September 19, 2010
[Skills]
Logic 10/10 ★
Alchemy 3/10
Cooking 10/10 ★
Carisma 4/10
Handiness 10/10 ★
Martial Arts 10/10 ★
Athletics 10/10 ★
Writing 5/10
Painting 10/10 ★
Inventing 10/10★
Sculpting 7/10
"That took way to fucking long to max out. Alright, let's check the reward."
I was lying on top of my bed just in case whatever the reward gave me hit me with some debilitating pain.
[Inventing Skill has been maxed out! Rolling for rewards across video game worlds]
[Reward: Virtuous Contract (NieR: Automata)]
[You can now complete Inventing Skill-related challenges for additional pulls from (NieR: Automata)]
"Well, that's the first weapon I get. And still it isn't a magical focus. And the paintbrush doesn't count, it's a tool. A katana that you need super strength to wield. It's a pretty weapon at least. Alright, let's check the requirements for the inventing challenges."
Widget Wonder
A Widget Wonder has created 250 Widgets. As a result, all Widgets the Sim makes will be Improved Widgets and will have a bonus value. Widget creation time is shortened as well.
Diabolical Detonator
A Diabolical Detonator has detonated 150 objects. As a reward, it cost them less to Detonate stuff, they get more Scrap out of it, and they're less likely to get fined!
The Scrap Collector
The Scrap Collector has personally collected over 1,000 Scrap and, as a result, can dig through junk piles faster and find more Scrap!
Master Inventor
A Master Inventor has created 100 Big Inventions. As a reward, all Invention creation times and Scrap costs are reduced. All Inventions are now "Master" inventions with a higher value and Master Big Inventions will never fail!
Discover how to make The Ultimate Invention!
Reach level 10 of the Inventing Skill and then wait for a special phone call. Follow the opportunity chain and you'll soon discover how to make the Ultimate Invention!
"God, all of those look like an absolute pain to do. Well the Diabolical Detonator looks like it will be relatively quick. That will feed into the Scrap Collector challenge. Widget wonder will take at least three days of non-stop work. And I'm just guessing here that Master Inventor will take a few weeks. And I bet the ultimate invention phone call won't happen any time soon."
I got off my bed. And went to the outside inventor workspace to get work on a few inventions. I started by making web shooters. The System counted them as widgets. After making 10 of them, I went to work on making a few ghost spider suits. I didn't make a nano machine fabricator. That would take even me months of work to do. It's not the fact that I can't do it. Give me time and materials I could build just about anything. Just right now, I'm more focused on grinding out skills and challenges for rewards. Other ventures outside of game making and protecting myself and friends are going all the way on the back burner.
Fortunately, the Ghost Spider suits did count as large inventions. I still needed to program an AI to run some of the suit's functions. But to do that I was going to need to build myself a supercomputer. And that took the rest of my Sunday. Programming an AI would have to wait till tomorrow.
I felt a little lonely without Meicrackmon around. She was watching over Tony Stark until the Iron Monger issue was dealt with. I miss her fluffy thighs. They made a nice pillow.
-.-
"Tony? Tony, are you there? Hello?" Pepper Potts
*Buzz*
Obadiah Stane stunned Tony Stark.
"Breathe. Easy, easy. You remember this one, right? It's a shame the government didn't approve it. There's so many applications for causing short-term paralysis. Tony. When I ordered the hit on you, I worried that I was killing the golden goose. But, you see, it was just fate that you survived that." Obadiah Stane pulls out the arc reactor from Starks chest. "You had one last golden egg to give. Do you really think that just because you have an idea, it belongs to you? Your father, he helped give us the atomic bomb. Now, what kind of world would it be today if he was as selfish as you? Oh, it's beautiful. Tony, this is your Ninth Symphony. What a masterpiece. Look at that. This is your legacy. A new generation of weapons with this at its heart. Weapons that will help steer the world back on course, put the balance of power in our hands. The right hands. I wish you could've seen my prototype. It's not as... Well, not as conservative as yours. Too bad you had to involve Pepper in this. I would have preferred that she lived."
Obadiah left with the Arc Reactor in hand. Tony struggled to get to his workshop. To grab his earlier arc reactor, he had Pepper replace for him. Tony reached but was unable to grab it.
"Care for a paw." Meicrackmon
"Arc reactor I nee-" Tony Stark's heart was stopping making him unable to keep talking.
Meicrackmon had seen what Obadiah had taken from Stark so she figured she could replace it easily enough.
*ZAP*
"Ha AH," Tony Stark could breathe and move again.
"Bye-bye, Mr.Stark, we'll meet again." Meicrackmon went back to hiding from Tony Stark.
"Tony? Tony? Tony? Tony? Tony! Tony! You okay?" James Rhodes
"I'm fine, I just got saved by some monster cat woman. Where's Pepper?" Tony Stark
"She's fine. She's with five agents. They're about to arrest Obadiah." James Rhodes
"That's not going to be enough." Tony Stark
"Tony, you're in no shape to try saving her. You're sounding crazy." James Rhodes
"I don't care if I sound crazy, I'm saving Pepper now, help me into my suit!" Tony
"That's the coolest thing I've ever seen." James Rhodes
"Not bad, huh? Let's do it." Tony Stark
"You need me to do anything else?" James Rhodes
"Keep the skies clear. And watch out for that large cat." Tony Stark took off.
"Damn! Next time, baby." James Rhodes said, looking at the Mark 2 Iron Man suit
September 25, 2010
"And now, Mr. Stark has prepared a statement. He will not be taking any questions." James Rhodes
"Thank you. Been a while since I was in front of you. I figure I'll stick to the cards this time. There's been speculation that I was involved in the events that occurred on the freeway and the rooftop…" Tony Stark
"I'm sorry, Mr. Stark, but do you honestly expect us to believe that that was a bodyguard in a suit that conveniently appeared, despite the fact that you…" Christine Everhart
"I know that it's confusing. It is one thing to question the official story, and another thing entirely to make wild accusations, or insinuate that I'm a superhero." Tony Stark
"I never said you were a superhero." Christine Everhart
"Didn't? Well, good, because that would be outlandish and fantastic. I'm just not the hero type. Clearly. With this laundry list of character defects, all the mistakes I've made, largely public." Tony Stark
"Just stick to the cards, man." James Rhodes
"Yeah, okay. Yeah. The truth is... I am Iron Man." Tony Stark
*Click*
"Why is it whenever we come over, the news is talking about Tony Stark?" Gwen
"When isn't the news talking about a celebrity or a tragedy?" Jubilee
"It's what drives engagement. Engagement drives advertisement, and that's how most news companies break even."
"So, not that eating your food is a bad time for anything but my panties. Why did you invite us here?" Jubilee
"... Foodgasms aside. I wanted to show what I was working on over summer vacation. Follow me."
I walked to the living room and opened a secret door hidden by a bookcase to an elevator. Got love for some of the items available in buy/build mode. Another cool thing I found out about is the fact that if I have invented an item, it's added to the build/buy mode, and buying said invention counts towards the inventing challenges. So finishing Widget Wonder and Master Inventor was far less of a time sink than I thought it would be. The rewards I got were Virtuous Dignity, and Virtuous Grief. More weapons from NeiR. I still have three more challenges on that skill left to do. I hit the button to enter the first basement. We entered a room with a large hologram projector and a four-monitor computer set up.
"This is my supercomputer and servers. I'm using it to run programs, simulations, and my AI Aranea (Ara-ne-a)."
"Wait, isn't that araña? You know Spanish for spider." Gewn
"I gave you the pronunciation. I'm using. It's a placeholder name anyways. Say hi Arenea."
"Hi Aranea." Aranea said in a voice that sounded close to Daria Morgendorffer
"So why did you make an AI?" Gwen
"Well, I needed it to run some of the equipment I built into the super suits I built for both of you."
"Super suits?" Jubilee
"What do you expect to fight in a cotton hoodie, sweatpants, sunglasses, and a balaclava? Miss Ghostspider."
"In my defence, I just got done shopping for the school ski trip we're having in January. I just saw this thug robbing a pizza shop, and I had to do something." Gwen
"Right… right. Except you have done it at least seven other times. So, suits?" Jubilee
"You just want a new outfit, don't you?"
"Fo shaw." Jubilee
"Cring… anyways, here we go. Ghost-Spider suits versions 1-3. Version 1 just has a ballistic kinetic weave and a voice modulator. It's the plainest suit and won't offer as much in terms of utility." I pointed to the purple, pink, and white suit that had a chibi spider design. "Version 2 has health monitoring systems, thermal regulation or in simpler terms a heating and cooling system, robotic retractable spider limbs on the back, a detachable spider drone to act as a scout within 2 kilometers of the suit, built-in web shooters with various modes of fire, built-in mapping HUD with targeting and profiling systems, adjustable focus lens for your eyes, and a recovery mode in the case of you being KO or being in critical condition." I pointed to the one I based off the version of the suit from the Spider-Verse movies. "Finally, version 3 or the stealth suit. It has retractable claws that can cut through glass, sound-dampening speakers around the ankles it will send out a form of white noise that will cancel out the sounds of movement to a point. I'm mean it's not going to be able to cover for the sound of anything exterior, like you stepping on something that would cause noise, or you biffing it particularly hard. And last is a tactical optical cloak. 30 seconds of invisibility for a 3-minute cooldown. The cloak will last longer if you don't move when it's active. The only real downside to the stealth suit is the fact that it has a lower operation time than version 2. Version 2 can run for 72 hours before needing to be recharged. Version 3 is limited to 28 hours." I pointed to the black suit that I based of the symbiote Ghost-Spider suit.
"Just wow. So, a few quick questions. If I somehow lose the spider drone. How do I get it back? How do I do maintenance on the suit?" Gwen
"The drone will automatically make its way back to the suit unless it is somehow captured. Then it will explode with a low-yield explosive. And I will assist you with all maintenance needs if Chiaki isn't free to help you. I can give you instructions from your phone or directly from the suit. I do have a lesser copy of myself on the suits in the rare eventually of you somehow leaving Earth's network." Aranea
"Okay, and what is recovery mode?" Jubilee asked
"I will operate the spider suit to recover the operator from all forms of immediate danger back to base, and if necessary, take her to a hospital." Aranea
"If I had a robot doctor, I wouldn't take you to a hospital. Less risk of your identity being leaked."
"Okay, let's see my new threads!" Jubilee
"Here you go. Well, the sleeveless full-body leotard has ballistic kinetic weave, health monitoring systems, thermal regulation, and a utility belt with some tools to help in escape. The pink visor has the same HUD as Gwen's mask and a small hologram emitter to distort your features so they don't lead back to you. The yellow trench coat is the same as the black leotard. It just has extra pockets. The boots are just boots. I realy haven't got anything to add to them. I'm not Stark, who can build a tiny reactor to make rocket boots. All my shit has limited rechargeable power cells. Unfortunately, I don't have access to a small arc reactor, and I'm not going to bother reinventing the wheel."
"Cool, I love the light pink accents on the leotard. Do you mind if I grab the coat for now?" Jubilee. I shrugged and nodded. "Sweet! Hey, what about your superhero outfit?"
"I don't really have one yet, and I feel like I need more training with my equipment and abilities before I really consider making myself a suit. For now, I'm just wearing a leotard under my regular outfit."
"So, when do you think you might be ready to go out there and use your powers?" Gwen
"December 21, 2012."
"Wait, isn't that the day the world is supposed to end?" Jubilee
"It's just the end of the Mayan calendar. Why that date?" Gwen
"No reason. I just don't want to rush fighting some maniac in downtown NYC. I might want to run a musical on Broadway or release more games on Steam. I know with great power comes great responsibility and all that jazz. But a dumb ass using a weapon without knowing how to use it is more like to hurt them selfs instead of their foes."
"Okay, I get that, but you never know, you might get drawn into conflict before you're ready. I hope you can at least defend yourself." Gwen
"I'm rather good at fighting with my fists. Anyways, I have another subasement to show you two."
"God, what's in your substatement? A sex dungeon?" Jubilee
"Junilee, don't be ridiculous. That's my second subbasement, everyone knows that." it didn't take long for us all to burst into laughter.
"We're here."
"I thought we were going down a level, not all the way down to China."
"No, we are still inside. There is no real smell of the woods. It smells closer to metal and concrete." Gwen
"I thought you were part spider, not bloodhound." Jubilee
"I just have a working nose, that's all." Gwen
"But it looks like we're outside. Wear exactly are we?" Jubilee
"We are in the danger room. Everything here is just holographic projections and smart paneling to give things in here a physical shape that we can interact with. If I were Disney, I would have added sent to sell the illusion better. This place is able to simulate various locales and situations. To simulate gunfire, there are paintballs with an easy-to-wash pink blood paint. I unfortanly don't have robots to simulate combatants yet, but I find time to make them eventually. I'm thinking of selling this tech to film studios and theaters. I am just in awe of what could be done for the arts of theater. No more spending thousands of dollars on sets. Just a week or two of work in 3d software and boom, amazing sets."
"Wow, this is so cool." Jubilee
"Now I'm going to show you the internal emergency shutdown. There's a button and a voice override. The button should work even if the voice override fails."
"This will be a nice place to refine our skills at least." Gwen "So you have any sims for us to try out?"
"Sure. Arenea, please run Night of the Living Manikins."
"Running Nestene Consciousness.exe. Be warned that the autons will be firing paintballs, and if you are hit, you will be considered failed." Arenea
The scenery changed to a mall as the combat sim started. We had fun running a few other scenarios. Over all it was a nice Sunday with friends.