Chapter 337: We Were All Monsters
Added 2020-11-03 22:01:00 +0000 UTC“Are you sure you want to do this?” Farrah said as she and Jason drove to Kaito and Amy’s house. Given the short distance, they didn’t portal over so Jason had it ready in case of emergency.
“No,” Jason said. “I still say we could go with the chimera confluence for Kaito.”
“We’ve been over this,” Farrah said. “That’s an adventurer’s confluence.”
“We could put him in front of some monsters,” Jason said. “He might thrive. Think about it. Venom attacks, gas cloud attacks. He’d be an affliction specialist, like me.”
“Did you even get that third essence?”
“No,” Jason said. “I have snake and rat essences. Maybe the Americans could get me a skunk essence.”
“I think you should stick with the essences you’ve picked out, rather than try to make a petty point,” Farrah said.
“Fine,” Jason grumbled.
“The reason I asked if you were sure,” Farrah said, “is that you’ve already been through two rank-ups and he’s still better looking than you.”
“Seriously?” he asked.
“I’m not going to apologise for having eyes. You must have noticed that your rank-ups are making you look more like him.”
“That doesn’t make it something I want to talk about,” Jason said, just as his phone rang. “Oh, good. Someone who wants to talk about something other than how handsome my brother is.”
“If this world had gods,” Farrah said, “I’d be praying that they were calling to talk about your brother.”
Jason threw her a look of mock anger as he took out his phone and put it on speaker.
“Keti,” he greeted. “What can I do for you?”
“What’s this I’m hearing about a light show at the marina?”
“Sorry about that,” Jason said. “Farrah got a little over-excited after she hit silver.”
“Farrah is category three?”
“I am,” Farrah said. “Hello, Ketevan.”
“Congratulations,” Ketevan said. “Look, we’ve passed it off as a cashed-up bogan playing around with propane but try not to make too big a spectacle. You’re lucky we swapped out the police department with our people.”
“You can do that?”
“For a small town like Casselton Beach, yes,” Ketevan said.
“So that’s why Paul got transferred to Coffs,” Jason said. “I appreciate the effort you’ve put in.”
“You’ll need to discuss the changes in your capabilities with the tactical department, Farrah,” Ketevan said. “How powerful are you, now?”
“Not sure,” Farrah said. “I’ll need a few fights to settle into my new levels.”
“We’ll let you know, as always,” Ketevan said.
“Alright, thanks Keti,” Jason said.
***
Oddly, Jason had found that combinations were harder to devise for non-combatants than for adventurers. Farrah had advised him to focus on what the individual was already capable of, thus Erika’s cooking magic set and Ian’s healing combination were right out of the Magic Society common combinations list. Ian’s confluence, ministration, was one of the most healing-focused confluences on that list.
The living document couldn’t get updated from a universe away, but the existing archive was intact. Jason and Farrah had been parcelling out chunks of information on known essences in return for various concessions from the Network. On Anna’s advice, much of that had been with the Americans and the Chinese, helping to smooth some ruffled feathers.
Both factions were maintaining a presence in Sydney, as between them they had finagled some forty percent of the spots in the International Committee’s training program. Jason, but mostly Farrah, taught the Network’s young new essence users to fight like adventurers. They also spent time helping existing teams adapt their tactics, giving them a stop-gap until the young ones came into their own.
Jason found preparing the rest of his family to be less straightforward. They wouldn’t have the training, which made picking out essences all the more difficult. Jason found himself paying attention to the technology essence, which seemed to be analogous to the magic essence in that it was common but highly regarded.
Also like the magic essence, it often defined the nature of someone’s powers. Where magic would often lead to a skill evolution toward spells, the technology essence promoted conjuration abilities.
Technology was an essence that the Magic Society records had no insight on. That left them relying on the Network's knowledge or experimenting with them on the parts of his family he was less enthused with. Farrah, thus far, had steered him away from that course.
The vehicle essence was known to Pallimustus, but there were not a large number of known combinations, despite it being common. For Kaito, they picked out a combination that was both known and comprised of common essences. The vehicle, wind and swift essences combined into the soaring confluence, which was a known non-combat combination focused on flight.
On Farrah’s world, that combination meant exotic magical flight vehicles. On earth, the results were somewhat different. Kaito demonstrated this after recovering from taking in his essences and downing a spirit coin. He used his very first ability to conjure a helicopter in his backyard. He then immediately dropped onto the grass, having consumed almost his entire mana supply.
"What did you do to my fence?" Erika asked. Ian was at work and Emi at school, but she had come to offer moral support to her brother. If that took the form of laughing at him as she hosed foul gunk off of him in the backyard, then so be it. She was less amused when the tail of the helicopter toppled the fence between her and her brother's yards.
“That’s a big vehicle,” Jason said. “How can he manage something like this at iron rank?”
"There are some mitigating factors," Farrah said. "Firstly, his essence combination is very flight-oriented. Something less specialised, like your ability to turn your familiar into a mount, is less effective when working with flight. He doesn't face that restriction. The other thing is that power sets don't balance individual abilities as much as the power set as a whole."
“Clive explained that to me,” Jason said. “So, most of Kaito’s powers will be weaker?”
“I’ve seen power sets like this before,” Farrah said. “They have one very impressive power, while most of the others are minor powers that supplement the main one. Kaito, you can expect most of your abilities to affect your conjured helicopter in some way. Speed boosts, conjured weapons, that kind of thing.”
“Weapons?” Kaito said.
“Yes,” Farrah said. “I’ve never seen a power set with no combat abilities at all. Even Ian’s will have a few, and he has as pacifistic a power set as you’ll ever see.”
Kaito took another spirit coin from Jason, standing up after putting it in his mouth. He smacked his lips unhappily.
“It’s like licking a battery,” he said.
Kaito walked around the helicopter currently filling his backyard.
“It’s pretty sexy, I’ll give you that,” Jason said.
“It looks a lot like the FCX-001,” Kaito said absently as he moved around it.
“Oh, the old FCX-001,” Jason said. “I totally see it now.”
Kaito through his brother a cranky glance.
“The FCX-001 is a concept helicopter by Bell,” Kaito said, at which Jason and Erika both perked up.
“Yes,” Kaito groaned. “The same company that made the Bell 222 that Airwolf was based on. The FCX-001 is much more impressive than that, though.”
“Than Airwolf?” Erika asked. “That doesn’t seem likely.”
“It does look like half-helicopter, half spaceship,” Jason conceded.
“It’s not just the looks,” Kaito said. “The real thing is just a concept. Morphing rotor blades, advanced anti-torque innovations, augmented reality piloting. It’s literally a helicopter from the future.”
“Time for a ride, then, yeah?” Erika said.
“I can’t fly it,” Kaito said. “I don’t know how to start trying to register this thing.”
“Kai, it’s a magic helicopter,” Erika said. “You don’t register it. You fly it upside down while yelling woo like you’re Nature Boy Ric Flair.”
“Who?” Kaito asked.
Kaito and Erika continued to argue while they looked over the helicopter before opening it up for a look inside. Amy had been quietly watching from the side without talking but didn't notice Jason when he slipped away or when he quietly approached her.
“You’re a problem,” he said. She didn’t show it but he felt the slight startlement in her aura. She turned to face him.
“What kind of a problem?” she asked.
“For the others, it was relatively obvious which way to go. Cooking, for Erika. There’s a bunch of druid-type choices for Dad. Farrah even managed to find a flying vehicle combination for your husband.”
“Your brother.”
“Brothers don’t do what Kaito did. My brothers are in another universe.”
“Do you even understand why he slept with me back then?”
“Because he’s a dick.”
“That’s why I did it,” she said. “I was selfish and cowardly and stupid enough to convince myself that the way to solve my problems was by blowing them up. He did it because you intimidate him. The insecurities floating around the back of his head told him that sleeping with me meant he was as good as you.”
“Are you high? Did this whole thing happen because you confused the two of us six years ago and you haven’t realised yet? On what planet is Kaito insecure about me?”
"You seriously never saw it?" she asked. "You were always insightful but you were both blind spots to each other. Think about the way he was back in school. Always doing everything he could to fit in, to be accepted. He never had the courage to be himself and live with people liking or hating it. You did. Aggressively. That always intimidated him."
“Why? Everybody loved him.”
“Not everyone, Jason. Kaito could get any ordinary girl he wanted, but someone like Asya wouldn’t spare him a second glance. She had handsome boys with the right clothes and the right opinions coming out of her ears. She was looking for someone who charted their own path. Why did you think she and I didn’t get along? I had you on the shelf and she was trying to take you off before I was ready to.”
“That doesn’t sound like a positive thing.”
“It was high school, Jason. We were all monsters. I know you think that people hated you in school and you were the misunderstood loner, getting by on cleverness and guile. I hate to break it to you, but that was just some teen angst crap. Most people didn’t like you because you were a bit of a prick and thought you were too good for everyone.”
“That seems harsh,” Jason said.
“Too bad,” Amy said. “Now that all this time has passed, have you and Asya…?”
“No.”
“Why not? I haven’t seen her much since she came back, but she clearly still has a thing for you.”
“I know, but it isn’t fair.”
“Why not?”
“I can read her emotions and she can’t read mine. I’ve learned that successful relationships require a balanced power dynamic. Otherwise, one half will just get crushed when the other half bangs his brother like a drum.”
“You’re going to have to get past that someday,” she said.
"No, I'm not," Jason said. "I just have to live with it until you die of old age. I'll give you magic enough that you should comfortably see a hundred, but not much more.”
“And how long will you live?”
“Assuming I don’t get killed too often, then centuries. Forever, if I can swing it.”
“Are you serious?”
“Amy, you’ve seen glimpses of a wider cosmos. I’ve had it crawl into my body and try to steal my soul. Language lacks the mechanism to represent the magnitude of it. Our minds are too limited to grasp the scope. Only the soul can truly understand, but that’s not a viewpoint you want, believe me.”
“You’re right that I don’t understand. I want to, though. I want to see a wider world. If there really are all these magnificent things, I want to see them for myself.”
“No.”
“What?”
"I said no. You'll get more than most because you're family and I'll see you safe. You’ll see things, as the world starts to change, but you’ll see them on the news, with everyone else. I will never show you the true wonders that are out there. You’ll keep seeing only glimpses, knowing that amazing things are out there while you’re trapped in whatever’s left of this world’s mundanity.”
“You really have changed, Jason. You never used to have this vindictiveness inside you.”
“It was a parting gift from my closest friend,” he said, turning to look at the helicopter. “Looks like your husband is going to take us for a ride.”
Right after he spoke, the door of the helicopter slid open to reveal Kaito.
“Come on, honey,” he said. “Erika won’t leave me alone until I fly this thing. Jason, we can do her magic when we get back, right?”
“Sure,” Jason said. “No rush.”
Comments
This could also be an underlying cause of his and Farrah's relationship? Keeping that from escalating into what theirs did but to grow it into just a better friendship
Tyler S.
2021-10-14 11:46:24 +0000 UTCIts the same situation as Jasonand Sophie but with the rolesreversed and the others beingAmy and Kaito.
Tyler S.
2021-10-14 11:26:51 +0000 UTC@JCF the "realism" is part of whats so engaging about the story. Life can be sorted and ugly and our experiences often define us. By experiencing the dirt people do to others 2nd hand, it can help us to recognize and avoid similar circumstances in our lives so that we don't have to go thru em, or be the cause of em 1st hand. As far as Jason displaying more anger towards Amy than Kaito, we're born into our families, but we choose our friends. People (l think) have deeper relationships and spend more time with their significant others/ spouses than with their siblings, so having your gf betray you is likely more painful.
Bert Babb
2021-08-02 20:29:32 +0000 UTCCalling it now: Amy betrays Jason a second time because of her ambitions ... Goes over to the EOA in return for advancement and knowledge.
2020-11-25 04:59:56 +0000 UTCI don't often comment, but damn was this chapter beautiful. I loved how at the end Jason just stated it as a fact that's all that they get and that they are not getting an equal treatment like the normal half of his family. I don't get why people are so confused about it. From my interpretation, he just told them that he's not gonna go above and beyond for them like the people he actually cares about. He still gave them essences, which they accepted, it wasn't like he forced them to take these essences. They could have refused. They could have gone to the Network and work for them themselves, but they didn't. And forgive me if I'm wrong, but when shit hit's the fan and the proto-astral spaces stop forming, they will still be better of than 99.999% of the population, since regular people won't have the essences nor the knowledge that they received from Jason.
2020-11-25 01:06:46 +0000 UTCI doubt any is being honest about kato
Robert Rosenthal
2020-11-25 01:05:01 +0000 UTCYeah, I've been thinking about it and I think it's time for me to drop my backing. I might check in on the story on RR, but paying for advance chapters has ceased to spark joy. Peace, y'all.
Fayhem
2020-11-24 23:17:54 +0000 UTCJesus Christ. I know this won't be a popular take in this comments section, but Jason masturbating himself over how hard done by he was got old before the first chapter of it was over. The fact that it's become a recurring feature of the story is, frankly, off-putting. I really wish Jason would either get over it or at least just avoid them instead of seeking out opportunities to be spiteful like this. This kind of bitterness may be realistic, but it's also ugly and unpleasant to read. Also, the fact that he saves these displays for Amy specifically and doesn't make half as much of a production of it for Kaito is in particular not a great color on him, honestly.
Fayhem
2020-11-24 22:10:41 +0000 UTCDid he pressure her in a way that established a lopsided power dynamic though? She outright states she was keeping him on the shelf until she was ready.
Roger Faux
2020-11-08 01:16:15 +0000 UTCIts a nicely fucked up relationship between those three. I do wish Jason would get over it since he owned up to the fact that he pressured her into getting into a relationship with him at the risk of losing their friendship. Having to do shit like that isn't conductive to a happy and lasting relationship. Still all motives are messed up on all sides. And no one has to be overtly mature about it. So while part of me just wants him to get over it, another part of me is happy to have an MC that can still be petty. Everything is contrary!
Rick Baker
2020-11-05 20:17:07 +0000 UTCa realistic one? I mean I've seen brothers do worse for less
A disgruntled nondescript squirrel
2020-11-04 21:55:14 +0000 UTCI'd say Kaito is at least willing to take his (verbal) lumps from Jason. Amy however just keeps responding by calling Jason immature, making excuses, and saying he needs to get over it eventually.
Stylemys
2020-11-04 21:51:24 +0000 UTCIf I were Jason, I would probably give Kaito essences but none for Amy. Of course, I would make them think beforehand that they would both get them, but then, no essences for you, Amy!
2020-11-04 18:12:43 +0000 UTCI think of it as he's not gonna show them. Which means he's gonna leave them on earth which is magic dry. Shes never going to see the oasis aperture shooting water out a mountain, or the million other things to see over there.
2020-11-04 15:25:58 +0000 UTCWhat kind of twisted world is the brother in to betray his little brother because Asya was interested in Jason and not him.
Matthew A Baker
2020-11-04 14:41:20 +0000 UTCThanks for the chapter, I loved every second of it. I really enjoyed that dialogue between Jason and Amy, everytime we see her she's always so egocentric and self serving. (Not that Jason isn't either sometimes. ) The Dialogue felt very real to me, as always it feels like Jason still has that wound in his heart which is slowly healing. What I've noticed a lot of people seem to forget, is that Amy and Jason didn't just date in High School. They were best friends long before that, for years and years. They're child hood friends, that ended up dating. When she did what she did, Jason lost not only his Girlfriend and bis Brother. But he lost his childhood friend, who he grew up with; who knew he'd be so incredibly broken after she did what she did. Then on top of it all, his mother continued to push that he shoild just accept it. I'd say this is about as good as their relationship will ever be, Jason willing to be around them and assist them the bare minimum amount that blood is required to. I still look forward to some kind of resolution with his mother, becausr it seems handidly like he's still avoiding her.
Stephan Bucher
2020-11-04 13:04:48 +0000 UTCAnyone else think that Jason was warning Amy with those comments about Asya? Seemed to me that he was warning her not to try to manipulate him because he could feel her emotions. I think that was why he popped up on her. He wants to feel her fear of him to keep him from acting out on the rage he still feels about their actions.
Craig M
2020-11-04 12:09:20 +0000 UTCYeah I'm pretty over these Amy chapters now.
2020-11-04 11:59:16 +0000 UTCI hope him saying "no" is meant as him not showing her the wonders and her and Kaito having to go find it themselves. If he meant it as him making sure they don't get to see it. Then in that case I'm against Jason. Regardless of what she and Kaito did, keeping it away is too much.
Victor Mijares
2020-11-04 11:21:26 +0000 UTCI hope him saying "no" is meant as him not showing her the wonder and her and Kaito having to s
Victor Mijares
2020-11-04 11:19:17 +0000 UTCHe has repeatedly referred to Amy has his former best friend, so he's turning the screws on her a bit with that.
Monadologist
2020-11-04 09:53:15 +0000 UTCI am curious what “close friend” Jason is referencing for where his vindictiveness came from?
Aiden
2020-11-04 09:50:31 +0000 UTCi would of killed the bitch by now and beat my brother lol
deadmo
2020-11-04 06:22:54 +0000 UTCJason? Nah, he's already going above and beyond.
Roger Faux
2020-11-04 06:07:03 +0000 UTCYou do a really great job of writing resentment. Yeah Jason was a dick but it wasn't over the top or theatrical to make it easier. It was just real. Fantastic chapter! Thanks again
Sebastian Prue
2020-11-04 05:46:02 +0000 UTCThis dude really is a prick.
2020-11-04 05:41:29 +0000 UTCI really want to see what kind of relationship Jason and Amy had before she got married
mhaj58
2020-11-04 04:52:58 +0000 UTCMan, every chapter with Amy is just a downer.
ZaA
2020-11-04 03:32:01 +0000 UTCOh, and I did still enjoy the chapter so thank you again for the chapter.
(Not so) Idle TheoryCrafter
2020-11-04 02:48:27 +0000 UTCThat neither Amy nor her husband has shown any genuine guilt or contrition over what they put Jason through continues to display their terribleness and that he's still willing to give them Essences is Saint like in my opinion. That the mom did what she did without any consideration doesn't help. Honestly half his family is toxic and I will be glad when they're left behind.
(Not so) Idle TheoryCrafter
2020-11-04 02:46:14 +0000 UTCI really appreciate that. This is some of the trickiest stuff to write and learning that it resonated with you means a lot to me, thank you.
Shirtaloon
2020-11-04 02:11:41 +0000 UTCHow many with essences heard that conversation?
2020-11-04 02:09:51 +0000 UTCPlaying in the background: Portal 2's "Want You Gone"
11037
2020-11-04 02:07:39 +0000 UTCShirt, I'm a huge fan of yours and this story, but holy shit did this chapter make me happy. I had something eerily similar happen to me as Jason, and the way the relationship and conversation between him and Amy went this chapter is PERFECT. Way too many authors would have had Jason just forgive and forget after a *few* "tough" convos. From someone who has lived this, and knows what its like, how it feels, how it still feels even years later. Thanks for not demeaning it into a cliche poorly written forgiveness for the sake of Jason being a "good guy."
Drew Ewing
2020-11-04 01:47:15 +0000 UTCYeah, I have a brother that I have absolutely nothing in common with, and am actually and diametrically opposed to in many, many cases, but we're still civil enough now for me to peacefully crash at his place for a few months while I found my own place. If he'd done something like what Kaito did, though, he'd be lucky to get out alive, let alone be on speaking terms.
buca117
2020-11-04 01:44:39 +0000 UTCI can see why Amy would be hard to pick powers for. For everyone else, the powers relate to their profession, but Amy is a MAYOR. What career skills would a politician have that could be magically enhanced without insane ethical concerns? That's not even taking into account he doesn't trust her normally. At best, they could give her a scholar-esque powerset like Knowledge's clergy to help with administrative work, research, and lie detection.
Stylemys
2020-11-04 01:40:30 +0000 UTCThank you!
Andrew
2020-11-04 01:05:39 +0000 UTCunless Jason has already realized that once the link is severed Earth gets no more magic from the astral spaces.. Earth will left with the tiny amount that comes through the membrane.
2020-11-04 00:17:58 +0000 UTCThe EoA would. They literally tried to help assassinate him and are sheltering the man who tortured Farrah. They're already on his shit list.
Stylemys
2020-11-04 00:14:18 +0000 UTCSince he's giving them essences they can try to make their own deal with the Network to advance. A guy who can fly people around in a magic helicopter is useful to.... just about anyone. What a fool, he should have given them nothing.
Chopper
2020-11-04 00:03:27 +0000 UTCIt's not weird at all. What exactly they did to Jason has been slightly nebulous up till now. Each detail that gets clarified can only make them seem worse. Also Amy keeps repeated implying Jason will forgive her eventually, but has yet to really do anything to try to earn his forgiveness. It makes her apologies seem that little bit less sincere every time they interact.
Stylemys
2020-11-03 23:57:48 +0000 UTCAfter doing her and Kaito a favor they will NEVER be able to repay. At its core, he just said that his already incredible generosity had a limit.
Stylemys
2020-11-03 23:41:02 +0000 UTCNope. Disagree entirely. Jason strikes me as an opinionated, decisive, but open for debate type. Case in point, how many times has this conversation between them happened? To me he's not only looking to punish but to argue the point. He has repeatedly opened the topic up, giving her the chance to convince him one way or the other. And each time she spews the same thing over again, "I did it. Yes, it was cowardly but who cares anymore? I'm with your brother and had his kids. Get over it." What person could even attempt to give a shit about her feelings in that situation, realistically? Far as I'm concerned he's a damn saint for doing as much as he has.
Laevus Deus
2020-11-03 23:31:36 +0000 UTCAlmost every interaction she has with Jason shifts towards her either explicitly or implicitly wanting something from him (forgiveness, answers, magic, to see the universe... etc).
Stylemys
2020-11-03 23:20:33 +0000 UTCI think the key thing is that Amy initiated it, probably quite aggressively. Kaito being intimidated by his outgoing younger brother is among the reasons why he lacked the strength of character to reject her advances.
Alan McBrayer
2020-11-03 23:17:50 +0000 UTCI can't see Jason giving them cores beyond peak Bronze tbh.
Henri Black
2020-11-03 23:14:28 +0000 UTCWith kaito potentially hitting gold as the highest Jason will eventually be the better looking one 😎
Kemizle
2020-11-03 23:07:03 +0000 UTCI half expect Amy will join the Builder or at least one of Jason's enemies to get access to the music he's withholding.
Imran
2020-11-03 23:03:46 +0000 UTCSo Kaito slept with his brother's girlfriend because he was "intimidated" by Jason? That has got to be one of the most self-deluded bullshit excuses for cheating that I've ever heard (and I've heard some ridiculous ones). While that's a nice look into Kaito's relationship with Jason, it's a not even remotely approaching justification for a choice like that.
Stylemys
2020-11-03 23:03:41 +0000 UTCI like that "Hey, let's throw lava into the harbor" got noticed. Interesting chapter, but I'm glad my siblings and I get along way better than that. :)
Mike G.
2020-11-03 22:58:15 +0000 UTCWow you can see that Amy is not a nice person at all, she felt suffocated and knew she wanted out, but she held on until she could "revenge", now she's spreading the blame as opposed to just taking responsibility for shit she did and let other do the same or not. Now I can see that she was probably the one that baited the bro (I will not say his vile name) into the as Jason aptly put it "banging her like a drum".
TerrestrialOverlord
2020-11-03 22:56:40 +0000 UTCI actually like this bit, it's a more realistic display of character growth. We can all hope personal growth is a constant thing that happens and it's there forever, but honestly you can slide back super easy. Besides, this just looks like he is the worst version of himself near Amy and Kaito. Additionally, if Amy wanted to be a true adventurer she would need intensive training from Jason or Farrah. Jason doesn't trust Amy after her betrayal, he can't train her like she would need. He hates her, but doesn't want her dead so Core Growth is actually a better option. If he wanted her dead he could give her the bare minimum and then ignore her, she would eventually bite it. Moreover Farrah comes from a place where people literally kill each other in a situation similar to this, she literally couldn't care less if Amy died. Not
Seadrake
2020-11-03 22:52:38 +0000 UTCBeautiful
Scott Frederiksen
2020-11-03 22:48:11 +0000 UTCDamn. Amy is just like, consistently a terrible person lol
Steven Howell
2020-11-03 22:47:47 +0000 UTCThe Heart never fully heals,
OBS
2020-11-03 22:45:41 +0000 UTCI totally get this. The best revenge is to live well, and leave them in the dust. I could see Amy seeking an Alternative way to advance - with the Cabal or the Engineers, but not sure if they would take her and chance pissing Jason off.
Mislandor
2020-11-03 22:44:09 +0000 UTCohh his brother only banged her cause she was with jason, and was something he could take from jason. Yea based on the insecurity we have already seen in Amy/kaito i am calling it divorced in 10 years.
2020-11-03 22:43:03 +0000 UTCSometimes, the people aren't worth the effort or sacrifice required to find forgiveness for them. Not always, and not even most of the time. But sometimes.
Dax
2020-11-03 22:37:31 +0000 UTC" Why did you think she and I didn’t get along? I had you on the shelf and she was trying to take you off before I was ready to." So she already knew back then, that she probably would take him off the shelf eventually. She just wasn't ready to? That is just so fucked up. She only stays with him, because she isn't ready to break up and when she decides to finally do it, she "has to blow it up", because she doesn't know how else she could do it? And she blames Jason of being the immature one? That's priceless.
carebear90
2020-11-03 22:32:29 +0000 UTCAmy can rot in hell for all I care, cheaters deserve to be fucked over.
MAJmuffin
2020-11-03 22:32:08 +0000 UTCThat's one F'd up relationship.
2020-11-03 22:30:14 +0000 UTCShe can do those things, it’s just she has to do it herself. Without Jason’s guidance, which he got but he had to earn his essences. So it shouldn’t be any worse for her then it was for him if she really wanted it. Jason just doesn’t think she has it in her.
2020-11-03 22:29:35 +0000 UTCFucking finally! I've been waiting this, as it is almost never addressed properly. Go forth Jason and let the sword of time slay your enemies!
Kiwilord
2020-11-03 22:29:34 +0000 UTCAmy, in this instance.
Henri Black
2020-11-03 22:29:26 +0000 UTCI'm really hoping that Jason is setting himself up for a fall because if he's not, he's going to start feeling very Mary Sue. Jason 'lucked' into this situation himself and despite all the effort he's put in since, he's not the gatekeeper of the universe. Relationships end badly and this one more so than most, but frankly it's clear that while he may have keys to the universe, Kaito will always have what he wants most. Petty petty petty
Se7enworlds
2020-11-03 22:27:49 +0000 UTCAirwolf references are becoming a regular thing I see. Jason admitted in the past that he and Amy weren't going to work anyway; I feel that this chapter threw away a lot of his character development in general. He can potentially live forever, and there's no doubt in my mind that he would regret his actions if he truly went through with it.
Redbeard
2020-11-03 22:27:34 +0000 UTC'Kaito through his brother' through -> threw
Corwin Amber
2020-11-03 22:27:14 +0000 UTCWho is the closest friend?
2020-11-03 22:27:02 +0000 UTCIf she can find her own essences then I assume he'll tell her to go right ahead.
Henri Black
2020-11-03 22:23:25 +0000 UTCI hate what Amy did to Jason, but damn... Jason is being too harsh here. Imagine being denied a world of magic, power, wonder, and immortality, all because you decided to be selfish and cowardly in a young adult relationship. Wanting to sever ties is one thing, but denying her that opportunity is just incredibly petty and vindictive.
Anon
2020-11-03 22:22:25 +0000 UTCI really do appreciate how Jason just gives no fucks about really reconciling with his brother and Amy. Too many people push forgiveness as something to strive for.
Jon
2020-11-03 22:21:45 +0000 UTCI get the spite and I get the vindictiveness, but if her personality is as close to Jason's as I suspect, she may just decide to say "F@#$ you", forego cores, and get one of yhe others to train her in meditation/merit based advancement.
Philip Pleiss
2020-11-03 22:21:45 +0000 UTCHonest that is the solution some times. Other cases time can smooth over the rough patches. I'm not sure how that works when you have a super memory recall courtesy of bronze+ spirit though.
Seadrake
2020-11-03 22:20:14 +0000 UTCIs it weird that I keep hating Kaito and Amy more and more?
Henri Black
2020-11-03 22:19:39 +0000 UTCRemember kids stab people in the front not the back because then they can see it coming and accept it someday.
DerWipe
2020-11-03 22:19:16 +0000 UTCMan that relationship sucks ass. I don't know shit about how to fix those kind of things. Hell I'm in a similar boat myself and I have pretty much given up trying.
Alexander Dupree
2020-11-03 22:17:12 +0000 UTCNah its pretty fair in responses. A teenager would of done it a lot differently. Hes handling it well. You don't just let someone rip you to shreds and be ok with them later. That shit is scarring.
Alric Good
2020-11-03 22:15:45 +0000 UTCHe's giving them just a taste of magic and no more, just enough to know how much they are missing
BluEarth
2020-11-03 22:14:13 +0000 UTCHe should really get over it, his relation with his family is tiresome to read, I feel he didn't grow too much in this aspect, he still act like an angry teenager.
webolive
2020-11-03 22:13:58 +0000 UTCThanks for the chapter!
Connor Bruha
2020-11-03 22:11:41 +0000 UTCThanks for the chapter :) Wow, that harsh little bit from Jason, finally finding a way for some form of vengeance, Quite frankly, I'm surprised he's even giving them magic at all, especially Amy. I don't think they all appreciate that Jason quite literally died to get them those essences. They should be grateful that he's even giving them magic in a barren world. At least he's being mostly fair about it.
Alsia
2020-11-03 22:11:17 +0000 UTCCold blooded
striderfighter
2020-11-03 22:10:10 +0000 UTCOh, that was good
Divinor
2020-11-03 22:08:29 +0000 UTCDamn Jason is being blunt about how he hates her and wants her to well not suffer exactly but wants her to know what she's missing out on because of what she did.
IWannaBeATiger
2020-11-03 22:07:15 +0000 UTCyowch, burn.
Talespinner Lore
2020-11-03 22:06:51 +0000 UTCThank you for the chapter
Gamerkitt3nz
2020-11-03 22:02:09 +0000 UTCI need this!!! Edit: Karma's a bitch Amy, shouldn't of stabbed Jason in the back.
CptJimmy
2020-11-03 22:01:12 +0000 UTC
