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** ''Literature/{{Worm}}'': "Chitter" is a villainess with a MinionMaster power over pests, and is dating a kind, black-masked villain coworker; all like "Skitter", the protagonist of ''Literature/{{Worm}}''. One of the possible alternative aliases Ryan thinks up for himself is "Clockblocker".
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** ''Literature/{{Worm}}'': "Chitter" is a villainess with a MinionMaster [[TheMinionMaster power over pests, pests]], and is dating a kind, black-masked villain coworker; all like "Skitter", the protagonist of ''Literature/{{Worm}}''. One of the possible alternative aliases Ryan thinks up for himself is "Clockblocker".
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* CompleteImmortality: Early in his life, Ryan discovered just ''how'' immortal he was: [[spoiler:After being permanently trapped in the Monaco PocketDimension, he literally dies of old age. Ryan then immediately pops right back up at his last save point, made over seventy-ive years ago.]] It is right then that he realizes that ''nothing'' can kill him permanently (short of mental effects, since his personal superpower is MentalTimeTravel).
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* CompleteImmortality: Early in his life, Ryan discovered just ''how'' immortal he was: [[spoiler:After being permanently trapped in the Monaco PocketDimension, he literally dies of old age. Ryan then immediately pops right back up at his last save point, made over seventy-ive seventy-five years ago.]] It is right then that he realizes that ''nothing'' can kill him permanently (short of mental effects, since his personal superpower is MentalTimeTravel).
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* CorporateSuperhero: Dynamis sponsors Il Migliore, the official protectors of New Rome. Of course, Dynamis controls their image, their merchandising rights, and tells them who to fight. Despite this, it seems that most of them did indeed join for the chance to do the right thing. [[spoiler:In loops where Ryan exposes the company's crimes, the team leader and team manager are the first to defect, and most of the rest follow suit]].
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* CorporateSuperhero: CorporateSponsoredSuperhero: Dynamis sponsors Il Migliore, the official protectors of New Rome. Of course, Dynamis controls their image, their merchandising rights, and tells them who to fight. Despite this, it seems that most of them did indeed join for the chance to do the right thing. [[spoiler:In loops where Ryan exposes the company's crimes, the team leader and team manager are the first to defect, and most of the rest follow suit]].
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* SuperpowerLottery: Some powers are just better than others. Ryan's save point means he's technically the only real person in the universe and therefore immune to all consequences that he doesn't allow, Augustus's two powers make him both [[[[WorldsStrongestMan invincible and unstoppable]] so that he elevated his Camorra Mob family into an NGOSuperpower, and Wyvern can turn into a freaking ''dragon''. Psychos also tend to be more likely to develop crazy overpowered abilities, though at the cost of their sanity and being horrifically mutated.
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* SuperpowerLottery: Some powers are just better than others. Ryan's save point means he's technically the only real person in the universe and therefore immune to all consequences that he doesn't allow, Augustus's two powers make him both [[[[WorldsStrongestMan [[WorldsStrongestMan invincible and unstoppable]] so that he elevated his Camorra Mob family into an NGOSuperpower, and Wyvern can turn into a freaking ''dragon''. Psychos also tend to be more likely to develop crazy overpowered abilities, though at the cost of their sanity and being horrifically mutated.
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* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Some Genome and Psycho superheroes (like The Panda) and villains (like Mosquito) have animal motifs as their main gimmick.
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* AbilityMixing: Comes in two flavors.
** First and most common, if someone takes two elixirs, the powers fight over their body. This results in the Genome and their powers both mutating uncontrollably until eventually they settle into some sort of equilibrium. For example, someone with an Orange power that lets her transform into gas at will takes a Red elixir that lets her send out shockwaves of vibrational energy, and the result is that she is permanently transformed into a gas that is constantly vibrating on a microscopic level so she destroys anything she touches. These people are called Psychos, as the fighting powers drive them insane, and they have to drink more elixirs to survive (though they don't gain more powers).
** Second, some extremely rare people can take two elixirs without becoming Psychos. In this case, the abilities don't ''mix'', they operate side-by-side independently. This means that Psychos have a higher chance of developing world-ending abilities, but two-powered people can still have incredible synergy between their powers.
* AlienInvasion: The event that started it all. [[spoiler:An alien ship landed in Antarctica, and a scientist took the technology to painfully uplift humanity to a level where they could fight back. Unfortunately, she refused to accept that this ship was the ''last'' of the alien empire, and therefore did far more damage to the human race than they ever could]].
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: SomeGenome Genomes like The Panda and Psycho superheroes (like The Panda) and villains (like Mosquito) Mosquito have animal motifs as their main gimmick.
** First and most common, if someone takes two elixirs, the powers fight over their body. This results in the Genome and their powers both mutating uncontrollably until eventually they settle into some sort of equilibrium. For example, someone with an Orange power that lets her transform into gas at will takes a Red elixir that lets her send out shockwaves of vibrational energy, and the result is that she is permanently transformed into a gas that is constantly vibrating on a microscopic level so she destroys anything she touches. These people are called Psychos, as the fighting powers drive them insane, and they have to drink more elixirs to survive (though they don't gain more powers).
** Second, some extremely rare people can take two elixirs without becoming Psychos. In this case, the abilities don't ''mix'', they operate side-by-side independently. This means that Psychos have a higher chance of developing world-ending abilities, but two-powered people can still have incredible synergy between their powers.
* AlienInvasion: The event that started it all. [[spoiler:An alien ship landed in Antarctica, and a scientist took the technology to painfully uplift humanity to a level where they could fight back. Unfortunately, she refused to accept that this ship was the ''last'' of the alien empire, and therefore did far more damage to the human race than they ever could]].
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Some
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* BodySurf : The Psycho villain Francis Grey aka Psyshock has this as a subset of his [[MindRape superpower]], hijacking other people's bodies whenever his current inhabited thrall is killed.
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* AtomicSuperpower: Alphonse "Fallout" Manada is a blackened skeleton contained in a cybernetic combat armor, because that's the only thing that can contain the living nuclear explosion he has become. When he first drank his elixir, he immediately exploded, annihilating the city he was in.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The creatures from the higher dimensions are universally compassionate, but also completely alien and unable to understand humanity. They operate entirely within their color, and have a great deal of difficulty understanding anything outside of it. Even the creatures ''specifically designed'' to understand humanity have a lot of trouble with it, and many problems in the series are caused by the fact that [[spoiler:the elixirs which give people superpowers are intelligent enough to understand desires, but too alien to understand the reasons behind those desires]].
* BodySurf : The Psycho villain FrancisGrey Grey, aka Psyshock Psyshock, has this as a subset of his [[MindRape superpower]], hijacking superpower]]. He hijacks other people's bodies whenever his current inhabited thrall is killed.killed, then rebuilds it into a new copy of himself.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The creatures from the higher dimensions are universally compassionate, but also completely alien and unable to understand humanity. They operate entirely within their color, and have a great deal of difficulty understanding anything outside of it. Even the creatures ''specifically designed'' to understand humanity have a lot of trouble with it, and many problems in the series are caused by the fact that [[spoiler:the elixirs which give people superpowers are intelligent enough to understand desires, but too alien to understand the reasons behind those desires]].
* BodySurf : The Psycho villain Francis
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* CompleteImmortality: Early on, Ryan discovers just HOW immortal he is: [[spoiler: after being permanently trapped in the Monaco PocketDimension, he literally dies of old age. Ryan then immediately pops right back up at his last save point, made over 75 years ago.]] It is right then that he realizes that NOTHING can kill him permanently (short of mental effects, since his personal superpower is MentalTimeTravel).
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* CompleteImmortality: Early on, in his life, Ryan discovers discovered just HOW ''how'' immortal he is: [[spoiler: after was: [[spoiler:After being permanently trapped in the Monaco PocketDimension, he literally dies of old age. Ryan then immediately pops right back up at his last save point, made over 75 seventy-ive years ago.]] It is right then that he realizes that NOTHING ''nothing'' can kill him permanently (short of mental effects, since his personal superpower is MentalTimeTravel).MentalTimeTravel).
* CorporateSuperhero: Dynamis sponsors Il Migliore, the official protectors of New Rome. Of course, Dynamis controls their image, their merchandising rights, and tells them who to fight. Despite this, it seems that most of them did indeed join for the chance to do the right thing. [[spoiler:In loops where Ryan exposes the company's crimes, the team leader and team manager are the first to defect, and most of the rest follow suit]].
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: [[spoiler:The Alchemist]] received a full information dump on how an alien civilization [[spoiler:utilized the higher realms to conquer the universe, only to be cast down by the Ultimate Ones until only one ship escaped to Earth]]. She proceeded to do basically the exact same thing they did. Ryan dryly notes that maybe if she wasn't stuck in an echo chamber of her own making, ''someone'' would have pointed out what an insane idea this was.
* EldritchAbomination: The Ultimate Ones are the gods of the higher dimensions, pure expressions of their colors. They are apparently compassionate, but that matters little because they are so alien that even their ''attention'' is likely to drive a human insane. And that's if you're lucky. If you're not, the entire world could be destroyed by an Ultimate One casually trying to pass through, like a child crushing an anthill trying to find out what's inside. [[spoiler:The elixirs are the "emissaries" of the Ultimate Ones, trying to uplift humanity to a higher order of being. Unfortunately, they started with a selfish misanthrope]].
* CorporateSuperhero: Dynamis sponsors Il Migliore, the official protectors of New Rome. Of course, Dynamis controls their image, their merchandising rights, and tells them who to fight. Despite this, it seems that most of them did indeed join for the chance to do the right thing. [[spoiler:In loops where Ryan exposes the company's crimes, the team leader and team manager are the first to defect, and most of the rest follow suit]].
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: [[spoiler:The Alchemist]] received a full information dump on how an alien civilization [[spoiler:utilized the higher realms to conquer the universe, only to be cast down by the Ultimate Ones until only one ship escaped to Earth]]. She proceeded to do basically the exact same thing they did. Ryan dryly notes that maybe if she wasn't stuck in an echo chamber of her own making, ''someone'' would have pointed out what an insane idea this was.
* EldritchAbomination: The Ultimate Ones are the gods of the higher dimensions, pure expressions of their colors. They are apparently compassionate, but that matters little because they are so alien that even their ''attention'' is likely to drive a human insane. And that's if you're lucky. If you're not, the entire world could be destroyed by an Ultimate One casually trying to pass through, like a child crushing an anthill trying to find out what's inside. [[spoiler:The elixirs are the "emissaries" of the Ultimate Ones, trying to uplift humanity to a higher order of being. Unfortunately, they started with a selfish misanthrope]].
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* ExtradimensionalPowerSource: Elixirs enable their users to harness energy drawn from other colour-coded higher dimensions of the multiverse to do all sorts of superpowered stuff.
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* ExtradimensionalPowerSource: Elixirs enable their users to harness energy drawn from other colour-coded higher dimensions of dimensions. This is how they can pull matter and energy seemingly from nowhere.
** Red powers are energy-based. Fire, electricity, and radiation are all Red powers. Transforming into an EnergyBeing is also a Red power.
** Yellow powers are concepts. Yelows have absurd powers like "being lucky" or "becoming themultiverse to do land." Generally, a Yellow has complete supremacy over their specific concept.
** Orange powers grant control over inorganic matter. Glass control, transforming into a mobile statue, and transforming into a cloud of gas are allsorts Orange powers.
** Green powers grant control over organic matter. Controlling plants is the most famous version, but controlling flesh and blood are also common, as is transforming into a monster.
** Blue powers are information-based. Telepathy, simulations, and instant Genius intellect are all common Blue powers.
** Violet powers relate to space and time. Teleportation is a Violet power, as is Ryan's save point.
** White powers are meta powers, affecting other powers. The most prominent White can suppress other powers, and White technology is required to make the other colors work together.
** [[spoiler:Black is the color ofsuperpowered stuff.pure paradox, with no rules. The Alchemist declared it too dangerous and did not make any Black elixirs]].
** Red powers are energy-based. Fire, electricity, and radiation are all Red powers. Transforming into an EnergyBeing is also a Red power.
** Yellow powers are concepts. Yelows have absurd powers like "being lucky" or "becoming the
** Orange powers grant control over inorganic matter. Glass control, transforming into a mobile statue, and transforming into a cloud of gas are all
** Green powers grant control over organic matter. Controlling plants is the most famous version, but controlling flesh and blood are also common, as is transforming into a monster.
** Blue powers are information-based. Telepathy, simulations, and instant Genius intellect are all common Blue powers.
** Violet powers relate to space and time. Teleportation is a Violet power, as is Ryan's save point.
** White powers are meta powers, affecting other powers. The most prominent White can suppress other powers, and White technology is required to make the other colors work together.
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* FromASingleCell: [[spoiler:Bloodstream]]'s power allows him to act as virus that can regenerate or infect others as long as any of him is alive.
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* FromASingleCell: [[spoiler:Bloodstream]]'s Bloodstream's power allows allowed him to act as virus that can could regenerate or infect others as long as any of him is alive.was alive. Thankfully, he could only have ten clones at a time, but the Carnival and Dynamis still worked together to annihilate him completely. [[spoiler:As it turns out, if left unchecked, he would have eventually infected the entire world. And then Dynamis secretly kept a few samples...]]
* {{Gaslighting}}: Several people are trapped in abusive families this way, constantly told about how important their work is, and how the family needs them, and how it's them against the world... special mention goes to Narcinia, who [[spoiler:had her mind shattered after Augustus murdered her family. Then he gave her to his friends to raise, and they used her power to make drugs]].
* GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke: People with superpowers are called "Genomes" because the elixirs that give them power alter their genomes. However, it turns out that this is the ''least'' of the elixir's effects. Each elixir gives the drinker access to an ExtradimensionalPowerSource; without that, the knockoff elixirs that Dynamis makes are limited to being powered only by the individual's body. They can make moderate flames, produce some wind, and use weak telekinesis, but not really anything else. Ryan even gives up his DNA to Dynamis without a blink, well aware that they won't be able to copy even the smallest aspect of his power.
* GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke: People with superpowers are called "Genomes" because the elixirs that give them power alter their genomes. However, it turns out that this is the ''least'' of the elixir's effects. Each elixir gives the drinker access to an ExtradimensionalPowerSource; without that, the knockoff elixirs that Dynamis makes are limited to being powered only by the individual's body. They can make moderate flames, produce some wind, and use weak telekinesis, but not really anything else. Ryan even gives up his DNA to Dynamis without a blink, well aware that they won't be able to copy even the smallest aspect of his power.
* GreenThumb: A not uncommon Green power. Usually, this involves control and supernatural growth of a specific plant, but some people gain the power to encourage the growth of all plants. It's slower and not as useful in combat, but has wider-reaching implications.
* HavingABlast: Felix, AKA Atom Cat, has the power to make anything he touches explode. Yes, including people. Early on in every loop, he realizes that he can delay the explosion, allowing him to throw explosive projectiles.
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* HigherUnderstandingThroughDrugs: Andreas Torque aka Bacchus is trying to make stronger and purer strains of Bliss, a highly addictive psychedelic super drug, so that he may once again [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence gain access]] to "Heaven" and "God", i.e. the Blue World and the Blue Ultimate One.
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* HigherUnderstandingThroughDrugs: Andreas Torque Torque, aka Bacchus Bacchus, is trying to make stronger and purer strains of Bliss, a highly addictive psychedelic super drug, so that he may once again [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence gain access]] to "Heaven" and "God", i.e. "God". Which is to say, the Blue World and the Blue Ultimate One.
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* IgnoredConfession: Ryan told everyone he met for the first time that he's immortal, but no one seems to believe him anyway. His CharacterCatchphrase is "I'm immortal, but don't tell anyone!"
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* IgnoredConfession: Ryan told everyone he met for the first time that he's immortal, but no one seems ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: Being a HeadTurningBeauty who was BornLucky, Fortuna is infatuated with [[spoiler:Mathias, and in another loop Ryan,]] when they [[RejectionAffection seem to believe him anyway. His CharacterCatchphrase is "I'm immortal, but don't tell anyone!"be totally uninterested in her]].
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* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: Being a HeadTurningBeauty who was BornLucky, Fortuna is infatuated with [[spoiler:Mathias, and in another loop Ryan,]] when they [[RejectionAffection seem to be totally uninterested in her]].
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* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: Being a HeadTurningBeauty InSeriesNickname: The "Knockoff Elixirs" that Dynamis produces are technically each named individually; the one based on Wyvern is named the "Hercules Elixir," and so on. Everyone, including the people who was BornLucky, Fortuna designed them, casually refers to them as knockoffs because they are obviously inferior to the original Alchemist elixirs.
* ItCanThink: Ryan encounters a ''Black'' elixir, which ends up outside its bottle and unable to die due to unique circumstances. He isinfatuated very surprised that it can talk. [[spoiler:As it turns out, this is not unique to the Black. ''All'' elixirs are intelligent, though they usually don't have an ability to speak human language. They are agents sent from the higher realms to uplift humanity. The Alchemist taught them a few specific ways to bond with [[spoiler:Mathias, and humans that she thought would be advantageous in another loop Ryan,]] when they [[RejectionAffection seem the long run]]. On the plus side, [[spoiler:this means that curing the Psycho condition turns out to be totally uninterested in her]].as simple as explaining to the elixirs which are fighting over the body what they're doing wrong]].
* ItCanThink: Ryan encounters a ''Black'' elixir, which ends up outside its bottle and unable to die due to unique circumstances. He is
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* KillerRabbit: Ryan's ultimate weapon is a rabbit plushie he created in a deep-work trance session while completely naked. Afterwards, he swore to never again work without at least his boxers on. “his boxers represented his lingering attachment to his mental stability, preventing him from going completely off the rails. The one time Ryan had worked completely naked, he ended up building his rabbit plushie.”
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* KillerRabbit: Ryan's ultimate weapon is KillerRabbit: Ryan has a rabbit plushie he created in a deep-work trance session while completely naked. Afterwards, he swore stuffed with more weapons than anyone knows what to never again work without at least his boxers on. “his boxers represented his lingering attachment do with. Everyone is surprised and impressed when they realize what it is, but Ryan absolutely refuses to his mental stability, preventing him let anyone else touch it, repeatedly thinking of it as too powerful to use outside of Suicide Runs. [[spoiler:Turns out it's possessed by a spirit from going completely off the rails. The one time Violet world. When Ryan turns it on, it will use all those weapons to perfect and imaginative effect, until it finds a child and starts ''duplicating'']]. Ryan considers any timeline where he had worked completely naked, he ended to use the plushie to be a lost cause by default.
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: This turns out to be the secret behind [[spoiler:the Psycho condition]]. Yes, ''really''. When the heroes get a translator set up, they discover that [[spoiler:the elixirs that make upbuilding his rabbit plushie.”a Psycho's powers are ''constantly arguing'', both trying to reshape the body according to the first wish they received, and based on their interpretation via their color]]. Fixing the problem is basically as simple as a third person coming in and saying "why don't you just get a divorce?"
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: This turns out to be the secret behind [[spoiler:the Psycho condition]]. Yes, ''really''. When the heroes get a translator set up, they discover that [[spoiler:the elixirs that make up
* MadScientist: Blue elixirs sometimes turn people into Geniuses, implanting knowledge and skills for a specific field. Len is focused on underwater tech, Vulcan on weapons, so on and so on. Ryan is ''not'' a Genius, but he has so much experience with Genius tech that many people mistake him for one.
* MultiversalConqueror: Long ago, an alien race discovered the higher realms. Using the energy of the realms, they conquered literally the entire universe. When they spoke to the Ultimate Ones again, they were chastised for their hubris, and they decided to conquer the higher realms themselves. [[spoiler:They failed utterly as the Ultimate Ones turned all of their technology against them. One ship managed to escape to Earth, and a human scientist became convinced that she needed to destroy the current world order to make humanity strong enough to survive. Except she refused to accept that the rest of the empire was long dead, and her extremism completely unnecessary]].
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* NeighborhoodFriendlyGangsters: The Made Men of the Augusti genuinely believe that their organization is a stabilizing force on post-war Italy, with Zanbato in particular going out of his way to be a nice guy. Discussed and {{deconstructed|Trope}} by [[spoiler:Shroud]]:
-->[[spoiler:''"No matter the friendly neighborhood gangster publicity, the Augusti do far more harm than good," declared the Genome. "And even if he killed no one personally, by protecting [[FantasticDrug this shipment]], Zanbato indirectly supported an organization causing almost twenty-thousand deaths each year, with three thousand in New Rome alone."'']]
-->[[spoiler:''"No matter the friendly neighborhood gangster publicity, the Augusti do far more harm than good," declared the Genome. "And even if he killed no one personally, by protecting [[FantasticDrug this shipment]], Zanbato indirectly supported an organization causing almost twenty-thousand deaths each year, with three thousand in New Rome alone."'']]
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* NeighborhoodFriendlyGangsters: The Made Men of the Augusti genuinely believe that their organization is a stabilizing force on post-war Italy, with Zanbato in particular going out of his way to be a nice guy. Discussed and {{deconstructed|Trope}} by [[spoiler:Shroud]]:
-->[[spoiler:''"Nomultiple people.
-->'''Shroud:''' No matter the friendly neighborhood gangster publicity, the Augusti do far more harm thangood," declared the Genome. "And good. And even if he killed no one personally, by protecting [[FantasticDrug this shipment]], Zanbato indirectly supported an organization causing almost twenty-thousand deaths each year, with three thousand in New Rome alone."'']]alone.
* NeverMyFault: The Alchemist sent out {{Super Serum}}s to random people across the world, fully expecting to cause chaos and making no attempt to warn people of the possible side effects of taking more than one. Furthermore, [[spoiler:she could have easily prevented the Psycho Condition in the first place just by teaching the elixirs (which are sapient) not to fight over hosts. When confronted by one of the Psychos she created, she just shrugs and says it's the Psycho's own fault for being too greedy]].
-->[[spoiler:''"No
-->'''Shroud:''' No matter the friendly neighborhood gangster publicity, the Augusti do far more harm than
* NeverMyFault: The Alchemist sent out {{Super Serum}}s to random people across the world, fully expecting to cause chaos and making no attempt to warn people of the possible side effects of taking more than one. Furthermore, [[spoiler:she could have easily prevented the Psycho Condition in the first place just by teaching the elixirs (which are sapient) not to fight over hosts. When confronted by one of the Psychos she created, she just shrugs and says it's the Psycho's own fault for being too greedy]].
* NoManShouldHaveThisPower: Mechron tech is generally considered too dangerous for anyone to have access to. First off, the fact that every single Mechron base has "create an infinite army of robots" as an auxiliary function is not a good look, and Leo Hargraves warns that being able to throw robots at a problem until it goes away will lead to bad places. Not to mention the fact that the base under Rust Town [[spoiler:controls a KillSat]]. In the end, the heroes get all the information out of the base that they can, then destroy it.
* OneNationUnderCopyright: The Dynamis Corporation is the closest thing to a government left in post-war Europe. There is literally no mention of any other legal authority in New Rome, from a mayor to a president. Enrique Manada repeatedly insists that they are the only rule of law left, and compared to the literal criminal empire, they certainly look good. Still, multiple people point out that having one corporation rule everything is clearly not the best solution in the long term.
* TheParanoiac: Augustus does not trust anyone outside his immediate family, automatically assuming that anyone trying to get close is just trying to take advantage and must be destroyed before they can cause any harm. This is why [[spoiler:he will eventually try to conquer Europe before he dies, so he can give his daughter a true empire to rule over. Despite the fact that she has no desire for such a thing]].
* PoweredArmor: A common sight among both Dynamis and the Augusti, because Vulcan made the Dynamis armor before she left for the Augusti. This is all despite the fact that her MadScientist focus is on weapons; as far as her power is considered, the armor is little more than a weapons delivery platform. [[spoiler:Ryan also has Vulcan and then Len build him one, which he later uses to supercharge his Black-Elixir powers during time-stops to go toe-to-toe with powerful foes like Geist, Fallout and Augustus.]]
* ThePowerOfGlass: Shroud, one of the Carnival's heroes, has complete control over silicates. He primarily uses this to make himself glass armor that can turn invisible, as well as attacking people with glass shards, but it also gives him some control over the silicon in computers.
* PoweredArmor: A common sight among both Dynamis and the Augusti, because Vulcan made the Dynamis armor before she left for the Augusti. This is all despite the fact that her MadScientist focus is on weapons; as far as her power is considered, the armor is little more than a weapons delivery platform. [[spoiler:Ryan also has Vulcan and then Len build him one, which he later uses to supercharge his Black-Elixir powers during time-stops to go toe-to-toe with powerful foes like Geist, Fallout and Augustus.]]
* ThePowerOfGlass: Shroud, one of the Carnival's heroes, has complete control over silicates. He primarily uses this to make himself glass armor that can turn invisible, as well as attacking people with glass shards, but it also gives him some control over the silicon in computers.
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* PoweredArmor: Vulcan and Zanbato wield one during battle. [[spoiler:Ryan also has Vulcan and then Len build him one, which he later uses to supercharge his Black-Elixir powers during time-stops to go toe-to-toe with powerful foes like Geist, Fallout and Augustus.]]
* SarcasticConfession: Ryan always cheerily tells everyone "I'm immortal, but don't tell anyone!" No one believes him. Of course, he is being completely serious. It's not clear if ''anything'' can truly kill him, which is why he's so scared of mental effects; if he's driven insane, the world will be trapped in a never-ending hell.
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* SemanticSuperpower: Yellow powers are based are based on nebulous concepts instead of defined abilities. This creates Genomes with powers like "death", "good luck", or "land-ownership" which can be very tricky to fight against or strictly define the limits of.
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** Bloodstream, Len's father, had the Green power to control his own blood and the Blue power to turn himself into pure information. Combined, he ''became'' his own blood, and he could infect others to turn them into copies of himself. Only about ten copies at a time, though, and he could only infect humans. [[spoiler:Both turn out to be psychological limits. It was predicted that if Len died, he'd go insane and infect the entire world, killing every living thing within months. Then Dynamis used him to make their knockoff elixirs, turning all their customers into potential new Bloodstreams.]]
** Psyshock technically does this, though it's more of a BodySurf. After observing Bloodstream's ability, he realized he could use his psychic and cybernetic powers to turn people into latent clones of himself. He can only have one active body at a time, but if one dies he'll just reshape the nearest thrall into a new copy of himself.
** [[spoiler:The Alchemist]] turns out to have the ability to create an unlimited number of copies of herself from simulated timelines, with any skills or abilities she might need. She was a worldwide conspiracy of a single person. As it turns out, spending decades with no one but yourself for company leaves you rather narrow-minded, which is why she never saw anything wrong with any of the terrible things she did.
* SemanticSuperpower: Yellow powers are
* ShockAndAwe: Augustus' first power is control over electricity. While he generally just uses it to shoot lightning out of his eyes, he can also recognize human nervous systems, throw up shields, and fly using electrostatic manipulation of the air.
* SmarterThanYouLook: Adam the Ogre is a Psycho cannibal who just wants to see the world burn. But he is also intelligent, forward-thinking, and good at reading what motivates people. This makes him almost more dangerous than all the people who can personally create apocalypses, because he's good at manipulating powerful people and finding dangerous technology.
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* SuperSerum: Elixirs, which are the source of superpowers in the world. ColourCodedForYourConvenience, they are a result of [[spoiler:[[PlayingWithSyringes evil experimentation]] by Eva Fabre aka [[VisionaryVillain The Alchemist]] after she encountered a crashed alien spaceship and used the technology and knowledge in it to [[GeniusSerum empower herself]] and produce the Elixirs that caused the MassSuperEmpoweringEvent in a [[SuperSupremacist misguided]] attempt to uplift mankind into a universal master race at any cost.]]
* SuperSupremacist: Augustus is very much this, being a SmugSuper with a [[AGodAmI god complex]] that believes that Genomes are superior to normal people and should rule over them because of it:
-->'''Augustus:''' ''[to Ryan]'' The likes of us stand above lesser men. They exist to serve us; we don't exist to serve them. It is our will that decides what is right from wrong. It is our destiny, our divine right, to remake the world as we wish.
* SuperToughness: While [[NighInvulnerability Augustus]] takes this up to eleven, all Genomes are tougher than baseline humans, and are resistant to most toxins and diseases. This means StdImmunity, and ten times the average [[NeverGetsDrunk alcohol tolerance]] at minimum.
* SuperSupremacist: Augustus is very much this, being a SmugSuper with a [[AGodAmI god complex]] that believes that Genomes are superior to normal people and should rule over them because of it:
-->'''Augustus:''' ''[to Ryan]'' The likes of us stand above lesser men. They exist to serve us; we don't exist to serve them. It is our will that decides what is right from wrong. It is our destiny, our divine right, to remake the world as we wish.
* SuperToughness: While [[NighInvulnerability Augustus]] takes this up to eleven, all Genomes are tougher than baseline humans, and are resistant to most toxins and diseases. This means StdImmunity, and ten times the average [[NeverGetsDrunk alcohol tolerance]] at minimum.
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* SuperpowerfulGenetics: It becomes apparent some time into and after the Genome Wars that as long as least one of the parents has one or more Elixirs, then the children of the union will always inherit an amalgam of similarly-themed powers from one or both parents.
* SuperpowerLottery: Augustus was part of the 0.01% of the population that managed to drink two Elixirs without them being a PsychoSerum to him and his degenerating into a Psycho. It thus made him so [[WorldsStrongestMan powerful]] that he turned his Camorra Mob family into an NGOSuperpower.
* SuperpowerLottery: Augustus was part of the 0.01% of the population that managed to drink two Elixirs without them being a PsychoSerum to him and his degenerating into a Psycho. It thus made him so [[WorldsStrongestMan powerful]] that he turned his Camorra Mob family into an NGOSuperpower.
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* SuperpowerfulGenetics: It becomes apparent some time into and after the Genome Wars that as long as least one of the parents has one or more Elixirs, then the SuperpowerfulGenetics: The children of the union a Genome will always inherit an amalgam some variant of similarly-themed their power. The child of two Genomes will inherit a variant of ''one'' parent's power, influenced by the power of the other parent. For example, the daughter of a woman with the Green power to make plants grow and a man with the Yellow power to cut anything gains the Green power to create life from her blood; in other words, to make things grow by cutting herself.
* SuperpowerLottery: Some powersfrom one or both parents.
* SuperpowerLottery: Augustus was part ofare just better than others. Ryan's save point means he's technically the 0.01% of only real person in the population that managed to drink two Elixirs without them being a PsychoSerum to him universe and his degenerating into a Psycho. It thus made him so [[WorldsStrongestMan powerful]] therefore immune to all consequences that he turned doesn't allow, Augustus's two powers make him both [[[[WorldsStrongestMan invincible and unstoppable]] so that he elevated his Camorra Mob family into an NGOSuperpower.NGOSuperpower, and Wyvern can turn into a freaking ''dragon''. Psychos also tend to be more likely to develop crazy overpowered abilities, though at the cost of their sanity and being horrifically mutated.
* SuperSerum: Elixirs, which are the source of superpowers in the world. ColourCodedForYourConvenience, they are a result of [[spoiler:[[PlayingWithSyringes evil experimentation]] by Eva Fabre, aka [[VisionaryVillain The Alchemist]]. After she encountered a crashed alien spaceship and used the technology and knowledge in it to [[GeniusSerum empower herself]], she produced the Elixirs that caused the MassSuperEmpoweringEvent in a [[SuperSupremacist misguided]] attempt to uplift mankind into a universal master race at any cost.]]
* SuperSupremacist: Augustus is very much this, being a SmugSuper with a [[AGodAmI god complex]] that believes that Genomes are superior to normal people and should rule over them because of it:
-->'''Augustus:''' ''[to Ryan]'' The likes of us stand above lesser men. They exist to serve us; we don't exist to serve them. It is our will that decides what is right from wrong. It is our destiny, our divine right, to remake the world as we wish.
* SuperToughness: While [[NighInvulnerability Augustus]] takes this up to eleven, all Genomes are tougher than baseline humans, and are resistant to most toxins and diseases. This means STDImmunity, and ten times the average [[NeverGetsDrunk alcohol tolerance]] at minimum.
* SuperpowerLottery: Some powers
* SuperpowerLottery: Augustus was part of
* SuperSerum: Elixirs, which are the source of superpowers in the world. ColourCodedForYourConvenience, they are a result of [[spoiler:[[PlayingWithSyringes evil experimentation]] by Eva Fabre, aka [[VisionaryVillain The Alchemist]]. After she encountered a crashed alien spaceship and used the technology and knowledge in it to [[GeniusSerum empower herself]], she produced the Elixirs that caused the MassSuperEmpoweringEvent in a [[SuperSupremacist misguided]] attempt to uplift mankind into a universal master race at any cost.]]
* SuperSupremacist: Augustus is very much this, being a SmugSuper with a [[AGodAmI god complex]] that believes that Genomes are superior to normal people and should rule over them because of it:
-->'''Augustus:''' ''[to Ryan]'' The likes of us stand above lesser men. They exist to serve us; we don't exist to serve them. It is our will that decides what is right from wrong. It is our destiny, our divine right, to remake the world as we wish.
* SuperToughness: While [[NighInvulnerability Augustus]] takes this up to eleven, all Genomes are tougher than baseline humans, and are resistant to most toxins and diseases. This means STDImmunity, and ten times the average [[NeverGetsDrunk alcohol tolerance]] at minimum.
* TheUndead: The first person Ryan encounters in New Rome is Ghoul, a Psycho with a combination of powers that gives him the appearance of a skeleton and makes him almost completely impossible to kill. Ryan generally carries around his screaming skull as a good luck charm.
* UnwittingTestSubject: This was basically the Alchemist's entire thing. More specifically, [[spoiler:she intentionally allowed for the creation of Psychos to see if bi-colored powers might be more useful than mono-colored ones. She did not warn anyone ahead of time that taking more than one elixir would drive you insane]].
* UnwittingTestSubject: This was basically the Alchemist's entire thing. More specifically, [[spoiler:she intentionally allowed for the creation of Psychos to see if bi-colored powers might be more useful than mono-colored ones. She did not warn anyone ahead of time that taking more than one elixir would drive you insane]].
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* WetwareCPU: Ryan's [[CoolCar Plymoth]] has Genius-grown, non-sentient brain in it to meet it's processing needs, much to horror of several, who initially assume it was more... naturally sourced.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Alphonse "Fallout" Manada is convinced that the only path towards the future is to make [[EveryoneIsASuper everyone a Genome]]. This is why he created the knockoff elixirs, and why he's constantly pushing to improve them. The fact that the knockoffs are made by [[spoiler:harvesting blood from a Psycho]] and that there is a very real chance that [[spoiler:anyone who took a knockoff could revert into a clone of the Psycho if he escapes]] is dismissed as a "necessary evil." Even when confronted with irrefutable evidence of what will happen, he still insists it's better than the alternatives... and then he refuses to listen to any possible alternatives. Oh, and even if his plan ''does'' eventually work exactly as intended, he still killed thousands of people to make it happen. It's probably not a coincidence that his power makes him literally a living nuclear explosion.
-->'''Fallout:''' It's all... for the dream...
* WetwareCPU: Ryan's [[CoolCar Plymoth]] has Genius-grown, non-sentient brain in it to meetit's its processing needs, much to horror of several, needs. Multiple people who initially assume see it was more... naturally sourced.are horrified, assuming Ryan murdered some random person for an autopilot. Ryan dryly points out that the brain is obviously non-human.
-->'''Fallout:''' It's all... for the dream...
* WetwareCPU: Ryan's [[CoolCar Plymoth]] has Genius-grown, non-sentient brain in it to meet
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* WindmillCrusader: [[spoiler:The Alchemist discovered evidence of a multiversal conquering civilization out to consume all of reality. She immediately set about destroying the world in an effort to make sure what rose from the ashes would be strong enough to fight. If she had made any attempt to check the current status of the enemy civilization, she would have discovered that they were all already dead. No one else is coming besides the one broken ship she already found.]]
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* YesMan: The ultimate version. [[spoiler:The Alchemist]] has a SelfDuplication ability, creating unlimited numbers of simulated alternate reality versions of herself. She has limited control over how her duplicates are made, so for example she can make a version of herself that is an expert soldier or physicist, but she can't decide their actual history. She completely fails to realize that every version she creates ''agrees'' with her, deep down, meaning that she's trapped herself in an echo chamber of hundreds of people who would never actually raise objections to any of her terrible plans. By the time the heroes find her, she is flatly ''confused'' when they try to arrest her for her crimes. She simply cannot conceive that intelligent people who benefited from her plans would have a problem with what she did.
* YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood:
** Mechron does this to ''himself'', claiming that he could have vastly improved the human condition if only people had stopped getting in his way. Considering that he announced his presence to the world by a terrorist attack on an international war crimes tribunal for being too soft, he didn't exactly give people much of a chance to play along with him.
** Narcinia has the power to create any living thing she can think of, including plants with seemingly supernatural properties. She could create plants to feed the hungry, clean up radiation zones, and heal the world. Instead, her family forces her to make drugs. [[spoiler:In fact, her real mother ''was'' using her own power to heal the world. Augustus murdered her and burned her plants because he doesn't want normal people to have a chance to survive. Then he took her daughter, had her mind shattered, and gave her to his friends to raise as their own]].
* YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood:
** Mechron does this to ''himself'', claiming that he could have vastly improved the human condition if only people had stopped getting in his way. Considering that he announced his presence to the world by a terrorist attack on an international war crimes tribunal for being too soft, he didn't exactly give people much of a chance to play along with him.
** Narcinia has the power to create any living thing she can think of, including plants with seemingly supernatural properties. She could create plants to feed the hungry, clean up radiation zones, and heal the world. Instead, her family forces her to make drugs. [[spoiler:In fact, her real mother ''was'' using her own power to heal the world. Augustus murdered her and burned her plants because he doesn't want normal people to have a chance to survive. Then he took her daughter, had her mind shattered, and gave her to his friends to raise as their own]].
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* TragicMonster: Quite a few of the Psychos, it turns out, just got dealt a ''really'' bad hand.
** Sarin and Bloodstream both drank two elixirs very early on, before the horrific side effects were known. Sarin mostly kept her sanity, but spent six months as a dispersed gas cloud before she found something that could contain herself. Bloodstream was reduced to an immortal mass of blood that could only barely remember to keep his children safe. The only reason he wasn't even stronger was because deep down, he hated himself, which prevented him from fully exploiting his own abilities or making too many clones.
** Mosquito drank a Green elixir that gave him a powerful but monstrous form. He then drank a knock-off Green in the hopes that it would somehow wash away the original. It didn't.
** Mongrel drank a White elixir. It seemed to have no effect, so he saw nothing wrong with drinking a knock-off. Actually, his White power gave him the ability to use multiple powers at once... without actually protecting him from the side effects. He eventually gained half a dozen elemental powers at once, but he was little better than a feral animal.
** Acid Rain found a second elixir, a Violet, and planned to find someone to give it to in the hopes that they'd gain time travel to help her. Adam forced her to drink it herself, driving her completely insane in the process.
** Sarin and Bloodstream both drank two elixirs very early on, before the horrific side effects were known. Sarin mostly kept her sanity, but spent six months as a dispersed gas cloud before she found something that could contain herself. Bloodstream was reduced to an immortal mass of blood that could only barely remember to keep his children safe. The only reason he wasn't even stronger was because deep down, he hated himself, which prevented him from fully exploiting his own abilities or making too many clones.
** Mosquito drank a Green elixir that gave him a powerful but monstrous form. He then drank a knock-off Green in the hopes that it would somehow wash away the original. It didn't.
** Mongrel drank a White elixir. It seemed to have no effect, so he saw nothing wrong with drinking a knock-off. Actually, his White power gave him the ability to use multiple powers at once... without actually protecting him from the side effects. He eventually gained half a dozen elemental powers at once, but he was little better than a feral animal.
** Acid Rain found a second elixir, a Violet, and planned to find someone to give it to in the hopes that they'd gain time travel to help her. Adam forced her to drink it herself, driving her completely insane in the process.
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* HiddenDepths: Felicity, Felix's sister, is a raging narcissist who has never had to lift a finger in her life because of her absurdly overpowered luck ability. She repeatedly tells Ryan that anyone she is interested in has a duty to the universe to fall to her feet and worship her, and she says this as if she's explaining a basic fact of life. She's also an accomplished sculptor who is very apprehensive about her work. Between her luck and her family connections, she considers her art the only thing that's hers alone, and she is very protective of it.
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* HiddenDepths: Felicity, Fortuna, Felix's sister, is a raging narcissist who has never had to lift a finger in her life because of her absurdly overpowered luck ability. She repeatedly tells Ryan that anyone she is interested in has a duty to the universe to fall to her feet and worship her, and she says this as if she's explaining a basic fact of life. She's also an accomplished sculptor who is very apprehensive about her work. Between her luck and her family connections, she considers her art the only thing that's hers alone, and she is very protective of it.
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* TheAntiNihilist: Almost everyone dismisses Ryan as an immature jackass, and his actual friends are worried that he might be literally insane. The truth is that his time-looping ability means that he knows there is ''no point'' to the universe, so he may as well have fun and help people out. [[spoiler:This revelation came to him after he died of ''old age'', which he had assumed would kill him permanently, and he just restored right back to his old save point]].
-->'''Ryan:''' I'm not insane, I just ''get the joke''.
-->'''Ryan:''' I'm not insane, I just ''get the joke''.
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* GodzillaThreshold: Ryan spends most of his fights cracking jokes and playfully dodging his enemies. When facing psychics, however, he drops everything to kill them as fast as possible. Since psychics are pretty much the only things that can cause him permanent damage, he doesn't mess around.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Ryan jokes about this constantly, claiming that anyone who learns his true name will go mad, that anyone looking into his technology will weep with terror, so on and so on. Like many of his jokes, he's hiding the truth behind humor. People have had bad reactions to learning about Ryan's full power before, and when a Psycho looks at Ryan's [[spoiler:rabbit plushie]] with his superpower, he starts ''screaming''.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Ryan jokes about this constantly, claiming that anyone who learns his true name will go mad, that anyone looking into his technology will weep with terror, so on and so on. Like many of his jokes, he's hiding the truth behind humor. People have had bad reactions to learning about Ryan's full power before, and when a Psycho looks at Ryan's [[spoiler:rabbit plushie]] with his superpower, he starts ''screaming''.
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* HappilyAdopted: One of Felix's sisters is adopted. She is perfectly happy with her new family (except for the same amount of angst about the family business as her siblings), and dismisses her biological parents as raiders and rapists who she escaped. [[spoiler:Actually, her parents were kind, gentle people who were trying to rebuild the world--but her father had a power that might be able to kill Augustus, so he killed them and all witnesses. She was only spared because he couldn't help but see the resemblance to his own daughter]].
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* HiddenDepths: Felicity, Felix's sister, is a raging narcissist who has never had to lift a finger in her life because of her absurdly overpowered luck ability. She repeatedly tells Ryan that anyone she is interested in has a duty to the universe to fall to her feet and worship her, and she says this as if she's explaining a basic fact of life. She's also an accomplished sculptor who is very apprehensive about her work. Between her luck and her family connections, she considers her art the only thing that's hers alone, and she is very protective of it.
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* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Augustus has a brain tumor. An invincible brain tumor that no one can possibly cut out. As Ryan points out, if he hadn't murdered the one man in the world who can cut him, that man would have likely happily helped him]].
* IGaveMyWord: Ryan always keeps his promises. This is very important, because it's ''including'' across loops. He might, on occasion, compromise on a single run for practicality (eg, he promised to destroy the Bliss Factory, but that's politically difficult in most loops), but he always makes sure that he integrates everything everyone asked for into his Perfect Run.
* IGaveMyWord: Ryan always keeps his promises. This is very important, because it's ''including'' across loops. He might, on occasion, compromise on a single run for practicality (eg, he promised to destroy the Bliss Factory, but that's politically difficult in most loops), but he always makes sure that he integrates everything everyone asked for into his Perfect Run.
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* MundaneUtility: At parties, Wardrobe often turns into Jesus Christ to turn water into wine. For bonus points, this is literal canon.
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* SterilityPlague: The true purpose of [[spoiler:the drug Bliss]]. It causes sterility in ordinary humans. It's the only thing that Augustus is still passionate about, and most of the older generation Augusti agree. The younger generation all hate it, but can't do anything to stop it.
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* WouldNotHurtAChild: The Augusti have a strict rule about not involving children in their dealings. They won't even sell Bliss to kids. [[spoiler:Augustus himself, however, has no problem murdering children; he just makes sure that [[LeaveNoWitnesses there's no one left alive to contradict his story]]]].
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Ryan "Quicksave" Romano is an eccentric adventurer with a strange power: he can create a save-point in time and redo his life whenever he dies. Arriving in New Rome, the glitzy capital of sin of a rebuilding Europe, he finds the city torn between mega-corporations, sponsored heroes, superpowered criminals, and true monsters. It's a time of chaos, where potions can grant the power to rule the world and dangers lurk everywhere.
Ryan only sees different routes; and from Hero to Villain, he has to try them all. Only then will he achieve his perfect ending... no matter how many loops it takes.
Ryan "Quicksave" Romano is an eccentric adventurer with a strange power: he can create a save-point in time and redo his life whenever he dies. Arriving in New Rome, the glitzy capital of sin of a rebuilding Europe, he finds the city torn between mega-corporations, sponsored heroes, superpowered criminals, and true monsters. It's a time of chaos, where potions can grant the power to rule the world and dangers lurk everywhere.
Ryan only sees different routes; and from Hero to Villain, he has to try them all. Only then will he achieve his perfect ending... no matter how many loops it takes.
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->''"I'm immortal. But don't tell anyone!"''
-->-- '''Ryan "Quicksave" Romano'''
Ryan Romano starts his day simply. He gets in his car, drives to a location, and delivers a package. He is
Then he tries again.
Quicksave, as he likes to be called, has a very unique power: He can create a
Anyone, that is, except for Ryan. With his ability to
After all, he just has to keep trying, and he'll get it
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* WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody: In addition to {{Cryokinesis}}, Ghoul has the power to keep living without body parts that should be physically necessary. As the StarterVillain to the story, and a genuine AssholeVictim, Ryan takes great joy is dismembering him and [[HorrifyingTheHorror terrifying the cannibalistic madman]] with his seemingly insane antics.
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* WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody: In addition to {{Cryokinesis}}, [[AnIcePerson cryokinesis]], Ghoul has the power to keep living without body parts that should be physically necessary. As the StarterVillain to the story, and a genuine AssholeVictim, Ryan takes great joy is dismembering him and [[HorrifyingTheHorror terrifying the cannibalistic madman]] with his seemingly insane antics.
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A {{Superhero}} story authored by Maxime J. Durand (aka: Void Herald). It can be found [[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/36735/the-perfect-run?review=823818 here]] on the Royal Road.Website/RoyalRoad.
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A SuperHero {{Superhero}} story authored by Maxime J. Durand (aka: Void Herald). It can be found [[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/36735/the-perfect-run?review=823818 here]] on the Royal Road.
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* Expy: One of the Killer Seven, Fortuna, shares the same name and power as Fortune from Metal Gear Solid 2.
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* FakeAmerican: It turns out [[spoiler: Frank the Mad is actually a Russian named Vladimir]].
* FantasticDrug: Bliss, a highly-addictive drug created by Bacchus' branch of the Augusti, and shipped all over Europe. [[spoiler:Shroud]] claims that this drug kills about twenty-thousand people annually, Ki-jung is a former addict.
* FantasticDrug: Bliss, a highly-addictive drug created by Bacchus' branch of the Augusti, and shipped all over Europe. [[spoiler:Shroud]] claims that this drug kills about twenty-thousand people annually, Ki-jung is a former addict.
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* IgnoredConfession: Ryan told everyone he met for the first time that he's immortal, but no one seems to believe him anyway. His CatchPhrase is "I'm immortal, but don't tell anyone!"
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* IgnoredConfession: Ryan told everyone he met for the first time that he's immortal, but no one seems to believe him anyway. His CatchPhrase CharacterCatchphrase is "I'm immortal, but don't tell anyone!"
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* NeighborhoodFriendlyGangsters: The Made Men of the Augusti genuinely believe that their organization is a stabilizing force on post-war Italy, with Zanbato in particular going out of his way to be a nice guy.
** Discussed and [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] by [[spoiler:Shroud]]:
-> [[spoiler:"No matter the friendly neighborhood gangster publicity, the Augusti do far more harm than good," declared the Genome. "And even if he killed no one personally, by protecting [[FantasticDrug this shipment]], Zanbato indirectly supported an organization causing almost twenty-thousand deaths each year, with three thousand in New Rome alone."]]
** Discussed and [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] by [[spoiler:Shroud]]:
-> [[spoiler:"No matter the friendly neighborhood gangster publicity, the Augusti do far more harm than good," declared the Genome. "And even if he killed no one personally, by protecting [[FantasticDrug this shipment]], Zanbato indirectly supported an organization causing almost twenty-thousand deaths each year, with three thousand in New Rome alone."]]
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* NeighborhoodFriendlyGangsters: The Made Men of the Augusti genuinely believe that their organization is a stabilizing force on post-war Italy, with Zanbato in particular going out of his way to be a nice guy. \n** Discussed and [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] {{deconstructed|Trope}} by [[spoiler:Shroud]]:
-> [[spoiler:"No -->[[spoiler:''"No matter the friendly neighborhood gangster publicity, the Augusti do far more harm than good," declared the Genome. "And even if he killed no one personally, by protecting [[FantasticDrug this shipment]], Zanbato indirectly supported an organization causing almost twenty-thousand deaths each year, with three thousand in New Rome alone."]]"'']]
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* WasOnceAMan: Psychos were once regular Genomes who took a second Elixir (willingly or not). Due to their unstable genetic code, they now have a HorrorHunger for more Elixirs, [[AxeCrazy warped personalities]], and various flavors of BodyHorror that can become a full-on InescapableFateWorseThanDeath.
* WetwareCpu: Ryan's [[CoolCar Plymoth]] has Genius-grown, non-sentient brain in it to meet it's processing needs, much to horror of several, who initially assume it was more... naturally sourced.
* WetwareCpu: Ryan's [[CoolCar Plymoth]] has Genius-grown, non-sentient brain in it to meet it's processing needs, much to horror of several, who initially assume it was more... naturally sourced.
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* WasOnceAMan: Psychos were once regular Genomes who took a second Elixir (willingly or not). Due to their unstable genetic code, they now have a HorrorHunger for more Elixirs, [[AxeCrazy [[AxCrazy warped personalities]], and various flavors of BodyHorror that can become a full-on InescapableFateWorseThanDeath.
AndIMustScream situation.
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* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: This is usually what happens when a person drinks two or more Elixirs at once. Sure, they get both powers, but they become raging maniacs, constantly searching for more Elixirs to consume. This is on top of a number of horrific [[BodyHorror full-body mutations]] they suffer from.
** Also, to some extent looping for a long time and a seeming [[WhoWantsToLiveForever inability to die]] is making Ryan gradually unhinged and impulsive, leading him to sometimes throw crude jokes at inappropriate times, break rules left and right, and intentionally offend his allies and enemies JustForFun.
* WouldHurtAChild: Adam and Psyshock have no qualms with sending orphaned children to die fighting Mechron's bunker.
** Also, to some extent looping for a long time and a seeming [[WhoWantsToLiveForever inability to die]] is making Ryan gradually unhinged and impulsive, leading him to sometimes throw crude jokes at inappropriate times, break rules left and right, and intentionally offend his allies and enemies JustForFun.
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* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity:
** This is usually what happens when a person drinks two or more Elixirs at once. Sure, they get both powers, but they become raging maniacs, constantly searching for more Elixirs to consume. This is on top of a number of horrific [[BodyHorror full-body mutations]] they suffer from.
** Also, to someextent extent, looping for a long time and a seeming [[WhoWantsToLiveForever inability to die]] is making Ryan gradually unhinged and impulsive, leading him to sometimes throw crude jokes at inappropriate times, break rules left and right, and intentionally offend his allies and enemies JustForFun.
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** This is usually what happens when a person drinks two or more Elixirs at once. Sure, they get both powers, but they become raging maniacs, constantly searching for more Elixirs to consume. This is on top of a number of horrific [[BodyHorror full-body mutations]] they suffer from.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Adam and Psyshock have no qualms with sending orphaned children to die fighting Mechron's
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* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Some Genome and Pycho superheroes (like The Panda) and villains (like Mosquito) have animal motifs as their main gimmick.
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* Expy: One of the Killer Seven, Fortuna, shares the same name and power as Fortune from Metal Gear Solid 2.
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** One of the main plotlines regarding the manufacturing of Bliss, potions that give superpowers at the expense of sanity, and [[spoiler:an underwater communist utopia]] is clearly based on Bioshock.
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** ''Anime/JojosBizarreAdventure'': Since part of Ryan's power is stopping time, he naturally doesn't pass up an opportunity to shout '''''ZA WARUDO!'''''
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** ''Anime/JojosBizarreAdventure'': ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': Since part of Ryan's power is stopping time, he naturally doesn't pass up an opportunity to shout '''''ZA WARUDO!'''''
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** ''Anime/JojosBizarreAdventure'': Since part of Ryan's power is stopping time, he naturally doesn't pass up an opportunity to shout '''''ZA WARUDO!'''''
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* FakeAmerican: It turns out [[spoiler: Frank the Mad is actually a Russian named Vladimir]].
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* SuperToughness: While [[NighInvulnerability Augustus]] takes this UpToEleven, all Genomes are tougher than baseline humans, and are resistant to most toxins and diseases. This means StdImmunity, and ten times the average [[NeverGetsDrunk alcohol tolerance]] at minimum.
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* SuperToughness: While [[NighInvulnerability Augustus]] takes this UpToEleven, up to eleven, all Genomes are tougher than baseline humans, and are resistant to most toxins and diseases. This means StdImmunity, and ten times the average [[NeverGetsDrunk alcohol tolerance]] at minimum.
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* ColorCodedWizardry: There are seven known groups of [[SuperSerum Elixirs]]. Each power is associated with a [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elixir_distribution_ratio_9.png color]]: Red for Energy, Orange for Matter, Yellow for Concepts, Green for Life, Blue for Information, Violet for Space-Time, and White for Meta-Powers. [[spoiler:And then a hidden eighth color, Black, for Paradox/True Chaos]]
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* ColorCodedWizardry: There are seven known groups of [[SuperSerum Elixirs]]. Each power is associated with a [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elixir_distribution_ratio_9.png color]]: Red for Energy, Orange for Matter, Yellow for Concepts, [[SemanticSuperpower Concepts]], Green for Life, Blue for Information, Violet for Space-Time, [[RealityWarper Space-Time]], and White for Meta-Powers. [[spoiler:And then a hidden eighth color, Black, for Paradox/True Chaos]]
* FromASingleCell: [[spoiler:Bloodstream]]'s power allows him to act as virus that can regenerate or infect others as long as any of him is alive.
* MercyKill: [[spoiler:Ryan's Black Elixir power allows him to kill immortals]]. In cases like [[spoiler:Geist]], they welcome the chance to actually die.
* PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery: The true motivation of [[spoiler:Adam the Ogre and the Meta-Gang. He puts on the pretense of looking for a cure, but actually believes his PsychoSerum is incurable, so is trying to infect and kill as many people as possible before dying]].
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* TheShadowKnows: The [[spoiler: Rabbit Plushie's]] shadow is the shape of a [[EldritchAbomination monster]] with tentacles, appendages, and [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm geometry-defying]] comprehension.
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* TheShadowKnows: SemanticSuperpower: Yellow powers are based are based on nebulous concepts instead of defined abilities. This creates Genomes with powers like "death", "good luck", or "land-ownership" which can be very tricky to fight against or strictly define the limits of.
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** The [[spoiler: Rabbit Plushie's]] shadow is the shape of a [[EldritchAbomination monster]] with tentacles, appendages, and [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm geometry-defying]]comprehension.comprehension.
** Gemini's shadow doesn't match her body. This is because [[spoiler:her body is an illusion. The Psycho ''is'' her shadow, and can attack others through their shadows]].
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** The [[spoiler: Rabbit Plushie's]] shadow is the shape of a [[EldritchAbomination monster]] with tentacles, appendages, and [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm geometry-defying]]
** Gemini's shadow doesn't match her body. This is because [[spoiler:her body is an illusion. The Psycho ''is'' her shadow, and can attack others through their shadows]].
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* ThirdPersonPerson: The Panda and Mr. Wave.
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* WasOnceAMan: Psychos were once regular Genomes who took a second Elixir (willingly or not). Due to their unstable genetic code, they now have a HorrorHunger for more Elixirs, [[AxeCrazy warped personalities]], and various flavors of BodyHorror that can become a full-on InescapableFateWorseThanDeath.
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* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: In a world where Genomes can become a RealityWarper or a PhysicalGod, The Panda has the power to transform into... a Panda. This becomes somewhat better when it's revealed that [[spoiler:his transformation comes with a perfect HealingFactor that heals any damage taken]], not to mention how [[spoiler:Timmy is one of the very rare Genomes who can take a second Elixir without going insane]].
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* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: Being a HeadTurningBeauty who was BornLucky, Fortuna is infatuated with Mathias, a man her power keeps having her run into, but [[RejectionAffection seems to be uninterested in her]]. Actually, [[spoiler:the reason her power keeps making them meet is because Mathias is secretly Shroud, a Hero working against the Augusti Family, and is pretty concerned about Augustus' daughter hitting on him]].
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* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: Being a HeadTurningBeauty who was BornLucky, Fortuna is infatuated with Mathias, a man her power keeps having her run into, but [[spoiler:Mathias, and in another loop Ryan,]] when they [[RejectionAffection seems seem to be totally uninterested in her]]. Actually, [[spoiler:the reason her power keeps making them meet is because Mathias is secretly Shroud, a Hero working against the Augusti Family, and is pretty concerned about Augustus' daughter hitting on him]].her]].
* ThePowerOfTheSun: Leo Hargrave is known as "Leo the Living Sun". He can transform into a humanoid star, granting him [[GravityMaster control over his own gravity]], [[FlyingBrick extreme durability and matter regeneration]], [[TheAgeless stopped aging]] when in this form, and strong enough [[PlayingWithFire pyrokinetic powers]] that he must constantly hold himself back to prevent being a PersonOfMassDestruction. Before he got his powers, he was [[spoiler:[[PowerStereotypeFlip a fireman]]]].
* ThePreciousPreciousCar: Ryan loves his Plymouth Fury to the point that when Mosquito destroys it, he immediately declares the current loop a failure and kills both of them with an atom bomb to reset the loop so he won't be in a world where his car is destroyed.
* TheShadowKnows: The [[spoiler: Rabbit Plushie's]] shadow is the shape of a [[EldritchAbomination monster]] with tentacles, appendages, and [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm geometry-defying]] comprehension.
* TechnicolorLightning: Augustus' lightning is all [[RedIsViolent bright red]].
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* ThePreciousPreciousCar: Ryan loves his Plymouth Fury to the point that when Mosquito destroys it, he immediately declares the current loop a failure and kills both of them with an atom bomb to reset the loop so he won't be in a world where his car is destroyed.
* TheShadowKnows: The [[spoiler: Rabbit Plushie's]] shadow is the shape of a [[EldritchAbomination monster]] with tentacles, appendages, and [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm geometry-defying]] comprehension.
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* ToServeMan: The Clowns of Monaco drop this exact quote. They mean it ''both'' ways.
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* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: Being a HeadTurningBeauty who was BornLucky, Fortuna is infatuated with Mathias, a man her power keeps having her run into, but [[RejectionAffection seems to be uninterested in her]]. Actually, [[spoiler:the reason her power keeps making them meet is because Mathias is secretly Shroud, a Hero working against the Augusti Family, and is pretty concerned about Augustus' daughter hitting on him]].
* LivingLieDetector: Luigi's Blue power means that he can force anyone who's already talking to him to speak with total honesty. He uses this to vet new recruits, much to Ryan's frustration on runs where he's technically betraying the Augusti.
* MentalTimeTravel: Quicksave's actual power is a ResurrectionDeathLoop. He prefers to think of it as him just having a RippleEffectProofMemory, as that's much less disturbing than his power actually destroying reality every time he dies.
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* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: A guesstimate from Pluto reveals that Ryan's real age is in the range of [[spoiler: 550-1000]] years old.
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* StdImmunity: Genomes are all ShoutOut: Ryan loves pop culture, especially videogame lingo, and references franchises often.
** ''Franchise/StarWars'': Ryan loves the Star Wars movies, and says that one of the few good things about the collapse of civilization is that nobody had time to make moreresistant movies as a cash-grab, since he's [[TakeThat "sure they would've sucked"]].
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* WetwareCpu: Ryan's [[CoolCar Plymoth]] has Genius-grown, non-sentient brain in it to meet it's processing needs, much to horror of several, who initially assume it was more... naturally sourced.
* WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody: In addition to {{Cryokinesis}}, Ghoul has the power to keep living without body parts that should be physically necessary. As the StarterVillain to the story, and a genuine AssholeVictim, Ryan takes great joy is dismembering him and [[HorrifyingTheHorror terrifying the cannibalistic madman]] with his seemingly insane antics.
* WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody: In addition to {{Cryokinesis}}, Ghoul has the power to keep living without body parts that should be physically necessary. As the StarterVillain to the story, and a genuine AssholeVictim, Ryan takes great joy is dismembering him and [[HorrifyingTheHorror terrifying the cannibalistic madman]] with his seemingly insane antics.
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A SuperHero story authored by Creator/VoidHerald. It can be found [[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/36735/the-perfect-run?review=823818 here]] on the Royal Road.
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A SuperHero story authored by Creator/VoidHerald.Maxime J. Durand (aka: Void Herald). It can be found [[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/36735/the-perfect-run?review=823818 here]] on the Royal Road.
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* FantasticDrug: Bliss, a highly-addictive drug created by Bacchus' branch of the Augusti, and shipped all over Europe. [[spoiler:Shroud]] claims that this drug kills about twenty-thousand people annually, Ki-jung is a former addict.
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* NeighborhoodFriendlyGangsters: The Made Men of the Augusti genuinely believe that their organization is a stabilizing force on post-war Italy, with Zanbato in particular going out of his way to be a nice guy.
** Discussed and [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] by [[spoiler:Shroud]]:
-> [[spoiler:"No matter the friendly neighborhood gangster publicity, the Augusti do far more harm than good," declared the Genome. "And even if he killed no one personally, by protecting [[FantasticDrug this shipment]], Zanbato indirectly supported an organization causing almost twenty-thousand deaths each year, with three thousand in New Rome alone."]]
** Discussed and [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] by [[spoiler:Shroud]]:
-> [[spoiler:"No matter the friendly neighborhood gangster publicity, the Augusti do far more harm than good," declared the Genome. "And even if he killed no one personally, by protecting [[FantasticDrug this shipment]], Zanbato indirectly supported an organization causing almost twenty-thousand deaths each year, with three thousand in New Rome alone."]]
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* CompleteImmortality: Early on, Ryan discovers just HOW immortal he is: [[spoiler: after being permanently trapped in the Monaco PocketDimension, he literally dies of old age. Ryan then immediately pops right back up at his last save point, made over 75 years ago.]] It is right then that he realizes that NOTHING can kill him permanently (short of mental effects, since his personal superpower is MentalTimeTravel).
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* OnePersonOnePower: A person can only ever drink one Elixir (or one Knockoff Elixir). Drinking more has a very high chance of BodyHorror and [[AxCrazy violent insanity]] because the two (or more) powers attempt to overwrite each other. There exist a very small number of people who can drink two Elixirs with no negative effects, like Augustus, who has ShockAndAwe and NighInvulnerability.
