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A cosmic divine Entity wants to destroy the world! again... (Worm/Shin Megami Tensei series)
- Thread starter Hejtan
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Arc 2: Adept - V
So, I had to take a break, because my mind refused to write anything. As it turns out though, buying a fan and making my room liveable again solved the issue, but then I come back to see that all my progress with the chapter was deleted... Good news for you, I guess, since the rolls weren't nice...
The explosion isn't the strongest, considering how little Magatsuhi you spent on it. It's even less than the amount you got from that thug before! (+2 from the thug, -1 on the experiment) Even so, you have to take a few steps back in order to regain balance and few things around you fly back. Thankfully, the phone got caught by Pixie before it hit the wall, you really wouldn't want to explain to Faultline that you broke it. You are probably going to have to clean up this room a bit later, since the phone was the only thing Pixie caught. Thinking about it, it could make for a useful trick if you could manage to create such explosions with Magatsuhi without the whole ritual stuff.
Ok, you will stop lying. Those aren't the things you were thinking about. Your thoughts were much closer to something like 'I felt something! It was a failure, but I felt something!' and, a bit later, 'I see, I used to little Magatsuhi! I need to use much more to break through dimensions!'. What? You were happy something finally worked out! You still don't have any idea of making a proper ritual, but now you at least know how much Magatsuhi you need to use! (you need 10 Magatsuhi to summon a demon without needing a critical success)
"Hey, Pixie! I know how much Magatsuhi I need in future to summon a demon!"
"That's great, but Faultline is calling you right now."
Right now? It's late, like the kind of late that even criminals are asleep, and it's getting slowly brighter outside. What would she want? You take the phone from Pixie (she doesn't like talking about important stuff in your place, so the fact that she didn't answer herself isn't surprising). Wait, why is she even calling you? You communicate with her through messages because hearing you on the phone is enough to make your power affect her.
"Hello..?"
"Hey Fiend, Newter here! Listen, I know it's sudden, but do you know someone called Tyche? Pale skin, black hair, wearing fedora?"
Do you know her? How could you not? Miss Tyche was your favourite teacher back in the middle school! Always pretty, always nice, very dedicated to teaching even if her health problems had her be away from school almost every other day. She was almost like a second mother to you and Emma (and probably some other students), one that could find a solution to any problem and stop any conflict. And personally, you always liked her fedora. But why is Newter asking you about her?
"Yeah, I know her. Miss Tyche was my teacher back at middle school. Why?"
"Well, she just came here to the club, woke us all up, asked to tell you about her, and said that she is a thinker that wants to help you. She also told us that she knows something about Case 53 like us and is willing to share the information after seeing you. She also proved that by saying that I, Greg and Battery have powers from different source than Faultline or Velocity. Seems suspicious, but she does know something, and what she told us corresponds with what you told us."
That... that is a lot to take in. Miss Tyche is a parahuman? And she knows about the Entities? Or at least it seems so. She also wants to meet you now, despite the hour. Why? You wish you could just trust her and go to the club, but you can't. You can't trust her so easly, not after your experiences. Emma betrayed you, Father betrayed you, and while you don't remember the names or faces, others in Vortex World betrayed you too. And now you learn that Miss Tyche is a parahuman. Was this why she was absent so often? Did she really have health issues? Is her thinker power the reason she always knew how to help you and other students? How much of her very personality was a lie?
"Can I... can you give her the phone? I... I think I should speak with her, or something..."
"Sure! I think. Faultline is trying to interrogate her right now, not successfully mind you, but I think she will agree to stop for a bit."
"Thanks."
"No problemo!"
There was a silence (actually more of a quiet noise of Newter moving) for a bit, giving you time to think. You asked for a moment to talk with mi-, with Tyche, but what are you going to say anyway? How are you? How do you know about all that stuff? Is everything I know about you a lie? You don't know.
You feel Pixie grab your hand. You look at her, and she winks at you. You giggle a little. Of course, how could you forget? If you have no idea what to ask, Pixie will definitely come up with something.
"Ok, Fiend, I'm giving the phone to Tyche."
"Hello, T. It's nice to speak with you once more, even if through a phone."
Her voice was just as you remember. And that 'T', it was probably her way to show that she knows your name is Taylor. You decide to answer neutrally.
"Hello to you too, miss Tyche."
"Please, no 'miss' stuff, you aren't my student anymore. Anyway, how are you?"
"Uhm... not bad, I guess?"
"That's good. I heard you had it rough for a while now."
That's one way of putting it.
"Tyche. What do you want?"
She sighed. "I guess I better get to the point, huh? Faultline, you listen too, some of the stuff I'll mention concers you or your crew." Something was said, probably by Faultline, but you couldn't hear what. "First of all, let me introduce myself. You knew me as Tyche, but that was an alias. My true name is Fortuna, though I'm more widely known as Contessa, the bogeyman, or sometimes just 'the woman in the suit'."
... Ok, you don't know what that means, though considering the sharp sound of air being inhaled, it means something to Faultline. You don't recognise any of the names though, so they aren't important to you...
"Oh, and few call me Maiden. But call me Tyche, I don't want it known that I'm here."
What?! Maiden?! There is no way that's a coincidence, she must be the one you are thinking of. Miss Tyche is the Maiden?!
You don't say anything from the shock. You don't have to though, as Tych-Maid-Fort-she continues. "Yes, I'm the one you are thinking of, Faultline. And don't worry, I'm not here to make you disappear or hurt you. I'm basically a deserter or a traitor right now anyway." Faultline says something that you can't hear. "Yes, the organisation I used to work for is Cauldron. Oh, Cauldron is an organisation that sells powers to people and is responsible for Case 53, T. I mean, they do much more than that, but that's the general knowledge of those who know about it anyway."
Selling powers? Making Case 53? What? You... you think you must sit down.
"Hey, T, are you still there?"
"... Yes..."
"Ok, then listen closely. This is important for you. The ones inside the organisation believe that the true purpose of Cauldron is to save the world, though some only think it's about parahumans, while others believe that Scion will some time in future decide to attack humanity. They are both wrong. The true goal of Cauldron is to start something called Conception, an event that would make it possible to... I guess 'master the whole humanity' is a good way of putting it. The leader of Cauldron, a man known as Doctor Father to others and Hikawa to me, is a fanatical follower of what he calls Path of Shijima, which in short means that the best way for the world to be is with humans having no free will whatsoever and living together like one big machine. Every action of Cauldron is a part of his big plan to achive this goal. Even I don't know the whole plan, but I know it involves many deaths."
Doctor Father... yes, it does tell you something. And Hikawa even more. Hikawa of the Shijima - it fits in your head.
"The plan also involves some people with unnatural powers. You know how powers come from two different sources?"
"Yeah, a Warrior and a Thinker."
"Hmm... I guess those might be their real names. Cauldron calls them Scion and Eden though. Yes Faultline, Scion is a source parahuman powers. Eden is like him, but, well... let's just say she crashed instead of landing, making it possible for me and Hikawa to kill her. That's also how Cauldron sells powers, they are harvested from Eden. But there are few, few humans that get powers from another source, and as opposed to others, their powers can grow, which makes them that much more dangerous. I don't know their identities, but our T is an anomaly among them. She shouldn't have happened, at least according to Hikawa's plan, and so he wants to eleminate her. He can't break his plan though, and that's the only reason he didn't order nukes being sent to Brockton Bay, he is that scared of her. As it is, Hikawa manipulated the PRT and Protectorate through his people inside and made them attack T over some unimportant reason. Then, when she fought back, he used it as a proof that she is insane and pushed for Kill Order. He didn't get it, not yet, but it's just bureaucracy that's stopping him."
Wait, you are getting kill order already?! This Hikawa must be really powerful to do that... Something is telling you that he is that powerful, even if you still can't remember much about him. But still, a kill order?! You haven't even killed anyone! Well, there were those two... But no one knows about them! And even then, since when are capes given kill orders for killing two criminals?!
Well, maybe you are overreacting. It's not like that's such a new stuff, everyone was trying to kill you all the time in Vortex World. Still, it's just so... so sudden. What do you even say to that?
[] You don't say anything, just wait forSpeedwagon Tyche to continue explaining this stuff.
[] You interrupt her with some questions.
-[] Write-in
[] You hang up, you have enough of that.
Yeah, rolling dice anew really benefited you. From what I remember, orginally you would have completly failed the summoning, and Newter would call you through Faultline's phone to get you to help them with some crazy murderer (of Yosuba, though he didn't know that), with at least Faultline being pretty hurt. Instead, you learn the identities of Maiden and the follower of Shijima! They are Contessa (and I'm really disappointed no one connected Tyche with Fortuna) and Hikawa/Doctor Father (yup, male Doctor Mother, and given the SMT name since in Worm Doctor Mother's name wasn't revealed). Also, that one roll that didn't seem to do anything? Let's just say you really dodged a bullet there...
1d100 = 93
The explosion isn't the strongest, considering how little Magatsuhi you spent on it. It's even less than the amount you got from that thug before! (+2 from the thug, -1 on the experiment) Even so, you have to take a few steps back in order to regain balance and few things around you fly back. Thankfully, the phone got caught by Pixie before it hit the wall, you really wouldn't want to explain to Faultline that you broke it. You are probably going to have to clean up this room a bit later, since the phone was the only thing Pixie caught. Thinking about it, it could make for a useful trick if you could manage to create such explosions with Magatsuhi without the whole ritual stuff.
Ok, you will stop lying. Those aren't the things you were thinking about. Your thoughts were much closer to something like 'I felt something! It was a failure, but I felt something!' and, a bit later, 'I see, I used to little Magatsuhi! I need to use much more to break through dimensions!'. What? You were happy something finally worked out! You still don't have any idea of making a proper ritual, but now you at least know how much Magatsuhi you need to use! (you need 10 Magatsuhi to summon a demon without needing a critical success)
"Hey, Pixie! I know how much Magatsuhi I need in future to summon a demon!"
"That's great, but Faultline is calling you right now."
Right now? It's late, like the kind of late that even criminals are asleep, and it's getting slowly brighter outside. What would she want? You take the phone from Pixie (she doesn't like talking about important stuff in your place, so the fact that she didn't answer herself isn't surprising). Wait, why is she even calling you? You communicate with her through messages because hearing you on the phone is enough to make your power affect her.
"Hello..?"
1d100 = 92
Do you know her? How could you not? Miss Tyche was your favourite teacher back in the middle school! Always pretty, always nice, very dedicated to teaching even if her health problems had her be away from school almost every other day. She was almost like a second mother to you and Emma (and probably some other students), one that could find a solution to any problem and stop any conflict. And personally, you always liked her fedora. But why is Newter asking you about her?
"Yeah, I know her. Miss Tyche was my teacher back at middle school. Why?"
"Well, she just came here to the club, woke us all up, asked to tell you about her, and said that she is a thinker that wants to help you. She also told us that she knows something about Case 53 like us and is willing to share the information after seeing you. She also proved that by saying that I, Greg and Battery have powers from different source than Faultline or Velocity. Seems suspicious, but she does know something, and what she told us corresponds with what you told us."
That... that is a lot to take in. Miss Tyche is a parahuman? And she knows about the Entities? Or at least it seems so. She also wants to meet you now, despite the hour. Why? You wish you could just trust her and go to the club, but you can't. You can't trust her so easly, not after your experiences. Emma betrayed you, Father betrayed you, and while you don't remember the names or faces, others in Vortex World betrayed you too. And now you learn that Miss Tyche is a parahuman. Was this why she was absent so often? Did she really have health issues? Is her thinker power the reason she always knew how to help you and other students? How much of her very personality was a lie?
"Can I... can you give her the phone? I... I think I should speak with her, or something..."
"Sure! I think. Faultline is trying to interrogate her right now, not successfully mind you, but I think she will agree to stop for a bit."
"Thanks."
"No problemo!"
There was a silence (actually more of a quiet noise of Newter moving) for a bit, giving you time to think. You asked for a moment to talk with mi-, with Tyche, but what are you going to say anyway? How are you? How do you know about all that stuff? Is everything I know about you a lie? You don't know.
You feel Pixie grab your hand. You look at her, and she winks at you. You giggle a little. Of course, how could you forget? If you have no idea what to ask, Pixie will definitely come up with something.
"Ok, Fiend, I'm giving the phone to Tyche."
"Hello, T. It's nice to speak with you once more, even if through a phone."
Her voice was just as you remember. And that 'T', it was probably her way to show that she knows your name is Taylor. You decide to answer neutrally.
"Hello to you too, miss Tyche."
"Please, no 'miss' stuff, you aren't my student anymore. Anyway, how are you?"
"Uhm... not bad, I guess?"
"That's good. I heard you had it rough for a while now."
That's one way of putting it.
"Tyche. What do you want?"
She sighed. "I guess I better get to the point, huh? Faultline, you listen too, some of the stuff I'll mention concers you or your crew." Something was said, probably by Faultline, but you couldn't hear what. "First of all, let me introduce myself. You knew me as Tyche, but that was an alias. My true name is Fortuna, though I'm more widely known as Contessa, the bogeyman, or sometimes just 'the woman in the suit'."
... Ok, you don't know what that means, though considering the sharp sound of air being inhaled, it means something to Faultline. You don't recognise any of the names though, so they aren't important to you...
"Oh, and few call me Maiden. But call me Tyche, I don't want it known that I'm here."
What?! Maiden?! There is no way that's a coincidence, she must be the one you are thinking of. Miss Tyche is the Maiden?!
You don't say anything from the shock. You don't have to though, as Tych-Maid-Fort-she continues. "Yes, I'm the one you are thinking of, Faultline. And don't worry, I'm not here to make you disappear or hurt you. I'm basically a deserter or a traitor right now anyway." Faultline says something that you can't hear. "Yes, the organisation I used to work for is Cauldron. Oh, Cauldron is an organisation that sells powers to people and is responsible for Case 53, T. I mean, they do much more than that, but that's the general knowledge of those who know about it anyway."
Selling powers? Making Case 53? What? You... you think you must sit down.
"Hey, T, are you still there?"
"... Yes..."
"Ok, then listen closely. This is important for you. The ones inside the organisation believe that the true purpose of Cauldron is to save the world, though some only think it's about parahumans, while others believe that Scion will some time in future decide to attack humanity. They are both wrong. The true goal of Cauldron is to start something called Conception, an event that would make it possible to... I guess 'master the whole humanity' is a good way of putting it. The leader of Cauldron, a man known as Doctor Father to others and Hikawa to me, is a fanatical follower of what he calls Path of Shijima, which in short means that the best way for the world to be is with humans having no free will whatsoever and living together like one big machine. Every action of Cauldron is a part of his big plan to achive this goal. Even I don't know the whole plan, but I know it involves many deaths."
Doctor Father... yes, it does tell you something. And Hikawa even more. Hikawa of the Shijima - it fits in your head.
1d100 = 89
"The plan also involves some people with unnatural powers. You know how powers come from two different sources?"
"Yeah, a Warrior and a Thinker."
"Hmm... I guess those might be their real names. Cauldron calls them Scion and Eden though. Yes Faultline, Scion is a source parahuman powers. Eden is like him, but, well... let's just say she crashed instead of landing, making it possible for me and Hikawa to kill her. That's also how Cauldron sells powers, they are harvested from Eden. But there are few, few humans that get powers from another source, and as opposed to others, their powers can grow, which makes them that much more dangerous. I don't know their identities, but our T is an anomaly among them. She shouldn't have happened, at least according to Hikawa's plan, and so he wants to eleminate her. He can't break his plan though, and that's the only reason he didn't order nukes being sent to Brockton Bay, he is that scared of her. As it is, Hikawa manipulated the PRT and Protectorate through his people inside and made them attack T over some unimportant reason. Then, when she fought back, he used it as a proof that she is insane and pushed for Kill Order. He didn't get it, not yet, but it's just bureaucracy that's stopping him."
Wait, you are getting kill order already?! This Hikawa must be really powerful to do that... Something is telling you that he is that powerful, even if you still can't remember much about him. But still, a kill order?! You haven't even killed anyone! Well, there were those two... But no one knows about them! And even then, since when are capes given kill orders for killing two criminals?!
Well, maybe you are overreacting. It's not like that's such a new stuff, everyone was trying to kill you all the time in Vortex World. Still, it's just so... so sudden. What do you even say to that?
[] You don't say anything, just wait for
[] You interrupt her with some questions.
-[] Write-in
[] You hang up, you have enough of that.
Yeah, rolling dice anew really benefited you. From what I remember, orginally you would have completly failed the summoning, and Newter would call you through Faultline's phone to get you to help them with some crazy murderer (of Yosuba, though he didn't know that), with at least Faultline being pretty hurt. Instead, you learn the identities of Maiden and the follower of Shijima! They are Contessa (and I'm really disappointed no one connected Tyche with Fortuna) and Hikawa/Doctor Father (yup, male Doctor Mother, and given the SMT name since in Worm Doctor Mother's name wasn't revealed). Also, that one roll that didn't seem to do anything? Let's just say you really dodged a bullet there...
- Location
- New Carollton, Maryland
[X] You don't say anything, just wait for Speedwagon Tyche to continue explaining this stuff.
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- Location
- Europe
[X] You don't say anything, just wait for Speedwagon Tyche to continue explaining this stuff.
Actually, I thought from the first time we saw what she was doing that the Maiden was Fortuna. I just felt it was too obvious, so much that I felt there was no reason to make a comment about it.
Still, I haven't publically said anything about that, so you are free to doubt that what I wrote is true.
Actually, I thought from the first time we saw what she was doing that the Maiden was Fortuna. I just felt it was too obvious, so much that I felt there was no reason to make a comment about it.
Still, I haven't publically said anything about that, so you are free to doubt that what I wrote is true.
Zap Rowsdower
Ex-cultist vagrant
- Location
- Bright lights, big city
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] You don't say anything, just wait for Speedwagon Tyche to continue explaining this stuff.
[X] You don't say anything, just wait for Speedwagon Tyche to continue explaining this stuff.
- Location
- Tarn-Vedra
[X] You don't say anything, just wait for Speedwagon Tyche to continue explaining this stuff.
Yeah, I was the same. It was really obvious.
[X] You don't say anything, just wait for
Arc 2: Adept - Interlude
So, you voted to keep listening. Time for another infodump!
PoV: ??? of Musubi
Someone is murdering people left and right, as the news reported. It was suspected that the one responsible was the demi-fiend, but he knew better. Then a video was leaked, and he got his confirmation. Taylor wasn't the one killing like that, but it was a fiend or something similar. But true fiend would have been much more powerful. He knew what that meant. There is another pseudo-fiend in the city. He knew only one other pseudo-fiend - the follower of Yosuga. Curious. That one is probably gathering strength like he himself, but without the discrection.
He considered allying with that one, but discarder the idea. Yosuga is too crazy. They are the stupid brutes that think strength is everything. If he offered an aliance, he would just be attacked for being weak or calling them weak. Still, he can use the situation for his benefit. Hopefully, that Yosuga idiot will kill Taylor. If not, maybe at least injure her, giving him an occasion to strike. He should also look into Taylor's father. He is likely to be protected by PRT, but it could be a good way to provide Taylor with additional distraction. He didn't think for a second that just taking her father hostage would be enough to kill her, of course, but with enough distractions she is likely to make a mistake at a crucial moment.
He burned the body he just killed. Hmm, he should also think about getting stronger faster. What he is doing right now works, of course, but it's just slow when compared to that Yosuga person. Maybe he could even blame the deaths on them? But that's for another day. He should be going back now. He wants to pretend he is just a normal human for as long as he can, no matter how humiliating it feels.
PoV: ??? of Yosuga
For a moment, she thought she saw Maiden through the window. Unfortunately, it was probably just her imagination, she couldn't find her anywhere after that. She left the area, and returned to the room she was using to interrogate the cape she caught.
The girl was her age and had the power to telekinetically control objects she touched. It could have been an interesting power, but the girl herself was weak. She started begging the moment she caught her neck. This weakness, it made her so angry that she severed her left arm before she regained control over herself. At least, she remembered to use some fire to stop the bleeding, you can't interrogate someone dead, and humans die so easly from just losing a bit of blood.
She started asking question. She remembered what her father told her once, about how people are interrogated. Spinless idiot that he is, he knew his stuff, so she used that memories when interrogating the parahuman. Well, that, and some torture.
The girl didn't even try to fight her, she just answered every question between her screams of pain and begging to let her go. She might have actually considered letting her go if she stopped this pathetic display and tried to break free, to show some strength, but to the very end the girl was just a pray. And a useless one, she didn't even know where she can find Kaiser. At least she found some clue - the girl knew the location of the house of Purity, and that parahuman should know where she could find Kaiser.
She also will never get used to how good Magatsuhi from parahumans is.
PoV: Doctor Father (Hikawa) of Shijima
Dammit, the Protectorate has no clue where to find Taylor Hebert! His people also lost the sight of Contessa, so she could be anywhere! Though, she is most likely in Brockton Bay. Not that it will help that much in the search for her, because someone is murdering PRT squads in that city and they are too busy looking for the killer to help him! That kill order is also being slow in passing!
Since Contessa disappeared, nothing was going right!
He might have to take out bigger guns soon. Obviously, what he is currently doing is not working good enough. His mind turned to the secret he was keeping even from Contessa... No, using it would be too rash. It would risk getting Scions attention, and the Entity was behaving strangely. He blamed it on the death of the other Entity. He wished he didn't kill Eden, but how was he supposed to know that the death of all humanity would be just a step in creating better world, and not the end of the world? He did what he did though, so now he had to replace the actions Eden would have taken to start the Conception. And prepare in case he had to replace Scion's role as well, even if that was unlikely.
But as for the demi-fiend and Contessa... If heroes aren't working, maybe Gaeans will? Hmm... Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. If he makes Gaeans attack those two... but which subsect? Maybe Fallen? No, making them visit Brockton Bay would be too hard, those fanatics. Hmm... Teeths should work. He will just have to make sure Butcher knows he can't take control over Taylor Hebert, but it should work...
He called, but Butcher didn't answer. That was fine, he can wait. Butcher is pretty busy most of the time after all, but he or she always calls back within two days.
PoV: Maiden Fortuna
Taylor wasn't saying anything. Was she just waiting for her to continue? Was she in shock? Was she just pretending to listen? She didn't know, her power was more useless against her than against Eidolon or Endbringers, it outright refused to work. She had to almost entirely ignore it, as it was suggesting how to talk with Faultline without taking into account how Taylor would react.
"Why would you even be telling us all that, Tyche? You think you can forget about Greg, Newter, and all the others you have hurt? That you can just say 'I'm one of the good guys now.' like in some cartoon for kids?" Speaking of Faultline, the woman almost sneered at her.
"The reason I left Hikawa is simple - I realized his way is wrong. It's one thing to accept doing actrocities to save the world, it's another thing entirely to accept them for ambitions of an insane man. I'm not seeking redemption or forgiveness - I've commited more crimes than you can probably imagine, I'm not foolish enough to believe I can get it. I'm an evil woman with good intentions, and now to help the world I feel the need to ally with T and kill Hikawa."
That wasn't the whole truth, of course. But Faultline, she wouldn't believe her if she told the truth. After all, she still barely believes it herself. That all her life was just one big lie, but also that one demi-fiend (that can't even remember her from what it seems) restored her hope in humanity.
"Was there something else I needed to explain? Ah, yes, there is that. I've said before that there are very few people with powers coming from a source different from the usual two, and that T is one of them, right? Well, one of the important parts of those people is their immunity to pre-cogs of all kind, including mine own. As such, I'm pretty sure that the one responsible for the recent killing spree in Brockton Bay is one of those people. Be careful, T. I don't know if that person works for Hikawa, but in any case they might be aggresive towards you due to you being, well, an anomaly."
She was serious. She knew Taylor would read between lines, she is smart enough for that. She was sure that the one killing people was a pseudo-fiend, otherwise her power wouldn't out right refuse to work. Even Eidolon or Endbringers, while she couldn't just see their future, she could still simulate them. And demons just made her power give wrong results, not stop working. No, only fiends and such produced this reaction. But a true fiend is so powerful, she would feel it from here. Since Taylor wasn't the one killing them, it only left pseudo-fiends, which meant either Musubi or Yosuba. Probably Yosuga though, as Musubi would be more discreet.
And a follower of Musubi would definitely have an axe to grind with Taylor.
"Hey, you talk about anomalies and all that, by why is Fiend attacked by all Warrior parahumans?"
That voice... Pixie? Yeah, Pixie. So Pixie is with Taylor on the phone? She should have expected that. But what was that about Warrior parahumans?
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, that every parahuman with Warrior shard gets crazy at the sight of Fiend or anything! She can't even talk with Faultline without making her feel like killing my friend!"
She blinked. Warrior, that's how Taylor called Scion... Oh god. Eden and Scion were made by Great Will, weren't they? And Taylor pissed off Great Will when she refused all the Reasons and returned the world to prior state. Eden is dead, so her Shards would be unaffected, but Scion isn't. But then, if that's the case, why isn't Scion himself attacking Taylor? Why are only Shards aggresive?
"I don't know. I suspect it has also to do with T being an anomaly. Eden is dead, so powers from her don't affect minds of parahumans, but Scion is very much alive, and powers from him already do affect minds, such as the conflict drive. I can imagine this being also the reason why those parahumans get aggresive towards T, but that's just a theory."
No answer through the phone. Contessa looked at Faultline, but the woman also stayed silent.
"Well, unless you have more questions, I think that's it. How do you feel about meeting me now, T?"
She didn't answer for a bit, probably thinking. Then, she...
[] Agreed to meet, and gave her location.
[] Refused to meet.
[] Ask some questions first.
-[] About (write-in).
PoV: Jyoji Hijiri
His plans to kill the boy were being delayed. Empire seems to be panicing, what with all the killings in their territory, and some of them were making moves into ABB territory. He was ordered by Lung to deal with them, and so he did, but now Lung is being careful, preparing in case of gang war exploding, and he won't just follow after him.
He has seen the video, the one showing for a short moment the one responsible for all the killings. Just one look was enough for him to know what's going on. A pseudo-fiend, follower of Yosuga, was gathering strength from Magatsuhi posessed by the humans she was killing. He didn't know what to do with it. On one hand, with her gone, Empire would calm down and Lung would stop being so careful. On the other hand, a gang war is just what might give him an occasion to get Lung to kill that boy. There is also the fact, that strong followers of Reasons might kill demi-fiend, and he can't allow that.
There is also the problem of his strength. He is good, really good, but his body is that of a normal human, so currently he stands no chance against the more powerful demons or parahumans. If only he could get his hands on a summoning device... The constant connection to demons would infuse his body with their energy, letting him grow truly powerful once more. But no, that's impossible. He checked, this worlds Stephen is dead, killed by Simurgh. And while he knows much, how to make such device isn't one of those things.
There are those who summon demons without any sort of device, but he doesn't know how to do that either. So, unfortunately, for now he is limited to just human strength. At least the equipment he bought is of high quality. His costume resembles his outfit from the time he was fighting as a gladiator, with an addition of domino mask, and his cape name is supposed to be "Hawk". Oh, such irony.
Well, for now, he will bade his time, and wait for other events. Something will happen in the future, he is sure of that.
PoV: ???
He is getting iritated. He can't spend a day without someone approaching him to have him join some organisation or gang. Many of them even think they can force him to it! Hah, jokes on them, now their wallets are empty and his is full. How was the last one called anyway? Butcher? What kind of stupid name is that? And he even kept shouting something about being a voice in his head. And wore clothes like a barbarian. That was freaky.
Not as freaky as being approached by nazi though. This world still has real nazi, like real real nazi! What the hell?!
He got a nice cape from one of them. Since everyone keeps calling him cape, he might as well have one. It made him look like a hero, even. He chuckled. Him, a hero? Yeah, right.
PoV: ??? of Musubi
Someone is murdering people left and right, as the news reported. It was suspected that the one responsible was the demi-fiend, but he knew better. Then a video was leaked, and he got his confirmation. Taylor wasn't the one killing like that, but it was a fiend or something similar. But true fiend would have been much more powerful. He knew what that meant. There is another pseudo-fiend in the city. He knew only one other pseudo-fiend - the follower of Yosuga. Curious. That one is probably gathering strength like he himself, but without the discrection.
He considered allying with that one, but discarder the idea. Yosuga is too crazy. They are the stupid brutes that think strength is everything. If he offered an aliance, he would just be attacked for being weak or calling them weak. Still, he can use the situation for his benefit. Hopefully, that Yosuga idiot will kill Taylor. If not, maybe at least injure her, giving him an occasion to strike. He should also look into Taylor's father. He is likely to be protected by PRT, but it could be a good way to provide Taylor with additional distraction. He didn't think for a second that just taking her father hostage would be enough to kill her, of course, but with enough distractions she is likely to make a mistake at a crucial moment.
He burned the body he just killed. Hmm, he should also think about getting stronger faster. What he is doing right now works, of course, but it's just slow when compared to that Yosuga person. Maybe he could even blame the deaths on them? But that's for another day. He should be going back now. He wants to pretend he is just a normal human for as long as he can, no matter how humiliating it feels.
PoV: ??? of Yosuga
For a moment, she thought she saw Maiden through the window. Unfortunately, it was probably just her imagination, she couldn't find her anywhere after that. She left the area, and returned to the room she was using to interrogate the cape she caught.
The girl was her age and had the power to telekinetically control objects she touched. It could have been an interesting power, but the girl herself was weak. She started begging the moment she caught her neck. This weakness, it made her so angry that she severed her left arm before she regained control over herself. At least, she remembered to use some fire to stop the bleeding, you can't interrogate someone dead, and humans die so easly from just losing a bit of blood.
She started asking question. She remembered what her father told her once, about how people are interrogated. Spinless idiot that he is, he knew his stuff, so she used that memories when interrogating the parahuman. Well, that, and some torture.
The girl didn't even try to fight her, she just answered every question between her screams of pain and begging to let her go. She might have actually considered letting her go if she stopped this pathetic display and tried to break free, to show some strength, but to the very end the girl was just a pray. And a useless one, she didn't even know where she can find Kaiser. At least she found some clue - the girl knew the location of the house of Purity, and that parahuman should know where she could find Kaiser.
She also will never get used to how good Magatsuhi from parahumans is.
PoV: Doctor Father (Hikawa) of Shijima
Dammit, the Protectorate has no clue where to find Taylor Hebert! His people also lost the sight of Contessa, so she could be anywhere! Though, she is most likely in Brockton Bay. Not that it will help that much in the search for her, because someone is murdering PRT squads in that city and they are too busy looking for the killer to help him! That kill order is also being slow in passing!
Since Contessa disappeared, nothing was going right!
He might have to take out bigger guns soon. Obviously, what he is currently doing is not working good enough. His mind turned to the secret he was keeping even from Contessa... No, using it would be too rash. It would risk getting Scions attention, and the Entity was behaving strangely. He blamed it on the death of the other Entity. He wished he didn't kill Eden, but how was he supposed to know that the death of all humanity would be just a step in creating better world, and not the end of the world? He did what he did though, so now he had to replace the actions Eden would have taken to start the Conception. And prepare in case he had to replace Scion's role as well, even if that was unlikely.
But as for the demi-fiend and Contessa... If heroes aren't working, maybe Gaeans will? Hmm... Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. If he makes Gaeans attack those two... but which subsect? Maybe Fallen? No, making them visit Brockton Bay would be too hard, those fanatics. Hmm... Teeths should work. He will just have to make sure Butcher knows he can't take control over Taylor Hebert, but it should work...
He called, but Butcher didn't answer. That was fine, he can wait. Butcher is pretty busy most of the time after all, but he or she always calls back within two days.
PoV: Maiden Fortuna
Taylor wasn't saying anything. Was she just waiting for her to continue? Was she in shock? Was she just pretending to listen? She didn't know, her power was more useless against her than against Eidolon or Endbringers, it outright refused to work. She had to almost entirely ignore it, as it was suggesting how to talk with Faultline without taking into account how Taylor would react.
"Why would you even be telling us all that, Tyche? You think you can forget about Greg, Newter, and all the others you have hurt? That you can just say 'I'm one of the good guys now.' like in some cartoon for kids?" Speaking of Faultline, the woman almost sneered at her.
"The reason I left Hikawa is simple - I realized his way is wrong. It's one thing to accept doing actrocities to save the world, it's another thing entirely to accept them for ambitions of an insane man. I'm not seeking redemption or forgiveness - I've commited more crimes than you can probably imagine, I'm not foolish enough to believe I can get it. I'm an evil woman with good intentions, and now to help the world I feel the need to ally with T and kill Hikawa."
That wasn't the whole truth, of course. But Faultline, she wouldn't believe her if she told the truth. After all, she still barely believes it herself. That all her life was just one big lie, but also that one demi-fiend (that can't even remember her from what it seems) restored her hope in humanity.
"Was there something else I needed to explain? Ah, yes, there is that. I've said before that there are very few people with powers coming from a source different from the usual two, and that T is one of them, right? Well, one of the important parts of those people is their immunity to pre-cogs of all kind, including mine own. As such, I'm pretty sure that the one responsible for the recent killing spree in Brockton Bay is one of those people. Be careful, T. I don't know if that person works for Hikawa, but in any case they might be aggresive towards you due to you being, well, an anomaly."
She was serious. She knew Taylor would read between lines, she is smart enough for that. She was sure that the one killing people was a pseudo-fiend, otherwise her power wouldn't out right refuse to work. Even Eidolon or Endbringers, while she couldn't just see their future, she could still simulate them. And demons just made her power give wrong results, not stop working. No, only fiends and such produced this reaction. But a true fiend is so powerful, she would feel it from here. Since Taylor wasn't the one killing them, it only left pseudo-fiends, which meant either Musubi or Yosuba. Probably Yosuga though, as Musubi would be more discreet.
And a follower of Musubi would definitely have an axe to grind with Taylor.
"Hey, you talk about anomalies and all that, by why is Fiend attacked by all Warrior parahumans?"
That voice... Pixie? Yeah, Pixie. So Pixie is with Taylor on the phone? She should have expected that. But what was that about Warrior parahumans?
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, that every parahuman with Warrior shard gets crazy at the sight of Fiend or anything! She can't even talk with Faultline without making her feel like killing my friend!"
She blinked. Warrior, that's how Taylor called Scion... Oh god. Eden and Scion were made by Great Will, weren't they? And Taylor pissed off Great Will when she refused all the Reasons and returned the world to prior state. Eden is dead, so her Shards would be unaffected, but Scion isn't. But then, if that's the case, why isn't Scion himself attacking Taylor? Why are only Shards aggresive?
"I don't know. I suspect it has also to do with T being an anomaly. Eden is dead, so powers from her don't affect minds of parahumans, but Scion is very much alive, and powers from him already do affect minds, such as the conflict drive. I can imagine this being also the reason why those parahumans get aggresive towards T, but that's just a theory."
No answer through the phone. Contessa looked at Faultline, but the woman also stayed silent.
"Well, unless you have more questions, I think that's it. How do you feel about meeting me now, T?"
She didn't answer for a bit, probably thinking. Then, she...
[] Agreed to meet, and gave her location.
[] Refused to meet.
[] Ask some questions first.
-[] About (write-in).
PoV: Jyoji Hijiri
His plans to kill the boy were being delayed. Empire seems to be panicing, what with all the killings in their territory, and some of them were making moves into ABB territory. He was ordered by Lung to deal with them, and so he did, but now Lung is being careful, preparing in case of gang war exploding, and he won't just follow after him.
He has seen the video, the one showing for a short moment the one responsible for all the killings. Just one look was enough for him to know what's going on. A pseudo-fiend, follower of Yosuga, was gathering strength from Magatsuhi posessed by the humans she was killing. He didn't know what to do with it. On one hand, with her gone, Empire would calm down and Lung would stop being so careful. On the other hand, a gang war is just what might give him an occasion to get Lung to kill that boy. There is also the fact, that strong followers of Reasons might kill demi-fiend, and he can't allow that.
There is also the problem of his strength. He is good, really good, but his body is that of a normal human, so currently he stands no chance against the more powerful demons or parahumans. If only he could get his hands on a summoning device... The constant connection to demons would infuse his body with their energy, letting him grow truly powerful once more. But no, that's impossible. He checked, this worlds Stephen is dead, killed by Simurgh. And while he knows much, how to make such device isn't one of those things.
There are those who summon demons without any sort of device, but he doesn't know how to do that either. So, unfortunately, for now he is limited to just human strength. At least the equipment he bought is of high quality. His costume resembles his outfit from the time he was fighting as a gladiator, with an addition of domino mask, and his cape name is supposed to be "Hawk". Oh, such irony.
Well, for now, he will bade his time, and wait for other events. Something will happen in the future, he is sure of that.
PoV: ???
He is getting iritated. He can't spend a day without someone approaching him to have him join some organisation or gang. Many of them even think they can force him to it! Hah, jokes on them, now their wallets are empty and his is full. How was the last one called anyway? Butcher? What kind of stupid name is that? And he even kept shouting something about being a voice in his head. And wore clothes like a barbarian. That was freaky.
Not as freaky as being approached by nazi though. This world still has real nazi, like real real nazi! What the hell?!
He got a nice cape from one of them. Since everyone keeps calling him cape, he might as well have one. It made him look like a hero, even. He chuckled. Him, a hero? Yeah, right.
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deadcrystal
Slaaneshi Cultist
- Location
- The Warp
Some Reason confusion here:
Should be Yosuga
Should be the other way around, Musubi should be the discreet one.
Likewise, this should be Yosuga.
Should be Yosuga
Should be the other way around, Musubi should be the discreet one.
Likewise, this should be Yosuga.
Thanks! I thought I double checked all the reasons after I put Shijima in place of Musubi...
- Location
- Tarn-Vedra
[X] Agreed to meet, and gave her location.
Arc 2: Adept - VI
Soon after telling Tyche your location, the call ended. Some fifteen minutes later, Tyche arrived in the warehouse.
"Taylor, it's good to finally see you in person."
"I wish I could say the same, but I still don't remember what happened between you and me in the Vortex World..."
Her smile looked a bit sad at those words. "I understand. What do you remember then?"
"You first."
"Fair enough. Well, I remember mostly the general info about Vortex World. I remember the beginning of Conception, even if I forgot how it was started. I remember you, Taylor, what you did and my experiences with you. I remember the existence and philosophy of all Paths, but not their representatives. I only knew about Hikawa because I knew about him before the everything happened. I remember you going to the final fight, but nothing after. And... that would be all, I'm afraid."
You consider it. Your situation is fairly similar, with you remembering Hijiri and not Tyche. That also makes you realise it, Tyche doesn't remember Hijiri. Should you tell her about him?
[] Tell her
[] Don't tell her
You talk with Tyche about your memories, comparing them and finding out that there aren't any inconsistencies, but all has to come to an end.
"Taylor, you have to prepare for your eventual fights with the followers of Paths, you know that, right?"
"Yes, I know."
"I know I can't help you when fighting demons, my power doesn't work on them, but I'm still effective against humans. I can also work of finding or reasearching things pretty effectively. Tell me, how can I help you prepare?"
Hmm... What is her power anyway? You don't remember her mentioning that. You Analyze her while thinking about the answer.
The results are... strange? You know that stronger demons can resist Analyze, returning you '?' in everything, but something like that happened for the first time. Maybe it's about Tyche not using her Maiden powers right now? Well, whatever the case, her power must be terrifying for humans. Now, how to make the best use of it?
[] Stay close to me and help me fight (para)humans
[] Research demon summoning
[] Research Gaeans
[] Research Messians
[] Look into Hijiri (can be chosen only if Tyche has bee told about him)
[] Look into the recent murders by this pseudo-fiend
[] Write-in
Speaking of which, you should also return to preparing. Tyche can't work in place of you, after all.
Choose 3:
[] Look for Magatsuhi
[] Look for a fight (can be chosen multiple times)
-[] with Empire
-[] with ABB
-[] with Merchants
-[] with PRT and Protectorate
-[] with the pseudo-fiend
-[] just wander around looking for a fight
[] Look for parahumans to Analyze without fighting
[] Check if Faultline has a job for you
[]Attempt summoning (needs more Magatsuhi)
[] Just walk around and hope for something to happen
[] Try out the trick with Magatsuhi you have discovered
"Taylor, it's good to finally see you in person."
"I wish I could say the same, but I still don't remember what happened between you and me in the Vortex World..."
Her smile looked a bit sad at those words. "I understand. What do you remember then?"
"You first."
"Fair enough. Well, I remember mostly the general info about Vortex World. I remember the beginning of Conception, even if I forgot how it was started. I remember you, Taylor, what you did and my experiences with you. I remember the existence and philosophy of all Paths, but not their representatives. I only knew about Hikawa because I knew about him before the everything happened. I remember you going to the final fight, but nothing after. And... that would be all, I'm afraid."
You consider it. Your situation is fairly similar, with you remembering Hijiri and not Tyche. That also makes you realise it, Tyche doesn't remember Hijiri. Should you tell her about him?
[] Tell her
[] Don't tell her
You talk with Tyche about your memories, comparing them and finding out that there aren't any inconsistencies, but all has to come to an end.
"Taylor, you have to prepare for your eventual fights with the followers of Paths, you know that, right?"
"Yes, I know."
"I know I can't help you when fighting demons, my power doesn't work on them, but I'm still effective against humans. I can also work of finding or reasearching things pretty effectively. Tell me, how can I help you prepare?"
Hmm... What is her power anyway? You don't remember her mentioning that. You Analyze her while thinking about the answer.
Thinker Parahuman (MAIDEN)
Repel: none (?)
Drain: none (?)
Void: none (?)
Resist none (?)
Weak: none (?)
Power: through precog powers always knows the best steps to take to achieve critical success. Doesn't work on demons or existances capable of resisting fate. (?)
Repel: none (?)
Drain: none (?)
Void: none (?)
Resist none (?)
Weak: none (?)
Power: through precog powers always knows the best steps to take to achieve critical success. Doesn't work on demons or existances capable of resisting fate. (?)
[] Stay close to me and help me fight (para)humans
[] Research demon summoning
[] Research Gaeans
[] Research Messians
[] Look into Hijiri (can be chosen only if Tyche has bee told about him)
[] Look into the recent murders by this pseudo-fiend
[] Write-in
Speaking of which, you should also return to preparing. Tyche can't work in place of you, after all.
Choose 3:
[] Look for Magatsuhi
[] Look for a fight (can be chosen multiple times)
-[] with Empire
-[] with ABB
-[] with Merchants
-[] with PRT and Protectorate
-[] with the pseudo-fiend
-[] just wander around looking for a fight
[] Look for parahumans to Analyze without fighting
[] Check if Faultline has a job for you
[]
[] Just walk around and hope for something to happen
[] Try out the trick with Magatsuhi you have discovered
ChildishChimera
A umbran summon
- Location
- New York
[X] Tell her
[X] Research Gaeans
[X] Look for Magatsuhi
[X] Look for parahumans to Analyze without fighting
[X] Just walk around and hope for something to happen
[X] Research Gaeans
[X] Look for Magatsuhi
[X] Look for parahumans to Analyze without fighting
[X] Just walk around and hope for something to happen
- Location
- New Carollton, Maryland
[X] Tell her
[X] Research Gaeans
[X] Look for Magatsuhi
[X] Look for parahumans to Analyze without fighting
[X] Just walk around and hope for something to happen
[X] Research Gaeans
[X] Look for Magatsuhi
[X] Look for parahumans to Analyze without fighting
[X] Just walk around and hope for something to happen
- Location
- Tarn-Vedra
[X] Tell her
[X] Research Gaeans
[X] Look for Magatsuhi
[X] Look for parahumans to Analyze without fighting
[X] Just walk around and hope for something to happen
[X] Research Gaeans
[X] Look for Magatsuhi
[X] Look for parahumans to Analyze without fighting
[X] Just walk around and hope for something to happen
Arc 2: Adept - VII
[X] Tell her
[X] Look for Magatsuhi
[X] Look for parahumans to Analyze without fighting
[X] Just walk around and hope for something to happen
[X] Look for Magatsuhi
[X] Look for parahumans to Analyze without fighting
[X] Just walk around and hope for something to happen
"Gaeans? Why them?" It was a fair question, you think. As far as Tyche would know, Gaeans should have little to do with everything else. But, well...
"I remember there being some trouble with Gaeans before Conception. And in Labirynth of Amala, there were souls of some Gaeans and Messians sharing some interesting stuff, even if I can't remember most of it. I believe they are more involved than we would think in all of that."
"I see. Well, I can look into them. I'll have to be careful with Hikawa's people, but I should be back soon. Goodbye, Taylor."
"Goodbye, Tyche."
And she left. You aren't sure what you should feel about that, but you don't really feel much. More importantly, you can't stay in the warehouse doing nothing. First thing first, you need more Magatsuhi.
1d100 = 67
Looking around, you spot a dark alley with some guy lying on the ground. As you approach, you find another two doing the same. They seem to be Merchants, and stright out from some brawl if their injuries are any indication. Not the best source of Magatsuhi, but it will do. At least, one of them seems rather healthy? Hmm... Maybe some dealers in Merchants don't take what they sell? Well, it doesn't matter.
[] You leave them alive
[] You suck them dry
1d100 = 63
That done, you leave the alley... and find another bunch of Merchants looking at you. They are clearly high on something, barely standing on their legs, and seem really trigger-happy. You smirk, more Magatsuhi for you. A minute later, another five Merchants suffer the same fate as the earlier three ones.
What to do now? You could keep collecting Magatsuhi, but... You could also finally do the job Faultline wanted you to, Analyzing capes. And more knowledge on your potential enemies is always good. And so you go looking for some parahumans, trying to stay out of sight to avoid a fight starting.
1d100 = 17
And of course you don't find any. Because why would you? It's not like this city has one of the highest percentage of capes to normal population in the whole America. You sigh. Seems like you just wasted time.
1d100 = 28
Suddenly, you hear a kid crying behind you. You turn around to find an abandoned stroller with an infant in it. No mother or father around. The kid is white and this is Empire territory, so at least it shouldn't get killed just for being there... But it's not like anyone is going to take care of it either. You could just leave it there... but is it a good idea? If someone sees you walking away from a crying kid, there is only one thing they would think. And getting the Kill Order even faster is not something you wish for. Besides, it's just a kid.
[] Maybe Pixie can calm the kid down? Little kids like fairies, right?
[] Make funny faces or something? You are as likely to terrify it as you are to make it laugh, but...
[] Find some thug, beat him up, take his phone, and call police? They can deal with this sort of thing, right?
[] Just leave, it's not your problem.
[] Suck Magatsuhi from the kid. Not only will it kill it, solving the problem, but also you will get more Magatsuhi, even if just a little.
[] Write-in
That... that was a strange adventure. You aren't sure what to do now with yourself. Maybe just take a walk? You haven't really done it since you got back.
1d100 = 94
Your legs took you to the more abandoned areas of Docks. You were just walking around, thinking about all the stuff happening, Pixie floating next to you and curiously looking at all the buildings.
That's when you felt it. Air thick with Magatsuhi. You haven't seen anything like it since the Vortex World, though that place was even more filled with the stuff. You were instantly filled with tension, preparing for danger to spring. But nothing attacked you.
You focused more on the feeling, still not dropping your guard down. The air, mixed with Magatsuhi, was coming from a nearby building, so you slowly went inside. The building was abandoned and in pretty bad shape. It looked like anything of a value was already taken from it, and further check just confirmed this theory. But this feeling... Ah, there it is! A hidden entrance to cellar or something like that underground. And it was closed. If it wasn't for your demonic strength, you wouldn't have been able to open it. But you did open, and found a ladder. Curious, you started descending it.
What you found shocked you. A Terminal?! How?! It shouldn't be possible, they only appeared in Vortex World!
But the reality told you otherwise. A Terminal just standing over there, it's very presence filling the air with Magatsuhi. And it was working. You touched it and activated it. And there was one place you could even visit. Labirynth of Amala. You tested it out before you could think if it was a good idea.
The Labirynth of Amala... you had mixed feelings about this place. On one hand, this place gave you strength, gave Pixie strenght. On the other, it nearly destroyed you. If Maiden didn't stop you at the very last moment... You don't want to think about it. And yet, here you are, entering it again. But it was differen than you remember it. The hole to that scene was missing, for one. For another... it just felt different. You can't really explain it, but it was like something was missing...
You try to get back first though. And you can. But then you check your phone. You could swear you weren't even a full minute in the Labirynth, yet according to the phone's clock, you were two minutes inside. A time flowing differently? Maybe. You can't actually say how time was flowing in Vortex World.
You go back to your warehouse for now. You need to think seriously before entering the Labirynth. If for every day inside you will lose two outside... it could cause problems. As could the very fact of entering the Labirynth. But it's also such an ocassion...
So, for anyone curious, I started a third quest, where you are playing Contessa trying to become the best step-mom for Taylor. Check it out if you are interested. Link is here.
- Location
- Europe
[X] You leave them alive
[X] Maybe Pixie can calm the kid down? Little kids like fairies, right?
[X] Maybe Pixie can calm the kid down? Little kids like fairies, right?
ChildishChimera
A umbran summon
- Location
- New York
[X] You leave them alive
[X] Find some thug, beat him up, take his phone, and call police? They can deal with this sort of thing, right?
Maybe it's just the stuff I'd played recently but the baby feels like a trap so let's stay away and watch from a distance. If it's not yay the baby can get help from police, if it is we know something up and someone's planning something
[X] Find some thug, beat him up, take his phone, and call police? They can deal with this sort of thing, right?
Maybe it's just the stuff I'd played recently but the baby feels like a trap so let's stay away and watch from a distance. If it's not yay the baby can get help from police, if it is we know something up and someone's planning something