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Brockton's Celestial Forge (Worm/Jumpchain)

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LordRoustabout said:
(Author's note: Between the busy holiday season and some recent poor health I haven't had as much time to devote to this story as I would have liked. I had hoped to cover these events in a single chapter, but had to cut the previous one down for time. Unfortunately, I've found myself in a similar situation, and was only able to cover about half of what I was aiming for in this chapter. The rest will be closed out after the holidays, but I wanted to give a heads up for anyone who would prefer to wait and avoid additional cliffhangers.
Every December I hope to be able to get some extra writing done as a gift to my readers, but just as consistently life managed to get in the way of my intentions. Even if I am unable to provide extra content for the holiday season, I would like to take the opportunity to thank everyone who has followed and supported the story over the past year. That incredible community has made this story what it is and I am extremely grateful for everyone's support. My thanks and best wishes to everyone, in the spirit of the season.)
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Fantastic Chapter and thank you for writing this story for us readers. I always look forwards to reading these chapters and they never fail to make my day better. Thanks again for this story and the work you put into it, Happy Holidays.

I also love Aisha Semblances and how its grabs everythings attention. I love how it the contrasts with her parahuman power.
 
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Which Alce had happily continued to fill in without telling him.
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only thing more annoying than Alec was a version of Alce
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"He…" Brina began, then trailed off.
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Mr. Labron had me do the twelve round thing the first time she showed up and Joe just rolled with it.
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"Yeah, how about now." She said, also standing and crossing her arms.

"We're not doing this now." He said before turning to Joe. "I need you to send us back. I'll call you after-"

"Damn right we're not doing this now." His sister insisted.
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Not sure if this should be included.
 
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He paused awkwardly while his sister looked over at him with an amused expression.

"What?" Aisha asked. "You nervous because you're realizing that the trust placed in you comes with implicit obligations that completely change your position in life and relationships with what you felt were hard and fast absolutes of your existence, meaning you can never go back to the way things were and have to navigate through a broader but largely uncertain future?"

Brian blinked as he looked at his sister's smirking face, trying to reconcile her frankly juvenile mannerisms with the weight of the statement she had just made. "Um, I guess?" He said. "Maybe?"

She snorted. "Yeah, responsibility sucks." She replied, smiling in a very 'Aisha' way. "Now come on, we've got a lot to talk about."
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You know I think Aisha is taking some dark amusement at the fact that this was kinda the lesson Brian (and her dad) were trying to teach her. However, prior to Joe's help she wasn't able to get the lesson. So I think she's getting a bit of amusement from the shoe being on the other foot even if the rest of the situation is serious.
 
I can't believe that was 10k words and it went by so fast. Edge of my seat the whole time, which is wild, because normally in worm fics I skim the social interactions to get to the important parts.
 
"You nervous because you're realizing that the trust placed in you comes with implicit obligations that completely change your position in life and relationships with what you felt were hard and fast absolutes of your existence, meaning you can never go back to the way things were and have to navigate through a broader but largely uncertain future?"

For a second, I thought I saw Sir Humphrey Appleby speaking.

There is a new thing that I can't unsee. Aisha as Humphrey and Brian as the reluctant Bernard/Jim Hacker mix.
 
Solomon1984 said:
"You nervous because you're realizing that the trust placed in you comes with implicit obligations that completely change your position in life and relationships with what you felt were hard and fast absolutes of your existence, meaning you can never go back to the way things were and have to navigate through a broader but largely uncertain future?"

For a second, I thought I saw Sir Humphrey Appleby speaking.

There is a new thing that I can't unsee. Aisha as Humphrey and Brian as the reluctant Bernard/Jim Hacker mix.
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Who?
 
gthesob said:
"Yeah, how about now." She said, also standing and crossing her arms.

"We're not doing this now." He said before turning to Joe. "I need you to send us back. I'll call you after-"

"Damn right we're not doing this now." His sister insisted.
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Not sure if this should be included.
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The first sentence 'how about now' should be 'how about no', then the rest of it parses correctly.
 
Brian.exe has crashed...
Brian.exe is trying to load a previous safe point...
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Brian.exe is trying to load a previous safe point...

Brian fell back on old behaviour but so did Aisha. Honestly, her smug behaviour came of as a bit dickish (though on brand for siblings). Brian was trying to protect her and the fact he didn't know he didn't have to was her fault, no one else's
 
HandleWithCare said:
Brian fell back on old behaviour but so did Aisha. Honestly, her smug behaviour came of as a bit dickish (though on brand for siblings). Brian was trying to protect her and the fact he didn't know he didn't have to was her fault, no one else's
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I do not think its just dickishness is why Aisha fell back on old behaviours, it is also likely that she is also providing something familiar to Brian to keep himself grounded.
 
"Aisha, you can't be involved with all of this!"
"Brian, I am involved. You can argue as much as you want but I don't need you to protect me anymore, I can handle myself."
"You're THIRTEEN!"
"Chronologically."
Brian blinked. "What?"
"Fun fact about the Workshop, Time can be a little more... fluid in here."
Brian processed that for a moment. "That's... That's how... Joe manages his three-day-old TinkerTech bullshit, isn't it?"
"Used to be. He's kind of outgrown it already, but the rest of us can take advantage of it."
"How... How long have you been in here?"
"I've had about a decade's worth of experience since I met Joe. Sorry to burst your bubble, bro, but I'm the big sister now."
 
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