Worm Power Quest by JPublic

[Acyl]

The host didn't request 'conceal I'm a cape'.

No. The host didn't. Thing is, that isn't the only factor here, because:

Remember, unlike normal power parasites, you can actually help!  You should consider Taylor's general and future welfare in her choices, and feel free to exercise whatever canon knowledge you wish. 

Typically, I'd be against metagaming? But Jpub's instructions for the thread explicitly encourage us to do so. We're the shard. From a Watsonian perspective, the shard is HALPING. The shard isn't giving Taylor what she's asking for, the shard isn't even giving Taylor what she needs. The shard's giving Taylor what we think she really needs from a meta long-term point of view. General and future welfare.

From a Doylist perspective, a lot of us here seem to be assuming that the powers should ideally be subtle. Because keeping Taylor from being outed as a parahuman is seen as desirable goal - for as long as possible, at least. Now, that's driven by knowledge of canon and fanon? But we've been told to do our space whale fragment halping with that knowledge in mind.

a brain scan will show that she has an active power lobe (as opposed to a dormant one)

And as Velocity said: "Jesus.  If that's not a trigger event..."
They already suspect she may have triggered, so they'll likely do a brain scan to check.  even without obvious powers, she could still be a thinker or tinker

This is why I like what Hazard and ECSNorway are suggesting. It's low-key stuff that solves the immediate problem, works broadly to keep external observers guessing 'does she have powers or not'. Yeah, the jig may be up for some watchers, like the Protectorate/PRT, but it still keeps the full scope of her power under wraps. Even if we can't obscure the fact she's a parahuman, there may be some benefit in hiding exactly what her powers are.

[x] Plan ECSNorway.