Now I'm thinking what her reaction would be if they go to the Steven Universe setting, where there are actually beings that are crystals. Steven could be the best of both worlds for them as he's both male, and half-human/half-crystal.
Broken Adventure
- Thread starter theaceoffire
- Start date
- Crossover
- Status
- Location
- Alabama
now you make me wonder if it's a similar structure if the crystal gems got near power in it's planet state could they copy some small abilities? or if in a odd way steven went to worm and triggered somehow would the connection point be his gem or his head? or both and two powers on accident? would his powers be radically more powerful because of the gem abilities? also let's not even start on fusing with other parahumans cause holy crap. a leet steven fusion would be a bit ridiculous.
- Location
- afterlife
I wonder how the girls will react to all this?
Dquinnicus
Pugnacious Pipe Purveyor
- Location
- The Big Empty
I wonder how little Taylor and parents will react to this, cause I feel like Adam's gonna drag her back to his Worm universe.
"Surprise! Big Sister!"
"Surprise! Big Sister!"
Will she let him drag her back though? Danny and a few of the undersiders are still alive right? If I was her I'd be extremely pissed if he dragged me off without them.
Can we take a moment to appreciate the fact that Queen Administrator told taylor to get a harem.
- Location
- Koszalin, Poland
Grue died in the middle of Golden Morning. Regent was killed by Behemoth and he saved Aisha's life back then. Lisa is alive. Bitch is alive as well.
People like Charlotte, Sierra and Aiden (subordinates of Undersiders, few named ones that is) also survived. Later on Aiden ends up being... let's call it adopted by Lisa herself?
Aisha in Ward took care of Heartbroken (kids of Heartbreaker), but I'm pretty sure this is too early, so this at least isn't an issue as otherwise I don't think she would leave them.
MC may offer to drag them all (if he can that is). Honestly... all of them would appreciate fresh start in far more friendly version of Earth-Bet, although main issue I see here is Danny, because two Danny's at the same time and one Annette... would make things VERY awkard. Although I suspect if something like a promise to revive his Annette would in the end convince him I suspect or something similar.
Because otherwise I agree that she would be pissed.
Can we take a moment to appreciate the fact that Queen Administrator told taylor to get a harem.
Harem Queen Taylor has a nice ring to it
It would be worth it for the reactions of other people in this story alone .Now what kind of harem it would be intrigues me
. I still remember in Communication Quest where Taylor ended up with a Reverse Harem ending which still amuses me.Oh, Steven Universe would be perfect here, especially with the whole Crystal potential synergy deal making this even more interesting.
Also one of the options I remember on top of my head would be to visit Ben 10 (some of those aliens are literally made of crystals like Diamonhead and universe is fun anyway).
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Fragnostic
Cheshire
- Location
- Neko City
I love the smell of Napalm Escalation in the morning...
Jonn Wolfe
(Verified Sarcastic) (Not a Wolf)
- Location
- Beyond Sanity Since 1971
Drag her Lisa and crew along with! Ward Sucks!
There's still only one of him, though, and QA seems to object to that shortcoming as well.
- Location
- Saipan
Nah, QA wants her darling Taylor to have her own harem, with at least thirty people and up to more than a thousand.
In order to make QA happy, Taylor will end up dating all the single Dock Workers of an appropriate age.
This is QA we are talking about. She is likely thinking along the lines of minions and well Taylor's always had a thing for the Dock Worker body form factor.
Taylor should get a few changer alt forms from all of Adam's experiments. That should be within QA's ability to manage. QA is going through an odd evolution here. She's used to being overworked with far too many responsibilities and just making things work. QA's been HEALED with restrictions removed... Whatever Taylor asks/needs of QA will be an utter vacation.
QA could still be the center of a Borg hive/group mind with ease. Not so much controlling anyone, just letting everyone within the group operate at their theoretical peak.
This is QA we are talking about. She is likely thinking along the lines of minions and well Taylor's always had a thing for the Dock Worker body form factor.
Taylor should get a few changer alt forms from all of Adam's experiments. That should be within QA's ability to manage. QA is going through an odd evolution here. She's used to being overworked with far too many responsibilities and just making things work. QA's been HEALED with restrictions removed... Whatever Taylor asks/needs of QA will be an utter vacation.
QA could still be the center of a Borg hive/group mind with ease. Not so much controlling anyone, just letting everyone within the group operate at their theoretical peak.
The funny thing is, I could see Simmy helping her do that.
HOLY CRAP!
Just realized, dude is in an alternate Wormverse.
You know what that means?
Twin Ziz!
Double the Trouble, Double the Fun!
Fragnostic
Cheshire
- Location
- Neko City
Crystalline harem members, aka shards?
QA wants to make her squishy human into an entity.
QA wants to make her squishy human into an entity.
Me, Myself, and Administration.
- Location
- Here
In the end, Adam had to give up.
More than two arms were just... annoying. The best set up he could come with were two normal limbs, two small ones that rested against the torso until needed that could do detailed minutia work, and two massive and armored arms that acted like feet and were suited to battle or heavy lifting.
And... yeah, still annoying. Not for him, Adam could pull it off easily, but Taylor would go nuts eventually trying to adjust. Maybe. Her ability to operate the swarm made it a bit hard to predict.
Any kids she had would CERTAINLY have issues, as they wouldn't have Queen Administrator's assistance.
Oh, and the social issues of having six arms. That could also be an issue.
He felt Squishy poke.
Huh, Taylor and Queen were starting to wake up.
...CRAP, Taylor and Queen were starting to wake up!
Pulling the mental image of her body, he rapidly began regressing her advancements. No hidden blades, no chemical production sacs, just toss all the strange teeth stuff he had been testing.
Fast as possible, he reduced her to mostly the same appearance as before. At least externally.
The improved skin had no blemishes, hair below the neck may have been disabled (Sorry any future male children, but your wives hopefully won't complain), although the 'no uni-brow, mustache, or beard' thing was tied into the girls only. Probably.
So... mostly normal?
Her muscles were a bit too defined, even compressed and refined as they were. Her body fat was almost gone, and her system built to sustain itself anyway without those obvious reserves. Her scalp and hair were both stronger (Resist split ends, etc) and weaker (Can detach before scalp damage if someone used it as a hand hold). Also, no going gray in old age.
Adam fidgeted after ensuring that she was mostly back to 'normal', as long as no one noticed how strong she was or how durable.
Probably.
Oh shit, she twitched.
ACT NATURAL!
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
Taylor blinked, dim light helping her focus.
She felt... awesome. Like, astoundingly amazing.
For so long, she had defined 'fine' as 'The pain is now evenly spread over my system', the idea of actively feeling comfort and not feeling any strain was almost uncomfortably stupefying.
Her hands felt... it wasn't a chair. Not really. Thick vines, though whatever material it was... well, she could pulp it with ease using only her hands, but it still held her weight with no issue.
Gently, somehow, she could feel Queen Administrator invisibly hugging her and resting her head on her shoulder as she cautiously stood up from the strong (Fragile?) chair.
Motion caught her attention, and she realized the soft lighting came from a fireplace, an office or study where a bookshelf was full of novels and a chair had some guy reading a book.
...But only a corner of a house study room. Like someone sliced off the corner of a house and just left it here in the wilderness.
The man was odd, he was smoking a... bubble pipe? And reading a book with some unknown text on the outside. And wearing a white suit.
The blue hair and glowing blue eyes were a bit of a give away about how 'normal' he was.
He seemed to pause, then casually removed his pipe. "Oh! I didn't see you there!"
...She could FEEL Queen Administrator face palming. Wherever the hell she was.
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
Adam internally nodded. Nailed it.
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
Cautiously, Taylor sat in the offered chair as the stranger set aside the novel. "Right, so I assume you have some questions. To speed things along, I would like to give some basic information to you first, if that is alright?"
Taylor shrugged. No reason to cause conflict yet after all.
The guy nodded. "Right. First, my name is Adam 'Adventure' Burns, and I am something of an explorer. In my travels I have seen many thing, learned many tricks, and gained more than a few abilities."
He gestured, the room shifting slightly as a table rose with forming plates and cups. Some sweet smelling liquid began to fill the cups as small cakes formed on the serving ware. "Some abilities small, some fairly complicated."
Adam waved a cup to float to his hand and gave a small smile. "I was searching for something specific when I stumbled upon your situation. You know about Earth Alpha and the others, right?"
Vaguely? She didn't spend a lot of time wondering about crap like that. Queen seemed very interested though.
He nodded. "Your strategy, while desperate, saved this Realm and all the many other dimensions it holds. Thousands of Earths were protected by your actions, and the Warrior was slain."
So... she HAD won. Some part of her was concerned that she had hallucinated the end, that her dying body had simply given her an easier more relaxing way to pass on.
It felt glorious. So good that those sacrifices meant something.
The man had continued. "Our Realm, however, still has the moron wandering around." He ignored her sudden shock and how her heart fell. "Not that it matters. I am currently infecting his shard network and consuming him like a virus."
...Oh.
Taylor could feel Queen's horror... and interest. As Adam explained his 'System', his methods of harvesting Shards and converting them into some sort of spiritual growth system, her power grew more and more fascinated.
And Taylor could admit, imagining the Golden Asshole slowly decaying from within was a bit cathartic.
Her attention was pulled back rather swiftly though. "What do you mean you reformatted Queen Administrator!?"
He had the audacity to look sheepish. "Right, uh. Well, I wanted to do some neat stuff back home but I couldn't risk setting off the Warrior into 'kill everything' mode. So I went looking for a Realm where he was already dead so I can explore one of his shards, yours in this case, and see how to safely disconnect one without setting the idiot off. Or hurting you, or your shard, and so forth."
He fidgeted in his chair. "Problem was, you were both really hurt. You were dying, she was dying, and fixing you both was more than a little time consuming."
Her stare seemed to make it worse. "The 'reformatting' comment?"
Adam coughed. "Right, well. Queen Administrator was sort of stuck here. And if I tried to bring you to somewhere nicer, like my home, I couldn't have her stuck on some planet left behind OR leave her dimensional tumor connected to your brain, as that would stick out in a big way when you go somewhere that the Warrior still exists."
He shrugged. "So I converted her into a spiritual form and pushed her into your soul. No physical connection to damage, no chance of you two being separated, and her new energy source is infinite. Faith grows with more faith, after all."
The man ignored both of their stunned expressions. "It went very well actually, I will likely modify System to store the users ability there in the future. Not only is it more stable and easier to grow and modify over time, it makes dimensional travel safer and prevents power loss when venturing somewhere that conceptual laws don't quite work."
Taylor's distraction got worse when she felt the dry laughter of Queen Administrator within. [All those years of searching for a way to defeat galactic entropy, and we stumble upon it after killing the Entities. They had destroyed so many civilizations to discover the secret this man just granted us.]
The woman tried to emotionally support the Queen, the feelings of comfort and acceptance wrapping the passenger with a deep hug. They both ignored the man rambling along and eating cookies.
"... which was why I am pretty sure I undid all those test abilities and physical deformities I was experimenting with while you were sleeping, but if you feel any urge to spit teeth or..."
Mostly ignored. Queen was suppressing Taylor's 'Freak out and punch him' mentality and making a list of questions for later. Right now, emotional support.
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
Adam rubbed his sore jaw. "Right, I probably deserve that."
Taylor meanwhile was looking at her hand in surprise. "Huh. That didn't hurt."
He snorted. "I should hope not, you can ignore bullets and crush guns with your current enhancements. I mean, I only got rid of the fun and strange stuff, like the extra arms and eyes and stuff."
HA! Dodged the punch this time!
"I fixed it, I fixed it! And only the basic changes are genetic, so your kids will only get the good stuff WHOA!"
Too slow that time. Ow.
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
In some ways, Taylor admitted, pounding on an all powerful 'whatever-he-was' with Alexandria-like levels of super strength was a very cathartic experience.
Especially after she confirmed that Adam was both VERY resilient AND could heal at stupid rates.
Then she was really able to stop holding back!
Queen had brightened up and was rallying her on, which felt both odd and strangely supportive. Her advice was less useful, ranging from 'Hit him!' to 'Aim for the ankles!', but it was the thought that mattered.
And she had a sneaking suspicion that Adam was provoking her on purpose to give her an emotionally acceptable reason to work through her frustrations, worries, and recent terror. That, or he was VERY bad at timing as he slowly admitted all the changes he had made to both her and her partner while defenseless (And technically dying, but she was trying to ignore that).
Her abilities had suddenly jumped when Queen Administrator found a way to help. From their discussion earlier in her... soul? Well, if her soul was a crystal globe that was kind of cool. Anyway, they had discussed how her power HAD operated (You created an army of me with mental simulations to control PARTS of the bugs!?), so it hadn't taken Queen much to come up with a similar idea.
From one moment to the next, Taylor suddenly expanded mentally.
One simulation of her mind... for every joint, for every muscle, for every nerve and sense.
Her body was now her swarm, and while it couldn't fly around or reform, she could push emotions out to them, use the extra resources to think faster, understand all those unconscious or ignored signals at unheard of levels!
Every color her eye saw was individually examined. Every sound from each ear was studied by a separate but united Taylor. Her internal processes, which were even now being explored by Queen Administrator, was individually being processed as if she was a monk who had dedicated her life to understanding herself.
All movements became smooth, as unnecessary movements became blatantly obvious.
All actions were deliberated, and the level of acidic buildup or tension understood on a fundamental level.
Within moments, Taylor had transformed from angry girl venting about reality into a battle goddess attempting to smack Adam a new one.
The strain was nonexistent. No longer needing to pass data through the small cancerous brain tumor, but directly communing through the soul, the data flowed at unheard of speeds.
The feeling of being together with Queen, of being one, had grown significantly. Things one would normally be overwhelmed by were now delegated by her partner, thought processes that were not relevant to the now were not discarded or ignored, but given their own copy of 'Taylor' to work out in their own time while she was busy.
She was a swarm of one, a hive of self. The hardest part, knowing when to separate tasks and when said tasks should interrupt the main flow, was handled with ease by the Queen, humming along joyfully as they worked together.
It was... beautiful.
She wasn't sure when she started crying, but every muscle that twitched into a smile was documented by a joyful Administrator as they kept punching at their dodging savior.
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
Adam 'eeped' as he dodged left. NO! RIGHT!
He really shouldn't have told her about the spitting teeth thing, that had gotten weird even from HIS point of view, and he was fairly open minded really DODGE!
NO, OTHER DODGE!
More than two arms were just... annoying. The best set up he could come with were two normal limbs, two small ones that rested against the torso until needed that could do detailed minutia work, and two massive and armored arms that acted like feet and were suited to battle or heavy lifting.
And... yeah, still annoying. Not for him, Adam could pull it off easily, but Taylor would go nuts eventually trying to adjust. Maybe. Her ability to operate the swarm made it a bit hard to predict.
Any kids she had would CERTAINLY have issues, as they wouldn't have Queen Administrator's assistance.
Oh, and the social issues of having six arms. That could also be an issue.
He felt Squishy poke.
Huh, Taylor and Queen were starting to wake up.
...CRAP, Taylor and Queen were starting to wake up!
Pulling the mental image of her body, he rapidly began regressing her advancements. No hidden blades, no chemical production sacs, just toss all the strange teeth stuff he had been testing.
Fast as possible, he reduced her to mostly the same appearance as before. At least externally.
The improved skin had no blemishes, hair below the neck may have been disabled (Sorry any future male children, but your wives hopefully won't complain), although the 'no uni-brow, mustache, or beard' thing was tied into the girls only. Probably.
So... mostly normal?
Her muscles were a bit too defined, even compressed and refined as they were. Her body fat was almost gone, and her system built to sustain itself anyway without those obvious reserves. Her scalp and hair were both stronger (Resist split ends, etc) and weaker (Can detach before scalp damage if someone used it as a hand hold). Also, no going gray in old age.
Adam fidgeted after ensuring that she was mostly back to 'normal', as long as no one noticed how strong she was or how durable.
Probably.
Oh shit, she twitched.
ACT NATURAL!
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
Taylor blinked, dim light helping her focus.
She felt... awesome. Like, astoundingly amazing.
For so long, she had defined 'fine' as 'The pain is now evenly spread over my system', the idea of actively feeling comfort and not feeling any strain was almost uncomfortably stupefying.
Her hands felt... it wasn't a chair. Not really. Thick vines, though whatever material it was... well, she could pulp it with ease using only her hands, but it still held her weight with no issue.
Gently, somehow, she could feel Queen Administrator invisibly hugging her and resting her head on her shoulder as she cautiously stood up from the strong (Fragile?) chair.
Motion caught her attention, and she realized the soft lighting came from a fireplace, an office or study where a bookshelf was full of novels and a chair had some guy reading a book.
...But only a corner of a house study room. Like someone sliced off the corner of a house and just left it here in the wilderness.
The man was odd, he was smoking a... bubble pipe? And reading a book with some unknown text on the outside. And wearing a white suit.
The blue hair and glowing blue eyes were a bit of a give away about how 'normal' he was.
He seemed to pause, then casually removed his pipe. "Oh! I didn't see you there!"
...She could FEEL Queen Administrator face palming. Wherever the hell she was.
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
Adam internally nodded. Nailed it.
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
Cautiously, Taylor sat in the offered chair as the stranger set aside the novel. "Right, so I assume you have some questions. To speed things along, I would like to give some basic information to you first, if that is alright?"
Taylor shrugged. No reason to cause conflict yet after all.
The guy nodded. "Right. First, my name is Adam 'Adventure' Burns, and I am something of an explorer. In my travels I have seen many thing, learned many tricks, and gained more than a few abilities."
He gestured, the room shifting slightly as a table rose with forming plates and cups. Some sweet smelling liquid began to fill the cups as small cakes formed on the serving ware. "Some abilities small, some fairly complicated."
Adam waved a cup to float to his hand and gave a small smile. "I was searching for something specific when I stumbled upon your situation. You know about Earth Alpha and the others, right?"
Vaguely? She didn't spend a lot of time wondering about crap like that. Queen seemed very interested though.
He nodded. "Your strategy, while desperate, saved this Realm and all the many other dimensions it holds. Thousands of Earths were protected by your actions, and the Warrior was slain."
So... she HAD won. Some part of her was concerned that she had hallucinated the end, that her dying body had simply given her an easier more relaxing way to pass on.
It felt glorious. So good that those sacrifices meant something.
The man had continued. "Our Realm, however, still has the moron wandering around." He ignored her sudden shock and how her heart fell. "Not that it matters. I am currently infecting his shard network and consuming him like a virus."
...Oh.
Taylor could feel Queen's horror... and interest. As Adam explained his 'System', his methods of harvesting Shards and converting them into some sort of spiritual growth system, her power grew more and more fascinated.
And Taylor could admit, imagining the Golden Asshole slowly decaying from within was a bit cathartic.
Her attention was pulled back rather swiftly though. "What do you mean you reformatted Queen Administrator!?"
He had the audacity to look sheepish. "Right, uh. Well, I wanted to do some neat stuff back home but I couldn't risk setting off the Warrior into 'kill everything' mode. So I went looking for a Realm where he was already dead so I can explore one of his shards, yours in this case, and see how to safely disconnect one without setting the idiot off. Or hurting you, or your shard, and so forth."
He fidgeted in his chair. "Problem was, you were both really hurt. You were dying, she was dying, and fixing you both was more than a little time consuming."
Her stare seemed to make it worse. "The 'reformatting' comment?"
Adam coughed. "Right, well. Queen Administrator was sort of stuck here. And if I tried to bring you to somewhere nicer, like my home, I couldn't have her stuck on some planet left behind OR leave her dimensional tumor connected to your brain, as that would stick out in a big way when you go somewhere that the Warrior still exists."
He shrugged. "So I converted her into a spiritual form and pushed her into your soul. No physical connection to damage, no chance of you two being separated, and her new energy source is infinite. Faith grows with more faith, after all."
The man ignored both of their stunned expressions. "It went very well actually, I will likely modify System to store the users ability there in the future. Not only is it more stable and easier to grow and modify over time, it makes dimensional travel safer and prevents power loss when venturing somewhere that conceptual laws don't quite work."
Taylor's distraction got worse when she felt the dry laughter of Queen Administrator within. [All those years of searching for a way to defeat galactic entropy, and we stumble upon it after killing the Entities. They had destroyed so many civilizations to discover the secret this man just granted us.]
The woman tried to emotionally support the Queen, the feelings of comfort and acceptance wrapping the passenger with a deep hug. They both ignored the man rambling along and eating cookies.
"... which was why I am pretty sure I undid all those test abilities and physical deformities I was experimenting with while you were sleeping, but if you feel any urge to spit teeth or..."
Mostly ignored. Queen was suppressing Taylor's 'Freak out and punch him' mentality and making a list of questions for later. Right now, emotional support.
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
Adam rubbed his sore jaw. "Right, I probably deserve that."
Taylor meanwhile was looking at her hand in surprise. "Huh. That didn't hurt."
He snorted. "I should hope not, you can ignore bullets and crush guns with your current enhancements. I mean, I only got rid of the fun and strange stuff, like the extra arms and eyes and stuff."
HA! Dodged the punch this time!
"I fixed it, I fixed it! And only the basic changes are genetic, so your kids will only get the good stuff WHOA!"
Too slow that time. Ow.
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
In some ways, Taylor admitted, pounding on an all powerful 'whatever-he-was' with Alexandria-like levels of super strength was a very cathartic experience.
Especially after she confirmed that Adam was both VERY resilient AND could heal at stupid rates.
Then she was really able to stop holding back!
Queen had brightened up and was rallying her on, which felt both odd and strangely supportive. Her advice was less useful, ranging from 'Hit him!' to 'Aim for the ankles!', but it was the thought that mattered.
And she had a sneaking suspicion that Adam was provoking her on purpose to give her an emotionally acceptable reason to work through her frustrations, worries, and recent terror. That, or he was VERY bad at timing as he slowly admitted all the changes he had made to both her and her partner while defenseless (And technically dying, but she was trying to ignore that).
Her abilities had suddenly jumped when Queen Administrator found a way to help. From their discussion earlier in her... soul? Well, if her soul was a crystal globe that was kind of cool. Anyway, they had discussed how her power HAD operated (You created an army of me with mental simulations to control PARTS of the bugs!?), so it hadn't taken Queen much to come up with a similar idea.
From one moment to the next, Taylor suddenly expanded mentally.
One simulation of her mind... for every joint, for every muscle, for every nerve and sense.
Her body was now her swarm, and while it couldn't fly around or reform, she could push emotions out to them, use the extra resources to think faster, understand all those unconscious or ignored signals at unheard of levels!
Every color her eye saw was individually examined. Every sound from each ear was studied by a separate but united Taylor. Her internal processes, which were even now being explored by Queen Administrator, was individually being processed as if she was a monk who had dedicated her life to understanding herself.
All movements became smooth, as unnecessary movements became blatantly obvious.
All actions were deliberated, and the level of acidic buildup or tension understood on a fundamental level.
Within moments, Taylor had transformed from angry girl venting about reality into a battle goddess attempting to smack Adam a new one.
The strain was nonexistent. No longer needing to pass data through the small cancerous brain tumor, but directly communing through the soul, the data flowed at unheard of speeds.
The feeling of being together with Queen, of being one, had grown significantly. Things one would normally be overwhelmed by were now delegated by her partner, thought processes that were not relevant to the now were not discarded or ignored, but given their own copy of 'Taylor' to work out in their own time while she was busy.
She was a swarm of one, a hive of self. The hardest part, knowing when to separate tasks and when said tasks should interrupt the main flow, was handled with ease by the Queen, humming along joyfully as they worked together.
It was... beautiful.
She wasn't sure when she started crying, but every muscle that twitched into a smile was documented by a joyful Administrator as they kept punching at their dodging savior.
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
Adam 'eeped' as he dodged left. NO! RIGHT!
He really shouldn't have told her about the spitting teeth thing, that had gotten weird even from HIS point of view, and he was fairly open minded really DODGE!
NO, OTHER DODGE!
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- Location
- Australia
BREAK HIS LEGS!!!!
VC Project
Infinite Possibilities at the Point of No Return
Why oh why does Queen Administrator now sounds like Nora Valkyrie?
Also, Adam really needs to figure out a a more practical method of inter-dimensional travel that doesn't involve shoving people in his soul. When the Scion issue does get resolved, being able to send Gamers and Questers to those other realities to trade, perform certain tasks or even just travel for EXP and exotic loot would be a boon to many. The cluster of Post-Gold Morning Earths would definitely need some aid, plus all those super villains that are still valid bounty targets for ambitious, aspiring System-empowered parahumans.
Also, Adam really needs to figure out a a more practical method of inter-dimensional travel that doesn't involve shoving people in his soul. When the Scion issue does get resolved, being able to send Gamers and Questers to those other realities to trade, perform certain tasks or even just travel for EXP and exotic loot would be a boon to many. The cluster of Post-Gold Morning Earths would definitely need some aid, plus all those super villains that are still valid bounty targets for ambitious, aspiring System-empowered parahumans.
I gotta admit, the forced non-consensual body modification (with bonus "Good news! It's genetic!") is easily in my top 10 creepiest things I've ever seen a protagonist do in a story. Like, I don't think a lot of stories explicitly made to be about body horror go to the extent of "hey, you fell asleep there for a bit so I remade every single cell of you, over and over, as each new and crazy idea came to mind." I guess it is a good way to illustrate that the main character is becoming less and less of a person and more a collection of powers and the impulse to use them.
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