Editing Nice Guy (section)

==Abilities and Powers==
Nice Guy's power makes people incapable of perceiving him as a threat. Even if he commits violent acts, those observing him see him as a harmless bystander.<ref name="26.1">[[Sting 26.1]]</ref> His power is more effective if he has line of sight with his victims,<ref name="26.6">I turned and started to fire before the individual in question could step through the doorway.  By the time I made the conscious decision and started squeezing the trigger, the individual in question was emerging.  The bullet made contact, passing through their head.<br/><br/>A life taken.  A hostage killed.  But I couldn’t afford to take any chances.<br/><br/>No.<br/><br/>I shook my head a little.<br/><br/>A Nice Guy, not a hostage.<br/><br/>He needed to focus on people to use his power.  That focus was far weaker if he couldn’t see someone.  My voice would be another vector, as well as knowing my location. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/03/sting-26-6/ Excerpt] from [[Sting 26.6]]</ref> however those he was unable to focus on were resistant.<ref name="26.1 e3">Imp appeared as she booted the bleeding man in the small of the back.  He rolled down the stairs, leaving spatters and sprays of blood as he made his way down, and then collapsed in a pile of bodies.  He started screaming, a gurgling sound.<br/><br/>I could see Chevalier and the others staring in shock, adopting fighting stances, unsure of how to proceed.  It looked like Chevalier was talking to someone, gesturing with his free hand.  Was it Revel, on the comms?<br/><br/>“My schtick,” Imp spat the words at the dying man.<br/><br/>I could mark the moment he died, because the blanks in my perception began to fill in.<br/><br/>''Nice Guy'', I thought.  I’d badly underestimated the severity of his power.  I’d known he would be in their roster, had kept it in mind throughout, even told myself to be ready for him, and then the moment we ran into him, well, he was another face in the crowd.  The connection wasn’t possible. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/sting-26-1/ Excerpt] from [[Sting 26.1]]</ref>

People seeing him for the first time don't immediately identify him as a threat.<ref name="26.1 e1" /> Even when redirected to focus on him, he is effectively immune to notice or ire.<ref name="26.1 e2">''“No, to her right.”''<br/><br/>I looked past the man and set my eyes on Golem.<br/><br/>“I’m more inclined to think ''you’re'' a voice in my head that’s fucking with me, than to suspect Golem’s up to something, but-”<br/><br/>''“Oh hell,”'' Revel said.<br/><br/>''“[[Tattletale|I]] got this.  Taylor, do me a favor, give the order to ‘go dark’.”''<br/><br/>“Go dark,” I said. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/sting-26-1/ Excerpt] from [[Sting 26.1]]</ref> Even people fully aware of him and actively on guard for his appearance would not be able to recognize him as a threat.<ref name="26.1 e3" />

The original Nice Guy may have been able to use his abilities more deftly than what was seen,<ref name="26.3c1">Though it’s somewhat justified in this instance as they don’t retain their full memories – only cobbled-together personalities and histories. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/23/sting-26-3/#comment-33606 Comment] by Wildbow in [[Sting 26.3]]</ref><ref name="I26e1">The entity observed the ongoing conflict.  No less than five seconds after it had been trapped, two figures had emerged from a doorway between worlds.  The entity could see the paths forming, trace them back to the source.  Another world, a living world without a shard occupying it.<br/><br/>They engaged [[Harbinger|the eight]] with their own perception abilities, intervening to assist a group of others.  As a pair, they opened fire with guns, then waded into hand to hand combat.<br/><br/>[[Warrior Entity|The entity]] looked at [[The Number Man|the male]], and it saw the connection to the same shard as the eight.  His connection was stronger, more mature. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/10/interlude-26/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 26]]</ref> but may also have been more reckless.<ref name="I25 e1"> Her test runs with the others had all worked.  They were close enough to feel familiar, even if little details were off.  Their personalities, their approaches, all would be close enough.  Here and there, she’d fixed things, corrected the most detrimental personality traits that had been turned against them and allowed them to be captured or killed. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/16/interlude-25/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 25]]</ref>