I'm going to shorten this post a bit to provide a lot of new information about Lara. And Faite.




I have to wonder though if she's just the type to break that pattern, though, because she was visiting the Wonderwall with no ambition. No need for power, no need for knowledge in a hurry. The only achilles heel, perhaps, was that she had some fear - of losing the ability to care for her friends.

Also, she would have thought of the obvious question: If the Wonderwall is so great, why don't *you* jump in?





Semi-off-topic since I did promise more information about Lara:

Her first boyfriend, after living with him for a while, turned out badly for her. He decided he wanted to marry, but she didn't; and he kicked her out so he could find someone who did want to marry.

The short-lived fling with CSFB! ended with him being unable to keep his mouth shut, and her nearly losing all of her friends over it. She still hasn't forgiven him for it.

She's close friends with Hatman, but she refuses to pursue so much as a kiss from him. He reminds her too much of her first boyfriend, because of his aspirations to get married and have kids soon, and she also thinks of him as someone who burns through girlfriends and then throws them away. So she's friends with him now, but believes if she goes beyond that, there's zero chance of a friendship later.

And she would see the same thing in Winkleweld. Someone who burns through girlfriends, and then throws them away. That would repel her no matter the other circumstances.





I did say that Lara is about halfway between Jedi and Sith. So she has as much potential for protecting the universe as seizing control of it.

Winkleweld might find it interesting, though, that she finds his goal of ruling to be ridiculous. For her, just *having* the power to do so is enough.





Faite likes taking the shortest route with the least interference. She probably took some kind of hand in making sure Sir Mumphrey got access to all of the Cosmic Office objects. She may just give him full access to the Cosmic Offices temporarily just to annoy the New Pantheon if they piss her off.

And because she's a little bit sadistic, if they start succeeding, she'll wait until success is within their grasp and then yank it away from them. If she has to visit them personally, she won't have any qualms about completely destroying them, so they're better off dealing with the Lair Legion.








Imagine trillions of tiny extension cords coming from trillions of electrical outlets in trillions of homes. Each one of them draws next to nothing, but put them all together, and you have some serious power.

Lara siphons tiny amounts of power from the entire universe, but because she's a tiny speck compared to the universe, it comes out to a huge amount of power.

She's more battery than capacitor. As with a battery, she can't release it all at once - there's a limit to how much can be at one time - and she doesn't recharge fully immediately, though it doesn't take very long.

Also like a battery, she can hold a full charge indefinitely, and doesn't release any energy accidentally - it takes a lot of conscious effort to do so. She won't electrocute someone by getting too excited or scared. Touching her skin is perfectly safe.

Because of that, when she's not using her power she's as completely defenseless as Visionary. Years of practice has made her difficult to catch off guard.

She can release lightning from any part of her body, and also radiate electric and magnetic energy all around herself - sort of a "shield" or a push or pull mechanism to move or break through objects, to move heavy things, or make herself fly.

The one feature she hasn't quite mastered yet is siphoning directly from the universe and releasing massive amounts of energy. She has pulled that off once or twice, but doesn't know how to do it consciously.