Chapter 848: Everything I Need
Added 2023-11-29 22:00:04 +0000 UTCJason was in his office in the mountain lair. His eyes were closed, his elbows were propped on his desk and his chin was resting on his hands. Scattered across the massive desk in front of him were copious notes he’d written, planning out the reintegration of the transformation zone. He felt Miriam’s approach and heard the ostentatious double doors swing open.
“Well?” she asked from the doorway.
Jason let out a frustrated breath before raising his head and opening his eyes to look at her.
“This isn’t easy, you know,” he said. “The last couple of times I did this I went by instinct. I wasn’t so much making choices as desperately hoping I didn’t mess anything up too bad.”
“Did you?”
“Yes. I altered the magical landscape of the entire planet. Forever. I managed to prevent the planet from breaking up and drifting off into the astral, but I left it fragile.”
“My understanding is that Pallimustus is more resilient than your world.”
“Yeah. I'm not worried about punching a hole in the universe. This time it's about the details. I have more control than before, which is good, but I only have one chance to get this right. I have to extricate the natural array, the soul forge and the tree. I have to be careful about what goes into my soul realm and what goes into reality. I have to build a new home for the brighthearts and keep everyone safe while I’m doing all that.”
“Is keeping everyone safe a concern?” Miriam asked. “I thought we were moving everyone to keep them out of danger.”
“We are,” Jason said. “Each time I've done this, there's been a safe centre. I've just never done this with allies in place. Except for the ones I intended to betray and kill from the beginning.”
Miriam raised her eyebrows.
“Don’t look at me like that,” Jason said. “Yeah, it felt crappy, but they were looking to betray and kill me as well.”
“You just did it better?”
“There was one woman that played me and escaped. Vampire Lord. Call it a no-score draw. And I’m hardly going to betray anyone this time.”
“Hardly?”
“What?”
“You’re hardly going to betray anyone?”
“no idea what you’re talking about. I’ll thank you to not cast aspersions upon my character, Tactical Commander.”
Miriam shook her head as she walked across the large room. She cast her eyes over the haphazard notes scattered across the desk.
“Are you ready for this?” she asked.
“I don’t think ready is an option, but I’m as prepared as I’m going to get. How’s the transfer going?”
“The mountain is almost empty. Just a few stragglers.”
“I think I can sort that out.”
Jason entered a code into a keypad next to a desk drawer and the drawer opened itself. Inside was a plastic container that he picked up and smashed on the desk. He picked up the two keys that came out of the container and stood up. He moved to a small table where there was a bronze bust of Beethoven. He tilted the head back, revealing that it was hinged and had a small red button underneath.
“What are you doing?” Miriam asked.
“Security procedure.”
He pressed the button and a painting on the wall slid aside, revealing a safe door with two keyholes and a dial. He went over and slotted both keys but only turned one. This lit up the security dial that he turned left, then right, then left.
“Seriously, what are you doing?” Miriam asked.
“Some things are too dangerous to be easily accessible,” Jason said.
After he finished entering the safe combination there was a click. He then turned the second key and pulled open the safe. Inside was a small rubber mallet.
“A rubber hammer?” Miriam asked.
Jason took the mallet and went back to his desk, setting the mallet on top. He then opened an unlocked drawer, took out a glass case with a big red button inside and set it on the desk as well. He picked up the mallet and raised it to smash the glass.
“Is that special glass?” Miriam asked.
“No. Just regular glass.”
“So, it's not something magical that can only be broken by that hammer?”
“No, it’s a regular mallet.”
He brought the mallet down and smashed the glass, exposing the big red button inside.
“You could have done that with your hand. Regular glass can’t cut you.”
Jason ignored her and held his hand over the button, quivering slightly as a serious expression crossed his face.
“You need to get on with whatever this is,” Miriam said. “Don’t make me go get Farrah.”
Jason brought his hand down on the button. A monotone voice started echoing throughout the mountain lair, tinny as if speaking through a mediocre PA system.
“Self-destruct has been initiated. The mountain will be destroyed in fifteen minutes.”
“What did you just do?” Miriam asked.
“That should get everyone out,” Jason said.
“That button destroys the mountain?”
“You said you needed to get the stragglers moving.”
“Why was that in an unlocked drawer while you kept a small hammer behind all that ridiculous security?”
Jason looked from the button to the open safe.
“You know, it occurs to me that I could have set that up more efficiently.”
Miriam ran her hands over her face.
“You’re doing this now? NOW?”
“Yep.”
“THIS IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE TIME!”
“Self-destruct has been initiated,” the monotone voice repeated. “The mountain will be destroyed in fourteen minutes and thirty seconds.”
Jason laughed and hit a switch under his desk. A section of floor started lowering in segments to become a staircase.
“Come along,” he said and headed for the stairs. The gold-ranker moved in a blur to position herself between them and him.
“Is there an issue?” he asked lightly.
“This is an extremely serious moment, Operations Commander.”
“Yes,” he agreed.
“You need to stop playing around and get ready to start transitioning the transformation zone.”
He flashed her a tired smile.
“Tactical Commander, I started eleven hours ago.”
Miriam suddenly found herself behind Jason as he walked down the stairs.
“How…?” she asked as she numbly followed him down the stairs.
“I’m manipulating the reality of the transformation zone.”
“What about getting everyone to a safe zone first?”
“I told you that this time is different. Previously, the entire zone collapsed outside of the core safe zone. That was because I had almost no control. It was a dam and all I could do was open and close gates to control some of the water flow. This time I’m sculpting clay. River clay, so it’s rough and I have to take care I don’t get washed away, but I have my tools and some sense of what I’m doing.”
“Isn’t that reckless?”
“All I’m doing right now is trimming away the portions of the zone that are unsalvageable. The edges where the zone is breaking down. Plus tweaking a few things, like when people block my way.”
“Trimming? Is that going to cost us?”
The stairs led down through a stone stairwell, illuminated in red by lights set into the ceiling. The stairwell turned into a spiral.
“It won’t cost us much,” Jason said, “and the loss is worth it. Better to lose a little than have corrupted elements incorporated into the whole. I’m amputating the rot.”
“The transformation zone is so much larger than the space in normal reality it’s going to fill,” Miriam said. “I suppose we can afford to lose quite a lot of territory.”
“It’s not that simple,” Jason said. “The transformation zone is the same amount of reality as the space it occupies in the real world.”
“Because it’s made of that chunk of reality?”
“Exactly.”
“Then why is it larger? Vastly larger.”
“The reality is stretched thin. That’s why it’s become so malleable.”
“And now you have to squash it back down? To fit back into the space it occupied in the first place?”
“Yes. Stretching out reality like this is barely sustainable when it’s contained in the travel-size universe that is the transformation zone. Put it back into a full-size universe and it’ll break down. I need to get it into a shape close enough to the space it originally occupied that it can graft back on.”
“Like a healer repairing a severed limb before reattaching it?”
“Yeah, actually.”
The stairs ended in a short tunnel that terminated in a large iron door. It swung open, giving them access to a catwalk set into the side of a massive natural cavern. A lake of magma making up the floor of the chamber washed everything in red light. Hanging from the ceiling were a bunch of cages at the end of chains, dangling over the magma.
“Who is that?” Miriam asked, looking at the solitary occupied cage. A man in a suit was attempting to cut the lock using a wrist laser.
“Don’t worry about him,” Jason said.
“Self-destruct has been initiated. The mountain will be destroyed in twelve minutes and thirty seconds.”
“Was that really necessary?” Miriam asked.
“The self-destruct button? It’s a volcano lair, Miriam. Of course it was.”
Jason led her along the catwalk and into another stone tunnel with stairs heading down.
“Operations Commander, if you’re actively reshaping the transformation zone, shouldn’t you be somewhere you can concentrate?”
“No,” Jason said. “I realise that I may seem calm, debonair and strikingly handsome…”
“Uh…”
“…but the reality is, I’m very nervous. So, I’m having a little fun to calm myself down.”
“By remaking reality into forms that you find amusing.”
“Remaking reality is kind of my thing, which is a weird thing to say. Did I ever tell you I used to sell bulk office supplies?”
“Self-destruct has been initiated. The mountain will be destroyed in twelve minutes.”
“Operations Commander, I hope you realise that this isn’t exactly inspiring confidence.”
“It’s inspiring my confidence.”
“Oper… Jason. I understand that you are anxious about getting this right. I just don’t think that this is the time for frivolity.”
“It’s practise, Miriam.”
“Practise?”
“I’ve played around with reality before. A lot more than anyone should have or wanted to let me. This is the first time I’ve been able to do it with precision. Making a few innocuous changes here and there is giving me a feel for it. Once everyone is secure in the centre of the zone, I’ll start breaking the whole thing down and rebuilding it to fit back into reality.”
“The safe zone in the middle. The part that doesn’t change. Where the tree is.”
“Yes.”
“The tree is going into your soul realm. Does that mean that you’re taking a chunk of the transformation zone and putting it into your soul realm, instead of into normal reality?”
“It's complicated. The area where the transformation zone was is going to be my spirit domain. My soul realm and the space I'm recreating in normal reality will be physically distinct. Mostly. But the two spaces will spiritually overlap, and that will blur certain lines. You've felt what it's like in my cloud house. The way it doesn't just belong to me but is an extension of me. The altered space is going to be the same.”
“Leaving the brighthearts living in what amounts to a city-sized temple to you.”
“I wouldn’t put it that way,” Jason said. “Not where gods can hear, please and thank you. But yes.”
“How do you think they’ll feel about that?”
“What they do next is up to them. Whether they use the space I create or not, it’s the best I can do.”
They emerged into another large underground space. This was not a lava chamber but a submarine dock filled with water. Jason's cloud vessel was sitting in the water, its sweeping lines of red and black panels over cloud substance, tapering into points.
Jason’s friends were waiting for him on the concrete dock. Rufus was talking to Gary, his voice low and his body language angry. He was punctuating his words with short, stabbing gestures while Farrah was trying to keep him calm. Taika was explaining Earth submarine design to Clive, Belinda, Neil and Nik. Belinda looked unimpressed and Neil was complaining loudly.
“What do you mean, no sandwich bar?”
“That’s more of a yacht thing,” Taika said. “Submarines are kind of tricky when you don’t have magic.”
Humphrey was looking around the space, glaring unhappily as another self-destruct announcement echoed through the chamber. Sophie was watching a moustachioed puppy splashing happily in the water.
“How are we going to get to the tree in a submarine?” Miriam asked as they walked along the dock towards the others. “And why not just portal?”
“Portals are a little wonky right now.”
“Up until I came to see you, I was supervising portalling everyone to the tree with no issues whatsoever.”
“That’s weird. Anyway, it turns out that there’s a network of massive underwater tunnels running beneath the entire transformation zone. It’s definitely been there the whole time and wasn’t created by me a couple of hours ago.”
Miriam sighed.
“If you don’t mind, Operations Commander, I’m going to go back up and finalise overseeing the departure to the centre of the zone.”
“Sure,” Jason said, then turned and pointed. “That elevator there will take you right up to my office in about twenty seconds.”
“Self-destruct has been initiated. The mountain will be destroyed in nine minutes.”
Miriam levelled a glare at Jason who met it with an impish grin. She sighed again.
“Is there anything else before I go, Operations Commander?”
Jason turned to look at his friends.
“No,” he said. “I have everything I need.”
Comments
Garyyyyyyyy
Rebecca
2024-03-12 00:36:38 +0000 UTCThx for the chapter. It was hilarious and showcased Jason in all his crazy shananagins.
Kconraw
2024-02-27 01:27:09 +0000 UTCAgreed the sword evens the playing field but without the sword the "Valdwich" won't be much against Jason in my opinion.
Jarrett Mahon
2023-12-30 01:36:29 +0000 UTCYeah we have the Reaper agent there and the elf from The Sands casually drinking tea chatting about what a pain in the ass Asano is gonna be
Jarrett Mahon
2023-12-30 01:32:35 +0000 UTCJust a few more days
Jarrett Mahon
2023-12-30 01:30:39 +0000 UTCStay inside and continue to practice his craft till he is gold rank at least
Idan tal
2023-12-27 08:18:45 +0000 UTCI gotta imagine at the moment thadwick has major advantage, mostly a mystery but whatever the blade is, it’s very important to the builder or atleast power, plus he showed very impressive intelligence in just a few instances of being in the story. Since it’s been years since, I gotta imagine that it has grown immensely, although it’s journey to surpass gold imagine would be a struggle because it seemed to have a very small idea of who it was and so it’s journey to diamond may be a lot longer then others allowing the rest to get to a level to fight him
Vincent Ciavone
2023-12-24 19:06:15 +0000 UTCFor all we know, Astral Kings may have ways to use cores safely, or other, completely new ways to help Jason advance quickly.
Thomas Laptain
2023-12-20 03:32:12 +0000 UTCI think your perspective is off. Magically he would be disabled. Without being tied to the array he would be in oodles of pain and unable to sustain his life. Also, depression is a disability and a reason that many people chose to end their existence. How long would you thrive living a cage on life support?
Alex Schellenberg
2023-12-19 03:44:55 +0000 UTCThe builders cultists are going to get trapped into his Soul realm and the new forge to get those star seeds out.
Alex Schellenberg
2023-12-19 03:39:13 +0000 UTCJason should just put Gary in his soul realm for now and delay his end a bit to see if other options present themselves; such as a reward from the waiting half-transcendents.
2023-12-14 21:16:49 +0000 UTCJason could just have a million copies of himself fight monsters in his soul realm. That way he would rank up fast.
2023-12-14 21:14:39 +0000 UTCMaybe he'll take the team to earth and drain vampires
Dexter Vex
2023-12-12 11:36:22 +0000 UTCyeah thats true but he also benefited the most from the transformation zone as he got to kill for far longer than the rest of them and enemies at a far higher lvl i think he is probably already either far ahead or on the cusp of gold rank and maybe completing his transformation will turn him gold rank
Luis Herrera Moreno
2023-12-12 05:35:12 +0000 UTCI know that he'll flow through gold because how it's about spiritual awareness and self-acceptance or at least that's what it's hinted as my concern is the process of going through silver rank takes years and it can only be accomplished by cores which won't happen unless he gets the purity artifact or killing monsters. There's no skipping that part The one thing I think that could happen is him either getting the purity artifact then eating thousands of cores or working with the gold rank mechanics of advancement earlier than he should which was said to be horrible for future advancement
Kareem
2023-12-11 07:54:55 +0000 UTCI just can’t get over the sheer ambiguity of that sentence: “I’m hardly going to betray anyone this time.” Emphasize _hardly_ and _this time_ and you get “certainly there won’t be any betrayal from me.” But emphasize _anyone_ and you get “ only a select few are up for betrayal on this occasion.” And with Jason who can tell which is more likely?
Joanna
2023-12-11 06:49:34 +0000 UTCStash is very clearly every dangerous animal that the hero is trapped with. Whether it's freaking sharks with laser beams or otherwise
Raves
2023-12-10 20:58:48 +0000 UTCStash is the cat. That role is taken
Joanna
2023-12-10 20:37:24 +0000 UTCJerk. 😁😁😁
Joanna
2023-12-10 20:35:18 +0000 UTCI kinda wish, but it wouldn’t work. Gary has to consent to being messed with
Joanna
2023-12-10 20:34:20 +0000 UTCJason was always quick to advance though, I think as an astral king he’ll have many advantages on others, plus with gold rankers advancement dealing more with the Mind and soul it seams rather then fighting, Jason should have a giant advantage vs the rest and I think I remember some gold ranker saying it helps advancement at later silver ranks aswell
Vincent Ciavone
2023-12-10 13:55:21 +0000 UTCSo who thinks the hardly going to betray anyone is Gary?
Justin Butler
2023-12-10 06:18:52 +0000 UTCEquivalent to anime filler
DirePants
2023-12-06 22:40:57 +0000 UTCDon't do me like that please Lord shirt I need to know 😆
Kareem
2023-12-04 21:53:53 +0000 UTCIt's an interesting question.
Shirtaloon
2023-12-04 21:52:01 +0000 UTCQuick question. Jason said the process of becoming a full astral king takes years so this whole time he's not going to be killing monsters so he's not going to be ranking up and I'm assuming because of Dawns warning the team will be killing monsters and ranking up as quickly as possible, so when Jason comes back won't he be under leveled compared to the team? He said years so it's at least going to be more than two and they're trying to get the gold rank in 10 years. So he'll be lacking behind at least 2 years probably more because humans rank up faster unless he gets a rank buff in the process 🫤
Kareem
2023-12-04 04:21:59 +0000 UTCyep I've listened to the audiobooks including 10 The worst choice for me was backing the patreon they killed the avatar of undeath a fortnight after the summer break it's now christmas and the arc STILL hasn't finished. It now feels self indulgent with the misplaced humour and the constant 80's References. Solo leveling was as web comic it had progression. The progression's stopped in this series
Ian Burkhill
2023-12-02 13:10:03 +0000 UTCI don't think the pacing is actually that bad. It just seems that way getting 3 chapters per week. I thought tbr last one was bad but when I listened to the audio book it was just right.
Justin Riley
2023-12-01 05:07:34 +0000 UTCThats actually a wholesome and very Christmas friendly cliffhanger. Have a good time Shirt, looking forward to the new year.
SmokeJam
2023-12-01 02:53:17 +0000 UTCI think Jason will do a better job at saving Gary than he thought possible. Jason doesn't have the soul forge yet do he doesn't know what he can do with it.
Alex Schellenberg
2023-12-01 02:35:14 +0000 UTCYesterday I was having a conversation with people about how they dropped the series because Jason didn’t feel like Jason anymore. Here Jason is acting like Jason and some one is complaining about that. It’s weird.
Damaddino
2023-12-01 01:32:53 +0000 UTCLove the silliness 🤪💕
Jason Hardman
2023-12-01 00:15:07 +0000 UTCQuestion, what do you all think silver rank Jason would stand up to the builder Thadwick? I mean assuming the builder was going to overstep the rank of his vessel and pushing the gold rank powers and abilities.
Jarrett Mahon
2023-11-30 23:41:21 +0000 UTCExcuse me, but are you implying the long meandering descriptions of food were not very important to GRRM's story?!
J Holmes
2023-11-30 15:03:01 +0000 UTCHave a good break
A Flashy BR
2023-11-30 12:10:10 +0000 UTCThanks for another great year of chapters and enjoy your holidays!
2023-11-30 10:04:21 +0000 UTCThere is hero's item still. And I feel the way Jason explained it being used is not the intention Hero had. Then there is Jason's sword. It needs Gary for further improvements. I could have sworn I saw someone mention something about hero's items in the comments a few chapters ago. My tinfoil hat idea is Jason uses Hero's item to transfer the demi god power to either the Tree or Himself during the consolidation and go against Gary's wishes saving him. It will prob be something that happens as the world is in a weird state and Jason can feel everything at once. If it's the tree he could become a god for the orthodoxy messengers? Idk just spitballing now
Jarrett Mahon
2023-11-30 08:34:43 +0000 UTCThe fact he can pump these out without making huge errors, keeping a cohesive story that still makes me laugh after re reading it all 3 times. Sounds like you need to relax a bit. Honestly it hope this series never ends so I don’t mind these little fun chapters. I feel like these are a treat from reality. You sound like you need instant gratification all the time.
Nathan
2023-11-30 08:33:15 +0000 UTCI literally lol so hard with the hammer and then the button! 😂😂😂 pure gold
Idan tal
2023-11-30 08:25:45 +0000 UTCOh for sure, but we all know it's what he would still wanna do. Taking that Asano BBQ to the next level
Jarrett Mahon
2023-11-30 08:21:29 +0000 UTCYou say that like Wheel of Time or Song of Ice and Fire didn't have a hundred fluff pages per book.
Coolafman
2023-11-30 07:23:10 +0000 UTCcacophonix
2023-11-30 06:49:54 +0000 UTCPeople keep talking about a break cause we were told that this is the last chapter of the year, not just making it up for fun
Vincent Ciavone
2023-11-30 04:52:53 +0000 UTCSo is Gary supposed to be Jason's cat in his Dr. Evil story?
Raves
2023-11-30 03:51:48 +0000 UTCShirt said on Friday today is the last chapter before the break
Michael Day
2023-11-30 03:22:34 +0000 UTCOk Biden... 😂
Kevin Anderson
2023-11-30 03:19:06 +0000 UTCOh you are so right. This could have become second place to clives wife jokes...
Kevin Anderson
2023-11-30 03:18:13 +0000 UTCPeople keep talking about a break… there’s no way this is the last chapter before a December break is it? This was a character expansion and entertaining chapter it wasn’t a cliff or a finisher just….theres gonna be a Friday chapter I’m sure. Where something actually happens.
gray matter
2023-11-30 03:13:52 +0000 UTCAlso, didn't you storm pit of this patreon in a huff like 3 hours ago? Buh-bye, buddy lol
calrodsomething
2023-11-30 02:58:30 +0000 UTCNon chapters? I couldn't disagree more
calrodsomething
2023-11-30 02:57:18 +0000 UTCthe amount of non chapters we've had and how jason has been written lately i wouldnt even be surprised if shirt dedicates a whole chapter to a *holds up a spork* joke. xDD iM t3h r4nd0m3st
2023-11-30 02:53:00 +0000 UTCthe amount of non chapters we got of jason basically being "xD im so quirky and random. holds up spork" is insane this arc jesus
2023-11-30 02:51:18 +0000 UTCYeah I don't think that's happening. I got the distinct impression not all the God's like Jason as much as Knowledge, Dominion, Healer and Hero. I feel I'm missing a couple others but still
Kalanaere
2023-11-30 02:03:23 +0000 UTCNow if only Jason's team had heard that line. It would be funny if they threatened him with Farrah all the time. Didn't Rufus threatened him with his mother once too?
Kalanaere
2023-11-30 02:01:14 +0000 UTCOh I'd have to strangle him if I worked with him
Kalanaere
2023-11-30 01:58:27 +0000 UTCBut bye, don't let the door hit you
Kalanaere
2023-11-30 01:56:54 +0000 UTCEpic line to leave us hanging on, good job Shirt.
james foster
2023-11-30 01:43:45 +0000 UTCWell...bye.
Liesmith
2023-11-30 01:35:56 +0000 UTCI still think there's even odds that Gary gets a deus ex machina, but I'll admit it does seem increasingly less likely
Lucas Gulick
2023-11-30 01:17:05 +0000 UTCMeandering and pandering have a very Jason vibe to them. In a solid novel I would probably speed read through a lot of this but as a web novel I like the pace it sets
Dion Crump
2023-11-30 01:09:42 +0000 UTCThanks so much! Enjoy your holiday!
Dirteejack
2023-11-30 01:06:03 +0000 UTCAwesome as always!
EWhite2208
2023-11-30 00:26:15 +0000 UTCBye-bye
DarthPineapples
2023-11-30 00:20:36 +0000 UTCSee you in 2024.
TBONEMAN
2023-11-30 00:10:46 +0000 UTCI love the story and what you're doing with it Shirt, keep up the good work!
Shadow Prelate
2023-11-30 00:04:35 +0000 UTCRight? And wasn't it mentioned that he could off himself by disconnecting from the natural array? He has years left of enjoyment. Maybe not millenia but that doesn't matter, he can choose when he's done
Tempitheadem
2023-11-29 23:55:14 +0000 UTCYou know, I see comments like that and think to myself that some people subscribe to this thinking it's a web short story of some type and have never actually read novels.
DeviantSalivations
2023-11-29 23:49:24 +0000 UTCthere's terrible pacing and then there's gigaton shit in my mouth bad pacing tbf
2023-11-29 23:48:10 +0000 UTCHaha
Jonathan Crandall
2023-11-29 23:39:37 +0000 UTCNo, it was Jason Bond.
Sean C Jackson
2023-11-29 23:37:24 +0000 UTCGreat place to pause. Happy holidays to all of you. See you all after the new year.
Evan Knight
2023-11-29 23:35:00 +0000 UTCPacing for serial novels like this have always been terrible. To keep readers hooked authors need to right as much as they can, that includes filler chapters that meander, it’s how they make their impressive doe.
Dylan Alexander
2023-11-29 23:28:00 +0000 UTCjesus the pacing for this arc has been horrendous. so many throw away chapters. im glad i cancelled my membership. ive been a patreon since at least 2020 and i cant deal with this pacing anymore
2023-11-29 23:07:44 +0000 UTCWas really hoping we would be out of the transformation zone before the break. Oh well I'm sure this will be a nice chapter in the book when it comes out
Michael Day
2023-11-29 23:00:36 +0000 UTCGomes rule
Kares Selyrian
2023-11-29 22:50:49 +0000 UTCExactly, it's your thoughts not Gary's. He'd rather die on his own terms doing something heroic than become a Spectre of himself for his friends to visit every once in a while. He shouldn't die because he's out favorite furry friend who gives the best hugs, but don't minimize the courage it took to make the sacrifice for the people he loves.
Joshua Ross
2023-11-29 22:48:28 +0000 UTCbut he didn't even meet that goal, assuming that was his goal. This chapter didn't end on a conclusion or a cliff hanger, just a "I'd better get to that thing I've been saying I'll do for the past 5 chapters"
Will Banning
2023-11-29 22:47:17 +0000 UTCFun stuff, thanks as always
Doodlyboy15
2023-11-29 22:45:32 +0000 UTCI would agree with this, except the fact that in this literary universe, it seems very obvious the soul moves on to something after. Important enough that shade gets extremely agitated when ever anything happens to a soul. But does not get uptight if someone just dies. In that reality, it's reasonable to take the sure way forward. Different sensibility. Also, I have a feeling there's still time....
Kevin Anderson
2023-11-29 22:45:23 +0000 UTCThis arc has been padded out a tonne. Feels like there was a goal of “end the year with this arc” so stuff got dragged out just to make sure a new arc was not started
Tommy
2023-11-29 22:45:07 +0000 UTCYou' just love these cliffs don't you! Seriously this is just EVIL
Kalanaere
2023-11-29 22:42:48 +0000 UTCBiscuits!!!
Terry Bell
2023-11-29 22:38:44 +0000 UTCI would hate to have to actually work with Jason but he’s so damn hilarious to observe.
Grayvisc
2023-11-29 22:37:35 +0000 UTCHaaa good chapter gonna pour a little out for my dead homie Gary for Christmas and then a little more new year's eve. Have a good vacation shirt!!
Gb
2023-11-29 22:34:19 +0000 UTCWhat a waste of a chapter. I felt like nothing really happened here except them talking about what they're going to do, which hasn't changed for the last 5+ chapters. It feels like you're struggling with how to move the plot forward without concluding it prematurely. I'd recommend fewer chapters with more progress in the story, especially when the characters keep bringing up how urgent things are. I'd rather wait longer than read filler.
Will Banning
2023-11-29 22:30:42 +0000 UTC“no idea what you’re talking about. Guessing that N should be capitalized
Aaron
2023-11-29 22:29:23 +0000 UTCGreat chapter!
Aaron
2023-11-29 22:28:56 +0000 UTCGary shouldn’t die. He is not disabled. He is not in oodles of chronic pain. There is still joy in life even when you’re in a difficult situation. “I’ll be sad” is not a reason to choose to end your existence. He can’t be sure he will be sad! Maybe his soulmate will move to live underground & he will meet him/her there. Who knows? Just my thoughts.
Tommy
2023-11-29 22:28:04 +0000 UTCHope you get some well deserved rest this month Shirt! Now we all get to wait for the new and improved(?) Jason next year
2023-11-29 22:26:34 +0000 UTCLots of snickers to ring in December. I like it a lot. Happy vacation, Shirt!
Joanna
2023-11-29 22:20:58 +0000 UTCBiscuits
Tyler S.
2023-11-29 22:18:48 +0000 UTCBiscuits
Tyler S.
2023-11-29 22:18:40 +0000 UTCThank you shirt for not leaving us in a cliff so massive. This was well done. I appreciate it and I love your work.
Michael Deleon
2023-11-29 22:17:47 +0000 UTCGood chapter. The whole routine with the hammer has me in tears. Enjoy your break and see you next year.
Michael Fannon
2023-11-29 22:17:27 +0000 UTCThanks in advance for a month of our suffering without new chapters, Shirt, but have a great vacation! Don't get too Disneyed out, and enjoy our nice Florida weather. We'll all be here when you get back. Travel safe!
Laura H
2023-11-29 22:15:58 +0000 UTC“Don’t make me go get Farrah.” 🤣🤣🤣
Wayward_Vagabond
2023-11-29 22:15:42 +0000 UTCHave a great Christmas Shirt!!
2023-11-29 22:15:25 +0000 UTCThis is it guys this is the money where is changes for them all. Jason steps into immortality and and throws a BBQ with all the gods lol
Jarrett Mahon
2023-11-29 22:15:17 +0000 UTCIts going to be a long and dark winter
J
2023-11-29 22:15:14 +0000 UTCHahaha this chapter had me laughing hard. Was that James Bond in the cage?
Jonathan Crandall
2023-11-29 22:14:31 +0000 UTCoh, waited for this scene so long. and it was worth it ... and now have to wait until next year for it to continue.... :P
Indrek Kelder
2023-11-29 22:13:55 +0000 UTCEnjoy your vacation. Happy new years
Shup Idot
2023-11-29 22:13:35 +0000 UTCThat was awesome!!!!!
David Carr
2023-11-29 22:13:16 +0000 UTCBond, Jason Bond
2023-11-29 22:12:50 +0000 UTCWelcome to the cliff, we will be here for a while. Time for another re read! See you in a month Shirt, enjoy the break.
Michael McMahon
2023-11-29 22:11:54 +0000 UTCThanks for the chapter!
Benjamin Mutz
2023-11-29 22:11:32 +0000 UTCShirtaloon, I hope you have a wonderful time off and get some well-deserved rest.
LunarLilith
2023-11-29 22:11:12 +0000 UTCOMG Gary is the one I like I neeeeed resolution.
Charles k
2023-11-29 22:10:08 +0000 UTCTftc !
Nicolas Hebert
2023-11-29 22:09:38 +0000 UTCGood luck with the rest of your year everyone. See you again soon
mhaj58
2023-11-29 22:06:14 +0000 UTCEnjoy your break
Dirty Dibbler
2023-11-29 22:04:08 +0000 UTCHappy herlidays!
Kevin Anderson
2023-11-29 22:02:08 +0000 UTCFirst?
Bryan Jones
2023-11-29 22:01:56 +0000 UTCHere we go!!
Jean L. Philippe Jr.
2023-11-29 22:01:50 +0000 UTC
