Pocket System
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Jordisk
<Unverified N00B>
- Location
- Blind Eternities
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
Obviously a fanfic that he had to drop.
Ace Dreamer
Verified Reality User
- Location
- Between The Unknown & The Known
It is obvious that Our Author gets to read alt-universe Harry Potter books?
I recall being really ill, once, dreamed I'd started reading a new novel by a favorite author. Later, half-asleep, I searched my room for the book I recalled starting. Oops.
Minds are funny things...
- Location
- Canada
Way back in 2007, before I even knew what fanfiction was, I had looked up the latest Harry Potter book before it was released and found what I thought was Deathly Hallows but ended up being a fanfic... was very confused.
Oddly enough, the book was released online early later that year due to one of the book stores sending out preorders early, and I was halfway through the official book before I ended up getting a real copy for myself.
Jordisk
<Unverified N00B>
- Location
- Blind Eternities
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
I actually won the raffle at the midnight release for Deathly Hallows. I got the banner that they had hung for the promotion, which was basically just a small tarp. It sat rolled up in my closet for years before we moved. I was like 10 or 11.
The author, when they gives updates about their writing, sometimes comments about the stuff they are reading if it contained something egregious, this is likely an Harry Potter fanfiction that they had to drop due to the author being incapable of writing a convincing capture scene.
The only guess I can recall offhand/from a quick search that is there (other than my joking one) is the hat one. And 'Hattie the hat' is a silly name, it's a bit too logical.
So clearly, the name is derived from a different clothing/body part. Now, that could be something like 'Hans', from 'Hands', for a "Hans the Handy Hat". Not the first time there's a Hat with a hand or two. But 'her name' means that doesn't fit.
So the 'opposite' of headwear is footwear. Or at least the furthest away. So Sheila, or 'S-heel-a'. Because she's going places, and doing it in Style.
(And if I somehow managed to get both the name and the 'reasoning' behind it... well that would be a thing.)
Probably goes hand in hand with witnessing the misadventures of John Doe. Just look at all the implications there in the previews for upcoming chapters. That 'rewriting'? Actually caused by John messing things up and causing a 'redo' in time. Not really time travel, more a branch that ended poorly enough the Muppet-verse called a Mulligan. One I doubt that anyone in there at the time noticed. Or not many. I suppose retcons would be a similar thing, just on a vastly more noticeable scale. Especially as there's verses that have characters specifically remember retcons. And far fewer that recall rewrites. (Probably mostly because it wouldn't make sense to refer to something that most people reading/watching a media wouldn't have ever seen/find out about.)
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- Here
It was Behind Blue Eyes, which has several plot points that would be solved by certain people saying 'Man I have a problem' and then them getting literally waived away, but I run into that kind of thing in real life so I let that slide.
No, in chapter 17 the stupid punches me in the face HARD. Like frustratingly hard. Bro, you are a god damned wizard: Do NOT tell your protection target to run away the THIRD time she ignores you. She won't, accept that and take it into your plans for survival. Also, for god's sake: STOP frantically trying to sacrifice yourself pointlessly! In less than 10 minutes he tried to surrender to death eaters like a dozen times. TEN MINUTES!
Voldemort, want to win? Just ask him to give himself up. Don't even fucking promise to keep her alive, no, you can keep threatening to rape her and stuff (that doesn't matter) because Harry Potter will STILL beg you to take him in. Sheesh.
We Just Write
Blatantly Plural
- Location
- New England
- Pronouns
- Plural
J: If I wanted to write a scene where Harry gets captured I'd either:
-Have him get surprised attacked and knocked unconscious before he can react
-Have some of his food or drink drugged
-Have him get surprised attacked and knocked unconscious before he can react
-Have some of his food or drink drugged
Ace Dreamer
Verified Reality User
- Location
- Between The Unknown & The Known
Or, you have a Death Eater (with at least a little acting ability) Polyjuiced into Hermione, and tell Harry she needs him to get captured, so 'Her plan will work'?
And the worst of the worst? The most hated and cursed…
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- Here
John leaned back from his work, tired yet satisfied.
Spiritual energy apparently had two major properties: Density and Alignment.
Too dense and you began spawning entities and Muppetizing or warping out of existence improperly and one would start experiencing other strange issues.
Extract too much, however, and it creates a void or absence of power that distorts the apparent properties of the object, can suddenly and dangerously implode like a reverse grenade, and potentially destabilize reality within a certain range just by existing.
As for Alignment? It affected how risky certain actions nearby would be, and how likely an area or object would mutate due to said actions.
Objects interacted with constantly would build up a certain amount of Density automatically, and if the object has a narrow or specific use then that power could end up automatically aligning that energy towards some Concept or series of Possibilities.
This could be good or horrible, depending on the Alignment. If it matches one someone feels a connection with it would imbue that person with a sense of 'rightness' or 'acceptance'... If not? Repulsion, unease, or worse.
As an example? A famous bakery would both gather Spiritual energy due to the customers and workers over time, but the actions of baking and serving customers would Align that power towards increasing nutrition, empowering the sense of taste and smell, and so forth.
People who loved baked goods would gravitate to such a location, those who cared not for toast might not even notice the place, and people who hated such things might actually feel or smell something horrible about that entire street!
Best to avoid that entire mess, really.
Plus: Such a place was VASTLY more likely to accidentally Muppetize their muffins. And his big sister had already given her opinion on THAT topic extensively.
So John had to strike a balance: Drain the new food served at their future soup kitchen of just enough Spiritual energy to balance with the ambient power in the area, yet also scramble the Alignment of said food to prevent tainting the area towards specific goals.
Oh, the 'cooking procedures' to do all this would still be a series of physical actions to activate the entire processes of Spiritual Gathering, Spiritual Misalignment, and Spiritual Bestowal… But the NEW plan was to automatically add limits to each step.
Thus the new ingredients would be drained before being cooked without turning them into improvised explosives and the water could be enhanced with usable energy without growing a face or something. Which was perfect! WOO!
Still, he was going to test all the new 'rituals' extensively before attaching them to the final cooking preparation procedures and setting them to self propagate.
After all, he and his Sister were trying to offer affordable food to impoverished portions of society… Not accidentally transform cooking into a deadly profession on a global scale.
The trick here was to build in more limits. Reduce the amount of food that could be processed by the ritual by default, adjust the rate of conversion during the steps, cause the extremes to take exponentially longer to access the closer you got to the edges…
A cook with passion could still push the boundaries, enhancing food to theoretically risky levels and draining food till it became trash… But it would require effort and training and dedication.
Not just a couple of kids trying to make breakfast in bed for their parents, accidentally turning a cheese sandwich into a nuke.
That it would ensure the store's employees would always be ahead of the curve compared to future competitors due to having more years of experience using these new rituals was just a lucky and fortuitous circumstance!
Now this mess wouldn't let someone enhance mud into a nutritious and balanced meal or anything, nor would it fully turn expensive ingredients into a frivolous purchase and thus a waste of money… But if used optimally?
Lower valued donated food and bought supplies SHOULD be able to fully display any and all benefits possible. Every calorie would be preserved, each vitamin properly absorbed, all flavors slightly brighter and the taste just a tad better than expected.
Potentially.
That was what all this testing was for.
Right now, since they were so close to the church, John was attempting to attach the entire mess to a series of prayers:
'Please Lord, cleanse this food of impurities and disease', combined with drawing a cross in the air, to strip out the Spiritual Energy to ambient levels.
'Please Lord, guide those that consume this food to find their own path', with another drawn cross to scramble the alignment of the Spiritual Attunement.
'Please Lord, bless this water to empower and heal the people.', with a final cross to enhance the liquid with Spiritual Energy and slightly Align the liquid's concepts towards physical improvement.
Why these specific actions? Well, honestly it was partially due to the location.
The church was nearby, and by its very existence? Anything related to the Christian Faith was drastically empowered within this entire region. It also tended to infiltrate actions and materials within that zone as well, so it was best to work WITH the local influence than attempt to set up something more neutralic or whatever.
Plus, the prayer actually should prevent future issues after John and Jessica moved on.
Originally John had a whole plan of special hand movements and stir counts and stuff, but after a bit of research… But he had discovered that using a process or procedure alone, one that could theoretically be taught by one person who didn't know what any of it meant to ANOTHER person who had never heard of the entire mess… Well, it was risky.
It could unintentionally alter itself, or stray from the general purpose of setting all this up to begin with.
But attaching the prayer would GUIDE such future mutations towards a less risky end.
Sure, for now? Cleansing only removed Spiritual energy, Guiding removed any influence from the Spiritual environment, and Blessing only boosted the Density of Spiritual power within a target.
But in the future, it was far more likely for Cleansing to actually strip away disease and filth, or for blessings to actually bestow a bit of good luck or something… Which was a far better alteration than risking something more random.
After all, if John stuck with the movement only option like originally planned… What if the ritual began imbuing the food with a need to continue to do the ritual itself? Or if enough future users of the skill began accidentally altering the effects due to following rote methods without contextual (And thus Spiritual) guidance?
John had seen how rumors could alter and shift and mutate in the wild. And the risk of accidentally converting the food preparation rituals into some sort of summoning or worship method… Uh.
Yeah, prayers seemed to be the best plan.
Besides, anyone not into the local religion would likely avoid the place to begin with, so were unlikely to become future customers. After all, the atmosphere here was Aligned to the local church and what it preached… If they changed to another faith, the prayers would easily shift with it without issue.
The key points here were the belief behind the process and the purpose behind the actions matching up.
IF this worked as designed, any faith could accomplish similar results as long as the gist of the request was close enough to tap into the Conceptual actions. They would just need to desire to cleanse the ingredients, 'guide' those who ate it, and 'bless' either the food or whatever in the name of whatever they had Faith in.
Hell, it would theoretically be possible for Atheists to use this method too! As long as they had Faith that Faith didn't exist and… Wait, no, if they believed that there was no point to believe in… If they refused to bless their food HARD enough… Ow. His brain!
John winced as he gave up on that entire thought process. Anyone who would NOT believe in the Supernatural or in Spiritual entities in a Realm like this where reality itself was being shifted by flying Muppets has EARNED the right to believe or doubt anything they wanted.
Not John's problem.
He hesitated before continuing… There was another, SLIGHT issue.
After his cooks gained evidence that the faith based rituals could affect real world items in literal ways with actual 'scientific' and reproducible steps… It might give a boost to faith abilities in general.
Especially when OTHER religions follow the steps and discover they can do the same.
Which uh… Might be a problem depending on which Religion gets empowered where, and uh… Hmm.
Meh. This place was, like mentioned before, radioactive with Spiritual power. For all he knew, those religions were ALREADY enhanced to the point of the ultra faithful being able to empower miracles and stuff solo.
At least these new skills were fairly focused towards generally positive actions: Cleaning, guidance, and blessing.
Not smiting, wrathing, or banishing.
After all, in the end? John just wanted to give out cheese cake without having his food burst into song.
The rest was beyond his scope, really.
~~~Pocket System~~~
Jessica thanked the Preacher, who had been more than accommodating. "Just let us know if any issues come up, or if your community has anyone looking for a bit of work or a meal."
Preacher Jones hummed. "I am unsure if a 'pay what you can' restaurant can actually exist in this world… But I do understand and appreciate the sentiments behind such and intentions of you and your brother in such times as these."
She gave a wry grin as she prepared to leave. "Well, I admit it won't be the most usual of places… But even if it all falls apart, at least it should be an interesting experience and a chance at a free meal or two, no? And, failure or not, some good will be done regardless. In the end, that's more than most can ask for!"
He chuckled. "Perhaps you are right… Be safe, my child, and may God go with you."
Jessica waved as she left the well worn but well loved building, feeling an ambient approval from… Somewhere follow her on the way out of the room. Still felt all strange and tingly, really.
At least it felt more abstract than whatever the hell John had done to the Doe Home, right?
Seriously, the MOMENT that a building attempts to ask for headpats or whatever she was going to grab John and have him Pocket them both out of here. As it was, she felt stressed enough just trying to adapt to how messed up some of this stuff was already!
She walked down the street (Most of which was now owned by Doe Home Foundation) and headed towards the place she planned to set up the original 'Soup Kitchen', which… Uh. Still didn't have a name.
Absently she pulled out a clipboard, scribbled a note, and moved it to her Memory Pocket. After all, she'd have to get a signboard made… Or were most people illiterate? Maybe a sign board with a picture?
Meandering down the cobblestone street she considered which way they should go for this thing. Nothing silly like a Maid Cafe or one of those places that just filled it up with cats, not with the risk of this time period where the poor would literally eat anything to stay alive…
Her thoughts scattered when she got a list. "Oh, that was fast… Uh. 'Prophets Non-Profit Pantry', that's pretty good… 'Pray as you Go', maybe. 'God bless stew'..."
She hesitated. Uh, not sure the place will only offer stew… "'Taco `bout faith', 'Have faith in Cheesus', 'Pray in queso emergency'... Huh?"
Was he messing with her!? "Half of these don't even make sense… 'Mayo Light Shine'? 'Get a Pizza Christ'?"
From there they just devolved into random puns involving Christianity and food. Most didn't even imply such a place would be a store!
Jessica paused on the street, thoughts whirling. "Wait, how long have I left him alone doing that food research stuff?"
Another list suddenly appeared in her Inventory, filled with random combinations of belief and condiments, like a mad man running out of air mid-scream before slowly slumping to the ground.
Oh dear.
Yeah, maybe she should call it an early day and hang out with her little brother for a while.
Just… Just make sure he is doing alright. Good grief.
Spiritual energy apparently had two major properties: Density and Alignment.
Too dense and you began spawning entities and Muppetizing or warping out of existence improperly and one would start experiencing other strange issues.
Extract too much, however, and it creates a void or absence of power that distorts the apparent properties of the object, can suddenly and dangerously implode like a reverse grenade, and potentially destabilize reality within a certain range just by existing.
As for Alignment? It affected how risky certain actions nearby would be, and how likely an area or object would mutate due to said actions.
Objects interacted with constantly would build up a certain amount of Density automatically, and if the object has a narrow or specific use then that power could end up automatically aligning that energy towards some Concept or series of Possibilities.
This could be good or horrible, depending on the Alignment. If it matches one someone feels a connection with it would imbue that person with a sense of 'rightness' or 'acceptance'... If not? Repulsion, unease, or worse.
As an example? A famous bakery would both gather Spiritual energy due to the customers and workers over time, but the actions of baking and serving customers would Align that power towards increasing nutrition, empowering the sense of taste and smell, and so forth.
People who loved baked goods would gravitate to such a location, those who cared not for toast might not even notice the place, and people who hated such things might actually feel or smell something horrible about that entire street!
Best to avoid that entire mess, really.
Plus: Such a place was VASTLY more likely to accidentally Muppetize their muffins. And his big sister had already given her opinion on THAT topic extensively.
So John had to strike a balance: Drain the new food served at their future soup kitchen of just enough Spiritual energy to balance with the ambient power in the area, yet also scramble the Alignment of said food to prevent tainting the area towards specific goals.
Oh, the 'cooking procedures' to do all this would still be a series of physical actions to activate the entire processes of Spiritual Gathering, Spiritual Misalignment, and Spiritual Bestowal… But the NEW plan was to automatically add limits to each step.
Thus the new ingredients would be drained before being cooked without turning them into improvised explosives and the water could be enhanced with usable energy without growing a face or something. Which was perfect! WOO!
Still, he was going to test all the new 'rituals' extensively before attaching them to the final cooking preparation procedures and setting them to self propagate.
After all, he and his Sister were trying to offer affordable food to impoverished portions of society… Not accidentally transform cooking into a deadly profession on a global scale.
The trick here was to build in more limits. Reduce the amount of food that could be processed by the ritual by default, adjust the rate of conversion during the steps, cause the extremes to take exponentially longer to access the closer you got to the edges…
A cook with passion could still push the boundaries, enhancing food to theoretically risky levels and draining food till it became trash… But it would require effort and training and dedication.
Not just a couple of kids trying to make breakfast in bed for their parents, accidentally turning a cheese sandwich into a nuke.
That it would ensure the store's employees would always be ahead of the curve compared to future competitors due to having more years of experience using these new rituals was just a lucky and fortuitous circumstance!
Now this mess wouldn't let someone enhance mud into a nutritious and balanced meal or anything, nor would it fully turn expensive ingredients into a frivolous purchase and thus a waste of money… But if used optimally?
Lower valued donated food and bought supplies SHOULD be able to fully display any and all benefits possible. Every calorie would be preserved, each vitamin properly absorbed, all flavors slightly brighter and the taste just a tad better than expected.
Potentially.
That was what all this testing was for.
Right now, since they were so close to the church, John was attempting to attach the entire mess to a series of prayers:
'Please Lord, cleanse this food of impurities and disease', combined with drawing a cross in the air, to strip out the Spiritual Energy to ambient levels.
'Please Lord, guide those that consume this food to find their own path', with another drawn cross to scramble the alignment of the Spiritual Attunement.
'Please Lord, bless this water to empower and heal the people.', with a final cross to enhance the liquid with Spiritual Energy and slightly Align the liquid's concepts towards physical improvement.
Why these specific actions? Well, honestly it was partially due to the location.
The church was nearby, and by its very existence? Anything related to the Christian Faith was drastically empowered within this entire region. It also tended to infiltrate actions and materials within that zone as well, so it was best to work WITH the local influence than attempt to set up something more neutralic or whatever.
Plus, the prayer actually should prevent future issues after John and Jessica moved on.
Originally John had a whole plan of special hand movements and stir counts and stuff, but after a bit of research… But he had discovered that using a process or procedure alone, one that could theoretically be taught by one person who didn't know what any of it meant to ANOTHER person who had never heard of the entire mess… Well, it was risky.
It could unintentionally alter itself, or stray from the general purpose of setting all this up to begin with.
But attaching the prayer would GUIDE such future mutations towards a less risky end.
Sure, for now? Cleansing only removed Spiritual energy, Guiding removed any influence from the Spiritual environment, and Blessing only boosted the Density of Spiritual power within a target.
But in the future, it was far more likely for Cleansing to actually strip away disease and filth, or for blessings to actually bestow a bit of good luck or something… Which was a far better alteration than risking something more random.
After all, if John stuck with the movement only option like originally planned… What if the ritual began imbuing the food with a need to continue to do the ritual itself? Or if enough future users of the skill began accidentally altering the effects due to following rote methods without contextual (And thus Spiritual) guidance?
John had seen how rumors could alter and shift and mutate in the wild. And the risk of accidentally converting the food preparation rituals into some sort of summoning or worship method… Uh.
Yeah, prayers seemed to be the best plan.
Besides, anyone not into the local religion would likely avoid the place to begin with, so were unlikely to become future customers. After all, the atmosphere here was Aligned to the local church and what it preached… If they changed to another faith, the prayers would easily shift with it without issue.
The key points here were the belief behind the process and the purpose behind the actions matching up.
IF this worked as designed, any faith could accomplish similar results as long as the gist of the request was close enough to tap into the Conceptual actions. They would just need to desire to cleanse the ingredients, 'guide' those who ate it, and 'bless' either the food or whatever in the name of whatever they had Faith in.
Hell, it would theoretically be possible for Atheists to use this method too! As long as they had Faith that Faith didn't exist and… Wait, no, if they believed that there was no point to believe in… If they refused to bless their food HARD enough… Ow. His brain!
John winced as he gave up on that entire thought process. Anyone who would NOT believe in the Supernatural or in Spiritual entities in a Realm like this where reality itself was being shifted by flying Muppets has EARNED the right to believe or doubt anything they wanted.
Not John's problem.
He hesitated before continuing… There was another, SLIGHT issue.
After his cooks gained evidence that the faith based rituals could affect real world items in literal ways with actual 'scientific' and reproducible steps… It might give a boost to faith abilities in general.
Especially when OTHER religions follow the steps and discover they can do the same.
Which uh… Might be a problem depending on which Religion gets empowered where, and uh… Hmm.
Meh. This place was, like mentioned before, radioactive with Spiritual power. For all he knew, those religions were ALREADY enhanced to the point of the ultra faithful being able to empower miracles and stuff solo.
At least these new skills were fairly focused towards generally positive actions: Cleaning, guidance, and blessing.
Not smiting, wrathing, or banishing.
After all, in the end? John just wanted to give out cheese cake without having his food burst into song.
The rest was beyond his scope, really.
~~~Pocket System~~~
Jessica thanked the Preacher, who had been more than accommodating. "Just let us know if any issues come up, or if your community has anyone looking for a bit of work or a meal."
Preacher Jones hummed. "I am unsure if a 'pay what you can' restaurant can actually exist in this world… But I do understand and appreciate the sentiments behind such and intentions of you and your brother in such times as these."
She gave a wry grin as she prepared to leave. "Well, I admit it won't be the most usual of places… But even if it all falls apart, at least it should be an interesting experience and a chance at a free meal or two, no? And, failure or not, some good will be done regardless. In the end, that's more than most can ask for!"
He chuckled. "Perhaps you are right… Be safe, my child, and may God go with you."
Jessica waved as she left the well worn but well loved building, feeling an ambient approval from… Somewhere follow her on the way out of the room. Still felt all strange and tingly, really.
At least it felt more abstract than whatever the hell John had done to the Doe Home, right?
Seriously, the MOMENT that a building attempts to ask for headpats or whatever she was going to grab John and have him Pocket them both out of here. As it was, she felt stressed enough just trying to adapt to how messed up some of this stuff was already!
She walked down the street (Most of which was now owned by Doe Home Foundation) and headed towards the place she planned to set up the original 'Soup Kitchen', which… Uh. Still didn't have a name.
Absently she pulled out a clipboard, scribbled a note, and moved it to her Memory Pocket. After all, she'd have to get a signboard made… Or were most people illiterate? Maybe a sign board with a picture?
Meandering down the cobblestone street she considered which way they should go for this thing. Nothing silly like a Maid Cafe or one of those places that just filled it up with cats, not with the risk of this time period where the poor would literally eat anything to stay alive…
Her thoughts scattered when she got a list. "Oh, that was fast… Uh. 'Prophets Non-Profit Pantry', that's pretty good… 'Pray as you Go', maybe. 'God bless stew'..."
She hesitated. Uh, not sure the place will only offer stew… "'Taco `bout faith', 'Have faith in Cheesus', 'Pray in queso emergency'... Huh?"
Was he messing with her!? "Half of these don't even make sense… 'Mayo Light Shine'? 'Get a Pizza Christ'?"
From there they just devolved into random puns involving Christianity and food. Most didn't even imply such a place would be a store!
Jessica paused on the street, thoughts whirling. "Wait, how long have I left him alone doing that food research stuff?"
Another list suddenly appeared in her Inventory, filled with random combinations of belief and condiments, like a mad man running out of air mid-scream before slowly slumping to the ground.
Oh dear.
Yeah, maybe she should call it an early day and hang out with her little brother for a while.
Just… Just make sure he is doing alright. Good grief.
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- Sol;Terra;EU;D;NRW
The puns are coming.
Run, run for the hills, also make sure that you do not slam the door in gods face since someone told em to follow you, Jess.
Poor las.
Run, run for the hills, also make sure that you do not slam the door in gods face since someone told em to follow you, Jess.
Poor las.
- Location
- United States
In this world those puns might actual be able to hurt people.
Ace Dreamer
Verified Reality User
- Location
- Between The Unknown & The Known
A place that also serves Martian riding animals? "Food for Thoat"?
(For the thoat-less readers...)
((Not sure what would happen if you told Loki her child Sleipnir was a thoat...))
(For the thoat-less readers...)
((Not sure what would happen if you told Loki her child Sleipnir was a thoat...))
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- Pronouns
- Anything’s fine
Not so sure about Mexican in Britain of all places, especially in a time period where commoners didn't really have all that much access to spices. Perhaps some plain vegetables that have had the hell boiled out of them would suite the palate there.
Ace Dreamer
Verified Reality User
- Location
- Between The Unknown & The Known
John knows he has failed if all the food served auto-magically is wearing Mexican hats?
Interesting article on 19th Century British food - strong hint, any meat at all is a luxury. From WW2 rationing, but 'bread & scrape' is buttered bread, then you scrape as much of the butter back off as possible...
Why boil food? Because you don't trust the water, and boiled=safe.
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Ace Dreamer
Verified Reality User
- Location
- Between The Unknown & The Known
Maybe... And, might want to consider Saying Grace...
'Free drinking water', what are your rights? Might interest... Some businesses sold extra salty food, so you had to buy more water off them...
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Ace Dreamer
Verified Reality User
- Location
- Between The Unknown & The Known
In a less ridiculously spiritually strong world will that translate into a glove puppet, with a long white beard, on a cotton-wool cloud, floating around after her?
Oh. Uh. Hmm.
- Location
- Here
Jessica would LITERALLY smack John in the head. And be justified in doing so.
Remember, right now they are (sort of) heading back to her home dimension... Helping people along the way is just something they both don't mind doing, but they aren't conquering other realities on purpose or planning to rob them blind or alter the fate of reality or all that.
They are just trying to pass through, successfully or not.
And Bloodborne... Helping that world would require full conquering AND almost full destruction.
To quote: "This town is cursed. Whatever your reasons might be, you should plan a swift exit. Whatever can be gained from this place, it will do more harm than good" ~Gilbert
If you thought the Muppet Christmas Carol was unemotionally nightmare fuel... Uh. Yeah. For now, not Bloodborne. Nor anything related to the Umbrella Corporation. Or anything related to F.E.A.R., or anything too close to the Cthulhu Mythos.
Anyway... Update will be as scheduled.
Isn't Bloodborne canonically connected to the Dark Souls games? A large amount of time post Dark Souls to Bloodborne, but still connected. Might be me misremembering some lore breakdowns, though.
So the solution would be to visit the timeline earlier on, and end up fixing things a bit there. Though Shadow!Adam might well have already visited a Dark Souls-verse off camera. There were some bits that I recall that I'm not sure was a theory or was a collection of what lore, when collected, outright tells. Don't really know enough of the lore to actually understand what changes there, would cause changes to Bloodbourne.
So the solution would be to visit the timeline earlier on, and end up fixing things a bit there. Though Shadow!Adam might well have already visited a Dark Souls-verse off camera. There were some bits that I recall that I'm not sure was a theory or was a collection of what lore, when collected, outright tells. Don't really know enough of the lore to actually understand what changes there, would cause changes to Bloodbourne.
*points at scp world* how about that horror show? it's a relatively safe world (outside the scp foundation) and Adam's pocket could perhaps rid the world of some of the horrors. would be a neat way to suddenly see the scp foundation go all "We can get rid of this mess!" "whohooo!!" instead of the usual horrorshow that is going on ^^