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| <noinclude>'''Buzz''' is an arc from the Worm series. It is preceded by [[Tangle]] and followed by [[Extermination]]. | | <noinclude>'''Buzz''' is an arc from the Worm series; preceded by [[Tangle]] and followed by [[Extermination]]. Coil takes the next step in his plan to take over the city; the Undersiders deal with the aftermath. |
| ==Summary== | | ==Summary== |
| Gang violence overtakes Brockton Bay once again when the secret identities of the top members of Empire Eighty Eight are revealed to law enforcement and news media by Coil's operatives. The Undersiders mobilize against the white supremacists, first because Tattletale's power makes them the prime suspects, and then to stop the violence spilling out across the city as Purity demands the return of her daughter. | | Gang violence overtakes Brockton Bay once again when the secret identities of the top members of Empire Eighty Eight are revealed to law enforcement and news media by Coil's operatives. The Undersiders mobilize against the white supremacists, first because Tattletale's power makes them the prime suspects, and then to stop the violence spilling out across the city as Purity demands the return of her daughter. |
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| After resolving things with the white supremacists, the team arranges a meeting with Coil to renegotiate their place in his organization. It seems to be going well, until Coil shows off one of his prime strategic assets: a precognitive parahuman of impressive accuracy and control who also happens to be a preteen he keeps captive and addicted to drugs. The resulting moral dilemma drives a wedge between Taylor and the rest of the team. | | After resolving things with the white supremacists, the team arranges a meeting with Coil to renegotiate their place in his organization. It seems to be going well, until Coil shows off one of his prime strategic assets: a precognitive parahuman of impressive accuracy and control who also happens to be a preteen he keeps captive and addicted to drugs. The resulting moral dilemma drives a wedge between Taylor and the rest of the team. |
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| | The chapter ends with the electronic buzz of endbringer sirens. |
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| | In the interlude hannah has her annual dream and deals with super politics which is like regular politics but deals with weapons of death in human form. |
| ==Chapters==</noinclude> | | ==Chapters==</noinclude> |
| *[[Buzz 7.1]] | | *[[Buzz 7.1]] |
| *[[Buzz 7.2]] | | *[[Buzz 7.2]] |
| *[[Buzz 7.3]] | | *[[Buzz 7.3]] |
| *[[Buzz 7.4]] | | *[[Buzz 7.4]] |
| *[[Buzz 7.5]] | | *[[Buzz 7.5]] |
| *[[Buzz 7.6]] | | *[[Buzz 7.6]] |
| *[[Buzz 7.7]] | | *[[Buzz 7.7]] |
| *[[Buzz 7.8]] | | *[[Buzz 7.8]] |
| *[[Buzz 7.9]] | | *[[Buzz 7.9]] |
| *[[Buzz 7.10]] | | *[[Buzz 7.10]] |
| *[[Buzz 7.11]] | | *[[Buzz 7.11]] |
| *[[Buzz 7.12]] | | *[[Buzz 7.12]] |
| **[[Interlude 7|7x (Interlude; Hannah)]] | | **[[Interlude 7|7x (Interlude; Hannah)]]<noinclude> |
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| *Coming soon. | | *Buzz comes from lare middle english as french was just being integrated into the language. It originally meant imitative but has collected a variety of meanings since. Primarily of or relating to a low melodious tone whether created by natural or electronic means. |
| | **Buzz has been known for the sound bees make. Especially as the hive is threatened or damaged. Much has Coil does here, causing Empire Eighty-Eight to go on the warpath as their identities become a matter of public record and gossip. |
| </noinclude> | | </noinclude> |
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| **1.Gestation**
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| Entity meaning (Thanks to /u/iceman012): [Spoiler context](#s "This word is specifically addressed as a part of the story of the cosmic entities in Interlude 26.x: 'And the fragments radiate outward, shedding and dropping their protective shells as they sail into the black, empty void. **Gestation.**'")
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| **2.Insinuation**
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| Entity meaning (Thanks to /u/iceman012): [Spoiler context](#s "This word is specifically addressed as a part of the story of the cosmic entities in Interlude 26.x: 'This time, the shard settles in the male, then immediately shifts to the more distressed female. **Insinuation.** The shard connects to the host's neural network.'")
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| Also how the entity move
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| **3.Agitation**
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| Entity meaning (Thanks to /u/iceman012): [Spoiler context](#s "This word is specifically addressed as a part of the story of the cosmic entities in Interlude 26.x: 'Social creatures, forming communities. These societies teeter on fine balances, but they preserve nonetheless. A world rife with conflicts, big and small. **Agitation.**'")
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| **4.Shell**
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| Entity meaning (Thanks to /u/iceman012): [Spoiler context](#s "This word is specifically addressed as a part of the story of the cosmic entities in Interlude 26.x: 'They concentrate the energy as they form themselves into an encasement around the small planetoid. **Shell.**'")
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| **5. Hive**
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| Entity meaning (Thanks to /u/iceman012): [Spoiler context](#s "This word is specifically addressed as a part of the story of the cosmic entities in Interlude 26.x: 'The entity focuses on one. Enough individuals, natural conflict and confrontation. A balance of physical and emotional stressors. The environment is damaged, but not so much it would inhibit growth. **Hive.**'")
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| **6. Tangle**
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| Entity meaning (Thanks to /u/iceman012): [Spoiler context](#s "This word is specifically addressed as a part of the story of the cosmic entities in Interlude 26.x: 'What little energy they do manage to aquire in the process is lost in struggles to stay at the top and the continued efforts to avoid being pushed and pulled down by the coils of their neighbors. **Tangle.**'")
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| **7. Buzz**
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| Bug meaning: The noise bees and flies make.
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| Story meaning: [Spoiler context](#s "Buzz can also refer to talk and gossip, like the word getting out about the identities of the Empire 88's members, the main focus of this arc.")
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| Bonus story meaning: [Spoiler context](#s "People also often interpret the buzzing of a bee or wasp to be angry, and clearly the reactions of Empire 88 (and Purity specifically) are driven by rage.")
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| Bonus story meaning 2 (Thanks to /u/DitzyMirror): [Spoiler context](#s "This arc ends with an Endbringer siren, a noise one might possibly compare to a buzz.")
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| Entity meaning (Thanks to /u/iceman012): [Spoiler context](#s "This word is specifically addressed as a part of the story of the cosmic entities in Interlude 26.x: 'A structure, a vehicle appears. A hull pierces the water as it draws nearer. A crowd stands on the uppermost surface, gathering. They stare, even babble among themselves, their voices jumbling together, a hum, a blur. He can see into the other realities that lie adjacent to this one, similar people, similar crowds. **Drone. Buzz.**'")
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| **8. Extermination**
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| Bug meaning: If you have bugs in your house, you're likely to want some extermination.
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| Story meaning: [Spoiler context](#s "The Leviathan arc, where hero and villain alike face an enemy that threatens to exterminate them all.")
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| Entity meaning (Thanks to /u/iceman012): [Spoiler context](#s "This word is specifically addressed as a part of the story of the cosmic entities in Interlude 26.x: 'The entity extended its perceptions outward, felt the reaction, the outcry. It turned words around in its head, as if it were broadcasting to itself. **Scourge. Extermination. Extinction.** The last one was the one to fit.'")
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| **9. Sentinel**
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| Bug meaning: There may be other uses of the word "sentinel" in the context of insect-related thing, but the one I'm familiar with is the sentinel beehive. Sentinel beehives are beehives on the borders in Australia that people are using to watch out for devastating parasites.
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| Story meaning: [Spoiler context](#s "This is the Wards arc, that focuses on the heroes, the sentinels protecting the law and society.")
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| Entity meaning (Thanks to /u/iceman012): [Spoiler context](#s "This word is specifically addressed as a part of the story of the cosmic entities in Interlude 26.x: 'It confides the thoughts and memories of the society it investigated into a usable fashion. Then it waits. **Sentinel.**'")
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| **10. Parasite**
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| Bug meaning: Some insects are parasites, that live by exploiting (and usually harming) another species.
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| Story meaning: [Spoiler context](#s "The title likely refers to Regent's control over Shadow Stalker, exploiting her for the Undersiders' own ends.")
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| Bonus story meaning: [Spoiler context](#s "Bitch clearly sees Taylor as a parasite in the Undersiders, and seeks to eliminate her from their group.")
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| Bonus story meaning 2: [Spoiler context](#s "Dragon's machines, as we see in this arc, are operated in part by a nonhuman biological lifeform living within them. It's not technically a parasite, but given how little Taylor and the Undersiders know about Dragon, it can easily be seen as such by them.")
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| Entity meaning (Thanks to /u/iceman012): [Spoiler context](#s "This word is specifically addressed as a part of the story of the cosmic entities in Interlude 26.x: 'It borrows of the conflict and stress of this new, alien species. It borrows of the evolution, of the learning, of the crisis. In some ways, it is a symbiote. In other... **Parasite.**'")
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| **11. Infestation**
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| Bug meaning: If you have a lot of bugs in your house, it's sure to be called an infestation.
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| Story meaning: [Spoiler context](#s "Like bugs infesting a house, the Travelers and Undersiders begin infesting the city, claiming it as their own.")
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| Bonus story meaning: [Spoiler context](#s "The title could also refer to the Merchants, a disgusting infestation of lowlifes creeping up on the edges of the city.")
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| Bonus story meaning 2 (Thanks to /u/ditzymirror): [Spoiler context](#s "This is the first time that we see signs that the Slaughterhouse Nine is 'infesting' the city as well.")
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| Entity meaning (Thanks to /u/iceman012): [Spoiler context](#s "This word is specifically addressed as a part of the story of the cosmic entities in Interlude 26.x: 'Shards are reorganized, combined and clustered where necessary, to grant sufficient protection. **Infestation.**'")
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| [[Category:Arcs]] | | [[Category:Arcs]] |
Buzz is an arc from the Worm series; preceded by Tangle and followed by Extermination. Coil takes the next step in his plan to take over the city; the Undersiders deal with the aftermath.
Summary
Gang violence overtakes Brockton Bay once again when the secret identities of the top members of Empire Eighty Eight are revealed to law enforcement and news media by Coil's operatives. The Undersiders mobilize against the white supremacists, first because Tattletale's power makes them the prime suspects, and then to stop the violence spilling out across the city as Purity demands the return of her daughter.
After resolving things with the white supremacists, the team arranges a meeting with Coil to renegotiate their place in his organization. It seems to be going well, until Coil shows off one of his prime strategic assets: a precognitive parahuman of impressive accuracy and control who also happens to be a preteen he keeps captive and addicted to drugs. The resulting moral dilemma drives a wedge between Taylor and the rest of the team.
The chapter ends with the electronic buzz of endbringer sirens.
In the interlude hannah has her annual dream and deals with super politics which is like regular politics but deals with weapons of death in human form.
Chapters
Trivia
- Buzz comes from lare middle english as french was just being integrated into the language. It originally meant imitative but has collected a variety of meanings since. Primarily of or relating to a low melodious tone whether created by natural or electronic means.
- Buzz has been known for the sound bees make. Especially as the hive is threatened or damaged. Much has Coil does here, causing Empire Eighty-Eight to go on the warpath as their identities become a matter of public record and gossip.