New and updated Worm fanfic in the week of 2017-Nov-18 to Nov-24

There were twenty-three new fics, nine new one-shot fics, seven revived fics, and seventy-six updated fics.
There were also three new quests, one revived quest, and eleven updated quests.

New Fics

Age of Gods
Author: Electric Heart
Total length: 2 chapters, 2.8k words (SB, SV, QQ)
Updated on: Wed at 7 pm UTC
Genre: Fantasy
Summary:
Cauldron was successful with killing Scion before Parahumans became the norm of the World. They were even able to prevent the catastrophic destruction and death, which the battle should have brought with it but their victory was short lived. Before his death, he was able to break the Earth apart. Not only Earth Bet, but all Earth's and connected those remnants with each other, while trapping everything in a weird dimension. Taylor and Emma survived the initial event and now live in one of the farther islands far away from the usual civilizations which condensed into big floating islands and other constructs, far more significant than the previous cities. But together with the new environment, humanity is now faced with many different civilizations, animals, and monsters from across the Universe which join their ranks. Or is it the other way around?
Another Path
Author: Selector
Total length: 1 chapter, 12k words (FF)
Updated on: Wed at 6 pm UTC
Rating: M
Summary:
What if Taylor wasn't a wimp. What if she was just a bit lost instead. What if her power wasn't either.
The Bright Wing over Anchorage
Author: Historian
Total length: 3 chapters, 4.3k words (SB)
Updated on: Thu at 2 am UTC
Crossover: DC
Summary:
Barry Allen has destroyed the world - and in the aftermath, a thousand heroes are lost among the multiverses. For the folk of Earth Bet lying unsuspecting, little changes. For the people of Anchorage, though, a new force rises in the shade as the new Department 64 walks out into the light. The next Detective. The worthy successor. The one who defeated the League of Assassins and the Council of Spiders. The one who knew Batman lived. Timothy Drake. Red Robin. Unleashed.
Digital Havoc: Multiversal Migraine Delivery Service
Author: Nihilo
Total length: 10 chapters, 17k words (SB)
Updated on: Thu at 7 pm UTC
Crossover: Digimon
Tags: Eventual Multicross, SI
Don't Call Me a Matador
Author: PaxMatt
Total length: 2 chapters, 6.4k words (FF)
Updated on: Thu at 8 am UTC
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Characters: OC
Rating: T
Summary:
Ricky Vasquez is a sixteen year old in a rather ordinary Texas city coping with completely average problems like racism, gang violence, super villains, and self discovery.
I met her in a parking lot behind Arby's
Author: IAmARobot
Total length: 2 chapters, 2.9k words (SB)
Updated on: Sun at 4 am UTC
In the belly of the beast
Author: Colorfull wanderer
Total length: 1 chapter, 1.1k words (SB)
Updated on: Thu at 4 am UTC
Loaded Deck
Author: Massgamer
Total length: 3 chapters, 10k words (SB)
Updated on: Fri at 8 pm UTC
Crossover: YuGiOh
Madgirl in a Wormverse
Author: Richpad
Total length: 5 chapters, 25k words (SB)
Updated on: Tue at 11 pm UTC
Tags: altpower:Girl Genius!Taylor
Summary:
Sparks do not understand the concept of overkill or restraint. Taylor Hebert understands neither compromise nor discretion. What would happen if a young Taylor Hebert didn’t receive a Tinker's agent, but instead ignited a spark? Tonight, and for the period that I can stick at a keyboard, Taylor Hebert is a ‘Madgirl in a Wormverse’.
The Nine's Slaughterhouse
Author: Churl
Total length: 1 chapter, 1.5k words (SB)
Updated on: Tue at 5 am UTC
Crossover: The Suffering Game
Not Exactly Infamous
Author: Inquisitor Halbread
Total length: 1 chapter, 2.7k words (SB, SV)
Updated on: Tue at 2 pm UTC
Fusion: Infamous
Nothing to do with Dionysus
Author: FacelessDoll
Total length: 2 chapters, 7.3k words (SV)
Updated on: Thu at 3 pm UTC
Tags: greek mythology, power armor, robots, tinker, worm
Summary:
Annette Hebert loved Greek and Roman myths and literature. She had quite the collection before she died, and now that collection belonged to her daughter, Taylor. Taylor has been having a hard time. Between a father drowning in grief and alcohol, the betrayal of a one time close friend, and constant harassment by her peers, among other things, it is thanks to her mother's books that she has managed to stay sane. And now she is a Tinker who specializes in robotics, and a Thinker on top of that. Maybe it would be healthy for her to get a new hobby to take her mind off of everything. Look out world! The modern day Daedalus has arrived!
OP, Yes Please!
Author: NuntiusTheCourier
Total length: 2 chapters, 12k words (FF)
Updated on: Thu at 1 am UTC
Genre: Adventure, Humor
Tags: CYOA, SI
Characters: OC
Rating: M
Summary:
What happens when you throw your average nerd into a universe as messed up as Worm? He dies, rather quickly in fact. But if you power him up before tossing him to the wolves. That my friends, is when things start to get interesting.
Pinky and the Brain
Author: ssfr
Total length: 2 chapters, 1.1k words (FF)
Updated on: Fri at 5 am UTC
Genre: Romance, Sci-Fi
Tags: ship:Skitter/Panacea
Characters: Panacea, Skitter
Rating: T
Summary:
When one reaches the bottom, the only way to go is up. Taylor takes a few extra seconds in an emergency to help an acquaintance, and breaks the story . . .
Princess of Ash
Author: greysongarr
Total length: 2 chapters, 11k words (SB)
Updated on: Wed at 9 am UTC
Crossover: Dark Souls
Reality Intrudes
Author: Ack
Total length: 2 chapters, 2.8k words (SB, FF, QQ, SV)
Updated on: Sat at 3 pm UTC
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Crossover: Matrix
Characters: Emma B., OC, Shadow Stalker
Rating: T
Summary:
What if Worm was just a Matrix simulation, and an operative came calling ... ?
Same Old World
Author: NihilisticJanitor
Total length: 4 chapters, 9.7k words (SB)
Updated on: Mon at 7 am UTC
Tags: Powerless AU
Summary:
To be more specific, in this story Emma, after graduating from college, has a chance encounter with Taylor, fresh out of her game. Taylor runs, and Emma resolves to find Taylor and make it up to her for all of the bullying. Having no way to contact Taylor, she is forced to talk to Taylor's old gaming buddies in order to find out what happened while Emma was in college.
A Storm of Blades
Author: SeerKing
Total length: 2 chapters, 4.5k words (FF)
Updated on: Mon at 2 am UTC
Rating: M
Skittering Thief
Author: ShayneT
Total length: 4 chapters, 12k words (AO3, SB, FF)
Updated on: Fri at 12 am UTC
Characters: Taylor Hebert
Rating: Not Rated
Summary:

Granted powers from another world, Taylor Hebert must deal with a world of Capes who want to kill her once they discover that she can permanently steal powers.

VAINGLORIOUS
Author: Numen
Total length: 7 chapters, 21k words (SV, SB)
Updated on: Fri at 5 pm UTC
Crossover: Thor
Tags: awesomeness, elves, gods, mcu, thor
Valhalla
Author: Moonfeather
Total length: 2 chapters, 2.2k words (SB)
Updated on: Wed at 10 pm UTC
Crossover: Fate
We are number one but it's Greg and he's a Superhero
Author: Ironypus
Total length: 6 chapters, 8.8k words (SB)
Updated on: Fri at 6 am UTC
Y'all Are Stupid
Author: Jsyrin
Total length: 7 chapters, 8k words (SB)
Updated on: Fri at 8 am UTC
Crossover: Pokemon


New Quests

Beyond the Dreams
Author: WastingPixies
Total length: 1 chapter, 2k words (SV)
Updated on: Sun at 8 pm UTC
Crossover: DC
Tags: discussion and votes keeps the quest going, discussion is the best thing since sliced bread, reincarnation
Summary:
Dreams are strange, sometimes they are mad ramblings that simply makes you shake your head when you wake up. Other times you wake up from dreams with ideas, things that you saw that you can't help but find brilliant.
The Electrifying Adventures of Doctor Menlo
Author: sun tzu
Total length: 1 chapter, 1.8k words (SV)
Updated on: Wed at 1 am UTC
Tags: tinker!OC
The Sleep of Reason
Author: Grek
Total length: 2 chapters, 1.3k words (SV)
Updated on: Fri at 3 am UTC
Crossover: The Gamer
Tags: not serious, philosophy, politics, religion


One-shot Fics

Honeybee
Author: ajf115
Total length: 1 chapter, 1.7k words (SB)
Updated on: Tue at 10 pm UTC
Fusion: The Secret World
Detention
Author: smolandfeisty
Total length: 1 chapter, 1.2k words (AO3)
Updated on: Sun at 12 am UTC
Category: Gen
Tags: ship:Lab Rat/String Theory, Friendship, Male-Female Friendship, Humor, Fluff and Humor, Alternate Universe, Divergence
Characters: Lab Rat, String Theory, Taylor Hebert
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Summary:

Lab Rat and String Theory aren't a pair to miss a laugh, especially at the expense of a new inmate. One-shot, first of a series.

Demonette
Author: Harper Potts
Total length: 1 chapter, 1.9k words (SB)
Updated on: Thu at 3 pm UTC
Fusion: ADRPG
Taylor Smash!
Author: Harper Potts
Total length: 1 chapter, 1.8k words (SB)
Updated on: Fri at 2 am UTC
Carnifex
Author: IAmARobot
Total length: 1 chapter, 482 words (SB)
Updated on: Mon at 2 am UTC
Inane Shard Functional Breakdown - Recursive Black Boxes
Author: IAmARobot
Total length: 0 chapters, 0 words (SB)
Updated on: Tue at 5 pm UTC
Tags: Not a story
Where You Go (Is Where I Want To Be)
Author: IAmARobot
Total length: 1 chapter, 1k words (SB)
Updated on: Fri at 3 am UTC
Swing to the Beat
Author: Lord Mendasuit
Total length: 1 chapter, 996 words (FF)
Updated on: Fri at 12 am UTC
Rating: M
Obsidian Edge
Author: Skairunner
Total length: 1 chapter, 3.1k words (AO3)
Updated on: Thu at 12 am UTC
Tags: Post-Canon, Altered Mental States, Canon Compliant
Characters: Original Characters
Rating: Mature
Summary:

A mute girl is protected by her little brother after Gold Morning. They seek the safety of civilization but face many dangers, including the girl herself.



Revived Fics

(last update was ≥ 3 months ago)

Acid (1 new chapter, 2.8k words)
Author: BeaconHill
Total length: 5 chapters, 11k words (SB, SV, SV)
Updated on: Tue at 5 pm UTC
Tags: AU
Summary:
After Leviathan, Taylor Hebert was adrift, unsure of what to do or where to go. But after a group of Merchants attacked her at random, seriously injuring her, Taylor found a new reason to fight, and a new direction.
Another Way (1 new chapter, 8.3k words)
Author: Ack
Total length: 17 chapters, 104k words (SB, FF, SV, QQ)
Updated on: Sun at 1 pm UTC
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
POV: Amy
Characters: Brandish, Lady Photon, Marquis, Panacea
Rating: T
Summary:
Ten years previously, the Brockton Bay Brigade attacked Marquis in his home and defeated him; in time, he was sent to the Birdcage. What would happen if things went ... another way?
C’est La Vie (1 new chapter, 2.9k words)
Author: PseudoSim
Total length: 9 chapters, 22k words (SB, FF)
Updated on: Mon at 9 pm UTC
Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama
Crossover: Magic: The Gathering
Characters: Taylor
Rating: T
Summary:
Sometimes, a one in a million occurrence can let someone play their hand again. But sometimes, that second chance can be mistaken for something else entirely. Sometimes though, sometimes it all works out for the best.
It Gets Worse (1 new chapter, 10k words)
Author: ack1308
Total length: 11 chapters, 62k words (FF, QQ, SB, SV)
Updated on: Wed at 2 pm UTC
Genre: Humor, Sci-Fi
Tags: altpower:looney tunes!protective luck!Taylor
POV: Taylor
Characters: Danny Hebert, Emma, Madison C., Sophia
Rating: T
Summary:
This is a Taylor Hebert centric story, starting just after the locker. Details after that are sketchy ...
Propa in Worm (1 new chapter, 476 words)
Author: The Propa Orky Reda
Total length: 3 chapters, 2k words (SB)
Updated on: Thu at 7 am UTC
Tags: Crack
A State Of Mind (1 new chapter, 1.7k words)
Author: RarelySleeping
Total length: 12 chapters, 23k words (SB)
Updated on: Wed at 10 pm UTC
Crossover: Dollhouse
Tags: altpower:Taylor
POV: Taylor
Summary:
Taylor Hebert was often called a strange girl, weird even. Her only real friend had become her biggest tormentor but thankfully had yet to go so far as actual assault or torture. Her mother's death had been the worst day of her life, one that in any other person on Earth Bet would have granted her superpowers. Taylor however, was not so unfortunate, she didn't change and probably never would.
Swarmborn (4 new chapters and 2 apocrypha, 10k words)
Author: NihilisticJanitor
Total length: 19 chapters, 54k words (SB)
Updated on: Thu at 4 am UTC
Crossover: Overlord
Summary:
Taylor, perfectly normal person in a world without parahuman abilities, is trapped in a strange fantasy world in the guise of her bug-themed avatar from her favorite MMO, along with the remnants of her famous guild, the Hive. Some stuff happens after that, probably.


Revived Quests

(last update was ≥ 3 months ago)

A Champion in Earth Bet (1 new chapter and 1 informational post, 9.9k words)
Author: sun tzu
Total length: 33 chapters, 157k words (SV, SB)
Updated on: Thu at 9 pm UTC
Crossover: Original Setting


Updated Fics

Abaddon Born(e) (1 new chapter, 4.1k words)
Author: Publiclee Speaking
Total length: 17 chapters, 73k words (FF)
Updated on: Thu at 2 am UTC
Genre: Adventure, Friendship
Characters: OC, Panacea, Skitter, Tattletale
Rating: M
Summary:
Two and a half well intentioned fools find themselves in the Worm Universe, gifted by Abaddon. In their attempts to save some, they may just doom all. SI based on the Worm CYOA Update Gimel.
Agency (1 new chapter, 2.3k words)
Author: KindaApatheticButNice
Total length: 4 chapters, 10k words (SB)
Updated on: Mon at 8 pm UTC
Crossover: Homestuck
Armsy the high school student (1 new chapter, 1.5k words)
Author: freebiewitz
Total length: 27 chapters, 45k words (SB)
Updated on: Fri at 4 am UTC
Tags: AU
Average Joe: New Game Plus (1 new apocrypha and 2 chapters, 4.4k words)
Author: HorizonTheTransient
Total length: 50 chapters, 90k words (SB)
Updated on: Wed at 9 pm UTC
Tags: SI
Babel (2 new sidestories and 1 chapter, 7.8k words)
Author: billymorph
Total length: 10 chapters, 28k words (SB)
Updated on: Fri at 9 pm UTC
Because Of The War (4 new chapters, 21k words)
Author: Shadows of Vanity
Total length: 7 chapters, 40k words (SB, FF)
Updated on: Wed at 1 am UTC
Genre: Romance, Sci-Fi
Crossover: X-Com
Tags: ship:Danny H./Miss Militia, ship:Skitter/Panacea
Characters: Danny H., Miss Militia, Panacea, Skitter
Rating: M
Summary:
August 31st, 2010, 19:00 hours, Brockton Bay, Approximately Fifteen Minutes from Brockton Bay Cinemas. The precise time and place that Taylor Hebert was fatally wounded whilst caught in the crossfire between the ABB and the E88. The precise time and place that the Queen Administrator, suborned by the Earth-born Ethereal Asaru, made Taylor The Commander of XCOM.
Beneath The Mask (1 new chapter, 2k words)
Author: Videocrazy
Total length: 4 chapters, 6.1k words (SV, SB)
Updated on: Sun at 7 am UTC
Tags: altpower:Persona 5
The Bird Of Hermes (2 new chapters, 5.4k words)
Author: Grey Dragon
Total length: 80 chapters, 191k words (SB, SV)
Updated on: Wed at 2 pm UTC
Breaking the Game (1 new chapter, 8.3k words)
Author: Dhagon
Total length: 5 chapters, 35k words (FF)
Updated on: Tue at 8 pm UTC
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Rating: M
Summary:
It's amazing how little difference there is between a serial killer and an adventurer. Especially when you're trying to save the world. It's also amazing how little difference there is between a munchkin and a normal SI when you're placed in Worm. A CYOA involving the Gamer power.
Choices (1 new chapter, 1.3k words)
Author: ghostofthefallen
Total length: 22 chapters, 62k words (SB)
Updated on: Thu at 11 pm UTC
Tags: OC
Summary:
Noah Midkiff is an OC who moved to Brockton Bay to get away from his past. This is the story of the ripples he causes. The world is slightly AU with a few changes that will be revealed later in the story.
Collagen (1 new chapter and 1 sidestory, 4.2k words)
Author: T0PH4T
Total length: 7 chapters, 17k words (SB)
Updated on: Thu at 6 pm UTC
Containment Report (5 new chapters and 1 sidestory, 10k words)
Author: AeroVox
Total length: 9 chapters, 11k words (SB)
Updated on: Thu at 4 am UTC
Crossover: SCP Foundation
Summary:
Taylor has the ability to craft SCPs, granted to due some shenanigans that will be revealed later. While she is the one driving the events of the story, she will not be the focus. Instead, this story will be done through the lens of a few members of Brockton Bay's PRT staff.
Deputy Director (follows Deputy) (1 new chapter, 3.8k words)
Author: Reyemile
Total length: 5 chapters, 19k words (SB)
Updated on: Wed at 3 pm UTC
Destructive Arts (2 new chapters, 7k words)
Author: AngryPirate
Total length: 4 chapters, 13k words (SB)
Updated on: Tue at 5 pm UTC
Tags: altpower:Bleach
Divided (1 new chapter, 1.7k words)
Author: Para_Docks
Total length: 91 chapters, 177k words (SB)
Updated on: Sun at 3 pm UTC
Don't Say Vampire (1 new chapter, 5.8k words)
Author: DeltaNovember
Total length: 23 chapters, 91k words (FF)
Updated on: Fri at 11 pm UTC
Genre: Drama, Supernatural
Characters: Faultline, Madison C., Taylor
Rating: T
Summary:
Taylor gains monstrous, vampiric powers and is adopted by Faultline's Crew.
A Dovahkiin without Dragon Souls to spend. (2 new chapters, 1 informational post and 1 sidestory, 8.7k words)
Author: freebiewitz
Total length: 38 chapters, 103k words (SB)
Updated on: Tue at 3 am UTC
Crossover: Skyrim, Gamer
An Essence of Silver and Steel (1 new chapter, 2 informational posts and 1 apocrypha, 6.2k words)
Author: James D. Fawkes
Total length: 26 chapters, 125k words (SV, FF, SV)
Updated on: Sun at 5 am UTC
Genre: Fantasy, Supernatural
Crossover: Fate/stay night
Characters: Lisa, Panacea, Taylor
Rating: M
Summary:
It began with the Outsiders. They laid low magic and mystery, and with their might, the Order of the World was changed. All that remained was the whispered secret of a past glory. But Alaya endures, waiting, watching, choosing her champions. The traditions of the past are not so easily erased.
Exodus (1 new chapter, 2.5k words)
Author: Zaru
Total length: 19 chapters, 37k words (SV, SB)
Updated on: Fri at 8 am UTC
Crossover: Big Hero 6
Fault (1 new chapter and 1 sidestory, 9.9k words)
Author: Everents
Total length: 20 chapters, 104k words (SB, AO3, SV)
Updated on: Fri at 2 am UTC
Tags: OC Cast, Worm Side-Story
Summary:
Denver. "Mile High City", or whatever you wanna call it. People from Endbringer ravaged cities and those seeking a place with slightly less crazy capes keep piling in, driving up the traffic and rent. Villains and heroes maintain a balance for now, but tensions broil, waiting for whatever or whoever ignites the powder keg. Three young girls, each burdened—one struggles with hopelessness, one plays villain to help those she loves, and the last strives for vengeance.
Flame Wreathed Resolution (1 new chapter, 1.8k words)
Author: AmatsuMikaboshi
Total length: 3 chapters, 6k words (SB)
Updated on: Mon at 10 am UTC
Tags: altpower:KHR
Summary:
The Entities decided to roam to a different world first before beginning their cycle. Unfortunately, they encountered an entity who took offense of their presence. As they flee, The man with an Iron Hat decided to plant seeds for their downfall. When Taylor Hebert triggers in an earlier time, a force both foreign and familiar decided to ignite within her. With her solemn yet absolute resolution, she would either save the world or bathe it in flames. To Prosperity or To Ruin. For that is her Dying Will...
Girls With Powers! (1 new chapter, 2.5k words)
Author: Noelemahc
Total length: 10 chapters, 22k words (SB, QQ)
Updated on: Mon at 3 pm UTC
Tags: Continuation, AU
Summary:
Short synopsis: Rose Ellison, high school student, learns her classmate, Catherine Dallon, has powers. So does she. But what bothers her more is that it doesn't surprise the parents of either of them...
Heromaker's Legacy (1 new chapter, 1k words)
Author: TheGrum
Total length: 431 chapters, 480k words (SV)
Updated on: Mon at 1 am UTC
Tags: altpower
POV: Taylor
How to Drill Your Way Through Your Problems (1 new sidestory, 464 words)
Author: Web-Weaver
Total length: 21 chapters, 93k words (SB)
Updated on: Fri at 4 am UTC
Crossover: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Tags: SI
Howl the Wolves (2 new chapters and 1 informational post, 2.5k words)
Author: S0ngD0g13
Total length: 32 chapters, 38k words (SB)
Updated on: Thu at 8 am UTC
Crossover: Battletech
In the beginning (1 new chapter, 1.1k words)
Author: Pef
Total length: 10 chapters, 7.4k words (SB)
Updated on: Tue at 9 pm UTC
Intrepid (2 new chapters, 6.3k words)
Author: Cerulean
Total length: 179 chapters, 636k words (SB, SV, FF)
Updated on: Thu at 4 pm UTC
Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy
Tags: altpower
POV: Taylor, Emma, Madison, Sophia
Characters: Emma, Madison C., Sophia, Taylor
Rating: T
Summary:
Once upon a time, three girls bullied a fourth until a tragedy occurred. In the aftermath of that tragedy, all four embark on their own separate paths through the complicated world of capes. Worm AU focusing on the separate viewpoints of Taylor, Emma, Madison, and Sophia. They each have their own stories to tell, their own friends, teams, and enemies. Let's see how they do.
Kill La Khepri (1 new chapter, 8k words)
Author: NotZiz
Total length: 36 chapters, 205k words (SB)
Updated on: Tue at 9 am UTC
Tags: altpower:Ryuko Matoi!Kill La Kill!Taylor, altpower:blood generation!Taylor
Summary:
Danny and Taylor both trigger from the locker as a vehicle to give Taylor mostly canon-compliant versions of Ryuko Matoi's powerset. Everything else stays as in canon beyond those two changes.
Lost Cat, Please Help (1 new chapter, 2.5k words)
Author: Discreet
Total length: 15 chapters, 44k words (AO3, SB)
Updated on: Mon at 12 am UTC
Characters: Ciara, Dennis, Hannah, Dragon
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Summary:
Gold Morning is over, the worlds are rebuilding and Cauldron is finished. Or it should be. The sudden appearance of a new Case 53 threatens the new peace as everyone races to find out where this cat-like parahuman came from.
The Mage in the Bay OC (1 new chapter and 1 sidestory, 2.5k words)
Author: Stewart92
Total length: 30 chapters, 83k words (SB)
Updated on: Wed at 4 am UTC
Crossover: DC
Mask (1 new chapter, 2k words)
Author: LightDarn
Total length: 4 chapters, 11k words (SB, SV)
Updated on: Thu at 4 pm UTC
Crossover: Bionicle
Summary:
Six new heroes come to Brockton Bay, as well as a powerful object from their home. Perhaps they can teach one the meaning of being a hero, in a world where good and evil are not cut cleanly.
Mauling Snarks (3 new chapters, 11k words)
Author: CmptrWz
Total length: 42 chapters, 179k words (SV)
Updated on: Fri at 11 pm UTC
The name of the worm (1 new chapter, 1.4k words)
Author: Pef
Total length: 47 chapters, 30k words (SB, SV)
Updated on: Fri at 7 pm UTC
New Litter, Lucky Seven (follows Nine Lives of the Calico) (1 new chapter, 4k words)
Author: ScottotheUnwise
Total length: 22 chapters, 109k words (SV)
Updated on: Thu at 9 pm UTC
Tags: altpower, Crack
Of Demons And Worms (1 new informational post, 739 words)
Author: nrsa
Total length: 5 chapters, 12k words (SB)
Updated on: Wed at 7 pm UTC
Operation Heartbreak (1 new chapter, 1.1k words)
Author: LewisMistreated
Total length: 10 chapters, 9.9k words (FF)
Updated on: Wed at 4 pm UTC
Genre: Family
Rating: M
Summary:
New Dehli is recovering from Behemoth's attack. Full, uncensored footage of the battle has been released online. Heartbreaker's mansion is far away from any cape tragedy, but the real world is about to sneak in, and it has a serious vendetta.
The Opposite of Carnage (1 new chapter, 828 words)
Author: Rater202
Total length: 9 chapters, 13k words (SB)
Updated on: Sat at 1 pm UTC
Crossover: Marvel
Tags: oc insert, multi-pov
Overpowered (2 new chapters, 4.1k words)
Author: Stravick Ovmahn
Total length: 14 chapters, 29k words (SB, SV)
Updated on: Tue at 8 pm UTC
Tags: altpower:Taylor, magic, Overpowered
Summary:
When in the locker Taylor get several strong, versatile powers given to her by an outside factor. She instantly uses this to break out of the locker and attack Sophia and Emma, a lot of trouble ensues. So ROBs are used in the beginning to give her power. Magic will play a minor or major roll depending on how it turns out.
Queen of Blood (1 new chapter, 3.5k words)
Author: SirWill
Total length: 102 chapters, 355k words (SB, QQ, FF)
Updated on: Fri at 12 pm UTC
Crossover: Castlevania
Tags: altpower:Castlevania!Vampire!Taylor
POV: Taylor
Rating: M
Summary:
Taylor Hebert dies in the locker. Then she wakes up in her grave, changed. Powerful. With faint memories of a life not her own. And why does she dream of a castle in the mountains?
Quiet (1 new chapter, 1.7k words)
Author: Winged-One
Total length: 2 chapters, 3.1k words (SB)
Updated on: Sat at 8 pm UTC
Tags: Ward
Rain of Blood (1 new chapter, 5.7k words)
Author: Rescind
Total length: 8 chapters, 34k words (AO3, FF, SV, SB)
Updated on: Sat at 12 am UTC
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Crossover: Rurouni Kenshin
Characters: Taylor
Rating: MatureM
Summary:
The City of Brockton Bay is no stranger to conflict. With gangs led by powerful Parahumans vying for territory, product, and profit, more than a few innocent people get caught in the middle. When the Asian Bad Boyz take over her neighborhood, demanding payment for the protection of those few residents that remain, Taylor Hebert is forced to make a most difficult decision.
Reality Check (1 new chapter, 3.6k words)
Author: Seij
Total length: 6 chapters, 7.3k words (SB)
Updated on: Wed at 10 am UTC
Crossover: Warframe
Tags: OC
Ring-Maker (4 new chapters, 3 apocrypha and 1 sidestory, 11k words)
Author: LithosMaitreya
Total length: 63 chapters, 156k words (SB, AO3, SV, FF)
Updated on: Fri at 4 pm UTC
Genre: Fantasy, Spiritual
Category: F/F, F/M, Gen
Crossover: Lord of the Rings
Tags: altpower, Character Study, Corruption, Magic, Magical Artifacts, Redemption, tinker
POV: Taylor
Characters: Armsmaster, Carlos, Danny Hebert, Dennis, Emily Piggot, Missy Biron, Sauron, Sophia, Taylor
Rating: Teen And Up AudiencesT
Summary:
Taylor Hebert had a bad day, and came out of it changed. Some parahumans can control bugs. Some can build advanced technology. Some can do unspeakable things to space and time. Taylor can make magic rings, wondrous metals, mysterious weapons, and may not be a parahuman--or, indeed, human--at all.
Romantic Pursuits (1 new chapter, 1.5k words)
Author: Much Too Desensitized
Total length: 43 chapters, 57k words (SB)
Updated on: Sat at 4 am UTC
POV: OC
Satsui No Worm: Killing Intent (1 new chapter, 1.9k words)
Author: Angelic visage
Total length: 2 chapters, 4.5k words (FF)
Updated on: Sun at 2 pm UTC
Genre: Adventure
Rating: T
Summary:
Whilst in the locker Taylor triggers with quite a different shard, awakening a power with its own dark will. She unlocks the power of the Satsui No Hado. She cannot let herself be weak, she must train to be stronger than anybody else. Altpower!Taylor Akuma!Taylor
Screw the Rules, I have Escalation! (2 new chapters, 4k words)
Author: Stewart92
Total length: 47 chapters, 141k words (SB, SV)
Updated on: Sun at 2 am UTC
Crossover: Yu-Gi-Oh
Self Insertion (2 new chapters, 1.7k words)
Author: Istaran
Total length: 68 chapters, 76k words (SV)
Updated on: Wed at 5 pm UTC
Crossover: Undertale
Tags: Ironically not an SI, xover
Setanta (1 new chapter, 3.7k words)
Author: ErrantVagrant
Total length: 134 chapters, 672k words (SB)
Updated on: Sun at 2 pm UTC
Tags: Continuation
POV: OC
Summary:
Twenty years after the events of Worm, humanity struggles to continue on. A severely diminished population and shattered infrastructure has left humanity in dire straits; some places live in relative closeness to the modern day, while others are closer to the dark ages. Strange creatures roam the lands, people gain super powers, and even basic commodities like gasoline can be hard to secure. The story focuses on a young man named Jordan, a mercenary with simple dreams. But dreams are always difficult to realize, and sometimes a person is pushed in strange directions. And in this dangerous world, sometimes it’s the ones with hope that will suffer the most, and be the most dangerous.
Shangri-La (1 new sidestory and 1 chapter, 3.6k words)
Author: TheFat1
Total length: 30 chapters, 65k words (SB, FF)
Updated on: Fri at 10 pm UTC
Crossover: Avatar: Legend of Korra
Tags: OC
Rating: T
Summary:
An 8-year-old gains powers after a suicide attempt gone wrong, and has to deal with his depression and absurd amount of power. Begins a few months before Worm starts. Powers are based on the Avatar, combined with a variant on Labyrinth's power.
The Simurgh's Son (1 new chapter, 4.2k words)
Author: Darth Marrs
Total length: 5 chapters, 19k words (FF)
Updated on: Sat at 4 pm UTC
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Crossover: Harry Potter
Rating: M
Summary:
The world first saw Harry Bailey in a photo kneeling on a road before the Endbringer the Simurgh. The Simurgh's psychic scream drove entire cities mad. In Harry, it woke something else entirely. He never told the heroes what happened. After all, how could a young boy explain memories he could not possibly have, of a powerful, ancient sorcerer from a universe that preceded his own?
Skitter Studies (1 new chapter, 5.1k words)
Author: The Laurent
Total length: 50 chapters, 252k words (SV)
Updated on: Thu at 7 pm UTC
Crossover: Dresden Files
Summary:
Taylor has a not-so-sweet week leading up to her sixteenth birthday, as a thief runs amok.)
Split (1 new chapter, 7.7k words)
Author: The Laurent
Total length: 59 chapters, 380k words (SV)
Updated on: Thu at 2 am UTC
Tags: altpower:mind copying!power copying!trump!Taylor, psychological
POV: Taylor
Summary:
Sometimes two minds aren't better than one. Driven to the verge of suicide by bullying, Taylor gains the ability to copy powers permenenatly...and minds, memories, and emotions. As she struggles with depression and the drastic changes that each new 'self' creates in her, starting with Sophia, she also tries to create a movement and be a hero. But punching someone is far harder than fixing the broken world, especially when you're a girl with a broken mind. Psychological. Mentally mixed-up Taylor.
Stacked Deck (Or, Colin Wallis vs. Single Parenting) (1 new chapter, 2.9k words)
Author: UnwelcomeStorm
Total length: 24 chapters, 59k words (SB, SV, AO3)
Updated on: Sat at 1 am UTC
Category: Gen
Crossover: Persona
Tags: xover
Characters: Narukami Yu, Armsmaster, Wards
Rating: Not Rated
Summary:
Armsmaster gets a call from his sister-in-law, who needs him to look after his teenage nephew for a while. Yu Narukami is a well-behaved young man, he shouldn't be any trouble at all. Really.
Starry Eyes (1 new chapter, 3k words)
Author: helnae
Total length: 22 chapters, 51k words (SB, AO3, FF, SB, QQ, SV)
Updated on: Wed at 7 am UTC
Genre: Humor, Horror
Category: Gen
Crossover: Cthulhu Mythos
Tags: altpower:Lovecraft!Shuggoth!Night Gaunt!body portal!Taylor, Horror, Friendship, Eldritch Abominations, Somehow It's Adorable, Tags May Update, Body Horror, Original Monster Characters, OC
POV: Taylor
Characters: Taylor, Aria, Melody, Rest
Rating: Teen And Up AudiencesT
Summary:
Where a girl finds true friends when she looks within. And where friends see what lies beneath the surface.
Stone Spiders (1 new chapter, 708 words)
Author: Emissary
Total length: 28 chapters, 19k words (SB)
Updated on: Mon at 4 pm UTC
Crossover: Slender Man
Tarantism (1 new chapter and 3 sidestories, 3.6k words)
Author: TheFat1
Total length: 5 chapters, 9.7k words (SB, FF)
Updated on: Fri at 9 am UTC
Genre: Crime, Humor
Tags: altpower:Taylor
Rating: M
Summary:
A minor change in her trigger event leads to a different expression of Taylor's power. Faced with a power both ridiculous and terrifying, how will she deal with the path laid out for her? Two things to note: One, while this will be humorous, it will also be very dark. I don't write pure crackfic. Secondly, all songs and lyrics belong to their respective writers and singers.
Taylor Varga (4 new chapters and 1 sidestory, 30k words)
Author: mp3.1415player
Total length: 217 chapters, 1.3m words (SV, FF, AO3, SB)
Updated on: Thu at 7 pm UTC
Genre: Action/Adventure, Humor
Category: Gen
Crossover: Luna Varga
Tags: altpower:demon!lizard!changer!Taylor, altpower, AU, xover
POV: Taylor
Friendship pairing: Taylor, Amy
Characters: Taylor, Danny Hebert
Rating: Teen And Up AudiencesT
Summary:
Taylor has a bad day that ends in a locker. Everyone has heard that one. It goes somewhat differently after that, as her call for help is answered by something from a lot further away than one might expect... A story in which Taylor makes a very large friend, the world gets confused, and Danny comes into his own. Basic disclaimer: Worm the property of Wildbow, Luna Varga the property of AIC (I think, it's not entirely clear now) (Crossposted from Spacebattles, where it is ongoing. And going, and going... The formatting allowed in AO3 is different from Spacebattles, so font sizes, some minor coloring, and things like that are missing. You'll have to use your imaginations :) Thanks to everyone who made suggestions at Spacebattles and Sufficient Velocity, many of which I used one way or the other.) (NOTE 1: I am also now on Sufficient Velocity, as is this story) (NOTE 2: No longer updated on Spacebattles for a number of reasons) (NOTE 3: I now have a site specifically for my writings, which is excessverbosity.wordpress.com. I will continue to post here, but they'll have all the pretty colors there! Not fully synced yet)
Teatime with Jane (1 new media post and 1 sidestory, 4.2k words)
Author: skyrunner
Total length: 8 chapters, 35k words (SB, SV, AO3)
Updated on: Fri at 2 am UTC
Tags: au:sci-fi
Summary:
The Protectorate is in its final days. The Imperial Union on one side and the dozens of squabbling warlords on the other would be enough to give any empire pause, but gigantic automaton-ships, Endbringers, regularly attack and often wipe out planets. Were it not for the efforts of captains with 'talents' or 'specialities', which allowed them to modify starships and fly them better than a non-talented person, the Protectorate (and the Imperial Union) would've been long gone by now. In the midst of this all, Dennis Hill, captain of the Temporary Obstruction, has a chance encounter that has much more significance than it appears.
Ten Hours (1 new chapter, 1.3k words)
Author: SevenEyes
Total length: 6 chapters, 10k words (SB)
Updated on: Sun at 5 pm UTC
Tags: SI
Summary:
I wake up as a self-insert in Brockton Bay. Hilarity does not ensue. Be advised, this story is simultaneously dark and crack-ish.
This is NOT a crack fic! (2 new chapters, 7.3k words)
Author: Grim Lord
Total length: 62 chapters, 157k words (SB, FF, SV)
Updated on: Thu at 3 am UTC
Genre: Humor, Supernatural
Tags: altpower:My Little Pony!alicorn!Taylor, action, alt!power, shipping
Rating: T
Summary:
A Worm Alt!Power where Taylor is an Alicorn filly! Probably going to take this out of Brockton Bay, make her do an independent hero team thing, befriend the Panacea, and all manner of other things because of fun. Enjoy
To Burn Her Dread (1 new chapter, 2.3k words)
Author: Grunt8999
Total length: 3 chapters, 4.7k words (FF)
Updated on: Tue at 6 pm UTC
Genre: Friendship
Crossover: Persona Series
Characters: Ryoji M., Skitter
Rating: K+
Summary:
Ever since she was young, Taylor had an imaginary friend who told cool stories and talked about magic cards. Of course she knew he wasn't real, but he reassured her, made her feel important. He truly believed in her and her dreams, never laughing at her, only encouraging. Why can't she get rid of him, even after all these years? "I'll always be by your side Taylor. Always."
To Fill The Void (1 new chapter, 1.6k words)
Author: that1guy
Total length: 7 chapters, 9.1k words (SB)
Updated on: Tue at 2 am UTC
To Wish Upon a Shard (3 new chapters, 1 sidestory and 1 informational post, 9.6k words)
Author: RavensDagger
Total length: 25 chapters, 61k words (SB)
Updated on: Thu at 5 pm UTC
Tags: altpower:Madoka Magica
Summary:
Quick summary: In which Taylor accidentallies an incubator. Long summary: A crossover between Worm and Puella Magi Madoka Magica where Taylor summons Kyubey and eventually creates a contract to become a magical girl. She proceeds to live happily ever after. Nothing bad happens.
Transfer Student: Wish Fulfilment (1 new chapter, 1.8k words)
Author: Segev
Total length: 11 chapters, 46k words (SV)
Updated on: Mon at 7 am UTC
Tags: oc main character
Transposition, or: Ship Happens (1 new chapter, 2.5k words)
Author: ensou
Total length: 13 chapters, 62k words (SV, AO3, FF)
Updated on: Sun at 5 am UTC
Genre: Action/Adventure
Crossover: Arpeggio of Blue Steel/蒼き鋼のアルペジオ
Tags: altpower:Arpeggio of Blue Steel!shipgirl!Taylor, Alt-Power Taylor, Non-human Taylor, Artificial Intelligence, Transhumanism, Soul-Searching, AU, Eventual Crossover, Friendship, Nanomachines Son, Nanomaterial Daughter, SCIENCE!, Boats
POV: Taylor
Characters: Taylor, Emma, Missy
Rating: Teen And Up AudiencesT
Summary:
Whatever she expected when she triggered, it wasn't meeting a short white-haired girl or turning into a hyper-advanced technological platform. Of course when you're Taylor Hebert, things frequently don't go as planned.
Traveler's Guide to the Multiverse (1 new chapter, 6k words)
Author: ManMagnificent
Total length: 17 chapters, 123k words (SB)
Updated on: Sun at 8 pm UTC
Crossover: Harry Potter
Summary:
It features Harry a few years after the conclusion of the war with Voldemort, with Harry having a few years of Auror experience under his belt before he found he was tired enough to take Hermione's proposition. She found a way to shunt a person to parallel universes--how isn't overly important--and she wants Harry to chart them so that she can set up a tourism deal between worlds. But knowing Harry, he can't resist saving people and the Worm world has a lot of people in need of saving.
A Traveler's Guide to the Multiverse: Earth-001 (1 new chapter, 5.8k words)
Author: MuaveineProse
Total length: 20 chapters, 87k words (FF)
Updated on: Sun at 8 pm UTC
Genre: Action/Adventure
Crossover: Harry Potter
Rating: M
Summary:
I remember Hermione once telling me that I had a 'saving people thing,' and now more than ever that's evident to me. Three days in this reality, a place I was supposed to only chart for Hermione's possible tourism venture, and I'm already making plans to fixing. But what can I do? With villains and monsters running rampant, and the world barely hanging on?
Under Darker Skies (1 new chapter, 1.4k words)
Author: flamelordytheking
Total length: 8 chapters, 14k words (SB)
Updated on: Tue at 2 am UTC
Crossover: RWBY
Meta-fanfiction of: Grimm Mother
Unpunished (1 new chapter, 9.9k words)
Author: Joko
Total length: 7 chapters, 36k words (SB)
Updated on: Mon at 11 am UTC
Tags: AU
Summary:
After narrowly avoiding a painful end and with Empire Eighty-Eight threatening the city, Shadow Stalker finds that being a survivor isn't as simple as she once believed.
Virtual Family (1 new sidestory, 617 words)
Author: Weaver
Total length: 8 chapters, 5.9k words (SB)
Updated on: Sat at 2 am UTC
The Weaver (1 new chapter and 1 informational post, 3.6k words)
Author: The Sleeping Knight
Total length: 16 chapters, 43k words (SB)
Updated on: Sun at 6 pm UTC
Crossover: The Dresden Files
Well Traveled (2 new chapters, 2.8k words)
Author: Argentorum
Total length: 43 chapters, 92k words (SB)
Updated on: Fri at 10 pm UTC
Tags: altpower:Magic: The Gathering!planeswalker!Taylor, altpower:self!bio!tinker!Taylor
POV: Taylor
The Wicked Stars (1 new chapter, 2.8k words)
Author: DMfromTheAbyss
Total length: 30 chapters, 157k words (SB)
Updated on: Wed at 2 am UTC
Tags: OC
Characters: Mando!Taylor
Summary:
Canon Taylor encounters a fictional General Mandalore with some very real problems. Together they fight crime. Can Taylor survive a harder version of canon when her main change is in her new friend's philosophy of embracing conflict.
OR: The Queen Adminitrator goes Mandalorian: Can the Universe survive.
Wide Awake (1 new chapter, 2k words)
Author: Y3AH
Total length: 3 chapters, 7.3k words (FF, SB)
Updated on: Mon at 7 am UTC
Genre: Drama
Rating: T
Summary:
Taylor wasn't the only one with powers at Winslow High School, but not everyone wants to be a cape.
With Grace and Elegance (1 new chapter, 3.9k words)
Author: YoshYoshYosh
Total length: 3 chapters, 12k words (FF)
Updated on: Wed at 10 pm UTC
Genre: Adventure
Crossover: Bleach
Characters: Skitter
Rating: M
Summary:
When Taylor Hebert controlled bugs, she killed a god. When she can create soul severing swords with abilities so numerous and powerful that the Endbringers themselves are left in terror? Run, god. Run far, far away.
Wolf Spider (1 new chapter, 9.8k words)
Author: The Laurent
Total length: 27 chapters, 169k words (SV)
Updated on: Mon at 1 pm UTC
Tags: dogs, spiders
Romantic pairing: Rachel, Taylor
Summary:
Taylor Hebert, bullied here, does a few things differently and winds up meeting a very different Undersider, in rather different circumstances. Rachel is a main character, btw. Minor AU.


Updated Quests

The Cycle of Deicide (2 new chapters, 4.7k words)
Author: cyrileom
Total length: 98 chapters, 141k words (SB)
Updated on: Thu at 5 pm UTC
Crossover: Wheel of Time
Tags: Continuation
POV: Taylor
Summary:
Post-canon Taylor Hebert has been supplanted into the Wheel of Time. She will emerge from one of the mirrors during the Bubble of Evil that strikes the Stone of Tear in The Shadow Rising, ending up barely conscious in Rand's room. She will quickly fall into a deep sleep after blindly assisting in the fight, whereupon she will be treated - mostly without effect - by the resident healers.
Emma Barnes Syndrome (1 new chapter, 593 words)
Author: BMW
Total length: 6 chapters, 8.3k words (SB)
Updated on: Tue at 1 pm UTC
Crossover: Marvel
Summary:
When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, the bənê hāʼĕlōhîm (sons of God) saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. Then the Lord said, "My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years."The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the bənê hāʼĕlōhîm (sons of God) came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.
Glaistig Uaine Quest (1 new chapter, 308 words)
Author: Bitoes
Total length: 3 chapters, 1.3k words (SV, SB)
Updated on: Wed at 4 am UTC
I'm sorry, can you repeat that? (1 new chapter, 2k words)
Author: Zerrer
Total length: 18 chapters, 51k words (SB)
Updated on: Fri at 12 am UTC
Tags: OC, Time Travel
Summary:
Welcome to my new quest. Now, first and foremost, I have run quests before on different sites, under different aliases, but I've never precisely run something on a forum like SB/SV before. It's a bit different than what I'm used to, but I'll try my best. I'm used to a very fast-moving quest, a post every ten minutes with instant votes, but I'll try to keep the pace a bit more sedate for this new environment. This is a Worm Quest, and you guys are going to be playing an original character who knows... well, a lot. Almost as much as someone who'd browsed through the story knows. His name is Echo, and he is a parahuman who has lived and died and lived and died repeatedly for centuries. His memory isn't quite perfect, and he doesn't quite know everything... but he gets the gist. His power doesn't quite fit the 'theme' of normal powers- almost on the scale of an Outside Context Problem- and there's a reason for it. Only time will tell if you learn precisely why that is.
KOOL: A Rooster Cocoa-Brawn Quest (1 new informational post, 34 words)
Author: maroon_sweater
Total length: 10 chapters, 7.5k words (SB, SV, AO3)
Updated on: Mon at 3 am UTC
Genre: Humor
Tags: Illustrated Worm Quest
Summary:

🐓 The year is 1986. You are REBECCA COSTA-BROWN, and you are DYING OF CANCER when you receive a TEMPTING OFFER from a MYSTERIOUS LIAR and a CREEPY CHILD!!

🍫 During this quest, you will struggle to achieve a WORK/LIFE BALANCE as you befriend MORALLY REPUGNANT CONSPIRATORS, stave off WICKED HEADACHES while MANAGING PRT BUREAUCRATS, combat DASTARDLY VILLAINS alongside SEXY PROTECTORATE SUPERHEROES, face DIRE STRAITS during HOPELESS ENDBRINGER FIGHTS, and perhaps find TRUE LOVE, all while defeating an ALIEN INVASION!!!

💪 Join EXPERT QUESTMASTERS Pericardium (TALENTED ILLUSTRATOR) and maroon_sweater (FAMOUS AUTHOR) on this DEATHLY SERIOUS journey to acquire MUCHO CRED SAVE EVERYONE (whether they want it OR NOT)!!!!

Mage Quest (2 new chapters, 884 words)
Author: Yuki no Yue
Total length: 61 chapters, 54k words (SB)
Updated on: Thu at 11 am UTC
Crossover: Final Fantasy, d20
Tags: SI
Magical Girl Escalation Taylor (1 new chapter, 2.6k words)
Author: Silently Watches
Total length: 110 chapters, 213k words (SV, SB, FF)
Updated on: Fri at 12 pm UTC
Genre: Humor, Sci-Fi
Crossover: Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
Tags: altpower:Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha!magical girl!Taylor
POV: Taylor
Characters: Taylor
Rating: T
Summary:
When Taylor gained bug powers, a god died. When Taylor became a magical girl, the world braced for impact. Cross-posted quest from Sufficient Velocity.
Pawn (1 new chapter, 3k words)
Author: Foxtail
Total length: 8 chapters, 24k words (SB)
Updated on: Wed at 5 am UTC
Tags: Case 53
Riley Medieval Fantasy Quest (1 new chapter, 1.4k words)
Author: SixPerfections
Total length: 3 chapters, 3.3k words (SV)
Updated on: Sun at 6 am UTC
Crossover: Elder Scrolls
Tags: Bonesaw
Stheno Quest (1 new chapter, 1.5k words)
Author: helnae
Total length: 9 chapters, 10k words (SV, SB)
Updated on: Sun at 3 pm UTC
Tags: Case 53, oh god what am i doing?, tentacles
Summoner (3 new chapters and 1 informational post, 2.8k words)
Author: Akallas von Aerok
Total length: 10 chapters, 7.1k words (SB)
Updated on: Wed at 5 am UTC