Brockton's Celestial Forge (Worm/Jumpchain)
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- Malaysia
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Forget fighting Scion! This is the most threatening thing Apeiron has had to face in ever!
MagnificentMind
To Live is to Suffer
So Carol was right! It was all just an elaborate plan… a plan to get a date with someone in her family and take down New Wave from the inside!
Granted New Wave is doing a fine enough job at it on their own as it is.
- Location
- Germany
Oh, better yet. Her power registers the nanites as being under her control.
The Queen of Escalation...with her own personal, divine nano-swarm.
Great chapter! I loved the imagery of Joe and his duplicates as giant monstrous abstract craftsmen immediately followed by Kat flexing his own giant divine form.
Joe just gave Aisha her own PLANET! With a diamond palace in the Himalayas and a Hidden World with dinosaurs! After giving her a magical unicorn, her own house, an entire wardrobe of Garment-level clothing, and the greatest set of power armor ever seen on Earth Bet. Plus Elven tea and Elven popcorn.
I kind of want to see another Aisha POV where she has to go home to the mundane world to a dirty apartment, eat cold mac-and-cheese for dinner, and attend public school taught by teachers less educated than she is. Aisha is pretty much going from fantasy adventurer/space princess to ghetto street rat on the daily.
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The reference to Super Weapon really stood out to me. What exotic/rare item will be required? Considering that Joe considers it such a big task I'm guessing something well-known to the entire Worm multi-verse... like Contessa's hat. Are we going to see a Mission Impossible-style theft scene?
Prediction-
1) Survey scries the target.
2) Tetra 'teleports' to and retrieves the target.
3) Matrix generates a copy of the stolen item and leaves it in place.
4) Tetra returns to the Workshop.
Mission successfully completed in < blink of an eye.
Follow-up: Contessa pats her head to make sure that her hat is still in place.
Joe just gave Aisha her own PLANET! With a diamond palace in the Himalayas and a Hidden World with dinosaurs! After giving her a magical unicorn, her own house, an entire wardrobe of Garment-level clothing, and the greatest set of power armor ever seen on Earth Bet. Plus Elven tea and Elven popcorn.
I kind of want to see another Aisha POV where she has to go home to the mundane world to a dirty apartment, eat cold mac-and-cheese for dinner, and attend public school taught by teachers less educated than she is. Aisha is pretty much going from fantasy adventurer/space princess to ghetto street rat on the daily.
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The reference to Super Weapon really stood out to me. What exotic/rare item will be required? Considering that Joe considers it such a big task I'm guessing something well-known to the entire Worm multi-verse... like Contessa's hat. Are we going to see a Mission Impossible-style theft scene?
Prediction-
1) Survey scries the target.
2) Tetra 'teleports' to and retrieves the target.
3) Matrix generates a copy of the stolen item and leaves it in place.
4) Tetra returns to the Workshop.
Mission successfully completed in < blink of an eye.
Follow-up: Contessa pats her head to make sure that her hat is still in place.
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- Deep inside the sand
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Not just that! Taylor will become immortal with an indestructible army of insects. A unholy cross with her magical effect armor just like you said. An indestructible force that cannot be stopped nor run out of resurrections for her insect minions. She could probably use her insects in a much more aggressive manner because she doesn't need to be afraid of them dying. Depending on how the healing work she might even be able to 'spawn' insects. She will become the Swarm.
I think this would sum up people's reaction in Brockton Bay to that
View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ItrseO_L7SA&pp=ygUQRGVhciBnb2Qgc29sZGllcg%3D%3D
I... don't understand why they're bothering to try and disable Jack's influence on every shard when he's only a day out, and thus a day from death. Seems like a waste of time since they really don't need to do it to deal with him.
Granted I kind of just breeze workshop chapters, but at least we're going outside again.
Granted I kind of just breeze workshop chapters, but at least we're going outside again.
Kappa
this Kappa entity
- Location
- Canada, usually
Rein is correct, actually, the saying started out with horses.
- Location
- Germany
Because even once Jack is dead the Shard will remain and someone else will be able to Trigger with Broadcast, which means you're having to deal with the same shit again.
As soon as Jack looks to be in danger, his power is going to start trying to influence every other cape in Brockton Bay into interfering.
But, more importantly: powers don't end just because people die. The Butcher is a prime example of the opposite. Joe is aware that he, personally, has multiple ways to bring people back to life… and I think that he's aware that Shards can "grab" the parahuman equivalents to Souls?
In other words, even if Jack is dead, his power might keep manipulating people to try and bring him back. Or, at the very least, to turn them all against Apeiron.
YuffieK
(Verified Ninja Princess)
[Broadcast] is a cheating cheater who cheats. Joe doesn't care for that shit and so has taken to Ending him and the Slaughterhouse Nine properly.
<Atropos appears> "Excuse me?"
Oops. Sorry. Has taken to
"Hmmm..." <Atropos points at the eyes of her mask before backing through the portal.>
Thanks for the chapter.
I wonder how much are PJO gods getting drunk, or powered up due to libation.
I can just imagine Apollo going I leveled up and suddenly scientists had a major breakthrough in a cure for some incurable disease. Or other such shenanigans occurring on their Earth.
I wonder how much are PJO gods getting drunk, or powered up due to libation.
I can just imagine Apollo going I leveled up and suddenly scientists had a major breakthrough in a cure for some incurable disease. Or other such shenanigans occurring on their Earth.
After Tetra's little display at his hideout, if Blasto sees Aisha or Tybalt spontaneously manifesting weapons he's gonna flip.
Also, does anyone else want Joe&co to move Aisha's passenger to her little world? That way she never has a range issue and can go explore the cosmos at will.
Also, does anyone else want Joe&co to move Aisha's passenger to her little world? That way she never has a range issue and can go explore the cosmos at will.
I'm sure Taylor will find a way to turn these into a terrifying weapon...(thinks of the short story about a healer who could heal all mutations and return people to the amoebas we all evolved from)...I'm sure it'll be fine.
Thanks for the chapter.
Joe doesn't seem like he can work in parallel on every Case-53 there is even if he can work extremely rapidly in serial; if it can be handled without his personal effort then I don't see why it shouldn't be.
Even if he was working his way through the Eden Shards for better Host-compatibility he'd probably want to delegate handling the Host-side of things to Matrix and Survey anyway.
As far as solutions to being made out of metal go "Give him anti-gravity metal" is a uniquely Shard-esque solution...
How wildly destructively unpredictable the Shard Network can be if you surprise it is absolutely weak-sauce compared to how wildly destructively unpredictable Human Society can be if you surprise it.
Ah but if she calls it that then she'd have to call herself "Sailor Bob".
I was actually already thinking that Aisha should move her Shard into there and route its connection to the Shard Network though something like her castle.
She might want to keep the castle even if she localizes her Shard though; keep a secondary Shard Network connection both for her Shard to keep in contact with the Network though and for other Shards to keep in restricted contact with their Hosts through.
They can be uncontrollable as they want; their Shards can't reach through as much space as Aisha has access to. Not without on-site help like her own Shard has.
Well maybe not the whole planet; I don't think that Aisha can handle the orbital mechanics of that without a bit more room and some more orbit on her planet to do mechanic-work on.
There's going to be so much silk going around.
Joe is going to either isolate and re-network the entire Shard Network or propagate a System Update through it that removes [Broadcast]s System Privilege.
Probably a Shard, or Host of a Shard, that's important to the Shard Network; that means Aisha, Taylor, and/or Jacob.
...If her Swarm does count as a part of her then she might be able to regrow them as if they were just another body-part.
Because fuck him is why. The plan was always to tear down everything that Jacob could feel pride in.
Relatedly I wonder whether he'll Second Trigger from his fantasy-land, where he's competent and unstoppable, falling apart around him to reveal him as the incompetent weirdo that he is; it'd have been one thing if it was just skills that couldn't be attributed to him but the world around him being different then it should have been should just hit differently.
That also; I hadn't even thought of that.
Drunk enough that Joe should probably cook up some hangover cures to go with his next Libation; I hear that some nice hot tea is good for that. Possibly a few meals to go with the wines and whatnot as well? I'm unsure what goes well with alcohol. Maybe act out a few plays or perform some music or something? I'm sure that Survey and Garment, and probably Matrix for the props, would have a fun time.
Kai Merah
Hound Hearted Hedonist
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- Somewhere in the corners of my imagination
Just read gala part 2. I enjoyed it, especially seeing Joe show off to the parahumans and plan to offer a necessary service so he can get treated like Uppercrust. However, can I just say this is a very odd phrase to say if he wanted to be reassuring?
He knows the original context is 'eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we may die', right? Combined with his mention of a mysterious announcement at the end of the party, he really sounds like he's gonna do something nefarious to the gathered parahumans. Or reveal to them life threatening news. For someone whose skills ought to be working to present him in the best light, that specific phrase seems real sketchy.
He knows the original context is 'eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we may die', right? Combined with his mention of a mysterious announcement at the end of the party, he really sounds like he's gonna do something nefarious to the gathered parahumans. Or reveal to them life threatening news. For someone whose skills ought to be working to present him in the best light, that specific phrase seems real sketchy.
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- The Temple of the Winds
Someone bothers her? instant T-Rex roar to the face!
- Location
- Florida
So, to start let me say, I love celestial forge stories, and I'm in awe of the time and effort put into this, as well as the writing quality, and editing that must be involved. This author is undoubtedly one of the technically best writers I've ever read.
That said, I've also never read an author that can use so many words to advance a story so little. Its an odd juxtaposition of wuxia/xanxia style never ending web novel, with actual developed writing skills. But ok, I actually like reading those never ending web novels, so i can deal with this story's virtually nonexistent passage of in world time … with lots of complaining of course, but hey, thats our job, trying to make the hard working authors rage quit.
And that brings me to my current gripe, which is … it's pretty weird that Aisha has become more and more important as the central figure that the story depends on to be told. If Joe didn't have her to talk to, there would be pretty much no story for the last couple dozen chapter at least. Without her, about 90% of every chapter would pure data dumps, with no character interaction or growth, and no plot advancement. With her … 80% of every chapter is pure data dumps, extremely thinly disguised as character interactions between a mentally disturbed grown ass man, and a little girl who thinks she's a big girl, that the author has somehow turned into an improbably mature, level headed, quasi psychologist and relief valve for Joe. It really strikes me as incredibly unhealthy behavior, and pretty much criminal of Joe to dump everything on her. Oh yeah, and the things he's done to "help" her gain powers are actually, literally, criminal.
I really don't think it makes as much sense as the author seems to think.
That said, I've also never read an author that can use so many words to advance a story so little. Its an odd juxtaposition of wuxia/xanxia style never ending web novel, with actual developed writing skills. But ok, I actually like reading those never ending web novels, so i can deal with this story's virtually nonexistent passage of in world time … with lots of complaining of course, but hey, thats our job, trying to make the hard working authors rage quit.
And that brings me to my current gripe, which is … it's pretty weird that Aisha has become more and more important as the central figure that the story depends on to be told. If Joe didn't have her to talk to, there would be pretty much no story for the last couple dozen chapter at least. Without her, about 90% of every chapter would pure data dumps, with no character interaction or growth, and no plot advancement. With her … 80% of every chapter is pure data dumps, extremely thinly disguised as character interactions between a mentally disturbed grown ass man, and a little girl who thinks she's a big girl, that the author has somehow turned into an improbably mature, level headed, quasi psychologist and relief valve for Joe. It really strikes me as incredibly unhealthy behavior, and pretty much criminal of Joe to dump everything on her. Oh yeah, and the things he's done to "help" her gain powers are actually, literally, criminal.
I really don't think it makes as much sense as the author seems to think.
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- The Temple of the Winds
Obviously she's learn the wrong way to use healing magic.
I think one amusing part will be how BB gangs, especially the Empire, will react to his "I'm not just killing you, I'm going to remove your entire legacy!" reaction to the S9.
if she has a tiara that's probably close enough to call herself Sailor Bob-ette.
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Shit like these is the reason why I wholeheartedly agree with Joe in sticking the Queen of Escalation(lol) in a fucking liquid nitrogen bath until the end of the entire cycle.
Ok now comes an interesting question. Depending on how and when Jack's powers get disconnected from the network and if any memory correction happens what happens with the rest of the 9. People like Manton, Mannequin, and Shatterbird likely wouldn't be effected much. However Burnscar and Bonesaw could have pretty drastic reactions depending on how the memories are corrected. From what I remember these two were heavily manipulated to get them to join. Burnscar with how her powers make her a pyro and the bundle of trauma that is Bonesaw. How Jack systematicly broke her and rebuilt her likely heavily utilized his powers that may be effected by Joe clearing the effect.
I know Joe stated the plan is all of them die so this may not really matter but the narrative may change if he wipes out those calcified connections and corrects the memories of the 9 before the strike. After all Jack took control of the 9 from King and not having his trump card to control his group of psychos could lead to most of them killing each other before Joe even gets a chance.
I know Joe stated the plan is all of them die so this may not really matter but the narrative may change if he wipes out those calcified connections and corrects the memories of the 9 before the strike. After all Jack took control of the 9 from King and not having his trump card to control his group of psychos could lead to most of them killing each other before Joe even gets a chance.
We could get magical girl bonesaw, patron magical-girl of redemption, ethical mad science, and transhumanism. I can just see her finding the incubators and deciding that their acts of evil, stupid-evil, and terrible design work must end. Thus, she sets about transforming magical girls into cyber-liches of truth and justice.
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- Brazil, Minas gerais
Yeah if he goes to fate. I would vote that one of his title to be 'king of Bros'. The amount of work done to protect his friends and help them is that impressive^^.