“There will be more. We’ve got a lead on a young man who could be joining as a new member, assuming we can get close enough to him to make the offer. I trust you know your classifications?”
Hm, interesting. Is this someone we know?
“I do,” Weld nodded. He’d memorized it as a rhyme, as suggested by his old boss. Maybe that had been the intention from the start:
Mover, Shaker,
Brute and Breaker.Master, Tinker,
Blaster and Thinker,Striker, Changer,
Trump and Stranger.
Ooh! Okay, so we’ve got some interpretation to do here:
- Mover is obvious. Moves stuff. Telekinesis, launching and the like. Pretty simple. …Wait. I guess this could alternatively be those whose own movement is enhanced, such as fliers or speedsters. But then where do telekinetics fit in? Shaker?
- Shaker sounds like a variant that can’t quite move things, but can make them react physically in some way.
- Brute, we’ve been over with Lung. Physically strong and/or defended.
- Breaker: Breaks stuff. Faultline probably falls under this.
- Master: This one we’re well aware of. Covers Taylor and Paige, those with the power to control people or other living beings.
- Tinker: Parahumanly skilled at technology. Tends to have a specialty, such as Bakuda’s bombs, Armmaster’s small technology or Leet’s one-time inventions.
- Blaster: Ranged strikes, such as lasers. Lung also falls under this due to his blasts of fire.
- Thinker: Those whose mind give them an upper hand, like Tattle.
- Striker: Probably covers super-strength, among other things that would enhance one’s physical attack power.
- Changer: Changes one thing to another, as with transmutation or transfiguration.
- Trump: …powers that override other powers in some sense, maybe?
- Stranger: Probably the miscellaneous category. I’ve said before that this system needs to have one, and this sounds like one. Alternatively, this could be “we don’t fuckin’ know”.
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