrate on bigger effects. It's Soupy Powers, not an entity shard, so no Manton effect as such either, though because it's Toon he doesn't do lethal damage any more than he receives it - no matter how bad the mauling, it's fine after a beat, or in extreme cases a scene change or new episode. The Super Soap just makes sure he stays squeaky clean (IC justification for toony resetting including his Soupy Suit after he makes one) and you should already be able to tell what effect the Super Ham had
No, he's not a Cauldron Cape, that's a bowl of chicken noodle with veggies, because he's Soupyman! Eat up, and away!
ETA: Leviathan arrives. "They say too many cooks spoil the pot; well you mister are one big, mean sea-cook too many!"
--
"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows