CH.355 Telling Alice and Lua about Wilma
<span style="font-weight:400">“Do you know why she got it?” Alice asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">I was in my room with Alice and Lua, discussing the new System Support Holder.
<span style="font-weight:400">“It was foring up with a new way to synthesize a legendary grade metal.” I answered.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... but aren’t you and your monsters the ones that came up with it?” Lua asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yeah, but that was only in the Factory. And while I did summon some monsters to help Wilma in the process, she was the one leading the forging, and apparently that counts.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Sounds almost like cheating.” Alicemented.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Well, you got yours for taking down a behemoth. Which you probably couldn’t have done were it not for the prophecy power-up and maybe even the fusion, so who really is cheating?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... did what I do count as cheating?” Lua asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... not sure. I mean, you did heal me when I was about to die. And you did it with your own skills, so… I don’t think so?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“But I got that little System screen that instructed me to use the Summon Water Spirit skill. What was that about?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“No clue. Maybe the Goddess, or some System Agent, didn’t want me to die and showed you a way out? Yeah. It had to have been Aulis, right? He is basically our System Stalker, I think.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Because of me, right?” Alice asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Maybe. He did have his focus on the Alewatch area because of the prophecy.” I reminded her. “Or maybe there was a different, less known prophecy about someone healing someone else who was critically injured? But because of theck of notoriety, all it did was show Lua a way to heal me?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I can see that. It did feel like someone helped me for no reason.” Lua agreed. “... but what do we do about Wilma? … did Laura make a link with her SS yet?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“No. Not yet.” I answered. “I did consider it, but decided we should talk about this first. If I do allow the link, she could ess the Factory, and that should be useful for her. She could prototype weapons and stuff there. So in a way, I want to allow the link. But also, if we do the link, she will soon learn that the two of you also have the SS, so if you don’t want that, we have to either not link with her, ore up with a way to keep it a secret.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... Is it a problem if she finds out?” Alice asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“No. Not really. I mean, if she were to tell anyone about it, the fact that she has the SS woulde out. It is just … if you want to keep it a secret from her. I know the two of you aren’t quite as open about it as I am.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“It is just easier to hide it and let you take care of public problems.” Lua said.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I don’t mind dealing with them, so I could reveal it.” Alice said.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Either way is fine with me. I mean, I think if we keep taking down SS-rank monsters, people will start to assume that Alice has the SS.” Imented. “Of course, Lua, you haven’t done any big publicity stunts that would be known to the masses. Your fame is only known in the dhampir viges.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... maybe the right situation just hasn’t shown itself.” She said.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Perhaps. Or maybe you are just a hidden monarch.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... I guess I should speak about that as well.” Lua quickly said, as I brought up her race.
<span style="font-weight:400">“..? About what?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... I got my racial skill, Monarch of Magic.” Lua revealed.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Really?” Alice asked. “What does it do? Tell me!”
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Name: Lucia</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Race: Dhampir Monarch !</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Level: 99</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">HP: 3080 [+300]</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Mana: 6020 [+900]</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Strength: 1286 [+270]</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Defense: 1369 [+125]</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Magic: 4056 [+530]</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Dhampir Princess LV.3 (Unique) [+1]</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Monarch of Magic LV.1 (Racial) [new]</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">True Blood Magic LV.10 (Racial)</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Vampiric Body Modification LV.5 (Racial) [+3]</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Card Summoner LV.3 (extra) [+1]</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Winged Flight LV.2 (extra) [new]</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Summon Water Spirit (extra)</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Water Magic LV.10 [+1]</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Light Magic LV.8 [+4]</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Mana Healing LV.7 [+4]</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Mana Control LV.10</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Magic Boost LV.9 [+1]</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Quick Cast LV.9 [+1]</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Fast Mana Recovery LV.10</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Knife Technique LV.2</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Staff Technique LV.6</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Blunt Weapon Technique LV.2 [new]<span style="font-weight:400">
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Saint</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Water Spirits Blessing (Greater)</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Blood Sucker (Racial)</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Lifesaver</td>
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<span style="font-weight:400">“I … I canmand magic.” Lua exined her new skill.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... that doesn’t exin anything.” Aliceined.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... can you cast a spell? Something not dangerous, like a simple me? Or maybe Shade?” Lua requested.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Sure. Shade.” Alice agreed and quick casted one of her favorite spells. Though I think it is one of her favorites because it was the first spell she sessfully cast.
<span style="font-weight:400">With her spell cast, my room was engulfed by darkness. I really should install The Eye of Truth into myself for some sort of a vision enhancing skill.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“... Shade. Disappear.” Lua ordered. I could feel some amount of mana in her voice, so it reminded me a bit of how Cailie’s voice carries mana when she uses her Charming Voice skill.
<span style="font-weight:400">After Lua ordered the Shade to disappear, it began to do just that. It didn’t vanishpletely, but it did get quite a bit weaker.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Wow! That is so cool!” Alice eximed. “You just dispelled my spell.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I just weakened it a bit. I can’t fully dispel powerful spells yet. And while I know you didn’t cast it seriously, that was still LV.10 Dark Magic.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... LV.11 actually.” Alice corrected.
<span style="font-weight:400">“You already went past 10 with it?” I asked. I mean, I know she can, because she has Limit Break, but I also know she has a bunch of other skills she could level up instead.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I had to try, you know.” Alice said. “And it is my best skill, not counting my Unique-Racial or Card Summoner.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I’m just surprised that you picked that over something like Mana Control.” Imented.
<span style="font-weight:400">“That one is LV.11 as well now, but I’ll admit that I did level up Dark Magic first.” Alice said.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... I really need Limit Break as well.” Luained softly. “Most of my skills are LV.10 or almost level 10, so I’ll run out of things to level up soon.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I’ll take you with me to the next fissure. I think that might do it.” I told her. “And I have a perfect card you can use in mind. If using that won’t get you the Limit Break, the System is boring.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... what is it then?” Alice asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Let’s just say that Lua will heal her opponent to death.” I joked, even though it wasn’t a joke.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... That sounds … cruel.” Lua said.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I think it still fits you. With the title you have, Lifesaver, your healing efficiency is doubled. So when we turn all of that healing into damage, that will do a ton.” I told her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... I suppose that is true.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“And if, actually when, you learn Holy Magic, you’ll be able to heal even faster. So the damage will be even better.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... I’ll do my best.”
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Name: Alice Mana Watchman</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Race: Magical Girl !</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Level: 124 [+20]
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">HP: 2380 [+220]</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Mana: 6155 [+850]</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Strength: 1594 [+260]</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Defense: 1814 [+200]</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Magic: 4433 [+630]</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Magical Girl LV.2 (unique-racial)</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Limit Break LV.1 (extra)</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Card Summoner LV.3 (extra)</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Magician’s Power LV.5 (extra)</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Erasure Magic LV.3 (extra) [+2]<span style="font-weight:400">
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Multicasting LV.5 (extra)</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Mana Flight LV.5 (extra)</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Telekinesis LV.5 (extra)</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Giant yer LV.3 (extra)</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Dark Magic LV.11 [+1]</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Fire Magic LV.7 [+3]</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Mana Control LV.11 [+1]</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Magic Boost LV.7 </td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Quick Cast LV.8</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Instant Cast LV.5 [+2]</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Fast Mana Recovery LV.10 </td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Magic resistance LV.5</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Polearm Technique LV.5 [+2]</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Staff Technique LV.4</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">One with two Souls</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">One who defeated the Impossible</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Storage ess (Brian Wood)</td>
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<td style="width:100%">Language Comprehension (humanoid)<span style="font-weight:400">
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<span style="font-weight:400">The next day, I invited Wilma to my office to talk about… well, you know what we are going to talk about. I also had both Alice and Lua with me. Time to show Wilma the ropes of the System Link, and I suppose reveal the little secret. And then show her the Factory.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... Sir, what did you call me here for?” Wilma asked. “Is it about … that?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yes. And you can talk about it. I already told both Alice and Lua about it.” I responded. “... I guess sorry that I did, but I don’t keep secrets from them. At least this sort of secret.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... No. I understand. Then… what is this about?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I’ll ask a question first. Have you gotten acquainted with your System Support already?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... A bit, yes.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“That’s good. Then did he tell you about the possibility of a System Support Link?” I asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... no. … wait. He is exining it now.” Wilma answered.
<span style="font-weight:400">So her System Support is a male. Let’s just hope it isn’t me like it was originally with Alice. That was awkward. Though I highly doubt it would be me. Wilma doesn’t have the same rtionship with me as Alice does.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... I think I understand.” Wilma said. “You wish for our System Supports to make this link, right?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yeah. It wille with some useful tools, but the best one is that with the System Link, you will be able to ess my Different Dimension Factory.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... Different Dimension Factory. It is where your monsters live, isn’t it?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yeah, basically. But it can also be used for a lot of interesting things. But you’ll see when we get there.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... so, what do I need to do to make this System Link?” Wilma asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Nothing really. Just allow your SS to make the link. Laura will take care of the rest.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... Laura? Who is she?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Oh. The name of my System Support. You should name yours at some point as well.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yes. I will do that.”
<span style="font-weight:400">We waited a bit while Laura worked her magic. Well, not magic if we are to be truthful. The System is more of a God level system, so … I don’t really know what to call it. God magic? Let’s just call it System bullshit. That is the best way to describe it.
<span style="font-weight:400">After a moment, the link was done and I heard the voice of Wilma’s System Support in my head.
<span style="font-weight:400">(It is a pleasure to speak to you all. I am Lady Wilhelmina’s System Support.) An older male voice said in my head. He sounded very calm and reassuring and reminded me a bit of Aulis’ voice. No, it isn’t the same, but a bit simr. There was just the ‘grandfather quality’ seeping from his voice.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... I have to say, I didn’t expect that sort of voice from him.” I admitted. “Laura, Mia, Kekri, why don’t you three introduce yourselves to Wilma.”
<span style="font-weight:400">After I said that, I could almost see question marks floating around Wilma’s head, until the three System Supports began introducing themselves.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Hello, Miss Wilhelmina. My name is Laura, and I am Brian’s System Support.) Laura went first.
<span style="font-weight:400">(I’m Maria, but feel free to call me Mia. I am Lady Lucia’s System Support.)
<span style="font-weight:400">(And I’m Kekri. Lady Alice’s System Support.)
<span style="font-weight:400">As the three introduced themselves, Wilma’s eyes went wide with surprise. She then looked at us and muttered:
<span style="font-weight:400">“... all three of you?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yes. All of us have the System Support.” I confirmed.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... that… I didn’t think that could be possible.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">After letting Wilma adjust to the shocking truth, it was time for us to head to the Factory. She won’t get ess to the Control tform or anything yet, but at least I’ll show her around.
<span style="font-weight:400">I had Alice and Lua head to the Factory first, while I instructed Wilma in the ‘real world’ on how to go there. And after she got it, I jumped there after her.
<span style="font-weight:400">All four of us met next to the round table that was right at the bottom of the stairs that lead to the control tform, and from there, we could go on a tour. But first.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I think Laura, Mia and Kekri should show themselves to Wilma.” I quickly said, and as soon as I did, the three of them appeared.
<span style="font-weight:400">This was another small shock to Wilma, but she got over it quickly.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... can mine do that?” Wilma asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“No. Not yet. Well, he kind of could, but not while you are here.” I answered.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... why?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Because he is still at basic level System Support. He has to be upgraded to standard level before he can appear here at the same time as you.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“How do I do that?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Time. You just have to be patient.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">Then it was time for the tour. I didn’t show Wilma everything, as the Factory has just gotten too big for me to show it in a reasonable amount of time. Even with the time dtion between the real world and the factory being 3.2x nowadays, it would still take forever to show the entire Factory for Wilma. … And to be honest, I didn’t want to show some of the ces, like the Goblin Bank, to her.
<span style="font-weight:400">The main ces I made sure she knew were the Vampire Smithy, the regr Smithy, the ces where my Spellcasters like to hang out, as well as any other ces that I felt would help Wilma with her main job of making weapons. The Spellcaster areas were so that they could help her with enchanting, by the way, but I think I’ll make a dedicated workshop area for Wilma, where she’ll be able to call monsters to help her with her experiments. I’ll also make her a Dungeon Founder item developer terminal that isn’t directly linked with my skill like the one that is on the Control tform is. I’ll just limit it so that it will only store what Wilma designs inside Tahlia’s memory banks, not my skill. Just in case. It will also prevent Wilma from essing any of my designs until I trust her enough. Not that I don’t at the moment, but … I just think it needs more time until I’m willing to trust her with my skills to the same extent as I trust Alice and Lua.
<span style="font-weight:400">I of course also introduced Wilma to both Tahlia and Fantasia. And I think now is as good of a time as any to mention that since my DDF has leveled up, Fantasia has grown a bit older. When she first appeared, she was five, maybe six years old. Now she was more like 10. She has grown up about a year each time DDF has gotten a level, so I suppose her starting at 5 and now being 10 when I have LV.6 DDF does check out.
<span style="font-weight:400">I think the most impressive part for Wilma was the unlimited ess to legendary metals she would have in the Factory. I mean, everything in the Factory isn’t real. Well, in a way it is, but since nothing has physical mass, I can make anything and an unlimited amount of that anything in here. It just can’t be brought to the real world. But still, having ess to unlimited resources does allow for easy prototyping, which is what I often use the Factory for.
<span style="font-weight:400">For Wilma, she couldn’t just think about something and make it appear like I could, but that is why she has her own littleptopputer that she can use to y around with my item developer and then make the item she has designed appear so that she can hold it in her hand. I’ll make her one of those Iron Man hologram tables when I have the time as well. It should help.
<span style="font-weight:400">By the time I’d shown Wilma the important things and shown her how to use the item developer, it had gottente enough that it was time for us to return to the real world and head for lunch.
<span style="font-weight:400">Food is important, right? Can’t stay in a mentalndscape for long without it. Laura taught me that.