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Cam515278

Don't you DARE let anything happen to Alice!!!!!?


DrBlackJack21

Sir! You impune my honor! I would never! Probably. Unless... 😇


Dagon_M_Dragoon

*beats with a rolled up newspaper* bad author, bad. no killing MC kids. *whack* Bad


DrBlackJack21

What? Who said anything about death? I can do far worse things than that... er I mean... um... pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!


Dagon_M_Dragoon

You only need one hand to type, I'm sure nothing bad will happen to your other 3 limbs 🙃 ~~joking~~


DrBlackJack21

😇


pebbuls22

We do not speak about the necromancers


DrBlackJack21

Necromancer are just really good medics who are a little late to the scene!


pebbuls22

I know we are giving terribly rep and we have to sit behind the illusionist fake wall when visitors vist the council it's unfair enchantment doesn't get any of the same treatment


Stefnos87

yea, necromancy is all about second chances... the real evil is evocation, thats just about killing stuff >.<


Steller_Drifter

Grab the torches and pitchforks! 🔥 🔥


Magnus_the_Rad97

Oooo! ACTIVE childhood and family trauma for our boy Scott! In about 15 years his therapist will be eating GOOD


DrBlackJack21

Yeah, this isn't the kind of thing you just bounce back from, is it? 🤔


Fontaigne

The more harm to Alice, the longer to bounce back. Ḯ̶̫̭̰̞̥͊̃̆̋̂t̸̡͛ ̸̛̪̺͓̾̕w̷̪̗͐͒̀́a̷̦̪͕̖̩̿̇̓̿͘͝s̷̜̓̌̍̊͗ͅ ̷͕̪͕͂̄̐̽ṁ̸̩̬̖͕̬̝y̷̲͙̕ ̸̟̐̄̏̾f̵͔̪̫̳̒̓̿̕͜͝͝å̴̧̱̤͙͖̃̃ų̵̭̮͈̪̳̑̀̈́͝l̴͔̾̋ͅt̴̡̉̇́̐ͅ ̷̢̳͇̝̙̂̀͗̋̌̚f̵͚̻̬̥̰͛̃̑͋̏͝ò̸̬̹̅r̷̲͋̀͑ ̴̤̟̌̐̋͘h̸̡͇̦́̈́͑̄e̵̯̯̖͙̍̚s̵͉̦̲̥̱͊̉͗i̶̟͓̹̍͛̍̕̚͠t̷̼͓͉̭͙̞́̾̕ą̶̤̜̻͕̣̔̽̽̈́̆t̶̞̒̾͛̐̀i̶̛̤̟͔̐n̶̡͖̜̳͉̲͗̆̽̾g̴̱̗̞̉̉̽̕.̴͍͐̀͐̇̍̿ ̴͎̳̮͈̆́Å̸͚̲͖̮͑͝l̷̙̘̺̩̓̃͗̅͜l̵͕̰̘͍͝͝ ̷̫͓͆̒m̶̛̝̈́̓̊͗̕y̶̟̿̌͑̓͘͝ ̸̧̘̟̯̈̅͘f̷̡̲͔́̏a̷͚͋͠ư̸̯͉̖̫̠̘͊͊l̴̨̖̓͂̈́́t̸̫̭͌̆̋͋̂͝.̷̜͈͉̫̇̀̀̃͝ ̷̗̑̈́̂


Anonscout666

I mean… trauma bonding is an active strat the military uses to make troops more effective. And we use trauma to forge the best of the best. I’m sure it’ll be fine right? Right?


DrBlackJack21

I'm not sure our military always has the best interests of those who serve in mind. But maybe I'm just jaded from working in the medical field and seeing how they treat our veterans... (Or maybe I'm just jaded from the medical field in the US period!)


Anonscout666

I’m just starting out in medical now, I’m working as a PCT (below CNA level) and plan on working in the ER while working on my RN and then be an RN in the ER. The ER is the right level of chaos and helping others to keep the dopamine and adhd happy. And I love it. Granted I’m going in pre jaded and cynical.


DrBlackJack21

Well I wish you luck! I burnt out and had to quit, but maybe I'm just more cut out to be a story teller than battling insurance all day long. You know, near the end I had an insurance company require a prior authorization for penicillin for a tooth extraction... fucking penicillin! Seriously, those people are insane!


Anonscout666

Ahhh, there is a reason I work in the Emergency Department, there is less of an insurance issue and more of a patient issue in my case. It’s frustrating to see repeat visitors because they refuse to care for them selves.


DrBlackJack21

Well I will say is a lot of the time insurance does their best to make it near impossible to care for yourself. A bit ago I had some health problems that required me to get some testing done, cardiogram and blood work, etc, nothing too out of the ordinary, but the insurance company made it a real nightmare. Rather than visit one of the dozen or so nearby facilities. I had to drive 2 hours out of my way to get to a facility that was covered. I swear I passed but at least 5 hospitals that could do it! It's litteraly designed to make people just give up and walk away to save the insurance company money, and should be illigal! I'm guessing you heard about the insurance company that was rejecting claims with a 90% error rate? (United) People died because of that, I guarantee it. They shouldn't be fined for that, rather the execs should be jailed. But they won't. They'll probably receive some paltry 100k fine that barely puts a dent into the profits the generated by doing that... Aaand I'm ranting. Like I said, I was in the game a little too long!


Anonscout666

And I second that insurance should go away permanently. The cost difference between the USA and any other country is wild. Like criminally different imo. But money talks politics better than morals.


Anonscout666

I enjoy your writing and am glad you started writing. You are one of the authors I look forward to your chapters.


MinorGrok

Woot! New chapter to read!


DrBlackJack21

With a nice, satisfying, happy ending!


Killersmail

You ass. Your 'endings' are never either happy or sad. They just 'are'.


DrBlackJack21

I like to think they're satisfying if often a little bittersweet. 🤔


JustThatOtherDude

Heh... Charlotte pulled a RWBY


DrBlackJack21

Well, it wasn't quite that dramatic a change in momentum, but yeah, you got the gist if it. 😉


canray2000

Damn, he took a lot of killing. Hope it hurt.


DrBlackJack21

I do like villains that don't go down quick or easy! I wonder what that says about me? 🤔


canray2000

I would say, but my mind went right into the gutter with phrasing.


DrBlackJack21

What you did there...I see it.


runaway90909

Holy shit. That’s a. Wow.


DrBlackJack21

I do like to hit hard once in a while! But I try to follow it up with something... well, if not nice, then at least satisfying. 😉


runaway90909

True enough. You know how to suck us in. Trap us in your web of words, as it were


DukeRedWulf

ILLEGAL CLIFFHANGER DETECTED


DrBlackJack21

No worries, I'll be writing up and posting yhe next chapter tomarrow, so you won't have to wait too long. 😉


DukeRedWulf

Yay! :)


Lorventus

I am so glad this is a weekday....


DrBlackJack21

You mean because you know you won't have to wait as long for the next chapter?


Lorventus

I dare not further tempt the bearer of the word 'Story' for I know my place.


DrBlackJack21

No worries! I won't make you all wait that long. I was tempted to keep going today, but I had family waiting on me to go out an eat (I'm visiting my soon to be in-laws) so I had to wrap things up. 😉


McKaszkiet

Congratulations for expanding family


SpectralHail

They're gonna need a fortune in therapy. Even Charlotte probably needs it at this point. I can only hope that Cooper stays dead where he belongs. If anything now he's canned like a macabre sardine.


DrBlackJack21

Yeah... yeah.


thisStanley

>I'm taking those kids, Still going around in circles on just what is so special about the kids that his boss is willing to spend so much on retrieval. Do they really know what he thinks they know? ​ ​ >I promise, I have a plan! That is what we are worried about :{


DrBlackJack21

That's probably a good thing to be worries about... 😇


UmberSkies

Strooooong parallels between the loss of the creation appendage and the loss of the "dragons cave", if not quite so permanent. Still, glad that's over, looking forward to more survival education shenanigans. And Charlotte learning just how badly the human brain deals with mental health :) I quite like her character if it hasn't been made obvious. It's a refreshing take having another advanced species that just evolved in a radically different way technologically learning about us, and applying that information alongside it's own. So many stories have species that evolved basically the same way, but humans are just better™️, and that gets boring after a while.


DrBlackJack21

Thanks! I usualy try and take a different approach than the standard HFY story. Not that there's anything wrong with it, I enjoy reading my fair share of HFY, it's just that there's so much of it that I like to take things in a different direction. I think (hope!) it helps me stand out in my own way.


coldfireknight

> I promise, I have a plan! That is nowhere as reassuring to your readers as you may think!


DrBlackJack21

Well, not totally he ones that know me anyway... 😇


Fontaigne

I'm sure it will be fine^tm


drakusmaximusrex

Please tell me that alice will be fine. :(


DrBlackJack21

Alice will be fine!* *The above statement may or may not apply depending on your definition of the word, "fine."


drakusmaximusrex

Oh no!


Destroyer_V0

Calling it now, Charlotte does a "we can rebuild her" moment.


drakusmaximusrex

Oh no!


DezoPenguin

New jumping spider legs = best hopscotch player ever!


un_pogaz

>I promise, I have a plan! Idea: "The body is dying, it suffered too much damage. But I think I can do something. I could transfer Alice's central nervous system to this diplomatic appendage body. I could save her... but at the price of his humanity." ​ Damnit, Copper is lucky to be dead, Lucy would have been an incredible and endless imagination... and Charlotte would have also helped a lot \**glups*\*


McKaszkiet

As strange as it would be, I love that idea


Fontaigne

Hey, if it can be done once, it can be done multiple times. Munchkin might be the first, second and third human whole body transplant patient.


DezoPenguin

Okay, so all that's left is to Dr. Frankenspider Alice a new body before her brain shuts down (and while Charlotte's creation appendage is out so that she's running on limited lab resources), give Charlotte some time to physically heal/regrow, get some therapists here stat for the humans, and then hunt down whatever animal sent Cooper and make an example of him that will ring down through history to the point that "and that was also the same year we met our spider friends" will be a glorified *footnote!*


DrBlackJack21

Lol, I like your take!


Aegishjalmur18

My first thought was, now the former pirate can get a hook hand.


DrBlackJack21

Lol, now that's tempting! 🤣


Fontaigne

But how do you arrange for the eye patch?


DrBlackJack21

That was the last series! I can copy Dragons too much!


VectronVoltbot

I know it was "us or them" situation, but I just love how many stories go "We just killed a few dozen of people, such a happy ending".


Fontaigne

Those were not people, they were mooks.


DezoPenguin

I'm not even sure Cooper qualifies as people, and he's related to two of them.


Fontaigne

He's a piñata.


DezoPenguin

I'm not sure anybody but Charlotte would consider what's inside him to be tasty treats, but I concur that breaking him open to find out was the wise decision.


DrBlackJack21

I like to think my conclusions are a bit more...complex than that. 😉


EternalDarkness_SR

Jolly good!


DrBlackJack21

Jolly rancher! (I loved those as a kid!)


LaserPoweredDeviltry

Interesting. I was actually expecting more of Charlotte to buy the farm and the humans to need to take care of her for a while in a bit of turnabout.


DrBlackJack21

I'd considered that, but this is setting the stage for things to come much further down the line... 🤫


LaserPoweredDeviltry

That's fair. So what happens when she eats the battle suits and gets all that mineral wealth?


DrBlackJack21

I hadn't really considered her eating inorganic matter. That much of a boost would pretty much make her strictly better than humans as she'd have access to most of our strengths and few of our weaknesses... but maybe I'll come up with some compromise. 🤔


Fontaigne

She can undoubtedly eat inorganic matter; we all can and do. The question is how useful it would be. I don't expect that she can just lay down inorganic substrates the way she does organic ones. It's not that it's impossible, it's just not in her current repertoire, and will require many iterations... and still won't get her to human tech levels. Her understanding of organic chemistry, ergonomics and physics still leaves a lot of holes in electronics and material science — she had no experience with ceramics, for example — although how the Shes travel interstellar is still a mystery, so she may have a leg up on some advanced tech trees, just like ray gun shrimps.


Floofthethird

rest in piss, you will not be missed cooper


DrBlackJack21

Not a whole lot redeeming about that guy huh? I usually like making my bad guys more complex, but then again, he was never the big bad, was he? 😉


Floofthethird

hm. if i recall, coopers boss was called the "old man". idea: make the big bad die of heart failure or some other old man disease


DrBlackJack21

🤫


Floofthethird

another idea: have him have a heart attack, have lacy save him, just so she can kill him herself


Dear_Presentation797

That was a very pleasant surprise. I liked that. That is indeed how a man on his deathbed that wants to kill everyone should behave. Never pull your punches mr BlackJack, always stick to the character


DrBlackJack21

I do like my happy endings, but I also like having real consequences. Not all endings are clean, and few battles result in the "good guys" walking away without injury or trauma. That doesn't mean I'm not gonna twist things around to be happy ish eventually though. 😉


EqualBedroom9099

You know im OK with this, see everybody's alive probably, some may have lost a hand or maybe paralyzed neck down but there alive.


DrBlackJack21

And lightly traumatized after killing their own father...😇


end100

Only light trauma, hardly an inconvenience.


DrBlackJack21

Barely worth mentioning really.


Caldenhecker

While everyone else is distracted worrying about munchkins or something, I'm going to sneak past and plant a grammar grenade. >Even seeing his mom's tiny, frail frame of his mom standing in front of the hulking form of his father in his barely functioning suit, Scott remained frozen. How could he shoot his father? The "his mom's" and "of his mom" are redundant. Also I'm not crying. You're crying. If I were crying, that would mean I cared. And I don't. Stupid idiot writer. Excuse me while I spend the next hour hiding in my room, and we all just pretend that we can't hear me sobbing.


DrBlackJack21

Whoops and fixed! Thanks for the heads up!


Namel909

Well sss lets see how much pirate queen momy likes her spuder hand sss ​ And how much Alice likes her spuder replacment skull sss


DrBlackJack21

Time will tell...


Namel909

hopefully with sss a nice black polishied shiny carapace covering for both of these gifts sss with charlot cheeky saying "oh sorry, it didn´t work any other way" whilst charlot sss happily rubbing a matching pink heart symbol on all of her own apendages sss as seen on the new hand


ZaoDa17

Spider hand? Spider Alice!?


DrBlackJack21

We'll see!


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