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Is the Forge going to run out of perks? Like, in another million words or whatever? Or will new constellations be added from time to time?
Brockton's Celestial Forge (Worm/Jumpchain)
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And nobody flinched from "the Enigmatic Artificer" afterthought that Apeiron had globally implanted (read: Mastered them to think)?
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Yes, the Forge is finite, but the story is likely to be over before that point. If it isn't, then yeah, Lord will probably add more constellations.
That's, like, 2 days old news. They have better thing to panic about.
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Yo listen, if you don't see the humor in simply the start of the summit, the literal sit down at a table and start talking, being an actual 40k word arc then you just don't get BCF. 🤷🏼♂️😂
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Of course! Of course he gets this in the chapter he has to introduce his team!
The Forge knows what timing is, it just doesn't care for making life easy.
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I don't think Victor was stealing skills. His power just doesn't haven't an off switch, so even when he isn't skill stealing his mind tentacles are already waiting in your brain.
Yeah, exactly. Not even a flanderized dumbass Kaiser would order Victor to go full blast on every cape in the room, including his team mates. It's gotta just be automatic and largely inactive when unfocused.
Actually, yeah. Joe could protect his brain pretty easy at this point. He oughta get on that. It's not like it's being purposefully ignored so certain threats can stay threats; Victor (and most other parahumans) could get bodied easily for trying and the Simurgh can't see him anymore. Just a weird oversight. Are we sure Joe doesn't have some kind of mind protection built in already?
I've heard that a lot of deaf people don't like the implication that they ought to be cured, though I suppose since the waitress has an implant she wouldn't fall into that category. Probably wouldn't like having her body mucked around with at a touch regardless.
Only the AIs got that. We can see Victor's power reaching out to Joe and Aisha and such in this chapter, so they aren't manton protected at the very least.
No, that quote specifically seems to be in reference to how they're focusing their attention away from Victor to reduce the effect. Not how any tech or powers are protecting them.
I really don't think Victor was trying to get anything. His power was attached to everyone, teammates included. It's like he's got guns for hands; everyone is worried he'll shoot them, but he can't just cut his hands off to assuage them. He also wouldn't have any reason to believe he could steal useful skills from a tinker, both because he can't copy powers and because he didn't have nearly enough time to get anything significant from anyone.
Oh, good point. Yeah, since powers aren't working off a single model of mind interface it does make securing the mind a bit more complex. They have a pretty good scan of Victor's method now, at least.
I don't know much of what went down in Ward with… it was Damsel's clone, right? But this version of her seems very desperate and vulnerable as presented. Starving, isolated, violently engaged with the surrounding community, psychologically disturbed and incoherently rambling; people in less bad situations have caved into working with Nazis.
I mean, Apeiron's team also already used their powers to call out Victor's power in a rather flashy display. Doesn't seem like anyone is brave enough to call them out on it.
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More like ignoring it in the hope that BCF doesn't turn into a GrimDerp shit fest like the Warhammer 40k Universe.
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Ah, I've caught up a bit now. It apparently takes a lot of programming, research, and experimentation to make calibrated enhancement nanites. Hopefully, with the recent nainite perks, that process can be greatly accelerated.
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Can you imagine thinking this will be your normal for the rest of your life? Especially being so long lived?
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Any interlude that covers new ground counts for points, as has always been the way.
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Strangered them to think. Sorry, this is rapidly becoming a pet peeve of mine. Perception changes like hallucinations, viewing people as friend, and so on are Stranger effects. Calling Card, A Thing About Names, and so on are textbook stranger effects. I get that the characters wouldn't know that because they don't know the limitations, but I am just personally tired of seeing "Mastered" thrown around so much by the fandom.
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They could just assume it's an extension of the The Enigmatic Engineer thing.
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Capes are not known for their long lives, especially independent capes. Admittedly, Apeiron is as far from normal as possible, but still, the normal cape culture color how he perceive things. Like, for example, how he overestimate normal tinkers and underestimate his own work.
(Also it's hard to take a step back to reflect on those things when your life is frantic chaos)
Actually, not always. There was a time where interlude gave no points (near the start of the story I think ?).
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The theory hes a power copier gains new grounds. Confronts Victor: gains a new power that effects peoples minds.
All we need is him to show he can now manipulate metal and anyone at the meeting will realize he was staring Kaiser in the face when he went in a thinker trance. Ergo he just copied Kaiser's power at the at moment.
All we need is him to show he can now manipulate metal and anyone at the meeting will realize he was staring Kaiser in the face when he went in a thinker trance. Ergo he just copied Kaiser's power at the at moment.
Apeiron: I'll just eat some food. Can't be too dramatic.
Also Apeiron
Lisa: I'm not going crazy am I? You can all hear the orchestra?
Apeiron: Goddamnit!
Mr. Cloak
Orchestrator of Paradoxical Apocalypse
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We all know that Tetra wants to fight with Joe, so why doesn't he build a set of combat tentacles?
An armored back-plate that Tetra would anchor to his suit through, along with 2+ armor-segments/sheathes that Tetra could weave her limbs through, to allow her to both draw from Joe and manipulate things in the world around her while being protected by his Fashion power (tentacle leg warmers maybe?) IE, help fight... Or have a really cool movement method.
Spidermanning across the city on firey-red extendo-limbs? Sounds like something Apeiron would do.
Plus, he could make the limbs link to his implant, and act as more hands for crafting (not that he needs the help, but it's something)
An armored back-plate that Tetra would anchor to his suit through, along with 2+ armor-segments/sheathes that Tetra could weave her limbs through, to allow her to both draw from Joe and manipulate things in the world around her while being protected by his Fashion power (tentacle leg warmers maybe?) IE, help fight... Or have a really cool movement method.
Spidermanning across the city on firey-red extendo-limbs? Sounds like something Apeiron would do.
Plus, he could make the limbs link to his implant, and act as more hands for crafting (not that he needs the help, but it's something)
Jokes aside: great work as always Lord.
You know, I've sort of been vaguely aware of the Victor speculation so it's not a surprise to see it come up but I was surprised how much of an event it turned out to be. I half-expected Apeiron to cobble together some jammer in the car and then just brush over it but nope, it's a big deal.
I also didn't really see it tying into the new internal power struggle with Damsel and I think that was a nice touch of three-dimensionality to the E88. Hopefully Damsel and Kaiser keep each other busy.
Nice to also see that Joe's passenger is on the Travelers ball. And that he knows Tattletale knows something. At least that slow-moving train has some warning signs.
You know, I've sort of been vaguely aware of the Victor speculation so it's not a surprise to see it come up but I was surprised how much of an event it turned out to be. I half-expected Apeiron to cobble together some jammer in the car and then just brush over it but nope, it's a big deal.
I also didn't really see it tying into the new internal power struggle with Damsel and I think that was a nice touch of three-dimensionality to the E88. Hopefully Damsel and Kaiser keep each other busy.
Nice to also see that Joe's passenger is on the Travelers ball. And that he knows Tattletale knows something. At least that slow-moving train has some warning signs.
And now I'm looking forward to borderland style intros for each. Or have it play out as a full beginning cinematic
When 'ole Uppercrust stopped acting like an affable old man and threatened to destroy the E88, Gesellshaft, and the Herren Clan, did anyone else get a flashback to Tywin Lannister sending "King" Joffrey to bed for a nap because the royal prat was acting cranky and childish?
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The next chapter is just a YouTube video, leaving us to wonder how many points it earns.
He has an interest in making things better. At the level of power he currently operates at, he can remove the E88 & other gangs from the bay as an after thought. The only reason he doesn't is because of bigger concerns that might become aware of him before he's ready (or thinks he's ready) to deal with if he makes too much of a splash.
The Froggy Ninja
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Hm… the real question is, can Mantra be turned into something and then turned back, so as to horribly abuse his resource perks. Mandala Arrays, size shifting weapons or an External Mantra Interface indicate yes, which has exciting implications.
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So...wait. If Victor was doing his thing when Apeiron connected to a new mote, did he detect that Joe suddenly got a ton of new skills jammed into his head from nowhere?
The Froggy Ninja
The Blade Will Never Die
Eh, Joe's existing resistance and active quarantine efforts probably muddled things too much. How would he know the difference between a sudden influx of skills and greater access due to Joe thinking about him?
