Taylor suppressed an urge to sigh as she listened to Magus tell the cops what they’d done, for the third time, albeit in slightly different ways. She hadn’t seen the point of it all, the bad guys were down, the police were there, job should be done…
Apparently not.
The police had been all too happy to explain, in great detail, how easy it was for gang members to get off when they were collared by a Parahuman... especially after Magus had explained to them why he wan...
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Chapter 17
Brockton Bay
The evening sun had set a short time earlier, leaving the city blanketed in the cold of the spring night as Xander and Taylor sat on the edge of one of the taller buildings in the city, looking down over it all.
Brockton Bay was a city well into its decline, the sort of thing that Xander had seen before during his travels, through various causes. In its own way it felt like a grittier and darker version of Gotham, but...
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Chapter 16
The Rig, PRT ENE HQ
“Sirs, Ma’am, we have… airborne contacts inbound?”
Emily Piggot turned and glared at the trooper, decidedly unhappy with the questioning tone in his report.
“You don’t sound particularly certain of yourself, Trooper,” She growled.
“I’m sorry, Ma’am, it’s just… you should see this.”
She exchanged a glance with Armsmaster, who appeared mildly curious in his own somewhat...
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“I thought you said that you hadn’t found any traces,” Armsmaster countered him. “Now you claim that you did?”
Xander paused, considering what he’d said, and finally nodded with a shrug, “Fair point. I meant that I couldn’t find any sign of them currently, there is however evidence of their existence in the past.”
“What sort of evidence?”
“Well, the obvious stuff would be the mythology they left behind,” Xander said, “the expe...
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“Prank war.”
Armsmaster’s voice was so flat as to have descended into the second dimension, something that Xander found utterly fascinating.
“Better to call it that than what bystanders would likely call it,” Xander responded, attempting… and failing… to match the two-dimensional tone. “Wednesday and her brother used to play a game when they were growing up. It was called, is there a God?... He once confidently informed me, no, there i...
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Taylor shifted uncomfortably, but tried not to show it as she chatted with Vista. It wasn’t Vista making her uncomfortable, the younger girl was chatting pleasantly and Taylor found her really interesting as she went on about her activities with the wards and, if she was reading between the lines correctly, on her own.
Does the Protectorate know about some of these stories? Taylor wondered as Vista said something about Hookwolf before stopping and quickly shifting...
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Armsmaster stared for a long moment, the silence in the room settling around them before he finally opted to speak.
“What do you mean by that, it being harder to get out than in?” He demanded finally.
Magus grimaced, “To answer that you need to have a wider view of the universe than most people have, though you lot here at least know that other dimensions exist, so that helps.”
“If you’re not from Bet, as this seems to be indicating,” Piggot said, f...
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Xander watched as Miss Militia led Taylor out to take the tour of the facility, leaving him with Legend, Armsmaster, and the local Director, Emily Piggot.
“Well, such company,” He grinned, taking a seat and casually putting his feet up on the table. “I’m honored.”
“I assume you know why I wanted to speak with you further,” Legend said, taking a seat across from him without commenting on where he’d placed his boots.
“I can guess,” Xander nodded...
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Chapter 16
The Rig, PRT ENE HQ
“Sirs, Ma’am, we have… airborne contacts inbound?”
Emily Piggot turned and glared at the trooper, decidedly unhappy with the questioning tone in his report.
“You don’t sound particularly certain of yourself, Trooper,” She growled.
“I’m sorry, Ma’am, it’s just… you should see this.”
She exchanged a glance with Armsmaster, who appeared mildly curious in his own somewhat...
2023-12-04 13:34:02 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 15
Junkyard, Sunnydale California
Wednesday Addams watched the sun as it set over the sea with a distasteful expression on her face. She didn’t like California much, it was too cheery a place for her taste. Too warm, too inviting. Sunnydale was, if anything, even worse than most of the state in that regard, but at least it had the excuse of being a trap baited with honey, and the underbelly of the town was much more pleasant to her way o...
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The Rig, PRT ENE HQ
Legend was tired, not so much from the flight in from New York but more from the fact that he hadn’t had any downtime since the End Bringer Alarms had gone off, and before that he’d been coming up on the end of a triple due to the Elite getting into a Tiff with the Adepts over some territory in the Borough.
The Alarms going off put an end to that disagreement, for the moment at least. Both groups respected the Endbringer Truce, ...
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With his calls made, Xander stepped out of the little expanded area space he’d made in the old abandoned super-tanker and enjoyed the feel of the sun on his face for a moment before turning back to the city.
The endbringer fight, such as it was, had been something of an eye opener. Whatever the locals were dealing with, it was clear that they were outmatched. He’d seen a few Cthuloid horrors in his day, you didn’t exactly have much choice about that when hanging with S...
2023-12-02 16:25:10 +0000 UTC
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*****
Andromeda sat in silence as she contemplated what to do with the information she had at hand. With the return of the dark lord and Harry’s ascendance to the Regency, the magical world was on the precipice of great changes, changes that would certainly make or break the Wizarding World as it currently stood.
The old order was still in control, but she could see the writing in the skies, as it were. If The Dark Lord were victorious there was no question that he would drag th...
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Malfoy Manor
Narcissa was not having what one might call a ‘good’ summer.
The return of the Dark Lord was honestly not something that she had ever expected to happen, the rhetoric of her Husband notwithstanding. It was, she knew, not something that Lucioushad ever truly believed would happen either.
Death was death, even in the Wizarding World, or it should be.
For him to have been resurrected, he must have delved into the ...
2023-10-17 23:38:51 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 128
Harry was exhausted when he stumbled back along the drive to the Dursely’s home, as well as deeply confused by the events of the day. The political situation was such that he wasn’t certain that he ever would… or ever wanted to… fully understand any of it.
“Harry!”
He looked back to see Hermione and Xander arriving on the motorcycle and waved wearily as they pulled to a stop and Hermione quickly hopped off.
“How did i...
2023-10-01 17:05:35 +0000 UTC
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This chapter has also been updated on t.evancurrie.ca along with the rest of the story to date.
Chapter 14
Hebert Home
Xander settled back and watched As Taylor Work her way through the first set of lessons he had set for her. He knew he was going to have to play it a little bit by ear when it came to the Lesson plan, since a...
2023-09-23 16:12:27 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 15
Junkyard, Sunnydale California
Wednesday Addams watched the sun as it set over the sea with a distasteful expression on her face. She didn’t like California much, it was too cheery a place for her taste. Too warm, too inviting. Sunnydale was, if anything, even worse than most of the state in that regard, but at least it had the excuse of being a trap baited with honey, and the underbelly of the town was much more pleasant to her way o...
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Herbert Home, Brockton Bay
Danny and Taylor stared at the TV as the announcer had tears welling in his eyes as he confirmed that the Simurgh had been driven from Canberra early enough that the city would not have to be sealed away for fear of allowing Mastered Victims out into the general population of the world.
It was the first time in many Simurgh battles that the city had been saved, most of the time the best that could be done was contain...
2023-09-13 13:55:00 +0000 UTC
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The Simurgh looked over the city with an impassive and nearly uninterested gaze. The plan was, as usual, proceeding apace and well within predicted variables.
There was, however, an unknown factor that she had previously missed and that managed to peak the combat engine’s interest and curiosity. A blank spot was within the city, two in fact, observable only in that they were the only places she could not observe and affect.
There were only a few known effects that co...
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Xander looked out over the city as he got enough altitude to see beyond the rooftops. Canberra was the capitol of Australia, but he was rather surprised by the small town feel it exuded compared to what he was expecting.
That had to be a thought for another time, however, as he could feel a deepwell of powerful magic growing not that far off.
“Fascinating,” He breathed out as he locked onto the source.
“Not the word I would use,” The man in blue ...
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Just a short bit before I start the day at the con. Not the right graphic, but I don't have time to tweak the AI. :)
Protectorate Headquarters, Brockton Bay
Armsmaster cocked his head as he listened to the radio in his helmet before looking up to the sky and spotted the incoming contact.
“Console, Armsmaster,” He said in response. “Incoming contact appears to be the Parahuman known as Magus. I will intercept and direct him to the meeting location.”
2023-08-25 13:27:48 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 14
Hebert Home
Xander settled back and watched As Taylor Work her way through the first set of lessons he had set for her. He knew he was going to have to play it a little bit by ear when it came to the Lesson plan, since a full Hogwarts course load was not in the cards. Given the state of Brockton Bay as a city, he was going to start her off With a bit more of a tactical introduction.
So he put stunners right near the top, despite t...
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Xander looked over the pair, deciding that they were both convinced enough to move on a bit.
“Now, let’s get you kitted out with some learning materials,” He said.
Danny looked grim, but nodded, “I’ll get my wallet.”
“Ah, no,” Xander shook his head, “While some Apprenticeships certainly can be costly, that’s not how I do things. Money is useless to me anyway, trust me, and it will be to Taylor here in short order as well.”
“I… don...
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Medhall Offices
“What the hell happened last night?” Max Anders demanded, shaking his head as he looked at the others in the office.
“Well, Brad was running one of his dog fights,” James offered up…
“Yes, and Bitch intervened, I watched the video,” Max cut him off. “I’m talking about the new guy.”
“Magus.” James responded with a frustrated grunt.
“What do we know about him?”
“Aside from his dislike ...
2023-08-10 02:27:10 +0000 UTC
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Xander hit himself with a notice-me-not and a muggle repelling charm as he dropped out of the clouds over the section of the city he’d been directed to. It was a rundown neighborhood, but far from the worst in the city. In it’s day, he suspected that it had been a respectable working man’s place. Now, well it was bordering on the more unsavory sections of town and threatening to become one of them.
He landed outside the address and checked to be sure that his spell was...
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Chapter 13
PRT HQ
Emily Piggot stared at the screen, the video having long since finished, trying to wrap her mind around what had just been displayed.
“That is an impressively scary young man,” Hannah offered up quietly from the other side of the desk.
“He’s a cocky little shit is what he is,” Emily snorted, shaking her head. “Playing with someone like Hookwolf is just stupid, I don’t care how good you are.”
“U...
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Lisa leaned back from her screen and blew out a long breath.
What in the hell was that?
Magus was all over the place with his power set, leaving her just confused. She didn’t think she’d ever even heard of anyone with powers this diverse before.
None of the literature covered it. No Grab Bag had powers this diverse, and the only Trump she’d heard of in the ballpark was Eidolon himself.
Magus seemed to be even mo...
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Hookwolf paused, eyes drifting to Xander’s hand.
“I’m supposed to be afraid of a stick?” The Nazi asked slowly.
“Nah,” Xander shook his head, “Just thought you might want to play fetch, lapdog.”
He flicked the stick around, eyes not leaving Hookwolf, “Come on, that’s a good boy. Who wants the stick? You do, you do!”
Xander paused, covering his mouth and mock whispered to the spectators, “I’m just kidding… He’s clea...
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PRT HQ
“Colin, you might want to see this.”
“Dragon?” Armsmaster shifted, “What is it?”
“Hookwolf is streaming a Capefight,” Dragon told him, her face appearing on the monitor directly across from him.
“Hmm,” He hummed, “There isn’t on the schedule. Have you been able to locate the source of the stream?”
“Not yet,” She admitted. “As is usual, they’re bouncing the signal through several servers in… u...
2023-07-22 19:49:58 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 12
Empire 88 Fighting Pit
Hookwolf groaned as he came down off his tiptoes, teeth clenched as he felt his brute based healing kick in. Nevertheless, he could still feel the pain from the boot that had been planted right between his legs with a speed he’d barely been able to follow.
“Still want to stick to no rules for the fight?”
The smirking face of the Magus asshole was doubled up a little as he limped back a step or tw...
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