Industrial Strength Magic by Macronomicon

Author:Macronomicon [Macronomicon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-01-30T00:00:00+00:00

***Paradox***

This is boring. And painful.

I’m bored and in pain.

“What kind of moron would want to do this?!” Perry grunted the words out as he forced the trembling bar up away from his chest, an abysmal one hundred and forty pounds.

“C’mon, just three more and you’re done with your set,” Jetset said, his fingers under the bar to make sure Perry didn’t crush himself.

Not that one forty would kill me, but it’s a good habit to be in.

“I don’t think I can do it,” Perry said. Getting swole was 100% not worth this level of aggravation.

“LCC, put the video of Perry getting his ass kicked up on the wall,” Heather said from her machine.

“You jerk!” Perry grunted as a highlight reel of Chemestro tossing him around like a sandbag began playing on the wall from a projector in the ceiling.

I meant that to be for sports or movies while working out.

Perry would admit this, though: It was highly motivating.

New Quest! Finish an extra set!

Reward: 5 XP

Oooo! That’s what I’m talking about.

Thus motivated, Perry dug deep and finished another set, rendering his arms into painful limp noodles.

“Well, I’m done working out for the day,” Heather said, her body covered in a sheen of sweat and looking run-down.

“We just started. Aren’t you supposed to…target parts and vary it up a bit?” Perry asked. He wasn’t keen on bodybuilding terminology.

“I just moved all my muscles into my arms and did one of Titan’s machines,” Heather said with a shrug. “Got my whole body in one go.”

“Freakin’ cheater,” Perry muttered.

“You’re just jealous.”

“Heck yeah, I am,” Perry said, wiping the sweat off his face.

“Hey, maybe you can Tinker yourself some bigger muscles,” Heather said.

Perry seriously considered it for a moment before shaking his head. “Nah. I think I can get about twenty-five XP per day if I do it the old-fashioned way. That will be worth more in the long run than a magical solution.”

Perry had been looking for motivation to continue working out, and his System had delivered. Work out full-steam for twenty days and he’d have his next level. The thing was dangling a carrot in front of his face, and Perry was gonna go for it.

“I’m still weirded out about the whole XP thing,” Heather said, shaking her head as she left.

“And make a dang shower room, already!” she shouted over her shoulder.

“The XP thing is weird,” Jetset said.

“Tell me about it,” Perry said, heading for the leg machine.

“So, like, how does it work?”

Perry gave Jetset the shorthand while he began torturing his legs.

“Why does it give you XP for beating other people, then? The way you described it is limited to self-improvement.”

“It harvests causal potential from people whose potential I diminish. If I beat someone in a fight, they’re not gonna go rob a bank the next morning, or get a bagel, or meet the love of their life. They’re gonna be in jail. Potential diminished.”

“Interesting. So if we sparred and you beat me, you’d get XP?” Jetset asked.

“Well, maybe, but not

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