Brockton's Celestial Forge (Worm/Jumpchain)

I have to admit, there was a real temptation to take a completionist approach. To cover the entire city, get an access door set on every building and be able to perfectly deploy anywhere I needed in an instant. The idea of the Key Link's interface map being completely filled with every possible exit was satisfying on a very fundemental level. Still, it wasn't exactly the best use of my time. A wider net would serve me far better than fine resolution, and as quickly as I could move, my time wasn't infinite.

Survey had already conducted the analysis, proposing a series of exterior doors that would be ideal for either covert or rapid deployment. The near complete scans of the city taken during the aftermath of the ABB attacks had given her plenty of options to consider. Most of the time I found myself flickering into disused alleyways to set access points on electrical rooms, utility spaces, or service entrances to businesses that had shut down.
Yeah there's almost definitely a route that optimizes the area that can be reached from any given point per teleport. Probably something based off of the golden spiral. Especially since any given doorway could be used to access any other; any doorway along the route would be a point from which a new route could begin.
It didn't take that long to finish a basic canvassing of the city. Following that I started to push outwards. I had considered making a beeline for another city, heading down to Boston or even all the way to New York. Ultimately I decided to focus on the immediate areas around Brockton Bay, leaving more distant locations for when I could reliably apparate to them. It was a better option than flickering along a highway a couple of blocks at a time, or taking to the air with stealth flight systems.
Oh this is nonsense; he's got vehicles doesn't he? Key the doors of them and send them to other cities. Or, alternatively, just have them crash-land somewhere random. Send a couple to the arctic circles just for fun.
That left the outer suburbs. It didn't really hit me until I noticed the terrain changing. The higher elevation, the presence of the occasional familiar business or geographic feature. Then I realized it. I had completely looped around the city to a place I hadn't seen since the start of the month. Since the night of my trigger event.

I was back in Captain's Hill.

Well, not Captain's Hill proper, but the boundaries of the suburbs were nebulous at the best of times. The middle zone was effectively unclaimed by both sides. From the perspective of the Docks, you were out of the city proper as soon as you left areas that could be reached by the central bus routes. For residents of Captain's Hill, you didn't really count as being in the suburb if you could still see any part of Brockton Bay proper. From an official stance, well, I wasn't exactly sure. Maybe the school districts would sort things out?

Survey happily provided them, and the information resolved absolutely nothing. The map was so scattered I suspected it was connected with the same people who planned out the zoning of the Beaches.

Survey confirmed that it was.

Fascinating as all that was, I recognized it as an attempt to distract myself. I didn't want to be here. The handful of doors on the outskirts were enough for me, at least for now. Being back this close to 'home', it served to remind me of the call that was coming up. The obligation that I had committed to and needed to follow through with.

Dealing with one family issue at a time seemed reasonable enough. I had rapid dispatch to the entire city, that was enough for the moment. With one final flicker I teleported to the side door of a service station, opened it with my access key, slipped inside, and sealed myself off from the rest of the world.
No Joe; assert dominance by making it a in person conversation.

Maga Bomb. The power's ominous name represented only a sliver of its true application. With this power I understood the secret to integrating magic seamlessly into mechanical devices. Part of that was just what the name of the power implied, bombs powered by magical energy, but it extended so much further than that. Any single-shot magical effect could be stored and directed by technology. Weapons that produced attack spells were simple to make, but I could also create medical kits that ran on healing magic, or disposable devices capable of perfectly casting a single spell.

That was a powerful effect. Something that could greatly extend the range of my abilities and remove the need for me to personally oversee magical effects. Magic could be stored for later use, or deployed autonomously. It was powerful, but the ability didn't stop there.

Seamless integration of magic and mechanics. A perfect fusion, one that I could never hope to achieve with my earlier knowledge. With enough work I could run machinery on magical power, set up automated spellcasting devices, and effectively manufacture the ability to use magic. The only limit present was my skill with machinery and magic. One was already tremendous; the other was growing quickly.
This probably has Implications that I'm not seeing since I've lost track of the sort of magic that he's got but I'm already imagining him using Evermore Alchemy to make Bee Deployment Devices or something.
Then what? Well, with enough work I might have been able to adapt it to parahuman powers. Provide items that could be charged and deployed, but I hadn't exactly been drowning in parahuman allies. In short I would have had a massively powerful ability of fundamental importance that I could do nothing with.
There's no reason why he'd need to take it from allies though.

Relatedly though I bet that powering the Striker Units with the magic that they're boosting the production of would have interesting effects of the potentially runaway-reaction variety. Particularly if what they're boosting is something like a Parahuman ability.
Putting that aside I focused on the final ability. Combination Attack. The ability to combine magic or combat techniques to create an effect that was devastatingly more powerful than the individual attacks could ever hope to be. The only problem was the other person needed the same power for the effect to function.
I imagine that the way that different effects combine would be a good source of research; even if multiple attacks from the same person didn't naturally combine then a combined attack from multiple people could presumably be reverse-engineered to figure out how a single person could perform them.

The combined attack that I allude to by bringing this possibility up is of course Surveys lance of overlapping attacks; that thing could surely be improved.
As I moved towards the training room I considered the scale of the changes to my magic. I had an Element. Something fundamental in the system that supported Mega Bomb, but functioning as an elemental affinity for every other type of magic. That was more significant in some cases than others, but there was always some level of impact. My wand magic wasn't particularly elemental, but expansion charms were something I had already worked on, and this took them to another level. Void affinity had serious significance in Magecraft, where previously I'd been working with completely unaligned spellcasting. Other systems weren't that strongly impacted, but, as an element of connection, Shadow could be integrated into other forms of magic. Adding spatial elements to my striker shield would significantly increase its durability and even offensive potential.
I believe that the closest thing to elemental wand magic would be a magic-type affinity and even that would be for the wands themselves.
Aisha was carrying one of the Shooting Range's Nerf-colored weapons. Every weapon I was familiar with was duplicated in that arsenal for training purposes, including custom pieces. The short sword she was carrying had a bright yellow blade with a yellow and orange grip. It had a decidedly plastic looking texture, but I knew the weapons all felt completely real in both weight and texture. Still, looking at a neon replica of the divinely constructed, rune inscribed, elementally infused wakizashi that I had personally built was a little jarring.

The short, curved blade was a natural fit for water affinity, something I had drawn out through a combination of rune work and my Infusionist power. Enhanced by my divine craftsmanship and the power of Daedalus' Student it had unrivaled mastery of the water element, being capable of generating and controlling it in titanic quantities. The blade naturally enhanced the fluidity of movements and struck with the force of a tidal wave, breaking through or knocking down almost any defense.

Aisha was displaying all those features, though with a copy designed to be completely harmless. Not non-lethal, but incapable of harming anyone. The massive quantity of animate water swelling behind her as she moved through the combat forms that Tybalt had no doubt drilled her in was nothing but a very accurate illusion. The real thing would have had enough force to clear a street of vehicles, but the surge of emulated orange water, which happened to resemble an angry wave of Tang, couldn't even knock a person back a single step.
Well I don't like that; harmless is harmless but insubstantial is another thing entirely; even a Nerf-Dart has enough heft to let you know you've been hit.
"Hey, I see you've taken to elemental weapon practice." I quipped as the Time constellation missed a connection.

She grinned as she gave the Nerf-colored short sword a dramatic flick, causing a pulse of fake water to spiral around it. "I knew it was a big deal when you were going on about major powers and everything, but I figured it was some kind of crazy Apeiron thing."

"Apeiron thing?" I asked.

"She means stuff that you need other powers to manage." Tetra said as she scampered up, abandoning her own training weapons. She pounced up onto my back, resting the hand covered by the Avid Glove on my shoulder as she peered around to look at me. "Aisha said you get out of touch with what normal people can do compared to Apeiron things."

Tetra openly translated her otherwise silent speech through the room's IR link, but if Aisha was annoyed by her revealing that particular detail she didn't show it. Instead, she just shrugged. "It's kind of hard to tell if something is because of some super powerful thing you made, or if it's one of the fifty support powers you get each day." She lifted the small sword. "I've seen what you can do with things like this, but I didn't figure it was this easy to use."

Tybalt made a sharp comment about the actual difficulty level of such work such that Aisha shouldn't undercut her own efforts. Or the benefits of Tybalt's instructions.
Aisha not getting that how well taught she is could be the actual Apeiron Thing is pretty fuck'en funny given that she's trying to low-key rib him for it.
She nodded, examining the brightly colored sword. "Water's good. I wanted something that wasn't going to annihilate the first person I used it on, so it seemed like a good choice."

"Uh, you do know what that kind of water pressure would do to a person if they got caught in it?" I asked. "A person, and most brutes." Tybalt meowed, indicating that she was well aware of the danger of high-pressure water attacks, thanks to his instruction, and was maintaining her focus on the element primarily for thematic concerns.

I gave her a flat look. "Really? You're playing into Lethe like that?"

Aisha let out a breath before turning towards Tetra and me. "I guess? With the way people are talking about me I just wanted something other than being the scary stranger in the hot armor."

I elected not to comment on the armor thing. "It's not a bad thing to focus on. We can work on it, get you a weapon more suited to you." With more safety features. It was good that Aisha was concerned about injuring people, but I didn't want to leave any chance of her accidentally hurting someone, or worse. For her sake as much as the person she might injure. She didn't need to be dealing with that kind of thing. "Maybe tie in some other effects as well. Some new options just opened up."
Maybe tie in a wind effect for better wide-scale sub-lethality? It'd also presumably allow for some weather manipulation like fog which would be good for confusing people in conjunction with her Stranger effect and for battlefield manipulation. Hell throw in some temperature manipulation and she could make snow which I'm sure that she'd get a kick out of.

For matching the legend of her Cape personas namesake though she might want to go for a robe, just worn straight over the armor and which I'm sure that Garment would love to help her with, to fit the Greek theme. Possibly a boat as well? With some water and/or air elementalism Aisha would use a gondola, which fittingly enough seems to have some of its etymology in Greek languages, as a skateboard/surfboard/sailboard.

Maybe add a earth element effect as well just so that she can use it as a miniature submarine as well. It wouldn't even need to have any use beyond that; it could exclusively be for messing with people.
I glanced at Tetra, then at the scattered array of elemental weapons around her training area. "Did you have fun?" I asked wryly.

She nodded, but looked contemplative. "I did, but they didn't feel right." I gave her an inquiring look and she shrugged her little mink shoulders. "I wanted to find the right element before you gave me one of my own, but none of them were what I really wanted."

I scanned through the footage of her training using my upgraded implant. Video of Tetra trying out weapon after weapon played in my head. Fire, ice, wind, water, earth, lightning, dark, and light. The weapons hadn't been built for hands that were more mink than human, but even so I could see she wasn't clicking with any of the offered elements.

"There are more choices." I said. "We'll find something right for you. I promise."
Well the four elements are a bust. I'm not sure which ones ice and lightning are from but they seem useless as well. What about the five elements? Fire, earth, and water are already done, metal's both done locally, though it might be interesting to see how that's interpreted given that Tetra's not even human, and seems a bit redundant given Tetras technology emulation but wood might have a few interesting applications that she could play with.

There is of course blood as shown by Apeirons surgical tools but that seems a bit redundant as well; definitely at least not complementary. Maybe useful as a tool for collecting blood-splatter or special blood or something without needing to turn herself into a mop. Joes blood is naturally the best but variety is important and waste is bad.
"What was that?" Aisha called as the new information was already flooding through the Workshop network.

I reviewed it myself, both through my power and the scans that were already taking place. "That." I said. "Was my Library."

"My Library." Survey's hologram stated firmly from where it was projected in front of the Library's entrance.

"Survey, nobody's arguing with that." I explained as Aisha, Tetra, and Tybalt looked on amusement.

"You have emphasized the importance of us finding our own space within the workshop. With Fleet effectively overseeing the Garage and Hangars, Garment's dedicated textile facilities, and The Matrix's focus on the Volcano and Skyforge, I have yet to stake my claim. This is my attempt to do so." She explained briskly.

"That's fine. We would be very happy for you to look after the Library for everyone." I explained. I had the sense that maybe Tetra would be a little less than thrilled, but not enough to mount any kind of objection.

"Fleet is returning us to Garment's studio at the highest speed possible which remains compliant with local traffic laws. He has rejected my suggestion to engage his divine authority to clear vehicles from our path, but has been willing to exercise it to provide a favorable pattern of traffic lights during our return." She paused. "On reflection, and in comparison to the established traffic control pattern, I believe he may have been doing so for the entire duration of his role as our driver."

That did not surprise me in the least. "That's good. I'll open the access door for you when you get back." Survey caused her hologram to shift slightly. "Unless you'd like us to wait for you before we go into the Library?"

"There would be no practical benefit to such a delay. I could not justify such a request." She said briskly.

"I'll meet you at the entrance. We'll all go in together." I said, concealing a slight smile on my face.

Very shortly after, so shortly that I seriously doubted the claim about compliance with traffic laws, the entire Celestial Forge followed Survey into the Workshop's new library.
Why does Fleet even have vehicles that don't have a connection to the Joes Personal Reality? They've got doors don't they?
A smile that slightly faltered when she saw what Garment was doing to the fashion history section. Garment's telekinesis only extended to materials, so her attempt to read six books at the same time while juggling three more was a disaster waiting to happen, and one Survey quickly strove to head off before some accident could damage the original knowledge.
A fabric-based interface was apparently quite useless for Garment but some fabric books should work well enough.
Library Services (Personal Reality) 100:
This Library Upgrade means that any written text that you add to your library, assuming you or any member of your team possesses the ability to translate it, will gain an appendix that includes all idiomatic word usage, cultural or historical references, and even scholarly explanations of the author's background and possible inspirations. All such notes will be written from a scholastic, in setting standpoint, as if written by a learned scholar writing from no more than a single century in the future from the time the original work was created. Additionally, if you request a specific book translated into a different language, it will be produced within 24 hours, and the translation will be written by an expert native speaker of both languages. Cover art for the new version will be similarly translated. You or a member of your team must know both languages to a high fluent level for this translation service to work properly.
Possibly even in Garments native language as well? I should think that that should contribute significantly to Surveys attempts to put together a translation guide.
As much as it had been built up, it wasn't that impressive of a library. The mote that provided it was one of a cluster of six upgrades of different sizes. The first, creatively called 'Library', was just that. A room that would hold books in pristine condition, sorted to whatever scheme we could want. It didn't provide any books, just empty shelves that could expand to fit the size of any collection. It was a nice library and came with a reading room that actually improved people's concentration, reading speed, comprehension, and retention rate while they used it.
I fully expect this place to end up looking like something out of the Backrooms within the day.
 
What if his mom is secretly *spins the wheel of conspiracy* the simurgh?
Hmm…

Joe's mum is secretly a professional PRT/Cauldron body-double for when Rebecca Costa-Brown needs to appear in both guises at once. His father used to do the same thing for Hero.

Greg Veder saw the two of them out on a date when he was young, and that's what started his conspiracy-theory career by posting "Alexandria and Hero are an item!" to PHO.
 
I think Lord's got a WOG out there somewhere saying that the door can't be portable. It has to be attached to a building or something similarly rooted to the spot.

Well damn. Makes sense though - both from a narrative point of view (All the arcs so far have been Brockton Bay centered), and to fit in with Joe's approach thus far.


The WoG on the doors.

Just want to ask, can his key used on Van door ? Or is it strictly for buildings door ? Because I was hopping for colapsible door to be possible for emergency.
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It's not clearly defined and somewhat arbitrary so I've had to make my own rulings. The door has to be somewhat stable. A van door would work, but to use a collapsible door frame it would have to be anchored in place. Doors on vehicles are fine if they're big enough to have their own reference frame. Anything on a ship would work, and you could probably manage with as small as a mid-sized car. The actual entryway scales to whatever door is used, up to a full 5x5 meter square.

So with Vans, Joe could send them to other cities (driven by Fleet) and then open the door in the van. So it just a question of a large enough vehicle. Given Joe's construction speed, a better idea might be a series of spaceships with some sort of cloak on them. Those could travel more or less instantly around the Earth to every major City, and send them to some nearby planets for additional options. I don't think his FTL is fast enough to get them to nearby solar systems in a meaningful amount of time in the story just yet. But that more due to the story place than a lack of fast FTL travel by Joe.

Still would be a good idea to start setting up a remote base far away from Earth just in case. Might be something a duplicate does in their 20% time.
 
Horrifying thought: Aisha is already leaning towards Water for..reasons, but all that fine print I noted in the descriptions both in and outside of the chapter lead me to wonder if it's not impossible for Joe to implant this kind of magic in someone.

Because when I played Chrono Trigger, DarkEternal spam would solve almost any problem, sort of like a 'rocks fall, everyone dies' sort of answer to the enemies. The only ones that it wouldn't just up and end offhand would be enemies that had a bad habit of eating Shadow damage, which aren't that common until endgame, if I recall it right, and even then they're only there to keep you from overusing Magus more than anything.

I wonder if he's getting Magus' tech listing, i.e. he's going to get Ice/Fire/Bolt 2 on top of the other potential uses (because on-demand black holes that can insta-kill you but leave him alone aren't terrifying enough).

As we all suspected, this wound up being one of the big ones, right off the bat. That it was Mega Bomb was interesting, and the visit with Spekkio was actually a better touch than I would have expected, gave it the same impact as, say, Master Craftsman or Build Rome, but in a different way than the others. I do dig it. Also rounding out his magic abilities that have always lagged a bit behind everything else (Overlord potions, anyone? I think those still don't have any sort of magic system they can link to, IIRC.)
 
[I apologize if this question has already been asked]

So if someone added a book about the PRT/Protectorate to the Workshop's Library, would "historical references and scholarly explanations from a century in the future" give hints to Scion's Golden Morning or mankind's post-GM diaspora in the "WARDS" sequel?

Example:
o_O "Ummm, why does author keep mentioning this year as 'the final days of the PRT/Protectorate'?'"

:o "Oh my, that is rather worrying."
it does say "no more than" before "a single century in the future" and "from the time the original work was created." after, so the reasonable interpretation would be that the annotations on a book from the relatively modern era would be written from the perspective of a contemporary scholar, as opposed to one that has experienced the events of the entirety of worm and sequel. factoring in the part where that 'future' no longer applies and cannot be predicted accurately due to the arrival of Apeiron in this timeline, i would double and quadruple down on that.
 
I think Lord's got a WOG out there somewhere saying that the door can't be portable. It has to be attached to a building or something similarly rooted to the spot.
Ew.
The WoG on the doors.




So with Vans, Joe could send them to other cities (driven by Fleet) and then open the door in the van. So it just a question of a large enough vehicle. Given Joe's construction speed, a better idea might be a series of spaceships with some sort of cloak on them. Those could travel more or less instantly around the Earth to every major City, and send them to some nearby planets for additional options. I don't think his FTL is fast enough to get them to nearby solar systems in a meaningful amount of time in the story just yet. But that more due to the story place than a lack of fast FTL travel by Joe.

Still would be a good idea to start setting up a remote base far away from Earth just in case. Might be something a duplicate does in their 20% time.
Probably best to use outright mobile homes to make sure that the size would be enough. As a side-benefit they could just be left there for homeless people to take once he was done with them.
Horrifying thought: Aisha is already leaning towards Water for..reasons, but all that fine print I noted in the descriptions both in and outside of the chapter lead me to wonder if it's not impossible for Joe to implant this kind of magic in someone.

Because when I played Chrono Trigger, DarkEternal spam would solve almost any problem, sort of like a 'rocks fall, everyone dies' sort of answer to the enemies. The only ones that it wouldn't just up and end offhand would be enemies that had a bad habit of eating Shadow damage, which aren't that common until endgame, if I recall it right, and even then they're only there to keep you from overusing Magus more than anything.

I wonder if he's getting Magus' tech listing, i.e. he's going to get Ice/Fire/Bolt 2 on top of the other potential uses (because on-demand black holes that can insta-kill you but leave him alone aren't terrifying enough).

As we all suspected, this wound up being one of the big ones, right off the bat. That it was Mega Bomb was interesting, and the visit with Spekkio was actually a better touch than I would have expected, gave it the same impact as, say, Master Craftsman or Build Rome, but in a different way than the others. I do dig it. Also rounding out his magic abilities that have always lagged a bit behind everything else (Overlord potions, anyone? I think those still don't have any sort of magic system they can link to, IIRC.)
He can modify bodies, both biological and technological, along with souls and potentially minds, especially if he gets into Neathbow, so yeah I should think that he'd be capable of making people magic.
 
Horrifying thought: Aisha is already leaning towards Water for..reasons, but all that fine print I noted in the descriptions both in and outside of the chapter lead me to wonder if it's not impossible for Joe to implant this kind of magic in someone.

Because when I played Chrono Trigger, DarkEternal spam would solve almost any problem, sort of like a 'rocks fall, everyone dies' sort of answer to the enemies. The only ones that it wouldn't just up and end offhand would be enemies that had a bad habit of eating Shadow damage, which aren't that common until endgame, if I recall it right, and even then they're only there to keep you from overusing Magus more than anything.

I wonder if he's getting Magus' tech listing, i.e. he's going to get Ice/Fire/Bolt 2 on top of the other potential uses (because on-demand black holes that can insta-kill you but leave him alone aren't terrifying enough).

As we all suspected, this wound up being one of the big ones, right off the bat. That it was Mega Bomb was interesting, and the visit with Spekkio was actually a better touch than I would have expected, gave it the same impact as, say, Master Craftsman or Build Rome, but in a different way than the others. I do dig it. Also rounding out his magic abilities that have always lagged a bit behind everything else (Overlord potions, anyone? I think those still don't have any sort of magic system they can link to, IIRC.)
I just wanted to point out that Aisha is water, tybalt: fire, fleet:wind, matrix: earth, survey: lightning and Aperion: shadow. My point is that I hope Garment is light to complete the set
 
Probably best to use outright mobile homes to make sure that the size would be enough. As a side-benefit they could just be left there for homeless people to take once he was done with them.
I think the problem with this is that Joe is worried about thinker detection. He was worried about his personal defences being breached in this chapter, so naturally he would be even more worried about robots being detected. Personally I think he is probably being paranoid, but he does have a reason for not doing it.
 
Heh, cute, you're a Void Mage. Familiar.

Also cute: Survey has emotional investment in somethi-

/jaw drop

Earth Prime!!! Joe has access to a perspective on Earth Prime. I never thought that'd actually happen!
How many of those books are source material for his powers?
No Maggie Holt indeed. Welcome to the Truth, Deadpool style. Hidden in the bonus constellation. :V


Aisha is using water because Lethe is a river and she may as well go with the theme.
Not just any river. De-nial! /dodges thrown books
 
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Not just any river. De-nial! /dodges thrown books
Oooh, Pun-Lord Aisha? That gives me an idea...
Buh-Dum, Tssh
"Aisha?" Marcus Laborn, otherwise known simply as Mr. Laborn, asked as he knocked on his daughter's door. His daughter opened up the door and peeked through, a questioning expression on her face.

"Yeah, dad?"

"I wanted to ask about the books you've purchased recently..." Seeing his daughter's face fall, Marcus quickly held up a hand. "Your paycheck is your paycheck, Aisha. You can spend it however you wish. I just wanted to know why you decided on joke books, of all things. I didn't think you were the type for puns, and if you were going to get books, I'd figured you would get fashion books or something focusing on customer service."

Yes, just recently Aisha had begun working for Garment, a new Cape in Brockton Bay. The job paid well, and by all accounts, Aisha was performing quite well. It warmed his heart to see his daughter mature so.

Aisha's face brightened. "Oh, those? Me and a friend watched a few stand-up routines while I was staying over. I decided to try and branch out!"

"Ah, okay." Really, it was lovely that Aisha was moving away from her former... tendencies. Getting a job and new friends was the best thing that could've happened to her. "Remember to save at least some of your paychecks," he called over his shoulder as he walked back to the sitting room. "You never know when you'll need a nest egg!"

"I know, I know," his daughter replied.

"Hey, Joe? Water you up too?"

"Oh, I'm just putting the touches on the cancer-curing warhead, why do you ask?"

"I was wondering if you could convince your dew-plicates to build a stage? I've been drowning in puns ever since I bought those joke books, and I really need a place to drain them out of my system."

"I think we can spare the time. Anything else?"

"I've been trying to catch Tybalt during ranged weapons practice. I keep on misting, even when I use a deluge of ammunition."

"Yeah, that makes sense. Is your aim getting better? I know that some people consider rapid-fire weaponry a 'spray-and-pray' type of deal, but it's actually rather important to know how to aim with them."

"Well, I can currently hit a bullseye almost every time I fire."

"Good, good."

"Hiya, I'm Lethe. Don't drink too much of me in, or else I'll have to keep reintroducing myself."

Lisa's eye twitched slightly as she shook the power-armored figure's hand.

"Aw, come on, don't be so agitated. Have you ever tried meditation? I hear it helps stress just drain away."

Lisa wanted to scream.

Unfortunately, i don't think I'm the best at punning, but hopefully this tickled your fancy anyhow.
 
Puns! Hell yeah!

Love how Joe goes with the flow, and doesn't mind that Aisha just became a well of jokes. And Lisa being the one to give in to pressure after only two waves checks out too. Bubbly little omake.
 
I think the problem with this is that Joe is worried about thinker detection. He was worried about his personal defences being breached in this chapter, so naturally he would be even more worried about robots being detected. Personally I think he is probably being paranoid, but he does have a reason for not doing it.
Alright then; mobile homes that deploy a bunch of other mobile homes as they go; if you can't hide a needle in a hay stack hide a needle in a needle stack.

Edit: better idea; have mobile homes with whole sides able to unfold as access hatches and have Matrix and Fleet just keep making mobile homes that can fit though them.
 
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Digital Database (Personal Reality) 100:
This Library Upgrade automatically digitizes every text that enters your Personal Reality, even if it's already in digital format, and does so safely (spells will contain the correct symbols but not power, memetic or conceptual texts will be rendered harmless). The entire contents of your Library are now completely searchable, indexed, and intelligently cross-referenced, allowing far easier use and accessibility.
Does this apply to the book that Joe got from the "Bigger on the Inside" RWBY perk? Has in now been digitized and organized into Survey's Library?

New abilities for Tybalt:
I guess this answers my previous question. It seems Tybalt got 3 new perks.
 
Does this apply to the book that Joe got from the "Bigger on the Inside" RWBY perk? Has in now been digitized and organized into Survey's Library?


I guess this answers my previous question. It seems Tybalt got 3 new perks.
I just realised. If the Bigger on the Inside book is digitised, then in theory so too will the 40k DAoT book. And while it won't be translated automatically by the possession/knowledge of the Arch Magos perk it will still be in the digi-library which will make it easier to translate, especially if the library is accessible from the Throne, and as such can be accessed under time dilation (Which will be further increased if Joe gains the perks that allow for time dilation of the Workshop and time dilation while he's inside the workshop).
 
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