Brockton's Celestial Forge (Worm/Jumpchain)

It enhances any of the 600 CP Bloodborne perks you pick up. The only one in the Celestial Forge is Blood Artisan Plus. This combination lets you express crystalized blood in any shape you imagine (though more complicated shapes take more time/concentration), as well as the ability to reshape any held blood-crystal structures, or to change the properties of the blood-crystal. Make it harder or softer, flexible, or even esoteric abilities like "channels magic into a spell" or "resonates with psychic energy" or something like that.
That sounds really underwhelming. I know LR is more generous interpreting the text of high value perks, but I can't even see where it can work. What am I missing?
 
That sounds really underwhelming.
What?? Blood that behaves like wraithbone or dark matter is underwhelming for you!?
or to change the properties of the blood-crystal. Make it harder or softer, flexible, or even esoteric abilities like "channels magic into a spell" or "resonates with psychic energy" or something like that.
It is literally a material that can have ANY properties, only limitation is time and concentration.
 
Loved the chapter, just sitting here imagining the response when Laserdream's boyfriend's identity is revealed in the most catastrophic manner possible - even if the luck perks are likely to prevent that.
"WE HAVE A CHILD TOGETHER Clark Joe! WHEN WERE YOU GONNA TELL ME THAT YOU WHERE SECRETLY A STEEL GORILLA??? Mom was right all along I can't believe it!!!!! *runs away crying*

"Wow, it's really peaceful today. Like everybody is terrified of starting anything. Do people seem nervous to you?"
plottwist every Cape in the Bay knew except Crystal and Carol it was the worst kept secret in the entire community that she was dating the Ape of iron
 
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I think the Journey to the West quote implies he "mildly" unlocked her chi, but we will have to see if the WoG for this chapter answers anything for certain.

Given how many anime tropes there are about unlocking chi or opening inner gates, there are a lot of entertaining possibilities.

Lisa: What did you do!?
Joe: I just showed Laserdream how to manipulate her Shen Men acupressure point so that she she could regulate her emotions and reduce nausea while flying. It shouldn't have allowed her to kick The Butcher into space!
Lisa: Did you teach Chi manipulation to anyone else?
Joe: I taught Taylor how to regulate her breathing when feeling stressed.
Lisa: Oh god, Ren 17, the Conception Vessel...!

 
We even exchanged numbers, with an acknowledgment that the entire event was contingent on a lack of civic disasters on Saturday night. I can safely say that if any of the gangs decided to start shit on the weekend it wasn't likely to go well for them.
You know, whatever scheme March and the co. planing will be set in motion on the weekend, is it not? Probably better to not get excited about that date, it might be cancelled by another civic disaster.
 
Given how many anime tropes there are about unlocking chi or opening inner gates, there are a lot of entertaining possibilities.

Lisa: What did you do!?
Joe: I just showed Laserdream how to manipulate her Shen Men acupressure point so that she she could regulate her emotions and reduce nausea while flying. It shouldn't have allowed her to kick The Butcher into space!
Lisa: Did you teach Chi manipulation to anyone else?
Joe: I taught Taylor how to regulate her breathing when feeling stressed.
Lisa: Oh god, Ren 17, the Conception Vessel...!

still the gate of death btw but she pushes the cost onto a single bug while the rest of the swarm and her gets the amp que biblical plauge with Latin chanting in the background
 
still the gate of death btw but she pushes the cost onto a single bug while the rest of the swarm and her gets the amp que biblical plauge with Latin chanting in the background
The Gate of Death is not death because of its power. It is death because to activate it you literally stab yourself in the heart, and so when you are no longer literally too flooded with chakra to die, your body catches up. She can't push physical damage off to her swarm.
 
The Gate of Death is not death because of its power. It is death because to activate it you literally stab yourself in the heart, and so when you are no longer literally too flooded with chakra to die, your body catches up. She can't push physical damage off to her swarm.
you underestimate her hax she obviously knows how to open the gates of the bug itself :p and the link carries over just like the silk trick + the nanites in her body might be enough to keep her alive on its own
 
I mean that was the joke. It took the divine blessings of an entire pantheon of gods (plus extra forge buffs) but Joe was able to pull off a "normal" social interaction with enough social buffs that a person who wasn't starting in the negatives for their social stats to have accomplished world domination.

Almost the entirety of the main gods but he doesn't have Hermes yet or any from any of the minor gods.
 
Kind of a filler chapter, but a very good one. Kept on thinking that Jack's power was doing a honeypot distraction on Joe and the S9 were going to pull something right then, lol.

Bloodied Combat (Bloodborne)
Bloodborne, ah good! Thought we were going to get Deadman Wonderland feces with that power description. May that animae die in an unmarked grave. :ninja2:🫥💀 Only watch if you want to learn how badly written a story can be, but still get an anime. Or if your a sadist who wants ideas.
 
Kind of a filler chapter, but a very good one. Kept on thinking that Jack's power was doing a honeypot distraction on Joe and the S9 were going to pull something right then, lol.

Jack's power can't effect anyone in the forge, even if it effected Crystal she and her shard dont know Joe is Apeiron. Even if Jack's shard did know it would run afoul of the curse on Joe's identity. Also Survey is always watching them, and Tetra has a connection to their vehicle. Short of Jack full on mastering Strider they won't get close to anyone without the Forge knowing.
 
You know, whatever scheme March and the co. planing will be set in motion on the weekend, is it not? Probably better to not get excited about that date, it might be cancelled by another civic disaster.

It would be absolutly hilarious, and fortuitous, if right before March and gang enact their master plan, the Celestial Forge publicly announces the Slaughterhouse's 9 death and their ongoing operation to completely erase the Murderhobos' legacy.

Maybe, just maybe, the sheer weight of Joe's actions will get through Bakuda's ego, Leet's envy, and March's whatever enough to abandon their plans.

It's not happening, but it's a funny thought.
 
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Oh man that was great, another few thousand words just disappeared while I was transported to a student cafe in a fictional city. You are too good at that @LordRoustabout

A teenage girl with the magical power of an entire planet channeled into her through a small piece of jewelry…. That sounded familiar.
It would be kind of hilarious if she developed a genuine Magical Girl Transformation, from first principles, as a way to exploit the sheer magical power Joe just gifted her with. Then decided to give it to Regent because she prefers to be Lethe but doesn't want the powers to go to waste.

I mean, not my personal family, but the general idea of how families acted.
Ouch, Joe! Well, he's finally getting over the self doubt, so what's left had to be the years of resentment…

showing up for hours or gurling work
Should be "of gruelling" like the next line, I think.

my six Triumvirate-Tier parahuman friends
Oh, please, like any of the Forge would be the least bit troubled by the entire Triumvirate together.
 
Honestly I loved this and hope they actually work out, even if only for a while. I think crystal might actually fit in with the forge crew, given some time. Plus they don't really have a politics member other than joe's blessings? Which like, I can't wait for him to meet his extended divine family and then to realize, no, this Demi-god is actually a nascent primordial of progress and freak out xD
 
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