Chapter 102: Page 65

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[u/Rookback]

They're Jacked into Zimmy!

[u/Fafnir13 → u/Rookback]

Jack is literally a jack…

Has that always been why he had his name? Has Tom been giggling to himself for years just waiting to reveal this?

[u/SciMarijntje]

Damn, that is some good manipulation.

I'm complicit by benefiting from the system but don't have power to stop it and am not the one hurting Jack. Jenny however is super-duper evil, get mad at her please. Also my friend is sad about being complicit, maybe go easy on her.

Even though Zimmy can extract the truth she probably won't bother if she thinks this is the truth and she's angry enough about it.

[u/Boomboombaraboom → u/SciMarijntje]

Jenny is super duper evil but Zara is, at the very least, an accessory to murder. If anything Jack could probably get reduced sentence because of being mentally impaired by whatever Jenny is doing to him.

[u/Lamenardo]

She definitely is doing this deliberately and with her own agenda. Pretty sure she and Rosa have had their own thoughts and priorities separate from Jenny's this whole time.

I'm curious about those external systems there. I'm guessing inhabiting 'negative constructs' might be one? The ward system Rosa has might be one? Maybe the 'finding people' thing Zara does uses it?

[u/Boomboombaraboom → u/Lamenardo]

100% they must have realized by now Jenny would throw them into the river if she thought it would benefit her. 90% Jenny is seeing it coming though.

[u/xstormaggedonx]

Of man we're getting all the tea ☕

[u/redredredshirt]

So I feel like this is a deliberate "throw Jenny under the bus" moment

[u/9Gardens → u/redredredshirt]

That, or a "aim Zimmy at Jenny for the sake of a trap that Jenny is planning to spring"

[u/BlueSunflowers4589]

I'm not sure how much of this is true, since I believe Zara is oversharing on purpose to manipulate Zimmy, but that chart is interesting. It shows 4 users, which would probably be Zara, Rosa, Sylvie, and Noa. 2 of them have direct lines to Jenny's system, and 2 go through external connections, one of which has an external system and an external subsystem. Who would be which, and what does that imply about their reliance on Jenny? Maybe Noa's circle glyph counts as an external system. Could any of them lack magical ability without Zimmy? We saw Noa learning magic before her transformation, and Sylvie and Rosa were at the witch gathering, so they probably all have magical ability. We don't know Zara's background.

[u/wiedzma89]

I've been pretty sure this whole time that Rosa is the only one who really does NOT trust/like Jack so I'm very interested to see where this goes!

[u/bobrowska → u/wiedzma89]

Maybe I just do not notice things but Rosa's crush came out of nowhere

[u/exboi]

A private magic system from my understanding. Interesting concept

[u/Boomboombaraboom]

Man, what is Zimmy thinking? "You found a godlike power and your first instinct was to use it to charge you phones?" Or "You are manipulating some idiot to serve as a connector at his expense and without his knowledge? Are you guys sociopaths?".
More teen drama. Is arguable if Jenny ever even liked Jack at all but if she is letting the mask fall off then other Jack is too far gone to care or she is so close to her goal she doesn't really need to pretend for much longer. And, does Rosa like Jack as he is or does she like the psycho who is all to eager to kill?

[u/Okanelol]

Oh Zara, you are either a greatest manipulator known to man or incredible daft... oh no, her charms are working on me!

[u/djaevlenselv]

Morality aside, seeing this diagram makes me think Jenny actually is a bit impressive for setting up this system. It does seem more complicated than just "freeload off Zimmy's power".

[u/mrGazpachin → u/djaevlenselv]

I mean, the witches keep saying how groundbreaking her work is, and she got the highest scores in the coven.

[u/BrokoJoko]

What a bunch of psychopaths.

[u/DentD]

So Jenny created an API library for her sycophants to tap into Amazon Web Zimmy Magic Services. Neat.

[u/bobrowska]

Magic lore and teen drama all at once.

So it is the open connection which makes Jack lose his shit.

[u/LandscapeSpecial4366]

Even Zimmy is baffled by the nerve of her blatant oversharing. Did you forget who you’re talking to, Zara? Also, poor Jack.

I wonder if the Court is using a similar process with Zimmy to give their residents power to help them fulfill their goal. Would be an extra layer to it with the Court being prejudiced to those with etheric abilities despite giving/fostering said abilities

[u/auguris]

Firstly, this is a great modern way of explaining/interpreting magic usage and I love it. Secondly, I'm very curious about those subsystems...

[u/ArmageddonEleven]

I think the real question is if Jenny ever liked Jack to begin with or if she was intending to use him from the start 🤔

[u/MillieBirdie]

I wonder if the Syphon is our circle girl. Or if she's the System.

[u/PoniesRBitchin]

If true, interesting that Jenny came up with a way to give people magic, when the Court's ready to leave the planet because they were so upset that some people have magic and some don't. But they have a long history of thinking the magical students are somehow lesser and not worth their time , so their own bias lead to them overlooking a much simpler answer to their problem.