Thoughts upon rereading D-Genesis - there will be spoilers, of course.
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@sorvani
Check with @Isshou, to me this looks like something that'd be nice to have included in D-Gen Stats and Research; it might take some tweaking of the other tables, but a sense of what happens when would be really nice to have as part of that topic.This isn't a table I want to have vanish in the night because no one remembers it was here, it's too useful for me to be happy if it suffered such a fate.
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@Geezer-Weasalopes Could also benefit from a new topic for outlining history and major events (d-powers and not)
Since you could also track the initial formation and some other details with Iori, Team Simor, and the like.
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@Isshou said in Thoughts upon rereading D-Genesis - there will be spoilers, of course.:
@Geezer-Weasalopes Could also benefit from a new topic for outlining history and major events (d-powers and not)
Since you could also track the initial formation and some other details with Iori, Team Simor, and the like.
This list if not super complete as I did not include the date of things that happened such as the dungeon dates with members of team Slime and Asha's trip to BL central.
But it is not hard to add to a markdown table over time. I love that J-Novel uses NodeBB. I've been using it since 2014 for my D&D campaign.
Anyway, so new thread title
Timeline of D-Genesis you will be spoiledwork?Edit: Table moved to Timeline of D-Genesis - you will be spoiled
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Volume 2 now.
Mizuho, #1 Lousy Administrator, having egged D-Powers into placing Otherworldly Language Comprehension up for auction, Keigo rushes to assure Naruse that if she decided to leave the JDA in the aftermath there'd be a place for her...“Naruse,” I said. “If you want to quit the JDA after this, feel free to join me.”
“Huh? Are you p-p-proposing to me?!”
“...No, I’m not.”
Miyoshi snorted. “You might as well kiss her, Kei.”In reality his thinking was that once they got the company up and running they were going to need competent staff they could trust, and Naruse qualified.
He's right in this, but still...Everyone, in chorus!
Kei, this is why you don't have a girlfriend!
They're smarting up a bit; they realize that once the auction for Otherworldly Language Comprehension is announced they'll have targets painted upon their backs.
Time to go camping on the tenth floor! In their spanking new Armored RV!
..and warn Agent Tanaka of their intended movements and how that might impact Public Safety.
Continuing...
The Arthurs are a hoot.
I'd love it if eventually they get a skill that allows them to determine their stats.
Maybe have them placed in that medical examination thingy, the one the medical Naruse designed?
...finding out if that can tell anything wouldn't be a bad idea.
Continuing again.
Of course no one will realize I'm adding on, but if I do another post with nothing in between I'm making work for a mod who'll merge them together.The ability to form parties has just been discovered by our intrepid trio.
Afeared that Naruse will see his stats, Kei jolts away with a yelp.
...seeking an innocuous explanation for doing so...
Um, well, it's that Naruse had approached too closely to his face and he didn't know how to handle such proximity...
Miyoshi grabs the chance to do a "Gosh, Kei, you're such a kid!" jab.
Naruses's face turns a little red at this.
Given how calm and levelheaded Naruse has shown herself...Kei might have a chance?! -
I can't help but wonder if Naruse has her own suspicions about the duo, particularly Yoshimura. After all they already turned the world upside down with their orb auctions. Gave her an orb tentatively worth hundreds of billions of yen. Provided proof of the wandering mansion. Since Miyoshi doesn't regularly dive, he's got to be the one pulling in the orbs. Even if it is still suspected that he's getting them from a network of other divers.
Trying to peek at his card to confirm it.
Now his stats are another matter that by the time they might be visible to others he's got quite a handle on hiding them.
So, why do we think that Naruse willingly used the otherworldly language orb, the
thirdsecond one ever. Sure, she's their dedicated contact and they are the reason she got such a promotion. With how much she threw herself into translation I wonder if she's actually a research bug like her sister, Midori. This only makes her an even better fit for their company if she ever had to leave the JDA. Though I suspect it would take deliberate foul play in removing her from her role being the JDA/D-Power intermediary and from JDA in general. -
@Isshou said in Thoughts upon rereading D-Genesis - there will be spoilers, of course.:
Though I suspect it would take deliberate foul play in removing her from her role being the JDA/D-Power intermediary and from JDA in general.
That's been my concern within the greater storyline for a number of people; that as a result of their interactions with D-Powers 'outside forces' will target them such that they have no safe option other than coming inside D-Powers' protective envelope, that they can't continue on as things had been before.
I worry about her sister's operation that way, and Aisha (sp?)(the lady with the Super Recovery Skill).
The model and actress as well, given how they're starting to stand out as a result of following Kei's Slime Regimen.
...right, this is a spoilerific discussion topic, I don't need to obfuscate, do I?As new technologies and knowledge proliferate, all traceable back to Kei and Miyoshi, those closest to them will be placed in higher and higher levels of personal danger due to being potential handles upon them as well as their own abilities becoming desired.
Kei and Miyoshi do care about these people; once involved, they aren't the kind to abandon them.
Further on in the story the Arthurs start serving as security escorts, but that in itself is part of being brought inside the umbrella of D-Powers.
I really should keep in mind that while it may be played something like a joke, they're all aware that part of Naruse's duties are to learn as much as she can about Kei and Miyoshi; she's their liaison, yes, but she's also a JDA assigned Intelligence Operative...who's already doing some censoring of what information she relays to the JDA from what she's learned.
She and her direct supervisor are a good fit that way; they exercise judgement, aren't blindly obedient.
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@Geezer-Weasalopes To some extent the most vulnerable of their immediate contacts ends up being Midori and Nakajima. They've actively worked with developing products with D-Powers but haven't been any focus for dungeon boot camp or requirements for dealings with JDA.
Naruse is going to be protected by D-Powers and JDA since both sides want to keep her in the position of liaison. Though her immediate supervisor before the promtion was Enoki levels of horrible.
Saito and Mitsurugi end up being buffed by the slime training regimen and the Keigo's 'Christmas gift'. Given where they end up, though we only really get to see Saito utilizing her increased stats. They seem to be relatively safe.
Those are of the people we know well in the story. The only other group of people who may end up in danger is Miyoshi's family. After all what good villain wouldn't take the opportunity to capture the protagonist's family to use against them?
Maybe Keigo needs to spend quite some time on the 10th floor collecting Darkness Magic VI orbs... give everyone they need to protect a hellhound of their own.
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@Isshou said in Thoughts upon rereading D-Genesis - there will be spoilers, of course.:
Maybe Keigo needs to spend quite some time on the 10th floor collecting Darkness Magic VI orbs... give everyone they need to protect a hellhound of their own.
muashahahahah!
As the flavor text said
You shall open the doors of Hell, calling forth your servants. In the end, you shan’t be able to return them, and thus, the surface shall become a paradise of darkness. -
Volume 3 next.
In retrospect, ttl's cover art is intriguingly spoilerific in a manner such that there's no freaking way you'd be able to figure out in advance. -
I've commented concerning Naruse being a sharp cookie?
She just sprang the "Notice which must be posted at the leased property" bit, and got such a ho hum reaction that she gleefully taunted them concerning their having a solution to the Difficulty of Slimes.
All they could do was sit there and take it.
Parties, stats, and Making.
Kei does something nice for Saito and Ryoko...and Miyoshi castigates him for pushing them beyond single-digit explorers in their abilities.
The only one with higher states is...Kei.
Uh whoops!
I suspect Naruse is starting to think all you need do is hint at a Skill Orb and wait a couple of days and D-Powers will deliver.
Naruse has now learned of Naruse's involvement with D-Powers; on the other hand, Naruse was aware of her sister's association with them considerably earlier.
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"Testing, testing, do you read?"
D-Cards, parties, telepathy, and admissions placement testing.
Oh...joy.Saiga remembered the "flaw" Naruse reported concerning the stats measurement device D-Powers was funding the development of.
Inability to detect stats is de facto proof of not having obtained a D-Card.
D-Powers can provide the device needed.However, even if this did work out, D-Powers would firmly oppose being called saviors. When Saiga imagined their displeased expressions, he broke out into a delighted smile.
Let's just say that D-Powers is a never ending headache for Saiga.
He's ecstatic at the opportunity to return the favor. -
Comic Market...with the Smiths.
So, if they all had D-Cards and formed an extended party, would they be PSmIth?
apologies to Phil FoglioAll your libraries are belong to us. | Those who do not read shall not eat.
Help me, Satomi-san. You're my only hope. | Fight! Yurika!
Croquettes, Baguettes, and Books, oh my! -
Following how Rokujo Komugi gets approved by Saiga for contact with D-Powers...man, is her LUK ever effective.
Reality is bent in her presence, and she hasn't a clue; it's just how things are.
Saito actually said it.
“All right! Yay! Yaaay! With Yoshimura around, I’ll be invincible!”
"I'll be invincible!" is the death flagiest death flag ever.
This is before her expedition to the tenth floor of Yoyogi, which resulted in the first appearance of The Phantom.
Midori wears glasses.
Miharu doesn't.
This places me in quite the quandary, as normally I'm fully on Team Glasses.
But it's Naruse Miharu....ttl does good artwork...
Seeing Miyoshi disappear into the kitchen, Simon leaned forwards and began speaking in a hushed tone.
“Does this room have any measures against bugging? Wiretapping?”
“Come on,” I responded. “You know the answer to that.”
And indeed he did; he agreed that if his country wasn't penetrating their precautions no one else was either.
This made it much easier to 'talk to himself' in the presence of Miyoshi and Kei and not be concerned with his breach of security being detected by his superiors.
The Volume 4 reread is now complete.
Volume 5 awaits.All your libraries are belong to us. | Those who do not read shall not eat.
Help me, Satomi-san. You're my only hope. | Fight! Yurika!
Croquettes, Baguettes, and Books, oh my! -
@Geezer-Weasalopes said in Thoughts upon rereading D-Genesis - there will be spoilers, of course.:
Comic Market...with the Smiths.
So, if they all had D-Cards and formed an extended party, would they be PSmIth?
apologies to Phil FoglioShouldn't that apology go to Wodehouse? :)
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@Crey said in Thoughts upon rereading D-Genesis - there will be spoilers, of course.:
@Geezer-Weasalopes said in Thoughts upon rereading D-Genesis - there will be spoilers, of course.:
Comic Market...with the Smiths.
So, if they all had D-Cards and formed an extended party, would they be PSmIth?
apologies to Phil FoglioShouldn't that apology go to Wodehouse? :)
Buck Godot, Zap Gun for Hire : PSmIth Second volume in the series by the renowned Phil Foglio.
PSmIth is a hive mind, the result of a multigeneration experiment in human development; the PSI being the indication that "Smith" is a psionic entity.
So given Asha's bodyguards being thought of as "Smith", a reference to Will Smith's performance in Men in Black, if they formed a party and were thus in telepathic communication the proper reference term would become "PSmIth"...Having just done a search on "Smith" and "Wodehouse"...
The possibility that Phil Foglio was aware of Rupert Smith cannot be discounted; Foglio is the creator of Girl Genius as well as being a fan of funny in all forms. It would be difficult to believe he hadn't come across Wodehouse.
I, however, wasn't familiar with Rupert Smith; I've read little Wodehouse, and that several decades back and purely as a result of reading Scream for Jeeves, a Wodehouse/Cthulhu pastiche collection written by Peter H. Cannon published in 1994. -
@Geezer-Weasalopes Ah sorry, haven't read the Phil Foglio book. The first thing that came to my mind was "Leave it to Psmith" by Wodehouse when I saw your post. Purely based on name, unlike your actual chain of associations. :)
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It was then that I realized we had completely made up our minds to train her. Even though, looking back on it, we had absolutely no obligation to do so. There was the matter of Mining, but we could have worked out something else.
Maybe that was just the start of Komugi’s tremendous LUC stat taking effect.Hokay.
Kei did consider that they were being influenced by her LUC of 41.@Crey said in Thoughts upon rereading D-Genesis - there will be spoilers, of course.:
@Geezer-Weasalopes Ah sorry, haven't read the Phil Foglio book. The first thing that came to my mind was "Leave it to Psmith" by Wodehouse when I saw your post. Purely based on name, unlike your actual chain of associations. :)
While I've been amazed by how many folks in the JNC forums appear to have similar background in US & British SF & Fantasy &c to me, that's not always the case.
This was a somewhat obscure reference.
It's a somewhat obscure work, relatively speaking.All your libraries are belong to us. | Those who do not read shall not eat.
Help me, Satomi-san. You're my only hope. | Fight! Yurika!
Croquettes, Baguettes, and Books, oh my! -
@Geezer-Weasalopes said in Thoughts upon rereading D-Genesis - there will be spoilers, of course.:
"I'll be invincible!" is the death flagiest death flag ever.
So much truth here!
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@Geezer-Weasalopes And here I thought it was a reference to Phil Foglio, old school illustrator of Magic the Gathering cards.
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@Outinthegardener said in Thoughts upon rereading D-Genesis - there will be spoilers, of course.:
@Geezer-Weasalopes And here I thought it was a reference to Phil Foglio, old school illustrator of Magic the Gathering cards.
Same guy.
Phil's been involved with a lot over the years.
As can be seen in a perusal of his Wikipedia entry.
Quite a lot, in fact.I've met him, once, at a convention in Portland, Oregon.
He's a very nice guy in person.
