Stripper With a System Companion Poll
- Sage 21
- Kara Zor-El 83
- Lara Croft 15
- Momo Yaoyorozu 139
- Crystal Pelham 14
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Alright! Took me a couple of days longer to get this put together than I'd expected, but put together it is! For those who haven't been paying attention, I've mentioned a couple of times that one feature of Stripper With a System is a bit more interactivity with you, my patrons. Specifically, whenever Rylia is ready to purchase a major new companion, I'm intending to put it up to a vote who she summons. Now, for her very first companion, there are all sorts of options! Too many, really! I had to winnow the field down to a reasonable number, which took a bit of time and thought. Here are the options I've come up with:
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1) Sage (Marvel) - The Administrator! Rylia is up to her tits in projects that she needs to run and manage! Teresia Karisik, better known as Sage, is a mutant whose brain functions operate similar to a computer. Something which grants her perfect memory and incredible analysis ability. She also has considerable skill as a spy, and solid telepathic abilities. An extremely skilled hacker with some engineering skills (though she's not an innovator, instead working to improve existing designs), she would be a solid choice in both the short and long term.
Special Note: Sage's personality is such that she will not, under any circumstances, be paired with Rylia in a relationship. She's never been paired long-term with anyone in Marvel (that I know of), for a good reason. She pretty much doesn't do the whole relationship thing at all. So if you're wanting that for Rylia's first summons, she's not the right pick.
2) Kara Zor-El (DC Comics - Depowered) - Inventor Extraordinaire! A version of Kara Zor-El who had an unfortunate encounter with Gold Kryptonite during her escape from Krypton. To be honest, this never really bothered her, as she'd never lived under a Yellow Sun. In fact, the one time she met Prime Superman, she considered him a horrible brute and insult to the House of El anyway. After all, their family was Science Caste! Not military, to go around punching everything like some sort of thug! Ugh. No, instead, Kara has a full education from the Krypton Science Academy and a will to use it to invent things that actually improve the world, not punch some random villain of the week! A generalist inventor with an extremely wide field of study and genius level intellect, Kara would be a major asset to helping Rylia adapt and develop technologies into the Mass Effect universe.
Special Note: This Kara is in her twenties, so yes Rylia will totally try getting in her panties. How well that works out will remain to be seen ;-).
3) Lara Croft - Archeologist Adventuerous! The Reapers are out there, and sooner or later Rylia is going to need to prove it! Liara's currently a bit too young to get the job done, even if Rylia threw resources and information her way. So...why not recruit the famous Lara Croft, Archeologist and Tomb Raider, with a side of badass adventurer, to go looking for proof in all those dusty, dirty places that Rylia doesn't want to go herself? This sounds like a great plan!
Special Note: Yes, also a potential relationship option, but a fairly slow burn and casual one, as her role would take her away from Rylia frequently.
4) Momo Yaoyorozu (MHA) - Business Expert: A version of Momo who, after the chaos of a few years as a Pro Hero, retired to take over the Yaoyorozu Group business holdings. A genuine expert at running a massive international corporation, including dealing with politics where such big business brushes up against such, she would be invaluable to Rylia several times over. To help run her growing business empire, helping navigate politics, using her Quirk to provide various forms of rare Unobtanium from different settings, and lending her combat skills to close-in protection for Rylia.
Special Note: Intrigued, if embarrassed, by the initial products Rylia is making her empire based off of. Easily suckered into helping 'test' them...
5) Crystal Pelham (Worm/Parahumans) - PR Expert: An AU version of Crystal Pelham who actually managed to finish a degree in Communications before everything on her Earth Bet went to hell. An expert in handling Public Relations of all sorts, up to an including with mercenaries, paramilitary groups, and politicians. Also an ideal close-in bodyguard due to copious amounts of combat experience and retaining her ability to create shields and fly.
Special Note: A girl with exotic tastes and is very interested in the alien species out there, including Asari. On a personal level ;-).
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Each character is picked to fill a certain primary niche, as you can see. They also, notably, aren't all that powerful (Sage and Crystal are probably the most so). Rylia hasn't built up a ton of Karma Points to spend, yet. So she's limited in who she can summon! Also, I don't want her to summon people who outright break the setting :-p. So that's in! Get your votes in, folks!