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Brockton's Celestial Forge (Worm/Jumpchain)

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Slentoru said:
Yeah, Elven Enchantment certainly has part in it, but what else?

Like, inclusion of Harry Potter magic might have an influence, as at least one type of their artefacts has a tendency to be sapient (Wands). And it's purpose as tool of informational control most certainly gives it more intelligence (pun intended).

Anything else? Like some perk that might promote intelligent behaviour in a magical artefact or quirk of the magic system Joe has access to? Because it's the first time Joe made a fully intelligent magical artefact, and what powers in play led to it is quite a curiosity.
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The notebook portion functions as a full-fledged cutting-edge laptop computer.

Apeiron can create AIs so complete that they actually have souls.

What's to say that Thurin-Ist isn't Survey & Fleet's younger sibling?
 
Slentoru said:
Like, inclusion of Harry Potter magic might have an influence, as at least one type of their artefacts has a tendency to be sentient
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Well Harry Potter magic tends to make magic objects and artefacts quirky and temperamental, both features we ve seem to observe on Note-chan. HP magic is full to the brim with intent, and the intent on creation was "help Uppercrust, defend him from eavesdropping and keep hidden from the giant alien supercomputers". It's probable that it will keep having an "attitude"

Slentoru said:
Anything else? Like some perk that might promote intelligent behaviour in a magical artefact or quirk of the magic system Joe has access to?
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Right out of the bat Heretical Adaptation will make any lingering soul and sentience fully develop into a personality, characteristics and probably some rudimentary mind.

AmberSlime said:
"Father, why am I parchment when my elder siblings are machines?"
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Because, my childe, you are an agent among allies that have the enemy hooked into their minds, we must hide our true abilities from their snooping multi dimensional tentacles . Fret not, for what your brothers and sister have in technology you have in elegance of form and soul. Your very nature was Sung into reality, you are as real as the Sun and the stars, and you have a long life to grow and experience.
 
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LordRoustabout said:
But, hey, it was a free hoe.

Okay, not like that.
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LordRoustabout said:
The look he received was anything but jovial. In a hard voice, and with an expression that spoke more than Uppercrust could imagine, he replied with a direct and uncompromising command.

"Clean house."
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LordRoustabout said:
Gold bullion, neatly arranged. A full ton of gold, one thousand bars at one kilogram each. The weight spread enough to avoid stressing the floor, it effectively created a second low table of gleaming metal.

"To address any initial expenses of this operation." Apeiron said casually.
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So ... Joe cleans him up, sets the rules then gives him money to go buy himself something nice. I hate to say it Joe, but it really does look "like that"...
 
When do you all think Faultline will be able to secure a meeting with Apeiron. And will she possibly tell him about Power Vials?(don't remember if she knows about them at this point in the story)
 
BigsDragon said:
When do you all think Faultline will be able to secure a meeting with Apeiron. And will she possibly tell him about Power Vials?(don't remember if she knows about them at this point in the story)
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Fleet and Tybalt are meeting Gregor in the evening of the current day if I have my timeline straight.

LordRoustabout said:
"On the subject of Case 53s, Gregor the Snail had a brief conversation with Fleet prior to departing Somer's Rock. The details of the conversation fall under the guidelines you have presented regarding private discussions, but Fleet has granted me permission to share the fact that Gregor had contacted him through our entry site with a neutral greeting and an invitation to the nightclub known as Palanquin."

"Really?" I said. It was surprisingly forward, but then again, Gregor was probably accustomed to a certain disregard of social conventions.

Survey replied with a copy of the message. It was directed to Fleet, but extended to anyone he wished to bring. "Given the significant emphasis placed on your public appearances, Fleet was considering attending tomorrow night, with Tybalt accompanying him, providing there are no objections."

"No." I replied firmly. "As long as it's safe and they're careful about any commitments, then no problem at all. It's good for them to take some action on their own." Plus, the two of them would be more than capable of withdrawing if things got away from them.
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I'm not sure if they will be able to determine if they can fix Case 53s now, but that is probably going to be brought up. I'm pretty sure Faultline does not know about the power vials yet (or if she does, it is purely in vague rumor). I think the time she actually found concrete information about them was when she raided the Merchants post-Leviathan.
 
Ziggrrauglurr said:
Your very nature was Sung into reality
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It seems, it wasn't:
Lord's WoG said:
sonicyoash: 11. Thuring-Ist/Secret Lore is a great name. I love how Yellowjack immediately figured it out. Also, is the book sapient or what?

Lord: 11. There are a lot of effects empowering that book, both magic and otherwise. The book doesn't have a soul the way Fleet, Survey, and the Matrix do. It also wasn't sung to (that's still too much of an exertion in spiritual energy), but it is twice Named, empowered by multiple forms of divine crafting, improved by a score of quality enhancements (well, about 19 depending on how you count them), and subjected to as much empowerment as Joe can manage with his combined magic systems and enchantment perks, including Item Crafting A+++. There's plenty of room for the item to develop some quirks, but frankly, just the amount of Harry Potter magic used to expand its storage capacity would have been enough to give it a bit of personality.
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I guess Joe still has a lot of growing to do, in a spiritual sense.
 
SiegfriedisOP said:
So how do you guy think the Birdcage and it's inhabitants will feature and play in the story?
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Hmmm... I don't really know if it will. The only way I can really see anything happening involving the birdcage is if Canary gets sent there. Speaking of Canary, I don't think we've ever even heard of her after Kid Win's interlude, wonder what's going on on that front.

I suppose Teacher might get involved, moving pieces and students against Joe if he starts interfering with Saint.
 
AmberSlime said:
Hmmm... I don't really know if it will. The only way I can really see anything happening involving the birdcage is if Canary gets sent there. Speaking of Canary, I don't think we've ever even heard of her after Kid Win's interlude, wonder what's going on on that front.

I suppose Teacher might get involved, moving pieces and students against Joe if he starts interfering with Saint.
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Daecl said:
I doubt we'll get a Birdcage Interlude until Dragon's situation comes to a head, honestly. Probably to show some teeth gnashing from Teacher as his outside access is cut off.
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Hmm makes sense the Birdcage is inescapable with people only leaving in canon because they were let out. So the only person affected by Apeiron would be Teacher any other character would just be POV you live in a world with Apeiron which could be addressed from Teacher's pov.
 
SiegfriedisOP said:
So how do you guy think the Birdcage and it's inhabitants will feature and play in the story?
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There's 4 ways the birdcage could feature in the story:

- Canary. She's slated for the birdcage, so she might serve as an inside look into it.
- Teacher control Saint, Saint control Dragon, Dragon control the program that administer the birdcage. Teacher could ask Saint to free him. Of course that's only valid until Apeiron free Dragon.
- The main raison d'être of the birdcage is to keep capes until they are needed for Golden Morning.
- In the original story, Panacea voluntarily asked to be imprisoned in the birdcage after the S9 broke her psychologically. Through that seems very unlikely now that Apeiron decided to kill the S9 as soon as they toe Brockton's bay.
 
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Y'know now with Uppercrust healed I wonder if Gully(or other Case 53's) can be looked at? It's been a while since they'd been mentioned.
LordRoustabout said:
"As for other matters, assessment of concerns external to the city is ongoing, but it can be confirmed that at least seventeen Case 53s are either currently en route to the city, or are making arrangements for travel. This is in addition to the ongoing presence of Weld and Gully."
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novorek said:
Fleet and Tybalt are meeting Gregor in the evening of the current day if I have my timeline straight.




I'm not sure if they will be able to determine if they can fix Case 53s now, but that is probably going to be brought up. I'm pretty sure Faultline does not know about the power vials yet (or if she does, it is purely in vague rumor). I think the time she actually found concrete information about them was when she raided the Merchants post-Leviathan.
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i kind of hope Gully gets to be the first "fixed" case 53.
 
SpaceGuy13 said:
Maybe after Weld? He is "paid up for" after all.
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He paid up for the first treatment, not the full 'cure'. Besides, could Apeiron even do it?
Fixing his body is indeed a non-issue, regardless of how biological or metal-based he is, but fixing his screwed-up powers constantly fucking up with his body is not something that he has been shown to be able to do (yet?). As i remember all he did was put a 1s timer on the power's automatic activation upon contact with anything metallic.
 
Ayashi said:
He paid up for the first treatment, not the full 'cure'. Besides, could Apeiron even do it?
Fixing his body is indeed a non-issue, regardless of how biological or metal-based he is, but fixing his screwed-up powers constantly fucking up with his body is not something that he has been shown to be able to do (yet?). As i remember all he did was put a 1s timer on the power's automatic activation upon contact with anything metallic.
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Nope. Joe literally went and confirmed with Weld on the PHO interlude that he's been paid up for the full cure, and that was so important that it became part of Alexandria's briefing for the response team. As for whether Joe is capable of actually doing it, it's been WoG several dozen chapters ago that Joe picked up enough Perks for it.
 
SpaceGuy13 said:
I think it was also mentioned that since it crossed several states, it's being tried on a federal level. So that's even more attention and scrutiny.
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And the ironic part is that the scrutiny has led to a much more balanced approach to Canary's case, even if the case was actually worse than it was in canon, so her canonical fate has been prevented in favor of a more nuanced jail sentence.
 
readerdreamer said:
And the ironic part is that the scrutiny has led to a much more balanced approach to Canary's case, even if the case was actually worse than it was in canon, so her canonical fate has been prevented in favor of a more nuanced jail sentence.
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what's ironic about it? greater scrutiny almost always results in better judgment as far as i'm aware.
 
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