Chapter 45
Chapter 45: Hammers
Jack, having learned dutifully from his shifu, ordered his food via his Mem-interface on the way to the mess, approving tracking since he didn’t ...
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Chapter 44
Chapter 44: Dates With Destiny
Jack pushed himself up out of the dirt with a grunt and dusted himself off. He moved his head side to side, popping his neck. He felt sore. The...
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Chapter 43: Meeting The Charge
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Chapter 42
Chapter 42: The Next Assessment
The next morning, Jack awoke once more to crud on his skin, though it seemed to be thinning out and had more of an oily consisten...
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Chapter 41: Priesthood
Highfive finally dropped his energy sheath while still wearing a big grin. “Not too often I get to impress someone of adult age with that. The kiddo ...
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Chapter 40: Playing the Game
Jack returned the big man’s handshake, and under the power of his endless, flagrant cheer, Jack couldn’t help but smile back, even as ...
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Chapter 39: How About a High Five?
“Break!” came Lindsay’s voice as Jack remained firmly ‘in the zone.’
He’d been working with steel balls by then, fusing t...
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Chapter 38: Law and Order
After Mini’s suggestion, Jack considered it on the way back to his apartment. Ultimately, he might as well try the Memorial Daughter rout...
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Chapter 37: So Very Special
Memoria turned to look at Lindsay and her head cocked sideways as a fond smile broke out. “Oh, tsk tsk…” she murmured, then ...
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Chapter 36: Razorena Tango
As soon as it appeared, the demon dog bounded forward, letting out an angry snarl as if offended at seeing a human standing around uneaten.
J...
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Chapter 35: First Tests
Jack’s training with rolling balls around, flinging metal pieces, and other such movements, was a practice he feathered in with the basal clo...
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Chapter 34: Racing to Gains
“Anyway,” Jack continued, clearing his throat, “I’m here because I belong here.” He tapped his patch on the right shoulder. “I...
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Chapter 33: Delight, Now on Clearance
Jack woke up the next day feeling stronger yet. He was also coated in the nasty gunk again, needing a sprint to the shower and a change ...
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Chapter 32: Better Than Before
Lindsay/Jill called for the end of simulation training in the Demonstration Center, and they returned to the real world for mor...
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Chapter 31: Feel the Burn
Délight's hand was waiting. Jack blinked once before he hastily maneuvered himself and his tray so he could take the girl’s hand. The long...
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Chapter 30: Masks
Back in the fire. Acceleration. Faster!
From above, the deafening sound of 30mm autocannon fire rocked Jack to the bone. The tender ba...
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Chapter 29: Communication Gods
The rest of Jack’s night went by rather uneventfully, which was more than welcome from his perspective. Lindsay couldn’t make it for...
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Chapter 28: An Expected Unlocking
Jack learned quite a bit — in a conceptual sense — working with Lindsay/Jill on his powers in her conjured mutual ‘mind space....
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Chapter 27: Hopeless Plus
Jack flipped through more channels and stopped on the Drone Wars Network, where it was showing daily highlights. Almost instinctively, it mad...
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Chapter 26: Delving Into the Stats
Jack was instructed to take it easy for the next four hours or so until the run, and to ‘absolutely not’ use his powers. H...
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Chapter 25: Archon Metaphysics for Dummies
When Jack checked his output level, it was 27%. He bridged more through himself, affecting a slightly more facilitating reso...
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Chapter 24: Working With One's Lot
Jack exhausted himself pushing, pulling, and finally, oh-so-subtly rolling metal balls around, which could be done in a sur...
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Chapter 23: The Metal Must Flow
The official name of the place Lindsay took him was the ‘Power Park,’ but the more derogatory term, according to her, was the ‘Pa...
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Chapter 22: Yes, Me — Er... Allegedly
As the ice lady’s friends turned their heads away and giggled, her own expression was one of apologetically controlling her h...
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Chapter 21: Wear It With Pride, Soldier
Jack woke with a start, gasping, sweating, shooting up onto a bed tossed entirely into chaos. Light was filtering from transparent win...
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Chapter 20: Yet the Old Haunts Rise
As Jack sat, Augur hopped up cross-legged on the couch angled to face toward him. Hands folding into his lap, the little imp seemed to tak...
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Chapter 19: A Brand New Order
After they got moving again, Jack asked, “Is she still alive? Whirler. Whoever she was in real life.”
“Yep! Just super old. Totally ...
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Chapter 18
Chapter 18: Train to the Station
Jack sighed. “How slow exactly do we age?”
Lindsay shrugged with one hand. “It’s mild at first and gradually tightens up. By ag...
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Chapter 17: [Attribute Allocation Available!]
As Lindsay did something or other on her tablet, Jack took a little mental retreat inward to check out his class and any perti...
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