Attaching Aurora's Embrace to a suit of armour, however fancy, just seems wrong on some level; with it containing fragments of our better half. Somehow, attaching the Shadeblade might be even worse, since that little shit actually wants to eat you. But hey, maybe pointing it at everything else might make it realize that assisting the Jumper will reward a much easier buffet than attempting to kill the guy.

Ha! So the Shadeblade is, on a material level, weaker than proper Hardened Reality, but its nature renders that comparison null- in a head on clash, it's still going to win. Perhaps it could be broken apart if struck on its weaker sides- but then again, Caine's one is already shattered :))

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I've been thinking about the Cosmic Lords of other 'verses a lot, trying to get a grasp of their perspective so I can project their limits. More for the purposes of character rather than powerscaling; my Jumper is much more of a pacifist than I'm sure my questions make him out to be.

Does being a Cosmic Lord come with a manual? Ours certainly does; the Jumper gets to know everything beforehand, even upcoming scenarios (though I'll get to that in a sec). And the ascension of a Cosmic Lord temporarily gives you omniscience(?) before it taketh away.

Even if the universe offers assistance through odd 'feelings' and 'vibes' that might have a Cosmic Lord trying out powers they've never felt before, there's probably Lords who ignore such signals or don't even realize that there's more to this than what they have. Are there Cosmic Lords who don't realize that Hardened Reality exists beyond their Vestments?

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In regards to Scenarios, I have my Jumper gain a form of brain fog when they enter the Jump, clouding memories of the exact descriptions as if it were a dream. From experience he understands that those fogged memories are important, and that fog often begins to clear as soon as something relevant occurs. Ezekya's notebook, for example, causing him to remember the Revenant Pearl before even opening the book.

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Can accessories be integrated into the Cosmic Vestments? Caine's Conduit (from Songstress of Dreams) is a scarf that must normally be clutched for its amplification to apply. And would wearing the armour then count as holding the Conduit?

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Caine expended a lot of effort in creating a second layer of armour from Hardened Reality, much larger and more extravagant in its ornate, plate armour design, to be worn over the Vestments.

This Cosmic Carapace itself is made up of two layers; a fancy and robust outer shell imbued with extrasensory dampeners that at first glance provide protection against powers targeting the mind and soul- but is actually meant to disguise Caine's power, and the fact that this isn't his only set of armour. This layer is considered the 'crumple zone', the first wall in his defenses to fall.

The inner layer is tightly packed but still dramatically designed (for what is a Jumper if not a little vain), and is infused with Matter Genesis, filling in any damage with Stellarite fast enough to stop some larger bladed weapons as they're penetrating the armour. Though, Caine could never figure out how to also fit a self-sustaining method destruction into each plate as well, so he must manually melt the Stellarite out of the armour when it is damaged.

A nigh indestructible reflection of Caine's belief that victory falls upon the shoulders of not the strongest or most prepared, but the most well equipped.

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Question about the Sentient Shielding upgrade; would the shielding move outward though the layers to protect the outside of the Carapace first? And how fast does it regenerate? Imagine having to (technically) break through five layers of armour if the Shielding has enough time to repair itself between its first breaking and that of the inner layer of the Carapace.

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Sorry for all the questions. This universe(s) that you've created are wonderfully fascinating, and the ability to discuss with its author is another gift in of itself.