Is he anywhere near graduation? Nope. Absolutely not.

Pretty sure he's getting corrupted by modernization and all the fancy things on the Barge, it got to the point that he needs to go into seclusion for a bit to actually get himself back on track. (That, and mun is going to be all over the place, quite literally, and won't be able to handle a high energy monk.)

But he has friends and is enjoying himself! is having a wonderful time of it.

Still want to give him a boyfriend for the long run, just to complete the corruption of the monk and all that (not that he was really going to stay a real monk).

On the other hand, I feel like he's integrating okay on the ship even though he's not involved in any super heavy things. I still want to try his powers going haywire idea, but I don't know how to bring that about since that's a 1 vs 1 power usually require eye contact.

There's also a potential to do a character upgrade through that, which I'm not sure I'm ready to play that route yet, since once he loses his demonic powers, he's supposed to be able to move into Buddhism enlightened powers. ... And let's be real, demonic powers are more fun. Not as powerful, but heck more fun.

If you're sending his powers haywire anyway, maybe a(n in)convenient space anomaly that removes the limitations?

Like the marshmallow minion swarm, only a lot more traumatizing.

quantumvelvet: The marshmallow minion swarm! That was traumatizing too. (Blendered grinning marshmallow!)

Yelena kept a couple in a terrarium until they melted.

But yes... that could be something. Like Hanna's hellgate turning a whole ship into another space.

quantumvelvet: Where did she get those marshmallow demons from???

Captured during the swarm.

For observation.

They didn't last long.

quantumvelvet: I must have missed that event. Did she taste test them?

God, no. Eating demonic marshmallows sounds like a good way to get possessed.

quantumvelvet: Very fair point.

Yeah, Wu Xin doesn't even eat the crabapples. Pretty sure demonic marshmallow men are going to be along those lines.

at least one dog ate one. and probably a goat. they were fine

also when Chase wakes up and my brain comes back online, I will throw him at Wu Xin s'more

cacopheny: Are you sure they're not possessed?

with the goats, you never know, but D is definitely not possessed

Btw, he likely left Chase a message in an envelope that says something along the lines of "I was going to write you scriptures wishing you wake up soon, but since you're reading this, that is wholly not needed." signed with an O. Cause he's smitten with the 🥚 emoji.

cacopheny: When is Chase waking up?

during the breach, so he'll be back to himself once it's over

cacopheny: Wu Xin will still be noticeably missing after that. Breach stole him from his seclusion, so he needs to restart whatever it was he was doing.

ah, well, whenever he comes out then :B Chase isn't really going to be LOOKING for him

cacopheny: The monk is sad. He thought they were friends. Lol.

Wu Xin has gotten to the point where Chase will notice he's not around, but he doesn't seek out company from... most people XD so

cacopheny: I saw you had a breach thing for B, did you have one for Chase?

not yet. I'm aiming on getting it up Saturday so it counts for Feb AC. he does have a CR meme comment though

cacopheny: I do have like a one liner for online chatting.... I think you said Chase is going to be mostly online?

he's online constantly yeah, while he's doing other stuff

cacopheny: He's a hacker, yeah? Think he can help hack the system/traffic cams/CCTV whenever Anshi does a raid?

he can loop a few cameras, though probably not a whole block. and only if Anshi can pay for it with something interesting

cacopheny: You can assume he's a long time customer. Cause Anshi can't keep raiding outside of the blocks without some hacker backup.

then he'd better keep the interesting experiences, doodads, and conversation coming XD

cacopheny: He can tell him all about each raid? Lol.

that'll work once :B after that it'll bore him to hear the same-ish story multiple times. be creative. come up with a tall tale. find a VR experience for him he hasn't tried yet. send him rare flowers or fruit

cacopheny: Does he really want to be sent fruits from a well known criminal?

find a sneaky way to do it. he has faith in you

So much faith that he won't get him dragged in.

(also you really don't need to ping me every comment XD I can see you responding when the plurk lights up again)

I on the other hand, need to be pinged for most comments. Lol. But yes, he'll keep the bored hacker interested somehow. He needs his mad skillz!

it'll be fun, Anshi. honest

It's 'Biker Overlord'!

Chase looks amused "so can I make you call me Hacker Overlord?"

"One overlord to another! Of course of course. But shouldn't it be like... Hax0r or something?"

"so 2040s. overlord is better"

"Then Overlord it is. That means I can count on you to fudge the cams for my next raid?"