Editing Shell 4.4

{{infobox chapter
| book       = [[Shell]]
| number     = 4.4
| dateposted = 4 October 2011
| link       = http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/shell-4-4/ 
| previous   = [[Shell 4.3]]
| next       = [[Shell 4.5]]
}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is the fourth chapter of [[Shell]]. [[Brian]] shares his [[Trigger Event|backstory]] and motivations, convo turns to Taylor making team costumes. At the Loft, Taylor finds a present from Brian waiting for her, turns out [[Bitch]] is MIA.

==Plot==
{{Incomplete}}As [[Fugly Bob's]] becomes more crowded, the [[Undersiders]] decide to leave and walk back to the loft through the mostly-empty Market.

Along the way, [[Brian]] explains that he got his powers from beating up his mother's boyfriend when [[Aisha Laborn|his sister]] had texted him to help her, realizing that he had a trigger event while cleaning up after the fight. He reveals that he became a [[Villain|supervillain]] for the money he needs to apply to be his sister's guardian.

Conversation starts about [[Taylor]] makes everyone costumes gets started, Taylor quietly deals with the dissonance of doing this for a group of villains she is planning on turning in.

The Undersiders return to the loft only to discover that [[Rachel]] is missing, along with some of her dogs. Taylor finds out that Brian gave her a gift and hugs him in gratitude. As the team prepares to head out, they discover that Rachel's phone is out of service, meaning something has gone wrong.

==Major Events==
*Relationships deepen among the group.
*Bitch is missing and her phone is out of service.

==Characters==
{| class="CharTable"
! colspan=2|[[Villain|{{color|white|Villains}}]]
! Civilians
|-
|
;[[The Undersiders]]
*[[Taylor Hebert]]
*[[Grue]]
*[[Tattletale]]
*[[Regent]]
*[[Bitch]] {{M}}
|
;[[Bitch's Dogs]]
*[[Angelica]]
*[[Brutus]]
|
;[[Brockton Bay]]
*[[Aisha Laborn]] {{M}}
*Celia Laborn {{M}}
|}

==Trivia==
*Taylor still plans to leave the team at this point and act as a hero.
*[[Wildbow]] has stated that Brian lied about his trigger event in this chapter.<ref>[https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/18456358 IRC log archived on Spacebattles]</ref> The circumstances were broadly similar but important details and context were left out.<ref name="reddit1">Grue was abused by his mother's boyfriend when he was young, and fought to develop the strength and fortitude to never be that weak again. To go to help his sister with the same man, and to see the house and be brought back to his weakest, darkest moment, the man's eyes on him, he found the power to immerse the world in darkness. Environment and malign attention and the desire to protect his sister all factored into his power being what it was. - [https://www.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/3mwtd0/wormy_powers/ Comment by Wildbow on Reddit]</ref>

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