Yeah the Brockton Wards had been benched for a bit before the situation happened, and now they are back with two new 'temporary' members I imagine some conspiracy theorists on PHO are coming up with something. But of course on the other hand Phase was a Brockton Ward for all of ten seconds before they realized that wouldn't work so connecting it with Boston's missing Ward might not click with most people.
Yeah they are currently trying to cover all their bases in looking for Taylor cus a runaway Ward never looks go no matter how you try and spin things, especially if that Ward ran away because she was attacked by a Protectorate member. And for that exact reason is why the PRT set up cameras around Annette's grave just to be safe.
I imagine Taylor would just bypass the front desk entirely and sneak into empty hotel/motel rooms at night to sleep so as to not leave any records of her presence in their records. As for food that can be covered by phasing into houses during the work day and taking a little at a time to not tip off the owners.
Now this problem has left every PRT agent and Armsmaster scratching their heads on what to do, and one of the main reasons as to why the current go to for spotting Phase is to call it in and try and find out where she is hiding so they can try and talk her into coming back willingly.
I'd think that they'd be more worried about Phase snapping in a different way...her profile is one that would also be setting of something akin to School Shooter alarm bells, and there are some VERY high profile targets in relatively easy distance from Boston if she decides to aim at the PRT/Protectorate/Wards because something like heading to NYC and shanking Legend suddenly becomes a big thing that will hit the news.
Oh it will get out the Youth Guard is already preparing a statement as to what happened if Taylor isn't found soon which is one of the reasons why the PRT/Protectorate is currently scrambling to find her.
The only problem I can see with that is Faultline not wanting the Protectorate to come knocking on her door trying to retrieve their missing Ward even if she willingly went with Faultline and her crew.
Well that's what happens when all your interactions with someone can be boiled down to telling her to join up already and going silent when she tells you her reason not to.
None of Taylor's grandparents are mentioned in Worm iirc. You'd expect at least one to have survived normally, but since none get mentioned, well... Logical interference is they find a grave or "I disowned her/him decades ago." Not entirely without potential from media perspective/filing in court for getting guardianship of Taylor as living relative due Danny&PRT being incapable, but if you want to stick to characters with speaking lines stalking Kurt & Lacey might make more sense, even if Taylor only knows them as her dad's work mates.
Is Taylor immoral enough to steal and not pay taxes?
They are actually. Annette's mother and father are still alive and send Taylor money on occasion. They, or rather her Gran, don't like Danny so they don't see them much. Danny's mother isn't mentioned but his father is implied to be dead.
Depending in what bounties she goes after she can probably avoid interacting with the PRT at all. Alls she has to do is just go after non-powered criminals and it is out of their jurisdiction.
Taylor is a parahuman. Her being involved in a situation makes things the PRT's business.
Really I would think if Taylor solely kept to collecting bounties on mundane criminals the PRT couldn't do it since their jurisdiction is more in parahuman crimes rather than parahumans trying to make a living, or else their would have been some PRT agents around whenever Parian did a show or when Amy did her rounds at the hospital.
Neither of those things involve law enforcement/criminals. Though there probably is some sort of need or suggestion that keeping the PRT in the loop regarding those activities is a good idea. For Amy and Sabah respectively at least.
True, well in that case it would probably be in Taylor's best interest to only collect a few bounties in one area turning them into the cops and then leaving before the PRT takes notice. That is if she considers bounty hunting to be worth the risk, but she probably has the advantage of there being other parahuman bounty hunters out there that can make it harder for the PRT to find out that it is her. Especially if she manages to hide her main power and passes herself off as some kind of Thinker/Stranger and not a Breaker.
It should also be noted that Taylor's internal monologue before she goes out in that chapter mentions that she studied up on the legalness of vigilantism, so I assume that calling the cops rather than the PRT was the correct move in that situation.
Probably goes both ways to with the cops not liking it when a vigilante calls the PRT about the random non-powered mugger they just beat up and then some officers have to drive down to the PRT HQ to pick them up.
I was mostly thinking about not paying taxes for waitressing job, though there's always money laundering.
I sit corrected, then. Granted, the lack of names or getting more involved after probationary sentence ain't great, but it does serve an intensifier for excuse to include them in a story, especially when combined with author fiat improved fortunes permitting that.
That sounds like a cover for prostitution.
The third option is becoming an actual ghost and wondering into the wood's and living the Christopher Knight experience
Depends on your fanon/headcanon regarding Taylor and her folks. Though at this point, I'm pretty sure Taylor would do/say a whole lot if she thought it could hurt the PRT or Danny. That it helps hide her cape shit would help too though.
An angry teen is only an angry teen until someone realizes that they have a point then said angry teen becomes a revolutionary.
I can imagine Taylor going along with this despite her power being perfect for just you know walking through the guards to prove who she is, and then tell Jim about what happened that night once she regains access to the building. Cue there being an incident of the PRT having to find Taylor some off base housing or figure out some other kind of solution for Taylor cus the easy solution of a permanent ID through power testing is definitely off the table. Of course this ignores the possibility of the PRT declaring Taylor missing/a runaway when she failed to show up for lights out or something.