Considering she doesn't have the money or the status, I very much doubt it.
Considering she doesn't have the money or the status, I very much doubt it.
chest
I haven't been keeping up with whatever this latest thread discussion is, but yes. I remember one of the perks Joe already has being from a D&D jump
the Master Craftsman perk, the 300 point one, not the 600, I think.I haven't been keeping up with whatever this latest thread discussion is, but yes. I remember one of the perks Joe already has being from a D&D jump
The new system wasn't actually any more powerful, but all the little workarounds that had been put in place were suddenly unnecessary. The system was automatically online thanks to the Workshop's Extranet upgrade. It had a dedicated Intranet set up and maintained by my power, connecting it to the systems in my new Office, as well as the desktops, laptops, and tablets that had been provided for each member of the team.
Those were of nebulous usefulness. I mean, they were technically good systems, the kind of thing I would have been happy to have when I was starting out, but now it wasn't even the fact that they were outdated that was the problem. Fleet, Survey, and the Matrix emphatically did not need a computer. Tetra could interface directly with systems and emulate any technology she needed. Aisha had a tendency to lean on her watch or armor for any computing needs, and at this point she could probably build better computers herself. Tybalt and Garment might have gotten use out of them, but they already had better systems available to them.
The main advantage of the smaller PCs was the fact that the same ease of upgrades applied to them as the computer core. I hadn't seriously considered using spiritron processors in a laptop, largely for the same reason I'd never considered using a fusion bomb for a cigarette lighter. It was so monstrously excessive that even I was having trouble justifying it, and I had previously built Garment a laptop that outstripped the world's entire civilian computational infrastructure. Seriously, unless we got into some fairly heavy magitech applications, it wasn't likely to be worth the effort.
Hey shouldn't Joe be integrating one of those personal computers, properly Ship-Of-Theseused and miniaturized like his boots, into his body to aid in interfacing with other things?Even if they had been completely intrusive, I probably would have been able to handle it. The philosophy towards cybernetics gained from Technical Training was far more robust. I wasn't quite onboard on the level of the Laboratorium's skulls, but I appreciated the sentiment behind it. The way the motive force existed independently of the medium it flowed through. How the transition from flesh to machine wasn't something to be feared.
Additionally, with my Scavenger power, integrating new technology was trivial. The entire ability was based around incorporating seemingly incompatible technology seamlessly. Normally that would have been used with the Robotic Armor that came with that power, but it worked just as well on my cybernetic body.
"Do you need a hand?" My duplicate asked, holding up the tiny Lambda Driver.
"No, I've got it." I said. Extensive cybernetics had taken this kind of thing from a medical procedure to a firmly mechanical process. It was both reasonable for me to handle it, and a good idea for me to understand any modifications to my own body.
With the number of repair, modification, and upgrade powers I possessed there wasn't even a need for special tools or facilities. The dropping of the effect that concealed my cybernetic form, a quick partial removal of a chest plate, and the integration of the driver into my primary energy circuit, and then I was done. Human concealment was back up, and you'd never guess that I had just opened my own chest.
If Joe is going to be self-identifying based off of spirituality he should avoid being depicted as identifying based on things like identity or personality.The Mantra-based technology was integrated into my body on a spiritual level. It was as much a part of me as any organic component, something evident by how it was able to grow, develop, and change in a very organic way.
He literally has enough land for a small city, or a one-to-one model of Lord Of The Rings lands, and a teleport prison to keep people out of where he doesn't want them; it's not a concern.He doesn't want the people who aren't part of his team having free access though. He considers the place his home where he can relax, feel safe, and just be himself rather than playing a specific role. The family and friends that he has made in his team are welcome to share that, but he doesn't want to just give free access to people, even ones that he cares about as much as, whenever they want.
He especially and specifically doesn't want Taylor anywhere near some of the stuff he has in there.
Hey if she thought that she could use it as a excuse to invade peoples lives.I just had a truly horrid thought, though since LordR has rejected he idea of Taylor and Emma both being there, I doubt it happens.
You don't think that Mrs. Durress, Jozef's mother, would be the type to flaunt her social connections by attending a prestigious, though last minute, fashion fundraiser, do you? I would think not, since she seems the type that might think non-PRT capes to be garish or undignified.
It'd be nice if Garment placed Survey's old Scrying Mirror into the Trophy Room. Everyone in the Celestial Forge should have one or two keepsake mementos on display.
Apeiron doesn't need to recycle the scrying mirror for raw materials or toss it into the Hexagram Crucible (Chinese name???) to recover its enchantments.
Or, if not the Trophy Room, Apeiron could give everyone a bedroom in the Valkyria Hidden Hideaway mansion and order them to decorate it, with Survey saving her old Scrying Mirror. Yes, I stole the idea from "My Hero Academia" where students show off their dormrooms and argue over whose is best.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvR0WkG1fx8
That's actually so obvious in hindsight. Very good idea; I wonder if he'll do it. Maybe becoming one with the Workshop is a bit freaky to contemplate.Hey shouldn't Joe be integrating one of those personal computers, properly Ship-Of-Theseused and miniaturized like his boots, into his body to aid in interfacing with other things?
Honestly yeah a few Annihilator Effects used to dispose of anti-matter from some Hawking Radiation would constitute some Ex Nihilo generation."Well, according to our calculations, the big bang extended through multiple, possibly all of the universes in existence." Said my first duplicate. "It seems that it would have generated enough matter and antimatter in the proper positions to cancel itself out, but the small amount of matter and antimatter that leaked through the mirror created a chain reaction that destabilized the equilibrium. That resulted in some universes having an abundance of matter and some having an abundance of antimatter, the pattern that we see continue to play out today."
Speaking of becoming one with the Workshop though you know what would make for good medical facilities for the spare Key to teleport people into? A divine realm or whatever they were saying would happen if they pumped enough Fortune Energy into a enclosed space; if they're dying then their bodies are clearly not worth keeping anyway so the body destruction aspect of it shouldn't be detrimental.That's actually so obvious in hindsight. Very good idea; I wonder if he'll do it. Maybe becoming one with the Workshop is a bit freaky to contemplate.
Thank you. We were definitively missing an omake where Joe accidentally the Multiverse."Well, Survey might count as the creator deity of the multiverse." My second duplicate quipped.
Hmm... Necromart, or Prayers 'r Us.If it seems like the the wrong response, you're just not trying hard enough.
"I know." I said. "I can swing down to the Regency Center, help out with the prep." I smiled. "And give Garment her key." I paused as I was alerted to an incoming call. "Right after I speak with Alec."
If this really is a pun, then Lord was playing the greatest long game yet, because Regency Center was introduced back in Sabah's interlude. It is not a thing to feel bad about, it's The Achievement to be proud of!
2) The hoe: I know that the hoe seems like a bizarre and underwhelming perk but it still came as a Celestial Forge perk. What kind of unique qualities does it possess compared to mere Celestial Forge creations? Can it be modified and gifted to Gully to replace her shovel?
He could just build one from scratch, though. I think the only advantage the hoe would have would be a faster self-repair, which isn't all that valuable.
Survey, we need some cheese platters for the show... does the shop have any Stilton?D&D shops:
cheese shop (general foods, but definetly lots of super expensive cheeses, like holy shit is 2 months salary for a cheese)
At least Tybalt isn't trying his luck with mixing magical stimulants and super science ones.Survey, we need some cheese platters for the show... does the shop have any Stilton?
I'm afraid they're fresh out, it restocks in two days.
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What about Holy Roman War Cheese?
Yes! Oh no, sorry; the cat's eaten it.
it would have sentimental valueHe could just build one from scratch, though. I think the only advantage the hoe would have would be a faster self-repair, which isn't all that valuable.
Joe trying his best throughout his entire character arc to retain some semblance of his ability to relate to regular people despite the constant warping and changing of his mindset in sometimes fully alien ways due to his power VS this user's personal dislike of dialogue: who would win?Yeah, speaking of that telepathy… why is Joe still talking to himself like this? It's not even a comfort habit thing, because he's now in constant permanent connection. Rather than needing to be told this stuff in dialogue, it should all be internal thought- because he already knows everything they have to tell him and are thinking. And even if he doesn't because it might not be instant information transference, he still doesn't need them to be physically present to report.
It'd make sense for something like this to happen with the planned neural implant upgrade mentioned in this chapter.Hey shouldn't Joe be integrating one of those personal computers, properly Ship-Of-Theseused and miniaturized like his boots, into his body to aid in interfacing with other things?
Where he doesn't want them is the whole place. It's his, and most of his team's, home, and he doesn't want them in there.He literally has enough land for a small city, or a one-to-one model of Lord Of The Rings lands, and a teleport prison to keep people out of where he doesn't want them; it's not a concern.
It's wood from a different universe with different metaphysics if that helps but even if it doesn't it's still wood which means that he can make it magical. It wouldn't have a ton of utility but he's definitely got enough land to do some farming if he wants to.He could just build one from scratch, though. I think the only advantage the hoe would have would be a faster self-repair, which isn't all that valuable.
He should probably talk to more people for that.Joe trying his best throughout his entire character arc to retain some semblance of his ability to relate to regular people despite the constant warping and changing of his mindset in sometimes fully alien ways due to his power VS this user's personal dislike of dialogue: who would win?
He has a city-state in the valley in his pocket dimension; he can spare a few apartment buildings.Where he doesn't want them is the whole place. It's his, and most of his team's, home, and he doesn't want them in there.
Joe: "Get off my lawn."
Taylor: "It's a whole volcano."
Joe: "You heard me."
Plus, starting with the clones, they've been making much more use of the place then a person might expect. It's somewhere that a team of demigods can spread out and be as passively extravagant as they want.
It's the fact of the matter really - Joe just doesn't trust the Undersiders as a whole, Taylor included, as far as he could throw them. Heck, the only reason why he's sticking around for Taylor is because he cares for her and because of her role in the future, but care is not the same as trust.He has a city-state in the valley in his pocket dimension; he can spare a few apartment buildings.
Hell he can send a few apartment buildings flying in the sky over his valleys build-limit if he's that troubled by it taking up space.
He doesn't need to throw them anywhere because he can teleport them to the moon on a whim...Speaking of which he could probably also take a tour of Spheres moonbase at some point if he wanted to. Hell he could probably steal Spheres moonbase and keep it in his valley.It's the fact of the matter really - Joe just doesn't trust the Undersiders as a whole, Taylor included, as far as he could throw them. Heck, the only reason why he's sticking around for Taylor is because he cares for her and because of her role in the future, but care is not the same as trust.
From what I have seen, the only two members of the Undersiders Joe can trust to the slightest degree is actually Rachel and Alec. Which is saying something that the two people that were pretty much the most messed up mentally due to so many factors are the ones that are most forward with him.It's the fact of the matter really - Joe just doesn't trust the Undersiders as a whole, Taylor included, as far as he could throw them. Heck, the only reason why he's sticking around for Taylor is because he cares for her and because of her role in the future, but care is not the same as trust.
Yet again, he could do that but he doesn't trust them not to do something foolish. Such as throwing one of their knives out and having it go through atmospheric reentry. Because I'm not sure that they would burn up quickly enough to not cause damage.He doesn't need to throw them anywhere because he can teleport them to the moon on a whim...Speaking of which he could probably also take a tour of Spheres moonbase at some point if he wanted to. Hell he could probably steal Spheres moonbase and keep it in his valley.