Brockton's Celestial Forge (Worm/Jumpchain)
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Oh that is just a comedic method of Blackboxing devices~ Also probably a very convenient one; doesn't take any additional effort.
Thery're a Bespoke Artisan assistant.
I think that Apeiron has at least two different groups, other then the Undersiders, that he could hire for this job just off of the top of my head.
Couldn't Joe have already acquired that as well though?
Yeah that should pose no issue; they can make more of it.
I still think that they could have gotten away with replicating that without resorting to a limited resource like those deliveries.
Also I'd think that Aisha could have drunk dwarven booze without getting drunk. It might be a bit heretical to the Dwarfs but it'd be possible.
Actually, speaking of Dwarven Booze and Nuka-Cola, would this count as a limitless supply of fluids for the purposes of Pipes? Should they just have Nuke-Cola on tap now? Nuka-Cola and, of course, other drinks?
Only eight? That doesn't seem right. Is it a selection issue? Can they not stretch the variety to the breaking point, to the point of getting the smallest purchasable quantity of as many things as possible, by just brute-forcing the Brand selection? Joe should be able to flash-cultivate any that he has a single sample of.
Actually you know what? He could probably use those reconstruction nanomachines to reconstruct whatever plant they were harvested from. Could probably do the same with Tybalt's monster-stakes as well.
I wonder whether Joe will use that thing in the construction of a Super Weapon.
Christ this dumb bitch has a fixation on helplessness and luck; if preparations don't have anything to do with accomplishments then what is even the point of self-betterment? Shouldn't he just be investing everything into good-luck charms? Since apparently nothing else can result in achievements?
You know I'm sure that he'd be perfectly willing to extend Joe's session in return for spending some down-time in his temporally accelerated Workshop.
- Location
- Deep inside the sand
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
I really love how there is a sense of things have begun to speed up. We concluded the Armstrong visit & perks, Alena's talk, workshop talk and made headway to Flechette and Weld's meeting.
It's really interesting reading about Flechette's past. It isn't much about her so I'm very curious on what Roust has cooked up.
Really liked the dramatic entry that Apeiron made.
Maybe Ragamuffin will see some healing. It's also a chance that if he doesn't get healed AND misses his chance then might the next c53 decide to bring any kind of attention to themselves. Trying to force issue to make Apeiron react to them.
Thanks for the chapter~
It's really interesting reading about Flechette's past. It isn't much about her so I'm very curious on what Roust has cooked up.
Really liked the dramatic entry that Apeiron made.
Maybe Ragamuffin will see some healing. It's also a chance that if he doesn't get healed AND misses his chance then might the next c53 decide to bring any kind of attention to themselves. Trying to force issue to make Apeiron react to them.
Thanks for the chapter~
Silly Flechette, you missed that Uppercrust also "gets her" and is possibly the only individual there to escape Garment's presence without a new accessory.
Anyway, was that a notice diversion charm (muggle repelling) from HP that Joe was using there? I wonder how that affects their patrol coordinator/radio contact, assuming they have one.
As for the food, order a week's supply of the diet of a tyrannosaur, see what shows up. The lab needs some cloned megafauna IMHO. I'm sure the Matrix would love to look after a herd of triceratops…
On the Ragamuffin point; it sounds like he's part of the Nemesis programme which means fixing him leads to Cauldron. An interesting coincidence, no?
Anyway, was that a notice diversion charm (muggle repelling) from HP that Joe was using there? I wonder how that affects their patrol coordinator/radio contact, assuming they have one.
As for the food, order a week's supply of the diet of a tyrannosaur, see what shows up. The lab needs some cloned megafauna IMHO. I'm sure the Matrix would love to look after a herd of triceratops…
On the Ragamuffin point; it sounds like he's part of the Nemesis programme which means fixing him leads to Cauldron. An interesting coincidence, no?
This was great and im looking forward to the early morning slaughter of the house. I'm glad u were able to complete the chapter without complications. Poor Flechette having a crush on garmet won't end well.
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- Deep inside the sand
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- He/Him/His
Joe did mention that Undersiders isn't the type of organisation that fit the kind of work that he needed them for in this case.
He mentioned Chen as a possible 3rd party. Hopefully he's not in a strenuous activity with his wife this time.
Another party I think might fit or be able to something is Uppercrust. He personally can't do much but he may be able to lay the odds in their favor for a specific outcome.
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Well, it's a good thing that Joe is holding back details connected to the Forge and his Cape Life from his family, or that conversation could have gone very differently.
"You should go back to college, get a degree!"
"Why would I want a degree? I already have a doctorate…"
"You have one of Garments jackets? Do you have any idea how much something made by her is worth?"
"Well, she did kind of make my entire wardrobe… and then some."
"You have the opportunity to work for Uppercrust? You should take it!"
"Work for Uppercrust? Alena, Uppercrust works for me…"
Well, it's a good thing that Joe is holding back details connected to the Forge and his Cape Life from his family, or that conversation could have gone very differently.
"You should go back to college, get a degree!"
"Why would I want a degree? I already have a doctorate…"
"You have one of Garments jackets? Do you have any idea how much something made by her is worth?"
"Well, she did kind of make my entire wardrobe… and then some."
"You have the opportunity to work for Uppercrust? You should take it!"
"Work for Uppercrust? Alena, Uppercrust works for me…"
Barbaric Bob
The Barbaric One
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- Soon to be plundering a village near you
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Earth (When it's the name, it's always capitalized)
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- Germany
That would last five minutes, then he would have already progressed to Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism
Foxy Boxes
[Verified Box]
- Location
- England
I was going to make a joke about entire months being packed into a day, but then I remembered all the time dilation and that's not a joke, it's just a fact.
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Nullius in verba
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- a Pale Blue Dot
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- He/Him/His
I feel that Joe's Dad is the most similar to him personality-wise, being the Doormats of the family, at least pre-Trigger/Mental Fortress-wise. We have not even seen a mention of him for the past hundred chapters, it would be interesting to see a first direct interaction and hopefully non-confrontational with his family.
Two birds with one stone! Weld can be healed completely, perhaps a continuation of Fleet's message of Patience to Gregor, and distributing the Nanite setup to Flechette. Now we only have Panacea and Lady Khepri left.
Alma taking a more active role and not being forgotten is a nice touch, Bakuda is going to be in for a nasty surprise, maybe even Uber and Leet.
I vaguely remember the PHO account point of contact being public, why do none of the Case 53 have tried it?
Yeah, I was just thinking about how Apeiron's entrance-but-now-everyone-is-ignoring-us was very deific seeming
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- Behind you
Man, can't wait to read the next exciting installment of Delay Notice- .....Wait a gosh darned second, no Delay Notice? 0/10 worse update ever, unfollowed.
As much anxiety as reading Joe interact with his sister give me, I think it's one of the most interesting and well written thing in this fics. Every interaction gives a bit more context about Joe's past and the kind of toxic relationship he had to endure growing up.
This time we can see that while Alena is trying to be supportive, there is an expectation that Joe can't handle his own life without someone opresively dictating his every action under the veil of 'looking after him'.
Sure, I don't think they do it out of malice, I'm willing to believe that his family is genuinely worried about him, more so because he has been living close to ground zero of what have been stated to be one of the, if not THE, worse events to have ever happened in BB, and while Joe have grown a lot in the last month, he really wasn't the perfect example of self-care at the start of the story, and that was better than how he was the last time his family saw him. Not that it justify how belittling she treats him, one thing is being worried and another is treating him like a particularly dumb kid every other second, almost unable to comprehend that he is more succesful than she expected or that he can do a job he's been studying for correctly.
It also gave us bit of insight on Joe's dynamic with his dad, all that we knew until now is that he complied to his wife decisions by default, something that Joe's comments confirmed further, but now we also know that that same pasivity is what let him be more amicable to be talked to instead of another aource of anxiety, enough for Joe to give such a minor compromise as just wanting his violin back rather than something bigger.
It's still makes me want to yell at her to shut the hell up though 😅
And is it weird that I kinda wish for Joe to give relationship advice to Lily? It isn't the same situation, but I think he could give her some advice he would have liked to hear at the time with his own drama, like it being okay to accept her own faults on a situation, but not to drown on them, find ways to work on them, and not fault herself for things out of her power to control.
As much anxiety as reading Joe interact with his sister give me, I think it's one of the most interesting and well written thing in this fics. Every interaction gives a bit more context about Joe's past and the kind of toxic relationship he had to endure growing up.
This time we can see that while Alena is trying to be supportive, there is an expectation that Joe can't handle his own life without someone opresively dictating his every action under the veil of 'looking after him'.
Sure, I don't think they do it out of malice, I'm willing to believe that his family is genuinely worried about him, more so because he has been living close to ground zero of what have been stated to be one of the, if not THE, worse events to have ever happened in BB, and while Joe have grown a lot in the last month, he really wasn't the perfect example of self-care at the start of the story, and that was better than how he was the last time his family saw him. Not that it justify how belittling she treats him, one thing is being worried and another is treating him like a particularly dumb kid every other second, almost unable to comprehend that he is more succesful than she expected or that he can do a job he's been studying for correctly.
It also gave us bit of insight on Joe's dynamic with his dad, all that we knew until now is that he complied to his wife decisions by default, something that Joe's comments confirmed further, but now we also know that that same pasivity is what let him be more amicable to be talked to instead of another aource of anxiety, enough for Joe to give such a minor compromise as just wanting his violin back rather than something bigger.
It's still makes me want to yell at her to shut the hell up though 😅
And is it weird that I kinda wish for Joe to give relationship advice to Lily? It isn't the same situation, but I think he could give her some advice he would have liked to hear at the time with his own drama, like it being okay to accept her own faults on a situation, but not to drown on them, find ways to work on them, and not fault herself for things out of her power to control.
Shadow Archon
Protoss Preserver
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- Louisiana
Even if Joe's leaning towards this not being a set up, I'm still suspicious.
Joe can see through manipulation, but isn't that specifically only when someone attempts to manipulate just him? Given that we know Joe's dad is a wet noodle when it comes to his wife, I'm totally expecting Joe's mom to try and ambush him at the diner, even if it's just halfway into Joe talking with his dad.
People like Joe's mom totally pull things like that all the time. Give them an inch, and they'll try and run you over.
MaimakteriAnn
(Verified Sleepy)
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- Enormous And Round Terran Homeworld
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- She/Her/Dr
On one hand a lot of excellent characterisation for a lot of interesting characters.
On the other hand - a cliffhanger? You fiend!
On the other hand - a cliffhanger? You fiend!
Can they? I wasn't aware that there were any HGTTG perks in the Forge…
More than just lore since they can get stuff like Tales gels (the hp and TP restoring items), Harry Potter stuff like firewhiskey, every flavour beans, chocolate frogs and Fred and George's magical sweets, pjo ambrosia and nectar and that's before you even consider what stuff like Overlord might have.
So... 2026?
Probably 2025 the current day only has the Lily offer + Weld healing which is next chap, the Amy offer, Gully visiting Garment and Joe healing her, Joe going to the gym and getting the Aisha/Brian revelation, the Taylor offer and her coming clean about Emma, the therapy appointment and movie night. The nine may also be there but it doesn't sound too likely plus the bank is now empty and it's about 1 pm since it was near the end of his sister's lunch hour.
Eh the stuff with Lily's last relationship is canon tho I don't think it's actually said what the girl's name was or that she was a ward. That relationship going as it did was actually why she committed to going full doormat for her next one which let 17 her date 21+ Parian who would only agree if she had absolute full 100 % control over each and every decision.
It's only verses Joe has perks from so while Joe could get food with gourmet cells with 300 dollars he can't because he has no Toriko perks see above for some of the interesting stuff he can get.
Probably but the choice is up to them so she wanted the authentic stuff and it's harmless anyway since they get another with a week passing in the workshop and it goes by 10x as fast with Joe out of it so they'll have another choice soon enough.
Joe had the stealth field so they won't know they had a chance especially since they stopped following once they got away from the alleys.
Probably because Joe doesn't pay attention to pho and has an autoresponder answer with a ton of legalese pretty much saying as much and the other forge members have been directed to not do business through it either.
I think it's still very funny that his family is still having to go through his sister to contact him. He's only blocked 1 number. They could very well just call him from a different phone line to talk to him. Sure, he might block that line as well afterwards, but I find it very amusing this very simple solution has never occurred to anyone in that family.
It's probably because they can't actually guarantee he'd pick up an unknown number. I know I wouldn't.
More importantly, as the perk explicitly states:
So, you might get lots of one type of tea. Or you might get a selection pack with 50 different types of tea. Or anywhere in between. It's largely random.
Heh. You know what would make an amazing plot twist? JoeDad reveals he figured out that Joe is Apeiron. How? He used to collect Superman comics before pyjama humans killed the industry and knows how to see what someone looks like without their glasses. Oh and that he's proud of the kid for finally getting around to living his best life.